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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 251.202 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 251 / Section 251.202
§ 251.202. TRANSFER OF SHARES AND MEMBERSHIP; WITHDRAWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A member who decides to withdraw from a cooperative association shall make a written offer to sell the member's membership certificates to the cooperative association's board of directors.

(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date the directors receive an offer under Subsection (a), the directors may cause the cooperative association to purchase the holdings by paying the member the par value of the certificates and the directors shall cause the cooperative association to reissue or cancel the shares after purchasing the holdings. The directors shall cause the cooperative association to purchase the shares if a majority of the cooperative association's members voting at a regular or special meeting vote to require the purchase.

(c) An investor owning investor certificates must sell, assign, or convey the certificates in accordance with the cooperative association's bylaws. If an investor fails to sell, assign, or convey investor certificates in accordance with the bylaws, the cooperative association on written notice to its directors shall repurchase the certificates by paying the investor the par value of the certificate plus all accrued investment dividends. The certificates must be repurchased not later than the 90th day after the date the cooperative association receives notice of the failure.
Tex. Government Code § 303.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 303 / Section 303.001
§ 303.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Governor for a day ceremony" means a ceremony held during a state senator's tenure as president pro tempore to honor the senator for the senator's service to the state.

(2) "Speaker's reunion day ceremony" means a ceremony held to honor former members of the house of representatives for their service to the state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 368.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 368 / Section 368.004
§ 368.004. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may:

(1) coordinate with municipalities the inspection of trucks that transport grease trap, sand trap, and septic waste;

(2) by order establish guidelines and procedures to coordinate truck inspections; and

(3) assess an inspection fee sufficient to cover the cost to the county of providing the inspection service.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.205 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.205
§ 174.205. STRIKE; PENALTY AGAINST INDIVIDUAL.
Status: in_force

If a fire fighter or police officer engages in a strike, interferes with the municipality, prevents the municipality from engaging in its duty, directs any employee of the municipality to decline to work or to stop or slow down work, causes another to fail or refuse to deliver goods or services to the municipality, pickets for any of those unlawful acts, or conspires to perform any of those acts:

(1) the fire fighter's or police officer's compensation in any form may not increase in any manner until after the first anniversary of the date the individual resumes normal working duties; and

(2) the fire fighter or police officer shall be on probation for two years regarding civil service status, tenure of employment, or contract of employment to which the individual was previously entitled.
Tex. Transportation Code § 683.054 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 683 / Section 683.054
§ 683.054. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue the applicant a certificate of authority to dispose of the vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or dismantling if the application submitted under Section 683.051:

(1) is properly executed;

(2) is accompanied by the required fee under Section 683.052; and

(3) contains any proof of notification or ownership required by the department to enforce this subchapter.

(b) A motor vehicle demolisher shall accept the certificate of authority in lieu of a certificate of title for the vehicle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1059.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1059 / Section 1059.205
§ 1059.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the outstanding indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 302.056 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 302 / Section 302.056
§ 302.056.
Status: in_force

Sec. 302.056. EXEMPTION: CERTAIN COMMERCIAL SALES. This chapter does not apply to a sale in which the purchaser is a business that intends to:

(1) resell the item purchased; or

(2) use the item purchased in a recycling, reuse, remanufacturing, or manufacturing process.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.041
§ 351.041. SHERIFF.
Status: in_force

(a) The sheriff of each county is the keeper of the county jail. The sheriff shall safely keep all prisoners committed to the jail by a lawful authority, subject to an order of the proper court.

(b) The sheriff may appoint a jailer to operate the jail and meet the needs of the prisoners, but the sheriff shall continue to exercise supervision and control over the jail.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 760.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 760 / Section 760.002
§ 760.002. DUTIES OF OPERATOR.
Status: in_force

An operator shall:

(1) provide at least one individual to act as a rink monitor for approximately every 200 ice skaters at any time public skating is allowed;

(2) require a rink monitor to:

(A) wear attire that identifies the individual as a rink monitor;

(B) direct and supervise skaters and spectators; and

(C) watch for and remove in a timely fashion all foreign objects that may have fallen on the ice skating surface;

(3) inspect and maintain in good condition the ice skating surface and the floors, railings, boards, and walls surrounding the ice skating surface;

(4) inspect and maintain in good mechanical condition ice skating equipment that the operator leases or rents to ice skaters;

(5) comply with the risk management guidelines for ice skating rinks endorsed by the board of directors of the Ice Skating Institute of America on August 27, 1996;

(6) post the duties of ice skaters and spectators prescribed by this chapter in conspicuous places in the ice skating center;

(7) maintain the stability and legibility of all required signs, symbols, and posted notices; and

(8) maintain liability insurance of at least $500,000 combined single limits for personal injury, death, or property damage.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.002
§ 366.002. PURPOSES; LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The purposes of this chapter are:

(1) the expansion and improvement of transportation facilities and systems in this state;

(2) the creation of regional tollway authorities to secure and acquire rights-of-way for urgently needed transportation systems and to plan, design, construct, operate, expand, extend, and modify those systems; and

(3) the reduction of burdens and demands on the limited money available to the commission and an increase in the effectiveness and efficiency of the commission.

(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9088.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9088 / Section 9088.0103
§ 9088.0103. FINDINGS OF PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is essential to the accomplishment of the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) All land and other property in the district benefit from the district and improvements and facilities the district constructs and acquires.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.167 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.167
§ 351.167. POISON CONTROL CENTER INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall provide to license holders information regarding the services provided by poison control centers.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.628 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.628
§ 504.628. UNITED WE STAND LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include the words "United We Stand" and include only the colors red, white, blue, and black.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1092.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1092 / Section 1092.202
§ 1092.202. TAX TO PAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue bonds under Section 1092.201 only if the board imposes an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.
Tex. Insurance Code § 493.1039 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 493 / Section 493.1039
§ 493.1039. CONCENTRATION RISK.
Status: in_force

(a) A ceding insurer shall manage its reinsurance recoverable proportionate to its book of business. A domestic ceding insurer shall notify the commissioner not later than the 30th day after the date reinsurance recoverable from any single assuming insurer, or group of affiliated assuming insurers, exceeds or is likely to exceed 50 percent of the domestic ceding insurer's last reported surplus to policyholders. The notification shall demonstrate that the exposure is safely managed by the domestic ceding insurer.

(b) A ceding insurer shall diversify its reinsurance program. A domestic ceding insurer shall notify the commissioner not later than the 30th day after the date the insurer cedes to any single assuming insurer, or group of affiliated assuming insurers, an amount that exceeds or is likely to exceed 20 percent of the ceding insurer's gross written premium in the prior calendar year. The notification shall demonstrate that the exposure is safely managed by the domestic ceding insurer.
Tex. Government Code § 2254.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2254 / Section 2254.110
§ 2254.110. VOID CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

A contract entered into or an arrangement made in violation of this subchapter is void as against public policy, and no fees may be paid to any person under the contract or under any theory of recovery for work performed in connection with a void contract. A contract that is submitted to and approved by the attorney general under Section 2254.1038 cannot later be declared void under this section.
Tex. Water Code § 32.056 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 32 / Section 32.056
§ 32.056. HEARING ON PERMIT APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "local government" has the meaning assigned by Section 26.001.

(b) The commission may hold a public hearing on a permit application for a subsurface area drip dispersal system if the commission determines that a hearing is necessary and in the public interest.

(c) The commission shall hold a public hearing on a permit application for a subsurface area drip dispersal system if a hearing is requested by a local government located in the county of the proposed disposal site or by an affected person.

(d) The commission by rule shall provide for giving notice of the opportunity to request a public hearing on a permit application. The rules for notice shall include provisions for giving notice to local governments and affected persons.

(e) Before the commission begins to hear the testimony in a contested case as defined by Chapter 2001, Government Code, evidence must be placed in the record to demonstrate that proper notice regarding the hearing was given to affected persons. If mailed notice to an affected person is required, the commission or other party to the hearing shall place evidence in the record that notice was mailed to the address of the affected person included in the appropriate county tax rolls at the time of mailing. For the purposes of this subsection, the affidavit of the commission employee responsible for the mailing of the notice, attesting to the fact that notice was mailed to the address included in the tax rolls at the time of mailing, shall be prima facie evidence of proper mailing. The commission may not proceed with receipt of testimony in a contested case until the requirements of this subsection are complied with.
Tex. Labor Code § 402.00124 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 402 / Section 402.00124
§ 402.00124. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not be the commissioner and may not be a division employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity" as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.) if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of workers' compensation; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of workers' compensation.
Tex. Government Code § 852.1085 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 852 / Section 852.1085
§ 852.1085. RESUMPTION OF SERVICE WITH SAME EMPLOYER BY CERTAIN RETIREES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 852.108, a person who retired because the department in the municipality in which the person worked was privatized and who later resumes employment in the same department or a successor department in the person's reemploying municipality again becomes a member of the retirement system and the person's retirement annuity is not suspended in the same manner provided by Section 852.109 for a person who resumes employment with a different municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.101
§ 1044.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.116
§ 1036.116. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 434.421 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.421
§ 434.421. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Veterans Commission.

(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission or the executive director's designee.

(3) "Matching grant program" means the matching grant program established under this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2003.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.051
§ 2003.051. ANNUAL LIST OF INSURED FIRE LOSSES BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall compile for each municipality in this state a list for distribution to the municipality of the insured fire and lightning losses that:

(1) exceed $100; and

(2) are paid in the municipality for the preceding statistical year under policy forms:

(A) adopted or approved by the commissioner and authorized for use by Section 2301.052(b); or

(B) filed and in effect as provided by Section 2301.052(a).

(b) Each list must include:

(1) the name of each person recovering a loss under a policy form described by Subsection (a);

(2) the address or location where the loss occurred; and

(3) the amount paid by the insurer on the loss.

(c) The department shall develop each list from information obtained from insurer reports of individual losses during the statistical year.
Tex. Election Code § 216.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 216 / Section 216.004
§ 216.004. COUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The method of counting votes in an automatic recount is the same method of counting used in the election that resulted in the tie vote.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8806.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8806 / Section 8806.113
§ 8806.113. ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

Territory may be added to the district under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code. The board shall determine to which precinct the annexed land is added for the purpose of electing directors.
Tex. Water Code § 26.002 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.002
§ 26.002. OWNERSHIP OF UNDERGROUND WATER.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter affects ownership rights in underground water.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 36.005 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.005
§ 36.005. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF AGREEMENT; PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE.
Status: in_force

(a) A health and human services agency, as defined by Section 521.0001, Government Code:

(1) shall suspend or revoke:

(A) a provider agreement between the agency and a person, other than a person who operates a nursing facility or an ICF-IID, found liable under Section 36.052; and

(B) a permit, license, or certification granted by the agency to a person, other than a person who operates a nursing facility or an ICF-IID, found liable under Section 36.052; and

(2) may suspend or revoke:

(A) a provider agreement between the agency and a person who operates a nursing facility or an ICF-IID and who is found liable under Section 36.052; or

(B) a permit, license, or certification granted by the agency to a person who operates a nursing facility or an ICF-IID and who is found liable under Section 36.052.

(b) A provider found liable under Section 36.052 for an unlawful act may not, for a period of 10 years, provide or arrange to provide health care services under a health care program or supply or sell, directly or indirectly, a product to or under a health care program. The executive commissioner may by rule:

(1) provide for a period of ineligibility longer than 10 years; or

(2) grant a provider a full or partial exemption from the period of ineligibility required by this subsection if the executive commissioner finds that enforcement of the full period of ineligibility is harmful to the program or a beneficiary of the program.

(b-1) The period of ineligibility begins on the date on which the judgment finding the provider liable under Section 36.052 is entered by the trial court.

(b-2) Subsections (b) and (b-1) do not apply to a provider who operates a nursing facility or an ICF-IID.

(c) A person licensed by a state regulatory agency who commits an unlawful act is subject to professional discipline under the applicable licensing law or rules adopted under that law.

(d) For purposes of this section, a person is considered to have been found liable under Section 36.052 if the person is found liable in an action brought under Subchapter C.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (b-1), the period of ineligibility for an individual licensed by a health care regulatory agency or a physician begins on the date on which the determination that the individual or physician is liable becomes final.

(f) For purposes of Subsection (e), a "physician" includes a physician, a professional association composed solely of physicians, a single legal entity authorized to practice medicine owned by two or more physicians, a nonprofit health corporation certified by the Texas Medical Board under Chapter 162, Occupations Code, or a partnership composed solely of physicians.

(g) For purposes of Subsection (e), "health care regulatory agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 774.001, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.992 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.992
§ 361.992. FEDERAL PREEMPTION; EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If federal law establishes a national program for the collection and recycling of covered television equipment and the commission determines that the federal law substantially meets the purposes of this subchapter, the commission may adopt an agency statement that interprets the federal law as preemptive of this subchapter.

(b) This subchapter expires on the date the commission issues a statement under this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.414 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.414
§ 885.414. REMEDIES NOT EXCLUSIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not prevent or limit any action by or remedy available to the department or the state under Chapter 441 or 443 or other applicable law.

(b) In addition to any other provision of law relating to disciplinary action regarding a fraternal benefit society, Chapter 82 applies to a fraternal benefit society.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8150.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8150 / Section 8150.101
§ 8150.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8870.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8870 / Section 8870.006
§ 8870.006. MUNICIPALITY'S CHOICE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If any part of a municipality, a part of which is included within the boundaries of the district, is included within the boundaries of one or more other groundwater conservation districts created by special Act of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, and confirmed at a subsequent election called for the purpose, the municipality, not later than August 31, 2004, at an election called for the purpose, may vote to choose the one groundwater conservation district of which it will be a part.

(b) If, after a municipality has held an election authorized by Subsection (a), another groundwater conservation district created by special Act of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, that includes any part of the municipality is confirmed at an election called for the purpose and if the district of which the municipality has chosen to be a part has not issued bonds secured by ad valorem taxes on any land within the boundaries of the municipality, the municipality may hold another election under this section to choose whether to remain within the groundwater conservation district of which it has chosen to be a part or to separate from that district and become part of the newly confirmed groundwater conservation district. The district may hold another election under this section, regardless of the number of previous elections under this section, at any time a district described by Subsection (a) is confirmed.

(c) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election under this section.

(d) This section and the results of an election held under this section prevail over the provisions of any Act of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, other than Chapter 1312, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, regardless of the relative dates on which Chapter 1312, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, and the other Act were enacted and became law.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 23.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 23 / Section 23.001
§ 23.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Council" means the Texas food system security and resiliency planning council.

(2) "Office" means:

(A) the office of food system security and resiliency if that office is established as a division within the department by an Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023; or

(B) the food and nutrition division of the department if the office of food system security and resiliency is not established as a division within the department by an Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023.