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Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.101
§ 2602.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other powers and duties provided by this chapter, the association may:

(1) borrow money as necessary to implement this chapter according to the plan of operation;

(2) lend money to the receiver, supervisor, or conservator of an impaired title insurance company or its agent;

(3) sue and be sued, including taking any legal action necessary or proper to recover an unpaid assessment;

(4) enter into contracts as necessary or proper to implement this chapter;

(5) ensure payment of the policy obligations of an impaired title insurance company;

(6) negotiate and contract with a rehabilitator, conservator, supervisor, receiver, ancillary receiver, or other third party to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the association;

(7) guarantee, assume, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, or reinsured, a policy or contract of an impaired title insurance company;

(8) take legal action necessary to avoid the payment of improper claims or to settle claims or potential claims against an impaired title insurance company or agent, or the association;

(9) assume control of and consolidate the escrow accounts transferred to the association by an impaired agent that has been placed in receivership, supervision, or conservatorship, and:

(A) pay covered claims from the consolidated escrow accounts to facilitate processing and payment of claims;

(B) maintain a separate accounting for each transferred escrow account; and

(C) return money not used to pay a covered claim to the owner of the money in accordance with the contract governing the escrow of the money; and

(10) perform any other acts as necessary or proper to implement this chapter.

(b) The association has standing to appear before a court in this state with jurisdiction over an impaired title insurance company or agent concerning which the association is or may become obligated under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 662.156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.156
§ 662.156. DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WEEK.
Status: in_force

The second full week in September is Direct Support Professionals Week to honor the work of direct support professionals as an integral part of the long-term support system for individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140A.061 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140A / Section 140A.061
§ 140A.061. DELIBERATE NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent to avoid, evade, or prevent compliance with a civil investigative demand issued under this subchapter, knowingly removes from any place, conceals, withholds, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary material or otherwise provides inaccurate information.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not more than $5,000;

(2) confinement in a county jail for not more than one year; or

(3) both a fine and confinement.
Tex. Transportation Code § 647.019 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 647 / Section 647.019
§ 647.019. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A carrier who violates this chapter commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $5 or more than $50.
Tex. Election Code § 61.009 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 61 / Section 61.009
§ 61.009. INSTRUCTING VOTER ON CASTING BALLOT.
Status: in_force

On the request of a voter, an election officer shall instruct the voter on the proper procedure for casting a ballot.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.060
§ 3937.060. NO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

The board may not create an executive committee to exercise the powers of the board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1951.459 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1951 / Section 1951.459
§ 1951.459. PEST CONTROL SERVICES FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS.
Status: in_force

The owner of a building that is an apartment building, day-care center, hospital, nursing home, hotel, motel, lodge, warehouse, school, or food-processing establishment, other than a restaurant, retail food, or food service establishment, may obtain pest control services for that building from a person only by:

(1) contracting with a person who holds a license to perform the services; or

(2) requiring a person employed by the owner who is licensed as a certified noncommercial applicator or technician to perform the services.
Tex. Family Code § 153.009 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.009
§ 153.009. INTERVIEW OF CHILD IN CHAMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a nonjury trial or at a hearing, on the application of a party, the amicus attorney, or the attorney ad litem for the child, the court shall interview in chambers a child 12 years of age or older and may interview in chambers a child under 12 years of age to determine the child's wishes as to conservatorship or as to the person who shall have the exclusive right to determine the child's primary residence. The court may also interview a child in chambers on the court's own motion for a purpose specified by this subsection.

(b) In a nonjury trial or at a hearing, on the application of a party, the amicus attorney, or the attorney ad litem for the child or on the court's own motion, the court may interview the child in chambers to determine the child's wishes as to possession, access, or any other issue in the suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

(c) Interviewing a child does not diminish the discretion of the court in determining the best interests of the child.

(d) In a jury trial, the court may not interview the child in chambers regarding an issue on which a party is entitled to a jury verdict.

(e) In any trial or hearing, the court may permit the attorney for a party, the amicus attorney, the guardian ad litem for the child, or the attorney ad litem for the child to be present at the interview.

(f) On the motion of a party, the amicus attorney, or the attorney ad litem for the child, or on the court's own motion, the court shall cause a record of the interview to be made when the child is 12 years of age or older. A record of the interview shall be part of the record in the case.
Tex. Finance Code § 351.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 351 / Section 351.005
§ 351.005. APPLICATION OF TAX CODE.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the application of Section 32.06 or 32.065, Tax Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.252
§ 887.252. APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for an insurance certificate issued by an association must be signed by the applicant. If the applicant is a minor, the application may be signed by a parent or guardian.

(b) The application for an insurance certificate that provides that a misstatement relating to the applicant's health or physical condition may void the certificate within the contestable period must state that provision in language approved by the commissioner. The statement must be in at least 10-point type.

(c) An association shall attach to an insurance certificate a copy of the application for the certificate. The application is part of the insurance certificate.

(d) In the absence of fraud, each statement in an application for an insurance certificate is regarded as a representation and not a warranty.
Tex. Election Code § 84.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 84 / Section 84.008
§ 84.008.
Status: repealed

Sec. 84.008. SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR BALLOT VOTED BY MAIL: PERSONAL DELIVERY. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this code, an applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail may submit the application by delivering it in person to the early voting clerk if the application is submitted not later than the deadline provided by Section 84.007(c).

(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 99(7), eff. September 1, 2021.
Tex. Insurance Code § 40.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 40 / Section 40.001
§ 40.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "office" means the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.9212 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.9212
§ 171.9212. REPORTING OF ESTIMATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the beginning of each regular session of the legislature, the comptroller shall submit to the legislature and the governor estimates of:

(1) the total number of taxable entities that applied credits under this subchapter against the tax imposed under this chapter or received refundable credits under this subchapter;

(2) the total amount of those credits and refundable credits; and

(3) the total amount of unused credits carried forward.

(b) The comptroller shall provide the estimates required by this section as part of the report required by Section 403.014, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8464.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8464 / Section 8464.005
§ 8464.005. 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. Health and Safety Code § 593.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.004
§ 593.004. APPLICATION FOR DETERMINATION OF AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "authorized provider" means:

(1) a physician licensed to practice in this state;

(2) a psychologist licensed to practice in this state;

(3) a professional licensed to practice in this state and certified by the department; or

(4) a provider certified by the department before September 1, 2013.

(b) A person believed to be a person with an intellectual disability, the parent if the person is a minor, or the guardian of the person may make written application to an authorized provider for a determination of an intellectual disability using forms provided by the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8254.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8254 / Section 8254.102
§ 8254.102. WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall make available any district water or wastewater facility to each person that holds a certificate of convenience and necessity for land in the district.

(b) The district may not provide retail water or wastewater services.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.085 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.085
§ 181.085. PROHIBITION ON LAND CONTRACT EXCLUDING ANOTHER TELEGRAPH UTILITY.
Status: in_force

A telegraph corporation may not contract with an owner of land for the right to construct and maintain a telegraph line over the land to the exclusion of the line of another telegraph corporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.093 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.093
§ 433.093. UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A state officer or employee commits an offense if the officer or employee, without the approval of the commissioner, makes public information obtained by the department.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Tex. Government Code § 442.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.021
§ 442.021. EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.
Status: in_force

(a) In cooperation with the National Park Service, the commission shall administer and coordinate the efforts of state and local public and private entities in this state regarding the preservation of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail.

(b) The commission shall develop educational and interpretative programs relating to El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail.

(c) The commission shall cooperate with the Texas Department of Transportation to designate, interpret, and market the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail as a Texas historic highway.

(d) To supplement revenue available for the purposes under Subsection (c), the commission and the Texas Department of Transportation may pursue federal funds dedicated to highway enhancement.

(e) A designation of the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail as a Texas historic highway may not be construed as a designation under the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. Section 470 et seq.).

(f) The Texas Department of Transportation is not required to design, construct, or erect a marker under this section unless a grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker. Money received to cover the cost of the marker shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.003
§ 2053.003. RATE FILING AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each insurance company shall file with the department all rates, supplementary rating information, and reasonable and pertinent supporting information for risks written in this state.

(b) An insurance company may not make a filing described by Subsection (a) more frequently than once every six months.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.114
§ 1052.114. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives who are legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay all or part of the costs of the care and treatment in the hospital, the amount of the costs that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.

(c) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or part of the costs of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified amount each week for the patient's care and support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to the person's financial ability.

(d) The district administrator may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from any relative who is legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:

(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and

(2) issue any appropriate orders.

(f) The final order of the board may be appealed to the district court. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8413.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8413 / Section 8413.051
§ 8413.051. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located; and

(2) each county in which the district is located.

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.453 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.453
§ 1603.453. APPEAL BOND NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The department is not required to give an appeal bond in a cause arising under this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 2.106 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 2 / Section 2.106
§ 2.106. POWER OF NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO SERVE AS TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonprofit corporation that is described by Section 501(c)(3) or 170(c), Internal Revenue Code, or a corresponding provision of a subsequent federal tax law, or a nonprofit corporation listed by the Internal Revenue Service in the Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, I.R.S. Publication 78, or any successor I.R.S. publication, may serve as the trustee of a trust:

(1) of which the nonprofit corporation is a beneficiary; or

(2) benefiting another organization described by one of those sections of the Internal Revenue Code, or a corresponding provision of a subsequent federal tax law, or listed by the Internal Revenue Service in the Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, I.R.S. Publication 78, or any successor I.R.S. publication.

(b) Any corporation (or person or entity assisting such corporation) described in this section shall have immunity from suit (including both a defense to liability and the right not to bear the cost, burden, and risk of discovery and trial) as to any claim alleging that the corporation's role as trustee of a trust described in this section constitutes engaging in the trust business in a manner requiring a state charter as defined in Section 181.002(a)(9), Finance Code. An interlocutory appeal may be taken if a court denies or otherwise fails to grant a motion for summary judgment that is based on an assertion of the immunity provided in this subsection.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.013 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.013
§ 111.013. CONTROL OF PIPELINES.
Status: in_force

A pipeline subject to the provisions of this chapter not exempt under Section 111.003, which is used in connection with the business of purchasing or purchasing and selling crude petroleum, or in the business of transporting coal, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, feedstock for carbon gasification, the products of carbon gasification, or the derivative products of carbon gasification in whatever form by pipeline for hire in Texas, shall be operated as a common carrier and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the commission.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.102 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.102
§ 232.102. MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
Status: in_force

By an order adopted and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and after a notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners court may:

(1) require a right-of-way on a street or road that functions as a major thoroughfare of a width of not more than 120 feet; or

(2) require a right-of-way on a street or road that functions as a major thoroughfare of a width of more than 120 feet, if such requirement is consistent with a transportation plan adopted by the metropolitan planning organization of the region.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.202 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.202
§ 201.202. USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Soil and Water Conservation Board shall use money from the agricultural soil and water conservation fund for providing technical assistance to landowners and operators for soil and water conservation land improvement measures and soil and water conservation plans developed jointly by landowners and operators and local soil and water conservation districts.

(b) The board shall designate priorities among the various land improvement measures, including:

(1) brush control and other water supply enhancement activities;

(2) forest improvement measures;

(3) returning erosive cropland to pasture and other practices that maximize water conservation;

(4) increasing water use efficiency;

(5) increasing water quality;

(6) reducing erosion; and

(7) maximizing public benefits.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.032
§ 534.032. RESEARCH.
Status: in_force

A community center may engage in research and may contract for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1014.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1014 / Section 1014.004
§ 1014.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Collingsworth County, Texas.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 11 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 11
§ 11.
Status: repealed

Sec. 11. Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 18, eff. April 1, 2007.
Tex. Education Code § 11.168 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.168
§ 11.168. USE OF DISTRICT RESOURCES PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 45.109(a-1), (a-2), or (a-3), the board of trustees of a school district may not enter into an agreement authorizing the use of school district employees, property, or resources for the provision of materials or labor for the design, construction, or renovation of improvements to real property not owned or leased by the district.

(b) This section does not prohibit the board of trustees of a school district from entering into an agreement for the design, construction, or renovation of improvements to real property not owned or leased by the district if the improvements benefit real property owned or leased by the district. Benefits to real property owned or leased by the district include the design, construction, or renovation of highways, roads, streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, utilities, and drainage improvements that serve or benefit the real property owned or leased by the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.092 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.092
§ 252.092. APPOINTMENT BY AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who holds a controlling interest in a facility may request the department to assume the operation of the facility through the appointment of a trustee under this subchapter.

(b) After receiving the request, the department may enter into an agreement providing for the appointment of a trustee to take charge of the facility under conditions both parties consider appropriate if the department considers the appointment desirable.

(c) An agreement under this section must:

(1) specify the terms and conditions of the trustee's appointment and authority; and

(2) preserve the rights of the residents as granted by law.

(d) The agreement terminates at the time:

(1) specified by the parties; or

(2) either party notifies the other in writing that the party is terminating the appointment agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004 / Section 8004.005
§ 8004.005. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8886.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8886 / Section 8886.155
§ 8886.155. LOGS.
Status: in_force

The board may require that:

(1) accurate driller's logs be kept of wells in any groundwater reservoir in the district; and

(2) a copy of driller's logs and of any electric logs that are made of the wells be filed with the district.