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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 5.03 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.03
§ 5.03. FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO OFFICIAL DUTIES.
Status: in_force

A general duty prescribed for an officer by Chapter 2A is not waived or excepted in any family violence case or investigation because of a family or household relationship between an alleged violator and the victim of family violence. A peace officer's or a magistrate's duty to prevent the commission of criminal offenses, including acts of family violence, is not waived or excepted because of a family or household relationship between the potential violator and victim.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.504 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.504
§ 887.504. AMENDMENT OF CHARTER OR ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

On authorization under Section 887.503, the board of directors and officers of the association shall amend the association's charter or articles of association to comply with Sections 841.051, 841.052, and 841.053.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.020 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.020
§ 70.020. OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to actions and proceedings under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7953.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7953 / Section 7953.007
§ 7953.007. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is eligible to be included in a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code.

(b) If the City of Conroe has created or creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a) that includes all or part of the territory of the district, the City of Conroe and the board of directors of the zone or a developer of property within the tax increment reinvestment zone that receives or will receive money from the tax increment fund, by contract with the district, may grant money to the district from the tax increment fund to be used for a permissible purpose of the district, including:

(1) the right to pledge the money as security for a bond or other obligation issued by the district; and

(2) any permissible purpose of a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.059
§ 1011.059. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of a majority of directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 14.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 14 / Section 14.001
§ 14.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Claim" means a cause of action governed by this chapter.

(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

(3) "Inmate" means a person housed in a secure correctional facility.

(4) "Secure correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(5) "Trust account" means an inmate's trust account administered by the department under Section 501.014, Government Code, by a facility under contract with the department, or by a jail.

(6) "Unsworn declaration" means a document executed in accordance with Chapter 132.
Tex. Family Code § 154.188 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.188
§ 154.188. FAILURE TO PROVIDE OR PAY FOR REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE OR DENTAL INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

A parent ordered to provide health insurance or dental insurance or to pay the other parent additional child support for the cost of health insurance or dental insurance who fails to do so is liable for:

(1) necessary medical expenses or dental expenses of the child, without regard to whether the expenses would have been paid if health insurance or dental insurance had been provided; and

(2) the cost of health insurance premiums, dental insurance premiums, or contributions, if any, paid on behalf of the child.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 101A.105 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.105
§ 101A.105. SERVICES OF OTHER AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

The department may accept services performed by other agencies to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8487.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8487 / Section 8487.052
§ 8487.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after September 1, 2013, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8487.003; or

(2) September 1, 2017.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8487.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8487.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.156
§ 1018.156. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.
Tex. Election Code § 212.022 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 212 / Section 212.022
§ 212.022. OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN ELECTION ON OFFICE.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 212.0241, a candidate for nomination or election to an office may obtain an initial recount in an election in which the person was a candidate if:

(1) the difference in the number of votes received by the candidate and any candidate for the office who is shown by the election returns to be nominated, elected, or entitled to a place on a runoff ballot or tied for nomination, election, or entitlement to a place on a runoff ballot is less than 10 percent of that candidate's number of votes;

(2) the candidate is shown by the election returns to be entitled to a place on a runoff ballot or tied for nomination, election, or entitlement to a place on a runoff ballot;

(3) the secretary of state certifies that counting errors affecting the election occurred in one or more election precincts in which paper ballots were used, as provided by Section 212.034; or

(4) the total number of votes received by all candidates for the office is less than 1,000 as shown by the election returns.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 152.021 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.021
§ 152.021. CONTROL MEASURES APPLIED BY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

If the landowner or another person fails to apply the pest control measures prescribed by the service not later than the 10th day after the date notice is given under Section 152.014 or 152.018, the service may contact the landowner to offer further assistance or may enter the land and have the forest pests controlled.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 2.007 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 2 / Section 2.007
§ 2.007. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES OF FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

A for-profit corporation may not:

(1) operate a cooperative association, limited cooperative association, or labor union;

(2) transact a combination of the businesses of:

(A) raising cattle and owning land for the raising of cattle, other than operating and owning feedlots and feeding cattle; and

(B) operating stockyards and slaughtering, refrigerating, canning, curing, or packing meat;

(3) engage in a combination of:

(A) the petroleum oil producing business in this state; and

(B) the oil pipeline business in this state other than through stock ownership in a for-profit corporation engaged in the oil pipeline business and other than the ownership or operation of private pipelines in and about the corporation's refineries, fields, or stations; or

(4) engage in a business or activity that may not be engaged in by a for-profit corporation without first obtaining a license under the laws of this state and a license to engage in that business or activity cannot lawfully be granted to the corporation.
Tex. Property Code § 76.202 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 76 / Section 76.202
§ 76.202. NOTICE TO OWNER.
Status: in_force

(a) During the calendar year immediately following the year in which the property report is filed, the treasurer of the holder may mail a notice to each person who has an address in this state and appears to be entitled to the reported property.

(b) The notice must contain:

(1) a statement that property is being held by the treasurer of the holder to which the addressee appears to be entitled; and

(2) a statement that the owner may present proof of the claim to the treasurer of the holder and establish the owner's right to receive the property.
Tex. Government Code § 125.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 125 / Section 125.004
§ 125.004. PARTICIPANT PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

A mental health court program may require a participant to pay the cost of all treatment and services received while participating in the program, based on the participant's ability to pay.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 821.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 821 / Section 821.051
§ 821.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) "Animal" has the meaning assigned by Section 821.001.

(2) "Animal shelter" means a facility that collects, impounds, or keeps stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(118), eff. April 2, 2015.

(4) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(5) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7816.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7816 / Section 7816.0103
§ 7816.0103. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district and by the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation and operation of the district is essential to accomplish the purpose of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7211.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7211 / Section 7211.103
§ 7211.103. LIMIT ON EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn, for sanitary sewer purposes, land, easements, or other property located outside the boundaries of the district.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 508.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 508 / Section 508.001
§ 508.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Cardholder" means the person named on the face of a credit card or debit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card or debit card is issued.

(2) "Credit card" means a card or device issued under an agreement by which the issuer gives to a cardholder the right to obtain credit from the issuer or another person.

(3) "Debit card" means a card, device, or other means of access to an individual's account at a financial institution that the individual may use to initiate electronic fund transfers.

(4) "Merchant" means a person in the business of selling goods or services.

(5) "Mobile wallet" means a device that uses an encrypted digital token to authenticate a cardholder's identity and account information.

(6) "Photo identification" means a card or other document that:

(A) is issued by a governmental entity to identify an individual; and

(B) displays a photograph of the individual identified on the card or other document.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1458.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1458 / Section 1458.055
§ 1458.055. EXEMPTION FOR AFFILIATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall grant an exemption for affiliates of a contracting entity if the contracting entity holds a certificate of authority issued by the department to engage in the business of insurance in this state or is a health maintenance organization if the commissioner determines that:

(1) the affiliate is not subject to a disclaimer of affiliation under Chapter 823; and

(2) the relationships between the person who holds a certificate of authority and all affiliates of the person, including subsidiary networks or other networks, are disclosed and clearly defined.

(b) An exemption granted under this section applies only to registration. An entity granted an exemption is otherwise subject to this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.037 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.037
§ 1372.037. LIMITATIONS ON GRANTING OF RESERVATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before August 15 the board may not grant for any single project a reservation for that year that is greater than:

(1) if the issuer is an issuer of qualified mortgage bonds, other than the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs or the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, the greater of:

(A) $50 million; or

(B) 1.70 percent of the available state ceiling;

(2) if the issuer is an issuer of a state-voted issue, other than the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the greater of:

(A) $100 million; or

(B) 3.40 percent of the available state ceiling;

(3) if the issuer of a state-voted issue is the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the greater of:

(A) $200 million; or

(B) 6.80 percent of the available state ceiling;

(4) if the issuer is an issuer of qualified small issue bonds and enterprise zone facility bonds, the amount to which the Internal Revenue Code limits issuers of those bonds;

(5) if the issuer is an issuer of qualified residential rental project bonds, the greater of:

(A) $50 million; or

(B) 1.70 percent of the available state ceiling; or

(6) if the issuer is any other issuer of bonds that require an allocation, the greater of:

(A) $100 million; or

(B) 3.40 percent of the available state ceiling.

(b) This subsection applies only to projects that are granted a reservation of a portion of the available state ceiling for a program year under Subsection (a)(5). If for a program year the total amount of qualified residential rental project bonds for which reservations are sought exceeds, as of October 20 of the preceding year, 55.75 percent of the state ceiling, the amount of bonds issued to each project may not exceed 55 percent of the reasonably expected aggregate basis of the project and the land on which the project is or will be located.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.128 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.128
§ 41.128. TEXAS GRAIN PRODUCER INDEMNITY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board is not abolished but is inactive as provided by this section until reactivated under Subsection (d).

(b) The terms of office of the members of the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board expire, as determined by the commissioner, on December 31, 2017, or when the board files the report under Section 41.059(c) for the board's fiscal year that includes September 1, 2017. That report is the board's final report unless the board is reactivated under Subsection (d).

(c) While the board is inactive, the department shall administer the grain producer indemnity fund. From money available in the fund, the department shall pay all or part of any claims under Subchapter I that the department determines are valid. When the department determines that no potential claims remain, the department shall refund any money remaining in the fund to grain producers who paid an assessment under Section 41.206 on a pro rata basis.

(d) The commissioner shall order the reactivation of the Texas Grain Producer Indemnity Board if at least 200 grain producers petition the commissioner to reactivate the board. If the board is reactivated, the commissioner shall appoint board members as provided by Section 41.204.
Tex. Insurance Code § 443.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 443 / Section 443.202
§ 443.202. RECOVERY FROM AFFILIATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The receiver has a right to recover from any affiliate of the insurer any property of the insurer transferred to or for the benefit of the affiliate, or the property's value, if the transfer was made within the two years preceding the initial petition for receivership.

(b) A transfer is not recoverable under Subsection (a) if the affiliate shows that, when the transfer was made:

(1) the insurer was solvent;

(2) the transfer was lawful; and

(3) neither the insurer nor the affiliate knew or reasonably should have known that the transfer, under then-applicable statutory accounting standards, would:

(A) place the insurer:

(i) in violation of applicable capital or surplus requirements;

(ii) below the applicable minimum risk-based capital level; or

(iii) in violation of writing ratios under Article 1.32 or analogous requirements under Section 843.406; or

(B) cause the insurer's filed financial statements not to present fairly the capital and surplus of the insurer.
Tex. Government Code § 442.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.055
§ 442.055. GRANTS; DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission may accept a grant or donation for any program or purpose of the museum.
Tex. Education Code § 7.108 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 7 / Section 7.108
§ 7.108. PROHIBITION ON POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION OR ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person interested in selling bonds of any type or a person engaged in manufacturing, shipping, selling, or advertising instructional materials commits an offense if the person makes or authorizes a political contribution to or takes part in, directly or indirectly, the campaign of any person seeking election to or serving on the board.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Instructional material" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.002.

(2) "Political contribution" has the meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3904.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3904 / Section 3904.157
§ 3904.157. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code, applies to the district. Sections 375.221 and 375.223, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.151 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 12 / Section 12.151
§ 12.151. AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO EXAMINE BOOKS AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

Each filing entity and foreign filing entity shall permit the attorney general to inspect, examine, and make copies, as the attorney general considers necessary in the performance of a power or duty of the attorney general, of any record of the entity. A record of the entity includes minutes and a book, account, letter, memorandum, document, check, voucher, telegram, constitution, and bylaw.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0057 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0057
§ 113.0057. INSURABLE INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a peer-to-peer car sharing program has an insurable interest in a shared vehicle during the car sharing period.

(b) Nothing in this section creates a duty on a peer-to-peer car sharing program to maintain the coverage required under this subchapter.

(c) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may own and maintain as the named insured one or more policies of automobile insurance that separately or in combination provide coverage for:

(1) liability assumed by the program under an agreement;

(2) liability of the owner;

(3) damage to or loss of the shared vehicle; or

(4) liability of the driver.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.117 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.117
§ 1071.117. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may create and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Business Organizations Code and may contribute money to or solicit money for the corporation.

(a-1) Expired.

(b) The corporation may use money, other than money the corporation pays to the district, only to provide health care or other services the district is authorized to provide under this chapter.

(c) The corporation may invest the corporation's money in any manner in which the district may invest the district's money, including investing money as authorized by Chapter 2256, Government Code.

(d) The board shall establish controls to ensure that the corporation uses its money as required by this section.

(e) Expired.
Tex. Insurance Code § 883.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 883 / Section 883.154
§ 883.154. MAXIMUM PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The maximum premium of an insurance policy issued by a domestic mutual insurance company must be stated in the policy.

(b) A policy's maximum premium may consist only of:

(1) a cash premium; or

(2) a cash premium and a contingent premium in an amount equal to one additional cash premium.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.302
§ 1038.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 168.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 168 / Section 168.005
§ 168.005. PUBLIC EXHIBITION.
Status: in_force

A person may not enter poultry in public exhibition unless the stock originates from a flock or hatchery free of pullorum disease and fowl typhoid or has a negative pullorum-typhoid test after the 90th day before the day of the exhibition. Chickens or turkeys entered in public exhibition must be accompanied by a certificate of purchase from the hatchery.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005 / Section 8005.203
§ 8005.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.