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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 99.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 99 / Section 99.006
§ 99.006. NO LIMITATION ON EXEMPLARY DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

Section 41.008(b) does not apply in an action for damages arising from the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.053
§ 1084.053. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not be elected or appointed to an elected position on the board unless the person is:

(1) a resident of the district; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) In addition to the requirements prescribed by Subsection (a), a person is not eligible to serve as a director if the person:

(1) directly or indirectly has an ownership or investment interest in a health care facility located in Palo Pinto County; or

(2) directly or in conjunction with another person or entity has an ownership interest in another business or entity that:

(A) is related to health care; and

(B) provides a good or service to the area served by the district that is the same as or substantially similar to a good or service provided by the district.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to:

(1) an ownership or investment interest in publicly available shares of a registered investment company, such as a mutual fund, that owns publicly traded equity securities or debt obligations issued by:

(A) a health care facility;

(B) a business or entity described by Subsection (b); or

(C) an entity that owns the health care facility, business, or entity; or

(2) a physician's ownership interest in the physician's own medical practice.
Tex. Government Code § 1502.071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1502 / Section 1502.071
§ 1502.071. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body or board of trustees having management and control of a utility system may adopt rules to:

(1) govern the provision of and payment for service; and

(2) provide for the discontinuance of service for failure to pay when due until payment is made.

(b) The governing body may provide penalties for:

(1) the violation of a rule adopted under this section;

(2) the use of service without the consent or knowledge of the authorities in charge; or

(3) any interference with, trespass on, or injury to a system or appliance or the premises on which the system or appliance is located.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.1075 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2402 / Section 2402.1075
§ 2402.1075. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING MATERIALS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A transportation network company shall annually provide to each driver who is authorized to log in to the company's digital network human trafficking awareness and prevention training materials. The training materials must:

(1) be provided in a digital video format or Internet-based video format;

(2) be not less than 15 minutes in duration;

(3) be approved by the attorney general;

(4) be provided in English and Spanish;

(5) be provided to a new driver before the driver is authorized to provide prearranged rides using the company's digital network; and

(6) include:

(A) an overview of human trafficking, including a description of:

(i) the experience of human trafficking victims;

(ii) how and why human trafficking takes place in the transportation industry; and

(iii) how human trafficking is defined under state and federal law;

(B) guidance on how to identify individuals who are most at risk for human trafficking;

(C) information on the difference between labor and sex trafficking as that relates to identification of human trafficking in the transportation industry;

(D) guidance on the role of a driver in reporting and responding to human trafficking; and

(E) the contact information of appropriate entities for reporting human trafficking, including:

(i) the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free telephone number and text line;

(ii) appropriate law enforcement agencies; and

(iii) a telephone number designated by the attorney general for reporting suspected human trafficking.

(b) A transportation network company shall maintain records necessary to establish that the company has provided the training materials required by this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.005
§ 1575.005. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

At the time and in the circumstances specified by the trustee, a carrier shall issue to each retiree, surviving spouse, or surviving dependent child covered under this chapter a certificate of coverage that:

(1) states the benefits to which the person is entitled;

(2) states to whom the benefits are payable;

(3) states to whom a claim must be submitted; and

(4) summarizes the provisions of the coverage principally affecting the person.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2035.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2035 / Section 2035.008
§ 2035.008. REQUIREMENTS TO ORDER ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall order an election if the petition:

(1) is filed with the county clerk not later than the 30th day after the date of the petition's issuance; and

(2) contains a number of signatures of registered county voters equal to at least five percent of the number of votes cast in the county for all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 251.401 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 251 / Section 251.401
§ 251.401. VOLUNTARY WINDING UP AND TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A cooperative association may wind up and terminate its affairs in accordance with Chapter 11 and Sections 22.301-22.303.

(b) If a cooperative association is directed to wind up and liquidate its affairs, three members of the cooperative association elected by a vote of at least a majority of the members voting shall be designated as trustees on behalf of the cooperative association to:

(1) pay debts;

(2) liquidate the cooperative association's assets within the time set in the trustees' designation or any extension of time; and

(3) distribute the cooperative association's assets in the manner provided by Section 251.403.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.153 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 19A / Section 19A.153
§ 19A.153. CHALLENGE TO GRAND JUROR.
Status: in_force

(a) A challenge to a grand juror may be made orally for any of the following causes:

(1) that the grand juror is insane;

(2) that the grand juror has a defect in the organs of feeling or hearing, or a bodily or mental defect or disease that renders the grand juror unfit for grand jury service, or that the grand juror is legally blind and the court in its discretion is not satisfied that the grand juror is fit for grand jury service in that particular case;

(3) that the grand juror is a witness in or a target of an investigation of a grand jury;

(4) that the grand juror served on a petit jury in a former trial of the same alleged conduct or offense that the grand jury is investigating;

(5) that the grand juror has a bias or prejudice in favor of or against the person accused or suspected of committing an offense that the grand jury is investigating;

(6) that from hearsay, or otherwise, there is established in the mind of the grand juror a conclusion as to the guilt or innocence of the person accused or suspected of committing an offense that the grand jury is investigating that would influence the grand juror's vote on the presentment of an indictment;

(7) that the grand juror is related within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to a person accused or suspected of committing an offense that the grand jury is investigating or to a person who is a victim of an offense that the grand jury is investigating;

(8) that the grand juror has a bias or prejudice against any phase of the law on which the state is entitled to rely for an indictment;

(9) that the grand juror is not a qualified grand juror; or

(10) that the grand juror is the prosecutor on an accusation against the person making the challenge.

(b) A challenge under Subsection (a)(3) may be made ex parte. The court shall review and rule on the challenge in an in camera proceeding. The court shall seal any record of the challenge.

(c) In this article, "legally blind" has the meaning assigned by Article 35.16(a).
Tex. Government Code § 841.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 841 / Section 841.005
§ 841.005. ACTIONS FOR ACCOUNTING.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system or the board of trustees may initiate, or cause to be initiated on its behalf, an action against a participating subdivision, a board of the subdivision, or individual officers of the subdivision, to compel an accounting of sums due to the retirement system or to require the withholding and accounting of sums due from members.

(b) The venue of an action brought under this section is in either Travis County or a county in which the subdivision is situated.
Tex. Water Code § 51.309 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.309
§ 51.309. LIEN AGAINST CROPS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall have a first lien, superior to all other liens, against all crops grown on a tract of land in the district to secure the payment of an assessment imposed against the tract under Section 51.305(a), interest, and collection or attorney's fees.

(b) If the crops against which the district has a lien under this section are cultivated on a basis other than annual replanting, the owner of the crops shall record with the county clerk of the county where the land on which the crops are cultivated is located a legally sufficient description of the land, including a metes and bounds description or a plat reference.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.1091 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.1091
§ 1001.1091. INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall require that information relating to the proper use of child passenger safety seat systems be included in the curriculum of each driver education and driving safety course.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8104.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8104 / Section 8104.051
§ 8104.051. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 600, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Section 8104.052 or 8104.053 or their predecessor statutes, former Sections 7 and 8, Chapter 600, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973;

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

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

(4) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the authority contained in Section 4, Chapter 600, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973, form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

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

(2) the authority's right to issue revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds for a purpose for which the authority is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds; or

(3) the legality or operation of the authority or the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533.0358 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533 / Section 533.0358
§ 533.0358. LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY'S PROVISION OF SERVICES AS PROVIDER OF LAST RESORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A local mental health authority may serve as a provider of services under Section 533.035(e) only if, through the local network development plan process, the local authority determines that at least one of the following applies:

(1) interested qualified service providers are not available to provide services or no service provider meets the local authority's procurement requirements;

(2) the local authority's network of providers does not provide a minimum level of consumer choice by:

(A) presenting consumers with two or more qualified service providers in the local authority's network for service packages; and

(B) presenting consumers with two or more qualified service providers in the local authority's network for specific services within a service package;

(3) the local authority's provider network does not provide consumers in the local service area with access to services at least equal to the level of access provided as of a date the executive commissioner specifies;

(4) the combined volume of services delivered by qualified service providers in the local network does not meet all of the local authority's service capacity for each service package identified in the local network development plan;

(5) the performance of the services by the local authority is necessary to preserve critical infrastructure and ensure continuous provision of services; or

(6) existing contracts or other agreements restrict the local authority from contracting with qualified service providers for services in the local network development plan.

(b) If a local mental health authority continues to provide services in accordance with this section, the local authority shall identify in the local authority's local network development plan:

(1) the proportion of its local network services that the local authority will provide; and

(2) the local authority's basis for its determination that the local authority must continue to provide services.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.406 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.406
§ 18B.406. PROCEEDINGS TO QUASH SUBPOENA OR VACATE COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 14th day after the date a subscriber or customer receives notice under Article 18B.402, the subscriber or customer may file a written motion to quash the subpoena or vacate the court order in the court that issued the subpoena or court order. The motion must contain an affidavit or other sworn statement stating:

(1) that the applicant is a subscriber or customer of the provider of an electronic communications service or the provider of a remote computing service from which the electronic customer data held in electronic storage for the subscriber or customer has been sought; and

(2) the applicant's reasons for believing that the customer data sought is not relevant to a legitimate law enforcement inquiry or that there has not been substantial compliance with the provisions of this chapter in some other respect.

(b) The subscriber or customer shall give written notice to the applicable service provider of the challenge to the subpoena or court order. The authorized peace officer requesting the subpoena or court order must be served a copy of the filed papers by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail.

(c) The court shall order the authorized peace officer to file a sworn response to the motion filed by the subscriber or customer if the court determines that the subscriber or customer has complied with the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b). On request of the peace officer, the court may permit the response to be filed in camera. The court may conduct any additional proceedings the court considers appropriate if the court is unable to make a determination on the motion on the basis of the parties' initial allegations and response.

(d) The court shall rule on the motion as soon as practicable after the filing of the peace officer's response. The court shall deny the motion if the court finds that the applicant is not the subscriber or customer whose data is the subject of the subpoena or court order or that there is reason to believe that the peace officer's inquiry is legitimate and that the data sought is relevant to that inquiry. The court shall quash the subpoena or vacate the court order if the court finds that the applicant is the subscriber or customer whose data is the subject of the subpoena or court order and that there is not a reason to believe that the data is relevant to a legitimate law enforcement inquiry or that there has not been substantial compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

(e) A court order denying a motion or application under this article is not a final order, and an interlocutory appeal may not be taken from the denial.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.154
§ 2054.154. COMPANY ASSETS; STATE LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) All money, revenues, and other assets of the company belong solely to the company and are governed by the laws applicable to domestic mutual insurance companies.

(b) The state:

(1) covenants with the company's policyholders, persons receiving workers' compensation benefits, and the company's creditors that the state will not borrow, appropriate, or direct payments from the company's money, revenues, or other assets for any purpose; and

(2) has no liability or responsibility to those policyholders, persons receiving benefits, or creditors if the company is placed in conservatorship or receivership or becomes insolvent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3854.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3854 / Section 3854.154
§ 3854.154. EXPENSES AND LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS AFFECTING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

If the district, in exercising a power conferred by this chapter, requires a relocation, adjustment, raising, lowering, rerouting, or changing the grade of or altering the construction of any street, alley, highway, overpass, underpass, road, railroad track, bridge, facility, or property, electric line, conduit, facility, or property, telephone or telegraph line, conduit, facility, or property, gas transmission or distribution pipe, pipeline, main, facility, or property, water, sanitary sewer or storm sewer pipe, pipeline, main, facility, or property, cable television line, cable, conduit, facility, or property, or other pipeline or facility or property relating to the pipeline, that relocation, adjustment, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing of grade, or altering of construction must be accomplished at the sole cost and expense of the district, and damages that are suffered by owners of the property or facilities shall be borne by the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.061 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.061
§ 92.061. DEADLINE FOR COMMENCING BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A savings bank shall begin business not later than the first anniversary of the date the commissioner approves the savings bank's application.

(b) On the request of the incorporators and for good cause shown, the commissioner may grant a reasonable extension of the deadline prescribed by Subsection (a).

(c) The commissioner may rescind the authority to operate of a savings bank that does not begin business as required by this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8476.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8476 / Section 8476.203
§ 8476.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3812.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3812 / Section 3812.001
§ 3812.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "District" means the Greater Northside Management District.
Tex. Government Code § 483.205 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 483 / Section 483.205
§ 483.205. COMPLETION BONUS GRANT PROGRAM FOR INTERCONNECTED REACTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office may provide a grant under this subchapter for the costs associated with the completion of an operational advanced nuclear reactor in this state that is interconnected with the ERCOT power grid.

(b) The office, in consultation with the utility commission, by rule shall establish the amount of a grant the office will provide under this section on a per megawatt basis according to the generation capacity of the advanced nuclear reactor.

(c) The office, in consultation with the utility commission, by rule shall establish procedures for:

(1) the application for and award of a grant under this section;

(2) the administration of the grant program; and

(3) providing grants according to a tiered system based on the amount of electricity in megawatts provided to the ERCOT power grid by an advanced nuclear reactor.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.3521 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.3521
§ 21.3521. SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS BY REMOTE COMMUNICATION.
Status: in_force

Except for any limitation or other requirements in the governing documents of the corporation, if a meeting of a corporation's shareholders under Section 21.351 or 21.352 is held by means of a telephone conference or other communication system authorized by Section 6.002, the meeting is considered to have satisfied the requirement of Section 6.002(a) that shareholders participating in the meeting be able to communicate with all other persons participating in the meeting if the corporation implements reasonable measures to provide each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting, or the shareholder's proxyholder, a reasonable opportunity to:

(1) vote on matters submitted to the shareholders; and

(2) read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with those proceedings.
Tex. Government Code § 493.030 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.030
§ 493.030. NOTICE TO SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall notify the United States Social Security Administration of the release or discharge of a prisoner who:

(1) immediately before the prisoner's confinement in a state correctional facility, was receiving:

(A) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq.; or

(B) Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 401 et seq.; and

(2) before the release or discharge, was confined in the facility for a period of less than 12 consecutive months.

(b) The department shall provide the notice described by Subsection (a) to the United States Social Security Administration by mail and electronically immediately on the prisoner's release or discharge from custody. The department shall provide a copy of the notice to the prisoner at the time of the prisoner's release or discharge.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.172 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.172
§ 371.172. WAIVER OF PLEDGOR'S RIGHTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A pawnbroker may not accept a waiver of a right or protection of a pledgor under this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 16.056 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 16 / Section 16.056
§ 16.056. CONCURRENT APPLICATIONS FOR SAME OR SIMILAR MARK.
Status: in_force

(a) When concurrently processing applications for the same or confusingly similar marks used on or in connection with the same or related goods or services, the secretary of state shall grant priority to the application that was filed first. If a prior filed application is granted a registration, the secretary of state shall reject any other subsequently filed application.

(b) An applicant whose application is rejected under this section may bring an action in accordance with Section 16.106 for cancellation of the previously issued registration on the ground that the applicant has a prior or superior right to the mark.
Tex. Finance Code § 98.301 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 98 / Section 98.301
§ 98.301. FREQUENCY OF EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

A foreign savings bank holding a certificate of authority issued under Subchapter I, Chapter 92, may be examined not more than once each year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8014.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8014 / Section 8014.202
§ 8014.202. 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 ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.