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Tex. Government Code § 2252.122 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2252 / Section 2252.122
§ 2252.122. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to each public contract entered into by a governmental entity and a contractor in which the contractor claims to be a disadvantaged or a historically underutilized business.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 751.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 751 / Section 751.002
§ 751.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Mass gathering" means a gathering:

(A) that is held outside the limits of a municipality;

(B) that attracts or is expected to attract:

(i) more than 2,500 persons; or

(ii) more than 500 persons, if 51 percent or more of those persons may reasonably be expected to be younger than 21 years of age and it is planned or may reasonably be expected that alcoholic beverages will be sold, served, or consumed at or around the gathering; and

(C) at which the persons will remain:

(i) for more than five continuous hours; or

(ii) for any amount of time during the period beginning at 10 p.m. and ending at 4 a.m.

(2) "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, firm, corporation, partnership, or association.

(3) "Promote" includes organize, manage, finance, or hold.

(4) "Promoter" means a person who promotes a mass gathering.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.0551 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0551
§ 51.0551.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.0551. LISTS OF PUBLIC LAND OFFERED FOR SALE: CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person, including a corporation or an association, commits an offense if he reproduces, prints, or prepares or sells or furnishes a printed, multigraphed, or mimeographed list prepared by or under the direction of the commissioner offering for sale or lease any state or public school land.

(b) This section does not prohibit the commissioner or land board from advertising in a newspaper or otherwise as is provided by law nor a newspaper or periodical from publishing the list in a regular issue as a news item.

(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.253
§ 463.253. INSOLVENT INSURER.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a member insurer that is an insolvent insurer.

(b) The association shall provide money, pledges, guarantees, or other means reasonably necessary to discharge the insurer's duties and to:

(1) guarantee, assume, reissue, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, reissued, or reinsured, the insurer's policies or contracts; or

(2) ensure payment of the insurer's contractual obligations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3806.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3806 / Section 3806.003
§ 3806.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Harris County, the City of Houston, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the Richmond Avenue area of Houston.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of September 1, 1997, to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1805.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1805 / Section 1805.103
§ 1805.103. OUT-OF-STATE EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

In lieu of an examination under this subchapter, the department may accept the report of an examination made by the insurance supervisory official of another state in accordance with the laws of that state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.060
§ 1021.060. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the affairs of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 26.291 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.291
§ 26.291. RANDALL COUNTY.
Status: in_force

In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the County Court of Randall County has original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3894.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3894 / Section 3894.106
§ 3894.106. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers that:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code, provides to a municipality.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 34.006 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 34 / Section 34.006
§ 34.006. STUDY.
Status: in_force

The Texas Workforce Commission, in collaboration with local workforce development boards and the appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of representatives, shall:

(1) study methods to improve the delivery of workforce services to persons residing in minimum service counties, as defined by the Texas Workforce Commission; and

(2) develop recommendations to improve the delivery of services described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Finance Code § 394.209 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 394 / Section 394.209
§ 394.209. WRITTEN DEBT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A debt management services provider may not prepare a debt management services agreement before the provider has fully complied with Sections 394.208(a) and (b).

(b) Each debt management services agreement must:

(1) be dated and signed by the consumer;

(2) include the name and address of the consumer and the name, address, and telephone number of the provider;

(3) describe the services to be provided;

(4) state all fees, individually itemized, to be paid by the consumer;

(5) if the proposed debt management plan does not provide for a reduction of principal as a concession, list in the agreement or accompanying document, to the extent the information is available to the provider at the time the agreement is executed, each participating creditor of the consumer to which payments will be made and, based on information provided by the consumer, the amount owed to each creditor and the schedule of payments the consumer will be required to make to the creditor, including the amount and date on which each payment will be due;

(6) state the existence of a surety bond or insurance for consumer claims;

(7) state that establishment of a debt management plan may impact the consumer's credit rating and credit score either favorably or unfavorably, depending on creditor policies and the consumer's payment history before and during participation in the debt management plan; and

(8) state that either party may cancel the agreement without penalty at any time on 10 days' notice and that a consumer who cancels an agreement is entitled to a refund of all money that the consumer has paid to the provider that has not been disbursed.

(c) A debt management services agreement may contain a voluntary consumer arbitration provision or a voluntary mediation provision.

(d) A provider may deliver the debt management services agreement through the Internet if the provider:

(1) has complied with the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.);

(2) sends the consumer a paper copy of the agreement not later than the seventh day after the date of a request by a consumer to do so; and

(3) discloses on a prominent page of its Internet website:

(A) the provider's name and each name under which it does business;

(B) the provider's principal business address and telephone number; and

(C) the names of the provider's principal officers.

(e) If the provider discusses its services or negotiates with a consumer primarily in a language other than English, the provider may not begin performance of a debt management plan until the provider and consumer sign a copy of the written agreement, provided by the debt management services provider, in that language and a copy is made available to the consumer.
Tex. Property Code § 112.010 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.010
§ 112.010. PRESUMED ACCEPTANCE BY BENEFICIARY; DISCLAIMER.
Status: repealed

(a) Acceptance by a beneficiary of an interest in a trust is presumed.

(b) A disclaimer of an interest in or power over trust property is governed by Chapter 240.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 , Sec. 16(4), eff. September 1, 2015.

(c-1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 , Sec. 16(4), eff. September 1, 2015.

(c-2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 , Sec. 16(4), eff. September 1, 2015.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 , Sec. 16(4), eff. September 1, 2015.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 562 , Sec. 16(4), eff. September 1, 2015.
Tex. Labor Code § 205.011 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 205 / Section 205.011
§ 205.011. APPLICABILITY OF SUBTITLE; WAIVER BY REIMBURSING EMPLOYER.
Status: in_force

(a) A reimbursing employer is entitled to the rights and privileges and subject to the duties and responsibilities of all provisions of this subtitle other than the following provisions of Chapter 204, which do not apply to a reimbursing employer:

(1) Sections 204.001-204.008;

(2) Subchapters B, C, and D of Chapter 204; and

(3) Sections 204.081-204.085.

(b) An election to become a reimbursing employer is a waiver of the rights afforded under Chapter 204 that do not apply to a reimbursing employer.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.975 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.975
§ 201.975. DEDICATION OF REVENUE TO FUND.
Status: in_force

Annually, the revenue of the state that is dedicated or appropriated to the fund pursuant to Section 49-o(d), Article III, Texas Constitution, shall be deposited to the fund in accordance with Section 49-o(e), Article III, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.002
§ 2166.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a building construction project of the state, the acquisition of real property for state purposes, and the disposition of real property owned by the state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 172.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 172 / Section 172.002
§ 172.002. REMOVAL OF PLACENTA FROM HOSPITAL OR BIRTHING CENTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except for the portion of a delivered placenta that is necessary for an examination described by Subsection (d), a hospital or birthing center without a court order shall allow a woman who has given birth in the facility, or a spouse of the woman if the woman is incapacitated or deceased, to take possession of and remove from the facility the placenta if:

(1) the woman tests negative for infectious diseases as evidenced by the results of the diagnostic testing required by Section 81.090; and

(2) the person taking possession of the placenta signs a form prescribed by the department acknowledging that:

(A) the person has received from the hospital or birthing center educational information prescribed by the department concerning the spread of blood-borne diseases from placentas, the danger of ingesting formalin, and the proper handling of placentas; and

(B) the placenta is for personal use.

(b) A person removing a placenta from a hospital or birthing center under this section may only retain the placenta for personal use and may not sell the placenta.

(c) A hospital or birthing center shall retain a signed form received under Subsection (a) with the woman's medical records.

(d) This section does not prohibit a pathological examination of the delivered placenta that is ordered by a physician or required by a policy of the hospital or birthing center.

(e) This section does not authorize a woman or the woman's spouse to interfere with a pathological examination of the delivered placenta that is ordered by a physician or required by a policy of the hospital or birthing center.

(f) A hospital or birthing center that allows a person to take possession of and remove from the facility a delivered placenta in compliance with this section is not required to dispose of the placenta as medical waste.

(g) A hospital or birthing center that acts in accordance with this section is not liable for the act in a civil action, a criminal prosecution, or an administrative proceeding.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.303 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 19A / Section 19A.303
§ 19A.303. BAILIFF'S VIOLATION OF DUTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A bailiff may not:

(1) take part in the discussions or deliberations of the grand jury; or

(2) be present when the grand jury is discussing or voting on a question.

(b) The grand jury shall report to the court any violation of duty by a bailiff. The court may punish the bailiff for the violation as for contempt.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6614.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6614 / Section 6614.004
§ 6614.004. GOVERNING LAW.
Status: in_force

The general laws applicable to conservation and reclamation districts govern the district.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2410 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2410
§ 54.2410. CLERK.
Status: in_force

(a) The district clerk serves as clerk of the magistrate court, except that:

(1) after a Class A or Class B misdemeanor is filed in the county court at law and assigned to the magistrate court, the county clerk serves as clerk for that misdemeanor case; and

(2) after a Class C misdemeanor is filed in a justice court and assigned to the magistrate court, the originating justice court clerk serves as clerk for that misdemeanor case.

(b) The district clerk shall establish a docket and keep the minutes for the cases filed in or transferred to the magistrate court. The district clerk shall perform any other duties that local administrative rules require in connection with the implementation of this subchapter. The local administrative judge shall ensure that the duties required under this subsection are performed. To facilitate the duties associated with serving as the clerk of the magistrate court, the district clerk and the deputies of the district clerk may serve as deputy justice clerks and deputy county clerks at the discretion of the district clerk.

(c) The clerk of the case shall include as part of the record on appeal a copy of the order and local administrative rule under which a magistrate court acted.
Tex. Local Government Code § 244.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 244 / Section 244.002
§ 244.002. NOTICE OF PROPOSED LOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency of the state, a political subdivision of the state, or a private vendor operating under a contract with an agency or political subdivision of the state that proposes to construct or operate a correctional or rehabilitation facility within 1,000 feet of a residential area, a primary or secondary school, property designated as a public park or public recreation area by the state or a political subdivision of the state, or a church, synagogue, or other place of worship shall:

(1) provide written notice to:

(A) the commissioners court of any county with an unincorporated area that includes all or part of the land within 1,000 feet of the proposed correctional or rehabilitation facility; and

(B) the governing body of any municipality that includes within its boundaries all or part of the land within 1,000 feet of the proposed correctional or rehabilitation facility; and

(2) post the notice required by Subsection (d).

(b) An entity required to give notice under Subsection (a) shall give notice not later than the 60th day before the date the entity begins construction or operation of the correctional or rehabilitation facility, whichever date is earlier. The entity shall include in the notice:

(1) a statement of the entity's intent to construct or operate a correctional or rehabilitation facility in an area described by Subsection (a);

(2) a description of the proposed location of the facility; and

(3) a statement that this subchapter governs the procedure for notice of and consent to the facility.

(c) For purposes of this subchapter, distance is measured along the shortest straight line between the nearest property line of the correctional or rehabilitation facility and the nearest property line of the residential area, school, park, recreation area, or place of worship, as appropriate.

(d) An entity described by Subsection (a) shall prominently post an outdoor sign at the proposed location of the correctional or rehabilitation facility stating that a correctional or rehabilitation facility is intended to be located on the premises and providing the name and business address of the entity. The sign must be at least 24 by 36 inches in size and must be written in lettering at least two inches in size. The municipality or county in which the correctional or rehabilitation facility is to be located may require the sign to be both in English and a language other than English if it is likely that a substantial number of the residents in the area speak a language other than English as their familiar language.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8271.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8271 / Section 8271.202
§ 8271.202. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS DURING CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may appropriate or set aside out of the proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under this chapter an amount for the payment of interest, administrative, and operating expenses expected to accrue during a period of construction, as may be provided in the bond orders or resolutions.

(b) For purposes of this section, the period of construction may not exceed three years.
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.207 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.207
§ 161.207. APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A respondent may appeal the decision by filing a petition in a district court in the county within 30 days after the date of the decision.

(b) An appeal brought under this section is not limited to questions of law, and the substantial evidence rule does not apply. The action shall be determined by trial de novo. The reviewing court shall try all issues of fact and law in the manner applicable to other civil suits in this state but may not admit in evidence the fact of prior action by the commission or the nature of that action, except to the limited extent necessary to show compliance with statutory provisions that vest jurisdiction in the court. A party is entitled, on demand, to a jury determination of any issue of fact on which a jury determination is available in other civil suits in this state.

(c) If the district court renders judgment for the petitioner, and the petitioner is a county employee, the court may order reinstatement of the county employee, payment of back pay, or other appropriate relief.

(d) If the district court renders judgment for the petitioner, the court may order appropriate relief, including costs and attorney's fees.
Tex. Government Code § 155.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 155 / Section 155.052
§ 155.052. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the advisory board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the advisory board until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) this chapter;

(2) the role and functions of the advisory board; and

(3) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the commission.
Tex. Water Code § 37.007 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 37 / Section 37.007
§ 37.007. LICENSING EXAMINATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall prescribe the content of licensing examinations. Examinations shall be based on laws, rules, job duties, and standards relating to licenses issued by the commission.

(b) The commission shall determine the location and frequency of examinations.

(c) Not later than the 45th day after the date a person takes a licensing examination under this chapter, the commission shall notify the person of the results of the examination.

(d) If requested in writing by a person who fails a licensing examination administered under this chapter, the commission, within a reasonable time, shall provide the person with an analysis of the person's performance on the examination. The commission shall ensure that an examination analysis does not compromise the fair and impartial administration of future examinations.

(e) The commission shall ensure that an otherwise qualified person with a physical, mental, or developmental disability is provided with a reasonable opportunity to take a licensing examination.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9016.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9016 / Section 9016.204
§ 9016.204. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS NOT TO BE PAID BY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Bonds or other obligations of the district:

(1) may not be paid wholly or partly by taxes imposed by the county or the municipality;

(2) are not debts of the county or municipality; and

(3) do not give rise to a claim against the county or municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1109.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.107
§ 1109.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine:

(1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system; and

(2) the type of equipment necessary for hospital care.

(b) The board may:

(1) acquire by purchase or lease property, including facilities and equipment, for the district to use in the hospital system; and

(2) mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price.

(c) The board may lease district hospital facilities to or from individuals, companies, corporations, or other legal entities.

(d) The board may sell or otherwise dispose of property, including facilities and equipment.