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Tex. Local Government Code § 232.031 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.031
§ 232.031. REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO SALE OR LEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a subdivider may not sell or lease land in a subdivision first platted or replatted after July 1, 1995, unless the subdivision plat is approved by the commissioners court in accordance with Section 232.024.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a lot is sold, a subdivider shall record with the county clerk all sales contracts, including the attached disclosure statement required by Section 232.033, leases, and any other documents that convey an interest in the subdivided land.

(c) A document filed under Subsection (b) is a public record.

(d) In a county defined under Section 232.022(a)(2), a subdivider may not sell or lease land in a subdivision first platted or replatted after September 1, 2005, unless the subdivision plat is approved by the commissioners court in accordance with Section 232.024.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 692A.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.007
§ 692A.007. REFUSAL TO MAKE ANATOMICAL GIFT; EFFECT OF REFUSAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:

(1) a record signed by:

(A) the individual; or

(B) subject to Subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;

(2) the individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or

(3) any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.

(b) A record signed pursuant to Subsection (a)(1)(B) must:

(1) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual, or be acknowledged before a notary public; and

(2) state that the record has been signed and witnessed or acknowledged as provided in Subdivision (1).

(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:

(1) in the manner provided in Subsection (a) for making a refusal;

(2) by subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to Section 692A.005 that is inconsistent with the refusal; or

(3) by destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in Section 692A.008(h), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 291A.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 291A / Section 291A.053
§ 291A.053. RULES AND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

After the commissioners court 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. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.052 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.052
§ 140B.052. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND.
Status: in_force

If the attorney general or a local prosecutor has reason to believe that a person may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary material or other evidence or may have any information relevant to a civil racketeering investigation, the attorney general or local prosecutor may, before beginning a civil proceeding under this chapter, issue in writing and serve on the person a civil investigative demand requiring the person to:

(1) produce any of the documentary material for inspection and copying;

(2) answer in writing any written interrogatories;

(3) give oral testimony; or

(4) provide any combination of civil investigative demands under Subdivisions (1)-(3).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.1052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.1052
§ 1301.1052. PREFERRED PROVIDER APPEAL AFTER AUDIT.
Status: in_force

If a preferred provider disagrees with a refund request made by an insurer based on an audit under Section 1301.105, the insurer shall provide the provider with an opportunity to appeal, and the insurer may not attempt to recover the payment until all appeal rights are exhausted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.107
§ 3848.107. ROAD POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers given to:

(1) a road district created under Chapter 257, Transportation Code; and

(2) a road utility district created under Chapter 441, Transportation Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8488.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8488 / Section 8488.105
§ 8488.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Family Code § 2.402 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 2 / Section 2.402
§ 2.402. DECLARATION AND REGISTRATION OF INFORMAL MARRIAGE.
Status: repealed

(a) A declaration of informal marriage must be signed on a form prescribed by the bureau of vital statistics and provided by the county clerk. Each party to the declaration shall provide the information required in the form.

(b) The declaration form must contain:

(1) a heading entitled "Declaration and Registration of Informal Marriage, ___________ County, Texas";

(2) spaces for each party's full name, including the woman's maiden surname, address, date of birth, place of birth, including city, county, and state, and social security number, if any;

(3) a space for indicating the type of document tendered by each party as proof of age and identity;

(4) printed boxes for each party to check "true" or "false" in response to the following statement: "The other party is not related to me as:

(A) an ancestor or descendant, by blood or adoption;

(B) a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;

(C) a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;

(D) a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;

(E) a current or former stepchild or stepparent; or

(F) a son or daughter of a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.";

(5) a printed box for either party to check "Yes, please keep the identifying information on this form confidential.";

(6) a printed declaration and oath reading: "I SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR AFFIRM) THAT WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, ARE MARRIED TO EACH OTHER BY VIRTUE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTS: ON OR ABOUT (DATE) WE AGREED TO BE MARRIED, AND AFTER THAT DATE WE LIVED TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE AND IN THIS STATE WE REPRESENTED TO OTHERS THAT WE WERE MARRIED. SINCE THE DATE OF MARRIAGE TO THE OTHER PARTY I HAVE NOT BEEN MARRIED TO ANY OTHER PERSON. THIS DECLARATION IS TRUE AND THE INFORMATION IN IT WHICH I HAVE GIVEN IS CORRECT.";

(7) spaces immediately below the printed declaration and oath for the parties' signatures; and

(8) a certificate of the county clerk that the parties made the declaration and oath and the place and date it was made.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1362, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.752 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.752
§ 2301.752. TIME FOR FILING; CITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A petition for judicial review under this chapter must be filed not later than the 30th day after the date on which the action, ruling, order, or decision becomes final and appealable.

(b) Citation for an appeal must be served on the executive director or the executive director's designee and each party of record in the matter. For an appeal initiated in the court of appeals, the court shall cause the citation to be issued.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.152
§ 1305.152. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a license under this chapter must:

(1) submit to the department a completed application on a form prescribed by the executive director;

(2) submit to the department any other information required by executive director rule;

(3) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the executive director the appropriate amount of electrical work experience as required by this subchapter; and

(4) pay the application and examination fees.

(b) The executive director shall adopt rules to establish a process by which the department shall evaluate the experience required of applicants for a license under this chapter.

(c) The department may conduct an examination of any criminal conviction of an applicant, including obtaining any criminal history record information permitted by law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 455.057 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 455 / Section 455.057
§ 455.057. ANNUAL STATUS REPORT.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide an annual status report on the safety of the state's rail fixed guideway public transportation systems to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the Federal Transit Administration, and the governing body of each rail fixed guideway public transportation system under the oversight of the department.
Tex. Tax Code § 33.08 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 33 / Section 33.08
§ 33.08.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.08. ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR COLLECTION COSTS FOR TAXES DUE ON OR AFTER JUNE 1. (a) This section applies to a taxing unit or appraisal district only if:

(1) the governing body of the taxing unit or appraisal district has imposed the additional penalty for collection costs under Section 33.07; and

(2) the taxing unit or appraisal district, or another taxing unit that collects taxes for the unit, has entered into a contract with an attorney under Section 6.30 for the collection of the unit's delinquent taxes.

(b) The governing body of the taxing unit or appraisal district, in the manner required by law for official action, may provide that taxes that become delinquent on or after June 1 under Section 26.075(j), 26.15(e), 31.03, 31.031, 31.032, 31.033, 31.04, or 42.42 incur an additional penalty to defray costs of collection. The amount of the penalty may not exceed the amount of the compensation specified in the applicable contract with an attorney under Section 6.30 to be paid in connection with the collection of the delinquent taxes.

(c) After the taxes become delinquent, the collector for a taxing unit or appraisal district that has provided for the additional penalty under this section shall send a notice of the delinquency and the penalty to the property owner. The penalty is incurred on the first day of the first month that begins at least 21 days after the date the notice is sent.

(d) A tax lien attaches to the property on which the tax is imposed to secure payment of the additional penalty.

(e) A taxing unit or appraisal district that imposes the additional penalty under this section may not recover attorney's fees in a suit to collect delinquent taxes subject to the penalty.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 771.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 771 / Section 771.102
§ 771.102. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH RESOURCE CENTERS PROGRAM.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission, with the assistance of the advisory council appointed under Section 773.012, shall administer the program in which emergency medical dispatchers located in regional emergency medical dispatch resource centers are used to provide life-saving and other emergency medical instructions to persons who need guidance while awaiting the arrival of emergency medical personnel. The purpose of a regional emergency medical dispatch resource center is not to dispatch personnel or equipment resources but to serve as a resource to provide pre-arrival instructions that may be accessed by selected public safety answering points that are not adequately staffed or funded to provide those services.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 457 , Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.

(c) The commission, with the assistance of the advisory council, shall:

(1) design criteria and protocols and provide oversight as needed to conduct the program;

(2) collect the necessary data to evaluate the program; and

(3) report its findings to the legislature.
Tex. Government Code § 24.394 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.394
§ 24.394.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.394. 215TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (a) The 215th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.

(b) The 215th District Court shall give preference to civil matters.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2309.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2309 / Section 2309.001
§ 2309.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Used Automotive Parts Recycling Act.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.061 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.061
§ 161.061. ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may establish a quarantine against all or the portion of a state, territory, or country in which a disease listed in rules adopted under Section 161.041 exists.

(b) A quarantine established under Subsection (a) may extend to any affected area, including a county, district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen.

(c) The commission may establish a quarantine to prohibit or regulate the movement of:

(1) any article or animal that the commission designates to be a carrier of a disease listed in rules adopted under Section 161.041 or a potential carrier of one of those diseases, if movement is not otherwise regulated or prohibited; and

(2) an animal into an affected area, including a county district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen.

(d) The commission by rule may delegate its authority to establish a quarantine under this section to the executive director, who shall promptly notify the members of the commission when a quarantine is established.
Tex. Local Government Code § 254.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 254 / Section 254.052
§ 254.052. ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Obligations payable from ad valorem taxes, other than refunding obligations, may be issued only if authorized at an election held under Chapter 1251, Government Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any law or charter provision to the contrary, an election is not required to authorize the issuance under this chapter of obligations payable solely from revenue if:

(1) the obligations are not:

(A) a debt of the municipality; or

(B) a pledge of the faith and credit of the municipality; and

(2) the owner or holder of an obligation is not entitled to demand payment from money raised by taxation.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.807 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.807
§ 43.807. REFUSAL TO SHOW STAMP.
Status: in_force

A person fishing in fresh water for sporting purposes who refuses on demand of any game warden or peace officer to show a freshwater fishing stamp or proof that the person is exempt under Section 43.802(b) or a rule adopted under that section is presumed to be in violation of Section 43.802.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8234.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8234 / Section 8234.151
§ 8234.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from a source other than ad valorem taxation.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11005.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11005 / Section 11005.110
§ 11005.110. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

A director is not personally liable for any bond issued or contract executed by the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 771.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 771 / Section 771.153
§ 771.153. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The center shall provide the telemedicine medical service or telehealth service and related instruction for the pilot project through health care providers in regional trauma resource centers, including physicians, pharmacists, emergency medical personnel, and other health professionals.
Tex. Education Code § 109.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 109 / Section 109.004
§ 109.004.
Status: in_force

Sec. 109.004. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: SELECTION, DUTIES. The board shall appoint a chief executive officer, who shall devote the officer's attention to the executive management of the university system and who shall be directly accountable to the board for the conduct of the university system. The board, when required by law to be the governing body of any other state educational institution or facility, shall also direct the chief executive officer to be directly responsible for the executive management of that other institution or facility.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1.052 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 1 / Section 1.052
§ 1.052. SIGNED PLEADINGS OF DEFENDANT.
Status: in_force

(a) A pleading, motion, and other paper filed for or on behalf of a defendant represented by an attorney must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney's name and state the attorney's address. A defendant who is not represented by an attorney must sign any pleading, motion, or other paper filed for or on the defendant's behalf and state the defendant's address.

(b) The signature of an attorney or a defendant constitutes a certificate by the attorney or defendant that the person has read the pleading, motion, or other paper and that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry that the instrument is not groundless and brought in bad faith or groundless and brought for harassment, unnecessary delay, or other improper purpose.

(c) If a pleading, motion, or other paper is not signed, the court shall strike it unless it is signed promptly after the omission is called to the attention of the attorney or defendant.

(d) An attorney or defendant who files a fictitious pleading in a cause for an improper purpose described by Subsection (b) or who makes a statement in a pleading that the attorney or defendant knows to be groundless and false to obtain a delay of the trial of the cause or for the purpose of harassment shall be held guilty of contempt.

(e) If a pleading, motion, or other paper is signed in violation of this article, the court, on motion or on its own initiative, after notice and hearing, shall impose an appropriate sanction, which may include an order to pay to the other party or parties to the prosecution or to the general fund of the county in which the pleading, motion, or other paper was filed the amount of reasonable expenses incurred because of the filing of the pleading, motion, or other paper, including reasonable attorney's fees.

(f) A court shall presume that a pleading, motion, or other paper is filed in good faith. Sanctions under this article may not be imposed except for good cause stated in the sanction order.

(g) A plea of "not guilty" or "no contest" or "nolo contendere" does not constitute a violation of this article. An allegation that an event took place or occurred on or about a particular date does not constitute a violation of this article.

(h) In this article, "groundless" means without basis in law or fact and not warranted by a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00971 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00971
§ 30.00971. APPLICATION; DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to the town of Addison.

(b) In this subchapter, "appellate courts" means the county criminal courts of Dallas County that have criminal appellate jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985 / Section 7985.001
§ 7985.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 157.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.086 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.086
§ 166.086. DESIRE OF PERSON SUPERSEDES OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER.
Status: in_force

The desire of a competent person, including a competent minor, supersedes the effect of an out-of-hospital DNR order executed or issued by or on behalf of the person when the desire is communicated to responding health care professionals as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.103 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.103
§ 134.103. USE OF INTRODUCED SPECIES FOR REVEGETATION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 134.092(a)(19), introduced species may be used in the revegetation process where necessary to achieve the approved postmining land use plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8007.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8007 / Section 8007.002
§ 8007.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1803.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1803 / Section 1803.152
§ 1803.152. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates this chapter.

(b) An offense under this chapter is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) A corporation or association may be held criminally responsible for conduct by a person acting on its behalf if the person's conduct:

(1) constitutes an offense under this chapter; and

(2) is done with the knowledge and approval of the corporation or association.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.124 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.124
§ 773.124. LOSS OF FUNDING ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

For a period of not less than one year or more than three years, as determined by the department, the department may not disburse money under Section 773.122 to a trauma service area regional advisory council, county, municipality, or local recipient that the department finds used money in violation of that section.