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Tex. Government Code § 2116.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2116 / Section 2116.104
§ 2116.104. RULES.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall adopt rules as necessary or convenient to implement and administer this subchapter, including rules to:

(1) provide for the security of transactions in gold and silver specie and gold and silver currency and related information;

(2) determine the value of the gold and silver currency described by Section 2116.102 at the time of a transaction or in a commercially reasonable manner;

(3) establish a fee that is reasonable and necessary to administer this subchapter;

(4) authorize and approve vendors, including financial institutions, to provide an electronic system described by Section 2116.102; and

(5) adopt policies and procedures to prevent:

(A) fraud; and

(B) transactions in gold and silver specie or gold and silver currency involving a foreign adversary, or a person associated with a foreign adversary, as determined under 15 C.F.R. Section 791.4.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1454.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1454 / Section 1454.103
§ 1454.103. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any sanctions authorized by this subchapter, the commissioner may impose an administrative penalty in accordance with Chapter 84 on a health benefit plan issuer that violates this chapter.

(b) On a finding that a health benefit plan issuer knowingly violated this chapter, the commissioner may impose in addition to the administrative penalty authorized by Section 84.022 an administrative penalty that does not exceed $25,000.
Tex. Property Code § 53.157 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.157
§ 53.157. DISCHARGE OF LIEN.
Status: in_force

An affidavit claiming a mechanic's lien filed under Section 53.052 may be discharged of record by:

(1) recording a lien release signed by the claimant under Section 53.152;

(2) failing to institute suit to foreclose the lien in the county in which the improvement is located within the period prescribed by Section 53.158, 53.175, or 53.208;

(3) recording the original or certified copy of a final judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction providing for the discharge;

(4) filing the bond and notice in compliance with Subchapter H;

(5) filing the bond in compliance with Subchapter I; or

(6) recording a certified copy of the order removing the lien under Section 53.160, provided that no bond or deposit as described by Section 53.161 was filed by the claimant within 30 days after the date the order was entered.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974A / Section 7974A.0403
§ 7974A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.057 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.057
§ 200.057. ADOPTION OF RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A real estate investment trust may adopt a restated certificate of formation as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 3, by following the same procedures to amend its certificate of formation under Sections 200.053-200.056, except that shareholder approval is not required if an amendment is not adopted.

(b) If shares of the real estate investment trust have not been issued and the restated certificate of formation is adopted by the trust managers, the majority of the trust managers may sign the restated certificate of formation on behalf of the real estate investment trust.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.057 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 464 / Section 464.057
§ 464.057. REVOCATION OF EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The department may revoke the exemption after notice and hearing if:

(1) the organization conducting the program fails to timely inform the department of any material change in the program's registration information;

(2) any program advertisement or literature fails to include the statements required by Section 464.055; or

(3) the organization violates this subchapter or a department rule adopted under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.052
§ 1087.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Notice of a directors' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Upton County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 36.22 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.22
§ 36.22. CONVERSING WITH JURY.
Status: in_force

No person shall be permitted to be with a jury while it is deliberating. No person shall be permitted to converse with a juror about the case on trial except in the presence and by the permission of the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7946A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7946A / Section 7946A.0105
§ 7946A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(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. Utilities Code § 59.032 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 59 / Section 59.032
§ 59.032. CUSTOMER PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) An electing company may offer a promotion for a regulated service for not more than 90 days in any 12-month period.

(b) The electing company shall file with the commission a promotional offering that consists of:

(1) waiver of installation charges or service order charges, or both, for not more than 90 days in a 12-month period; or

(2) a temporary discount of not more than 25 percent from the tariffed rate for not more than 60 days in a 12-month period.

(c) An electing company is not required to obtain commission approval to make a promotional offering described by Subsection (b).

(d) An electing company may offer a promotion of any regulated service as part of a package of services consisting of any regulated service with any other regulated or unregulated service or any service of an affiliate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8502.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8502 / Section 8502.005
§ 8502.005. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY; STATE SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

The powers and duties granted to the authority by this chapter are subject to all legislative declarations of public policy in the maximum utilization of the storm waters, floodwaters, and unappropriated flow waters of the Brazos River watershed and developed groundwater of the Brazos River basin for the purposes for which the authority is created, as expressed and indicated in this chapter, and subject to the continuing rights of supervision by the state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 373A.105 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 373A / Section 373A.105
§ 373A.105. TITLE TO LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) A trust may retain title to land it acquires and may lease housing units located on the land or sell housing units located on the land under long-term ground leases, as provided by Section 373A.106.

(b) A trust may not transfer title to any land owned by the trust without obtaining:

(1) a unanimous vote of the board members of the trust;

(2) approval by the municipality and county in which the land is located, as provided through a resolution of the governing bodies of the municipality and county adopted with the affirmative vote of four-fifths of the members following a public hearing; and

(3) the provision by the board of the trust of advance notice to all persons who own or rent housing units located on land owned by the trust.
Tex. Transportation Code § 661.0015 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 661 / Section 661.0015
§ 661.0015. PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR FOR AUTOCYCLE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "autocycle" means a motor vehicle, other than a tractor, that is:

(1) designed to have when propelled not more than three wheels on the ground;

(2) equipped with seat belts and a steering mechanism;

(3) equipped with seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride the seat; and

(4) manufactured and certified to comply with federal safety requirements for a motorcycle.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, an autocycle is considered to be a motorcycle, except that this chapter does not apply to an autocycle that has a partially or fully enclosed cab.
Tex. Penal Code § 39.03 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 39 / Section 39.03
§ 39.03. OFFICIAL OPPRESSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he:

(1) intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful;

(2) intentionally denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, knowing his conduct is unlawful; or

(3) intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment.

(b) For purposes of this section, a public servant acts under color of his office or employment if he acts or purports to act in an official capacity or takes advantage of such actual or purported capacity.

(c) In this section, "sexual harassment" means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, submission to which is made a term or condition of a person's exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, either explicitly or implicitly.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that an offense is a felony of the third degree if the public servant acted with the intent to impair the accuracy of data reported to the Texas Education Agency through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) described by Sections 48.008 and 48.009, Education Code, under a law requiring that reporting.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 485.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 485 / Section 485.001
§ 485.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Abusable volatile chemical" means:

(A) a chemical, including aerosol paint, that:

(i) is packaged in a container subject to the labeling requirements concerning precautions against inhalation established under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1261 et seq.), as amended, and regulations adopted under that Act and is labeled with the statement of principal hazard on the principal display panel "VAPOR HARMFUL" or other labeling requirement subsequently established under that Act or those regulations;

(ii) when inhaled, ingested, or otherwise introduced into a person's body, may:

(a) affect the person's central nervous system;

(b) create or induce in the person a condition of intoxication, hallucination, or elation; or

(c) change, distort, or disturb the person's eyesight, thinking process, balance, or coordination; and

(iii) is not:

(a) a pesticide subject to Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, or to the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq.), as amended;

(b) a food, drug, or cosmetic subject to Chapter 431 or to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq.), as amended; or

(c) a beverage subject to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U. S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as amended; or

(B) nitrous oxide that is not:

(i) a pesticide subject to Chapter 76, Agriculture Code, or to the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq.), as amended;

(ii) a food, drug, or cosmetic subject to Chapter 431 or to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq.), as amended; or

(iii) a beverage subject to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as amended.

(2) "Aerosol paint" means an aerosolized paint product, including a clear or pigmented lacquer or finish.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(94), eff. April 2, 2015.

(4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.

(5) "Deliver" means to make the actual or constructive transfer from one person to another of an abusable volatile chemical, regardless of whether there is an agency relationship. The term includes an offer to sell an abusable volatile chemical.

(6) "Delivery" means the act of delivering.

(7) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(7-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(8) "Inhalant paraphernalia" means equipment or materials of any kind that are intended for use in inhaling, ingesting, or otherwise introducing into the human body an abusable volatile chemical. The term includes a tube, balloon, bag, fabric, bottle, or other container used to concentrate or hold in suspension an abusable volatile chemical or vapors of the chemical.

(9) "Sell" includes a conveyance, exchange, barter, or trade.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8494.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8494 / Section 8494.006
§ 8494.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2.01 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2.01 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3801.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3801 / Section 3801.002
§ 3801.002. HOUSTON DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A special district known as the "Houston Downtown Management District" is a governmental agency and political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 103.0025 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.0025
§ 103.0025. ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN PAST DUE FINES AND COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This article applies to a defendant's past due payment on a judgment for a fine and related court costs if a capias pro fine has been issued in the case.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court may adopt an alternative procedure for collecting a past due payment described by Subsection (a). Under the procedure, a peace officer who executes a capias pro fine or who is authorized to arrest a defendant on other grounds and knows that the defendant owes a past due payment described by Subsection (a):

(1) shall inform the defendant of:

(A) the possibility of making an immediate payment of the fine and related court costs by use of a credit or debit card; and

(B) the defendant's available alternatives to making an immediate payment; and

(2) may accept, on behalf of the court, the defendant's immediate payment of the fine and related court costs by use of a credit or debit card, after which the peace officer may release the defendant as appropriate based on the officer's authority for the arrest.

(c) A peace officer accepting a payment under Subsection (b)(2) may also accept payment for fees for the issuance and execution of the capias pro fine.
Tex. Transportation Code § 391.127 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 391 / Section 391.127
§ 391.127. SALVAGE VEHICLE DEALER LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The commission may revoke or suspend a license issued under Chapter 2302, Occupations Code, or place on probation a license holder whose license is suspended, if the license holder violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.651 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.651
§ 301.651. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Corrective action" means a fine or remedial education imposed under Section 301.652.

(2) "Deferred action" means an action against a person licensed or regulated under this chapter that is deferred by the board as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300C.0003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300C / Section 300C.0003
§ 300C.0003. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a local government that jointly created a health care provider participation district by concurrent order under Chapter 300A and is:

(1) a county with a population of more than 80,000 and less than 90,000 that borders the Trinity River;

(2) a county with a population of more than 45,000 and less than 55,000 that borders Oklahoma; or

(3) a hospital district located in a county that has a population of more than 30,000 and contains a portion of Jim Chapman Lake.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.515 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.515
§ 154.515.
Status: in_force

Sec. 154.515. POSSESSION IN QUANTITIES OF 10,000 OR MORE. (a) Except as provided by Sections 154.026(b), 154.041(f), and 154.042, a person commits an offense if the person possesses unstamped cigarettes in quantities of 10,000 or more.

(b) This section does not prohibit transportation of cigarettes by a common carrier.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.358 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.358
§ 9015.358. ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds, including refunding bonds, authorized by the law that are not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured, at the discretion of the board, by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on physical property of the authority, franchises, easements, water rights and appropriation permits, leases, contracts, and all rights appurtenant to the property, vesting in the trustee power to:

(1) sell the property for the payment of the debt;

(2) operate the property; and

(3) take other action to further secure the bonds.

(b) A purchaser under a sale under the deed of trust lien, if one is given:

(1) is the absolute owner of property, facilities, and rights purchased; and

(2) is entitled to maintain and operate the property, facilities, and rights.
Tex. Government Code § 26.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.042
§ 26.042. CIVIL JURISDICTION; JUVENILE JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A county court has concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in civil cases in which the matter in controversy exceeds $200 in value but does not exceed $20,000, exclusive of interest.

(b) A county court has juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 23.001.

(c) If under Subchapter E a county court has original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction, an appeal or writ of error may not be taken to the court of appeals from a final judgment of the county court in a civil case in which:

(1) the county court has appellate or original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts; and

(2) the judgment or amount in controversy does not exceed $250, exclusive of interest and costs.

(d) A county court has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in civil cases in which the matter in controversy exceeds $500 but does not exceed $5,000, exclusive of interest.

(e) A county court has appellate jurisdiction in civil cases over which the justice courts have original jurisdiction in cases in which the judgment appealed from or the amount in controversy exceeds $250, exclusive of costs.
Tex. Government Code § 1206.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1206 / Section 1206.023
§ 1206.023. EXCEPTION TO APPROVAL REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the duty to replace a public security or interest coupon is imposed on a corporate trustee under a trust agreement or indenture or on a paying agent for the public security, the attorney general is not required to approve and the comptroller is not required to register:

(1) the replacement public security or interest coupon; or

(2) the public security delivered on exchange of the previously issued public security.

(b) A replacement public security or interest coupon is valid and incontestable in the same manner and with the same effect as the previously issued public security.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.304 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.304
§ 131.304. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a rule, order, or permit issued by the commission under this subchapter may be assessed a civil penalty by the commission. The penalty may not exceed $10,000 a day for each violation. Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments. In determining the amount of the penalty, the commission shall consider the permittee's history of previous violations, the seriousness of the violation, any hazard to the health or safety of the public, and the demonstrated good faith of the person charged. The penalty shall be assessed, recovered, and contested in accordance with the procedures provided in Sections 131.2662-131.2664 of Subchapter G of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8846.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8846 / Section 8846.006
§ 8846.006. CONTRACTS FOR ELECTION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district shall contract with the county clerk of Kinney County to conduct the district's elections.
Tex. Water Code § 63.154 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.154
§ 63.154. AUTHORITY TO GO ON LAND.
Status: in_force

The commission and the district engineer, together with all necessary teams, help, tools, instruments, implements, and machinery, may go on any land inside the district to examine the land and make plans, surveys, maps, and profiles without subjecting themselves to action for trespass.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.231 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.231
§ 425.231.
Status: reserved

Sec. 425.231. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: REAL PROPERTY ACQUIRED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) Subject to this section, an insurer may secure, hold, and convey the following real property:

(1) real property acquired in good faith as security for a loan previously contracted or for money due;

(2) real property conveyed to the insurer to satisfy a debt previously contracted in the course of the insurer's dealings; and

(3) real property purchased at a sale under a judgment, court decree, or mortgage or other lien held by the insurer.

(b) An insurer shall sell and dispose of all property described by Subsection (a) that is not necessary for the insurer's accommodation in the convenient transaction of the insurer's business, other than an interest in minerals or royalties reserved on the sale of land acquired under Subsection (a) or an interest in producing royalties or producing overriding royalties otherwise acquired, not later than the fifth anniversary of:

(1) the date the insurer acquires title to the property; or

(2) the date the property ceases to be necessary for the accommodation of the insurer's business.

(c) An insurer may hold property acquired under Subsection (a) for a period longer than that specified by Subsection (b) if the insurer obtains a certificate from the commissioner stating that the insurer's interests will suffer materially by the forced sale of the property. The commissioner shall state in the certificate the amount of time by which the period for sale is extended under this subsection.