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Tex. Family Code § 42.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 42 / Section 42.003
§ 42.003. AIDING OR ASSISTING INTERFERENCE WITH POSSESSORY RIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who aids or assists in conduct for which a cause of action is authorized by this chapter is jointly and severally liable for damages.

(b) A person who was not a party to the suit in which an order was rendered providing for a possessory right is not liable unless the person at the time of the violation:

(1) had actual notice of the existence and contents of the order; or

(2) had reasonable cause to believe that the child was the subject of an order and that the person's actions were likely to violate the order.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.037 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.037
§ 85.037. RESTRICTIONS ON GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may not award a grant to an entity or community organization that advocates or promotes conduct that violates state law.

(b) This section does not prohibit the award of a grant to an entity or community organization that provides accurate information about ways to reduce the risk of exposure to or transmission of HIV.
Tex. Occupations Code § 566.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 566 / Section 566.151
§ 566.151. OFFENSES; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subtitle or any rule adopted under this subtitle relating to unlawfully engaging in the practice of pharmacy or unlawfully operating a pharmacy.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates the licensing requirements of this subtitle or Section 558.001, 558.002, or 560.002.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 560.001 or 560.003.

(d) Each day of violation under Subsection (b) or (c) is a separate offense.

(e) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.205 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.205
§ 15.205. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

The office of a commission member becomes vacant:

(1) on the death, resignation, or removal of the member; or

(2) if the member ceases to have the qualifications required for service as a member.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.052
§ 231.052. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county in which a military establishment is located may create a restricted military zone adjacent to the military establishment. The court shall set forth the boundaries of the zone in its minutes. A military zone may not extend more than one mile from the boundary line of the military establishment.

(b) Appropriate signs must be posted along each road or way leading into the zone to indicate that the zone is a restricted area.
Tex. Occupations Code § 401.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 401 / Section 401.301
§ 401.301. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not practice speech-language pathology or audiology or represent that the person is a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in this state unless the person holds a license under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1019.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1019 / Section 1019.202
§ 1019.202. 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 by the district under Section 1019.201 as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.162 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.162
§ 285.162. TAX RATE; CHANGE IN RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may impose the tax in increments of one-eighth of one percent, with a minimum rate of one-eighth of one percent and a maximum rate of two percent.

(b) A district may increase the rate of the tax to a maximum of two percent or decrease the rate of the tax to a minimum of one-eighth of one percent if the change is approved by a majority of the voters of the district at an election called for that purpose.
Tex. Water Code § 37.003 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 37 / Section 37.003
§ 37.003. LICENSE OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not engage in a business, occupation, or profession described by Section 26.0301, 26.3573, 26.452, or 26.456 of this code, Section 341.033, 341.034, 361.027, 366.014, or 366.071, Health and Safety Code, or Section 1903.251, Occupations Code, unless the person holds the appropriate license or registration issued by the commission.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 188.012 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 188 / Section 188.012
§ 188.012. PROCEDURES FOR SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of agriculture by rule shall establish a procedure to settle a dispute between a claimant supplying animal feed and labor and a debtor. The procedures must provide:

(1) a time requirement for submitting the dispute to the department;

(2) a time requirement within which a notice of the dispute must be submitted to each party; and

(3) a process for evaluating the dispute.

(b) Each party to the dispute is equally liable for the reasonable costs incurred by the department in carrying out this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 284.152 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 284 / Section 284.152
§ 284.152. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a municipality may require a network provider to obtain one or more permits to install a network node, node support pole, or transport facility in a public right-of-way if the permit:

(1) is of general applicability to users of the public right-of-way;

(2) does not apply exclusively to network nodes; and

(3) is processed on nondiscriminatory terms and conditions regardless of the type of entity submitting the application for the permit.

(b) A network provider that wants to install or collocate multiple network nodes inside the territorial jurisdiction of a single municipality is entitled to file a consolidated permit application with the municipality for not more than 30 network nodes and receive permits for the installation or collocation of those network nodes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1113.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1113 / Section 1113.004
§ 1113.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Wilbarger County.
Tex. Local Government Code § 507.105 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 507 / Section 507.105
§ 507.105. GENERAL POWERS RELATED TO FINANCES.
Status: in_force

A spaceport development corporation may:

(1) impose a charge for using a spaceport or a service the corporation provides;

(2) borrow money;

(3) loan money to fund a spaceport; and

(4) invest money under the corporation's control in an investment authorized by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7973A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7973A / Section 7973A.0403
§ 7973A.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. Family Code § 153.372 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.372
§ 153.372. NONPARENT APPOINTED AS JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonparent, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or a licensed child-placing agency appointed as a joint managing conservator may serve in that capacity with either another nonparent or with a parent of the child.

(b) The procedural and substantive standards regarding an agreed or court-ordered joint managing conservatorship provided by Subchapter C apply to a nonparent joint managing conservator.
Tex. Family Code § 156.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 156 / Section 156.001
§ 156.001. ORDERS SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION.
Status: in_force

A court with continuing, exclusive jurisdiction may modify an order that provides for the conservatorship, support, or possession of and access to a child.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.066 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.066
§ 201.066. RELIGIOUS SERVICE.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "employment" does not include:

(1) service in the employ of:

(A) a church;

(B) a convention or association of churches; or

(C) an organization that is operated primarily for religious purposes and that is operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or a convention or association of churches;

(2) service performed by an ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church in the exercise of the individual's ministry; or

(3) service performed by a member of a religious order as required by the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8012.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8012 / Section 8012.051
§ 8012.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8012.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8489.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8489 / Section 8489.253
§ 8489.253. PETITION FOR DIVISION; NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Before an emergency services district may be divided under this subchapter, the county judge must receive a petition for division signed by at least 60 percent of the qualified voters of the improvement district.

(b) A petition for division must include:

(1) the name of the new emergency services district to be created; and

(2) a description of the proposed territory of the new emergency services district.

(c) The petition may include an agreement with a neighboring municipality to allow the municipality to provide fire and emergency medical services through the new emergency services district.

(d) Not later than the 30th day after the date the county judge receives a petition under this section, the commissioners court of the county shall set a place, date, and time for a hearing to consider the petition. The commissioners court shall issue a notice of the hearing that includes:

(1) the name of the proposed emergency services district;

(2) a description of the proposed emergency services district's boundaries; and

(3) the place, date, and time of the hearing on the petition.

(e) A commissioners court of a county that issues notice of a hearing under Subsection (d) shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the improvement district once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must occur not later than the 21st day before the date on which the hearing will be held.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3850.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3850 / Section 3850.007
§ 3850.007. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by a municipality under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by a municipality under Chapter 312, Tax Code; or

(3) an enterprise zone created by a municipality under Chapter 2303, Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 34.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 34 / Section 34.001
§ 34.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "bank facility" means real property, including an improvement, that a state bank owns or leases, to the extent the lease or the leasehold improvement is capitalized, for the purpose of:

(1) providing space for bank employees to perform their duties and for bank employees and customers to park;

(2) conducting bank business, including meeting the reasonable needs and convenience of the public and the bank's customers, computer operations, document and other item processing, maintenance and storage of foreclosed collateral pending disposal, and record retention and storage;

(3) holding, improving, and occupying as an incident to future expansion of the bank's facilities; or

(4) conducting another activity authorized by rules adopted under this subtitle.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.174 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.174
§ 441.174. EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

District bonds and the records relating to their issuance shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 12.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 12 / Section 12.001
§ 12.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "virtual currency":

(1) means a digital representation of value that:

(A) is used as a medium of exchange, unit of account, or store of value; and

(B) is not legal tender, whether or not denominated in legal tender; and

(2) does not include:

(A) a transaction in which a merchant grants, as part of an affinity or rewards program, value that cannot be taken from or exchanged with the merchant for legal tender, bank credit, or virtual currency; or

(B) a digital representation of value issued by or on behalf of a publisher and used solely within an online game, game platform, or family of games sold by the same publisher or offered on the same game platform.
Tex. Education Code § 1.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1 / Section 1.002
§ 1.002. EQUAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR OPPORTUNITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An educational institution undertaking to provide education, services, or activities to any individual within the jurisdiction or geographical boundaries of the educational institution shall provide equal opportunities to all individuals within its jurisdiction or geographical boundaries pursuant to this code.

(b) An educational institution may not deny services to any individual eligible to participate in a school district's special education program as provided by Section 29.003, but the educational institution shall provide individuals with disabilities special educational services as authorized by law or, where expressly authorized, assist in and contribute toward the provision of appropriate special educational services in cooperation with other educational institutions and other appropriate agencies, institutions, or departments.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.301 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.301
§ 56.301. AUDIO NEWSPAPER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall establish a program to provide from the universal service fund financial assistance for a free telephone service for blind and visually impaired persons that offers the text of newspapers using synthetic speech. The commission may adopt rules to implement the program.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.1231 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.1231
§ 425.1231.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.1231. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: BOND EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS. (a) An insurance company may invest the insurer's funds in excess of minimum capital and surplus in shares of a bond exchange-traded fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Section 80a-1 et seq.), as amended, if:

(1) the exchange-traded fund is solvent and reported at least $100 million of net assets in the exchange-traded fund's latest annual or more recent certified audited financial statement;

(2) the securities valuation office has designated the exchange-traded fund as meeting the criteria to be placed on the list promulgated by the securities valuation office of exchange-traded funds eligible for reporting as a long-term bond in the Purposes and Procedures Manual of the securities valuation office or a successor publication; and

(3) the amount of the insurance company's investment in the exchange-traded fund does not exceed 15 percent of the insurance company's capital and surplus.

(b) This section does not authorize an insurance company to invest in a bond exchange-traded fund that has:

(1) embedded structural features designed to deliver performance that does not track the full unlevered and positive return of the underlying index or exposure, including a leveraged or inverse exchange-traded fund; or

(2) an expense ratio in excess of 100 basis points.

(c) A bond exchange-traded fund described by Subsection (a) shall be considered a business entity for purposes of Section 425.110.

(d) An insurance company may deposit with the department shares of a bond exchange-traded fund described by Subsection (a) as a statutory deposit if state law requires a statutory deposit from the insurance company.
Tex. Election Code § 43.033 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 43 / Section 43.033
§ 43.033. CONSIDERATION FOR USE OF PUBLIC BUILDING AS POLLING PLACE.
Status: in_force

(a) No charge, including a charge for personnel, utilities, or other expenses incurred before or after regular business hours, may be made for the use of a public building for a polling place if the day of the election is a day on which the building is normally open for business. If the day of the election is a day on which the building is not normally open for business, a charge may be made only for reimbursement for the actual expenses resulting from use of the building in the election.

(b) The reimbursing authority is entitled to an itemized statement of expenses before making remittance.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person assesses a charge for the use of a public building for a polling place in violation of Subsection (a). An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0306
§ 8511.0306. FORESTATION AND REFORESTATION.
Status: in_force

The authority may forest, reforest, or aid in foresting or reforesting the watershed of the Nueces River and its tributaries.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1956.011 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1956 / Section 1956.011
§ 1956.011. ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 508.148 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.148
§ 508.148. PERIOD OF MANDATORY SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The period of mandatory supervision is computed by subtracting from the term for which the inmate was sentenced the calendar time served on the sentence.

(b) The time served on mandatory supervision is computed as calendar time.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.023
§ 282.023. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A board member serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.160
§ 1036.160. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Sections 1036.111, 1036.161, 1036.201, 1036.204, 1036.205, and 1036.210, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and the immediately following district fiscal years.

(b) The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.208 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.208
§ 846.208. NOTICE TO COVERED PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A multiple employer welfare arrangement that cancels or refuses to renew coverage under a health benefit plan under Section 846.206 or Section 846.207 shall notify the employer of the cancellation of or refusal to renew coverage not later than the 30th day before the date termination of coverage is effective. The employer is responsible for notifying participating employees of the cancellation of or refusal to renew coverage.

(b) The notice provided under this section is in addition to any other notice required by Section 846.206 or Section 846.207.
Tex. Tax Code § 322.2022 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 322 / Section 322.2022
§ 322.2022. TAX INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the comptroller on request shall provide to a taxing entity:

(1) information relating to the amount of tax paid to the entity under this chapter during the preceding or current calendar year by each person doing business in the area included in the entity who annually remits to the comptroller state and local sales tax payments of more than $5,000; and

(2) any other information as provided by this section.

(b) The comptroller on request shall provide to a taxing entity information relating to the amount of tax paid to the entity under this chapter during the preceding or current calendar year by each person doing business in an area included in the entity, as defined by the entity, that is part of:

(1) an interlocal agreement;

(2) a revenue sharing agreement;

(3) any other agreement similar to those listed in Subdivisions (1) and (2); or

(4) any area defined by the entity for the purpose of economic forecasting.

(c) The comptroller shall provide the information under Subsection (b) as an aggregate total for all persons doing business in the defined area without disclosing individual tax payments.

(d) If the request for information under Subsection (b) involves not more than three persons doing business in the defined area who remit taxes under this chapter, the comptroller shall refuse to provide the information to the taxing entity unless the comptroller receives permission from each of the persons allowing the comptroller to provide the information to the entity as requested.

(e) A separate request for information under this section must be made in writing by the governing body of the taxing entity each year.

(f) Information received by a taxing entity under this section is confidential, is not open to public inspection, and may be used only for the purpose of economic forecasting, for internal auditing of a tax paid to the entity under this chapter, or for the purpose described by Subsection (g).

(g) Information received by a taxing entity under Subsection (b) may be used by the entity to assist in determining revenue sharing under a revenue sharing agreement or other similar agreement.

(h) The comptroller may set and collect from a taxing entity reasonable fees to cover the expense of compiling and providing information under this section.

(i) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, the governing body of a taxing entity is not required to confer with one or more employees or a third party in an open meeting to receive information or question the employees or third party regarding the information received by the entity under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8494.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8494 / Section 8494.101
§ 8494.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.