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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 501.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 501 / Section 501.101
§ 501.101. USE OF CONSUMER DRIVER'S LICENSE OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER BY MERCHANT OR CERTAIN THIRD PARTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A merchant or a third party under contract with a merchant who requires a consumer returning merchandise to provide the consumer's driver's license or social security number may use the number or numbers provided by the consumer solely for identification purposes if the consumer does not have a valid receipt for the item being returned and is seeking a cash, credit, or store credit refund.

(b) A merchant or a third party under contract with a merchant may not disclose a consumer's driver's license or social security number to any other third party, including a merchant, not involved in the initial transaction.

(c) A merchant or a third party under contract with a merchant may use a consumer's driver's license or social security number only to monitor, investigate, or prosecute fraudulent return of merchandise.

(d) A merchant or a third party under contract with a merchant shall destroy or arrange for the destruction of records containing the consumer's driver's license or social security number at the expiration of six months from the date of the last transaction.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 21.072 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.072
§ 21.072. PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS OF COORDINATE SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The only purpose for adopting the Texas Coordinate System of 1927 and the Texas Coordinate System of 1983 is to recognize a system for use in the State of Texas to definitely ascertain positions on the surface of the earth.

(b) Except as provided in Section 21.041 of this code, the use of a system is not required, and the provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to set aside or disturb any corner or survey already established.

(c) The use of the term "Texas Coordinate System" on a map, report, survey, or other document is limited to coordinates based on a Texas Coordinate System as defined in this subchapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 26.041 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 26 / Section 26.041
§ 26.041. PROCEDURES RELATED TO GUARDIANSHIPS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this article:

(1) "Guardian" has the meaning assigned by Section 1002.012, Estates Code.

(2) "Letters of guardianship" means a certificate issued under Section 1106.001(a), Estates Code.

(b) A guardian who provides a court with letters of guardianship for a defendant may:

(1) provide information relevant to the determination of indigency; and

(2) request that counsel be appointed in accordance with this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 659.133 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.133
§ 659.133. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Participation by a state employee in a state employee charitable campaign is voluntary. The state campaign manager, any local employee committee or local campaign manager appointed by the state policy committee, each charitable organization, each state employee, and each state agency shall inform state employees that deductions are voluntary.

(b) The comptroller shall adopt rules establishing a process for hearing employee complaints regarding coercive activity in a state employee charitable campaign.
Tex. Government Code § 841.0091 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 841 / Section 841.0091
§ 841.0091. DIVISION OF BENEFITS ON DIVORCE OF MEMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a qualified domestic relations order incident to a divorce that awards a portion of a member's accrued benefit to a former spouse of the member and that strictly follows the terms and format of the model qualified domestic relations order, as well as any other requirements, adopted by the board of trustees for this purpose, the retirement system shall divide the accrued benefit into two separate benefits that, in combination at the time of division, are actuarially equivalent to the undivided accrued benefit.

(b) Following a division described by Subsection (a), the portion of the accrued benefit awarded the alternate payee is considered the alternate payee's sole and separate property in which the member has no interest. The board of trustees by rule shall define and specify the rights and responsibilities of the alternate payee and the terms and features of the benefit awarded the alternate payee under the order, but in no event may the alternate payee vest in the accrued benefit before the member vests or attain greater rights than are attained by the member or the member's beneficiary.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 804.101, the board of trustees by rule may prescribe terms on which the interest awarded the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order described by this section may be transferred at the alternate payee's death.

(d) The board of trustees has sole authority and discretion to:

(1) specify the terms and format that are required for a qualified domestic relations order to be acceptable for purposes of Subsection (a);

(2) require strict compliance for qualification;

(3) specify the dates on which a distribution to an alternate payee may or must begin; and

(4) establish rules for the administration of this section.

(e) This section applies to all domestic relations orders described by this section that the retirement system first determines to be qualified on or after September 1, 2009, and to those domestic relations orders determined to be qualified before September 1, 2009, that the system further determines can be construed to allow a division described by this section without harm or injury to the member's interest awarded under the original qualified order. The actuarial equivalent value of the accrued benefit payable to an alternate payee may not be greater than the actuarial equivalent value of the accrued benefit as if there had been no division and the accrued benefit had been payable to the member in the form of an annuity.
Tex. Water Code § 6.058 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.058
§ 6.058. LOBBYIST PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

A person may not be a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board.
Tex. Education Code § 22.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.104
§ 22.104. FUNDS HELD IN TRUST.
Status: in_force

All funds received by a district, other educational district, participating charter school, or regional education service center under this subchapter are held in trust for the benefit of the employees on whose behalf the district, school, or service center received the funds.
Tex. Government Code § 2105.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2105 / Section 2105.104
§ 2105.104. USE OF COMPLAINTS; ANNUAL SUMMARY.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency shall use the complaint system to monitor and ensure compliance with applicable federal and state law.

(b) An agency shall consider the history of complaints regarding a provider in determining whether to renew a contract or subgrant for the use of block grant funds by the provider.

(c) An agency shall summarize annually the types of complaints received by the agency.
Tex. Education Code § 38.0025 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.0025
§ 38.0025. DISSEMINATION OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS INFORMATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The Department of State Health Services shall prescribe procedures by which each school district shall provide information relating to bacterial meningitis to its students and their parents each school year. The procedures must ensure that the information is reasonably likely to come to the attention of the parents of each student. The department shall prescribe the form and content of the information. The information must cover:

(1) the symptoms of the disease, how it may be diagnosed, and its possible consequences if untreated;

(2) how the disease is transmitted, how it may be prevented, and the relative risk of contracting the disease for primary and secondary school students;

(3) the availability and effectiveness of vaccination against and treatment for the disease, and a brief description of the risks and possible side effects of vaccination; and

(4) sources of additional information regarding the disease, including any appropriate office of the school district and the appropriate office of the department.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1187 (H.B. 3884), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019.

(c) A school district, with the written consent of the Department of State Health Services, may provide the information required by this section to its students and their parents by a method different from the method prescribed by the department under Subsection (a) if the department determines that method would be effective in bringing the information to the attention of the parents of each student.
Tex. Estates Code § 1002.008 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.008
§ 1002.008. COURT; PROBATE COURT; STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) "Court" or "probate court" means:

(1) a county court exercising its probate jurisdiction;

(2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; or

(3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.

(b) "Statutory probate court" means a court created by statute and designated as a statutory probate court under Chapter 25, Government Code. The term does not include a county court at law exercising probate jurisdiction unless the court is designated a statutory probate court under Chapter 25, Government Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.605 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.605
§ 2.605. WAIVER OF BUYER'S OBJECTIONS BY FAILURE TO PARTICULARIZE.
Status: in_force

(a) The buyer's failure to state in connection with rejection a particular defect which is ascertainable by reasonable inspection precludes him from relying on the unstated defect to justify rejection or to establish breach

(1) where the seller could have cured it if stated seasonably; or

(2) between merchants when the seller has after rejection made a request in writing for a full and final written statement of all defects on which the buyer proposes to rely.

(b) Payment against documents made without reservation of rights precludes recovery of the payment for defects apparent in the documents.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.007
§ 2001.007. CERTAIN EXPLANATORY INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERNET.
Status: repealed

(a) A state agency shall make available through a generally accessible Internet site:

(1) the text of its rules; and

(2) any material, such as a letter, opinion, or compliance manual, that explains or interprets one or more of its rules and that the agency has issued for general distribution to persons affected by one or more of its rules.

(b) A state agency shall design the generally accessible Internet site so that a member of the public may send questions about the agency's rules to the agency electronically and receive responses to the questions from the agency electronically. If the agency's rules and the agency's explanatory and interpretive materials are made available at different Internet sites, both sites shall be designed in compliance with this subsection.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 750, Sec. 2(a), eff. September 1, 2006.

(d) A state agency may comply with this section through the actions of another agency, such as the secretary of state, on the agency's behalf.

(e) The secretary of state, Department of Information Resources, and Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office shall jointly coordinate with each other state agency to establish an Internet website that allows a person to search the rules and related information made available by state agencies under Subsection (a) by:

(1) the general topic of the rule;

(2) the type of activity or business regulated by the rule; and

(3) if applicable, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sector code for the type of activity or business regulated by the rule.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 133.047 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 133 / Section 133.047
§ 133.047. APPLICATION FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may require the payment of an application fee.

(b) The department shall set the fee in an amount reasonably necessary to cover the department's cost of carrying out this chapter, but not more than:

(1) $500 for an active aggregate quarry or pit;

(2) $500 for an inactive or abandoned aggregate quarry or pit unless the responsible party is a governmental entity in which case the fee shall be no more than $350.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.381 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.381
§ 623.381. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter provides an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit by the City of Laredo for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on certain roadways located in Webb County.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.173 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.173
§ 2001.173. TRIAL DE NOVO REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) If the manner of review authorized by law for the decision in a contested case that is the subject of complaint is by trial de novo, the reviewing court shall try each issue of fact and law in the manner that applies to other civil suits in this state as though there had not been an intervening agency action or decision but may not admit in evidence the fact of prior state agency action or the nature of that action except to the limited extent necessary to show compliance with statutory provisions that vest jurisdiction in the court.

(b) On demand, a party to a trial de novo review may have a jury determination of each issue of fact on which a jury determination could be obtained in other civil suits in this state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.062 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.062
§ 503.062. DEALER'S TEMPORARY LICENSE PLATE.
Status: repealed

(a) A dealer may issue a temporary license plate for use on an unregistered vehicle by the dealer or the dealer's employees only to:

(1) demonstrate or cause to be demonstrated to a prospective buyer the vehicle for sale purposes only;

(2) convey or cause to be conveyed the vehicle:

(A) from one of the dealer's places of business in this state to another of the dealer's places of business in this state;

(B) from the dealer's place of business to a place the vehicle is to be repaired, reconditioned, or serviced;

(C) from the state line or a location in this state where the vehicle is unloaded to the dealer's place of business;

(D) from the dealer's place of business to a place of business of another dealer;

(E) from the point of purchase by the dealer to the dealer's place of business; or

(F) to road test the vehicle; or

(3) use the vehicle for or allow its use by a charitable organization.

(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not prohibit a dealer from permitting:

(1) a prospective buyer to operate a vehicle while the vehicle is being demonstrated; or

(2) a customer to operate a vehicle temporarily while the customer's vehicle is being repaired.

(c) A vehicle being conveyed under this section is exempt from the inspection requirements of Chapter 548.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 668 (H.B. 718), Sec. 32(3), eff. July 1, 2025.

(e) For purposes of this section, "charitable organization" means an organization organized to relieve poverty, to advance education, religion, or science, to promote health, governmental, or municipal purposes, or for other purposes beneficial to the community without financial gain.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.3001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.3001
§ 1603.3001. LICENSE TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a license other than a temporary license expires on the second anniversary of the date the license is issued.

(b) A school license expires on the first anniversary of the date the license is issued.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.081 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.081
§ 161.081.
Status: in_force

Sec. 161.081. LONG-TERM CARE MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS: STREAMLINING AND UNIFORMITY. (a) In this section, "Section 1915(c) waiver program" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.0001, Government Code.

(b) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall streamline the administration of and delivery of services through Section 1915(c) waiver programs. In implementing this subsection, the department, subject to Subsection (c), may consider implementing the following streamlining initiatives:

(1) reducing the number of forms used in administering the programs;

(2) revising program provider manuals and training curricula;

(3) consolidating service authorization systems;

(4) eliminating any physician signature requirements the department considers unnecessary;

(5) standardizing individual service plan processes across the programs;

(6) if feasible:

(A) concurrently conducting program certification and billing audit and review processes and other related audit and review processes;

(B) streamlining other billing and auditing requirements;

(C) eliminating duplicative responsibilities with respect to the coordination and oversight of individual care plans for persons receiving waiver services; and

(D) streamlining cost reports and other cost reporting processes; and

(7) any other initiatives that will increase efficiencies in the programs.

(c) The department shall ensure that actions taken under Subsection (b) do not conflict with any requirements of the commission under Sections 546.0402(a), (b), and (c), Government Code.

(d) The department and the commission shall jointly explore the development of uniform licensing and contracting standards that would:

(1) apply to all contracts for the delivery of Section 1915(c) waiver program services;

(2) promote competition among providers of those program services; and

(3) integrate with other department and commission efforts to streamline and unify the administration and delivery of the program services, including those required by this section or Sections 546.0402(a), (b), and (c), Government Code.
Tex. Property Code § 65.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 65 / Section 65.001
§ 65.001. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to residential property:

(1) that has residential improvements primarily designed for not more than four families;

(2) that is not more than 10 acres of land;

(3) that is owned by more than one person; and

(4) for which at least one co-owner has received a residence homestead exemption under Section 11.13, Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.253
§ 3926.253. BORROWING MONEY; OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the terms of the development and operating agreement required under Section 3926.156, the district may borrow money for a district purpose, including the acquisition or construction of improvement projects authorized by this chapter and the reimbursement of a person who develops or owns an improvement project authorized by this chapter, by issuing bonds, notes, time warrants, or other obligations, or by entering into a contract or other agreement payable wholly or partly from an assessment, a contract payment, a grant, revenue from a zone created under Chapter 311 or 312, Tax Code, other district revenue, or a combination of these sources.

(b) An obligation described by Subsection (a):

(1) may bear interest at a rate determined by the board; and

(2) may include a term or condition as determined by the board.

(c) The board may issue an obligation under this section without an election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 240.087 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 240 / Section 240.087
§ 240.087. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates an order adopted under this subchapter and the order defines the violation as an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is prosecuted in the same manner as an offense defined under state law.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 771.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 771 / Section 771.103
§ 771.103. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall determine which public safety answering points are interested in participating in the program.

(b) Participating public safety answering points must agree to participate in any required training and to provide regular reports required by the commission for the program.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1109.013 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.013
§ 1109.013. PRESUMPTION OF UNCLAIMED PROCEEDS; REPORT AND DELIVERY OF PROCEEDS.
Status: repealed

(a) The proceeds of a life insurance policy, annuity contract, or retained asset account, and any accrued contractual interest, are first payable to each designated beneficiary or owner as provided by the applicable policy or contract or terms governing the applicable account.

(b) If a Death Master File match is confirmed, the proceeds of the relevant policy, contract, or account are considered unclaimed proceeds for purposes of this chapter on the third anniversary of the date on which, according to the insurer's records, the insurer completed a good faith effort as required by Section 1109.012(c) that failed to locate a beneficiary or authorized representative if the proceeds remain unpaid and no beneficiary or authorized representative has submitted a claim for the proceeds to the insurer before that date.

(c) An insurer shall report and deliver unclaimed proceeds to the comptroller as required by Chapter 74, Property Code.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (H.B. 1514), Sec. 18(1), eff. May 18, 2021.

(e) For purposes of this section, unclaimed proceeds do not include any statutory interest under Section 1103.104.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11010.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11010 / Section 11010.204
§ 11010.204. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

The authority may issue refunding bonds, notes, and other obligations to refund any of its bonds, notes, or other obligations in any manner provided by law, including Chapter 1207, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.1531 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.1531
§ 241.1531. EXCHANGE OF INMATE'S HEALTH CARE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law of this state, the health care information of a patient who is a defendant or inmate confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may be exchanged between health care personnel of the department and health care personnel of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston or the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The authorization of the defendant or inmate is not required for the exchange of information.