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Tex. Education Code § 56.051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.051
§ 56.051. EMERGENCY LOANS.
Status: in_force

Each institution of higher education may establish an emergency loan program under which students are loaned money to pay tuition, fees, and the costs of textbooks.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.086 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 47 / Section 47.086
§ 47.086. PROCLAMATION; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

Subchapter D, Chapter 61, and Sections 61.054 and 61.055 apply to the adoption of proclamations under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 74.121 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.121
§ 74.121. TRANSFER OF CASES; EXCHANGE OF BENCHES.
Status: in_force

(a) The judges of constitutional county courts, statutory county courts, justice courts, and small claims courts in a county may transfer cases to and from the dockets of their respective courts, except that a case may not be transferred from one court to another without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred and may not be transferred unless it is within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred. The judges of those courts within a county may exchange benches and courtrooms with each other so that if one is absent, disabled, or disqualified, the other may hold court for him without the necessity of transferring the case. Either judge may hear all or any part of a case pending in court and may rule and enter orders on and continue, determine, or render judgment on all or any part of the case without the necessity of transferring it to his own docket. A judge may not sit or act in a case unless it is within the jurisdiction of his court. Each judgment and order shall be entered in the minutes of the court in which the case is pending.

(b)(1) The judge of a statutory county court may transfer a case to the docket of the district court, except that a case may not be transferred without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is being transferred and may not be transferred unless it is within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred.

(2) Notwithstanding Subdivision (1), in matters of concurrent jurisdiction, a judge of a statutory county court in Midland County and a judge of a district court in Midland County may exchange benches and courtrooms with each other and may transfer cases between their dockets in the same manner that judges of district courts exchange benches and transfer cases under Section 24.003.

(c) When a case is transferred from one court to another as provided by this section, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, or other obligations issued from the transferring court are returnable to the court to which the case is transferred as if originally issued by that court. The obligees in all bonds and recognizances taken in and for a court from which a case is transferred, and all witnesses summoned to appear in a court from which a case is transferred, are required to appear before the court to which the case is transferred as if originally required to appear before the court to which the transfer is made.
Tex. Family Code § 6.306 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.306
§ 6.306. JURISDICTION TO ANNUL MARRIAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A suit for annulment of a marriage may be maintained in this state only if the parties were married in this state or if either party is domiciled in this state.

(b) A suit for annulment is a suit in rem, affecting the status of the parties to the marriage.
Tex. Finance Code § 123.208 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 123 / Section 123.208
§ 123.208. DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A credit union may:

(1) declare and pay a dividend on a share;

(2) contract for and pay interest on a deposit; or

(3) refund interest to a borrower.

(b) A dividend or interest may be paid at a rate and on the conditions that the board authorizes.

(c) The commissioner may restrict the payment of a dividend:

(1) if the commissioner issues a cease and desist order under Section 122.257; or

(2) as necessary to protect the member's interests and preserve the solvency of the credit union as authorized by commission rule.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.201
§ 2165.201. PURPOSE OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to:

(1) encourage the most efficient use of valuable space in state office buildings and parking garages;

(2) serve the needs of employees and visitors in the buildings;

(3) provide child care services for state employees; and

(4) enhance the social, cultural, and economic environment in and near the buildings.
Tex. Transportation Code § 256.107 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 256 / Section 256.107
§ 256.107. COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIRED FOR CONTRACTS FUNDED BY GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a county that enters into a contract for a transportation infrastructure project that involves construction or maintenance of roads and is funded by a grant under this subchapter shall:

(1) advertise for bids for the contract in a manner prescribed by law;

(2) receive competitive bids for the contract, publicly open the bids, and read aloud the names of the bidders and their bids; and

(3) award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

(b) In advertising for bids under Subsection (a), a county shall prepare a request for competitive bids that includes construction documents, estimated budget, project scope, estimated project completion date, and other information that a bidder may require to submit a bid.

(c) Not later than the seventh day after the date a contract described by Subsection (a) is awarded, the county that awarded the contract shall document the basis of its selection and shall make the evaluations public.
Tex. Election Code § 172.130 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.130
§ 172.130. ACTION BY STATE CHAIR TO MEET DEADLINES FOR CONDUCT OF PRIMARY.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding a conflicting provision of this code, the state chair, or the state chair's designee, may perform any administrative duty of the county chair, county chair's designee, or county executive committee related to the conduct of a primary election that has not been performed in the time required by law, including the submission of candidate information under Section 172.029, drawing for ballot order under Section 172.082, and canvassing returns under Section 172.116.

(b) The state chair must notify the county chair or county executive committee in writing or electronically that a duty has been performed under the authority of this section.

(c) If a county chair has a reasonable impediment or lacks appropriate technology to perform any administrative duty of the county chair related to the conduct of a primary election within the time required by law, the county chair may request that the state chair, or the state chair's designee, perform the duty instead of the county chair.

(d) The state chair may act in the role of the county chair for the purposes of Subchapter D, Chapter 173, with the approval of the secretary of state.

(e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to implement this section in accordance with the conduct of elections and with party rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9032.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9032 / Section 9032.151
§ 9032.151. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the rights, privileges, functions, and authority granted water control and improvement districts by:

(1) Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code; and

(2) all other laws relating to water control and improvement districts.

(b) To the extent a general law described by Subsection (a) conflicts or is inconsistent with this chapter, this chapter prevails.
Tex. Local Government Code § 272.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 272 / Section 272.002
§ 272.002. CONVEYANCES BY CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR PURPOSES RELATED TO WATERWAYS.
Status: reserved

(a) This section applies to property, including land or an interest in land, that:

(1) is owned by:

(A) a county having a boundary coinciding with a part of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico;

(B) a county contiguous to a county described by Paragraph (A); or

(C) a municipal corporation, political subdivision, or district organized under the state constitution and statutes and located in a county described by Paragraph (A) or (B), including a municipality, independent school district, common school district, water improvement district, water control and improvement district, navigation district, road district, levee district, or drainage district; and

(2) is desired by the United States to enable a department or establishment of the United States to carry out a federal law in aid of navigation, flood control, or improvement of water courses and to accomplish the purposes specified by Section 2204.101, Government Code, and is necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of works required for those purposes.

(b) On the request of the United States through its proper officers, an entity described by Subsection (a)(1) may convey with or without monetary consideration the title or an easement to the property to the United States or to another entity described by Subsection (a)(1) that has agreed by resolution of its governing body to acquire the property for conveyance to the United States.

(c) All rights conferred by law to the Port of Harlingen Authority to develop a navigation project and all improvements incidental, necessary, or convenient for that project are reserved for the authority. This section does not take away any right of the authority to dredge, widen, straighten, or otherwise improve the Arroyo-Colorado and all other lakes, bays, streams, or bodies of water within, or adjacent or appurtenant to, the boundaries of the authority as a navigation project or to construct turning basins, yacht basins, or port facilities.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0110
§ 544.0110. REPORTS ON AUDITS, INSPECTIONS, AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office of inspector general shall prepare a final report on each audit, inspection, or investigation conducted under Section 544.0102, 544.0103, 544.0252(b), 544.0254, or 544.0257. The final report must include:

(1) a summary of the activities the office performed in conducting the audit, inspection, or investigation;

(2) a statement on whether the audit, inspection, or investigation resulted in a finding of any wrongdoing; and

(3) a description of any findings of wrongdoing.

(b) A final report on an audit, inspection, or investigation is subject to required disclosure under Chapter 552. All information and materials compiled during the audit, inspection, or investigation remain confidential and not subject to required disclosure in accordance with Section 544.0259(e).

(c) A confidential draft report on an audit, inspection, or investigation that concerns the death of a child may be shared with the Department of Family and Protective Services. A draft report that is shared with the Department of Family and Protective Services remains confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3895.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3895 / Section 3895.052
§ 3895.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The mayor and governing body of the city shall appoint voting directors. A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body, including the mayor, vote to appoint that person. A member of the governing body of the city may not be appointed to the board.

(b) Section 375.063, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(c) The appointed directors serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(d) A person may not be appointed to the board if the appointment of that person would result in fewer than three of the directors residing in the city.

(e) The governing body of the city shall appoint a director to fill a vacancy that occurs on the board.

(f) A director is a public official entitled to governmental immunity for the director's official actions.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.138 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.138
§ 167.138. USE OF SAND AS BEDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses sand as bedding in an animal conveyance in violation of a quarantine established or a commission rule adopted under Section 167.031.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Education Code § 43.051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 43 / Section 43.051
§ 43.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board of directors" means the board of directors of the corporation.

(2) "Chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the corporation employed under Section 43.054.

(3) "Corporation" means the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.151 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.151
§ 200.151. REGISTERED HOLDERS AS OWNERS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this code and subject to Chapter 8, Business & Commerce Code, a real estate investment trust may consider the person registered as the owner of a share in the share transfer records of the real estate investment trust at a particular time, including a record date set under Section 6.102, as the owner of that share at that time for purposes of:

(1) voting the share;

(2) receiving distributions on the share;

(3) transferring the share;

(4) receiving notice, exercising rights of dissent and appraisal, exercising or waiving a preemptive right, or giving proxies with respect to that share; or

(5) entering into agreements with respect to that share in accordance with Section 6.251 or 6.252 or with this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 155.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 155 / Section 155.106
§ 155.106. PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

A guardianship program may not employ an individual to provide, or directly supervise the provision of, guardianship and related services on the program's behalf:

(1) if a certificate issued to the individual under this subchapter is expired or refused renewal, or has been revoked and not been reissued; or

(2) during the time a certificate issued to the individual under this subchapter is suspended.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1082.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1082 / Section 1082.063
§ 1082.063. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Government Code § 321.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 321 / Section 321.017
§ 321.017. REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT OF FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVING COURT COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The state auditor may review each fund and account into which money collected as a court cost is directed by law to be deposited to determine whether:

(1) the money is being used for the purpose or purposes for which the money is collected; and

(2) the amount of the court cost is appropriate, considering the purpose or purposes for which the cost is collected.

(b) The state auditor may perform reviews under this section as specified in the audit plan developed under Section 321.013.

(c) The state auditor shall make the findings of a review performed under this section available to the public and shall report the findings to the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court, the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals, and the committee. The report may include the state auditor's recommendations for legislation or policy changes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.117 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.117
§ 1251.117. CONTINUATION OR CONVERSION OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A group accident and health insurance policy must describe the continuation of group coverage and any conversion coverage provided in accordance with Subchapter F.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a credit accident and health insurance policy.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 51.016 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 51 / Section 51.016
§ 51.016. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, a member of a society is not liable to the society or its creditors for an amount that exceeds the amount unpaid on the member's membership certificates. When the member pays for the certificates in full, the member's liability ceases.

(b) A society, by clear provisions of its bylaws, may provide that:

(1) each member is liable for an amount, in addition to that provided by Subsection (a) of this section, equal to the price paid for the membership certificates owned by the member and payable on assessment of the board of directors for payment of the society's obligations; or

(2) each member may waive the right to claim personal property exempt from seizure for the member's obligations to the society.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 260A.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 260A / Section 260A.008
§ 260A.008. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

A report, record, or working paper used or developed in an investigation made under this chapter and the name, address, and phone number of any person making a report under this chapter are confidential and may be disclosed only for purposes consistent with rules adopted by the executive commissioner. The report, record, or working paper and the name, address, and phone number of the person making the report shall be disclosed to a law enforcement agency as necessary to permit the law enforcement agency to investigate a report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other complaint in accordance with Section 260A.017.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.092 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.092
§ 232.092. ESTABLISHMENT AND ABOLITION OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) To promote the general public welfare, the commissioners court of a county by order may:

(1) establish a planning commission under this section; and

(2) abolish a planning commission established under this section.

(b) The commissioners court may authorize the planning commission to act on behalf of the commissioners court in matters relating to:

(1) the duties and authority of the commissioners court under Subchapter A, B, or C; and

(2) land use, health and safety, planning and development, or other enforcement provisions specifically authorized by law.

(c) If the commissioners court establishes a planning commission, the commissioners court by order shall adopt reasonable rules and procedures necessary to administer this subchapter.

(d) This subchapter does not grant a commissioners court or a planning commission the power to regulate the use of property for which a permit has been issued to engage in a federally licensed activity.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.053 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.053
§ 23.053. RECORD OF FIELD NOTES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court shall furnish the county surveyor all necessary books of record.

(b) The county surveyor shall record in a well-bound book all the surveys in his county, with the plats that he may make, whether private or official.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.093 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 17 / Section 17.093
§ 17.093. SERVICE ON FOREIGN RAILWAY.
Status: in_force

In addition to other methods of service provided by law, process may be served on a foreign railway by serving:

(1) a train conductor who:

(A) handles trains for two or more railway corporations, at least one of which is the foreign corporation and at least one of which is a domestic corporation; and

(B) handles trains for the railway corporations over tracks that cross the state's boundary and on tracks of a domestic corporation within this state; or

(2) an agent who:

(A) has an office in this state; and

(B) sells tickets or makes contracts for the transportation of passengers or property over all or part of the line of the foreign railway.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.33 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.33
§ 17.33. REQUEST SETTING OF BAIL.
Status: in_force

The accused may at any time after being confined request a magistrate to review the written statements of the witnesses for the State as well as all other evidence available at that time in determining the amount of bail. This setting of the amount of bail does not waive the defendant's right to an examining trial as provided in Article 16.01.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.061
§ 1021.061. APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(b) The district may employ fiscal agents, accountants, architects, and attorneys the board considers proper.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to hire district employees, including technicians and nurses, for the efficient operation of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 663.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 663 / Section 663.001
§ 663.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Child care facility" includes only a child care facility established under this chapter.

(2) "Child care program" means the program developed by the commission to provide child care services for state employees.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Facilities Commission.

(4) "Committee" means the Child Care Advisory Committee.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.601 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.601
§ 1051.601. ACTIVITIES OF LICENSED ENGINEER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter and any rule adopted under this chapter do not limit the right of an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001 to perform an act, service, or work within the scope of the practice of engineering as defined by that chapter.

(b) This chapter does not prohibit an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001 from:

(1) planning and supervising work on:

(A) a construction project primarily intended for engineering use, including a railroad, hydroelectric work, or industrial plant; or

(B) a structure incidental to a construction project described by Paragraph (A); or

(2) planning, designing, or supervising the mechanical, electrical, or structural features of a building.

(c) This chapter does not prohibit an engineer who has an architectural engineering degree from a public or private college or university from using the title "architectural engineer."
Tex. Government Code § 465.0001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 465 / Section 465.0001
§ 465.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The definitions in Chapter 2001 apply to this chapter.

(b) In this chapter:

(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(2) "Office" means the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office.

(3) "Panel" means the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Advisory Panel.