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Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.003
§ 1103.003. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Appraisal" means, regardless of whether prepared for a federally related transaction:

(A) an opinion of value; or

(B) the act or process of developing an opinion of value.

(2) "Appraisal Foundation" means The Appraisal Foundation, as defined by 12 U.S.C. Section 3350, or its successor.

(2-a) "Appraisal review" has the meaning assigned by Section 1104.003.

(2-b) "Appraisal Standards Board" means the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation, or its successor.

(3) "Appraisal Subcommittee" means the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, or its successor.

(4) "Appraiser Qualifications Board" means the Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation, or its successor.

(4-a) "Appraiser trainee" means an appraiser trainee licensed under this chapter.

(4-b) "Automated valuation model" means an automated system used to derive the value of real property through publicly available property records and various analytic methodologies, including comparable sales prices, home characteristics, and historical home price appreciations.

(5) "Board" means the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.

(5-a) "Certified appraiser" means a person who is certified under this chapter to practice as a certified general or certified residential appraiser.

(6) "Executive director" means the executive director of the board.

(6-a) "Federally related transaction" means a real estate-related transaction that:

(A) requires the services of an appraiser; and

(B) is engaged in, contracted for, or regulated by a federal financial institution regulatory agency.

(6-b) "Federal financial institution regulatory agency" means:

(A) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

(B) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

(C) the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;

(D) the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau;

(E) the National Credit Union Administration; or

(F) the successors of any of those agencies.

(6-c) "Federally regulated financial institution" means:

(A) a depository institution as defined by Section 3, Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813) or a subsidiary of a depository institution; or

(B) a federal credit union or a state credit union as defined by Section 101, Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1752), a subsidiary of a credit union, or a credit union service organization.

(7) "Licensed appraiser" means a person who is licensed under this chapter to practice as a residential real estate appraiser.

(7-a) "Non-bank financial institution" means:

(A) a residential mortgage loan company licensed under Chapter 156, Finance Code;

(B) a mortgage banker regulated under Chapter 157, Finance Code; or

(C) a regulated lender licensed under Chapter 342, Finance Code.

(8) "Supervisory appraiser" means a supervisory appraiser as defined by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.1421 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.1421
§ 521.1421. INMATE IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION PILOT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall participate in an inmate identification verification pilot program for the purpose of issuing driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

(b) Under the pilot program, the department may:

(1) enter into a contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of State Health Services to establish an identification verification process for inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and

(2) issue a driver's license or a personal identification certificate to an inmate whose identity has been confirmed through the verification process and who otherwise meets the requirements for the issuance of the driver's license or personal identification certificate.

(c) At the conclusion of the pilot program the governing bodies of the participating agencies may agree to continue the pilot program on a permanent basis.

(d) Not later than December 1, 2010, the department and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall jointly issue a report to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over issues related to criminal justice and homeland security addressing:

(1) the status of the pilot program;

(2) the effectiveness of the pilot program; and

(3) an analysis of the feasibility of implementing a statewide program based on the pilot program.
Tex. Government Code § 22.2151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.2151
§ 22.2151. FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Austin.

(b) The Fifteenth Court of Appeals may transact its business in any county in the district as the court determines is necessary and convenient.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.257 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.257
§ 42.257. EVALUATION OF PLACEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A general residential operation that considers accepting a child's placement with the operation shall evaluate the proposed placement on the following criteria:

(1) whether the child meets the operation's admission criteria;

(2) whether the child would benefit from the treatment model implemented at the operation; and

(3) whether the operation has the staff and resources to meet the child's needs considering the other children at the operation and the other children's needs.

(b) A general residential operation shall ensure that the evaluation under Subsection (a) does not delay the timely placement of a child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.057
§ 1079.057. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of a majority of the directors voting is necessary in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Estates Code § 53.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 53 / Section 53.101
§ 53.101. CALLING OF DOCKETS.
Status: in_force

The judge in whose court probate proceedings are pending, at times determined by the judge, shall:

(1) call the estates of decedents in the estates' regular order on both the probate and claim dockets; and

(2) issue orders as necessary.
Tex. Estates Code § 251.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 251 / Section 251.101
§ 251.101. SELF-PROVED WILL.
Status: in_force

A self-proved will is a will:

(1) to which a self-proving affidavit subscribed and sworn to by the testator and witnesses is attached or annexed; or

(2) that is simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved as provided by Section 251.1045.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.401 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.401
§ 2.401. PASSING OF TITLE; RESERVATION FOR SECURITY; LIMITED APPLICATION OF THIS SECTION.
Status: in_force

Each provision of this chapter with regard to the rights, obligations and remedies of the seller, the buyer, purchasers or other third parties applies irrespective of title to the goods except where the provision refers to such title. Insofar as situations are not covered by the other provisions of this chapter and matters concerning title become material the following rules apply:

(a) Title to goods cannot pass under a contract for sale prior to their identification to the contract (Section 2.501), and unless otherwise explicitly agreed the buyer acquires by their identification a special property as limited by this title. Any retention or reservation by the seller of the title (property) in goods shipped or delivered to the buyer is limited in effect to a reservation of a security interest. Subject to these provisions and to the provisions of the chapter on Secured Transactions (Chapter 9), title to goods passes from the seller to the buyer in any manner and on any conditions explicitly agreed on by the parties.

(b) Unless otherwise explicitly agreed title passes to the buyer at the time and place at which the seller completes his performance with reference to the physical delivery of the goods, despite any reservation of a security interest and even though a document of title is to be delivered at a different time or place; and in particular and despite any reservation of a security interest by the bill of lading

(1) if the contract requires or authorizes the seller to send the goods to the buyer but does not require him to deliver them at destination, title passes to the buyer at the time and place of shipment; but

(2) if the contract requires delivery at destination, title passes on tender there.

(c) Unless otherwise explicitly agreed where delivery is to be made without moving the goods,

(1) if the seller is to deliver a tangible document of title, title passes at the time when and the place where he delivers such documents and if the seller is to deliver an electronic document of title, title passes when the seller delivers the document; or

(2) if the goods are at the time of contracting already identified and no documents are to be delivered, title passes at the time and place of contracting.

(d) A rejection or other refusal by the buyer to receive or retain the goods, whether or not justified, or a justified revocation of acceptance revests title to the goods in the seller. Such revesting occurs by operation of law and is not a "sale".
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.47 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.47
§ 11.47. MAY SUMMON MAGISTRATE.
Status: in_force

To ascertain the grounds on which an informal or void warrant has been issued, the judge or court may cause to be summoned the magistrate who issued the warrant, and may, by an order, require him to bring with him all the papers and proceedings touching the matter. The attendance of such magistrate and the production of such papers may be enforced by warrant of arrest.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.307 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.307
§ 772.307. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall control and manage the district.

(b) The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district.

(c) The board may contract with any public or private entity to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including the operation of a 9-1-1 system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0310
§ 4015.0310. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) 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.

(c) Any 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 3(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) 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.

(e) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

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

(3) appoint initial directors for each new district; and

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

(f) 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8049.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8049 / Section 8049.0306
§ 8049.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has never issued any bonds; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) 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.

(c) Any 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.

(d) 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.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8049.0103 to confirm the creation of the district.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

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

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

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

(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) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8049.0103.

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

(j) Any 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.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8049.0104 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. Water Code § 53.018 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.018
§ 53.018. POSTING NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The person receiving the notice shall post a copy of it at the courthouse door and a copy at each of four different places inside the proposed district. He shall post the notice for at least the 10 days that immediately precede the day set for the hearing.

(b) The person posting the notice shall swear in writing, before some officer who is authorized by law to administer oaths, that he posted the notice according to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this section. The sworn written statement is conclusive of the facts sworn to.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8472.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8472 / Section 8472.103
§ 8472.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, and Section 53.029(c), Water Code, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7901A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7901A / Section 7901A.0401
§ 7901A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7901A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.011
§ 68.011. BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of pilot commissioners for the ports of Brazoria County is composed of the navigation and canal commissioners of the Brazos River Harbor Navigation District of Brazoria County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.057
§ 1087.057. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of three directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Utilities Code § 183.006 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 183 / Section 183.006
§ 183.006. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by:

(1) a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $200;

(2) confinement in jail for not less than six months and not more than one year; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8027.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8027 / Section 8027.0101
§ 8027.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 241.
Tex. Government Code § 507.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 507 / Section 507.024
§ 507.024. TRANSPORTATION OF DEFENDANTS.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules to provide for the safe transfer of defendants from counties to state jail felony facilities. A sheriff may transport defendants to a state jail felony facility if the sheriff is able to perform the service as economically as if the service were performed by the department. The department is responsible for the cost of transportation of defendants to a state jail felony facility. Defendants may be transported with other persons being transported to the custody of the department provided appropriate security precautions prescribed by policies of the department are taken.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.038 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 13 / Section 13.038
§ 13.038. CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS; LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) A patient admitted to a public health hospital is a public patient and classified as indigent, nonindigent, or nonresident.

(b) An indigent public patient is a person who:

(1) does not possess property of any kind;

(2) has no person who is legally responsible for the patient's support; and

(3) is unable to reimburse the state.

(c) A nonindigent public patient is a person who possesses property out of which the state may be reimbursed, or who has a person who is legally responsible for the patient's support.

(d) Except as provided by Section 13.040, the state shall support and maintain an indigent or nonindigent public patient at state expense but is entitled to reimbursement for a nonindigent public patient's support.

(e) The state's claim for nonindigent support and maintenance constitutes a lien against the property of the patient or the legally responsible person who is financially able to contribute.

(f) A nonresident public patient is a person who is admitted in accordance with an interstate agreement under Section 13.046.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.0769 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.0769
§ 481.0769. CRIMINAL OFFENSES RELATED TO PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person authorized to receive information under Section 481.076(a) commits an offense if the person discloses or uses the information in a manner not authorized by this subchapter or other law.

(b) A person requesting information under Section 481.076(a-6) commits an offense if the person makes a material misrepresentation or fails to disclose a material fact in the request for information under that subsection.

(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Property Code § 56.022 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 56 / Section 56.022
§ 56.022. CONTENTS OF AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A lien claimant's affidavit must include:

(1) the name of the mineral property owner involved, if known;

(2) the name and mailing address of the claimant;

(3) the dates of performance or furnishing;

(4) a description of the land, leasehold interest, pipeline, or pipeline right-of-way involved; and

(5) an itemized list of amounts claimed.

(b) A mineral subcontractor's affidavit must in addition include:

(1) the name of the person for whom labor was performed or material was furnished or hauled; and

(2) a statement that the subcontractor timely served written notice that the lien is claimed on the property owner or the owner's agent, representative, or receiver.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.109 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.109
§ 21.109. AGREEMENT NOT EFFECTIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) A shareholders' agreement authorized by this subchapter ceases to be effective when shares of the corporation are:

(1) listed on a national securities exchange; or

(2) regularly traded in a market maintained by one or more members of a national or affiliated securities association.

(b) If a corporation does not have a board of directors and an agreement of the shareholders of the corporation entered into under this subchapter ceases to be effective, a board of directors shall be instituted or reinstated to govern the corporation in the manner provided by Section 21.710(c).

(c) If a shareholders' agreement that ceases to be effective is contained in or referred to by the certificate of formation or bylaws of a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation may adopt an amendment to the certificate of formation or bylaws, without shareholder action, to delete the agreement and any references to the agreement.
Tex. Government Code § 782.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 782 / Section 782.002
§ 782.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to improve the quality of life for the residents of Texas by:

(1) stimulating orderly economic and socially desirable development; and

(2) conserving and utilizing the state's human and natural resources.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.137 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.137
§ 161.137. MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS FROM STOCKYARD OR RAILWAY SHIPPING PEN WITHOUT CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) removes livestock from a stockyard or railway shipping pen without a certificate required by rule of the commission under Section 161.044 of this code; or

(2) as owner or person in charge of the stockyard or pen, permits the removal of livestock under Subdivision (1) of this section.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor for each head of livestock moved as prohibited by Subsection (a) of this section unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 824.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 824 / Section 824.206
§ 824.206. CHANGE OF SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY PAYMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A retiree may change the retiree's choice of service retirement annuity payment plans after the retiree's effective date of retirement by filing written notice with the board of trustees before the later of the date on which the retirement system makes the first annuity payment or the date the first payment becomes due. After the first payment has been made by the retirement system or has become due, a retiree may not change the annuity payment plan selected.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term "makes payment" includes the depositing in the mail of a payment warrant or the crediting of an account with payment through electronic funds transfer.

(c) The retirement system may adopt rules to administer this section.