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Tex. Government Code § 25.1832 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1832
§ 25.1832. ORANGE COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Orange County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:

(1) family law cases and proceedings; and

(2) cases and proceedings involving justiciable controversies and differences between spouses, between parents, between parent and child, or between any of these and third persons.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(72), eff. January 1, 2012.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(72), eff. January 1, 2012.

(e) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an annual salary in an amount that is at least the amount the judge of the County Court at Law of Orange County was paid June 15, 1971, but not more than the amount paid a district judge by the state. The salary shall be paid out of the county treasury on order of the commissioners court.

(f) If the judge of a county court at law is disqualified, ill, or for any reason unable to hold court on any matters pending in the county court at law, the fact shall be brought to the attention of a district judge in the county by any attorney, and the district judge shall dispose of the matters requiring attention in the district courts of the county. If a special judge is necessary, he may be selected in the manner provided by law for the selection of a special district court judge.

(g) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court; the county clerk serves as clerk of the court in all other matters. The commissioners court may employ as many additional assistant county attorneys, deputy sheriffs, and clerks as are necessary to serve a county court at law.

(h) The probation department, welfare agencies, sheriff, constables, and other law enforcement agencies of the state, county, and city shall furnish a county court at law with services in the line of their respective duties as are required by a county court at law. All sheriffs and constables within the state shall render the same services with reference to process and writs from the district court, county court, and probate court.

(i) Except as otherwise required by law, a jury in a county court at law is composed of six members.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(72), eff. January 1, 2012.

(k) Appeals in all cases from judgments and orders of the court shall be to the court of appeals as provided by law for appeals from district and county courts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.151
§ 1020.151. TERRITORY THAT MAY BE ANNEXED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may annex territory that is not located in:

(1) Deaf Smith County;

(2) the boundaries of another hospital district; or

(3) the proposed boundaries of another hospital district authorized by the legislature under Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.

(b) Territory may be annexed in one or more tracts. Each tract must be contiguous to:

(1) the district; or

(2) territory proposed to be annexed to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.3531 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.3531
§ 1051.3531. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant renewing a certificate of registration shall submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints for purposes of performing a criminal history check of the applicant as provided by Section 1051.3041.

(b) The board may not renew the certificate of registration of a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).

(c) A holder of a certificate of registration is not required to submit fingerprints under this section for the renewal of the certificate of registration if the holder has previously submitted fingerprints under:

(1) Section 1051.3041 for the initial issuance of the certificate of registration; or

(2) this section as part of a prior renewal of a certificate of registration.
Tex. Education Code § 38.225 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.225
§ 38.225. PRESCRIPTION OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician or person who has been delegated prescriptive authority under Chapter 157, Occupations Code, may prescribe opioid antagonists in the name of a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school.

(b) A physician or other person who prescribes opioid antagonists under Subsection (a) shall provide the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school with a standing order for the administration of an opioid antagonist to a person reasonably believed to be experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose.

(c) The standing order under Subsection (b) is not required to be patient-specific, and the opioid antagonist may be administered to a person without a previously established physician-patient relationship.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, supervision or delegation by a physician is considered adequate if the physician:

(1) periodically reviews the order; and

(2) is available through direct telecommunication as needed for consultation, assistance, and direction.

(e) An order issued under this section must contain:

(1) the name and signature of the prescribing physician or other person;

(2) the name of the school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school to which the order is issued;

(3) the quantity of opioid antagonists to be obtained and maintained under the order; and

(4) the date of issue.

(f) A pharmacist may dispense an opioid antagonist to a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school without requiring the name or any other identifying information relating to the user.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.129 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.129
§ 1451.129. SELECTION OF PHYSICIAN GRADUATE.
Status: in_force

An insured may select a physician graduate to provide the services scheduled in the health insurance policy that are within the scope of the physician graduate's license under Subchapter E, Chapter 155, Occupations Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379B.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379B / Section 379B.012
§ 379B.012. DISSOLUTION FOR AUTHORITIES CREATED IN POPULOUS MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an authority created by a municipality with a population of 50,000 or more.

(b) The governing body of a municipality that established the authority by resolution may dissolve the authority after all debts or obligations of the authority have been satisfied.

(c) Property of the authority that remains after dissolution is conveyed to the municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2551.255 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2551 / Section 2551.255
§ 2551.255. RUNOFF BALANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) At the end of each calendar year beginning in 1997, each domestic title insurer shall compute a total statutory premium reserve balance for all policy years before January 1, 1997, combined. The balance shall be computed as of the year-end evaluation date and as if Section 2551.252 were in effect during the 20-year period ending December 31, 1996. The balance computed under this subsection is the runoff balance.

(b) A domestic title insurer shall reduce its statutory premium reserve by an amount equal to the difference between:

(1) the runoff balance computed under Subsection (a); and

(2) the runoff balance computed for the preceding calendar year.

(c) The reduction of the statutory premium reserve under Subsection (b) is in addition to any other changes to the statutory premium reserve required by this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 32.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 32 / Section 32.005
§ 32.005. ABORTION SERVICES RESTRICTED.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, funds administered under this chapter may not be used to provide abortion services unless the mother's life is in danger.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 58.201 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.201
§ 58.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "victim" means a person who is the subject of:

(1) an offense that allegedly constitutes family violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code; or

(2) an offense that is part of the same criminal episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, as an offense described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Education Code § 12A.006 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.006
§ 12A.006. TERM.
Status: in_force

The term of a district's designation as a district of innovation may not exceed five years.
Tex. Water Code § 56.014 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.014
§ 56.014. PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may present a petition to the commissioners court requesting the creation of a district. The petition shall be signed by at least 25 of the resident freehold taxpayers of the proposed district, or by at least one-third of the resident freehold taxpayers of the district if there are less than 75 of them, whose land might be affected by creation of the district.

(b) The petition shall state:

(1) the necessity, public utility, and feasibility of the proposed district;

(2) the proposed boundaries of the district; and

(3) the proposed name for the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.064 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.064
§ 324.064. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into any contract that the board considers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and powers granted by this chapter, including a lease or other contract connected with, incident to, or affecting the acquisition, financing, construction, equipment, maintenance, renovation, repair, improvement, or operation of real property or facilities.

(b) If the contract is for an amount less than or equal to the amount in Section 262.023, the board may enter into the contract without advertisement. If the contract is for more than that amount, the contract is subject to the bidding provisions for contracts applicable to the county.

(c) To be effective, a contract must be:

(1) approved by resolution of the board;

(2) executed by the president or vice-president; and

(3) attested by the secretary or treasurer.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.424 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.424
§ 11.424. CONFLICT BETWEEN GOVERNING REGULATION OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION, OR ENTITY AND CONTRACT WITH UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

To the extent of a conflict between a provision in a contract entered into by an organization, association, or entity with the United States and a provision in the charter, a bylaw, or other regulation adopted by the organization or entity to govern its affairs in compliance with Section 11.18(f)(2), 11.19(d)(5), 11.20(c)(4), or 11.21(d)(5), the existence of the contract or the organization's compliance with the contract does not affect the eligibility of the organization, association, or entity to receive an exemption under the applicable section of this code, and the organization, association, or entity may comply with the provision in the contract instead of the conflicting provision in the charter, bylaw, or other regulation.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.175 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.175
§ 2306.175. TRANSFER AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY; MANNER OF SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may:

(1) sell, assign, lease, encumber, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of real, personal, or mixed property, or an interest in property, or a deed of trust or mortgage lien interest owned by it or in its control, custody, or possession; and

(2) release or relinquish a right, title, claim, lien, interest, easement, or demand acquired in any manner, including an equity or right of redemption in property foreclosed by it.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may, under this section, conduct a public or private sale, with or without public bidding.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.202 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.202
§ 451.202. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER LIMITED TO CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to an authority created before 1980 in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million.
Tex. Education Code § 62.027 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.027
§ 62.027. EFFECT OF LEGISLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The constitutional amendment proposed by S.J.R. No. 13, 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, and approved by the voters at an election held on November 2, 1993, amended Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, to permit the legislature by two-thirds vote of the membership of each house to increase the amount of the appropriation made under that section for each five-year period.

(b) Chapter 537, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, added Section 62.024 to this subchapter in order to increase the amount of the appropriation made under Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution.

(c) The increase provided by the amendment to Section 62.024 enacted by the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, in the amount of the appropriation made under Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for each state fiscal year beginning with the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2026, constitutes the increase in accordance with Section 17(a) that the legislature considers appropriate for the five-year period beginning September 1, 2025.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.110 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.110
§ 42A.110. PROCEEDINGS AFTER ADJUDICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) After an adjudication of guilt, all proceedings, including assessment of punishment, pronouncement of sentence, granting of community supervision, and defendant's appeal, continue as if the adjudication of guilt had not been deferred.

(b) A court assessing punishment after an adjudication of guilt of a defendant charged with a state jail felony may suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community supervision or may order the sentence to be executed, regardless of whether the defendant has previously been convicted of a felony.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.105
§ 228.105. SOURCES OF PAYMENT OF AND SECURITY FOR TOLL REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subchapter, toll revenue bonds issued by the commission may:

(1) be payable from and secured by:

(A) payments made under an agreement with a local governmental entity as provided by Section 228.254;

(B) the proceeds of bonds issued for the toll project or system;

(C) amounts deposited in a debt service reserve fund as required by the trust agreement securing bonds issued for the project or system; or

(D) surplus revenue of another toll project or system as authorized by Section 228.006; and

(2) state on their faces any pledge of revenue or taxes and any security for the bonds under the agreement.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.363 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.363
§ 171.363. WILFUL AND FRAUDULENT ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A taxable entity commits an offense if the taxable entity is subject to the provisions of this chapter and the taxable entity wilfully:

(1) fails to file a report;

(2) fails to keep books and records as required by this chapter;

(3) files a fraudulent report;

(4) violates any rule of the comptroller for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter; or

(5) attempts in any other manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this chapter or the payment of the tax.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person is an accountant or an agent for or an officer or employee of a taxable entity and the person knowingly enters or provides false information on any report, return, or other document filed by the taxable entity under this chapter.

(c) A person who commits an offense under this section may also, in addition to the punishment provided by this section, be liable for a penalty under this chapter.

(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

(e) A person whose commercial domicile or whose residence is in this state may be prosecuted under this section only in the county in which the person's commercial domicile or residence is located unless the person asserts a right to be prosecuted in another county.

(f) A prosecution for a violation of this section must be commenced before the fifth anniversary of the date of the violation.
Tex. Estates Code § 54.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 54 / Section 54.002
§ 54.002. DEFECT IN PLEADING.
Status: in_force

A court may not invalidate a pleading in probate, or an order based on the pleading, on the basis of a defect of form or substance in the pleading unless a timely objection has been made against the defect and the defect has been called to the attention of the court in which the proceeding was or is pending.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 372.0035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 372 / Section 372.0035
§ 372.0035. LEAD IN PLUMBING FIXTURES, PIPE, AND PIPE FITTING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not sell or offer for sale a plumbing fixture, pipe, or pipe fitting that contains more than eight percent lead for installing or repairing:

(1) a public drinking water system; or

(2) plumbing that provides water for human consumption and is connected to a public drinking water system.

(b) A person may not sell or offer for sale solder or flux that contains more than two-tenths percent lead for installing or repairing:

(1) a public drinking water system; or

(2) plumbing that provides water for human consumption and is connected to a public drinking water system.

(c) For purposes of this section, a person engaged in the business of installing or repairing plumbing is considered to have sold or offered for sale a plumbing fixture, pipe, pipe fitting, solder, or flux if the person uses or offers to use the fixture, pipe, fitting, solder, or flux to install or repair plumbing.

(d) This section does not prohibit the sale or offer for sale of a lead joint necessary for the repair of cast-iron pipe. The commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.

(e) The commission may adopt rules to implement this section.

(f) If a person licensed under Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, violates this section, the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners may discipline the person under Subchapter I of that chapter as if a violation of this section were a violation of that chapter.

(g) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a) or (b). An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor. Each violation is a separate offense and each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense.

(h) Within the jurisdiction of a municipality, a municipal plumbing inspector may issue a citation to a person who violates this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.902 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.902
§ 214.902. RENT CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, establish rent control if:

(1) the governing body finds that a housing emergency exists due to a disaster as defined by Section 418.004, Government Code; and

(2) the governor approves the ordinance.

(b) The governing body shall continue or discontinue rent control in the same manner that the governor continues or discontinues a state of disaster under Section 418.014, Government Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 412.034 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 412 / Section 412.034
§ 412.034. PUBLIC HEARING.
Status: in_force

The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8834 / Section 8834.157
§ 8834.157. DEPOSITORY AND INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (g), the board shall designate one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money. All district money shall be deposited in a depository bank. This subsection does not limit the power of the board to place a portion of the district's money on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit or other authorized investments.

(b) The board shall prescribe the term of service for depositories.

(c) To the extent that money in a depository bank or a trustee bank is not invested or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the money must be secured in the manner provided by Chapter 2257, Government Code.

(d) Before designating a depository bank, the board shall issue a notice stating the time and location the board will meet for that purpose and shall invite banks in the district to submit applications to be designated depositories.

(e) The board shall consider the management and condition of each bank that applies under Subsection (d) and designate as a depository the bank or banks that:

(1) offer the most favorable terms and conditions for handling district money;

(2) the board finds have proper management; and

(3) are in a condition to warrant handling of district money.

(f) Membership on the district's board of an officer or director of a bank does not disqualify the bank from being designated as a depository bank.

(g) If the board does not receive any applications before the meeting under Subsection (d), the board shall designate as a depository a bank or banks inside or outside the district under terms the board finds advantageous to the district.

(h) District money may be invested and reinvested as provided by Chapter 2256, Government Code.

(i) The board by resolution may provide that an authorized district representative may invest and reinvest district money and provide for money to be withdrawn from the appropriate district accounts for investments on terms that the board considers advisable.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.503 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.503
§ 801.503. ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST PERSON NOT LICENSED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person not licensed under this chapter, including a corporation, organization, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or other legal entity, who violates this chapter or a rule adopted by the board under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day of violation.

(b) At the request of the board, the attorney general shall bring an action to recover a civil penalty authorized by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8008.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8008 / Section 8008.051
§ 8008.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8008.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.031 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.031
§ 68.031. LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not provide pilot services unless the person has a license or certificate issued under this chapter for the Brazoria County ports in which the pilot services are to be provided.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1066.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1066 / Section 1066.109
§ 1066.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or other provision prescribed in writing by the donor that is consistent with the proper management of the district.