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Tex. Education Code § 30B.054 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30B / Section 30B.054
§ 30B.054. ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

Except as authorized by commissioner rule, an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023 or 39.025 to a student enrolled in a hybrid or virtual course offered under this chapter shall be administered to the student in the same manner in which the assessment instrument is administered to a student enrolled in an in-person course at the student's school district or open-enrollment charter school.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1104.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.001
§ 1104.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Appraisal Management Company Registration and Regulation Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.053
§ 1015.053. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be:

(1) a district resident; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) A district employee may not serve as a director.
Tex. Education Code § 25.152 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 25 / Section 25.152
§ 25.152. LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM; SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) To ensure that the school district does not discriminate against a student's publicly stated voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, and to eliminate any actual or perceived affirmative school sponsorship or attribution to the district of a student's expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, a school district shall adopt a policy, which must include the establishment of a limited public forum for student speakers at all school events at which a student is to publicly speak. The policy regarding the limited public forum must also require the school district to:

(1) provide the forum in a manner that does not discriminate against a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject;

(2) provide a method, based on neutral criteria, for the selection of student speakers at school events and graduation ceremonies;

(3) ensure that a student speaker does not engage in obscene, vulgar, offensively lewd, or indecent speech; and

(4) state, in writing, orally, or both, that the student's speech does not reflect the endorsement, sponsorship, position, or expression of the district.

(b) The school district disclaimer required by Subsection (a)(4) must be provided at all graduation ceremonies. The school district must also continue to provide the disclaimer at any other event in which a student speaks publicly for as long as a need exists to dispel confusion over the district's nonsponsorship of the student's speech.

(c) Student expression on an otherwise permissible subject may not be excluded from the limited public forum because the subject is expressed from a religious viewpoint.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8012A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8012A / Section 8012A.0306
§ 8012A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district under Section 49.316, Water Code, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 558.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 558 / Section 558.051
§ 558.051. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE BY EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To qualify for a license to practice pharmacy, an applicant for licensing by examination must submit to the board:

(1) a license fee set by the board; and

(2) a completed application on a form prescribed by the board with satisfactory sworn evidence that the applicant:

(A) is at least 18 years of age;

(B) has completed a minimum of a 1,000-hour internship or other program that has been approved by the board or has demonstrated, to the board's satisfaction, experience in the practice of pharmacy that meets or exceeds the board's minimum internship requirements;

(C) has graduated and received a professional practice degree, as defined by board rule, from an accredited pharmacy degree program approved by the board;

(D) has passed the examination required by the board; and

(E) has not had a pharmacist license granted by another state restricted, suspended, revoked, or surrendered, for any reason.

(b) Each applicant must obtain practical experience in the practice of pharmacy concurrent with college attendance or after college graduation, or both, under conditions the board determines.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 151.003 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 151 / Section 151.003
§ 151.003. RETENTION OF BILL OF SALE.
Status: in_force

A person that purchases trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips shall retain the bill of sale for not less than five years following the later of the date of execution of the bill of sale or the expiration date referenced in the bill of sale.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 40.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.06
§ 40.06. STATE MAY CONTROVERT MOTION.
Status: repealed

By order of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dated December 18, 1985, effective September 1, 1986, adopting the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 685 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, this article was repealed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3859.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3859 / Section 3859.152
§ 3859.152. PARKING FACILITIES AUTHORIZED; OPERATION BY PRIVATE ENTITY; TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities, including:

(1) lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for the parking of motor vehicles; and

(2) equipment, entrances, exits, fencing, and other accessories necessary for safety and convenience in the parking of vehicles.

(b) A parking facility of the district must be either leased to or operated on behalf of the district by a private entity or an entity other than the district. The district's parking facilities are a program authorized by the legislature under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and accomplish a public purpose under that section even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's public parking facilities and any lease to a private entity are exempt from the payment of ad valorem taxes and state and local sales and use taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3824.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3824 / Section 3824.152
§ 3824.152. TAX AND BOND ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district imposes a maintenance tax or issues bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) The board may not include more than one purpose in a single proposition at an election.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Water Code § 55.530 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.530
§ 55.530. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FOR THE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) After district bonds have been authorized or issued or after a contract with the United States has been authorized or executed, if the board thinks it is necessary, it may authorize:

(1) modifications in the district and its improvements;

(2) purchase or construction of additional improvements and issuance of additional bonds based on the engineer's report; or

(3) a supplemental contract with the United States.

(b) Before any of the projects under Subsection (a) of this section are undertaken, the board shall enter its findings in the minutes and shall give notice that an election will be held to approve the issuance of bonds or the execution of a contract with the United States. The election shall be held within the time and the returns made and the result determined in the same manner provided for the original bond election.
Tex. Government Code § 54A.210 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54A / Section 54A.210
§ 54A.210. WITNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A witness appearing before an associate judge is subject to the penalties for perjury provided by law.

(b) A referring court may issue attachment against and may fine or imprison a witness whose failure to appear after being summoned or whose refusal to answer questions has been certified to the court.
Tex. Labor Code § 308.012 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 308 / Section 308.012
§ 308.012. REPORT; RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall collect information and maintain records regarding:

(1) the operation and outcome of the program;

(2) impediments identified by the commission that affect the successful operation of the program; and

(3) complaints or other comments regarding the program received by the commission from employers, trainees, regular employees, and local workforce development boards.

(b) Information maintained by the commission under Subsection (a) is a public record.

(c) Expired.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7993A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7993A / Section 7993A.0503
§ 7993A.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. Government Code § 523.0056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0056
§ 523.0056. MERIT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may establish a merit system for commission employees.

(b) The merit system may be maintained in conjunction with other state agencies that are required by federal law to operate under a merit system.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.207 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.207
§ 451.207. CONTINUATION OF TAX RATE INCREASE.
Status: in_force

On the expiration of the dedication of an authority's sales and use tax rate increase revenue as provided by Section 451.206, the board shall decrease the authority's sales and use tax rate to its previous rate unless:

(1) the board determines that the revenue from the increased rate is necessary for purposes other than the regional economic development facilities portion of the station or terminal complex;

(2) the board submits the question of the continuation of the increased rate to the voters of the authority at an election held as provided by this chapter; and

(3) at the election, a majority of the votes received on the measure favor the continuation of the increased tax rate.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.402 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.402
§ 273.402. ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING OR DISPOSING OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall make or issue to the appropriate person, with the commissioner's approval, a guaranty or other form of written assurance that is reasonably necessary to facilitate the transfer or other disposition of all or part of the property of a member association under conservatorship.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2402 / Section 2402.105
§ 2402.105. ELECTRONIC RECEIPT.
Status: in_force

Within a reasonable time following the completion of a digitally prearranged ride, the transportation network company whose digital network was used to prearrange the ride shall transmit, through electronic mail or text message, a receipt to the passenger who requested the ride that includes:

(1) the origin and destination of the ride;

(2) the total time and distance of the ride; and

(3) an itemization of the total fare paid, if any.
Tex. Property Code § 114.085 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 114 / Section 114.085
§ 114.085. PARTNERSHIPS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent allowed by law, a trustee who takes the place of a deceased partner in a general partnership in accordance with the articles of partnership is liable to third persons only to the extent of the:

(1) deceased partner's capital in the partnership; and

(2) trust funds held by the trustee.

(b) A trustee who contracts to enter a general partnership in its capacity as trustee shall limit, to the extent allowed by law, the trust's liability to:

(1) the trust assets contributed to the partnership; and

(2) other assets of the trust under the management of the contracting trustee.

(c) If another provision of this subtitle conflicts with this section, this section controls. This section does not exonerate a trustee from liability for negligence.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.152
§ 2310.152. DEVICE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

A person performs device maintenance activities if the person or the person's employee:

(1) places a motor fuel metering device in service;

(2) installs, calibrates, inspects, tests, or repairs a motor fuel metering device; or

(3) removes an out-of-order tag, stop-sale order, security seal, lock, condemnation notice, or other form of use prohibition placed on a motor fuel metering device by the department.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.313 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.313
§ 1501.313. RESCISSION OF APPROVAL TO OPERATE AS RISK-ASSUMING HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN ISSUER.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, after notice and hearing, may rescind approval to operate as a risk-assuming health benefit plan issuer if the commissioner finds that the issuer:

(1) is not financially able to support the assumption of risk from issuing coverage to small employers without the protection provided by the system;

(2) has failed to market fairly to all small employers in the state or in the issuer's established geographic service area; or

(3) has failed to provide coverage to eligible small employers.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.010 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.010
§ 1001.010. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may enter into an interlocal contract with one or more local governments in accordance with Chapter 791, Government Code.

(b) The board by rule shall adopt policies and procedures consistent with applicable state procurement practices for soliciting and awarding a contract under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3936.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3936 / Section 3936.002
§ 3936.002. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 432.143 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.143
§ 432.143. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH PROCEDURAL RULES.
Status: in_force

A person subject to this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person:

(1) is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of a case of a person accused of an offense under this chapter; or

(2) knowingly and intentionally fails to enforce or comply with a provision of this chapter regulating the proceedings before, during, or after trial of an accused.
Tex. Labor Code § 101.154 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 101 / Section 101.154
§ 101.154. PICKETING INTENDED TO SECURE BREACH OF LABOR AGREEMENT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person may not engage in picketing the purpose of which, directly or indirectly, is to secure the disregard or breach of a valid existing labor agreement arrived at between an employer and the representatives:

(1) designated by the employees for the purpose of collective bargaining; or

(2) certified as the bargaining unit under the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq.).
Tex. Education Code § 151.009 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 151 / Section 151.009
§ 151.009. COORDINATING BOARD OVERSIGHT.
Status: in_force

The institutions subject to the oversight of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Chapter 61 and the rules of the coordinating board adopted under Chapter 61 remain subject to that supervision and those rules as those institutions participate in the institute and its activities.
Tex. Local Government Code § 192.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 192 / Section 192.002
§ 192.002. MILITARY DISCHARGE RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county clerk shall record the official discharge of persons who after 1915 have served as members of the United States armed forces, the United States armed forces reserve, or an armed forces auxiliary.

(b) The county clerk may not charge a fee for the recording and keeping of a military discharge record.

(c)(1) This subsection applies only in relation to a military discharge record that is recorded with a county clerk under this section before September 1, 2003.

(2) The veteran who is the subject of the record or the legal guardian of the veteran may direct, in writing, that the county clerk destroy all copies of the record that the county clerk makes readily available to the public for purposes of Section 191.006, such as paper copies of the record in the county courthouse or a courthouse annex, microfilm or microfiche copies of the record in the county courthouse or a courthouse annex, and electronic copies of the record that are available to the public. The county clerk shall comply with the direction within 15 business days after the date the direction is received. The county clerk's compliance does not violate any law of this state relating to the preservation, destruction, or alienation of public records. The direction to destroy the copies of the record, the county clerk's compliance, and any delay between the time the direction is made and the time the county clerk destroys the copies may not be used to limit or restrict the public's access to the real property records of the county.

(3) A county clerk who receives a request under Chapter 552, Government Code, for inspection or duplication of a military discharge record recorded before September 1, 2003, is only required to search for the record in places where or media in which the county clerk makes records readily available to the public for purposes of Section 191.006, such as paper records stored in the county courthouse or a courthouse annex, microfilmed or microfiched records stored in the county courthouse or a courthouse annex, and electronically stored records made available to the public. This subdivision does not apply to a request made by the veteran who is the subject of the military discharge record or the legal guardian of the veteran.
Tex. Water Code § 27.151 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.151
§ 27.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Aquifer storage and recovery project" means a project involving the injection of water into a geologic formation for the purpose of subsequent recovery and beneficial use by the project operator.

(2) "ASR injection well" means a Class V injection well used for the injection of water into a geologic formation as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project.

(3) "ASR recovery well" means a well used for the recovery of water from a geologic formation as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project.

(4) "Native groundwater" means the groundwater naturally occurring in a geologic formation.

(5) "Project operator" means a person holding an authorization under this subchapter to undertake an aquifer storage and recovery project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3824.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3824 / Section 3824.052
§ 3824.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the City of Galveston shall appoint voting directors to the board.
Tex. Education Code § 63.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 63 / Section 63.003
§ 63.003. ALLOCATION OF DISTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature shall appropriate the amount available for distribution from the fund to the health-related institutions of higher education listed in Section 63.002(c). The amount appropriated shall be distributed as follows:

(1) 70 percent shall be distributed in equal amounts to each institution; and

(2) the remaining amount shall be distributed in equal amounts for each of the following categories, with each institution receiving a share in each category proportionate to the amount that the institution spent in that category in the preceding fiscal biennium as determined by the institution's annual financial report, compared to the total spending of every institution listed in Section 63.002(c) in that category in the preceding biennium:

(A) instructional expenditures;

(B) research expenditures; and

(C) unsponsored charity care.

(b) The amount appropriated under Subsection (a) shall be distributed quarterly by the comptroller to each health-related institution of higher education.

(c) The Legislative Budget Board shall make any necessary determination of each institution's portion of an amount appropriated under Subsection (a)(2) and shall provide that information to the legislature and the comptroller.

(d) Expired.
Tex. Education Code § 135.08 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 135 / Section 135.08
§ 135.08. AIRPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Waco campus may operate its airport as a public airport.

(b) The system may not use legislative appropriations for the airport but may use federal or public agency grants for aviation or economic development.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2030.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2030 / Section 2030.003
§ 2030.003. TEXAS-BRED RACES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas-bred race" means a race limited to accredited Texas-bred horses.

(b) A racetrack association shall provide for the running of Texas-bred races.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), on each horse racing day, a racetrack association shall provide for the running of at least two Texas-bred races, including one race restricted to maidens.

(d) In accordance with commission rule, a racetrack association may defer the running of one or both of the races required by Subsection (c) for each horse racing day if the racetrack association provides that the total number of accredited Texas-bred races in a horse race meeting is equal to twice the total number of horse racing days in the horse race meeting.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 304.056 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 304 / Section 304.056
§ 304.056. PLACEMENT OF ENTRIES ON NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

The commission or a person the commission designates may:

(1) provide information on the Texas no-call list to the administrator of the national do-not-call registry; and

(2) allow the names and telephone numbers on the Texas no-call list to be placed on the national do-not-call registry. (Bus.& Com. Code, Sec. 44.101(d).)
Tex. Education Code § 54.623 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.623
§ 54.623. JUNIOR COLLEGE PLAN.
Status: in_force

Through the junior college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend a public junior college for a specified number of undergraduate credit hours not to exceed the typical number of hours required for a certificate or an associate degree awarded by a public junior college.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0306
§ 8512.0306. DEVELOPMENT, GENERATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF WATER POWER AND ELECTRIC ENERGY.
Status: in_force

The authority may:

(1) develop and generate water power and electric energy inside the authority; and

(2) distribute and sell water power and electric energy inside or outside the authority.
Tex. Occupations Code § 304.007 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 304 / Section 304.007
§ 304.007. ACCESS TO PRACTICE-RELATED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Practice-related information provided by the Texas Board of Nursing to registered or vocational nurses licensed by this state shall be made available by the board on request and at a reasonable cost to nurses practicing in this state under a license issued by a state that is a party to the Nurse Licensure Compact.