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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 571 / Section 571.023
§ 571.023. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each day of violation and for each act of violation of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle. In determining the amount of the civil penalty, the court shall consider:

(1) the person's or facility'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 or facility; and

(5) the amount necessary to deter future violations.

(b) The department or party bringing the suit may:

(1) combine a suit to assess and recover civil penalties with a suit for injunctive relief brought under Section 571.022 or 577.019; or

(2) file a suit to assess and recover civil penalties independently of a suit for injunctive relief.

(c) At the request of the department, the attorney general or the appropriate district or county attorney shall institute and conduct the suit authorized by Subsection (b) in the name of the state.

(d) On his own initiative, the attorney general, district attorney, or county attorney may maintain an action as authorized by Subsection (b) for a violation of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle in the name of the state.

(e) The department and the party bringing the suit may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief, civil penalties, or both, including investigation costs, court costs, reasonable attorney fees, witness fees, and deposition expenses.

(f) 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.

(g) The civil penalty and injunctive relief authorized by this section and Sections 571.022 and 577.019 are in addition to any other civil, administrative, or criminal remedies provided by law.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 34.047 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 34 / Section 34.047
§ 34.047. DISTRIBUTION OF SALE PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer shall deliver money collected on execution to the entitled party at the earliest opportunity.

(b) The officer is entitled to retain from the proceeds of a sale of personal property an amount equal to the reasonable expenses incurred by him in making the levy and keeping the property.

(c) If more money is received from the sale of property than is sufficient to satisfy the executions held by the officer, the officer shall immediately pay the surplus to the defendant or the defendant's agent or attorney.
Tex. Local Government Code § 152.035 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 152 / Section 152.035
§ 152.035. REIMBURSEMENT FOR MILEAGE EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may reimburse the county auditor for expenses incurred in traveling to and from the county seat in the auditor's personal automobile to perform official duties and to attend conferences and seminars relating to the performance of official duties. However, the commissioners court may not reimburse the auditor for expenses incurred in traveling between the auditor's personal residence and county office or for expenses incurred in any other travel of a personal nature.

(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more may reimburse an assistant of a county auditor for the assistant's expenses that are the same kind as those for which the county auditor may be reimbursed under Subsection (a).

(c) The commissioners court by order shall set the reimbursement at a reasonable rate.

(d) Reimbursement shall be paid monthly on submission of a sworn expense report by the person seeking the reimbursement.
Tex. Family Code § 157.501 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.501
§ 157.501. JURISDICTION FOR QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The court that rendered an order for the payment of child support, or the court that obtains jurisdiction to enforce a child support order under Chapter 159, has continuing jurisdiction to render enforceable qualified domestic relations orders or similar orders permitting payment of pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefits to an alternate payee or other lawful payee to satisfy support amounts due under the child support order. A child support order includes a temporary or final order for child support, medical support, or dental support and arrears and interest with respect to that order.

(b) Unless prohibited by federal law, a suit seeking a qualified domestic relations order or similar order under this subchapter applies to a pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefit, regardless of whether the pension, retirement plan, or other employee benefit:

(1) is private, state, or federal;

(2) is subject to another qualified domestic relations order or similar order;

(3) is property that is the subject of a pending proceeding for dissolution of a marriage;

(4) is property disposed of in a previous decree for dissolution of a marriage; or

(5) is the subject of an agreement under Chapter 4.

(c) A court described by Subsection (a) retains jurisdiction to render a qualified domestic relations order or similar order under this subchapter until all support due under the child support order, including arrearages and interest, has been paid.
Tex. Education Code § 29.204 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.204
§ 29.204. NOTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than January 1 of each year the commissioner shall, based on the most recent information available, provide notice to each school district in which a campus described by Section 29.202 is located that:

(1) identifies each campus in the district that meets the description in Section 29.202; and

(2) informs the district that the district must comply with Subsection (b).

(b) Not later than February 1 of each year, a school district shall notify the parent of each student in the district assigned to attend a campus described by Section 29.202 that the student is eligible for a public education grant. The notice must contain a clear, concise explanation of the public education grant program and of the manner in which the parent may obtain further information about the program.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.154
§ 462.154. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

The association shall notify a member insurer of an assessment not later than the 30th day before the date the assessment is due.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2209.308 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2209 / Section 2209.308
§ 2209.308. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If money in the fund would be exhausted by the payment of all final and settled claims and final judgments during a fiscal year, the pool shall prorate the amount paid to each person having the claim or judgment.

(b) If the amount paid by the pool is prorated under this section, each person described by Subsection (a) shall receive an amount equal to the percentage that the amount owed to that person by the pool bears to the total amount owed, outstanding, and payable by the pool.

(c) The pool shall pay in the next fiscal year the remaining amount that is due and unpaid to a person who receives a prorated payment under this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.055 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 191 / Section 191.055
§ 191.055. SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

All scientific investigations or recovery operations conducted under the contract provisions in Section 191.053 of this code and all operations conducted under permits or contracts set out in Section 191.054 of this code must be carried out:

(1) under the general supervision of the committee;

(2) in accordance with reasonable rules adopted by the committee; and

(3) in such manner that the maximum amount of historic, scientific, archeological, and educational information may be recovered and preserved in addition to the physical recovery of items.
Tex. Government Code § 524.0151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 524 / Section 524.0151
§ 524.0151. AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RULES AND POLICIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall:

(1) adopt rules necessary to carry out the commission's duties under Chapter 531 and revised provisions derived from Chapter 531, as that chapter existed on March 31, 2025; and

(2) notwithstanding any other law, adopt rules and policies for the operation of the health and human services system and the provision of health and human services by that system.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the executive commissioner has the authority to adopt rules and policies governing:

(1) the delivery of services to persons the health and human services system serves; and

(2) the rights and duties of persons the system serves or regulates.
Tex. Water Code § 10.002 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 10 / Section 10.002
§ 10.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The council is created to provide the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, legislature, board, commission, political subdivisions, and public with the resource of a select council with expertise in water conservation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2206.303 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2206 / Section 2206.303
§ 2206.303. REINSURANCE.
Status: in_force

A board may purchase reinsurance for a risk covered through the pool.
Tex. Insurance Code § 544.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 544 / Section 544.103
§ 544.103. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer may not use an underwriting guideline that is based on:

(1) the ability of an insured or enrollee or an applicant for insurance coverage or health care benefits to speak English fluently; or

(2) the literacy in English of the insured, enrollee, or applicant.

(b) An applicant has the burden of proof to establish a violation of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3864.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3864 / Section 3864.202
§ 3864.202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held in accordance with Section 3864.201, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8433.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8433 / Section 8433.153
§ 8433.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Estates Code § 253.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 253 / Section 253.001
§ 253.001. COURT MAY NOT PROHIBIT CHANGING OR REVOKING A WILL.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 22.007(a), in this section, "court" means a constitutional county court, district court, or statutory county court, including a statutory probate court.

(b) A court may not prohibit a person from:

(1) executing a new will;

(2) executing a codicil to an existing will; or

(3) revoking an existing will or codicil in whole or in part.

(c) Any portion of a court order that purports to prohibit a person from engaging in an action described by Subsection (b) is void and may be disregarded without penalty or sanction of any kind.
Tex. Family Code § 55.66 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.66
§ 55.66. PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE COURT FOR CHILD FOUND UNFIT TO PROCEED OR LACKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the juvenile court initiates proceedings for court-ordered mental health services under Section 55.37(1) or 55.56(1), the prosecuting attorney may file with the juvenile court an application for court-ordered mental health services under Sections 574.001 and 574.002, Health and Safety Code. The juvenile court shall:

(1) set a date for a hearing and provide notice as required by Sections 574.005 and 574.006, Health and Safety Code;

(2) direct the local mental health authority to file, before the date set for the hearing, its recommendation for the child's proposed treatment, as required by Section 574.012, Health and Safety Code;

(3) identify the person responsible for court-ordered outpatient mental health services at least three days before the date of a hearing that may result in the court ordering the child to receive court-ordered outpatient mental health services, as required by Section 574.0125, Health and Safety Code; and

(4) conduct the hearing in accordance with Subchapter C, Chapter 574, Health and Safety Code.

(b) After conducting a hearing under this section and with consideration given to the least restrictive appropriate setting for treatment of the child and to the parent's, managing conservator's, or guardian's availability and willingness to participate in the treatment of the child, the juvenile court shall:

(1) if the criteria for court-ordered mental health services under Section 55.05(a) or (b) are satisfied, order temporary inpatient or outpatient mental health services; or

(2) if the criteria for court-ordered mental health services under Section 55.05(c) or (d) are satisfied, order extended inpatient or outpatient mental health services.

(c) On receipt of the court's order for inpatient mental health services, the Health and Human Services Commission shall identify a facility and admit the child to the identified facility.

(d) If the child is currently detained in a juvenile detention facility, the juvenile court shall:

(1) order the child released from detention to the child's home or another appropriate place;

(2) order the child detained or placed in an appropriate facility other than a juvenile detention facility; or

(3) conduct a detention hearing and, if the court makes findings under Section 54.01 to support further detention of the child, order the child to remain in the juvenile detention facility subject to further detention orders of the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3866.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3866 / Section 3866.153
§ 3866.153. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The board may include more than one purpose in a single proposition at an election.

(c) If the district obtains the written consent of all property owners in the district to impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes or assessments, the district is exempt from the election requirement under Subsection (a) and may cancel an election called under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7960A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960A / Section 7960A.0201
§ 7960A.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 7960A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 22.222 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.222
§ 22.222. COURT SITTING IN PANELS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each court of appeals may sit in panels of not fewer than three justices for the purpose of hearing cases.

(b) If more than one panel is used, the court of appeals shall establish rules to periodically rotate the justices among the panels. Permanent civil panels and criminal panels without rotation may not be established.

(c) A majority of a panel constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and the concurrence of a majority of a panel is necessary for a decision.
Tex. Estates Code § 358.151 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 358 / Section 358.151
§ 358.151. AUTHORIZATION FOR POOLING OR UNITIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If an existing lease or leases on property owned by an estate being administered do not adequately provide for pooling or unitization, the court in which the proceedings are pending may, in the manner provided by this subchapter, authorize the commitment of royalty or mineral interests in oil, liquid hydrocarbons, gas, gaseous elements, and other minerals, or any one or more of them, owned by the estate, to agreements that provide for the operation of areas as a pool or unit for the exploration for, development of, and production of all of those minerals, if the court finds that:

(1) the pool or unit to which the agreement relates will be operated in a manner that protects correlative rights or prevents the physical or economic waste of oil, liquid hydrocarbons, gas, gaseous elements, or other minerals subject to the agreement; and

(2) it is in the best interest of the estate to execute the agreement.

(b) An agreement authorized under Subsection (a) may, among other things, provide that:

(1) operations incident to the drilling of or production from a well on any portion of a pool or unit shall be considered for all purposes to be the conduct of operations on or production from each separately owned tract in the pool or unit;

(2) any lease covering any part of the area committed to a pool or unit continues in effect in its entirety as long as:

(A) oil, gas, or other minerals subject to the agreement are produced in paying quantities from any part of the pooled or unitized area;

(B) operations are conducted as provided in the lease on any part of the pooled or unitized area; or

(C) there is a shut-in gas well on any part of the pooled or unitized area, if the presence of the shut-in gas well is a ground for continuation of the lease under the terms of the lease;

(3) the production allocated by the agreement to each tract included in a pool or unit shall, when produced, be considered for all purposes to have been produced from the tract by a well drilled on the tract;

(4) the royalties provided for on production from any tract or portion of a tract within the pool or unit shall be paid only on that portion of the production allocated to the tract in accordance with the agreement;

(5) the dry gas, before or after extraction of hydrocarbons, may be returned to a formation underlying any land or leases committed to the agreement, and that royalties are not required to be paid on the gas returned; and

(6) gas obtained from other sources or other land may be injected into a formation underlying any land or leases committed to the agreement, and that royalties are not required to be paid on the gas injected when the gas is produced from the unit.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.726 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 251 / Section 251.726
§ 251.726. CHANGE OF STATUS FOR TERRITORY ANNEXED OR OWNED BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a municipality that has within its boundaries all or part of an international airport operated jointly by two municipalities and:

(1) that is:

(A) partially located in three counties, two of which have a population of 2.1 million or more; and

(B) primarily located in a county with a population of 2.1 million or more; or

(2) that:

(A) is partially located in five counties, one of which:

(i) has a population of 2.1 million or more; and

(ii) is adjacent to a county with a population of 2.2 million or more;

(B) is subject to a limited purpose annexation and development agreement under Subchapter G, Chapter 212, Local Government Code; and

(C) may annex an area on request of the owners of land in the area under Subchapter C-3, Chapter 43, Local Government Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law:

(1) an area annexed to a municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality; and

(2) an area contiguous to and owned by a municipality to which this section applies assumes the wet or dry status of that municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.104
§ 3926.104. 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. Government Code § 33.0322 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 33 / Section 33.0322
§ 33.0322. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 33.032 or other law, including Section 1-a(10), Article V, Texas Constitution, the commission shall provide to the Sunset Advisory Commission staff conducting a review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act) access to the commission's confidential documents, records, meetings, and proceedings, including proceedings in which testimony is given, as the Sunset Advisory Commission staff determines necessary to conduct a complete and thorough evaluation of the commission's activities.

(b) The confidentiality provisions of this chapter and other law do not authorize the commission to withhold from the Sunset Advisory Commission staff access to any confidential document, record, meeting, or proceeding to which the Sunset Advisory Commission staff determines access is necessary for a review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).

(c) The Sunset Advisory Commission staff shall maintain the confidentiality the commission is required to maintain under this chapter and other law for each document, record, meeting, or proceeding that the staff accesses or receives as part of a review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).

(d) The commission does not violate the attorney-client privilege, or any other privilege or confidentiality requirement protected or required by the Texas Constitution, common law, statutory law, or rules of evidence, procedure, or professional conduct, by providing to the Sunset Advisory Commission staff for purposes of a review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act) a confidential communication, including a document or record or any testimony or other information presented in a closed meeting or proceeding of the commission, that is made between the commission and its attorneys or other employees assisting the commission in its decision-making process.
Tex. Government Code § 22.215 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.215
§ 22.215. FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth Court of Appeals District shall be held in the City of Houston.

(b) Harris County shall furnish and equip suitable rooms in Houston for the court and the justices without expense to the state.

(c) The Fourteenth Court of Appeals may transact its business in any county in the First Court of Appeals District as the court determines necessary and convenient.

(d) Each of the justices on the court of appeals shall designate the county of his permanent residence on the records of the court in which the justice serves. The county of a justice's permanent residence is the justice's permanent post of duty.

(e) Section 22.202, relating to the First Court of Appeals, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the Fourteenth Court of Appeals.