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Tex. Government Code § 489.306 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 489 / Section 489.306
§ 489.306. ANNUAL REPORT BY PARTICIPATING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

A participating financial institution shall submit an annual report to the bank. The report must:

(1) provide information regarding outstanding loan guarantees, loan guarantee losses, and any other information on loan guarantees under the program the bank considers appropriate;

(2) state the total amount of loans that the bank has guaranteed under this subchapter;

(3) include a copy of the financial institution's most recent financial statement; and

(4) include information regarding the type and size of micro-businesses with loan guarantees.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0364 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0364
§ 523.0364. RETALIATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The commission or department may not retaliate against an employee of the commission or department, as applicable, or any other person who in good faith makes a complaint to an ombudsman or against any person who cooperates with the ombudsman in an investigation.
Tex. Government Code § 823.401 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 823 / Section 823.401
§ 823.401. OUT-OF-STATE SERVICE.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an eligible member may establish equivalent membership service credit for employment with a public school system maintained wholly or partly by another state or territory of the United States or by the United States for children of its citizens. A school receiving funds under 22 U.S.C. Section 2701 is considered a public school for the purposes of this section.

(b) A member may not establish credit under this section for service performed for a public school while a member of the armed forces, for which service the member was compensated by the United States.

(c) A member eligible to establish credit under this section is one who has at least five years of service credit in the retirement system for actual service in public schools, including at least one year completed after the relevant out-of-state service.

(d) A member may establish credit under this section by depositing with the retirement system for each year of service credit the actuarial present value, at the time of deposit, of the additional standard retirement annuity benefits that would be attributable to the purchase of the service credit under this section, based on rates and tables recommended by the retirement system's actuary and adopted by the board of trustees.

(e) A deposit for at least one year of credit must be made with an initial application for credit, and all payments for service claimed under this section must be made before retirement.

(f) Except as provided by Subsection (f-1), the amount of service credit a member may establish under this section may not exceed the lesser of the number of years of membership service credit the member has in the retirement system for actual service in public schools or 15 years.

(f-1) A member may not purchase more than five years of service credit under this section for service credit considered nonqualified service credit under Section 415(n)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(g) After a member makes the deposits required by this section, the retirement system shall grant the member one year of equivalent membership service credit for each year of service approved. The retirement system may not use service credit granted under this section in computing a member's annual average compensation.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 61(2) and Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1231, Sec. 9(2).

(i) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 456, Sec. 7(a), eff. September 1, 2011.

(j) The board of trustees may adopt rules providing for the adoption of a reciprocal agreement with a state or territory of a member's previous employment for the payment for service credit established under this section through the transfer from the state or territory to the retirement system of contributions made on behalf of the member in the form of an eligible rollover distribution as provided by Section 401(a)(31), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent amendments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8024.0053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8024 / Section 8024.0053
§ 8024.0053. RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has the powers of a metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.065, Transportation Code.

(b) The municipal consent and contract requirements in Section 451.065(d), Transportation Code, do not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3917.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3917 / Section 3917.103
§ 3917.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, and a municipal development district under Chapter 377, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under those chapters.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1110.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1110 / Section 1110.207
§ 1110.207. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 323.102 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 323 / Section 323.102
§ 323.102.
Status: in_force

Sec. 323.102. EFFECTIVE DATES: NEW TAX, TAX REPEAL. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a tax imposed under this chapter takes effect on the October 1st after the expiration of the first complete calendar quarter occurring after the date on which the comptroller receives a notice of the action as required by Section 323.405(b).

(b) The repeal of a tax abolished under this chapter takes effect on the October 1st after the expiration of the first complete calendar quarter occurring after the date on which the comptroller receives a notice of the action as required by Section 323.405(b).

(c) A tax imposed under Section 323.105 of this code or Chapter 326 or 383, Local Government Code, takes effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter after the expiration of the first complete calendar quarter occurring after the date on which the comptroller receives a notice of the action as required by Section 323.405(b).
Tex. Election Code § 501.021 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 501 / Section 501.021
§ 501.021. ELECTION TO BE HELD BY PETITION.
Status: in_force

On proper petition by the required number of voters of a county, justice precinct, or municipality in the county, the commissioners court shall order a local option election in the political subdivision to determine whether the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents shall be prohibited or legalized in the political subdivision.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8217.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8217 / Section 8217.101
§ 8217.101. 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. Insurance Code § 912.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.201
§ 912.201. SCHEDULE OF CHARGES.
Status: in_force

A county mutual insurance company shall file with the department a schedule of the amounts the company charges a policyholder or an applicant for a policy, regardless of the term the company uses to refer to those charges, including "rate," "policy fee," "inspection fee," "membership fee," or "initial charge." A county mutual insurance company shall file premium, expense, and loss experience data with the department in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. An insurer shall file the schedules and data required under this section according to rules promulgated by the commissioner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 824.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 824 / Section 824.104
§ 824.104. EFFECT ON ANTITRUST LAWS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect in any manner the antitrust laws of this state.
Tex. Water Code § 5.130 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.130
§ 5.130. CONSIDERATION OF CUMULATIVE RISKS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall:

(1) develop and implement policies, by specific environmental media, to protect the public from cumulative risks in areas of concentrated operations; and

(2) give priority to monitoring and enforcement in areas in which regulated facilities are concentrated.
Tex. Government Code § 1203.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.002
§ 1203.002. EFFECT ON UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not:

(1) qualify Title 1, Business & Commerce Code; or

(2) limit the negotiability of a public security as provided by that title.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.142 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.142
§ 431.142. MISBRANDED COSMETIC.
Status: in_force

(1) A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded:

(a) if:

(1) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; and

(2) its labeling or packaging fails to conform with the requirements of Section 431.181;

(b) if in package form unless it bears a label containing (1) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (2) an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure or numerical count, which statement shall be separately and accurately stated in a uniform location on the principal display panel of the label; provided, that under Subdivision (2) reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be established by regulations prescribed by department rules;

(c) if any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this chapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use;

(d) if its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading;

(e) if it is a color additive, unless its packaging and labeling are in conformity with the packaging and labeling requirements, applicable to the color additive, prescribed under Section 721 of the federal Act. This subsection shall not apply to packages of color additives which, with respect to their use for cosmetics, are marketed and intended for use only in or on hair dyes, as defined by Section 431.141(a); or

(f) if its packaging or labeling is in violation of an applicable regulation issued pursuant to Section 3 or 4 of the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 1472 or 1473).

(2) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules exempting from any labeling requirement of this chapter cosmetics that are in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at an establishment other than the establishment where it was originally processed or packed, on condition that the cosmetics are not adulterated or misbranded under the provisions of this chapter on removal from the processing, labeling, or repacking establishment. Cosmetic labeling exemptions adopted under the federal Act shall apply to cosmetics in this state except insofar as modified or rejected by department rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.255
§ 6904.255. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE; ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter may be secured by a pledge of all or part of the district's revenue, or by all or part of the revenue of one or more contracts or other revenue or income specified by board resolution or a trust indenture securing the bonds. The pledge may reserve the right, under conditions specified by the pledge, to issue additional bonds that will be on a parity with or subordinate to the bonds then being issued.

(b) The district may issue bonds secured by both taxes and revenue of the district described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Labor Code § 311.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 311 / Section 311.002
§ 311.002. CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

To be eligible for certification by the agency under this chapter, a program must:

(1) be conducted under an organized, written plan embodying the terms and conditions of employment, job training, classroom instruction, and supervision of participants and be subscribed to by a sponsor who has undertaken to carry out the program;

(2) comply with all state and federal laws, including laws pertaining to fair labor standards and workplace health and safety;

(3) comply with recognized industry standards applicable to the program in which the participant is engaged; and

(4) include an agreement by the employer to assign an employee to serve as a mentor for the participant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8056.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8056 / Section 8056.0203
§ 8056.0203. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.359 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.359
§ 2269.359. EVALUATION OF DESIGN-BUILD FIRMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governmental entity shall receive proposals and shall evaluate each offeror's experience, technical competence, and capability to perform, the past performance of the offeror's team and members of the team, and other appropriate factors submitted by the team or firm in response to the request for qualifications, except that cost-related or price-related evaluation factors are not permitted at this stage.

(b) Each offeror must:

(1) select or designate each engineer that is a member of its team based on demonstrated competence and qualifications, in the manner provided by Section 2254.004; and

(2) certify to the governmental entity that each selection or designation was based on demonstrated competence and qualifications, in the manner provided by Section 2254.004.

(c) The governmental entity shall qualify offerors to submit additional information and, if the entity chooses, to interview for final selection.
Tex. Government Code § 24.560 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.560
§ 24.560.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.560. 416TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). The 416th Judicial District is composed of Collin County.
Tex. Government Code § 478.0107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 478 / Section 478.0107
§ 478.0107. ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 10th month after the last day of an event eligible for disbursements from the fund, using existing resources, the office shall complete a study in the market area of the event on the measurable economic impact directly attributable to the preparation for and presentation of the event.

(b) The office shall post on the office's Internet website:

(1) the results of the study conducted under Subsection (a), including any source documentation or other information on which the office relied for the study;

(2) the incremental increase in tax receipts for the event determined under Section 478.0102 and any source documentation or information described by Section 478.0251 on which the office relied to determine that increase;

(3) the documentation described by Section 478.0101(3); and

(4) documentation verifying that:

(A) a request submitted under Section 478.0101 is complete and certified as complete by the office;

(B) the office considered the information submitted by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to determine the incremental increase in tax receipts under Section 478.0102 as required by Section 478.0102(b); and

(C) each deadline established under this chapter was met.

(c) This section does not require disclosure of information that is confidential under Chapter 552 or confidential or privileged under other law.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 324.052 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 324 / Section 324.052
§ 324.052. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR MODIFICATIONS OF COMPUTER SETTINGS; COMPUTER DAMAGE.
Status: in_force

A person other than the owner or operator of the computer may not knowingly cause computer software to be copied to a computer in this state and use the software to:

(1) modify, through intentionally deceptive means, a setting that controls:

(A) the page that appears when an Internet browser or a similar software program is launched to access and navigate the Internet;

(B) the default provider or web proxy used to access or search the Internet; or

(C) a list of bookmarks used to access web pages;

(2) take control of the computer by:

(A) accessing or using the computer's modem or Internet service to:

(i) cause damage to the computer;

(ii) cause the owner or operator of the computer to incur financial charges for a service the owner or operator did not previously authorize; or

(iii) cause a third party affected by the conduct to incur financial charges for a service the third party did not previously authorize; or

(B) opening, without the consent of the owner or operator of the computer, an advertisement that:

(i) is in the owner's or operator's Internet browser in a multiple, sequential, or stand-alone form; and

(ii) cannot be closed by an ordinarily reasonable person using the computer without closing the browser or shutting down the computer;

(3) modify settings on the computer that relate to access to or use of the Internet and protection of information for purposes of stealing personally identifiable information of the owner or operator of the computer; or

(4) modify security settings on the computer relating to access to or use of the Internet for purposes of causing damage to one or more computers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8079A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8079A / Section 8079A.0304
§ 8079A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Education Code § 51.308 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.308
§ 51.308. DRIVER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

A driver education course for the purpose of preparing students to obtain a driver's license may be offered by an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, with the approval of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Tex. Election Code § 64.036 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 64 / Section 64.036
§ 64.036. UNLAWFUL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1) provides assistance to a voter who is not eligible for assistance;

(2) while assisting a voter prepares the voter's ballot in a way other than the way the voter directs or without direction from the voter;

(3) while assisting a voter suggests by word, sign, or gesture how the voter should vote; or

(4) provides assistance to a voter who has not requested assistance or selected the person to assist the voter.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly assists a voter in violation of Section 64.032(c).

(c) An election officer commits an offense if the officer knowingly permits a person to provide assistance:

(1) to a voter who is not eligible for assistance; or

(2) in violation of Section 64.032(c).

(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Education Code § 56.071 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.071
§ 56.071. PROGRAM NAME.
Status: in_force

The student financial assistance program authorized by this subchapter shall be known as the Texas college work-study program.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 36.055 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.055
§ 36.055. ATTORNEY GENERAL AS RELATOR IN FEDERAL ACTION.
Status: in_force

To the extent permitted by 31 U.S.C. Sections 3729-3733, the attorney general may bring an action as relator under 31 U.S.C. Section 3730 with respect to an act in connection with a health care program for which a person may be held liable under 31 U.S.C. Section 3729. The attorney general may contract with a private attorney to represent the state under this section.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.055 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 61 / Section 61.055
§ 61.055. AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission finds that there is a danger of depletion or waste, it shall amend or revoke its proclamations to prevent the depletion or waste and to provide to the people the most equitable and reasonable privilege to hunt game animals or game birds or catch aquatic animal life.

(b) The commission may amend or revoke its proclamations at any time it finds the facts warrant a change.
Tex. Water Code § 30.028 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 30 / Section 30.028
§ 30.028. CONTRACT PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The contract may provide for:

(1) duration of the contract for a specified period or until issued and unissued bonds and refunding bonds of the district are paid;

(2) assuring equitable treatment of parties who contract with the district for waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services from the same disposal system;

(3) requiring the public agency to regulate the quality and strength of waste to be handled by the disposal system;

(4) sale or lease to or use by a district of all or part of a disposal system owned or to be acquired by the public agency;

(5) the district operating all or part of a disposal system owned or to be acquired by the public agency; and

(6) other terms the district or the governing body of the public agency consider appropriate or necessary.

(b) The contract shall specify the method for determining the amounts to be paid by the public agency to the district.

(c) A contract made by a city may provide that the district shall have the right to use the streets, alleys, and public ways and places inside the city during the term of the contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8016.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8016 / Section 8016.0102
§ 8016.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 786.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 786 / Section 786.002
§ 786.002. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a health care institution as defined by Section 74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;

(2) a boarding home facility as defined by Section 260.001 that holds a permit issued under Chapter 260;

(3) a supportive housing facility for elderly individuals operated under Section 202, the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1701q);

(4) a center for independent living as defined by Section 702 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 796a); or

(5) any other facility that is regulated by the Health and Human Services Commission or in accordance with rules adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.