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Tex. Insurance Code § 462.161 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.161
§ 462.161. AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENT; PRORATION OF PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The association, in determining the proportionate amount to be paid by individual insurers under an assessment under Section 462.160, shall consider the lines of business written by the impaired insurer and shall assess individual insurers in proportion to the ratio that the total net direct written premiums collected in this state by the insurer for those lines of business bears to the total net direct written premiums collected by all insurers, other than impaired insurers, in this state for those lines of business.

(b) The association shall determine the total net direct written premiums of an individual insurer and of all insurers in the state from the insurers' annual statements for the year preceding assessment.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 137.056 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 137 / Section 137.056
§ 137.056. COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to available funding, the commission shall award community youth development grants to communities identified by incidence of crime. The commission shall give priority in awarding grants under this section to areas of the state in which there is a high incidence of juvenile crime.

(b) The purpose of a grant under this section is to assist a community in alleviating conditions in the family and community that lead to juvenile crime.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.013 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.013
§ 542.013. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The department may hire employees and examiners as needed to enforce this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.365 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.365
§ 351.365. PATIENT RIGHTS REGARDING SPECTACLE PRESCRIPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after examining a patient, an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist believes that lenses are required to correct or remedy a defect or abnormal condition of vision, the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall:

(1) inform the patient; and

(2) provide the patient with a copy of the patient's spectacle prescription.

(b) The optometrist or therapeutic optometrist shall expressly indicate verbally or by other means that the patient has the following alternatives for the preparation of the lenses according to the prescription:

(1) the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist will prepare or have the lenses prepared; or

(2) the patient may have the prescription filled by a dispensing optician but should return for an optometrical examination of the lenses.

(c) This section does not require an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist to provide a prescription to a patient before the patient has paid the examination fee.

(d) Section 351.364(d) applies to this section.
Tex. Property Code § 53.102 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.102
§ 53.102. PAYMENT SECURED BY RESERVED FUNDS.
Status: reserved

The reserved funds secure the payment of artisans and mechanics who perform labor or service and the payment of other persons who furnish material, material and labor, or specially fabricated material for any contractor, subcontractor, agent, or receiver in the performance of the work.
Tex. Transportation Code § 722.014 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 722 / Section 722.014
§ 722.014. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine not to exceed $500; and

(2) confinement in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.204
§ 1054.204. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the outstanding indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Insurance Code § 848.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 848 / Section 848.151
§ 848.151. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner and the attorney general may adopt reasonable rules as necessary and proper to implement the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 51.232 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.232
§ 51.232. IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS ON CAMPUS.
Status: in_force

(a) During periods of disruption, as determined by the chief administrative officer of a state-supported institution of higher education, the chief administrative officer, or an officer or employee of the institution designated by him to maintain order on the campus or facility of the institution, may require that any person on the campus or facility present evidence of his identification, or if the person is a student or employee of the institution, his student or employee official institutional identification card, or other evidence of his relationship with the institution.

(b) If any person refuses or fails upon request to present evidence of his identification, or if the person is a student or employee of the institution, his student or employee official identification card, or other evidence of his relationship with the institution, and if it reasonably appears that the person has no legitimate reason to be on the campus or facility, the person may be ejected from the campus or facility.
Tex. Water Code § 13.382 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.382
§ 13.382. COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Any party represented by counsel who alleges that existing rates are excessive or that rates prescribed by the utility commission are excessive and who is a prevailing party in proceedings for review of a utility commission order or decision may in the same action recover against the regulation fund reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses and other costs incurred by him before the utility commission and the court. The amount of the attorney's fees shall be fixed by the court.

(b) On a finding by the court that an action under this subchapter was groundless and brought in bad faith and for the purpose of harassment, the court may award to the defendant retail public utility reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Finance Code § 35.112 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 35 / Section 35.112
§ 35.112. DURATION.
Status: in_force

A supervisor or conservator serves for the period necessary to accomplish the purposes of the supervision or conservatorship as intended by this subchapter. A rehabilitated bank shall be returned to its former or new management under conditions reasonable and necessary to prevent recurrence of the conditions causing the supervision or conservatorship.
Tex. Tax Code § 202.061 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 202 / Section 202.061
§ 202.061. TAX CREDIT FOR ENHANCED EFFICIENCY EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Enhanced efficiency equipment" means equipment used in the production of oil that reduces the energy used to produce a barrel of fluid by 10 percent or more when compared to commonly available alternative equipment. The term does not include a motor or downhole pump. Equipment does not qualify as enhanced efficiency equipment unless an institution of higher education approved by the comptroller that is located in this state and that has an accredited petroleum engineering program evaluated the equipment and determined that the equipment does produce the required energy reduction.

(2) "Marginal well" means an oil well that produces 10 barrels of oil or less per day on average during a month.

(b) The taxpayer responsible for the payment of severance taxes on the production from a marginal well in this state on which enhanced efficiency equipment is installed and used is entitled to a credit in an amount equal to 10 percent of the cost of the equipment, provided that:

(1) the cumulative total of all severance tax credits authorized by this section may not exceed $1,000 for any marginal well;

(2) the enhanced efficiency equipment installed in a qualifying marginal well must have been purchased and installed not earlier than September 1, 2005, or later than September 1, 2013;

(3) the taxpayer must file an application with the comptroller for the credit and must demonstrate to the comptroller that the enhanced efficiency equipment has been purchased and installed in the marginal well within the period prescribed by Subdivision (2);

(4) the number of applications the comptroller may approve each state fiscal year may not exceed a number equal to one percent of the producing marginal wells in this state on September 1 of that state fiscal year, as determined by the comptroller; and

(5) the manufacturer of the enhanced efficiency equipment must obtain an evaluation of the product under Subsection (a).

(c) The taxpayer may carry any unused credit forward until the credit is used.
Tex. Finance Code § 124.052 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 124 / Section 124.052
§ 124.052. LINE OF CREDIT.
Status: in_force

A credit union may approve in advance a line of credit and grant advances to a member within the limit of the extension of credit.
Tex. Education Code § 48.006 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.006
§ 48.006. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR DISTRICTS IN DISASTER AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may adjust the average daily attendance of a school district all or part of which is located in an area declared a disaster area by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, if the district experiences a decline in average daily attendance that is reasonably attributable to the impact of the disaster.

(b) The adjustment must be sufficient to ensure that the district receives funding comparable to the funding that the district would have received if the decline in average daily attendance reasonably attributable to the impact of the disaster had not occurred.

(c) The commissioner may make the adjustment under this section for the two-year period following the date of the governor's initial proclamation or executive order declaring the state of disaster.

(d) Section 48.005(b)(2) does not apply to a district that receives an adjustment under this section.

(e) A district that receives an adjustment under this section may not receive any additional adjustment under Section 48.005(d) for the decline in average daily attendance on which the adjustment under this section is based.

(f) For purposes of this title, a district's adjusted average daily attendance under this section is considered to be the district's average daily attendance as determined under Section 48.005.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 7B.006 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 7B / Section 7B.006
§ 7B.006. WARNING ON PROTECTIVE ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Each protective order issued under this subchapter, including a temporary ex parte order, must contain the following prominently displayed statements in boldfaced type, in capital letters, or underlined:

"A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS ORDER MAY BE PUNISHED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT BY A FINE OF AS MUCH AS $500 OR BY CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR AS LONG AS SIX MONTHS, OR BOTH."

"NO PERSON, INCLUDING A PERSON WHO IS PROTECTED BY THIS ORDER, MAY GIVE PERMISSION TO ANYONE TO IGNORE OR VIOLATE ANY PROVISION OF THIS ORDER. DURING THE TIME IN WHICH THIS ORDER IS VALID, EVERY PROVISION OF THIS ORDER IS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT UNLESS A COURT CHANGES THE ORDER."

"IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, OTHER THAN A PEACE OFFICER, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 1.07, PENAL CODE, ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EMPLOYMENT AS A SWORN, FULL-TIME PAID EMPLOYEE OF A STATE AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, WHO IS SUBJECT TO A PROTECTIVE ORDER TO POSSESS A FIREARM OR AMMUNITION."

(b) Each protective order issued under this subchapter, except for a temporary ex parte order, must contain the following prominently displayed statement in boldfaced type, in capital letters, or underlined:

"A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER BY COMMISSION OF AN ACT PROHIBITED BY THE ORDER MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF AS MUCH AS $4,000 OR BY CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR AS LONG AS ONE YEAR, OR BOTH. AN ACT THAT RESULTS IN A SEPARATE OFFENSE MAY BE PROSECUTED AS A SEPARATE OFFENSE IN ADDITION TO A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER."
Tex. Finance Code § 62.151 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.151
§ 62.151. COMPUTATION OF INCOME; STATEMENT OF CONDITION.
Status: in_force

(a) An association shall close its books at the times provided by its bylaws to determine the amount of its gross income for the period since the date of the last closing of its books.

(b) An association's net income for a period is computed by subtracting the association's operating expenses for the period from the association's gross income for the period.

(c) An association shall:

(1) have prepared and published a statement of the association's condition as of December 31 of each year; and

(2) file a copy of the statement with the commissioner not later than January 15 of the year following the year for which the statement is prepared.
Tex. Utilities Code § 163.080 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 163 / Section 163.080
§ 163.080. POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency may not engage in any utility business other than:

(1) the generation and sale or exchange of electric energy to:

(A) a participating public entity; or

(B) a private entity that owns jointly with the agency an electric generating facility in this state; or

(2) the provision of wholesale transmission service under Chapter 35.

(b) The agency may:

(1) perform any act necessary to the full exercise of the agency's powers;

(2) enter into a contract, lease, or agreement with or accept a grant or loan from a:

(A) department or agency of the United States;

(B) department, agency, or political subdivision of this state; or

(C) public or private person;

(3) use the uniform system of accounts prescribed for utilities and licenses by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and

(4) adopt rules to govern the operation of the agency and its employees, facilities, and service.

(c) The agency may sell, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose of any right, interest, or property of the agency, including its electric facilities. A sale, lease, conveyance, or other disposition having a value of more than $10 million shall require prior approval of each participating public entity, unless the public entities have agreed otherwise by written contract or the property was purchased by the agency for mining purposes.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.607 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.607
§ 504.607. READ TO SUCCEED.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates including the words "Read to Succeed." The department shall design the license plates.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of the "Read to Succeed" account in the general revenue fund. Money in the account may be used only to provide educational materials for public school libraries. The account is composed of:

(1) money required to be deposited to the credit of the account under this subsection; and

(2) donations made to the account.
Tex. Education Code § 48.1081 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.1081
§ 48.1081. DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT MONEY FOR PURPOSES OF FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to money to which a school district is entitled under Section 48.108(a-1).

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, from the total amount of money to which school districts are entitled under Section 48.108(a-1), the agency shall, instead of providing money to which this section applies to school districts in accordance with Section 48.108(a-1), distribute that money as follows:

(1) provide to each school district that operates a full-day program under Section 29.153(c), funding under this chapter based on one-half of the average daily attendance calculated under Section 48.005 for each student in that program; and

(2) if any amount remains after distributing money under Subdivision (1), provide to each school district an amount that is proportional to the district's entitlement under Section 48.108(a-1).
Tex. Occupations Code § 2309.354 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2309 / Section 2309.354
§ 2309.354. RECORD OF PURCHASE; INVENTORY OF PARTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A used automotive parts recycler shall keep an accurate and legible record of each used component part purchased by or delivered to the recycler. The record must include:

(1) the date of purchase or delivery;

(2) the driver's license number of the seller and a legible photocopy of the seller's driver's license; and

(3) a description of the part and, if applicable, the make and model of the part.

(b) As an alternative to the information required by Subsection (a), a used automotive parts recycler may record:

(1) the name of the person who sold the part or the motor vehicle from which the part was obtained; and

(2) the Texas certificate of inventory number or the federal taxpayer identification number of the person.

(c) The department shall prescribe the form of the record required by Subsection (a) and shall make the form available to used automotive parts recyclers.

(d) This section does not apply to:

(1) an interior component part or special accessory part from a motor vehicle more than 10 years old; or

(2) a part delivered to a used automotive parts recycler by a commercial freight line, commercial carrier, or licensed used automotive parts recycler.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8179.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8179 / Section 8179.055
§ 8179.055. ABSENCE OF PRESIDENT FROM BOARD MEETING.
Status: in_force

If the board president is absent from a board meeting:

(1) the board vice president may:

(A) sign an order adopted at the meeting; or

(B) implement any other action taken at the meeting; or

(2) the board may authorize the president to sign the order or implement the action.
Tex. Insurance Code § 32.022 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 32 / Section 32.022
§ 32.022. BIENNIAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) On or before December 31 of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit to the appropriate committees of each house of the legislature a written report that indicates any needed changes in the laws relating to regulation of the insurance industry or any other industry or occupation under the jurisdiction of the department and that states the reasons for the needed changes.

(b) If the commissioner determines that any capital or surplus requirements established by this code for any insurance companies are inadequate, the department shall:

(1) include in the biennial report specific recommendations relating to the amounts at which the capital or surplus requirements should be set and the findings and evidence on which those recommendations are based; and

(2) submit the biennial report to the governor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.105
§ 1046.105. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:

(1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;

(2) equipping for hospital and medical care purposes; and

(3) administering the system for hospital purposes.

(b) The hospital system may include:

(1) domiciliary care and treatment of the sick, injured, or geriatric;

(2) outpatient clinics;

(3) dispensaries;

(4) convalescent home facilities;

(5) necessary nurses;

(6) domiciliaries and training centers;

(7) blood banks;

(8) community health centers;

(9) research centers or laboratories; and

(10) any other facilities the board considers necessary for hospital and medical care.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.103
§ 1271.103. WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL OF FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) After notice and opportunity for hearing, the commissioner may withdraw approval of the form of an evidence of coverage or group contract or an amendment to one of those forms if the commissioner determines that the form violates this chapter, Chapter 843, 1272, or 1367, Subchapter A, Chapter 1452, or Subchapter B, Chapter 1507, or a rule adopted by the commissioner.

(b) If the commissioner withdraws approval of a form under this section, the form may not be issued until it is approved.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.202 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.202
§ 18A.202. POSSESSION AND USE OF INTERCEPTION DEVICE IN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The prosecutor in a county in which an interception device is to be installed or used shall designate in writing each peace officer in the county, other than a commissioned officer of the department, who is:

(1) a member of a law enforcement unit specially trained to respond to and deal with life-threatening situations; and

(2) authorized to possess an interception device and responsible for the installation, operation, and monitoring of the device in an immediate life-threatening situation.

(b) A peace officer designated under Subsection (a) or Article 18A.301(c) may possess, install, operate, or monitor an interception device if the officer:

(1) reasonably believes an immediate life-threatening situation exists that:

(A) is within the territorial jurisdiction of the officer or another officer the officer is assisting; and

(B) requires interception of communications before an interception order can, with due diligence, be obtained under this subchapter;

(2) reasonably believes there are sufficient grounds under this subchapter on which to obtain an interception order; and

(3) before beginning the interception, obtains oral or written consent to the interception from:

(A) a judge of competent jurisdiction;

(B) a district judge for the county in which the device will be installed or used; or

(C) a judge or justice of a court of appeals or of a higher court.

(c) If a peace officer installs or uses an interception device under Subsection (b), the officer shall:

(1) promptly report the installation or use to the prosecutor in the county in which the device is installed or used; and

(2) within 48 hours after the installation is complete or the interception begins, whichever occurs first, obtain a written interception order from a judge of competent jurisdiction.

(d) A peace officer may certify to a communication common carrier that the officer is acting lawfully under this subchapter.
Tex. Estates Code § 112.251 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 112 / Section 112.251
§ 112.251. MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

Chapter 113 governs the rights of creditors with respect to multiple-party accounts, as defined by Section 113.004.