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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.069 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.069
§ 61.069. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

To be approved, the application must provide:

(1) for the administration or supervision of the public beaches of the city or county by a beach park board of trustees, county parks board, commissioners court, or other administrative body that the legislature may from time to time authorize, and provide that the board or agency will have adequate authority to administer an effective program of keeping clean the public beaches within its jurisdiction;

(2) for the receipt by the city or county treasurer or other officer exercising similar functions, if there is no city or county treasurer, of all funds paid to the city or county under this subchapter and provide for the proper safeguarding of the funds by the officer, provide that the funds will be spent solely for the purposes for which they are paid, and provide for the repayment by the city or county of any funds lost or diverted from the purposes for which paid;

(3) that the governing body of the city or county will make reports as to amounts and categories of expenditures that the land office may from time to time require;

(4) that entrance to all public beaches under the jurisdiction of the governing body of the city or county is free of charge; and

(5) for the establishment, maintenance, and administration of at least one beach park by the city or county which meets the minimum requirements of size and facilities available to the public as determined by the land office.
Tex. Finance Code § 152.051 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 152 / Section 152.051
§ 152.051. ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.107 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.107
§ 161.107. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall prominently display on the county's Internet website the following regarding contracts for services executed by the county that would require a person to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code:

(1) the execution dates;

(2) the contract duration terms, including any extension options;

(3) the effective dates;

(4) the final amount of money the county paid in the previous fiscal year;

(5) the identity of all parties to the contract;

(6) the identity of all subcontractors in the contract; and

(7) the legislative agenda of the county.

(b) In lieu of displaying the items described by Subsections (a)(1)-(6) regarding a contract for services that would require a person to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, the commission may post on the county's Internet website the contract executed by the county for those services.

(c) Information required to be displayed on a county's Internet website under this section is public information subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 812.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 812 / Section 812.201
§ 812.201. ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREMENT SYSTEM MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a retiree may not rejoin the retirement system as a member of the class from which the person retired.

(b) A retiree who takes a position not included in a membership class from which the retiree receives retirement benefit payments:

(1) is required to become or remain a member if the position is included in the employee class; or

(2) may elect to become or remain a member if the position is included in the elected class.

(c) A person who is retired from the elected class of membership and who again holds a position included in that class may elect to become a member again by filing notice with the retirement system. Except as provided by Section 812.203(c), when benefit payments are resumed, the retirement system shall recompute the annuity selected at the time of the person's original retirement to include the additional service established during membership under this subsection.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.352 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.352
§ 36.352. SPECIAL RATE CLASS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if the commission, on or before September 1, 1995, approved the establishment of a separate rate class for electric service for a university and grouped public schools in a separate rate class, the commission shall include community colleges in the rate class with public school customers.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.552 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.552
§ 2001.552. FRAUDULENT AWARD OF PRIZES; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly participates in the award of a prize to a bingo player in a manner that disregards, to any extent, the random selection of numbers or symbols.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that no participant in the game furnished anything of value for the opportunity to participate in the game.
Tex. Election Code § 13.102 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 13 / Section 13.102
§ 13.102. INACTIVE APPLICATION FILE.
Status: in_force

(a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing the rejected applications of applicants for registration.

(b) The registrar shall maintain a file, separate from the file maintained under Subsection (a), containing the applications of the voters whose registrations have been canceled.

(c) The registrar shall maintain each file in alphabetical order by applicant or voter name on a countywide basis.

(d) Each application shall be retained on file for two years after the date of rejection or cancellation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 24.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.06
§ 24.06. WHAT IS DISOBEDIENCE OF A SUBPOENA.
Status: in_force

It shall be held that a witness refuses to obey a subpoena:

1. If he is not in attendance on the court on the day set apart for taking up the criminal docket or on any day subsequent thereto and before the final disposition or continuance of the particular case in which he is a witness;

2. If he is not in attendance at any other time named in a writ; and

3. If he refuses without legal cause to produce evidence in his possession which he has been summoned to bring with him and produce.
Tex. Government Code § 91.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 91 / Section 91.003
§ 91.003. BOARD; ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The library is administered by the board.

(b) The board is composed of the chief justice of the supreme court, the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals, and the attorney general.

(c) A member of the board may designate a personal representative to serve for him.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.276 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.276
§ 361.276. APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the release or threatened release caused by a person's acts or omissions is proved by a preponderance of the evidence to be divisible, that person is liable only for the elimination of that release or threatened release attributable to the person. If the release or threatened release is not proved to be divisible, persons liable under Section 361.272 or 361.273 are jointly and severally liable for eliminating the release or threatened release.

(b) In this section, "divisible" means that the waste released or threatened to be released has been and is capable of being managed separately under the remedial action plan.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.305 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.305
§ 454.305. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may temporarily suspend a license issued under this chapter on an emergency basis if the board determines that the continued practice by the license holder constitutes a continuing or imminent threat to the public health or welfare.

(b) A temporary suspension under this section requires a two-thirds vote by the board.

(c) A license temporarily suspended under this section may be suspended without notice or hearing if, at the time the suspension is ordered, a hearing on whether to institute a disciplinary proceeding against the license holder is scheduled to be held not later than the 14th day after the date of the temporary suspension. A second hearing on the suspended license must be held not later than the 60th day after the date the temporary suspension was ordered. If the second hearing is not held within the required time, the suspended license is automatically reinstated.

(d) The board shall adopt rules that establish procedures and standards for the temporary suspension of a license under this section.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.122 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.122
§ 162.122. INFORMATION REQUIRED ON EXPORTER'S RETURN AND PAYMENT OF TAX ON EXPORTS.
Status: in_force

The monthly return and supplements of an exporter shall contain for the period covered by the return:

(1) the number of net gallons of gasoline acquired from a supplier and exported during the month, including supplier name, terminal control number, and product code;

(2) the number of net gallons of gasoline acquired from a bulk plant and exported during the month, including bulk plant name and product code;

(3) the number of net gallons of gasoline acquired from a source other than a supplier or bulk plant and exported during the month, including the name of the source from which the gasoline was acquired and the name and address of the person receiving the gasoline;

(4) the destination state of the gasoline exported during the month; and

(5) any other information required by the comptroller.
Tex. Government Code § 489.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 489 / Section 489.002
§ 489.002. RULES.
Status: in_force

The office shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 39.0552 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.0552
§ 39.0552. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND STATE HOSPITAL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

A memorandum of understanding between a school district and a state hospital under which the district provides educational services to a student who resides in the state hospital must provide that the school district include the performance of the student on an assessment instrument or other achievement indicator adopted under Section 39.053 or a reporting indicator adopted under Section 39.301 in determining the performance of that school district.
Tex. Finance Code § 180.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 180 / Section 180.202
§ 180.202. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A regulatory official may impose an administrative penalty on a residential mortgage loan originator or other person subject to regulation under this chapter, if the official, after notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that the residential mortgage loan originator or other person subject to regulation under this chapter has violated or failed to comply with:

(1) this chapter;

(2) a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(3) an order issued under this chapter.

(b) The penalty may not exceed $25,000 for each violation.

(c) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;

(2) the economic harm to property caused by the violation;

(3) the history of previous violations;

(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(5) efforts to correct the violation; and

(6) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.523 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.523
§ 452.523. MEMBERSHIP TERMS; VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each member of the executive committee serves a term of two years except the initial terms of two members are for one year. The subsequent terms are staggered.

(b) A vacancy on the committee may be filled by appointment of the governing body of the contiguous municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3915.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3915 / Section 3915.052
§ 3915.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1702.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.104
§ 1702.104. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

The following are not considered to constitute a rebate, inducement, distinction, or discrimination prohibited by this subchapter:

(1) for a life insurance policy or annuity contract, a bonus payment to a policyholder or contract holder or other abatement in the policyholder's or contract holder's premiums provided wholly or partly out of surplus accumulated from nonparticipating policies or contracts if the payment or abatement:

(A) is fair and equitable to policyholders and contract holders; and

(B) is in the best interests of the insurer and the insurer's policyholders and contract holders;

(2) for a life insurance policy issued on an industrial debit plan, an allowance to a policyholder who has continuously for a specified period made premium payments directly to the insurer's office that is in an amount that fairly represents the insurer's savings in collection expenses;

(3) for a group insurance policy, a readjustment in the rate of premium based on the loss or expense experience under the policy at the end of a policy year if the adjustment is retroactive for only that policy year;

(4) for an annuity contract, a waiver of surrender charges under the contract when the contract holder exchanges that contract for another annuity contract issued by the same insurer or an affiliate of the same insurer that is part of the same holding company group if:

(A) the waiver and the exchange are fully, fairly, and accurately explained to the contract holder in a manner that is not deceptive or misleading; and

(B) the contract holder is given credit for the time that the previous contract was held in determining any surrender charges under the new contract;

(5) in connection with an offer or sale of a life insurance policy or annuity contract, a promotional advertising item, educational item, or traditional courtesy commonly extended to consumers and that is valued at $25 or less; or

(6) any loss-control or value-added service or product or other item allowed by Subchapter B.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3869.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3869 / Section 3869.104
§ 3869.104. RULES; ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt rules:

(1) to administer or operate the district;

(2) for the use, enjoyment, availability, protection, security, and maintenance of the district's property and facilities; or

(3) to provide for public safety and security in the district, including the regulation or prohibition of automobiles and other motor vehicles from using, entering, or traveling in certain limited access areas in the district, except for safety and emergency purposes.

(b) The district may enforce its rules by injunctive relief.

(c) To the extent a district rule conflicts with a rule, order, ordinance, or regulation of the city, the rule, order, ordinance, or regulation controls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.112
§ 1088.112. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.002
§ 6903.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Penal Code § 34.01 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 34 / Section 34.01
§ 34.01. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Criminal activity" means any offense, including any preparatory offense, that is:

(A) classified as a felony under the laws of this state or the United States; or

(B) punishable by confinement for more than one year under the laws of another state.

(2) "Funds" includes:

(A) coin or paper money of the United States or any other country that is designated as legal tender and that circulates and is customarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in the country of issue;

(B) United States silver certificates, United States Treasury notes, and Federal Reserve System notes;

(C) an official foreign bank note that is customarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in a foreign country and a foreign bank draft; and

(D) currency or its equivalent, including an electronic fund, a personal check, a bank check, a traveler's check, a money order, a bearer negotiable instrument, a bearer investment security, a bearer security, a certificate of stock in a form that allows title to pass on delivery, a stored value card as defined by Section 604.001, Business & Commerce Code, or a digital currency.

(3) "Financial institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 32.01.

(4) "Proceeds" means funds acquired or derived directly or indirectly from, produced through, realized through, or used in the commission of:

(A) an act; or

(B) conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 151.7032, Tax Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.661 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.661
§ 91.661. PERMIT NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A state or local permit is not required for removal or remedial action conducted on a site as part of a voluntary cleanup under this subchapter. A person shall coordinate a voluntary cleanup with ongoing federal and state waste programs.

(b) The commission by rule shall require that the person conducting the voluntary cleanup comply with any federal or state standard, requirement, criterion, or limitation to which the remedial action would otherwise be subject if a permit were required.
Tex. Water Code § 20.018 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.018
§ 20.018. GENERAL FISCAL AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The board may acquire, hold, invest and reinvest in authorized investments, deposit, use, and dispose of the authority's revenues, income, receipts, funds, and money from every source and may select its depository or depositories, inside or outside the state, subject only to this chapter and any covenants with respect to the authority's bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 1433.045 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1433 / Section 1433.045
§ 1433.045. PROTEST.
Status: in_force

(a) If at least 10 percent of the registered voters of the issuer file a written protest against the issuance of the bonds on or before the date specified for the authorization of the bonds, the governing body shall hold an election on the issuance of the bonds.

(b) If a written protest is not filed, the bonds may be issued without an election at any time before the second anniversary of the date specified in the resolution.
Tex. Government Code § 404.0211 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.0211
§ 404.0211. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

A bank is not disqualified from serving as a depository for funds of a state agency if:

(1) an officer or employee of the agency who does not have the duty to select the agency's depository is an officer, director, or shareholder of the bank; or

(2) one or more officers or employees of the agency who have the duty to select the agency's depository are officers or directors of the bank or own or have a beneficial interest, individually or collectively, in 10 percent or less of the outstanding capital stock of the bank, if:

(A) a majority of the members of the board, commission, or other body of the agency vote to select the bank as a depository; and

(B) the interested officer or employee does not vote or take part in the proceedings.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.115 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.115
§ 370.115. BOND INDENTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued by an authority under this chapter may be secured by a bond indenture between the authority and a corporate trustee that is a trust company or a bank that has the powers of a trust company.

(b) A bond indenture may pledge or assign the revenues to be received but may not convey or mortgage any part of a transportation project.

(c) A bond indenture may:

(1) set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and the trustee;

(2) restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or indentures of trust securing corporate bonds and debentures; and

(3) contain provisions the authority determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders, including covenants:

(A) establishing the authority's duties relating to:

(i) the acquisition of property;

(ii) the construction, maintenance, operation, and repair of and insurance for a transportation project; and

(iii) custody, safeguarding, and application of money;

(B) prescribing events that constitute default;

(C) prescribing terms on which any or all of the bonds become or may be declared due before maturity; and

(D) relating to the rights, powers, liabilities, or duties that arise on the breach of a duty of the authority.

(d) An expense incurred in carrying out a trust agreement may be treated as part of the cost of operating the transportation project.

(e) In addition to all other rights by mandamus or other court proceeding, an owner or trustee of a bond issued under this chapter may enforce the owner's rights against an issuing authority, the authority's employees, the authority's board, or an agent or employee of the authority's board and is entitled to:

(1) require the authority or the board to impose and collect tolls, fares, fees, charges, and other revenue sufficient to carry out any agreement contained in the bond proceedings; and

(2) apply for and obtain the appointment of a receiver for the transportation project or system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1019.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1019 / Section 1019.053
§ 1019.053. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer from among its members.

(b) Each officer of the board serves until the next directors' election.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.308 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.308
§ 51.308. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If the person on whom the administrative penalty is imposed violates Section 51.307(a), the department or the attorney general may bring an action to collect the penalty.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.571 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.571
§ 2210.571. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Association policy" means a windstorm and hail insurance policy issued by the association.

(2) "Claim" means a request for payment under an association policy. The term also includes any other claim against the association, or an agent or representative of the association, relating to an insured loss, under any theory or cause of action of any kind, regardless of the theory under which the claim is asserted, the cause of action brought, or the type of damages sought.

(3) "Claimant" means a person who makes a claim.
Tex. Education Code § 11.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.002
§ 11.002. RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

The school districts and charter schools created in accordance with the laws of this state have the primary responsibility for implementing the state's system of public education and ensuring student performance in accordance with this code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 235.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 235 / Section 235.022
§ 235.022. AUTHORITY TO REGULATE.
Status: in_force

To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit or otherwise regulate the discharge of firearms and air guns on lots that are 10 acres or smaller and are located in the unincorporated area of the county in a subdivision.