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Tex. Finance Code § 32.006 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 32 / Section 32.006
§ 32.006. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A state bank may not engage in the business of banking until it receives a certificate of authority from the banking commissioner. The banking commissioner may not deliver the certificate of authority until the bank has:

(1) received cash for the issuance of all authorized shares in the full amount subscribed;

(2) elected or qualified the initial officers and directors named in the application for charter or other officers and directors approved by the banking commissioner; and

(3) complied with all the other requirements of this subtitle relating to the organization of state banks.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.103
§ 1044.103. MEDICAL FACILITIES; LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature that the people of Hunt County be provided with the best and most modern health care available. To achieve that intent, the district may locate a medical or related facility in the city of Commerce, in another area of Hunt County, or in another county if the board finds that providing a facility is feasible and in the best interest of district residents.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.0563 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0563
§ 31.0563. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) For each record relating to a certificate of title submitted to the department, the department shall maintain a file that includes:

(1) the hull identification number of the vessel or the serial number of the outboard motor;

(2) all the information submitted with the application under Section 31.046, including the date and time the application was submitted to the department;

(3) the name of each secured party to the vessel or outboard motor; and

(4) the name of each person known to the department to be claiming an ownership interest in the vessel or outboard motor.

(b) In addition to the information described by Subsection (a), the department shall maintain a list of all title brands known to the department and stolen-property reports relating to vessels or outboard motors made known to the department.

(c) The department shall maintain the information described in this section in a manner that is searchable by hull identification number of the vessel, the motor number, the vessel number, and the name of the owner of record. The department may maintain the information described in this section in a manner that is searchable by other methods.

(d) The department shall provide to federal, state, and local governmental entities the information described by this section, on request of the governmental entities and for the purposes of safety, security, or law enforcement.

(e) The department shall retain the evidence used to establish the accuracy of the information in its files relating to the ownership of a vessel or outboard motor and the information on the certificate of title in accordance with the record retention schedule established under the department's records management program.

(f) The department shall retain in its files all information regarding a security interest in a vessel or outboard motor for at least 10 years after the department receives a termination statement regarding the security interest. The information must be accessible by the hull identification number of the vessel or serial number of the outboard motor and any other methods provided by the department.

(g) If a person submits a record to the department, or submits information that is accepted by the department, and requests an acknowledgment of the filing or submission, the department shall send to the person an acknowledgment showing the hull identification number of the vessel or serial number of the outboard motor to which the record or submission relates, the information in the filed record or submission, and the date and time the record was received or the submission accepted. A request described by this subsection must contain the hull identification number of the vessel and serial number of the outboard motor and be delivered by means authorized by the department.
Tex. Transportation Code § 453.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 453 / Section 453.052
§ 453.052. ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSIT DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

The board of a transit department shall administer and operate the transit department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6906.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6906 / Section 6906.052
§ 6906.052. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Directors must be appointed from areas in Coryell County as follows:

(1) one each from the Oglesby-Mound area and Levita area;

(2) two each from the Pancake area, Jonesboro area, and Turnersville area; and

(3) three from the Coryell City area.

(b) To be eligible to succeed a director whose term of office is about to expire, a person must be appointed from the same geographical area as the geographical area that the director represents.

(c) Each director is eligible for reappointment.

(d) To be eligible to be appointed or to serve as a director, a person must be a resident, qualified voter of the geographical area from which the person is appointed.

(e) A director may not hold any other public office.
Tex. Education Code § 88.822 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.822
§ 88.822. PROGRAM REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The extension service shall make a presentation to the commissioner of education, the commissioner of agriculture, and the commissioner of the Department of State Health Services and shall provide copies of reports to the Texas Education Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of State Health Services, and any council in which representatives from all three of those agencies are members, on the following programs:

(1) the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), which provides nutrition education for economically disadvantaged parents of young children;

(2) the Better Living for Texans (BLT) program, a component of the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides education programs to food stamp recipients, applicants, and other approved audiences to help improve their ability to plan and prepare nutritious meals, stretch food dollars, and prepare and store food safely; and

(3) other similar programs as determined by the extension service.

(b) Not later than December 15 of each even-numbered year, the extension service shall provide a copy of each report described by Subsection (a) to the legislature.

(c) This section does not affect any other requirement for the extension service to make a report to any state or federal agency.
Tex. Local Government Code § 215.075 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 215 / Section 215.075
§ 215.075. POLICE POWER.
Status: in_force

The municipality may license any lawful business or occupation that is subject to the police power of the municipality.
Tex. Education Code § 33.204 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.204
§ 33.204. CERTAIN UNSAFE ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A coach, trainer, or sponsor for an extracurricular athletic activity may not encourage or permit a student participating in the activity to engage in any unreasonably dangerous athletic technique that unnecessarily endangers the health of a student, including using a helmet or any other sports equipment as a weapon.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.403 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.403
§ 801.403. FAILURE TO REPORT DISEASE.
Status: in_force

The board may suspend or revoke a license to practice veterinary medicine, place a veterinarian on probation, or reprimand a veterinarian if the veterinarian knowingly fails to report a disease to the Texas Animal Health Commission as required by Section 161.101, Agriculture Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3844.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3844 / Section 3844.052
§ 3844.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS ON INCREASE IN BOARD SIZE.
Status: in_force

If the board increases the number of directors under Section 3844.051, the board shall appoint qualified persons to fill the new director positions and shall provide for staggering the terms of the directors serving in the new positions. On expiration of the term of a director appointed under this section, a succeeding director shall be appointed and qualified as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 91.003 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 91 / Section 91.003
§ 91.003. CONTROL; SUBSIDIARY.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this subtitle, a person controls a savings bank if the person has the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the savings bank directly or indirectly. A person is considered to control a savings bank if the person, individually or acting with others, directly or indirectly holds with the power to vote, owns, or controls, or holds proxies representing, at least 25 percent of the voting stock or voting rights of a savings bank.

(b) For purposes of this subtitle, a company is a subsidiary of a savings bank if the savings bank or another company directly or indirectly controlled by the savings bank controls the company. A savings bank is considered to control a company if the savings bank, directly or indirectly or acting with one or more other persons or through one or more subsidiaries:

(1) holds with the power to vote, owns, or controls, or holds proxies representing, more than 25 percent of the voting stock or voting rights of the company;

(2) controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors of the company;

(3) is a general partner in the company; or

(4) has contributed more than 25 percent of the equity capital of the company.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.353 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.353
§ 301.353. SUPERVISION OF VOCATIONAL NURSE.
Status: in_force

The practice of vocational nursing must be performed under the supervision of a registered nurse, physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or dentist.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.251
§ 2308.251. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means a local workforce development board.

(2) "Veteran" means a person who:

(A) has served in:

(i) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States or the United States Public Health Service under 42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq., as amended;

(ii) the Texas military forces as defined by Section 437.001; or

(iii) an auxiliary service of one of those branches of the armed forces; and

(B) has been honorably discharged from the branch of the service in which the person served.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8830.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8830 / Section 8830.106
§ 8830.106. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may enforce this chapter in the manner provided by Chapter 36, Water Code. In lieu of a remedy available to the district under Section 36.102, Water Code, or in addition to those remedies, the district may impose a fee in addition to a fee assessed under Section 8830.152 on a person producing groundwater in violation of a rule of the district, including the failure or refusal to comply with any order or rule of the district to reduce or cease groundwater usage. The purpose of a fee authorized under this subsection is to serve as a disincentive to producing groundwater except as authorized by the district.

(b) A fee imposed under Subsection (a) may not exceed an amount equal to 10 times the amount of a fee assessed under Section 8830.152.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 5A.013 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 5A / Section 5A.013
§ 5A.013. DELAY OR DISMISSAL OF PROSECUTION BASED ON STATUS OF CERTAIN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A prosecuting attorney or a court may not:

(1) dismiss or delay any criminal proceeding that involves a prosecution for an offense that constitutes family violence because a civil proceeding is pending or not pending; or

(2) require proof that a complaining witness, victim, or defendant is a party to a suit for the dissolution of a marriage or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship before presenting a criminal allegation to a grand jury, filing an information, or otherwise proceeding with the prosecution of a criminal case.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00226 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00226
§ 30.00226. COURT REPORTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The city shall provide a court reporter for the purpose of preserving a record in cases tried before the municipal court of record. The person selected as court reporter must meet the qualifications provided by law for official court reporters. The chief administrative officer of the city shall set the compensation of the court reporter on the recommendation of the presiding municipal judge.

(b) The court reporter may preserve the record through written notes, transcribing equipment, recording equipment, or any combination of those methods. The reporter is not required to record testimony in a case in which neither the defendant, the prosecutor, nor the judge demands it.

(c) Instead of using a court reporter to preserve a record in a case, the governing body may authorize the use of a good quality electronic recording device to report court proceedings. If the governing body authorizes an electronic recording, the court reporter is not required to be present to certify the reporter's record. The recording shall be kept for the 20-day period beginning the day after the last day of the court proceeding, trial, or denial of motion for new trial, whichever occurs last. If a case is appealed, the proceedings shall be transcribed from the recording by an official court reporter.
Tex. Government Code § 479.0001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 479 / Section 479.0001
§ 479.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Endorsing county" means a county that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for a motor sports racing event.

(2) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipality that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for a motor sports racing event.

(3) "Event support contract" means a joinder undertaking, joinder agreement, or similar contract executed by a site selection organization and an endorsing municipality or endorsing county.

(4) "Motor sports racing event" means a specific automobile racing event sanctioned by the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States (ACCUS) and held at a temporary event venue. The term includes an event or activity held, sponsored, or endorsed by the site selection organization in conjunction with the racing event.

(5) "Trust fund" means the motor sports racing trust fund established by this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.603 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.603
§ 152.603. CONTRIBUTION OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

If a wrongfully withdrawing partner would have been required to make contributions to the partnership under Section 152.707 or 152.708 if an event requiring winding up of the partnership business had occurred at the time of withdrawal, the withdrawn partner is liable to the partnership to make contributions to the partnership in that amount and pay interest on the amount owed.
Tex. Property Code § 240.151 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 240 / Section 240.151
§ 240.151. WHEN DISCLAIMER BARRED OR LIMITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A disclaimer is barred by a written waiver of the right to disclaim.

(b) A disclaimer of an interest in property is barred if any of the following events occur before the disclaimer becomes effective:

(1) the disclaimant accepts the interest sought to be disclaimed by:

(A) taking possession of the interest; or

(B) exercising dominion and control over the interest;

(2) the disclaimant voluntarily assigns, conveys, encumbers, pledges, or transfers the interest sought to be disclaimed or contracts to do so; or

(3) the interest sought to be disclaimed is sold under a judicial sale.

(c) The acceptance of an interest in property by a person in the person's fiduciary capacity is not an acceptance of the interest in the person's individual capacity and does not bar the person from disclaiming the interest in the person's individual capacity.

(d) A disclaimer, in whole or in part, of the future exercise of a power held in a fiduciary capacity is not barred by the previous exercise of the power.

(e) A disclaimer, in whole or in part, of the future exercise of a power not held in a fiduciary capacity is not barred by the previous exercise of the power unless the power is exercisable in favor of the disclaimant.

(f) A disclaimer of:

(1) a power over property that is barred by this section is ineffective; and

(2) an interest in property that is barred by this section takes effect as a transfer of the interest disclaimed to the persons who would have taken the interest under Subchapter B had the disclaimer not been barred.

(g) A disclaimer by a child support obligor is barred as to disclaimed property that could be applied to satisfy the disclaimant's child support obligations if those obligations have been:

(1) administratively determined as evidenced by a certified child support payment record produced by the Title IV-D agency in a Title IV-D case; or

(2) confirmed and reduced to judgment as provided by Section 157.263, Family Code.

(h) If Subsection (g) applies, the child support obligee to whom child support arrearages are owed or the Title IV-D agency may enforce the child support obligation against the disclaimant as to disclaimed property by a lien or by any other remedy provided by law.

(i) In this section:

(1) "Title IV-D agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.033, Family Code.

(2) "Title IV-D case" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.034, Family Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.052 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.052
§ 45A.052. COURT SEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A justice or municipal court shall have a court seal.

(b) The impression of the court seal must be:

(1) attached to all papers issued out of the justice or municipal court except subpoenas; and

(2) used to authenticate the official acts of the clerk and of the recorder.

(c) A court seal may be created by electronic means, including:

(1) optical imaging;

(2) optical disk; or

(3) another electronic reproduction technique that does not permit changes, additions, or deletions to an original document created by the same type of system.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 33.0024 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.0024
§ 33.0024. DISASTER SNAP.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "program" means the program to provide supplemental nutrition assistance benefits to victims of a disaster as authorized by 7 U.S.C. Section 2014.

(b) The commission shall:

(1) in collaboration with local government officials:

(A) create a directory of local points of contact for the operation of the program;

(B) determine the best method for communication between the commission and local government officials regarding the program; and

(C) evaluate, develop, and maintain a list of potential sites for in-person application for program benefits that meet federal requirements;

(2) enter into memorandums of understanding with local government agencies documenting the roles and responsibilities of the commission and each local government agency regarding the determination of the need for and the location of sites for in-person application for program benefits; and

(3) provide information regarding the program and strategies for effective collaboration between local governments and the commission to local government officials in coastal counties by hosting webinars, conducting conference calls, or holding in-person meetings.
Tex. Tax Code § 142.002 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 142 / Section 142.002
§ 142.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agreement" means the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement as amended and adopted on November 12, 2002.

(2) "Certified automated system" means software certified under the agreement to calculate the tax imposed by each jurisdiction on a transaction, determine the amount of tax to remit to the appropriate state, and maintain a record of the transaction.

(3) "Certified service provider" means an agent certified under the agreement to perform all of the seller's sales tax functions, other than the seller's obligation to remit tax on the seller's own purchases.

(3-a) "Model 1 seller" means a seller that has selected a certified service provider as the seller's agent to perform all of the seller's sales and use tax functions, other than the seller's obligation to remit tax on the seller's own purchases.

(3-b) "Model 2 seller" means a seller that has selected a certified automated system to perform part of the seller's sales and use tax functions, but retains responsibility for remitting the tax.

(3-c) "Model 3 seller" means a seller that has sales in at least five member states, has total annual sales revenue of at least $500 million, has a proprietary system that calculates the amount of tax due each jurisdiction, and has entered into a performance agreement with the member states that establishes a tax performance standard for the seller. The term includes an affiliated group of sellers using the same proprietary system.

(4) "Sales tax" means a sales tax administered or computed under Chapter 151.

(5) "Seller" means a person who sells, leases, or rents personal property or services.

(6) "Use tax" means a use tax administered or computed under Chapter 151.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.557 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.557
§ 201.557.
Status: in_force

Sec. 201.557. OPTIONS FOLLOWING DECISION: PAY OR APPEAL. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the board's order becomes final, the person shall:

(1) pay the administrative penalty;

(2) pay the penalty and file a petition for judicial review contesting the fact of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both; or

(3) without paying the penalty, file a petition for judicial review contesting the fact of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.

(b) Within the 30-day period, a person who acts under Subsection (a)(3) may:

(1) stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) paying the penalty to the court for placement in an escrow account; or

(B) giving to the court a supersedeas bond that is approved by the court and that:

(i) is for the amount of the penalty; and

(ii) is effective until judicial review of the board's order is final; or

(2) request the court to stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) filing with the court a sworn affidavit of the person stating that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and is financially unable to give the supersedeas bond; and

(B) giving a copy of the affidavit to the executive director by certified mail.

(c) If the executive director receives a copy of an affidavit under Subsection (b)(2), the director may, at the direction of the enforcement committee, file with the court a contest to the affidavit not later than the fifth day after the date the copy is received.

(d) The court shall hold a hearing on the facts alleged in the affidavit as soon as practicable and stay the enforcement of the penalty on finding that the alleged facts are true. The person who files the affidavit has the burden of proving that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and to give a supersedeas bond.