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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 281.022 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 281 / Section 281.022
§ 281.022. SHRIMP REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may regulate the taking of shrimp from the coastal water of Orange County to provide for the most profitable and equitable harvest of shrimp from year to year and to conserve and protect the shrimp resources of Orange County from depletion and waste.

(b) The commission may make regulations to carry out the policy of this section including regulating:

(1) the size of shrimp that may be taken;

(2) open and closed shrimp seasons;

(3) the means of taking shrimp;

(4) the size and type of boats and equipment that may be used for taking shrimp;

(5) the length and mesh size of net and trawls and their spreading devices; and

(6) the possession, transportation, sale, and other handling of shrimp in the coastal water of Orange County.

(c) The commission by regulation adopted in accordance with this section may provide for the licensing of all persons taking, selling, or handling shrimp in Orange County and may license boats and equipment used for the taking, selling, or handling of shrimp in Orange County. The commission may adopt the licensing provisions of the Texas Shrimp Conservation Act (Chapter 77 of this code).

(d) The commission shall conduct continuous research, investigations, and studies of the shrimp resources in Orange County in the same manner as required by Sections 77.004, 77.005, and 77.006 of this code. Based on the information obtained, and after hearings, the commission shall promulgate the regulations authorized by this section. The hearings, the method of adoption of the regulations, the effective date of the regulations, and the procedure for appeal shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 125, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1951, as amended.

(e) "Coastal water" is defined by Section 77.001(1) of this code.

(f) A person who violates a regulation of the commission adopted under this section shall be punished as provided in Section 77.020 of this code. The commission has all powers of enforcement granted to it under Chapter 77 of this code for the enforcement of this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 372.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 372 / Section 372.006
§ 372.006. FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

If a petition that complies with this subchapter is filed, the governing body of the municipality or county may make findings by resolution as to the advisability of the proposed improvement, its estimated cost, the method of assessment, and the apportionment of cost between the proposed improvement district and the municipality or county as a whole.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.303 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.303
§ 504.303. NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If, after investigation of a possible violation and the facts surrounding the possible violation, the department determines that a violation occurred, the department shall give written notice of the violation to the person alleged to have committed the violation. The notice must:

(1) include a brief summary of the alleged violation;

(2) state the amount of the proposed administrative penalty; and

(3) inform the person of the person's right to a hearing on the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.
Tex. Occupations Code § 455.159 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 455 / Section 455.159
§ 455.159. STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) An internship program must:

(1) meet the qualifications established by the department;

(2) provide a student with a minimum of 40 hours of hands-on massage therapy experience; and

(3) be conducted on the school grounds or in a clinic or classroom setting provided by the massage school or massage therapy instructor.

(b) A student must complete the first 250 hours of required training at a massage school or with a massage therapy instructor before the student is eligible to enter an internship program.

(c) A student who is participating in an internship program must be under the supervision and direction of a massage therapy instructor during the hours that the student is working in the program.

(d) A student who is participating in an internship program may:

(1) make an appointment with a client;

(2) interview a client;

(3) provide massage therapy, including providing massage therapy for compensation in an amount set by the massage school or massage therapy instructor and paid to the school or instructor;

(4) collect and review a client evaluation with the student's supervisor; and

(5) perform other tasks necessary to the business of providing massage therapy to the public.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.452 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.452
§ 4201.452. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

A specialty utilization review agent is not subject to Section 4201.151, 4201.152, 4201.206, 4201.252, or 4201.356.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.053 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.053
§ 228.053. REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may:

(1) impose tolls for the use of each toll project or system and the different segments or parts of each project or system; and

(2) notwithstanding anything in Chapter 202 to the contrary, contract with a person for the use of part of a toll project or system or lease part of a toll project or system for a gas station, garage, store, hotel, restaurant, railroad tracks, utilities, and telecommunications facilities and equipment and set the terms for the use or lease.

(b) The tolls shall be set so that, at a minimum, the aggregate of tolls from the toll project or system:

(1) provides a fund sufficient with other revenue and contributions, if any, to pay:

(A) the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the project or system; and

(B) the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under Subchapter C for the project or system as those bonds become due and payable; and

(2) creates reserves for the purposes listed under Subdivision (1).

(c) The tolls are not subject to supervision or regulation by any other state agency.

(d) The tolls and other revenue derived from the toll project or system for which bonds were issued, except the part necessary to pay the cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and to provide reserves for those costs as may be provided in the order authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, shall be set aside at regular intervals as may be provided in the order or trust agreement in a sinking fund that is pledged to and charged with the payment of:

(1) interest on the bonds as it becomes due;

(2) principal of the bonds as it becomes due;

(3) necessary charges of paying agents for paying principal and interest; and

(4) the redemption price or the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as provided by the bonds.

(e) Use and disposition of money to the credit of the sinking fund are subject to the order authorizing the issuance of the bonds or to the trust agreement.

(f) The revenue and disbursements for each toll project or system shall be kept separately. The revenue from one project may not be used to pay the cost of another project except as authorized by Sections 228.0055 and 228.006.

(g) Money in the sinking fund, less the reserve provided by the order or trust agreement, if not used within a reasonable time to purchase bonds for cancellation, shall be applied to the redemption of bonds at the applicable redemption price.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.201
§ 1701.201. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall prepare information of public interest describing the regulatory functions of the commission and the procedures by which public complaints are filed with and resolved by the commission.

(b) The commission shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.
Tex. Insurance Code § 751.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 751 / Section 751.002
§ 751.002. PURPOSE AND SCOPE.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish a framework for department market conduct actions, including:

(1) processes and systems for identifying, assessing, and prioritizing market conduct problems that have a substantial adverse impact on consumers, policyholders, and claimants;

(2) development of appropriate market conduct actions by the commissioner as required to:

(A) substantiate market conduct problems; and

(B) remedy significant market conduct problems; and

(3) procedures to communicate and coordinate market conduct actions with other states to foster the most efficient and effective use of resources.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law of this state, the department or commissioner, as applicable, may undertake market analysis or market conduct action only as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 113.0251 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0251
§ 113.0251. BIENNIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the consortium shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing committee of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over behavioral health issues and post on its Internet website a written report that outlines:

(1) the activities and objectives of the consortium;

(2) the health-related institutions of higher education listed in Section 113.0052(1) that receive funding by the executive committee;

(3) during the preceding two years, the percentage of participants in the Texas Child Health Access through Telemedicine program operated by the consortium:

(A) who were prescribed a psychotropic drug by the consortium;

(B) who were referred to a health provider for further mental health services;

(C) who completed program treatment goals; and

(D) who were provided information on consortium research programs on the participant's discharge from the program;

(4) during the preceding two years, the percentage of potential participants:

(A) for whom a parent or legal guardian declined to give informed consent to participate in the program; and

(B) who were referred to but not enrolled in the program because the potential participant needed more emergent care; and

(5) any legislative recommendations based on the activities and objectives described by Subdivision (1).Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the consortium shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the standing committee of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over behavioral health issues, and the Legislative Budget Board and post on its Internet website a written report that outlines:

(1) the activities and objectives of the consortium;

(2) the health-related institutions of higher education listed in Section 113.0052(1) that receive funding by the executive committee;

(3) the rural hospitals and rural health clinics to which the program established under Section 113.0181 provided mental health access services;

(4) the cost to maintain the mental health care access program established under Subchapter D-1; and

(5) any legislative recommendations based on the activities and objectives described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.207 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.207
§ 173.207. COMPENSATION FOR USE OF SYSTEM FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district shall establish and maintain reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates or other compensation for the use of the facilities of the system acquired, constructed, operated, regulated, or maintained by the district.

(b) Together with grants received by the district, the rates or other compensation must be sufficient to produce revenue adequate to:

(1) pay all expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the district's property and facilities;

(2) pay the principal of and interest on all bonds issued by the district under this chapter payable wholly or partly from the revenue, as they become due and payable; and

(3) fulfill the terms of agreements made with the holders of bonds or with any person on their behalf.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9805 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9805
§ 61.9805. GRANTS, GIFTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, the board may solicit, accept, and spend grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Penal Code § 37.03 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 37 / Section 37.03
§ 37.03. AGGRAVATED PERJURY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if he commits perjury as defined in Section 37.02, and the false statement:

(1) is made during or in connection with an official proceeding; and

(2) is material.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Tax Code § 21.05 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 21 / Section 21.05
§ 21.05. COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a commercial aircraft that is taxable by a taxing unit is used both in this state and outside this state, the appraisal office shall allocate to this state the portion of the fair market value of the aircraft that fairly reflects its use in this state. The appraisal office shall not allocate to this state the portion of the total market value of the aircraft that fairly reflects its use beyond the boundaries of this state.

(b) The allocable portion of the total fair market value of a commercial aircraft that is taxable in this state is presumed to be the fair market value of the aircraft multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the product of 1.5 and the number of revenue departures by the aircraft from Texas during the year preceding the tax year, and the denominator of which is the greater of (1) 8,760, or (2) the numerator.

(c) During the time in which any commercial aircraft is removed from air transportation service for repair, storage, or inspection, such aircraft is presumed to be in interstate, international, or foreign commerce and not located in this state for longer than a temporary period for purposes of Section 11.01 of this code.

(d) A certificated air carrier shall designate the tax situs of commercial aircraft that land in Texas as either the carrier's principal office in Texas or that Texas airport from which the carrier has the highest number of Texas departures.

(e) For purposes of this subchapter, a commercial aircraft shall mean an instrumentality of air commerce that is:

(1) primarily engaged in the transportation of cargo, passengers, or equipment for others for consideration;

(2) economically employed when it is moving from point to point as a means of transportation; and

(3) operated by a certificated air carrier. A certificated air carrier is one engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce under authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0105
§ 523.0105. PRESIDING OFFICER; RULES FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner serves as the chair of the executive council and shall adopt rules for the council's operation.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 113.084 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.084
§ 113.084. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for a license shall be submitted to the commission on forms furnished by the commission or on a facsimile of those forms.

(b) A prospective licensee shall submit the required application together with the original nonrefundable license fee established by the commission under Section 113.082 for each type of license category for which an application is made. The applicant shall submit additional information and data with each application as the commission may reasonably require.

(c) A licensee shall submit the nonrefundable renewal fee for each type of license sought along with information and data the commission may reasonably require.
Tex. Insurance Code § 826.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 826 / Section 826.003
§ 826.003. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF RESULTING COMPANY; LAWS APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by this chapter, a resulting company:

(1) may exercise only the rights and privileges of a stock insurance company; and

(2) is subject to:

(A) all of the requirements and rules imposed on stock insurance companies organized under this code; and

(B) the laws of this state relating to the regulation or supervision of insurance companies.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.004
§ 142.004. PAYMENT OF HOSPITALIZATION COSTS FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "peace officer" means a peace officer as defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) If a peace officer or fire fighter employed by a municipality sustains an injury in the performance of the person's duties that results in permanent incapacity for work and requires constant confinement in a hospital or other institution providing medical treatment, the municipality may pay all costs of the confinement in excess of amounts that are paid under a policy of insurance or by another governmental entity.

(c) To the extent this section permits payments, the municipality is subrogated to the rights of the peace officer or fire fighter in a suit against a third party because of the injury.

(d) To receive funds under this section, a peace officer or fire fighter must furnish the governing body of the municipality:

(1) proof that the injury was sustained in the performance of the person's duties resulting in permanent incapacity for work and requiring constant confinement for medical treatment;

(2) proof of the part of the cost of confinement not paid under a policy of insurance or by another governmental entity; and

(3) any other information or evidence required by the governing body.

(e) This section does not permit payment of costs of constant confinement for medical treatment incurred before August 27, 1973.
Tex. Property Code § 5.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.001
§ 5.001. FEE SIMPLE.
Status: in_force

(a) An estate in land that is conveyed or devised is a fee simple unless the estate is limited by express words or unless a lesser estate is conveyed or devised by construction or operation of law. Words previously necessary at common law to transfer a fee simple estate are not necessary.

(b) This section applies only to a conveyance occurring on or after February 5, 1840.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7976A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7976A / Section 7976A.0201
§ 7976A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7976A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1089.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1089 / Section 1089.208
§ 1089.208. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) any transaction relating to the bonds; and

(3) profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.022 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.022
§ 302.022. CLIENT ACCESSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The director shall develop a uniform, statewide client application and enrollment process to determine an applicant's eligibility for workforce training and services funded through the division.
Tex. Occupations Code § 503.311 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 503 / Section 503.311
§ 503.311. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO PROVISIONAL LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council shall issue a license to the holder of a provisional license who applies for a license if:

(1) the executive council verifies that the applicant has the academic and experience requirements for a regular license under this chapter; and

(2) the applicant satisfies any other license requirements under this chapter.

(b) The executive council must complete the processing of a provisional license holder's application for a license not later than the later of:

(1) the 180th day after the date the provisional license is issued; or

(2) the date licenses are issued following completion of the next licensing and jurisprudence examinations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300A.0025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300A / Section 300A.0025
§ 300A.0025. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Directors and officers serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.

(b) Expenses reimbursed under this section must be:

(1) reported in the district's minute book or other district records; and

(2) approved by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8475.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8475 / Section 8475.151
§ 8475.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8475.153.

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

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Transportation Code § 372.102 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 372 / Section 372.102
§ 372.102. PUBLICATION OF NONPAYING VEHICLE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the confidentiality of electronic toll collection customer account information, including confidentiality under Sections 228.057(e), 366.178(b-1), 366.179(d), 370.177(m), and 370.178(d), a toll project entity may publish a list of the names of the registered owners or lessees of nonpaying vehicles who at the time of publication are liable for the payment of past due and unpaid tolls or administrative fees. The list may include only the persons' names and, for each person listed:

(1) the city and state of the person's residence;

(2) the total number of events of nonpayment; and

(3) the total amount due for the tolls and administrative fees.

(b) A toll project entity may not include on a list published under Subsection (a) the name of a registered owner who remits a tax imposed under Section 152.026, Tax Code.
Tex. Education Code § 13.155 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 13 / Section 13.155
§ 13.155. STATUS; GOVERNANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The consolidated district is an independent school district.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or by a local consolidation agreement under Section 13.158, the board of trustees of the school district having the greatest membership on the last day of the school year preceding the consolidation serves as the board of trustees of the consolidated district until the next regular election of trustees, at which time the consolidated district shall elect a board of trustees.

(c) Except as provided by a local consolidation agreement under Section 13.158, if the membership on the last day of the school year preceding the consolidation in the district with the largest membership is more than five times that of the other district or districts consolidating with it, the trustees of the district with the largest membership continue to serve for the terms for which they have been elected and only the vacancies, as they occur, are filled from the consolidated district.

(d) The powers, duties, and terms of office of the trustees are governed by Chapter 11.