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Tex. Transportation Code § 62.024 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 62 / Section 62.024
§ 62.024. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The pilot board of a navigation district has exclusive jurisdiction over the pilotage of a vessel between the Gulf of Mexico and a port of the navigation district, including an intermediate stop or landing place on a navigable stream in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8844.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8844 / Section 8844.051
§ 8844.051. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The board may annex territory to the district as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Family Code § 158.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.004
§ 158.004. WITHHOLDING FOR ARREARAGES WHEN NO CURRENT SUPPORT IS DUE.
Status: in_force

If current support is no longer owed, the court or the Title IV-D agency shall order that income be withheld for arrearages, including accrued interest as provided in Chapter 157, in an amount sufficient to discharge those arrearages in not more than two years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.157
§ 1061.157. INSPECTION OF AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 35.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 35.06
§ 35.06. CHALLENGE TO ARRAY FIRST HEARD.
Status: in_force

The court shall hear and determine a challenge to the array before interrogating those summoned as to their qualifications.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.357 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.357
§ 375.357. FILING OF ORDER WITH COUNTY CLERK AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

A consolidation order issued by the board shall be kept in the records of the consolidated district, recorded in the office of the county clerk in each of the counties in the consolidated district, and filed with the executive director of the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 386.117 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 386 / Section 386.117
§ 386.117. REBATE GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt a process for awarding grants under this subchapter in the form of rebates to streamline the grant application, contracting, reimbursement, and reporting processes for certain projects. The process adopted under this section must:

(1) designate certain types of projects, such as repowers, replacements, and retrofits, as eligible for rebates;

(2) project standardized oxides of nitrogen emissions reductions for each designated project type;

(3) assign a standardized rebate amount for each designated project type;

(4) allow for processing rebates on an ongoing first-come, first-served basis; and

(5) consolidate, simplify, and reduce the administrative work for applicants and the commission associated with grant application, contracting, reimbursement, and reporting processes for designated project types.

(b) The commission may limit or expand the designated project types as necessary to further the goals of the program.

(c) The commission may award rebate grants as a pilot project for a specific region or may award the grants statewide.

(d) The commission may administer the rebate grants or may designate another entity to administer the grants.

(e) The commission shall:

(1) investigate the requirements for establishing an Internet-based application process for rebate grants and report those requirements to the legislature not later than December 31, 2007; or

(2) implement an Internet-based application process for rebate grants not later than June 1, 2008.

(f) The commission or its designee shall notify potential applicants of any changes to the rebate grant process by its e-mail list service and posting those changes on its Internet website at least 30 days before the changes become effective.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8081.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8081 / Section 8081.0402
§ 8081.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8081.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.071
§ 1477.071. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) In exercising any power granted by this subchapter, a county may acquire real property and easements by the exercise of the power of eminent domain in accordance with Chapter 21, Property Code.

(b) The commissioners court shall determine the amount and character of interest in real property and easements to be acquired by the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Insurance Code § 36.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 36 / Section 36.202
§ 36.202. PETITION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) After failing to get relief from the commissioner, any insurance company or other party at interest who is dissatisfied with an action of the commissioner may file a petition for judicial review against the commissioner as defendant.

(b) The petition must state the particular objection to the action and may be filed only in a district court in Travis County.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.657 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.657
§ 2001.657. DETERMINATION OF LOCAL OPTION STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining whether bingo under this chapter is permitted in an area, the rules provided by this section apply.

(b) Bingo is permitted in an area only as the result of a successful election held under this chapter.

(c) To the extent that the results of local option elections held by different types of political subdivisions conflict with regard to the same territory, the relative dates of the elections are of no consequence and the following rules apply:

(1) the status of an area as determined by a municipal election prevails over a contrary status as determined by a justice precinct or county election; and

(2) the status of an area as determined by a justice precinct election prevails over the contrary status of the area as determined by a county election.

(d) If two or more local option elections held at the justice precinct level apply to the same territory, the most recent election prevails.

(e) If a municipality has established a status by a municipal election, territory annexed to the municipality after that status is established assumes the status under this chapter of the rest of the municipality. Territory detached from the municipality assumes the status the territory would have had if it had never been a part of the municipality. If the detached territory is added to another municipality that has established a status by a municipal election, the territory assumes the status of the municipality to which it is added.

(f) The addition of territory to or detachment of territory from a justice precinct does not affect the status under this chapter of the added or detached territory, except that in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million the added or detached territory assumes the status of the justice precinct of which it becomes a part. The abolition of a justice precinct does not affect the status under this chapter of the territory formerly within the justice precinct.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 607.103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 607 / Section 607.103
§ 607.103. OFFENSES; PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person refuses to allow an inspection of a motor fuel metering device at the merchant's place of business in violation of Section 607.055. An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person negligently or recklessly disposes of a skimmer that was installed on a motor fuel unattended payment terminal or motor fuel metering device by another person. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person commits an offense if, knowing that an investigation is ongoing or that a criminal proceeding has been commenced and is pending, the person disposes of a skimmer that was installed on a motor fuel unattended payment terminal or motor fuel metering device by another person. An offense under this subsection is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.061
§ 1122.061. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may employ nurses, technicians, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(b) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.408 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.408
§ 2269.408. USE OF ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER.
Status: in_force

(a) If a job order contract or an order issued under the contract requires architectural or engineering services that constitute the practice of architecture within the meaning of Chapter 1051, Occupations Code, or the practice of engineering within the meaning of Chapter 1001, Occupations Code, the governmental entity shall select or designate an architect or engineer to prepare the construction documents for the project.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a job order contract or an order issued under the contract for industrialized housing, industrialized buildings, or relocatable educational facilities subject to and approved under Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, if the contractor employs the services of an architect or engineer who approves the documents for the project.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1377.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1377 / Section 1377.003
§ 1377.003. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for benefits for a specified disease or for another limited benefit, other than a plan that provides benefits for a disease or disorder listed in Section 1377.051(a);

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(E) only for dental or vision care; or

(F) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under an automobile insurance policy;

(5) a credit insurance policy;

(6) a limited benefit policy that does not provide coverage for physical examinations or wellness exams; or

(7) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1377.002.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.062 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.062
§ 62.062. SEASON.
Status: in_force

(a) As sound biological management practices warrant and until August 31, 1995, the commission may prescribe an open season for hunting in state parks, forts, or sites where size, location, and other physical conditions permit hunting.

(b) After August 31, 1995, as sound biological practices warrant, and after it has established a classification system for parks in accordance with Section 13.001(b) of this code, the commission may prescribe an open season for recreational hunting in state parks, forts, or sites where size, location, physical conditions, safety, and other uses permit hunting.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1101.012 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.012
§ 1101.012. TABLE OF INSTALLMENTS OF PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

A life insurance policy that provides that the policy proceeds are payable in installments must include a table that shows the amount of the installments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8047.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8047 / Section 8047.0403
§ 8047.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Government Code § 442.0057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.0057
§ 442.0057. SOLICITATION, RECEIPT, AND TRANSFER OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may solicit and receive donations of land for public purposes and may refuse donations of land not acceptable for public purposes.

(b) If title to a site has vested in the commission and if ownership of the site is no longer in the best interest of the commission, the commission may transfer the title:

(1) to another state commission, department, or institution requesting the site;

(2) to the donor of the land if the donor requests the return of the site;

(3) to the United States if it has undertaken the development of the site for public purposes;

(4) to the grantor if the deed to the commission contains a reversion clause providing that title reverts to the grantor when the site is not used for the purposes for which it was acquired; or

(5) to any legally authorized entity if the property is to be used for public purposes.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42 / Section 12
§ 12. EXPIRATION; RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A restitution lien expires on the 10th anniversary of the date the lien was filed or on the date the defendant satisfies the judgment creating the lien, whichever occurs first. The person having an interest in the lien may refile the lien before the date the lien expires. A lien that is refiled expires on the 10th anniversary of the date the lien was refiled or the date the defendant satisfies the judgment creating the lien, whichever occurs first.

(b) Failure to execute or foreclose the restitution lien does not cause dormancy of the lien.

(c) The clerk of the court entering the judgment creating the restitution lien shall maintain a record of the outstanding balance of restitution, fines, or costs owed. If the defendant satisfies the judgment, the clerk shall immediately execute and file for record a release of the restitution lien with all officers or entities with which the affidavit perfecting the lien was filed, as indicated by the notice received by the clerk under Section 7(h) of this article, unless a release was executed and filed by the person who filed the affidavit to perfect the lien.

(d) A partial release of a lien as to specific property may be executed by the attorney representing the state or a magistrate who signs an affidavit described by Section 6 of this article on payment of a sum determined to represent the defendant's interest in any property to which the lien may attach.Sec. 12. In addition to the information described by Section 1, the judgment should reflect affirmative findings entered pursuant to Article 42.0192.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3832.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3832 / Section 3832.156
§ 3832.156. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's power to borrow, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.208 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.208
§ 1201.208.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1201.208. POLICY PROVISION: INCONTESTABILITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an individual accident and health insurance policy must contain the following provision:

"Time Limit on Certain Defenses: (a) After the second anniversary of the date this policy is issued, a misstatement, other than a fraudulent misstatement, made by the applicant in the application for the policy may not be used to void the policy or to deny a claim for loss incurred or disability (as defined in the policy) beginning after that anniversary.

"(b) A claim for loss incurred or disability (as defined in the policy) beginning after the second anniversary of the date this policy is issued may not be reduced or denied on the ground that a disease or physical condition not excluded from coverage by name or specific description effective on the date of loss existed before the effective date of coverage of this policy."

(b) Clause (a) of the provision required by Subsection (a) does not:

(1) affect any legal requirement for avoidance of a policy or denial of a claim during the initial two-year period; or

(2) limit the application of Section 1201.219, 1201.220, or 1201.221 in a case of a misstatement regarding age, occupation, or other insurance.

(c) For a policy that provides that the insured is entitled to continue the policy in force by the timely payment of premiums until the insured reaches at least 50 years of age or, if the policy was issued after the insured reached 44 years of age, until at least the fifth anniversary of the policy's date of issuance, an insurer may use the following clause instead of Clause (a) of the provision required by Subsection (a):

"After this policy has been in force for a period of two years during the lifetime of the insured (excluding any period during which the insured is disabled), it shall become incontestible as to the statements contained in the application."

(d) The provision provided by Subsection (c) must be under the caption "Incontestable." An insurer that uses the provision may omit the parenthetical clause.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8278.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8278 / Section 8278.104
§ 8278.104. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a facility described by Subsection (b) in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deducting from that cost the net salvage value of the old facility.

(b) If the district's exercise of the power of eminent domain makes necessary the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or alteration of the construction of a highway, a railroad, an electric transmission line, a telegraph or telephone property or facility, or a pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.154
§ 1001.154. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to members of the board and to board employees, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements for office or employment under this chapter, including information regarding a person's responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7901A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7901A / Section 7901A.0306
§ 7901A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district under Section 49.316, Water Code, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.0455 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 247 / Section 247.0455
§ 247.0455. NOTICE AND PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY; INTEREST; REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall give notice of the findings made under Section 247.0454(d) to the person charged. If the department finds that a violation has occurred, the department shall give to the person charged written notice of:

(1) the findings;

(2) the amount of the administrative penalty;

(3) the rate of interest payable with respect to the penalty and the date on which interest begins to accrue;

(4) whether action under Section 247.0457 is required in lieu of payment of all or part of the penalty; and

(5) the person's right to judicial review of the department order.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the department order is final, the person charged with the penalty shall:

(1) pay the full amount of the penalty; or

(2) file a petition for judicial review contesting the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, the department's dissatisfaction with efforts to correct the violation, or any combination of these issues.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the department may permit the person to pay a penalty in installments or may require the person to use all or part of the amount of the penalty in accordance with Section 247.0457.

(d) If the person does not pay the penalty within the period provided by Subsection (b) or in accordance with Subsection (c), if applicable:

(1) the penalty is subject to interest; and

(2) the department may refer the matter to the attorney general for collection of the penalty and interest.

(e) Interest under Subsection (d)(1) accrues:

(1) at a rate equal to the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank; and

(2) for the period beginning on the day after the date on which the penalty becomes due and ending on the date the penalty is paid.

(f) If the amount of the penalty is reduced or the assessment of a penalty is not upheld on judicial review, the department shall:

(1) remit to the person charged the appropriate amount of any penalty payment plus accrued interest; or

(2) execute a release of the supersedeas bond if one has been posted.

(g) Accrued interest on amounts remitted by the department under Subsection (f)(1) shall be paid:

(1) at a rate equal to the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank; and

(2) for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted to the person charged.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 327.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 327 / Section 327.003
§ 327.003. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

A violation of this chapter is a deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, and is actionable under that subchapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 103.102 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 103 / Section 103.102
§ 103.102. SUBMISSION OF FEE REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Together with an application for compensation under this chapter or not later than the 14th day after the date the application or cured application is filed, a person seeking payment for preparing, filing, or curing the application must file a fee report with the comptroller's judiciary section.

(b) A fee report under this section must include:

(1) the total dollar amount sought for fees;

(2) the number of hours the person worked preparing, filing, or curing the application; and

(3) the name of the applicant.

(c) A fee report under this section is public information subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.