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Tex. Utilities Code § 36.457 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.457
§ 36.457. SEVERABILITY.
Status: repealed

Effective on the date the first system restoration bonds associated with system restoration costs are issued under this subchapter, if any provision in this title or portion of this title is held to be invalid or is invalidated, superseded, replaced, repealed, or expires for any reason, that occurrence does not affect the validity or continuation of this subchapter, Subchapter I of this chapter, as that subchapter applies to this subchapter, Subchapter G, Chapter 39, as that subchapter applies to this subchapter, or any part of those provisions, or any other provision of this title that is relevant to the issuance, administration, payment, retirement, or refunding of system restoration bonds or to any actions of the electric utility, its successors, an assignee, a collection agent, the corporation, an issuer, or a financing party, and those provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.263 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 102 / Section 102.263
§ 102.263. COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "compliance program" means a process to assess and ensure compliance by the institute's committee members and employees with applicable laws, rules, and policies, including matters of:

(1) ethics and standards of conduct;

(2) financial reporting;

(3) internal accounting controls; and

(4) auditing.

(b) The institute shall establish a compliance program that operates under the direction of the institute's chief compliance officer. The institute may establish procedures, such as a telephone hotline, to allow private access to the compliance program office and to preserve the confidentiality of communications and the anonymity of a person making a compliance report or participating in a compliance investigation.

(c) The following are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code:

(1) information that directly or indirectly reveals the identity of an individual who made a report to the institute's compliance program office, sought guidance from the office, or participated in an investigation conducted under the compliance program;

(2) information that directly or indirectly reveals the identity of an individual who is alleged to have or may have planned, initiated, or participated in activities that are the subject of a report made to the office if, after completing an investigation, the office determines the report to be unsubstantiated or without merit; and

(3) other information that is collected or produced in a compliance program investigation if releasing the information would interfere with an ongoing compliance investigation.

(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to information related to an individual who consents to disclosure of the information.

(e) Information made confidential or excepted from public disclosure by this section may be made available to the following on request in compliance with applicable laws and procedures:

(1) a law enforcement agency or prosecutor;

(2) a governmental agency responsible for investigating the matter that is the subject of a compliance report, including the Texas Workforce Commission civil rights division or the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; or

(3) a committee member or institute employee who is responsible under institutional policy for a compliance program investigation or for a review of a compliance program investigation.

(f) A disclosure under Subsection (e) is not a voluntary disclosure for purposes of Section 552.007, Government Code.
Tex. Water Code § 56.809 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.809
§ 56.809. UNEXPENDED BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

Any money received from the sale of bonds by a consolidating district that has not been spent before the date of consolidation may be spent by the consolidated district only on the project for which the bonds were issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.109
§ 3933.109. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs, make loans and grants for economic development purposes to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, safety, and the public welfare and for other similar purposes, and exercise the economic development powers that:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code, provides to a municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8207.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8207 / Section 8207.051
§ 8207.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8085.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8085 / Section 8085.0106
§ 8085.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Finance Code § 203.006 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 203 / Section 203.006
§ 203.006. ADDITIONAL BRANCHES.
Status: in_force

An out-of-state bank that has established or acquired a branch in this state under this chapter may establish or acquire additional branches in this state to the same extent that a Texas state bank may establish or acquire a branch in this state under applicable state and federal law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3941.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3941 / Section 3941.006
§ 3941.006. 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 under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

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

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952A / Section 7952A.0402
§ 7952A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7952A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1031.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1031 / Section 1031.064
§ 1031.064. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Sections 1031.054 and 1031.060, all district records, including books, accounts, notices, minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities, shall be:

(1) maintained at the district office; and

(2) open to public inspection at the district office at all reasonable hours.
Tex. Government Code § 51.501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.501
§ 51.501. JOINT CLERKS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county with a population of less than 8,000 shall elect a single clerk to perform the duties of the district clerk and the county clerk.

(b) The offices of county clerk and district clerk may remain separate if a majority of the qualified voters in the county vote to keep the offices separate at an election held for that purpose. The commissioners court of the county may hold a special election for that purpose on a uniform election date authorized by law that occurs not later than the 30th day before the date of the regular primary election that precedes the expiration of the constitutional term of office for the clerk. Notice of the special election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county not later than the 20th day before the date scheduled for the election. The question may be presented to the voters again immediately before the expiration of each subsequent constitutional term of office of the separate clerk. The special election may not prevent a county clerk, district clerk, or joint clerk from serving the full term of office to which the clerk was elected.

(c) The commissioners court of a county that has a population of 5,415 to 5,515 shall determine whether the county shall have a joint clerk but may not take action to prevent a district clerk, county clerk, or joint clerk from serving the full term of office to which the clerk was elected.
Tex. Occupations Code § 603.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 603 / Section 603.002
§ 603.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 2.197(15), eff. September 1, 2015.

(2) "Advisory committee" means the Perfusionist Licensure Advisory Committee.

(3) "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 2.197(15), eff. September 1, 2015.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0565 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.0565
§ 43.0565. ACCESS TO SERVICES BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES IN ANNEXED AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality with a population of 350,000 or less shall provide access to services provided to an annexed area under a service plan described by Section 43.056 that is identical or substantially similar to access to those services in the municipality.

(b) A person residing in an annexed area subject to a service plan may apply for a writ of mandamus against a municipality that fails to provide access to services in accordance with Subsection (a). In the action for the writ:

(1) the court may order the parties to participate in mediation;

(2) the municipality has the burden of proving that the municipality complied with Subsection (a);

(3) the person may provide evidence that the costs for the person to access the services are disproportionate to the costs incurred by a municipal resident to access those services; and

(4) if the person prevails:

(A) the municipality shall:

(i) disannex the property that is the subject of the suit within a reasonable period specified by the court; or

(ii) comply with Subsection (a); and

(B) the court shall award the person's attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the action for the writ.

(c) A municipality's governmental immunity to suit and from liability is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 72.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 72 / Section 72.004
§ 72.004. OFFSET FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES PAID.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner or operator or his liability insurance carrier is entitled to an offset against any award made to the guest on a liability claim in an amount equal to the amount paid by the owner, operator, or insurance carrier for medical expenses of the guest.

(b) This section does not authorize a direct action against a liability insurance carrier.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.4521 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.4521
§ 801.4521. IMPOSITION OF SANCTION.
Status: in_force

A proceeding under this subchapter imposing an administrative penalty may be combined with a proceeding to impose an administrative sanction. If a sanction is imposed in a proceeding under this subchapter, the requirements of this subchapter apply to the imposition of the sanction.
Tex. Government Code § 1505.161 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.161
§ 1505.161. LEASE AND SALE OF FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

Subject to any prior covenant or agreement relating to an outstanding revenue bond issued to acquire or construct a fish market under this subchapter, the governing body of a municipality may:

(1) lease all or part of the facilities of the market and property associated with the market for a period not longer than 20 years to any person, firm, or corporation; and

(2) sell all or part of the facilities of the market and property associated with the market to any person, firm, or corporation.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 25.16 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 25 / Section 25.16
§ 25.16. SALES AT TEMPORARY LOCATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit may temporarily at a location other than the permit holder's premises sell for consumption on or off the premises where sold, but not for resale, wine and malt beverages containing alcohol in excess of one-half of one percent by volume but not more than 17 percent by volume at a picnic, celebration, or similar event.

(b) The holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit may temporarily sell wine and malt beverages for not more than four consecutive days at the same location under Subsection (a).

(c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules that:

(1) require the permit holder to notify the commission of the dates on which and location where the permit holder will temporarily offer wine and malt beverages for sale under this section;

(2) establish a procedure to verify the wet or dry status of the location where the permit holder intends to temporarily sell wine and malt beverages under this section;

(3) detail the circumstances when a permit holder may temporarily sell wine and malt beverages under this section with only a notification to the commission and the circumstances that require the commission's preapproval before a permit holder may temporarily sell wine and malt beverages under this section;

(4) establish the length of time a permit holder may sell wine and malt beverages under this section at the same location; and

(5) require the permit holder to provide any other information the commission determines necessary.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 16 (S.B. 926), Sec. 5, eff. May 13, 2023.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 16 (S.B. 926), Sec. 5, eff. May 13, 2023.

(f) A holder of a wine and malt beverage retailer's permit that sells wine or malt beverages under that permit in a county other than the county in which the premises covered by the permit is located must:

(1) purchase the beverages from a distributor or wholesaler authorized under this code to sell the beverages in the county in which the permit holder sells the beverages under this section; and

(2) report to the commission, in the manner prescribed by the commission by rule, the amount of beverages purchased and sold under this section, by type.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 92.153 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 92 / Section 92.153
§ 92.153. RESTRICTIONS ON MERCHANT CONCERNING WAIVER.
Status: in_force

A merchant may not:

(1) sell a loss damage waiver unless:

(A) the contract containing the waiver complies with this chapter; and

(B) the consumer agrees to the waiver in writing; or

(2) impose or require the purchase of a loss damage waiver as a mandatory charge.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.067 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.067
§ 392.067. VETERANS HOUSING IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or in the state military forces as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code.

(b) A county or municipal housing authority in a county with a population of more than 500,000 may borrow money, accept grants, and exercise its powers to provide safe and sanitary housing communities for veterans.

(c) As the authority considers necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, an authority may enter into a lease or purchase agreement or accept a conveyance regarding real property as part of a housing project that will benefit veterans. The agreement or conveyance may include any restrictive covenants that the authority considers appropriate regarding the property. As the authority considers necessary and on the stipulation of the parties, the covenants run with the property.

(d) A county or municipal housing authority to which this section applies is not subject to the limitations in Section 392.014, 392.015, or 392.017 with respect to a housing project that benefits veterans as authorized by this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.045 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.045
§ 223.045. IRON AND STEEL PREFERENCE PROVISIONS IN IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

A contract awarded by the department for the improvement of the state highway system without federal aid must contain the same preference provisions for iron and steel and iron and steel products that are required under federal law for an improvement made with federal aid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3900.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3900 / Section 3900.114
§ 3900.114. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Local Government Code § 321.102 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 321 / Section 321.102
§ 321.102. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county by order may adopt reasonable rules on camping, access, litter, resource protection, or waste disposal if the rules:

(1) are consistent with Chapter 352 of this code, Chapters 61 and 63, Natural Resources Code, and rules adopted under those chapters; and

(2) apply only in the following locations controlled or maintained by the county:

(A) an island park;

(B) a beach park; or

(C) any part of a public beach.
Tex. Government Code § 2103.064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2103 / Section 2103.064
§ 2103.064. TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
Status: repealed

(a) The Texas Transportation Commission may delegate to one or more employees of the Texas Department of Transportation the authority to approve vouchers for expenditures from the state highway fund and the authority to approve and sign contracts and other documents. These delegations of authority are limited to effect the orders, policies, and work programs of the department.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 31(22).

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 31(22).

(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 31(22).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3852.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3852 / Section 3852.053
§ 3852.053. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is eligible for appointment to the board if:

(1) the person:

(A) owns land in the City of Pflugerville subject to taxation; or

(B) is registered to vote in the City of Pflugerville; and

(2) the appointment of the person under this section does not result in more than two directors who were eligible solely under this section and not Section 375.063, Local Government Code.

(b) Section 375.063, Local Government Code, does not apply to a director appointed under Subsection (a).
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 509 / Section 509.101
§ 509.101. VERIFICATION OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A digital service provider shall verify, using a commercially reasonable method and for each person seeking to perform an action on a digital service as a minor's parent or guardian:

(1) the person's identity; and

(2) the relationship of the person to the known minor.

(b) A digital service provider shall provide a process by which a person who has been verified under Subsection (a) as the parent or guardian of a known minor may participate in the digital service as the known minor's verified parent as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8324.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8324 / Section 8324.109
§ 8324.109. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8324.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Family Code § 161.106 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.106
§ 161.106. AFFIDAVIT OF WAIVER OF INTEREST IN CHILD.
Status: repealed

(a) A man may sign an affidavit disclaiming any interest in a child and waiving notice or the service of citation in any suit filed or to be filed affecting the parent-child relationship with respect to the child.

(b) The affidavit may be signed before the birth of the child.

(c) The affidavit shall be:

(1) signed by the man, whether or not a minor;

(2) witnessed by two credible persons; and

(3) verified before a person authorized to take oaths.

(d) The affidavit may contain a statement that the affiant does not admit being the father of the child or having had a sexual relationship with the mother of the child.

(e) An affidavit of waiver of interest in a child may be used in a suit in which the affiant attempts to establish an interest in the child. The affidavit may not be used in a suit brought by another person, licensed child-placing agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services to establish the affiant's paternity of the child.

(f) A waiver in an affidavit under this section is irrevocable.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1283, Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2007.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1283, Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2007.

(i) A copy of the affidavit shall be provided to the person who executed the affidavit at the time the person signs the affidavit.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1283, Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2007.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 774.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 774 / Section 774.004
§ 774.004. MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICER RESPONSE ACCOMPANYING MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE RESPONSE OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to an agreement between two municipalities under Section 774.001(b) or between a county and a municipality under Section 774.001(b) or 774.003.

(b) The agreement may authorize police officers employed by the responding municipality to secure the scene of an emergency, accident, fire, or disaster to which the municipality's emergency ambulance service responds under the agreement.