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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7501.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7501 / Section 7501.005
§ 7501.005. NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Sections 49.303-49.308 and 58.501-58.509, Water Code, do not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3792.0601 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3792 / Section 3792.0601
§ 3792.0601. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to the extent Chapter 321, Tax Code, is inconsistent with this chapter.

(b) A reference in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality or the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the district or the board, respectively.
Tex. Government Code § 2105.153 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2105 / Section 2105.153
§ 2105.153. HEARING ON DENIAL OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS BY AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency administering block grant funds shall conduct a timely hearing on the denial of a service or benefit by the agency.

(b) On determining that services were wrongfully denied, an agency shall take appropriate action to correct the practices or procedures of the agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3943.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3943 / Section 3943.0201
§ 3943.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 3943.0204, directors serve staggered terms of four years.

(c) Directors are elected in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(d) To be qualified to serve as a director, a person must be a resident of the district.
Tex. Family Code § 45.103 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 45 / Section 45.103
§ 45.103. ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall order a change of name under this subchapter for a person other than a person with a final felony conviction or a person subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the change is in the interest or to the benefit of the petitioner and in the interest of the public.

(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), it is presumed that a change of name is in the interest or to the benefit of the petitioner and in the interest of the public if the petitioner provides a copy of an authorization card certifying in accordance with Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure, that the petitioner is a participant in the address confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) A court may order a change of name under this subchapter for a person with a final felony conviction if:

(1) in addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), the person has:

(A) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or completed a period of community supervision or juvenile probation ordered by a court and not less than two years have passed from the date of the receipt of discharge or completion of community supervision or juvenile probation; or

(B) been pardoned; or

(2) the person is requesting to change the person's name to the primary name used in the person's criminal history record information.

(c) A court may order a change of name under this subchapter for a person subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the person:

(1) meets the requirements of Subsection (a) or is requesting to change the person's name to the primary name used in the person's criminal history record information; and

(2) provides the court with proof that the person has notified the appropriate local law enforcement authority of the proposed name change.

(c-1) An order issued under this section to change the name of a petitioner described by Subsection (a-1) is confidential and may not be released by the court to any person, regardless of whether the petitioner continues to participate in the address confidentiality program following the change of name under this subchapter.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Criminal history record information" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.082, Government Code.

(2) "Local law enforcement authority" has the meaning assigned by Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Water Code § 37.005 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 37 / Section 37.005
§ 37.005. ISSUANCE AND DENIAL OF LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish requirements and uniform procedures for issuing licenses and registrations under this chapter.

(b) The commission may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license or registration for an applicant after reviewing the applicant's credentials and determining that the applicant holds a license or registration issued by another state that has requirements substantially equivalent to those of this state.

(c) After notice and hearing, the commission may deny an application for a license or registration by an applicant who:

(1) has a record in the preceding five years of continuing violations of statutes or rules adopted under those statutes;

(2) has engaged in fraud or deceit in obtaining or applying for a license or registration;

(3) has demonstrated gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the performance of activities authorized by a license or registration;

(4) made an intentional misstatement or misrepresentation of fact in information required to be maintained or submitted to the commission by the license or registration holder;

(5) failed to keep and transmit records as required by a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted under such a statute; or

(6) at the time the application is submitted, is indebted to the state for a fee, penalty, or tax imposed by a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted under such a statute.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.002
§ 541.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Knowingly" means actual awareness of the falsity, unfairness, or deceptiveness of the act or practice on which a claim for damages under Subchapter D is based. Actual awareness may be inferred if objective manifestations indicate that a person acted with actual awareness.

(2) "Person" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, Lloyd's plan, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity engaged in the business of insurance, including an agent, broker, or adjuster.
Tex. Family Code § 263.0022 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 263 / Section 263.0022
§ 263.0022. TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SUPERVISION; MONTHLY REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "temporary emergency supervision" means the supervision and care provided by the department or a single source continuum contractor for a child without placement for whom the department has been appointed as the temporary or permanent managing conservator.

(b) The department or a single source continuum contractor may not advocate for and a court may not render an order placing a child in temporary emergency supervision if an appropriate placement is available. The department or the contractor and the court may not consider a child's refusal to stay in a placement when determining whether the placement is appropriate.

(c) Before a court may order temporary emergency supervision for a child, the department or the single source continuum contractor shall submit a report to the court that includes information regarding each attempted placement, including:

(1) the type of placement;

(2) the location of the placement;

(3) the date the department or the contractor contacted the placement; and

(4) the reason the department or the contractor determined the placement was not appropriate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.004
§ 3938.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment;

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce; and

(4) providing quality residential housing.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a residential community and business center; and

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping, removing graffiti from, and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, vehicle parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be an improvement project that includes a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.094 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.094
§ 324.094. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue refunding bonds under Chapter 1207, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 5.34 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 5.34
§ 5.34. REVISING RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board shall have authority after having given reasonable notice, not exceeding thirty (30) days, of its intention to do so, to alter, amend or revise any rates of premium fixed and determined by it in any schedules of such rates promulgated by it, and to give reasonable notice of such alteration, amendment or revision to the public, or to any company or companies affected thereby. Such altered, amended or revised rates shall be the rates thereafter to be charged and collected by all fire insurance companies affected by this subchapter. No policy in force prior to the taking effect of such changes or amendments shall be affected thereby, unless there shall be a change in the hazard of the risk, necessitating a change in the rate applicable to such risk, in which event such policy shall be subject to the new rates.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this article, on and after the effective date of S.B. No. 14, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, rates for homeowners and residential fire and residential allied lines insurance coverage under this subchapter are determined as provided by Subchapter Q of this chapter, and rates for other lines of insurance subject to this subchapter are determined as provided by Article 5.13-2 of this code, except that on and after December 1, 2004, rates for all lines of insurance subject to this subchapter are determined as provided by Article 5.13-2 of this code.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 34.072 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 34 / Section 34.072
§ 34.072. TIMING OF EXECUTION AND RETURN.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer receiving a writ of execution may return the writ after the first levy, or attempted levy, if the judgment creditor cannot designate any more executable property currently owned by the judgment debtor at the time of the first levy or first attempted levy.

(b) Notwithstanding Rule 637, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, an attempt to levy on property may begin any time during the life of the writ, provided that the officer shall allow enough time for completing the sale of the property.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.211 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.211
§ 1575.211. COST SHARING.
Status: repealed

(a) The total costs for the operation of the group program shall be shared among the state, the public schools, the active employees, the retirees, the surviving spouses, and the surviving dependent children in the manner prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 712 (H.B. 3976), Sec. 24(8), eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1359, Sec. 55(a)(2), eff. September 1, 2005.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2033.007 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2033 / Section 2033.007
§ 2033.007. FAILURE TO DISPLAY CREDENTIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, a request is lawful if it is made:

(1) at any time by:

(A) the commission;

(B) an authorized commission agent;

(C) the director or a commissioned officer of the Department of Public Safety;

(D) a peace officer; or

(E) a steward or judge; and

(2) at any restricted location that is at a racetrack and is not a public place.

(b) A person commits an offense if, after a lawful request, the person knowingly fails or refuses to:

(1) display a credential to another person; or

(2) give the person's name, residence address, or date of birth to another person.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(d) At the punishment stage of a trial for an offense under Subsection (b)(1), the defendant may raise an issue as to whether the defendant was a license holder at the time of the offense. If the defendant proves the issue, the offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 8 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 8
§ 8.
Status: repealed

Sec. 8. Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 18, eff. April 1, 2007.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379E.009 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379E / Section 379E.009
§ 379E.009. SUBSEQUENT RESALE BY LAND BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) Each subsequent resale of property acquired by a land bank under this chapter must comply with the conditions of this section.

(b) Within the three-year period following the date of acquisition, the land bank must sell a property to a qualified participating developer for the purpose of construction of affordable housing for sale or rent to low income households. If after three years a qualified participating developer has not purchased the property, the property shall be transferred from the land bank to the taxing units who were parties to the judgment for disposition as otherwise allowed under the law.

(c) Unless the municipality increases the amount in its plan, the number of properties acquired by a qualified participating developer under this section on which development has not been completed may not at any time exceed three times the annual average residential production completed by the qualified participating developer during the preceding two-year period as determined by the municipality.

(d) The deed conveying a property sold by the land bank must include a right of reverter so that, if the qualified participating developer does not apply for a construction permit and close on any construction financing within the two-year period following the date of the conveyance of the property from the land bank to the qualified participating developer, the property will revert to the land bank for subsequent resale to another qualified participating developer or conveyance to the taxing units who were parties to the judgment for disposition as otherwise allowed under the law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8369.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8369 / Section 8369.006
§ 8369.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.451 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.451
§ 2054.451. IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION PROGRAM FOR FRAUD AND OTHER VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The company shall develop and implement a program to identify and investigate acts of fraud and violations of this code relating to workers' compensation insurance by applicants, policyholders, claimants, agents, insurers, health care providers, or other persons.

(b) The company shall cooperate with the division of workers' compensation of the department to compile and maintain information necessary to detect practices or patterns of conduct that violate this code relating to workers' compensation insurance or that violate Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 158.057 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 158 / Section 158.057
§ 158.057. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF REGISTRANT'S CONDITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A registrant shall notify the commissioner in writing not later than the 10th day after:

(1) the filing for bankruptcy or reorganization of the registrant;

(2) the filing of a criminal indictment related in any manner to the registrant's activities; or

(3) the receipt of notification of the issuance of a final order to cease and desist, a final order of the suspension or revocation of a license or registration, or another final formal or informal regulatory action taken against the registrant in this or another state.

(b) The notification required by Subsection (a)(3) must include the reasons for a final regulatory action described by that subdivision.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8076.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8076 / Section 8076.0305
§ 8076.0305. 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. Code of Criminal Procedure § 59.03 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 59 / Section 59.03
§ 59.03. SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND.
Status: in_force

(a) Property subject to forfeiture under this chapter, other than property described by Article 59.12, may be seized by any peace officer under authority of a search warrant.

(b) Seizure of property subject to forfeiture may be made without warrant if:

(1) the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the property knowingly consents;

(2) the seizure is incident to a search to which the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the property knowingly consents;

(3) the property subject to seizure has been the subject of a prior judgment in favor of the state in a forfeiture proceeding under this chapter; or

(4) the seizure was incident to a lawful arrest, lawful search, or lawful search incident to arrest.

(c) A peace officer who seizes property under this chapter has custody of the property, subject only to replevy under Article 59.02 or an order of a court. A peace officer who has custody of property shall provide the attorney representing the state with a sworn statement that contains a schedule of the property seized, an acknowledgment that the officer has seized the property, and a list of the officer's reasons for the seizure. Not later than 72 hours after the seizure:

(1) the peace officer shall:

(A) place the property under seal;

(B) remove the property to a place ordered by the court; or

(C) require a law enforcement agency of the state or a political subdivision to take custody of the property and move it to a proper location; or

(2) if the property seized is a digital currency, non-fungible token, or stablecoin, the law enforcement agency employing the peace officer shall transfer the property to a wallet that is:

(A) not connected to an exchange or network; and

(B) only accessible by the law enforcement agency or the attorney representing the state.

(d) A person in the possession of property at the time a peace officer seizes the property under this chapter may at the time of seizure assert the person's interest in or right to the property. A peace officer, including the peace officer who seizes the property, may not request, require, or in any manner induce any person, including a person who asserts an interest in or right to the property, to execute a document purporting to waive the person's interest in or rights to property seized under this chapter.

(e) At any time before notice is filed under Article 59.04(b), an attorney representing the state may not request, require, or in any manner induce any person, including a person who asserts an interest in or right to property seized under this chapter, to execute a document purporting to waive the person's interest in or rights to the property.
Tex. Government Code § 466.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.110
§ 466.110. PROHIBITED ADVERTISEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The legislature intends that advertisements or promotions sponsored by the department for the lottery not be of a nature that unduly influences any person to purchase a lottery ticket or number.
Tex. Finance Code § 33.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 33 / Section 33.007
§ 33.007. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the banking commissioner believes that a person has violated or is about to violate this subchapter or a rule of the finance commission or order of the banking commissioner pertaining to this subchapter, the attorney general on behalf of the banking commissioner may apply to a district court of Travis County for an order enjoining the violation and for other equitable relief the nature of the case requires.

(b) A person who knowingly fails or refuses to file the application required by Section 33.002 commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8495.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8495 / Section 8495.152
§ 8495.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8495.151, 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. Utilities Code § 37.154 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 37 / Section 37.154
§ 37.154. TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) An electric utility or municipally owned utility may sell, assign, or lease a certificate or a right obtained under a certificate if the purchaser, assignee, or lessee is already certificated by the commission to provide electric service within the same electric power region, coordinating council, independent system operator, or power pool, or if the purchaser, assignee, or lessee is an electric cooperative or municipally owned utility. As part of a transaction subject to Sections 39.262(l)-(o) and 39.915, the commission may approve a sale, assignment, or lease to an entity that has not been previously certificated if the approval will not diminish the retail rate jurisdiction of this state. Any purchase, assignment, or lease under this section requires that the commission determine that the purchaser, assignee, or lessee can provide adequate service.

(b) A sale, assignment, or lease of a certificate or a right is subject to conditions the commission prescribes.