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Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.203 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.203
§ 201.203. DESIGNATION OF LOCAL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Soil and Water Conservation Board shall designate particular soil and water conservation districts to administer certain programs.

(b) Before a local soil and water conservation district is designated by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board, the district must provide evidence to the State Soil and Water Conservation Board that it is able to provide and to supervise necessary technical assistance to landowners and operators within its jurisdiction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 301.033 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 301 / Section 301.033
§ 301.033. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Eligible institutions creating a cooperative association may prepare and file articles of incorporation under the general corporation law of this state, including the Texas Business Corporation Act.

(b) An association incorporated as provided by this section is governed by the law under which it is incorporated except to the extent that that law conflicts with this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.102
§ 1038.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision located wholly or partly within the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents.
Tex. Education Code § 46.012 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 46 / Section 46.012
§ 46.012. APPLICABILITY TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

An open-enrollment charter school is not entitled to an allotment under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 493.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.006
§ 493.006. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall employ an executive director who possesses the following minimum qualifications:

(1) five years experience in the field of corrections in an administrative capacity;

(2) three years experience in the field of corrections in an administrative capacity and a graduate degree from an institution of higher education in penology or a related field; or

(3) seven years experience in management or administration of a government agency, institution of higher education, or business enterprise of size comparable to the department.

(b) The executive director is responsible for the administration and enforcement of all laws relating to the department including rules implemented by the department but may delegate those responsibilities as permitted by board rule or general law.
Tex. Estates Code § 356.405 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.405
§ 356.405. FAILURE OF BIDDER TO COMPLY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person bids off real estate of the estate offered at public auction and fails to comply with the terms of the bid, the property shall be readvertised and auctioned without any further order.

(b) The person defaulting on a bid as described by Subsection (a) is liable for payment to the personal representative of the estate, for the estate's benefit, of:

(1) 10 percent of the amount of the bid; and

(2) the amount of any deficiency in price on the second auction.

(c) The personal representative may recover the amounts under Subsection (b) by suit in any court in the county in which the auction was made that has jurisdiction of the amount claimed.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.182 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.182
§ 134.182. CITIZEN SUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an affected person may bring a civil action to compel compliance with this chapter against:

(1) the commission if the person alleges the commission did not perform a nondiscretionary act under this chapter;

(2) a state governmental instrumentality or agency if the person alleges the instrumentality or agency is violating this chapter or a rule, order, or permit adopted or issued under this chapter; or

(3) any other person if the person alleges the other person is violating a rule, order, or permit adopted or issued under this chapter.

(b) A person who is injured or whose property is damaged by a permit holder's violation of a rule, order, or permit adopted or issued under this chapter may bring an action for damages, including reasonable attorney's and expert witness's fees.

(c) Subsection (b) does not affect the rights established by or limits imposed under the workers' compensation laws of this state.

(d) A person may not bring an action under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) if the state has brought and is diligently prosecuting a civil action in state or federal court to require compliance with this chapter or a rule, order, or permit adopted or issued under this chapter.
Tex. Property Code § 141.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 141 / Section 141.004
§ 141.004. NOMINATION OF CUSTODIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property transferable on the occurrence of a future event may revocably nominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary on the occurrence of that event by naming the custodian followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for (name of minor) under the Texas Uniform Transfers to Minors Act." The nomination may name one or more persons as substitute custodians to whom the property must be transferred, in the order named, if the first nominated custodian dies before the transfer or is unable, declines, or is ineligible to serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a deed, an instrument exercising a power of appointment, or in a writing designating a beneficiary of contractual rights, including the right to receive payments from a benefit plan, that is registered with or delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor of the contractual rights.

(b) A custodian nominated under this section must be a person to whom a transfer of property of that kind may be made under Section 141.010(a).

(c) The nomination of a custodian under this section does not create custodial property until the nominating instrument becomes irrevocable or a transfer to the nominated custodian is completed under Section 141.010. Unless the nomination of a custodian has been revoked, the custodianship becomes effective on the occurrence of the future event, and the custodian shall enforce a transfer of the custodial property under Section 141.010.
Tex. Insurance Code § 223A.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 223A / Section 223A.002
§ 223A.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a captive insurance company holding a certificate of authority under Chapter 964.
Tex. Government Code § 2304.044 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2304 / Section 2304.044
§ 2304.044. REJECTION OF AREA PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall return a housing rehabilitation area plan to the local government submitting it if the area for which the plan is prepared does not meet the department's standards or if the plan does not contain the required information. The department shall include with the returned plan a list of deficiencies.

(b) An area plan may be corrected and resubmitted for approval by the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8428.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8428 / Section 8428.102
§ 8428.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.001
§ 52.001. POLICY.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is:

(1) to promote and encourage intelligent and orderly production, cultivation, and care of citrus groves and marketing of agricultural products through cooperation;

(2) to eliminate speculation and waste in the production and marketing of agricultural products;

(3) to make production and distribution of agricultural products as direct as effectively possible between the producer and consumer; and

(4) to stabilize the production and marketing of agricultural products.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6607.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6607 / Section 6607.002
§ 6607.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a drainage district created in Wharton County under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, subject to approval at a confirmation election under Section 6607.102.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7899.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7899 / Section 7899.0302
§ 7899.0302. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 107.07 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 107 / Section 107.07
§ 107.07. IMPORTATION FOR PERSONAL USE; IMPORTATION BY RAILROAD COMPANIES.
Status: repealed

(a) A person may import not more than 24 12-ounce bottles or an equivalent quantity of malt beverages, 3 gallons of wine, and 1 gallon of distilled spirits for the person's own personal use without being required to hold a permit. A person importing alcoholic beverages into the state under this subsection must pay the state tax on alcoholic beverages and an administrative fee of $3 and must affix the required tax stamps. No minor and no intoxicated person may import any alcoholic beverages into the state. A person importing alcoholic beverages under this subsection must personally accompany the alcoholic beverages as the alcoholic beverages enter the state. A person may not use the exemptions set forth in this subsection more than once every thirty days.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 157, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 157, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 410(a)(17), eff. September 1, 2021.

(e) The administrative fees collected under this section shall be used by the commission for the administrative costs of enforcing the requirements of Subsection (a).

(f) Except as provided by Chapter 54, any person in the business of selling alcoholic beverages in another state or country who ships or causes to be shipped any alcoholic beverage directly to any Texas resident under this section is in violation of this code.

(g) In computing the total amount of taxes and administrative fees to be collected on alcoholic beverages imported by a person into the state for personal use, the commission may round the amount up to the nearest quarter of a dollar.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.903 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.903
§ 181.903. RESTRICTION ON REGULATION OF UTILITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Regulatory authority" has the meanings assigned by Sections 11.003 and 101.003.

(2) "Utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 181.901, except that the term does not include a person, company, or corporation engaged in furnishing telephone service to the public.

(b) No regulatory authority, planning authority, or political subdivision of this state may adopt or enforce an ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, order, policy, or other measure that has the purpose, intent, or effect of directly or indirectly banning, limiting, restricting, discriminating against, or prohibiting the connection or reconnection of a utility service or the construction, maintenance, or installation of residential, commercial, or other public or private infrastructure for a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to the end-use customer.

(c) An entity, including a regulatory authority, planning authority, political subdivision, or utility, may not impose any additional charge or pricing difference on a development or building permit applicant for utility infrastructure that:

(1) encourages those constructing homes, buildings, or other structural improvements to connect to a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to the end-use customer; or

(2) discourages the installation of facilities for the delivery of or use of a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be delivered to the end-use customer.

(d) This section does not limit the ability of a regulatory authority or political subdivision to choose utility services for properties owned by the regulatory authority or political subdivision.
Tex. Election Code § 1.018 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 1 / Section 1.018
§ 1.018. APPLICABILITY OF PENAL CODE.
Status: in_force

In addition to Section 1.03, Penal Code, and to other titles of the Penal Code that may apply to this code, Titles 2 and 4, Penal Code, apply to offenses prescribed by this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8355.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8355 / Section 8355.107
§ 8355.107. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality within whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the land in the district lies may annex all of the district into its corporate limits under the terms of an agreement entered into before the effective date of the Act creating this chapter between the municipality and the owners of the land being annexed, and, in that instance, the district may not be dissolved, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) The district may be dissolved and its debts and obligations assumed by the municipality in accordance with Chapter 43, Local Government Code, including Sections 43.075 and 43.0715, on:

(1) annexation of all of the territory of the district by the municipality; and

(2) completion of the construction of the water, sanitary sewer, and drainage improvements and roads required to serve at least 95 percent of the land in the district.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, a contract between the municipality and the district that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues between the district and the municipality following the date of inclusion of all the district's territory in the corporate limits of the municipality may provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the municipality and the district from taxable property in the district may exceed the municipality's ad valorem tax on the property.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.197 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.197
§ 502.197. REGISTRATION BY MAIL OR ELECTRONIC MEANS; SERVICE CHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A county assessor-collector may retain a service charge in the amount determined by the board under Section 502.1911 from each applicant registering a vehicle by mail. The service charge shall be used to pay the costs of handling and postage to mail the registration receipt and insignia to the applicant.

(b) With the approval of the commissioners court of a county, a county assessor-collector may contract with a private entity to enable an applicant for registration to use an electronic off-premises location. A private entity may retain an amount determined by the board under Section 502.1911 for the service provided.

(c) The department may adopt rules to cover the timely application for and issuance of registration receipts and insignia by mail or through an electronic off-premises location.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.101
§ 1001.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7806.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7806 / Section 7806.151
§ 7806.151. TAX METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation.

(b) The board is not required to hold a hearing on the adoption of a plan of taxation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 331.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 331 / Section 331.006
§ 331.006. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

An appropriate licensing agency may take disciplinary action against a person who violates this chapter as if the person violated an applicable licensing law.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.044 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 76 / Section 76.044
§ 76.044. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for each pesticide to be registered. The fee must be submitted with an application for registration or renewal of registration.

(b) A person who fails to apply for renewal of registration on or before the expiration date of the registration must pay, in addition to the renewal fee, the late fee provided by Section 12.024 of this code for each brand to be renewed.

(c) Of the money received by the department under this section, the department shall annually deposit to the credit of the pesticide disposal fund under Section 76.009 an amount to cover the cost of administering the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection activities performed under Section 76.132, not to exceed $400,000. The department may not increase the amount of a fee under this section for purposes of this subsection or Section 76.132.
Tex. Local Government Code § 601.031 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 601 / Section 601.031
§ 601.031. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A resolution authorizing issuance of revenue bonds must pledge the revenues to be received from the parking facility for which the bonds are issued. The resolution may pledge parking meter revenues for this purpose and may provide for mortgaging the parking facility as additional security. The resolution may contain other provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of a bondholder as permitted by this subchapter and may contain a limitation on the issuance of additional revenue bonds as the board considers proper.

(b) An expense incurred in carrying out the provisions of the resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of operation of the facility.

(c) The resolution may contain provisions, which if in the resolution must be included as part of the contract with a bondholder, relating to:

(1) the construction, improvement, operation, maintenance, and repair of a project and to the authority's duties regarding those actions;

(2) limitations on the purpose for which the proceeds of the revenue bonds or of a loan or grant from a federal agency may be used;

(3) the rate of a toll and other charge for use of a facility of the authority or a service provided by the authority;

(4) the setting aside, regulation, and disposition of a reserve or sinking fund; and

(5) any other agreement with the bondholder.
Tex. Insurance Code § 981.160 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.160
§ 981.160. NO ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not give the stamping office authority to enforce this chapter or Chapter 225.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 81.505 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 81 / Section 81.505
§ 81.505. PROTECTED STATUS.
Status: in_force

Neither the designation of an area as a scientific area within the state system nor an intrusion, easement, or taking allowed by the commission under this subchapter voids or replaces a protected status under the law which the area would have if it were not included within the system.
Tex. Transportation Code § 131.904 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 131 / Section 131.904
§ 131.904. MOTOR BUS LINES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a corporation authorized to operate a street or suburban railway or an interurban railway and to carry passengers for hire.

(b) Subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality in which the corporation operates its railway, the corporation may:

(1) substitute, wholly or partly, motor bus lines for its railway; and

(2) maintain and operate automobile motor buses to carry passengers for hire on:

(A) public roads, streets, plazas, alleys, and highways within the corporate limits of a municipality under regulations prescribed by the municipality; and

(B) public roads and highways that are located outside the corporate limits of that municipality but within five miles of the corporate limits, under regulations prescribed by the commissioners court of the county.

(c) The substitution of motor buses or the discontinuance of a railway under this section does not impair any corporate power of a corporation incorporated before August 30, 1933, as a street or interurban railway with respect to the operation of other public utilities authorized by a corporate charter or statute in effect on August 30, 1933.

(d) A corporation acting under this section must amend its charter and pay any fee provided by law for the filing of the amendment.

(e) This section may not be construed to impair the rights of a municipality under a franchise granted to a corporation or its predecessor before August 30, 1933.
Tex. Occupations Code § 502.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 502 / Section 502.151
§ 502.151. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

The executive council shall:

(1) determine the qualifications and fitness of a license applicant under this chapter; and

(2) adopt a code of professional ethics for license holders.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 485.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 485 / Section 485.002
§ 485.002. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary to comply with any labeling requirements concerning precautions against inhalation of an abusable volatile chemical established under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1261 et seq.), as amended, or under regulations adopted under that Act.