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Tex. Water Code § 15.604 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.604
§ 15.604. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE REVOLVING FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may use the revolving fund for financial assistance only as provided by the federal act:

(1) to make loans, on the conditions that:

(A) the loan is made at or below market interest rates, including an interest-free loan;

(B) principal and interest payments will begin not later than one year after completion of the project to be financed and the loan will be fully amortized not later than the expiration date of the term of the loan;

(C) the recipient of the loan will establish a dedicated source of revenue for repayment of the loan; and

(D) the revolving fund will be credited with all payments of principal of and interest on the loan;

(2) to buy or refinance the debt obligation of political subdivisions at or below market rates if the debt obligations were incurred after March 7, 1985;

(3) to guarantee or purchase insurance for political subdivisions if the guarantee or insurance would improve access to market credit or reduce interest rates;

(4) as a source of revenue or security for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the state if the proceeds of the sale of those bonds will be deposited in the revolving fund;

(5) to provide loan guarantees to similar revolving funds established by municipalities or intermunicipal agencies;

(6) to earn interest on revolving fund accounts;

(7) for the reasonable costs of administering the revolving fund and conducting activities provided for by Title VI of the federal act, except that those amounts may not exceed the amount authorized under Title VI of the federal act; and

(8) for other purposes as provided by the federal act.

(b) The board shall adopt rules specifying the manner in which any additional state revolving fund hereafter established by the board, or any capitalization grant under the state water pollution control revolving fund, the safe drinking water revolving fund, or any additional state revolving fund, may be used to provide financial assistance to an eligible applicant for public works. Such rules shall require financial assistance to be provided for the purpose or purposes and on the terms authorized by the federal legislation or federal agency program under which the additional state revolving fund was established or the capitalization grant was awarded.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 14.013 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 14 / Section 14.013
§ 14.013. REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION BY MAGISTRATES.
Status: repealed

(a) The supreme court shall, by rule, adopt a system under which a court may refer a suit governed by this chapter to a magistrate for review and recommendation.

(b) The system adopted under Subsection (a) may be funded from money appropriated to the supreme court or from money received by the supreme court through interagency contract or contracts.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.10(2), eff. December 4, 2025.
Tex. Property Code § 22.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.002
§ 22.002. TITLE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN ACTION.
Status: in_force

A headright certificate, land scrip, bounty warrant, or other evidence of legal right to located and surveyed land is sufficient title to maintain a trespass to try title action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7923A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7923A / Section 7923A.0106
§ 7923A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1048.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1048 / Section 1048.007
§ 1048.007. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Education Code § 13.053 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 13 / Section 13.053
§ 13.053. TERRITORY NOT IN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) All real property must be included within the limits of a school district. At any time it is determined that there is territory located in a county but not within the described limits of a school district, the commissioners court shall annex the territory to one or more adjoining districts.

(b) The annexation order shall define by legal boundary description the territory of the new district and shall be recorded in the minutes of the commissioners court.
Tex. Government Code § 2201.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2201 / Section 2201.003
§ 2201.003. TRANSFERS FROM CAPITAL TRUST FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Interest earned by the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the housing trust fund.

(b) At the end of each fiscal biennium the unencumbered balance of the fund shall be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8250.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8250 / Section 8250.002
§ 8250.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district, to the extent authorized by Section 8250.052 of this code and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, has road powers.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.067 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.067
§ 371.067. CONTENTS AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A license must state:

(1) the name of the pawnbroker; and

(2) the address at which the business is to be conducted.

(b) A pawnbroker shall display a license at the place of business provided on the license.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 147.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 147 / Section 147.005
§ 147.005. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS IN DISPUTE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the proceeds of a sale of livestock by a commission merchant become involved in a dispute between contending claimants, or if the commission merchant is notified that a person other than the person who consigned the livestock asserts a right to the proceeds, the commission merchant shall deposit the net proceeds of the sale in a state or national bank in the city or county of the commission merchant's principal place of business.

(b) The commission merchant shall promptly notify all interested parties of the deposit of proceeds in a bank under Subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Following the deposit of the proceeds and the giving of notice under this section, neither the commission merchant nor the bond of the commission merchant is liable for those funds.
Tex. Education Code § 12.1051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.1051
§ 12.1051. APPLICABILITY OF OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) With respect to the operation of an open-enrollment charter school, the governing body of a charter holder and the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school are considered to be governmental bodies for purposes of Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code.

(b) With respect to the operation of an open-enrollment charter school, any requirement in Chapter 551 or 552, Government Code, or another law that concerns open meetings or the availability of information, that applies to a school district, the board of trustees of a school district, or public school students applies to an open-enrollment charter school, the governing body of a charter holder, the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school, or students attending an open-enrollment charter school.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.441 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.441
§ 17.441. CONDITIONS REQUIRING MOTOR VEHICLE IGNITION INTERLOCK.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a magistrate shall require on release that a defendant charged with a subsequent offense under Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, or 49.061, Penal Code, or an offense under Section 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08 of that code:

(1) have installed on the motor vehicle owned by the defendant or on the vehicle most regularly driven by the defendant, a device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make impractical the operation of a motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the breath of the operator; and

(2) not operate any motor vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with that device.

(b) The magistrate may not require the installation of the device if the magistrate finds that to require the device would not be in the best interest of justice.

(c) If the defendant is required to have the device installed, the magistrate shall require that the defendant have the device installed on the appropriate motor vehicle, at the defendant's expense, before the 30th day after the date the defendant is released on bond.

(d) The magistrate may designate an appropriate agency to verify the installation of the device and to monitor the device. If the magistrate designates an agency under this subsection, in each month during which the agency verifies the installation of the device or provides a monitoring service the defendant shall pay a reimbursement fee to the designated agency in the amount set by the magistrate. The defendant shall pay the initial reimbursement fee at the time the agency verifies the installation of the device. In each subsequent month during which the defendant is required to pay a reimbursement fee the defendant shall pay the fee on the first occasion in that month that the agency provides a monitoring service. The magistrate shall set the fee in an amount not to exceed $10 as determined by the county auditor, or by the commissioners court of the county if the county does not have a county auditor, to be sufficient to cover the cost incurred by the designated agency in conducting the verification or providing the monitoring service, as applicable in that county.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2028.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2028 / Section 2028.102
§ 2028.102. HORSE RACETRACK ASSOCIATION SET-ASIDES FOR PURSES; PURSE ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A horse racetrack association shall set aside for purses an amount not less than:

(1) for live pari-mutuel pools:

(A) seven percent of a live regular wagering pool or live multiple two wagering pool; and

(B) 8.5 percent of a live multiple three wagering pool; and

(2) for simulcast pari-mutuel pools from the takeout of the sending track:

(A) 38.8 percent of the regular wagering pool;

(B) 33.3 percent of the multiple two wagering pool; and

(C) 34 percent of the multiple three wagering pool.

(b) If the cost of the simulcast signal exceeds five percent of the simulcast handle, the receiving horse racetrack association shall split the cost of the signal in excess of five percent evenly with the horsemen's organization by allocating that cost against the purse money derived from that simulcast signal.

(c) The horse racetrack association shall:

(1) transfer the amount set aside for purses from any live and simulcast pool; and

(2) deposit the amounts in purse accounts maintained by breed by the horsemen's organization in one or more federally insured depositories.

(d) Legal title to purse accounts is vested in the horsemen's organization. The horsemen's organization may contract with a horse racetrack association to manage and control the purse accounts and to make disbursements from the purse accounts:

(1) to an owner whose horse won a purse;

(2) to the horsemen's organization for the organization's expenses; or

(3) for other disbursements as provided by contract between the horsemen's organization and the horse racetrack association.

(e) A horse racetrack association may pay a portion of the revenue set aside under this section to an organization recognized under Section 2023.051, as provided by a contract approved by the commission.
Tex. Finance Code § 276.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 276 / Section 276.001
§ 276.001. ACCOUNTS FOR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A financial institution may not open an account in the name of a candidate without obtaining that candidate's consent and signature. This subsection does not require that the candidate be a signatory to the account.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Candidate" has the meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.

(2) "Financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8042.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8042 / Section 8042.0402
§ 8042.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8042.0401, 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. Insurance Code § 562.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 562 / Section 562.251
§ 562.251. ACCEPTANCE OF ASSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In administering this chapter, the department may accept assurance of voluntary compliance from a person who is engaging in, has engaged in, or is about to engage in an act or practice in violation of this chapter or Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code.

(b) The assurance must be in writing and be filed with the department.

(c) The department may condition acceptance of an assurance of voluntary compliance on the stipulation that the person offering the assurance restore to a person in interest money that may have been acquired by the act or practice described in Subsection (a).
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.054 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.054
§ 140B.054. SERVICE; PROOF OF SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Service of any civil investigative demand or petition filed under Section 140B.055 or 140B.060 may be made on any natural person by delivering a duly executed copy of the demand or petition to the person to be served or by mailing a copy by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person at the person's residence or principal office or place of business.

(b) Service of any demand or petition filed under Section 140B.055 or 140B.060 may be made on any person other than a natural person by delivering a duly executed copy of the demand or petition to a person to whom delivery would be appropriate under state law if the demand or petition were process in a civil suit.

(c) A verified return by the individual serving any demand or petition filed under Section 140B.055 or 140B.060 setting forth the manner of service is proof of service. In the case of service by registered or certified mail, the return must be accompanied by the return post office receipt of delivery of the demand or petition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 382.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 382 / Section 382.004
§ 382.004. COUNTY MAY ESTABLISH DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A county may create a public improvement district under this chapter if the county determines it is in the county's best interest. A district is a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Labor Code § 315.006 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 315 / Section 315.006
§ 315.006. STATE FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) Funds shall be appropriated to implement statewide adult basic education, adult bilingual education, high school equivalency, and high school credit programs to eliminate illiteracy in this state and to implement and support a statewide program to meet the total range of adult needs for adult education and related skill training. The commission shall ensure that public school districts, public junior colleges, regional education service centers, nonprofit agencies, and community-based organizations have direct and equitable access to those funds.

(b) In addition to any amount appropriated under Subsection (a), the legislature may appropriate an additional amount to the commission for the purpose of skill training in direct support of industrial expansion and new business development in locations, industries, and occupations designated by the commission, if the training supports the basic purposes of this chapter. To support the basic purposes of this chapter, the legislature may also appropriate an additional amount to the commission for skill training that is conducted to support the expansion of civilian employment opportunities on United States military reservations.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.1095 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.1095
§ 43.1095. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this subchapter, a person commits an offense if that person:

(1) hunts or kills, or attempts to hunt or kill, from an aircraft any animal or bird that is not specifically authorized by a permit issued under this subchapter;

(2) uses an aircraft to manage wildlife or exotic animals without first obtaining and having in the person's immediate possession a permit and a landowner's authorization for the management of wildlife or exotic animals by the use of aircraft; or

(3) uses an aircraft to harass wildlife, exotic animals, or any other animal or bird.

(b) It is a defense to prosecution for harassment of wildlife or exotic animals under this section if the person is engaged in the activity of counting, photographing, relocating, capturing, or hunting wildlife or exotic animals under the authority of a permit under this subchapter.

(c) Nothing in this chapter authorizes a person to hunt any animal or bird from an aircraft for sport.
Tex. Government Code § 661.251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.251
§ 661.251. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 661.001.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.603 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.603
§ 884.603. EXEMPTION FROM CAPITAL AND SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A stipulated premium company is exempt from the capital and surplus requirements of Section 884.601(a) if the company:

(1) was organized before September 1, 1989;

(2) possesses capital in an amount equal to at least $100,000 and unencumbered surplus in an amount equal to at least $100,000; and

(3) converted to a company that operates under Chapter 841 before September 1, 1999.

(b) A stipulated premium company that is exempt under Subsection (a) shall immediately increase its capital and surplus to amounts that satisfy Section 884.601(a) on:

(1) a change of control of at least 50 percent of the voting securities of the converted company; or

(2) if the converted company or the holding company that controls the converted company, if any, is not controlled by voting securities, a change of at least 50 percent of the ownership of the converted company or its holding company.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), a transfer of ownership that occurs because of death, regardless of whether the decedent died testate or intestate, may not be considered a change in the control of a converted stipulated premium company or holding company if ownership is transferred solely to one or more individuals, each of whom would be an heir of the decedent if the decedent had died intestate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3842.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3842 / Section 3842.102
§ 3842.102. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered for purposes of this chapter to be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. A director of the corporation is not required to reside in the district.

(d) The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4054.159 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4054 / Section 4054.159
§ 4054.159. CONTINUING EDUCATION EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a funeral home employee or other person who holds a funeral prearrangement life insurance agent license and who writes only life insurance policies and fixed annuity contracts to secure the delivery of funeral services and merchandise under prepaid funeral contracts regulated by the Texas Department of Banking under Chapter 154, Finance Code, is not required to comply with any continuing education requirements to maintain the license, except that the appointing insurer must educate its appointed agents about any new products sold by the agent to fund prepaid funeral contracts.

(b) A license holder to whom this section applies may be appointed by more than one insurer.
Tex. Occupations Code § 605.0521 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 605 / Section 605.0521
§ 605.0521. DUTIES OF ADVISORY BOARD.
Status: in_force

The advisory board shall provide advice and recommendations to the department on technical matters relevant to the administration of this chapter.
Tex. Family Code § 107.252 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.252
§ 107.252. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a suit filed by a governmental entity seeking termination of the parent-child relationship or the appointment of a conservator for a child in which appointment of an attorney is required under Section 107.012 or 107.013.
Tex. Government Code § 802.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 802 / Section 802.104
§ 802.104. REPORT OF MEMBERS AND RETIREES.
Status: in_force

Each public retirement system annually shall, before the 211th day after the last day of the fiscal year under which the system operates, submit to the board a report containing the number of members and number of retirees of the system as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Tex. Government Code § 1473.270 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.270
§ 1473.270. ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may issue bonds under this subchapter that are a junior lien on the net revenue or property unless the bond order or trust indenture prohibits their issuance.

(b) The commissioners court may issue parity bonds under conditions in the bond order or trust indenture.