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Tex. Family Code § 162.301 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.301
§ 162.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Adoption assistance agreement" means a written agreement, binding on the parties to the agreement, between the Department of Family and Protective Services and the prospective adoptive parents that specifies the nature and amount of any payment, services, or assistance to be provided under the agreement and stipulates that the agreement will remain in effect without regard to the state in which the prospective adoptive parents reside at any particular time.

(2) "Child" means a child who cannot be placed for adoption with appropriate adoptive parents without the provision of adoption assistance because of factors including ethnic background, age, membership in a minority or sibling group, the presence of a medical condition, or a physical, mental, or emotional disability.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Tex. Tax Code § 313.006 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 313 / Section 313.006
§ 313.006. IMPOSITION OF IMPACT FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "impact fee" means a charge or assessment imposed against a qualified property, as defined by former Section 313.021, in order to generate revenue for funding or recouping the costs of capital improvements or facility expansions for water, wastewater, or storm water services or for roads necessitated by or attributable to property that receives a limitation on appraised value under this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 395, Local Government Code, a municipality or county may impose and collect from the owner of a qualified property a reasonable impact fee under this section to pay for the cost of providing improvements associated with or attributable to property that receives a limitation on appraised value under this chapter.
Tex. Election Code § 127.131 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.131
§ 127.131. PREPARING RETURNS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the automatic counting of ballots for each precinct is completed, the presiding judge of the central counting station shall prepare the election returns for that precinct and sign the returns to certify their accuracy.

(a) After the automatic counting of ballots is completed, the presiding judge of the central counting station shall prepare the election returns for each precinct and each polling location and sign the returns to certify their accuracy.

(b) In addition to the results of the automatically counted votes, the returns must include the results of the manually counted votes.

(c) The same number of copies of the returns shall be prepared as for a precinct polling place using regular paper ballots.

(d) The returns may not be certified until a valid automatic count is obtained or a manual count is completed, as appropriate.

(e) If the automatic tabulating equipment produces a printout that contains all information required to appear on the election returns, the printout with the addition of the manually counted votes constitutes the return.

(f) The presiding judge of the central counting station shall provide and attest to a written reconciliation of votes and voters at the close of tabulation for election day and again after the central counting station meets for the last time to process late-arriving ballots by mail and provisional ballots. The secretary of state shall create and promulgate rules and a form to facilitate compliance with this subsection. The form shall be posted on a website maintained by the county along with election returns and results.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 532.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 532 / Section 532.004
§ 532.004. ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall appoint any advisory committees the executive commissioner considers necessary to assist in the effective administration of the department's mental health programs.

(b) The department may reimburse committee members for travel costs incurred in performing their duties as provided by Section 2110.004, Government Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 112.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 112 / Section 112.053
§ 112.053. ADJUDICATION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A community property survivorship agreement that satisfies the requirements of this chapter is effective and enforceable without an adjudication.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.452 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.452
§ 101.452. STANDING TO BRING PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a member may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding unless:

(1) the member:

(A) was a member of the limited liability company at the time of the act or omission complained of; or

(B) became a member by operation of law originating from a person that was a member at the time of the act or omission complained of; and

(2) the member fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited liability company in enforcing the right of the limited liability company.

(b) If the converted entity in a conversion is a limited liability company, a member of that limited liability company may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding based on an act or omission that occurred with respect to the converting entity before the date of the conversion unless:

(1) the member was an equity owner of the converting entity at the time of the act or omission; and

(2) the member fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited liability company in enforcing the right of the limited liability company.
Tex. Estates Code § 360.157 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 360 / Section 360.157
§ 360.157. COMMISSIONERS' FEES.
Status: in_force

A commissioner who partitions and distributes an estate under this subchapter is entitled to $5 for each day the commissioner necessarily engages in performing the commissioner's duties, to be taxed and paid as other costs in cases of partition.
Tex. Government Code § 24.946 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.946
§ 24.946. PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall meet in accordance with its own rules. The board shall meet at least once in each interim between regular sessions of the legislature and shall exercise its reapportionment powers only in the interims between regular legislative sessions. Meetings of the board shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 551, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter. A reapportionment may not be ordered in the interim immediately following a regular session of the legislature in which a valid and subsisting statewide reapportionment of judicial districts is enacted by the legislature. Unless the legislature enacts a statewide reapportionment of the judicial districts following each federal decennial census, the board shall convene not later than the first Monday of June of the third year following the year in which the federal decennial census is taken to make a statewide reapportionment of the districts. The board shall complete its work on the reapportionment and file its order with the secretary of state not later than August 31 of the same year. If the Judicial Districts Board fails to make a statewide apportionment by that date, the Legislative Redistricting Board established by Article III, Section 28, of the Texas Constitution shall make a statewide reapportionment of the judicial districts not later than the 150th day after the final day for the Judicial Districts Board to make the reapportionment, and that apportionment takes effect as provided by Sections 24.948 and 24.949.

(b) The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and has the power to make investigations, hold hearings, compel by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records, administer oaths, and do all things necessary in its judgment to carry out its duties.

(c) On the request of the chairman, a peace officer shall serve a subpoena issued by the board. The officer shall serve the subpoena in the same manner as a subpoena issued by a district court is served. If the person to whom a subpoena is directed fails to comply, the board may bring suit in the district court to enforce the subpoena. If the court determines that good cause exists for the issuance of the subpoena, the court shall order compliance. The court may modify the requirements of a subpoena that the court determines are unreasonable. Failure to comply with the order of the district court is punishable as contempt.

(d) The board may provide for the compensation of subpoenaed witnesses. The amount of compensation may not exceed the amount paid to a witness subpoenaed by a district court in a civil proceeding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7953.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7953 / Section 7953.151
§ 7953.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Labor Code § 204.103 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 204 / Section 204.103
§ 204.103. RATE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The rate of the contribution required under Section 204.101 for each calendar year is equal to the greater of:

(1) one-tenth of one percent; or

(2) the percentage, adjusted to the next higher one-tenth of one percent, computed by dividing the numerator described by Subsection (b) by the denominator described by Subsection (c).

(b) The numerator is the amount of all benefits paid during the preceding calendar year based on wage credits earned from employers that pay contributions under this subchapter, not including benefit payments that are reimbursable from any other source. If the amount of benefits paid during the period used for determining the rate is greater than the contributions paid by the same employers for the same period, the amount of the benefits paid in excess of the amount of contributions collected shall be added to the numerator in determining the contribution rate. If the amount of benefits paid for the period used for determining the rate is less than the contributions paid by the same employers for the same period, that amount shall be deducted from the numerator in computing the rate.

(c) The denominator is the amount of the total wages paid during the preceding calendar year by all employers that pay contributions under this subchapter.
Tex. Penal Code § 43.021 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 43 / Section 43.021
§ 43.021. SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly offers or agrees to pay a fee to another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with that person or another.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony, except that the offense is:

(1) a felony of the third degree if the actor has previously been convicted of an offense under Subsection (a) or under Section 43.02(b), as that law existed before September 1, 2021; or

(2) a felony of the second degree if the person with respect to whom the actor offers or agrees to engage in sexual conduct is:

(A) younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of the offense;

(B) represented to the actor as being younger than 18 years of age; or

(C) believed by the actor to be younger than 18 years of age.

(b-1) The punishment prescribed for an offense under Subsection (a) is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next highest category of offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the actor committed the offense in a location that was:

(1) on the premises of or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a school; or

(2) on premises or within 1,000 feet of premises where:

(A) an official school function was taking place; or

(B) an event sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League was taking place.

(c) A conviction may be used for purposes of enhancement under this section or enhancement under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, but not under both this section and that subchapter. For purposes of enhancement of penalties under this section or Subchapter D, Chapter 12, a defendant is considered to have been previously convicted of an offense under this section or under Section 43.02(b), as that law existed before September 1, 2021, if the defendant was adjudged guilty of the offense or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in return for a grant of deferred adjudication, regardless of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether the sentence was probated and the defendant was subsequently discharged from community supervision.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.017 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 58 / Section 58.017
§ 58.017. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
Status: in_force

The Board, in conjunction with the Legislative Budget Board and the Office of the Governor, shall develop a minimum of two performance measures that provide information on the benefits of the authority's loan programs. The performance measures shall be included in the report required under Section 58.016(d) of this code or as a component of the measures incorporated into the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.055
§ 1107.055. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of manager, other than the ex officio manager, the remaining managers shall appoint a manager for the unexpired term.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.001
§ 122.001. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to further the state's policy of encouraging and assisting persons with disabilities to achieve maximum personal independence by engaging in useful and productive employment activities and, in addition, to provide state agencies, departments, and institutions and political subdivisions of the state with a method for achieving conformity with requirements of nondiscrimination and affirmative action in employment matters related to persons with disabilities.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1101.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.005
§ 1101.005. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER RECOGNIZED PRIVILEGES.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not limit, waive, or abrogate the scope or nature of any statutory or common law privilege, including the work product doctrine and the attorney-client privilege.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8290.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8290 / Section 8290.101
§ 8290.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.752 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.752
§ 882.752. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Except to the extent of a conflict with this subchapter, Chapter 826 applies to conversion of a mutual life insurance company under this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 263.0077 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 263 / Section 263.0077
§ 263.0077. REMEDIAL PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint filed under this subtitle.

(b) A remedial plan may not contain a provision that:

(1) revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person's license or other authorization to practice dentistry or dental hygiene; or

(2) assesses an administrative penalty against a person.

(c) A remedial plan may not be imposed to resolve a complaint:

(1) concerning:

(A) a patient death;

(B) the commission of a felony; or

(C) a matter in which the license holder engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior or contact with a patient or became financially or personally involved with a patient in an inappropriate manner; or

(2) in which the appropriate resolution may involve a restriction on the manner in which a license holder practices dentistry or dental hygiene.

(d) The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a complaint against a license holder if the license holder has entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding five years.

(e) The board may assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering the plan.

(f) A remedial plan is public information.

(f-1) On or after the fifth anniversary of the date a remedial plan is issued under this section, the board may remove from the board's public Internet website any public information regarding the dentist or dental hygienist with respect to the plan and the complaint resolved by the plan, unless:

(1) the complaint was related to the delivery of health care; or

(2) more than one remedial plan has been issued to resolve complaints alleging the same violation by the dentist or dental hygienist, including a complaint not related to the delivery of health care.

(g) In civil litigation, a remedial plan is a settlement agreement under Rule 408, Texas Rules of Evidence.

(h) The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Property Code § 301.024 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.024
§ 301.024. ENTRY INTO NEIGHBORHOOD.
Status: in_force

A person may not, for profit, induce or attempt to induce another to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into a neighborhood of a person of a particular race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.153 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.153
§ 507.153. LIMITATION REGARDING CERTAIN RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the rule has been proposed by the applicable board for the profession, the executive council may not adopt under this chapter or Chapter 501, 502, 503, or 505:

(1) a rule regarding:

(A) the qualifications necessary to obtain a license, including limiting an applicant's eligibility for a license based on the applicant's criminal history;

(B) the scope of practice of and standards of care and ethical practice for the profession; or

(C) continuing education requirements for license holders; or

(2) a schedule of sanctions for violations of the laws and rules applicable to the profession.

(b) For each rule proposed under Subsection (a), the executive council shall either adopt the rule as proposed or return the rule to the applicable board for revision. On the return of a rule under this subsection, the executive council shall include an explanation of the executive council's reasons for not adopting the rule as proposed.

(c) The executive council retains authority for final adoption of all rules and is responsible for ensuring compliance with all laws regarding the rulemaking process.

(d) The executive council shall adopt rules prescribing the procedure by which rules described by Subsection (a) may be proposed to the executive council.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.103
§ 454.103. RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the board except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by the person.

(b) The board may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the board a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the person; or

(4) restricts the person's advertisement under a trade name.
Tex. Insurance Code § 84.043 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 84 / Section 84.043
§ 84.043. HEARING AND DECISION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person requests a hearing or fails to respond in a timely manner to the notice, the department shall set a hearing and give notice of the hearing to the person.

(b) An administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall conduct the hearing.

(c) The administrative law judge shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and promptly issue to the commissioner a proposal for a decision about the occurrence of the violation and the amount of a proposed administrative penalty.
Tex. Education Code § 30.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30 / Section 30.104
§ 30.104. CREDIT FOR COMPLETION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district shall grant to a student credit toward the academic course requirements for high school graduation for courses the student successfully completes in Texas Juvenile Justice Department educational programs.

(b) A student may graduate and receive a diploma from a department educational program if:

(1) the student successfully completes the curriculum requirements identified by the State Board of Education under Section 28.025(a) and complies with Section 39.025; or

(2) the student successfully completes the curriculum requirements under Section 28.025(a) as modified by an individualized education program developed under Section 29.005.

(c) A department educational program may issue a certificate of course-work completion to a student who successfully completes the curriculum requirements identified by the State Board of Education under Section 28.025(a) but who fails to comply with Section 39.025.
Tex. Education Code § 134.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 134 / Section 134.002
§ 134.002. JOBS AND EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish and administer the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) fund as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The following amounts shall be deposited in the fund:

(1) any amounts appropriated by the legislature for the fund for purposes of this chapter;

(2) interest earned on the investment of money in the fund; and

(3) gifts, grants, and other donations received for the fund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.073 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.073
§ 263.073. BOND.
Status: in_force

The superintendent, before beginning to discharge the duties of office, shall give a bond in a sum determined by the board of managers to secure the faithful performance of the superintendent's duties.
Tex. Water Code § 63.180 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.180
§ 63.180. ISSUANCE OF WRITS.
Status: in_force

A writ of mandamus shall issue from a court of competent jurisdiction to compel the commission to apply revenue in accordance with the terms of a contract with the United States, and an injunction may be issued to restrain the commission from violating the provisions of a contract with the United States.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 115.013 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.013
§ 115.013. ACTION ON TENDER APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If an agent of the commission rejects an application for a tender, the agent shall return a copy of the application to the applicant with the reasons for the rejection indicated on the copy.

(b) A person whose tender application is not acted on before the 21st day after the date on which the application is filed is entitled to judicial review in the manner provided by Section 115.014 for the appeal of a rejection of a tender application.