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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.708 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.708
§ 21.708. TERMINATION OF CLOSE CORPORATION STATUS.
Status: in_force

A close corporation may terminate its status as a close corporation by:

(1) filing a statement terminating close corporation status under Section 21.709;

(2) amending the close corporation's certificate of formation under Chapter 3 by deleting from the certificate of formation the statement that it is a close corporation;

(3) engaging in a merger, interest exchange, or conversion under Chapter 10, unless the plan of merger, exchange, or conversion provides that the surviving or new corporation will continue as or become a close corporation and the plan has been approved by the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of all of the outstanding shares, and of each class and series of shares, of the close corporation, regardless of whether a class or series of shares is entitled to vote on the plan by the certificate of formation; or

(4) instituting a judicial proceeding to enforce a close corporation provision providing for the termination.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9060.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9060 / Section 9060.151
§ 9060.151. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided by general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 548.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 548 / Section 548.106
§ 548.106. NONAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not apply to an equity security of a domestic stock insurer if:

(1) the security is or is required to be registered under Section 12 of the federal Securities Exchange Act; or

(2) the insurer does not have any class of its equity securities held of record by 100 or more persons on the last business day of the year preceding the year in which the equity security would otherwise be subject to this subchapter.

(b) Sections 548.101-548.104 do not apply to a foreign or domestic arbitrage transaction unless the transaction is made in violation of a rule adopted by the commissioner to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(c) A provision of this subchapter that imposes liability does not apply to an act or omission made in good faith in conformity with a rule adopted by the commissioner. This subsection applies regardless of whether the rule is subsequently amended, rescinded, or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.038 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.038
§ 534.038. APPOINTMENT OF MANAGER OR MANAGEMENT TEAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Each appropriate commissioner may appoint a manager or management team to manage and operate a community center if the commissioner finds that the center or an officer or employee of the center:

(1) intentionally, recklessly, or negligently failed to discharge the center's duties under a contract with that department;

(2) misused state or federal money;

(3) engaged in a fraudulent act, transaction, practice, or course of business;

(4) endangers or may endanger the life, health, or safety of a person served by the center;

(5) failed to keep fiscal records or maintain proper control over center assets as prescribed by Chapter 783, Government Code;

(6) failed to respond to a deficiency in a review or audit;

(7) substantially failed to operate within the functions and purposes defined in the center's plan; or

(8) otherwise substantially failed to comply with this subchapter or rules of that department.

(b) Each appropriate department shall give written notification to the center and local agency or combination of agencies responsible for making appointments to the local board of trustees regarding:

(1) the appointment of the manager or management team; and

(2) the circumstances on which the appointment is based.

(c) Each appropriate commissioner may require the center to pay costs incurred by the manager or management team.

(d) The center may appeal a commissioner's decision to appoint a manager or management team as prescribed by rules of that department. The filing of a notice of appeal stays the appointment unless the commissioner based the appointment on a finding under Subsection (a)(2) or (4).
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.303 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.303
§ 202.303. PRACTICE WITHOUT RENEWING LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A person who practices podiatry with an expired renewal certificate is considered to be practicing without a license and is subject to all the penalties of the practice of podiatry without a license.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.054 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.054
§ 151.054. GROSS RECEIPTS PRESUMED SUBJECT TO TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, all gross receipts of a seller are presumed to have been subject to the sales tax unless a properly completed resale or exemption certificate is accepted by the seller.

(b) A sale is exempt if the seller receives in good faith from a purchaser, who is in the business of selling, leasing, or renting taxable items, a resale certificate stating that the tangible personal property or service is acquired for the purpose of selling, leasing, or renting it in the regular course of business or for the purpose of transferring it as an integral part of a taxable service performed in the regular course of business.

(c) A sale is exempt if the seller receives in good faith from a purchaser an exemption certificate stating qualifications for an exemption provided in Subchapter H of this chapter.

(d) A sale of liquor, wine, or malt beverages by the holder of a brewer's license, wholesaler's permit, general class B wholesaler's permit, local distributor's permit, or a general or branch distributor's license issued under the Alcoholic Beverage Code to the holder of a retail license or permit issued under the Alcoholic Beverage Code is presumed to be a sale for resale. In a sale to which this section applies, the seller is not required to receive a resale certificate from the purchaser.

(e) Properly completed resale or exemption certificates should be in the possession of the seller at the time the nontaxable transaction occurs. If the seller is not in possession of these certificates within 90 days from the date written notice requiring possession of them is given to the seller by the comptroller or a later date agreed to by the comptroller and the seller, deductions claimed by the seller that require delivery of the certificates shall be disallowed. A deduction may not be granted on the basis of certificates delivered to the comptroller after the 90-day period or, if applicable, the date agreed to by the comptroller and the seller.

(f) Before allowing a deduction, the comptroller may verify the reason or basis for exemption claimed in a resale or exemption certificate delivered to the comptroller during the period provided by Subsection (e).
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.091 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 17 / Section 17.091
§ 17.091. SUBSTITUTED SERVICE IN DELINQUENT TAX CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit to collect delinquent property taxes by the state or a political subdivision of the state in which a defendant in the suit is a nonresident, the secretary of state is an agent for service of process on that defendant if the defendant owns, has, or claims an interest in or a lien against property in this state that is the subject of the suit. This section applies regardless of whether the defendant has resided in this state.

(b) Duplicate copies of the process issued by the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending must be served on the secretary of state not later than the 20th day before the date of return stated in the process. The process must include the name and address of the nonresident's home or home office. The address may be a post office box.

(c) Immediately after being served, the secretary of state shall mail a copy of the process to the nonresident at the address provided under Subsection (b) by certified mail, return receipt requested, with the postage prepaid. The secretary of state shall certify to the court that issued the process that the secretary of state has complied with this section.

(d) Service under this section is in addition to procedures provided by Rule 117a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and has the same effect as personal service.

(e) Service of process on the secretary of state under this section must be accompanied by the fee provided by Section 405.031(a), Government Code, for the maintenance by the secretary of state of a record of the service of process.

(f) In this section, "nonresident" includes:

(1) an individual who is not a resident of this state; and

(2) a foreign corporation, foreign unincorporated association, foreign general partnership, foreign limited partnership, foreign limited liability company, foreign professional association, foreign business trust, foreign cooperative, or foreign real estate investment trust that is not required to appoint a registered agent for service of process in this state under the provisions of the Business Organizations Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8377.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8377 / Section 8377.104
§ 8377.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8377.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.041
§ 232.041. REVISION OF PLAT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who has subdivided land that is subject to the subdivision controls of the county in which the land is located may apply in writing to the commissioners court of the county for permission to revise the subdivision plat filed for record with the county clerk.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), after the application is filed with the commissioners court, the court shall publish a notice of the application in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice must include a statement of the time and place at which the court will meet to consider the application and to hear protests to the revision of the plat. The notice must be published at least three times during the period that begins on the 30th day and ends on the seventh day before the date of the meeting. If all or part of the subdivided tract has been sold to nondeveloper owners, the court shall also give notice to each of those owners by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, at the owner's address in the subdivided tract.

(b-1) If the commissioners court determines that the revision to the subdivision plat does not affect a public interest or public property of any type, including, but not limited to, a park, school, or road, the notice requirements under Subsection (b) do not apply to the application and the commissioners court shall:

(1) provide written notice of the application to the owners of the lots that are within 200 feet of the subdivision plat to be revised, as indicated in the most recent records of the central appraisal district of the county in which the lots are located; and

(2) if the county maintains an Internet website, post notice of the application continuously on the website for at least 30 days preceding the date of the meeting to consider the application until the day after the meeting.

(c) During a regular term of the commissioners court, the court shall adopt an order to permit the revision of the subdivision plat if it is shown to the court that:

(1) the revision will not interfere with the established rights of any owner of a part of the subdivided land; or

(2) each owner whose rights may be interfered with has agreed to the revision.

(d) If the commissioners court permits a person to revise a subdivision plat, the person may make the revision by filing for record with the county clerk a revised plat or part of a plat that indicates the changes made to the original plat.

(e) The commissioners court may impose a fee for filing an application under this section. The amount of the fee must be based on the cost of processing the application, including publishing the notices required under Subsection (b) or (b-1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7994.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7994 / Section 7994.052
§ 7994.052. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 556.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 556 / Section 556.002
§ 556.002. APPLICATION TO CERTAIN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to the use of appropriated money by the following public entities and their officers and employees as if the entities were state agencies and their officers and employees were state employees:

(1) a regional planning commission, council of governments, or similar regional planning agency created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code;

(2) a local workforce development board created under Subchapter F, Chapter 2308; and

(3) a community center created under Subchapter A, Chapter 534, Health and Safety Code.

(b) This chapter does not prohibit the payment of reasonable dues to an organization that represents student interests before the legislature or the Congress of the United States from that portion of mandatory student service fees that is allocated to the student government organization at an institution of higher education. A mandatory student service fee may not be used to influence the outcome of an election.
Tex. Election Code § 32.073 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 32 / Section 32.073
§ 32.073. ABSENCE OF ELECTION OFFICERS FROM POLLING PLACE.
Status: in_force

(a) The presiding judge and the clerks who are on duty at the time of any manual count or examination of ballots before the time for closing the polls shall remain on duty without leaving the polling place while the polls are open. Clerks may be assigned to work for periods ending before any manual count or examination of ballots begins. The presiding judge may permit temporary absences for meals or other necessary activities.

(b) If the presiding judge does not permit the clerks to be absent for meals, the judge must permit meals to be brought or delivered to the polling place.

(c) With respect to regulating temporary absences from the polling place while the polls are open, the presiding judge shall treat all election officers serving at the polling place uniformly.
Tex. Family Code § 107.160 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.160
§ 107.160. REQUIREMENTS FOR POST-PLACEMENT PORTION OF ADOPTION EVALUATION AND REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise agreed to by the court, the post-placement part of an adoption evaluation must comply with the minimum requirements for the post-placement part of an adoption evaluation under rules adopted by the commissioner of the department.

(b) An adoption evaluator shall file with the court a report containing the evaluator's findings and conclusions made after a child who is the subject of the suit in which the evaluation is ordered begins to reside in a prospective adoptive home.

(c) The report required under this section must be filed with the court before the court renders a final order of adoption. The report shall be included in the record of the suit.

(d) A copy of the report prepared under this section must be made available to the prospective adoptive parents before the court renders a final order of adoption.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.251
§ 1271.251. APPROVAL OF FORMULA OR METHOD FOR COMPUTING SCHEDULE OF CHARGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The formula or method for computing the schedule of charges for enrollee coverage for health care services must be filed with the commissioner before the formula or method is used in conjunction with a health care plan.

(b) The formula or method must be established in accordance with actuarial principles for the various categories of enrollees. The filing of the method or formula must contain:

(1) a statement by a qualified actuary that certifies that the formula or method is appropriate; and

(2) supporting information that the commissioner considers adequate.

(c) The formula or method must produce charges that are not excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory. Benefits must be reasonable with respect to the rates produced by the formula or method.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.007 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.007
§ 334.007. RESTRICTION ON USE OF WATER OBTAINED AS RESULT OF ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Water obtained as a result of an acquisition of property for a project described by Section 334.001(4)(F) may be used only for the maintenance of that property.
Tex. Government Code § 487.158 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.158
§ 487.158. REQUIRED CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A student may receive assistance under this subchapter only if the student signs a contract agreeing to provide health care services to the sponsoring community on completion of the academic program and licensure or certification in the health care profession for which the student is sponsored.

(b) The contract must provide that if the student does not provide the required services to the community or provides those services for less than the required time, the student is personally liable to the state for:

(1) the total amount of assistance the student receives from the department and the sponsoring community;

(2) interest on the total amount at a rate set by the department; and

(3) the state's reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining payment, including reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8326.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8326 / Section 8326.203
§ 8326.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8477.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8477 / Section 8477.101
§ 8477.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 545.0154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 545 / Section 545.0154
§ 545.0154. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) An appeal of a decision made by a hearing officer for the commission or a health and human services agency related to public assistance benefits brought by an applicant for or recipient of the benefits:

(1) is governed by Subchapters G and H, Chapter 2001, except as provided by this subchapter; and

(2) takes precedence over all civil cases except workers' compensation and unemployment compensation cases.

(b) For purposes of Section 2001.171, an applicant for or recipient of public assistance benefits has exhausted all available administrative remedies and a decision, including a decision under Section 31.034 or 32.035, Human Resources Code, is final and appealable on the date that, after a hearing:

(1) the hearing officer for the commission or a health and human services agency reaches a final decision related to the benefits; and

(2) the appropriate attorney completes an administrative review of the decision and notifies the applicant or recipient in writing of the results of that review.

(c) For purposes of Section 2001.171, an applicant for or recipient of public assistance benefits is not required to file a motion for rehearing with the commission or a health and human services agency, as applicable.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 2001.177, the cost of preparing the record and transcript of a hearing described by Section 545.0152 that is required to be sent to a reviewing court may not be charged to the applicant for or recipient of the public assistance benefits.

(e) Judicial review of a decision described by Subsection (a) is:

(1) instituted by filing a petition with a district court in Travis County, as provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 2001; and

(2) under the substantial evidence rule.

(f) The appellee is the commission.
Tex. Transportation Code § 392.0325 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 392 / Section 392.0325
§ 392.0325. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may submit a request to the department for an exception to this subchapter for a sign that is attached to a building located on property other than a state highway right-of-way and that refers to a commercial activity or business located in the building if the sign:

(1) consists solely of the name of the establishment;

(2) identifies the establishment's principal product or services; or

(3) advertises the sale or lease of the property on which the sign is located.

(b) The department shall approve a request submitted under Subsection (a) if the department:

(1) determines that the sign will not constitute a safety hazard;

(2) determines that the sign will not interfere with the construction, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance of the highway facility; and

(3) obtains the approval of the Federal Highway Administration if approval is required under federal law.

(c) This subchapter does not apply to a temporary directional sign or kiosk erected by a political subdivision as part of a program approved by the department and administered by the political subdivision on a highway within the boundaries of the political subdivision.

(d) This subchapter does not apply to a sign placed in the right-of-way by a public utility or its contractor for purposes of the utility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8057.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8057 / Section 8057.0501
§ 8057.0501. 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. Utilities Code § 17.158 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 17 / Section 17.158
§ 17.158. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW.
Status: in_force

Rules adopted by the commission under this subchapter shall be consistent with and not more burdensome than applicable federal laws and rules.