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Tex. Transportation Code § 521.347 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.347
§ 521.347. REPORTS; RECOMMENDED SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court in which a person is convicted of an offense for which this chapter or Chapter 522 requires automatic suspension of the person's driver's license may require the person to surrender to the court each driver's license held by the person. Not later than the 10th day after the date on which the license is surrendered to the court, the clerk of the court shall send to the department:

(1) the license; and

(2) a record of the conviction that states whether the vehicle involved in the offense was a commercial motor vehicle as defined by Chapter 522 or was involved in the transport of hazardous materials.

(b) Each court with jurisdiction of an offense under this chapter or another law of this state regulating the operation of a motor vehicle on a highway shall send to the department a record of conviction of any person convicted in the court of such a violation. The court may recommend the suspension of the person's driver's license as provided by Subchapter N.

(c) For purposes of this section, "conviction" means a final conviction. A conviction is a final conviction regardless of whether any portion of the sentence for the conviction was suspended or probated but is not a final conviction if the defendant receives a deferred adjudication in the case or if the court defers final disposition of the case, unless the court subsequently proceeds with an adjudication of guilt and imposes a sentence on the defendant. For purposes of this section, a final judgment of forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in court is a conviction if the forfeiture is not vacated.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 391.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 391 / Section 391.101
§ 391.101. APPLICATION FOR GRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of a facility located in this state may apply for a grant under the program established under Section 391.002. To improve the ability of the program to achieve the program goals, the commission may adopt guidelines to allow a person other than the owner to apply for and receive a grant.

(b) An application for a grant under this chapter must be made on a form provided by the commission and must contain information required by the commission, including:

(1) a detailed description of the proposed project;

(2) information necessary for the commission to determine whether the project meets the commission's eligibility requirements, including a statement of the amounts of any other public financial assistance the project will receive; and

(3) other information the commission may require.

(c) An application for a grant under this chapter must contain a plan for implementation of a program that will provide project information and education to the public in the areas subject to public notice under federal and state permitting requirements for the proposed project until completion of the permitting process. The plan must provide for a publicly accessible informational Internet website.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.072 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.072
§ 212.072. DUTIES OF PARTIES UNDER CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) Under the contract, the developer shall construct the improvements and the municipality shall participate in their cost.

(b) The contract:

(1) must establish the limit of participation by the municipality at a level not to exceed 30 percent of the total contract price, if the municipality has a population of less than 1.8 million; or

(2) may allow participation by a municipality at a level not to exceed 70 percent of the total contract price, if the municipality has a population of 1.8 million or more.

(b-1) In addition, if the municipality has a population of 1.8 million or more, the municipality may participate at a level not to exceed 100 percent of the total contract price for all required drainage improvements related to the development and construction of affordable housing. Under this subsection, affordable housing is defined as housing which is equal to or less than the median sales price, as determined by the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University, of a home in the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in which the municipality is located.

(c) In addition, the contract may also allow participation by the municipality at a level not to exceed 100 percent of the total cost for any oversizing of improvements required by the municipality, including but not limited to increased capacity of improvements to anticipate other future development in the area.

(d) The municipality is liable only for the agreed payment of its share of the contract, which shall be determined in advance either as a lump sum or as a factor or percentage of the total actual cost as determined by municipal ordinance.
Tex. Government Code § 403.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.012
§ 403.012. ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL MONEY OR PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may accept federal money for a state agency not otherwise restricted by statute or by rider or special provision in the General Appropriations Act, if the state agency has certified to the comptroller that the agency will be responsible for compliance with applicable federal and state law.

(b) The comptroller may accept money or property under a federal equitable sharing program. In accepting the money or property, the comptroller shall comply with federal program requirements, including those governing accounting and the permissible use of an award.
Tex. Education Code § 51.1521 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.1521
§ 51.1521. INTERAGENCY CONTRACTS FOR NETWORKS.
Status: in_force

Any institution of higher education may enter into an interagency contract with one or more other institutions of higher education for the establishment and operation of a telecommunications network for the transmission of audio or video signals or electronic data, but only to the extent that the telecommunications services are not available through a system of telecommunications services established for state agencies generally. Each of those interagency contracts shall be reviewed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.259 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.259
§ 13.259. PENALTY FOR ISSUING A FALSE CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A public weigher who intentionally or knowingly issues a certificate of weight or measure of a commodity giving a false weight or measure for the commodity commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 33.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 33 / Section 33.026
§ 33.026. WITNESS IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding or deposition related to a proceeding before the commission, a special master, or a special court of review, the commission, special master, or special court of review may compel a person other than the judge to testify or produce evidence over the person's claim of privilege against self-incrimination.

(b) A person compelled to testify over a proper claim of privilege against self-incrimination is not subject to indictment or prosecution for a matter or transaction about which the person truthfully testifies or produces evidence.

(c) A special master has the same powers as a district judge in matters of contempt and granting immunity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1272.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1272 / Section 1272.054
§ 1272.054. REQUIREMENTS FOR TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE.
Status: in_force

A delegation agreement required by Section 1272.052 must provide that the agreement cannot be terminated without cause by the delegated entity or the health maintenance organization unless the party terminating the agreement provides written notice before the 90th day before the termination date.
Tex. Local Government Code § 321.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 321 / Section 321.022
§ 321.022. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

A vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment of the county judge for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8321.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8321 / Section 8321.055
§ 8321.055. 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 a road project authorized by Section 8321.053.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.503 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.503
§ 1302.503. SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR TECHNICIANS AND MINORS.
Status: in_force

(a) An air conditioning and refrigeration technician must be supervised by an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor licensed under this chapter.

(b) A person who is younger than 18 years of age and acting or offering to act as an air conditioning and refrigeration technician must at all times work under the direct supervision of a licensed air conditioning and refrigeration contractor or a certified air conditioning and refrigeration technician.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 92.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 92 / Section 92.001
§ 92.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Advertisement" means a commercial message in any medium that directly or indirectly promotes or assists a rental-purchase agreement.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 516, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.

(3) "Consumer" means an individual who leases personal property under a rental-purchase agreement.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 516, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.

(5) "Loss damage waiver" means a merchant's agreement to not hold a consumer liable for loss from all or part of any damage to merchandise.

(6) "Merchandise" means the personal property that is the subject of a rental-purchase agreement.

(7) "Merchant" means a person who, in the ordinary course of business, regularly leases, offers to lease, or arranges for the leasing of merchandise under a rental-purchase agreement. The term includes a person who is assigned an interest in a rental-purchase agreement.

(8) "Rental-purchase agreement" means an agreement under which a consumer may use merchandise for personal, family, or household purposes for an initial period of four months or less, and that:

(A) is automatically renewable with each payment after the initial period; and

(B) permits the consumer to become the owner of the merchandise.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.121 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.121
§ 143.121. APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT.
Status: in_force

Each appeal of an indefinite suspension to a district court shall be advanced on the district court docket and given a preference setting over all other cases.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 32.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 32 / Section 32.003
§ 32.003. RECOVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) The person may recover from each codefendant against whom judgment is rendered an amount determined by dividing the number of all liable defendants into the total amount of the judgment.

(b) If a codefendant is insolvent, the person may recover from each solvent codefendant an amount determined by dividing the number of solvent defendants into the total amount of the judgment.

(c) Each defendant in the judgment has a right to recover from the insolvent defendant the amount the defendant has had to pay because of the insolvency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7978.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7978 / Section 7978.203
§ 7978.203. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1017.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1017 / Section 1017.108
§ 1017.108. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if the property interest is necessary to exercise a right or authority conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit money in the trial court or execute a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a)(2) or (3), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.205 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.205
§ 2153.205. REIMBURSEMENT FOR TAXES AND FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The first money earned from the exhibition of a coin-operated amusement machine may be paid to the owner to reimburse the owner for payment of:

(1) the tax imposed for that year by Section 2153.401; and

(2) a tax authorized by Section 2153.451 and imposed for that year by a county or municipality.

(b) A portion of the money earned each year from the exhibition of a coin-operated machine shall be paid to the owner in an amount necessary to reimburse the owner for the next year's payment of:

(1) the tax imposed by Section 2153.401; and

(2) any other tax or fee imposed on the exhibition of the machine.

(c) An owner may not:

(1) agree or contract, or offer to agree to contract, to waive the reimbursement provided by Subsection (b); or

(2) agree or contract with a bailee or lessee of a coin-operated machine to compensate the bailee or lessee in an amount that exceeds 50 percent of the gross receipts earned from the exhibition of the machine after the reimbursement provided by Subsection (b).

(d) The comptroller shall revoke the license of a license holder who violates this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3501.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3501 / Section 3501.105
§ 3501.105. ADVISORY BOARDS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint advisory boards to assist the board in administering this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 53.331 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53 / Section 53.331
§ 53.331. REFINANCING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The authority may refinance any educational or housing facility acquired, constructed, or improved.
Tex. Transportation Code § 52.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 52 / Section 52.001
§ 52.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Deepwater Port Procedures Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8429.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8429 / Section 8429.051
§ 8429.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.106 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.106
§ 651.106. CAREER LADDER PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require intra-agency posting of all nonentry-level positions concurrently with any public posting.

(b) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. All merit pay for commission employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.

(c) The programs required under Subsections (a) and (b) must cover an annual period, be updated at least annually, and be filed with the governor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 320.048 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 320 / Section 320.048
§ 320.048. SUITS; LEGAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may sue and be sued in its own name.

(b) The county attorney shall perform all necessary legal services for the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 94.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 94 / Section 94.001
§ 94.001. STATE PLAN FOR HEPATITIS C.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop a state plan for prevention and treatment of hepatitis C. The plan must include strategies for prevention and treatment of hepatitis C in specific demographic groups that are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C, including persons infected with HIV, veterans, racial or ethnic minorities that suffer a higher incidence of hepatitis C, and persons who engage in high risk behavior, such as intravenous drug use.

(b) In developing the plan, the department shall seek the input of:

(1) the public, including members of the public that have hepatitis C;

(2) each state agency that provides services to persons with hepatitis C or the functions of which otherwise involve hepatitis C, including any appropriate health and human services agency described by Section 521.0001, Government Code;

(3) any advisory body that addresses issues related to hepatitis C;

(4) public advocates concerned with issues related to hepatitis C; and

(5) providers of services to persons with hepatitis C.

(c) The department shall update the state plan developed under this section biennially.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.072 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.072
§ 281.072. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board shall require reimbursement from a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the boundaries of the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick, diseased, or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61 (Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act).
Tex. Transportation Code § 707.021 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 707 / Section 707.021
§ 707.021. USE OF EVIDENCE FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a local authority may not issue a civil or criminal charge or citation for an offense or violation based on a recorded image produced by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
Tex. Election Code § 87.026 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.026
§ 87.026. BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as permitted by this code and as described by Subsection (b), a person may not be in the meeting place of an early voting ballot board during the time of the board's operations.

(b) Under this code, a person may be lawfully present in the meeting place of an early voting ballot board during the time of the board's operations if the person is:

(1) a presiding judge or member of the board;

(2) a watcher;

(3) a state inspector;

(4) a voting system technician, as authorized by Section 125.010;

(5) the county election officer, as defined by Section 31.091, as necessary to perform tasks related to the administration of the election; or

(6) a person whose presence has been authorized by the presiding judge in accordance with this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8022A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8022A / Section 8022A.0303
§ 8022A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Family Code § 31.005 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 31 / Section 31.005
§ 31.005. ORDER.
Status: in_force

The court by order, or the Texas Supreme Court by rule or order, may remove the disabilities of minority of a minor, including any restriction imposed by Chapter 32, if the court or the Texas Supreme Court finds the removal to be in the best interest of the petitioner. The order or rule must state the limited or general purposes for which disabilities are removed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8313.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8313 / Section 8313.052
§ 8313.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, 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 temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8313.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8313.003 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 permanent directors are elected under Section 8313.003; 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 commission 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. Insurance Code § 1253.059 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1253 / Section 1253.059
§ 1253.059. LIMITATIONS ON CONTINUATION OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not require the continuation of coverage under a policy for any loss of time benefits included in the policy or the continuation of other coverage for a period:

(1) longer than six months after a work stoppage occurs;

(2) beyond the time that 75 percent of the covered employees continue the coverage; or

(3) as to an individual covered employee, beyond the time that the employee takes a full-time job with another employer.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.182 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.182
§ 363.182. ELECTION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) After a majority of the board has approved a budget plan and a crime control plan in accordance with Section 363.061 that include the proposed addition of territory, a majority of the board may order that an additional election be held.

(b) An order calling an election under Subsection (a) must state:

(1) the nature of the election, including the proposition that is to appear on the ballot;

(2) the date of the election;

(3) the hours during which the polls will be open;

(4) the location of the polling places;

(5) in summary form, the approved budget plan and crime control plan that include the proposed addition of territory; and

(6) the proposed rate of the sales and use tax to be imposed in the territory to be added.