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Tex. Utilities Code § 15.051 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 15 / Section 15.051
§ 15.051. COMPLAINT BY AFFECTED PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) An affected person may complain to the regulatory authority in writing setting forth an act or omission by a public utility in violation or claimed violation of a law that the regulatory authority has jurisdiction to administer or of an order, ordinance, or rule of the regulatory authority.

(b) The commission shall keep for a reasonable period information about each complaint filed with the commission that the commission has authority to resolve. The information shall include:

(1) the date the complaint is received;

(2) the name of the complainant;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) a record of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) if the commission took no action on the complaint, an explanation of the reason the complaint was closed without action.

(c) The commission shall keep a file about each written complaint filed with the commission that the commission has authority to resolve. The commission shall provide to the person filing the complaint and to each person or entity complained about information concerning the commission's policies and procedures on complaint investigation and resolution. The commission, at least quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and each person or entity complained about of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.352 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.352
§ 51.352. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general or the executive director may institute an action for injunctive relief to restrain a violation by and to collect a civil penalty from a person that appears to be in violation of or threatening to violate a law establishing a regulatory program administered by the department or a rule or order of the commission or executive director related to the regulatory program. A civil penalty assessed under this subsection may not exceed $5,000 per day for each violation.

(b) An action filed under this section must be filed in a district court in Travis County.

(c) The attorney general and the department may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3905.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3905 / Section 3905.201
§ 3905.201. EXCEPTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may vote to dissolve a district that has debt. If the vote is in favor of dissolution, the district shall remain in existence solely for the limited purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.

(b) Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.016 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.016
§ 231.016. PROCEDURES GOVERNING ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners courts shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing zoning regulations and zoning district boundaries. A regulation or boundary is not effective until after a public hearing on the matter at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard. Before the 15th day before the date of the hearing, notice of the time and place of the hearing must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(b) If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary is protested in accordance with this subsection, the proposed change must receive, in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of all members of the commissioners court. The protest must be written and signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of either:

(1) the area of the lots covered by the proposed change; or

(2) the lots immediately adjacent to the rear of the lots covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from those lots, or from the street frontage of the opposite lots.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7503.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7503 / Section 7503.002
§ 7503.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Willacy and Hidalgo Counties, Texas, created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 565.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 565 / Section 565.055
§ 565.055. INVESTIGATION; CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board or the board's authorized representative may investigate and gather evidence concerning any alleged violation of this subtitle or a board rule.

(b) Information or material compiled by the board in connection with an investigation, including an investigative file of the board, is confidential and not subject to:

(1) disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code; or

(2) any means of legal compulsion for release, including disclosure, discovery, or subpoena, to anyone other than the board or a board employee or board agent involved in discipline of a license holder.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), information or material compiled by the board in connection with an investigation may be disclosed:

(1) during any proceeding conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings, to the board, or a panel of the board, or in a subsequent trial or appeal of a board action or order;

(2) to a person providing a service to the board, including an expert witness, investigator, or employee of an entity that contracts with the board, related to a disciplinary proceeding against an applicant or license holder, or a subsequent trial or appeal, if the information is necessary for preparation for, or a presentation in, the proceeding;

(3) to an entity in another jurisdiction that:

(A) licenses or disciplines pharmacists or pharmacies; or

(B) registers or disciplines pharmacy technicians or pharmacy technician trainees;

(4) to a pharmaceutical or pharmacy peer review committee as described under Chapter 564;

(5) to a law enforcement agency;

(6) to a person engaged in bona fide research, if all information identifying a specific individual has been deleted; or

(7) to an entity that administers a board-approved pharmacy technician certification examination.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.001
§ 96.001. GENERAL DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending and the commissioner shall regulate savings banks and subsidiaries of savings banks operating under this subtitle.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 154.028 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 154 / Section 154.028
§ 154.028. MEDIATION FOLLOWING APPLICATION FOR EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE.
Status: repealed

(a) A citation for expedited foreclosure may be served in the manner provided by Rule 106 or 736, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Following the filing of a response to an application for an expedited foreclosure proceeding under Rule 736.5, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, a court may, in the court's discretion, conduct a hearing to determine whether to order mediation. A court may not order mediation without conducting a hearing. The petitioner or respondent may request a hearing to determine whether mediation is necessary or whether an application is defective.

(b) A hearing under Subsection (a) may not be conducted before the expiration of the respondent's deadline to file a response.

(c) Subject to Subsection (d), a hearing under Subsection (a) may be conducted by telephone.

(d) Not later than the 10th day before the date of a hearing under Subsection (a), the court shall send notice of the hearing to the parties concerning whether the hearing will be conducted by telephone and, if applicable, instructions for contacting the court and attending the hearing by telephone.

(e) At a hearing under Subsection (a), the court must consider any objections to the referral of the case to mediation.

(f) If the court orders the case to mediation, the mediation must be conducted before the expiration of any deadline imposed by Rule 736, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(g) If the parties to a case that has been ordered to mediation are unable to agree on the appointment of a mediator, the court may appoint a mediator. If a mediator is appointed by the court, the court shall provide all parties with the name of the chosen mediator at the mediation hearing if the parties are unable to agree to a mediator at that hearing.

(h) A mediator's fee shall be divided equally between the parties.

(i) The parties may agree to waive the mediation process.

(j) The court may not conduct a hearing under this section if the applicant has served the citation in compliance with Rule 106, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, and a response to the application has not been filed before the deadline provided by Rule 736, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(k) If a respondent fails to attend a mediation hearing after notice in accordance with Subsection (d), the court:

(1) may not order mediation; and

(2) shall grant or deny the petitioner's motion for default order under Rule 736.7, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(l) If a respondent attends a hearing and mediation is ordered, any mediation must take place not later than the 29th day after the date the petitioner filed a motion for default order.

(m) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.10(20), eff. December 4, 2025.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.102
§ 1015.102. RESTRICTION ON MUNICIPAL TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

The City of Fairfield may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.251 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.251
§ 1103.251. EXAMINATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prescribe an appraiser examination.

(b) The examination must be:

(1) written; and

(2) approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 556.107 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 556 / Section 556.107
§ 556.107. DISPOSAL OF SEIZED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Property seized under this chapter must be disposed of in a manner considered appropriate by the board if the board has jurisdiction over the property or the district court if the court has jurisdiction over the property.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.023 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.023
§ 1001.023. CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR; DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall appoint one of the board's members chair of the board. The chair serves at the pleasure of the governor. The board shall elect one of its members vice chair of the board. The vice chair serves at the pleasure of the board.

(b) The chair shall:

(1) preside over board meetings, make rulings on motions and points of order, and determine the order of business;

(2) represent the department in dealing with the governor;

(3) report to the governor on the state of affairs of the department at least quarterly;

(4) report to the board the governor's suggestions for department operations;

(5) report to the governor on efforts, including legislative requirements, to maximize the efficiency of department operations through the use of private enterprise;

(6) periodically review the department's organizational structure and submit recommendations for structural changes to the governor and the board;

(7) designate at least one employee of the department as a civil rights officer of the department and receive regular reports from the officer or officers on the department's efforts to comply with civil rights legislation and administrative rules;

(8) create subcommittees, appoint board members to subcommittees, and receive the reports of subcommittees to the board as a whole;

(9) appoint a member of the board to act in the absence of the chair and vice chair; and

(10) serve as the departmental liaison with the governor and the Office of State-Federal Relations to maximize federal funding for transportation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1274.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1274 / Section 1274.002
§ 1274.002. TRANSMISSION OF ENROLLEE ELIGIBILITY AND PAYMENT STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each health benefit plan issuer shall, upon the participating provider's submission of the patient's name, relationship to the primary enrollee, and birth date, make available telephonically, electronically, or by an Internet website portal to each participating provider information maintained in the ordinary course of business and sufficient for the provider to determine at the time of the enrollee's visit information concerning:

(1) the enrollee, including:

(A) the enrollee's identification number assigned by the health benefit plan issuer;

(B) the name of the enrollee and all covered dependents, if appropriate;

(C) the birth date of the enrollee and the birth dates of all covered dependents, if appropriate;

(D) the gender of the enrollee and the gender of each covered dependent, if appropriate; and

(E) the current enrollment and eligibility status of the enrollee under the health benefit plan;

(2) the enrollee's benefits, including:

(A) whether a specific type or category of service is a covered benefit; and

(B) excluded benefits or limitations, both group and individual; and

(3) the enrollee's financial information, including:

(A) copayment requirements, if any; and

(B) the unmet amount of the enrollee's deductible or enrollee financial responsibility.

(b) Information required to be made available under this section may be made available only to a participating provider who is authorized under state and federal law to receive personally identifiable information on an enrollee or dependent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8062.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8062 / Section 8062.0403
§ 8062.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 36.15 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.15
§ 36.15. REQUESTED SPECIAL CHARGES.
Status: in_force

Before the court reads his charge to the jury, counsel on both sides shall have a reasonable time to present written instructions and ask that they be given to the jury. The requirement that the instructions be in writing is complied with if the instructions are dictated to the court reporter in the presence of the court and the state's counsel, before the reading of the court's charge to the jury. The court shall give or refuse these charges. The defendant may, by a special requested instruction, call the trial court's attention to error in the charge, as well as omissions therefrom, and no other exception or objection to the court's charge shall be necessary to preserve any error reflected by any special requested instruction which the trial court refuses.

Any special requested charge which is granted shall be incorporated in the main charge and shall be treated as a part thereof, and the jury shall not be advised that it is a special requested charge of either party. The judge shall read to the jury only such special charges as he gives.

When the defendant has leveled objections to the charge or has requested instructions or both, and the court thereafter modifies his charge and rewrites the same and in so doing does not respond to objections or requested charges, or any of them, then the objections or requested charges shall not be deemed to have been waived by the party making or requesting the same, but shall be deemed to continue to have been urged by the party making or requesting the same unless the contrary is shown by the record; no exception by the defendant to the action of the court shall be necessary or required in order to preserve for review the error claimed in the charge.
Tex. Transportation Code § 21.102 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 21 / Section 21.102
§ 21.102. LOAN PREFERRED.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(1) make a loan instead of a grant whenever feasible under this subchapter; and

(2) carefully consider making a loan instead of a grant for an improvement that produces revenue.
Tex. Water Code § 51.766 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.766
§ 51.766. SUIT TO REVIEW EXCLUSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who owns an interest in property affected by an exclusion order issued under Section 51.761 may sue to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the order not later than the 20th day after the effective date of the order.

(b) Venue is in any district court that has jurisdiction in the county in which the district is located. If the district includes land in more than one county, venue is in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the largest portion of the acreage of the land sought to be excluded from the district is located.

(c) A person may appeal from the judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought under this section to the court of civil appeals and the supreme court as in other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction.
Tex. Utilities Code § 57.072 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 57 / Section 57.072
§ 57.072. RATES FOR INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall permit a local exchange company that provides an interactive multimedia communications service to establish, using sound ratemaking principles, rates necessary to recover costs associated with providing the service.

(b) A local exchange company may not establish a rate under Subsection (a) that is less than the local exchange company's long run incremental costs of providing the interactive multimedia communications service, unless the commission determines it to be in the public interest to do so.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.603 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.603
§ 201.603. AGREEMENT WITH OTHER AGENCIES FOR ROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) On request of the Health and Human Services Commission or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the department may enter into agreements with either agency for the construction, maintenance, or repair of roads in an institution, hospital, or school under the control, management, or supervision of that agency.

(b) The Health and Human Services Commission or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department may reimburse the appropriate fund of the department for the cost of construction or maintenance performed under Subsection (a). Before a transfer of an amount under this subsection, the reimbursing agency shall notify in writing the comptroller of the amount to be transferred and the fund from which the amount is to be taken.
Tex. Government Code § 507.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 507 / Section 507.002
§ 507.002. ELIGIBLE DEFENDANTS.
Status: in_force

The department may confine in a state jail felony facility authorized by this subchapter defendants required by a judge to serve a term of confinement in a state jail felony facility following a grant of deferred adjudication for or conviction of an offense punishable as a state jail felony.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.712 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.712
§ 452.712. APPROVAL OF SERVICE PLAN AND TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date the interim executive committee approves the service plan and tax rate, the governing body of each municipality having territory in the authority and the commissioners court of each county having unincorporated area in the authority must approve, by resolution or order, the service plan and tax rate.

(b) A municipality or unincorporated area that does not give its approval under Subsection (a) may not participate in the service plan or the confirmation election order for the authority.

(c) The interim executive committee may not order a confirmation election in a subregion for which the governing body of the principal municipality does not approve the service plan and tax rate.

(d) In a subregion that has no principal municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million according to the most recent federal decennial census, the tax rate must be approved by the commissioners court before the confirmation election.

(e) Subsections (a)-(d) do not apply to an authority created by a contiguous municipality. The interim executive committee of a subregional authority created by a contiguous municipality shall submit the proposed plan and proposed tax rate to the governing body of the contiguous municipality. The governing body may:

(1) change the proposed plan or tax rate, or both the proposed plan and tax rate; or

(2) approve the proposed plan and tax as submitted.
Tex. Occupations Code § 565.062 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 565 / Section 565.062
§ 565.062. BURDEN OF PROOF.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding under this subtitle, including a trial or hearing, the state is not required to negate an exemption or exception set forth by this subtitle in a pleading, including in a complaint, information, or indictment.

(b) The burden of going forward with the evidence with respect to an exemption or exception is on the person claiming the benefit of the exemption or exception.

(c) In the absence of proof that a person is the authorized holder of an appropriate license issued under this subtitle, the person is presumed not to be the holder of the license. The presumption is subject to rebuttal by a person charged with an offense under this subtitle.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.252 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.252
§ 151.252. TEMPORARY PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may issue a temporary sales tax permit or retailer's registration to an applicant for a period determined by the comptroller in order to arrange for and provide the security required by this subchapter.

(b) A temporary permit or registration expires without further notice on the expiration date shown on the temporary permit or registration.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.006
§ 1036.006. 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. Election Code § 18.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 18 / Section 18.006
§ 18.006. DELIVERY OF LISTS TO ELECTION AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

The registrar shall deliver the lists furnished under this subchapter, including the lists furnished under Section 18.007, to the appropriate authority as soon as practicable after the request but in every case in time for receipt before the beginning of early voting by mail for the election in which the lists are to be used. If those lists do not contain the names of all voters who will be eligible to vote as of the beginning of early voting by personal appearance, another set of the appropriate lists shall be delivered before the beginning of early voting by personal appearance. If those lists do not contain the names of all voters whose registrations will be effective on election day, another set of the appropriate lists shall be delivered as soon as practicable after the registrar has processed the remaining applications.