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Tex. Government Code § 81.155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.155
§ 81.155. ENFORCEMENT; PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION NOT CREATED.
Status: in_force

(a) A violation of this subchapter is a deceptive act or practice actionable under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, solely as an enforcement action by the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office or by a district or county attorney as provided by that subchapter. All remedies available under that subchapter are available for a violation of this subchapter.

(b) This subchapter does not create a private cause of action.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the advertising review committee of the State Bar of Texas reviews, in accordance with the committee's procedures, an advertisement for compliance with this subchapter before the first dissemination of the advertisement and the committee informs the sponsor of the advertisement that the advertisement is in compliance with this subchapter and the applicable advertising standards in the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office or a district or county attorney may not pursue an action under Subsection (a) unless:

(1) the consumer protection division or the district or county attorney demanded that the sponsor of the advertisement cease further dissemination of the advertisement;

(2) the sponsor of the advertisement is given a reasonable amount of time to ensure the advertisement is withdrawn from dissemination to the public; and

(3) the sponsor of the advertisement fails to ensure the advertisement is withdrawn from dissemination to the public within the time provided.
Tex. Education Code § 56.076 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.076
§ 56.076. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.
Status: repealed

(a) An eligible institution may enter into agreements with employers that participate in the work-study program. To be eligible to participate in the work-study program, an employer must:

(1) provide part-time employment to an eligible student in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities;

(2) provide, insofar as is practicable, employment to an eligible student that is related to the student's academic interests;

(3) use Texas college work-study program positions only to supplement and not to supplant positions normally filled by persons not eligible to participate in the work-study program;

(4) provide from sources other than federal college work-study program funds a percentage of an employed student's wages that is equal to the percentage of a student's wages that the employer would be required to provide to the student in that academic year under the federal college work-study program; and

(5) provide from sources other than federal college work-study funds 100 percent of other employee benefits for the employed student.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1305 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 9, eff. June 14, 2019.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140 / Section 140.003
§ 140.003. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

In the event of a conflict between this chapter and another law, including a rule of procedure or evidence, this chapter controls to the extent of the conflict.
Tex. Election Code § 253.133 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 253 / Section 253.133
§ 253.133. LIABILITY TO STATE.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly makes or accepts a political contribution or makes a political expenditure in violation of this chapter is liable for damages to the state in the amount of triple the value of the unlawful contribution or expenditure.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.304 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.304
§ 375.304. ELIGIBILITY FOR CREATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality by resolution or ordinance may create an authority in an area that is:

(1) in the same county as a military installation or facility that is:

(A) closed or realigned under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687 note) and its subsequent amendments; or

(B) a base efficiency project as defined by Section 379B.001; and

(2) in an area that has been annexed or disannexed for full or limited purposes under Subchapter F, Chapter 43, by a municipality with a population of at least 1.1 million or is in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of at least 1.1 million and that has been annexed for limited purposes by the municipality under Subchapter F, Chapter 43.

(b) Subchapter B and Sections 375.041 and 375.042 do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.070 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.070
§ 201.070. SERVICE AS PRODUCT DEMONSTRATOR; SALESMAN.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "employment" does not include:

(1) service by an individual as a product demonstrator if:

(A) the service is performed under a written contract between the individual performing the service and a person whose principal business is obtaining the service of a demonstrator for a third person for product demonstration purposes; and

(B) in contract and in fact the individual:

(i) is not treated as an employee with respect to that service for federal unemployment tax purposes;

(ii) is compensated for each demonstration or is compensated based on factors that relate to the work performed;

(iii) determines the method of performing the service;

(iv) provides each vehicle used to perform the service;

(v) is responsible for the completion of a specific job and is liable for failure to complete the job;

(vi) may accept or reject a job from a product demonstrator business;

(vii) is free from control by the principal business as to where the individual works;

(viii) controls solely opportunity for profit or loss; and

(ix) pays all expenses and operating costs, including fuel, repairs, supplies, and motor vehicle insurance;

(2) service by an individual as a direct seller if:

(A) the individual is engaged in the business of:

(i) in-person sales of consumer products to a buyer on a buy-sell basis, a deposit-commission basis, or a similar basis for resale in a home or in a place other than, and not affiliated with, a permanent retail establishment; or

(ii) sales of consumer products in a home or in a place other than, and not affiliated with, a permanent retail establishment;

(B) substantially all remuneration for the service, whether in cash or other form of payment, is directly related to sales or other output, including the performance of the service, and not to the number of hours worked; and

(C) the service is performed under a written contract between the individual and the person for whom the service is performed, and the contract provides that the individual is not treated as an employee with respect to the service for federal tax purposes; or

(3) service performed by an individual at a trade market for a wholesaler or sales representative of a wholesaler or manufacturer of consumer goods under a written contract, or as a salesman for a wholesaler of consumer goods, if the wholesaler or sales representative maintains a regular or seasonal place of business at a trade market facility in a municipality with a population of more than one million.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5132 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5132
§ 54.5132. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of an institution of higher education, other than The University of Texas at Austin, may charge and collect from students registered at the institution a fee in an amount not less than $1 and not more than $4 for each semester or summer session. The amount of the fee may be increased only if the increase is approved by a majority vote of the students at the institution participating in an election called for that purpose.

(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the institution's international education financial aid fund, a fund outside the state treasury. Money in the fund may be used only to assist students participating in international student exchange or study programs.

(c) The international education financial aid fund shall be used in accordance with guidelines jointly developed by the student governing body of the institution and the administration of the institution. If an institution does not have a student governing body, the president may appoint a committee of students to assist with the development of the guidelines.

(d) The fee imposed under this section may not be considered in determining the maximum student services fee that may be charged students enrolled at the institution under Section 54.503(b) of this code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.107 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.107
§ 1001.107. PER DIEM.
Status: in_force

Each board member, other than the commissioner of the General Land Office, is entitled to receive a per diem as set by the General Appropriations Act for each day that the member engages in the business of the board.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.038 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.038
§ 2306.038. ACTING DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

The board shall establish a procedure for designating an acting director and shall, with the approval of the governor, immediately designate an acting director or a new permanent director if the position becomes vacant because of absence or disability. A director designated under this section serves at the pleasure of the board but is subject to removal by a newly elected governor in accordance with Section 2306.036(b).
Tex. Utilities Code § 53.352 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 53 / Section 53.352
§ 53.352. PARTIAL DEREGULATION BY BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) An incumbent local exchange company that is a cooperative corporation may vote to partially deregulate the cooperative by sending a ballot to each cooperative member. The incumbent local exchange company may include the ballot in a bill or send the ballot separately. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing the partial deregulation of the (name of the cooperative)."

(b) The cooperative is partially deregulated if a majority of the ballots returned to the cooperative not later than the 45th day after the date the ballots are mailed favor deregulation.
Tex. Tax Code § 112.053 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 112 / Section 112.053
§ 112.053.
Status: in_force

Sec. 112.053. TAXPAYER SUIT: PARTIES; ISSUES. (a) A suit authorized by this subchapter must be brought against the public official charged with the duty of collecting the tax, the comptroller, and the attorney general.

(b) The issues to be determined in the suit are limited to those arising from the reasons expressed in the written protest as originally filed.

(c) A copy of the written protest as originally filed must be attached to the original petition filed by the person paying the tax with the court and to the copies of the original petition served on the comptroller, the attorney general, and the public official charged with the duty of collecting the tax.

(d) The attorney general shall represent the comptroller in a suit under this subchapter.

(e) A person may not intervene in a suit under this subchapter.
Tex. Estates Code § 123.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 123 / Section 123.101
§ 123.101. PROCEEDING TO VOID MARRIAGE BASED ON MENTAL CAPACITY PENDING AT TIME OF DEATH.
Status: in_force

(a) If a proceeding under Chapter 6, Family Code, to declare a marriage void based on the lack of mental capacity of one of the parties to the marriage is pending on the date of death of one of those parties, or if a guardianship proceeding in which a court is requested under Chapter 6, Family Code, to declare a ward's or proposed ward's marriage void based on the lack of mental capacity of the ward or proposed ward is pending on the date of the ward's or proposed ward's death, the court may make the determination and declare the marriage void after the decedent's death.

(b) In making a determination described by Subsection (a), the court shall apply the standards for an annulment prescribed by Section 6.108(a), Family Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.155
§ 2165.155. APPROVAL BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

Each lease under this subchapter is subject to the approval of the attorney general regarding both substance and form.
Tex. Finance Code § 204.103 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 204 / Section 204.103
§ 204.103. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall issue a license to a foreign bank to establish and maintain a Texas state branch or agency if the commissioner finds after reasonable inquiry that:

(1) all members of the management of the Texas state branch or agency have sufficient banking experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity to justify a belief that the agency will operate in compliance with state law;

(2) the foreign bank has sufficient standing to justify a belief that the Texas state branch or agency will be free from improper or unlawful influence or interference with respect to the office's operation in compliance with state law; and

(3) the foreign bank is acting in good faith and the application does not contain a material misrepresentation.

(b) Each Texas state branch or agency shall post its license in a conspicuous place at its office. A license issued under this subchapter is not transferable or assignable.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379B.009 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379B / Section 379B.009
§ 379B.009. REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may designate as a redevelopment project a project that relates to:

(1) the development of base property and the surrounding areas; or

(2) the development of property directly related to the purposes or goals of the authority.

(b) A project designated under Subsection (a) is for a public purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.109
§ 1084.109. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives who are legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay all or part of the costs of the care and treatment in the hospital, the amount of the costs that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.

(c) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives are liable to pay for all or part of the costs of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified amount each week for the patient's support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to the person's financial ability.

(d) The district may collect the amount from the estate of the patient, or from any relative who is legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) The board may institute a suit to collect an amount owed to the district by a patient who has not been determined to be unable to pay under this section.

(f) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:

(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and

(2) issue an appropriate order.
Tex. Family Code § 159.502 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.502
§ 159.502. EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.

(b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state that appears regular on its face as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d) and Section 159.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order that specify:

(1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;

(2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;

(3) medical support and dental support, whether in the form of periodic cash payments, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage or dental insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employment;

(4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and

(5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.

(d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to:

(1) the employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order;

(2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and

(3) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment.
Tex. Election Code § 172.125 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.125
§ 172.125. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE FOR ACCEPTING VOTERS IN RUNOFF.
Status: in_force

(a) For a runoff primary election, the voter registrar shall make appropriate notations to indicate the preceding party primary for which the voter was accepted for voting, if any.

(b) An election officer at a runoff primary election polling place shall determine whether the name of a voter offering to vote is noted on the list as having been accepted for voting in another party's primary. If the voter's name is so noted, the voter may not be accepted for voting at the runoff unless the voter executes an affidavit stating that the voter did not vote in the primary or participate in a convention of another party during the same voting year.
Tex. Family Code § 91.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 91 / Section 91.004
§ 91.004. APPLICATION OF SUBTITLE.
Status: in_force

This subtitle does not affect a duty to report child abuse under Chapter 261.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8117.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8117 / Section 8117.105
§ 8117.105. 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. Utilities Code § 64.203 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 64 / Section 64.203
§ 64.203. VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general may investigate violations of this subchapter and file civil enforcement actions seeking injunctive relief, attorney's fees, and civil penalties in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. If the court finds the defendant wilfully or knowingly violated this subchapter, the court may increase the amount of the civil penalties to an amount not to exceed $3,000 for each violation.

(b) Chapter 15 does not apply to a violation of this subchapter.
Tex. Election Code § 20.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 20 / Section 20.003
§ 20.003. OFFICIAL DECLINATION OF REGISTRATION FORM.
Status: in_force

The officially prescribed form for a declination of a voter registration must include:

(1) spaces for the person's signature and printed name and the date of signing;

(2) the following question, followed by appropriate boxes preceding "YES" and "NO": "If you are not registered to vote where you live now, would you like to apply to register to vote here today?";

(3) if the agency provides public assistance, the statement: "Applying to register or declining to register to vote will not affect the amount of assistance that you will be provided by this agency.";

(4) the statement: "IF YOU HAVE NOT CHECKED EITHER BOX, YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT THIS TIME.";

(5) the statement: "If you would like help filling out the voter registration application form, we will help you. The decision whether to seek or accept help is yours. You may fill out the application form in private.";

(6) the statement: "If you believe that someone has interfered with your right to register or to decline to register to vote or with your right to privacy in deciding whether to register or in applying to register to vote, you may file a complaint with the Elections Division of the Office of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 12060, Austin, Texas 78711.";

(7) a statement that if the applicant declines to register to vote, that fact will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes;

(8) a statement that if the applicant does register to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes; and

(9) a space for indicating that the applicant refused to sign the declination or kept the application to personally submit it to the voter registrar.
Tex. Insurance Code § 38.206 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 38 / Section 38.206
§ 38.206. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A designated statistical agent may collect from a reporting insurer any fees necessary for the agent to recover the necessary and reasonable costs of collecting data from that reporting insurer.

(b) A reporting insurer shall pay the fee to the statistical agent for the data collection services provided by the statistical agent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7920A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7920A / Section 7920A.0201
§ 7920A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 7920A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1086.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1086 / Section 1086.108
§ 1086.108. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if the interest is necessary to exercise a right or authority conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or petition for review.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8085.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8085 / Section 8085.0101
§ 8085.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Conroe, Texas.

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

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 177 of Montgomery County.