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Tex. Government Code § 420.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 420 / Section 420.003
§ 420.003. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Accredited crime laboratory" means a crime laboratory, as that term is defined by Article 38.35, Code of Criminal Procedure, that has been accredited under Article 38.01 of that code.

(1-a) "Active criminal case" means a case:

(A) in which:

(i) a sexual assault or other sex offense has been reported to a law enforcement agency;

(ii) physical evidence of the offense has been submitted to the agency or an accredited crime laboratory under this chapter for analysis; and

(iii) the agency documents that an offense has been committed and reported; and

(B) for which:

(i) the statute of limitations has not run with respect to the prosecution of the offense; or

(ii) a DNA profile was obtained that is eligible under Section 420.043 for comparison with DNA profiles in the state database or CODIS DNA database.

(1-b) "Advocate" means a person who provides advocacy services as an employee or volunteer of a sexual assault program.

(1-c) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

(1-d) "Law enforcement agency" means a state or local law enforcement agency in this state with jurisdiction over the investigation of a sexual assault or other sex offense.

(1-e) "Minimum services" means:

(A) a 24-hour crisis hotline;

(B) crisis intervention;

(C) public education;

(D) advocacy; and

(E) accompaniment to hospitals, law enforcement offices, prosecutors' offices, and courts.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1173, Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2013.

(3) "Sex offense" means an offense under Chapter 21, Penal Code, for which biological evidence is collected in an evidence collection kit.

(4) "Sexual assault" means any act or attempted act as described by Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code.

(5) "Sexual assault examiner" means a person who uses an attorney general-approved evidence collection kit and protocol to collect and preserve evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense.

(6) "Sexual assault nurse examiner" means a registered nurse who has completed an attorney general-approved examiner training course described by Section 420.011 and who is certified according to minimum standards prescribed by attorney general rule.

(7) "Sexual assault program" means any local public or private nonprofit corporation, independent of a law enforcement agency or prosecutor's office, that is operated as an independent program or as part of a municipal, county, or state agency and that provides the minimum services to adult survivors of stranger and non-stranger sexual assault.

(7-a) "State sexual assault coalition" means a statewide nonprofit organization that has been identified as a state sexual assault coalition by a state or federal agency authorized to make that designation.

(8) "Survivor" means an individual who is a victim of a sexual assault or other sex offense, regardless of whether a report or conviction is made in the incident.
Tex. Insurance Code § 557.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 557 / Section 557.004
§ 557.004. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; RATE.
Status: in_force

A lender who fails to provide notice as required by Section 557.002 or 557.003 or to release insurance proceeds as required by Section 557.003 shall pay to the insured interest at the rate of 10 percent a year on the proceeds held by the lender.
Tex. Transportation Code § 725.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 725 / Section 725.001
§ 725.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Load" means a load of loose material.

(2) "Loose material" means material that can be blown or spilled from a vehicle because of movement or exposure to air, wind currents, or other weather. The term includes dirt, sand, gravel, refuse, and wood chips but excludes an agricultural product in its natural state.

(3) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 621.001.

(4) "Public highway" includes a public road or street.

(4-a) "Refuse" means trash, rubbish, garbage, or any other discarded material.

(5) "Semitrailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 621.001.

(6) "Trailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 621.001.

(7) "Vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 621.001.
Tex. Utilities Code § 102.201 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 102 / Section 102.201
§ 102.201. INQUIRY INTO MANAGEMENT AND AFFAIRS.
Status: in_force

A regulatory authority may inquire into the management and affairs of each gas utility and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which each gas utility is managed and its affairs are conducted.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 121 / Section 121.023
§ 121.023. TERM OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

A health authority serves for a term of two years and may be appointed to successive terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3950.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3950 / Section 3950.056
§ 3950.056. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

The district may obtain and pay for comprehensive general liability insurance coverage from a commercial insurance company or other source that protects and insures a director against personal liability and from all claims relating to:

(1) actions taken by the director in the director's capacity as a member of the board;

(2) actions and activities taken by the district; or

(3) the actions of others acting on behalf of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7908A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7908A / Section 7908A.0201
§ 7908A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7908A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8324.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8324 / Section 8324.151
§ 8324.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8324.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1331 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1331
§ 152.1331. JONES COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Jones County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Jones County, and the judge of each statutory court designated as a juvenile court. The juvenile court judge may appoint one public member to serve on the board for a term set by the judge.

(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning of each year.

(c) The commissioners court shall pay the judges on the board an annual salary set by the commissioners court at not more than $5,000, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county. The public member serves without compensation.

(d) The chief juvenile probation officer may set the salaries and allowances of juvenile probation personnel with the approval of the board.

(e) Section 152.0005(b) does not apply to the juvenile board of Jones County.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 88.094 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 88 / Section 88.094
§ 88.094. PROHIBITED GIFT OR GRATUITY.
Status: in_force

No person may corruptly give, offer, or promise to give a member of the governmental agency, chief supervisor, deputy supervisor, or any agent or employee of the governmental agency a gift or gratuity with intent to influence the officer or person in his acts or conduct with respect to:

(1) enforcing any provision of the law applicable to oil and gas in force at the time in this state;

(2) enforcing any order or rule of the governmental agency adopted under the power and authority given to it; or

(3) the discharge of any duty imposed on him by the oil and gas laws, orders, and rules duly promulgated and in force at the time in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 301.020 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 301 / Section 301.020
§ 301.020. POWERS AND DUTIES OF GENERAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each general investigating committee may initiate or continue inquiries and hearings concerning:

(1) state government;

(2) any agency or subdivision of government within the state;

(3) the expenditure of public funds at any level of government within the state; and

(4) any other matter the committee considers necessary for the information of the legislature or for the welfare and protection of state citizens.

(b) Each general investigating committee may inspect the records, documents, and files and may examine the duties, responsibilities, and activities of each state department, agency, and officer and of each municipality, county, or other political subdivision of the state.

(c) If a person disobeys a subpoena or other process that a general investigating committee lawfully issues, the committee may cite the person for contempt and cause the person to be prosecuted for contempt according to the procedure prescribed by this chapter or by other law.

(d) Each general investigating committee shall make reports to members of the legislature that the committee determines are necessary and appropriate.

(e) Information held by a general investigating committee is confidential and not subject to public disclosure except as provided by the rules of the house establishing the committee.
Tex. Penal Code § 7.21 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 7 / Section 7.21
§ 7.21. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Agent" means a director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity.

(1-a) "Business entity" means an entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code, other than a corporation, association, or limited liability company.

(2) "High managerial agent" means:

(A) a partner in a partnership;

(B) an officer of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity;

(C) an agent of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity who has duties of such responsibility that the agent's conduct reasonably may be assumed to represent the policy of the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985A / Section 7985A.0201
§ 7985A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7985A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7914.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7914 / Section 7914.103
§ 7914.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.041
§ 383.041. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district is governed by a board of five directors appointed by the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located. The temporary directors appointed under Section 383.028 shall become permanent directors of the district, if the creation of the district is confirmed at the confirmation election.

(b) Directors serve staggered terms of four years with two or three members' terms expiring September 1 of every other year. Following confirmation of the district at the election, the temporary directors shall draw lots to determine:

(1) the two directors to serve terms that expire on September 1 of the second year following creation of the district; and

(2) the three directors to serve terms that expire on September 1 of the fourth year following creation of the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 152.018 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 152 / Section 152.018
§ 152.018. FORMER PROCEDURES NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not affect a lawful procedure or delegation of authority established before January 1, 1972, for setting the salary of a county or precinct employee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.0565 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.0565
§ 382.0565. CLEAN COAL PROJECT PERMITTING PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The United States Department of Energy may specify the FutureGen emissions profile for a project in that department's request for proposals or request for a contract. If the United States Department of Energy does not specify in a request for proposals or a request for a contract the FutureGen emissions profile, the profile means emissions of air contaminants at a component of the FutureGen project, as defined by Section 5.001, Water Code, that equal not more than:

(1) one percent of the average sulphur content of the coal or coals used for the generation of electricity at the component;

(2) 10 percent of the average mercury content of the coal or coals used for the generation of electricity at the component;

(3) 0.05 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million British thermal units of energy produced at the component; and

(4) 0.005 pounds of particulate matter per million British thermal units of energy produced at the component.

(b) As authorized by federal law, the commission by rule shall implement reasonably streamlined processes for issuing permits required to construct a component of the FutureGen project designed to meet the FutureGen emissions profile.

(c) When acting under a rule adopted under Subsection (b), the commission shall use public meetings, informal conferences, or advisory committees to gather the opinions and advice of interested persons.

(d) The permit processes authorized by this section are not subject to the requirements relating to a contested case hearing under this chapter, Chapter 5, Water Code, or Subchapters C-G, Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(e) This section does not apply to an application for a permit to construct or modify a new or existing coal-fired electric generating facility that will use pulverized or supercritical pulverized coal.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.0361 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0361
§ 51.0361. REMOVAL OR TRANSFER OF CLAIM PENDING BEFORE CHILD LABOR APPEAL TRIBUNAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by order may remove to itself or transfer to another child labor appeal tribunal the proceedings pending before a child labor appeal tribunal.

(b) The commission promptly shall mail to the parties to the proceedings a notice of the order under Subsection (a).

(c) A quorum of the commission shall hear a proceeding removed to the commission under Subsection (a).
Tex. Estates Code § 1201.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.002
§ 1201.002. ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP; BOND OF GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) At least annually, the judge shall examine the well-being of each ward of the court and the solvency of the bond of the guardian of the ward's estate.

(b) If after examining the solvency of a guardian's bond as provided by Subsection (a) the judge determines that the guardian's bond is not sufficient to protect the ward or the ward's estate, the judge shall require the guardian to execute a new bond.

(c) The judge shall notify the guardian and the sureties on the guardian's bond as provided by law.
Tex. Government Code § 2260.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2260 / Section 2260.005
§ 2260.005. EXCLUSIVE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 2260.007, the procedures contained in this chapter are exclusive and required prerequisites to suit in accordance with Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. This chapter does not prevent a contractor sued by a unit of state government from asserting a counterclaim or right of offset against the unit of state government in the court in which the unit of state government files the suit.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 87.052 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 87 / Section 87.052
§ 87.052. MAXIMUM PRODUCTION OF SOUR GAS FOR CARBON BLACK MANUFACTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) In any common reservoir in the state producing both sweet and sour gas, there shall never be produced from the common reservoir for use in carbon black manufacture a maximum daily volume of sour gas from the gas wells in excess of 750 million cubic feet.

(b) The commission shall prorate the daily volume of sour gas from gas wells among all the sour gas wells in the reservoir to prevent cognizable and preventable drainage of gas from tracts of land in the sour gas producing area segregated as to surface position and common ownership on which the sour gas wells are located.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2531 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2531
§ 152.2531. WILSON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Wilson County is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Wilson County.

(b) The commissioners court shall pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation set by the commissioners court at not less than $1,200 nor more than $4,800 for the added duties imposed on the members. The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(c) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Wilson County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3842.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3842 / Section 3842.002
§ 3842.002. NASA AREA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.013
§ 223.013. ELECTRONIC BIDDING SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may establish an electronic bidding system for highway construction and maintenance contracts.

(b) The system must permit a qualified vendor to electronically submit a bid, including any contract, signature, or verification of a guaranty check by a financial institution.

(c) That part of Section 223.004(a) requiring a bid to be opened at a public hearing of the commission does not apply to an electronically submitted bid. A copy of each electronically submitted bid shall be publicly posted within 48 hours after bids are opened.

(d) After the electronic bidding system is established, the department shall take the actions necessary to recover the department's costs of manually processing bids from a person who does not submit an electronic bid.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.406 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.406
§ 161.406. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may impose an administrative penalty on a contractor who violates this subchapter.

(b) The amount of the penalty may not exceed $10,000 a day for a violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for the purpose of imposing a penalty.

(c) The penalty amount shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;

(2) the history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(4) efforts to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.

(d) The enforcement of the penalty may be stayed during the time the order is under judicial review if the contractor pays the penalty to the clerk of the court or files a supersedeas bond with the court in the amount of the penalty. A contractor who cannot afford to pay the penalty or file the bond may stay the enforcement by filing an affidavit in the manner required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure for a party who cannot afford to file security for costs, subject to the right of the department to contest the affidavit as provided by those rules.

(e) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty.

(f) A proceeding to impose the penalty is considered to be a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 12.124 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.124
§ 12.124. LOANS FROM MANAGEMENT COMPANY PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) The charter holder or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may not accept a loan from a management company that has a contract to provide management services to:

(1) that charter school; or

(2) another charter school that operates under a charter granted to the charter holder.

(b) A charter holder or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that accepts a loan from a management company may not enter into a contract with that management company to provide management services to the school.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.228 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.228
§ 3916.228. DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the voters voting at the election approve the proposition or propositions, the board shall declare the results and, by order, shall establish the defined area and describe it by metes and bounds or designate the specific property.

(b) A court may not review the board's order except on the ground of fraud, palpable error, or arbitrary and confiscatory abuse of discretion.