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Tex. Occupations Code § 1804.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1804 / Section 1804.103
§ 1804.103. VETERANS ORGANIZATION REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before January 15 of each year, each veterans organization that received more than $500 in solicitations during the preceding calendar year shall file with the secretary of state a report that includes:

(1) the name and address of the veterans organization and each officer authorized to spend the organization's funds; and

(2) the total amounts from all sources spent by the organization for each of the following:

(A) administrative expenses;

(B) travel expenses of officers of the organization;

(C) travel expenses of each member of the organization;

(D) gifts to veterans or other veterans organizations;

(E) gifts to nonveterans;

(F) payments for the purchase, rental, or lease of and repairs to facilities used by the organization; and

(G) any other expenditures.

(b) A $50 filing fee must accompany each report filed under this section.

(c) A veterans organization that is chartered by the United States Congress and that has subsidiary organizations may:

(1) collect the reports of the subsidiary organizations; and

(2) file its report and the reports of its subsidiary organizations together and pay a single filing fee.

(d) A veterans organization shall require an individual to sign a receipt for the funds given to the individual for the individual's personal use before the funds are delivered. The organization shall keep a receipt for the expenditure for seven years after the date of the expenditure.

(e) The reports and receipts are public records and the veterans organization shall make them available to any person who requests them in writing.
Tex. Occupations Code § 402.403 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 402 / Section 402.403
§ 402.403. WRITTEN CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

The owner of a hearing instrument fitting and dispensing practice shall ensure that each client receives a written contract at the time of purchase of a hearing instrument that contains the information prescribed by commission rule.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.2042 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.2042
§ 1001.2042. REQUIREMENTS FOR ONLINE DRIVER EDUCATION PROVIDER.
Status: in_force

Before an online driver education provider license may be issued, the department must determine that the applicant has:

(1) adequate driver education instructors to provide training of good quality; and

(2) adequate testing and security measures to validate a student's identity and active participation in a driver education course.
Tex. Local Government Code § 374.903 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 374 / Section 374.903
§ 374.903. URBAN RENEWAL IN DISASTER AREA.
Status: in_force

If the governing body of a municipality certifies that an area needs redevelopment or rehabilitation because of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe for which the governor has certified the state's need for disaster assistance under applicable federal law, the governing body may approve an urban renewal plan and an urban renewal project for the affected area without regard to Section 374.014(d) and to the provisions of this chapter that require a general plan for the municipality and a public hearing on the urban renewal project.
Tex. Local Government Code § 303.032 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 303 / Section 303.032
§ 303.032. CHANGE OF REGISTERED OFFICE OR AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may change its registered office, registered agent, or both by filing the original and a copy of a statement in the office of the secretary of state. The president or vice president of the corporation shall execute and verify the statement.

(b) The statement must include:

(1) the corporation's name;

(2) the post office address of the corporation's current registered office;

(3) if the registered office is to be changed, the post office address of the corporation's new registered office;

(4) the name of the corporation's registered agent;

(5) if the registered agent is to be changed, the name of the successor registered agent;

(6) a statement that, after the change, the post office address of the registered office will be the same as the post office address of the business office of the registered agent; and

(7) a statement that the change was authorized by the board of directors or by a corporate officer authorized by the board of directors to make the change.

(c) If the secretary of state finds that the statement complies with this chapter, the secretary of state, when all fees have been paid as required by this chapter, shall:

(1) write "filed" on the original and each copy of the statement and the month, day, and year of the filing;

(2) file the original statement in the office of the secretary of state; and

(3) return the copy of the statement to the corporation or its representative.

(d) The change made by the statement takes effect on the filing of the statement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3809.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3809 / Section 3809.103
§ 3809.103. AGREEMENTS, DONATIONS, GRANTS, AND LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may enter into an agreement with or accept a donation, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Water Code § 51.014 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.014
§ 51.014. CONTENTS OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

The petition shall include:

(1) the name of the district;

(2) the area and boundaries of the district;

(3) the provision of the Texas Constitution under which the district is to be organized;

(4) the purpose or purposes of the district;

(5) a statement of the general nature of the work to be done and the necessity and feasibility of the project, with reasonable detail and definiteness to assist the court or commission passing on the petition in understanding the purpose, utility, feasibility, and need; and

(6) a statement of the estimated cost of the project based on the information available to the person filing the petition at the time of filing.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0382 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0382
§ 25.0382. CHAMBERS COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Chambers County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:

(1) arraignments, pleas, and pretrial motions for felony cases; and

(2) family law cases and proceedings.

(b) In matters of concurrent jurisdiction, a judge of a county court at law and a judge of a district court in Chambers County may transfer cases between the courts in the same manner that judges of district courts may transfer cases under Section 24.003.

(c) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an annual salary in an amount at least equal to the amount that is $1,000 less than the total annual salary, including supplements, received by a district judge in the county. The salary shall be paid out of the county treasury on order of the commissioners court.

(d) The judge of a county court at law is entitled to travel expenses and necessary office expenses, including administrative and clerical help, in the same manner as a district judge in the county.

(e) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in matters of concurrent jurisdiction with the district court other than misdemeanor cases and probate matters and proceedings. The county clerk serves as clerk for all other cases. Each clerk shall establish a separate docket for a county court at law. The commissioners court may employ as many deputy sheriffs and bailiffs as are necessary to serve the court.

(f) If a case or proceeding in which a county court at law has concurrent jurisdiction with a district court is tried before a jury, the jury shall be composed of 12 members. In all other cases, the jury shall be composed of six members.

(g) The judge of a county court at law may, instead of appointing an official court reporter, contract for the services of a court reporter under guidelines established by the commissioners court.

(h) The laws governing the drawing, selection, service, and pay of jurors for county courts apply to a county court at law. Jurors regularly impaneled for a week by the district court may, on a request of a judge of the county court at law, be made available and shall serve for the week in a county court at law.

(i) A county court at law has the same terms of court as a district court in Chambers County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.012
§ 574.012. RECOMMENDATION FOR TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The local mental health authority in the county in which an application is filed shall file with the court a recommendation for the most appropriate treatment alternative for the proposed patient.

(b) The court shall direct the local mental health authority to file, before the date set for the hearing, its recommendation for the proposed patient's treatment.

(c) If outpatient treatment is recommended, the local mental health authority will also file a statement as to whether the proposed mental health services are available.

(d) The hearing on an application may not be held before the recommendation for treatment is filed unless the court determines that an emergency exists.

(e) This section does not relieve a county of its responsibility under other provisions of this subtitle to diagnose, care for, or treat persons with mental illness.

(f) This section does not apply to a person for whom treatment in a private mental health facility is proposed.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.065 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.065
§ 61.065. DUTY OF CITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the duty and responsibility of the governing body of any incorporated city, town, or village located or bordering on the Gulf of Mexico to clean and maintain the condition of all public beaches within the corporate boundaries.

(b) The duty to clean and maintain the condition of public beaches does not extend to any public beach within the corporate boundaries that is owned by the county in which it is located.

(c) As part of the duty under this section to clean and maintain the condition of public beaches, a municipality shall:

(1) during reasonable daylight hours, as established and posted by the municipality, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, provide, or ensure that a park board created by the municipality under Chapter 306, Local Government Code, provides:

(A) occupied lifeguard towers or mobile lifeguard units on each side of each pier, jetty, or other structure that protrudes into the Gulf of Mexico that is located within the corporate boundaries; or

(B) a single occupied lifeguard tower or mobile lifeguard unit at each pier, jetty, or other structure that protrudes into the Gulf of Mexico that is located within the corporate boundaries if the single tower provides an unobstructed view of both sides of the structure; and

(2) post within 100 yards of each side of each structure described by Subdivision (1) signs clearly describing the dangerous water conditions that may occur near the structure.

(d) A municipality may suspend or alter the duties imposed under Subsection (c) during dangerous weather conditions or emergency operations.

(e) Subsection (c)(1) does not apply to a municipality with a population of less than 1,000 that is located in a county adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
Tex. Election Code § 204.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 204 / Section 204.002
§ 204.002. TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCY.
Status: in_force

The governor shall appoint a person to fill a vacancy in office if the vacancy exists or will exist when congress is in session. The appointee serves until a successor has been elected and has qualified.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8006.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8006 / Section 8006.0402
§ 8006.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8006.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.103
§ 542.103. DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING REQUESTED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall provide the information requested under this subchapter in writing not later than the 30th day after the date the insurer receives the request for the information.

(b) For purposes of this section, information is considered to be provided on the date the information is deposited with the United States Postal Service or is personally delivered.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7922.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7922 / Section 7922.201
§ 7922.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0201
§ 523.0201. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall establish and maintain advisory committees to consider issues and solicit public input across all major areas of the health and human services system which may be from various geographic areas across this state, which may be done either in person or through teleconferencing centers, including relating to the following issues:

(1) Medicaid and other social services programs;

(2) managed care under Medicaid and the child health plan program;

(3) health care quality initiatives;

(4) aging;

(5) individuals with disabilities, including individuals with autism;

(6) rehabilitation, including for individuals with brain injuries;

(7) children;

(8) public health;

(9) behavioral health;

(10) regulatory matters;

(11) protective services; and

(12) prevention efforts.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.194 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.194
§ 81.194. RETURN TO FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person is permitted to leave a facility under Section 81.193, the head of the facility may have the person taken into custody, detained, and returned to the facility by:

(1) signing a certificate authorizing the person's return; or

(2) filing the certificate with a magistrate and requesting the magistrate to order the person's return.

(b) The health authority or department may also have a person returned by signing the certificate authorized by Subsection (a)(1).

(c) A magistrate may issue an order directing a peace officer to take a person into custody and return the person to the facility if the head of the facility, health authority, or department files the certificate as prescribed by this section.

(d) The head of the facility, health authority, or department may sign or file the certificate on a reasonable belief that:

(1) the person is absent without authority from the facility;

(2) the person has violated the conditions of a pass; or

(3) the person's condition has deteriorated to the extent that the person's continued absence from the facility under a pass is inappropriate.

(e) A peace officer shall take the person into custody and return the person to the facility as soon as possible if the person's return is authorized by the certificate or the court order.

(f) The peace officer may take the person into custody without having the certificate or court order in the officer's possession.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 181.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 181 / Section 181.103
§ 181.103. CONSUMER INFORMATION WEBSITE.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall maintain an Internet website that provides:

(1) information concerning a consumer's privacy rights regarding protected health information under federal and state law;

(2) a list of the state agencies, including the department, the Texas Medical Board, and the Texas Department of Insurance, that regulate covered entities in this state and the types of entities each agency regulates;

(3) detailed information regarding each agency's complaint enforcement process; and

(4) contact information, including the address of the agency's Internet website, for each agency listed under Subdivision (2) for reporting a violation of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4152.210 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4152 / Section 4152.210
§ 4152.210. AUDITED STATEMENT OF MANAGER'S FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A manager shall provide annually to each insurer and reinsurer with whom the manager transacts business an audited statement of the manager's financial condition.

(b) The statement must be prepared by an independent certified public accountant in a form acceptable to the commissioner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.110 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4102 / Section 4102.110
§ 4102.110. RECORD MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder shall keep a complete record in this state of each of the license holder's transactions as a public insurance adjuster. The records must include each of the following:

(1) the name of the insured;

(2) the date, location, and amount of the loss;

(3) a copy of the contract between the license holder and the insured;

(4) the name of the insurer and the amount, expiration date, and number of each policy under which the loss is covered;

(5) an itemized statement of the recoveries by the insured from the sources known to the license holder;

(6) the total compensation received for the adjustment; and

(7) an itemized statement of disbursements made by the license holder from recoveries received on behalf of the insured.

(b) Records required to be kept under this section must be:

(1) maintained in this state for at least five years after the termination of a transaction with the insured; and

(2) open to examination by the commissioner.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.259 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.259
§ 92.259. PROPERTY AND OBLIGATIONS OF CONVERTED SAVINGS BANK.
Status: in_force

The new financial institution:

(1) retains any property, right, or obligation of the converted savings bank; and

(2) to the extent the provisions can be made applicable, is subject to Sections 92.306-92.308 as if it were a new savings bank.
Tex. Transportation Code § 394.047 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 394 / Section 394.047
§ 394.047. NUMBER OF SIGNS.
Status: in_force

A business may not maintain more than five on-premise signs for each frontage on a single road at a single business location.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8006.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8006 / Section 8006.0503
§ 8006.0503. 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. Estates Code § 305.109 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 305 / Section 305.109
§ 305.109. FILING OF BOND.
Status: in_force

A bond required under Section 305.101 shall be filed with the clerk after the court approves the bond.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.007
§ 8813.007. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 49, Water Code, applies to the authority.

(b) This chapter does not prevail over or preempt a provision of Chapter 36, Water Code, or Chapter 8801 or 8834 of this code that is being implemented by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District or Fort Bend Subsidence District, as applicable.

(c) Chapter 36, Water Code, does not apply to the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8344.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8344 / Section 8344.152
§ 8344.152. LAW APPLICABLE TO NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to any new district created by division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district, including the power to divide in accordance with this section.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.254 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.254
§ 371.254. REDEMPTION OF GOODS AFTER LICENSE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) After revocation of a pawnshop license, the pawnbroker, for the sole purpose of allowing a pledgor to redeem pledged goods, shall maintain usual business hours at the pawnshop for 60 days after the latest maturity date of any pawn transaction made at that pawnshop.

(b) If after the revocation of a license and within the period provided by Section 371.169 a pledgor requests an extension of that period, the pawnbroker shall grant an extension not to exceed 30 days.

(c) The commissioner may exercise any authority conferred on the commissioner to protect the interest of a pledgor of goods in the possession of a pawnbroker whose license has been revoked, including assessment of a penalty or administrative enforcement under this chapter.

(d) On suspension of a pawnshop license by the commissioner, the pawnbroker shall maintain the pawnshop's usual business hours during the suspension for the sole purpose of allowing a pledgor to redeem goods or to renew a pawn transaction that matures during the suspension.

(e) A pawnbroker shall renew a pawn transaction that matures during a suspension if, not later than the 60th day after the maturity date, the pledgor requests a renewal.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 102 / Section 102.153
§ 102.153. EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

Members of the university advisory committee or any ad hoc advisory committee appointed under this subchapter serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses in attending meetings of the committee or performing other official duties authorized by the presiding officer.
Tex. Government Code § 481.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.002
§ 481.002. OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office is an office within the office of the governor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8037.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8037 / Section 8037.0104
§ 8037.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8037.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.511 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.511
§ 348.511. EFFECT OF LICENSE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR SURRENDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The suspension, revocation, or surrender of a license issued under this chapter does not affect the obligation of a contract between the license holder and a retail buyer entered into before the suspension, revocation, or surrender.

(b) Surrender of a license does not affect the license holder's civil or criminal liability for an act committed before surrender.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0161
§ 8509.0161. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

If the district's exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power granted by this chapter makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telephone or telegraph property or facility, or pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the district's sole expense.