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Tex. Occupations Code § 51.3511 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.3511
§ 51.3511. ISSUANCE OF EMERGENCY ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the executive director determines that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health and safety, the executive director may issue an emergency order to:

(1) suspend or revoke a license or other authorization issued under a program regulated by the department; or

(2) halt operation of an unsafe facility or unsafe equipment that is subject to regulation by the department.

(b) The executive director may issue an emergency order with or without notice and hearing as the executive director considers practicable under the circumstances.

(c) If an emergency order is issued under this section without a hearing, the executive director shall set the time and place for a hearing conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings to affirm, modify, or set aside the emergency order not later than the 10th day after the date the order was issued. The order shall be affirmed to the extent that reasonable cause existed to issue the order.

(d) The commission by rule may prescribe procedures for the determination and appeal of an emergency order issued under this section, including a rule allowing the commission to affirm, modify, or set aside a decision made by the State Office of Administrative Hearings under Subsection (c).

(e) A proceeding under this section is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 50.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 50 / Section 50.06
§ 50.06. TESTIMONY WRITTEN DOWN.
Status: in_force

In all such investigations, the testimony of all witnesses examined before the jury shall be reduced to writing by or under the direction of the justice and signed by each witness. Such testimony together with the verdict and all bail bonds taken in the case shall be certified to and returned by the justice to the next district or criminal district court of his county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.001
§ 8501.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the Angelina and Neches River Authority.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1803.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1803 / Section 1803.002
§ 1803.002. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each insurer that enters into an insurance policy or other contract or agreement with a state agency for the purchase by the state agency of property, casualty, or liability insurance coverage, including a policy, contract, or agreement subject to competitive bidding requirements, shall report to the State Office of Risk Management the intended sale of the insurance coverage.

(b) The insurer shall report the intended sale of the insurance coverage not later than the 30th day before the date the sale is scheduled to occur in the manner prescribed by the State Office of Risk Management.

(c) The State Office of Risk Management may require an insurer to submit copies of insurance forms, policies, and other relevant information.
Tex. Local Government Code § 325.045 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 325 / Section 325.045
§ 325.045. PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall make monthly progress payments under construction contracts as the work proceeds, or at more frequent intervals as determined by the board.

(b) If requested by the board, the contractor shall furnish an analysis of the total contract price showing the amount included for each principal category of the work, in such detail as requested, to provide a basis for determining progress payments.

(c) In making progress payments, the district shall retain 10 percent of the estimated amount until final completion and acceptance of the contract work. However, if the board, at any time after 50 percent of the work has been completed, finds that satisfactory progress is being made, it may authorize any of the remaining progress payments to be made in full. Also, if the work is substantially complete, the board, if it finds the amount retained to be in excess of the amount adequate for the protection of the district, may release to the contractor all or a part of the excess amount.

(d) On completion and acceptance of each separate project, work, or other division of the contract, on which the price is stated separately in the contract, payment may be made without retention of a percentage.

(e) When construction work is completed according to the terms of the contract, the board shall draw a warrant on the depository to pay any balance due on the contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3810.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3810 / Section 3810.101
§ 3810.101. DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the powers given to:

(1) a corporation created under Chapter 505, Local Government Code;

(2) a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394, Local Government Code, to provide housing or residential development projects in the district; and

(3) an eligible political subdivision under Chapter 221, Natural Resources Code.

(b) The district may exercise its powers in an area outside the district if the board determines that exercising that power benefits the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.051
§ 1251.051. EMPLOYERS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, "employee" includes:

(1) an officer, manager, or employee of the employer;

(2) an individual proprietor or partner, if the employer is an individual proprietorship or partnership;

(3) an officer, manager, or employee of a subsidiary or affiliated corporation; and

(4) an individual proprietor, partner, or employee of an individual or firm, if the business of the employer and the individual or firm is under common control through stock ownership, contract, or otherwise.

(b) A policy issued to insure employees of a public body may provide that the term "employee" includes an elected or appointed officer of the body.

(c) A policy issued to the trustees of a fund established by an employer may provide that the term "employee" includes a trustee, an employee of the trustees, or both, if the person's duties are principally connected with the trusteeship.

(d) A group accident and health insurance policy may be issued to an employer or trustees of a fund established by an employer to insure the employer's active and retired employees for the benefit of persons other than the employer.

(e) The employer or the trustees of a fund established by an employer are the policyholder under a policy to which this section applies.
Tex. Family Code § 91.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 91 / Section 91.002
§ 91.002. REPORTING BY WITNESSES ENCOURAGED.
Status: in_force

A person who witnesses family violence is encouraged to report the family violence to a local law enforcement agency.
Tex. Occupations Code § 403.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 403 / Section 403.051
§ 403.051. ADVISORY BOARD.
Status: in_force

The department shall appoint an advisory board to provide advice and recommendations to the department on technical matters relevant to the administration of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6002.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6002 / Section 6002.154
§ 6002.154. FIRE ALARM TECHNICIAN, RESIDENTIAL FIRE ALARM SUPERINTENDENT, AND FIRE ALARM PLANNING SUPERINTENDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each registered firm, including a firm engaged in the business of planning, certifying, leasing, selling, servicing, installing, monitoring, or maintaining exclusively single station devices, must employ at least one employee who is a fire alarm technician, residential fire alarm superintendent, or fire alarm planning superintendent.

(b) A fire alarm technician, residential fire alarm technician, residential fire alarm superintendent, or fire alarm planning superintendent must hold a license issued by the department, conditioned on the successful completion of a written license examination.

(c) To engage in the activity for which the license is granted, an individual licensed under this chapter must be an employee or agent of an individual or entity that holds a registration certificate.

(d) A fire alarm technician may perform or supervise monitoring. A fire alarm planning superintendent may act as a fire alarm technician or a residential fire alarm superintendent. A residential fire alarm superintendent may act as a fire alarm technician.

(d-1) A residential fire alarm technician may only provide direct on-site supervision to an employee of a registered firm for work performed under this chapter in a single-family or two-family dwelling.

(d-2) An applicant for a residential fire alarm technician license must provide with the required license application evidence of the applicant's successful completion of the required instruction from a training school approved by the state fire marshal in accordance with Section 6002.158.

(e) Applications for licenses and qualifications for those licenses are subject to rules adopted by the commissioner.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.106 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.106
§ 186.106. OFFICES TO REMAIN OPEN.
Status: in_force

Unless the banking commissioner directs or consents otherwise, the home office and all additional trust offices of a state trust company initiating voluntary dissolution shall remain open for business during normal business hours until the last date specified in published notices for presentation of claims, withdrawal of accounts, and redemption of property.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.003
§ 140B.003. PREVIOUSLY SEIZED ASSETS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a remedy provided by this chapter may not be assessed against, and the attorney general may not claim or pursue in an action brought under this chapter, any proceeds, contraband, or other property of any kind over which a law enforcement authority has previously asserted jurisdiction under Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure, at the time an action under this chapter was filed.
Tex. Transportation Code § 62.063 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 62 / Section 62.063
§ 62.063. PILOTAGE CHARGES.
Status: in_force

(a) A pilotage rate charged by a pilot must be fair and just.

(b) A pilot shall furnish a schedule of pilotage rates that must be on file at all times in the office of the navigation district commissioners.

(c) Each time a change in the rates occurs, the pilot must file a revised schedule.

(d) A pilot shall strictly follow the schedule of rates on file in the commissioners' office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.301
§ 1088.301. DISSOLUTION; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be dissolved only on approval of a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order an election on the question of dissolving the district and disposing of the district's assets and obligations.

(c) The board shall order an election if the board receives a petition requesting an election that is signed by at least 15 percent of the registered voters of the district.

(d) The order calling the election must state:

(1) the nature of the election, including the proposition to appear on the ballot;

(2) the date of the election;

(3) the hours during which the polls will be open; and

(4) the location of the polling places.

(e) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.204 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.204
§ 152.204. GENERAL STANDARDS OF PARTNER'S CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

(a) A partner owes to the partnership, the other partners, and a transferee of a deceased partner's partnership interest as designated in Section 152.406(a)(2):

(1) a duty of loyalty; and

(2) a duty of care.

(b) A partner shall discharge the partner's duties to the partnership and the other partners under this code or under the partnership agreement and exercise any rights and powers in the conduct or winding up of the partnership business:

(1) in good faith; and

(2) in a manner the partner reasonably believes to be in the best interest of the partnership.

(c) A partner does not violate a duty or obligation under this chapter or under the partnership agreement merely because the partner's conduct furthers the partner's own interest.

(d) A partner, in the partner's capacity as partner, is not a trustee and is not held to the standards of a trustee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300.0001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300 / Section 300.0001
§ 300.0001. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to authorize a hospital district, county, or municipality in this state to administer a health care provider participation program to provide additional compensation to certain hospitals located in the hospital district, county, or municipality by collecting mandatory payments from each of those hospitals to be used to provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program and for other purposes as authorized under this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.512 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.512
§ 154.512. INSPECTION OF PREMISES.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person refuses to permit a complete inspection by an authorized representative of the comptroller of any premises where cigarettes are manufactured, produced, stored, transported, sold, or offered for sale or exchange, or fails to produce, on the comptroller's demand, records required by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3936.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3936 / Section 3936.156
§ 3936.156. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0852 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0852
§ 152.0852. FORT BEND COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The judges of the district courts in Fort Bend County may establish a child support office in the county juvenile office to collect and disburse child support payments that are required by court order to be made to the office. The office shall disburse the payments in the manner the court believes to be in the best interest of the parties in the case.

(b) The judges of the district courts in a county served by an office may appoint an administrator and other assistants to serve two-year terms. The administrator shall obtain a surety bond in an amount determined by the county auditor from a solvent surety company authorized to make the bonds in this state and approved by the county auditor. The bond shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of the administrator's duties and on the proper accounting of the money entrusted to the administrator. The county shall pay the premium for the bond from the general fund of the county, the child support fund, or any other available fund.

(c) The judges shall determine the duties of the administrator and assistants and set their salaries. The salaries are payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county, the child support fund, or any other available fund. The judges must approve a claim for expenses made by the administrator or an assistant or a claim for administrative expenses in operating the child support office, including a claim for payment of equipment and supplies.

(d) The office shall keep an accurate and complete record of money received and disbursed under this section. The record is open for public inspection. The county auditor or other authorized county officer or employee shall inspect and examine the records and audit the accounts quarterly. The auditor shall report the results of the audit to the judges and include any recommendations the auditor may have.

(e) The child support office may serve one or more of Brazoria, Matagorda, or Wharton counties. If a child support office serves more than one county, the judges of the district courts in the counties shall determine the location of the office. The officers and employees of the county in which the office is located shall perform the duties prescribed by this section. The counties shall pay the salaries, bond premium, and other expenses in accordance with the ratio that the population of each county bears to the total population of all of the counties served by the office.

(f) The commissioners courts shall pay the district court judges $75 a month for performing the duties prescribed by this section. The compensation shall be paid from the general fund of the county and is in addition to any other compensation the judges receive.
Tex. Water Code § 7.202 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.202
§ 7.202. PROOF OF KNOWLEDGE.
Status: in_force

In determining whether a defendant who is an individual knew that the violation placed another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury under Section 7.168, 7.169, 7.170, or 7.171, the defendant is responsible only for the defendant's actual awareness or actual belief possessed. Knowledge possessed by a person other than the defendant may not be attributed to the defendant. To prove a defendant's actual knowledge, however, circumstantial evidence may be used, including evidence that the defendant took affirmative steps to be shielded from relevant information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8478.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8478 / Section 8478.153
§ 8478.153. LIMITATION ON AREA OF NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 3 of the Act enacting this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1806.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1806 / Section 1806.101
§ 1806.101.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1806.101. REGISTRATION REQUIRED: SOLAR SALESPERSON. A person may not engage in residential solar retail for compensation unless the person:

(1) engages in residential solar retail on behalf of a solar retailer; and

(2) is registered as a solar salesperson under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.152
§ 2203.152. POLICY LIMITS.
Status: in_force

The association may not issue one or more policies insuring an individual or organization for an amount exceeding $1 million for each occurrence and $3 million in the aggregate for a year.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.324 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.324
§ 161.324. DEFENSES IN LAWSUITS.
Status: in_force

After obtaining the permission of the legislature, in any action brought in the courts against the state involving the title to a tract of land to which the state has a warranty deed, the state is entitled to plead all statutes of limitations in the general laws of this state, but this shall not be considered as a limitation to any other defense the state may have.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.001
§ 40.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991.
Tex. Water Code § 51A.003 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51A / Section 51A.003
§ 51A.003. CREATION OF SUBDISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may create subdistricts over designated territory within the boundaries of a district as provided by this section.

(b) A petition that contains the substance of the requirements of Sections 51.013 and 51.014 must be filed with the commission.

(c) The commission shall have notice of the hearing on the petition given in the manner required by Section 51.018.

(d) The hearing must be conducted in the manner provided by Section 51.020, and the commission shall grant or refuse the petition in the manner provided by Section 51.021. An appeal from the decision of the commission must be made in the manner provided by Sections 51.022 through 51.025. The commission shall appoint five directors to serve as the subdistrict board, each of whom must meet the qualifications provided by Section 51.072.

(e) Not later than the 60th day after the date on which a petition for the creation of a subdistrict is granted by the commission, the subdistrict board shall adopt an order calling elections within the boundaries of the subdistrict in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, to:

(1) confirm the creation of the subdistrict in the manner provided by Section 49.102;

(2) authorize the issuance of bonds by the subdistrict or by the district on behalf of the subdistrict to be repaid by ad valorem taxes, revenue, or ad valorem taxes and revenue derived by the subdistrict;

(3) authorize a tax within the boundaries of the subdistrict to make payments under a contract with the district to support refunding bonds of the district in accordance with the exclusions procedure provided by Section 51A.005;

(4) authorize a maintenance tax within the boundaries of the subdistrict in the manner provided by Section 49.107; and

(5) elect a permanent board of directors for the subdistrict in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, and Section 51.075.

(f) A subdistrict:

(1) may sue and be sued in its own name;

(2) until excluded from the boundaries of the district in accordance with Section 51A.005, has concurrent jurisdiction with the district that is in the territory within the boundaries of the subdistrict; and

(3) may exercise the rights and powers of the district within the boundaries of the subdistrict.

(g) The ad valorem plan of taxation applies to each subdistrict, and a hearing for exclusions of land from a subdistrict is not necessary before an election under Subsection (e) is held.

(h) A subdistrict may be dissolved in the same manner as a district.

(i) A subdistrict is governed by Chapter 51 and all other general laws of this state to the extent those laws are not inconsistent with this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4007.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.0505
§ 4007.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES; ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election under Section 4007.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.

(c) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.