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Tex. Insurance Code § 883.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 883 / Section 883.204
§ 883.204. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Domestic and foreign mutual insurance companies organized or operating under this chapter shall submit to the commissioner an annual report in the form required by the commissioner.

(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall adopt a form that is similar to a form that is generally used for submission of the annual report throughout the United States.
Tex. Finance Code § 184.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 184 / Section 184.002
§ 184.002. INVESTMENT IN STATE TRUST COMPANY FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Without the prior written approval of the banking commissioner, a state trust company may not directly or indirectly invest an amount in excess of the company's restricted capital in state trust company facilities, furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Except as otherwise provided by rules adopted under this subtitle, in computing the limitation provided by this subsection a state trust company:

(1) shall include:

(A) its direct investment in state trust company facilities;

(B) an investment in equity or investment securities of a company holding title to a facility used by the state trust company for the purposes specified by Section 184.001;

(C) a loan made by the state trust company to or on the security of equity or investment securities issued by a company holding title to a facility used by the state trust company; and

(D) any indebtedness incurred on state trust company facilities by a company:

(i) that holds title to the facility;

(ii) that is an affiliate of the state trust company; and

(iii) in which the state trust company is invested in the manner described by Paragraph (B) or (C); and

(2) may exclude an amount included under Subdivisions (1)(B)-(D) to the extent any lease of a facility from the company holding title to the facility is capitalized on the books of the state trust company.

(b) Real property described by Subsection 184.001(3) and not improved and occupied by the state trust company ceases to be a state trust company facility on the third anniversary of the date of its acquisition unless the banking commissioner on application grants written approval to further delay in the improvement and occupation of the property by the state trust company.

(c) A state trust company shall comply with regulatory accounting principles in accounting for its investment in and depreciation of trust company facilities, furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
Tex. Election Code § 232.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 232 / Section 232.005
§ 232.005. ADDITIONAL CONTESTEE.
Status: in_force

The district court may require or permit any one or more candidates in a contested election to be named as contestee or may permit the candidates to intervene on the side of the contestee, as the court determines the circumstances warrant.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.201 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.201
§ 201.201. CREATION OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

A technical assistance program for soil and water conservation land improvement measures is created and shall be administered by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.502 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.502
§ 91.502. TYPES OF INFORMATION PROVIDED.
Status: in_force

Each check stub, attachment to a payment form, or other remittance advice must include:

(1) the lease, property, or well name, any lease, property, or well identification number used to identify the lease, property, or well, and a county and state in which the lease, property, or well is located;

(2) the month and year during which the sales occurred for which payment is being made;

(3) the total number of barrels of oil or the total amount of gas sold;

(4) the price per barrel or per MCF of oil or gas sold;

(5) the total amount of state severance and other production taxes paid;

(6) the windfall profit tax paid on the owner's interest;

(7) any other deductions or adjustments;

(8) the net value of total sales after deductions;

(9) the owner's interest in sales from the lease, property, or well expressed as a decimal;

(10) the owner's share of the total value of sales before any tax deductions;

(11) the owner's share of the sales value less deductions; and

(12) an address and telephone number at which additional information regarding the payment may be obtained and questions may be answered.
Tex. Water Code § 152.155 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.155
§ 152.155. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) An economic development program may be established only by formal action of the board of directors of a river authority.

(b) The board of directors shall:

(1) establish the goals of the program;

(2) impose requirements on persons participating in or receiving a benefit from the program; and

(3) provide restrictions, procedures, and budget limits the board of directors determines are necessary to ensure that the governmental purposes of this subchapter and the program are achieved.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 112.012 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.012
§ 112.012. REQUIRED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The bill of sale shall include:

(1) the name and address of the dealer, broker, or peddler;

(2) the serial number, if any;

(3) the kind, make, size, weight, length, and quantity of the used materials purchased or acquired by exchange;

(4) the date of the purchase or acquisition by exchange, if different from the date of the bill of sale;

(5) the name and address of the seller or person who exchanged the materials;

(6) the place of location of the property at the time purchased or acquired by exchange;

(7) the license number of each motor vehicle used in transporting a purchased or exchanged item to the dealer's, broker's, or peddler's place of business; and

(8) the driver's license number of the seller or person who exchanged the materials.

(b) A dealer, broker, or peddler under this chapter shall keep at his regular place of business all records required to be kept by this chapter for two years after the date of the purchase or acquisition by exchange of the materials.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.352 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.352
§ 143.352. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Bargaining agent" means the police employee group selected under Section 143.354 to represent all police officers employed by the municipality, excluding the department head and assistant department heads, during negotiations with the public employer.

(2) "Police employee group" means an organization:

(A) in which at least three percent of the police officers of the municipality participate and pay dues via automatic payroll deduction; and

(B) which exists for the purpose, in whole or part, of dealing with the municipality concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, benefits other than pension benefits, hours of employment, or conditions of work affecting police officers.

(3) "Public employer" means any municipality or agency, board, commission, or political subdivision controlled by a municipality that is required to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of police officers. The term includes, under appropriate circumstances, a mayor, manager, administrator of a municipality, municipal governing body, director of personnel, personnel board, or one or more other officials, regardless of the name by which they are designated.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.104 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.104
§ 351.104.
Status: in_force

Sec. 351.104. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES BORDERING BAYS. (a) This section applies only to a home-rule municipality that borders a bay, that has a population of less than 85,000, and that is not an eligible coastal municipality.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Adjacent public land" means land that:

(A) is owned by this state or a local governmental entity; and

(B) is located adjacent to a bay that is bordered by a municipality to which this section applies.

(2) "Clean and maintain" means the collection and removal of litter and debris and the supervision and elimination of sanitary and safety conditions that would pose a threat to personal health or safety if not removed or otherwise corrected.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and subject to Subsections (d) and (e), a municipality to which this section applies may use not more than 10 percent of the revenue derived from the tax imposed under this chapter:

(1) for a purpose described by Section 351.105(a)(1) or (2);

(2) to clean and maintain adjacent public land; or

(3) to mitigate coastal erosion on adjacent public land.

(d) A municipality to which this section applies may not reduce the amount of revenue that it uses for a purpose described by Section 351.101(a)(3) to an amount that is less than the average amount of revenue used by the municipality for that purpose during the 36-month period that precedes the municipality's use of revenue under Subsection (c).

(e) A municipality that uses revenue from the tax imposed under this chapter for a purpose provided by this section must spend the same amount of revenue for the same purpose from a source other than that tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.210 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.210
§ 1070.210. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Sections 1070.062, 1070.063, 1070.064, 1070.108(c), and 1070.211 and by Subchapter F, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and following district fiscal years.

(b) The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building money only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.034 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.034
§ 351.034. ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The sheriff of the county in which the jail is located shall serve as administrator of the jail.

(b) The sheriff may decline to serve as administrator by filing a written statement with the commissioners court of that county.

(c) If the sheriff declines to serve as administrator, the commissioners courts of the contracting counties shall jointly appoint a jail administrator. Until an individual is appointed and assumes the duties of jail administrator, the sheriff shall serve as administrator of the jail.

(d) If there is a vacancy in the position of jail administrator, the sheriff shall serve as administrator of the jail until a new jail administrator is appointed and assumes the position.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.154
§ 2310.154. EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter if the person:

(1) is a department employee who is performing device maintenance activities in the scope of the person's duties for the department;

(2) is the owner or operator of a motor fuel metering device or an employee of the owner or operator of a motor fuel metering device and the person:

(A) completely removes the motor fuel metering device from the location at which the device was installed, including a device subject to an out-of-order tag, stop-sale order, security seal, lock, condemnation notice, or other item placed on the device by the department to prohibit use of the device; and

(B) notifies the department of the motor fuel metering device's removal not later than the 10th day after the date the device was removed in the manner provided by commission rule; or

(3) performs device maintenance activities only on a motor fuel metering device that is:

(A) exempt from the inspection and registration requirements of Sections 2310.102 and 2310.103 under commission rules; and

(B) not required to be inspected by other commission rules.

(b) The department is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter or Subchapter I, Chapter 13, Agriculture Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 37.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 37 / Section 37.053
§ 37.053. EFFECTIVENESS OF RATE DURING APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An order of the commissioner that determines, approves, or sets a rate under this code and that is appealed remains in effect during the pendency of the appeal. An insurer shall use the rate provided in the order while the appeal is pending.

(b) The rate is lawful and valid during the appeal, and an insurer may not be required to make any refund from that rate after a decision on the appeal is rendered.

(c) If the order is vacated on appeal, the rate established by the commissioner before the vacated order was rendered remains in effect from the date of remand until the commissioner makes a further determination. The commissioner shall consider the court's order in setting a future rate.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.242 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.242
§ 85.242. EXPEDITIOUS TRIAL.
Status: in_force

A suit brought under Section 85.241 of this code shall be advanced for trial and shall be determined as expeditiously as possible. No postponement or continuance shall be granted except for reasons considered imperative by the court.
Tex. Water Code § 61.163 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.163
§ 61.163. UNIMPROVED LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) A district which acquires, leases, or takes over unimproved land owned or controlled by any incorporated municipality, may pay for the use, rental, or hire of the land a price or rental value to be fixed by the commission.

(b) If the commission fails or is unable to agree on terms and conditions for the use and rental of the unimproved land, then the district, through the power of eminent domain, may condemn the land or parts of the land which it thinks the interest of the district requires.
Tex. Government Code § 24.910 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.910
§ 24.910. TARRANT COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO.
Status: repealed

1. (a) The Tarrant County Criminal Judicial District No. 1 is composed of Tarrant County.

(a-1) Subchapter C applies to the Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 1.

(b) This section applies to the Tarrant County Criminal District Courts Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

(c) The criminal district courts have jurisdiction of criminal cases within the jurisdiction of a district court. The criminal district courts also have concurrent original jurisdiction with the county criminal courts in Tarrant County over misdemeanor cases. The criminal district courts do not have appellate misdemeanor jurisdiction.

(d) The terms of the criminal district courts begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October.

(e) The judge of each criminal district court or county criminal court may, on motion of the judge or the criminal district attorney, transfer misdemeanor cases between the courts by an order entered in the minutes of the transferor court. The clerk of the transferor court shall certify the style and number of the case to the clerk of the transferee court and include the papers of the case with the certification. The clerk of the transferee court shall promptly docket the transferred case. The transferee court shall dispose of the case as if it had been originally instituted in that court.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 1.019(b), eff. September 1, 2023.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.402 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.402
§ 1451.402. SERVICES AT OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan issuer that provides benefits for inpatient or outpatient services provided by an allopathic hospital shall seek to provide benefits for similar services provided by an osteopathic hospital if there is an osteopathic hospital within the service area of the health maintenance organization or preferred provider benefit plan issuer that will provide the services at a substantially similar cost.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3793.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3793 / Section 3793.0501
§ 3793.0501. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes or assessments in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.

(c) In addition to the sources of money described by Subchapter J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, district bonds may be secured and made payable wholly or partly by a pledge of any part of the money the district receives from improvement revenue or from any other source.

(d) Not later than the 30th day before the date the district holds a bond sale, the district shall provide the governing body of the city written notice of the sale.
Tex. Transportation Code § 317.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.103
§ 317.103. ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Tax bonds, other than refunding bonds, may be issued only if authorized by a majority of the qualified voters voting at an election held under Chapter 1251, Government Code.

(b) The governing body of a municipality may:

(1) submit a proposition for the issuance of revenue bonds at an election held in the manner provided by Subsection (a) for tax bonds; or

(2) issue revenue bonds without an election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4004.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.202
§ 4004.202. REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING ANNUITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a resident agent who:

(1) sells, solicits, or negotiates a contract for an annuity in this state; or

(2) represents or purports to represent an insurer in relation to such an annuity.

(b) Each agent described by Subsection (a) must complete eight hours of continuing education that specifically relates to annuities during the agent's two-year licensing period.

(c) The continuing education required under this section may be used to satisfy the continuing education requirements under Subchapter B.
Tex. Local Government Code § 254.056 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 254 / Section 254.056
§ 254.056. SIGNATURES; SEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An obligation issued by a municipality under this chapter must be:

(1) signed by the mayor or the presiding officer of the municipality;

(2) countersigned by the municipality's secretary or clerk; and

(3) impressed with the seal of the municipality.

(b) An obligation authorized by the board under this chapter must be:

(1) signed by the presiding officer of the board;

(2) countersigned by the secretary or assistant secretary; and

(3) impressed with the seal of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3868.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3868 / Section 3868.109
§ 3868.109. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 1502.069 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1502 / Section 1502.069
§ 1502.069. OFFENSES; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A mayor commits an offense if the mayor fails to:

(1) establish the system of records required by Section 1502.066 before the 91st day after the date the utility system, park, or pool is completed; or

(2) maintain the system of records required by Section 1502.066.

(b) The person responsible for filing a report required by Section 1502.068 commits an offense if the person fails to timely file the report.

(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000.
Tex. Government Code § 437.108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.108
§ 437.108. TECHNOLOGY POLICY.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop and implement a policy requiring the director of state administration and department's employees to research and propose appropriate technological solutions to improve the department's ability to perform its functions. The technological solutions must:

(1) ensure that the public is able to easily find information about the department on the Internet;

(2) ensure that persons who want to use the department's services are able to:

(A) interact with the department through the Internet; and

(B) access any service that can be provided effectively through the Internet; and

(3) be cost-effective and developed through the department's planning processes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7914.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7914 / Section 7914.005
§ 7914.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Local Government Code § 51.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 51 / Section 51.014
§ 51.014. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

The municipality may contract with other persons.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.1582 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.1582
§ 1575.1582. ELIGIBILITY FOR GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) A retiree, dependent, surviving spouse, or surviving dependent child who is not eligible to enroll in Medicare is eligible to enroll in a high deductible health plan offered under the group program, subject to any other applicable eligibility requirements, including requirements established by the trustee, but is not eligible to enroll in another health benefit plan offered under the group program.

(b) A retiree, dependent, surviving spouse, or surviving dependent child who is eligible to enroll in Medicare is eligible to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan or a Medicare prescription drug plan offered under the group program, subject to any other applicable eligibility requirements, including requirements established by the trustee, but is not eligible to enroll in another health benefit plan offered under the group program unless authorized by Subsection (c).

(c) If the trustee makes another health benefit plan available under Section 1575.158(d), any individual otherwise eligible under this section to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare prescription drug plan is eligible to enroll in that health benefit plan.