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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.602 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.602
§ 772.602. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "9-1-1 region" means the portion of a state planning region established under Chapter 391, Local Government Code, composed of counties and municipalities that on September 1, 2015, exclusively received 9-1-1 system services provided by a 9-1-1 system operated through a regional planning commission.

(2) "Board" means the board of managers of a district.

(3) "District" means a regional emergency communication district created under this subchapter.

(4) "Regional planning commission" means a commission or council of governments created under Chapter 391, Local Government Code, for a designated region.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2610 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2610
§ 54.2610. WITNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A witness who appears before a magistrate and is sworn 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. Local Government Code § 43.132 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.132
§ 43.132. MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION IN ANNEXED AREA.
Status: in_force

A municipality may not be incorporated in an area annexed for limited purposes unless the annexing municipality gives its consent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8155.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8155 / Section 8155.002
§ 8155.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6912.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6912 / Section 6912.201
§ 6912.201. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

An authority bond, the transfer of the bond, and income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond, are exempt from taxation in this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 81.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 81 / Section 81.004
§ 81.004. REPORT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

The department shall report to the attorney general, promptly and in detail, any violation of law relating to insurance companies or the business of insurance.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8303.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8303 / Section 8303.004
§ 8303.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 344, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in copying the field notes in the legislative process or another mistake in the field notes does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bonds for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 120.051 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 120 / Section 120.051
§ 120.051. PUBLIC DISCLOSURES.
Status: in_force

(a) A social media platform shall, in accordance with this subchapter, publicly disclose accurate information regarding its content management, data management, and business practices, including specific information regarding the manner in which the social media platform:

(1) curates and targets content to users;

(2) places and promotes content, services, and products, including its own content, services, and products;

(3) moderates content;

(4) uses search, ranking, or other algorithms or procedures that determine results on the platform; and

(5) provides users' performance data on the use of the platform and its products and services.

(b) The disclosure required by Subsection (a) must be sufficient to enable users to make an informed choice regarding the purchase of or use of access to or services from the platform.

(c) A social media platform shall publish the disclosure required by Subsection (a) on an Internet website that is easily accessible by the public.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.263 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.263
§ 2308.263. APPROVAL OF FISCAL AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Workforce Commission must approve the fiscal agent selected by a board before any federal or state workforce development funds may be disbursed to the board.

(b) The commission shall base its approval on an audit of the financial capability of the fiscal agent to ensure that fiscal controls and fund accounting procedures necessary to guarantee the proper disbursal of and accounting for federal and state funds are in place.
Tex. Insurance Code § 861.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 861 / Section 861.153
§ 861.153. AUTHORIZED SHARES.
Status: in_force

(a) A general casualty company may increase or decrease its capital stock after:

(1) the intent to increase the stock is ratified by a two-thirds vote of the shareholders or the intent to decrease the stock is ratified by a majority vote of the shareholders; and

(2) notice of the intent to increase or decrease the stock is published in a newspaper of general circulation for five consecutive days.

(b) An increase in capital stock must be equal to an amount of at least $50,000.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 435.0015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 435 / Section 435.0015
§ 435.0015. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 431.010(c), Chapter 431 applies to a person and milk or a milk product regulated under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.056 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.056
§ 142.056. CHANGE OR MODIFICATION OF RECOGNITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The police officers may modify or change the recognition of the association granted under this subchapter by filing with the governing body of the municipality a petition signed by a majority of all covered police officers.

(b) The governing body of the municipality may:

(1) recognize the change or modification as provided by the petition; or

(2) order a certification election in accordance with Section 142.054 regarding whether to do so.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 491.059 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 491 / Section 491.059
§ 491.059. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A consortium selected to conduct ibogaine drug development clinical trials shall quarterly prepare and submit to the commission:

(1) a report on the progress of the drug development clinical trials conducted under this subchapter; and

(2) a financial status report, including information to verify expenditures of state funds and required matching funds.

(b) The commission shall submit a report to the legislature on the progress of the drug development clinical trials conducted under this subchapter not later than December 1 of each year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3917.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3917 / Section 3917.205
§ 3917.205. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3974.0207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3974 / Section 3974.0207
§ 3974.0207. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

The district may obtain and pay for comprehensive general liability insurance coverage from a commercial insurance company or other source that protects and insures a director against personal liability and from all claims relating to:

(1) actions taken by the director in the director's capacity as a member of the board;

(2) actions and activities taken by the district; or

(3) the actions of others acting on behalf of the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1115.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.005
§ 1115.005. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules in the manner prescribed by Subchapter A, Chapter 36, to accomplish and enforce the purpose of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 411.0755 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0755
§ 411.0755. STATEMENT IN APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT, INFORMATION, OR LICENSING.
Status: in_force

A person whose criminal history record information is the subject of an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information issued under this subchapter is not required in any application for employment, information, or licensing to state that the person has been the subject of any criminal proceeding related to the information that is the subject of the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1023.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.109
§ 1023.109. 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.
Tex. Election Code § 273.102 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 273 / Section 273.102
§ 273.102. MANDAMUS ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In an action in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the city's governing body to comply with the requirement that a ballot proposition must substantially submit the question with such definiteness, certainty, and facial neutrality that the voters are not misled, the court shall make its determination without delay and may order the city to use ballot proposition language drafted by the court.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the court may award a plaintiff or relator who substantially prevails in a mandamus action described by Subsection (a) the party's reasonable attorney's fees, expenses, and court costs.

(c) Governmental immunity to suit is waived and abolished only to the extent of the liability created by Subsection (b).

(d) If, pursuant to Section 273.101, the secretary of state determines that a proposition is not misleading, inaccurate, or prejudicial, or drafts the ballot proposition language, a plaintiff or relator who prevails in a mandamus action described by Subsection (a) may not be awarded the party's reasonable attorney's fees, expenses, or court costs.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.610 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.610
§ 2.610. ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION.
Status: in_force

When either party repudiates the contract with respect to a performance not yet due the loss of which will substantially impair the value of the contract to the other, the aggrieved party may

(1) for a commercially reasonable time await performance by the repudiating party; or

(2) resort to any remedy for breach (Section 2.703 or Section 2.711), even though he has notified the repudiating party that he would await the latter's performance and has urged retraction; and

(3) in either case suspend his own performance or proceed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter on the seller's right to identify goods to the contract notwithstanding breach or to salvage unfinished goods (Section 2.704).
Tex. Government Code § 393.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 393 / Section 393.052
§ 393.052. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) An alternate delegate automatically fills a vacancy in the office of the alternate delegate's paired delegate unless the office of the alternate delegate is simultaneously vacated.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the house that appointed a delegate or alternate delegate shall fill a vacancy in the office of the delegate or alternate delegate as soon as possible after the vacancy occurs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6614.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6614 / Section 6614.001
§ 6614.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Old River Drainage District of Liberty County, Texas, No. 1.
Tex. Education Code § 25.042 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 25 / Section 25.042
§ 25.042. TRANSFER OF CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES OF TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

A school-age child of an employee of a facility of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is entitled to attend school in a school district adjacent to the district in which the student resides free of any charge to the student's parents or guardian. Any tuition charge required by the admitting district shall be paid by the district from which the student transfers out of any funds appropriated to the facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8276.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8276 / Section 8276.002
§ 8276.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Harris County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7960A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960A / Section 7960A.0105
§ 7960A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.261 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.261
§ 14.261. ACCEPTANCE OF ASSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In administering this chapter, the commissioner may accept assurance of voluntary compliance from a person who is engaging in or has engaged in an act or practice in violation of:

(1) this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;

(2) Chapter 393, if the person is a credit access business, or Chapter 394; or

(3) Subtitle B, Title 4, or a rule adopted under Subtitle B, Title 4.

(b) The assurance must be in writing and be filed with the commissioner.

(c) The commissioner may condition acceptance of an assurance of voluntary compliance on the stipulation that the person offering the assurance restore to a person in interest money that may have been acquired by the act or practice described by Subsection (a).

(d) The finance commission may adopt rules to establish the form of the assurance or require certain information be contained in an assurance.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9061.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9061 / Section 9061.203
§ 9061.203. TRUST INDENTURE.
Status: in_force

A trust indenture created under Section 9061.202, regardless of the existence of a deed of trust or mortgage lien on the property, may:

(1) contain provisions prescribed by the board for the security of the bonds and the preservation of the trust estate;

(2) provide for amendment or modification of the trust indenture;

(3) provide for the issuance of bonds to replace lost or mutilated bonds;

(4) condition the right to spend district money or sell district property on the approval of a licensed engineer selected as provided by the trust indenture; and

(5) provide for the investment of district money.
Tex. Education Code § 21.606 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.606
§ 21.606. PREFERENCES.
Status: in_force

(a) In selecting persons to participate in the program who are planning to become certified in this state as teachers, the agency shall give preference to a person who:

(1) has substantial, demonstrated career experience in science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering and agrees to seek employment as a teacher in one of those subjects in a public elementary or secondary school in this state; or

(2) has substantial, demonstrated career experience in a field other than science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering that is identified by the agency as a field important for state educational objectives and agrees to seek employment as a teacher in a subject related to that field in a public elementary or secondary school in this state.

(b) The commissioner shall determine the level of experience considered substantial for purposes of this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.055
§ 882.055. UNENCUMBERED SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

A mutual life insurance company must possess at the time of incorporation unencumbered surplus in an amount of at least $200,000. The unencumbered surplus may consist only of:

(1) United States currency;

(2) bonds of the United States, this state, or a county or municipality of this state; or

(3) government insured mortgage loans that are authorized by this chapter, with not more than 25 percent of the unencumbered surplus invested in first mortgage real estate loans.
Tex. Government Code § 616.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 616 / Section 616.024
§ 616.024. TERM OF DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

The designation of an individual as an emergency interim successor continues at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be terminated with or without cause until the individual is authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of office in accordance with this chapter.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.310 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.310
§ 121.310. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person is an owner, officer, director, agent, or employee of a person or corporation owning, operating, or controlling a pipeline of a gas utility; and

(2) the person wilfully violates this chapter or Chapter 122.

(b) An offense under this section that is not related to pipeline safety is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $1,000. An offense under this section that is related to pipeline safety is punishable by a fine of not more than $2 million. In addition to the fine, the offense may be punishable by confinement in jail for not less than 10 days nor more than six months.

(c) In the prosecution of a defendant for multiple offenses under this section, all of the offenses related to pipeline safety are considered to be part of the same criminal episode, and as required by Section 3.03, Penal Code, the sentences of confinement shall run concurrently. Additionally, the cumulative total of fines imposed under this section for offenses related to pipeline safety may not exceed the maximum amount imposed on conviction of a single offense under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 102 / Section 102.201
§ 102.201. CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The cancer prevention and research fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The cancer prevention and research fund consists of:

(1) appropriations of money to the fund by the legislature, except that the appropriated money may not include the proceeds from the issuance of bonds authorized by Section 67, Article III, Texas Constitution;

(2) gifts, grants, including grants from the federal government, and other donations received for the fund; and

(3) interest earned on the investment of money in the fund.

(c) The fund may be used only to pay for:

(1) grants for cancer research and for cancer research facilities in this state to realize therapies, protocols, and medical procedures for the cure or substantial mitigation of all types of cancer in humans;

(2) the purchase, subject to approval by the institute, of laboratory facilities by or on behalf of a state agency or grant recipient;

(3) grants to public or private persons to implement the Texas Cancer Plan;

(4) the operation of the institute;

(5) grants for cancer prevention and control programs in this state to mitigate the incidence of all types of cancer in humans; and

(6) debt service on bonds issued as authorized by Section 67, Article III, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8221.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8221 / Section 8221.103
§ 8221.103. REGIONAL WASTE DISPOSAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties applicable to a district under Chapter 30, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7910A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7910A / Section 7910A.0503
§ 7910A.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. Agriculture Code § 201.354 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.354
§ 201.354. PROGRAM COST-SHARE RATES.
Status: in_force

The state board may establish cost-share rates for eligible soil and water conservation land improvement measures under the program.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.249 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.249
§ 85.249. CONDITIONS OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining the amount of the bond, the judge shall consider all facts and circumstances surrounding the parties and the ability of the plaintiff to make the bond so that the judge can determine the amount and reasonableness of the bond under the facts and circumstances.

(b) A bond made or executed by a bonding or surety company shall be by a company authorized to do business in Texas.

(c) The bond shall be approved by the judge and shall be for the use and benefit of and may be sued on by any person named in the order who suffers damage as a result of violation of the law, rule, or order.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 271.007 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 271 / Section 271.007
§ 271.007. LAW GOVERNING VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF TERM OF AGREEMENT RELATING TO QUALIFIED TRANSACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 271.008(b), 271.009, 271.010, or 271.011 or by Chapter 272, this section applies if:

(1) the parties to a qualified transaction agree in writing that the law of a particular jurisdiction governs the validity or enforceability of an agreement relating to the transaction or a provision of the agreement;

(2) the transaction bears a reasonable relation to that jurisdiction; and

(3) a term of the agreement or of that provision is invalid or unenforceable under the law of that jurisdiction but is valid or enforceable under the law of the jurisdiction that has the most significant relation to the transaction, the subject matter of the transaction, and the parties.

(b) If this section applies:

(1) the law of the jurisdiction that has the most significant relation to the transaction, the subject matter of the transaction, and the parties governs the validity or enforceability of a term described by Subsection (a)(3); and

(2) the law of the jurisdiction that the parties agree would govern the validity or enforceability of the agreement or provision governs the validity or enforceability of the other terms of the agreement or provision.
Tex. Government Code § 411.389 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.389
§ 411.389. TERMINATION OF SILVER ALERT.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall terminate any activation of the alert with respect to a particular missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease not later than the earlier of the date on which:

(1) the missing person is located or the situation is otherwise resolved; or

(2) the notification period ends, as determined by department rule.

(b) A local law enforcement agency that locates a missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease who is the subject of an alert under this subchapter shall notify the department as soon as possible that the missing person has been located.