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Tex. Insurance Code § 1153.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1153 / Section 1153.204
§ 1153.204. CLAIM UNDER POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) A claim for recovery under a policy to which this chapter applies shall be reported promptly to the insurer or the insurer's designated claim representative.

(b) An insurer shall maintain adequate claim files.

(c) A claim shall be settled as soon as possible and in accordance with the insurance contract.

(d) A claim shall be paid by a draft drawn on the insurer or by check of the insurer to the order of the claimant to whom payment of the claim is due under the policy or on direction of the claimant to the person specified.

(e) A plan or arrangement may not be used to authorize an individual, firm, or corporation, other than the insurer or the insurer's designated claim representative, to settle or adjust a claim. The creditor may not be designated as claim representative for the insurer in settling or adjusting a claim. Notwithstanding this subsection, a group policyholder, under an arrangement with the group insurer, may draw drafts or checks in payment of claims due to the group policyholder subject to audit and review by the insurer.
Tex. Election Code § 51.036 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 51 / Section 51.036
§ 51.036. CUSTODIAN OF EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this code, the authority responsible for distributing election supplies for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision is the custodian of the election equipment owned by the political subdivision.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.102
§ 441.102. TIME FOR COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

An insurer under supervision must comply with the commissioner's requirements under Section 441.053 not later than the 180th day after the date of the commissioner's notice of supervision.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.201
§ 4051.201. LICENSE ISSUANCE.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue a license to an individual applicant to act as an agent for a county mutual insurance company under Chapter 912 on receipt of certification from the company that the applicant has:

(1) completed a course of study and instruction in compliance with this subchapter; and

(2) passed without aid a written examination administered by the company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8274.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8274 / Section 8274.005
§ 8274.005. EXPANSION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If land is annexed to the district under Section 49.301, Water Code, the board may require the petitioners to:

(1) allow the assumption by the area to be annexed of its pro rata share of the taxes necessary to support voted but unissued tax or tax-revenue bonds of the district; and

(2) authorize the board to impose a tax on the petitioners' property to pay for the bonds after the bonds have been issued.

(b) If land is annexed to the district under Section 49.302, Water Code, the board may submit to the voters of the area to be annexed a proposition on the question of the assumption by the area to be annexed of its pro rata share of the voted but not yet issued or sold tax or tax-revenue bonds of the district and the imposition of an ad valorem tax on taxable property in the area to be annexed along with a tax in the rest of the district for the payment of the bonds.

(c) If the petitioners consent or if the election results favorably, the district may issue its voted but unissued tax or tax-revenue bonds regardless of changes to district boundaries since the original voting or authorization of the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.1711 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.1711
§ 2306.1711. RULEMAKING PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall adopt rules outlining formal rulemaking procedures for the low income housing tax credit program and the multifamily housing mortgage revenue bond program in accordance with Chapter 2001.

(b) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must include:

(1) procedures for allowing interested parties to petition the department to request the adoption of a new rule or the amendment of an existing rule;

(2) notice requirements and deadlines for taking certain actions; and

(3) a provision for a public hearing.

(c) The department shall provide for public input before adopting rules for programs with requests for proposals and notices of funding availability.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8026.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8026 / Section 8026.0503
§ 8026.0503. 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 § 1110.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1110 / Section 1110.208
§ 1110.208. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

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

(1) any bonds issued by the district;

(2) the transfer and issuance of the bonds; and

(3) any profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 82.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 82 / Section 82.011
§ 82.011. WRITTEN COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Law Examiners shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the board. The file must include:

(1) the name of the person who filed the complaint;

(2) the date the complaint was received by the board;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) the name of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) an explanation of the reason the file was closed, if the board closed the file without taking action other than to investigate the complaint.

(b) The board shall provide to the person filing the complaint and to each person who is a subject of the complaint a copy of the board's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The board, at least quarterly until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and each person who is a subject of the complaint of the status of the investigation unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.041
§ 285.041. APPOINTMENT OF TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

A hospital district created under Article IX, Section 9, of the Texas Constitution may appoint a tax assessor and collector for the district.
Tex. Water Code § 58.648 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.648
§ 58.648. EFFECT OF FINAL JUDGMENT AND DECREE.
Status: in_force

The final judgment and decree of the commissioners shall form the basis for all taxation in the district. Taxes shall be apportioned and levied on each tract of irrigable land in the district in proportion to the net benefits to the land stated in the final judgment and decree.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.112 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.112
§ 161.112. INDEMNIFICATION FOR LEGAL EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

If a present or former employee of the department who was involved in activities related to the provision of guardianship services under this subchapter is criminally prosecuted for conduct related to the person's misfeasance or nonfeasance in the course and scope of the person's employment and is found not guilty after a trial or appeal or if the complaint or indictment is dismissed without a plea of guilty or nolo contendere being entered, the department may indemnify the person or the person's estate for the reasonable attorney's fees incurred in defense of the prosecution up to a maximum of $10,000.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.453 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.453
§ 361.453. INSPECTION OF BATTERY RETAILERS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall produce, print, and distribute the notices required by Section 361.452 to all places where lead-acid batteries are offered for sale at retail. In performing its duties under this section the commission may inspect any place, building, or premises governed by Section 361.452. Failure to post the required notice within three days following warning shall subject the establishment to an administrative or a civil penalty under Chapter 7, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 508.190 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.190
§ 508.190. AVOIDING VICTIM OF STALKING OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A parole panel shall require as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision that a releasee serving a sentence for an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, not:

(1) communicate directly or indirectly with the victim;

(2) go to or near the residence, place of employment, or business of the victim; or

(3) go to or near a school, day-care facility, or similar facility where a dependent child of the victim is in attendance.

(b) If a parole panel requires the prohibition contained in Subsection (a)(2) or (3) as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision, the parole panel shall specifically describe the prohibited locations and the minimum distances, if any, that the releasee must maintain from the locations.
Tex. Tax Code § 352.004 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 352 / Section 352.004
§ 352.004. TAX COLLECTION; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner or operator of a hotel shall report and send the taxes collected under this chapter to the county as provided by the resolution or order imposing the tax.

(b) If the owner fails to report when required or pay the tax when due, the owner shall pay a penalty of five percent of the amount of the tax due. If the owner fails to file the report or pay the tax before the 31st day after the date that the report or tax payment was due, he shall pay an additional penalty of five percent of the amount of the tax due.

(c) Delinquent taxes and accrued penalties draw interest at the rate of 10 percent a year beginning 60 days after the date on which the tax was due.

(d) The county attorney may bring suit against a person who is required to collect the tax imposed by this chapter and pay the collections over to the county and who has failed to file a tax report or pay the tax when due to collect the tax not paid or to enjoin the person from operating a hotel in the county until the tax is paid or the report filed, as applicable, as provided by the court's order. The remedy provided by this subsection is in addition to other available remedies.

(d-1) Except as provided by Subsection (d-2), a county must bring suit under this section not later than the fourth anniversary of the date the tax becomes due.

(d-2) The limitation provided by Subsection (d-1) does not apply and a county may bring suit under this section at any time if:

(1) with intent to evade the tax, the person files a false or fraudulent report with the county; or

(2) the person has not filed a report for the tax with the county.

(e) If a person required to file a tax report under this chapter does not file the report as required by the county, the county may determine the amount of tax due under this chapter by conducting an audit of each hotel in relation to which the person did not file the report as required by the county. A county may directly perform an audit authorized under this subsection or contract with another person to perform the audit on an hourly rate or fixed-fee basis. A county shall provide at least 30 days' written notice to a person who is required to collect the tax imposed by this chapter with respect to a hotel before conducting an audit of the hotel under this subsection.
Tex. Local Government Code § 397A.110 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 397A / Section 397A.110
§ 397A.110. WITHDRAWAL FROM COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

A participating governmental entity may withdraw from a regional military sustainability commission:

(1) by a two-thirds vote of its governing body; and

(2) after providing notice to the relevant military installation commander not later than the 45th day before the date of the vote under Subdivision (1).
Tex. Water Code § 26.402 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.402
§ 26.402. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "committee" means the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5004.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5004 / Section 5004.051
§ 5004.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) All powers of the district shall be exercised by a board consisting of 10 directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered terms of two years, with the terms of:

(1) four directors expiring January 1 of even-numbered years; and

(2) six directors expiring January 1 of odd-numbered years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8256.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8256 / Section 8256.003
§ 8256.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8256.055 before September 1, 2009:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2009, except that:

(A) any debts incurred shall be paid;

(B) any assets that remain after the payment of debts shall be transferred to Grayson County; and

(C) the organization of the district shall be maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2014.
Tex. Education Code § 52.81 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 52 / Section 52.81
§ 52.81. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2) "Bond" means a general obligation bond issued by the board under former Section 50b-3 or Section 50b-4, 50b-5, 50b-6, or 50b-7, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(3) "Fund" means the student loan auxiliary fund.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.0582 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0582
§ 31.0582. RIGHTS OF SECURED PARTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "good faith" means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the effect of perfection and nonperfection of a security interest and the priority of a perfected or unperfected security interest with respect to the rights of a purchaser or creditor, including a lien creditor, is governed by the Business & Commerce Code.

(c) If, while a security interest in a vessel or outboard motor is perfected by any method under this chapter, the department issues a certificate of title that does not indicate that the vessel or outboard motor is subject to the security interest or contain a statement that it may be subject to security interests not indicated on the certificate of title:

(1) a buyer of the vessel or outboard motor, other than a person in the business of selling or leasing vessels or outboard motors of that kind, takes free of the security interest if the buyer, acting in good faith and without knowledge of the security interest, gives value and receives possession of the vessel or outboard motor; and

(2) the security interest is subordinate to a conflicting security interest in the vessel or outboard motor that is perfected under Section 31.0569, after creation of the certificate and without the conflicting secured party's knowledge of the security interest.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 100D.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 100D / Section 100D.002
§ 100D.002. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A person who engages in malicious solicitation during a disaster is liable to the donee on whose behalf the payment was collected, the donee's estate, the donor from whom the payment was solicited, or the donor's estate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8471.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8471 / Section 8471.052
§ 8471.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8471.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8471.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8471.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2504 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2504
§ 54.2504. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The criminal law magistrate court or a judge of the criminal law magistrate court may issue writs of injunction and all other writs necessary for the enforcement of the jurisdiction of the court and may issue misdemeanor writs of habeas corpus in cases in which the offense charged is within the jurisdiction of the court or of any other court of inferior jurisdiction in the county. The court and the judge may punish for contempt as provided by law for district courts. A judge of the criminal law magistrate court has all other powers, duties, immunities, and privileges provided by law for:

(1) justices of the peace when acting in a Class C misdemeanor case;

(2) county court at law judges when acting in a Class A or Class B misdemeanor case; and

(3) district court judges when acting in a felony case.

(b) A judge of the criminal law magistrate court may hold an indigency hearing and a capias pro fine hearing. When acting as the judge who issued the capias pro fine, a judge of the criminal law magistrate court may make all findings of fact and conclusions of law required of the judge who issued the capias pro fine. In conducting a hearing under this subsection, the judge of the criminal law magistrate court is empowered to make all findings of fact and conclusions of law and to issue all orders necessary to properly dispose of the capias pro fine or indigency hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure applicable to a misdemeanor or felony case of the same type and level.

(c) A judge of the magistrate court may accept a plea of guilty or nolo contendere from a defendant charged with a misdemeanor or felony offense.
Tex. Family Code § 3.008 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 3 / Section 3.008
§ 3.008. PROPERTY INTEREST IN CERTAIN INSURANCE PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Insurance proceeds paid or payable that arise from a casualty loss to property during marriage are characterized in the same manner as the property to which the claim is attributable.

(b) If a person becomes disabled or is injured, any disability insurance payment or workers' compensation payment is community property to the extent it is intended to replace earnings lost while the disabled or injured person is married. To the extent that any insurance payment or workers' compensation payment is intended to replace earnings while the disabled or injured person is not married, the recovery is the separate property of the disabled or injured spouse.
Tex. Labor Code § 204.043 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 204 / Section 204.043
§ 204.043. EXTENSION OF TAX RATE TABLE UP TO SIX PERCENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall extend the table in Section 204.042 by providing additional replenishment ratios, benefit ratios, and tax rates up to six percent.

(b) In extending the table in Section 204.042, the commission shall use the same mathematical principles used in constructing the table.
Tex. Estates Code § 1202.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.002
§ 1202.002. TERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP IF PARENT IS NO LONGER INCAPACITATED.
Status: in_force

(a) The powers of a person appointed to serve as the designated guardian of the person or estate, or both, of a minor child solely because of the incapacity of the minor's surviving parent and in accordance with Section 1104.053 and Subchapter D, Chapter 1104, terminate when a probate court enters an order finding that the surviving parent is no longer an incapacitated person.

(b) The powers of a person appointed to serve as the designated guardian of the person or estate, or both, of an adult individual solely because of the incapacity of the individual's surviving parent and in accordance with Section 1104.103 and Subchapter D, Chapter 1104, terminate when a probate court enters an order finding that the surviving parent is no longer an incapacitated person and reappointing the surviving parent as the individual's guardian.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.257 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.257
§ 54.257. INTERFERENCE WITH ANOTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY.
Status: in_force

If a telecommunications utility constructing or extending the utility's lines, plant, or system interferes or attempts to interfere with the operation of a line, plant, or system of another utility, the commission by order may:

(1) prohibit the construction or extension; or

(2) prescribe terms for locating the affected lines, plants, or systems.