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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1056.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1056 / Section 1056.060
§ 1056.060. ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may designate an assistant administrator to discharge a duty or function of the district administrator in the event of the administrator's incapacity, absence, or inability to discharge the duty or function.

(b) The assistant administrator shall post the bond required by board order.

(c) The assistant administrator is subject to the limitations prescribed by board order.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.402 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.402
§ 51.402. USE OF DESIGNATED FUNDS.
Status: repealed

(a) The board may use funds designated under Section 51.401 for any of the following purposes:

(1) to add to a tract of public school land to form a tract of sufficient size to be manageable;

(2) to add contiguous land to public school land;

(3) to acquire, as public school land, interests in real property for biological, residential, commercial, geological, cultural, or recreational purposes;

(4) to acquire mineral and royalty interests for the use and benefit of the permanent school fund;

(5) to protect, maintain, or enhance the value of public school land and mineral or royalty interests on that land;

(6) to acquire real property holdings;

(7) to pay reasonable fees for professional services related to a permanent school fund investment; or

(8) to acquire, sell, lease, trade, improve, maintain, protect, or use land, mineral and royalty interests, or real property holdings, at such prices and under such terms and conditions the board determines to be in the best interest of the permanent school fund.

(b) Before using funds under Subsection (a), the board must determine, using the prudent investor standard, that the use of the funds for the intended purpose is authorized by Subsection (a) and in the best interest of the permanent school fund. A determination by the board on the use of funds under this section is conclusive unless the determination was made as a result of fraud or obvious error.

(b-1) The board may confer with one or more employees of the board or with a third party regarding an investment or potential investment in real estate, including the acquisition or potential acquisition of interests in real estate, to the extent permitted to the board of trustees of the Texas growth fund under Section 551.075, Government Code.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 875 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 2.10(3), eff. December 31, 2022.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2402 / Section 2402.151
§ 2402.151. RETENTION AND SUBMISSION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A transportation network company shall maintain:

(1) records evidencing compliance with the requirements of this chapter for a period of two years;

(2) individual ride records for at least five years after the date the ride was provided; and

(3) driver records for at least five years after the date the driver ceases to be authorized to log in as a driver on the company's digital network.

(a-1) A delivery network company shall maintain records evidencing compliance with the requirements of this chapter for a period of two years.

(b) The department shall provide a means for information required to be submitted for the purposes of this chapter to be submitted electronically.
Tex. Water Code § 60.044 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.044
§ 60.044. LAW GOVERNING COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The commission of any district operating under this subchapter shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 63.087-63.088 and 63.090-63.094 of this code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 40.03 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.03
§ 40.03. GROUNDS FOR NEW TRIAL IN FELONY.
Status: repealed

By order of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dated December 18, 1985, effective September 1, 1986, adopting the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 685 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, this article was repealed.
Tex. Government Code § 660.016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.016
§ 660.016. PROHIBITION AGAINST ACCEPTING MONEY OR TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM CERTAIN PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless authorized by law, a state employee may not accept money for wages or for a travel expense reimbursement from a person that the employee's employing state agency intends to audit, examine, or investigate or is auditing, examining, or investigating.

(b) A state employee who violates Subsection (a) shall forfeit the money or travel expense reimbursement to the state.

(c) Subsections (a) and (b) are in addition to any other prohibitions, penalties, and forfeitures imposed or required by other law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.611 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.611
§ 161.611. REVENUE DEPOSITED IN GENERAL REVENUE FUND.
Status: in_force

The revenue from the fees imposed by this subchapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.0011 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0011
§ 12.0011. RESOURCE PROTECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department is the state agency with primary responsibility for protecting the state's fish and wildlife resources.

(b) The department's resource protection activities include:

(1) investigating fish kills and any type of pollution that may cause loss of fish or wildlife resources, taking necessary action to identify the cause and party responsible for the fish kill or pollution, estimating the monetary value of lost resources, and seeking restoration through presentation of evidence to the agency responsible for permitting or through suit in county or district court;

(2) providing recommendations that will protect fish and wildlife resources to local, state, and federal agencies that approve, permit, license, or construct developmental projects;

(3) providing information on fish and wildlife resources to any local, state, and federal agencies or private organizations that make decisions affecting those resources; and

(4) providing recommendations to the Texas Department of Water Resources on scheduling of in-stream flows and freshwater inflows to Texas estuaries for the management of fish and wildlife resources.

(b-1) Recommendations and information submitted by the department under Subsection (b) in response to a request for comments from the Texas Department of Transportation must be submitted not later than the 45th day after the date the department receives the request.

(c) An agency with statewide jurisdiction that receives a department recommendation or informational comment under Subsection (b) shall respond to the department in writing concerning the recommendation or comment. A response must include for each recommendation or comment provided by the department:

(1) a description of any modification made to the proposed project, fish and wildlife resource decision, or water flow schedule resulting from the recommendation or comment;

(2) any other disposition of the recommendation or comment; and

(3) as applicable, any reason the agency disagreed with or did not act on or incorporate the recommendation or comment.

(d) A response under Subsection (c):

(1) must be submitted to the department not later than the 90th day after the date the agency makes a decision or takes other action related to the recommendation or informational comment provided by the department; and

(2) is public information under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7212.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7212 / Section 7212.051
§ 7212.051. DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of not fewer than five and not more than 11 directors.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.252
§ 4051.252. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT; PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) To appoint an agent under this subchapter, an insurer must submit a completed appointment form to the department and pay a nonrefundable fee in an amount set by the department.

(b) The appointment form must be signed by a representative of the insurer.

(c) The department shall approve an appointment unless the department determines that the applicant does not meet the requirements of this title.

(d) The department may waive any examination requirement imposed by this title for a license applicant seeking an appointment under this subchapter who has passed an examination as required by Federal Crop Insurance Corporation guidelines for administering the federal crop insurance program.
Tex. Tax Code § 202.307 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 202 / Section 202.307
§ 202.307. INCOMPLETE RECORDS OR REPORTS; CONCEALING PROPERTY UNDER LIEN; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) with intent to defraud the state, knowingly fails to keep a complete record that he is required by this chapter to keep;

(2) knowingly fails to file a complete report that he is required by this chapter to file;

(3) with intent to defraud the state, conceals property or equipment that is under a lien authorized by Section 202.302 of this code; or

(4) fails or refuses to permit the comptroller or attorney general to inspect a record or report required by this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $5,000;

(2) confinement in county jail for not less than one month nor more than six months; or

(3) both a fine and confinement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8827.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8827 / Section 8827.052
§ 8827.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall appoint a director to succeed a director on or before the date the director's term expires.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.1513 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.1513
§ 39.1513. ERCOT BOARD SELECTION COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The ERCOT board selection committee is composed of:

(1) one member appointed by the governor;

(2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor; and

(3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b) A person may not be appointed as a member of the committee unless the person is a resident of this state.

(c) A member of the committee is not entitled to compensation for serving as a member but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the official duties of office.

(d) The committee shall select members eligible under Section 39.151 to serve on the governing body of an independent organization certified under that section for the ERCOT power region and shall designate the chair and vice chair of the governing body from those members.

(e) The ERCOT board selection committee shall retain an outside consulting firm to help select members of the governing body under Subsection (d).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 223.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 223 / Section 223.015
§ 223.015. OBLIGATIONS LIMITED.
Status: in_force

(a) The issuer may not incur a financial obligation under this chapter that cannot be paid from the proceeds of hospital project bonds, revenues derived from operating a hospital project, or other revenues that may be provided by a nonprofit organization in accordance with this chapter.

(b) The legislature or an issuer may not make an appropriation to pay any part of a cost of a hospital project or any operating cost of a hospital project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.002
§ 1100.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The South Randall County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0004
§ 523.0004. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

The commission is subject to Chapters 2001 and 2002.
Tex. Transportation Code § 552.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 552 / Section 552.003
§ 552.003. PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALK.
Status: in_force

(a) The operator of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing a roadway in a crosswalk if:

(1) no traffic control signal is in place or in operation; and

(2) the pedestrian is:

(A) on the half of the roadway in which the vehicle is traveling; or

(B) approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a pedestrian may not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and proceed into a crosswalk in the path of a vehicle so close that it is impossible for the vehicle operator to stop and yield.

(c) The operator of a vehicle approaching from the rear of a vehicle that is stopped at a crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross a roadway may not pass the stopped vehicle.

(d) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under Subsection (a) that as a result of the commission of the offense a collision occurred causing serious bodily injury or death to a visually impaired or disabled person, the offense is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not more than $500; and

(2) 30 hours of community service to an organization or agency that primarily serves visually impaired or disabled persons, to be completed in not less than six months and not more than one year.

(d-1) A portion of the community service required under Subsection (d)(2) shall include sensitivity training.

(e) For the purposes of this section:

(1) "Visually impaired" has the meaning assigned by Section 91.002, Human Resources Code.

(2) "Disabled" means a person who cannot walk without the use or assistance of:

(A) a device, including a brace, cane, crutch, prosthesis, or wheelchair; or

(B) another person.

(f) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code or the Penal Code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0523 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0523
§ 42.0523. LISTING OF RELATIVE CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A child-care provider who only provides child care under Chapter 313, Labor Code, to children related to the provider may list the provider's home as a family home.

(b) Before the department may list a child-care provider's home under this section, in addition to conducting the background or criminal history check required under Section 42.056, the department must search the central database of sex offender registration records maintained by the Department of Public Safety under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, to determine whether the provider is listed in the registry as a sex offender.

(c) The address of a family home listed under this section is the address of the child-care provider's home, regardless of whether the child care is provided in the provider's home or in the child's home.

(d) A relative child-care provider's home listed as a family home under this section is exempt from the health and safety requirements of 45 C.F.R. Section 98.41(a).

(e) The following requirements do not apply to a family home listed under this section:

(1) the minimum standards adopted under Section 42.042; and

(2) the liability insurance requirement under Section 42.0495.
Tex. Government Code § 312.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 312 / Section 312.011
§ 312.011. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

The following definitions apply unless a different meaning is apparent from the context of the statute in which the word appears:

(1) "Affidavit" means a statement in writing of a fact or facts signed by the party making it, sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and officially certified to by the officer under his seal of office.

(2) "Comptroller" means the state comptroller of public accounts.

(3) "Effects" includes all personal property and all interest in that property.

(4) "Governing body," if used with reference to a municipality, means the legislative body of a city, town, or village, without regard to the name or title given to any particular body.

(5) "Justice," when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace.

(6) "Land commissioner" means the Commissioner of the General Land Office.

(7) "Month" means a calendar month.

(8) "Oath" includes affirmation.

(9) "Official oath" means the oath required by Article XVI, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution.

(10) "Person" includes a corporation.

(11) "Preceding," when referring to a title, chapter, or article, means that which came immediately before.

(12) "Preceding federal census" or "most recent federal census" means the United States decennial census immediately preceding the action in question.

(13) "Property" includes real property, personal property, life insurance policies, and the effects of life insurance policies.

(14) "Signature" includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark.

(15) "Succeeding" means immediately following.

(16) "Swear" or "sworn" includes affirm or affirmed.

(17) "Written" or "in writing" includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means.

(18) "Year" means a calendar year.

(19) "Includes" and "including" are terms of enlargement and not of limitation or exclusive enumeration, and use of the terms does not create a presumption that components not expressed are excluded.

(20) "Population" means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census.
Tex. Government Code § 414.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 414 / Section 414.011
§ 414.011. CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS AND REWARD REPAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall, on application by a crime stoppers organization, determine whether the organization is qualified to receive repayments of rewards under Articles 37.073 and 42.152, Code of Criminal Procedure, or payments from a defendant under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure. The council shall certify a crime stoppers organization to receive those repayments or payments if, considering the organization, continuity, leadership, community support, and general conduct of the crime stoppers organization, the council determines that the repayments or payments will be spent to further the crime prevention purposes of the organization.

(b) Each crime stoppers organization certified by the council to receive repayments under Articles 37.073 and 42.152, Code of Criminal Procedure, or payments from a defendant under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure, is subject to a review or audit, including financial and programmatic reviews or audits, of finances or programs at the direction of the criminal justice division of the governor's office or its designee. A copy of the review or audit report shall be submitted to the criminal justice division.

(c) The criminal justice division of the governor's office or its designee shall draft rules for adoption by the council relating to a review or audit requested pursuant to Subsection (b).

(d) A certification issued by the council is valid for a period of two years. During this two-year period, the council shall decertify a crime stoppers organization if it determines that the organization no longer meets the certification requirements.

(e) The council shall approve a crime stoppers organization for purposes of Subsection (a) of this section even if a judge has not requested a determination for that organization and shall maintain a current list of organizations approved for that purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 964.062 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 964 / Section 964.062
§ 964.062. AMENDMENTS TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OR GOVERNING DOCUMENT.
Status: in_force

A captive insurance company may not amend its certificate of formation or other governing document unless the amendment has been filed with and approved by the commissioner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.005
§ 1601.005. DEFINITION OF CARRIER.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "carrier" means:

(1) an insurance company that is authorized by the department to provide under this code any of the types of insurance coverages, benefits, or services provided for in this chapter, and that:

(A) has an adequate surplus;

(B) has a successful operating history; and

(C) has had successful experience, as determined by the department, in providing and servicing any of the types of group coverage provided for in this chapter;

(2) a corporation operating under Chapter 842 that provides any of the types of coverage, benefits, or services provided for in this chapter and that:

(A) has a successful operating history; and

(B) has had successful experience, as determined by the department, in providing and servicing any of the types of group coverage provided for in this chapter; or

(3) any combination of carriers described by Subdivisions (1) and (2) on terms the system prescribes.
Tex. Education Code § 61.0581 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0581
§ 61.0581. POWERS UNAFFECTED BY CERTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

The powers of the board and the legislature, including the powers granted under Section 61.058 of this code, are not limited by the constitutional amendments proposed by H.J.R. No. 19, 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, and adopted by the voters except to the extent those powers are specifically limited by those constitutional provisions.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.158 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.158
§ 96.158. EFFECT OF LIMITING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately after receiving a limiting order, the conservator shall post a copy of the order at the main entrance of the savings bank.

(b) A deposit account withdrawal that violates a limiting order may not be permitted after the conservator posts the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8357.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8357 / Section 8357.106
§ 8357.106. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8357.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 24.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.024
§ 24.024. FILING AND DOCKETING CASES.
Status: in_force

In a county with two or more district courts, the district judges may adopt rules governing the filing and numbering of cases, the assignment of cases for trial, and the distribution of the work of the courts as in their discretion they consider necessary or desirable for the orderly dispatch of the business of the courts.
Tex. Finance Code § 154.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.302
§ 154.302. NOTICE OF ABANDONED MONEY.
Status: in_force

On March 1 of each year, a seller that holds money presumed abandoned under Section 154.301(b) shall furnish the commissioner with an acknowledged written notice of the abandoned money not later than the following June 1. The notice must include:

(1) the name and address, if known, of each person who appears to be the purchaser or the beneficiary of the contract;

(2) the identification number, if any, of the contract;

(3) the total amount paid on the contract;

(4) the amount paid on the contract and held at the depository;

(5) the earnings of the contract; and

(6) a statement by the seller recognizing the seller's obligation and intent to deliver the abandoned money to the comptroller in accordance with this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3882.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3882 / Section 3882.108
§ 3882.108. NO EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.