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Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.438 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.438
§ 2001.438. AGREEMENT WITHOUT UNIT MANAGER.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a unit if the unit accounting agreement for the unit:

(1) does not state that a unit manager will be responsible for compliance with the rules of the commission and this chapter; or

(2) states that the unit will use a designated agent.

(b) The unit shall designate with the commission an agent who will be responsible for providing the commission access to all inventory and financial records of the unit on request of the commission.

(c) The agent designated under Subsection (b) may not:

(1) hold or be listed on another license issued under this chapter, unless the holder of the license is a licensed authorized organization or an association of licensed authorized organizations; or

(2) be an owner, officer, or director of a licensed commercial lessor, be employed by a licensed commercial lessor, or be related to a licensed commercial lessor within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, unless the holder of the license is a licensed authorized organization or an association of licensed authorized organizations.

(d) The unit shall immediately notify the commission of any change in the agent designated under Subsection (b).

(e) The designated agent must complete the training required by Section 2001.107.

(f) Each licensed authorized organization that is a member of the unit shall be jointly and severally liable for:

(1) compliance with the requirements of this subchapter and the rules of the commission relating to the filing of required reports;

(2) the maintenance of bingo inventory and financial records; and

(3) except as provided by Subsection (f-1), the payment of any penalties imposed for a violation of this subchapter or commission rules related to the operations of the unit.

(f-1) If a unit demonstrates that a violation of this subchapter or commission rules is wholly attributable to a specific licensed authorized organization member or members of the unit:

(1) a penalty for the violation may not be imposed on a unit member to which the violation is not attributable; and

(2) the penalty imposed on a unit member to which the violation is attributable may not be in an amount greater than the amount initially assessed against each unit member.

(g) Each licensed authorized organization that is a member of the unit may be made a party to any administrative or judicial action relating to the enforcement of this subchapter or the rules of the commission pertaining to the operation of the unit.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1152.107 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1152 / Section 1152.107
§ 1152.107. SEPARATE ANNUAL STATEMENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurance company authorized under this subchapter to issue, deliver, or use a variable annuity contract or variable life contract shall file with the department a separate annual statement of its separate variable contract accounts.

(b) The company shall file the statement:

(1) on a form prescribed or approved by the department; and

(2) simultaneously with the annual statement required by Sections 841.255 and 882.003.

(c) The statement must:

(1) include details as to all income, disbursements, assets, and liability items associated with the separate variable contract accounts; and

(2) be under oath of two company officers.
Tex. Election Code § 127.1232 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.1232
§ 127.1232. SECURITY OF VOTED BALLOTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The general custodian of election records shall post a licensed peace officer to ensure the security of ballot boxes containing voted ballots throughout the period of tabulation at the central counting station.

(b) The general custodian of election records in a county with a population of 100,000 or more shall implement a video surveillance system that retains a record of all areas containing voted ballots:

(1) from the time the voted ballots are delivered to the central counting station until the canvass of precinct election returns; and

(2) from the time the voted ballots are delivered to the signature verification committee or early voting ballot board until the canvass of precinct election returns.

(c) A video from a system implemented under Subsection (b) shall be made available to the public by a livestream.

(d) The video recorded is an election record under Section 1.012 and shall be retained by the general custodian of election records until the end of the calendar year in which an election is held or until an election contest filed in the county has been resolved, whichever is later.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.501 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.501
§ 13A.501. ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

Engaging in organized criminal activity may be prosecuted in:

(1) any county in which an act is committed to effect an objective of the combination;

(2) if the prosecution is based on an offense involving theft of intangible personal property, the county:

(A) in which the person whose property was unlawfully appropriated resides;

(B) in which the defendant is apprehended; or

(C) to which the defendant is extradited;

(3) if the prosecution is based on an offense classified as a felony under Chapter 32, Penal Code:

(A) any county in which a victim resides;

(B) the county in which the defendant is apprehended; or

(C) the county to which the defendant is extradited; or

(4) if the prosecution is based on an offense classified as a felony under the Tax Code, any county in which venue is proper under the Tax Code for the offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8053.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8053 / Section 8053.0305
§ 8053.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8288.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8288 / Section 8288.004
§ 8288.004. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes, powers, rights, and functions stated in this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.356 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.356
§ 1001.356. REQUIREMENT TO CARRY LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A driver education instructor shall carry the person's instructor license at all times while instructing a driver education course.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8871.022 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8871 / Section 8871.022
§ 8871.022. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date on which the seventh temporary director is appointed under Section 8871.021, the temporary directors shall hold the organizational meeting of the district.

(b) The temporary directors shall select from among themselves a president, a vice president, and a secretary.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.002 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.002
§ 171.002. RATES; COMPUTATION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016 and except as provided by Subsection (b), the rate of the franchise tax is 0.75 percent of taxable margin.

(b) Subject to Sections 171.003 and 171.1016, the rate of the franchise tax is 0.375 percent of taxable margin for those taxable entities primarily engaged in retail or wholesale trade.

(c) A taxable entity is primarily engaged in retail or wholesale trade only if:

(1) the total revenue from its activities in retail or wholesale trade is greater than the total revenue from its activities in trades other than the retail and wholesale trades;

(2) except as provided by Subsection (c-1), less than 50 percent of the total revenue from activities in retail or wholesale trade comes from the sale of products it produces or products produced by an entity that is part of an affiliated group to which the taxable entity also belongs; and

(3) the taxable entity does not provide retail or wholesale utilities, including telecommunications services, electricity, or gas.

(c-1) Subsection (c)(2) does not apply to total revenue from activities in a retail trade described by Major Group 58 of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual published by the federal Office of Management and Budget.

(c-2) For purposes of Subsection (c)(3), the provision of telecommunications services does not include selling telephone prepaid calling cards.

(d) A taxable entity is not required to pay any tax and is not considered to owe any tax for a period if:

(1) the amount of tax computed for the taxable entity is less than $1,000; or

(2) the amount of the taxable entity's total revenue from its entire business is less than or equal to $2.47 million or the amount determined under Section 171.006 per 12-month period on which margin is based.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2035.016 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2035 / Section 2035.016
§ 2035.016. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast in the election favor the legalization of pari-mutuel wagering on horse races or greyhound races in the county, or the authorization of pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast races in the county, as appropriate, the commissioners court shall certify that fact to the secretary of state not later than the 10th day after the date of the canvass of the returns.
Tex. Government Code § 495.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 495 / Section 495.021
§ 495.021. LEASE-PURCHASE, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with the commissioners court of a county to use, lease-purchase, purchase on an installment contract, or acquire in any other manner a secure correctional facility financed and constructed under the authority of the county. The contract must be subject to specific appropriative authority in the General Appropriations Act, and the facility must be managed by the institutional division.

(b) A contract under this section is subject to review and approval by the Bond Review Board under the provisions of Chapter 1231 without regard to the amount or the duration of the contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.062
§ 1122.062. RECRUITMENT OF MEDICAL STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, and take other necessary actions to recruit physicians and other persons to serve as medical staff members or district employees. The actions may include:

(1) advertising and marketing;

(2) paying travel, recruitment, and relocation expenses;

(3) providing a loan or scholarship to a physician or a person currently enrolled in health care education courses at an institution of higher education who contracts to become a medical staff member or district employee; or

(4) contracting with a full-time medical student or other student in a health occupation who is enrolled in and in good standing at an accredited medical school, college, or university to pay the student's tuition or other expenses for the consideration of the student agreeing to serve as an employee or independent contractor for the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 361.067 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 361 / Section 361.067
§ 361.067. LOCATION OF JAIL RESTRICTED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a private vendor or county may not establish a jail, detention center, work camp, or related facility in a municipality with a population of 1,500,000 or more if that facility is to be located within one-half mile of a public school, institution of higher education, or place of worship.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a booking facility that will be established within 500 feet of an existing county jail or detention facility.
Tex. Insurance Code § 546.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 546 / Section 546.102
§ 546.102. CONFIDENTIALITY OF GENETIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Sections 546.103(a) and (b), genetic information is confidential and privileged regardless of the source of the information.

(b) A person or entity that holds genetic information about an individual may not disclose or be compelled to disclose, by subpoena or otherwise, that information unless the disclosure is specifically authorized by the individual as provided by Section 546.104.

(c) This section applies to a redisclosure of genetic information by a secondary recipient of the information after disclosure of the information by an initial recipient. Except as provided by Section 546.103(b), a health benefit plan issuer may not redisclose genetic information unless the redisclosure is consistent with the disclosures authorized by the tested individual under an authorization executed under Section 546.104.
Tex. Government Code § 2051.050 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.050
§ 2051.050. TIME OF PUBLICATION.
Status: in_force

A notice must be published in a newspaper issued at least one day before the occurrence of the event to which the notice refers.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.0563 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.0563
§ 382.0563. PUBLIC PETITION TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule may provide for public petitions to the administrator in accordance with Section 505 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7661d).

(b) The petition for review to the administrator under this section does not affect:

(1) a permit issued by the commission or its designee; or

(2) the finality of the commission's or its designee's action for purposes of an appeal under Section 382.032.

(c) The commission or its designee shall resolve any objection that the United States Environmental Protection Agency makes and terminate, modify, or revoke and reissue the permit in accordance with the objection not later than the 90th day after the date the commission receives the objection.
Tex. Government Code § 411.461 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.461
§ 411.461. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older but younger than 65 years of age.

(2) "Alert" means the statewide Coordinated Law Enforcement Adult Rescue (CLEAR) alert for missing adults that is developed and implemented under this subchapter.

(3) "Bodily injury" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(4) "Local law enforcement agency" means a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing adult.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.2101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.2101
§ 1603.2101. INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER LICENSE OR STUDENT PERMIT REQUIRED; USE OF CERTAIN TERMS WITHOUT LICENSE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not perform or offer or attempt to perform any act of barbering or cosmetology unless the person holds a license or permit issued under this subchapter to perform that act.

(b) Unless the person holds an appropriate license issued under this subchapter, a person may not directly or indirectly use or cause to be used as a professional or business identification, title, name, representation, asset, or means of advantage or benefit:

(1) the term "barber" or "barbering";

(2) the term "cosmetologist" or "cosmetology"; or

(3) any combination, variation, or abbreviation of the terms listed in Subdivisions (1) and (2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3957.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3957 / Section 3957.001
§ 3957.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "County" means Fort Bend County.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal Management District No. 2.
Tex. Election Code § 52.095 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 52 / Section 52.095
§ 52.095. PROPOSITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority ordering an election in which more than one measure is to be voted on shall determine the order in which the propositions are to appear on the ballot.

(b) Each political subdivision's proposition on the ballot shall be assigned a unique number or letter on the ballot as follows:

(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), for each proposition on the ballot, the authority ordering the election shall assign a letter of the alphabet to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot; and

(2) for each proposition on the ballot to be voted on statewide, the authority ordering the election shall assign a number to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot.

(c) Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of the authority ordering the election on the measure.

(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.304 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.304
§ 7.304. TANGIBLE BILLS OF LADING IN SET.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as customary in international transportation, a tangible bill of lading may not be issued in a set of parts. The issuer is liable for damages caused by violation of this subsection.

(b) If a tangible bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts, each of which contains an identification code and is expressed to be valid only if the goods have not been delivered against any other part, the whole of the parts constitutes one bill.

(c) If a tangible negotiable bill of lading is lawfully issued in a set of parts and different parts are negotiated to different persons, the title of the holder to which the first due negotiation is made prevails as to both the document of title and the goods even if any later holder may have received the goods from the carrier in good faith and discharged the carrier's obligation by surrendering its part.

(d) A person that negotiates or transfers a single part of a tangible bill of lading issued in a set is liable to holders of that part as if it were the whole set.

(e) The bailee is obliged to deliver in accordance with Subchapter D against the first presented part of a tangible bill of lading lawfully issued in a set. Delivery in this manner discharges the bailee's obligation on the whole bill.
Tex. Water Code § 58.812 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.812
§ 58.812. PREPARING TAX ROLL.
Status: in_force

Before the issuance and delivery of the bonds, a tax roll shall be prepared in the manner provided by the Property Tax Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 883.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 883 / Section 883.056
§ 883.056. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors named in a mutual insurance company's articles of incorporation shall manage the company until the initial meeting of the members of the company.

(b) After a mutual insurance company is issued a certificate of authority, the company's board of directors may:

(1) adopt bylaws;

(2) accept applications for insurance; and

(3) transact the business of the company.
Tex. Estates Code § 351.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.003
§ 351.003. CERTAIN COSTS ADJUDGED AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

If a personal representative neglects to perform a required duty or is removed for cause, the representative and the sureties on the representative's bond are liable for:

(1) the costs of removal and other additional costs incurred that are not expenditures authorized by this title; and

(2) reasonable attorney's fees incurred in:

(A) removing the representative; or

(B) obtaining compliance regarding any statutory duty the representative has neglected.
Tex. Local Government Code § 252.047 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 252 / Section 252.047
§ 252.047. PAYMENT METHOD FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

If the contract is for the construction of public works or for the purchase of materials, equipment, and supplies, the municipality may let the contract on a lump-sum basis or unit price basis as the governing body of the municipality determines. If the contract is let on a unit price basis, the information furnished to bidders must specify the approximate quantity needed, based on the best available information, but payment to the contractor must be based on the actual quantity constructed or supplied.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 314A.104 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 314A / Section 314A.104
§ 314A.104. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The designated agency shall require a hospital operating under a certificate of public advantage to adopt a plan to correct a deficiency in the hospital's activities if the designated agency determines that an activity of the hospital:

(1) does not benefit the public as described by Section 314A.056(a)(1)(A); or

(2) no longer meets the standard prescribed by Section 314A.056(a)(1).

(b) The corrective action plan must include each provision required by the designated agency and must be submitted at the agency's direction.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1141 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1141
§ 25.1141. HOPKINS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Hopkins County has one statutory county court, the County Court at Law of Hopkins County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8104.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8104 / Section 8104.107
§ 8104.107. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

The concurrence of a majority of the directors who are present and voting at a board meeting is sufficient for matters relating to the authority's business, including:

(1) letting construction work and related matters; and

(2) purchasing existing facilities.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 16.104 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 16 / Section 16.104
§ 16.104. REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner of a mark registered under this chapter may bring an action to enjoin the manufacture, use, display, or sale of any counterfeits or imitations of a mark.

(b) If the court finds that a wrongful act described by Subsection (a) has been committed, the court shall enjoin the wrongful manufacture, use, display, or sale and may:

(1) subject to Subsection (c), require the violator to pay to the owner of the mark all profits derived from or damages resulting from the wrongful acts; and

(2) order that the wrongful counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of the defendant be:

(A) delivered to an officer of the court to be destroyed; or

(B) delivered to the complainant to be destroyed.

(c) If the court finds that the violator committed the wrongful acts with knowledge of the registrant's mark or in bad faith, or otherwise as according to the circumstances of the case, the court, in the court's discretion, may:

(1) enter judgment in an amount not to exceed three times the amount of profits and damages; and

(2) award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party.
Tex. Finance Code § 275.151 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 275 / Section 275.151
§ 275.151. OWNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

The stock of a mutual trust investment company may be owned only by fiduciary institutions acting as fiduciaries and any of their cofiduciaries.
Tex. Government Code § 855.4065 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.4065
§ 855.4065. ADDITIONAL EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the contributions a participating municipality is required to make under this subtitle, the board of trustees, after consultation with the actuary, by rule may authorize a participating municipality to make lump-sum or periodic employer contributions to the retirement system to be deposited in the municipality's account in the benefit accumulation fund.

(b) A contribution made under this section is not subject to the maximum contribution rates under Sections 855.407 and 855.501.