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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8466.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8466 / Section 8466.051
§ 8466.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 35.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 35 / Section 35.01
§ 35.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An agent may:

(1) represent permittees other than retailers within this state who are authorized to sell liquor to retail dealers in the state; and

(2) solicit and take orders for the sale of liquor from authorized permittees.

(b) A person acting as an agent may only represent one permitted or licensed business at a time while soliciting or taking orders.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 73.007 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 73 / Section 73.007
§ 73.007. PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TRAINING.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop and implement:

(1) a general public awareness strategy focusing on the importance of prenatal care and early identification of infants and toddlers with developmental delay and the availability of resources to meet their needs; and

(2) a statewide plan for conducting training and technical assistance for service providers, primary referral sources, and families with children under three years of age with developmental delay.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.091 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 191 / Section 191.091
§ 191.091. SHIPS, WRECKS OF THE SEA, AND TREASURE IMBEDDED IN EARTH.
Status: in_force

Sunken or abandoned pre-twentieth century ships and wrecks of the sea, and any part or the contents of them, and all treasure imbedded in the earth, located in, on, or under the surface of land belonging to the State of Texas, including its tidelands, submerged land, and the beds of its rivers and the sea within jurisdiction of the State of Texas, are declared to be state archeological landmarks and are eligible for designation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0105
§ 8512.0105. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate the chapter's purposes.
Tex. Property Code § 92.204 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.204
§ 92.204. BAD FAITH VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

A landlord acts in bad faith and is liable according to this subchapter if the landlord gives an incorrect name or address under Subsection (a) of Section 92.201 by wilfully:

(1) disclosing incorrect information under Section 92.201(b)(1) or (2) or Section 92.201(d); or

(2) failing to correct information given under Section 92.201(b)(1) or (2) or Section 92.201(d) that the landlord knows is incorrect.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.248 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.248
§ 431.248. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department and the Department of Agriculture shall execute a memorandum of understanding that:

(1) requires each agency to disclose to the other agency any positive results of testing conducted by the agency for pesticides in food; and

(2) specifies how each agency will assist the other in performing its duties regarding pesticides in food.

(b) The executive commissioner and the Department of Agriculture shall adopt the memorandum of understanding as a rule.

(c) The department and the Department of Agriculture shall request the federal Food and Drug Administration to join in execution of the memorandum of understanding.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 244.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 244 / Section 244.012
§ 244.012. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation of the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter if the department finds that the violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the patients of a birthing center.

(b) A district court, on petition of the department and on a finding by the court that a person is violating the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter, may by injunction:

(1) prohibit a person from continuing a violation of the standards or licensing requirements provided under this chapter;

(2) restrain or prevent the establishment or operation of a birthing center without a license issued under this chapter; or

(3) grant any other injunctive relief warranted by the facts.

(c) The attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit authorized by this section at the request of the department.

(d) Venue for a suit brought under this section is in the county in which the birthing center is located or in Travis County.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.054
§ 2166.054. TITLE TO AND CONTROL OF BUILDINGS; INITIAL OCCUPANTS.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall obtain title for the state and retain control of:

(1) real property acquired for a building site; and

(2) any building located on the site.

(b) The commission or the legislature shall determine the initial state agency occupants of a building.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 658, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Tex. Transportation Code § 222.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 222 / Section 222.105
§ 222.105. PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The purposes of Sections 222.106 and 222.107 are to:

(1) promote public safety;

(2) facilitate the improvement, development, or redevelopment of property;

(3) facilitate the movement of traffic; and

(4) enhance a local entity's ability to sponsor a transportation project.
Tex. Property Code § 53.055 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.055
§ 53.055. NOTICE OF FILED AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who files an affidavit must send a copy of the affidavit to the owner or reputed owner at the owner's last known business or residence address not later than the fifth day after the date the affidavit is filed with the county clerk.

(b) If the person is not an original contractor, the person must also send a copy of the affidavit to the original contractor at the original contractor's last known business or residence address within the same period.
Tex. Water Code § 17.922 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.922
§ 17.922. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall use the economically distressed areas account to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of water supply and sewer services, including providing funds from the account for the state's participation in federal programs that provide assistance solely for projects intended to serve economically distressed areas.

(b) To the extent practicable, the board shall use money in the economically distressed areas account in conjunction with the other financial assistance available through the board to encourage the use of cost-effective water supply and wastewater systems, including regional systems, to maximize the long-term economic development of political subdivisions eligible for financial assistance under the economically distressed areas program. Any savings derived from the construction of a regional system that includes or serves an economically distressed area project shall be factored into the board's determination of financial assistance for the economically distressed area in a manner that assures the economically distressed area receives appropriate benefits from the savings. In no event shall financial assistance provided from the economically distressed areas account be used to provide water supply or wastewater service to any area that is not an economically distressed area.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.712 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.712
§ 151.712. CIVIL PENALTY FOR PERSONS CERTIFYING EXPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not sign or certify proof of export documentation for the purpose of showing an exemption under Section 151.307(b)(2) unless:

(1) the person is:

(A) a customs broker licensed by the comptroller under Section 151.157; or

(B) an authorized employee of a customs broker licensed by the comptroller under Section 151.157; and

(2) the tangible personal property the export of which the person certifies is exported on the date and to the place shown on the export documentation signed by the person.

(b) A person who provides proof of documentation that tangible personal property has been exported outside of the United States or a person who may benefit from the provision of the proof of documentation, including a customs broker, authorized employee, authorized independent contractor, seller of the property or agent or employee of the seller, or a consumer of the property or agent or employee of the consumer, may not sell or buy the proof of documentation, including stamps required for the documentation. This subsection does not apply to a customs broker who accepts a fee for providing documentation under Section 151.307(b) if the customs broker provides the documentation in accordance with Section 151.157 and rules adopted by the comptroller.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person who violates this section is subject to a monetary penalty that may not exceed:

(1) $500 for the first violation;

(2) $1,000 for the second violation; and

(3) $3,000 for each subsequent violation.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), each violation of this section is subject to a separate monetary penalty.

(e) The aggregate of monetary penalties imposed under this section against any person for all violations that occur in a calendar year may not exceed $30,000.

(f) In addition to any monetary penalty under this section, the comptroller shall revoke under Section 151.157 the license of a customs broker who violates this section. A person whose license is revoked under this subsection may not apply for a new license under Section 151.157 before the first anniversary of the date on which the previous license was revoked.

(g) A proceeding to impose a civil penalty or suspend or revoke a license because of a violation of this section is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code. Judicial review is by trial de novo. The district courts of Travis County have exclusive original jurisdiction of a suit under this section.

(h) The comptroller must give notice of the comptroller's intent to impose a monetary or other penalty under this section not later than two years after the date of the alleged commission of a violation of this section or the comptroller may not impose a monetary or other penalty.

(i) In this section, "customs broker" and "authorized employee" have the meanings assigned by Section 151.157.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.404 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.404
§ 9.404. RIGHTS ACQUIRED BY ASSIGNEE; CLAIMS AND DEFENSES AGAINST ASSIGNEE.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless an account debtor has made an enforceable agreement not to assert defenses or claims, and subject to Subsections (b)-(e), the rights of an assignee are subject to:

(1) all terms of the agreement between the account debtor and assignor and any defense or claim in recoupment arising from the transaction that gave rise to the contract; and

(2) any other defense or claim of the account debtor against the assignor that accrues before the account debtor receives a notification of the assignment authenticated by the assignor or the assignee.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c) and except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d), the claim of an account debtor against an assignor may be asserted against an assignee under Subsection (a) only to reduce the amount the account debtor owes.

(c) This section is subject to law other than this chapter that establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

(d) In a consumer transaction, if a record evidences the account debtor's obligation, law other than this chapter requires that the record include a statement to the effect that the account debtor's recovery against an assignee with respect to claims and defenses against the assignor may not exceed amounts paid by the account debtor under the record, and the record does not include such a statement, the extent to which a claim of an account debtor against the assignor may be asserted against an assignee is determined as if the record included such a statement.

(e) This section does not apply to an assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.252
§ 884.252. PAYMENTS TO OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless first authorized by a vote of a stipulated premium company's board of directors or a committee of the board that has the duty of authorizing the payment, the company may not pay:

(1) any compensation or emolument to an officer or director of the company; or

(2) compensation or emolument in an amount that exceeds $50,000 in any year to an individual, firm, or corporation that is not an officer or director of the company.

(b) This section does not prevent a stipulated premium company from contracting with its agents for the payment of renewal commissions.

(c) The shareholders of a stipulated premium company may authorize the creation of one or more plans for the payment of pensions, retirement benefits, or group insurance for its officers and employees. The shareholders may delegate to the company's board of directors the power and duty to prepare, effect, finally approve, administer, and amend a plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7959.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7959 / Section 7959.002
§ 7959.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1019.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1019 / Section 1019.107
§ 1019.107. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property, real, personal, or mixed, located in district territory, if the interest is necessary or convenient for the district to exercise a right, power, privilege, or function conferred on the district by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1092.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1092 / Section 1092.003
§ 1092.003. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Sabine County, Texas.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.006 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.006
§ 61.006. NOTICE LANGUAGES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall:

(1) make available any notice the commission is required to provide to an employee under this chapter in the two languages that are most commonly spoken in this state; and

(2) ensure that employees are notified of an employee's ability to request from the commission notice in either language described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1091.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1091 / Section 1091.054
§ 1091.054. 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 resident of the district; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) A district employee may not serve as a director.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.066 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.066
§ 383.066. REPAYMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The directors may pay:

(1) all costs and expenses necessarily incurred in the creation and organization of the district;

(2) the cost of investigation and making plans;

(3) the cost of the engineer's report;

(4) project designer fees;

(5) legal fees; and

(6) other incidental expenses.

(b) A director may reimburse any person for money advanced for the costs, fees, and expenses described by Subsection (a).

(c) Payments under this section may be made from money obtained from the issuance of notes or the sale of bonds first issued by the district or from other district revenues.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.509 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.509
§ 7.509. ADEQUATE COMPLIANCE WITH COMMERCIAL CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

Whether a document of title is adequate to fulfill the obligations of a contract for sale, a contract for lease, or the conditions of a letter of credit is determined by Chapter 2, 2A, or 5.
Tex. Labor Code § 402.086 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 402 / Section 402.086
§ 402.086. TRANSFER OF CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Information relating to a claim that is confidential under this subtitle remains confidential when released to any person, except when used in court for the purposes of an appeal.

(b) This section does not prohibit an employer from releasing information about a former employee to another employer with whom the employee has applied for employment, if that information was lawfully acquired by the employer releasing the information.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9652 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9652
§ 61.9652. ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to receive repayment assistance, a dental hygienist must:

(1) apply to the board;

(2) have graduated from a dental hygiene degree or certificate program at an institution of higher education; and

(3) have practiced dental hygiene under a license issued under Chapter 256, Occupations Code, for at least one year in an area of the state that is underserved with respect to dental hygiene services.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.050 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.050
§ 166.050. MERCY KILLING NOT CONDONED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or permit an affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life except to permit the natural process of dying as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 56.303 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.303
§ 56.303. POWERS OF THE TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court shall provide for disposition and sale of district property, and after giving the required bond, the trustee shall assume control from the commissioners court of the district's property, including money in the district treasury and books, notes, accounts, and choses of action.

(b) The trustee may sue any person in possession of property of the district or owing a debt to the district as though the district were still organized and may employ counsel to assist him in all suits and in the care and management of the business of the dissolved district.
Tex. Water Code § 53.121 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.121
§ 53.121. CONSTRUCTING SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, repair, improve, and extend sanitary sewer systems to control wastes, if no other public sanitary sewer system is available for the area inside the fresh water supply district.

(b) Before a district may exercise the power given by this section, it must hold an election in the same manner as provided in this chapter for other elections of the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 323.003 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 323 / Section 323.003
§ 323.003. OTHER PORTIONS OF TAX APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

Subtitles A and B, Title 2, and Chapters 142 and 151 apply to the taxes and to the administration and enforcement of the taxes imposed by this chapter in the same manner that those laws apply to state taxes unless modified by this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 33.46 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 33 / Section 33.46
§ 33.46. PARTITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If suit is filed to foreclose a tax lien on real property owned in undivided interests by two or more persons, one or more of the owners may have the property partitioned in the manner prescribed by law for the partition of real property in district court.

(b) The court shall apportion the taxes, penalties, interest, and costs sued for to the owners of the property in proportion to the interest of each. If an owner pays the taxes, penalties, interest, and costs apportioned to him, the property partitioned to him is free from further claim or lien for the taxes involved in the suit. If an owner refuses to pay the amount apportioned to him, the suit shall proceed against him for that amount.

(c) The court shall allow reasonable attorney's fees and costs of partitioning for each property partitioned. The fee shall be taxed as costs against each owner in proportion to his interest and constitutes a lien against the property until paid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8469.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8469 / Section 8469.152
§ 8469.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8469.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 62.086 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 62 / Section 62.086
§ 62.086. SUITS TO ESTABLISH CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A claimant may bring a suit against the receiver of an abolished municipality to establish a claim the receiver completely or partially disallowed or to establish a claim protested by a taxpayer.

(b) The receiver shall assert all applicable legal defenses against a suit under this section.

(c) The court trying a suit under this section may hear and consider any material defense against the claim except limitation, even if the claim previously has been reduced to judgment. However, the court shall consider a prior judgment establishing the claim as prima facie evidence of the justness of the claim.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3908.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3908 / Section 3908.156
§ 3908.156. ASSESSMENT ABATEMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of an assessment on property in the zones.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.214 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.214
§ 348.214. EFFECT OF ADDING PREMIUM TO CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

If a premium is added to the unpaid balance of a retail installment contract under Section 348.207 or 348.213, the rate applicable to the time price differential agreed to in the retail installment contract remains in effect and shall be applied to the new unpaid balance, or the contract may be rescheduled in accordance with Sections 348.113-348.117 without reclassifying the motor vehicle by its year model at the time of the amendment.
Tex. Finance Code § 351.160 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 351 / Section 351.160
§ 351.160. SURRENDER OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A license holder may surrender a license issued under this chapter by complying with the commissioner's written instructions relating to license surrender.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8330.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8330 / Section 8330.102
§ 8330.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.