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Tex. Property Code § 74.3061 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 74 / Section 74.3061
§ 74.3061. ESCHEAT OF FUNDS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

(a) In the event any money is due to a resident of this state in the nature of a refund, rebate, or other overpayment of taxes or fees to the United States with respect to which the resident is likely to have his rights to secure such refund or rebate barred by a statute of limitations, or if for any reason at least three years has elapsed after the date on which the resident could have filed a timely claim for said refund or rebate, the comptroller is appointed agent of such resident to apply for said refund or rebate and is authorized to do any act which a natural person could do to recover said money. When the comptroller files an application or initiates any other proceeding to secure said refund or rebate, the comptroller is coupled with an interest in the money sought and money recovered. All property within this provision, including all principal and interest accruing thereon, is declared to have escheated and to have become the property of the state.

(b) The funds escheated by the state pursuant to this provision shall be given notice as provided by Section 74.201. Title to any such property shall be transferred by the state to any persons who in accordance with Subchapter F can show that the property belonged to them immediately prior to the escheat or that they were heirs to those funds immediately prior to the escheat.
Tex. Property Code § 112.083 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.083
§ 112.083. DUTIES NOT CREATED.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not create or imply a duty for an authorized trustee to exercise a power to distribute principal, and impropriety may not be inferred as a result of the trustee not exercising a power conferred by Section 112.072 or 112.073.

(b) An authorized trustee does not have a duty to inform beneficiaries about the availability of the authority provided by this subchapter or a duty to review the trust to determine whether any action should be taken under this subchapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 203.06 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 203 / Section 203.06
§ 203.06. EXCESS TAX.
Status: in_force

A brewer or distributor is entitled to a refund or credit on future tax payment for any excess tax on malt beverages paid through oversight, mistake, error, or miscalculation.
Tex. Estates Code § 1203.201 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.201
§ 1203.201. PAYMENT TO WARD WHILE OFFICE OF GUARDIAN IS VACANT.
Status: in_force

(a) A debtor, obligor, or payor may pay or tender money or another thing of value falling due to a ward while the office of guardian is vacant to the court clerk for the credit of the ward.

(b) Payment or tender under Subsection (a) discharges the debtor, obligor, or payor of the obligation for all purposes to the extent and purpose of the payment or tender.

(c) The court clerk shall issue a receipt for any payment or tender accepted under this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.235 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.235
§ 225.235. ED SHIPMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of State Highway 144 in Hood and Somervell Counties between its intersection with U.S. Highway 67 and its intersection with Mitchell Bend Highway is designated as the Ed Shipman Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Ed Shipman Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Government Code § 3100.065 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3100 / Section 3100.065
§ 3100.065. DISPLAY AT HALF-STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) If the state flag is to be displayed at half-staff, the flag should be hoisted to the peak of the flagpole for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position.

(b) Before the state flag is lowered for the day, it should first be raised to the peak of the flagpole.

(c) On Memorial Day, the state flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon and at that time raised to the peak of the flagpole.

(d) The state flag should be displayed at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15, unless that date is also Armed Forces Day.

(e) By order of the governor, the state flag shall be displayed at half-staff on a person's death as a mark of respect to the memory of that person.
Tex. Family Code § 2.101 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 2 / Section 2.101
§ 2.101. GENERAL AGE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A county clerk may not issue a marriage license if either applicant is under 18 years of age, unless each underage applicant shows that the applicant has been granted by this state or another state a court order removing the disabilities of minority of the applicant for general purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.006
§ 8813.006. ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except to the extent the authority agrees in writing, a municipality's annexation of territory within the authority does not affect:

(1) the authority's powers inside or outside the annexed territory;

(2) the authority's boundaries or contracts; or

(3) the authority's ability to assess fees, user fees, rates, charges, or special assessments inside or outside the territory annexed by the municipality.

(b) Territory may be annexed to the authority, regardless of whether the territory is contiguous to the authority, as provided by Chapter 49, Water Code.

(c) In addition to the authority granted by Subsection (b), regardless of whether the territory is contiguous to the authority, the authority may annex some or all of the territory located within a district or municipality if the district or municipality files with the authority a petition requesting the annexation signed by a majority of the members of the governing body of the district or municipality. The petition must include an accurate legal description of the boundaries of the territory to be included. If the authority has bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding, the authority shall require the petitioning district or municipality to be obligated to pay its share of the principal of and interest on the outstanding bonds, notes, or other obligations, and related costs. The board may grant the petition and order the territory described by the petition annexed to the authority if it is feasible, practicable, and to the advantage of the authority.

(d) Any territory that a district located within the authority annexes becomes territory of the authority on the effective date of the annexation without any action required of the authority. The authority by rule may require all districts located within the authority to send to the authority written notice of the effective date of an annexation and require the districts to send to the authority copies of any necessary documents describing the annexed land and describing the districts' boundaries as they exist after inclusion of the annexed land.

(e) The annexation to the authority of territory under this section does not affect the validity of the authority's bonds issued before or after the annexation.

(f) A municipality that annexes territory of the authority for limited purposes under Subchapter F, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, does not have the right to:

(1) receive notices from the authority under Section 8813.103(c);

(2) participate in the appointment of directors under Subchapter B; or

(3) receive information about or have the opportunity to fund its share of capital costs in the manner provided by the authority under Section 8813.104.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other law, no territory may be annexed into or added to the authority that, at the time of annexation or addition, is located within the boundaries of both:

(1) another regional water authority created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) a subsidence district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 750.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 750 / Section 750.003
§ 750.003. OPERATION OF VEHICLE ON DUNE SEAWARD OF DUNE PROTECTION LINE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "vehicle" means a device that is designed to transport persons or property and is self-propelled or propelled by external means.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates a vehicle on a sand dune seaward of the dune protection line as defined in Section 63.012, Natural Resources Code, except on a roadway designated by a subdivision of the state.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 501.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.102
§ 501.102. REENTRY AND REINTEGRATION SERVICES FOR WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED PERSONS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 698, Sec. 10, eff. June 17, 2011.

(b) The department shall develop a comprehensive plan to ensure the successful reentry and reintegration of wrongfully imprisoned persons into the community following discharge from the department. The reentry and reintegration plan developed under this section must include:

(1) life-skills, job, and vocational training for a wrongfully imprisoned person following discharge, for as long as those services are beneficial to the person;

(2) a requirement that the department provide, before a wrongfully imprisoned person is discharged from the department, the person with any documents that are necessary after discharge, including a state identification card; and

(3) the provision of financial assistance to aid a wrongfully imprisoned person in the reentry and reintegration process and in covering living expenses following discharge, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.

(c) The provision of financial assistance under Subsection (b)(3) shall be administered by the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments or the department.

(d) The amount of financial assistance provided to a wrongfully imprisoned person under Subsection (b)(3) shall be deducted from the amount of compensation provided to the person under Section 103.052, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(e) The department may contract with private vendors or other entities to implement the comprehensive reentry and reintegration plan required by this section.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.046 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.046
§ 161.046. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules as necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.052
§ 843.052. LAWS RELATING TO SOLICITATION OR ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

(a) Solicitation of enrollees by a health maintenance organization or its representative or agent does not violate a law relating to solicitation or advertising by a physician or provider.

(b) The provision of factually accurate information by a health maintenance organization or its personnel to prospective enrollees regarding coverage, rates, location and hours of service, and names of affiliated institutions, physicians, and providers does not violate any law relating to solicitation or advertising by a physician or provider. The provision of that information with respect to a physician or provider may not be contrary to or in conflict with any law or ethical provision regulating the practice of a practitioner of any professional service provided through or in connection with the physician or provider.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3853.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3853 / Section 3853.160
§ 3853.160. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may grant in the manner authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 151.102 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 151 / Section 151.102
§ 151.102. MONEY COLLECTED FOR TIMBER AS TRUST MONEY.
Status: in_force

Money a timber purchaser collects for harvested timber is trust money.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.161 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.161
§ 1509.161. IMPOSITION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the municipality may annually impose ad valorem taxes to pay bonds issued under this subchapter that are payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes.

(b) The governing body may not impose ad valorem taxes to pay the principal of or interest on bonds issued under this subchapter payable wholly from revenue from a garbage reclamation project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.151
§ 3897.151. MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An improvement project in a municipality must comply with any applicable municipal requirements, including codes and ordinances.

(b) The district may not provide, conduct, or authorize any improvement project on the municipality's streets, highways, rights-of-way, or easements without the consent of the governing body of that municipality.
Tex. Transportation Code § 311.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 311 / Section 311.051
§ 311.051. REGULATION OF STREET RAILWAY BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:

(1) require a street railway company to:

(A) keep the company's roads in repair;

(B) conform the area in which the company's tracks lie to the grade of the street on which they lie, if the municipality has graded the street; or

(C) take measures to provide for the safe and convenient travel of people on the street on which the company's tracks lie; or

(2) regulate the speed of vehicles that use the company's tracks.

(b) The governing body by ordinance may establish penalties to enforce a regulation adopted under this section.
Tex. Water Code § 58.174 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.174
§ 58.174. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE IRRIGATION SYSTEM SUBJECT TO MORTGAGE.
Status: in_force

A district may acquire by gift, grant, or purchase any part of an irrigation system serving the district which is subject to a mortgage or encumbrance. The mortgage or encumbrances shall not be assumed by the district and shall not be an indebtedness of the district but shall constitute solely a charge on the encumbered property and the revenue from it.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.051
§ 1071.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of five directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) an election shall be held on the uniform election date in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Water Code § 57.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.001
§ 57.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "District" means levee improvement district.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors of a levee improvement district.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 106, eff. September 1, 2025.

(4) "Commissioners court" means the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located or the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction.

(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(6) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Local Government Code § 335.072 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 335 / Section 335.072
§ 335.072. VENUE PROJECT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) A district in which an approved venue project is located shall establish by resolution a fund known as the venue project fund. The district shall establish separate accounts within the fund for the various revenue sources.

(b) The district shall deposit into the venue project fund:

(1) the proceeds from any tax imposed by the district;

(2) all revenue from the sale of bonds or other obligations by the district;

(3) money received under Section 335.075 from a political subdivision that created the district; and

(4) any other money required by law to be deposited in the fund.

(c) The district may deposit into the venue project fund:

(1) money received by the district from innovative funding concepts such as the sale or lease of luxury boxes or the sale of licenses for personal seats; and

(2) any other revenue received by the district from the approved venue project, including stadium rental payments and revenue from concessions and parking.

(d) The district may use money in the venue project fund to:

(1) reimburse or pay the costs of planning, acquiring, establishing, developing, constructing, or renovating one or more approved venue projects in the district;

(2) pay the principal of, interest on, and other costs relating to bonds or other obligations issued by the district or to refund bonds or other obligations; or

(3) pay the costs of operating or maintaining one or more approved venue projects.

(e) Money deposited into the venue project fund, including money deposited under Subsection (c), is the property of the district depositing the money.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9993 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9993
§ 61.9993. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules for the administration of the program established under this subchapter. In adopting the rules, the board shall solicit from the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council information necessary to identify programs anticipated to produce the best outcomes and serve the greatest need.

(b) The rules must include:

(1) administrative provisions relating to the awarding of grants under this subchapter, such as:

(A) eligibility criteria for institutions of higher education, including a requirement that the institution demonstrate regional and state workforce need;

(B) grant application procedures;

(C) guidelines relating to grant amounts;

(D) procedures for evaluating grant applications; and

(E) procedures for monitoring the use of grants; and

(2) methods for tracking the effectiveness of grants that:

(A) using data reasonably available to the board, consider relevant information regarding the career paths of professionals described by Section 61.9991 during the four-year period following their graduation; and

(B) evaluate whether and for how long those professionals practice in a field described by Section 61.9991 in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 2158.0031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2158 / Section 2158.0031
§ 2158.0031. PURCHASE PREFERENCE FOR AMERICAN VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

A state agency authorized to purchase passenger vehicles or other ground transportation vehicles for general use shall purchase economical, fuel-efficient vehicles assembled in the United States unless such a purchase would have a significant detrimental effect on the use to which the vehicles will be put.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.554 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.554
§ 201.554. PENALTY TO BE PAID OR HEARING REQUESTED.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 20th day after the date a person receives the notice under Section 201.553, the person may:

(1) accept in writing the enforcement committee's determination and recommended administrative penalty; or

(2) make a written request for a hearing on the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.

(b) If the person accepts the enforcement committee's determination and recommended penalty, the board by order shall approve the determination and impose the recommended penalty.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9038.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9038 / Section 9038.051
§ 9038.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 9038.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 260.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 260 / Section 260.007
§ 260.007. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county or municipality may conduct any inspection, survey, or investigation that it considers necessary and may enter the premises of a boarding home facility at reasonable times to make an inspection, survey, or investigation.

(b) A county or municipality is entitled to access to books, records, and other documents maintained by or on behalf of a boarding home facility to the extent necessary to enforce the standards adopted by the county or municipality.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.343 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.343
§ 361.343. APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Apportionment of costs for the elimination of the release or threatened release of solid waste among the persons responsible for solid waste under Section 361.271 shall be made according to:

(1) the relationship between the parties' actions in storing, processing, and disposing of solid waste and the remedy required to eliminate the release or threatened release;

(2) the volume of solid waste each party is responsible for at the solid waste facility or site to the extent that the costs of the remedy are based on the volume of solid waste present;

(3) consideration of toxicity or other waste characteristics if those characteristics affect the cost to eliminate the release or threatened release; and

(4) a party's cooperation with state agencies, its cooperation or noncooperation with the pending efforts to eliminate the release or threatened release, or a party's actions concerning storing, processing, or disposing of solid waste, as well as the degree of care that the party exercised.

(b) In apportioning costs under Subsection (a), the court shall credit against a responsible party's share of the costs of eliminating a release or threatened release of solid waste the party's expenditures related to the cleanup at issue if the commission or the executive director approves the cleanup. If the expenditures were made before the property was proposed to be listed on the state registry and the commission or the executive director approves the cleanup, the court shall also reduce in an equitable and just manner the party's proportionate share of the costs.

(c) The apportionment of costs only adjusts the rights of parties identified by Section 361.271 and does not affect a person's liability to the state.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.090 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.090
§ 171.090. TYPE OF RELIEF NOT FACTOR.
Status: in_force

The fact that the relief granted by the arbitrators could not or would not be granted by a court of law or equity is not a ground for vacating or refusing to confirm the award.
Tex. Water Code § 65.018 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.018
§ 65.018. NOTICE AND HEARING ON DISTRICT CREATION.
Status: in_force

If a resolution is filed under Section 65.014, the commission shall give notice of an application as required by Section 49.011 and may conduct a hearing on the application if the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.204 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.204
§ 81.204. RIGHTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION BY HEAD OF FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person in an inpatient health care facility has the right to:

(1) receive visitors;

(2) communicate with a person outside the facility; and

(3) communicate by uncensored and sealed mail with legal counsel, the department, the courts, and the state attorney general.

(b) The rights provided in Subsection (a) are subject to facility rules. The head of the facility may restrict a right to the extent the head of the facility determines that the restriction is necessary to the public health or the person's welfare but may not restrict the right to communicate with legal counsel if an attorney-client relationship has been established.

(c) A restriction imposed by the head of the facility for the public health or the person's welfare and the reasons for the restriction shall be made a part of the person's clinical record.