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Tex. Family Code § 154.127 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.127
§ 154.127. PARTIAL TERMINATION OF SUPPORT OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A child support order for more than one child shall provide that, on the termination of support for a child, the level of support for the remaining child or children is in accordance with the child support guidelines.

(b) A child support order is in compliance with the requirement imposed by Subsection (a) if the order contains a provision that specifies:

(1) the events, including a child reaching the age of 18 years or otherwise having the disabilities of minority removed, that have the effect of terminating the obligor's obligation to pay child support for that child; and

(2) the reduced total amount that the obligor is required to pay each month after the occurrence of an event described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1116.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1116 / Section 1116.058
§ 1116.058. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may employ an attorney, a general manager, a bookkeeper, an architect, and other employees necessary for the efficient operation of the district.
Tex. Family Code § 157.110 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.110
§ 157.110. FORFEITURE OF SECURITY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) On the motion of a person or entity for whose benefit a bond has been executed or security deposited, the court may forfeit all or part of the bond or security deposit on a finding that the person who furnished the bond or security:

(1) has violated the court order for possession of and access to a child; or

(2) failed to make child support payments.

(b) The court shall order the registry to pay the funds from a forfeited bond or security deposit to the obligee or person or entity entitled to receive child support payments in an amount that does not exceed the child support arrearages or, in the case of possession of or access to a child, to the person entitled to possession or access.

(c) The court may order that all or part of the forfeited amount be applied to pay reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses incurred by the person or entity bringing the motion for contempt or motion for forfeiture.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1111A.009 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1111A / Section 1111A.009
§ 1111A.009. INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may investigate a suspected fraudulent life settlement act and a person engaged in the business of life settlements.
Tex. Local Government Code § 157.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 157 / Section 157.001
§ 157.001. HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may provide hospitalization insurance to a county official, deputy, assistant, or other county employee.
Tex. Estates Code § 351.355 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.355
§ 351.355. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may request an applicant or court-appointed fiduciary to produce other information identifying an applicant, decedent, or personal representative, including a social security number, in addition to identifying information the applicant or fiduciary is required to produce under this title.

(b) The court shall maintain any information required under this section, and the information may not be filed with the clerk.
Tex. Government Code § 43.155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.155
§ 43.155.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.155. 123RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of Shelby County elect a district attorney for the 123rd Judicial District who represents the state in that district only in that county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.002
§ 3902.002. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a special district created under Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11006.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11006 / Section 11006.106
§ 11006.106. BOARD RESOLUTIONS; VOTING.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall act by resolutions adopted by the board.

(b) All directors are entitled to vote.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.201
§ 1062.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds authorized by an election in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements;

(2) equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical or air ambulance service.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.012 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 71 / Section 71.012
§ 71.012. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The place of business of any fur-bearing animal propagator, wholesale fur dealer, or retail fur buyer and any vehicle being used by a fur-bearing animal propagator, wholesale fur dealer, or retail fur buyer for the collection or transportation of fur-bearing animals, carcasses, or pelts are subject to inspection without a warrant by a game warden or any other peace officer at any time.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 142.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.001
§ 142.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "juvenile probation services" means:

(1) services provided by or under the direction of a juvenile probation officer in response to an order issued by a juvenile court and under the court's direction, including:

(A) protective services;

(B) prevention of delinquent conduct and conduct indicating a need for supervision;

(C) diversion;

(D) deferred prosecution;

(E) foster care;

(F) counseling;

(G) supervision; and

(H) diagnostic, correctional, and educational services; and

(2) services provided by a juvenile probation department that are related to the operation of a preadjudication or post-adjudication juvenile facility.
Tex. Government Code § 2205.046 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2205 / Section 2205.046
§ 2205.046. AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may transfer aircraft to a public technical institute or other public postsecondary educational institution for use in the institution's flight training program. Except as provided by this section, the department has no responsibility for continued maintenance of aircraft transferred under this section.

(b) As a condition to the transfer of the aircraft, the institution must certify in writing to the department that the institution will accept full responsibility for maintenance of the aircraft and that it will be properly maintained while in the custody and control of the institution. The department is entitled to inspect the aircraft without notice for the purpose of ensuring that the aircraft is properly maintained.

(c) The department may immediately reassume custody and control of a transferred aircraft on a finding by the department that:

(1) the aircraft is not being properly maintained;

(2) the aircraft is being used for a purpose other than flight training; or

(3) the institution has discontinued its flight training program.
Tex. Labor Code § 301.069 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 301 / Section 301.069
§ 301.069. PARTNERSHIP WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

To meet the needs of businesses in this state and to equip workers and job seekers with the skills required to compete for jobs in this state, the commission shall:

(1) partner with the business community to:

(A) identify:

(i) skills required by the business community;

(ii) key industry sectors in the business community that are likely to benefit from skill development services and programs offered by the commission; and

(iii) employment opportunities offered by the business community; and

(B) develop services and programs that are designed to equip workers and job seekers with the skills required by the business community; and

(2) support business and community economic development activities of local workforce development boards and the state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.014 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.014
§ 823.014. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO FOREIGN OR ALIEN INSURER.
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign insurer that is authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state and that is domiciled in a jurisdiction that has not adopted, by statute or regulation, controls considered by the commissioner to be substantially similar to those provided by this chapter:

(1) is subject to this chapter to the same extent as a domestic insurer; and

(2) on failure to comply with this chapter, is subject to all remedies, penalties, and sanctions authorized by this code in the same manner as a domestic insurer, including, after notice and hearing, the suspension or revocation of the insurer's certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state.

(b) If a jurisdiction adopts controls considered by the commissioner to be substantially similar to those provided by this chapter, the commissioner after that adoption may exempt an insurer domiciled in that jurisdiction from the application of this section.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a foreign or alien insurer is not subject to this chapter if the commissioner has approved a withdrawal plan for the insurer under Chapter 827.
Tex. Occupations Code § 263.0065 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 263 / Section 263.0065
§ 263.0065. DELEGATION OF CERTAIN COMPLAINT DISPOSITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may delegate to a committee of board employees the authority to dismiss or enter into an agreed settlement of a complaint that does not relate directly to patient care or that involves only administrative violations.

(b) The disposition determined by the committee must be approved by the board at a public meeting.

(c) A complaint delegated under this section shall be referred for informal proceedings under Section 263.007 if:

(1) the committee of employees determines that the complaint should not be dismissed or settled;

(2) the committee is unable to reach an agreed settlement; or

(3) the affected license holder requests that the complaint be referred for informal proceedings.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.454 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.454
§ 13.454. EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter if the person:

(1) is a department employee who is performing device maintenance activities in the scope of the person's duties for the department;

(2) is the owner or operator of a commercial weighing or measuring device or an employee of the owner or operator of a commercial weighing or measuring device and the person:

(A) completely removes the commercial weighing or measuring device from the location at which the device was installed, including a device subject to an out-of-order tag, stop-sale order, security seal, lock, condemnation notice, or other item placed on the device by the department to prohibit use of the device; and

(B) notifies the department of the device's removal not later than the 10th day after the date the device was removed in the manner provided by department rule; or

(3) performs device maintenance activities only on a device that is:

(A) exempt from the registration requirements of Section 13.1011 under department rules;

(B) exempt from the inspection requirements of Section 13.101 under department rules; and

(C) not required to be inspected by other department rules.

(b) The department is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.728 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 251 / Section 251.728
§ 251.728. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED OR OWNED BY MUNICIPALITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a municipality that:

(1) is wholly located in a county containing a portion of U.S. Highways 60 and 87; and

(2) has a population of more than 12,000.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an area annexed to a municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8014A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8014A / Section 8014A.0201
§ 8014A.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 8014A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Education Code § 52.37 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 52 / Section 52.37
§ 52.37. INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with any insurance company or companies licensed to do business in Texas for insurance on the life of any student borrower in an amount sufficient to retire the principal and interest owed under a loan made under the provisions of this chapter. The cost of the insurance shall be paid by the student borrower. No contract for insurance as provided for in this section may be approved except by the board during a regular meeting attended by a quorum of the total board membership.
Tex. Local Government Code § 333.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 333 / Section 333.003
§ 333.003. FINANCES.
Status: in_force

The museum may be financed out of the general revenues of the municipality and county in agreed proportions.
Tex. Utilities Code § 62.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 62 / Section 62.002
§ 62.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Audio programming":

(A) means programming:

(i) provided by an amplitude modulation or frequency modulation broadcast radio station; or

(ii) generally considered comparable to programming described by Subparagraph (i); and

(B) does not include an audio-related service offered by an incumbent local exchange company on September 1, 1995.

(2) "Video programming" means programming provided by or generally considered comparable to programming provided by a television broadcast station as defined by Section 602, Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. Section 522).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.158 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.158
§ 41.158. DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The council may accept gifts, donations, and grants of money, including appropriated funds, from state government, federal government, local governments, private corporations, or other persons, to be used for the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4A.303 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4A / Section 4A.303
§ 4A.303. ERRONEOUS EXECUTION OF PAYMENT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A receiving bank that (i) executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order in an amount greater than the amount of the sender's order or (ii) issues a payment order in execution of the sender's order and then issues a duplicate order, is entitled to payment of the amount of the sender's order under Section 4A.402(c) if that subsection is otherwise satisfied. The bank is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the erroneous order the excess payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.

(b) A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order in an amount less than the amount of the sender's order is entitled to payment of the amount of the sender's order under Section 4A.402(c) if (i) that subsection is otherwise satisfied and (ii) the bank corrects its mistake by issuing an additional payment order for the benefit of the beneficiary of the sender's order. If the error is not corrected, the issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to receive or retain payment from the sender of the order it accepted only to the extent of the amount of the erroneous order. This subsection does not apply if the receiving bank executes the sender's payment order by issuing a payment order in an amount less than the amount of the sender's order for the purpose of obtaining payment of its charges for services and expenses pursuant to instruction of the sender.

(c) If a receiving bank executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order to a beneficiary different from the beneficiary of the sender's order and the funds transfer is completed on the basis of that error, the sender of the payment order that was erroneously executed and all previous senders in the funds transfer are not obliged to pay the payment orders they issued. The issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the order the payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.051 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 143 / Section 143.051
§ 143.051. PETITION FOR ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The freeholders of a county or an area that has adopted Subchapter B of this chapter or the freeholders of an area that is between two areas of a county that have adopted Subchapter B of this chapter may petition the commissioners court to conduct an election for the purpose of determining whether hogs are to be permitted to run at large in the county or area for a period beginning on November 15 of each year and ending on February 15 of the following year.

(b) A petition for a countywide election must be signed by at least 50 freeholders. A petition for an election in an area of a county that has adopted Subchapter B of this chapter must be signed by at least 20 freeholders. A petition for an election in an area that is between two areas that have adopted Subchapter B of this chapter and in which there are fewer than 50 freeholders must be signed by a majority of the freeholders in the area.

(c) If the election is to be less than countywide, the petition must describe the boundaries of the area in which the election is to be held in the same manner as the description provided for the election on adoption of Subchapter B of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11020.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11020 / Section 11020.0503
§ 11020.0503. USE OF REVENUE AND GROWTH PROJECTIONS.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of attorney general review and approval and in lieu of any other manner of demonstrating the ability to pay debt service and satisfy any other pecuniary obligations relating to bonds, notes, or other obligations, the alliance may demonstrate the alliance's ability to satisfy the debt service and those obligations using accumulated funds of the alliance and revenue and growth projections prepared by a professional utility rate consultant at the direction of the alliance. If the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, notes, or other obligations provides that the alliance intends to increase rates to the extent necessary to pay debt service and satisfy any other pecuniary obligations arising under the bonds, notes, or other obligations, the revenue projections prepared by a professional utility rate consultant may include forecast rate increases and accumulated and available fund balances as determined by the alliance.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.306 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.306
§ 912.306. REQUIRED BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county mutual insurance company shall obtain a bond for:

(1) the officer responsible for handling the funds of the company's members; and

(2) all other office employees who may have access to the company's funds.

(b) The bonds required under this section must:

(1) be with a surety authorized by the department to engage in business in this state;

(2) be made payable to the department for the use and benefit of the company's members; and

(3) obligate the principal and surety to pay pecuniary losses that the company sustains through an act of fraud, dishonesty, forgery, theft, embezzlement, wrongful abstraction, or wilful misapplication, regardless of whether the act is committed by the officer or employee directly and alone, or in cooperation with another person.

(c) A bond under this section must:

(1) be in an amount that is at least the greater of $1,000 or the amount of cash assets on hand, but not more than $20,000, if the bond covers the officer; or

(2) be in an amount established by the department that is at least $1,000 but not more than $5,000, if the bond covers office employees.

(d) One or more persons may recover on a bond under this section until the bond is exhausted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8844.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8844 / Section 8844.101
§ 8844.101. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is composed of five directors, unless the board is expanded under Subsection (b).

(b) If territory is annexed to the district, the territory annexed is entitled to be represented by one director, and the board shall add one director to the board for that purpose. The board shall appoint an initial director to represent the newly annexed territory. The initial director serves until the first regular meeting of the board following the first regular election of directors subsequent to the annexation of the territory.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.361 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.361
§ 1369.361. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall enforce this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.680 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.680
§ 504.680. SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS LICENSE PLATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates to honor the personnel of sheriff's offices. The license plates must include:

(1) the words "Support Your Sheriff's Office"; and

(2) a depiction of the Sheriffs' Association of Texas logo.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money deposited to that account may be used only by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to make grants to a nonprofit organization that has a history of promoting the training, retention, and professionalism of sheriff's deputies, county jail employees, emergency service center employees, or other positions and offices administered by a sheriff.

(c) Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license plate issued under this section.