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Tex. Estates Code § 124.015 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 124 / Section 124.015
§ 124.015. RECOVERY OF UNPAID ESTATE TAX; REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A representative shall recover from any person interested in the estate the unpaid amount of the estate tax apportioned and charged to the person under this subchapter unless the representative determines in good faith that an attempt to recover the amount would be economically impractical.

(b) A representative who cannot collect from a person interested in the estate an unpaid amount of estate tax apportioned to that person shall apportion the amount not collected in the manner provided by Section 124.005(a) among the other persons interested in the estate who are subject to apportionment.

(c) A person who is charged with or who pays an apportioned amount under Subsection (b) has a right of reimbursement for that amount from the person who failed to pay the tax. The representative may enforce the right of reimbursement, or the person who is charged with or who pays an apportioned amount under Subsection (b) may enforce the right of reimbursement directly by an assignment from the representative. A person assigned the right under this subsection is subrogated to the rights of the representative.

(d) A representative who has a right of reimbursement may petition a court to determine the right of reimbursement.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1285 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1285
§ 411.1285.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.1285. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFICE AND CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATOR. (a) A domestic relations office created under Chapter 203, Family Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information that relates to a person who is a party to a proceeding in which the domestic relations office is providing services permitted under Chapter 203, Family Code.

(a-1) A domestic relations office created under Chapter 203, Family Code, or a child custody evaluator appointed under Chapter 107, Family Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information that relates to a person involved in a child custody evaluation under Chapter 107, Family Code, in which the domestic relations office or child custody evaluator has been appointed to conduct the child custody evaluation.

(b) The department shall provide the domestic relations office or the child custody evaluator with criminal history record information not later than the 10th day after the date on which the criminal history record information is requested.

(c) Criminal history record information requested under this section, except for relevant information included in a report of a child custody evaluation or adoption evaluation filed under Chapter 107, Family Code, may not be released or disclosed by a domestic relations office or a child custody evaluator to a person other than the court ordering the child custody evaluation or adoption evaluation except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information.
Tex. Transportation Code § 472.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 472 / Section 472.003
§ 472.003. COUNTY PAYMENTS FOR JOINT HIGHWAY PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds and contract with a road district, road utility district, state agency, or other governmental entity in the manner, for the term, and to the extent it may contract under Chapter 362, on determining that a road project, including a toll road project authorized under Chapter 441, is reasonable, necessary, and beneficial to the county.

(b) To pay the cost of a road project that serves the county and a road district of a county or road utility district, the commissioners court may:

(1) dedicate ad valorem taxes paid by owners of property in the county or district; or

(2) use other county money.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3816.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3816 / Section 3816.102
§ 3816.102. 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. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as, for the same term as, and on the conditions of the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.002
§ 533A.002. COMMISSIONER'S POWERS AND DUTIES; EFFECT OF CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

To the extent a power or duty given to the commissioner by this title or another law conflicts with any of the following provisions of the Government Code, the Government Code provision controls:

(1) Subchapter A, Chapter 524;

(2) Section 524.0101;

(3) Sections 524.0151(a)(2) and (b);

(4) Section 524.0202; and

(5) Section 525.0254.
Tex. Labor Code § 503.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 503 / Section 503.002
§ 503.002. APPLICATION OF GENERAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS; LIMIT ON ACTIONS AND DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The following provisions of Subtitle A apply to and are included in this chapter except to the extent that they are inconsistent with this chapter:

(1) Chapter 401, other than Section 401.012 defining "employee";

(2) Chapter 402;

(3) Chapter 403, other than Sections 403.001-403.005;

(4) Chapters 404 and 405;

(5) Sections 406.031-406.033; Subchapter D, Chapter 406; Sections 406.092 and 406.093;

(6) Chapter 408, other than Sections 408.001(b) and (c);

(7) Chapters 409 and 410;

(8) Subchapters A and G, Chapter 411, other than Sections 411.003 and 411.004; and

(9) Chapters 412-417.

(b) For the purpose of applying the provisions listed by Subsection (a) to this chapter, "employer" means "the institution," and "system" means the insurance carrier under Section 503.022.

(c) Neither this chapter nor Subtitle A authorizes a cause of action or damages against the system or any institution or employee of the system or institution beyond the actions and damages authorized by Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 394.038 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.038
§ 394.038. ACQUISITION OF SHARES OR OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

A housing finance corporation may purchase, receive, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, mortgage, lend, pledge, sell, or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with:

(1) shares and other interests in or obligations of other domestic or foreign corporations, whether profit or nonprofit, associations, partnerships, or individuals; or

(2) direct or indirect obligations of the United States or of any other government, state, political subdivision of a state, territory, government district, or any instrumentality of such a governmental entity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.102
§ 1131.102. NONFORFEITURE.
Status: in_force

(a) A group life insurance policy other than a group term life insurance policy must contain nonforfeiture provisions that, in the commissioner's opinion, are equitable to the insured and the policyholder.

(b) This section does not require that a group life insurance policy contain the same nonforfeiture provisions as required for an individual life insurance policy.
Tex. Labor Code § 209.0845 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 209 / Section 209.0845
§ 209.0845. CHARGES TO INDIAN TRIBE.
Status: in_force

The total amount of extended benefit payments that are attributable to service in the employ of an Indian tribe and not reimbursed by the federal government shall be charged to the Indian tribe.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8213.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8213 / Section 8213.002
§ 8213.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Brazoria County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 2157.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2157 / Section 2157.006
§ 2157.006. PURCHASING METHODS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller or other state agency shall purchase an automated information system using:

(1) the purchasing method described by Section 2157.068 for commodity items; or

(2) a purchasing method designated by the comptroller to obtain the best value for the state, including a request for offers method.

(b) A local government may purchase an automated information system using a method listed under Subsection (a). A local government that purchases an item using a method listed under Subsection (a) satisfies any state law requiring the local government to seek competitive bids for the purchase of the item.

(c) The comptroller shall adopt rules for designating purchasing methods under Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Property Code § 211.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 211 / Section 211.004
§ 211.004. CREATION OR MODIFICATION OF PROCEDURE TO AMEND RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A property owners' association by a two-thirds vote of the association's governing body may submit a procedure for amending restrictions to a vote of the property owners in the subdivision or in the unit or parcel of the subdivision governed by restrictions.

(b) An amendment procedure submitted to a vote under Subsection (a) binds all property owners in the subdivision or the unit or parcel of the subdivision to which the procedure applies if more than two-thirds of the voting property owners vote in favor of the procedure.

(c) Not later than the 30th day before the date a ballot for a vote under this section must be received to be counted, the property owners' association shall mail to each affected property owner a notice that includes:

(1) the exact wording of the amendment procedure; and

(2) the date by which a property owner's ballot must be received to be counted.

(d) The property owners' association shall pay all costs of:

(1) printing and mailing the required notices and ballots; and

(2) canvassing, tabulating, and certifying the vote.

(e) A property owner may not cast more than one vote, regardless of the number of lots the person owns. If more than one person owns an interest in a lot, the owners may cast only one vote for that lot. A person may not vote if the person has an interest in a lot only by virtue of being a lienholder.

(f) A ballot cast under this section is secret and may not be counted unless it is placed inside an unmarked envelope that is placed inside another envelope that bears the signature and printed name of the property owner casting the enclosed ballot.

(g) The presiding officer of the property owners' association shall appoint an election canvassing committee and a committee chairperson to canvass and count the votes and determine the outcome.

(h) If the amendment procedure receives the number of votes required under Subsection (b), the election canvassing committee chairperson shall certify the result to the presiding officer of the property owners' association. The presiding officer shall file in the real property records of each county in which all or part of the subdivision is located an instrument that indicates that the procedure was adopted.

(i) If the amendment procedure is not adopted, the property owners' association may not submit the same amendment procedure to a vote under this section on or before the first anniversary of the date the previous votes on the procedure were certified.
Tex. Government Code § 465.0104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 465 / Section 465.0104
§ 465.0104. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

Members of the panel serve without compensation but may, at the discretion of the office, be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing official duties under this chapter.
Tex. Election Code § 62.012 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 62 / Section 62.012
§ 62.012. POSTING SAMPLE BALLOT.
Status: in_force

An election officer shall post a sample ballot in one or more locations in the polling place where it can be read by persons waiting to vote.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8344.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8344 / Section 8344.004
§ 8344.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8344.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the territory added by Section 8344.005 is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2207.307 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2207 / Section 2207.307
§ 2207.307. OFFICE; RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A pool shall maintain the pool's principal office in Austin, Texas.

(b) Records, files, and other documents and information relating to the pool must be maintained in the pool's principal office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8378.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8378 / Section 8378.005
§ 8378.005. 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. Labor Code § 504.018 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 504 / Section 504.018
§ 504.018. NOTICE TO DIVISION AND EMPLOYEES; EFFECT ON COMMON-LAW OR STATUTORY LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision shall notify the division of the method by which its employees will receive benefits, the approximate number of employees covered, and the estimated amount of payroll.

(b) A political subdivision shall notify its employees of the method by which the employees will receive benefits and the effective date of the coverage. Employees of a political subdivision are conclusively considered to have accepted the compensation provisions instead of common-law or statutory liability or cause of action, if any, for injuries received in the course of employment or death resulting from injuries received in the course of employment.
Tex. Estates Code § 1164.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1164 / Section 1164.002
§ 1164.002. IMMUNITY OF GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

A guardianship program is not liable for civil damages arising from an action taken or omission made by a person while providing guardianship services to a ward on behalf of the guardianship program, unless the action or omission was:

(1) wilfully wrongful;

(2) taken or made:

(A) with conscious indifference to or reckless disregard for the safety of the ward or another;

(B) in bad faith; or

(C) with malice; or

(3) grossly negligent.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.102 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.102
§ 3.102. SUBJECT MATTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to negotiable instruments. It does not apply to money, to payment orders governed by Chapter 4A, or to securities governed by Chapter 8.

(b) If there is conflict between this chapter and Chapter 4 or 9, Chapters 4 and 9 govern.

(c) Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and operating circulars of the Federal Reserve Banks supersede any inconsistent provision of this chapter to the extent of the inconsistency.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.062 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.062
§ 171.062. EXEMPTION--NONPROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED FOR PUBLIC CHARITY.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit corporation organized for purely public charity is exempted from the franchise tax.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1355.255 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1355 / Section 1355.255
§ 1355.255. COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall enforce compliance with Section 1355.254 by evaluating the benefits and coverage offered by a health benefit plan for quantitative and nonquantitative treatment limitations in the following categories:

(1) in-network and out-of-network inpatient care;

(2) in-network and out-of-network outpatient care;

(3) emergency care; and

(4) prescription drugs.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437B.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.054
§ 437B.054. HEALTH INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 14th day after the date the department receives a complete mobile food vendor license application, the department or a governmental entity acting under a collaborative agreement as provided by Subchapter D shall conduct a health inspection of each of the applicant's food vending vehicles listed on the application. The department may not issue a license to an applicant whose vehicle does not pass a health inspection.

(b) The department shall ensure that:

(1) an applicant's food vending vehicle is safe for preparing, handling, and selling food; and

(2) an applicant is in compliance with all applicable laws and the rules adopted under those laws.
Tex. Government Code § 2256.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2256 / Section 2256.017
§ 2256.017. EXISTING INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Chapter 2270, an entity is not required to liquidate investments that were authorized investments at the time of purchase.
Tex. Government Code § 24.596 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.596
§ 24.596.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.596. 452ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EDWARDS, KIMBLE, MCCULLOCH, MASON, AND MENARD COUNTIES). (a) The 452nd Judicial District is composed of Edwards, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, and Menard Counties.

(b) The judge of the 452nd District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. The judge of the 452nd District Court may order grand and petit juries to be drawn for any term of the judge's court as in the judge's judgment is necessary, by an order entered in the minutes of the court.
Tex. Family Code § 161.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.002
§ 161.002. TERMINATION OF THE RIGHTS OF AN ALLEGED BIOLOGICAL FATHER.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the procedural and substantive standards for termination of parental rights apply to the termination of the rights of an alleged father.

(b) The rights of an alleged father may be terminated if:

(1) after being served with citation, he does not respond by timely filing an admission of paternity or a counterclaim for paternity under Chapter 160;

(2) the child is over one year of age at the time the petition for termination of the parent-child relationship or for adoption is filed, he has not registered with the paternity registry under Chapter 160, and after the exercise of due diligence by the petitioner:

(A) his identity and location are unknown; or

(B) his identity is known but he cannot be located;

(3) the child is under one year of age at the time the petition for termination of the parent-child relationship or for adoption is filed and he has not registered with the paternity registry under Chapter 160; or

(4) he has registered with the paternity registry under Chapter 160, but the petitioner's attempt to personally serve citation at the address provided to the registry and at any other address for the alleged father known by the petitioner has been unsuccessful, despite the due diligence of the petitioner.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 1.203(2), eff. April 2, 2015.

(c-1) The termination of the rights of an alleged father under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) rendered on or after January 1, 2008, does not require personal service of citation or citation by publication on the alleged father, and there is no requirement to identify or locate an alleged father who has not registered with the paternity registry under Chapter 160.

(d) The termination of rights of an alleged father under Subsection (b)(4) does not require service of citation by publication on the alleged father.

(e) The court shall not render an order terminating parental rights under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) unless the court receives evidence of a certificate of the results of a search of the paternity registry under Chapter 160 from the vital statistics unit indicating that no man has registered the intent to claim paternity.

(f) The court shall not render an order terminating parental rights under Subsection (b)(4) unless the court, after reviewing the petitioner's sworn affidavit describing the petitioner's effort to obtain personal service of citation on the alleged father and considering any evidence submitted by the attorney ad litem for the alleged father, has found that the petitioner exercised due diligence in attempting to obtain service on the alleged father. The order shall contain specific findings regarding the exercise of due diligence of the petitioner.