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Tex. Agriculture Code § 50D.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 50D / Section 50D.002
§ 50D.002. BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is composed of the following nine members appointed by the commissioner:

(1) five members who are olive growers, one of whom represents each of the five established olive-growing regions of the state as determined by the commissioner;

(2) one representative of infrastructure who is engaged in harvesting, milling, or agritourism;

(3) one researcher or educator who is employed by an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;

(4) one representative from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service; and

(5) one representative from the department.

(b) The board shall elect a presiding officer from among its members.

(c) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Members may be reappointed at the end of a term.

(d) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the size, composition, or duration of the board.

(e) Service on the board by a state officer or employee is an additional duty of the member's office or employment. Members of the board are not entitled to compensation or reimbursement of expenses.

(f) The board may accept gifts and grants from any source to be used to carry out a function of the board.
Tex. Tax Code § 182.026 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 182 / Section 182.026
§ 182.026. SUBCHAPTER NOT APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not apply to a utility company owned and operated by a city, town, county, water improvement district, or conservation district.

(b) This subchapter does not:

(1) affect collection of ad valorem taxes; or

(2) impair or alter a provision of a contract, agreement, or franchise made between a city and a public utility company relating to a payment made to the city.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1701.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.101
§ 1701.101. RESTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may order an insurer to make complete restitution to each insured of this state who is financially damaged by the insurer's use of a form filed and used but not approved under this chapter if, after notice and opportunity for hearing, the commissioner determines:

(1) the form does not comply with this code and the rules of the commissioner;

(2) use of the form resulted in financial damage to an insured of this state; and

(3) the insurer intentionally used the form with the knowledge that it did not comply with this code and the rules of the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner may determine the form and amount of restitution ordered under this section and the period in which the restitution must be made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.051
§ 1103.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors elected as follows:

(1) one director elected from each county commissioners precinct; and

(2) one director elected from the county at large.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code, directors serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of two or three directors expiring each year, as appropriate.

(c) An election shall be held annually on the May uniform election date, or another date authorized by law, to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8343.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8343 / Section 8343.051
§ 8343.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8343.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.004
§ 1105.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Terry County, Texas.
Tex. Finance Code § 34.106 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 34 / Section 34.106
§ 34.106. INVESTMENTS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A state bank may make investments of a predominantly civic, community, or public nature, including investments providing housing, services, or jobs or promoting the welfare of low-income and moderate-income communities or families.

(b) The bank may make the investments directly or by purchasing equity securities in an entity primarily engaged in making those investments. The bank may not make an investment that would expose the bank to unlimited liability.

(c) A bank may serve as a community partner and make investments in a community partnership, as those terms are defined by the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-325).

(d) A bank's aggregate investments under this section may not exceed an amount equal to 15 percent of the bank's unimpaired capital and surplus.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, a bank's exposure to a single project or entity described by this section, including all investments, loans, and commitments for loans, may not exceed 25 percent of the bank's unimpaired capital and surplus without the prior authorization of the banking commissioner in response to a written application.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6610.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6610 / Section 6610.104
§ 6610.104. CONSTRUCTION ON PUBLIC LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may construct, acquire, own, and operate works, ditches, canals, or other improvements over, across, through, under, or along:

(1) a public stream, canal, road, or highway; or

(2) land belonging to this state.

(b) A plan for an improvement under Subsection (a) on a state highway is subject to the approval of the Texas Department of Transportation.

(c) A plan for an improvement under Subsection (a) on Texas Department of Criminal Justice land is subject to the approval of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.

(d) A plan for an improvement of a public water supply canal or public stream under Subsection (a) is subject to the approval of the state or federal agency that has jurisdiction over or that owns the public water supply canal or stream.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.005
§ 2001.005. RULE, ORDER, OR DECISION NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL INDEXED.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency rule, order, or decision made or issued on or after January 1, 1976, is not valid or effective against a person or party, and may not be invoked by an agency, until the agency has indexed the rule, order, or decision and made it available for public inspection as required by this chapter.

(b) This section does not apply in favor of a person or party that has actual knowledge of the rule, order, or decision.
Tex. Utilities Code § 251.059 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 251 / Section 251.059
§ 251.059. ENTITLEMENT TO VOTE.
Status: in_force

The corporation's bylaws must provide that each director is entitled to one vote.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.090 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.090
§ 2001.090. OFFICIAL NOTICE; STATE AGENCY EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with a hearing held under this chapter, official notice may be taken of:

(1) all facts that are judicially cognizable; and

(2) generally recognized facts within the area of the state agency's specialized knowledge.

(b) Each party shall be notified either before or during the hearing, or by reference in a preliminary report or otherwise, of the material officially noticed, including staff memoranda or information.

(c) Each party is entitled to be given an opportunity to contest material that is officially noticed.

(d) The special skills or knowledge of the state agency and its staff may be used in evaluating the evidence.
Tex. Property Code § 301.091 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.091
§ 301.091. DISMISSAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission determines that no reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice that is the subject of a complaint has occurred or is about to occur, the commission shall promptly dismiss the complaint.

(b) The commission shall make public disclosure of each dismissal.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 14.009 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 14 / Section 14.009
§ 14.009. SUBMISSION OF EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may request a person with an admissible document or admissible testimony relevant to the subject matter of the hearing to submit a copy of the document or written statement stating the substance of the testimony.

(b) A written statement submitted under this section must be made under oath or made as an unsworn declaration under Section 132.001.

(c) A copy of a document submitted under this section must be accompanied by a certification executed under oath by an appropriate custodian of the record stating that the copy is correct and any other matter relating to the admissibility of the document that the court requires.

(d) A person submitting a written statement or document under this section is not required to appear at the hearing.

(e) The court shall require that the inmate be provided with a copy of each written statement or document not later than 14 days before the date on which the hearing is to begin.
Tex. Utilities Code § 40.056 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 40 / Section 40.056
§ 40.056. ANTICOMPETITIVE ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If, on complaint by a retail electric provider, the commission finds that a municipal rule, action, or order relating to customer choice is anticompetitive or does not provide other retail electric providers with nondiscriminatory terms and conditions of access to distribution facilities or customers within the municipally owned utility's certificated retail service area that are comparable to the municipally owned utility's and its affiliates' terms and conditions of access to distribution facilities or customers, the commission shall notify the municipally owned utility.

(b) The municipally owned utility shall have three months to cure the anticompetitive or noncompliant behavior described in Subsection (a), following opportunity for hearing on the complaint. If the rule, action, or order is not fully remedied within that time, the commission may prohibit the municipally owned utility or affiliate from providing retail service outside its certificated retail service area until the rule, action, or order is remedied.
Tex. Insurance Code § 544.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 544 / Section 544.301
§ 544.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Insurer" means an insurance company, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, mutual insurance company, capital stock company, county mutual insurance company, farm mutual insurance company, Lloyd's plan, or other legal entity authorized to write residential property insurance in this state. The term includes an affiliate, as described by Section 823.003(a), if that affiliate is authorized to write and is writing residential property insurance in this state. The term does not include:

(A) an eligible surplus lines insurer regulated under Chapter 981;

(B) the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association under Chapter 2210; or

(C) the FAIR Plan Association under Chapter 2211.

(2) "Mold" means any living or dead fungi or related products or parts, including spores, hyphae, and mycotoxins.

(3) "Mold remediation" means the removal, cleaning, sanitizing, demolition, or other treatment, including preventive activities, of mold or mold-contaminated matter that was not purposely grown at that location.

(4) "Residential property insurance" means insurance against damage to or loss of real or tangible personal property at a fixed location provided in a homeowners insurance policy or residential fire and allied lines insurance policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3841.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3841 / Section 3841.008
§ 3841.008. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 59.053 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.053
§ 59.053. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT BEFORE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board considers it advisable before the issuance of any bonds, the board may dissolve the district and liquidate the affairs of the district as provided by Sections 54.734 through 54.738.

(b) If a majority of the board finds at any time before the authorization of bonds that the proposed district and its proposed activities are for any reason impracticable or apparently cannot be successfully and beneficially accomplished, the board may issue notice of a hearing on a proposal to dissolve the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1045.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1045 / Section 1045.206
§ 1045.206. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the bonds to be refunded; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Insurance Code § 886.110 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 886 / Section 886.110
§ 886.110. AUTOMATIC DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

A local mutual aid association is dissolved automatically and forfeits its right to engage in the business of insurance if:

(1) the association's membership falls below 25 percent of the maximum value of the policy issued; or

(2) the association's membership falls below 50 percent of the maximum value of the policy issued and the association fails to notify each member of the amount paid on the preceding death claim when assessment is made.
Tex. Utilities Code § 32.101 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 32 / Section 32.101
§ 32.101. TARIFF FILINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) An electric utility shall file with each regulatory authority a tariff showing each rate that is:

(1) subject to the regulatory authority's original or appellate jurisdiction; and

(2) in effect for a utility service, product, or commodity offered by the utility.

(b) The electric utility shall file as a part of the tariff required under Subsection (a) each rule that relates to or affects:

(1) a rate of the utility; or

(2) a utility service, product, or commodity furnished by the electric utility.

(c) The commission shall consider customer names and addresses, prices, individual customer contracts, and expected load and usage data as highly sensitive trade secrets. That information is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8491.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8491 / Section 8491.0101
§ 8491.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the Morningstar Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Parker County.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.615 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 11 / Section 11.615
§ 11.615. DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR VIOLATION OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

The commission may deny an application for an original or renewal permit or license or take other disciplinary action against a permit or license holder who violates an order of the commission or administrator.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 301.302 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 301 / Section 301.302
§ 301.302. PRIVATE LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not affect private legal relationships, except that an operation conducted under the license and permit requirements of this chapter is not an ultrahazardous activity that makes the participants subject to liability without fault.

(b) The fact that a person holds a license or permit under this chapter or that the person has complied with this chapter or the rules issued under this chapter is not admissible as evidence in any legal proceeding brought against the person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1008.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1008 / Section 1008.002
§ 1008.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The Chillicothe Hospital District operates and is administered and financed in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 672A.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 672A / Section 672A.003
§ 672A.003. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual who violates Section 672A.002 is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each violation.

(b) The attorney general or the appropriate county or district attorney may sue to collect the civil penalty provided by Subsection (a) and may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in obtaining relief under this section.

(c) It is a defense to liability for a civil penalty under this section that:

(1) the individual published the photograph of human remains for an official law enforcement, scientific, educational, research, or medical purpose, or as part of a civil proceeding; or

(2) the photograph was published in a documentary film or television show with the approval of the chief medical examiner, coroner, or commissioners court, as applicable, and the remains are unidentifiable.

(d) A defendant may not assert official immunity as a defense in an action brought under this section.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.375 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.375
§ 104.375. TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The sale or purchase of or revenue derived from services performed in the issuance or transfer of customer rate relief bonds issued under this subchapter is exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state.

(b) A gas utility's receipt of customer rate relief charges is exempt from state and local sales and use taxes and utility gross receipts taxes and assessments, and is excluded from revenue for purposes of franchise tax under Section 171.1011, Tax Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.627 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.627
§ 101.627. CONVERSION OF A REGISTERED SERIES TO A PROTECTED SERIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon compliance with Section 101.628, a registered series of a domestic limited liability company may convert to a protected series of the domestic limited liability company by filing a certificate of conversion that complies with Section 101.631 with the secretary of state in accordance with and taking effect as a filing instrument as specified by Chapter 4.

(b) Upon compliance with Section 101.628, a protected series of a domestic limited liability company may convert to a registered series of the domestic limited liability company by filing simultaneously with the secretary of state in accordance with, and taking effect as a filing instrument as specified by, Chapter 4:

(1) a certificate of conversion that complies with Section 101.631; and

(2) a certificate of registered series as provided by Section 101.623.

(c) An existing registered series may not become a protected series except as provided by Subsection (a) and Sections 101.628 through 101.632.

(d) For purposes of this section and Sections 101.628 through 101.632:

(1) "Conversion" means the continuation of:

(A) a registered series as a protected series; or

(B) a protected series as a registered series.

(2) "Converted series" means a registered series or protected series resulting from a conversion of, respectively, a protected series or registered series, of a domestic limited liability company.

(3) "Converting series" means a registered series or protected series before a conversion of that series.

(4) "Plan of conversion" means a document that conforms with the requirements of Section 101.628.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.054 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.054
§ 14.054. OATH OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

Before assuming the duties of office, the commissioner and each assistant commissioner, examiner, and other employee of the office must take an oath of office.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.033 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.033
§ 116.033. APPLICATION AND RENEWAL PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules establishing procedures for submitting and processing applications for issuance and renewal of licenses and for registration.

(b) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license or registration may renew an unexpired license or registration by paying the required renewal fee to the commission before the expiration date of the license or registration. A person whose license or registration has expired may not engage in activities that require a license or registration until the license or registration has been renewed.

(c) A person whose license or registration has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license or registration by paying to the commission a renewal fee that is equal to 1-1/2 times the normally required renewal fee.

(d) A person whose license or registration has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year may renew the license or registration by paying to the commission a renewal fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee.

(e) A person whose license or registration has been expired for one year or more may not renew the license or registration. The person may obtain a new license or registration by complying with the requirements and procedures, including the examination requirements, for obtaining an original license or registration.

(f) A person who was licensed or registered in this state, moved to another state, and is currently licensed or registered and has been in practice in the other state for the two years preceding the date of application may obtain a new license or registration without reexamination. The person must pay to the commission a fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee for the license or registration.

(g) Not later than the 30th day before the date a person's license or registration is scheduled to expire, the commission shall send written notice of the impending expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the records of the commission.