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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.262 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.262
§ 242.262. CLOSING STATEMENTS; BRIEFS.
Status: in_force

The department and the institution may present closing statements as they desire, but the record may not remain open for written briefs unless requested by the arbitrator.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 56.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 56 / Section 56.001
§ 56.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agricultural finance corporation" means a corporation formed under this chapter.

(2) "Ready marketable, staple, nonperishable agricultural products" means agricultural products that:

(A) are commonly dealt in ready markets so that their values are easily and definitely ascertainable and realized on short notice; and

(B) ordinarily do not substantially depreciate in quality during the period of immaturity of the obligations that are secured by or that represent those products.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8312.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8312 / Section 8312.051
§ 8312.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 571.1244 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.1244
§ 571.1244. PRELIMINARY REVIEW AND PRELIMINARY REVIEW PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt procedures for the conduct of preliminary reviews and preliminary review hearings. The procedures must include:

(1) a reasonable time for responding to questions submitted by the commission and commission staff and subpoenas issued by the commission; and

(2) the tolling or extension of otherwise applicable deadlines where:

(A) the commission issues a subpoena and the commission's meeting schedule makes it impossible both to provide a reasonable time for response and to comply with the otherwise applicable deadlines; or

(B) the commission determines that, despite commission staff's diligence and the reasonable cooperation of the respondent, a matter is too complex to resolve within the otherwise applicable deadlines without compromising either the commission staff's investigation or the rights of the respondent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8013.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8013 / Section 8013.107
§ 8013.107. GRADING AND IMPROVEMENTS TO LAND IN THE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, finance, or operate a facility or improvement related to reclaiming or grading land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.151
§ 1055.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall require a budget to be prepared for the next fiscal year that includes:

(1) proposed expenditures and disbursements;

(2) estimated receipts and collections; and

(3) the amount of taxes required to be imposed for the year.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1951.313 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1951 / Section 1951.313
§ 1951.313. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

The department may enter into a memorandum of agreement with a political subdivision other than an institution of public or private education concerning licensing requirements.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.407 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.407
§ 82.407. MINERAL RIGHTS.
Status: reserved

The mineral rights under the land reserved for the sanctuaries are withdrawn from sale and the rights may not be offered for sale until the legislature directs the rights to be sold.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0525 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0525
§ 21.0525. CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTRUCTORS; TEMPORARY TEACHING CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall propose rules providing for a person who holds a bachelor's degree and has at least two semesters' experience as a full-time instructor for the Community College of the Air Force to:

(1) be issued a temporary teaching certificate on the person's enrollment in an educator preparation program; and

(2) receive credit for the person's education, training, and clinical or professional experience as an instructor for the Community College of the Air Force toward the requirements for completion of an educator preparation program, including requirements regarding coursework, field-based experience, or clinical experience.

(b) A temporary teaching certificate issued under this section is valid for a term of one year from the date of issuance.
Tex. Education Code § 111.63 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 111 / Section 111.63
§ 111.63. ROLE AND SCOPE OF CENTER.
Status: in_force

The Center for Public Policy shall conduct basic and applied research into urban problems and public policy and make available the results of this research to private groups and public bodies and officials. It may offer consultative and general advisory services concerning urban problems and their solutions. According to the policies of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and with its approval, the center may conduct instructional and training programs for those who are working in or expect to make careers in urban public service. The training programs may be conducted by the center either in its own name or by agreement and cooperation with other public and private organizations.
Tex. Occupations Code § 556.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 556 / Section 556.054
§ 556.054. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The following information obtained by the board during an inspection of a facility is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code:

(1) financial data;

(2) sales data, other than shipment data; and

(3) pricing data.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1076 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1076
§ 152.1076. CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS FOR FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Certificates of indebtedness issued and sold by the commissioners court of Harris County to acquire property and to construct, enlarge, furnish, equip, and repair buildings used as homes and schools for delinquent children that have been submitted to the attorney general, approved by the attorney general, and registered by the comptroller are incontestable.

(b) The certificates are legal and authorized investments for:

(1) banks;

(2) savings banks;

(3) trust companies;

(4) savings and loan associations;

(5) insurance companies;

(6) fiduciaries;

(7) trustees;

(8) guardians; and

(9) sinking funds of municipalities, counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the state and other public funds of the state and its agencies.

(c) The certificates are eligible to secure deposits of public funds of the state and of municipalities, counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the state. The certificates are lawful and sufficient security for deposits to the extent of their market or face value, whichever is less, if accompanied by all unmatured coupons.

(d) The commissioners court shall continue to levy a tax that is sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the certificates so long as certificates are outstanding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985A / Section 7985A.0501
§ 7985A.0501. 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, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 802.1024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 802 / Section 802.1024
§ 802.1024. CORRECTION OF ERRORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if an error in the records of a public retirement system results in a person receiving more or less money than the person is entitled to receive under this subtitle, the retirement system shall correct the error and so far as practicable adjust any future payments so that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which the person is entitled is paid. If no future payments are due, the retirement system may recover the overpayment in any manner that would be permitted for the collection of any other debt.

(a-1) On discovery of an error described by Subsection (a), the public retirement system shall as soon as practicable, but not later than the 90th day after the date of discovery, give written notice of the error to the person receiving an incorrect amount of money. The notice must include:

(1) the amount of the correction in overpayment or underpayment;

(2) how the amount of the correction was calculated;

(3) a brief explanation of the reason for the correction;

(4) a statement that the notice recipient may file a written complaint with the retirement system if the recipient does not agree with the correction;

(5) instructions for filing a written complaint; and

(6) a payment plan option if no future payments are due.

(a-2) Except as provided by this subsection and Section 802.1025, the public retirement system shall begin to adjust future payments or, if no future payments are due, institute recovery of an overpayment of benefits under Subsection (a) not later than the 90th day after the date the notice required by Subsection (a-1) is delivered by certified mail, return receipt requested. If the system does not receive a signed receipt evidencing delivery of the notice on or before the 30th day after the date the notice is mailed, the system shall mail the notice a second time by certified mail, return receipt requested. Except as provided by Section 802.1025, not later than the 90th day after the date the second notice is mailed, the system shall begin to adjust future payments or, if no future payments are due, institute recovery of an overpayment of benefits.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a public retirement system:

(1) may correct the overpayment of benefits to a person entitled to receive payments from the system by the method described by Subsection (a) only for an overpayment made during the three years preceding the date the system discovers or discovered the overpayment;

(2) may not recover from the recipient any overpayment made more than three years before the discovery of the overpayment; and

(3) may not recover an overpayment if the system did not adjust future payments or, if no future payments are due, institute recovery of the overpayment within the time prescribed by Subsection (a-2) or Section 802.1025.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to an overpayment a reasonable person should know the person is not entitled to receive.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.002 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.002
§ 62.002. COMPUTER-ASSISTED REMOTE HUNTING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Computer-assisted remote hunting" means the use of a computer or any other device, equipment, or software, to remotely control the aiming and discharge of archery equipment, a crossbow, or a firearm to hunt an animal, including a bird.

(2) "Firearm" and "archery equipment" have the meanings assigned by Section 62.014.

(b) A person may not engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or provide or operate facilities for computer-assisted remote hunting if the animal being hunted is located in this state.

(c) For purposes of this section, facilities for computer-assisted remote hunting include real property and improvements on the property associated with hunting, including hunting blinds, offices, and rooms equipped to facilitate computer-assisted remote hunting.

(d) A person who violates this section commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor, unless it is shown at the trial of the defendant that the defendant has been convicted one or more times before the trial date of a violation of this section, in which case the offense is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(e) It is an exception to the application of this section that a person provides only:

(1) general-purpose equipment, including a computer, camera, fencing, and building materials;

(2) general-purpose computer software including an operating system and communications programs; or

(3) general telecommunications hardware or networking services for computers, including adapters, modems, servers, routers, and other facilities associated with Internet access.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.104 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.104
§ 501.104. REBUILDER TO POSSESS TITLE OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a person engaged in repairing, rebuilding, or reconstructing more than five motor vehicles, regardless of whether the person is licensed to engage in that business.

(b) A person described by Subsection (a) must possess:

(1) an acceptable ownership document or proof of ownership for any motor vehicle that is:

(A) owned by the person;

(B) in the person's inventory; and

(C) being offered for resale; or

(2) a contract entered into with the owner, a work order, or another document that shows the authority for the person to possess any motor vehicle that is:

(A) owned by another person;

(B) on the person's business or casual premises; and

(C) being repaired, rebuilt, or reconstructed for the other person.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1802.108 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1802 / Section 1802.108
§ 1802.108. CIVIL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A member of the advisory board is not liable in a civil action for an act performed in good faith while performing duties as an advisory board member.
Tex. Insurance Code § 38.4055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.4055
§ 38.4055. APPLICATION FOR ACCESS TO CERTAIN DATA OR INFORMATION IN DATABASE.
Status: in_force

(a) An entity seeking to access data or information that is contained in the database but not accessible through the portal described by Section 38.405 must submit an application to the center for access to that data or information. The application must include:

(1) the sources and identity of all funding and funders of the research the entity will perform;

(2) the names of all individuals who may have access to the data or information that is contained in the database but not accessible through the portal described by Section 38.405, and any affiliations those individuals have with entities other than the entity submitting the application;

(3) the proposed study, research, or project that the entity plans to undertake and the purpose of the study, research, or project, including any anticipated final product from the study, research, or project;

(4) how the proposed research will further the purposes of this subchapter, improve the quality of care, or reduce the cost of care;

(5) a description of the proposed methodology;

(6) a description of the publication method of the manuscripts, reports, or other forms of output from the research; and

(7) for access to data that would require such an approval, an institutional review board determination letter that is an approval or an approval with modifications.

(b) The center shall review and make a determination on all applications in a timely manner.

(c) If the center denies an application, the center must identify with particularity the deficiencies in the application.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.170 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.170
§ 61.170. LICENSE PROHIBITION AGAINST GLASS CONTAINERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each license granted under this subchapter authorizing the sale of commodities on a public beach shall include a prohibition against the sale of any commodity in a glass container.

(b) Any person selling a commodity in a glass container on a public beach outside the boundaries of any incorporated city shall have his rights conferred by the license immediately terminated and revoked as provided in Section 61.172 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3880.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3880 / Section 3880.154
§ 3880.154. FINANCING OF PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM OR PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may use any of its resources, including revenue, assessments, taxes, or grant or contract proceeds, to pay the cost of acquiring or operating a public transit system or public parking facilities.

(b) The district may:

(1) set, charge, impose, and collect fees, charges, or tolls for the use of the district's public transit system or public parking facilities; and

(2) issue bonds or notes to finance the cost of the district's public transit system or public parking facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7962.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7962 / Section 7962.0307
§ 7962.0307. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 4(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 7962.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 7962.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(j) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 7962.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(k) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Property Code § 42.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.001
§ 42.001. PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Personal property, as described in Section 42.002, is exempt from garnishment, attachment, execution, or other seizure if:

(1) the property is provided for a family and has an aggregate fair market value of not more than $100,000, exclusive of the amount of any liens, security interests, or other charges encumbering the property; or

(2) the property is owned by a single adult, who is not a member of a family, and has an aggregate fair market value of not more than $50,000, exclusive of the amount of any liens, security interests, or other charges encumbering the property.

(b) The following personal property is exempt from seizure and is not included in the aggregate limitations prescribed by Subsection (a):

(1) current wages for personal services, except for the enforcement of court-ordered child support payments;

(2) professionally prescribed health aids of a debtor or a dependent of a debtor;

(3) alimony, support, or separate maintenance received or to be received by the debtor for the support of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor; and

(4) a religious bible or other book containing sacred writings of a religion that is seized by a creditor other than a lessor of real property who is exercising the lessor's contractual or statutory right to seize personal property after a tenant breaches a lease agreement for or abandons the real property.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (b)(4), this section does not prevent seizure by a secured creditor with a contractual landlord's lien or other security in the property to be seized.

(d) Unpaid commissions for personal services not to exceed 25 percent of the aggregate limitations prescribed by Subsection (a) are exempt from seizure and are included in the aggregate.

(e) A religious bible or other book described by Subsection (b)(4) that is seized by a lessor of real property in the exercise of the lessor's contractual or statutory right to seize personal property after a tenant breaches a lease agreement for the real property or abandons the real property may not be included in the aggregate limitations prescribed by Subsection (a).
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.022 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.022
§ 40.022. APPOINTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Appointments to the council shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.

(b) Appointments to the council shall be made so that each geographic area of the state is represented on the council. Notwithstanding Subsection (a), appointments to the council must reflect the ethnic diversity of this state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.181 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.181
§ 344.181. ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The municipality that created a district may add all or part of the territory in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction to the district and the district may impose a tax in that territory only if the addition of the territory and the imposition of the tax are approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the territory to be added voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.033 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.033
§ 56.033. SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO DEREGULATED MARKETS.
Status: in_force

(a) An incumbent local exchange company may not receive support from the universal service fund for a deregulated market that has a population of at least 30,000.

(b) An incumbent local exchange company may receive support from the universal service fund for a deregulated market that has a population of less than 30,000 only if the company demonstrates to the commission that the company needs the support to provide basic local telecommunications service at reasonable rates in the affected market. A company may use evidence from outside the affected market to make the demonstration.

(c) An incumbent local exchange company may make the demonstration described by Subsection (b) in relation to a market before submitting a petition to deregulate the market.