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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 252.006 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 252 / Section 252.006
§ 252.006. LIABILITY IN TORT AND CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonprofit association is a legal entity separate from its members for the purposes of determining and enforcing rights, duties, and liabilities in contract and tort.

(b) A person is not liable for a breach of a nonprofit association's contract or for a tortious act or omission for which a nonprofit association is liable merely because the person is a member, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association, or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.

(c) A tortious act or omission of a member or other person for which a nonprofit association is liable is not imputed to a person merely because the person is a member of the nonprofit association, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association, or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.

(d) A member of, or a person considered as a member by, a nonprofit association may assert a claim against the nonprofit association. A nonprofit association may assert a claim against a member or a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8261.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8261 / Section 8261.151
§ 8261.151. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, to finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of a project under Section 8261.051.

(b) The district may not issue bonds or other obligations to finance projects authorized by Section 8261.051 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters, or a two-thirds majority of voters in a defined area that will benefit from the project, as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, voting at an election called for that purpose.

(c) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8261.051 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district or the defined area, if applicable.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.510 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.510
§ 1201.510. PROHIBITED INSTALLATION OF AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

A retailer or an installer may not contract with a person for the installation of air conditioning equipment in connection with the installation of a manufactured home unless the person is licensed by the state as an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.517 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.517
§ 504.517. CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "classroom teacher" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code.

(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for classroom teachers with at least 15 years of service teaching public school students. The license plates must include the words "Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public education logo. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Texas Education Agency.

(c) The fee for issuance of the license plates is $10.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.206
§ 3833.206. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

In addition to the district's powers under Section 3833.106 or 3833.107, Subchapter N, Chapter 49, Water Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 162.013 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 162 / Section 162.013
§ 162.013. PENALTY FOR OWNER'S OR CARETAKER'S FAILURE TO ASSIST.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if, as the owner, part owner, or caretaker of cattle, the person fails or refuses to assemble the cattle or to provide assistance in accordance with Section 162.010 of this code at the time and place provided in the notice issued by the commission.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person commits a separate offense for each day of failure or refusal.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.128 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.128
§ 21.128. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION; GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
Status: in_force

(a) It is an unlawful employment practice for a respondent covered under this chapter to fail or refuse to make a reasonable workplace accommodation to a known physical or mental limitation of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an employee or applicant for employment, unless the respondent demonstrates that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business of the respondent.

(b) A showing of undue hardship by the respondent is a defense to a complaint of discrimination made by an otherwise qualified individual with a disability. In considering a complaint based on a disability, the commission shall consider the reasonableness of the cost of any necessary workplace accommodation and the availability of alternatives or other appropriate relief.

(c) In a complaint in which a discriminatory employment practice involves the provision of a reasonable workplace accommodation under this chapter, damages may not be awarded under Subchapter F if the respondent demonstrates good faith efforts, in consultation with the otherwise qualified individual with a disability who has informed the respondent that accommodation is needed, to identify and make a reasonable workplace accommodation that would provide the individual with an equally effective opportunity and would not cause an undue hardship on the operation of the business.

(d) A respondent is not obligated to make a reasonable workplace accommodation to a known physical or mental limitation of an otherwise qualified individual under Subsection (a) if the individual's disability is based solely on being regarded as having an impairment that substantially limits at least one major life activity.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.0035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 141 / Section 141.0035
§ 141.0035. LICENSE FEES.
Status: repealed

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish the amount of the fee for obtaining or renewing a license under this chapter. The executive commissioner shall set the fee in a reasonable amount designed to recover the direct and indirect costs to the department of administering and enforcing this chapter. The executive commissioner may set fees in a different amount for resident youth camps and day youth camps to reflect differences in the costs of administering and enforcing this chapter for resident and day camps.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (S.B. 1), Sec. 7, eff. September 5, 2025.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2030.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2030 / Section 2030.005
§ 2030.005. EQUITABLE NUMBER OF RACES FOR EACH BREED.
Status: in_force

(a) A racetrack association that conducts a horse race meeting for more than one breed of horse at one racetrack shall provide that the number of races run by each breed on each day is equitable as determined by the commission under Section 2029.003.

(b) The commission by rule or by order may allow an exception to Subsection (a) if an insufficient number of horses of a breed are available to provide sufficient competition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3922.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3922 / Section 3922.052
§ 3922.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The mayor and members of the governing body of the city shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board.

(b) A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body and the mayor vote to appoint that person.
Tex. Transportation Code § 544.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 544 / Section 544.006
§ 544.006. DISPLAY OF UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS, SIGNALS, OR MARKINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not place, maintain, or display on or in view of a highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that:

(1) imitates or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal;

(2) attempts to direct the movement of traffic; or

(3) hides from view or hinders the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal.

(b) A person may not place or maintain on a highway, and a public authority may not permit on a highway, a traffic sign or signal bearing commercial advertising.

(c) A person may not place or maintain a flashing light or flashing electric sign within 1,000 feet of an intersection except under a permit issued by the Texas Transportation Commission.

(d) This section does not prohibit a person from placing on private property adjacent to a highway a sign that gives useful directional information and that cannot be mistaken for an official sign.

(e) A sign, signal, light, or marking prohibited under this section is a public nuisance. The authority with jurisdiction over the highway may remove that sign, signal, light, or marking without notice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8278.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8278 / Section 8278.153
§ 8278.153. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the district is from January 1 to December 31 of the same year.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1361.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1361 / Section 1361.001
§ 1361.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "qualified enrollee" means an individual entitled to coverage under a group health benefit plan who is:

(1) a postmenopausal woman who is not receiving estrogen replacement therapy;

(2) an individual with:

(A) vertebral abnormalities;

(B) primary hyperparathyroidism; or

(C) a history of bone fractures; or

(3) an individual who is:

(A) receiving long-term glucocorticoid therapy; or

(B) being monitored to assess the response to or efficacy of an approved osteoporosis drug therapy.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 89.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 89 / Section 89.101
§ 89.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Corrections facility" means:

(A) a jail or community corrections facility, without regard to whether the jail or facility satisfies the requirements of Section 89.002;

(B) any correctional facility operated by or under contract with a division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or

(C) a detention facility operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

(2) "Offender" means a juvenile or adult who is arrested or charged with a criminal offense.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.304 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.304
§ 1103.304. EXTENSION OF REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

A person may obtain a 90-day extension of a temporary registration under this subchapter by completing an extension form approved by the board and paying any required fee. The board may grant only one extension for each temporary registration.
Tex. Government Code § 91.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 91 / Section 91.005
§ 91.005. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall employ a director of the library and shall set his salary. The director serves at the will of the board and is accountable only to the board.

(b) The director may employ professional and clerical personnel with the approval of the board. The board shall set their salaries.
Tex. Insurance Code § 481.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 481 / Section 481.002
§ 481.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN DEPOSITS.
Status: in_force

A voluntary deposit held by the comptroller or the department that was made by an insurer in this state before May 8, 1959, to gain admission to another state may, at the insurer's option, be considered to be held under this chapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 24.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 24 / Section 24.001
§ 24.001. RECORDING PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person may not use any device to produce or make an audio, visual, or audio-visual broadcast, recording, or photograph of a jury while the jury is deliberating.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.056
§ 462.056. REIMBURSEMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

A board member may be reimbursed from the assets of the association for expenses the board member incurs as a board member.
Tex. Government Code § 4007.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.051
§ 4007.051. COMPLAINTS FILED WITH COMMISSIONER OR BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the commissioner or board concerning a person registered under this title. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition.

(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall make information available describing the board's procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition unless the notice would jeopardize a law enforcement investigation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.053
§ 2602.053. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "immediate family" includes parents, a spouse, children, brothers, and sisters residing in the same household.

(b) To be eligible to serve as a public representative on the board, an individual must have resided in this state during the five years preceding appointment and may not be:

(1) licensed by or subject to the regulation of the department;

(2) financially involved in an organization subject to the regulation of the department other than by ownership of an insurance policy or contract;

(3) a member of the immediate family of an individual who is financially involved in an organization subject to the regulation of the department;

(4) engaged in or employed by an entity having a contract with an organization subject to the regulation of the department;

(5) employed by, on the board of directors of, or a holder of an elective office by or under the authority of a unit of federal, state, or local government or an organization that receives a significant part of its funding from a unit of federal, state, or local government;

(6) employed by or associated with an organization formed to represent license holders of the department or organizations or individuals subject to the regulation of the department; or

(7) required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of activities on behalf of an organization representing the regulated industry.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.401
§ 1101.401. EXAMINATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The competency requirement prescribed under Section 1101.354(3) shall be established by an examination prepared or contracted for by the commission.

(b) The commission shall determine the time and place in the state for offering the examination.

(c) The examination must be of sufficient scope in the judgment of the commission to determine whether a person is competent to act as a broker or sales agent in a manner that will protect the public.

(d) The examination for a sales agent license must be less exacting and less stringent than the broker examination.

(e) The commission shall provide each applicant with study material and references on which the examination is based.

(f) An applicant must satisfy the examination requirement not later than one year after the date the license application is filed.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.050 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.050
§ 2306.050. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person paid the penalty and if the amount of the penalty is reduced or the penalty is not upheld by the court, the court shall order, when the court's judgment becomes final, that the appropriate amount plus accrued interest be remitted to the person.

(b) The interest accrues at the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

(c) The interest shall be paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.
Tex. Government Code § 508.041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.041
§ 508.041. DESIGNEE TRAINING; HANDBOOK.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement:

(1) a training program that each newly hired employee of the board designated to conduct hearings under Section 508.281 must complete before conducting a hearing without the assistance of a board member or experienced parole commissioner or designee; and

(2) a training program to provide an annual update to designees of the board on issues and procedures relating to the revocation process.

(b) The board shall prepare and biennially update a procedural manual to be used by designees of the board. The board shall include in the manual:

(1) descriptions of decisions in previous hearings determined by the board to have value as precedents for decisions in subsequent hearings;

(2) laws and court decisions relevant to decision making in hearings; and

(3) case studies useful in decision making in hearings.

(c) The board shall prepare and update as necessary a handbook to be made available to participants in hearings under Section 508.281, such as defense attorneys, persons released on parole or mandatory supervision, and witnesses. The handbook must describe in plain language the procedures used in a hearing under Section 508.281.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 777.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 777 / Section 777.009
§ 777.009. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission on State Emergency Communications shall establish a program to award grants to fund the regional poison control centers.

(b) The Commission on State Emergency Communications shall adopt rules to establish criteria for awarding the grants. The rules must require the agency to consider:

(1) the need of the region based on population served for poison control services and the extent to which the grant would meet the identified need;

(2) the assurance of providing quality services;

(3) the availability of other funding sources;

(4) achieving or maintaining certification as a poison control center with the American Association of Poison Control Centers;

(5) maintenance of effort; and

(6) the development or existence of telecommunications systems.

(c) The Commission on State Emergency Communications may approve grants according to commission rules. A grant awarded under this section is governed by Chapter 783, Government Code, and the rules adopted under that chapter.

(d) The Commission on State Emergency Communications may accept gifts or grants from any source for purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0104
§ 547.0104. AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
Status: in_force

As appropriate, the person responsible for adopting rules for an agency described by Section 547.0103(a) shall implement the recommendations in the report created under Section 547.0103 by:

(1) adopting rules;

(2) implementing policy changes; and

(3) entering into memoranda of understanding with other agencies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.204
§ 1100.204. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the annual budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.204
§ 1069.204. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the annual budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3971.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3971 / Section 3971.0105
§ 3971.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.001
§ 1065.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Motley County Hospital District.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.2585 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.2585
§ 21.2585. COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) On finding that a respondent engaged in an unlawful intentional employment practice as alleged in a complaint, a court may, as provided by this section, award:

(1) compensatory damages; and

(2) punitive damages.

(b) A complainant may recover punitive damages against a respondent, other than a respondent that is a governmental entity, if the complainant demonstrates that the respondent engaged in a discriminatory practice with malice or with reckless indifference to the state-protected rights of an aggrieved individual.

(c) Compensatory damages awarded under this section may not include:

(1) back pay;

(2) interest on back pay; or

(3) other relief authorized under Section 21.258(b).

(d) The sum of the amount of compensatory damages awarded under this section for future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other nonpecuniary losses and the amount of punitive damages awarded under this section may not exceed, for each complainant:

(1) $50,000 in the case of a respondent that has fewer than 101 employees;

(2) $100,000 in the case of a respondent that has more than 100 and fewer than 201 employees;

(3) $200,000 in the case of a respondent that has more than 200 and fewer than 501 employees; and

(4) $300,000 in the case of a respondent that has more than 500 employees.

(e) For the purposes of Subsection (d), in determining the number of employees of a respondent, the requisite number of employees must be employed by the respondent for each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.
Tex. Education Code § 74.352 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.352
§ 74.352. HOSPITAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

All hospital facilities and services required for the operation and maintenance of the nursing school shall be furnished and provided at no cost or expense to the state at the time of completion of the nursing school and subsequently.
Tex. Government Code § 24.183 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.183
§ 24.183.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.183. 81ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ATASCOSA, FRIO, KARNES, LASALLE, AND WILSON COUNTIES). (a) The 81st Judicial District is composed of Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, LaSalle, and Wilson counties.

(b) The terms of the 81st District Court begin:

(1) in Atascosa County on the third Mondays in March and September;

(2) in Frio County on the fourth Mondays in May and November;

(3) in Karnes County on the first Mondays in May and November;

(4) in LaSalle County on the first Mondays in March and September; and

(5) in Wilson County on the second Mondays in April and October.