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Tex. Finance Code § 34.104 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 34 / Section 34.104
§ 34.104. MUTUAL FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state bank may invest for its own account in equity securities of an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Section 80a-1 et seq.) and the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. Section 77a et seq.) if the portfolio of the investment company consists wholly of investments in which the bank could invest directly for its own account.

(b) If the portfolio of an investment company described by Subsection (a) consists wholly of investments in which the bank could invest directly without limitation, the bank may invest in the investment company without limitation.

(c) The bank may invest not more than an amount equal to 15 percent of the bank's unimpaired capital and surplus in an investment company described by Subsection (a) the portfolio of which contains an investment or obligation in which the bank could not invest directly without limitation under this chapter.

(d) A state bank that invests in an investment company as provided by Subsection (c) shall periodically determine that its pro rata share of any security in the portfolio of the investment company combined with the bank's pro rata share of that security held by all other investment companies in which the bank has invested and with the bank's own direct investment and loan holdings is not in excess of applicable investment and lending limitations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3838.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3838 / Section 3838.051
§ 3838.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.0181 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 47 / Section 47.0181
§ 47.0181. AQUATIC PRODUCT TRANSPORTATION INVOICES.
Status: in_force

(a) No person, except a commercial fisherman licensed to take aquatic products from Texas waters transporting the fisherman's own catch within this state, may transport aquatic products for commercial purposes, regardless of origin or destination, without an invoice containing the following information correctly stated and legibly written:

(1) the invoice number;

(2) the date of shipment;

(3) the name and physical address of shipper;

(4) the name and physical address of receiver;

(5) the license number of shipper; and

(6) the quantity of aquatic products contained in the shipment; finfish by species and by number or weight, oysters by volume, and all other aquatic products by weight.

(b) Aquatic product transportation invoices must be prepared by the shipper and copies retained on file by both shipper and receiver for at least one year from the date of shipment. The shipper shall sequentially number the invoices during each license period. No invoice number may be used twice during any one license period by an individual licensee.
Tex. Occupations Code § 102.010 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 102 / Section 102.010
§ 102.010. CIVIL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates this subchapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day of violation and each act of violation. In determining the amount of the civil penalty, the court shall consider:

(1) the person's previous violations;

(2) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;

(3) whether the health and safety of the public was threatened by the violation;

(4) the demonstrated good faith of the person; and

(5) the amount necessary to deter future violations.

(b) The attorney general or the appropriate district or county attorney, in the name of the state, may institute and conduct an action authorized by this section in a district court of Travis County or of a county in which any part of the violation occurs.

(c) A penalty collected under this section by the attorney general shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. A penalty collected under this section by a district or county attorney shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the county in which the suit was heard.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.201 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.201
§ 18A.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Immediate life-threatening situation" means a hostage, barricade, or other emergency situation in which a person unlawfully and directly:

(A) threatens another with death; or

(B) exposes another to a substantial risk of serious bodily injury.

(2) "Member of a law enforcement unit specially trained to respond to and deal with life-threatening situations" means a peace officer who, as evidenced by the submission of appropriate documentation to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement:

(A) receives each year a minimum of 40 hours of training in hostage and barricade suspect situations; or

(B) has received a minimum of 24 hours of training on kidnapping investigations and is:

(i) the sheriff of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more or the sheriff's designee; or

(ii) the police chief of a police department in a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or the chief's designee.
Tex. Government Code § 2152.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2152 / Section 2152.057
§ 2152.057. TERMS.
Status: in_force

Commission members serve staggered six-year terms with two or three members' terms expiring January 31 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.01 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.01
§ 17.01. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition,

(1) "container" includes bale, barrel, bottle, box, cask, keg, and package; and

(2) "proprietary mark" includes word, name, symbol, device, and any combination of them in any form or arrangement, used by a person to identify his tangible personal property and distinguish it from the tangible personal property of another.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.109 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.109
§ 96.109. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPERVISORY ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, after giving notice, may assess against a savings bank or another person designated in a final supervisory order who violates the order, or both, an administrative penalty of not more than $1,000 each for each day of the violation. The savings bank may not reimburse or indemnify a person for any part of the penalty.

(b) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the commissioner may institute in a district court in Travis County:

(1) a suit for injunctive relief to stop or prevent a violation of a supervisory order; or

(2) a suit for injunctive relief and to collect the administrative penalty.

(c) A bond is not required of the commissioner with respect to injunctive relief granted under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1956.031 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1956 / Section 1956.031
§ 1956.031. NOTICE TO SELLERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A metal recycling entity shall at all times maintain in a prominent place in the entity's place of business, in open view to a seller of regulated material, a notice in two-inch lettering that:

(1) includes the following language:

"A PERSON ATTEMPTING TO SELL ANY REGULATED MATERIAL MUST PRESENT SUFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION AND WRITTEN PROOF OF OWNERSHIP REQUIRED BY STATE LAW."

"WARNING: STATE LAW PROVIDES A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR A PERSON WHO INTENTIONALLY PROVIDES A FALSE DOCUMENT OF IDENTIFICATION OR OTHER FALSE INFORMATION TO A METAL RECYCLING ENTITY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SELL ANY REGULATED MATERIAL."; and

(2) states the metal recycling entity's usual business hours.

(b) The notice required by this section may be contained on a sign that contains another notice if the metal recycling entity is required to display another notice under applicable law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8398.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8398 / Section 8398.051
§ 8398.051. 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. Local Government Code § 120.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 120 / Section 120.001
§ 120.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a county with a population of more than 1.2 million.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.127 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.127
§ 225.127. TITUS COUNTY VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 4000 in Titus County between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1735 and the eastern municipal boundary of Mount Pleasant is designated as the Titus County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Titus County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 22.0001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0001
§ 22.0001. COMMISSIONER'S POWERS AND DUTIES; EFFECT OF CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

To the extent a power or duty given to the commissioner of aging and disability services by this title or another law conflicts with any of the following provisions of the Government Code, the Government Code provision controls:

(1) Subchapter A, Chapter 524, Government Code;

(2) Section 524.0101;

(3) Sections 524.0151(a)(2) and (b), Government Code;

(4) Section 524.0202, Government Code; and

(5) Section 525.0254, Government Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 52.157 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 52 / Section 52.157
§ 52.157. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not nullify or limit any obligation, right, or remedy that is applicable or available under the law of this state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 111.062 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 111 / Section 111.062
§ 111.062. APPOINTMENT OF BUDGET OFFICER; ABOLITION OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of the county may appoint a county budget officer to prepare a county budget for the fiscal year.

(b) A county that establishes the office of county budget officer may abolish that office only by a formal action of the commissioners court. The court must take the action after the first day of the second month of the fiscal year and before the first day of the sixth month of the fiscal year. If the office is abolished, the duties of budget officer shall be performed by:

(1) the county judge, if the county has a population of 225,000 or less; or

(2) the county auditor, if the county has a population of more than 225,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.055
§ 1032.055. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.0035 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.0035
§ 151.0035.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.0035. "DATA PROCESSING SERVICE". (a) "Data processing service" includes:

(1) word processing, data entry, data retrieval, data search, information compilation, payroll and business accounting data production, and other computerized data and information storage or manipulation;

(2) the performance of a totalisator service with the use of computational equipment required by Subtitle A-1, Title 13, Occupations Code (Texas Racing Act); and

(3) the use of a computer or computer time for data processing whether the processing is performed by the provider of the computer or computer time or by the purchaser or other beneficiary of the service.

(b) "Data processing service" does not include:

(1) the transcription of medical dictation by a medical transcriptionist;

(2) services exclusively to encrypt electronic payment information for acceptance onto a payment card network described by Subdivision (3)(E) to comply with standards set by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council; or

(3) settling of an electronic payment transaction by:

(A) a downstream payment processor or point of sale payment processor that routes electronic payment information to an entity described by Paragraph (C) or (E);

(B) a person who is engaged in the business of money transmission and required to obtain a license under Section 152.101, Finance Code;

(C) a federally insured financial institution, as defined by Section 201.101, Finance Code, that is organized under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States, or an affiliate of the institution;

(D) a person who has entered into a sponsorship agreement with an entity described by Paragraph (C) for the purpose of settling that entity's electronic payment transactions through a payment card network; or

(E) a payment card network that allows a person to accept a specific brand of debit or credit card by routing information and data to settle an electronic payment transaction.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(3):

(1) "Downstream payment processor" means a person described by 7 T.A.C. Section 33.4(c), as that provision existed on January 1, 2021.

(2) "Point of sale payment processor" means a person described by 7 T.A.C. Section 33.4(d), as that provision existed on January 1, 2021.

(3) "Settling of an electronic payment transaction" means the authorization, clearing, or funding of a payment made by credit card, debit card, gift card, stored value card, electronic check, virtual currency, loyalty program currency such as points or miles, or a similar method. The term does not include charges by a marketplace provider, as that term is defined by Section 151.0242.

(d) "Data storage," as used in this section, does not include a classified advertisement, banner advertisement, vertical advertisement, or link when the item is displayed on an Internet website owned by another person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.157
§ 1062.157. INSPECTION OF ANNUAL AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8318.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8318 / Section 8318.102
§ 8318.102. 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. Occupations Code § 651.656 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.656
§ 651.656. CREMATORY ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: repealed

(a) A person may not conduct a crematory business in this state unless the person who is the owner or operator of the crematory holds a crematory establishment license issued by the commission.

(b) A person may not hold a crematory establishment license unless the person:

(1) holds a funeral establishment or commercial embalmers establishment license; or

(2) owns or operates a perpetual care cemetery.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to the owner or operator of a crematory registered with the commission on September 1, 2003.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263, Sec. 33(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7917A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7917A / Section 7917A.0101
§ 7917A.0101. 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. 203.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4A.203 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4A / Section 4A.203
§ 4A.203. UNENFORCEABILITY OF CERTAIN VERIFIED PAYMENT ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If an accepted payment order is not, under Section 4A.202(a), an authorized order of a customer identified as sender, but is effective as an order of the customer pursuant to Section 4A.202(b), the following rules apply:

(1) By express written agreement, the receiving bank may limit the extent to which it is entitled to enforce or retain payment of the payment order.

(2) The receiving bank is not entitled to enforce or retain payment of the payment order if the customer proves that the order was not caused, directly or indirectly, by a person:

(A) entrusted at any time with duties to act for the customer with respect to payment orders or the security procedure; or

(B) who obtained access to transmitting facilities of the customer or who obtained, from a source controlled by the customer and without authority of the receiving bank, information facilitating breach of the security procedure, regardless of how the information was obtained or whether the customer was at fault. Information includes any access device, computer software, or the like.

(b) This section applies to amendments of payment orders to the same extent it applies to payment orders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8025A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8025A / Section 8025A.0503
§ 8025A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 323.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 323 / Section 323.001
§ 323.001. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may, on its own motion, and shall, on petition by a majority of the voters of the affected part of the county, establish, maintain, and operate a free county library for the area of the county located outside the municipalities that maintain free public libraries.

(b) The county library shall be located at the county seat in the courthouse unless a more suitable location is available.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.112
§ 7803.112. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Status: in_force

Sections 7803.110 and 7803.111 are intended to give the board the right to protect from encroachment those areas that need to be protected from encroachment for such immediate and future drainage and flood control right-of-way requirements in the district as it may be necessary, or in the public interest to protect or promote the public health, safety, and general welfare.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.2012 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.2012
§ 66.2012. REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL USES OF REDFISH AND SPECKLED SEA TROUT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by proclamation may regulate the catching, possession, transportation, sale, and purchase for commercial purposes in this state of redfish and speckled sea trout. A proclamation issued under this section must contain findings by the commission that support the need for the proclamation.

(b) In determining whether to permit or prohibit any commercial use of redfish and speckled sea trout under Subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall consider:

(1) the availability of redfish and speckled sea trout in the coastal water of this state;

(2) the availability of redfish and speckled sea trout from sources other than the coastal water of this state;

(3) the economic interests of commercial and sports fishermen and related industries in this state;

(4) the research of the department made under Section 66.217 of this code;

(5) the protection of redfish and speckled sea trout habitat; and

(6) the degree of compliance with state law and previous regulations of the commission by fishermen and fish dealers in this state.

(c) A proclamation issued under Subsection (a) of this section may limit the number and size of redfish and speckled sea trout that may be caught, possessed, transported, sold, or purchased and may prescribe the times, places, conditions, and means and manner of catching redfish and speckled sea trout.

(d) A proclamation of the commission under this section prevails over any conflicting provision of Section 66.020 to the extent of the conflict and only during the period that the proclamation is in effect.

(e) This section does not apply to activities that are regulated under the exceptions provided by Subdivisions (1), (2), and (5) of Section 66.020(b) or under Subsections (f) and (g) of that section.

(f) A person who violates a proclamation issued under Subsection (a) is guilty of an offense and is punishable for the first and subsequent offenses by the penalties prescribed by Sections 66.2011 and 66.218.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8316.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8316 / Section 8316.051
§ 8316.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8316.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3975.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3975 / Section 3975.0303
§ 3975.0303. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The district may develop or finance recreational facilities as authorized by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and any other law that applies to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8492.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8492 / Section 8492.153
§ 8492.153. LIMITATION ON AREA OF NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 703.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 703 / Section 703.003
§ 703.003. NONRESIDENT VIOLATOR COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The office of nonresident violator compact administrator is created.

(b) The governor shall appoint the compact administrator with the advice and consent of the senate to a two-year term that expires on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(c) The compact administrator is entitled to compensation and reimbursement for expenses as provided by legislative appropriation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 131.101 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 131 / Section 131.101
§ 131.101. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a person or corporation owning or operating a street railway in or on the public streets of a municipality with a population of 40,000 or more.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2401 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2401
§ 54.2401. AUTHORIZATION; APPOINTMENT; ELIMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County may authorize the judges of the district and statutory county courts in Fort Bend County to appoint one or more part-time or full-time magistrates to perform the duties authorized by this subchapter.

(b) The judges of the district and statutory county courts in Fort Bend County by a unanimous vote may appoint magistrates as authorized by the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County.

(c) An order appointing a magistrate must be signed by the local administrative judge and must state:

(1) the magistrate's name; and

(2) the date the magistrate's employment is to begin.

(d) An authorized magistrate's position may be eliminated on a majority vote of the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County.