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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437B.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.001
§ 437B.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Applicant" means a person who applies to the department to receive a license to operate as a mobile food vendor.

(2) "Food vending vehicle" means any vehicle that operates as a food service establishment and is designed to be readily movable.

(3) "License holder" means a person who holds a mobile food vendor license issued under this chapter.

(4) "Local authority" means a municipality, county, public health authority, special purpose district or authority, or any other political subdivision of this state.

(5) "Mobile food vendor" means any person who dispenses food or beverages from a food vending vehicle for immediate service or consumption.

(6) "Prepackaged food" means any commercially labeled and processed food that is prepackaged to prevent direct human contact with the food product on distribution from the manufacturer, food facility, or other approved source.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8262.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8262 / Section 8262.152
§ 8262.152. DISTRICT ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

The district shall keep a complete system of the district's accounts.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.403 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.403
§ 353.403. STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS AND AMOUNT DUE UNDER CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) On written request of a retail buyer, the holder of a retail installment contract shall give or send to the buyer a written statement of the dates and amounts of payments and the total amount unpaid under the contract.

(b) A retail buyer is entitled to one statement during a six-month period without charge. The charge for each additional requested statement may not exceed $1.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.071 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.071
§ 246.071. ENTRANCE FEE ESCROW ACCOUNT; ESCROW AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a provider accepts the payment of a deposit made under a reservation agreement or any portion of an entrance fee before the date the prospective resident may occupy a living unit, the provider must establish an entrance fee escrow account with a bank or trust company, as escrow agent, that is located in this state.

(b) The provider shall deposit with the escrow agent any deposit or any portion of an entrance fee received by the provider not later than 72 hours after the provider receives the deposit or fee.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.154 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.154
§ 302.154. PARTICIPATION IN TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Veterans Commission shall operate programs funded under 38 U.S.C. Chapters 41 and 42. The commission may provide services to enhance the employment and training opportunities of veterans, covered persons, active duty service members, spouses of active duty service members, and members of the Texas National Guard. The services provided under this section must be provided by state employees.

(b) The Texas Veterans Commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Water Code § 36.1561 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.1561
§ 36.1561. INVESTMENT OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2256.005(f), Government Code, the board may contract with a person to act as investment officer of the district.

(b) The investment officer of a district shall:

(1) not later than the first anniversary of the date the officer takes office or assumes the officer's duties, attend a training session of at least six hours of instruction relating to investment responsibilities under Chapter 2256, Government Code; and

(2) attend at least four hours of additional investment training within each two-year period after the first year.

(c) Training under this section must be from an independent source approved by:

(1) the board; or

(2) a designated investment committee advising the investment officer.

(d) Training under this section must include education in investment controls, security risks, strategy risks, market risks, diversification of investment portfolio, and compliance with Chapter 2256, Government Code.

(e) During January of each year, each individual, association, business, organization, governmental entity, or other person that provides training under this section shall report to the comptroller a list of the districts for which the person provided required training under this section during the previous calendar year. An individual's reporting requirements under this subsection are satisfied by a report of the individual's employer or the sponsoring or organizing entity of a training program or seminar.
Tex. Tax Code § 112.154 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 112 / Section 112.154
§ 112.154. TRIAL DE NOVO.
Status: in_force

In a suit under this subchapter, the issues shall be tried de novo as are other civil cases.
Tex. Transportation Code § 71.151 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 71 / Section 71.151
§ 71.151. APPLICABILITY OF PILOTAGE CHARGES TO CERTAIN VESSELS.
Status: in_force

(a) Pilotage charges under this chapter do not apply to:

(1) a vessel of 20 tons or less; or

(2) a vessel that is excepted by a federal statute or regulation.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), pilotage charges under this chapter apply to an autonomous vessel of any gross tonnage.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.154 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 438 / Section 438.154
§ 438.154. EFFECT OF OFFICIAL DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

An inspector may not issue to a person a citation for a violation of a food regulation governed by this subtitle if the person provides the inspector with an official determination made under Section 438.153 that contradicts the opinion of the inspector.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1089.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1089 / Section 1089.201
§ 1089.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

If authorized by an election, the board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements;

(2) equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical service.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 15.52 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 15 / Section 15.52
§ 15.52. PREEMPTION OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

The criteria for enforceability of a covenant not to compete provided by Sections 15.50 and 15.501 and the procedures and remedies in an action to enforce a covenant not to compete provided by Section 15.51 are exclusive and preempt other law, including common law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298C.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298C / Section 298C.101
§ 298C.101. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) In each fiscal year that the board authorizes a program under this chapter, the board shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the board intends to require during the year and how the revenue derived from those payments is to be spent.

(b) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing required under Subsection (a), the board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and provide written notice of the hearing to each institutional health care provider located in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 490A.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 490A / Section 490A.009
§ 490A.009. USE OF FUND.
Status: in_force

Money appropriated to the fund by the legislature shall be used for:

(1) programs related to local entrepreneurship centers, training, and entrepreneurship developers;

(2) curriculum development, infrastructure, data management, and research;

(3) technology and economic development research centers of excellence;

(4) the network's overhead expenses; and

(5) other activities necessary to accomplish the mission of this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 58.521 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.521
§ 58.521. ELECTION NOT REQUIRED IN SEPARATE ELECTION PRECINCT.
Status: in_force

If proposed improvements are considered to be required to promote the public welfare or if the owners of the land in a defined area file a petition acknowledged as required for deeds requesting the district to provide improvements and assess a tax only in the defined area, it is not necessary to constitute the area a separate election precinct and have a separate election in that area.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1092.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1092 / Section 1092.059
§ 1092.059. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) maintain all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and other matters of the district and its operations, at the district office; and

(2) make those records available for public inspection at reasonable times.
Tex. Education Code § 56.0857 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.0857
§ 56.0857. ONLINE LIST OF TEXAS WORKS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
Status: in_force

The coordinating board shall:

(1) establish and maintain an online listing of Texas WORKS internship program employment opportunities available to students, sortable by employer, and include other relevant features such as job description, job field, or skills required, as appropriate; and

(2) ensure that the list is easily accessible to the public through a clearly identifiable link that appears in a prominent place on the coordinating board's Internet website.
Tex. Education Code § 162.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 162 / Section 162.001
§ 162.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Compact" means the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children executed under Section 162.002.

(2) "Compact commissioner" means the individual appointed under Section 162.004.

(3) "State Advisory Council" means the State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children established under Section 162.006.
Tex. Education Code § 21.256 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.256
§ 21.256. CONDUCT OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing under this subchapter must be private unless the teacher requests in writing that the hearing be public, except that a hearing examiner may close a hearing if necessary to maintain decorum.

(b) The hearing is not subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(c) At the hearing, a teacher has the right to:

(1) be represented by a representative of the teacher's choice;

(2) hear the evidence on which the charges are based;

(3) cross-examine each adverse witness; and

(4) present evidence.

(d) The Texas Rules of Evidence apply at the hearing. A certified shorthand reporter shall record the hearing.

(e) The hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as a trial without a jury in a district court of this state. The hearing examiner's findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be presumed to be based only on admissible evidence.

(f) To protect the privacy of a witness who is a child, the hearing examiner may:

(1) close the hearing to receive the testimony of the witness; or

(2) order that the testimony or a statement of the witness be presented using the procedures prescribed by Article 38.071, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(g) An evaluation or appraisal of the teacher is presumed to be admissible at the hearing.

(h) At the hearing, the school district has the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.154
§ 1018.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1096.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1096 / Section 1096.056
§ 1096.056. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for any necessary expense incurred in the performance of official duties.
Tex. Utilities Code § 101.006 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 101 / Section 101.006
§ 101.006. CUMULATIVE EFFECT; APPLICATION TO GAS UTILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This subtitle is cumulative of laws existing on September 1, 1983, relating to the jurisdiction, power, or authority of the railroad commission over a gas utility, and, except as specifically in conflict with this subtitle, that jurisdiction, power, and authority are not limited by this subtitle.

(b) This subtitle applies to all gas utilities, including a gas utility that is under the jurisdiction, power, or authority of the railroad commission in accordance with a law other than this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7981A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7981A / Section 7981A.0502
§ 7981A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.054
§ 507.054. TERMS; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The member appointed by the governor serves a six-year term. The remaining members serve two-year terms with the terms of four of those members expiring February 1 of each year.

(b) A member appointed to fill a vacancy holds office for the unexpired portion of the term.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 486.024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 486 / Section 486.024
§ 486.024. PENALTY TO BE PAID OR HEARING REQUESTED.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the 21st day after the date the person receives notice under Section 486.023, the person in writing may:

(1) accept the determination and recommended penalty; or

(2) make a request for a hearing on the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.

(b) If the person accepts the determination and recommended penalty or if the person fails to respond to the notice, the department by order shall impose the penalty.
Tex. Water Code § 63.322 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.322
§ 63.322. ORDER TO RETIRE DEBT BY ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

If the commission decides to retire bonds and other evidences of debt by equitably distributed assessments against the property in the district, it shall enter an order with its findings in the minutes of its proceedings.
Tex. Education Code § 21.037 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.037
§ 21.037. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A board member may not receive compensation for serving on the board. A member is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing functions as a member of the board, subject to any applicable limitation on reimbursement provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Government Code § 855.502 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.502
§ 855.502. SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practical after the supplemental death benefits program is established and at the time of each investigation of members' mortality and service experience required by Section 855.110, the actuary shall investigate the mortality experience of the members and eligible annuitants participating in the supplemental death benefits program. On the basis of the result of that investigation, the actuary shall recommend to the board of trustees rates and tables necessary to determine supplemental death benefits contribution rates. The rates and tables may provide for the anticipated mortality experience of the persons covered under the supplemental death benefits fund and for a contingency reserve.

(b) Before a municipality's participation date in the supplemental death benefits fund and before January 1 of each subsequent year, the actuary shall compute, on the basis of rates and tables adopted by the board of trustees, the supplemental death benefits contribution rate of a municipality participating in the supplemental death benefits contribution fund. The rate must be expressed as a percentage of the compensation of members employed by the municipality. When the rate is approved by the board of trustees, the rate is effective for the calendar year for which it was approved.

(c) If the balance in the supplemental death benefits fund is insufficient to pay the supplemental death benefits due, the board of trustees may direct that, to the extent available, an amount equal to the amount of the deficiency be transferred from the general reserves account of the endowment fund to the supplemental death benefits fund. The board may adjust future contributions to the supplemental death benefits fund to repay to the general reserves account the transferred amount.

(d) If the total number of members covered by the supplemental death benefits fund becomes fewer than 4,000, the board of trustees may order that the fund be discontinued and all coverage terminated. The termination date must be December 31 of a year designated by the board and may not be before the expiration of six months after the date on which the order of termination was adopted.

(e) To protect against adverse claim experience, the board of trustees may secure reinsurance from one or more stock insurance companies doing business in this state if the board determines that reinsurance is necessary. The retirement system shall pay the premiums for reinsurance from the supplemental death benefits fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.162 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.162
§ 3911.162. MITIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include the acquisition and improvement of land or other property for the mitigation of the environmental effects of an improvement project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.207
§ 1121.207. BONDS NOT SUBJECT TO TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are not subject to taxation by the state or by a political subdivision of the state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) any transaction relating to the bonds; and

(3) profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3838.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3838 / Section 3838.008
§ 3838.008. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 683.034 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 683 / Section 683.034
§ 683.034. DISPOSAL OF VEHICLE ABANDONED IN STORAGE FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement agency shall take into custody an abandoned vehicle left in a storage facility that has not been claimed in the period provided by the notice under Section 683.012. In this section, a law enforcement agency has custody if the agency:

(1) has physical custody of the vehicle;

(2) has given notice to the storage facility that the law enforcement agency intends to dispose of the vehicle under this section; or

(3) has received a report under Section 683.031(c) and the garagekeeper has met all of the requirements of that subsection.

(b) The law enforcement agency may use the vehicle as authorized by Section 683.016 or sell the vehicle at auction as provided by Section 683.014. If a vehicle is sold, the proceeds of the sale shall first be applied to a garagekeeper's charges for providing notice regarding the vehicle and for service, towing, impoundment, storage, and repair of the vehicle.

(c) As compensation for expenses incurred in taking the vehicle into custody and selling it, the law enforcement agency shall retain:

(1) two percent of the gross proceeds of the sale of the vehicle; or

(2) all the proceeds if the gross proceeds of the sale are less than $10.

(d) Surplus proceeds shall be distributed as provided by Section 683.015.

(e) If the law enforcement agency does not take the vehicle into custody before the 31st day after the date the vehicle was reported abandoned under Section 683.031:

(1) the law enforcement agency may not take the vehicle into custody; and

(2) the storage facility may dispose of the vehicle under:

(A) Chapter 70, Property Code, except that notice under Section 683.012 satisfies the notice requirements of that chapter; or

(B) Chapter 2303, Occupations Code, if the storage facility is a vehicle storage facility.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.717 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.717
§ 2.717. DEDUCTION OF DAMAGES FROM THE PRICE.
Status: in_force

The buyer on notifying the seller of his intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.407 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.407
§ 547.407. BRAKE WARNING DEVICES REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A bus, truck, or truck-tractor that uses air to operate its brakes or the brakes of a towed vehicle shall be equipped with:

(1) a warning signal, other than a pressure gauge, that is readily audible or visible to the vehicle operator and that shows when the air reservoir pressure is below 50 percent of the air compressor governor cut-out pressure; and

(2) a pressure gauge visible to the vehicle operator that shows in pounds per square inch the pressure available for braking.

(b) A truck-tractor or truck used to tow a vehicle equipped with vacuum brakes, or a truck with at least three axles that is equipped with vacuum brakes, shall be equipped with a warning signal, other than a gauge showing vacuum, that is readily audible or visible to the vehicle operator and that shows when the vacuum in the reservoir or reserve capacity is less than eight inches of mercury. This subsection does not apply to an operation in which a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is transported as a commodity when at least one set of the vehicle's wheels is on the roadway.

(c) If a vehicle required to be equipped with a warning device is equipped with air and vacuum power to operate its brakes or the brakes on a towed vehicle, the warning devices required may be combined into a single device that is not a pressure or vacuum gauge.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.923 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.923
§ 17.923. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR TELEPHONE OR DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A for-profit entity or individual who makes, or directs another person to make, a telephone or door-to-door solicitation requesting that the person solicited donate clothing or household goods may not subsequently sell the donated items unless the solicitor provides to each person solicited, before accepting a donation from the person, the appropriate disclaimer prescribed by this section.

(b) If none of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the solicitor must state:

"DONATIONS ARE NOT FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT."

(c) If any of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the solicitor must state:

"DONATIONS TO (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT AND ____ PERCENT (INSERT PERCENTAGE) OF ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION)."

(d) If the for-profit entity or individual pays to a charitable organization a flat fee that is not contingent on the proceeds generated from the sale of the donated items and the for-profit entity or individual retains a percentage of the proceeds from the sale, the solicitor must state:

"SOLICITATIONS FOR DONATIONS ARE MADE BY (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) ON BEHALF OF (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION). Donations will be sold for profit by (name of for-profit entity or individual) and a flat fee of (insert amount) is paid to (name of charitable organization)."