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Tex. Occupations Code § 171.016 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 171 / Section 171.016
§ 171.016. OVERSIGHT OF INTERSTATE COMPACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce the compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. The provisions of the compact and the rules promulgated hereunder shall have standing as statutory law but shall not override existing state authority to regulate the practice of medicine.

(b) All courts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a member state pertaining to the subject matter of the compact that may affect the powers, responsibilities, or actions of the interstate commission.

(c) The interstate commission shall be entitled to receive all service of process in any such proceeding, and shall have standing to intervene in the proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide service of process to the interstate commission shall render a judgment or order void as to the interstate commission, the compact, or promulgated rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.105
§ 1053.105. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules for the operation of the hospital or hospital system, including medical or other health facilities.
Tex. Insurance Code § 544.352 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 544 / Section 544.352
§ 544.352. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Appliance" means a household device operated by gas or electric current, including hoses directly attached to the device. The term includes air conditioning units, heating units, refrigerators, dishwashers, icemakers, clothes washers, water heaters, and disposals.

(2) "Insurer" means an insurance company, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, mutual insurance company, capital stock company, county mutual insurance company, farm mutual insurance company, association, Lloyd's plan, or other entity writing residential property insurance in this state. The term includes an affiliate, as described by Section 823.003(a), if that affiliate is authorized to write and is writing residential property insurance in this state. The term does not include:

(A) the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association created and operated under Chapter 2210; or

(B) the FAIR Plan created and operated under Chapter 2211.

(3) "Residential property insurance" means insurance against loss to residential real property at a fixed location or tangible personal property provided in a homeowners policy, which includes a tenant policy, a condominium owners policy, or a residential fire and allied lines policy.

(4) "Underwriting guideline" means a rule, standard, guideline, or practice, whether written, oral, or electronic, that is used by an insurer or an agent of an insurer to:

(A) decide whether to accept or reject an application for a residential property insurance policy; or

(B) determine how to classify the risks that are accepted for the purpose of determining a rate.
Tex. Penal Code § 38.09 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 38 / Section 38.09
§ 38.09. IMPLEMENTS FOR ESCAPE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to facilitate escape, he introduces into a correctional facility, or provides a person in custody or an inmate with, a deadly weapon or anything that may be useful for escape.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree unless the actor introduced or provided a deadly weapon, in which event the offense is a felony of the second degree.

(c) In this section, "correctional facility" means:

(1) any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14); or

(2) a "secure correctional facility" or "secure detention facility" as those terms are defined by Section 51.02, Family Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292B.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292B / Section 292B.053
§ 292B.053. RULES AND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

After the commissioners court of a county has voted to require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the commissioners court may adopt rules relating to the administration of the mandatory payment.
Tex. Insurance Code § 34.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 34 / Section 34.001
§ 34.001. PERSONAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

A person who is the commissioner or an employee of the department is not personally liable in a civil action for:

(1) an act performed in good faith within the scope of that person's authority; or

(2) damages caused by an official act or omission of that person unless the act or omission is corrupt or malicious.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.065 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.065
§ 161.065. MOVEMENT FROM QUARANTINED AREA; MOVEMENT OF QUARANTINED ANIMALS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a person, in violation of a quarantine, may not:

(1) move livestock, domestic animals, or domestic fowl in this state from any quarantined place in or outside this state;

(2) move quarantined livestock, domestic animals, or domestic fowl from the place in which they are quarantined; or

(3) move commodities or animals designated as disease carriers or potential disease carriers in this state from a quarantined place in or outside this state.

(b) The commission may provide for a written certificate or written permit authorizing the movement of commodities or animals from quarantined places or the movement of quarantined commodities or animals. The certificate or permit must be issued by a veterinarian or other person authorized by the commission to issue a certificate or permit. Each certificate or permit must be issued in conformity with the requirements stated in the quarantine notice.

(c) If the commission finds animals that have been moved in violation of a quarantine established under this chapter or in violation of any other livestock sanitary law, the commission shall quarantine the animals until they have been properly treated, vaccinated, tested, or disposed of in accordance with the rules of the commission.
Tex. Education Code § 102.11 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 102 / Section 102.11
§ 102.11. BOARD OF REGENTS.
Status: in_force

The organization, control, and management of the university is vested in a board of nine regents appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. The members of the board shall be selected from different portions of the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7967.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7967 / Section 7967.102
§ 7967.102. 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. Local Government Code § 146.010 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 146 / Section 146.010
§ 146.010. SELECTION OF BARGAINING AGENT; BARGAINING UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The public employer's chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall select one or more persons to represent the public employer as its sole and exclusive bargaining agent to meet and confer on issues related to the wages, hours of employment, and other terms and conditions of employment of municipal employees.

(b) An employee association may designate one or more persons to negotiate or bargain on the association's behalf.

(c) A municipality's bargaining unit is composed of all the covered employees.
Tex. Water Code § 15.309 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.309
§ 15.309. SPECIFIC CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

Contracts authorized by Section 15.308 of this code include but are not limited to the following:

(1) federal grants or grants from other sources;

(2) contracts which may be fully or partially secured by water purchase or repayment contracts executed by political subdivisions of the state for purchase of water and facilities necessary to supply present and future regional and local water requirements;

(3) contracts for goods and services necessary for the design, management, acquisition, lease, construction, reconstruction, development, enlargement, implementation, operation, or maintenance of any existing or proposed project or portion of the project; and

(4) contracts secured by the pledge of all or any part of funds in the storage acquisition fund.
Tex. Government Code § 776.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 776 / Section 776.007
§ 776.007. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).

(b) To the extent that Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act) places a duty on a state agency subject to review under that chapter, the State Soil and Water Conservation Board shall perform the duty as it relates to the committee.

(c) The committee shall be reviewed during each period in which the State Soil and Water Conservation Board is reviewed.
Tex. Election Code § 172.0221 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.0221
§ 172.0221. NOTICE TO CANDIDATE REGARDING POSTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The authority with whom an application is filed must inform the candidate that the candidate's public mailing address and, if provided on the application, the candidate's electronic mail address will be posted by the secretary of state on the secretary's publicly viewable website.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.053
§ 2203.053. PLAN OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The association operates under a plan of operation adopted by the commissioner.

(b) The plan of operation must:

(1) provide for economic, fair, and nondiscriminatory administration;

(2) provide for the prompt and efficient provision of medical liability insurance; and

(3) contain other provisions, including provisions relating to:

(A) the establishment of necessary facilities;

(B) the association's management;

(C) the assessment of members and policyholders to defray losses and expenses;

(D) the administration of the policyholder's stabilization reserve funds;

(E) commission arrangements;

(F) reasonable and objective underwriting standards;

(G) the acceptance, assumption, and cession of reinsurance;

(H) the appointment of servicing insurers; and

(I) procedures for determining amounts of insurance to be provided by the association.

(c) The plan of operation must direct that any revenue exceeding expenditures that remains in the association's funds at the close of the association's fiscal year, after the association reimburses members' contributions in accordance with Section 2203.255(a), be added to the association's reserves.
Tex. Property Code § 29.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 29 / Section 29.002
§ 29.002. PETITION FOR FORCED SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person, including a nonprofit organization, that owns an undivided interest in real property to which this chapter applies may file in the district court in a county in which the property is located a petition for a court order to require another owner of an undivided interest in that property to sell the other owner's interest in the property to the person if:

(1) the person has paid the other owner's share of ad valorem taxes imposed on the property for any three years in a five-year period or, in the case of a nonprofit organization, has paid the other owner's share of ad valorem taxes imposed on the property for any two years in a three-year period; and

(2) the other owner has not reimbursed the person for more than half of the total amount paid by the person for the taxes on the owner's behalf.

(b) The petition must contain:

(1) a description of the property;

(2) the name of each known owner of the property;

(3) the interest held by each known owner of the property;

(4) the total amount paid by the petitioner for the defendant's share of ad valorem taxes imposed on the property; and

(5) if applicable, the amount paid by the defendant to the petitioner to reimburse the petitioner for paying the defendant's share of ad valorem taxes imposed on the property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.003
§ 1099.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9053.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9053 / Section 9053.007
§ 9053.007. CERTAIN STATUTES NOT APPLICABLE TO DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 160, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 (former Article 970a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as those provisions existed on June 17, 1965, and those provisions do not apply to the district.

(b) Any conflict between this section and subsequent amendments to provisions described by Subsection (a) or the subsequent codification of provisions described by Subsection (a) in the Local Government Code is governed by the rules of statutory construction, including Sections 311.025(a) and 311.026, Government Code (Code Construction Act).
Tex. Government Code § 54.2403 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2403
§ 54.2403. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A magistrate is entitled to the compensation set by the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County. The compensation shall be paid from the general fund of the county.
Tex. Family Code § 104.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 104 / Section 104.003
§ 104.003. PRERECORDED VIDEOTAPED TESTIMONY OF CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may, on the motion of a party to the proceeding, order that the testimony of the child be taken outside the courtroom and be recorded for showing in the courtroom before the court, the finder of fact, and the parties to the proceeding.

(b) Only an attorney for each party, an attorney ad litem for the child or other person whose presence would contribute to the welfare and well-being of the child, and persons necessary to operate the equipment may be present in the room with the child during the child's testimony.

(c) Only the attorneys for the parties may question the child.

(d) The persons operating the equipment shall be placed in a manner that prevents the child from seeing or hearing them.

(e) The court shall ensure that:

(1) the recording is both visual and aural and is recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means;

(2) the recording equipment was capable of making an accurate recording, the operator was competent, and the recording is accurate and is not altered;

(3) each voice on the recording is identified; and

(4) each party to the proceeding is afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is shown in the courtroom.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6906.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6906 / Section 6906.207
§ 6906.207. CHARGES FOR DISTRICT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

If district bonds payable wholly from revenue are issued, the board shall set and revise the rates, fees, and charges assessed for water sold and waste collection and treatment services provided by the district. The rates, fees, and charges must be sufficient to:

(1) pay the expense of operating and maintaining the district facilities that generate the revenue from which the bonds will be paid;

(2) pay the principal of and interest on the bonds when due; and

(3) maintain the reserve fund and other funds as provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.207 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.207
§ 273.207. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A member association that surrenders its membership, becomes ineligible for membership, or has its membership canceled may present any security of the corporation it holds for redemption. The corporation may defer redemption for not longer than three years and shall continue to pay interest or a dividend required under the terms of a security until the security is redeemed.

(b) When the balance of the administrative account exceeds 20 percent of the balance of the primary account, the corporation may begin a redemption plan of securities issued by the corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9025.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9025 / Section 9025.001
§ 9025.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Talley Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Denton County.
Tex. Estates Code § 1105.106 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.106
§ 1105.106.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1105.106. BOND OF MARRIED PERSON YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE. A bond required to be executed by a person who is younger than 18 years of age, is or has been married, and accepts and qualifies as guardian is as valid and binding for all purposes as if the person were of legal age.
Tex. Labor Code § 415.011 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 415 / Section 415.011
§ 415.011. NOTICE OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM AND PAYMENT INFORMATION; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "license holder" has the meaning assigned by Section 91.001.

(a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a license holder commits a violation if the license holder fails to provide the information required by Sections 91.042(g) and (h).

(b) A violation under Subsection (a) is an administrative violation.

(c) A license holder does not commit an administrative violation under this section if the license holder requested the information required by Sections 91.042(g) and (h) from the license holder's workers' compensation insurance provider and the provider does not provide the information to the license holder within the required time. A license holder shall notify the Texas Department of Insurance of a provider's failure to comply with the requirements of Section 2051.151, Insurance Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.152
§ 887.152. QUALIFYING MEMBERSHIP IN ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual must qualify under an association's bylaws to become a member of the association.

(b) An association must maintain the qualifying membership at all times. If an association fails to maintain the qualifying membership, the commissioner shall treat the association as insolvent.
Tex. Utilities Code § 17.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 17 / Section 17.002
§ 17.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Billing agent" means any entity that submits charges to the billing utility on behalf of itself or any provider of a product or service.

(2) "Billing utility" means any telecommunications provider, as defined by Section 51.002, retail electric provider, or electric utility that issues a bill directly to a customer for any telecommunications or electric product or service.

(3) "Certificated telecommunications utility" means a telecommunications utility that has been granted either a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority.

(3-a) "Critical care residential customer" means a residential customer who has a person permanently residing in the customer's home who has been diagnosed by a physician as being dependent upon an electric-powered medical device to sustain life.

(3-b) "Critical load industrial customer" means an industrial customer for whom an interruption or suspension of electric service will create a dangerous or life-threatening condition on the customer's premises.

(4) "Customer" means any person in whose name telephone or retail electric service is billed, including individuals, governmental units at all levels of government, corporate entities, and any other entity with legal capacity to be billed for telephone or retail electric service.

(5) "Electric utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.002.

(6) "Retail electric provider" means a person that sells electric energy to retail customers in this state after the legislature authorizes a customer to receive retail electric service from a person other than a certificated retail electric utility.

(7) "Service provider" means any entity that offers a product or service to a customer and that directly or indirectly charges to or collects from a customer's bill an amount for the product or service on a customer's bill received from a billing utility.

(8) "Telecommunications utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.451 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.451
§ 3833.451. DISSOLUTION BY CITY VOTE.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city, by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its membership, may by resolution dissolve the district.
Tex. Government Code § 814.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.012
§ 814.012. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED BENEFICIARY BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

If, as of the fourth anniversary of the death of a member or annuitant, the retirement system has not paid benefits and a claim for benefits is not pending with the retirement system based on the death of the member or annuitant, the accumulated contributions of the deceased member or the balance of the reserve for the deceased annuitant reverts to the benefit of the retirement system. The retirement system shall transfer funds reverted under this section to the state accumulation account.
Tex. Education Code § 35.0021 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 35 / Section 35.0021
§ 35.0021. RATING GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of determining whether a library material is sexually explicit as required by Section 35.002, a library material vendor must perform a contextual analysis of the material to determine whether the material describes, depicts, or portrays sexual conduct in a way that is patently offensive.

(b) In performing the contextual analysis of a library material, a library material vendor must consider the following three principal factors with respect to the material:

(1) the explicitness or graphic nature of a description or depiction of sexual conduct contained in the material;

(2) whether the material consists predominantly of or contains multiple repetitions of depictions of sexual or excretory organs or activities; and

(3) whether a reasonable person would find that the material intentionally panders to, titillates, or shocks the reader.

(c) In examining the three factors listed under Subsection (b), a vendor must weigh and balance each factor and conclude whether the library material is patently offensive, recognizing that because each instance of a description, depiction, or portrayal of sexual conduct contained in a material may present a unique mix of factors.

(d) To determine whether a description, depiction, or portrayal of sexual conduct contained in a material is patently offensive, a library material vendor must consider the full context in which the description, depiction, or portrayal of sexual conduct appears, to the extent possible, recognizing that contextual determinations are necessarily highly fact-specific and require the consideration of contextual characteristics that may exacerbate or mitigate the offensiveness of the material.