FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 118.0002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 118 / Section 118.0002
§ 118.0002. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

A third-party food delivery service may not:

(1) arrange for the delivery or pickup of food or beverages from a restaurant in this state unless the service has filed a certificate of formation or registration with the secretary of state;

(2) use a restaurant's mark or trade name in connection with the service in a misleading way that suggests the restaurant sponsors or endorses the service;

(3) add a restaurant removed from the service under Section 118.0003 to the service unless the service has received written consent from the restaurant to add the restaurant to the service; or

(4) charge a restaurant a fee or require the restaurant to absorb a fee in connection with the service's arrangement of an order from that restaurant unless the restaurant has agreed to pay or absorb the fee under an agreement that meets the requirements of Section 118.0004.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.204
§ 1071.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.101 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.101
§ 201.101. CONFORMITY WITH FEDERAL STATUTES.
Status: in_force

If the United States secretary of labor holds that Section 91.044(a-1) or a provision of this subtitle does not conform with a federal statute, the commission may administer Section 91.044(a-1) or this subtitle, as applicable, to conform with the federal statute until the legislature meets in its next session and has an opportunity to amend the applicable law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7937A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7937A / Section 7937A.0103
§ 7937A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9084.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9084 / Section 9084.0504
§ 9084.0504. BONDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities as provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, regardless of whether the district's territory overlaps with the territory of a political subdivision that is authorized to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) The authority of the district to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under this section does not limit the authority of another political subdivision whose territory the territory of the district may overlap, wholly or partly, to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379A.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379A / Section 379A.025
§ 379A.025. ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF BUDGET; REVIEW OF CORPORATE FINANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prepare an annual budget for the corporation. To be effective, the budget must be approved by the board and presented to and approved by the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation. The corporation may not make any expenditure authorized by this chapter until the budget has been approved as provided by this section. An amendment of the budget must be approved in the same manner as the budget.

(b) The governing body of the municipality that created the corporation may amend the corporation's budget with the approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the governing body.

(c) The budget presented to the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation must provide a detailed description of the proposed expenditures for the corporation's fiscal year, including expenditures for each program authorized by Subchapter D.

(d) The board shall annually prepare and present financial statements from the preceding fiscal year to the governing body of the municipality that created the corporation.

(e) The governing body of the municipality that created the corporation is entitled, at all times, to access to the books and records of the corporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 757.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 757 / Section 757.011
§ 757.011. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission may adopt rules requiring standards for design and construction of pool yard enclosures that exceed the requirements of this chapter and that apply to all pools and pool yards subject to this chapter. An owner of a multiunit rental complex or a rental dwelling in a condominium, cooperative, or town home project with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls, or maintains a pool shall comply with and shall be liable for failure to comply with those rules to the same extent as if they were part of this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 36.0011 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.0011
§ 36.0011. CULPABLE MENTAL STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a person acts "knowingly" with respect to information if the person:

(1) has knowledge of the information;

(2) acts with conscious indifference to the truth or falsity of the information; or

(3) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.

(b) Proof of the person's specific intent to commit an unlawful act under Section 36.002 is not required in a civil or administrative proceeding to show that a person acted "knowingly" with respect to information under this chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.077 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.077
§ 61.077. FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES AND EMERGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The land office may use for administrative purposes not more than 10 percent of the appropriated funds for any state fiscal year.

(b) The land office may withhold a portion of the appropriated funds to maintain a reserve emergency fund to be used for cleaning beaches in the event of a catastrophe, such as an oil spill, an influx of seaweed, or other major interference with public recreational use of public beaches.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8351.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8351 / Section 8351.004
§ 8351.004. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(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, or improvement of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3962.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3962 / Section 3962.0501
§ 3962.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3820.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3820 / Section 3820.052
§ 3820.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The mayor and members of the governing body of the City of Houston shall appoint voting directors. A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body, including the mayor, vote to appoint that person.
Tex. Water Code § 36.011 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.011
§ 36.011. METHOD OF CREATING DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A groundwater conservation district may be created under and subject to the authority, conditions, and restrictions of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the creation of districts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.109
§ 1079.109. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of any railroad, highway, pipeline, or electric transmission and electric distribution, telegraph, or telephone line, conduit, pole, or facility, the district must bear the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction to provide comparable replacement without enhancement of facilities, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1802.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1802 / Section 1802.301
§ 1802.301. PRACTICING WITHOUT LICENSE; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person acts as an auctioneer or an associate auctioneer without a license.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8065.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8065 / Section 8065.0105
§ 8065.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(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. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 88.0015 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 88 / Section 88.0015
§ 88.0015. INAPPLICABILITY TO ERISA-REGULATED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to an employee benefit plan regulated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.).
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.023 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.023
§ 231.023. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAWS; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a zoning regulation adopted under this subchapter requires a greater width or size of a yard, court, or other open space, requires a lower building height or fewer number of stories for a building, requires a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or otherwise imposes higher standards than those required under another statute or local order or regulation, the regulation adopted under this subchapter controls. If the other statute or local order or regulation imposes higher standards, that statute, order, or regulation controls.

(b) This subchapter does not authorize the commissioners court to require the removal or destruction of property that exists at the time the court implements this subchapter.

(c) This subchapter, an order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation does not apply to the location, construction, maintenance, or use of central office buildings used by a person engaging in providing telephone service to the public or equipment used in connection with those buildings or as part of the telephone system, as necessary to furnish telephone service to the public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8068.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8068 / Section 8068.0106
§ 8068.0106. 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. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 64.022 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 64 / Section 64.022
§ 64.022. OATH.
Status: in_force

Before a person assumes the duties of a receiver, he must be sworn to perform the duties faithfully.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 486.0141 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 486 / Section 486.0141
§ 486.0141. TRANSMISSION OF SALES INFORMATION TO REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC LOGGING SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) Before completing an over-the-counter sale of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine, a business establishment that engages in those sales shall transmit the information in the record made under Section 486.014(a)(2) to a real-time electronic logging system.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a business establishment may not complete an over-the-counter sale of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine if the real-time electronic logging system returns a report that the completion of the sale would result in the person obtaining an amount of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or a combination of those substances greater than the amount described by Section 486.014(b), regardless of whether all or some of the products previously obtained by the buyer were sold at the establishment or another business establishment.

(c) An employee of a business establishment may complete a sale prohibited by Subsection (b) by using the override mechanism described by Section 486.001(a)(6)(F) only if the employee has a reasonable fear of imminent bodily injury or death from the person attempting to obtain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine.

(d) On request of the Department of Public Safety, the administrators of a real-time electronic logging system shall make available to the department a copy of each record of an over-the-counter sale of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine that is submitted by a business establishment located in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 845.4031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.4031
§ 845.4031. CONTRIBUTIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) After a subdivision has officially elected to join the retirement system and has specified the date for its participation to begin, and before the board of trustees has approved its participation, the subdivision may, with the consent of the director, begin deducting from an employee's compensation for each payroll period beginning on or after the specified participation date the contribution that would be deducted if the subdivision were then participating.

(b) The subdivision shall collect and segregate the amounts deducted from its employees' compensation and the contributions that the subdivision would be required to make under this subtitle if it were then participating.

(c) The period during which contributions may be deducted from an employee's compensation in anticipation of board approval of participation may not exceed six months and may not extend into a subsequent calendar year without consent of the board of trustees. During the period that board approval is pending, the subdivision may not participate in, and the subdivision's employees may not be covered by, the optional group term life program.

(d) On approval of participation, the subdivision shall immediately transfer to the retirement system, for credit to the appropriate funds within the system, the amounts collected and segregated under Subsection (b). If the subdivision previously elected to participate in the optional group term life program, participation in that program begins on the first day of the month following the month in which the board of trustees approves participation in the system.

(e) If the board of trustees disapproves the subdivision's participation in the retirement system, the subdivision shall pay all employee contributions collected and segregated in anticipation of board approval to the employees from whom the contributions were withheld.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.107
§ 1027.107. PROVISION OF CERTAIN HEALTH SERVICES.
Status: in_force

In the geographic service area designated by the board, the district may operate or provide for:

(1) the operation of a mobile emergency medical service; and

(2) home health services, long-term care services, skilled nursing care services, intermediate nursing care services, assisted living services, hospice care, or other health-related services.
Tex. Occupations Code § 153.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 153 / Section 153.055
§ 153.055. SURCHARGE FOR CERTAIN SEARCHES RELATED TO LICENSE STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "license" has the meaning assigned by Section 153.017.

(a-1) The board shall set and collect an additional surcharge to cover the cost of administering a continuous query on the National Practitioner Data Bank as required by Section 153.017. The surcharge shall be collected from each individual who holds a license for:

(1) issuance of a first registration permit under this subtitle;

(2) renewal of a registration permit under this subtitle; and

(3) issuance or renewal of a license.

(b) The board shall deposit each surcharge collected under this section to the credit of the public assurance account described by Section 153.0535(b).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.038 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.038
§ 341.038. PROTECTION OF IMPOUNDED WATER FROM DISEASE-BEARING MOSQUITOES.
Status: in_force

A person that impounds water for public use shall cooperate with the commission and local departments of health to control disease-bearing mosquitoes on the impounded area.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.225 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.225
§ 162.225. INFORMATION REQUIRED ON INTERSTATE TRUCKER'S RETURN.
Status: in_force

The quarterly return and supplements of each interstate trucker shall contain for the period covered by the return:

(1) the total miles traveled in all states by all vehicles traveling into or from this state and the total quantity of diesel fuel consumed in those vehicles;

(2) the total miles traveled in this state and the total quantity of diesel fuel purchased and delivered into the fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles in this state; and

(3) any other information required by the comptroller.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.110
§ 1504.110. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The chief executive officer of the municipality shall establish and maintain a complete system of records that:

(1) shows each free use of and free service provided in connection with the use of a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 and the value of the use or service; and

(2) shows separately the amounts spent and the amounts set aside for operation, salaries, labor, materials, repairs, maintenance, depreciation, replacements, additions, interest, and the creation of a sinking fund to pay the bonds and debt.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.0754 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.0754
§ 775.0754. SALES AND USE TAX AGREEMENT WITH MUNICIPALITY AFTER ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies when:

(1) a municipality annexes for full purposes part of a district that imposes a sales and use tax; and

(2) the annexed area is not removed from the district.

(b) The municipality and the district may, before or after the annexation, agree on an allocation between the municipality and the district of revenue from the sales and use tax imposed in the annexed area.

(c) Under policies and procedures that the comptroller considers reasonable, the comptroller shall pay the amounts agreed to between the municipality and the district.

(d) A municipality that enters into an agreement under this section is not required to provide emergency services in that annexed territory. To the extent of a conflict between this subsection and Section 43.056, Local Government Code, or any other law, this subsection controls.

(e) Section 321.102(f), Tax Code, does not apply if the municipality and the district enter into an agreement under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2051.155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.155
§ 2051.155. AUTHENTICATION OF OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) If the official publisher designates an electronic record as official in accordance with Section 2051.154, the official publisher shall authenticate the record.

(b) The official publisher authenticates an electronic record by providing a method with which a person viewing the electronic record is able to determine that the electronic record is unaltered from the official record published by the official publisher.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8025.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8025 / Section 8025.0103
§ 8025.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1364.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1364 / Section 1364.051
§ 1364.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "AIDS" and "HIV" have the meanings assigned by Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Government Code § 493.0151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.0151
§ 493.0151. DYNAMIC RISK ASSESSMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, "sexual offense" means a criminal offense the conviction of which requires a person to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) Before an inmate who is serving a sentence for a sexual offense is discharged or is released on parole or mandatory supervision from the department, the department shall use the dynamic risk assessment tool developed by the Council on Sex Offender Treatment under Section 110.164, Occupations Code, to assign the inmate a risk level of low, medium, or high.

(c) The department shall conduct the risk assessment required by this section in addition to any other risk assessment the department is required to conduct.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1805.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1805 / Section 1805.056
§ 1805.056. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall require an annual audit of an advisory organization that provides statistics or other information to the department in a proceeding to set rates.

(b) The audit must:

(1) be conducted at the expense of the advisory organization under rules adopted by the commissioner; and

(2) examine the advisory organization's method of collecting, analyzing, and reporting data to ensure the accuracy of data.

(c) The audit may examine source documents within individual companies.

(d) Except for individual company information, an audit is public information.
Tex. Election Code § 243.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 243 / Section 243.004
§ 243.004. NOTICE TO CONTESTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a petition is filed, the secretary of state shall promptly notify each contestee of the filing and shall deliver a copy of the petition to each contestee who requests one or to an agent designated by the requesting contestee.

(b) The secretary of state shall use the most expeditious means available for notifying each contestee.