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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.002 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 12 / Section 12.002
§ 12.002. INTERROGATORIES BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) As necessary and proper for the secretary of state to determine whether a filing entity or a foreign filing entity has complied with this code, the secretary of state may serve by mail interrogatories on the entity or a managerial official.

(b) An entity or individual to whom an interrogatory is sent by the secretary of state shall answer the interrogatory before the later of the 31st day after the date the interrogatory is mailed or a date set by the secretary of state. Each answer to an interrogatory must be complete, in writing, and under oath. An interrogatory directed to an individual shall be answered by the individual, and an interrogatory directed to an entity shall be answered by a managerial official.

(c) The secretary of state is not required to file any instrument to which an interrogatory relates until the interrogatory is answered as provided by this section and only if the instrument conforms to the requirements of this code. The secretary of state shall certify to the attorney general for action as the attorney general may consider appropriate an interrogatory and answer to the interrogatory that disclose a violation of this code.

(d) This section and Sections 12.003 and 12.004 do not apply to domestic real estate investment trusts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7903.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7903 / Section 7903.152
§ 7903.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7903.151, 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. Labor Code § 412.024 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 412 / Section 412.024
§ 412.024. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 412.021;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 412.021;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 412.021 or 412.023;

(4) cannot because of illness or incapacity discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board.

(a-1) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.

(b) If the director knows that a potential ground for removal exists, the director shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the director shall notify the next highest officer of the board, who shall notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Penal Code § 22.09 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 22 / Section 22.09
§ 22.09. TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Consumer Product" means any product offered for sale to or for consumption by the public and includes "food" and "drugs" as those terms are defined in Section 431.002, Health and Safety Code.

(2) "Tamper" means to alter or add a foreign substance to a consumer product to make it probable that the consumer product will cause serious bodily injury.

(b) A person commits an offense if he knowingly or intentionally tampers with a consumer product knowing that the consumer product will be offered for sale to the public or as a gift to another.

(c) A person commits an offense if he knowingly or intentionally threatens to tamper with a consumer product with the intent to cause fear, to affect the sale of the consumer product, or to cause bodily injury to any person.

(d) An offense under Subsection (b) is a felony of the second degree unless a person suffers serious bodily injury, in which event it is a felony of the first degree. An offense under Subsection (c) is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.458 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.458
§ 91.458. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates Section 91.452 of this code or an order of the commission under Subsection (a), Section 91.457, commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 171.054 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 171 / Section 171.054
§ 171.054. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district consists of the territory of:

(1) each county that created the district;

(2) each county added to the district under Section 171.055; and

(3) the territory of the most populous municipality in the most populous county if that municipality's territory is located in more than one county.
Tex. Local Government Code § 601.023 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 601 / Section 601.023
§ 601.023. PROTEST PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A protest petition must object to the adoption of the ordinance creating an authority and request that the ordinance be submitted to the voters of the municipality. It must be signed by a number of registered voters of the municipality equal to at least 10 percent of the number of votes cast at the most recent general municipal election.

(b) If a petition is filed, the municipality must determine whether the petition is valid within 10 days after the date of filing.

(c) The governing body of the municipality shall call an election to submit the ordinance to a vote on the next uniform election date authorized by Chapter 41, Election Code, that occurs more than 30 days after the date the municipality verifies the petition is valid.

(d) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the ordinance, it takes effect on the certification of the results. If a majority of the votes cast are against the ordinance, it does not take effect.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.013 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.013
§ 66.013. FEDERAL GRANTS.
Status: in_force

Federal grants for research and development of commercial fisheries may be used for individual fishery projects with the approval of the department.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.213 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.213
§ 4.213. MEDIUM AND TIME OF SETTLEMENT BY BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) With respect to settlement by a bank, the medium and time of settlement may be prescribed by Federal Reserve regulations or circulars, clearing-house rules, and the like or by agreement. In the absence of such a prescription:

(1) the medium of settlement is cash or credit to an account in a Federal Reserve bank of or specified by the person to receive settlement; and

(2) the time of settlement is:

(A) with respect to tender of settlement by cash, a cashier's check, or a teller's check, when the cash or check is sent or delivered;

(B) with respect to tender of settlement by credit to an account in a Federal Reserve bank, when the credit is made;

(C) with respect to tender of settlement by a credit or debit to an account in a bank, when the credit or debit is made or, in the case of tender of settlement by authority to charge an account, when the authority is sent or delivered; or

(D) with respect to tender of settlement by a funds transfer, when payment is made pursuant to Section 4A.406(a) to the person receiving settlement.

(b) If the tender of settlement is not by a medium authorized by Subsection (a) or the time of settlement is not fixed by Subsection (a), a settlement does not occur until the tender of settlement is accepted by the person receiving settlement.

(c) If settlement for an item is made by cashier's check or teller's check and the person receiving settlement, before its midnight deadline:

(1) presents or forwards the check for collection, settlement is final when the check is finally paid; or

(2) fails to present or forward the check for collection, settlement is final at the midnight deadline of the person receiving settlement.

(d) If settlement for an item is made by giving authority to charge the account of the bank giving settlement in the bank receiving settlement, settlement is final when the charge is made by the bank receiving settlement if there are funds available in the account for the amount of the item.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 252.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 252 / Section 252.004
§ 252.004. AGENT ISSUING FRAUDULENT BILL OF LADING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "common carrier" does not include a pipeline company or express company.

(b) An agent of a common carrier may not with intent to defraud a person:

(1) issue a bill of lading;

(2) incorrectly describe goods or the quantity of goods in a bill of lading; or

(3) issue a bill of lading without authority.

(c) An agent who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than 10 years or less than two years.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.5025 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.5025
§ 201.5025. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY CHIROPRACTOR OR LICENSE APPLICANT.
Status: in_force

(a) A chiropractor or an applicant for a license to practice chiropractic commits a prohibited practice if that person:

(1) submits to the board a false or misleading statement, document, or certificate in an application for a license;

(2) commits fraud or deception in taking or passing an examination;

(3) commits unprofessional or dishonorable conduct that is likely to deceive or defraud the public, as provided by Section 201.5026, or injure the public;

(4) engages in conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert an examination process required by this chapter for a chiropractic license;

(5) directly or indirectly employs a person whose license to practice chiropractic has been suspended, canceled, or revoked;

(6) associates in the practice of chiropractic with a person:

(A) whose license to practice chiropractic has been suspended, canceled, or revoked; or

(B) who has been convicted of the unlawful practice of chiropractic in this state or elsewhere; or

(7) directly or indirectly aids or abets the practice of chiropractic by a person that is not licensed to practice chiropractic by the board.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert the chiropractic licensing examination process includes, as prescribed by board rule, conduct that violates:

(1) the security of the examination materials;

(2) the standard of test administration; or

(3) the accreditation process.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 15.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 15 / Section 15.001
§ 15.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Farmers market" means a location at which a group of two or more farmers that are certified under the department's farmers market certification program offer produce for retail sale.

(2) "Food coupon" means any redemptive coupon issued by the Department of State Health Services under this chapter that is exchangeable only for produce at a farmers market.

(3) "Produce" means fresh fruits or vegetables.

(4) "W.I.C. program" means the federal special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children administered by the Department of State Health Services.
Tex. Family Code § 264.2031 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.2031
§ 264.2031. SELECTION OF SERVICE PROVIDER; REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A parent, managing conservator, guardian, or other member of a household ordered to participate in services under Section 264.203(a) may obtain those services from a qualified provider selected by the person.

(b) A managing conservator, guardian, or other member of a household who is not a parent and who obtains services from a provider selected by the person is responsible for the cost of those services.

(c) A parent, managing conservator, guardian, or other member of a household who successfully completes the services ordered under Section 264.203(a) must obtain verification from the service provider of that completion. The department shall accept the service provider's verification provided under this subsection as proof that the person successfully completed the court-ordered services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.115
§ 1108.115. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.
Tex. Education Code § 61.772 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.772
§ 61.772. CONTRACTS WITH TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE AND PARKER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with Texas Chiropractic College and Parker College of Chiropractic for the preparation or instruction of Texas resident undergraduate chiropractic students as doctors of chiropractic.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11005.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11005 / Section 11005.051
§ 11005.051. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the city as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1973, and as the district territory may have been modified under:

(1) this subchapter or its predecessor statute, Section 7, Chapter 619, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) An invalidity in the fixing of the boundaries of the city as they existed on January 1, 1973, does not affect the boundaries of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8493.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8493 / Section 8493.103
§ 8493.103. LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapter 57, Water Code, applicable to levee improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0451 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0451
§ 544.0451. LEARNING, NEURAL NETWORK, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY RELATING TO MEDICAID.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall:

(1) use learning, neural network, or other technology to identify and deter Medicaid fraud throughout this state; and

(2) require each health and human services agency that performs any part of Medicaid to participate in implementing and using the technology.

(b) The commission shall contract with a private or public entity to develop and implement the technology. The commission may require the contracted entity to install and operate the technology at locations the commission specifies, including commission offices.

(c) The commission shall maintain all information necessary to apply the technology to claims data covering a period of at least two years. The data used for data processing shall be maintained as an independent subset for security purposes.

(d) The commission shall refer cases the technology identifies to the office of inspector general or the office of the attorney general, as appropriate.

(e) Each month, the technology must match vital statistics unit death records with Medicaid claims filed by a provider. If the commission determines that a provider filed a claim for services provided to an individual after the individual's date of death, as determined by the vital statistics unit death records, the commission shall refer the case to the office of inspector general for investigation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8887.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8887 / Section 8887.109
§ 8887.109.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8887.109. RULES: PREVENTION OF WASTE. (a) In this section, "waste" has the meaning assigned by Section 36.001, Water Code.

(b) The district may adopt and enforce rules to prevent the waste of the groundwater of any groundwater reservoir or subdivision of a groundwater reservoir in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.268 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.268
§ 1701.268. CIVILIAN INTERACTION TRAINING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "board" means the State Board of Education.

(b) The commission and the board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding that establishes each agency's respective responsibilities in developing a training program, including training and testing materials, on proper interaction with civilians during traffic stops and other in-person encounters. The training program must include information regarding:

(1) the role of law enforcement and the duties and responsibilities of peace officers;

(2) a person's rights concerning interactions with peace officers;

(3) proper behavior for civilians and peace officers during interactions;

(4) laws regarding questioning and detention by peace officers, including any law requiring a person to present proof of identity to a peace officer, and the consequences for a person's or officer's failure to comply with those laws; and

(5) how and where to file a complaint against or a compliment on behalf of a peace officer.

(c) In developing the training program under this section, the commission and the board may consult with any interested party, including a volunteer work group convened for the purpose of making recommendations regarding the training program.

(d) Before finalizing a training program under this section, the commission and the board shall provide a reasonable period for public comment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.104
§ 1075.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The district shall provide for:

(1) the establishment of a hospital or hospital system by:

(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and improvements; and

(B) equipping the buildings and improvements; and

(2) the administration of the hospital or hospital system for hospital purposes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2703.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2703 / Section 2703.153
§ 2703.153. COLLECTION OF DATA FOR FIXING PREMIUM RATES; ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each title insurance company and title insurance agent engaged in the business of title insurance in this state shall annually submit to the department, as required by the department to collect data to use to fix premium rates, a statistical report containing information relating to:

(1) loss experience;

(2) expense of operation; and

(3) other material matters.

(b) The information must be submitted in the form prescribed by the department.

(c) Not less frequently than once every five years, the commissioner shall evaluate the information required under this section to determine whether the department needs additional or different information or no longer needs certain information to promulgate rates. If the department requires a title insurance company or title insurance agent to include new or different information in the statistical report, that information may be considered by the commissioner in fixing premium rates if the information collected is reasonably credible for the purposes for which the information is to be used.

(d) A title insurance company or a title insurance agent aggrieved by a department requirement concerning the submission of information may bring a suit in a district court in Travis County alleging that the request for information:

(1) is unduly burdensome; or

(2) is not a request for information material to fixing and promulgating premium rates or another matter that may be the subject of the periodic hearing and is not a request reasonably designed to lead to the discovery of that information.

(e) On filing of a suit under Subsection (d), the requirement that the title insurance company or title insurance agent bringing the suit comply with the request for the information is abated as to that title insurance company or title insurance agent. The district court may enter an order requiring the title insurance company or title insurance agent to comply with the request for information subject to the limitations, if any, imposed by the court.

(f) A title insurance company or title insurance agent must bring suit under Subsection (d) not later than the 30th day after the date the company or agent receives the request for information from the department.

(g) This section may not be construed to limit the department's authority to request information under Section 38.001 or other applicable provisions of this code.

(h) The contents of the statistical report, including any amendments to the statistical report, must be established in a rulemaking hearing under Subchapter B, Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(i) An amendment to the contents of the statistical report may not apply retroactively.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.253
§ 1090.253. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1090.254.

(b) The tax assessor-collector of Refugio County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.110 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.110
§ 231.110. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AFTER RECEIPT OF REPORT.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court may adopt a proposed ordinance only after the court receives the lake planning commission's report prepared under Section 231.109 relating to the proposed ordinance.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 322.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 322 / Section 322.001
§ 322.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6908.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6908 / Section 6908.003
§ 6908.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

All land and other property in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7978.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7978 / Section 7978.151
§ 7978.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Property Code § 301.0015 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.0015
§ 301.0015. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The powers and duties exercised by the Commission on Human Rights under this chapter are transferred to the Texas Workforce Commission. A reference in this chapter to the "commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 23.033 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 23 / Section 23.033
§ 23.033. RECONVEYANCE OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

If any of the land described by the drawing entitled "Proposed Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas," numbered SA-GM-7100C, dated February, 1965, and on file in the offices of the National Park Service and the Secretary of State of Texas ceases to be used for the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, the state may require a reconveyance, without consideration, of the mineral rights conveyed for the creation of the park.