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Tex. Agriculture Code § 54.008 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 54 / Section 54.008
§ 54.008. RATIO OF CAPITAL TO LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation formed under this chapter shall automatically increase its capital stock at the rate of five percent of the amount of loans made by the corporation to shareholders of its common stock.

(b) The corporation's articles of incorporation and bylaws must state the requirement of Subsection (a) of this section.
Tex. Education Code § 135.07 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 135 / Section 135.07
§ 135.07. FUNDING; GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature shall appropriate funds for administration, instruction, and physical plant operations and utilities for each campus of the system and for each extension program created before September 1, 1991, on the basis of formulas developed by the coordinating board.

(b) The legislature shall appropriate funds for administration of and instruction at each extension program created after September 1, 1991, and operated by the system on the basis of formulas developed by the coordinating board.

(c) The system may accept gifts and grants from any public or private source.
Tex. Government Code § 804.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 804 / Section 804.051
§ 804.051. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE SPOUSAL CONSENT.
Status: in_force

A public retirement system may adopt rules to require spousal consent for the selection of a service retirement annuity other than a joint and survivor annuity that pays benefits to the member's spouse on the death of the member or for the selection of a death benefits plan that pays benefits in the form of an annuity to a person other than the member's spouse on the death of the member.
Tex. Government Code § 79.020 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 79 / Section 79.020
§ 79.020. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A member of the board performing duties on behalf of the board is not liable for damages arising from an act or omission within the scope of those duties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3972.0705 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3972 / Section 3972.0705
§ 3972.0705. REQUIREMENTS FOR BOND ISSUE.
Status: in_force

The district may not issue bonds until:

(1) the district submits to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality:

(A) an engineer's report describing the project for which the bonds will provide funding, including data, profiles, maps, plans, and specifications related to the project; and

(B) a cash flow analysis to determine the projected rate of assessment, which includes the following assumptions:

(i) each ending balance for debt service in the analysis is not less than 25 percent of the following year's debt service requirement;

(ii) interest income is only shown on the ending balance for debt service for the first two years; and

(iii) the projected rate of assessment is level or decreasing for the life of the bonds issued by the district;

(2) the completion of at least 75 percent of the projected value of the improvements, including houses and other buildings, that are liable for district assessments and necessary to support the district bonds; and

(3) the district has obtained an independent market study from a firm recognized in the area of real estate market analysis supporting the development projects for the real property that is liable for district assessments and necessary to support the district bonds.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.303 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.303
§ 66.303. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

No unlicensed alien vessel may take or attempt to take by any means or possess any natural resource of the coastal water of this state.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0004
§ 550.0004. CONSISTENT APPLICATION WITH FEDERAL LAW.
Status: in_force

A power authorized or duty imposed under this chapter must be performed in a manner consistent with 42 U.S.C. Section 604a.
Tex. Utilities Code § 17.155 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 17 / Section 17.155
§ 17.155. PROVIDING COPY OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

A billing utility shall provide a copy of records maintained under Sections 17.151(c), 17.152, and 17.154 to the commission staff on request. A service provider shall provide a copy of records maintained under Sections 17.151(b) and 17.153 to the commission on request.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8275.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8275 / Section 8275.101
§ 8275.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Water Code § 5.706 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.706
§ 5.706. PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON DELINQUENT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the commission may collect, for a delinquent fee due the commission under this code or the Health and Safety Code:

(1) a penalty in an amount equal to five percent of the amount of the fee due, if the fee is not paid on or before the day on which the fee is due; and

(2) an additional penalty in an amount equal to five percent of the amount due, if the fee is not paid on or before the 30th day after the date on which the fee was due.

(b) Unless otherwise required by law interest accrues, beginning on the 61st day after the date on which the fee was due, on the total amount of fee and penalties that have not been paid on or before the 61st day after the date on which the fee was due. The yearly interest rate is the rate of interest established for delinquent taxes under Section 111.060, Tax Code.

(c) The executive director may modify a penalty or interest on a fee and penalties authorized by this section if the executive director provides a written explanation showing good cause for the modification.

(d) Penalties and interest collected by the commission under this section or under other law, unless that law otherwise provides, shall be deposited to the credit of the fund or account to which the fee is required to be deposited.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7999A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7999A / Section 7999A.0201
§ 7999A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7999A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.367 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.367
§ 1702.367. COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION; SUBPOENA; WITNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) For an investigation conducted under this chapter, if necessary to enforce this chapter or the commission rules adopted under this chapter, the department may issue an administrative subpoena to any person in this state compelling:

(1) the production of information or documents; or

(2) the attendance and testimony of a witness.

(b) A witness is not privileged to refuse to testify to a fact or to produce a record or document with respect to which the witness is properly examined by the hearings officer.

(c) A person required to testify or to produce a record or document on any matter properly under inquiry by the department who refuses to testify or to produce the record or document on the ground that the testimony or the production of the record or document would incriminate or tend to incriminate the person is nonetheless required to testify or to produce the record or document. A person who is required to testify or to produce a record or document under this subsection is not subject to indictment or prosecution for a transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person truthfully testifies or produces evidence.

(d) If a witness refuses to obey a subpoena or to give evidence relevant to proper inquiry by the department, the department may petition a district court of the county in which the hearing is held to compel the witness to obey the subpoena or to give the evidence. The court shall immediately issue process to the witness and shall hold a hearing on the petition as soon as possible.

(e) An investigator employed by the department may take statements under oath in an investigation of a matter covered by this chapter.

(f) A person licensed or otherwise regulated under this chapter who fails without good cause to comply with a subpoena issued under this section may be subject to suspension of a license under Section 1702.361.

(g) If a subpoena issued under this section relates to an ongoing criminal investigation by the department and the department determines that disclosure could significantly impede the investigation, the subpoena may provide that the person to whom the subpoena is directed may not:

(1) disclose that the subpoena has been issued;

(2) identify or describe any records requested by the subpoena; or

(3) disclose whether records have been furnished in response to the subpoena.
Tex. Estates Code § 456.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 456 / Section 456.003
§ 456.003. DUTY OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Not later than the seventh business day after the date an eligible institution receives a copy of a written agreement under Section 456.002(a) or a statement from a personal representative under Section 456.002(b) and instructions from the lawyer identified in the agreement or statement, as applicable, regarding how to disburse the funds or close a trust or escrow account, the eligible institution shall disburse the funds and close the account in compliance with the instructions.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.456 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.456
§ 21.456. GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION TO SHAREHOLDERS OF FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a fundamental business transaction involving a corporation is required to be submitted to the shareholders of the corporation under this subchapter, the corporation shall notify each shareholder of the corporation that the fundamental business transaction is being submitted to the shareholders for approval at a meeting of shareholders as required by this subchapter, regardless of whether the shareholder is entitled to vote on the matter.

(b) If the fundamental business transaction is a merger, conversion, or interest exchange, the notice required by Subsection (a) shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the plan of merger, conversion, or interest exchange, as appropriate, and the notice required by Section 10.355.

(c) The notice of the meeting must:

(1) be given not later than the 21st day before the date of the meeting; and

(2) state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the fundamental business transaction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 7.06 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 7.06
§ 7.06.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.06. Any party state that substantially fails to comply with the terms of the compact or to fulfill its obligations hereunder may have its membership in the compact revoked by a seven-eighths vote of the commission following notice that a hearing will be scheduled not less than six months from the date of the notice. In all other respects, revocation proceedings undertaken by the commission will be subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code, except that a party state may appeal the commission's revocation decision to the United States District Court in accordance with Section 3.06 of Article III. Revocation shall take effect one year from the date such party state receives written notice from the commission of a final action. Written notice of revocation shall be transmitted immediately following the vote of the commission, by the chair, to the governor of the affected party state, all other governors of party states, and to the United States Congress.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.001
§ 347.001. LEGISLATIVE FINDING.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that credit transactions, both credit sales and consumer loans, for the purchase of manufactured homes should be regulated equally in the same chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2004.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2004 / Section 2004.003
§ 2004.003. NOT SUBJECT TO FEDERAL REGULATION.
Status: in_force

An incandescent light bulb that is manufactured in this state and remains in this state is not subject to federal law or federal regulation under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.3561 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.3561
§ 205.3561. EXPERT IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

An expert who assists the acupuncture board is immune from suit and judgment and may not be subjected to a suit for damages for any investigation, report, recommendation, statement, evaluation, finding, or other action taken without fraud or malice in the course of assisting the board in a disciplinary proceeding. The attorney general shall represent the expert in any suit resulting from a service provided by the expert in good faith to the acupuncture board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9006.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9006 / Section 9006.003
§ 9006.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All territory and other property included within the boundaries of the authority will benefit from the projects, improvements, works, and measures to be constructed and accomplished by the authority under powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.254
§ 1100.254. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 91.122 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 91 / Section 91.122
§ 91.122. GRADE NO.
Status: in_force

1. Grade No. 1 potatoes:

(1) are sound;

(2) are practically free from dirt or foreign matter, frost injury, sunburn, second growth, cuts, mechanical damage, or damage from disease or insects;

(3) are a minimum of 1-3/4 inches in diameter; and

(4) have similar varietal characteristics.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1003.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1003 / Section 1003.001
§ 1003.001. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.
Status: in_force

Except as specifically provided by law, the department is subject to Chapters 2001 and 2002, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7908.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7908 / Section 7908.002
§ 7908.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.152
§ 8501.152. APPLICABILITY OF WATER CODE.
Status: in_force

The rights, powers, privileges, and functions granted to the authority, and the authority itself, are expressly subject to Chapters 11, 12, 26, and 49, Water Code, as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8174.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8174 / Section 8174.002
§ 8174.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Fort Bend and Harris Counties created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.147 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.147
§ 43.147. WIDTH REQUIREMENT FOR DISANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality disannexing a road or highway shall also disannex a strip of area that is equal in size to the minimum area that the municipality is required to annex in order to comply with the width requirements of Section 43.054 unless such disannexation is undertaken with the mutual agreement of the county government and the municipality.

(b) The strip of area to be disannexed must:

(1) be adjacent to either side of the road or highway; and

(2) follow the course of the road or highway.
Tex. Election Code § 254.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.001
§ 254.001. RECORDKEEPING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Each candidate and each officeholder shall maintain a record of all reportable activity.

(b) Each campaign treasurer of a political committee shall maintain a record of all reportable activity.

(c) The record must contain the information that is necessary for filing the reports required by this chapter.

(d) A person required to maintain a record under this section shall preserve the record for at least two years beginning on the filing deadline for the report containing the information in the record.

(e) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Utilities Code § 14.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 14 / Section 14.001
§ 14.001. POWER TO REGULATE AND SUPERVISE.
Status: in_force

The commission has the general power to regulate and supervise the business of each public utility within its jurisdiction and to do anything specifically designated or implied by this title that is necessary and convenient to the exercise of that power and jurisdiction.
Tex. Education Code § 61.093 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.093
§ 61.093. DISBURSEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In the exercise of the authority described in Section 61.092 of this code, the board may disburse to Baylor College of Medicine, during each scholastic year of disbursement, an amount equal to the average annual state tax support per undergraduate medical student at the established public medical schools, multiplied by the number of bona fide Texas resident undergraduate medical students enrolled at Baylor College of Medicine. However, the board may never disburse an amount exceeding the amount appropriated by the legislature for this purpose.

(b) Subject to the limitations described in Subsection (a) of this section, the board may establish, by contract with Baylor College of Medicine, the method by which the disbursement shall be accomplished, and may prescribe reasonable rules and regulations necessary to ascertain the average annual state tax support per undergraduate medical student at the established public medical schools.

(c) Money appropriated for payment of contracts under the authority of Section 61.092 shall be paid to Baylor College of Medicine as follows:

(1) 40 percent of the yearly entitlement shall be paid in two equal installments to be made on or before the 25th day of September and October; and

(2) 60 percent of the yearly entitlement shall be paid in six equal installments to be made on or before the 25th day of November, December, January, February, March, and April.

(d) The amount of any installment required by this section may be modified to provide the Baylor College of Medicine and the Baylor College of Dentistry with the proper amount to which each college may be entitled by law and to correct errors in the allocation or distribution of funds. If an installment under this section is required to be equal to other installments, the amount of other installments may be adjusted to provide for that equality. A payment under this section is not invalid because it is not equal to other installments.
Tex. Occupations Code § 162.159 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 162 / Section 162.159
§ 162.159. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

The information collected, maintained, or stored by the board under this subchapter is privileged and confidential and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release or to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Utilities Code § 41.051 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 41 / Section 41.051
§ 41.051. BOARD DECISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors has the discretion to decide when or if the electric cooperative will provide customer choice.

(b) Electric cooperatives that choose to participate in customer choice may do so at any time on or after January 1, 2002, by adoption of an appropriate resolution of the board of directors. The decision to participate in customer choice by the adoption of a resolution may be revoked only if no customer has opted for choice within four years of the resolution's adoption. An electric cooperative may initiate a customer choice pilot project at any time.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.463 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.463
§ 301.463. AGREED DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless precluded by this chapter or other law, the board may dispose of a complaint by:

(1) stipulation;

(2) agreed settlement;

(3) agreed order; or

(4) dismissal.

(b) An agreed disposition of a complaint is considered to be a disciplinary order for purposes of reporting under this chapter and an administrative hearing and proceeding by a state or federal regulatory agency regarding the practice of nursing.

(c) An agreed order is a public record.

(d) In civil or criminal litigation an agreed disposition is a settlement agreement under Rule 408, Texas Rules of Evidence.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.109 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.109
§ 40.109. REGISTRATION OF TERMINAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not operate or cause to be operated a terminal facility without a discharge prevention and response certificate issued pursuant to rules promulgated under this chapter.

(b)(1) As a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a certificate, the commissioner shall require satisfactory evidence that:

(A) the applicant has implemented a discharge prevention and response plan consistent with state and federal plans and regulations for prevention of unauthorized discharges of oil and abatement, containment, and removal of pollution when such discharge occurs; and

(B) the applicant can provide, directly or through membership or contract with a discharge cleanup organization, all required equipment and trained personnel to prevent, abate, contain, and remove pollution from an unauthorized discharge of oil as provided in the plan.

(2) A terminal facility response plan that complies with requirements under federal law and regulations for a terminal facility response plan satisfies the requirements of Subdivision (1)(A) of this subsection.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 254.104 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 254 / Section 254.104
§ 254.104. FREESTANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FACILITY LICENSING FUND.
Status: in_force

All fees and administrative penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the freestanding emergency medical care facility licensing fund and may be appropriated to the department only to administer and enforce this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.072 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.072
§ 501.072. ODOMETER DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the transferor of a motor vehicle transferred in this state shall provide to the transferee a disclosure of the vehicle's odometer reading at the time of the transfer in compliance with 49 U.S.C. Section 32705.

(b) When application for a title is made, the transferee shall record the odometer reading on the application. The disclosure required by Subsection (a) must accompany the application.

(c) An odometer disclosure statement is not required for the transfer of a motor vehicle that is exempt from odometer disclosure requirements under 49 C.F.R. Part 580.

(d) The department shall provide for use consistent with 49 C.F.R. Part 580:

(1) a secure power of attorney form; and

(2) a secure reassignment form for licensed motor vehicle dealers.

(e) In this section, "transferee" and "transferor" have the meanings assigned by 49 C.F.R. Section 580.3.