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Tex. Government Code § 571.070 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.070
§ 571.070. MANUAL.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt by rule and publish a manual that establishes uniform methods of accounting and reporting for use by persons required to file statements and reports with the commission and that includes a digest of each advisory opinion issued by the commission under Subchapter D.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3846.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3846 / Section 3846.160
§ 3846.160. FEES; CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The district may:

(1) establish and collect only at the district's facilities user fees, concession fees, admission fees, rental fees, or other similar fees or charges; and

(2) apply the proceeds from those fees or charges for the enjoyment, sale, rental, or other use of the district's facilities or other property, services, or improvement projects.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3807.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3807 / Section 3807.003
§ 3807.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Harris County, the City of Houston, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the Greater East End area of the city of Houston.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of May 10, 1999, to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3855.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3855 / Section 3855.054
§ 3855.054. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city or the board may appoint nonvoting directors.
Tex. Government Code § 552.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.105
§ 552.105.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.105. EXCEPTION: INFORMATION RELATED TO LOCATION OR PRICE OF PROPERTY. Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information relating to:

(1) the location of real or personal property for a public purpose prior to public announcement of the project; or

(2) appraisals or purchase price of real or personal property for a public purpose prior to the formal award of contracts for the property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3985.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3985 / Section 3985.0105
§ 3985.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.107 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4102 / Section 4102.107
§ 4102.107. AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each nonresident license holder shall maintain an agent in this state for service of process.

(b) The name and address of the nonresident license holder's out-of-state business address and the name and address of the agent must appear on the face of the license.

(c) The nonresident license holder shall promptly notify the department of any change in the address of the license holder's place of business or in the agent for service of process.
Tex. Insurance Code § 911.062 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 911 / Section 911.062
§ 911.062. REMOVAL OF OFFICER OR DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors of a farm mutual insurance company, at a meeting, may remove an officer or director of the company if, by a two-thirds majority vote of all the company's directors, the board determines that the removal of the individual is in the best interest of the company. The board may remove an officer or director under this subsection without stating a reason for the removal.

(b) The board may appoint one or more individuals to assume the duties and serve the unexpired term of an officer or director removed under this section.
Tex. Estates Code § 355.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 355 / Section 355.001
§ 355.001. PRESENTMENT OF CLAIM TO PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

A claim may be presented to a personal representative of an estate at any time before the estate is closed if suit on the claim has not been barred by the general statutes of limitation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3924.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3924 / Section 3924.102
§ 3924.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using any money available to the district, or contract with a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 28.0216 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.0216
§ 28.0216. DISTRICT GRADING POLICY.
Status: in_force

A school district shall adopt a grading policy, including provisions for the assignment of grades on class assignments and examinations, before each school year. A district grading policy:

(1) must require a classroom teacher to assign a grade that reflects the student's relative mastery of an assignment;

(2) may not require a classroom teacher to assign a minimum grade for an assignment without regard to the student's quality of work; and

(3) may allow a student a reasonable opportunity to make up or redo a class assignment or examination for which the student received a failing grade.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4019.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4019 / Section 4019.0201
§ 4019.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered terms of four years.

(b) Directors are elected in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Education Code § 54.607 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.607
§ 54.607. DUTY IN RECOMMENDING, MAKING, OR CONFIRMING APPOINTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In recommending, making, or confirming appointments to the board, the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and senate shall ensure that each appointee has the background and experience suitable for performing the statutory responsibilities of a member of the board.

(b) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
Tex. Insurance Code § 831.0004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 831 / Section 831.0004
§ 831.0004. LEVEL OF REPORTING.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of completing the disclosure under Section 831.0003, an insurer or insurance group may provide information regarding corporate governance at the ultimate controlling parent level, an intermediate holding company level, or the individual legal entity level, depending on how the insurer or insurance group has structured the insurer's or insurance group's system of corporate governance.

(b) An insurer or insurance group is encouraged to make the disclosure:

(1) at the level at which the insurer's or insurance group's risk appetite is determined;

(2) at the level at which the earnings, capital, liquidity, operations, and reputation of the insurer are overseen collectively and at which the supervision of those factors are coordinated and exercised; or

(3) at the level at which legal liability for failure of general corporate governance duties would be placed.

(c) If an insurer or insurance group determines the level of reporting based on the criteria described by Subsection (b), the insurer or insurance group shall indicate which of the three criteria was used to determine the level of reporting and explain any subsequent changes in level of reporting.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.015 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.015
§ 3.015. SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to containing the information required under Sections 3.005 and 3.014, the certificate of formation of a professional association must:

(1) be signed by each member of the association; and

(2) state:

(A) the name and address of each original member of the association;

(B) whether the association is to be governed by a board of directors or by an executive committee; and

(C) the name and address of each individual serving as an initial member of the board of directors or executive committee of the association.

(b) The certificate of formation of a professional association may contain:

(1) provisions regarding shares or units of ownership in the association;

(2) provisions governing the winding up and termination of the association's business; and

(3) any other provision consistent with state law regulating the internal affairs of a professional association.

(c) If the certificate of formation of a professional association contains provisions regarding shares in the association, the certificate of formation must also comply with Section 3.007.
Tex. Labor Code § 203.021 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 203 / Section 203.021
§ 203.021. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND; SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The unemployment compensation fund is a special fund.

(b) The compensation fund consists of:

(1) contributions collected under this subtitle;

(2) interest earned on money in the compensation fund;

(3) property or securities acquired through the use of money in the compensation fund;

(4) earnings of property or securities described by Subdivision (3);

(5) amounts recovered for losses sustained by the compensation fund; and

(6) other money received for the compensation fund from any other source.

(c) Money in the compensation fund shall be mingled and undivided.

(d) The comptroller shall maintain in the compensation fund:

(1) a clearing account;

(2) a federal trust fund account; and

(3) a benefit account.

(e) Money in the compensation fund may not be transferred to the:

(1) Texas Enterprise Fund created under Section 481.078, Government Code; or

(2) Texas emerging technology fund established under Section 490.101, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 822.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 822 / Section 822.054
§ 822.054. CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurance company must have capital stock in an amount of at least $2.5 million and surplus in an amount of at least $2.5 million.

(b) At the time of incorporation, the required capital and surplus must be in cash.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8324.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8324 / Section 8324.106
§ 8324.106. SELECTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The board may not select the municipality that may exercise authority in the district as provided by Section 54.0163, Water Code, unless the City of Weatherford provides written consent to that selection.
Tex. Education Code § 106.52 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 106 / Section 106.52
§ 106.52. DEPOSITORIES.
Status: in_force

The board may select depository banks as places of deposit of all funds of the kind and character named in Section 106.51 of this code, which are collected by the university, and the board shall require adequate surety bonds or securities to be posted to secure the deposits and may require additional security at any time the board deems any deposit inadequately secured. All funds of the character named in Section 106.51 of this code, which are so collected, shall be deposited in the depository bank or banks within five days from the date of collection. Depository banks so selected are authorized to pledge their securities to protect the funds. Any surety bond furnished under the provisions of this section shall be payable to the governor and his successors in office; and venue of suit to recover any amount claimed by the state to be due on any of these bonds is fixed in Travis County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8129.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8129 / Section 8129.001
§ 8129.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the City of Fort Worth Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 289.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 289 / Section 289.151
§ 289.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year, the commission shall prepare a budget for the following fiscal year that includes:

(1) proposed expenditures and disbursements;

(2) estimated receipts and collections; and

(3) the rates and amounts of any taxes that the commission intends to impose during the year.

(b) The commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. Not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing, the commission shall publish at least once notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is located.

(c) Any district taxpayer is entitled to appear at the time and place designated in the public notice and to be heard regarding any item shown in the proposed budget.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.152 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.152
§ 21.152. CREATION OF LOCAL COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision or two or more political subdivisions acting jointly may create a local commission to:

(1) promote the purposes of this chapter; and

(2) secure for all individuals in the jurisdiction of each political subdivision freedom from discrimination because of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age.

(b) The political subdivision creating a local commission may appropriate funds for the expenses of the local commission.
Tex. Estates Code § 114.104 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 114 / Section 114.104
§ 114.104. TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES AT TRANSFEROR'S DEATH; CREDITORS' CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 13.001, Property Code, a beneficiary takes the real property subject to all conveyances, encumbrances, assignments, contracts, mortgages, liens, and other interests to which the real property is subject at the transferor's death. For purposes of this subsection and Section 13.001, Property Code, the recording of the transfer on death deed is considered to have occurred at the transferor's death.

(b) If a personal representative has been appointed for the transferor's estate, an administration of the estate has been opened, and the real property transferring under a transfer on death deed is subject to a lien or security interest, including a deed of trust or mortgage, the personal representative shall give notice to the creditor of the transferor as the personal representative would any other secured creditor under Section 308.053. The creditor shall then make an election under Section 355.151 in the period prescribed by Section 355.152 to have the claim treated as a matured secured claim or a preferred debt and lien claim, and the claim is subject to the claims procedures prescribed by this section.

(c) If the secured creditor elects to have the claim treated as a preferred debt and lien claim, Sections 355.154 and 355.155 apply as if the transfer on death deed were a devise made in a will, and the creditor may not pursue any other claims or remedies for any deficiency against the transferor's estate.

(d) If the secured creditor elects to have the claim treated as a matured secured claim, Section 355.153 applies as if the transfer on death deed were a devise made in a will, and the claim is subject to the procedural provisions of this title governing creditor claims.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.034 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14 / Section 14.034
§ 14.034. CANCELLATION OF LETTER OF CREDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A warehouse operator may not cancel a letter of credit approved by the department in lieu of a bond unless the department gives written approval of a substitute bond or letter of credit.

(b) The issuer of the letter of credit may cancel a letter of credit by sending notice of intent to cancel by registered or certified mail to the department. Cancellation of a letter of credit may not take effect before the 91st day after the date the issuer mails notice of intent to cancel. On receipt of notice of cancellation of a letter of credit, the department shall promptly notify the warehouse operator involved. Liability under the letter of credit ceases to accrue on the effective date of cancellation. Notwithstanding cancellation under this subsection or other law to the contrary, the department or a depositor may collect under the letter of credit for any claim that arose during the period during which the letter of credit was in effect, provided that the claim is filed within the applicable limitations period established under Section 14.065.

(c) The issuer of a letter of credit shall send a copy of the notice required by this section to any government agency requesting the copy. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a public grain warehouse license is automatically suspended if the warehouse operator fails to file a new bond or letter of credit before the cancellation of a letter of credit is effective.

(d) The suspension of a license under this section continues as long as the warehouse operator fails to maintain the bond or letter of credit required by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3917.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3917 / Section 3917.052
§ 3917.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The mayor and members of the governing body of the city shall appoint directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of those members and the mayor vote to appoint that person.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.195 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.195
§ 601.195. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

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

(1) is required to establish financial responsibility under Subchapter F or K;

(2) does not maintain evidence of financial responsibility; and

(3) during the period evidence of financial responsibility must be maintained:

(A) operates on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person; or

(B) knowingly permits another person, who is not otherwise permitted to operate a vehicle under this chapter, to operate on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person.

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

(1) a fine not to exceed $500;

(2) confinement in county jail for a term not to exceed six months; or

(3) both the fine and the confinement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.101
§ 81.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service.

(2) "HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.

(3) "Bona fide occupational qualification" means a qualification:

(A) that is reasonably related to the satisfactory performance of the duties of a job; and

(B) for which there is a reasonable cause for believing that a person of the excluded group would be unable to perform satisfactorily the duties of the job with safety.

(4) "Blood bank" means a blood bank, blood center, regional collection center, tissue bank, transfusion service, or other similar facility licensed by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research of the United States Food and Drug Administration, accredited for membership in the AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks), or qualified for membership in the American Association of Tissue Banks.

(5) "Test result" means any statement that indicates that an identifiable individual has or has not been tested for AIDS or HIV infection, antibodies to HIV, or infection with any other probable causative agent of AIDS, including a statement or assertion that the individual is positive, negative, at risk, or has or does not have a certain level of antigen or antibody.
Tex. Finance Code § 183.207 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 183 / Section 183.207
§ 183.207. BYLAWS OF LIMITED TRUST ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A limited trust association in which management is retained by the participants is not required to adopt bylaws if the provisions required by law to be contained in the bylaws are contained in the certificate of formation or the participation agreement.

(b) If a limited trust association has adopted bylaws that designate each full liability participant, the limited trust association shall file a copy of the bylaws with the banking commissioner. Only the portion of the bylaws designating each full liability participant is a public record.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3838.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3838 / Section 3838.201
§ 3838.201. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.082 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.082
§ 171.082. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ON TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall require a person described by Section 171.081 to complete within a reasonable time after beginning work at the facility a training program to identify and assist victims of human trafficking.

(b) A training program under this section must use the standardized curriculum created by the human trafficking prevention task force under Section 402.035(d)(6), Government Code.

(c) The department shall make available to each facility described by Sections 171.081(1)(A) and (B) the training program required under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3985.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3985 / Section 3985.0108
§ 3985.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 603.506 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 603 / Section 603.506
§ 603.506. DECISION BY MEDICAL BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Based on the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and proposal for decision, the medical board by order may determine that:

(1) a violation occurred and impose an administrative penalty; or

(2) a violation did not occur.

(b) The notice of the medical board's order given to the person must include a statement of the right of the person to judicial review of the order.