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Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.007
§ 2602.007. PROHIBITED USE OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A title insurance company or agent may not advertise or refer to this chapter as an inducement to the purchase of title insurance.

(b) The use by a person of the protection provided by this chapter in the sale of insurance is unfair competition and an unfair practice under Chapter 541.
Tex. Government Code § 76.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 76 / Section 76.013
§ 76.013. RESTITUTION.
Status: repealed

(a) If a judge requires a defendant to make restitution to a victim of the defendant's offense, and a restitution payment is received by a department from the defendant for transmittal to a victim of the offense, the department shall immediately deposit the payment in an interest-bearing account in the county treasury as required by Section 140.003(f), Local Government Code.

(b) If a department receives an initial restitution payment, the department shall immediately notify the victim by certified mail, mailed to the last known address of the victim, that the restitution payment has been received and shall inform the victim of how a claim for payment of restitution can be made.

(b-1) If a victim makes a claim for payment of restitution with the department, the department shall promptly remit to the victim all restitution payments received by the department from the defendant for transmittal to the victim.

(b-2) If a victim who is entitled to restitution does not make a claim for payment before the fifth anniversary of the date the department receives the initial restitution payment or if, after the victim makes a claim for payment, the department is unable to locate the victim for a period of five years after the date the department last made a payment to the victim, any unclaimed restitution payments being held by the department for payment to the victim are presumed abandoned. The department shall report and deliver to the comptroller all unclaimed restitution payments presumed abandoned under this section, less a collection fee of one and one-half percent, in the manner provided by Chapter 77, Property Code.

(b-3) If on March 1 a department is not holding unclaimed restitution payments that are presumed abandoned under this section, the department shall file a property report under Section 77.051, Property Code, that certifies that the department is not holding any unclaimed restitution payments that are presumed abandoned under this section.

(c) The collection fee under Subsection (b-2) and the accrued interest under Subsection (a) shall be deposited in the special fund of the county treasury provided by Section 509.011 to be used for the same purposes for which state aid may be used under that section.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1866), Sec. 5(2), eff. September 1, 2017.
Tex. Government Code § 325.020 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 325 / Section 325.020
§ 325.020. RELOCATION OF EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

If an employee is displaced because a state agency or its advisory committee is abolished, reorganized, or continued, the state agency and the Texas Workforce Commission shall make a reasonable effort to relocate the displaced employee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3912.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3912 / Section 3912.251
§ 3912.251. DISSOLUTION BY CITY ORDINANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The city by ordinance may dissolve the district.

(b) The city may not dissolve the district until the district's outstanding debt or contractual obligations that are payable from any source available to the district have been repaid or discharged, or the city has affirmatively assumed the obligation to pay the outstanding debt from city revenue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.301
§ 1085.301.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1085.301. DEFINITION: TAXABLE ITEM. (a) In this subchapter, "taxable item" includes only an item that is subject to a sales and use tax that might also be imposed by Parker County in the district. The term does not include an item that is not subject to a sales and use tax imposed by Parker County in the district.

(b) A change in the taxable status of an item for purposes of a sales and use tax imposed by Parker County results in the same change in the taxable status of the item for purposes of the tax imposed by the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.058 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.058
§ 887.058. CHANGE OF ASSOCIATION'S NAME.
Status: in_force

An association may change its name by amending the association's charter if:

(1) the association submits the proposed amendment to the department for approval; and

(2) the department does not determine that the proposed name is confusing and misleading to the public.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.015 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.015
§ 63.015. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) On the request of any law enforcement agency, a city or state agency shall furnish the law enforcement agency with any information about a missing child or missing person that will assist in completing the investigation.

(b) The information given under Subsection (a) of this article is confidential and may not be released to any other person outside of the law enforcement agency.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.309 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.309
§ 15.309. INTRA-AGENCY CAREER LADDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or a person designated by the commissioner shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for mobility and advancement for employees within the department.

(b) The program must require intra-agency posting of all non-entry-level positions concurrently with public posting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8379.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8379 / Section 8379.0306
§ 8379.0306. 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) A 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 8379.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(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) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8379.0103.

(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 8379.0104 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. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 109.64 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 109 / Section 109.64
§ 109.64. BULK PURCHASE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.
Status: in_force

Section 102.32 applies to the bulk purchase of liquor for purposes described by Section 38.01 from the holder of a wholesaler's permit.
Tex. Government Code § 443A.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443A / Section 443A.151
§ 443A.151. ALAMO COMPLEX ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Alamo complex account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The account consists of:

(1) transfers made to the account;

(2) fees and other revenue from operation of the Alamo complex;

(3) grants, donations, and bequests from any source designated for the benefit of the Alamo complex; and

(4) income earned on investments of money in the account.

(c) The commission may accept a gift, grant, or bequest of money, securities, services, or property to carry out any purpose related to the preservation and maintenance of the Alamo complex, including funds raised or services provided by a volunteer or volunteer group to promote the commission's duties under this chapter. All proceeds under this subsection shall be deposited to the credit of the account.

(d) Appropriations to the commission for the preservation, operation, or maintenance of the Alamo complex shall be deposited to the credit of the account.

(e) The commission may use money in the account only to administer this chapter, including to support the preservation, repair, renovation, improvement, expansion, equipping, operation, or maintenance of the Alamo complex or to acquire a historical item appropriate to the Alamo complex.

(f) Any money in the account not used in a fiscal year remains in the account. The account is exempt from the application of Section 403.095.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.063
§ 1030.063. APPOINTMENT AND RECRUITMENT OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may employ doctors, nurses, technicians, allied health personnel, administrative personnel, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other employees necessary to carry out the district's duties and responsibilities under this chapter.

(b) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.

(d) The board may spend money to recruit physicians and other needed medical professionals.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0202
§ 523.0202. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapter 2110 applies to an advisory committee established under this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.227 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.227
§ 225.227. DEPUTY CONSTABLE OMAR URSIN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1960 in Harris County between its intersection with Woodland Hills Drive and its intersection with the Liberty County line is designated as the Deputy Constable Omar Ursin Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Deputy Constable Omar Ursin Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4152.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4152 / Section 4152.054
§ 4152.054. SERVICE OF NOTICE, ORDERS, AND PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a reinsurance intermediary license who is not a resident of this state must:

(1) designate the commissioner as agent for service of process in the manner, and with the same legal effect, as provided by Chapter 804 for service of process on unauthorized insurers; and

(2) provide the commissioner with the name and address of a resident of this state on whom a notice or order of the commissioner or process affecting the applicant may be served.

(b) A license holder who is a nonresident shall notify the commissioner in writing of each change in the license holder's designated agent under Subsection (a)(2) not later than the 30th day after the date on which the license holder makes the change. The change does not take effect until acknowledged by the commissioner.
Tex. Labor Code § 101.102 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 101 / Section 101.102
§ 101.102. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds that because the activities of labor unions affect the economic conditions of the country and the state by entering into almost all business and industrial enterprises, labor unions affect the public interest and are charged with a public use.

(b) Workers must be protected without regard to whether they are unionized. The right to work is the right to live.

(c) The policy of this state, in the exercise of its sovereign constitutional police power, is to regulate the activities and affairs of labor unions and officers, agents, organizers, and representatives of labor unions, as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.1055 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1055
§ 351.1055.
Status: in_force

Sec. 351.1055. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this section:

(1) "Clean and maintain" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.063, Natural Resources Code.

(2) "Public beach" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.001, Natural Resources Code.

(3) "Beach security" means beach patrol, lifeguard services, marine water safety, and park law enforcement.

(4) "Erosion response project" has the meaning assigned by Section 33.601, Natural Resources Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a home-rule municipality that borders on the Gulf of Mexico and has a population of more than 250,000 may use all or any portion of the revenue derived from the municipal hotel occupancy tax from hotels in an area previously subject to a county hotel occupancy tax and located on an island bordering the Gulf of Mexico to clean and maintain public beaches in the municipality.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality that has a population of less than 5,000 adjacent to a home-rule city with a population of less than 80,000 may use all or any portion of the revenue heretofore or hereafter derived from the municipal hotel tax:

(1) to clean and maintain the beaches in the municipality;

(2) to provide beach security within the municipality;

(3) for any of the purposes permitted or allowed by Section 1504.001, Government Code;

(4) for any purpose allowed by Section 351.105; or

(5) to pay the principal of or interest on bonds or notes issued for any of these purposes.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as provided by Subsection (e), an eligible barrier island coastal municipality shall use at least the amount of revenue derived from the application of the tax at a rate of seven percent of the cost of a room for the purposes authorized under Sections 351.101(a)(1) and (3) and Sections 351.1054(b)(1) and (2). If an eligible barrier island coastal municipality uses hotel occupancy tax revenue for a purpose described by Section 351.1054(b)(2), the municipality may not reduce the amount of revenue that is used for purposes described by Section 351.101(a)(3) to an amount that is less than the average amount of revenue used by the municipality for purposes described by Section 351.101(a)(3) during the 36-month period that precedes the municipality's first use of revenue for a purpose described by Section 351.1054(b)(2).

(e) An eligible barrier island coastal municipality that imposes the tax at a rate equal to or greater than 7-1/2 percent of the price paid for a room shall use at least the amount of revenue derived from the application of the tax at a rate of one-half of one percent of the cost of a room for erosion response projects.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8876.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8876 / Section 8876.004
§ 8876.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The initial boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Reeves County.
Tex. Water Code § 7.054 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.054
§ 7.054. REPORT OF VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

If, after examination of a possible violation and the facts surrounding that possible violation, the executive director concludes that a violation has occurred, the executive director may issue a preliminary report in accordance with commission rules that includes recommendations regarding any penalty or corrective action.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 555.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 555 / Section 555.023
§ 555.023. REPORTS OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE; POLICY.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt a policy requiring a center employee who knows or reasonably suspects that another center employee is illegally using or under the influence of a controlled substance, as defined by Section 481.002, to report that knowledge or reasonable suspicion to the director of the state supported living center or the superintendent of the Rio Grande State Center, as appropriate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3895.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3895 / Section 3895.007
§ 3895.007. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987 / Section 7987.152
§ 7987.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7987.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Election Code § 161.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 161 / Section 161.001
§ 161.001. INHERENT POWERS.
Status: in_force

A political party retains all of its inherent powers except as limited by this code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.092 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.092
§ 281.092. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the administrator shall make a report to the board, commissioners court, executive commissioner, and comptroller.

(b) The report must:

(1) consist of a sworn statement of all money and choses in action received by the administrator and their disposition; and

(2) show in detail the operations of the district for the fiscal year.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.057
§ 1271.057. DISCRETIONARY CLAUSES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) An evidence of coverage may not contain a discretionary clause provision.

(b) A discretionary clause provision includes a provision that:

(1) purports or acts to bind the enrollee to, or grant deference in subsequent proceedings to, adverse eligibility or benefit decisions or interpretations of the evidence of coverage by the health maintenance organization; or

(2) specifies:

(A) that an enrollee or other claimant may not contest or appeal a denial of a benefit;

(B) that the health maintenance organization's interpretation of the terms of an evidence of coverage or other form or its decision to deny coverage or the amount of benefits is binding on an enrollee or other claimant;

(C) that in an appeal, the health maintenance organization's decision-making power as to the interpretation of the terms of an evidence of coverage or other form, or as to coverage, is binding; or

(D) a standard of review in any appeal process that gives deference to the original benefit decision or provides standards of interpretation or review that are inconsistent with the laws of this state, including the common law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 228.353 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 228 / Section 228.353
§ 228.353. INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS AND INSURANCE AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) A certified capital company may agree to indemnify, or purchase insurance for the benefit of, a certified investor for losses resulting from the recapture or forfeiture of premium tax credits under Section 228.351.

(b) Any guaranty, indemnity, bond, insurance policy, or other payment undertaking made under this section may not be provided by more than one certified investor of the certified capital company or affiliate of the certified investor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3827.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3827 / Section 3827.001
§ 3827.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means Katy Towne Centre Development District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3824.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3824 / Section 3824.005
§ 3824.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 1255, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(2) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained in Section 4, Chapter 1255, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 463.311 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.311
§ 463.311. RESULTS OF ELECTION; ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is confirmed if a majority of the votes received in each county favor the proposition.

(b) If the authority continues, the interim executive committee shall record the results in its minutes and adopt an order:

(1) declaring that the creation of the authority is confirmed;

(2) stating the date of the election;

(3) containing the proposition; and

(4) showing the number of votes cast for or against the proposition in each county.

(c) A certified copy of the order shall be filed with the Texas Department of Transportation and the comptroller.

(d) If the authority does not continue, the interim executive committee shall enter an order declaring that the result of votes cast at the election is that the authority ceases in its entirety. The order shall be filed with the Texas Department of Transportation and the comptroller, and the authority is dissolved.