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Tex. Utilities Code § 54.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.002
§ 54.002. EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FOR SERVICE EXTENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A telecommunications utility is not required to obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority for an:

(1) extension into territory that is:

(A) contiguous to the territory the telecommunications utility serves;

(B) not receiving similar service from another telecommunications utility; and

(C) not in another telecommunications utility's certificated area;

(2) extension in or to territory the telecommunications utility serves or is authorized to serve under a certificate of public convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority; or

(3) operation, extension, or service in progress on September 1, 1975.

(b) An extension allowed by Subsection (a) is limited to a device used:

(1) to interconnect existing facilities; or

(2) solely to transmit telecommunications utility services from an existing facility to a customer of retail utility service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8229.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8229 / Section 8229.003
§ 8229.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.001
§ 1107.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of the district.

(2) "District" means the Titus County Hospital District.

(3) "Manager" means a member of the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.026
§ 437.026. SALE OF CERTAIN FOOD BY FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a food service establishment that holds a permit under this chapter may sell directly to an individual consumer food, other than prepared food, that:

(1) is labeled, which may include a handwritten label, with any information required by the department's food service establishment rules;

(2) for a meat product or poultry product, is obtained from a source that is appropriately inspected and bears an official mark of inspection from the department or the United States Department of Agriculture; and

(3) for food requiring refrigeration other than whole, uncut produce, is:

(A) maintained at or below 41 degrees Fahrenheit until the establishment sells or donates the food; and

(B) protected from contamination.

(b) A food service establishment described by Subsection (a) may not sell directly to an individual consumer food that is:

(1) in a package exhibiting damage; or

(2) distressed because the food:

(A) has been subjected to fire, flooding, excessive heat, smoke, radiation, or another environmental contamination;

(B) is not held at the correct temperature for the food type; or

(C) is not in good condition.

(c) A municipality or public health district may not require a food service establishment that sells food directly to an individual consumer under this section to obtain a food manufacturer license or permit if the establishment:

(1) complies with this section; and

(2) is not required to hold a food manufacturer license or permit under other state law.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.013 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.013
§ 51.013. HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT; HARDSHIP EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is employed by the person to work more than:

(1) eight hours in one day; or

(2) 48 hours in one week.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school to work:

(1) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day; or

(2) between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person permits a child who is 14 or 15 years of age, is employed by the person, and is not enrolled in summer school to work between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day during the time that school is recessed for the summer.

(d) The commission may adopt rules for determining whether hardships exist. If, on the application of a child, the commission determines that a hardship exists for that child, this section does not apply to that child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3893.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3893 / Section 3893.151
§ 3893.151. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM; PETITION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within the boundaries of the district.

(b) The board may not act under Subsection (a) unless a written petition requesting the action has been filed with the board.

(c) The petition must be signed by:

(1) the owners of property representing a majority of the total assessed value of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located; or

(2) the owners of a majority of the area of the real property in the district that abuts the right-of-way in which the public transit system is proposed to be located.

(d) For purposes of Subsection (c), the determination of a majority is based on the property owners along the entire right-of-way of the proposed transit project and may not be calculated on a block-by-block basis.
Tex. Insurance Code § 3503.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 3503 / Section 3503.204
§ 3503.204. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

A surety company that executes or delivers in this state a bail bond as defined by Section 1704.001, Occupations Code, shall disclose in the company's financial statement filed with the department the aggregate amount of:

(1) gross premium for bail bond business reported in the company's surety line of business;

(2) premium or service fees retained by the bail bond surety or agent; and

(3) premium for bail bond business received by the company, net of amounts retained by the bail bond surety or agent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8239.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8239 / Section 8239.003
§ 8239.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 411.0164 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0164
§ 411.0164.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.0164. 50-HOUR WORKWEEK FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may implement a 10-hour workday and 50-hour workweek for commissioned officers of the department.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.051
§ 1603.051. ADVISORY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

The Barbering and Cosmetology Advisory Board consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, as follows:

(1) four members who each hold an individual practitioner license under Subchapter E-1, including:

(A) at least one holder of a Class A barber license; and

(B) at least one holder of a cosmetology operator license;

(2) two members who each hold an establishment license;

(3) two members who each hold a school license; and

(4) one member who represents the public.
Tex. Government Code § 441.1383 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.1383
§ 441.1383. GRANTS TO AID LOCAL LIBRARIES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall design and implement a program of grants to aid local libraries as described by Section 441.135(b)(7) and shall require a recipient of a grant under that program to report to the commission information relating to best practices and performance outcomes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4017.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4017 / Section 4017.0310
§ 4017.0310. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.501 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.501
§ 7.501. FORM OF NEGOTIATION AND REQUIREMENTS OF DUE NEGOTIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document of title:

(1) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person, the document is negotiated by the named person's indorsement and delivery. After the named person's indorsement in blank or to bearer, any person may negotiate the document by delivery alone.

(2) If the document's original terms run to bearer, it is negotiated by delivery alone.

(3) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person and it is delivered to the named person, the effect is the same as if the document had been negotiated.

(4) Negotiation of the document after it has been indorsed to a named person requires indorsement by the named person as well as delivery.

(5) A document is duly negotiated if it is negotiated in the manner stated in this subsection to a holder that purchases it in good faith, without notice of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any person, and for value, unless it is established that the negotiation is not in the regular course of business or financing or involves receiving the document in settlement or payment of a monetary obligation.

(b) The following rules apply to a negotiable electronic document of title:

(1) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person or to bearer, the document is negotiated by delivery of the document to another person. Indorsement by the named person is not required to negotiate the document.

(2) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named person and the named person has control of the document, the effect is the same as if the document had been negotiated.

(3) A document is duly negotiated if it is negotiated in the manner stated in this subsection to a holder that purchases it in good faith, without notice of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any person, and for value, unless it is established that the negotiation is not in the regular course of business or financing or involves taking delivery of the document in settlement or payment of a monetary obligation.

(c) Indorsement of a nonnegotiable document of title neither makes it negotiable nor adds to the transferee's rights.

(d) The naming in a negotiable bill of lading of a person to be notified of the arrival of the goods does not limit the negotiability of the bill or constitute notice to a purchaser of the bill of any interest of that person in the goods.
Tex. Education Code § 22.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.101
§ 22.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Cafeteria plan" means a plan as defined and authorized by Section 125, Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(2) "Employee" means an active, contributing member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who:

(A) is employed by a district, other educational district whose employees are members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, participating charter school, or regional education service center;

(B) is not a retiree eligible for coverage under the program established under Chapter 1575, Insurance Code;

(C) is not eligible for coverage by a group insurance program under Chapter 1551 or 1601, Insurance Code; and

(D) is not an individual performing personal services for a district, other educational district that is a member of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, participating charter school, or regional education service center as an independent contractor.

(3) "Participating charter school" means an open-enrollment charter school established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, that participates in the program established under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code.

(4) "Regional education service center" means a regional education service center established under Chapter 8.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.063
§ 1038.063. PERSONNEL CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract to provide administrative or other personnel for the operation of the hospital facilities.

(b) The term of the contract may not exceed 25 years.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 4A — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 21 / Section 4A
§ 4A.
Status: repealed

Sec. 4A. Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 18, eff. April 1, 2007.
Tex. Finance Code § 158.053 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 158 / Section 158.053
§ 158.053. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) To register under this chapter, a residential mortgage loan servicer shall file with the commissioner an application for registration that must:

(1) be in writing;

(2) be under oath;

(3) be in the form prescribed by the commissioner; and

(4) contain:

(A) the name and the address of the principal place of business of the applicant; and

(B) the name, title, and address of the person authorized by the applicant to respond to complaints.

(b) At the time of making application, the applicant shall pay to the commissioner a registration fee in an amount not to exceed $500 as determined by the finance commission.

(c) An applicant is not required to pay a registration fee under Subsection (b) if the applicant:

(1) collects delinquent consumer debts owed on residential mortgage loans;

(2) does not own the residential mortgage loans for which the applicant acts as a residential mortgage loan servicer; and

(3) is a third-party debt collector that has filed a bond in compliance with Chapter 392.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.208 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.208
§ 1501.208.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1501.208. PREMIUM RATES: INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION. A small employer health benefit plan issuer may use the industry classification to which a small employer belongs as a case characteristic in establishing the premium rate, but the highest rate factor associated with any industry classification may not exceed by more than 15 percent the lowest rate factor associated with any industry classification.
Tex. Property Code § 113.081 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.081
§ 113.081. RESIGNATION OF TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A trustee may resign in accordance with the terms of the trust instrument, or a trustee may petition a court for permission to resign as trustee.

(b) The court may accept a trustee's resignation and discharge the trustee from the trust on the terms and conditions necessary to protect the rights of other interested persons.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 64.101 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 64 / Section 64.101
§ 64.101. NOTICE AND CITATION FOR RECEIVERSHIP FOR CERTAIN MISSING PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing of an application for the appointment of a receiver for a missing person under Section 64.001(d), the court clerk shall issue a citation that states that the application for receivership was filed and includes:

(1) the name of the missing person; and

(2) the name of the applicant.

(b) The citation must cite all persons interested in the welfare of the missing person to appear at the time and place stated in the notice for purposes of contesting the application. The citation shall be posted.

(c) Except as provided by Section 17.032, the citation shall be published on the public information Internet website maintained as required by Section 72.034, Government Code, as added by Chapter 606 (S.B. 891), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, and in a newspaper of general circulation:

(1) once in the county in which the missing person resides; and

(2) once in each county in which property of the missing person's estate is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.152
§ 8852.152. GRANTS, GIFTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may solicit and accept grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private source.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4152.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4152 / Section 4152.004
§ 4152.004. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.504 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.504
§ 2.504. SHIPMENT BY SELLER.
Status: in_force

Where the seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer and the contract does not require him to deliver them at a particular destination, then unless otherwise agreed he must

(1) put the goods in the possession of such a carrier and make such a contract for their transportation as may be reasonable having regard to the nature of the goods and other circumstances of the case; and

(2) obtain and promptly deliver or tender in due form any document necessary to enable the buyer to obtain possession of the goods or otherwise required by the agreement or by usage of trade; and

(3) promptly notify the buyer of the shipment.

Failure to notify the buyer under Subdivision (3) or to make a proper contract under Subdivision (1) is a ground for rejection only if material delay or loss ensues.
Tex. Education Code § 62.1481 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.1481
§ 62.1481. PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BASE FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) For each state fiscal year, an eligible institution is entitled to a distribution of a portion of the total amount allocated for the permanent endowment for education and research base funding under Section 62.148(c)(1) for that fiscal year. The portion to which an eligible institution is entitled is a fraction computed as follows:

(1) subject to Subsection (c), for an institution that spent at least the amount determined under Subsection (b) in federal and private research funds in each of the preceding two state fiscal years, an amount computed by dividing two by the sum of:

(A) the number of institutions entitled to receive a distribution under this subdivision multiplied by two; and

(B) the number of institutions to which Subdivision (2) applies; or

(2) for an institution not described by Subdivision (1), half the amount to which an institution to which Subdivision (1) applies is entitled.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the minimum amount in federal and private research funds required to be spent in each of the preceding two state fiscal years is:

(1) for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023, $45 million; or

(2) for a state fiscal year beginning on or after September 1, 2024, the amount determined under this subsection for the preceding state fiscal year adjusted by the increase, if any, in the general price level during the preceding state fiscal year, as determined by the coordinating board on the basis of changes in the consumer price index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or a successor agency.

(c) An eligible institution is entitled to receive a distribution under Subsection (a)(1) only if:

(1) in each of the state fiscal years beginning September 1, 2020, and September 1, 2021, the institution spent at least the amount in federal and private research funds described by that subdivision; or

(2) the legislature appropriates money to the fund in an amount required by Section 62.145(b)(2).

(d) An eligible institution that becomes eligible to receive a distribution under Subsection (a)(1) remains eligible to receive a distribution under that subdivision in each subsequent state fiscal year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9051.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9051 / Section 9051.157
§ 9051.157. LIMITATION ON DISTRICT POWERS RELATING TO GROUNDWATER.
Status: in_force

The district may not adopt or enforce a rule relating to or require a permit for the production or use of groundwater by others.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.057
§ 1051.057. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:

(1) reported in the district's records; and

(2) approved by the board.
Tex. Estates Code § 1157.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1157 / Section 1157.152
§ 1157.152. PREFERRED DEBT AND LIEN.
Status: in_force

When a claim for a debt has been allowed and approved under Section 1157.151(a)(2):

(1) a further claim for the debt may not be made against other estate assets;

(2) the claim remains a preferred lien against the property securing the claim; and

(3) the property remains security for the debt in any distribution or sale of the property before final maturity and payment of the debt.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.351 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.351
§ 10.351. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not apply to a fundamental business transaction of a domestic entity if, immediately before the effective date of the fundamental business transaction, all of the ownership interests of the entity otherwise entitled to rights to dissent and appraisal under this code are held by one owner or only by the owners who approved the fundamental business transaction.

(b) This subchapter applies only to a "domestic entity subject to dissenters' rights," as defined in Section 1.002. That term includes a domestic for-profit corporation, professional corporation, professional association, and real estate investment trust. Except as provided in Subsection (c), that term does not include a partnership or limited liability company.

(c) The governing documents of a partnership or a limited liability company may provide that its owners are entitled to the rights of dissent and appraisal provided by this subchapter, subject to any modification to those rights as provided by the entity's governing documents.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2551.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2551 / Section 2551.052
§ 2551.052. NAME.
Status: in_force

(a) The name of a corporation chartered or operating under this title may contain the words "Title and Trust Company."

(b) The name of a corporation chartered or operating under this title may not contain the word "Trust" alone. If the word "Trust" appears in the corporation's letterhead or literature, the corporation shall include the words "Without Banking Privileges."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3798.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3798 / Section 3798.055
§ 3798.055. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.

(b) A director shall file a copy of the director's oath or affirmation with the secretary of the city.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.203
§ 2269.203. LIMITS ON CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-AGENT.
Status: in_force

A construction manager-agent may not:

(1) self-perform any aspect of the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of the facility;

(2) be a party to a construction subcontract for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of the facility; or

(3) provide or be required to provide performance and payment bonds for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of the facility.