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Tex. Estates Code § 123.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 123 / Section 123.001
§ 123.001. WILL PROVISIONS MADE BEFORE DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Irrevocable trust" means a trust:

(A) for which the trust instrument was executed before the dissolution of a testator's marriage; and

(B) that the testator was not solely empowered by law or by the trust instrument to revoke.

(2) "Relative" means an individual related to another individual by:

(A) consanguinity, as determined under Section 573.022, Government Code; or

(B) affinity, as determined under Section 573.024, Government Code.

(b) If, after the testator makes a will, the testator's marriage is dissolved by divorce, annulment, or a declaration that the marriage is void, unless the will expressly provides otherwise:

(1) all provisions in the will, including all fiduciary appointments, shall be read as if the former spouse and each relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the testator had failed to survive the testator; and

(2) all provisions in the will disposing of property to an irrevocable trust in which a former spouse or a relative of a former spouse who is not a relative of the testator is a beneficiary or is nominated to serve as trustee or in another fiduciary capacity or that confers a general or special power of appointment on a former spouse or a relative of a former spouse who is not a relative of the testator shall be read to instead dispose of the property to a trust the provisions of which are identical to the irrevocable trust, except any provision in the irrevocable trust:

(A) conferring a beneficial interest or a general or special power of appointment to the former spouse or a relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the testator shall be treated as if the former spouse and each relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the testator had disclaimed the interest granted in the provision; and

(B) nominating the former spouse or a relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the testator to serve as trustee or in another fiduciary capacity shall be treated as if the former spouse and each relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the testator had died immediately before the dissolution of the marriage.

(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply if one of the following provides otherwise:

(1) a court order; or

(2) an express provision of a contract relating to the division of the marital estate entered into between the testator and the testator's former spouse before, during, or after the marriage.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.224 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.224
§ 186.224. DISPOSITION AND MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) On approval by the court, the receiver may dispose of records of the state trust company in liquidation that are obsolete and unnecessary to the continued administration of the receivership proceeding.

(b) The receiver may devise a method for the effective, efficient, and economical maintenance of the records of the state trust company and of the receiver's office. The methods may include maintaining those records on any medium approved by the records management division of the Texas State Library.

(c) To maintain the records of the liquidated state trust company after the closing of the receivership proceeding, the receiver may reserve assets of an estate, deposit them in an account, and use them for maintenance, storage, and disposal of records in closed receivership estates.

(d) Records of a liquidated state trust company are not government records for any purpose, including Chapter 552, Government Code, but shall be preserved and disposed of as if they were records of the department under Chapter 441, Government Code. Those records are confidential as provided by:

(1) Section 59.006;

(2) Subchapter D, Chapter 181; and

(3) rules adopted under this subtitle.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.164 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.164
§ 371.164. DUTY OF REASONABLE CARE.
Status: in_force

A pawnbroker shall exercise reasonable care to protect pledged goods from loss or damage.
Tex. Local Government Code § 115.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 115 / Section 115.001
§ 115.001. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The county auditor shall have continual access to and shall examine and investigate the correctness of:

(1) the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, and other records of any officer;

(2) the orders of the commissioners court relating to county finances; and

(3) the vouchers given by the trustees of all common school districts of the county.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.742 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 251 / Section 251.742
§ 251.742. MUNICIPAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "commercial area" means a contiguous area:

(1) in which 75 percent or more of the land area, excluding street rights-of-way, is devoted to or restricted to any combination of retail, restaurant, entertainment, office, government, or business uses; and

(2) that includes at least 20 commercial establishments.

(b) This section applies only to a municipality that:

(1) has a population of 15,000 or more; and

(2) is located in two counties one of which:

(A) has a population of 340,000 or more;

(B) contains a municipality in which at least 85 percent of the county's population resides; and

(C) borders the Gulf of Mexico.

(c) The governing body of a municipality by resolution may propose a zone within a commercial area of the municipality to be designated as a zone in which the legal sale of one or more prohibited types or classifications of alcoholic beverages may be considered in a local option election under this section. The resolution must describe the boundaries of the proposed zone.

(d) The governing body of the municipality shall order an election on the issue and prepare the ballot for the election that describes the boundaries of the proposed zone and permits voting for or against one of the ballot issues prescribed by Section 501.035, Election Code, with respect to the proposed zone.

(e) The qualified voters of a municipality may petition the governing body of the municipality, in the manner prescribed by Chapter 501, Election Code, to order an election to alter the status of the sale of any type or classification of alcoholic beverages that has been legalized in a zone by an election conducted under this section.

(f) An election conducted under this section shall be conducted within the entire boundaries of the municipality in which an alcoholic beverage zone is proposed as those boundaries exist on the date of the election. The results of the election affect only the wet or dry status of the area within the boundaries of the zone.

(g) The provisions for conducting a local option election under Chapter 501, Election Code, apply to an election conducted under this section to the extent those provisions do not conflict with this section.

(h) The results of an election conducted under this section do not affect the legal sale of one or more types or classifications of alcoholic beverages that are permitted in the zone because of the zone's inclusion in a political subdivision.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8488.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8488 / Section 8488.003
§ 8488.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.159
§ 1084.159. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY IN EMERGENCY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) If money is not available to meet an authorized obligation of the district, the board shall adopt an order declaring an emergency. After the order is adopted, the board may borrow money on district notes at a rate not to exceed 12 percent a year to meet the obligation.

(b) To secure the loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness;

(2) a district tax that is to be imposed not later than the first anniversary of the date of the loan and that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or

(3) district bonds that have been authorized but not sold.

(c) A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.

(d) The board may spend money obtained from a loan under this section only to meet the obligation that made the loan necessary. The board may spend money obtained from any taxes or bonds used to secure the loan only for the purpose for which the taxes were imposed or the bonds were authorized.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1093.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1093 / Section 1093.203
§ 1093.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The order calling the election shall provide for clerks as in county elections and must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding and alternate election judges for each polling place;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum interest rate of the bonds.

(c) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by Section 1251.003, Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.105 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.105
§ 347.105. MAXIMUM RATE ADJUSTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The total of the rate adjustments for any six-month period may not exceed one-half of one percent a year.

(b) If the stated interval for rate adjustments is a 12-month period or longer, a rate adjustment may not exceed one percent a year.

(c) The total of all rate adjustments over the term of the credit transaction may not exceed the least of:

(1) one-half of the initial rate;

(2) eight percent; or

(3) a rate, expressed as a percentage, computed by dividing the term of the loan in years by two.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.053 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.053
§ 174.053. REPEAL ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a political subdivision in which the collective bargaining provisions of this chapter have been in effect for at least one year shall order an election for the repeal of the adoption of this chapter on receiving a petition signed by qualified voters of the political subdivision in a number equal to or greater than the lesser of:

(1) 20,000; or

(2) five percent of the number of qualified voters voting in the political subdivision in the preceding general election for state and county officers.

(b) The ballot in the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Repeal of the adoption of the state law applicable to (fire fighters, police officers, or both, as applicable) that establishes collective bargaining if a majority of the affected employees favor representation by an employees association, preserves the prohibition against strikes and lockouts, and provides penalties for strikes and lockouts."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0307
§ 8513.0307. POWERS RELATING TO PARKS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND PRESERVATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may acquire:

(1) additional land adjacent to a permanent improvement constructed inside the authority for the purpose of developing parks or recreational facilities; and

(2) necessary rights-of-way to construct, operate, and maintain roads necessary for ingress and egress to an area described by Subdivision (1) or to a fish or wildlife preserve or reserve.

(b) The authority may provide recreational facilities and services and may enter into a contract or agreement with any person for the operation or maintenance of a park or recreational facility.

(c) The preservation of fish shall be in accordance with any rules prescribed by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3951.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3951 / Section 3951.111
§ 3951.111. NAVIGATION DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has the powers provided by the general law of this state applicable to navigation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 60 and 62, Water Code.

(b) The district may purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, improve, or extend, inside and outside the district, a canal, waterway, bulkhead, dock, or other improvement or facility necessary or convenient to accomplish the navigation purposes of the district.
Tex. Property Code § 81.105 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.105
§ 81.105. APARTMENT BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The boundaries of an apartment in a condominium regime are the interior surfaces of the apartment's perimeter walls, floors, and ceilings, and the exterior surfaces of the apartment's balconies and terraces.

(b) Except for common elements, the portions of a building on the boundaries of an apartment in a condominium regime and the airspace within those boundaries are part of the apartment.

(c) In interpreting a legal instrument relating to an apartment or to an apartment that has been reconstructed substantially according to the original plans of the apartment, the physical boundaries of the apartment are conclusively presumed to be the proper boundaries of the apartment regardless of settling, rising, or lateral movement of the building containing the apartment and regardless of variances between boundaries shown on the plat of the building and the actual boundaries of the building.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3841.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3841 / Section 3841.201
§ 3841.201. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.257 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.257
§ 1251.257. PREMIUM FOR CONVERTED POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall determine the premium for a converted policy issued under this subchapter in accordance with the insurer's table of premium rates for coverage that was provided under the group policy. The premium:

(1) must be based on the type of converted policy and the coverage provided by the policy; and

(2) may be based on the age and geographic location of each individual to be covered.

(b) The premium for the same coverage and benefits under a converted policy may not exceed 200 percent of the premium determined for the group policy in accordance with Subsection (a).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.08 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.08
§ 11.08. APPLICANT ACCUSED OF FELONY.
Status: in_force

If the applicant is accused of committing a felony offense, whether by indictment, information, warrant, arrest, or other means, and has not been convicted of the offense, the applicant or petitioner may apply:

(1) to the judge of the court in which the indictment or information charging the applicant is pending; or

(2) if an indictment or information charging the applicant has not been filed or the judge of the court in which the indictment or information is pending is not available:

(A) to any judge with felony jurisdiction in a county to which the writ is returnable; or

(B) if there is no judge with felony jurisdiction available in a county described by Paragraph (A), to any judge with felony jurisdiction who presides over a court in any county that adjoins a county described by Paragraph (A).
Tex. Human Resources Code § 43.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.001
§ 43.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 746, Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2013.

(2) "Child-care administrator" means a person who supervises and exercises direct administrative control over a child-care institution and who is responsible for its program and personnel, whether or not the person has an ownership interest in the institution or shares duties with other persons.

(3) "Child-placing agency" has the meaning assigned in Section 42.002.

(4) "Child-placing agency administrator" means a person who supervises and exercises direct control over a child-placing agency and who is responsible for the child-placing agency's program and personnel, regardless of whether the person has an ownership interest in the child-placing agency or shares duties with other persons.

(5) "Controlling person" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002.

(6) "General residential operation" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002.

(7) "Permit" means a license, listing, registration, or certification issued to a facility or family home under Chapter 42.
Tex. Government Code § 482.611 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 482 / Section 482.611
§ 482.611. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapter 2110 does not apply to the size, composition, or duration of the executive committee.
Tex. Finance Code § 95.006 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 95 / Section 95.006
§ 95.006. TRANSFER OF ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) A deposit account may be transferred on the books of the savings bank only on presentation to the savings bank of:

(1) evidence of transfer satisfactory to the savings bank; and

(2) an application for transfer by the transferee.

(b) A transferee accepts an account subject to the terms of the:

(1) deposit contract; and

(2) savings bank's charter and bylaws.
Tex. Insurance Code § 422.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 422 / Section 422.051
§ 422.051. RESTRICTIONS ON ENCUMBRANCE OF ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall at all times maintain unencumbered assets in an amount equal to the insurer's policy reserve liabilities.

(b) An insurer may not pledge or otherwise encumber:

(1) the insurer's assets in an amount that exceeds the amount of the insurer's capital and surplus; or

(2) more than 10 percent of the insurer's reserve assets.

(b-1) The calculation of the quantitative limits in Subsections (a) and (b) must be based on the statutory financial statements for the insurer most recently filed with the department as of the date compliance is determined. The date that a pledge or encumbrance is made is the date used to determine compliance with the limits in Subsection (b).

(b-2) Compliance with the quantitative limits in Subsection (b) is achieved when, on the date of determination of compliance, the sum of the value of a proposed pledge or encumbrance, when added to the values of the sum of all previous and still outstanding pledges and encumbrances, does not exceed any quantitative limit in Subsection (b).

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, on application made to the commissioner, the commissioner may issue a written order approving the pledge or encumbrance of an insurer's asset in any amount if the commissioner determines that the pledge or encumbrance will not adversely affect the insurer's solvency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.008
§ 3883.008. 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. Business Organizations Code § 1.052 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 1 / Section 1.052
§ 1.052. REFERENCE IN LAW TO STATUTE REVISED BY CODE.
Status: in_force

A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this code that revises that statute or part of that statute.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8155.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8155 / Section 8155.001
§ 8155.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Bois D'Arc Municipal Utility District of Fannin County, Texas.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 106.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 106 / Section 106.003
§ 106.003. CONDUCT OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, an online dating service provider conducts a criminal background check on a person if the provider initiates a name search for the person's convictions for any:

(1) felony offense;

(2) offense the conviction or adjudication of which requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(3) offense for which an affirmative finding of family violence was made under Article 42.013, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) The name search described by Subsection (a) must be conducted by searching:

(1) available and regularly updated government public record databases for criminal conviction records described by Subsections (a)(1)-(3) that in the aggregate provide substantially national coverage of those records; or

(2) regularly updated databases that contain at least the same or substantially similar coverage as would be accessible through searching databases described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.295 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.295
§ 51.295. CONDITIONS FOR EASEMENT.
Status: in_force

Telephone, telegraph, electric transmission, powerline, and pipeline right-of-way easements and easements or rights-of-way for irrigation canals, laterals, and water pipelines shall be executed on terms to be determined by the commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3882.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3882 / Section 3882.103
§ 3882.103. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 43.168 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.168
§ 43.168.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.168. 229TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of the 229th Judicial District elect a district attorney.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2022.0515 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2022 / Section 2022.0515
§ 2022.0515. GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The executive director may apply for and receive any grant applicable to the implementation or enforcement of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 21.005 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 21 / Section 21.005
§ 21.005. FORM, DENOMINATION, PLACE OF PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The department shall determine:

(1) the form of the bonds, including the form of any interest coupons to be attached;

(2) the denominations of the bonds; and

(3) the places for payment of principal and interest.