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Tex. Government Code § 403.0302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.0302
§ 403.0302. ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT TASK FORCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "organized retail theft" means conduct constituting an offense under Section 31.16, Penal Code.

(b) The comptroller shall appoint a task force to study and make recommendations related to preventing organized retail theft in this state.

(c) The task force must include:

(1) at least one representative from a retailer with a physical retail location;

(2) at least one representative from an online retailer; and

(3) representatives from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.

(d) The comptroller shall designate a member of the task force as the presiding officer.

(e) The task force shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the presiding officer. A task force meeting may be conducted virtually through the Internet.

(f) The task force shall conduct an ongoing study of organized retail theft in this state. In conducting the study the task force shall:

(1) review laws and regulations addressing organized retail theft in other jurisdictions, including international political and economic organizations;

(2) analyze:

(A) the impact of organized retail theft on the collection of sales tax;

(B) the long-term economic impacts of organized retail theft; and

(C) the advantages and disadvantages of taking various actions to reduce organized retail theft; and

(3) make recommendations regarding:

(A) organized retail theft outreach and prevention programs, including coordination among stakeholders, including local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies; and

(B) training for law enforcement officers and prosecutors on effective strategies for combating organized retail theft.

(g) In conducting the study under Subsection (f), the members of the task force may:

(1) consult with any organization, governmental entity, or person the task force considers necessary; and

(2) collaborate and share information relating to an active criminal investigation with one another regardless of whether the information would otherwise be confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.

(h) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the task force shall prepare and submit a report of the study conducted under Subsection (f) to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the comptroller, and each standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over criminal justice matters.

(i) The report submitted under Subsection (h):

(1) must include legislative and other recommendations to increase transparency, improve security, enhance consumer protections, prevent organized retail theft, and address the long-term economic impact of organized retail theft; and

(2) may be submitted electronically.

(j) Chapter 2110 does not apply to the duration of the task force or to the designation of the task force's presiding officer.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.264 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.264
§ 1504.264. INTERIM RECEIPTS.
Status: in_force

Pending the preparation of a definitive bond, a municipality may provide to the purchaser of a bond sold under this subchapter an interim receipt or certificate in the form and with the provisions specified in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
Tex. Water Code § 62.205 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.205
§ 62.205. APPROVAL OF REFUNDING BONDS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

The refunding bonds shall be submitted to the attorney general for approval and shall be registered by the comptroller in the same manner and with the same effect as is now provided by law for the approval and registration of municipal bonds.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.360 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.360
§ 21.360. NO CUMULATIVE VOTING RIGHT UNLESS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 21.361 or 21.362, a shareholder does not have the right to cumulate the shareholder's vote in the election of directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.152
§ 1026.152. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published one time at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district taxpayer is entitled to be present and participate in the hearing.

(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall adopt a budget by acting on the proposed budget. The board may make changes in the proposed budget that the board judges to be in the interest of the taxpayers and that the law warrants.
Tex. Education Code § 51.886 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.886
§ 51.886. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

An institution of higher education may accept gifts, grants, donations, and federal funds to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3921.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3921 / Section 3921.001
§ 3921.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Texas Heritage Parkway Improvement District.
Tex. Government Code § 653.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 653 / Section 653.004
§ 653.004. AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law that authorizes or requires a state officer or employee to obtain a surety bond, a state agency may purchase a surety bond for a state officer or employee only if:

(1) required by the constitution of the state or by federal law or regulation;

(2) required by court order; or

(3) approved by the office.

(b) The office may approve the purchase of a surety bond if:

(1) the office finds that the surety bond is warranted by a substantial or unusual risk of loss; or

(2) the office otherwise determines that the purchase of a surety bond is necessary to protect the interests of the state.
Tex. Government Code § 659.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.302
§ 659.302. ENTITLEMENT TO RECEIVE HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.
Status: in_force

(a) Hazardous duty pay is included in the compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a month if the individual:

(1) is a state employee for any portion of the first workday of the month; and

(2) has completed at least 12 months of lifetime service credit not later than the last day of the preceding month.

(b) This section does not apply to an employee of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.07515 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.07515
§ 43.07515. REGULATION OF FIREWORKS UNDER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not regulate under Section 43.0751 the sale, use, storage, or transportation of fireworks outside of the municipality's boundaries.

(b) To the extent of a conflict with any other law, this section controls.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.110 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.110
§ 52.110. BURDEN OF PROOF.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding before the commission in which it is alleged that a telecommunications utility engaged in conduct in violation of Section 52.107, 52.108, 52.109, or 52.112, the burden of proof is on:

(1) a telecommunications utility complaining of conduct committed against it in violation of this subchapter; or

(2) except as provided by Subsection (b), the responding telecommunications utility if the proceedings are:

(A) brought by a customer or customer representative who is not a telecommunications utility; or

(B) initiated by the commission.

(b) The commission may impose the burden of proof on the complaining party in a proceeding described by Subsection (a)(2) if the commission determines that placing the burden of proof on the complaining party is in the public interest.
Tex. Finance Code § 98.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 98 / Section 98.001
§ 98.001. LIMITATION ON RIGHT TO DO BUSINESS AS SAVINGS BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not do business as a savings bank in this state or maintain an office in this state for the purpose of doing business in this state unless the person is a:

(1) domestic savings bank;

(2) federal savings bank; or

(3) foreign savings bank that holds a certificate of authority issued under Subchapter I, Chapter 92, or Section 61, Chapter 61, General Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 881a-60, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit activity that is not considered to be transacting business in this state under Section B, Article 8.01, Texas Business Corporation Act.
Tex. Education Code § 11.154 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.154
§ 11.154. SALE OF PROPERTY OTHER THAN MINERALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of an independent school district may, by resolution, authorize the sale of any property, other than minerals, held in trust for public school purposes.

(b) The president of the board of trustees shall execute a deed to the purchaser of the property reciting the resolution of the board of trustees authorizing the sale.

(c) A school district may employ, retain, contract with, or compensate a licensed real estate broker or salesperson for assistance in the acquisition or sale of real property.
Tex. Government Code § 75.016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 75 / Section 75.016
§ 75.016. PRESIDING CRIMINAL JUDGE OF TRAVIS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The judges of the Travis County district courts that give preference to criminal cases shall elect from among those judges a presiding criminal judge for the county for a two-year term expiring September 30 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The presiding criminal judge, with respect to the Travis County district courts that give preference to criminal cases, shall:

(1) preside at all meetings of the criminal judges, except when absent, in which case any other of those judges may preside;

(2) implement and execute the local district court rules of administration for those courts, including assigning all capital murder cases to the proper court on a rotating basis;

(3) appoint any special or standing committees necessary or desirable for the administration of those courts;

(4) address administrative issues on an emergency basis for the criminal courts, provided that the presiding criminal judge's decisions regarding those issues may be reviewed at the next meeting of the judges of those courts;

(5) supervise the budget and fiscal matters of the criminal courts;

(6) monitor and serve as liaison regarding any legislation amending the Penal Code or Code of Criminal Procedure and any other legislation affecting the business of those courts; and

(7) serve as a liaison to the commissioners court of the county and appear before the commissioners court as necessary.

(c) The Commissioners Court of Travis County may set additional compensation to be paid to the presiding criminal judge by the county in any amount that does not exceed the amount the local administrative district judge of Travis County receives from this state. Notwithstanding any other law, compensation paid the presiding criminal judge under this subsection is not included as part of the judge's combined base salary from all state and county sources for purposes of the salary limitations provided by Section 659.012.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7211.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7211 / Section 7211.004
§ 7211.004. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code, apply to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.151
§ 171.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "dismemberment abortion" means an abortion in which a person, with the purpose of causing the death of an unborn child, dismembers the living unborn child and extracts the unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus through the use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors, or a similar instrument that, through the convergence of two rigid levers, slices, crushes, or grasps, or performs any combination of those actions on, a piece of the unborn child's body to cut or rip the piece from the body. The term does not include an abortion that uses suction to dismember the body of an unborn child by sucking pieces of the unborn child into a collection container. The term includes a dismemberment abortion that is used to cause the death of an unborn child and in which suction is subsequently used to extract pieces of the unborn child after the unborn child's death.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6001.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6001 / Section 6001.202
§ 6001.202. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

At least 30 days before the expiration date of a registration certificate or license, the state fire marshal shall send written notice of the impending expiration to the holder of the registration certificate or license at the holder's last known address.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 102.160 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.160
§ 102.160. APPROVAL BY PRODUCERS AND HANDLERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A license may not be issued until:

(1) assented to in writing by:

(A) 51 percent of the total number of handlers of the citrus fruit; or

(B) the handlers of at least 51 percent of the total volume of the citrus fruit covered by the license; and

(2) the department determines that the issuance of the license is approved by:

(A) 66-2/3 percent of the producers who, during a representative period determined by the department, have been engaged in the production of the citrus fruit in commercial quantities in the area covered by the license; or

(B) the producers who, during the representative period, produced for market at least 66-2/3 percent of the volume of the citrus fruit produced for market in the area covered by the license.

(b) In determining the representative period under Subsection (a)(2) of this section, the department may select the crop season prior to the holding of a hearing on the issuance of the license or any other period that the department determines to be representative.

(c) In determining the approval of producers under Subsection (a)(2) of this section, the department shall determine the approval or disapproval of the producers in respect to the issuance of any license or order or any term or condition of a license or order. The department shall consider the approval or disapproval of any cooperative association of producers that is engaged in marketing the citrus fruit for producers or is rendering service to or advancing the interest of those producers as the approval or disapproval of the producers who are members of, stockholders in, or under contract with the association. Approval by an association may be executed in the name of the association and is not required to set forth the names of the producers represented by the association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8375.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8375 / Section 8375.006
§ 8375.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

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

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.404 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.404
§ 96.404. INTEREST IN SAVINGS BANK PROHIBITED FOR DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A savings bank or a director, officer, employee, or representative of a savings bank may not give a loan or gratuity, directly or indirectly, to the commissioner, an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, or a spouse of the commissioner or employee.

(b) The commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending may not:

(1) hold an office or position in a domestic savings bank or exercise a right to vote on a domestic savings bank matter because the person is a member of or shareholder in the savings bank;

(2) hold an interest, directly or indirectly, in a domestic savings bank; or

(3) undertake an indebtedness as a borrower, directly or indirectly, or endorser, surety, or guarantor or sell or otherwise dispose of a loan or investment to a domestic savings bank.

(c) If the commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending has a prohibited, direct or indirect right or interest in a domestic savings bank at the time of appointment or employment, the commissioner or employee shall dispose of the right or interest not later than the 60th day after the date of appointment or employment.

(d) If the commissioner or an employee of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending is indebted as a borrower, directly or indirectly, or is an endorser, surety, or guarantor on a note to a domestic savings bank at the time of appointment or employment, the commissioner or employee may continue in that capacity until that debt is paid.
Tex. Occupations Code § 952.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 952 / Section 952.001
§ 952.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Lawyer Referral Service Quality Assurance Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952A / Section 7952A.0102
§ 7952A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1092.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1092 / Section 1092.004
§ 1092.004. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The support and maintenance of the district's hospital system and any indebtedness incurred by the district under this chapter may not become a charge against or obligation of this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.053
§ 1131.053. FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY EMPLOYERS OR LABOR UNIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A group life insurance policy that insures the employers' employees or the unions' members for the benefit of persons other than the employers or unions may be issued to the trustees of a fund established or adopted by two or more employers in the same industry or by one or more labor unions, by one or more employers in the same industry and one or more labor unions, or by one or more employers and one or more labor unions whose members are in the same or related occupations or trades.

(b) A policy to which this section applies may provide that "employee" includes:

(1) an individual proprietor or partner, if the employer is an individual proprietorship or partnership;

(2) a trustee, an employee of the trustee, or both, if the person's duties are principally connected with the trusteeship; or

(3) a retired employee.

(c) The trustees are the policyholder under a policy to which this section applies.

(d) A policy may not be issued under this section to insure employees of:

(1) an employer whose eligibility to participate in the fund as an employer arises out of considerations directly related to the employer being a commercial correspondent or business client or patron of another employer, without regard to whether the other employer participates in the fund; or

(2) an employer that is not located in this state, unless:

(A) the majority of the employers whose employees are to be insured are located in this state; or

(B) the policy is issued to the trustees of a fund established or adopted by one or more labor unions.

(e) A policy to which this section applies is subject to Subchapter F.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8012.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8012 / Section 8012.201
§ 8012.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.304 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.304
§ 22.304. APPLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) After all liabilities and obligations of a corporation in the process of winding up are paid, satisfied, and discharged in accordance with Section 11.053, the property of the corporation shall be applied and distributed as follows:

(1) property held by the corporation on a condition requiring return, transfer, or conveyance because of the winding up or termination shall be returned, transferred, or conveyed in accordance with that requirement; and

(2) unless otherwise provided by the corporation's certificate of formation, the remaining property of the corporation shall be distributed only for tax-exempt purposes to one or more organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code, or described by Section 170(c)(1) or (2), Internal Revenue Code, under a plan of distribution adopted under this chapter.

(b) A district court of the county in which the corporation's principal office is located shall distribute to one or more organizations exempt under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code, or described by Section 170(c)(1) or (2), Internal Revenue Code, the property of the corporation remaining after a distribution of property under the plan of distribution. The court shall make the distribution in the manner the court determines will best accomplish the general purposes for which the corporation was organized.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.091 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.091
§ 324.091. REVENUE BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Revenue bonds may not be issued by the district until authorized by a majority vote of qualified voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order a bond election. Regardless of Section 324.045(b), the order is not effective unless approved by the commissioners court. Except as provided by this section, the election shall be held in the manner provided by the Election Code.

(c) At an election to authorize bonds, the ballot must be printed to provide for voting for or against the issuance of revenue bonds.

(d) If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the issuance of the bonds, the bonds may be issued by the board, but if a majority of the votes cast at the election do not favor issuance of the bonds, the bonds may not be issued.