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Tex. Human Resources Code § 203.018 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 203 / Section 203.018
§ 203.018. SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop specialized programs for children with a determinate sentence and children committed under Section 54.04013, Family Code. The programs must ensure safety and security for committed children and provide developmentally appropriate program strategies.

(b) The department shall establish performance-based goals related to improved outcomes that:

(1) must include measures to reduce recidivism; and

(2) shall include other well-being outcome measures.

(c) The department shall use case review strategies to identify children in department facilities who can safely and appropriately be transferred to alternative local placements or halfway houses, placed on parole, or discharged from the department.

(d) The department shall study and report to the board on the potential for repurposing existing secure facilities for the confinement of children with a determinate sentence or children committed under Section 54.04013, Family Code, or for other purposes.

(e) The department or any local probation department may use or contract with a facility that was constructed or previously used for the confinement of adult offenders if the department determines that the facility is appropriately retrofitted to accommodate youth-specific requirements and needs.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.202 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.202
§ 43.202. FEE.
Status: in_force

The fee for an archery hunting stamp is $6 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more. The department may issue other editions of the stamp that are not valid for hunting at an amount set by the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.005
§ 8852.005. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve the legislative intent and purposes of Chapter 36, Water Code. A power granted by Chapter 36, Water Code, or this chapter shall be broadly interpreted to achieve that intent and those purposes.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.154 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 9 / Section 9.154
§ 9.154. CURE BEFORE FINAL JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

An action filed by the attorney general under Section 9.153 shall be abated if, before a district court renders judgment on the action, the foreign filing entity:

(1) cures the problems for which revocation is sought; and

(2) pays the costs of the action.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 768.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 768 / Section 768.001
§ 768.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Bull riding helmet" means a rodeo helmet that is designed to provide substantial protection for a person's head and face during bull riding.

(2) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age.

(3) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(4) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(5) "Protective vest" means protective clothing that covers a person's chest and torso to prevent or mitigate injury to those areas.

(6) "Rodeo" means an exhibition or competition, without regard to whether the participants are compensated, involving activities related to cowboy skills, including:

(A) riding a horse, with or without a saddle, with the goal of remaining on the horse while it attempts to throw off the rider;

(B) riding a bull;

(C) roping an animal, including roping as part of a team;

(D) wrestling a steer; and

(E) riding a horse in a pattern around preset barrels or other obstacles.
Tex. Occupations Code § 401.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 401 / Section 401.401
§ 401.401. AUDIOMETRIC TESTING.
Status: in_force

(a) If audiometric testing is not conducted in a stationary acoustical enclosure, sound-level measurements must be conducted at the time of the testing to ensure that ambient noise levels meet permissible standards for testing threshold to 20 dB based on the most recent American National Standards Institute "ears covered" octave band criteria for permissible ambient noise levels during audiometric testing.

(b) A dBa equivalent level may be used to determine compliance.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to enforce this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8853.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8853 / Section 8853.052
§ 8853.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is divided into five single-member districts for electing directors.

(b) One director is elected from each single-member district.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.204 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.204
§ 39A.204. COMPOSITION OF BOARD OF MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

A board of managers appointed by the commissioner must, if possible, include community leaders, business representatives who have expertise in leadership, and individuals who have knowledge or expertise in the field of education.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2551.352 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2551 / Section 2551.352
§ 2551.352. REVOCATION OF PERMIT AND FORFEITURE OF CHARTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A domestic corporation engaged in the business of title insurance that violates this title is subject to:

(1) revocation by the commissioner of the corporation's permit; and

(2) forfeiture of the corporation's charter.

(b) A foreign corporation engaged in the business of title insurance that violates this title is subject to revocation by the commissioner of the corporation's permit.
Tex. Election Code § 143.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 143 / Section 143.002
§ 143.002. INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 143.003, a candidate's name may appear on the ballot only as an independent.
Tex. Government Code § 2113.204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2113 / Section 2113.204
§ 2113.204. MOVING AND STORAGE EXPENSES OF STATE EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise authorized by the General Appropriations Act, a state agency may use appropriated money to pay the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in moving the household property only for a state employee who:

(1) is being reassigned from one designated headquarters to another designated headquarters of that agency, if the agency determines that the best interests of the state will be served by the reassignment and the distance between the current and future designated headquarters is at least 25 miles; or

(2) is employed at a facility that is being closed or is undergoing a reduction in force, if the employee accepts a position with the agency at another designated headquarters that is at least 25 miles from the facility being closed or undergoing a reduction in force.

(b) A state agency shall use state-owned equipment for a move authorized by Subsection (a) if it is available to the agency. If state-owned equipment is not available, the agency may pay for the services of a commercial transportation company or for self-service vehicles to make the move.

(c) A state employee is entitled to be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in traveling by personally owned or leased motor vehicle for a move described by Subsection (a) at the rate provided by the General Appropriations Act for business-related travel by a state employee.

(d) A state agency may pay for or reimburse a state employee for storage expenses incurred if the employee is required to live in state-owned housing and the housing is not available when the agency requires the move to be made.

(e) Reimbursement or payment of an expense under this section is conditioned on the submission to the comptroller of receipts or invoices showing the applicable charges.

(f) This section does not authorize payment or reimbursement of a transaction fee or sales commission for the sale of real property.
Tex. Transportation Code § 522.151 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 522 / Section 522.151
§ 522.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "registry" means the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry established under Section 692A.020, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8074.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8074 / Section 8074.0501
§ 8074.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Family Code § 51.18 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.18
§ 51.18. ELECTION BETWEEN JUVENILE COURT AND ALTERNATE JUVENILE COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a child who has a right to a trial before a juvenile court the judge of which is not an attorney licensed in this state.

(b) On any matter that may lead to an order appealable under Section 56.01 of this code, a child may be tried before either the juvenile court or the alternate juvenile court.

(c) The child may elect to be tried before the alternate juvenile court only if the child files a written notice with that court not later than 10 days before the date of the trial. After the notice is filed, the child may be tried only in the alternate juvenile court. If the child does not file a notice as provided by this subsection, the child may be tried only in the juvenile court.

(d) If the child is tried before the juvenile court, the child is not entitled to a trial de novo before the alternate juvenile court.

(e) The child may appeal any order of the juvenile court or alternate juvenile court only as provided by Section 56.01 of this code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.201 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.201
§ 21.201. REGISTERED HOLDERS AS OWNERS; SHARES HELD BY NOMINEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this code and subject to Chapter 8, Business & Commerce Code, a corporation may consider the person registered as the owner of a share in the share transfer records of the corporation at a particular time, including a record date set under Section 6.101 or 6.102 or Subchapter H, as the owner of that share at that time for purposes of:

(1) voting the share;

(2) receiving distributions on the share;

(3) transferring the share;

(4) receiving notice, exercising rights of dissent, exercising or waiving a preemptive right, or giving proxies with respect to that share;

(5) entering into agreements with respect to that share in accordance with Section 6.251, 6.252, or 21.210; or

(6) any other shareholder action.

(b) A corporation may establish a procedure by which the corporation recognizes as a shareholder the beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of a nominee.

(c) A procedure established under Subsection (b) must:

(1) determine the extent of the corporation's recognition of the beneficial owner as a shareholder; and

(2) include the nominee's filing of a statement with the corporation that contains information regarding the beneficial owner.

(d) A procedure established under Subsection (b) may set forth:

(1) the types of nominees to which the procedure applies;

(2) the rights or privileges that the corporation will recognize in a beneficial owner, to the extent that the rights or privileges are not inconsistent with Section 10.361(g);

(3) the manner in which the procedure is selected by the nominee;

(4) the information that must be provided when the procedure is selected;

(5) the period for which the selection of the procedure is effective; and

(6) any other aspect of the rights and duties to be established under the procedure.
Tex. Transportation Code § 731.053 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 731 / Section 731.053
§ 731.053. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The title for an assembled vehicle that has never been titled in this state or any other jurisdiction must:

(1) list the owner of the assembled vehicle as the purchaser;

(2) contain the notation "NONE" in the space for the seller's name;

(3) list the municipality and state in which the vehicle was completed in the space for the seller's municipality and state; and

(4) contain the odometer reading and the notation "NOT ACTUAL MILEAGE".

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), a title issued for an assembled vehicle must contain all of the information required under Section 501.021.
Tex. Education Code § 31.028 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.028
§ 31.028. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may purchase special instructional materials for the education of blind and visually impaired students in public schools. In addition, for a teacher who is blind or visually impaired, the commissioner shall provide a teacher's edition in Braille or large type, as requested by the teacher, for each instructional material the teacher uses in the instruction of students. The teacher edition must be available at the same time the student instructional materials become available.

(b) The publisher of adopted instructional material shall provide the agency with computerized instructional material files for the production of Braille instructional materials or other versions of instructional materials to be used by students with disabilities, on request of the commissioner. A publisher shall arrange computerized instructional material files in one of several optional formats specified by the commissioner.

(c) The commissioner may also enter into agreements providing for the acceptance, requisition, and distribution of special instructional materials and instructional aids pursuant to 20 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. for use by students enrolled in:

(1) public schools; or

(2) private nonprofit schools, if state funds, other than for administrative costs, are not involved.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Blind or visually impaired student" includes any student whose visual acuity is impaired to the extent that the student is unable to read the text in regularly adopted instructional material used in the student's class.

(2) "Special instructional material" means instructional material in Braille, large type or any other medium or any apparatus that conveys information to a student or otherwise contributes to the learning process.
Tex. Water Code § 56.302 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.302
§ 56.302. TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The trustee is entitled to receive for his services one percent of all money received by him for the dissolved district and one percent on all money he pays out under this subchapter, but he is not entitled to receive a commission on money controlled by him when the district was dissolved or money relinquished by him at the expiration of his trusteeship.

(b) Only one compensation shall be paid to the trustee for his services as trustee and ex officio treasurer of the dissolved district.
Tex. Water Code § 60.245 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.245
§ 60.245. STATUS OF CONVERTED DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A district which is converted under the provisions of this subchapter shall be constituted a district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution and shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 62 of this code as if it had originally been organized under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, except the commissioners of a converted district shall be appointed in the manner that initial commissioners are appointed under Sections 62.061 and 62.062 of this code.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0361 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0361
§ 523.0361. INVESTIGATION OF UNREPORTED COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

If, during the investigation of a complaint, an ombudsman discovers unreported violations of the commission's or department's rules and policies, the ombudsman shall open a new investigation for each unreported violation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.105
§ 68.105. FACILITIES FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The association may charge a monthly fee for the use of its facilities to a newly commissioned branch pilot who does not tender payment for a share as required by Section 68.104(a) before rendering service as a branch pilot. The fee may be charged until the pilot pays for the share.

(b) The fee must be reasonable, uniform, and adequate to provide the association the pro rata portion of a reasonable return on investment in the assets of the association.

(c) The association may deduct the fee from collections made by the association for pilot services rendered by the branch pilot.
Tex. Family Code § 8.208 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.208
§ 8.208. EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY FOR DISCRIMINATORY HIRING OR DISCHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer may not use an order or writ of withholding as grounds in whole or part for the termination of employment of, or for any other disciplinary action against, an employee.

(b) An employer may not refuse to hire an employee because of an order or writ of withholding.

(c) An employer who intentionally discharges an employee in violation of this section is liable to that employee for current wages, other employment benefits, and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses incurred in enforcing the employee's rights. The court may order the fees, costs, expenses, and any postjudgment interest to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.

(d) In addition to liability imposed under Subsection (c), the court shall order with respect to an employee whose employment was suspended or terminated in violation of this section appropriate injunctive relief, including reinstatement of:

(1) the employee's position with the employer; and

(2) fringe benefits or seniority lost as a result of the suspension or termination.

(e) An employee may bring an action to enforce the employee's rights under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8252.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8252 / Section 8252.104
§ 8252.104. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) The division procedure is prescribed by Sections 53.030 through 53.041, Water Code.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(d) A new district, at the time it is created by the division of the district, may not contain land outside the area described by Section 3 of the Act creating this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.255 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.255
§ 14.255. RESPONSE OF PERSON RECEIVING NOTICE.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 20th day after the date on which a person receives notice under Section 14.254, the person may:

(1) accept in writing the determination and recommended penalty of the commissioner; or

(2) make a written request for a hearing on the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.701 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.701
§ 882.701. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to a mutual life insurance company organized under this chapter that has a surplus of at least the minimum amount of capital and surplus required of a capital stock company under Sections 841.054, 841.204, 841.205, 841.301, and 841.302.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8396.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8396 / Section 8396.004
§ 8396.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2.03, Chapter 791, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(3) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Government Code § 609.501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.501
§ 609.501. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "deferred compensation plan" means a plan established under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7204.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7204 / Section 7204.002
§ 7204.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a special utility district in Kaufman County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Utilities Code § 184.0125 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 184 / Section 184.0125
§ 184.0125. HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Section 184.012 does not prohibit a political subdivision from issuing a permit for the construction of housing for older persons with 100 or more dwelling units.

(b) Before issuing a permit, certificate, or other authorization for the construction of housing for older persons, a political subdivision shall require that the construction plan provide for the requirements prescribed by this section.

(c) To qualify for the exemption provided by this section, the housing, at a minimum, must have:

(1) significant facilities and services specifically designed to meet the physical or social needs of older persons or, if the provision of those facilities and services is not practicable, the housing must be necessary to provide important housing opportunities for older persons;

(2) at least 80 percent of the dwelling units set aside for occupancy by at least one person 55 years of age or older in each dwelling unit; and

(3) policies and procedures that demonstrate an intent by the owner or manager to provide housing for persons 55 years of age or older.

(d) The owner or manager must adhere to the policies and procedures required by Subsection (c)(3).

(e) In this section, "housing for older persons" means housing:

(1) intended for and solely occupied by persons 62 years of age or older; or

(2) intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person 55 years of age or older in each dwelling unit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.109
§ 1044.109. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state.