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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248 / Section 248.022
§ 248.022. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a license must submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department and in accordance with department rules.

(b) Each application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable license fee in an amount set by the executive commissioner by rule.

(c) The department may require that an application be approved by the local health authority or other local official for compliance with municipal ordinances on building construction, fire prevention, and sanitation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.47 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.47
§ 17.47. CONDITIONS REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF SPECIMEN.
Status: in_force

(a) A magistrate may require as a condition of release on bail or bond of a defendant that the defendant provide to a local law enforcement agency one or more specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA record under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code.

(b) A magistrate shall require as a condition of release on bail or bond of a defendant described by Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, that the defendant provide to a local law enforcement agency one or more specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA record under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1152.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1152 / Section 1152.103
§ 1152.103. CONSIDERATION OF COMPANY'S CONDITION OR METHOD OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the domicile of an alien company is its state of entry.

(b) In considering a company's condition or method of operation, the factors the commissioner shall consider must include:

(1) the company's history and financial condition;

(2) the character, responsibility, and fitness of the company's officers and directors;

(3) the law, including rules, under which the company is authorized to do business in the state of domicile to issue a variable contract; and

(4) whether the condition or method of operation in connection with the issuance of a variable contract will make the company's operation hazardous to the public or the company's policyholders in this state.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.120 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.120
§ 161.120. VALIDITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the bonds are approved by the attorney general and registered with the state comptroller, they shall be held as valid and binding obligations of the state in every action, suit, or proceeding in which their validity is or may be brought into question.

(b) In each action brought to enforce collection of the bonds or rights incident to the bonds, the certificate of approval by the attorney general or a certified copy of that certificate shall be admitted and received in evidence as to the validity of the bonds.

(c) The only defense that can be offered against the validity of the bonds shall be forgery or fraud.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.408 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.408
§ 162.408.
Status: in_force

Sec. 162.408. NEGATION OF EXCEPTION: INFORMATION, COMPLAINT, OR INDICTMENT. An information, complaint, or indictment charging a violation of this chapter need not negate an exception to an act prohibited by this chapter, but the exception may be urged by the defendant as a defense to the offense charged.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.602 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.602
§ 301.602. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall establish minimum standards for anesthesia services provided in an outpatient setting by a person licensed by the board.

(b) The rules adopted under this section must be designed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and include requirements relating to:

(1) general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, and monitored anesthesia care;

(2) patient assessment, counseling, and preparation;

(3) patient monitoring to be performed and equipment to be used during a procedure and during post-procedure monitoring;

(4) emergency procedures, drugs, and equipment, including education, training, and certification of personnel, as appropriate, and including protocols for transfers to a hospital;

(5) the documentation necessary to demonstrate compliance with this subchapter; and

(6) the period in which protocols or procedures covered by rules of the board shall be reviewed, updated, or amended.

(c) The board shall cooperate with the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners in adopting rules under this subchapter to eliminate, to the extent possible, conflicts between the rules adopted by each board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3849.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3849 / Section 3849.156
§ 3849.156. ASSESSMENTS CONSIDERED TAXES.
Status: in_force

For purposes of a title insurance policy issued under Title 11, Insurance Code, an assessment is a tax.
Tex. Water Code § 15.432 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.432
§ 15.432. FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The state water implementation fund for Texas is a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund to be used by the board, without further legislative appropriation, for the purpose of implementing the state water plan as provided by this subchapter. The board may establish separate accounts in the fund. The fund and the fund's accounts are kept and held by the trust company for and in the name of the board. The board has legal title to money and investments in the fund until money is disbursed from the fund as provided by this subchapter and board rules. It is the intent of the legislature that the fund will never be used:

(1) for a purpose other than the support of projects in the state water plan; or

(2) to certify that appropriations from the treasury are within the amount estimated to be available in a fund of the treasury affected by the appropriation.

(b) Money deposited to the credit of the fund may be used only as provided by this subchapter.

(c) The fund consists of:

(1) money transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund by law, including money from any source transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund at the board's discretion as authorized by law;

(2) the proceeds of any fee or tax imposed by this state that by statute is dedicated for deposit to the credit of the fund;

(3) any other revenue that the legislature by statute dedicates for deposit to the credit of the fund;

(4) investment earnings and interest earned on amounts credited to the fund; and

(5) money transferred to the fund under a bond enhancement agreement from another fund or account to which money from the fund was transferred under a bond enhancement agreement, as authorized by Section 15.435.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.024
§ 282.024. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its members a chairman, a secretary, and other officers the board considers appropriate.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.006 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.006
§ 162.006. SUMMARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may suspend a person's license without notice or a hearing for the person's failure to comply with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter if the person's continued operation constitutes an immediate and substantial threat to the collection of taxes imposed by this chapter and attributable to the person's operation.

(b) If the comptroller summarily suspends a person's license, proceedings for a preliminary hearing before the comptroller or the comptroller's representative must be initiated simultaneously with the summary suspension. The preliminary hearing shall be set for a date that is not later than the 10th day after the date of the summary suspension, unless the parties agree to a later date.

(c) At the preliminary hearing, the license holder must show cause why the license should not remain suspended pending a final hearing on suspension or revocation.

(d) Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to a summary suspension under this section.

(e) To initiate a proceeding to suspend summarily a person's license, the comptroller shall serve notice on the license holder informing the license holder of the right to a preliminary hearing before the comptroller or the comptroller's representative and of the time and place of the preliminary hearing. The notice must be personally served on the license holder or an officer, employee, or agent of the license holder, or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the license holder's mailing address as it appears on the comptroller's records. The notice must state the alleged violations that constitute the grounds for summary suspension. The suspension is effective at the time the notice is served. If the notice is served in person, the license holder shall immediately surrender the license to the comptroller or to the comptroller's representative. If notice is served by mail, the license holder shall immediately return the license to the comptroller.

(f) Section 162.005, governing hearings for license cancellation or refusal to issue a license under this chapter, governs a final administrative hearing under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7207.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7207 / Section 7207.004
§ 7207.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 1321, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter H, Chapter 65, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

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

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

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

(3) the legality or operation of the district or its board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 55.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 55 / Section 55.001
§ 55.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation Commission.

(2) "Committee" means the Port Authority Advisory Committee.

(3) "Department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.

(4) "Fund" means the port access account fund.

(4-a) "Port connectivity project" means the construction or improvement of public roadways that will enhance connectivity to ports.

(5) "Port development and infrastructure project" means an infrastructure, security, transportation, or facility project that is necessary or convenient for the proper operation of a maritime port and that will improve the security, movement, and intermodal transportation of cargo or passengers in commerce and trade.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 461A.105 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 461A / Section 461A.105
§ 461A.105. RELAPSE RATE REPORTING.
Status: in_force

(a) A treatment program provided or funded by the department shall report to the department on the effectiveness of the chemical dependency treatment program.

(b) The report must show to the extent possible, without violating the confidentiality of information received by the program, the rate of relapse of persons who have received treatment services.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule may provide for the content of a report and the procedure for reporting under this section. Reports must be uniform in classifications of persons receiving treatment according to the severity of addiction, substance abused, age of person treated, and modality of treatment. A report may not reveal the name of an individual subject to treatment or of a family member or acquaintance of an individual treated and may not describe circumstances from which any of those individuals may be identified.
Tex. Local Government Code § 321.023 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 321 / Section 321.023
§ 321.023. OATH; BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 15 days after the date a park commissioner is appointed, the commissioner must qualify by taking the official oath and by filing a good and sufficient bond with the county clerk.

(b) The bond must be:

(1) payable to the order of the county judge;

(2) approved by the commissioners court;

(3) in an amount prescribed by the commissioners court of $5,000 or more; and

(4) conditioned that the commissioner will faithfully perform the duties of park commissioner, including the proper handling of money that comes into the hands of the commissioner in the commissioner's capacity as park commissioner.

(c) The board shall pay the cost of the bond.
Tex. Water Code § 57.251 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.251
§ 57.251. LEVY OF TAXES ON THE AD VALOREM BASIS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a district levies taxes on the ad valorem basis, it shall levy and have assessed and collected taxes on all taxable property in the district.

(b) The taxes must be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds as it is due, and to raise a sufficient amount to create a sinking fund to redeem and discharge the bonds at maturity.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.524 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.524
§ 23.524. TEMPORARY CESSATION OF AGRICULTURAL USE TO MANAGE THE SPREAD OF CERTAIN PESTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "commissioner," "corporation," "infested," "pest," and "pest management zone" have the meanings assigned by Section 80.003, Agriculture Code.

(b) The eligibility of land for appraisal under this subchapter does not end because the land ceases to be devoted principally to agricultural use to the degree of intensity generally accepted in the area for the period prescribed by Subsection (c) if:

(1) the land is:

(A) located in a pest management zone; and

(B) appraised under this subchapter primarily on the basis of the production of citrus in the tax year in which the agreement described by this subsection is executed;

(2) the owner of the land:

(A) has executed an agreement to destroy, remove, or treat all the citrus trees located on the land that are or could become infested with pests with:

(i) the corporation;

(ii) the commissioner; or

(iii) the United States Department of Agriculture; and

(B) complies with the requirements of Subsection (d); and

(3) the cessation of use is caused by the destruction, removal, or treatment of the citrus trees located on the land under the terms of the agreement described by this subsection.

(c) Subsection (b) applies to land eligible for appraisal under this subchapter only during the period that begins on the date the agreement described by that subsection regarding the land is executed and that ends on the fifth anniversary of that date.

(d) The owner of land to which this section applies must, not later than the 30th day after the date the owner executes an agreement described by Subsection (b):

(1) notify in writing the chief appraiser for each appraisal district in which the land is located that:

(A) the agreement has been executed; and

(B) the owner intends to destroy, remove, or treat the citrus trees located on the land under the terms of the agreement; and

(2) submit a copy of the agreement to each chief appraiser with the notification.

(e) For the purposes of this subchapter, a change of use of the land subject to this section is considered to have occurred on the day the period prescribed by Subsection (c) begins if the owner has not fully complied with the terms of the agreement described by Subsection (b) on the date the agreement ends.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.159
§ 1088.159. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1088.160(b) and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and shall remain on deposit.

(c) This chapter, including Subsection (b), does not limit the power of the board to place a part of district money on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.

(d) The district may not deposit money with a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unless the bank first executes treasury bonds in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district money that exceeds the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8478.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8478 / Section 8478.105
§ 8478.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.001
§ 2051.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agent contract" means a contract or an agreement under which an athlete authorizes an athlete agent to negotiate for employment on behalf of the athlete with a professional sports team.

(2) "Athlete" means an individual who:

(A) is eligible to participate in intercollegiate sports contests as a member of a sports team or as an individual competitor in a sport at an institution of higher education; or

(B) has participated as a member of an intercollegiate sports team or as an individual competitor in an intercollegiate sport at an institution of higher education and has never signed an employment contract with a professional sports team.

(3) "Athlete agent" means an individual who:

(A) for compensation, directly or indirectly recruits or solicits an athlete to enter into an agent contract, a financial services contract, or a professional sports services contract with that individual or another person; or

(B) for a fee, procures, offers, promises, or attempts to obtain employment for an athlete with a professional sports team.

(4) "Financial services contract" means a contract or an agreement under which an athlete authorizes the athlete agent to perform financial services for the athlete, including making and executing investment and other financial decisions for the athlete.

(5) "Institution of higher education" means an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, that is a member of a national association for the promotion and regulation of intercollegiate athletics.

(5-a) "National professional sports association" means an organization that licenses or certifies athlete agents to represent athletes in a particular professional sport. The term includes the National Football League Players Association, National Basketball Players Association, Major League Baseball Players Association, National Hockey League Players' Association, and United States Soccer Federation.

(6) "Schedule of fees" includes the fees and percentages charged by an athlete agent for professional services performed for an athlete.
Tex. Property Code § 92.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.003
§ 92.003. LANDLORD'S AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a lawsuit by a tenant under either a written or oral lease for a dwelling or in a suit to enforce a legal obligation of the owner as landlord of the dwelling, the owner's agent for service of process is determined according to this section.

(b) If written notice of the name and business street address of the company that manages the dwelling has been given to the tenant, the management company is the owner's sole agent for service of process.

(c) If Subsection (b) does not apply, the owner's management company, on-premise manager, or rent collector serving the dwelling is the owner's authorized agent for service of process unless the owner's name and business street address have been furnished in writing to the tenant.
Tex. Water Code § 17.913 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.913
§ 17.913. GRANT STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

The law regarding uniform grant and contract management, Chapter 783, Government Code, does not apply to a contract under this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 438 / Section 438.011
§ 438.011. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Dish" includes a vessel of any shape or size, made of any type of material, commonly used in eating or drinking.

(2) "Food factory" includes a place in which, as a business, food is manufactured or prepared for human consumption.

(3) "Receptacle" includes a vessel, tray, pot, pan, or other article used for holding food.

(4) "Utensil" includes a vessel or article of any shape or size, made of any material, commonly used in preparing, holding, storing, transporting, serving, or eating food.
Tex. Water Code § 63.251 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.251
§ 63.251. LEVY OF TAX.
Status: in_force

After bonds have been voted, the commission shall levy a tax on all taxable property in the district sufficient to pay principal of and interest on the bonds and shall annually levy and have assessed and collected on the taxable property of the district an amount sufficient to pay for the expense of assessing and collecting the taxes.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1954.251 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1954 / Section 1954.251
§ 1954.251. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder shall keep an appropriate record of each asbestos-related activity the license holder performs in a public building. The record must include, as applicable:

(1) the name and address of each individual who supervised the asbestos-related activity;

(2) the location and a description of the project and the approximate amount of asbestos material that was removed or encapsulated;

(3) the date on which the asbestos-related activity began and the date on which it was completed;

(4) a summary of the procedures used to comply with all applicable standards;

(5) the name and address of each disposal site where the asbestos-containing waste was deposited; and

(6) any other information the department requires.

(b) The license holder shall keep the records required by this section for at least 30 years, or as long as required by federal law or regulation.

(c) The license holder shall make the records available to the department at any reasonable time.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.103
§ 846.103. LIMITATION ON ACTION AGAINST BOARD MEMBER.
Status: in_force

A board member may not be held liable in a private cause of action for any delinquency under Section 846.102 after the expiration of the earlier of:

(1) six years from the date of delinquency; or

(2) two years from the time when the delinquency is discovered by a person complaining of the delinquency.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 101A.153 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.153
§ 101A.153. PERSONS TO BE SERVED.
Status: in_force

(a) The Options for Independent Living program shall give priority to an elderly person who:

(1) has recently suffered a major illness or health care crisis or has recently been hospitalized;

(2) lives in a rural area;

(3) has insufficient caregiver support;

(4) has a mild to moderate impairment or a temporary severe impairment; and

(5) is in great economic or social need, with particular attention to low-income minority older persons.

(b) In awarding funding under this subchapter, the department shall serve priority populations consistent with the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Section 3001 et seq.).