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Tex. Family Code § 104.006 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 104 / Section 104.006
§ 104.006. HEARSAY STATEMENT OF CHILD ABUSE VICTIM.
Status: in_force

In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, a statement made by a child 12 years of age or younger that describes alleged abuse against the child, without regard to whether the statement is otherwise inadmissible as hearsay, is admissible as evidence if, in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury, the court finds that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indications of the statement's reliability and:

(1) the child testifies or is available to testify at the proceeding in court or in any other manner provided for by law; or

(2) the court determines that the use of the statement in lieu of the child's testimony is necessary to protect the welfare of the child.
Tex. Transportation Code § 391.124 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 391 / Section 391.124
§ 391.124. COMPENSATION TO OWNER OF JUNKYARD.
Status: in_force

If the commission determines that the screening of a lawfully existing junkyard that is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of a right-of-way of a highway in the interstate or primary system is not feasible, the commission shall pay just compensation to:

(1) the owner of the junkyard for its relocation, removal, or disposal; and

(2) the owner or, if appropriate, the lessee of the real property on which the junkyard is located for the taking of the right to erect and maintain a junkyard.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0631 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0631
§ 25.0631. DENTON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Denton County has the following statutory county courts:

(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Denton County;

(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County;

(3) County Criminal Court No. 1 of Denton County;

(4) County Criminal Court No. 2 of Denton County;

(5) County Criminal Court No. 3 of Denton County;

(6) County Criminal Court No. 4 of Denton County; and

(7) County Criminal Court No. 5 of Denton County.

(b) Denton County has the following statutory probate courts:

(1) Probate Court of Denton County; and

(2) Probate Court Number 2 of Denton County.

(c) The statutory county courts of Denton County sit in the county seat or at another location in the county as assigned by the local administrative statutory county court judge. The statutory probate courts of Denton County sit in the county seat and may conduct docket matters at other locations in the county as the statutory probate court judges consider necessary for the protection of wards or mental health respondents or as otherwise provided by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3816.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3816 / Section 3816.155
§ 3816.155. CONTRACTS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

A contract for which the payments are secured wholly or partly by ad valorem taxes may not be executed unless the imposition of the ad valorem taxes to secure the payment of the contract is approved by a majority, or a larger percentage if constitutionally required, of the voters in the district voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.609 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.609
§ 2301.609. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) A party to a proceeding under this subchapter that is affected by a final order related to the proceeding is entitled to judicial review of the order under the substantial evidence rule in a district court of Travis County.

(b) Judicial review is subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code, to the extent that chapter is not inconsistent with this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 24.34 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 24 / Section 24.34
§ 24.34. INTERSTATE ALLOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the railroad operates in another state or country, the chief appraiser shall allocate to this state the proportion of the total market value of the rolling stock that fairly reflects its use in this state during the preceding tax year.

(b) The comptroller shall adopt rules establishing formulas for interstate allocation of the value of railroad rolling stock.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.005 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.005
§ 200.005. SUPPLEMENTARY POWERS OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 2.113(a) and in addition to the powers specified in Section 2.101, a real estate investment trust may engage in activities mandated or authorized by:

(1) provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are related to or govern real estate investment trusts; and

(2) regulations adopted under the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) This section does not authorize a real estate investment trust or an officer or trust manager of a real estate investment trust to exercise a power in a manner inconsistent with a limitation on the purposes or powers of the real estate investment trust contained in:

(1) the trust's certificate of formation;

(2) this code; or

(3) another law of this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293A.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293A / Section 293A.003
§ 293A.003. COUNTY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A county health care provider participation program authorizes a county to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional health care provider located in the county to be deposited in a local provider participation fund established by the county. Money in the fund may be used by the county to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care programs as provided by this chapter.

(b) The commissioners court of a county may adopt an order authorizing the county to participate in the program, subject to the limitations provided by this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 812.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 812 / Section 812.003
§ 812.003. MEMBERSHIP IN EMPLOYEE CLASS.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), membership in the employee class of the retirement system includes all employees and appointed officers of every department, commission, board, agency, or institution of the state except:

(1) independent contractors and their employees performing work for the state; and

(2) persons disqualified from membership under Section 812.201.

(b) An office or employment that is included in the coverage of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One, or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two or, except as provided by Section 9.01, Chapter 238 (S.B. 378), Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is with a university system or institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, is not a position with a department, commission, board, agency, or institution of the state for purposes of this subtitle.

(c) Membership in the employee class is mandatory for eligible persons.

(d) Membership in the employee class begins on the first day a person is employed or holds office.

(e) A person who is reemployed or who again holds office after withdrawing contributions under Subchapter B for previous service credited in the employee class begins membership in the employee class on the first day the person is reemployed or again holds office.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 331 , Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7955A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7955A / Section 7955A.0102
§ 7955A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 2156.0013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2156 / Section 2156.0013
§ 2156.0013. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a contract for professional services, as that term is defined by Section 2254.002.
Tex. Family Code § 8.209 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.209
§ 8.209. PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the civil remedies provided by this subchapter or any other remedy provided by law, an employer who knowingly violates this chapter by failing to withhold income for spousal maintenance or to remit withheld income in accordance with an order or writ of withholding issued under this chapter commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine not to exceed $200 for each violation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7954A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7954A / Section 7954A.0104
§ 7954A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7954A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74A.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74A / Section 74A.002
§ 74A.002. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS RELATING TO HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the health care provider acts with malice or gross negligence, a health care provider who provides patient information to a health information exchange is not liable for any damages, penalties, or other relief related to the obtainment, use, or disclosure of that information in violation of federal or state privacy laws by a health information exchange, another health care provider, or any other person.

(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to create a cause of action or to create a standard of care, obligation, or duty that forms the basis for a cause of action.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 487 / Section 487.103
§ 487.103. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may apply for an initial or renewal license to operate as a dispensing organization by submitting a form prescribed by the department along with the application fee in an amount set by the director.

(b) The application must include:

(1) the name and address of the applicant;

(2) the name and address of each of the applicant's directors, owners, managers, members, and employees;

(3) the address of any satellite location that will be used by the applicant for secure storage of low-THC cannabis under Section 487.1035; and

(4) any other information considered necessary by the department to determine the applicant's eligibility for the license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.205
§ 1078.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Education Code § 65.45 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 65 / Section 65.45
§ 65.45. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSFER.
Status: repealed

(a) The legislature finds that it is essential to the economic growth of the state that the potential for the development and growth of high technology industry be promoted and expanded. As a means of accomplishing this purpose, the board may enter into agreements with individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, and local, state, or federal agencies for funding the discovery, development, and commercialization of new products, technology, and scientific information, including an agreement to manage a national laboratory engaged in any of those endeavors. At the discretion of the board, research facilities, funding, and personnel at the various component institutions of The University of Texas System may be utilized to achieve the purposes of this section.

(b) As a means of carrying out the purposes of this section, the board may, through one or more corporations incorporated by the board or under any other cooperative arrangement:

(1) own and license rights to products, technology, and scientific information;

(2) own shares in corporations engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, management, or marketing of products, technology, or scientific information in this state or outside this state;

(3) participate, either directly or through a subsidiary corporation or other legal entity formed for that purpose, in the discovery, development, manufacture, management, or marketing of products, technology, or scientific information on behalf of the United States or a state or local governmental entity; and

(4) carry on and support such other activities as the board may deem appropriate for achieving the purposes of this section.

(c) The board may cooperate in any manner the board considers appropriate with similar programs operated by other state-supported institutions of higher education in this state or in other states.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359, Sec. 16(3), eff. January 1, 2012.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.006
§ 425.006.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.006. ADDITIONAL RESERVES REQUIRED: SUBSTANDARD OR EXTRA HAZARDOUS POLICIES. (a) If a life insurance company engaged in business under the laws of this state has written or assumed risks that are substandard or extra hazardous and has charged more for the policies under which those risks are written or assumed than the company's published premium rates, the commissioner shall, in valuing those policies, compute and charge extra reserves on the policies as necessary because of the extra hazard assumed and the extra premium charged.

(b) If the commissioner determines, after notice and hearing, that a particular risk or class of risks is substandard or extra hazardous, a life insurance company may not, after the determination is made, write or assume the particular risk or class of risks unless the company charges an extra premium as necessary because of the extra hazard assumed.
Tex. Education Code § 61.227 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.227
§ 61.227. PAYMENT OF GRANT; AMOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) On determination of a person's financial need, the institution at which the student is enrolled shall certify the amount of the tuition equalization grant based on financial need but not to exceed a grant amount of more than that specified in the appropriation by the legislature, or more than the difference between the tuition at the private institution attended and the tuition at public colleges and universities.

(b) The proper amount of the tuition equalization grant shall be paid to the student through the college or university in which the student is enrolled.

(c) In no event shall a tuition equalization grant paid pursuant to this subchapter in behalf of any student during any one fiscal year exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the average state appropriation in the biennium preceding the biennium in which the grant is made for a full-time student or the equivalent at public senior colleges and universities, as determined by the board.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a student enrolled in a private or independent institution of higher education may not receive a tuition equalization grant under this subchapter and a TEXAS grant under Subchapter M, Chapter 56, for the same semester or other term, regardless of whether the student is otherwise eligible for both grants during that semester or term. A student who but for this subsection would be awarded both a tuition equalization grant and a TEXAS grant for the same semester or other term is entitled to receive only the grant of the greater amount.

(e) Notwithstanding any restrictions provided by Subsection (c) on the amount of a grant, a tuition equalization grant for an academic period for an undergraduate student who establishes exceptional financial need in accordance with the procedures and rules of the coordinating board may be certified by the institution at which the undergraduate student is enrolled in an amount not to exceed 150 percent of the amount of the grant that the student would otherwise have been awarded for that period under the other provisions of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7807.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7807 / Section 7807.057
§ 7807.057. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

Unless the board by resolution increases the fee to an amount authorized by Section 49.060, Water Code, each director shall receive a per diem payment of $50, not to exceed a maximum payment of $200 per month.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0406 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0406
§ 5010.0406. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY FOR CURRENT EXPENSES; EVIDENCE OF OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may:

(1) borrow money for current expenses; and

(2) evidence the borrowed money by warrants.

(b) The amount of the warrants may not exceed the anticipated revenue.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.123 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.123
§ 161.123. NOTICE FOR BIDS ON BONDS.
Status: in_force

If the board authorizes the issuance of a series of bonds and decides to call for bids, it shall publish an appropriate notice at least one time not less than 10 days before the date of the sale in a recognized financial journal of general circulation.
Tex. Education Code § 55.24 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.24
§ 55.24. PLEDGES UNDER PREVIOUS LAWS TO REMAIN IN EFFECT.
Status: in_force

(a) Where any revenues, income, receipts, or other resources of any board have been pledged to the payment of principal of and interest on any bonds or notes issued and delivered pursuant to any other law, the repeal of such law by virtue of the enactment of Title 3 of this code shall not affect any such pledge or any covenants with respect to such bonds or notes, or any bonds issued to refund same, and all such pledges and covenants shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.

(b) Where all or any part of the revenue funds of any board have been pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes or any other obligation issued or entered into and delivered pursuant to any provision of this title or any other law, the repeal or amendment of any provision of this title shall not affect any such pledge or any covenants with respect to such bonds, notes, or obligations or any bonds or notes issued to refund same, and all such pledges and covenants shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.

(c) In furtherance of the provisions of Subsection (b) and in recognition that certain boards have outstanding bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by various liens on the tuition or a portion of the tuition charged and collected at certain institutions and that the provisions of Chapter 54 would make it difficult or impossible to identify and secure that portion of the revised tuition charges pledged to the payment of such bonds, notes, and obligations, net tuition, as defined in Section 51.009(c) and classified as educational and general funds by such provision, shall be set aside and utilized first to satisfy the obligations of each board secured by tuition in the order of priority of the liens on such funds. It is further provided for the benefit of the owners of such bonds and notes and the counterparties to such obligations of the boards that the charges per semester credit hour or for each semester or summer session, as the case may be, for tuition constituting the educational and general funds portion of tuition shall never be less than the amount charged for the 1996-1997 academic year.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.370 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.370
§ 2175.370. FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY SERVICE CHARGE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall deposit a charge collected under Section 2175.369 in the state treasury to the credit of the federal surplus property service charge fund.

(b) Income earned on money in the federal surplus property service charge fund shall be credited to that fund.

(c) Money in the federal surplus property service charge fund may be used only to accomplish the commission's functions under this subchapter.
Tex. Family Code § 154.309 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.309
§ 154.309. POSSESSION OF OR ACCESS TO ADULT DISABLED CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) A court may render an order for the possession of or access to an adult disabled child that is appropriate under the circumstances.

(b) Possession of or access to an adult disabled child is enforceable in the manner provided by Chapter 157. An adult disabled child may refuse possession or access if the adult disabled child is mentally competent.

(c) A court that obtains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving a disabled person who is a child retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of subsequent proceedings involving the person, including proceedings after the person is an adult. Notwithstanding this subsection and any other law, a probate court may exercise jurisdiction in a guardianship proceeding for the person after the person is an adult.
Tex. Water Code § 20.110 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.110
§ 20.110. APPROVAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under this chapter are subject to review and approval by the attorney general in the same manner and with the same effect as provided by Chapter 1371, Government Code.
Tex. Water Code § 68.208 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.208
§ 68.208. CONTRACTS FOR JOINT USE OF SECURITY PROJECT.
Status: in_force

A district may contract with any person, public or private, for the joint use of a security project.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298A.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298A / Section 298A.004
§ 298A.004. EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 298A.153(d), the authority of the district to administer and operate a program under this chapter expires December 31, 2027.

(b) This chapter expires December 31, 2027.