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Tex. Government Code § 2052.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2052 / Section 2052.206
§ 2052.206. APPLICABILITY TO INFORMATION REQUIRED BY LAW.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to the distribution of information required by law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 391.0355 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 391 / Section 391.0355
§ 391.0355. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In lieu of a suit to collect a civil penalty, the commission, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the commission, may impose an administrative penalty against a person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted by the commission under this chapter. Each day a violation continues is a separate violation.

(b) The amount of the administrative penalty may not exceed the maximum amount of a civil penalty under Section 391.035.

(c) A proceeding under this section is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) Judicial review of an appeal of an administrative penalty imposed under this section is under the substantial evidence rule.

(e) An administrative penalty collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2B.0001 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2B / Section 2B.0001
§ 2B.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3809.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3809 / Section 3809.154
§ 3809.154. MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3809.158, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district to:

(1) maintain and operate the district and the improvements constructed or acquired by the district; or

(2) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2B.0051 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2B / Section 2B.0051
§ 2B.0051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Bodily injury" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(2) "Motor vehicle stop" means an occasion in which a peace officer stops a motor vehicle for an alleged violation of a law or ordinance.

(3) "Race or ethnicity" means the following categories:

(A) Alaska native or American Indian;

(B) Asian or Pacific Islander;

(C) black;

(D) Hispanic or Latino; and

(E) white.

(4) "Racial profiling" means a law enforcement-initiated action based on an individual's race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on the individual's behavior or on information identifying the individual as having engaged in criminal activity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4153.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4153 / Section 4153.052
§ 4153.052. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To obtain a license to act as a risk manager in this state, an applicant must submit to the department an application on forms prescribed by the commissioner and provided by the department.

(b) An application must be accompanied by the license fee required by Section 4153.057 and include:

(1) information the department requires relating to the applicant's identity, personal history, experience, and business record; and

(2) any other information the department requires.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.403 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.403
§ 4051.403. PERSONAL LINES INCLUDED IN GENERAL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY LICENSE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 4051.401, a person who holds a general property and casualty license under Subchapter B may write the kinds of insurance described by this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2151.2041 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2151 / Section 2151.2041
§ 2151.2041. HEARING ON CERTAIN RATE FILINGS.
Status: in_force

If the association files a rate under Section 2151.202 that exceeds 105 percent of the current average rate for each coverage written through the association on the date of the filing, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing under Section 2151.206.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8026.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8026 / Section 8026.0502
§ 8026.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2025.261 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2025 / Section 2025.261
§ 2025.261. RECIPROCAL LICENSES; OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license for an applicant, including any requirement to submit a set of fingerprints, after reviewing the applicant's credentials and determining that the applicant holds a license from another state that has license requirements substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state.

(b) The commission may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license, including any requirement to submit a set of fingerprints, for an applicant who holds a license from another state with which this state has a reciprocity agreement. The commission may enter into agreements with other states to allow for licensing by reciprocity.
Tex. Tax Code § 321.3025 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.3025
§ 321.3025. DISPOSITION OF AMOUNT ERRONEOUSLY COLLECTED.
Status: in_force

(a) If in a territory added to a municipality a retailer erroneously collects an amount as a tax imposed under this chapter before the date the taxes imposed under this chapter by the municipality take effect in the added territory under Section 321.102, the amount collected is treated as if it were revenue from the taxes imposed by the municipality under this chapter, and the comptroller shall collect and administer the amount in the same manner as tax revenue.

(b) This section does not affect the right of a person who paid an amount erroneously collected by a retailer to claim a refund or the authority of the comptroller to make a refund of that amount.
Tex. Water Code § 15.201 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.201
§ 15.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter:

(1) "Program" means the water bond insurance program.

(2) "Bonds" means bonds or other obligations of a political subdivision or water supply corporation issued to provide funds for a project defined in Subsection (b) of this section.

(3) "Insured bonds" means bonds or other obligations insured by the state under this subchapter.

(4) "Issuer" means a political subdivision or water supply corporation issuing bonds or other obligations eligible to be insured under the program.

(5) "Water supply corporation" means a nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Chapter 67.

(b) Notwithstanding the definition in Subdivision (6), Section 15.001, of this code, in this subchapter, "project" means any undertaking or work to conserve, convey, and develop surface or subsurface water resources of the state, to provide for the maintenance and enhancement of the quality of the water of the state, to provide for flood control and drainage, to provide recharge or chloride control, or to provide for desalinization, and to carry out other purposes defined by board rules.
Tex. Insurance Code § 861.258 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 861 / Section 861.258
§ 861.258. REAL PROPERTY.
Status: reserved

(a) A general casualty company is subject to Section 862.002 and may not purchase, hold, or convey real property except as authorized by that section.

(b) A general casualty company shall sell real property acquired in compliance with Subsection (a) not later than the 10th anniversary of the date the real property was acquired.

(c) A general casualty company may retain real property after the date specified by Subsection (b) if the commissioner issues a certificate stating:

(1) that sale of the real property in compliance with Subsection (b) would cause the company to incur a material loss; and

(2) a later date by which the real property must be sold.

(d) Subsection (b) does not apply to:

(1) real property occupied by buildings used in whole or in part by a general casualty company in the transaction of business;

(2) an interest in minerals or royalty reserved on the sale of real property acquired under Sections 862.002(c)(1)-(3); and

(3) investment real property acquired under Section 424.064.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 48.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 48 / Section 48.051
§ 48.051. PROMOTORA AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish and operate a program designed to train and educate persons who act as promotoras or community health workers. In establishing the training program, the department, to the extent possible, shall consider the applicable recommendations of the advisory committee.

(b) Participation in a training and education program established under this section is voluntary for a promotora or community health worker who provides services without receiving any compensation and mandatory for a promotora or community health worker who provides services for compensation. The executive commissioner may adopt rules to exempt a promotora or community health worker from mandatory training who has served for three or more years or who has 1,000 or more hours of experience.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8034.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8034 / Section 8034.0102
§ 8034.0102. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.158
§ 1018.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and

(2) a complete account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2026.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2026 / Section 2026.152
§ 2026.152. COMMISSION REVIEW OF SECURITY PLANS AND CERTAIN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a plan for the security of a racetrack, or a copy of a concession, management, or totalisator contract for review under Section 2026.151, the commission shall review the security plan or contract in an executive session. Documents submitted by an applicant to the commission under this section or Section 2025.052 or 2025.054 are subject to discovery in a suit brought under this subtitle but are not public records and are not subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.

(b) In reviewing and approving contracts under Subsection (a), the commission shall attempt to ensure the involvement of minority-owned businesses whenever possible.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.302 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.302
§ 154.302. PAYMENT OF DOUBLE AMOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the comptroller finds that a person has sold unstamped cigarettes, the comptroller may require the person to pay the state through the comptroller a sum equal to twice the amount of stamp tax due.

(b) If the person does not furnish the comptroller evidence that enough stamps were purchased to cover unstamped cigarettes purchased, it is presumed that the cigarettes were sold without the proper stamps.
Tex. Government Code § 4002.162 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.162
§ 4002.162. BOARD ACCESS TO OFFICES AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board shall have access to all of the offices and records under the commissioner's supervision.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1811.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1811 / Section 1811.152
§ 1811.152. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE NOT POLICY OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

A certificate of insurance is not a policy of insurance and does not amend, extend, or alter the coverage afforded by the referenced insurance policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7914.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7914 / Section 7914.102
§ 7914.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.251
§ 2203.251. DEFICIT RECOUPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a deficit sustained in a single year by the association with respect to:

(1) physicians and health care providers, other than nursing homes and assisted living facilities; or

(2) a nursing home or assisted living facility.

(b) The deficit must be recouped in accordance with the plan of operation and the rating plan in effect when the deficit is sustained under one or more of the following procedures, in this sequence:

(1) a contribution from the policyholder's stabilization reserve fund established under Section 2203.301 or the policyholder's stabilization reserve fund established under Section 2203.303, as appropriate, until the respective fund is exhausted;

(2) an assessment on the policyholders in accordance with Section 2203.252; or

(3) an assessment on the members in accordance with Sections 2203.055(c) and (d) and 2203.253.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 103.17 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 103 / Section 103.17
§ 103.17. FORFEITURE OF OTHER SEIZED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In any suit for forfeiture of proceeds in escrow from a sale of illicit beverages or of property other than vehicles, or both, seized under Section 103.03 of this code, the state shall have the burden of proving that:

(1) the alcoholic beverages were illicit;

(2) the equipment is designed to be used on or is used in manufacturing an illicit beverage; or

(3) the material is to be used in manufacturing an illicit beverage.

(b) If the state fails to prove the facts necessary for forfeiture, the court shall render judgment returning possession of the property or of the proceeds in escrow to the owner or the person in possession at the time of seizure.

(c) If the state proves the facts necessary for forfeiture, the court shall render judgment forfeiting the property or the proceeds in escrow, or both, to the state and ordering disposal in accordance with the provisions of Section 103.20 or Section 103.18(c) of this code.
Tex. Education Code § 54.715 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.715
§ 54.715. TERMINATION OR MODIFICATION OF PLAN.
Status: in_force

If the comptroller determines that the plan is not financially feasible, the comptroller shall notify the governor and the legislature and recommend that the board not administer a higher education savings plan or that the plan be modified or terminated.
Tex. Finance Code § 204.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 204 / Section 204.001
§ 204.001. TRANSACTING BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign bank may not transact business in this state except to the extent permitted by this chapter.

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a foreign bank:

(1) from transacting business at a licensed federal branch or agency in this state in accordance with federal law;

(2) that does not maintain a branch or agency in this state or conduct business from an office or location in this state from making unsecured loans in this state or loans secured by liens on real or personal property located in this state, enforcing those loans in this state, or transacting trust business in this state, to the extent permitted by other law; or

(3) organized under the laws of a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, from establishing and operating an interstate branch in this state in its capacity as a state bank pursuant to Chapter 203.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (a), a foreign bank is not considered to be transacting business in this state merely because a subsidiary or affiliate transacts business in this state, including business that a depository institution subsidiary or affiliate may lawfully conduct in this state as an agent for the foreign bank to the extent authorized by the laws of this state.
Tex. Estates Code § 52.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 52 / Section 52.053
§ 52.053. INDEX.
Status: in_force

(a) The county clerk shall properly index the records required under this chapter.

(b) The county clerk shall keep the index open for public inspection, but may not release the index from the clerk's custody.
Tex. Local Government Code § 272.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 272 / Section 272.006
§ 272.006. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, junior college district, other special district, or other subdivision of state government.

(b) A political subdivision may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the political subdivision first removes any equipment or insignia that could mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of an emblem, or emergency vehicle equipment.

(c) A political subdivision may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other political subdivision law enforcement motor vehicle to a security services contractor who is regulated by the Department of Public Safety and licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, unless each emblem or insignia that identifies the vehicle as a law enforcement motor vehicle is removed before the sale or transfer.

(d) A political subdivision that sells or transfers a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public in violation of this section is liable:

(1) for damages proximately caused by the use of that vehicle during the commission of a crime; and

(2) to this state for a civil penalty of $1,000.

(e) The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty imposed under Subsection (d)(2).

(f) Governmental immunity to suit and from liability is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created by Subsection (d).
Tex. Local Government Code § 240.902 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 240 / Section 240.902
§ 240.902. CLOSING OF GULF BEACHES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county in which a public beach is located may by order close a part of the beach for a maximum of three days each year to allow a nonprofit organization to hold an event on the beach to which the public is invited and to which the organization charges no more than a nominal admission fee.

(b) In this section, "public beach" means a beach located on a bay or inlet of the Gulf of Mexico to which the general public or a substantial part of the general public has free access.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 622.055 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 622 / Section 622.055
§ 622.055. SWEEPSTAKES REGULATED BY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a sweepstakes regulated by the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3890.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3890 / Section 3890.252
§ 3890.252. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes of the area defined or property designated under Section 3890.251, the board must call and hold an election as provided by Section 3890.210 only in the defined area or in the boundaries of the designated property.

(b) The board may submit the proposition to the voters on the same ballot to be used in another election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.116 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.116
§ 1251.116. LEGAL OR EQUITABLE ACTIONS; LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

A group accident and health insurance policy must provide that an action at law or in equity may not be brought to recover on the policy:

(1) before the 61st day after the date written proof of loss is filed as required under the policy; or

(2) after the third anniversary of the date on which written proof of loss is required under the policy to be filed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8328.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8328 / Section 8328.104
§ 8328.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8328.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7901.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7901 / Section 7901.0106
§ 7901.0106. 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.