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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 821.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 821 / Section 821.003
§ 821.003. TREATMENT OF LIVE BIRDS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a person who receives live birds for transportation or for confinement:

(1) on wagons or stands;

(2) by a person who owns a grocery store, commission house, or other market house; or

(3) by any other person if the birds are to be closely confined.

(b) The person shall immediately place the birds in coops, crates, or cages that are made of open slats or wire on at least three sides and that are of a height so that the birds can stand upright without touching the top.

(c) The person shall keep clean water and suitable food in troughs or other receptacles in the coops, crates, or cages. The troughs or other receptacles must be easily accessible to the confined birds and must be placed so that the birds cannot defile their contents.

(d) The person shall keep the coops, crates, or cages in a clean and wholesome condition and may place in each coop, crate, or cage only the number of birds that have room to move around and to stand without crowding each other.

(e) The person may not expose the birds to undue heat or cold and shall immediately remove all injured, diseased, or dead birds from the coops, crates, or cages.
Tex. Property Code § 221.061 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 221 / Section 221.061
§ 221.061. ESCROW OR TRUST ACCOUNT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A developer or escrow agent of a timeshare plan shall deposit in an escrow or trust account in a federally insured depository 100 percent of all funds received during the purchaser's cancellation period.

(b) An escrow agent owes the purchaser a fiduciary duty.

(c) The escrow agent and the developer shall execute an agreement that includes a statement providing that:

(1) funds may be disbursed to the developer from the escrow or trust account by the agent only:

(A) after the purchaser's cancellation period has expired; and

(B) as provided by the purchase contract, subject to this subchapter; and

(2) if the purchaser cancels the purchase contract as provided by the contract, the funds must be paid to:

(A) the purchaser; or

(B) the developer if the purchaser's funds have been refunded previously by the developer.

(d) If a developer contracts to sell a timeshare interest and the construction of the building in which the timeshare interest is located has not been completed when the cancellation period expires, the developer shall continue to maintain all funds received from the purchaser under the purchase agreement in the escrow or trust account until construction of the building is completed. The documentation required for evidence of completion of construction includes:

(1) a certificate of occupancy;

(2) a certificate of substantial completion;

(3) evidence of a public safety inspection equivalent to Subdivision (1) or (2) from a government agency in the applicable jurisdiction; or

(4) any other evidence acceptable to the commission.
Tex. Water Code § 58.798 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.798
§ 58.798. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The president and secretary of the board shall issue notice of the election, stating:

(1) the findings of the board with reference to the dissolution of the district;

(2) the amount of bonds to be issued;

(3) the interest rate on the bonds; and

(4) the time and place of the election.

(b) The notice also shall contain a statement of the estimates and the expenses incurred and to be incurred in the dissolution of the district and the collection of taxes for the payment of the bonds and shall state that the bonds will be payable by the levy of taxes on the taxable property in the district in proportion to the values of the property as provided in Section 58.804 of this code.

(c) The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper with general circulation in the county or counties in which any part of the district is located. The first publication shall be at least 14 days before the day of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3917.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3917 / Section 3917.002
§ 3917.002. PRECONDITION; EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not exercise any powers under this chapter 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.

(b) This chapter, including Section 3917.055, expires September 1, 2015, if any municipality described by Subsection (a) has not consented to the creation of the district and the inclusion of land in the district by that date.
Tex. Property Code § 206.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 206 / Section 206.003
§ 206.003. EXTENSION OF RESTRICTION IMPOSING REGULAR ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A community association may approve and submit to a vote of the owners an extension of a restriction imposing a regular assessment.

(b) The extension of a restriction imposing a regular assessment is approved if a majority of the owners in the subdivision who vote on the issue in accordance with Section 206.004 vote in favor of the extension.

(c) An extension approved in accordance with this section and Section 206.004 applies to all real property in the subdivision, including residential and commercial property.

(d) A document certifying that a majority of the owners voting on the issue approved the extension of the restriction must be recorded in the real property records of the county in which the subdivision is located.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.108 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.108
§ 12.108. EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

In making an arrest, summoning a witness, and serving a process, the department is entitled to the same fee and mileage allowance as a sheriff. The fee is charged and collected in the same manner as sheriff's fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.059
§ 1051.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator.

(c) The district administrator and any assistant administrator serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(d) On assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator shall execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9051.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9051 / Section 9051.155
§ 9051.155. CHARGES, FEES, AND TOLLS; PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY.
Status: in_force

The district may set and collect charges, fees, or tolls for the services of its water and sanitary systems and facilities and impose penalties for the failure to pay when due those charges, fees, or tolls.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 403.0054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 403.0054
§ 403.0054. APPLICABILITY OF SUNSET ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state agency subject to review under that chapter, but may not be abolished under that chapter.

(b) The commission shall be reviewed during each period in which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is reviewed.

(c) The commission shall pay the cost incurred by the Sunset Advisory Commission in performing a review of the commission under this section. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine the cost, and the commission shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of a statement from the Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the cost.
Tex. Local Government Code § 147.0031 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 147 / Section 147.0031
§ 147.0031.
Status: in_force

Sec. 147.0031. PETITION FOR RECOGNITION: ELECTION OR ACTION BY GOVERNING BODY. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the governing body of a municipality receives from the meet and confer team a petition signed by a majority of all police officers and a majority of all firefighters, excluding the head of the police department, the head of the fire department, and other excluded employees as described by Section 147.0035(b), that requests recognition of the meet and confer team as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all the police officers and firefighters employed by the municipality, excluding the head of the police department, the head of the fire department, and other excluded employees as described by Section 147.0035(b), the governing body shall:

(1) grant recognition of the meet and confer team as requested in the petition and determine by majority vote that the municipality may meet and confer under this chapter without conducting an election by the voters in the municipality under Section 147.0033;

(2) defer granting recognition of the meet and confer team and order an election by the voters in the municipality under Section 147.0033 regarding whether the municipality may meet and confer under this chapter; or

(3) order a certification election under Section 147.0032 to determine whether the employee groups in the meet and confer team represent a majority of the covered police officers and a majority of the covered firefighters.

(b) If the governing body of a municipality orders a certification election under Subsection (a)(3) and the employee groups that are part of the meet and confer team are certified to represent a majority of the covered police officers and a majority of the covered firefighters, the governing body shall, not later than the 30th day after the date that results of that election are certified:

(1) grant recognition of the meet and confer team as requested in the petition for recognition and determine by majority vote that the municipality may meet and confer under this chapter without conducting an election by the voters in the municipality under Section 147.0033; or

(2) defer granting recognition of the meet and confer team and order an election by the voters in the municipality under Section 147.0033 regarding whether a public employer may meet and confer under this chapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.451 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74 / Section 74.451
§ 74.451. ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) No physician, professional association of physicians, or other health care provider shall request or require a patient or prospective patient to execute an agreement to arbitrate a health care liability claim unless the form of agreement delivered to the patient contains a written notice in 10-point boldface type clearly and conspicuously stating:

(b) A violation of this section by a physician or professional association of physicians constitutes a violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, and shall be subject to the enforcement provisions and sanctions contained in that subtitle.

(c) A violation of this section by a health care provider other than a physician shall constitute a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce within the meaning of Section 17.46 of the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code), and shall be subject to an enforcement action by the consumer protection division under that act and subject to the penalties and remedies contained in Section 17.47, Business & Commerce Code, notwithstanding Section 74.004 or any other law.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person who is found to be in violation of this section for the first time shall be subject only to injunctive relief or other appropriate order requiring the person to cease and desist from such violation, and not to any other penalty or sanction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.154
§ 1038.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.097 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.097
§ 361.097. CONDITION ON ISSUANCE OF PERMIT FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall condition the issuance of a permit for a new hazardous waste management facility or the areal expansion of an existing hazardous waste management facility on the selection of a facility site that reasonably minimizes possible contamination of surface water and groundwater.
Tex. Government Code § 552.146 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.146
§ 552.146.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.146. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS WITH ASSISTANT OR EMPLOYEE OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD. (a) All written or otherwise recorded communications, including conversations, correspondence, and electronic communications, between a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor and an assistant or employee of the Legislative Budget Board are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.

(b) Memoranda of a communication between a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor and an assistant or employee of the Legislative Budget Board are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 without regard to the method used to store or maintain the memoranda.

(c) This section does not except from required disclosure a record or memoranda of a communication that occurs in public during an open meeting or public hearing conducted by the Legislative Budget Board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3931.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3931 / Section 3931.112
§ 3931.112. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8210.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8210 / Section 8210.003
§ 8210.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 13 / Section 13.035
§ 13.035. EMPLOYMENT OF HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall employ a qualified hospital administrator for each public health hospital.

(b) A hospital administrator employed under this section is not required to be a licensed physician.

(c) The hospital administrator may delegate a power or duty of the administrator to an employee. The delegation does not relieve the hospital administrator from the responsibility.
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.069 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.069
§ 431.069. LOCATION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

A corporation may construct or improve a transportation project on real property, including a right-of-way acquired by the corporation, provided to the corporation for that purpose by the commission or a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 443.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 443 / Section 443.205
§ 443.205. FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS AND OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The receiver may avoid any transfer of an interest of the insurer in property, any reinsurance transaction, or any obligation incurred by an insurer that was made or incurred on or within two years before the date of the initial filing of a petition commencing delinquency proceedings under this chapter, if the insurer voluntarily or involuntarily:

(1) made the transfer or incurred the obligation with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any person to which it was or became indebted on or after the date that the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred; or

(2) received less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation.

(b) Except to the extent that a transfer or obligation voidable under this section is voidable under other provisions of this chapter, a transferee or obligee that takes for value and in good faith a voidable transfer or obligation has a lien on or may retain any interest transferred or may enforce any obligation incurred, as the case may be, to the extent that the transferee or obligee gave value to the insurer in exchange for the transfer or obligation.

(c) For purposes of this section, a transfer is made when the transfer is so perfected that a subsequent bona fide purchaser from the insurer cannot acquire an interest in the property transferred that is superior to the interest in the property of the transferee, but if the transfer is not so perfected before the commencement of the delinquency proceeding, the transfer is deemed to have been made immediately before the date of the initial filing of the petition commencing delinquency proceedings.

(d) For purposes of this section, "value" means property or satisfaction or securing of a present or antecedent debt of the insurer.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.088 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.088
§ 601.088. EFFECT ON CERTAIN OTHER POLICIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to or affect a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance required by another law of this state. If that policy contains an agreement or is endorsed to conform to the requirements of this chapter, the policy may be certified as evidence of financial responsibility under this chapter.

(b) This chapter does not apply to or affect a policy that insures only the named insured against liability resulting from the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle that is not owned by the insured by persons who are:

(1) employed by the insured; or

(2) acting on the insured's behalf.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1452.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1452 / Section 1452.152
§ 1452.152. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a podiatrist who joins an established professional practice that has a current contract in force with a managed care plan.
Tex. Property Code § 181.053 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 181 / Section 181.053
§ 181.053. RELEASE BY GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

If a person under a disability holds a power, the guardian of the person's estate may release the power in the manner provided in this chapter on the order of the court in this state in which the guardian was appointed or in which the guardianship proceeding is pending.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8485.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8485 / Section 8485.002
§ 8485.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district in Williamson County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district is a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3904.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3904 / Section 3904.253
§ 3904.253. DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the voters voting at the election approve the proposition or propositions, the board shall declare the results and, by order, shall establish the defined area and describe it by metes and bounds or designate the specific property.

(b) The board's order is not subject to judicial review.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 146.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 146 / Section 146.001
§ 146.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Health benefit plan" means a plan or arrangement under which medical or surgical expenses are paid for or reimbursed or health care services are arranged for or provided. The term includes:

(A) an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service contract;

(B) an evidence of coverage or group subscriber contract issued by a health maintenance organization or an approved nonprofit health corporation;

(C) a benefit plan provided by a multiple employer welfare arrangement or another analogous benefit arrangement;

(D) a workers' compensation insurance policy; or

(E) a motor vehicle insurance policy, to the extent the policy provides personal injury protection or medical payments coverage.

(2) "Health care service provider" means a person who, under a license or other grant of authority issued by this state, provides health care services the costs of which may be paid for or reimbursed under a health benefit plan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 260.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 260 / Section 260.004
§ 260.004. LOCAL REGULATION.
Status: in_force

A county or municipality may require a person to obtain a permit from the county or municipality to operate a boarding home facility within the county's or municipality's jurisdiction. A county or municipality may adopt the standards developed by the executive commissioner under Section 260.003 and require a boarding home facility that holds a permit issued by the county or municipality to comply with the adopted standards.
Tex. Government Code § 406.019 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 406 / Section 406.019
§ 406.019. CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Status: in_force

A notary public shall notify the secretary of state of a change of the notary public's address not later than the 10th day after the date on which the change is made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.304
§ 3952.304. ELECTION REQUIRED FOR TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Government Code § 775.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 775 / Section 775.003
§ 775.003. COLONIA OMBUDSPERSON PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The colonia initiatives coordinator shall appoint a colonia ombudsperson in:

(1) each of the six border counties that the coordinator determines have the largest colonia populations; and

(2) each additional county any part of which is within 100 miles of an international border and that contains the majority of the area of a municipality with a population of more than 250,000.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.602 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.602
§ 92.602. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS AND MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

A member, transferee of a member, or manager of a limited savings bank is not liable for a debt, obligation, or liability of the limited savings bank, including a debt, obligation, or liability under a judgment, decree, or order of a court. A member or a manager of a limited savings bank is not a proper party to a proceeding by or against a limited savings bank unless the object of the proceeding is to enforce a member's or manager's right against or liability to a limited savings bank.
Tex. Local Government Code § 42.902 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 42 / Section 42.902
§ 42.902. RESTRICTION AGAINST IMPOSING TAX IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The inclusion of an area in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality does not by itself authorize the municipality to impose a tax in the area.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 66.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 66 / Section 66.01
§ 66.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

The holder of a branch distributor's license may engage in the same activities as a holder of a general distributor's license.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 260A.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 260A / Section 260A.010
§ 260A.010. PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding regarding the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident or the cause of any abuse, neglect, or exploitation, evidence may not be excluded on the ground of privileged communication except in the case of a communication between an attorney and client.