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Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 104.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 104 / Section 104.01
§ 104.01. LEWD, IMMORAL, INDECENT CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person authorized to sell malt beverages at retail, or the person's agent, servant, or employee, may not engage in or permit conduct on the premises of the retailer which is lewd, immoral, or offensive to public decency, including any of the following acts:

(1) the use of loud and vociferous or obscene, vulgar, or indecent language, or permitting its use;

(2) the exposure of a person or permitting a person to expose himself or herself;

(3) rudely displaying or permitting a person to rudely display a pistol or other deadly weapon in a manner calculated to disturb persons in the retail establishment;

(4) solicitation of any person to buy drinks for consumption by the retailer or any of the retailer's employees;

(5) being intoxicated on the licensed premises;

(6) permitting lewd or vulgar entertainment or acts;

(7) permitting solicitations of persons for immoral or sexual purposes;

(8) failing or refusing to comply with state or municipal health or sanitary laws or ordinances; or

(9) possession of a narcotic or synthetic cannabinoid or any equipment used or designed for the administering of a narcotic or a synthetic cannabinoid or permitting a person on the licensed premises to do so.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), a solicitation is presumed if an alcoholic beverage is sold or offered for sale for an amount in excess of the retailer's listed, advertised, or customary price. The presumption may be rebutted only by evidence presented under oath.

(c) In this section, "synthetic cannabinoid" means a substance included in Penalty Group 2-A under Section 481.1031, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1094.402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1094 / Section 1094.402
§ 1094.402. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.0345 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.0345
§ 533A.0345. STATE AGENCY SERVICES STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall develop model program standards for intellectual disability services for use by each state agency that provides or pays for intellectual disability services. The department shall provide the model standards to each agency that provides intellectual disability services as identified by the commission.

(b) Model standards developed under Subsection (a) must be designed to improve the consistency of intellectual disability services provided by or through a state agency.

(c) Biennially the department shall review the model standards developed under Subsection (a) and determine whether each standard contributes effectively to the consistency of service delivery by state agencies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3928.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3928 / Section 3928.105
§ 3928.105. 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 to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, 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 the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 93.024 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 93 / Section 93.024
§ 93.024. FANCY RUSSET GRADE.
Status: in_force

Fancy russet oranges, satsumas, tangerines, and grapefruit have the same general qualities as fancy bright grade citrus fruit except fancy russets have coloration that is golden russet.
Tex. Water Code § 30.033 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 30 / Section 30.033
§ 30.033. PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY CONDEMNATION OR OTHERWISE.
Status: in_force

(a) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a district may acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or in any other manner all or any interest in property inside or outside the boundaries of the district and may own, maintain, use, and operate it.

(b) To accomplish the purposes of the chapter, a district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire all or any interest in property inside or outside the boundaries of the district. The power shall be exercised according to the laws applicable or available to the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.153 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.153
§ 334.153. RATE INCREASE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality or county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter at the rate of less than the maximum percentage allowed by this subchapter may by ordinance or order increase the rate of the tax to the maximum percentage allowed by this subchapter if the increase is approved by a majority of the registered voters of that municipality or county voting at an election called and held for that purpose.

(b) The ballot for an election to increase the rate of the tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The increase of the admissions tax for the purpose of financing _______ (insert description of venue project) to a maximum rate of ________ percent of the price of each ticket sold as admission to an event held at an approved venue (insert new maximum rate not to exceed 10 percent of the price of each ticket sold as admission to an event held at an approved venue)."
Tex. Transportation Code § 621.206 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 621 / Section 621.206
§ 621.206. MAXIMUM EXTENDED LENGTH OF LOAD.
Status: in_force

(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles may not carry a load that extends more than three feet beyond its front or, except as permitted by other law, more than four feet beyond its rear.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to vehicles collecting garbage, rubbish, refuse, or recyclable materials which are equipped with front-end loading attachments and containers provided that the vehicle is actively engaged in the collection of garbage, rubbish, refuse, or recyclable materials.
Tex. Utilities Code § 65.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 65 / Section 65.001
§ 65.001. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state to provide for full rate and service competition in the telecommunications market of this state so that customers may benefit from innovations in service quality and market-based pricing.
Tex. Family Code § 162.008 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.008
§ 162.008. FILING OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to an adoption by the child's:

(1) grandparent;

(2) aunt or uncle by birth, marriage, or prior adoption; or

(3) stepparent.

(b) A petition for adoption may not be granted until the following documents have been filed:

(1) a copy of the health, social, educational, and genetic history report signed by the child's adoptive parents; and

(2) if the report is required to be submitted to the Department of Family and Protective Services under Section 162.006(e), a certificate from the department acknowledging receipt of the report.

(c) A court having jurisdiction of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship may by order waive the making and filing of a report under this section if the child's biological parents cannot be located and their absence results in insufficient information being available to compile the report.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3880.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3880 / Section 3880.106
§ 3880.106. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8375.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8375 / Section 8375.002
§ 8375.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 2256.0202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2256 / Section 2256.0202
§ 2256.0202.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2256.0202. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: MUNICIPAL FUNDS FROM MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RIGHTS. (a) In addition to other investments authorized under this subchapter, a municipality may invest funds received by the municipality from a lease or contract for the management and development of land owned by the municipality and leased for oil, gas, or other mineral development in any investment authorized to be made by a trustee under Subtitle B, Title 9, Property Code (Texas Trust Code).

(b) Funds invested by a municipality under this section shall be segregated and accounted for separately from other funds of the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8079.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8079 / Section 8079.0102
§ 8079.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.420 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.420
§ 3.420. CONVERSION OF INSTRUMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The law applicable to conversion of personal property applies to instruments. An instrument is also converted if it is taken by transfer, other than a negotiation, from a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or a bank makes or obtains payment with respect to the instrument for a person not entitled to enforce the instrument or receive payment. An action for conversion of an instrument may not be brought by:

(1) the issuer or acceptor of the instrument; or

(2) a payee or indorsee who did not receive delivery of the instrument either directly or through delivery to an agent or a co-payee.

(b) In an action under Subsection (a), the measure of liability is presumed to be the amount payable on the instrument, but recovery may not exceed the amount of the plaintiff's interest in the instrument.

(c) A representative, other than a depositary bank, who has in good faith dealt with an instrument or its proceeds on behalf of one who was not the person entitled to enforce the instrument is not liable in conversion to that person beyond the amount of any proceeds that it has not paid out.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 133.012 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 133 / Section 133.012
§ 133.012. INVENTORY OF ACTIVE, INACTIVE, AND ABANDONED QUARRIES AND PITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall inventory, classify, and maintain a log according to the degree of hazard, proximity to public roads, age, and current use of all existing, inactive, or abandoned quarries that have a pit perimeter that is in hazardous proximity to a public road, and those pits that are in an unacceptable unsafe location.

(b) The department shall keep a current log of all quarries that are required to be inventoried under Subsection (a) of this section, including such quarries and pits for which initial operations begin after June 30, 1991.
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.455 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.455
§ 407A.455. BOARD GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall:

(1) create and maintain a trust fund for payment of the workers' compensation liabilities of an insolvent group;

(2) hire staff as necessary;

(3) provide recommendations to the commissioner regarding rules or guidelines applicable to groups;

(4) receive reports from the department on the financial condition of groups, including examination and audit reports;

(5) engage consulting experts as necessary to review information provided by or filed with the department to ensure financial solvency of groups under this chapter;

(6) provide advisory recommendations to the commissioner as necessary regarding an applicant's compliance with Subchapter B relating to application requirements for certification; and

(7) take action, in response to a finding by the commissioner that a group is insolvent, to use the trust fund's resources to ensure the payment of the group's valid workers' compensation claims and related administrative expenses.

(b) The board shall control all amounts in the trust fund, including investment of those amounts.

(c) The guaranty fund may not disclose confidential information received from the department in a financial report under Subsection (a)(4), including an examination or audit report. Information received from the department remains confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(d) The board may make recommendations under Subsection (a)(6) outside of regular board meetings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1097.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1097 / Section 1097.151
§ 1097.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board. The budget must be for the fiscal year prescribed by Section 1097.152.

(b) Not later than August 31 of each year, the board shall publish notice of a public hearing on the proposed budget. The notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7816.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7816 / Section 7816.0106
§ 7816.0106. ANNEXATION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

Before the annexation of land inside the corporate limits of a municipality or inside the boundaries of a drainage or irrigation district, the district must obtain the approval of the municipality or drainage or irrigation district.
Tex. Education Code § 61.0664 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0664
§ 61.0664. COLLECTION AND STUDY OF DATA ON PARTICIPATION OF PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall collect and maintain data relating to:

(1) undergraduate and graduate level participation of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities at institutions of higher education, including data regarding applications for admission, admissions, retention, graduation, and professional licensing; and

(2) participation of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities enrolled in a workforce education program, including a workforce continuing education program, that is eligible for state-appropriated formula funding, including data regarding retention, graduation, and professional licensing.

(b) The board shall conduct an ongoing study of the data collected and maintained under Subsection (a) to analyze factors affecting the participation of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities at institutions of higher education.

(c) The board shall conduct an ongoing study on the recruitment of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities at institutions of higher education. The study must identify previously made recruitment efforts, limitations on recruitment, and possible methods for recruitment. Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, the board shall submit to the governor and members of the legislature a report on the results of the study conducted under this subsection and any recommendations for legislative or other action.

(d) Each institution of higher education, at times prescribed by the board, shall submit to the board any information requested by the board as necessary for the board to carry out its duties under this section.

(e) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section in a manner that ensures compliance with federal law regarding confidentiality of student medical or educational information, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g).
Tex. Education Code § 8.123 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.123
§ 8.123. FUNDING FOR STATE INITIATIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature may appropriate money from the foundation school fund or other sources to implement initiatives identified by the legislature.

(b) The commissioner may adopt rules governing:

(1) the strategies, programs, projects, and regions eligible for funding under this section; and

(2) the amount of funds that may be distributed to a regional education service center for a specific initiative.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.4625 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.4625
§ 17.4625. PRICE GOUGING DURING DECLARED DISASTER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "designated disaster period" means the period:

(1) beginning on the earliest of:

(A) the date the disaster occurs; or

(B) the date of:

(i) the proclamation or executive order of the governor declaring the disaster; or

(ii) the declaration of the disaster by the president of the United States, if any part of this state is named in the federally declared disaster area; and

(2) ending on the 30th day after the date the disaster declaration expires or is terminated.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, Section 17.46(b)(27) applies only to an act described by that subdivision that occurs during a designated disaster period in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8452.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8452 / Section 8452.004
§ 8452.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8452.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 659.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.105
§ 659.105. FORM AND MANNER.
Status: in_force

A deduction under this subchapter must be made in a form and manner prescribed by the comptroller or the appropriate financial officer of an institution of higher education.
Tex. Education Code § 135.60 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 135 / Section 135.60
§ 135.60. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire land, clearance easements for airport zoning, and facilities in any of the counties in which a campus is located or in a county adjacent to one of those counties.

(b) The board must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, but the board is not required to provide a bond for appeal or a bond for costs.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.257 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.257
§ 1302.257. EXAMINATIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) The executive director shall prescribe:

(1) a separate examination for each class of license; and

(2) within each class of license, a separate examination for:

(A) an environmental air conditioning endorsement; and

(B) a commercial refrigeration and process cooling or heating endorsement.

(b) The executive director shall prescribe the method and content of an examination administered under this subchapter and shall set compliance requirements for the examination. To obtain an endorsement, an applicant must pass the examination for the endorsement.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1017, Sec. 23(4), eff. June 17, 2011.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1017, Sec. 23(4), eff. June 17, 2011.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.055 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.055
§ 140B.055. PETITION FOR ORDER MODIFYING OR SETTING ASIDE DEMAND.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time before the return date specified in a civil investigative demand or not later than the 30th day after the date the demand was served, whichever period is shorter, the person who has been served, and in the case of a demand for a product of discovery the person from whom the discovery was obtained, may file a petition for an order modifying or setting aside the demand in the district court in the county of the person's residence or principal office or place of business or a district court of Travis County. The petition must specify each ground upon which the petitioner relies in seeking the relief sought. The petition may be based on any failure of a demand to comply with the provisions of this subchapter or on any constitutional or other legal right or privilege of the petitioner.

(b) The petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition on the attorney general or local prosecutor, as applicable, in accordance with Section 140B.054. The attorney general or local prosecutor may submit an answer to the petition.

(c) In ruling on the petition under this section, the court shall presume absent evidence to the contrary that the attorney general or local prosecutor issued the demand in good faith and within the scope of the attorney general's or local prosecutor's authority.
Tex. Labor Code § 310.007 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 310 / Section 310.007
§ 310.007. COLLECTION OF CHILD-CARE DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) The network, through its members, shall:

(1) collect and continuously update statewide data regarding the supply of and demand for child-care and early childhood education services in this state;

(2) report the data to the commission each calendar quarter; and

(3) make the information available statewide.

(b) The data required by this section must include a comprehensive compilation of all available child-care and early childhood education services in this state and information concerning unmet needs of consumers with respect to those services.

(c) The commission and the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall provide assistance to the network and members of the network in collecting, aggregating, and updating the data required by this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1102.108 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.108
§ 1102.108. ELIGIBILITY FOR REAL ESTATE INSPECTOR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible for a real estate inspector license, an applicant must:

(1) at the time of application have:

(A) held an apprentice inspector license for at least three months; and

(B) performed at least 25 real estate inspections under direct supervision;

(2) submit evidence satisfactory to the commission of successful completion of at least 90 classroom hours of core real estate inspection courses;

(3) demonstrate competence based on the examination under Subchapter D;

(4) be sponsored by a professional inspector; and

(5) satisfy the commission as to the applicant's honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, and competence.

(b) The commission by rule may specify the length and content of the courses required by Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9017.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9017 / Section 9017.060
§ 9017.060. ELECTIONS REGARDING DEFINED AREA TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district must hold an election in the defined area in the manner provided by Section 9017.056 to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax only on the property of the defined area or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes only on the property of the defined area.

(b) The district may not issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project in the defined area unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the defined area voting at an election held for that purpose.