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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.126 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.126
§ 481.126.
Status: in_force

Sec. 481.126. OFFENSE: ILLEGAL BARTER, EXPENDITURE, OR INVESTMENT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) barters property or expends funds the person knows are derived from the commission of a first degree felony offense under this chapter punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life;

(2) barters property or expends funds the person knows are derived from the commission of an offense under Section 481.121(a) that is punishable under Section 481.121(b)(5);

(3) barters property or finances or invests funds the person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of an offense for which the punishment is described by Subdivision (1); or

(4) barters property or finances or invests funds the person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of an offense under Section 481.121(a) that is punishable under Section 481.121(b)(5).

(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (3) is a felony of the first degree. An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (4) is a felony of the second degree.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.351 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.351
§ 2001.351. DENIAL OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The commission may deny an application for a license or renewal of a license issued under this chapter for a cause that would permit or require the suspension or revocation of a license issued under this chapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 206.04 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 206 / Section 206.04
§ 206.04. JURISDICTION CEDED TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) No person may transport or ship or cause to be transported or shipped any alcoholic beverage into any area in this state in which the state has ceded police jurisdiction to the federal government or any of its agencies unless the containers or packages holding those alcoholic beverages have a Texas tax stamp affixed if required by this code.

(b) Common carriers are not required to see that tax stamps are affixed.
Tex. Government Code § 432.126 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.126
§ 432.126. CONSPIRACY.
Status: in_force

A person subject to this chapter who conspires with another person to commit an offense under this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial directs if one or more of the conspirators does an act to effect the object of the conspiracy.
Tex. Government Code § 26.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.103
§ 26.103. ANGELINA COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The terms of the County Court of Angelina County begin on the second Mondays in January, April, July, and October and may continue for three weeks.

(b) The commissioners court may change the court terms under Section 26.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7999.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7999 / Section 7999.201
§ 7999.201. 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. Local Government Code § 174.160 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.160
§ 174.160. AMENDMENT OF AWARD.
Status: in_force

The parties to an arbitration award may amend the award by written agreement at any time.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0303
§ 8510.0303. POWERS REGARDING CANALS, WATERWAYS, AND RELATED FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(1) promote, construct, maintain and operate, or aid and encourage, the construction, maintenance, and operation of navigable canals or waterways and all navigational systems or facilities auxiliary to navigable canals or waterways using the natural bed and banks of the Red River, where practicable, and then traversing a route the authority may find to be more feasible and practicable to connect the Red River in this state with any new navigation canals to be constructed in the lower reaches of the Red River or to connect the Red River with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway;

(2) construct a system of artificial waterways and canals, together with all locks and other works, structures, and artificial facilities as may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, and operation of:

(A) navigation canals or waterways; and

(B) all navigational systems and facilities auxiliary to navigation canals or waterways; and

(3) acquire, improve, extend, take over, construct, maintain, repair, operate, develop, and regulate ports, levees, wharves, docks, locks, warehouses, grain elevators, dumping facilities, belt railways, lands, and all other facilities or aids to navigation or aids necessary to the operation or development of ports or waterways in the Red River basin in this state.

(b) A power described by Subsection (a)(3) applies with respect to a facility or aid described by that subdivision only if the facility or aid is in a county located inside the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7941A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7941A / Section 7941A.0104
§ 7941A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7941A.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. Family Code § 201.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.004
§ 201.004. TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) An associate judge who serves a single court serves at the will of the judge of that court.

(b) The employment of an associate judge who serves more than two courts may only be terminated by a majority vote of all the judges of the courts which the associate judge serves.

(c) The employment of an associate judge who serves two courts may be terminated by either of the judges of the courts which the associate judge serves.

(d) This section does not apply to an associate judge appointed under Subchapter B or C.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1831 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1831
§ 152.1831. NOLAN COUNTY.
Status: repealed

(a) Nolan County is included in the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board. The juvenile board is composed of the county judges, statutory county judges, and district judges in Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan Counties.

(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of the members as chairman.

(c) The commissioners courts of the counties may pay the members of the juvenile board an annual supplemental compensation from the general fund or any other available fund of the counties.

(d) The juvenile board shall hold regular meetings on dates set by the board and special meetings at the call of the chairman.

(e) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, and 152.0005 do not apply to the juvenile board in Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 4280), Sec. 4(3), eff. October 1, 2017.

(g) The juvenile board shall designate the treasurer or auditor of Fisher County, Mitchell County, or Nolan County to serve as the board's fiscal officer.

(h) The juvenile board shall appoint an advisory council composed of one person from each county.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.106 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.106
§ 303.106.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.106. OPEN-END ACCOUNT: CEILING FOR PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT. If a creditor implements a quarterly or annualized ceiling for a majority of the creditor's open-end accounts that are under a particular plan or arrangement and that are for obligors in this state, that ceiling is also the ceiling for all open-end accounts that are opened or activated under that plan for obligors in this state during the period that the election is in effect.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.812 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.812
§ 201.812. REPORT ON COMPLETED HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall semiannually publish on the department's Internet website a report on all highway construction projects, listed by department district, that have been completed.

(b) The report required by Subsection (a) must, for each project listed in the report:

(1) specify whether the project was completed:

(A) on schedule, ahead of schedule, or behind schedule; and

(B) on budget, under budget, or over budget; and

(2) include any change orders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1086.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1086 / Section 1086.106
§ 1086.106. MOBILE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3939.0107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3939 / Section 3939.0107
§ 3939.0107. 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. Health and Safety Code § 102.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 102 / Section 102.101
§ 102.101. COMPOSITION OF OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee is the governing body of the institute.

(b) The oversight committee is composed of the following nine members:

(1) three members appointed by the governor;

(2) three members appointed by the lieutenant governor; and

(3) three members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(c) The members of the oversight committee must represent the geographic and cultural diversity of the state.

(d) In making appointments to the oversight committee, the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives:

(1) must each appoint at least one person who is a physician or a scientist with extensive experience in the field of oncology or public health; and

(2) should attempt to include cancer survivors and family members of cancer patients if possible.

(e) A person may not be a member of the oversight committee if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization receiving money from the institute;

(2) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, an interest in a business entity or other organization receiving money from the institute; or

(3) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the institute, other than reimbursement authorized by this chapter for oversight committee membership, attendance, or expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8190.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8190 / Section 8190.103
§ 8190.103. ROAD CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The district may contract for a road project in the manner provided by Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 101.0023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0023
§ 101.0023. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the council may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the council until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the legislation that created the council;

(2) the programs operated by the council;

(3) the role and functions of the council;

(4) the rules of the council;

(5) the current budget for the council;

(6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the council;

(7) the requirements of:

(A) the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code;

(B) the public information law, Chapter 552, Government Code;

(C) the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code; and

(D) other laws relating to public officials, including conflict-of-interest laws; and

(8) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the council or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the council is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.032
§ 775.032. CERTAIN BUSINESSES NOT SUBJECT TO AD VALOREM TAX OR DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A business entity is not subject to the ad valorem tax authorized by this chapter or subject to the district's powers if the business entity:

(1) provides its own fire prevention and fire control services and owns or operates fire-fighting equipment or systems equivalent to or better than standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association or another nationally recognized association and for which the business entity receives the appropriate approval from the Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas;

(2) provides and operates its own equipped industrial ambulance with a licensed driver and provides industrial victim care by an emergency care attendant trained to provide the equivalent of ordinary basic life support, as defined by Section 773.003; and

(3) provides ordinary emergency services for the business entity, such as emergency response, as defined by 29 C.F.R. Sec. 1910.120, rescue, disaster planning, or security services, as recognized by the Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas, and provides the equipment, training, and facilities necessary to safely handle emergencies and protect the business entity and its neighbors in the community.

(b) This section shall not be construed to exempt a business from a sales and use tax authorized by Section 775.0751.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.096 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.096
§ 68.096. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
Status: in_force

Although each branch pilot is a member of the association, a branch pilot acts as an independent contractor in performing specific pilot services for a vessel owner or consignee. A branch pilot is solely responsible to each vessel owner or consignee for the manner in which the pilot services are performed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.436 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.436
§ 2001.436. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS BY DISSOLVED UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Sections 2001.457(a) and (b) apply to a unit formed under this subchapter. For purposes of this subchapter, the requirements of Sections 2001.457(a) and (b) that are applicable to a licensed authorized organization shall be applied to a unit.

(b) A unit that has dissolved for any reason and has unexpended bingo funds shall disburse those funds to the bingo account of each member of the unit before the end of the next calendar quarter after the calendar quarter in which the unit dissolves.

(c) For purposes of the application of Sections 2001.457(a) and (b) to a unit under this section:

(1) "Adjusted gross receipts" means gross receipts less the amount of cost of goods purchased by a unit and prizes paid in the preceding quarter; and

(2) "Cost of goods purchased by a unit" means the cost of bingo paper and pull-tab bingo tickets purchased by the unit and payments to distributors for electronic cardminding devices.
Tex. Local Government Code § 252.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 252 / Section 252.051
§ 252.051. APPRAISAL REQUIRED BEFORE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY WITH BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

A municipality may not purchase property wholly or partly with bond proceeds until the municipality obtains an independent appraisal of the property's market value.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.185 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.185
§ 2175.185. NOTICE OF TRANSFER TO COMPTROLLER; ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PROPERTY ACCOUNTING RECORDS; REMOVAL FROM WEBSITE.
Status: in_force

(a) If property is transferred to a state agency under Section 2175.184, the participating agencies shall report the transaction to the comptroller.

(b) On receiving notice under this section, the comptroller shall, if necessary, adjust state property accounting records.

(c) The commission shall remove the property from the list of surplus property for sale on the commission's website on the date that the property is transferred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8504.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8504 / Section 8504.202
§ 8504.202. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the economic development programs authorized by this subchapter are a specific public purpose and governmental function of the authority in accordance with:

(1) Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution; and

(2) to the extent that the programs provide assistance to public firefighting organizations, Section 51-a-1, Article III, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Tax Code § 160.023 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 160 / Section 160.023
§ 160.023. NEW RESIDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A use tax is imposed on a new resident of this state who brings into this state for use in this state a taxable boat or motor that has been purchased and owned by the new resident in any other state or foreign country.

(b) The tax is $15 for each taxable boat or motor.

(c) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of the tax imposed by Section 160.022.
Tex. Family Code § 202.005 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 202 / Section 202.005
§ 202.005. COMPENSATION.
Status: repealed

(a) A friend of the court is entitled to compensation for services rendered and for expenses incurred in rendering the services.

(b) The court may assess the amount that the friend of the court receives in compensation against a party to the suit in the same manner as the court awards costs under Chapter 106.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.40(4), eff. January 1, 2020.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.40(4), eff. January 1, 2020.
Tex. Penal Code § 32.52 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 32 / Section 32.52
§ 32.52. FRAUDULENT, SUBSTANDARD, OR FICTITIOUS DEGREE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "fraudulent or substandard degree" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.302, Education Code.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) uses or claims to hold a postsecondary degree that the person knows:

(A) is a fraudulent or substandard degree;

(B) is fictitious or has otherwise not been granted to the person; or

(C) has been revoked; and

(2) uses or claims to hold that degree:

(A) in a written or oral advertisement or other promotion of a business; or

(B) with the intent to:

(i) obtain employment;

(ii) obtain a license or certificate to practice a trade, profession, or occupation;

(iii) obtain a promotion, a compensation or other benefit, or an increase in compensation or other benefit, in employment or in the practice of a trade, profession, or occupation;

(iv) obtain admission to an educational program in this state; or

(v) gain a position in government with authority over another person, regardless of whether the actor receives compensation for the position.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(d) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section or the other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8151.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8151 / Section 8151.0502
§ 8151.0502. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.202
§ 1011.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on general obligation bonds issued under Section 1011.201 as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any maintenance and operations tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7969.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7969 / Section 7969.005
§ 7969.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Utilities Code § 17.201 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 17 / Section 17.201
§ 17.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "nonsubmetered master metered multifamily property" means an apartment, a leased or owner-occupied condominium, or one or more buildings containing at least 10 dwellings that receive electric utility service that is master metered but not submetered.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.525 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.525
§ 43.525. FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO SHOW CONSERVATION PERMIT; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person commits an offense if the person is using land under the department's control and fails or refuses to show a conservation permit issued to the person on the demand of a game warden, peace officer, or department employee.

(b) It is not an offense under Subsection (a) if a person who is using land under the department's control fails to show a conservation permit on the demand of a game warden, peace officer, or department employee, and that person:

(1) entered land under the department's control as an occupant of a privately owned, noncommercial vehicle in which at least one other occupant possesses and is able to show a conservation permit issued to that other occupant; or

(2) is a member of a group of individuals that the department has exempted from the requirement for a conservation permit.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9019.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9019 / Section 9019.206
§ 9019.206. BOND APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

The board is not required to secure the approval of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for district bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8492.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8492 / Section 8492.152
§ 8492.152. LAW APPLICABLE TO NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to any new district created by division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.