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Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.062 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.062
§ 161.062. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 161.0615, the commission shall give notice of a quarantine against another state, territory, or country by publishing notice in a newspaper published in Texas. The quarantine takes effect on the date of publication. The commission shall pay the expense of publication out of any appropriation made for office and stationery expenses of the commission.

(b) The commission shall give notice of a quarantine established within this state by publishing notice in a newspaper published in the county in which the quarantine is established, by posting notice at the courthouse door of that county, or by delivering a written notice to the owner or caretaker of the animals or places to be quarantined. The commission may pay the expense of publication or posting out of any appropriation made for the office and stationery expenses of the commission or out of any appropriation made for the control or eradication of communicable diseases of livestock. The commissioners court of a county in which a quarantine is established may pay the expenses of publication or posting out of any available funds of the county.
Tex. Utilities Code § 16.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 16 / Section 16.001
§ 16.001. ASSESSMENT ON PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) To defray the expenses incurred in the administration of this title, an assessment is imposed on each public utility, retail electric provider, and electric cooperative within the jurisdiction of the commission that serves the ultimate consumer, including each interexchange telecommunications carrier.

(b) An assessment under this section is equal to one-sixth of one percent of the public utility's, retail electric provider's, or electric cooperative's gross receipts from rates charged to the ultimate consumer in this state.

(c) An interexchange telecommunications carrier that does not provide local exchange telephone service may collect the fee imposed under this section as an additional item separately stated on the customer bill as "utility gross receipts assessment."
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 32.056 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 32 / Section 32.056
§ 32.056. LOCATION OF PERMIT; INSPECTION ALLOWED.
Status: in_force

A permit holder shall keep a copy of the permit in the floating cabin and available for inspection by the department on request.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3822.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3822 / Section 3822.108
§ 3822.108. MUNICIPAL APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district must obtain approval from the governing body of the City of Houston for:

(1) the issuance of bonds for an improvement project;

(2) the plans and specifications of an improvement project financed by the bonds; and

(3) the plans and specifications of a district improvement project related to:

(A) the use of land owned by the City of Houston;

(B) an easement granted by the City of Houston; or

(C) a right-of-way of a street, road, or highway.

(b) If the district obtains approval from the governing body of the City of Houston for a capital improvements budget for a period not to exceed five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and issue bonds specified in the budget without further approval from the City of Houston.
Tex. Water Code § 49.110 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.110
§ 49.110. ELECTION JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The notice requirements for the appointment of a presiding election judge under Section 32.009, Election Code, do not apply to an election held by a district.

(b) To serve as an election judge in an election held by a district, a person must be a registered voter of the county in which the district is wholly or partly located. To the extent of any conflict with Section 32.051, Election Code, this section controls.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.251
§ 4001.251. INCORPORATION OF SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP.
Status: in_force

An individual engaged in business as a sole proprietorship under a license issued under this title may incorporate. The corporation does not have greater license authority than that granted to the license holder in the holder's individual capacity.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.137 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.137
§ 481.137.
Status: in_force

Sec. 481.137. OFFENSE: TRANSFER OF PRECURSOR SUBSTANCE FOR UNLAWFUL MANUFACTURE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes a chemical precursor subject to Section 481.077(a) with the knowledge or intent that the recipient will use the chemical precursor to unlawfully manufacture a controlled substance or controlled substance analogue.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9059.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9059 / Section 9059.205
§ 9059.205. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

The district may appropriate and pay from the proceeds of the sale of bonds the interest to accrue on the bonds for a period not to exceed three years from their date.
Tex. Finance Code § 276.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 276 / Section 276.002
§ 276.002. GARNISHMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCOUNT.
Status: repealed

(a) Notwithstanding the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, if a financial institution fails to timely file an answer to a writ of garnishment issued before or after a judgment is rendered in the case, a court may enter a default judgment against the financial institution solely as to the existence of liability and not as to the amount of damages.

(b) A financial institution against which a default judgment is entered under Subsection (a) is not deemed to have in the financial institution's possession or to have knowledge of sufficient debts, assets, or personal effects of the debtor to satisfy the debtor's obligations to the garnishor.

(c) After a default judgment is entered against a financial institution as to the existence of liability as provided by Subsection (a), the garnishor has the burden to establish the amount of actual damages proximately caused to the garnishor by the financial institution's default.

(d) The court may award to the garnishor:

(1) damages in the amount determined under Subsection (c); and

(2) for good cause shown, reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the garnishor in establishing damages under Subsection (c).

(e) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.11(3), eff. December 4, 2025.
Tex. Property Code § 207.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 207 / Section 207.005
§ 207.005. EFFECT OF RESALE CERTIFICATE; LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A property owners' association may not deny the validity of any statement in the resale certificate. The property owners' association's lien to secure undisclosed amounts due the property owners' association on the date the resale certificate is prepared shall automatically terminate as a lien securing the undisclosed amount. A buyer, buyer's agent, owner, owner's agent, lender, and title insurance company and its agent are not liable for any debt or claim existing on the preparation date of the resale certificate that is not disclosed in the resale certificate.

(b) A resale certificate does not affect:

(1) the right of a property owners' association to recover debts or claims that arise or become due after the date the resale certificate is prepared; or

(2) a lien on a property securing payment of future assessments held by the property owners' association.

(c) The owner's agent and the title insurance company and its agent are not liable to a buyer for any delay or failure by the property owners' association in delivering the information required by Section 207.003.

(d) Except as provided by Section 207.004, the property owners' association is not liable to an owner selling property in the subdivision for delay or failure to deliver the information required by Section 207.003. An officer or agent of the property owners' association is not liable for a delay or failure to furnish a resale certificate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8491.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8491 / Section 8491.0202
§ 8491.0202. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.111
§ 1090.111. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than $10,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 158.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 158 / Section 158.003
§ 158.003. DISPENSING OF DANGEROUS DRUGS IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "reimbursement for cost" means an additional charge, separate from that imposed for the physician's professional services, that includes the cost of the drug product and all other actual costs to the physician incidental to providing the dispensing service. The term does not include a separate fee imposed for the act of dispensing the drug itself.

(b) This section applies to an area located in a county with a population of 5,000 or less, or in a municipality or an unincorporated town with a population of less than 2,500, that is within a 15-mile radius of the physician's office and in which a pharmacy is not located. This section does not apply to a municipality or an unincorporated town that is adjacent to a municipality with a population of 2,500 or more.

(c) A physician who practices medicine in an area described by Subsection (b) may:

(1) maintain a supply of dangerous drugs in the physician's office to be dispensed in the course of treating the physician's patients; and

(2) be reimbursed for the cost of supplying those drugs without obtaining a license under Chapter 558.

(d) A physician who dispenses dangerous drugs under Subsection (c) shall:

(1) comply with each labeling provision under Subtitle J applicable to that class of drugs; and

(2) oversee compliance with packaging and recordkeeping provisions applicable to that class of drugs.

(e) A physician who desires to dispense dangerous drugs under this section shall notify both the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and the board that the physician practices in an area described by Subsection (b). The physician may continue to dispense dangerous drugs in the area until the Texas State Board of Pharmacy determines, after notice and hearing, that the physician no longer practices in an area described by Subsection (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3984.0707 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3984 / Section 3984.0707
§ 3984.0707. ABOLITION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may abolish the tax imposed under this subchapter.

(b) The board may not abolish the tax imposed under this subchapter if the district has outstanding debt secured by the tax, and repayment of the debt would be impaired by the abolition of the tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8460.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8460 / Section 8460.002
§ 8460.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01321 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01321
§ 30.01321. APPLICATION; DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to the City of Lewisville.

(b) In this subchapter, "appellate courts" means the county courts at law of Denton County that have criminal appellate jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3910.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3910 / Section 3910.007
§ 3910.007. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1053.160 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.160
§ 1053.160. USE OF INTERIOR DESIGNER'S SEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An interior designer shall maintain a seal described by Section 1053.058 and shall stamp or impress the seal on each drawing or specification issued from the interior designer's office for use in this state.

(b) A person may not use or attempt to use an interior designer's seal, a similar seal, or a replica of the seal unless the use is by or through an interior designer.

(c) An interior designer may not permit a person who is not an interior designer to use the interior designer's seal without the interior designer's personal supervision.

(d) A person may not present or attempt to use as the person's own the seal of another person.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.015
§ 437.015. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

A city attorney, county attorney, or district attorney may sue in district court to enjoin a food service establishment, retail food store, mobile food unit, or roadside food vendor from operating without a permit if a permit is required.
Tex. Occupations Code § 167.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 167 / Section 167.005
§ 167.005. TEXAS PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Physician Health Program is established to promote:

(1) physician and physician assistant wellness; and

(2) treatment of all health conditions that have the potential to compromise the physician's or physician assistant's ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety, including mental health issues, substance abuse issues, and addiction issues.

(b) The program is a confidential, nondisciplinary therapeutic program for physicians and physician assistants.

(c) The program is administratively attached to the board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.453 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.453
§ 1002.453. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules of procedure for the imposition of an administrative penalty.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must conform to the requirements of Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(c) A proceeding to impose the penalty is considered to be a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Election Code § 273.103 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 273 / Section 273.103
§ 273.103. MANDATORY SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

Following a final nonappealable judgment containing a finding by a court that a ballot proposition drafted by a city failed to substantially submit the question with such definiteness, certainty, and facial neutrality that the voters are not misled, the city shall submit to the secretary of state for approval any proposition to be voted on at an election held by the city before the fourth anniversary of the court's finding.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 317.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 317 / Section 317.003
§ 317.003. NOTICE TO DESIGNATED CAREGIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 317.002(d), as soon as possible before a patient's discharge or transfer to another facility but not later than the time the patient's attending physician issues a discharge order, a hospital shall notify the designated caregiver of the patient's discharge or transfer. The inability of the hospital to contact the designated caregiver may not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect any medical care provided to the patient or the discharge of the patient.

(b) If the hospital is unable to contact the designated caregiver, the hospital shall promptly record in the patient's medical record that the hospital attempted to contact the designated caregiver.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1902.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1902 / Section 1902.001
§ 1902.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 20.008(1); Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.421.

(3) "Board" means the Texas Water Well Drillers Advisory Board.

(4) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(4-a) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.

(5) "Installer" means a person who installs or repairs well pumps and equipment. The term does not include a person who:

(A) installs or repairs well pumps and equipment on the person's own property for the person's own use; or

(B) assists in pump installation under the direct supervision of an installer and is not primarily responsible for the installation.

(6) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other private legal entity.

(7) "Pollution" means a change to the physical, thermal, chemical, or biological quality of water in a way that:

(A) makes the water harmful to humans, animals, vegetation, or property; or

(B) impairs the public enjoyment of water for a reasonable purpose.

(8) "Pump installation" means the procedures employed in the placement and preparation for operation of equipment and materials used to obtain water from a well, including:

(A) construction involved in making the well and establishing seals and safeguards as necessary to protect the water from contamination; and

(B) repairs to an existing pump.

(9) "Well" means a water well, injection well, dewatering well, or monitoring well, as those terms are defined by Section 1901.001. The term does not include an injection water source well regulated under Section 91.101, Natural Resources Code.

(10) "Well pumps and equipment" means equipment and materials used to obtain water from a well, including the seals and safeguards necessary to protect the water from contamination.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.407 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.407
§ 1001.407. CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS.
Status: in_force

The state or a political subdivision of the state may not construct a public work involving engineering in which the public health, welfare, or safety is involved, unless:

(1) the engineering plans, specifications, and estimates have been prepared by an engineer; and

(2) the engineering construction is to be performed under the direct supervision of an engineer.
Tex. Government Code § 843.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 843 / Section 843.001
§ 843.001. TYPES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The types of service creditable as credited service in the retirement system are prior service, current service, and optional service. A member may not be credited in this system with more than one month of credited service for a specific calendar month, regardless of the number of employers of the member, the positions held, or the types of service.
Tex. Education Code § 52.32 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 52 / Section 52.32
§ 52.32. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LOANS.
Status: repealed

(a) The board may authorize loans from the Texas Opportunity Plan Fund or the student loan auxiliary fund to a qualified applicant who:

(1) is a resident of this state as defined by the board in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 54;

(2) has been accepted for enrollment at a participating higher educational institution;

(3) has established that the student has insufficient resources to finance the student's college education or alternative educator certification program;

(4) has submitted to the board at least two references, including the names of the persons giving those references and appropriate contact information for those persons; and

(5) has complied with other requirements established by the rules adopted by the board in conformity with this chapter.

(a-1) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 325 (H.B. 4465), Sec. 11(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 325 (H.B. 4465), Sec. 11(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(c) In no event may a higher standard of academic performance be required of an applicant than the minimum standard required for enrollment in the participating institution. The student must be meeting the minimum academic requirements of the institution in the semester any loan is made.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1334, Sec. 6(e)(2), eff. September 1, 2007.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.059 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.059
§ 351.059. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall establish a training program for the members of the board in consultation with the governor, the attorney general, and the Texas Ethics Commission.

(b) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a board member may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a board meeting until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(c) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing board operations;

(2) the board's programs, functions, rules, and budget;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the board;

(4) the types of board rules, interpretations, and enforcement actions that may implicate federal antitrust law by limiting competition or impacting prices charged by persons engaged in a profession or business the board regulates, including rules, interpretations, and enforcement actions that:

(A) regulate the scope of practice of persons in a profession or business the board regulates;

(B) restrict advertising by persons in a profession or business the board regulates;

(C) affect the price of goods or services provided by persons in a profession or business the board regulates; and

(D) restrict participation in a profession or business the board regulates;

(5) the results of the most recent formal audit of the board;

(6) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedures, and disclosure of conflicts-of-interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of the board in performing their duties; and

(7) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the board or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(d) A person appointed to the board is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for travel expenses incurred in attending a training program under this section, regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(e) The executive director of the board shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (c). The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each board member. On receipt of the training manual, each board member shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging receipt of the training manual.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4501.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4501 / Section 4501.201
§ 4501.201. DISSOLUTION OF AUTHORITY; OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the authority regardless of whether the authority has debt.

(b) If the authority has debt when it is dissolved, the authority shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.