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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.902 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.902
§ 21.902. RATIFICATION OF DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACT AND PUTATIVE SHARES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and subject to Section 21.909 or 21.910, a defective corporate act or putative shares are not ineffective, void, or voidable solely as a result of a failure of authorization if the act or shares are:

(1) ratified in accordance with this subchapter; or

(2) validated by the district court in a proceeding brought under Section 21.914.

(b) A corporation may not ratify with retroactive effect in accordance with this subchapter a defective corporate act resulting from a failure of authorization that is attributable to the failure to file with the filing officer the following filing instrument:

(1) a statement of change of registered agent or a statement of change of registered office under Subchapter E, Chapter 5;

(2) a certificate of amendment or restated certificate of formation that amends the registered agent or registered office under Subchapter B, Chapter 3;

(3) a certificate of formation under Subchapter A, Chapter 3;

(4) a certificate of termination under Subchapter C, Chapter 11;

(5) a certificate of merger or certificate of conversion under Subchapter D, Chapter 10; or

(6) a report under Subchapter E, Chapter 171, Tax Code.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 11.103 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 11 / Section 11.103
§ 11.103. DUTIES OF CLERK.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a clerk of a court may not file a litigation, original proceeding, appeal, or other claim presented, pro se, by a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 unless the litigant obtains an order from the appropriate local administrative judge described by Section 11.102(a) permitting the filing.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1224, Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2013.

(c) If the appropriate local administrative judge described by Section 11.102(a) issues an order permitting the filing of the litigation, the litigation remains stayed and the defendant need not plead until the 10th day after the date the defendant is served with a copy of the order.

(d) A clerk of a court of appeals may file an appeal from a prefiling order entered under Section 11.101 designating a person a vexatious litigant or a timely filed writ of mandamus under Section 11.102.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.0861 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.0861
§ 361.0861. SEPARATE RECYCLING OR RECOVERY PERMIT NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A permit holder or a municipal solid waste management facility that has or plans to have a recycling, waste separation, energy and material recovery, or gas recovery or transfer facility established in conjunction with the permitted municipal solid waste management facility is not required to obtain for that recycling, waste separation, energy and material recovery, or gas recovery or transfer facility a separate permit from the commission or to apply for an amendment to an existing permit issued by the commission.

(b) A facility to which this section applies must register with the commission in accordance with commission rules and comply with commission rules adopted under this chapter.

(c) If a permit is otherwise required, the commission shall expedite the permit proceeding if the applicant is seeking a permit for a solid waste management facility that employs an innovative, high technology method of waste disposition and recycling.
Tex. Government Code § 489.256 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 489 / Section 489.256
§ 489.256. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under Section 489.253 may be refunded by the bank by the issuance of the bank's refunding bonds in the amount that the bank considers necessary to refund the unpaid principal of the refunded bonds, together with any unpaid interest, premiums, expenses, and commissions required to be paid in connection with the refunded bonds. Refunding may be effected whether the refunded bonds have matured or are to mature later, either by sale of the refunding bonds or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the refunded bonds.

(b) A holder of refunded bonds may not be compelled to surrender the bonds for payment or exchange before the date on which the bonds are payable, or, if the bonds are called for redemption, before the date on which they are by their terms subject to redemption.

(c) Refunding bonds having a final maturity not to exceed that permitted for other bonds issued under Section 489.253 may be issued under the same terms and conditions provided by this subchapter for the issuance of bonds or may be issued in the manner provided by statute, including Chapters 1207 and 1371.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3921.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3921 / Section 3921.154
§ 3921.154. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Government Code § 472.113 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 472 / Section 472.113
§ 472.113. MEMBERSHIP IN EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

Employees of the agencies are members of the Employees Retirement System of Texas under Chapter 812, and the agencies' independent status shall have no effect on their membership.
Tex. Election Code § 64.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 64 / Section 64.006
§ 64.006. MARKING THE BALLOT FOR MEASURE.
Status: in_force

A vote on a particular measure must be indicated by placing an "X" or other mark that clearly shows the voter's intent in the appropriate square that is beside the proposition and that indicates the way the voter desires to vote on the measure.
Tex. Government Code § 845.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.105
§ 845.105. INDEBTEDNESS; PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees may:

(1) incur indebtedness;

(2) on the credit of the retirement system, borrow money to pay expenses incident to the system's operation;

(3) renew, extend, or refund its indebtedness; or

(4) issue and sell negotiable promissory notes or negotiable bonds of the system.

(b) A note or bond issued under this section must expressly state that the note or bond is not an obligation of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6603.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6603 / Section 6603.053
§ 6603.053. SUPERVISORS ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) For the election of supervisors, the district is divided into five areas, numbered one to five.

(b) Each candidate for supervisor must be designated on the official ballot according to the number of the area in which the candidate resides.

(c) Each district voter is entitled to vote for candidates from all five areas.

(d) The candidate from each area who receives the highest number of votes for supervisor is elected.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.551 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.551
§ 56B.551. LETTER OF REPRIMAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general may issue a letter of reprimand against an individual who the attorney general finds has filed or has caused to be filed under this chapter an application for benefits or claim for pecuniary loss that contains a statement or representation that the individual knows is false.

(b) The attorney general must give the individual notice of the proposed action before issuing the letter.

(c) An individual may challenge the denial of compensation and the issuance of a letter of reprimand in a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) A letter of reprimand issued under this article is public information.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 147.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 147 / Section 147.001
§ 147.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission merchant" means a livestock commission merchant or a livestock auction commission merchant.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 604, Sec. 5.
Tex. Government Code § 572.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.054
§ 572.054. REPRESENTATION BY FORMER OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF REGULATORY AGENCY RESTRICTED; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A former member of the governing body or a former executive head of a regulatory agency may not make any communication to or appearance before an officer or employee of the agency in which the member or executive head served before the second anniversary of the date the member or executive head ceased to be a member of the governing body or the executive head of the agency if the communication or appearance is made:

(1) with the intent to influence; and

(2) on behalf of any person in connection with any matter on which the person seeks official action.

(b) A former state officer or employee of a regulatory agency who ceases service or employment with that agency on or after January 1, 1992, may not represent any person or receive compensation for services rendered on behalf of any person regarding a particular matter in which the former officer or employee participated during the period of state service or employment, either through personal involvement or because the case or proceeding was a matter within the officer's or employee's official responsibility.

(c) Subsection (b) applies only to:

(1) a state officer of a regulatory agency; or

(2) a state employee of a regulatory agency who is compensated, as of the last date of state employment, at or above the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary group 17, of the position classification salary schedule, including an employee who is exempt from the state's position classification plan.

(d) Subsection (b) does not apply to a rulemaking proceeding that was concluded before the officer's or employee's service or employment ceased.

(e) Other law that restricts the representation of a person before a particular state agency by a former state officer or employee of that agency prevails over this section.

(f) An individual commits an offense if the individual violates this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.

(g) In this section, the comptroller and the secretary of state are not excluded from the definition of "regulatory agency."

(g-1) For purposes of this section, the Department of Information Resources is a regulatory agency.

(h) In this section:

(1) "Participated" means to have taken action as an officer or employee through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, giving advice, investigation, or similar action.

(2) "Particular matter" means a specific investigation, application, request for a ruling or determination, rulemaking proceeding, contract, claim, charge, accusation, arrest, or judicial or other proceeding.
Tex. Election Code § 171.073 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 171 / Section 171.073
§ 171.073.
Status: in_force

Sec. 171.073. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: PRECINCT WITH FEWER THAN THREE ELECTION PRECINCTS. The precinct executive committee for a commissioners precinct or for a justice precinct containing fewer than three county election precincts consists of the county executive committee, with the county chair serving as chair of the precinct committee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1111.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1111 / Section 1111.053
§ 1111.053. REQUEST TO APPEAR ON BALLOT.
Status: in_force

A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for manager must file a written request with the board secretary. The request must be:

(1) signed by at least 20 district voters; and

(2) filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005, Election Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1273.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1273 / Section 1273.056
§ 1273.056. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a small employer health benefit plan; or

(2) a group model health maintenance organization that is a nonprofit, state-certified health maintenance organization that:

(A) provides the majority of its professional services through a single group medical practice that is governed by a board composed entirely of physicians; and

(B) educates medical students or resident physicians through a contract with the medical school component of a Texas state-supported college or university accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association.
Tex. Government Code § 551.091 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.091
§ 551.091.
Status: in_force

Sec. 551.091. COMMISSIONERS COURTS: DELIBERATION REGARDING DISASTER OR EMERGENCY. (a) This section applies only to the commissioners court of a county:

(1) for which the governor has issued an executive order or proclamation declaring a state of disaster or a state of emergency; and

(2) in which transportation to the meeting location is dangerous or difficult as a result of the disaster or emergency.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and subject to Subsection (c), a commissioners court to which this section applies may hold an open or closed meeting, including a telephone conference call, solely to deliberate about disaster or emergency conditions and related public safety matters that require an immediate response without complying with the requirements of this chapter, including the requirement to provide notice before the meeting or to first convene in an open meeting.

(c) To the extent practicable under the circumstances, the commissioners court shall provide reasonable public notice of a meeting under this section and if the meeting is an open meeting allow members of the public and the press to observe the meeting.

(d) The commissioners court:

(1) may not vote or take final action on a matter during a meeting under this section; and

(2) shall prepare and keep minutes or a recording of a meeting under this section and make the minutes or recording available to the public as soon as practicable.

(e) This section expires September 1, 2027.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.055
§ 3873.055. COSTS OF CREATION, CONFIRMATION, AND ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

The costs necessarily incurred in the creation, confirmation, and organization of the district may be paid from the district's tax revenue or from revenue from bond anticipation notes, the first revenue bonds issued by the district, or any other source.
Tex. Tax Code § 182.083 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 182 / Section 182.083
§ 182.083. PAYMENT OF TAX IF BUSINESS BEGUN AFTER BEGINNING OF QUARTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, if a person taxed under this chapter begins business on or after the first day of the quarter, then in lieu of the gross receipts tax provided for in this chapter, the tax for that quarter is $50, payable to the comptroller in advance.

(b) If a person that begins business on or after the first day of the quarter is an incorporation, reincorporation, or survivor of a merger of a person or persons that were previously subject to a tax under this chapter, its report required under Section 182.081 of this code must show the combined gross receipts during the preceding quarterly period of the person or persons that were incorporated, reincorporated, or merged to form the new entity. The gross receipts tax provided for in this chapter must be paid on the reported combined gross receipts required under this subsection.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1104.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.004
§ 1104.004. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a person who exclusively employs appraisers on an employer and employee basis for the performance of appraisals;

(2) a person acting as an appraisal firm as defined by board rule that at all times during a calendar year employs on an exclusive basis as independent contractors not more than 15 appraisers for the performance of appraisals;

(3) a financial institution, including a department or unit within the institution, that is regulated by an agency of this state or the United States government;

(4) subject to Subsection (b), a person who enters into an agreement with an appraiser for the performance of an appraisal that on completion results in a report signed by both the appraiser who completed the appraisal and the appraiser who requested completion of the appraisal;

(5) an appraisal management company:

(A) operating only in this state with an appraisal panel of not more than 15 appraisers at all times during a calendar year; or

(B) operating in multiple states, including this state, with an appraisal panel of not more than 24 appraisers in all states at all times during a calendar year;

(6) an appraisal management company that is a subsidiary owned and controlled by a financial institution that is subject to appraisal independence standards at least as stringent as those under Section 1104.203 or the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1601 et seq.) through regulation by an agency of this state or the United States government; or

(7) subject to Section 1104.052(c), a federally regulated appraisal management company.

(b) An appraisal management company may not require an employee of the appraisal management company who is an appraiser to sign an appraisal that is completed by another appraiser who contracts with the appraisal management company in order to avoid the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14A.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14A / Section 14A.004
§ 14A.004. BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A person receiving a certificate to transact business shall file a bond with the county clerk granting the certificate.

(b) The bond must be:

(1) payable to the State of Texas;

(2) of good and sufficient surety;

(3) conditioned on faithful performance of the applicant's duty as a public warehouse operator; and

(4) in the amount of $5,000.

(c) A bond is subject to approval by the county clerk and the clerk shall file approved bonds in the clerk's office.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 105.02 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 105 / Section 105.02
§ 105.02.
Status: in_force

Sec. 105.02. HOURS OF SALE: WHOLESALERS AND LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS TO RETAILERS. (a) A holder of a wholesaler's permit may sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer anytime except Sunday and Christmas Day.

(b) A local distributor's permittee may sell, offer for sale, or deliver liquor to a retailer between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on any day except:

(1) Sunday;

(2) Christmas Day; or

(3) a day on which a package store permittee is prohibited from selling liquor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 751.351 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 751 / Section 751.351
§ 751.351. SANCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may impose sanctions under Chapter 82 against an insurer determined, as a result of a market conduct action or other action under this chapter, to have violated this code, a rule adopted under this code, or another insurance law of this state.

(b) In determining an appropriate sanction under Subsection (a) the commissioner shall consider:

(1) any actions taken by the insurer to maintain membership in, and comply with the standards of, best-practice organizations that promote high ethical standards of conduct in the insurance marketplace; and

(2) the extent to which the insurer maintains regulatory compliance programs to self-assess, self-report, and remediate problems detected by the insurer.
Tex. Government Code § 418.184 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.184
§ 418.184. FIREARMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer who is acting in the lawful execution of the officer's official duties during a state of disaster may disarm an individual if the officer reasonably believes it is immediately necessary for the protection of the officer or another individual.

(b) The peace officer shall return a firearm and any ammunition to an individual disarmed under Subsection (a) before ceasing to detain the individual unless the officer:

(1) arrests the individual for engaging in criminal activity; or

(2) seizes the firearm as evidence in a criminal investigation.
Tex. Government Code § 304.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 304 / Section 304.010
§ 304.010. DUTY TO REMAIN INFORMED.
Status: in_force

Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices, and current business of the legislature, and each legislator shall assist his emergency interim successors to keep themselves informed.
Tex. Government Code § 522.0206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0206
§ 522.0206. CONTRACTING AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The commission shall consider contracting through competitive bidding with a private individual or entity to broadcast and archive an open meeting subject to this subchapter to minimize the cost of complying with this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4152.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4152 / Section 4152.252
§ 4152.252. AUDITED STATEMENT OF MANAGER'S FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Status: in_force

An insurer shall obtain annually an audited statement as provided by Section 4152.210 of the financial condition of each manager with whom the insurer transacts business.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.001
§ 1952.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this chapter applies to an insurer writing automobile insurance in this state, including an insurance company, corporation, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, mutual insurance company, association, Lloyd's plan, or other insurer.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.2571 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.2571
§ 351.2571. NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

Failure to comply with the requirements of Section 351.257 may be used to determine eligibility for receiving grant funds from the office of the governor or another state agency.