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Tex. Family Code § 107.306 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.306
§ 107.306. REVIEW COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governmental entity, nonprofit corporation, or local bar association operating a program may appoint a review committee of three or more individuals to approve attorneys for inclusion on the program's public appointment list.

(b) Each member of the committee:

(1) must meet the requirements described by Section 107.305(a) for the program director;

(2) may not be employed as a prosecutor; and

(3) may not be included on or apply for inclusion on the public appointment list.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.556 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.556
§ 702.556.
Status: in_force

Sec. 702.556. CRIMINAL OFFENSE: VIOLATION OF CHAPTER. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly operates, or attempts to operate, a health spa in violation of Subchapter C, D, or H.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 4003.252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4003 / Section 4003.252
§ 4003.252. CROWDFUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules to regulate and facilitate online intrastate crowdfunding applicable to authorized small business development entities. The board may create other requirements necessary to carry out this subchapter.

(b) The rules must:

(1) allow an authorized small business development entity to list on the entity's web portal offerings of securities by issuers in which the entity is financially interested;

(2) allow an authorized small business development entity and the entity's web portal to list offerings of securities without offering investment advice;

(3) allow an authorized small business development entity to subcontract the operations of a crowdfunding web portal to a third party as permitted by board rule; and

(4) limit the offerings of securities on an authorized small business development entity's web portal to securities of issuers located within the service area of the entity.
Tex. Government Code § 436.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.001
§ 436.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Military Preparedness Commission.

(2) "Defense community" has the meaning assigned by Section 397.001, Local Government Code.

(3) "Defense worker" means:

(A) an employee of the United States Department of Defense, including a member of the armed forces and a government civilian worker;

(B) an employee of a government agency or private business, or entity providing a department of defense related function, who is employed at a defense facility;

(C) an employee of a business that directly provides services or products to the department of defense and whose job is directly dependent on defense expenditures; or

(D) an employee or private contractor employed by the United States Department of Energy working on a defense or department of energy facility in support of a department of defense related project.

(4) "Defense worker job" means a department of defense authorized permanent position or a position held or occupied by one or more defense workers for more than 12 months.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 330 , Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.

(6) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 416 (H.B. 2564), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.

(7) "Texas Commanders Council" means the consortium of commanding officers of the military installations in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0453 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0453
§ 526.0453. APPLICATION DENIAL BASED ON ADVERSE AGENCY DECISION.
Status: in_force

A health and human services agency that regulates a person to whom this subchapter applies may deny an application for a license, including a renewal license or a license that does not expire, a listing, or a registration described by Section 526.0451, if:

(1) any of the following persons are listed in a record maintained under Section 526.0454:

(A) the applicant;

(B) a person listed on the application; or

(C) a person the applicable regulating agency determines to be a controlling person of an entity for which the license, including a renewal license or a license that does not expire, the listing, or the registration is sought; and

(2) the agency's action resulting in the person being listed in a record maintained under Section 526.0454 is based on:

(A) an act or omission that resulted in physical or mental harm to an individual in the care of the applicant or person;

(B) a threat to the health, safety, or well-being of an individual in the care of the applicant or person;

(C) the physical, mental, or financial exploitation of an individual in the care of the applicant or person; or

(D) the agency's determination that the applicant or person has committed an act or omission that renders the applicant unqualified or unfit to fulfill the obligations of the license, listing, or registration.
Tex. Family Code § 159.204 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.204
§ 159.204. SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:

(1) the petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;

(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and

(3) if relevant, this state is the home state of the child.

(b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:

(1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;

(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and

(3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8441.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8441 / Section 8441.051
§ 8441.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8441.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 434.214 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.214
§ 434.214. APPLICATION FOR STATE AGENCY PROGRAMS, SERVICES, OR ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a state agency in the executive branch of state government, including a health and human services agency, that provides to adult women in this state a program, a service, or assistance, including the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the women's health program, Medicaid, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, and a housing program or service or housing assistance.

(b) A state agency shall include in each application for a program, a service, or assistance provided by the agency to adult women:

(1) a space to indicate whether the applicant is a veteran; and

(2) model language informing the applicant that she may be entitled to additional services because of her veteran status.

(c) The commission shall develop the model language required on an application under Subsection (b)(2). The language must include a link to the veterans website established under Section 434.102 or, for an online application, a hyperlink to that website.
Tex. Education Code § 37.309 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.309
§ 37.309. PLACEMENT IN DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM OR JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a school district shall place a student who is required by the board of trustees to attend an alternative education program under this subchapter in a disciplinary alternative education program.

(b) A school district shall place a student who is required by the board of trustees to attend an alternative education program under this subchapter in a juvenile justice alternative education program if:

(1) the memorandum of understanding entered into between the school district and juvenile board under Section 37.011(k) provides for the placement of students to whom this subchapter applies in the juvenile justice alternative education program; or

(2) a court orders the placement of the student in a juvenile justice alternative education program.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 31.502 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.502
§ 31.502. BICENTENNIAL TRAIL PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The Bicentennial Trail is established as a network of hike and bike trails to connect the Alamo to the State Capitol and to include hike and bike trail connections to Barton Springs, San Marcos Springs, Comal Springs, and San Antonio Springs for the purposes of promoting outdoor recreation, environmental stewardship, and the historical and cultural heritage of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7975A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7975A / Section 7975A.0306
§ 7975A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(b) An order dividing a district may create one or more new districts and may provide for the continuation of the district.

(c) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name any new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each of the districts;

(3) appoint temporary directors for any new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the districts.

(d) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the district's creation.

(e) The district may be divided only if the district:

(1) has never issued any bonds; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(f) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(i) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election.

(j) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(k) A new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(l) The district may continue to rely on confirmation, directors', bond, or tax elections held prior to the division.

(m) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.125 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.125
§ 287.125. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any resident of the district is entitled to be present and participate at the hearing.

(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall adopt a budget by acting on the budget proposed by the administrator. The board may make any changes in the proposed budget that in its judgment the interests of the residents of the district demand.

(e) The budget is effective only after adoption by the board.
Tex. Local Government Code § 323.072 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 323 / Section 323.072
§ 323.072. ABUSE OF COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court by order may adopt reasonable regulations that prohibit a person from abusing library services by intentionally failing to pay a library fine or return library property.

(b) A person who violates a regulation adopted by the county under this section is liable to the county for a civil penalty of not more than $100 for each violation. A county may bring suit in a district or county court to recover a civil penalty authorized by this subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 751.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 751 / Section 751.008
§ 751.008. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall:

(1) prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the office and the procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the office and make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies; and

(2) establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and a telephone number of the office for the purpose of directing complaints to the office.

(b) The office shall keep information about each complaint filed with the office. The information shall include:

(1) the date the complaint is received;

(2) the name of the complainant;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) a record of all persons contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) for complaints for which the office took no action, an explanation of the reason the complaint was closed without action.

(c) The office shall keep a file about each written complaint filed with the office that the office has authority to resolve. The office shall provide to the person filing the complaint and the persons or entities complained about the office's policies and procedures pertaining to complaint investigation and resolution. The office, at least quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and the persons or entities complained about of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.018 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.018
§ 11.018. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The director may appoint heads of divisions, law enforcement officers, park managers, and other employees authorized by appropriations and necessary for administering the duties and services of the department. These employees serve at the will of the director.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.1515 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.1515
§ 202.1515. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall administer and enforce this chapter.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.101
§ 6903.101. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of eight directors.

(b) Voters of the city of Ranger who reside in the district elect four directors. Voters of the city of Eastland who reside in the district elect four directors.

(c) Directors serve staggered terms, with the terms of two directors elected from each city expiring at the same time.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.099 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.099
§ 225.099. TROOPER RANDY VETTER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 35 between River Ridge Parkway and Farm-to-Market Road 150 in Hays County is designated as the Trooper Randy Vetter Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Randy Vetter Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Transportation Code § 453.110 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 453 / Section 453.110
§ 453.110. TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The assets of a transit department are exempt from any tax of the state or a state taxing authority.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.263 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.263
§ 46C.263. COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may order an acquitted person to participate in an outpatient or community-based regimen of treatment and supervision:

(1) as an initial matter under Article 46C.253;

(2) on renewal of an order of commitment under Article 46C.261; or

(3) after a period of inpatient treatment or residential care under Article 46C.262.

(b) An acquitted person may be ordered to participate in an outpatient or community-based regimen of treatment and supervision only if:

(1) the court receives and approves an outpatient or community-based treatment plan that comprehensively provides for the outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision; and

(2) the court finds that the outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision provided for by the plan will be available to and provided to the acquitted person.

(c) The order may require the person to participate in a prescribed regimen of medical, psychiatric, or psychological care or treatment, and the regimen may include treatment with psychoactive medication.

(d) The court may order that supervision of the acquitted person be provided by the appropriate community supervision and corrections department or the facility administrator of a community center that provides mental health or intellectual disability services.

(e) The court may order the acquitted person to participate in a supervision program funded by the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments.

(f) An order under this article must identify the person responsible for administering an ordered regimen of outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.

(g) In determining whether an acquitted person should be ordered to receive outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision rather than inpatient care or residential treatment, the court shall have as its primary concern the protection of society.
Tex. Transportation Code § 286.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 286 / Section 286.004
§ 286.004. ASSESSMENT OF EXEMPT PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not authorize the commissioners court to create a lien against an interest in property that is exempt from the lien of assessment at the time the commissioners court orders a county road to be improved.

(b) An owner of the exempt property is personally liable for an assessment related to the property, without regard to the exemption from the lien.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1034.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1034 / Section 1034.055
§ 1034.055. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 489.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 489 / Section 489.054
§ 489.054. NO CAUSE OF ACTION CREATED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not create a private or state cause of action against a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device or against any other person or entity involved in the care of an eligible patient using the investigational drug, biological product, or device for any harm done to the eligible patient resulting from the investigational drug, biological product, or device.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9090.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9090 / Section 9090.0102
§ 9090.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Finance Code § 305.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 305 / Section 305.005
§ 305.005. ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Status: in_force

A creditor who is liable under Section 305.001 or 305.003 is also liable to the obligor for reasonable attorney's fees set by the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1096.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1096 / Section 1096.202
§ 1096.202. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must be signed by the president or vice president and countersigned by the secretary.
Tex. Local Government Code § 201.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 201 / Section 201.008
§ 201.008. RECORDS OF ABOLISHED OFFICES OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

(a) Records of an office of county superintendent of schools or county superintendent of education abolished under former Section 17.95, Education Code, before September 1, 1989, that are still in the possession of a custodian of county records or a county officer shall be transferred to the custody of the commission by order of the director and librarian.

(b) The director and librarian shall determine the time and manner of the transfer of the records on a county-by-county basis. The cost of the transfer shall be paid for out of funds of the commission.

(c) The county judge of a county in which a custodian of county records has possession of the records of an abolished office of the county superintendent of schools may petition the director and librarian to allow the county to retain all or part of the records and the director and librarian may grant the petition.
Tex. Water Code § 60.172 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.172
§ 60.172. NOTICE OF HEARING ON INDEBTEDNESS.
Status: repealed

(a) When, for the purposes authorized by Section 60.171 of this code, a commission proposes to borrow money and mortgage and encumber any part or all of its properties, facilities, franchises, revenue, and income from the operation of its properties and facilities, the commission shall give notice of intention to authorize and issue the evidence of the indebtedness.

(b) The commission shall fix a time and place at which a public hearing concerning the proposed indebtedness shall be held. The date of the hearing shall be not less than seven days nor more than 30 days from the date of the resolution of the commission giving notice of the hearing date.

(c) Notice published by the commission under this section shall:

(1) include a statement of the amount and purpose of the proposed indebtedness;

(2) inform all persons of the time and place of hearing; and

(3) inform all persons of their right to express their views at the hearing, orally or in writing, and contend for or protest the creation of the indebtedness.

(d) The secretary of the commission shall publish the notice not earlier than the seventh day before the date of the hearing:

(1) once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district's territory that is available to residents of the district; and

(2) on the district's Internet website, if the district maintains a website, in an area of that website used to inform district residents about events such as public meetings.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (S.B. 1642), Sec. 10, eff. June 8, 2021.

(f) The duties imposed on the secretary of the commission by this section may be performed by any commission member or the assistant secretary of the commission.