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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171A.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171A / Section 171A.052
§ 171A.052. EXCLUSIVE ENFORCEMENT; EFFECT OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter may be enforced only through a qui tam action brought under Subchapter C.

(b) No other direct or indirect enforcement of this subchapter may be taken or threatened by this state, a political subdivision of this state, a district or county attorney, or any officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state against any person, by any means whatsoever, except as provided in Subchapter C.

(c) This section does not preclude or limit the enforcement of any other law or regulation against conduct that is independently prohibited by the other law or regulation and that would remain prohibited by the other law or regulation in the absence of this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 67.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 67 / Section 67.013
§ 67.013. OATH.
Status: in_force

Before beginning service as a board member, each board member must take and sign before a person authorized to administer oaths an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 324.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 324 / Section 324.002
§ 324.002. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt and enforce rules to further the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.181 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.181
§ 111.181. ESTABLISHING AND PROMULGATING RATES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall establish and promulgate rates of charges for gathering, transporting, loading, and delivering crude petroleum by common carriers in this state and for use of storage facilities necessarily incident to this transportation.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.504 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.504
§ 393.504. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

A violation of this chapter is a deceptive trade practice actionable under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Water Code § 11.044 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.044
§ 11.044. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) An appropriator has the right to construct ditches, canals, or pipelines along or across all roads and highways necessary for the construction of waterworks. Bridges, culverts, or siphons shall be constructed at all road and highway crossings as necessary to prevent any impairment of the uses of the road or highway. Approval of the construction plans and specifications shall be obtained from the owner of the road or highway prior to the installation of conveyance facilities.

(b) If any public road, highway, or public bridge is located on the ground necessary for a damsite, reservoir, or lake, the commissioners court shall change the road and remove the bridge so that it does not interfere with the construction of the proposed dam, reservoir, or lake. The party desiring to construct the dam, reservoir, or lake shall pay the expense of moving the bridge or roadway.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.505 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.505
§ 887.505. EXCHANGE OF INSURANCE CERTIFICATES; RESERVES.
Status: in_force

(a) An association that converts to a stock legal reserve life insurance company shall exchange each insurance certificate in force on the date of the conversion for a legal reserve policy as provided by Section 887.457.

(b) On the exchange of mutual assessment insurance certificates for legal reserve policies as provided by Subsection (a), an association shall establish and maintain the reserves required for a company organized under Chapter 841 for legal reserve policies.

(c) After the reserves are established, the association's capital must remain unimpaired and in an amount equal to at least $700,000.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.202 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.202
§ 152.202. CREDITS OF AND CHARGES TO PARTNER.
Status: in_force

(a) Each partner is credited with an amount equal to:

(1) the cash and the value of property the partner contributes to a partnership; and

(2) the partner's share of the partnership's profits.

(b) Each partner is charged with an amount equal to:

(1) the cash and the value of other property distributed by the partnership to the partner; and

(2) the partner's share of the partnership's losses.

(c) Each partner is entitled to be credited with an equal share of the partnership's profits and is chargeable with a share of the partnership's capital or operating losses in proportion to the partner's share of the profits.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.204 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.204
§ 111.204. BEGINNING OF PERIOD OF LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

In determining the beginning date for a period of limitation provided in this title, the date that a tax is due and payable is the day after the last day on which a payment is required by the chapter of this title imposing the tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8504.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8504 / Section 8504.151
§ 8504.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Canal system" means the canal system and associated properties generally known as the Devers Canal System.

(2) "Navigation district" means the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.160 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.160
§ 601.160. SUSPENSION STAYED PENDING HEARING OR APPEAL.
Status: in_force

The department may not suspend a driver's license, vehicle registration, or nonresident's operating privilege pending the outcome of a hearing and any appeal under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3896.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3896 / Section 3896.107
§ 3896.107. NAME CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution may change the district's name. The board shall give written notice of the change to the city.
Tex. Education Code § 33.0815 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.0815
§ 33.0815. CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT CLUBS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a school district or open-enrollment charter school may authorize or sponsor a student club.

(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not authorize or sponsor a student club based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school must require the written consent of the parent of or person standing in parental relation to a student enrolled in the district or school before the student may participate in a student club authorized or sponsored under Subsection (a) at the district or school.
Tex. Government Code § 497.099 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.099
§ 497.099. PARTICIPATION IN WORK PROGRAM REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall require each inmate and each defendant or releasee housed in a facility operated by or under contract with the department to work in an agricultural, industrial, or other work program to the extent that the inmate, defendant, or releasee is physically and mentally capable of working. The department may waive the work requirement for an inmate, defendant, or releasee as necessary to maintain security or to permit the inmate, defendant, or releasee to participate in rehabilitative programming.

(b) The board may develop by rule and the department may administer an incentive pay scale program for inmates required to work in agricultural, industrial, or other work programs. In developing the program, the board shall set pay levels not to unjustly reward inmates, but rather to instruct inmates on the virtues of diligent participation in the workplace. The department shall deposit an amount earned by an inmate under this subsection into the inmate's trust fund and may deduct not more than 80 percent of the amount deposited under this subsection for payment of restitution and dependent care owed by the inmate. This subsection does not apply to the compensation of an inmate participating in a Texas Correctional Industries program under Subchapter A or an inmate participating in a private sector prison industries program under Subchapter C.
Tex. Government Code § 420.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 420 / Section 420.013
§ 420.013. DEPOSIT BY COMPTROLLER; AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall deposit any money received under this subchapter and any money credited to the Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services Program by another law in the sexual assault prevention and crisis services fund.

(b) The sexual assault prevention and crisis services fund is subject to audit by the comptroller. Money expended from the fund is subject to audit by the state auditor.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.110 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 822 / Section 822.110
§ 822.110. ATTACK BY ANIMAL; ESCAPE OF ANIMAL; LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner of a dangerous wild animal shall notify the animal registration agency of any attack of a human by the animal within 48 hours of the attack.

(b) An owner of a dangerous wild animal shall immediately notify the animal registration agency and the local law enforcement agency of any escape of the animal.

(c) An owner of a dangerous wild animal that escapes is liable for all costs incurred in apprehending and confining the animal.

(d) An animal registration agency, a law enforcement agency, or an employee of an animal registration agency or law enforcement agency is not liable to an owner of a dangerous wild animal for damages arising in connection with the escape of a dangerous wild animal, including liability for damage, injury, or death caused by the animal during or after the animal's escape, or for injury to or death of the animal as a result of apprehension or confinement of the animal after escape.
Tex. Government Code § 53.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 53 / Section 53.021
§ 53.021.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.021. SPECIAL PROVISION: BAILIFF TO ACT AS INTERPRETER. (a) The judges of the 24th, 135th, and 267th district courts may each appoint, with the approval of the commissioners court, an officer of the court to serve as bailiff.

(b) The primary duty of a bailiff appointed under this section is to act as an interpreter.

(c) A bailiff appointed under this section is entitled to receive a reasonable salary not to exceed the highest salary paid to a deputy, clerk, or assistant employed by the county.
Tex. Estates Code § 201.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 201 / Section 201.053
§ 201.053. EFFECT OF RELIANCE ON AFFIDAVIT OF HEIRSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who purchases for valuable consideration any interest in property of the heirs of a decedent acquires good title to the interest that the person would have received, as purchaser, in the absence of a claim of the child described by Subdivision (1), if the person:

(1) in good faith relies on the declarations in an affidavit of heirship that does not include a child who at the time of the sale or contract of sale of the property:

(A) is not a presumed child of the decedent; and

(B) has not under a final court decree or judgment been found to be entitled to treatment under Section 201.052 as a child of the decedent; and

(2) is without knowledge of the claim of the child described by Subdivision (1).

(b) Subsection (a) does not affect any liability of the heirs for the proceeds of a sale described by Subsection (a) to the child who was not included in the affidavit of heirship.
Tex. Occupations Code § 171.019 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 171 / Section 171.019
§ 171.019. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The interstate commission shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes which are subject to the compact and that may arise among member states or member boards.

(b) The interstate commission shall promulgate rules providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution as appropriate.
Tex. Finance Code § 398.003 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 398 / Section 398.003
§ 398.003. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a provider or broker that is:

(1) a bank, out-of-state bank, bank holding company, credit union, federal credit union, out-of-state credit union, or any subsidiary or affiliate of those financial institutions;

(2) a person acting in the capacity of a technology services provider to an entity exempt under this section as part of the exempt entity's commercial sales-based financing program if the person has no interest, arrangement, or agreement to purchase any interest in the commercial sales-based financing extended in connection with the program;

(3) a lender regulated under the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. Section 2001 et seq.); or

(4) a person who extends or brokers:

(A) a commercial sales-based financing transaction secured by real property;

(B) a lease, as defined by Section 2A.103, Business & Commerce Code;

(C) a commercial sales-based financing transaction entered into under a commercial sales-based financing agreement or commercial open-end credit plan of $50,000 or more in which the recipient is:

(i) a dealer, as defined by Section 503.001, Transportation Code; or

(ii) a motor vehicle rental company or an affiliate of a motor vehicle rental company; or

(D) a commercial sales-based financing transaction in connection with the sale of products or services that:

(i) the person manufactures, licenses, or distributes; or

(ii) a parent company, subsidiary, or affiliate of the person described by Subparagraph (i) manufactures, licenses, or distributes.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.252 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.252
§ 62.252. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; EXECUTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPLICATION AND BYLAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the meeting under Section 62.251(a), the members or shareholders shall elect the directors of the association.

(b) The directors shall execute two copies of the application required by Section 62.251.

(c) Each director of the association shall sign and acknowledge the application as a subscriber and the proposed bylaws as an incorporator.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1048.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1048 / Section 1048.108
§ 1048.108. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property located in district territory if the interest is necessary for the district to exercise a power, right, or privilege conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021, Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.413 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.413
§ 401.413. COMMISSION DISPOSAL LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person required by another section of this chapter to obtain a license for the disposal of a radioactive substance is required to obtain the license from the commission and not from the department.
Tex. Water Code § 66.318 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 66 / Section 66.318
§ 66.318. BONDS AS SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS.
Status: in_force

District bonds are eligible to secure deposits of public funds of the state and cities, counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the state. The bonds are lawful and sufficient security for deposits to the extent of their value when accompanied by all unmatured coupons.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551.4031 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551 / Section 551.4031
§ 551.4031. PROHIBITION OF OPERATION ON HIGHWAY BY MUNICIPALITY, COUNTY, OR DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A county or municipality may prohibit the operation of a golf cart on a highway under Section 551.403 if the governing body of the county or municipality determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.

(b) The Texas Department of Transportation may prohibit the operation of a golf cart on a highway under Section 551.403 if the department determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9031.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9031 / Section 9031.0305
§ 9031.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 42.042 or 42.0425, Local Government Code, and consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 181.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 181 / Section 181.054
§ 181.054. WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) workers' compensation insurance or a function authorized by Title 5, Labor Code; or

(2) any person or entity in connection with providing, administering, supporting, or coordinating any of the benefits under a self-insured program for workers' compensation.
Tex. Government Code § 26.238 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.238
§ 26.238. KNOX COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The County Court of Knox County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court, the general criminal jurisdiction of a county court, and jurisdiction over cases and proceedings involving protective orders but has no other civil jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005 / Section 8005.051
§ 8005.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8005.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7926A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7926A / Section 7926A.0401
§ 7926A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7926A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.054 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.054
§ 111.054.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.054. TIMELY FILING: MAIL DELIVERY. (a) If a tax payment or a report is placed in a U.S. Post Office or in the hands of a common or contract carrier properly addressed to the comptroller on or before the date the payment or report is required to be made or filed, the payment or report is made or filed on time.

(b) The receipt mark of a contract or common carrier or the postmark on a tax payment or report is prima facie evidence of the date on which the payment or report was delivered to a carrier or the post office. The comptroller or the person making the payment or filing the report may show by competent evidence that the actual date of delivery to the carrier or post office differs from the receipt mark or postmark.

(c) The comptroller may refund or issue credits for penalties and interest paid solely as a result of returns or tax payments timely mailed but postmarked after the required filing date.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8310.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8310 / Section 8310.005
§ 8310.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.157 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.157
§ 1201.157. RETAILER AS WAREHOUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) With respect to the storage of manufactured homes for hire, a licensed retailer is:

(1) a "warehouse" as defined by Section 7.102, Business & Commerce Code; and

(2) a "warehouseman" under Chapter 24, Property Code.

(b) The provisions of the Business & Commerce Code relating to the storage of goods for hire apply to a licensed retailer acting as a warehouse.

(c) A licensed retailer acting as a warehouse and warehouseman satisfies all storage, bonding, insurance, public sale, and security requirements if the storage of a manufactured home occurs on the retailer's lot and the home is secured in the same manner the retailer secures a manufactured home held on the lot as inventory.

(d) In accordance with the provisions of Section 7.210, Business & Commerce Code, a licensed retailer acting as a warehouse to enforce a warehouse's lien is considered to have sold a manufactured home in a commercially reasonable manner if the retailer sells the manufactured home in the same manner the retailer would sell a manufactured home at retail.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.115
§ 8801.115. STUDIES BY BOARD STAFF.
Status: in_force

At least once each year and at any other time the board considers necessary, the board shall have its staff and, if necessary, the staff of the Texas Water Development Board make a complete study of the groundwater in the district and determine:

(1) the water level;

(2) the rates and amounts of groundwater withdrawal; and

(3) other information relating to groundwater withdrawal that may affect subsidence in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 289.056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 289 / Section 289.056
§ 289.056. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A member of the commission serves without compensation but may, on the approval of the entire commission, be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties.
Tex. Transportation Code § 524.033 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 524 / Section 524.033
§ 524.033. STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
Status: repealed

(a) A hearing under this subchapter shall be heard by an administrative law judge employed by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(b) The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall provide for the stenographic or electronic recording of the hearing.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 432 (H.B. 3146), Sec. 7(6), eff. September 1, 2025.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 432 (H.B. 3146), Sec. 7(6), eff. September 1, 2025.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1115.0505 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.0505
§ 1115.0505. AGENTS EXERCISING MATERIAL CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to each agent who:

(1) exercises material control or influence in making a recommendation or sale; and

(2) receives direct compensation as a result of the recommendation or sale, regardless of whether the agent has direct contact with the consumer.

(b) Activities that do not constitute material control or influence include providing or delivering marketing or educational materials, product wholesaling or other back office product support, general supervision of an agent, and similar activities.