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Tex. Water Code § 5.054 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.054
§ 5.054. REMOVAL OF COMMISSION MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the commission that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 5.053(b);

(2) does not maintain during the service on the commission the qualifications required by Section 5.053(b);

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 5.053(a), 5.059, or 5.060;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than one-half of the regularly scheduled commission meetings that the member is eligible to attend during each calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the commission.

(b) The validity of an action of the commission is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a member of the commission exists.

(c) If the executive director or a member has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director or member shall notify the presiding officer of the commission of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director or another member of the commission shall notify the member of the commission with the most seniority, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.822 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.822
§ 17.822. MEAT LABELING.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person sells both kosher meat and nonkosher meat in the same retail store, the person shall clearly label each portion of kosher meat with the word "kosher." If unwrapped or unpackaged meat products are displayed for sale, the display case or container in which the meat is displayed must be clearly labeled with the word "kosher" or "nonkosher," as applicable.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person is required to label meat in accordance with this section and the person knowingly sells meat that is not labeled as provided in this section.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.107 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.107
§ 101.107. WITHDRAWAL OR EXPULSION OF MEMBER PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A member of a limited liability company may not withdraw or be expelled from the company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1003.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1003 / Section 1003.005
§ 1003.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution may provide an alternative procedure that conforms with the constitution.
Tex. Estates Code § 358.251 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 358 / Section 358.251
§ 358.251. APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE.
Status: in_force

If the personal representative of an estate neglects to apply for authority to subject estate property to a lease for mineral development, pooling, or unitization, or to commit royalty or another interest in minerals to pooling or unitization, any person interested in the estate may, on written application filed with the county clerk, have the representative cited to show cause why it is not in the best interest of the estate to make such a lease or enter into such an agreement.
Tex. Family Code § 201.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.002
§ 201.002. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be eligible for appointment as an associate judge, a person must meet the requirements and qualifications to serve as a judge of the court or courts for which the associate judge is appointed.

(b) To be eligible for appointment as an associate judge under Subchapter B or C, a person must meet the requirements and qualifications established under those subchapters.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3904.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3904 / Section 3904.006
§ 3904.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code;

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
Tex. Penal Code § 42.11 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 42 / Section 42.11
§ 42.11. DESTRUCTION OF FLAG.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly damages, defaces, mutilates, or burns the flag of the United States or the State of Texas.

(b) In this section, "flag" means an emblem, banner, or other standard or a copy of an emblem, standard, or banner that is an official or commonly recognized depiction of the flag of the United States or of this state and is capable of being flown from a staff of any character or size. The term does not include a representation of a flag on a written or printed document, a periodical, stationery, a painting or photograph, or an article of clothing or jewelry.

(c) It is an exception to the application of this section that the act that would otherwise constitute an offense is done in conformity with statutes of the United States or of this state relating to the proper disposal of damaged flags.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8237.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8237 / Section 8237.201
§ 8237.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.231 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.231
§ 131.231. LAND RECLAMATION FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Money received through the payment of fees, loans, grants, gifts, penalties, bond forfeitures, and other money received by the commission shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to a special account to be designated the land reclamation fund.

(b) The fund shall be available to the commission and may be spent for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and for the reclamation of land affected by surface mining operations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0203
§ 3965.0203. APPOINTMENT BY COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the term of a director other than a director appointed under Section 3965.0202 expires, the board shall recommend to the commission the appropriate number of persons to serve as successor directors. The commission shall appoint as directors the persons recommended by the board.

(b) A person recommended by the board under Subsection (a) must be:

(1) at least 18 years of age;

(2) an owner of property in the district;

(3) an owner of stock, whether beneficial or otherwise, of a corporate owner of property in the district;

(4) an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust that owns property in the district; or

(5) an agent, employee, or tenant of a person described by Subdivision (2), (3), or (4).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.053
§ 8801.053. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the powers and duties described in this chapter, the board has all other powers necessary or convenient to carry out its responsibilities and accomplish the purpose of this chapter.

(b) The board may adopt bylaws and policies as necessary to accomplish its purposes.

(c) The board may purchase materials, supplies, equipment, vehicles, and machinery needed by the district to accomplish its purposes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.131 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.131
§ 1301.131. ELEMENTS OF CLEAN CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonelectronic claim by a physician or health care provider, other than an institutional provider, is a "clean claim" if the claim is submitted using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Form 1500 or, if adopted by the commissioner by rule, a successor to that form developed by the National Uniform Claim Committee or the committee's successor. An electronic claim by a physician or provider, other than an institutional provider, is a "clean claim" if the claim is submitted using the Professional 837 (ASC X12N 837) format or, if adopted by the commissioner by rule, a successor to that format adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the center's successor.

(b) A nonelectronic claim by an institutional provider is a "clean claim" if the claim is submitted using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Form UB-92 or, if adopted by the commissioner by rule, a successor to that form developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee or the committee's successor. An electronic claim by an institutional provider is a "clean claim" if the claim is submitted using the Institutional 837 (ASC X12N 837) format or, if adopted by the commissioner by rule, a successor to that format adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the centers' successor.

(c) The commissioner may adopt rules that specify the information that must be entered into the appropriate fields on the applicable claim form for a claim to be a clean claim.

(d) The commissioner may not require any data element for an electronic claim that is not required in an electronic transaction set needed to comply with federal law.

(e) An insurer and a preferred provider may agree by contract to use fewer data elements than are required in an electronic transaction set needed to comply with federal law.

(f) An otherwise clean claim submitted by a physician or health care provider that includes additional fields, data elements, attachments, or other information not required under this section is considered to be a clean claim for the purposes of this chapter.

(g) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the provisions of this section may not be waived, voided, or nullified by contract.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.551 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.551
§ 1051.551. ENFORCEMENT BY CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A public official of this state or of a political subdivision of this state who is responsible for enforcing laws that affect the practice of architecture may accept an architectural plan, specification, or other related document only if the plan, specification, or document is prepared by an architect or by a person acting under the supervision of an architect, as evidenced by the architect's seal.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a plan, specification, or document that is subject to an exemption from this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8204.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8204 / Section 8204.254
§ 8204.254. CONTINUING POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each new district may incur and pay debts and has all powers of the original district created by this chapter.

(b) If the district is divided as provided by this subchapter, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of the district are not impaired. Debts shall be paid by revenue or by taxes or assessments imposed on real property in the district as if the district had not been divided or by contributions from each new district as stated in the terms set by the board under Section 8204.251(e).

(c) Any other district obligation is divided pro rata among the new districts on an acreage basis or on other terms that are satisfactory to the new districts.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.204 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.204
§ 5.204. RESIGNATION OF REGISTERED AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A registered agent of a filing entity or a foreign filing entity may resign as the registered agent by giving notice to that entity and to the appropriate filing officer.

(b) Notice to the entity must be given to the entity at the address of the entity most recently known by the agent.

(c) Notice to the filing officer must be given before the 11th day after the date notice under Subsection (b) is mailed or delivered and must include:

(1) the address of the entity most recently known by the agent;

(2) a statement that written notice of the resignation has been given to the entity; and

(3) the date on which that written notice of resignation was given.

(d) On compliance with Subsections (b) and (c), the appointment of the registered agent and the designation of the registered office terminate. The termination is effective on the 31st day after the date the secretary of state receives the notice.

(e) If the filing officer finds that a notice of resignation received by the filing officer conforms to Subsections (b) and (c), the filing officer shall:

(1) notify the entity of the registered agent's resignation; and

(2) file the resignation in accordance with Chapter 4, except that a fee is not required to file the resignation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 51 / Section 11
§ 11. PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PRECEDING SECTION.
Status: in_force

Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for extradition of the demanding State a person in his custody under the Governor's warrant, in wilful disobedience to Section 10 of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.455 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.455
§ 1001.455. APPEAL OF LICENSE REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

A person whose license has been revoked may file suit to annul or vacate the board's order revoking the license. The person may file the suit in the district court of the county in which:

(1) the person resides; or

(2) the alleged conduct that is the ground for revocation occurred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3872.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3872 / Section 3872.112
§ 3872.112. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 395.049 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 395 / Section 395.049
§ 395.049. NOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPACT FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the 30th day before the date of the hearing on the imposition of an impact fee, the political subdivision shall send a notice of the hearing by certified mail to any person who has given written notice by certified or registered mail to the municipal secretary or other designated official of the political subdivision requesting notice of the hearing within two years preceding the date of adoption of the order or resolution setting the public hearing.

(b) The political subdivision shall publish notice of the hearing before the 30th day before the date set for the hearing, in one or more newspapers of general circulation in each county in which the political subdivision lies. However, a river authority that is authorized elsewhere by state law to charge fees that function as impact fees may publish the required newspaper notice only in each county in which the service area lies.

(c) The notice must contain the following:

(1) a headline to read as follows:

(2) the time, date, and location of the hearing;

(3) a statement that the purpose of the hearing is to consider the adoption of an impact fee;

(4) the amount of the proposed impact fee per service unit; and

(5) a statement that any member of the public has the right to appear at the hearing and present evidence for or against the plan and proposed fee.
Tex. Family Code § 266.013 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 266 / Section 266.013
§ 266.013. CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 266.003(d), the commission shall continue to provide any services to children in the conservatorship of the department that the commission provided to those children before September 1, 2017.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to any services provided by the commission in relation to a child's education passport created under Section 266.008.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8315.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8315 / Section 8315.106
§ 8315.106. ANNEXATION OF DISTRICT BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may annex all or part of the territory of the district or any new district created by the division of the district only as provided by an annexation agreement described by Section 8315.004(b).

(b) A municipality is not required to annex any part of the district's territory that is outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality.

(c) A municipality is not required to assume control and operation of the district or a new district created by division of the district on annexation of all or part of the territory of the district or new district, but the municipality may assume control and operation of the district or a new district and dissolve the district or new district if:

(1) the municipality has annexed all of the territory of the district or new district;

(2) the water and wastewater facilities required to serve at least 95 percent of the lots in the district or new district, as set out by a final plat, have been completed; and

(3) the municipality has complied with the requirements of Section 43.075, Local Government Code.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, a contract between a municipality and the district or new district that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues of the district and the municipality following the date of inclusion of all or part of the district's territory in the corporate limits of the municipality, may provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the municipality and the district from taxable property in the district may exceed the city's ad valorem tax on the property.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.403 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.403
§ 43.403. DESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF STAMP.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue a saltwater sportfishing stamp to any person on the payment to the department of $5 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more. The department may issue other editions of the stamp that are not valid for fishing at an amount set by the commission. Except as provided by Subsection (d), the stamp must be signed on its face by the person using the stamp for the stamp to be valid for fishing purposes.

(b) The commission shall prescribe by regulation the form, design, and manner of issuance of the saltwater sportfishing stamp. The department shall retain the reproduction rights to the design.

(c) The commission may contract with and pay a person for designing and producing the saltwater sportfishing stamp authorized by this subchapter.

(d) The commission by rule may prescribe alternate requirements for identifying the purchaser of a stamp issued in an automated manner.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.515 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.515
§ 2001.515. COMMISSION'S DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall perform all functions incident to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the fee on prizes imposed under this subchapter for amounts due to the commission, including any necessary reconciliation of a prize fee held by the commission that is due to a county or municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1467.088 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1467 / Section 1467.088
§ 1467.088. DECISION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 51st day after the date the arbitration is requested, an arbitrator shall provide the parties with a written decision in which the arbitrator:

(1) determines whether the billed charge or the payment made by the health benefit plan issuer or administrator, as those amounts were last modified during the issuer's or administrator's internal appeal process, if the provider elects to participate, or the informal settlement teleconference required by Section 1467.084(d), as applicable, is the closest to the reasonable amount for the services or supplies determined in accordance with Section 1467.083(b); and

(2) selects the amount determined to be closest under Subdivision (1) as the binding award amount.

(b) An arbitrator may not modify the binding award amount selected under Subsection (a).

(c) An arbitrator shall provide written notice in the form and manner prescribed by commissioner rule of the reasonable amount for the services or supplies and the binding award amount. If the parties settle before a decision, the parties shall provide written notice in the form and manner prescribed by commissioner rule of the amount of the settlement. The department shall maintain a record of notices provided under this subsection.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.176 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.176
§ 81.176. DESIGNATION OF FACILITY.
Status: in_force

In a court order for the temporary or extended management of a person with a communicable disease specifying inpatient care, the court shall commit the person to a health care facility designated by the commissioner or a health authority in accordance with Section 81.159.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 102 / Section 102.002
§ 102.002. PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is established to:

(1) create and expedite innovation in the area of cancer research and in enhancing the potential for a medical or scientific breakthrough in the prevention of cancer and cures for cancer;

(2) attract, create, or expand research capabilities of public or private institutions of higher education and other public or private entities that will promote a substantial increase in cancer research and in the creation of high-quality new jobs in this state; and

(3) develop and implement the Texas Cancer Plan.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.012 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.012
§ 1551.012. EXEMPTION FROM STATE TAXES AND FEES.
Status: in_force

Any coverage established under this chapter, including a policy, an insurance contract, a certificate of coverage, an evidence of coverage, and an agreement with a health maintenance organization or a plan administrator, is not subject to any state tax, regulatory fee, or surcharge, including a premium or maintenance tax or fee.