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Tex. Government Code § 437.217 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.217
§ 437.217. EXEMPTION FROM FEES FOR DEPLOYED MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the National Guard on federal active duty, or a member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty, who is preparing to be deployed to serve in a hostile fire zone as designated by the United States secretary of defense is exempt from paying the following state or local governmental fees the member incurs because of the deployment to arrange the member's personal affairs:

(1) fees for obtaining copies of:

(A) a birth certificate;

(B) a recorded marriage license;

(C) a divorce decree;

(D) a child support order;

(E) guardianship documents; and

(F) property tax records;

(2) fees for issuing a marriage license or duplicate marriage license; and

(3) fees for transferring title to real or personal property.

(b) The governmental entity responsible for collecting a fee described by Subsection (a) may rely on a letter issued by the commander of the service member's unit for purposes of providing an exemption under Subsection (a).
Tex. Tax Code § 151.159 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.159
§ 151.159. REFUNDS; IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller in writing may authorize a customs broker to refund taxes collected under this chapter at export locations specified by the comptroller.

(b) The comptroller may issue an export identification card to a wholesaler or retailer. The card must contain the picture of the person to whom the card is issued. The comptroller may issue the card only if the wholesaler or retailer shows by clear and convincing evidence that the wholesaler or retailer is a citizen and resident of a foreign country and that any tangible personal property purchased in this state by the wholesaler or retailer is for export purposes only and is to be used or consumed outside the territorial limits of the United States. A wholesaler or retailer issued an export identification card may use the card only to facilitate the preparation of documentation by a customs broker under Section 151.307(b). The comptroller may require a wholesaler or retailer applying for an export identification card to submit any information in any form the comptroller determines is necessary and to pay a fee in an amount the comptroller determines is necessary to pay for the cost of issuing the card.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.011 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.011
§ 111.011. TAX COLLECTIONS AND REPORTS BY BUSINESSES; ENFORCEMENT OF DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person engaged in a business the operation of which involves the receipt, collection, or withholding of a tax imposed by this title fails to file a report or pay the tax as required by this title, the attorney general may bring suit for an injunction prohibiting the person from continuing in that business until the report is filed and the tax is paid.

(b) If a person engaged in business the operation of which involves the receipt, collection, or withholding of a tax imposed by this title receives, collects, or withholds more tax than is authorized by law to be received, collected, or withheld or if the person receives, collects, or withholds money from any other person under a claim or representation that the receipt, collection, or withholding is a tax imposed by this title or other law and the amount received, collected, or withheld is not a tax authorized by law, and the person does not voluntarily comply with the notice set forth in Subsection (c) herein, the attorney general shall bring suit for an injunction prohibiting the person from the wrongful receipt, collection, or withholding of the tax or alleged tax.

(c) Prior to filing suit for an injunction, the attorney general shall send written notice by certified mail requesting that the person shall cease any wrongful collections of taxes allowing 15 days for compliance from the date of notice.

(d) The venue for a suit under this section is in Travis County.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.185 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.185
§ 174.185. ARBITRATION AWARD CONSIDERATIONS.
Status: in_force

In making an award under this subchapter, the arbitration board may consider only the following:

(1) the history of collective bargaining agreements and negotiations between the parties;

(2) compensation and conditions of employment that prevail in comparable public sector employment in other municipalities;

(3) the rate of increase or decrease in the cost of living for the municipality's metropolitan area as determined by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), adjusted as necessary to account for housing and tax costs in the metropolitan area and other relevant local factors;

(4) any of the following conditions of employment:

(A) hazards of employment;

(B) physical qualifications;

(C) educational qualifications;

(D) mental qualifications;

(E) job training;

(F) skills;

(G) employee morale; and

(H) any other factors with respect to a condition of employment the arbitration board determines to be relevant to the issues raised by the parties; and

(5) revenues available to and contractual obligations of the municipality and the impact of any arbitration ruling on the taxpayers of the municipality.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.321 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.321
§ 18B.321. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to a warrant described by Article 18B.322 for the required disclosure of location information that is:

(1) held in electronic storage in the possession, care, custody, or control of a provider of an electronic communications service or a provider of a remote computing service; and

(2) created after the issuance of the warrant.

(b) Articles 18B.355, 18B.356, and 18B.357 apply to a warrant issued under this subchapter in the same manner as those articles apply to a warrant issued under Article 18B.354.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 259.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 259 / Section 259.003
§ 259.003. SUPERVISION OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not repeal or modify any law relating to the supervision of surgical technologists.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3941.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3941 / Section 3941.205
§ 3941.205. 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 annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.114
§ 1120.114. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9029.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9029 / Section 9029.152
§ 9029.152. AUTHORITY ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

The authority shall keep a complete system of the authority's accounts.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.468 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.468
§ 2301.468. INEQUITABLE TREATMENT OF DEALERS OR FRANCHISEES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the terms of a franchise, a manufacturer, distributor, or representative may not treat franchised dealers of the same line-make differently as a result of the application of a formula or other computation or process intended to gauge the performance of a dealership or otherwise enforce standards or guidelines applicable to its franchised dealers in the sale of motor vehicles if, in the application of the standards or guidelines, the franchised dealers are treated unfairly or inequitably in the sale of a motor vehicle owned by the manufacturer or distributor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 203.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 203 / Section 203.002
§ 203.002. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ELECTED COUNTY OFFICERS AS RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The elected county officer shall:

(1) develop policies and procedures for the administration of an active and continuing records management program;

(2) administer the records management program so as to reduce the costs and improve the efficiency of recordkeeping;

(3) identify and take adequate steps to preserve records that are of permanent value;

(4) identify and take adequate steps to protect the essential records of the office;

(5) ensure that the maintenance, preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of records is carried out in accordance with the policies and procedures of the records management program and the requirements of this subtitle and rules adopted under it; and

(6) cooperate with the commission in its conduct of statewide records management surveys.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.054
§ 1001.054. FEDERAL OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

An officer or employee of the United States is exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter during the time the officer or employee is engaged in the practice of engineering for the United States in this state.
Tex. Education Code § 59.07 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 59 / Section 59.07
§ 59.07. EXEMPTION FROM INSURANCE CODE; REPORT.
Status: in_force

The establishment and administration of each fund under this subchapter and the rules of the boards do not constitute the business of insurance as defined and regulated in the Insurance Code. However, the boards of regents shall annually report to the State Board of Insurance information appropriate for carrying out the functions of the State Board of Insurance.
Tex. Government Code § 615.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 615 / Section 615.021
§ 615.021. ELIGIBLE SURVIVORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A survivor of an individual listed under Section 615.003 is eligible for the payment of assistance under this chapter if:

(1) the listed individual died as a result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in the individual's position as described by Section 615.003; and

(2) the survivor is:

(A) the surviving spouse of the listed individual;

(B) a surviving child of the listed individual, if there is no surviving spouse; or

(C) a surviving parent of the listed individual, if there is no surviving spouse or child.

(b) Payment of assistance may not occur under this subchapter unless an individual is eligible under Subsection (a) or Section 615.024.

(c) An individual employed by the state or a political or legal subdivision who is subject to certification by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection or whose principal duties are aircraft crash and rescue fire fighting is considered to have died as a result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in the individual's position as described by Section 615.003 if the individual died while actually performing an activity that the individual was certified to perform by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, without regard to whether the individual was actually performing the activity during the individual's compensable hours at work.

(d) In a determination of whether the survivor of an individual listed under Section 615.003 is eligible for the payment of assistance under this chapter, any reasonable doubt arising from the circumstances of the individual's death shall be resolved in favor of the payment of assistance to the survivor.

(e) In this section:

(1) "Personal injury" means an injury resulting from an external force, an activity, or a disease caused by or resulting from:

(A) a line-of-duty accident; or

(B) an illness caused by line-of-duty work under hazardous conditions.

(2) "Line of duty" means an action an individual listed under Section 615.003 is required or authorized by rule, condition of employment, or law to perform. The term includes:

(A) an action by the individual at a social, ceremonial, athletic, or other function to which the individual is assigned by the individual's employer; and

(B) an action performed as part of a training program the individual is required or authorized by rule, condition of employment, or law to undertake.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7994.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7994 / Section 7994.051
§ 7994.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Water Code § 60.406 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.406
§ 60.406. COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND PROPOSAL PROCEDURES REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 60.4035 or 60.412, before a district or port authority may purchase one or more items under a contract that will require an expenditure of more than the amount authorized under Section 60.403(a) for routine purchases or contracts, the port commission of that district or port authority must comply with the competitive bidding requirements or proposal procedures provided by this subchapter or Subchapter O. All bids must be sealed.

(b) The competitive bidding and proposal requirements provided by this subchapter and Subchapter O apply only to contracts for which payment will be made from current funds or bond funds.

(c) In applying the competitive bidding procedures and proposal procedures, all separate, sequential, or component purchases of items ordered or purchased from the same supplier by the same officer, entity, or department, purchased with the intent of avoiding the requirements of this subchapter or Subchapter O, shall be treated as if they are part of a single purchase and a single contract.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 122.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 122 / Section 122.001
§ 122.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Cultivate" means to plant, irrigate, cultivate, or harvest a hemp plant.

(2) "Governing person" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.002, Business Organizations Code.

(3) "Handle" means to possess or store a hemp plant:

(A) on premises owned, operated, or controlled by a license holder for any period of time; or

(B) in a vehicle for any period of time other than during the actual transport of the plant from a premises owned, operated, or controlled by a license holder to:

(i) a premises owned, operated, or controlled by another license holder; or

(ii) a person licensed under Chapter 443, Health and Safety Code.

(4) "Hemp" has the meaning assigned by Section 121.001.

(5) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(6) "License" means a hemp grower's license issued under Subchapter C.

(7) "License holder" means an individual or business entity holding a license.

(8) "Nonconsumable hemp product" means a product that contains hemp, other than a consumable hemp product as defined by Section 443.001, Health and Safety Code. The term includes cloth, cordage, fiber, fuel, paint, paper, particleboard, and plastics derived from hemp.

(9) "Plot" means a contiguous area in a field, greenhouse, or indoor growing structure containing the same variety or cultivar of hemp throughout the area.
Tex. Government Code § 404.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.107
§ 404.107. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Any fees or assessments imposed by state law for the incorporation, regulation, or operation of trust companies do not apply to the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.

(b) A participant that has money or securities on deposit with the trust company shall pay the fees provided in the trust company's fee schedule developed under Section 404.103(f). The trust company may:

(1) deduct a fee from the principal or earning of a participant on deposit with the trust company; or

(2) require a participant to pay a fee from an amount not on deposit with the trust company.
Tex. Family Code § 101.032 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.032
§ 101.032. SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) "Suit affecting the parent-child relationship" means a suit filed as provided by this title in which the appointment of a managing conservator or a possessory conservator, access to or support of a child, or establishment or termination of the parent-child relationship is requested.

(b) The following are not suits affecting the parent-child relationship:

(1) a habeas corpus proceeding under Chapter 157;

(2) a proceeding filed under Chapter 159 to determine parentage or to establish, enforce, or modify child support, whether this state is acting as the initiating or responding state; and

(3) a proceeding under Title 2.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.055 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.055
§ 78.055. REPORT TO COUNTY CLERK.
Status: in_force

(a) The chairman of the board shall file a report before September 1 of each year with the county clerk of each county in which the district is located.

(b) The report must contain:

(1) a statement of the total amount of money received by the board during the 12 months ending the last June 30;

(2) an itemized statement of the total amount of money expended by the board during the 12 months ending the last June 30; and

(3) a statement of the amount of money on hand on the last June 30.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1102.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.202
§ 1102.202. NOTICE OF LICENSE EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 31st day before the expiration date of a person's license, the commission shall provide notice of the expiration to the person.
Tex. Water Code § 5.122 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.122
§ 5.122. DELEGATION OF UNCONTESTED MATTERS TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule or order may delegate to the executive director the commission's authority to act on an application or other request to issue, renew, reopen, transfer, amend, extend, withdraw, revoke, terminate, or modify a permit, license, certificate, registration, or other authorization or approval if:

(1) required notice of the application or request for the authorization or approval has been given;

(2) the holder of or applicant for the authorization or approval agrees in writing to the action to be taken by the executive director; and

(3) the application or request:

(A) is uncontested and does not require an evidentiary hearing;

(B) has become uncontested before parties are named because each person who requested a contested case hearing within the time allowed by law has:

(i) withdrawn the request for a contested case hearing without condition;

(ii) withdrawn the request for a contested case hearing conditioned only on the withdrawal of all other hearing requests; or

(iii) agreed in writing to allow the executive director to make a final decision on the matter; or

(C) has become uncontested because all parties have agreed in writing to the action to be taken by the executive director.

(b) A person affected by an action the executive director takes on a matter delegated under this section may appeal the executive director's action to the commission unless the action is a decision:

(1) regarding a federal operating permit under Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code; or

(2) specified as final and appealable by the commission rule that delegates the decision to the executive director.

(c) A person affected by a decision of the executive director on a matter delegated under this section that regards a federal operating permit under Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, may:

(1) petition the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with rules adopted under Section 382.0563, Health and Safety Code; or

(2) file a petition for judicial review under Section 382.032, Health and Safety Code.

(d) The commission's authority under this section is cumulative of the commission's authority to delegate its powers, duties, or rights under any other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6908.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6908 / Section 6908.201
§ 6908.201. 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 § 157.006 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.006
§ 157.006. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO MOTION FOR ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The issue of the existence of an affirmative defense to a motion for enforcement does not arise unless evidence is admitted supporting the defense.

(b) The respondent must prove the affirmative defense by a preponderance of the evidence.
Tex. Government Code § 575.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 575 / Section 575.001
§ 575.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Gift" means a donation of money or property.

(2) "State agency" means a board, commission, council, committee, department, office, agency, or other governmental entity in the executive or judicial branch of state government. The term does not include an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 154.055 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.055
§ 154.055. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Information relating to the financial condition of a seller obtained by the department directly or indirectly, through examination or otherwise, other than published statements, is confidential.

(b) The files and records of the department relating to the financial condition of a seller are confidential.

(c) The commissioner may disclose the information described by Subsection (a) or (b) to an agency, department, or instrumentality of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner considers disclosure to be in the best interest of the public and necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this or another state or the United States.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0506 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0506
§ 9092.0506. BONDS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

The board may issue bonds payable, as pledged by board resolution, from:

(1) ad valorem taxes of the district; or

(2) ad valorem taxes and revenue of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.443 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.443
§ 2155.443. PREFERENCE FOR RUBBERIZED ASPHALT PAVING.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may give preference to rubberized asphalt paving made from scrap tires by a facility in this state in purchases of rubberized asphalt paving material if the cost as determined by a life-cycle cost benefit analysis does not exceed by more than 15 percent the bid cost of alternative paving materials.