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Tex. Occupations Code § 2303.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.054
§ 2303.054. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not adopt a rule restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person licensed under this chapter except to prohibit a false, misleading, or deceptive practice.

(b) In its rules to prohibit a false, misleading, or deceptive practice, the commission may not include a rule that:

(1) restricts the person's use of any advertising medium;

(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or the use of the person's voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the person; or

(4) restricts the person's advertisement under a trade name.
Tex. Estates Code § 1203.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.004
§ 1203.004. HEARING DATE; CITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) When an application to resign as guardian is filed under Section 1203.001, supported by the exhibit and final account or report required under that section, the court clerk shall bring the application to the judge's attention and the judge shall set a date for a hearing on the matter.

(b) After a hearing is set under Subsection (a), the clerk shall issue a citation to all interested persons, showing:

(1) that an application that complies with Section 1203.001 has been filed; and

(2) the time and place set for the hearing at which the interested persons may appear and contest the exhibit and final account or report supporting the application.

(c) Unless the court directs that the citation under Subsection (b) be published, the citation must be posted.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.098 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.098
§ 62.098. CONTRACTS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

To accomplish any purpose authorized in this chapter, the board may enter into contracts with:

(1) adjacent counties;

(2) boards in adjacent counties; and

(3) boards in cities of the same county in which the board has jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3792.0606 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3792 / Section 3792.0606
§ 3792.0606. USE OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Revenue from the sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter is for the use and benefit of the district and may be used for any district purpose. The district may pledge all or part of the revenue to the payment of bonds, notes, or other obligations, and that pledge of revenue may be in combination with other revenue, including tax revenue, available to the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.510 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.510
§ 353.510. SURRENDER OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A license holder may surrender a license issued under this chapter by complying with the commissioner's written instructions relating to license surrender.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3946.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3946 / Section 3946.204
§ 3946.204. CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may contract with any person for the use, occupancy, lease, rental, operation, maintenance, or management of all or part of a proposed or existing improvement project.

(b) The district may apply for and contract with any person to receive, administer, and perform a duty or obligation of the district under a federal, state, local, or private gift, grant, loan, conveyance, transfer, bequest, or other financial assistance arrangement relating to the investigation, planning, analysis, study, design, acquisition, construction, improvement, completion, implementation, or operation by the district or others of a proposed or existing improvement project.
Tex. Water Code § 56.308 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.308
§ 56.308. REJECTION OF CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) If the trustee finds any claim unjust either in whole or in part, he shall endorse on the claim his refusal to allow it.

(b) If the whole claim is refused, the claimant may bring suit to collect the claim against the trustee in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county, and if the claim is judged valid by the court, the judgment shall be filed with the trustee and paid in its order as other claims.

(c) If the claim is refused only in part and the claimant waives his claim to the part refused, he shall file the claim in the commissioners court for approval, but if the claimant does not waive his claim to the part refused, he shall withdraw his claim from the trustee and may bring suit as provided in Subsection (b) of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 660.041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.041
§ 660.041. REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A state employee is entitled to be reimbursed as provided by this subchapter for the employee's use of a personally owned or leased motor vehicle.

(b) A state employee may not be reimbursed under this subchapter for an expense other than mileage, tolls, and parking.

(c) A state employee may not be reimbursed for mileage incurred in traveling between the employee's residence and place of employment in a personally owned or leased motor vehicle unless the travel:

(1) is necessitated by extraordinary circumstances; and

(2) occurs outside the hours the employee is working.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.006
§ 63.006. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to, restrict, or void the sale of a commercial fertilizer by an importer, manufacturer, or manipulator to an importer, manufacturer, or manipulator who mixes fertilizers for distribution. This chapter does not prevent the free and unrestricted shipment of a commercial fertilizer to a manufacturer or manipulator who has registered the brand name as required by this chapter.

(b) This chapter does not apply to the mixing, milling, or processing of a material produced by a purchaser of commercial fertilizer or acquired by the purchaser from a source other than the person who mixed or processed the material.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.057 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.057
§ 162.057. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) After the certificate of incorporation is issued, the incorporators of a telephone cooperative shall meet to adopt bylaws, elect officers, and transact other business that properly comes before the meeting.

(b) A majority of the incorporators shall call the organizational meeting.

(c) The incorporators calling the organizational meeting shall give at least three days' notice of the meeting by mail to each incorporator. The notice must state the time and place of the meeting. The notice may be waived in writing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8008.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8008 / Section 8008.201
§ 8008.201. 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. Transportation Code § 224.153 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 224 / Section 224.153
§ 224.153. HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may finance, designate, design, construct, operate, or maintain one or more lanes on a multi-lane highway facility as dedicated high occupancy vehicle lanes on the state highway system.

(b) The department may enter into an agreement with a transit authority under Chapter 451, 452, or 453, a regional mobility authority under Chapter 361, a coordinated county transportation authority under Chapter 460, a municipality, or a transportation corporation for the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of a high occupancy vehicle lane.

(c) The department may authorize a motorcycle or a low-emissions vehicle to use a high occupancy vehicle lane designated under this section regardless of the number of persons on the motorcycle or occupants in the vehicle.

(d) The department may not authorize the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane designed, constructed, operated, or maintained under Subsection (b) by a motorcycle or a low-emissions vehicle that is not occupied by the required minimum number of persons if the use would impair the receipt of federal transit funds.

(d) The department may not authorize vehicles addressed in Subsection (c) to use a high occupancy vehicle lane if such use would violate federal transit or highway funding restrictions.
Tex. Insurance Code § 802.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 802 / Section 802.053
§ 802.053. EXEMPTION AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may exempt any class of insurance companies from the requirements of this subchapter if the commissioner believes the information required under this subchapter will not be useful for regulatory purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 603.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 603 / Section 603.001
§ 603.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "document" includes any instrument, paper, or other record.
Tex. Family Code § 160.309 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.309
§ 160.309. PROCEDURE FOR CHALLENGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each signatory to an acknowledgment of paternity and any related denial of paternity must be made a party to a proceeding to challenge the acknowledgment or denial of paternity.

(b) For purposes of a challenge to an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity, a signatory submits to the personal jurisdiction of this state by signing the acknowledgment or denial. The jurisdiction is effective on the filing of the document with the vital statistics unit.

(c) Except for good cause shown, while a proceeding is pending to challenge an acknowledgment of paternity or a denial of paternity, the court may not suspend the legal responsibilities of a signatory arising from the acknowledgment, including the duty to pay child support.

(d) A proceeding to challenge an acknowledgment of paternity or a denial of paternity shall be conducted in the same manner as a proceeding to adjudicate parentage under Subchapter G.

(e) At the conclusion of a proceeding to challenge an acknowledgment of paternity or a denial of paternity, the court shall order the vital statistics unit to amend the birth record of the child, if appropriate.
Tex. Government Code § 1473.171 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.171
§ 1473.171. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a county that:

(1) contains a municipality with a population of more than 275,000; and

(2) before April 27, 1965, ordered an election for the issuance of bonds for:

(A) erecting a public health administration building; and

(B) acquiring a site and equipment for a public health administration building.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.301
§ 3897.301. PROPERTY TAX AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The district may impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district, including industrial, commercial, and residential property, to:

(1) pay for an improvement project of the types authorized by Section 52, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; or

(2) secure the payment of bonds issued for a purpose described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.058
§ 1108.058. QUORUM; VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Any five directors constitute a quorum.

(b) A concurrence of five directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.208 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.208
§ 153.208. SHARING OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A distribution of cash or another asset of a limited partnership shall be made to a partner in the manner provided by a written partnership agreement.

(b) If a written partnership agreement does not provide otherwise, a distribution that is a return of capital shall be made on the basis of the agreed value, as stated in the partnership records required to be maintained under Section 153.551(a), of the contribution made by each partner to the extent that the contribution has not been returned. A distribution that is not a return of capital shall be made in proportion to the allocation of profits as determined under Section 153.206.

(c) Unless otherwise defined by a written partnership agreement, in this section, "return of capital" means a distribution to a partner to the extent that the partner's capital account, immediately after the distribution, is less than the amount of that partner's contribution to the partnership as reduced by a prior distribution that was a return of capital.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.1983 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.1983
§ 502.1983. DEPOSIT OF FEES IN INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) A county assessor-collector may:

(1) deposit the fees subject to Section 502.198 in an interest-bearing account or certificate in the county depository; and

(2) send the fees to the department not later than the 34th day after the date the fees are due under Section 502.198.

(b) The county owns all interest earned on fees deposited under this section. The county treasurer shall credit the interest to the county general fund.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.401 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.401
§ 7.401. IRREGULARITIES IN ISSUE OF RECEIPT OR BILL OR CONDUCT OF ISSUER.
Status: in_force

The obligations imposed by this chapter on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:

(1) the document does not comply with the requirements of this chapter or of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its issue, form, or content;

(2) the issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;

(3) the goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or

(4) the person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8210.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8210 / Section 8210.051
§ 8210.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 34.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 34 / Section 34.001
§ 34.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Related support services" means services considered under federal law to be a component of money payments for purposes of the financial assistance program authorized by Chapter 31.

(2) "Temporary assistance" means money payments for needy persons authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8078.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8078 / Section 8078.0402
§ 8078.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8078.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.104
§ 1006.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital or hospital system in the district by:

(1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and improvements;

(2) equipping the buildings and improvements; and

(3) administering the buildings and improvements for hospital purposes.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9732 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9732
§ 61.9732. LIMITATIONS ON FUNDING.
Status: in_force

The loan repayment program under this subchapter may be funded only from:

(1) gifts, grants, and donations accepted by the board;

(2) legislative appropriations for the program; and

(3) money budgeted for the program by the office of the attorney general from appropriations made to that office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.108
§ 1074.108. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property located in district territory if the interest is necessary to exercise a right or authority conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021, Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or petition for review.
Tex. Family Code § 6.708 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.708
§ 6.708. ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court as it considers reasonable may award costs to a party. Costs may not be adjudged against a party against whom a divorce is granted for confinement in a mental hospital under Section 6.007.

(b) The expenses of counseling may be taxed as costs against either or both parties.

(c) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court may award reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses. The court may order the fees, costs, expenses, and any postjudgment interest to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.087 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.087
§ 52.087. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

Except for debts contracted with the association, a member of a marketing association is not liable for the debts of the association in an amount that exceeds the amount that is unpaid on the member's membership fee or subscription to capital stock, including any unpaid balance on promissory notes given in payment for the stock.
Tex. Government Code § 522.0202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0202
§ 522.0202. ADDITIONAL APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN ADVISORY BODIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The requirements of this subchapter also apply to the meetings of any advisory body that advises the executive commissioner or an agency.

(b) The archived video and audio recording of an advisory body's meeting must be made available through the Internet website of the agency to which the advisory body provides advice.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.003
§ 171.003. UNIFORM INTERPRETATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed to effect its purpose and make uniform the construction of other states' law applicable to an arbitration.
Tex. Government Code § 607.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 607 / Section 607.151
§ 607.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Consumer price index" means the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average, published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor in function.

(2) "Firefighter" has the meaning assigned by Section 607.051.

(3) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 607.051.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7982.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7982 / Section 7982.109
§ 7982.109. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code.
Tex. Water Code § 51.503 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.503
§ 51.503. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

Notice of the time and place of the hearing and the proposition to be determined shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the district. The first publication shall be made not less than 10 days before the day of the hearing set in the notice.
Tex. Education Code § 31.0754 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0754
§ 31.0754. COMMUNICATION REGARDING OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Chapter 2113, Government Code, the commissioner may enter into contracts or agreements and engage in efforts to communicate information regarding the development and availability of open education resource instructional materials made available under this subchapter, including activities to promote, market, and advertise the content included in and how to use those materials.
Tex. Estates Code § 403.059 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 403 / Section 403.059
§ 403.059. ENFORCEMENT OF CLAIMS BY SUIT.
Status: in_force

Any person having a debt or claim against the estate may enforce the payment of the same by suit against the independent executor; and, when judgment is recovered against the independent executor, the execution shall run against the estate of the decedent in the possession of the independent executor that is subject to the debt. The independent executor shall not be required to plead to any suit brought against the executor for money until after six months after the date that an independent administration was created and the order appointing the executor was entered by the probate court.
Tex. Government Code § 81.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.101
§ 81.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this chapter the "practice of law" means the preparation of a pleading or other document incident to an action or special proceeding or the management of the action or proceeding on behalf of a client before a judge in court as well as a service rendered out of court, including the giving of advice or the rendering of any service requiring the use of legal skill or knowledge, such as preparing a will, contract, or other instrument, the legal effect of which under the facts and conclusions involved must be carefully determined.

(b) The definition in this section is not exclusive and does not deprive the judicial branch of the power and authority under both this chapter and the adjudicated cases to determine whether other services and acts not enumerated may constitute the practice of law.

(c) In this chapter, the "practice of law" does not include the design, creation, publication, distribution, display, or sale, including publication, distribution, display, or sale by means of an Internet web site, of written materials, books, forms, computer software, or similar products if the products clearly and conspicuously state that the products are not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. This subsection does not authorize the use of the products or similar media in violation of Chapter 83 and does not affect the applicability or enforceability of that chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.202
§ 3848.202. MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3848.207, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district to:

(1) administer the district;

(2) maintain and operate the district;

(3) construct or acquire improvements; or

(4) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.

(c) An owner of real property in the district, except property exempt under the Texas or United States Constitution or under the Tax Code, is liable for the payment of ad valorem taxes imposed by the district on the property.