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Tex. Election Code § 12.034 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 12 / Section 12.034
§ 12.034. RESCISSION OF DESIGNATION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court by written order may rescind the order designating the county clerk as the voter registrar at any time after two years have elapsed from the date the order was adopted, to become effective on a date stated in the order.

(b) Not later than the third day after the date the rescission order is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary of state.

(c) On the effective date of the rescission, the county tax assessor-collector is the voter registrar for the county unless the position of county elections administrator is created.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 4.105 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 4 / Section 4.105
§ 4.105. EFFECT OF CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) After the secretary of state files the certificate of correction, the filing instrument is considered to have been corrected on the date the filing instrument was originally filed, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) As to a person who is adversely affected by the correction, the filing instrument is considered to have been corrected on the date the certificate of correction is filed.

(c) An acknowledgment of filing or a similar instrument issued by the secretary of state before a filing instrument is corrected, with respect to the effect of filing the original filing instrument, applies to the corrected filing instrument as of the date the corrected filing instrument is considered to have been filed under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4026.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4026 / Section 4026.0106
§ 4026.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; or

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Government Code § 776.0051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 776 / Section 776.0051
§ 776.0051. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee shall meet at least annually at the call of the committee chair or the State Soil and Water Conservation Board's representative on the committee.

(b) The State Soil and Water Conservation Board shall ensure the committee meets at least annually.
Tex. Family Code § 162.011 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.011
§ 162.011. REVOCATION OF CONSENT.
Status: in_force

At any time before an order granting the adoption of the child is rendered, a consent required by Section 162.010 may be revoked by filing a signed revocation.
Tex. Family Code § 101.027 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.027
§ 101.027. PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.
Status: in_force

"Parent locator service" means the service established under 42 U.S.C. Section 653.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.103
§ 1088.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources.
Tex. Election Code § 86.012 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 86 / Section 86.012
§ 86.012. OFFICIAL BALLOT ENVELOPE.
Status: in_force

(a) "Ballot Envelope" must be printed on the face of each officially prescribed ballot envelope for a ballot to be voted by mail.

(b) The following textual material, as prescribed by the secretary of state, must be printed on the face of each official ballot envelope and may be continued on the reverse side if necessary:

(1) instructions for marking the ballot and returning the marked ballot to the early voting clerk;

(2) the deadline for returning the marked ballot to the clerk;

(3) limitations on assistance to the voter; and

(4) criminal penalties for unlawful assistance in preparing the ballot.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 366.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 366 / Section 366.014
§ 366.014. DESIGNATED PERSON.
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of Section 366.071(b), the commission or an authorized agent may designate a person to:

(1) review permit applications, site evaluations, or planning materials; or

(2) inspect on-site sewage disposal systems.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9014.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9014 / Section 9014.003
§ 9014.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 9014.024 before September 1, 2011:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2011, except that the district shall:

(A) pay any debts incurred;

(B) transfer to Kaufman County any assets that remain after the payment of debts; and

(C) maintain the organization of the district until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2014.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.288 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.288
§ 623.288. RULES.
Status: in_force

The Texas Transportation Commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.761 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.761
§ 1369.761. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Administer" means to directly apply a drug to the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means.

(2) "Clinician-administered drug" means an outpatient prescription drug other than a vaccine that:

(A) cannot reasonably be:

(i) self-administered by the patient to whom the drug is prescribed; or

(ii) administered by an individual assisting the patient with the self-administration; and

(B) is typically administered:

(i) by a physician or other health care provider authorized under the laws of this state to administer the drug, including when acting under a physician's delegation and supervision; and

(ii) in a physician's office.

(3) "Health care provider" means an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care services in this state.

(4) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.105
§ 8801.105. SUITS BY OR AGAINST THE DISTRICT; REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may sue and be sued in the courts of this state in the name of the district by and through the board.

(b) At the request of the district, the attorney general shall defend the district in suits brought against the district in all district and appellate courts of this state and in the courts of the United States.

(c) The district may engage outside attorneys to initiate or defend suits on behalf of the district.

(d) The general manager is the agent of the district on whom process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the district may be served.

(e) The district is not required to give bond for appeal, injunction, or costs in any suit to which it is a party.

(f) If the district prevails in any suit other than a suit in which it voluntarily intervenes, the district may seek and the court shall grant, in the same action, recovery for attorney's fees, costs for expert witnesses, and other costs incurred by the district before the court. The court shall set the amount of the attorney's fees.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.025
§ 232.025. SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

By an order adopted and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court, and after a notice is published in English and Spanish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners court shall for each subdivision:

(1) require a right-of-way on a street or road that functions as a main artery in a subdivision, of a width of not less than 50 feet or more than 100 feet;

(2) require a right-of-way on any other street or road in a subdivision of not less than 40 feet or more than 70 feet;

(3) require that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on collectors or main arteries within the right-of-way be not less than 32 feet or more than 56 feet, and that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on any other street or road be not less than 25 feet or more than 35 feet;

(4) adopt, based on the amount and kind of travel over each street or road in a subdivision, reasonable specifications relating to the construction of each street or road;

(5) adopt reasonable specifications to provide adequate drainage for each street or road in a subdivision in accordance with standard engineering practices;

(6) require that each purchase contract made between a subdivider and a purchaser of land in the subdivision contain a statement describing how and when water, sewer, electricity, and gas services will be made available to the subdivision; and

(7) require that the subdivider of the tract execute a bond in the manner provided by Section 232.027.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1066.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1066 / Section 1066.102
§ 1066.102. RESTRICTION ON COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

Lavaca County and the City of Moulton may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 291.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 291 / Section 291.152
§ 291.152. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF MANDATORY PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

The county may collect or, using a competitive bidding process, contract for the assessment and collection of mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 91.054 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 91 / Section 91.054
§ 91.054. PROHIBITED REPRESENTATIONS AND COERCION.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee or agent of a rental company may not:

(1) make an oral or written representation that contradicts this chapter; or

(2) use coercive language or a coercive act in an attempt to persuade a renter to purchase a damage waiver.

(b) For purposes of this section, if the renter has declined the damage waiver, a further statement or question by the employee or agent that refers to the damage waiver, other than a statement made in conjunction with review of the rental agreement that the waiver has been declined, is considered coercive.
Tex. Occupations Code § 254.010 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 254 / Section 254.010
§ 254.010. MONITORING OF LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall develop a system to monitor a license holder's compliance with this subtitle.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must include procedures to:

(1) monitor for compliance a license holder who is ordered by the board to perform a certain act;

(2) identify and monitor each license holder who represents a risk to the public; and

(3) periodically review reports filed with the National Practitioner Data Bank for any report of disciplinary action taken against a license holder by another state that would constitute grounds for disciplinary action under Section 263.002.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2703 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2703
§ 54.2703. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A magistrate is entitled to the salary determined by the Commissioners Court of Grayson County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8244.021 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8244 / Section 8244.021
§ 8244.021. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Patrick S. Graham;

(2) Kyle Rhoden;

(3) James H. Ragan;

(4) Karen Strong; and

(5) Antonio J. Padua.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date initial directors are elected under Section 8244.023; or

(2) September 1, 2013.

(c) If initial directors have not been elected under Section 8244.023 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date initial directors are elected under Section 8244.023; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8309.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8309 / Section 8309.201
§ 8309.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8309.203.

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

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.158 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.158
§ 1103.158. EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY BY BOARD MEMBER.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 572.051, Government Code, a board member may testify as an expert witness in an action concerning a violation of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.002
§ 81.002. RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE AND PUBLIC.
Status: in_force

The state has a duty to protect the public health. Each person shall act responsibly to prevent and control communicable disease.
Tex. Government Code § 152.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 152 / Section 152.051
§ 152.051. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The Judicial Branch Certification Commission is established to oversee the regulatory programs assigned to it by state law or by the supreme court.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 92.001 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 92 / Section 92.001
§ 92.001. MEMBERSHIP IN INTERSTATE WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT.
Status: in_force

(a) On behalf of this state, the commission may enter into the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.

(b) If necessary to protect the interests of this state, the commission may withdraw from the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact in accordance with the terms of the compact.

(c) The commission may take all actions necessary to implement this chapter, including the adoption of rules and the delegation of authority to the director.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.756 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.756
§ 42A.756. DUE DILIGENCE DEFENSE.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of a hearing under Article 42A.751(d), it is an affirmative defense to revocation for an alleged violation based on a failure to report to a supervision officer as directed or to remain within a specified place that no supervision officer, peace officer, or other officer with the power of arrest under a warrant issued by a judge for that alleged violation contacted or attempted to contact the defendant in person at the defendant's last known residence address or last known employment address, as reflected in the files of the department serving the county in which the order of community supervision was entered.
Tex. Family Code § 153.135 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.135
§ 153.135. EQUAL POSSESSION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Joint managing conservatorship does not require the award of equal or nearly equal periods of physical possession of and access to the child to each of the joint conservators.
Tex. Property Code § 21.023 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.023
§ 21.023. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION REQUIRED AT TIME OF ACQUISITION.
Status: in_force

An entity with eminent domain authority shall disclose in writing to the property owner, at the time of acquisition of the property through eminent domain, that:

(1) the owner or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns may be entitled to:

(A) repurchase the property under Subchapter E; or

(B) request from the entity certain information relating to the use of the property and any actual progress made toward that use; and

(2) the repurchase price is the price paid to the owner by the entity at the time the entity acquired the property through eminent domain.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.118 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.118
§ 49A.118. CREMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A body on which an inquest is authorized by this subchapter may not be cremated unless the body is identified and:

(1) an autopsy was performed as provided by this subchapter; or

(2) an autopsy was not necessary.

(b) Before a body may be cremated, the owner or operator of the crematory shall demand, and the medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred shall provide, a certificate that is signed by the medical examiner and that shows:

(1) an autopsy was performed on the body; or

(2) an autopsy was not necessary.

(c) Before providing a certificate under Subsection (b), the medical examiner shall determine whether, from all the circumstances surrounding the death, an autopsy is necessary.

(d) The owner or operator of a crematory shall preserve a certificate provided by a medical examiner under this article for a period of two years after the cremation date for the body.

(e) An autopsy by the medical examiner is not required as a prerequisite to cremation if the person's death was caused by:

(1) Asiatic cholera;

(2) bubonic plague;

(3) typhus fever; or

(4) smallpox.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7912A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7912A / Section 7912A.0102
§ 7912A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.104
§ 3873.104. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs on the board, the board shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.009
§ 1509.009. IMPOSITION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may annually impose ad valorem taxes to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under this subchapter that are payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes only if the taxes are approved at an election held under Section 1509.005.

(b) A municipality may not impose ad valorem taxes to pay the principal of or interest on bonds issued under this subchapter payable wholly from revenue from one or more leases or other contracts made under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2101.039 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2101 / Section 2101.039
§ 2101.039. CONTRACTS; EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Contracts made under this subchapter are not subject to:

(1) Subtitle D, Title 10;

(2) Chapter 2254; or

(3) Chapter 2054.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.201 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.201
§ 43.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Consent agreement" means an agreement between a district and a municipality under Section 42.042.

(2) "Limited-purpose annexation" means annexation authorized under Section 43.121.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.152 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.152
§ 11.152. CONTINUATION OF BUSINESS WITHOUT WINDING UP.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsections (c) and (d), a domestic entity to which an event requiring the winding up of the entity occurs as specified by Section 11.051(3) or (4) may cancel the event requiring winding up in the manner specified in the title of this code governing the domestic entity not later than the first anniversary of the date of the event requiring winding up or an earlier period prescribed by the title of this code governing the domestic entity.

(b) A domestic entity whose specified period of duration has expired may cancel that event requiring winding up by amending its governing documents in the manner provided by this code, not later than the third anniversary of the date the period expired or an earlier date prescribed by the title of this code governing the domestic entity, to extend its period of duration. The expiration of its period of duration does not by itself create a vested right on the part of an owner, member, or creditor of the entity to prevent the extension of that period. An act undertaken or a contract entered into by the domestic entity during a period in which the entity could have extended its period of duration as provided by this subsection is not invalidated by the expiration of that period, regardless of whether the entity has taken any action to extend its period of duration.

(c) A domestic entity may not cancel an event requiring winding up specified in Section 11.051(3) and continue its business if the action is prohibited by the entity's governing documents or the title of this code governing the entity.

(d) A domestic entity may cancel an event requiring winding up specified in Section 11.051(4) and continue its business only if the action:

(1) is not prohibited by the entity's governing documents; and

(2) is expressly authorized by the title of this code governing the entity.

(e) On cancellation of an event requiring winding up under this section, the domestic entity may continue its business.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.326 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.326
§ 547.326. MINIMUM LIGHTING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A vehicle that is not specifically required to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices shall be equipped at the times specified in Section 547.302(a) with at least one lamp that emits a white light visible at a distance of at least 1,000 feet from the front and:

(1) two lamps that emit a red light visible at a distance of at least 1,000 feet from the rear; or

(2) one lamp that emits a red light visible at a distance of at least 1,000 feet from the rear and two red reflectors visible when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps at all distances from 100 to 600 feet to the rear.

(b) This section also applies to an animal-drawn vehicle and a vehicle exempted from this chapter by Section 547.002.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.202 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.202
§ 408.202. ASSIGNABILITY OF BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

Benefits are not assignable, except a legal beneficiary may, with the commissioner's approval, assign the right to death benefits.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.304 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.304
§ 201.304. ELIGIBILITY FOR COST-SHARE ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

As a condition for assistance under this subchapter, the state board may require that a person:

(1) own or operate agricultural land within the boundaries of the conservation district providing cost-share assistance;

(2) have a conservation plan approved by the conservation district covering the land for which a soil and water conservation land improvement measure is proposed; and

(3) include in the conservation plan practices for which cost-share assistance is proposed.