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Tex. Insurance Code § 2551.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2551 / Section 2551.003
§ 2551.003. RULEMAKING; AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may adopt and enforce rules:

(1) that prescribe underwriting standards and practices on which a title insurance contract must be issued;

(2) that define risks that may not be assumed under a title insurance contract, including risks that may not be assumed because of the insolvency of the parties to the transaction; and

(3) that the commissioner determines are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this title.

(b) With respect to a company operating under this title that engages in the kinds of business described by Section 2551.051(b)(1) or (2) in a manner that might subject the company to another regulatory statute of this state, all examination and regulation shall be exercised by the department rather than any other state agency named in the other regulatory statute, as long as the corporation engages in the business of title insurance.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 796.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 796 / Section 796.001
§ 796.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agent" means a person licensed by the comptroller to purchase and affix adhesive or meter stamps on packages of cigarettes.

(2) "Cigarette" means a roll for smoking:

(A) that is made of tobacco or tobacco mixed with another ingredient and wrapped or covered with a material other than tobacco; or

(B) that is wrapped in any substance containing tobacco that, because of the roll's appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or the roll's packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to or purchased by a consumer as a cigarette.

(3) "Manufacturer" means:

(A) a person that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes for sale in this state, including cigarettes intended to be sold through an importer; or

(B) the first purchaser that intends to resell in this state cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer does not intend to be sold in this state.

(4) "Retailer" means a person, other than a wholesale dealer, engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products.

(5) "Sale" means any transfer of title or possession or both, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means or any agreement. The term includes, in addition to sales using cash or credit, the giving of a cigarette as a sample, prize, or gift and the exchange of a cigarette for any consideration other than money.

(6) "Sell" means to sell or to offer or agree to sell.

(7) "Wholesale dealer" means a person who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale, including a person who owns, operates, or maintains one or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines in premises owned or occupied by another person.
Tex. Government Code § 1501.211 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.211
§ 1501.211. ORDINANCE SPECIFYING DATE OF PASSAGE OF TITLE; ABOLITION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) After a municipality pays the purchase money for district property and that money is invested in compliance with Section 1501.209, the governing body of the municipality by ordinance shall specify the date on which title to that property passed or will pass to the municipality. The date specified may be the first day of the fiscal year in which the municipality purchases the district property.

(b) Title to the district property vests in the municipality for all purposes on the date specified in the ordinance.

(c) The governing body of the municipality shall abolish the district by the ordinance required by Subsection (a) or a subsequent ordinance.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1802.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1802 / Section 1802.001
§ 1802.001. PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE INITIATIVES TASK FORCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may establish a task force to study the utility and feasibility of instituting various property and casualty insurance initiatives in this state.

(b) The initiatives studied may include:

(1) possible coordination with:

(A) the Texas Economic Development Bank to make certain property and casualty insurance an enterprise zone program under Chapter 2303, Government Code; and

(B) Neighborhood Housing Service (NHS) programs to establish voluntary NHS-Insurance Industry Partnerships;

(2) possible insurance agent programs to increase minority agency access to standard insurance companies, including minority intern programs with insurance companies;

(3) possible tax incentives for insurance written in underserved areas; and

(4) a consumer education program designed to increase the ability of consumers to differentiate among different products and providers in the property and casualty insurance market.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.004
§ 1016.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Concho County, Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7997A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7997A / Section 7997A.0402
§ 7997A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7997A.0401, 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. Education Code § 49.354 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.354
§ 49.354. DISSOLUTION OF CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the legislature abolishes ad valorem taxes for public school maintenance and operations and adopts another method of funding public education, the board of trustees of a consolidated district created under this subchapter may dissolve the consolidated district, provided that the dissolution is approved by a majority of those voters residing within the district participating in an election called for the purpose of approving the dissolution of the consolidated school district.

(b) If a consolidated district is dissolved, each of the former districts is restored as a separate district and is classified as an independent district.

(c) Title to real property of the consolidated district is allocated to the restored district in which the property is located. Title to proportionate shares of the fund balances and personal property of the consolidated district, as determined by Subsection (e), are allocated to each restored district.

(d) Each of the restored districts assumes and is liable for:

(1) indebtedness of the consolidated district that relates to real property allocated to the district; and

(2) a proportionate share, as determined by Subsection (e), of indebtedness of the consolidated district that does not relate to real property.

(e) A restored district's proportionate share of fund balances, personal property, or indebtedness is equal to the proportion that the number of students in average daily attendance in the restored district bears to the number of students in average daily attendance in the consolidated district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7929A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7929A / Section 7929A.0106
§ 7929A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7913A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7913A / Section 7913A.0302
§ 7913A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.457 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.457
§ 1551.457. PLAN ENROLLEE CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each plan enrollee, in accordance with Section 1551.305, shall contribute any amount required to cover the selected participation in the high deductible health plan that exceeds the state contribution amount under Section 1551.456.

(b) A plan enrollee may contribute any amount allowed under federal law to the enrollee's health savings account in addition to the state contribution under Section 1551.456.

(c) A plan enrollee shall make contributions under this section in the manner prescribed by the board of trustees.
Tex. Utilities Code § 66.013 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 66 / Section 66.013
§ 66.013. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

In addition to a municipality's authority to exercise its nondiscriminatory police power with respect to public rights-of-way under current law, a municipality's authority to regulate the holder of state-issued certificate of franchise authority is limited to:

(1) a requirement that the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority who is providing cable service or video service within the municipality register with the municipality and maintain a point of contact;

(2) the establishment of reasonable guidelines regarding the use of public, educational, and governmental access channels; and

(3) submitting reports within 30 days on the customer service standards referenced in Section 66.008 if the provider is subject to those standards and has continued and unresolved customer service complaints indicating a clear failure on the part of the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority to comply with the standards.
Tex. Estates Code § 1353.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1353 / Section 1353.005
§ 1353.005. ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY NON-INCAPACITATED SPOUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) On a person's removal as community administrator or on qualification of a guardian of the estate of the person's incapacitated spouse under Section 1353.004, as appropriate, a spouse who is not incapacitated shall continue to administer:

(1) the person's own separate property;

(2) any community property that is subject to the person's sole management, control, and disposition under Section 3.102, Family Code;

(3) either:

(A) any community property subject to the spouses' joint management, control, and disposition under Section 3.102, Family Code; or

(B) if the person is required to deliver a portion of that community property described by Paragraph (A) to the guardian of the estate of the person's incapacitated spouse under Section 1353.004(c), only the portion of the community property remaining after delivery; and

(4) any income earned on property described by this section the person is authorized to administer.

(b) Community property administered under this section by a spouse who is not incapacitated is considered that spouse's community property, subject to that spouse's sole management, control, and disposition under Section 3.102, Family Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8018A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8018A / Section 8018A.0103
§ 8018A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8003.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8003 / Section 8003.103
§ 8003.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Estates Code § 351.351 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.351
§ 351.351. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) the appointment of an independent executor or administrator under Section 401.002 or 401.003(a); or

(2) the appointment of a successor independent administrator under Section 404.005.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8885.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8885 / Section 8885.051
§ 8885.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.206
§ 1075.206. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) the transfer and issuance of the bonds; and

(3) any profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 432.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.010
§ 432.010. IMPOSITION OF RESTRAINT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter:

(1) "Arrest" means the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as a punishment for an offense, directing the person to remain within certain specified limits.

(2) "Confinement" means the physical restraint of a person.

(b) An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by a commissioned officer by an oral or written order delivered in person, through other persons subject to this chapter, or through a person authorized by this chapter to apprehend persons. A commanding officer may authorize warrant officers or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of the officer's company or subject to the officer's authority into arrest or confinement.

(c) A commissioned officer or warrant officer may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority the person is subject, by an oral or written order delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order such persons apprehended or into arrest or confinement may not be delegated.

(d) A person may not be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement except for probable cause.

(e) This section does not limit the authority of persons authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an alleged offender until the proper authority may be notified.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.116 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.116
§ 53.116. APPLICATION TO UNIVERSITY LAND.
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this subchapter apply to any land under the control and management of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System.
Tex. Education Code § 51.9091 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.9091
§ 51.9091. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL STUDENT AND EXCHANGE VISITOR INFORMATION SYSTEM (SEVIS) REGARDING WITHDRAWAL OR NONATTENDANCE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

A public institution of higher education that is certified by the United States secretary of homeland security to enroll a foreign student admitted into the United States under a nonimmigrant F or M visa shall promptly notify the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) or a successor program if:

(1) a student enrolled under an F or M visa withdraws from the institution or withdraws from all courses in which the student is enrolled; or

(2) the institution dismisses a student enrolled under an F or M visa for nonattendance or takes any other official administrative action in regard to the student as a result of the student's nonattendance.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 81.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 81 / Section 81.005
§ 81.005. DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) It is not a defense to an action brought under Section 81.002 or 81.003 that the sexual exploitation of the patient or former patient occurred:

(1) with the consent of the patient or former patient;

(2) outside the therapy or treatment sessions of the patient or former patient; or

(3) off the premises regularly used by the mental health services provider for the therapy or treatment sessions of the patient or former patient.

(b) It is a defense to an action brought under Section 81.002 or 81.003 by a former patient that the person was not emotionally dependent on the mental health services provider when the sexual exploitation began and the mental health services provider terminated mental health services with the patient more than two years before the date the sexual exploitation began.

(c) A person is considered not emotionally dependent for purposes of this chapter if the nature of the patient's or former patient's emotional condition and the nature of the treatment provided by the mental health services provider are not such that the mental health services provider knows or has reason to believe that the patient or former patient is unable to withhold consent to the sexual exploitation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 264.024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 264 / Section 264.024
§ 264.024. MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into an agreement with any person for the management or operation of a hospital or part of a hospital owned by the authority under terms that are satisfactory to the board and the contracting party.

(b) The agreement must:

(1) be authorized by resolution of the board;

(2) be executed on behalf of the authority by the president and secretary of the board; and

(3) have the seal of the authority impressed on the agreement.

(c) The board may delegate to the manager the power to manage the hospital and to employ and discharge employees.
Tex. Family Code § 1.108 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 1 / Section 1.108
§ 1.108. PROMISE OR AGREEMENT MUST BE IN WRITING.
Status: in_force

A promise or agreement made on consideration of marriage or nonmarital conjugal cohabitation is not enforceable unless the promise or agreement or a memorandum of the promise or agreement is in writing and signed by the person obligated by the promise or agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7893.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7893 / Section 7893.0306
§ 7893.0306. 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 before or after conversion; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) A new district created by division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain land outside the territory of the district described by Section 7893.0104.

(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 49.102, Water Code, to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district must:

(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 division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 49.102, Water Code. If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(i) A new district created by 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.052
§ 1122.052. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

The Hidalgo County Commissioners Court shall by order provide for the qualifications of appointees to the board. The qualifications must provide that a person is not eligible for appointment to the board if the person is:

(1) an employee of Hidalgo County;

(2) an employee of a municipality located in the district;

(3) a district employee; or

(4) related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, to a member of the Commissioners Court of Hidalgo County, to a member of the governing body of a municipality located in the district, or to a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.035 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.035
§ 11.035. STATE PARKS ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The state parks account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The department shall deposit to the credit of the state parks account all revenue, less allowable costs, received from the following sources:

(1) grants or operation of concessions in state parks or fishing piers;

(2) publications on state parks, state historic sites, or state scientific areas;

(3) fines or penalties received from violations of regulations governing parks issued pursuant to Subchapter B, Chapter 13;

(4) fees and revenue collected under Section 11.027(b) or (c) that are associated with state park lands;

(5) credits made to the department under Section 151.801, Tax Code, in an amount not to exceed the amount of the tax proceeds allocated by the legislature to the account under Section 151.801(c-1), Tax Code, to be used only for the purposes provided by that section;

(6) money received by the department from carbon sequestration or similar ecosystem services projects described by Section 11.302(b)(2); and

(7) any other source provided by law.

(c) The department may deposit to the credit of the state parks account all revenue, less allowable costs, from the following sources:

(1) private contributions, grants, and donations received for state parks-related purposes; and

(2) federal funds received for state parks-related purposes.
Tex. Water Code § 51.313 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.313
§ 51.313. INTEREST AND COLLECTION FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) All assessments imposed under Section 51.305(a) shall bear interest from the date payment is due at the rate of 15 percent a year. Assessments not paid by the first day of the month following the date payment is due are delinquent, and a penalty of up to 15 percent of the amount of the past-due assessment shall be added to the amount due.

(b) If suit is filed to foreclose a lien on crops or if a delinquent assessment is collected by an attorney before or after suit, an additional amount of 15 percent on the unpaid assessment, penalty, and interest shall be added as collection or attorney's fees.