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Tex. Government Code § 25.0702 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0702
§ 25.0702. ECTOR COUNTY COURT AT LAW.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Ector County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases and proceedings.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(31), eff. January 1, 2012.

(c) The fees assessed in a case in which a county court at law has concurrent civil jurisdiction with the district court are the same as the fees that would be assessed in the district court for that case.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(e) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an annual salary that is not more than $1,000 less than the salary paid by the state to a district judge. The salary shall be paid out of the county treasury, on the order of the commissioners court.

(f) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ector County is entitled to travel expenses and necessary office expenses, including administrative and clerical assistance, in the same manner as is allowed the county judge.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(31), eff. January 1, 2012.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(31), eff. January 1, 2012.

(i) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, and the county clerk serves as clerk of the court in all other cases.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(31), eff. January 1, 2012.

(k) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(31), eff. January 1, 2012.

(l) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(31), eff. January 1, 2012.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.121 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.121
§ 623.121. PERMIT TO MOVE PORTABLE BUILDING UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue a permit to a person to operate equipment to move over a state highway one or more portable building units that in combination with the towing vehicle are in excess of the length or width limitations provided by law but less than 80 feet in length.

(b) The length limitation in this section does not apply to a truck-tractor or truck-tractor combination towing or carrying the portable building units.

(c) In this section, "portable building unit" means the prefabricated structural and other components incorporated and delivered by the manufacturer as a complete inspected unit with a distinct serial number. The term includes a fully assembled configuration, a partially assembled configuration, or a kit or unassembled configuration, when loaded for transport.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 2.010 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 2 / Section 2.010
§ 2.010. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES OF NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit corporation may not be organized or registered under this code to conduct its affairs in this state to:

(1) engage in or operate as a group hospital service, rural credit union, agricultural and livestock pool, mutual loan corporation, cooperative association under Chapter 251, cooperative credit association, farmers' cooperative society, Co-operative Marketing Act corporation, rural electric cooperative corporation, telephone cooperative corporation, or fraternal organization operating under the lodge system and incorporated under Subchapter C, Chapter 23;

(2) engage in water supply or sewer service except as an entity incorporated under Chapter 67, Water Code; or

(3) engage in a business or activity that may not be engaged in by a nonprofit corporation without first obtaining a license under the laws of this state and a license to engage in that business or activity cannot lawfully be granted to the corporation.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2311 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2311
§ 152.2311. TITUS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Titus County is included in the Camp, Marion, Morris, and Titus Counties Juvenile Board.

(b) Section 152.0381 applies to the Camp, Marion, Morris, and Titus Counties Juvenile Board.

(c) Section 152.2312 is suspended while Titus County is a member of the Camp, Marion, Morris, and Titus Counties Juvenile Board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 644A.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 644A / Section 644A.001
§ 644A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Motor carrier" has the meaning assigned by Section 643.001.

(2) "Motor carrier safety improvement" means any:

(A) device, equipment, software, or technology that is intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate:

(i) compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;

(ii) safety of a motor vehicle;

(iii) safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; and

(iv) safety of third-party users of public roadways; or

(B) procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice related to any device, equipment, software, or technology described by Paragraph (A).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8026.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8026 / Section 8026.0304
§ 8026.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Government Code § 558.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 558 / Section 558.001
§ 558.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "deaf or hearing impaired" means having a hearing impairment, regardless of the existence of a speech impairment, that inhibits:

(1) comprehension of an examination or proceeding; or

(2) communication with others.
Tex. Water Code § 56.144 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.144
§ 56.144. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

A district created pursuant to this chapter, special law or other general law may enter into an interlocal agreement with another political subdivision to accomplish the purposes set forth in Article III, Sections 52(b)(1), (2), and (3), of the Texas Constitution. In the event the jurisdictional boundaries of two or more districts or political subdivisions contain all or part of the same watershed of a waterway and one or more of the other districts or political subdivisions determines that the construction of improvements in the watershed would be a public benefit and accomplish the purposes set forth in Article III, Sections 52(b)(1), (2), and (3), of the Texas Constitution, the district or political subdivision shall propose an interlocal agreement to the governing bodies of the other districts or political subdivisions sharing jurisdiction within the watershed. If an interlocal agreement is not executed within 120 days from the date it is submitted to all of the districts and political subdivisions sharing jurisdiction within the watershed, the district or political subdivision proposing the improvements may petition the commission for approval of the proposed improvements. The commission shall conduct a hearing on the proposed improvements and upon a finding that the improvements would be a public benefit, shall approve the plan for the improvements, and the district or political subdivision proposing the improvements shall be authorized to implement the plan within the boundaries of the other district or political subdivision.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.301
§ 1103.301. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person certified or licensed as a real estate appraiser by another state may appraise real property in this state without holding a certificate or license issued under this chapter if the person registers with the board under this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 182.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 182 / Section 182.152
§ 182.152. AUTHORITY OF HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 81.046, 82.009, 161.0073, and 161.008, a health information exchange may access and transmit health-related information under Sections 81.044(a), 82.008(a), 161.007(d), 161.00705(a), 161.00706(b), and 161.008(i) if the access or transmittal is:

(1) made for the purpose of assisting in the reporting of health-related information to the appropriate agency;

(2) requested and authorized by the appropriate health care provider, practitioner, physician, facility, clinical laboratory, or other person who is required to report health-related information;

(3) made in accordance with the applicable consent requirements for the immunization registry under Subchapter A, Chapter 161, if the information being accessed or transmitted relates to the immunization registry; and

(4) made in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter and all other state and federal law.

(b) A health information exchange may only use and disclose the information that it accesses or transmits under Subsection (a) in compliance with this subchapter and all applicable state and federal law, and may not exchange, sell, trade, or otherwise make any prohibited use or disclosure of the information.
Tex. Government Code § 2051.252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.252
§ 2051.252. VITAL STATISTICS INFORMATION COLLECTION BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
Status: in_force

A governmental entity that collects vital statistics information that identifies the sex of an individual for the purpose of complying with antidiscrimination laws or for the purpose of gathering public health, crime, economic, or other data shall identify each individual as either male or female.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8824.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8824 / Section 8824.205
§ 8824.205. ELECTION RESULTS; DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution:

(1) the board shall find that the district is dissolved; and

(2) Section 36.310, Water Code, applies for the purpose of disposition of the district's assets.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8301.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8301 / Section 8301.0303
§ 8301.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, 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. Health and Safety Code § 341.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.015
§ 341.015. SANITATION OF ICE PLANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not go on the platform covering the tanks in which ice is frozen in an ice factory unless the person is an officer, employee, or other person whose duties require that action.

(b) An employee whose services are required on tanks shall be provided with clean shoes or boots that may not be used for any other purpose.

(c) Ice contaminated with sand, dirt, cinders, lint, or other foreign substance may not be sold or offered for sale for human consumption.

(d) Water used in the manufacturing of ice must be from an approved source and be of a safe quality.

(e) An ice plant operator shall provide sanitary handwashing and toilet facilities for the employees of the plant.
Tex. Water Code § 54.012 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.012
§ 54.012. PURPOSES OF A DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A district shall be created for the following purposes:

(1) the control, storage, preservation, and distribution of its storm water and floodwater, the water of its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and all other useful purposes;

(2) the reclamation and irrigation of its arid, semiarid, and other land needing irrigation;

(3) the reclamation and drainage of its overflowed land and other land needing drainage;

(4) the conservation and development of its forests, water, and hydroelectric power;

(5) the navigation of its inland and coastal water;

(6) the control, abatement, and change of any shortage or harmful excess of water;

(7) the protection, preservation, and restoration of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state; and

(8) the preservation of all natural resources of the state, including through the use of geothermal water conveyance systems for the preservation of natural resources.
Tex. Occupations Code § 701.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 701 / Section 701.401
§ 701.401. GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Status: in_force

The commission or executive director shall refuse to renew a license, revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or reprimand a license holder for a violation of this chapter, a rule or code of ethics adopted under this chapter, or an order of the commission or executive director.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2501.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2501 / Section 2501.252
§ 2501.252. TRADE SECRET.
Status: in_force

A service file is a trade secret for purposes of Section 31.05, Penal Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.180 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.180
§ 366.180. CONTROLLED ACCESS TO TURNPIKE PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may designate a turnpike project or a portion of a project as a controlled-access toll road.

(b) An authority by order may:

(1) prohibit the use of or access to or from a turnpike project by a motor vehicle, bicycle, other vehicle, or a pedestrian;

(2) deny access to or from:

(A) its turnpike projects;

(B) real property adjacent to its turnpike projects; or

(C) a street, road, alley, highway, or other public or private way intersecting its turnpike projects;

(3) designate locations on its turnpike projects at which access to or from the toll road is permitted;

(4) control, restrict, and determine the type and extent of access permitted at a designated location of access to the turnpike projects; or

(5) erect appropriate protective devices to preserve the utility, integrity, and use of its turnpike projects.

(c) Denial of access to or from a segment of the state highway system is subject to the approval of the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.202
§ 1095.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1095.201, the board shall impose 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.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8019.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8019 / Section 8019.0302
§ 8019.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.012 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.012
§ 12.012. RECREATIONAL WATER SAFETY VIDEO.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall produce a video suitable for use with high school students on recreational water safety. The video must include instruction on safe participation in recreational activities in, on, or around the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters of this state.

(b) The department shall notify the Texas Education Agency in writing when the recreational water safety video is available for the agency's use.

(c) The department may edit the content of the recreational water safety video to produce a boater education video that complies with federal standards for boating education courses published by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1202.1535 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.1535
§ 1202.1535. EFFECT OF BUILDING CODE AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An industrialized building that bears an approved decal or insignia indicating that the building complies with the mandatory building codes and that has not been modified or altered is considered to be in compliance with a new mandatory building code adopted by the council or an amendment to a code approved by the council under Section 1202.152 or 1202.153.

(b) The owner of an industrialized building designed to be transported from one commercial site to another that bears an approved decal or insignia indicating the building complies with the mandatory building codes and that is modified or altered after the date the council adopts a new mandatory building code or the council approves a building code amendment must ensure that the modified or altered building complies with the requirements and standards of the new building code or amendment to the extent required by the most recent edition of the International Existing Building Code adopted by the council.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 103.011 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.011
§ 103.011. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

An officer shall deliver the receipt book or a copy of any receipt records contained in a computer database to the county auditor at the end of each month's business or at the end of each month shall allow the county auditor electronic access to receipt records contained in the computer database. The county auditor shall examine the receipt book or computer records and determine whether the money collected has been properly disposed of. If each receipt in a receipt book has been used, the county auditor shall keep the book. If any receipt in the book has not been used, the auditor shall return the book to the officer. The county auditor may keep a copy of computer generated receipt records delivered to the county auditor. Any person may inspect a receipt book or a computer generated receipt record kept by the county auditor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1068.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1068 / Section 1068.154
§ 1068.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.258 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.258
§ 2166.258. COMMON SURETY OR INSURER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission or an agency whose project is exempted from all or part of this chapter under Section 2166.003 may negotiate an arrangement advantageous to the state with a surety or an insurer, as appropriate, authorized to do business in this state to furnish bonds, insurance, or both that a contractor or subcontractor is required to execute or carry to receive a contract or subcontract on a project administered by the commission or other agency.

(b) In accordance with Section 1, Chapter 87, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 7.19-1, Vernon's Texas Insurance Code), the commission or other agency may not require a contractor or subcontractor for any public building or other construction contract to obtain a surety bond from any specific insurance or surety company, agent, or broker. To the extent consistent with that law, the commission or other agency may require a contractor or subcontractor to meet part or all of the bonding or insurance requirements for the project under the negotiated arrangement.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), notwithstanding Section 1, Chapter 87, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 7.19-1, Vernon's Texas Insurance Code), the commission or other agency may require a contractor or subcontractor to meet part or all of the bonding or insurance requirements for the project under the arrangement negotiated by the commission or other agency.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the General Services Commission shall establish a program to provide surety technical assistance services for the benefit of small businesses and historically underutilized businesses. The commission may contract with insurance companies, surety companies, agents, or brokers to implement this program.

(c) To assist historically underutilized businesses, small businesses, or any other businesses, if an agency by rule requires a proposal guaranty as a condition for bidding on a contract, the guaranty may be in the form of a:

(1) cashier's check or money order drawn on an account with a financial entity determined by the agency;

(2) bid bond issued by a surety authorized to do business in this state; or

(3) any other method approved by the agency.
Tex. Transportation Code § 258.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 258 / Section 258.007
§ 258.007. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a county that initiates or completes compliance with the provisions of this chapter before September 1, 2011.
Tex. Family Code § 5.103 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.103
§ 5.103. TIME FOR FILING PETITION.
Status: in_force

The petitioning spouse may file the petition in a court of the county in which any portion of the property is located not earlier than the 60th day after the date of the occurrence of an event described by Sections 5.101(1)-(3) and 5.102(1)-(3) or not less than six months after the date the other spouse has been reported to be a prisoner of war or missing on public service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.305
§ 3933.305. TAX ABATEMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may enter into a tax abatement agreement in accordance with the general laws of this state authorizing and applicable to a tax abatement agreement by a municipality.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 150E.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 150E / Section 150E.002
§ 150E.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to an action or arbitration proceeding in which:

(1) a transportation network company is a defendant;

(2) the claimant seeks recovery of damages for loss of property, bodily injury, or death;

(3) the claim for which the action or proceeding is brought arises out of the ownership, use, operation, or possession of a network vehicle while the vehicle's driver or passenger was logged on to a transportation network company's digital network; and

(4) the theory of recovery for which damages are sought against the transportation network company is based on:

(A) the ownership, operation, design, manufacture, or maintenance of a digital network accessed by a driver or passenger; or

(B) the relationship, affiliation, or interaction with a driver logged on to a transportation network company's digital network.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8324.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8324 / Section 8324.004
§ 8324.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8324.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.001
§ 912.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Member" includes a policyholder or another person who is insured by a county mutual insurance company.

(2) "Policy" includes a certificate or contract of insurance, certificate of membership, or other document through which insurance is effected or evidenced.