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Tex. Transportation Code § 502.191 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.191
§ 502.191. COLLECTION OF FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not collect a registration fee under this chapter unless the person is:

(1) an officer or employee of the department; or

(2) a county assessor-collector or a deputy county assessor-collector.

(b) The department may accept electronic payment by electronic funds transfer, credit card, or debit card of any fee that the department is authorized to collect under this chapter.

(c) The department may collect a fee for processing a payment by electronic funds transfer, credit card, or debit card in an amount not to exceed the amount of the charges incurred by the department to process the payment.

(d) The department may collect the fee set under Section 2054.2591, Government Code, from a person making a payment by electronic funds transfer, credit card, or debit card through the online project implemented under Section 2054.252, Government Code.

(e) If, for any reason, the payment of a fee under this chapter by electronic funds transfer, credit card, or debit card is not honored by the funding institution or by the electronic funds transfer, credit card, or debit card company on which the funds are drawn, the department may collect from the person who owes the fee being collected a service charge that is for the collection of that original amount and is in addition to the original fee. The amount of the service charge must be reasonably related to the expense incurred by the department in collecting the original amount.

(f) The department may not collect a fee under Subsection (c) or (d) if the department collects a fee under Section 502.1911.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 284.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 284 / Section 284.003
§ 284.003. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court shall submit the bonds and the proceedings authorizing their issuance to the attorney general for examination. If the attorney general finds that the bonds are authorized in accordance with law, the attorney general shall approve the bonds and the comptroller shall register the bonds.

(b) After approval and registration, the bonds are incontestable and are binding obligations according to their terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8000A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8000A / Section 8000A.0304
§ 8000A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.109 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.109
§ 74.109. BOARD DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall have an annual independent audit of the books, records of account, and minutes of proceedings maintained by the foundation prepared by an independent certified public accountant or a firm of independent certified public accountants. The audit shall include information for each zone in which an eradication program has been conducted under this subchapter. The audit shall be filed with the board, the commissioner, and the state auditor and shall be made available to the public by the foundation or the commissioner. The state auditor may examine any work papers from the independent audit or may audit the transactions of the foundation if the state auditor determines that an audit is necessary.

(b) Not later than the 45th day after the last day of the fiscal year, the board shall submit to the commissioner a report itemizing all income and expenditures and describing all activities of the foundation during the fiscal year.

(c) The foundation shall provide fidelity bonds in amounts determined by the board for employees or agents who handle funds for the foundation.

(d) The foundation and the board are state agencies for the following purposes only:

(1) exemption from taxation including exemption from sales and use taxes, vehicle registration fees, and taxes under Chapter 152, Tax Code; and

(2) indemnification under Chapter 104, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(e) Funds collected by the foundation are not state funds and are not required to be deposited in the state treasury. The foundation shall deposit all money collected under this subchapter in a bank or other depository approved by the commissioner.

(f) The foundation is a governmental unit under Section 101.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and is entitled to governmental immunity. A tort claim against the foundation must be made under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(g) The board shall collect data on the type and quantity of pesticides used in accordance with this subchapter. The data shall be filed with the commissioner.

(h) All revenue collected under this subchapter shall be used solely to finance programs approved by the commissioner as consistent with this subchapter.

(i) The foundation is subject to the requirements of:

(1) the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code; and

(2) the open records law, Chapter 552, Government Code.

(j) A board member may not vote on any matter in which the member has a direct pecuniary interest. A board member is subject to the same restrictions as a local public official under Chapter 171, Local Government Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.402 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.402
§ 153.402. STANDING TO BRING PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a limited partner may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding unless:

(1) the limited partner:

(A) was a limited partner of the limited partnership at the time of the act or omission complained of; or

(B) became a limited partner by operation of law originating from a person that was a limited partner or general partner at the time of the act or omission complained of; and

(2) the limited partner fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited partnership in enforcing the right of the limited partnership.

(b) If the converted entity in a conversion is a limited partnership, a limited partner of that limited partnership may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding based on an act or omission that occurred with respect to the converting entity before the date of the conversion unless:

(1) the limited partner was an equity owner of the converting entity at the time of the act or omission; and

(2) the limited partner fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited partnership in enforcing the right of the limited partnership.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.0031 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4151 / Section 4151.0031
§ 4151.0031. MARKET ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may conduct market analyses and examinations of an administrator under Chapter 751.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8301.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8301 / Section 8301.0103
§ 8301.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 436.060 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.060
§ 436.060. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

The director or the director's designee shall provide to members of the commission and to commission employees, as often as necessary, information regarding the requirements for office or employment under this chapter, including information regarding a person's responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Water Code § 11.097 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.097
§ 11.097. REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS FROM NAVIGABLE STREAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) On its own motion or on written request from a commissioners court, the commission shall investigate a reported natural obstruction in a navigable stream caused by the accumulation of limbs, logs, leaves, other tree parts, or other debris. If making the investigation on request of a commissioners court, the commission must make its investigation not later than the 30th day after the date on which it receives the written request from the commissioners court.

(b) On completion of the investigation, if the commission determines that the obstruction is creating a hazard or is having other detrimental effect on the navigable stream, the commission shall initiate action to remove the obstruction.

(c) In removing an obstruction, the commission may solicit the assistance of federal and state agencies including the Corps of Engineers, Texas National Guard, the Parks and Wildlife Department, and districts and authorities created under Article III, Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution. Also, the commission may enter into contracts for services required to remove an obstruction. However, no river authority may require the removal, relocation, or reconfiguration of a floating structure which was in place before the effective date of this Act and the effective date of any ordinance, rule, resolution, or other act of the river authority mandating such action unless the commission determines the structure is an obstruction to navigation.
Tex. Government Code § 841.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 841 / Section 841.003
§ 841.003. RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The Texas County and District Retirement System is continued in existence and is the name by which the business of the retirement system shall be transacted, all its funds invested, and all its cash and other property held.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.362 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.362
§ 452.362. ELECTION TO PLEDGE TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive committee may order an election to authorize the pledge of sales and use tax revenue to the payment of a specified amount of long-term bonds for the authority's public transportation system.

(b) Sales and use tax revenue at a rate higher than the previously approved rate may not be pledged.

(c) The notice of election shall be published, the proposition and ballot prepared, and the election held in accordance with and at the times permitted by the law applicable to a municipal bond election. The authority may publish, or distribute in another manner, additional copies of the election order to inform the voters fully of its content.

(d) If the proposition is approved, the authority may issue bonds in an amount not exceeding the amount approved.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.704 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.704
§ 887.704. VIOLATION OF COMMISSIONER ORDER; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A director, officer, agent, employee, attorney at law, or attorney in fact of an association commits an offense if the person wilfully fails to comply with a lawful order of the commissioner.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by:

(1) a fine not to exceed $500;

(2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed six months; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.
Tex. Family Code § 159.504 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.504
§ 159.504. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

An employer who complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this subchapter is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child support from the obligor's income.
Tex. Utilities Code § 40.102 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 40 / Section 40.102
§ 40.102. ACCESS TO WHOLESALE MARKET.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subtitle shall limit the access of municipally owned utilities to the wholesale electric market.
Tex. Government Code § 481.0296 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.0296
§ 481.0296. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall coordinate state efforts to attract, develop, or retain technology industries in this state in certain sectors, including:

(1) the semiconductor industry;

(2) information and computer technology;

(3) microelectromechanical systems;

(4) manufactured energy systems;

(5) nanotechnology; and

(6) biotechnology.

(b) The office shall:

(1) recommend to the governor actions to promote economic development in the area of advanced technology;

(2) identify and assess specific economic development opportunities; and

(3) engage in outreach to advanced technology industries, including a joint venture created under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 (15 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.), as amended, that is exempt from federal taxation as an organization described by Section 501(c)(6), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 92 / Section 92.002
§ 92.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commercial quantity" means more than 500 pounds.

(2) "Cooperative agreement" means the agreement concerning shipping point inspection service having an October 1, 1931, effective date executed by the department and the United States Department of Agriculture, and all supplementary agreements executed by the department and Texas firms, corporations, or associations organized for that purpose.

(3) "Cooperative financing plan" means a system to finance and collect the expenses of inspection under a cooperative agreement.

(4) "Dealer" means a person who packs or delivers tomatoes in commercial quantities to a transporting agency for shipment.

(5) "Inspection certificate" means the joint federal-state inspection certificate under the cooperative agreement.

(6) "Inspector" means an employee of the department or the United States Department of Agriculture who is authorized to inspect or grade tomatoes or to certify tomatoes for shipment.

(7) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.210 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.210
§ 1099.210. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1099.107(c) and by Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and following district fiscal years.

(b) The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4014.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4014 / Section 4014.0304
§ 4014.0304. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the city or the county, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Government Code § 171.0357 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 171 / Section 171.0357
§ 171.0357. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CERTIFICATE OF PROGRAM COMPLETION OR CERTIFICATE NUMBER; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly possesses a certificate of program completion or a certificate number that the person is not authorized to possess under this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11007.214 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11007 / Section 11007.214
§ 11007.214. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A district bond, the transfer of the bond, and the income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond, are exempt from taxation in this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 464 / Section 464.016
§ 464.016. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a treatment facility without a license. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, maliciously, or recklessly makes a false report under Section 464.010.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person has reasonable grounds to suspect that abuse or neglect of a client may have occurred and does not report the suspected or possible abuse or neglect to the department as required by Section 464.010.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8457.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8457 / Section 8457.153
§ 8457.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.026 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.026
§ 1001.026. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A member of the board is entitled to compensation as provided by the General Appropriations Act. If compensation for board members is not provided by that Act, each member is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing functions as a member of the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2209.305 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2209 / Section 2209.305
§ 2209.305. COVERAGE PERIOD.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit organization that accepts coverage provided by the pool shall maintain that coverage for at least 24 calendar months following the month in which the pool issued the coverage.
Tex. Occupations Code § 501.411 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 501 / Section 501.411
§ 501.411. REMEDIAL PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council may issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint filed under this chapter.

(b) The executive council by rule shall establish the types of complaints or violations that may be resolved with a remedial plan. The rules must provide that a remedial plan may not be imposed to resolve a complaint:

(1) involving conduct that poses a significant risk of harm to a patient; or

(2) in which the appropriate resolution may involve revoking, suspending, limiting, or restricting a person's license.

(c) A remedial plan may not contain a provision that:

(1) revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person's license; or

(2) assesses an administrative penalty against a person.

(d) The executive council may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a complaint against a license holder if the license holder has previously entered into a remedial plan with the executive council for the resolution of a different complaint filed under this chapter.

(e) The executive council may assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering the plan.
Tex. Government Code § 2204.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2204 / Section 2204.101
§ 2204.101. CONSENT TO UNITED STATES TO ACQUIRE LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature consents to the purchase or acquisition by the United States, including acquisition by condemnation, of land in this state made in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) The United States may purchase, acquire, hold, own, occupy, and possess land in this state that it considers expedient and that it seeks to occupy as a site:

(1) on which to erect and maintain a lighthouse, fort, military station, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, customhouse, post office, or other necessary public building; or

(2) for erecting a lock or dam, straightening a stream by making a cutoff, building a levee, or erecting any other structure or improvement that may become necessary for developing or improving a waterway, river, or harbor of this state.

(c) During condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of land by the United States under this section, the United States may occupy the land and construct improvements on the land immediately on the filing of the award of the condemnation commissioners with the condemnation court, without awaiting the decision of the court, if the United States deposits an amount equal to the amount of the award of the commissioners plus the amount of all costs adjudged against the United States.
Tex. Family Code § 81.0015 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0015
§ 81.0015. PRESUMPTION.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subtitle, there is a presumption that family violence has occurred if:

(1) the respondent has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for any of the following offenses against the child for whom the petition is filed:

(A) an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, for which the court has made an affirmative finding that the offense involved family violence under Article 42.013, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(B) an offense under Title 6, Penal Code; and

(2) the respondent's parental rights with respect to the child have been terminated.
Tex. Insurance Code § 862.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 862 / Section 862.054
§ 862.054.
Status: in_force

Sec. 862.054. FIRE INSURANCE: BREACH BY INSURED; PERSONAL PROPERTY COVERAGE. Unless the breach or violation contributed to cause the destruction of the property, a breach or violation by the insured of a warranty, condition, or provision of a fire insurance policy or contract of insurance on personal property, or of an application for the policy or contract:

(1) does not render the policy or contract void; and

(2) is not a defense to a suit for loss.
Tex. Local Government Code § 318.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 318 / Section 318.008
§ 318.008. REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to inform the commissioners court and the Texas Historical Commission of the commission's needs and programs, the commission shall make an annual report of its activities and recommendations to the commissioners court and to the Texas Historical Commission before the end of each calendar year. The commission may make as many other reports and recommendations as it sees fit.

(b) The commission shall make recommendations to the commissioners court and the Texas Historical Commission concerning the acquisition and designation of property, real or personal, that is of historical or archeological significance.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 24.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 24 / Section 24.004
§ 24.004. VALUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is secured or satisfied, but value does not include an unperformed promise made otherwise than in the ordinary course of the promisor's business to furnish support to the debtor or another person.

(b) For the purposes of Sections 24.005(a)(2) and 24.006 of this code, a person gives a reasonably equivalent value if the person acquires an interest of the debtor in an asset pursuant to a regularly conducted, noncollusive foreclosure sale or execution of a power of sale for the acquisition or disposition of the interest of the debtor upon default under a mortgage, deed of trust, or security agreement.

(c) A transfer is made for present value if the exchange between the debtor and the transferee is intended by them to be contemporaneous and is in fact substantially contemporaneous.

(d) "Reasonably equivalent value" includes without limitation, a transfer or obligation that is within the range of values for which the transferor would have sold the assets in an arm's length transaction.