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Tex. Occupations Code § 1804.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1804 / Section 1804.051
§ 1804.051. REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLICITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A veterans organization may not use a veterans organization solicitor unless:

(1) the organization:

(A) files a registration statement under Section 1804.053; and

(B) files and maintains a bond under Section 1804.101; and

(2) the solicitor complies with the requirements of Subsection (b).

(b) A person may not act as a veterans organization solicitor unless the person:

(1) files a registration statement under Section 1804.054; and

(2) files and maintains a bond under Section 1804.102.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.053
§ 1078.053. BALLOT PETITION.
Status: in_force

A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must:

(1) be signed by at least 100 registered voters of the district as determined by the most recent official list of registered voters;

(2) be filed not later than the 31st day before the date of the election; and

(3) specify the place for which the person is to be a candidate.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 34.018 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 34 / Section 34.018
§ 34.018. DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS.
Status: in_force

Amounts received under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the appropriate special account, with the exception that all money received under the provisions of this chapter enuring to the benefit of the Parks and Wildlife Department from land held by the department for game and fish conservation, protection, and management purposes shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the game, fish, and water safety account, and all money received under the provisions of this chapter enuring to the benefit of the Parks and Wildlife Department from park, recreation, and historic land shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the state parks account.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 98.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 98 / Section 98.002
§ 98.002. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A defendant who engages in the trafficking of persons or who intentionally or knowingly benefits from participating in a venture that traffics another person is liable to the person trafficked, as provided by this chapter, for damages arising from the trafficking of that person by the defendant or venture.

(b) It is not a defense to liability under this chapter that a defendant has been acquitted or has not been prosecuted or convicted under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, or has been convicted of a different offense or of a different type or class of offense, for the conduct that is alleged to give rise to liability under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 86.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 86 / Section 86.001
§ 86.001. AUTHORITY TO REVOKE OR MODIFY CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may revoke or modify a certificate of authority if a condition or requirement prescribed by law for granting the certificate is no longer satisfied.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11004.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11004 / Section 11004.105
§ 11004.105. STREET REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) After the 10th anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the district, at the district's expense, shall repair and maintain any streets in the district.

(b) A district's repair and maintenance of streets under this section must meet all applicable construction standards and regulations of the City of Georgetown and Williamson County.
Tex. Occupations Code § 164.0072 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 164 / Section 164.0072
§ 164.0072. BOARD APPEAL OF FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, before disposing of a contested case by issuing a final order, obtain judicial review of any finding of fact or conclusion of law issued by the administrative law judge by filing suit in a Travis County district court not later than the 30th day after the date the findings of fact and conclusions of law are issued.

(b) The board shall join in a suit filed under this section the respondent in the contested case for which the board seeks to obtain judicial review.

(c) The scope of judicial review under this section is the same as the scope of judicial review provided for an appeal under Section 164.009.

(d) After the court issues a final order in a suit filed under this section, the board shall dispose of the contested case by issuing a final order based on the court's final order. The respondent may not appeal a sanction ordered by the board unless the sanction exceeds the board's published sanctions guidelines.
Tex. Transportation Code § 254.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 254 / Section 254.013
§ 254.013. CLAIMS BY PROPERTY OWNERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person whose real property may be affected by the ditch may appear before the jury of view and express the person's opinion on any matter relating to the assessment of expense against the person. The owner at or before the time stated in the notice of the jury's meeting may present to the jury a written statement of an objection to or dissatisfaction with the ditch and any claim for damage sustained because of the construction of the ditch.

(b) Failure to make an objection or claim for damages under Subsection (a) is a waiver of all claim or right to make the objection or claim.

(c) The jury shall return each claim or objection to the commissioners court with the jury's report.

(d) An adjacent property owner may appear before and be heard by the commissioners court on the property owner's protest or claim against the action of the jury.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 203.056 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 203 / Section 203.056
§ 203.056. REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Before January 31 of each year, the board shall submit to the governor, the speaker of the house, and the lieutenant governor a report of the activities of the water supply enhancement program during the immediately preceding calendar year, including a comprehensive analysis of the program's effectiveness and a report on program participant compliance with plans created under Section 203.162.

(b) The board may make copies of this report available on request to any person and may charge a fee for each report that will allow the board to recover its costs for printing and distribution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.035 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.035
§ 225.035. JOHN B.
Status: in_force

COLEMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) State Highway 35 in Harris County is designated as the John B. Coleman Memorial Highway.

(b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the John B. Coleman Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Family Code § 160.313 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.313
§ 160.313. RELEASE OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The vital statistics unit may release information relating to the acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity to a signatory of the acknowledgment or denial and to the courts and Title IV-D agency of this or another state.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.301 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.301
§ 342.301. MAXIMUM INTEREST CHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A secondary mortgage loan that is a regular transaction may provide for an interest charge on the cash advance that is precomputed and that does not exceed a rate or amount that would produce the same effective return as allowed under Subchapter A, Chapter 303.

(b) For the purpose of Subsection (a):

(1) when the loan is made an interest charge may be computed for the full term of the loan contract;

(2) if the period before the first installment due date includes a part of a month that is longer than 15 days, that portion of a month may be considered a full month; and

(3) if a loan contract provides for precomputed interest, the amount of the loan is the total of:

(A) the cash advance; and

(B) the amount of precomputed interest.

(c) A secondary mortgage loan may provide for a rate or amount of interest calculated using the true daily earnings method or the scheduled installment earnings method that does not exceed the alternative rate ceiling in Subchapter A, Chapter 303. Interest may accrue on the principal balance and amounts added to principal after the date of the loan contract from time to time unpaid at the rate provided for by the contract until the date of payment in full or demand for payment in full. An interest charge under this subsection may not be precomputed.
Tex. Government Code § 2256.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2256 / Section 2256.054
§ 2256.054. DELIVERY OF SECURITIES PURCHASED BY STATE.
Status: in_force

A security purchased under this chapter may be delivered to the comptroller, a bank, or the board or agency investing its funds. The delivery shall be made under normal and recognized practices in the securities and banking industries, including the book entry procedure of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Tex. Government Code § 2203.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.002
§ 2203.002. STATE POSTAGE METERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state department, board, commission, or educational institution that installs a postage meter shall place on the machine an imprint plate stating that:

(1) the mail carried by the postage is official state mail; and

(2) there is a penalty for the unlawful use of the postage meter for a private purpose.

(b) A state department, board, commission, or educational institution shall pay for the imprint plate and its installation from the state department's, board's, commission's, or educational institution's appropriation for postage and contingent expenses.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.002
§ 122.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Central nonprofit agency" means an agency designated as a central nonprofit agency under contract under Section 122.019.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(103), eff. April 2, 2015.

(3) "Community rehabilitation program" means a government or nonprofit private program operated under criteria established by the council and under which persons with severe disabilities produce products or perform services for compensation.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 672 , Sec. 27(1), eff. September 1, 2015.

(5) "Disability" means a mental or physical impairment, including blindness, that impedes a person who is seeking, entering, or maintaining gainful employment.

(6) "Workforce commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission.
Tex. Insurance Code § 422.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 422 / Section 422.054
§ 422.054. PREFERENTIAL CLAIMS ON LIQUIDATION.
Status: in_force

If an insurer is involuntarily or voluntarily liquidated, a claimant of the insurer has a prior and preferential claim against all assets of the insurer other than the assets that have been pledged or encumbered in accordance with this chapter or the assets that are subject to a pledge or encumbrance of an asset described by Section 422.053(b)(2). All claimants have equal status, and their prior and preferential claim is superior to any claim or cause of action against the insurer by any other person, corporation, association, or legal entity.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.147 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.147
§ 623.147. DEPOSIT OF FEE IN STATE HIGHWAY FUND AND IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND.
Status: in_force

A fee collected under this subchapter shall be deposited as follows:

(1) 90 percent to the credit of the state highway fund; and

(2) 10 percent to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.355 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.355
§ 882.355. LIMITATIONS ON DIVISIBLE SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

A mutual life insurance company's divisible surplus available for payment of dividends to the company's policyholders may not include:

(1) any part of the company's unencumbered surplus that has been:

(A) allocated from the company's earned surplus;

(B) transferred from the company's contingency reserve; or

(C) otherwise acquired by the company;

(2) if the company was organized after September 5, 1955, any part of the company's unencumbered surplus required to comply with Section 882.301; or

(3) if the company's unencumbered surplus is less than $25,000, the part of the company's earned surplus for the preceding calendar year in excess of 75 percent of the earned surplus.
Tex. Local Government Code § 325.085 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 325 / Section 325.085
§ 325.085. APPROVAL BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; REGISTRATION BY COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued by a district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination.

(b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have been authorized in accordance with law, the attorney general shall approve them, and they shall be registered by the comptroller of public accounts.

(c) After the approval and registration of bonds, the bonds are incontestable in any court or other forum, for any reason, and are valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms for all purposes.
Tex. Family Code § 232.011 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 232 / Section 232.011
§ 232.011. ACTION BY LICENSING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a final order suspending license, the licensing authority shall immediately determine if the authority has issued a license to the individual named on the order and, if a license has been issued:

(1) record the suspension of the license in the licensing authority's records;

(2) report the suspension as appropriate; and

(3) demand surrender of the suspended license if required by law for other cases in which a license is suspended.

(b) A licensing authority shall implement the terms of a final order suspending license without additional review or hearing. The authority may provide notice as appropriate to the license holder or to others concerned with the license.

(c) A licensing authority may not modify, remand, reverse, vacate, or stay an order suspending license issued under this chapter and may not review, vacate, or reconsider the terms of a final order suspending license.

(d) An individual who is the subject of a final order suspending license is not entitled to a refund for any fee or deposit paid to the licensing authority.

(e) An individual who continues to engage in the business, occupation, profession, or other licensed activity after the implementation of the order suspending license by the licensing authority is liable for the same civil and criminal penalties provided for engaging in the licensed activity without a license or while a license is suspended that apply to any other license holder of that licensing authority.

(f) A licensing authority is exempt from liability to a license holder for any act authorized under this chapter performed by the authority.

(g) Except as provided by this chapter, an order suspending license or dismissing a petition for the suspension of a license does not affect the power of a licensing authority to grant, deny, suspend, revoke, terminate, or renew a license.

(h) The denial or suspension of a driver's license under this chapter is governed by this chapter and not by the general licensing provisions of Chapter 521, Transportation Code.

(i) An order issued under this chapter to suspend a license applies to each license issued by the licensing authority subject to the order for which the obligor is eligible. The licensing authority may not issue or renew any other license for the obligor until the court or the Title IV-D agency renders an order vacating or staying an order suspending license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3929.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3929 / Section 3929.109
§ 3929.109. LIMITATIONS ON EMERGENCY SERVICES POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may not establish, operate, maintain, or finance a police or fire department without the consent of the city by ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0025
§ 25.0025. COURT INVESTIGATORS.
Status: repealed

(a) The judge of a statutory probate court shall appoint a court investigator. One person shall serve as the court investigator for all statutory probate courts in the county unless the commissioners court has authorized additional investigators. The commissioners court may authorize additional court investigators if necessary.

(b) The commissioners court shall set the salary of a court investigator.

(c) to (e). Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1039, Sec. 72, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.064 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.064
§ 33.064. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt procedural and substantive rules which it considers necessary to administer, implement, and enforce this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.22 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.22
§ 23.22. LAND USE OF WHICH IS RESTRICTED BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
Status: in_force

In appraising land the use of which is subject to a restriction that is imposed by a governmental entity and to which the owner of the land has not consented, including a restriction to preserve wildlife habitat, the chief appraiser shall consider the effect of the restriction on the value of the property.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 311.043 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 311 / Section 311.043
§ 311.043. DUTY OF NONPROFIT HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonprofit hospital shall provide health care services to the community and shall comply with all federal, state, and local government requirements for tax exemption in order to maintain such exemption. These health care services to the community shall include charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care and may include other components of community benefits as both terms are defined in Sections 311.031 and 311.042.

(b) In order to qualify as a charitable organization under Sections 11.18(d)(1), 151.310(a)(2) and (e), and 171.063(a)(1), Tax Code, and to satisfy the requirements of this subchapter, a nonprofit hospital shall provide community benefits, which include charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care, in an amount that satisfies the requirements of Section 311.045. A determination of the amount of charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care provided by a hospital shall be based on the most recently completed and audited prior fiscal year of the hospital.

(c) Reductions in the amount of community benefits, which includes charity care and government-sponsored indigent health care, provided by a nonprofit hospital shall be considered reasonable when the financial reserves of the hospital are reduced to such a level that the hospital would be in violation of any applicable bond covenants, when necessary to prevent the hospital from endangering its ability to continue operations, or if the hospital, as a result of a natural or other disaster, is required substantially to curtail its operations.

(d) A hospital's admissions policy must provide for the admission of financially indigent and medically indigent persons pursuant to its charity care requirements as set forth in this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8027.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8027 / Section 8027.0403
§ 8027.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.105
§ 21.105. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 384.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 384 / Section 384.004
§ 384.004. FUNCTIONS; ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

An organization created under this chapter shall:

(1) represent all counties within a nonattainment area;

(2) have a board of directors appointed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;

(3) have the power, authority, and limitations provided by this chapter; and

(4) have bylaws setting forth its organization and procedures, including provisions for conflicts of interest.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.623 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.623
§ 43.623. CONDITIONS; DURATION; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A permit issued under this subchapter is subject to conditions established by the commission, including conditions governing:

(1) the number of deer that may be killed on the property by a single person;

(2) the number and type of deer that may be killed or taken under the permit;

(3) the number and type of deer that may be temporarily detained in an enclosure; and

(4) the length of time that deer may be temporarily detained in an enclosure.

(b) The permit is valid for a period prescribed by the department of not less than one year.

(c) The department shall set a fee for the issuance or renewal of a permit in an amount not to exceed $1,000.
Tex. Government Code § 656.0505 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 656 / Section 656.0505
§ 656.0505. VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION COURSE ON PROCUREMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Information Resources.

(2) "Information resources technologies" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.

(b) In coordination with the comptroller, the department shall develop and implement a certification course on the procurement of information resources technologies and make the course available to a person who:

(1) holds a purchasing certification issued under Section 656.051;

(2) holds a contract management certification issued under Section 656.052; or

(3) holds both certifications described by Subdivisions (1) and (2).

(c) The department shall provide the course at least quarterly and must provide the course in person.

(d) The department shall certify a state agency employee who successfully completes the course.

(e) Successful completion of the course may be credited toward any continuing education requirements for maintaining a certification under Section 656.051 or 656.052, or both.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 2A
§ 2A. DIRECT PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR LODGING EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

If this article requires the state to reimburse a witness for transportation or lodging expenses, the state may instead directly pay a commercial transportation company or commercial lodging establishment for those expenses.