FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Tex. Property Code § 5.072 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.072
§ 5.072. ORAL AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) An executory contract is not enforceable unless the contract is in writing and signed by the party to be bound or by that party's authorized representative.

(b) The rights and obligations of the parties to a contract are determined solely from the written contract, and any prior oral agreements between the parties are superseded by and merged into the contract.

(c) An executory contract may not be varied by any oral agreements or discussions that occur before or contemporaneously with the execution of the contract.

(d) The seller shall include in a separate document or in a provision of the contract a statement printed in 14-point boldfaced type or 14-point uppercase typewritten letters that reads substantially similar to the following:

THIS EXECUTORY CONTRACT REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SELLER AND PURCHASER AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

(e) The seller's failure to provide the notice required by this section:

(1) is a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code, and is actionable in a public or private suit brought under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code; and

(2) entitles the purchaser to cancel and rescind the executory contract and receive a full refund of all payments made to the seller.

(f) Subsection (e) does not limit the purchaser's remedy against the seller for other false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices actionable in a suit brought under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8847.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8847 / Section 8847.052
§ 8847.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS BY INITIAL COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Angelina County Commissioners Court shall appoint two directors. One director shall represent the rural water and utilities and small municipal water supply interests. The other director shall represent the large industrial groundwater supply interests of the county.

(b) The Nacogdoches County Commissioners Court shall appoint two directors. One director shall represent the rural water and utilities and small municipal water supply interests. The other director shall represent the forestry or agricultural groundwater supply interests of the county.

(c) The Lufkin City Council shall appoint one director.

(d) The Nacogdoches City Council shall appoint one director.

(e) The Angelina County Commissioners Court and the Nacogdoches County Commissioners Court shall jointly appoint one director to represent the forestry, agricultural, or landowner groundwater interests of both counties.
Tex. Government Code § 152.056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 152 / Section 152.056
§ 152.056. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The supreme court shall designate a member of the commission as presiding officer of the commission to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the supreme court. The presiding officer may designate a member of the commission to preside over a meeting of the commission in the absence of the presiding officer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.057
§ 1021.057. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:

(1) reported in the district's records; and

(2) approved by the board.
Tex. Utilities Code § 183.003 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 183 / Section 183.003
§ 183.003. RATE OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

The commission on or before each December 1 shall set the annual interest rate for the next calendar year on deposits governed by this chapter at the average rate paid over the previous 12-month period on United States treasury bills with a 26-week maturity.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.033 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.033
§ 51.033. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a child labor investigator determines that a person who employs a child, or individual restricted by Section 51.016(b), has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, the investigator may assess an administrative penalty against that person as provided by this subchapter.

(b) The penalty for a violation may be in an amount not to exceed $10,000.

(c) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited acts;

(2) the history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter future violations;

(4) efforts to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 242.065 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 242 / Section 242.065
§ 242.065. RELIGIOUS TRAINING.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide for the religious and spiritual training of children in its custody according to the children's individual choices.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 811.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 811 / Section 811.004
§ 811.004. EFFECT OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A facility may not offer a person an employment, volunteer, or independent contractor position and must terminate the person's position if, based on a criminal history record information review, an employment verification, or a background and criminal history check conducted in accordance with Section 42.056, Human Resources Code, of that person, the facility discovers the person engaged in physical or sexual abuse of a child constituting an offense under Section 21.02, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code.

(b) A separation agreement for a facility employee, volunteer, or independent contractor may not include a provision that prohibits disclosure to a prospective employer of conduct constituting an offense under Section 21.02, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 382.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 382 / Section 382.202
§ 382.202. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE TAXES OF ASSESSMENTS AFTER PARTIAL OR COMPLETE ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) After a district has been annexed by a municipality wholly or partly for general purposes, the county may not authorize the district to impose an ad valorem tax, hotel occupancy tax, or sales and use tax, or collect an assessment in the area that the municipality overlaps the district, except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 382.201(b).

(b) A district may continue to impose a tax in an area that the municipality annexes for limited purposes and in which the municipality does not impose taxes. If the municipality annexes an area for limited purposes and imposes some of the taxes which the district is imposing but not all of them, the district may continue to impose taxes only to the extent that the level of taxation of the municipality and the district combined, calculating the hotel tax, the sales tax, and the ad valorem tax independently, is equal to or less than the tax level of the municipality as to fully annexed areas.

(c) The legislature intends that the level of taxation of areas where the district and the municipality overlap do not exceed the level of taxation of fully annexed areas.
Tex. Government Code § 839.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 839 / Section 839.101
§ 839.101. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A member is eligible to retire and receive a service retirement annuity if the member:

(1) is at least 65 years old, currently holds a judicial office, and has at least 10 years of service credited in the retirement system;

(2) is at least 65 years old and has at least 12 years of service credited in the retirement system, regardless of whether the member currently holds a judicial office;

(3) has at least 20 years of service credited in the retirement system, regardless of whether the member currently holds a judicial office; or

(4) has served at least 12 years on an appellate court and the sum of the member's age and amount of service credited in the retirement system equals or exceeds the number 70, regardless of whether the member currently holds a judicial office.

(b) A member who meets service requirements provided by Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) is eligible to retire and receive a service retirement annuity actuarially reduced as provided by Section 839.102(c) from the standard service retirement annuity, if the member is at least 60 years old.

(c) A member's resignation from a judicial office before applying for an annuity does not make the member ineligible for the annuity unless the member applies for an annuity under Subsection (a)(1).
Tex. Insurance Code § 941.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 941 / Section 941.301
§ 941.301. FOREIGN LLOYD'S PLAN; BOND OR MINIMUM NET ASSETS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commissioner may not issue a certificate of authority to an attorney in fact if:

(1) the underwriters are not residents of this state; or

(2) the underwriters maintain their principal office outside of this state.

(b) The department may issue a certificate of authority to an attorney in fact in circumstances described by Subsection (a) if the underwriters, at their option:

(1) file a bond with the department that complies with Section 941.302; or

(2) maintain net assets in this state that:

(A) are subject to the joint control of the attorney in fact and the commissioner; and

(B) meet the requirements of Subchapter E regarding the minimum amount of net assets of a Lloyd's plan.

(c) A deposit of securities made under Subsection (b)(2) is considered to have been made on the same terms and conditions as a bond executed in accordance with Section 941.302.

(d) If there is recovery on a deposit or bond made under this section, the commissioner shall immediately demand that additional security be provided to increase the amount of the bonds to the minimum amount required by this section. The additional bond must be posted not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner makes the demand. Successive recoveries may be made on a bond made under this section until the principal amount of the bond is exhausted.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 113.353 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.353
§ 113.353. REQUIREMENTS OF TEST.
Status: in_force

(a) The school district shall perform the leakage test to determine whether the LP-gas piping system holds at least the amount of pressure specified by the commission.

(b) The leakage test must be conducted in accordance with commission rules.

(c) At the request of a school district, the commission shall assist the district in providing for the certification of an employee of the school district or school, as applicable, to conduct the test and in developing a procedure for conducting the test.
Tex. Transportation Code § 315.044 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 315 / Section 315.044
§ 315.044. OPENING OF BIDS; ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Bids shall be opened and read at a public meeting of the governing body of a municipality.

(b) The governing body may:

(1) accept a bid it considers most advantageous to the owners of abutting property; or

(2) reject any or all bids.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 487 / Section 487.052
§ 487.052. RULES.
Status: in_force

The director shall adopt any rules necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, including rules imposing fees under this chapter in amounts sufficient to cover the cost of administering this chapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 52.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 52 / Section 52.006
§ 52.006. AMOUNT OF SECURITY FOR MONEY JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), when a judgment is for money, the amount of security must equal the sum of:

(1) the amount of compensatory damages awarded in the judgment;

(2) interest for the estimated duration of the appeal; and

(3) costs awarded in the judgment.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law or rule of court, when a judgment is for money, the amount of security must not exceed the lesser of:

(1) 50 percent of the judgment debtor's net worth; or

(2) $25 million.

(c) On a showing by the judgment debtor that the judgment debtor is likely to suffer substantial economic harm if required to post security in an amount required under Subsection (a) or (b), the trial court shall lower the amount of the security to an amount that will not cause the judgment debtor substantial economic harm.

(d) An appellate court may review the amount of security as allowed under Rule 24, Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, except that when a judgment is for money, the appellate court may not modify the amount of security to exceed the amount allowed under this section.

(e) Nothing in this section prevents a trial court from enjoining the judgment debtor from dissipating or transferring assets to avoid satisfaction of the judgment, but the trial court may not make any order that interferes with the judgment debtor's use, transfer, conveyance, or dissipation of assets in the normal course of business.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.455 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.455
§ 651.455. FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS REGARDING FUNERAL MERCHANDISE OR FUNERAL, CEMETERY, OR CREMATORY SERVICES.
Status: repealed

(a) A person violates this chapter if the person uses a statement that misleads or deceives the public, including a fraudulent statement or any other type of a false or misleading statement regarding:

(1) a legal, religious, or cemetery requirement for funeral merchandise or funeral, cemetery, or crematory services;

(2) the preservative qualities of funeral merchandise or funeral, cemetery, or crematory services in preventing or substantially delaying natural decomposition of human remains;

(3) the airtight or watertight properties of a casket or outer enclosure;

(4) the licenses held by the personnel in the operation of the cemetery, crematory, or funeral establishment; or

(5) an activity regulated under this chapter, including the sale of funeral-related goods or services.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 42(3).
Tex. Water Code § 49.2127 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.2127
§ 49.2127. PIPELINE FEES AND REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Developer" means a person who owns land in a district who:

(A) has divided or proposes to divide the land into two or more parts; or

(B) requests more than two water or sewer service connections on a single contiguous tract of land.

(2) "Retail public utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 13.002.

(b) This section applies only to a district whose territory is located wholly or partly in a county:

(1) located on the Gulf of Mexico and an international border; or

(2) adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1).

(c) Notwithstanding Section 49.002, this section prevails over a special law governing a district.

(d) A district may not impose on a retail public utility that proposes to construct a water or sewer pipeline or associated infrastructure in the district's service area:

(1) requirements for constructing the pipeline that are unduly burdensome; or

(2) a fee that is greater than the actual, reasonable, and documented costs incurred by the district for review, legal services, engineering services, inspection, construction, and repair associated with the retail public utility construction, and any other related costs incurred by the district in association with the retail public utility construction.

(e) A district may not impose on a developer that proposes to construct a water or sewer pipeline or associated infrastructure in the district's service area a fee that is greater than the actual, reasonable, and documented costs incurred by the district for review, legal services, engineering services, inspection, construction, repair, and infrastructure relocation or conversion associated with the construction, and any other related costs incurred by the district in association with the construction of a subdivision.
Tex. Education Code § 44.904 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 44 / Section 44.904
§ 44.904. PAY FOR SUCCESS PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "pay for success program" means a program involving private financing under which payments are dependent on achievement of measurable outcomes.

(b) The commissioner may:

(1) structure and approve pay for success programs for use by a school district or open-enrollment charter school;

(2) evaluate and approve the following participants in a pay for success program:

(A) a private investor;

(B) an education service provider; and

(C) a third-party evaluator; and

(3) require an approved participant to comply with the objectives, metrics, and other pay for success program requirements prescribed by the commissioner.

(c) In evaluating a potential participant under Subsection (b)(2), the commissioner may:

(1) verify the availability and liquidity of the investment funds of a private investor;

(2) evaluate the credentials and effectiveness of an education service provider; and

(3) evaluate the credentials and independence of a third-party evaluator.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or open-enrollment charter school that uses a pay for success program approved by the commissioner is not subject to state procurement requirements that would otherwise apply to the activity funded through the program.

(e) The commissioner, the agency, and agency employees are immune from liability for actions associated with the structuring, approval, or implementation of a pay for success program.

(f) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6601.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6601 / Section 6601.151
§ 6601.151. LIMITATION ON DEBT.
Status: in_force

The total principal amount of bonds that the district may have outstanding at any time may not exceed 10 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property in the district according to the most recent certified appraisal roll of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.254
§ 3906.254. USE OF SURPLUS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION MONEY.
Status: in_force

If the district has maintenance and operation tax money that is not needed for the purposes for which it was collected, the money may be used for any authorized purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3809.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3809 / Section 3809.007
§ 3809.007. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Utilities Code § 41.055 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 41 / Section 41.055
§ 41.055. JURISDICTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

A board of directors has exclusive jurisdiction to:

(1) set all terms of access, conditions, and rates applicable to services provided by the electric cooperative, except as provided by Sections 41.054 and 41.056, including nondiscriminatory and comparable rates for distribution but excluding wholesale transmission rates, terms of access, and conditions for wholesale transmission service set by the commission under Subchapter A, Chapter 35, provided that the rates for distribution established by the electric cooperative shall be comparable to the distribution rates that apply to the electric cooperative and its subsidiaries;

(2) determine whether to unbundle any energy-related activities and, if the board of directors chooses to unbundle, whether to do so structurally or functionally;

(3) reasonably determine the amount of the electric cooperative's stranded investment;

(4) establish nondiscriminatory transition charges reasonably designed to recover the stranded investment over an appropriate period of time;

(5) determine the extent to which the electric cooperative will provide various customer services, including nonelectric services, or accept the services from other providers;

(6) manage and operate the electric cooperative's utility systems, including exercise of control over resource acquisition and any related expansion programs;

(7) establish and enforce service quality standards, reliability standards, and consumer safeguards designed to protect retail electric customers;

(8) determine whether a base rate reduction is appropriate for the electric cooperative;

(9) determine any other utility matters that the board of directors believes should be included;

(10) sell electric energy and capacity at wholesale, regardless of whether the electric cooperative participates in customer choice;

(11) determine the extent to which the electric cooperative offers energy efficiency programs and how the programs are administered by the electric cooperative; and

(12) make any other decisions affecting the electric cooperative's method of conducting business that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8010.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8010 / Section 8010.105
§ 8010.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 101A.254 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.254
§ 101A.254. POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN AND OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The office has the powers and duties authorized and required by state and federal law.

(b) The office may use appropriate administrative, legal, and other remedies to assist residents as provided by commission rules.

(c) The office acts independently of the commission in the performance of its powers and duties under this subchapter.

(d) The state long-term care ombudsman has the authority to designate a local ombudsman entity or representative and to suspend or revoke that designation.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.078 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.078
§ 201.078. SERVICE BY NONRESIDENT ALIEN AGRICULTURAL WORKER.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "employment" does not include service performed by a nonresident alien during the period that the alien is temporarily in the United States under an H2-A visa if the service is not defined as employment under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. Section 3306(c)(19)).
Tex. Government Code § 3002.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3002 / Section 3002.053
§ 3002.053. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

A designation of a multiple-occupancy private space under Section 3002.051 does not apply to:

(1) an individual entering a multiple-occupancy private space designated for the exclusive use of individuals of the sex opposite to the individual's sex:

(A) for a custodial purpose;

(B) for a maintenance or inspection purpose;

(C) to render medical or other emergency assistance;

(D) to accompany and provide assistance to an individual who needs assistance in using the facility;

(E) for a law enforcement purpose; or

(F) to render assistance necessary in preventing a serious threat to proper order or safety; or

(2) a child who is:

(A) nine years of age or younger entering a multiple-occupancy private space designated for the exclusive use of individuals of the sex opposite to the child's sex; and

(B) accompanied by an individual caring for the child.