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Tex. Utilities Code § 32.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 32 / Section 32.002
§ 32.002. LIMITATION ON COMMISSION JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this title, this subtitle does not authorize the commission to:

(1) regulate or supervise a rate or service of a municipally owned utility; or

(2) affect the jurisdiction, power, or duty of a municipality exercising exclusive original jurisdiction in that municipality's regulation and supervision of an electric utility in the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1014.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1014 / Section 1014.006
§ 1014.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Government Code § 405.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 405 / Section 405.014
§ 405.014. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) At each session of the legislature the secretary of state shall obtain the bills that have become law. Immediately after the closing of each session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall bind all enrolled bills and resolutions in volumes on which the date of the session is placed.

(b) As soon as practicable after the closing of each session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall publish and maintain electronically the bills enacted at that session. The electronic publication must be:

(1) indexed by bill number and assigned chapter number for each bill; and

(2) made available by an electronic link on the secretary of state's generally accessible Internet website.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1117.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1117 / Section 1117.051
§ 1117.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven elected directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms, with the terms of two or three directors expiring each year, as appropriate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7906.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7906 / Section 7906.102
§ 7906.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Education Code § 80.05 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 80 / Section 80.05
§ 80.05. UNIVERSITY OF THE FIRST CLASS.
Status: in_force

The board shall make any other rules and regulations for the operation, control, and management of the university as may be necessary for the conduct of the university as a university of the first class.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.153 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.153
§ 452.153. APPROVAL OF MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

The location of a station or terminal complex in a municipality or in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality must be approved, as to conformity with the comprehensive or general plan of the municipality, by a motion, resolution, or ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8152.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8152 / Section 8152.0201
§ 8152.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8152.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Water Code § 58.027 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.027
§ 58.027.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.027. MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT: CONSIDERATION BY COMMISSION. (a) The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction and power to consider and determine all petitions for creation of a district that will include land or property located in two or more counties.

(b) The orders of the commission concerning the organization of a district shall be final, unless an appeal is taken from the orders as provided in this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.110 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.110
§ 2051.110. EFFECT OF DECERTIFICATION BY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall revoke the certificate of registration of an athlete agent decertified by a national professional sports association.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.18 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.18
§ 44.18. ORIGINAL PAPERS SENT UP.
Status: in_force

In appeals from justice and corporation courts, all the original papers in the case, together with the appeal bond, if any, and together, with a certified transcript of all the proceedings had in the case before such court shall be delivered without delay to the clerk of the court to which the appeal was taken, who shall file the same and docket the case.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.120 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.120
§ 481.120.
Status: in_force

Sec. 481.120. OFFENSE: DELIVERY OF MARIHUANA. (a) Except as authorized by this chapter, a person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally delivers marihuana.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is:

(1) a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana delivered is one-fourth ounce or less and the person committing the offense does not receive remuneration for the marihuana;

(2) a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana delivered is one-fourth ounce or less and the person committing the offense receives remuneration for the marihuana;

(3) a state jail felony if the amount of marihuana delivered is five pounds or less but more than one-fourth ounce;

(4) a felony of the second degree if the amount of marihuana delivered is 50 pounds or less but more than five pounds;

(5) a felony of the first degree if the amount of marihuana delivered is 2,000 pounds or less but more than 50 pounds; and

(6) a felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than 10 years, and a fine not to exceed $100,000, if the amount of marihuana delivered is more than 2,000 pounds.
Tex. Education Code § 79.01 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 79 / Section 79.01
§ 79.01. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of regents of The University of Texas System.

(2) "University" means The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Tex. Government Code § 432.135 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.135
§ 432.135. ASSAULTING OR WILFULLY DISOBEYING SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
Status: in_force

A person subject to this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person:

(1) strikes his superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up a weapon or offers any violence against him while in the execution of his office; or

(2) wilfully disobeys a lawful command of his commissioned officer.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.022 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.022
§ 134.022. PROHIBITION ON SURFACE COAL MINING IN CERTAIN AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) Surface coal mining operations may not be permitted:

(1) that will adversely affect a publicly owned park or place included in the National Register of Historic Sites unless approved jointly by the commission and the federal, state, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or historic site;

(2) within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way line of a public road, except:

(A) where a mine access road or haulage road joins the right-of-way line; or

(B) as provided by Subsection (b);

(3) within 300 feet of an occupied dwelling, unless the owner of the dwelling waives the prohibition;

(4) within 300 feet of a public, school, church, community, or institutional building;

(5) within 300 feet of a public park; or

(6) within 100 feet of a cemetery.

(b) The commission may permit a public road to be relocated or the area affected by surface coal mining operations to lie within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way line of the public road if, after public notice and opportunity for public hearing in the locality, a written finding is made that the interests of the public and the landowners affected by the relocation will be protected.

(c) This section is subject to rights existing on August 3, 1977, and does not affect surface coal mining operations that existed on August 3, 1977.
Tex. Insurance Code § 982.305 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 982 / Section 982.305
§ 982.305. LIMITATION ON ACTIONS IN OTHER STATE COURTS.
Status: in_force

An action involving a contract entered into in this state between a foreign or alien insurance company and a resident of this state may not be brought in or transferred to a court in another state without the consent of the resident of this state.
Tex. Water Code § 36.014 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.014
§ 36.014. NOTICE AND PUBLIC MEETING ON DISTRICT CREATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a petition is filed under Section 36.013, the commission shall give notice of the application and shall conduct a public meeting in a central location within the area of the proposed district on the application not later than the 60th day after the date the commission issues notice. The notice must contain the date, time, and location of the public meeting and must be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the area of the proposed district.

(b) If the petition contains a request to create a management area in all or part of the proposed district, the notice must also be given in accordance with the requirements in Section 35.006 for the designation of management areas.
Tex. Tax Code § 41.10 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 41 / Section 41.10
§ 41.10. CORRECTION OF RECORDS ON RECOMMENDATION OF CHIEF APPRAISER.
Status: in_force

At any time before approval of the appraisal records as provided by Section 41.12 of this code, the chief appraiser may submit written recommendations to the appraisal review board for corrections in the records. If the board approves a recommended correction and it will not result in an increase in the tax liability of a property owner, the board may make the correction by written order.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.209 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.209
§ 200.209. DETERMINATION OF SOLVENCY, NET ASSETS, STATED CAPITAL, AND SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

(a) The determination of whether a real estate investment trust is or would be insolvent and the determination of the amount of a real estate investment trust's stated capital or surplus or any component of the trust's stated capital or surplus, or the value of the real estate investment trust's net assets or any component of the trust's net assets, may be based on:

(1) financial statements of the real estate investment trust that present the financial condition of the real estate investment trust in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards, including financial statements that include subsidiary entities or other entities accounted for on a consolidated basis or on the equity method of accounting;

(2) financial statements prepared using the method of accounting used to file the real estate investment trust's federal income tax return or using any other accounting practices and principles that are reasonable under the circumstances;

(3) financial information, including condensed or summary financial statements, that is prepared on the same basis as financial statements described by Subdivision (1) or (2);

(4) a projection, a forecast, or other forward-looking information relating to the future economic performance, financial condition, or liquidity of the real estate investment trust that is reasonable under the circumstances;

(5) a fair valuation or information from any other method that is reasonable under the circumstances; or

(6) a combination of a statement, a valuation, or information authorized by this section.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the computation of the franchise tax or any other tax imposed on a real estate investment trust under the laws of this state.
Tex. Education Code § 10.006 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 10 / Section 10.006
§ 10.006. FUNDING; ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The early childhood interagency work group, the cooperating entities, and the lead agency may use any available state or federal money to develop the system.

(b) The lead agency shall actively pursue grants or other money available from the state and federal government to operate the system.

(c) The early childhood interagency work group, the cooperating entities, and the lead agency may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source for the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 71.018 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 71 / Section 71.018
§ 71.018. OFFICERS; COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief justice of the supreme court shall serve as chair and the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals shall serve as vice chair of the council. Other officers of the council shall be elected by the council.

(b) The council may prescribe the duties of an officer of the council.

(c) The council may appoint committees from its membership. It may prescribe the duties of and delegate powers under this chapter to a committee except as otherwise limited by this chapter.

(d) The chair may appoint committees for two-year terms that he considers necessary for the organization of the council.
Tex. Estates Code § 360.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 360 / Section 360.101
§ 360.101. HEARING ON APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) At the hearing on an application for partition and distribution, the court shall determine:

(1) the residue of the estate that is subject to partition and distribution;

(2) the persons entitled by law to partition and distribution and those persons' respective shares; and

(3) whether an advancement has been made to any of the persons described by Subdivision (2), and if so, the nature and value of the advancement.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the residue of the estate is determined by deducting from the entire assets of the estate remaining on hand:

(1) the amount of all debts and expenses that:

(A) have been approved or established by judgment but not paid; or

(B) may be established by judgment in the future; and

(2) the probable future expenses of administration.

(c) If an advancement described by Subsection (a)(3) has been made, the court shall require the advancement to be placed in hotchpotch as required by the law governing intestate succession.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.304 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.304
§ 66.304. PORT AUTHORITIES AND NAVIGATION DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

It is the duty of the port authorities and navigation districts of this state to prevent the use of any port facility in a manner that they reasonably suspect may assist in the violation of this subchapter. They shall use all reasonable means, including the inspection of nautical logs, to ascertain from masters of newly arrived vessels of all types, other than warships of the United States, the presence of alien commercial fishing vessels within the coastal water of this state and shall promptly transmit the information to the department and to law enforcement agencies of this state as the situation may indicate. They shall request assistance from the United States Coast Guard in appropriate cases to prevent unauthorized departure from any port facility.
Tex. Estates Code § 1301.151 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.151
§ 1301.151. JURISDICTION OVER TRUST MATTERS.
Status: in_force

A court that creates a management trust has the same jurisdiction to hear matters relating to the trust as the court has with respect to guardianship and other matters covered by this title.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 8.206 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 8 / Section 8.206
§ 8.206. COMPLETION OR ALTERATION OF SECURITY CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a security certificate contains the signatures necessary to its issue or transfer but is incomplete in any other respect:

(1) any person may complete it by filling in the blanks as authorized; and

(2) even if the blanks are incorrectly filled in, the security certificate as completed is enforceable by a purchaser who took it for value and without notice of the incorrectness.

(b) A complete security certificate that has been improperly altered, even if fraudulently, remains enforceable, but only according to its original terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.2245 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.2245
§ 431.2245. PROCESSING OF LICENSING FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a system for processing licensing fees under this chapter, including vended water facility licensing fees.

(b) Under the fee processing system, the maximum time for processing a fee payment made by a negotiable instrument may not exceed 48 hours, beginning at the time that the negotiable instrument is first received by the department and ending at the time that the fee payment is submitted for deposit by the department to the treasury division of the office of the comptroller.

(c) The comptroller shall cooperate with the department in developing the fee processing system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1094.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1094 / Section 1094.303
§ 1094.303. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3875.132 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3875 / Section 3875.132
§ 3875.132. INDEBTEDNESS AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The board may not dissolve the district until the district's outstanding indebtedness or contractual obligations have been repaid or discharged.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8105.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8105 / Section 8105.004
§ 8105.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 959, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code, before September 1, 1995;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 3, Chapter 959, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes; or

(3) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.182 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.182
§ 481.182. EVIDENTIARY RULES RELATING TO OFFER OF DELIVERY.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of establishing a delivery under this chapter, proof of an offer to sell must be corroborated by:

(1) a person other than the person to whom the offer is made; or

(2) evidence other than a statement of the person to whom the offer is made.
Tex. Election Code § 233.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 233 / Section 233.006
§ 233.006. FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The contestant may not file the petition in the contest earlier than the day after election day.

(b) Except as provided by Section 30.023, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 30th day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result of the contested election is determined.

(c) The contestant must deliver a copy of the petition to the secretary of state by the same deadline prescribed for the filing of the petition.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.102
§ 751.102. DUTY TO TIMELY INFORM PRINCIPAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The agent shall timely inform the principal of each action taken under a durable power of attorney.

(b) Failure of an agent to timely inform, as to third parties, does not invalidate any action of the agent.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.161 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.161
§ 1305.161. APPRENTICE; TEMPORARY APPRENTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an applicant for a license as an electrical apprentice must be at least 16 years of age and be engaged in the process of learning and assisting in the installation of electrical work under the supervision of a licensed master electrician.

(b) An applicant for a license as an electrical sign apprentice must be at least 18 years of age and be engaged in the process of learning and assisting in the performance of electrical sign work under the supervision of a licensed master sign electrician.

(c) On the request of an applicant for an apprentice license, the executive director shall issue a temporary apprentice license that expires on the 21st day after the date of issuance to an applicant who meets the qualifications established by the executive director.

(d) The commission by rule shall set the fee, establish the qualifications, and provide for the issuance of a temporary apprentice license under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.060 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.060
§ 140B.060. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DEMAND PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

If a person fails to comply with a civil investigative demand duly served on the person, the attorney general or local prosecutor may file in the district court in the county in which the person resides, is found, or transacts business or in a district court of Travis County and may serve on the person a petition for an order of the court for enforcement. If the person transacts business in more than one county and the attorney general or local prosecutor elects not to file the petition in Travis County, the petition must be filed in the county of the person's principal office or place of business in the state or in any other county as may be agreed on by the person and the attorney general or local prosecutor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.1022 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.1022
§ 1551.1022.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1551.1022. PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY: CERTAIN POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. (a) An individual who is not eligible to participate in the group benefits program under Section 1551.101 is eligible to participate in the group benefits program under this section if the individual, at an institution of higher education:

(1) holds:

(A) a postdoctoral fellowship; or

(B) one or more graduate student fellowships awarded to the individual on a competitive basis that, either singly or in combination, are valued at not less than $10,000 per year; and

(2) is currently receiving a stipend from an applicable fellowship.

(b) An individual who is eligible to participate in the group benefits program under this section shall pay all contributions required under this chapter for the coverage selected by the individual, except that an institution of higher education may make contributions for the individual from available funds other than money appropriated to the institution from the general revenue fund.

(c) An institution of higher education shall determine which individuals are eligible to participate in the group benefits program under this section and, at the time of initial eligibility, shall notify each individual of the individual's eligibility to participate in the program.

(d) An individual who participates in the group benefits program under this section is not considered an employee of an institution of higher education solely as a result of the individual's participation in the program.