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Tex. Family Code § 152.105 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.105
§ 152.105. INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying this subchapter and Subchapter C.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this chapter must be recognized and enforced under Subchapter D.

(c) A court of this state need not apply this chapter if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.

(d) A record of all of the proceedings under this chapter relating to a child custody determination made in a foreign country or to the enforcement of an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction shall be made by a court reporter or as provided by Section 201.009.
Tex. Government Code § 24.372 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.372
§ 24.372.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.372. 193RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). The 193rd Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.
Tex. Penal Code § 43.02 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 43 / Section 43.02
§ 43.02. PROSTITUTION.
Status: repealed

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly offers or agrees to receive a fee from another to engage in sexual conduct.

(b-1) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 44(2), eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is:

(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously been convicted one or two times of an offense under Subsection (a); or

(2) a state jail felony if the actor has previously been convicted three or more times of an offense under Subsection (a).

(d) It is a defense to prosecution for an offense under Subsection (a) that the actor engaged in the conduct that constitutes the offense because the actor was the victim of conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 or 43.05.

(e) A conviction may be used for purposes of enhancement under this section or enhancement under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, but not under both this section and Subchapter D, Chapter 12. For purposes of enhancement of penalties under this section or Subchapter D, Chapter 12, a defendant is previously convicted of an offense under this section if the defendant was adjudged guilty of the offense or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in return for a grant of deferred adjudication, regardless of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether the sentence was probated and the defendant was subsequently discharged from community supervision.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 821.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 821 / Section 821.026
§ 821.026. CONFLICT OF LAWS.
Status: in_force

In the event of a conflict between this subchapter and another provision of any other law relating to an appeal of a disposition regarding a cruelly treated animal, including the bond required for that appeal, this subchapter controls.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.342 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.342
§ 151.342. AGRIBUSINESS ITEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) There are exempted from the tax imposed by this chapter bins used exclusively as containers in transporting fruit or vegetables from the field or place of harvest to a location where the items are processed, packaged, or marketed.

(b) There are exempted from the tax imposed by this chapter poultry cages used exclusively as containers in transporting poultry from a poultry farm to a location where the poultry is processed, packaged, or marketed.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 26.15 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 26 / Section 26.15
§ 26.15. CORRECTING NAME.
Status: in_force

In any case, the same proceedings shall be had with respect to the name of the defendant and the correction of the indictment or information as provided with respect to the same in capital cases.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8355.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8355 / Section 8355.003
§ 8355.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 42.901 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 42 / Section 42.901
§ 42.901.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.901. APPORTIONMENT OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTIONS THAT OVERLAPPED ON AUGUST 23, 1963. (a) If, on August 23, 1963, the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality overlapped the extraterritorial jurisdiction of one or more other municipalities, the governing bodies of the affected municipalities may apportion the overlapped area by a written agreement approved by an ordinance or a resolution adopted by the governing bodies.

(b) A municipality having a claim of extraterritorial jurisdiction to the overlapping area may bring an action as plaintiff in the district court of the judicial district in which the largest municipality having a claim to the area is located. The plaintiff municipality must name as a defendant each municipality having a claim of extraterritorial jurisdiction to the area and must request the court to apportion the area among the affected municipalities. In apportioning the area, the court shall consider population densities, patterns of growth, transportation, topography, and land use in the municipalities and the overlapping area. The area must be apportioned among the municipalities:

(1) so that each municipality's part is contiguous to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality or, if the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality is totally overlapped, is contiguous to the boundaries of the municipality;

(2) so that each municipality's part is in a substantially compact shape; and

(3) in the same ratio, to one decimal, that the respective populations of the municipalities bear to each other, but with each municipality receiving at least one-tenth of the area.

(c) An apportionment under this section must consider existing property lines. A tract of land or adjoining tracts of land that were under one ownership on August 23, 1963, and that do not exceed 160 acres may not be apportioned so as to be in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of more than one municipality unless the landowner gives written consent to that apportionment.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 74.009 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 74 / Section 74.009
§ 74.009. LIMITATION ON OPTOMETRY BOARD RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

The Texas Optometry Board may not adopt any rule limiting the right of an optometrist to contract with a vision support organization for business support services that are otherwise legally permissible.
Tex. Labor Code § 407.067 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407 / Section 407.067
§ 407.067. EXCESS INSURANCE; REINSURANCE; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each applicant shall obtain excess insurance or reinsurance to cover liability for losses not paid by the self-insurer in an amount not less than the amount required by the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner shall require excess insurance or reinsurance in at least the amount of $5 million per occurrence.

(c) A certified self-insurer shall notify the division not later than the 10th day after the date on which the certified self-insurer has notice of the cancellation or termination of excess insurance or reinsurance coverage required under this section.

(d) A person commits an administrative violation if the person violates Subsection (c).
Tex. Family Code § 262.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.003
§ 262.003. CIVIL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A person who takes possession of a child without a court order is immune from civil liability if, at the time possession is taken, there is reasonable cause to believe there is an immediate danger to the physical health or safety of the child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.209
§ 1013.209. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section 1013.202 and revenue and other sources authorized by Section 1013.206.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.109 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.109
§ 534.109. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall evaluate a local intellectual and developmental disability authority's compliance with its contract to ensure the provision of specific services to priority populations.

(b) If, by a date set by the commissioner, a local intellectual and developmental disability authority fails to comply with its contract to ensure the provision of services to the satisfaction of the commissioner, the department may impose a sanction as provided by the applicable contract rule until the dispute is resolved. The department shall notify the authority in writing of the department's decision to impose a sanction.

(c) A local intellectual and developmental disability authority may appeal the department's decision to impose a sanction on the authority. The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the appeal procedure.

(d) The filing of a notice of appeal stays the imposition of the department's decision to impose a sanction except when an act or omission by a local intellectual and developmental disability authority is endangering or may endanger the life, health, welfare, or safety of a person.

(e) While an appeal under this section is pending, the department may limit general revenue allocations to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to monthly distributions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3985.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3985 / Section 3985.0101
§ 3985.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of El Campo.

(3) "Development agreement" means a development agreement between the city and the primary landowner that establishes the standards that apply to development in the district, in addition to those contained in zoning, subdivision, and other applicable ordinances of the city.

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means the Gateway Park Municipal Management District.

(6) "Rail facilities" includes all real and personal property owned or held by the district for railroad purposes, including land, interests in land, structures, easements, rail lines, stations, platforms, rolling stock, garages, equipment, and other facilities necessary or convenient for the operation of those facilities.
Tex. Finance Code § 33.006 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 33 / Section 33.006
§ 33.006. OBJECTION TO OTHER TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prevent the banking commissioner from investigating, commenting on, or seeking to enjoin or set aside a transfer of voting securities that evidence a direct or indirect interest in a state bank, regardless of whether the transfer is governed by this subchapter, if the banking commissioner considers the transfer to be against the public interest.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.007
§ 3848.007. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3822.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3822 / Section 3822.106
§ 3822.106. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to an organization that enjoys tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and may perform services or provide activities consistent with the furtherance of the purposes of the district. An expenditure of public money for membership in the organization is considered to further the purposes of the district and to be for a public purpose.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4A.204 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4A / Section 4A.204
§ 4A.204. REFUND OF PAYMENT AND DUTY OF CUSTOMER TO REPORT WITH RESPECT TO UNAUTHORIZED PAYMENT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If a receiving bank accepts a payment order issued in the name of its customer as sender which is (i) not authorized and not effective as the order of the customer under Section 4A.202, or (ii) not enforceable, in whole or in part, against the customer under Section 4A.203, the bank shall refund any payment of the payment order received from the customer to the extent the bank is not entitled to enforce payment and shall pay interest on the refundable amount calculated from the date the bank received payment to the date of the refund. However, the customer is not entitled to interest from the bank on the amount to be refunded if the customer fails to exercise ordinary care to determine that the order was not authorized by the customer and to notify the bank of the relevant facts within a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days after the date the customer received notification from the bank that the order was accepted or that the customer's account was debited with respect to the order. The bank is not entitled to any recovery from the customer on account of a failure by the customer to give notification as stated in this section.

(b) Reasonable time under Subsection (a) may be fixed by agreement as stated in Section 1.302(b), but the obligation of a receiving bank to refund payment as stated in Subsection (a) may not otherwise be varied by agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8856.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8856 / Section 8856.103
§ 8856.103. APPLICABILITY OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

Groundwater regulation under this chapter applies to all persons except as exempted from the requirement to obtain a permit for a well under Section 36.117, Water Code, or this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.003
§ 74.003. ESTABLISHMENT OF PEST MANAGEMENT ZONES.
Status: repealed

(a) Any producer organization authorized under the laws of this state or recognized under department rules and representing cotton producers may petition the commissioner for certification to establish a pest management zone. A pest management zone may include all or part of one or more counties.

(b) Within 15 days following the day on which a petition for certification is received, the commissioner shall determine whether or not to grant certification.

(c) If the commissioner determines that, on the basis of information submitted, the petitioning organization is representative of cotton producers within the boundaries described in the petition and that the petition conforms to the purposes and provisions of this subchapter, the commissioner shall certify that the organization is representative of the producers of the commodity within the described area and is authorized to establish a pest management zone.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 56(6), eff. September 1, 2021.
Tex. Occupations Code § 562.112 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 562 / Section 562.112
§ 562.112. PRACTITIONER-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A pharmacy shall ensure that its agents and employees, before dispensing a prescription, determine in the exercise of sound professional judgment that the prescription is a valid prescription. A pharmacy may not dispense a prescription drug if an agent or employee of the pharmacy knows or should know that the prescription was issued on the basis of an Internet-based or telephonic consultation without a valid practitioner-patient relationship.

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a pharmacy from dispensing a prescription when a valid practitioner-patient relationship is not present in an emergency.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 672A.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 672A / Section 672A.002
§ 672A.002. PROHIBITED PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING HUMAN REMAINS.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual may not publish a photograph of human remains that the individual obtained while acting within the course and scope of the individual's duties as an officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a photograph is considered to have been published if the photograph is:

(1) displayed to an unauthorized person;

(2) released to an unauthorized person by any delivery method, including text message, e-mail, or facsimile;

(3) posted on a social media platform; or

(4) sold to a news publication.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.358 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.358
§ 4001.358. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) A provisional permit holder who is acting under the authority of that permit is subject to all provisions of this code regulating the solicitation and sale of insurance that relate to the type of permanent license for which the provisional permit holder applied.

(b) A provisional permit holder that applied for a life and annuity license must comply with Chapter 1114 with respect to the replacement of life insurance policies and annuities.

(c) A person who holds a permanent license may not circumvent or attempt to circumvent the intent of this section by acting for or with a provisional permit holder.
Tex. Water Code § 5.501 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.501
§ 5.501. EMERGENCY AND TEMPORARY ORDER OR PERMIT; TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OR AMENDMENT OF PERMIT CONDITION.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes and in the manner provided by this subchapter, the commission:

(1) may issue a temporary or emergency mandatory, permissive, or prohibitory order; and

(2) by temporary or emergency order may:

(A) issue a temporary permit; or

(B) temporarily suspend or amend a permit condition.

(b) The commission may issue an emergency order under this subchapter after providing the notice and opportunity for hearing that the commission considers practicable under the circumstances or without notice or hearing. Except as provided by Section 5.506, notice must be given not later than the 10th day before the date set for a hearing if the commission requires notice and hearing before issuing the order. The commission shall give notice not later than the 20th day before the date set for a hearing on a temporary order.

(c) The commission by order or rule may delegate to the executive director the authority to:

(1) receive applications and issue emergency orders under this subchapter and Section 13.041(h); and

(2) authorize, in writing, a representative or representatives to act on the executive director's behalf under this subchapter and Section 13.041(h).

(d) Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to the issuance of an emergency order under this subchapter without a hearing.

(e) A law under which the commission acts that requires notice of hearing or that sets procedures for the issuance of permits does not apply to a hearing on an emergency order issued under this subchapter unless the law specifically requires notice for an emergency order. The commission shall give the general notice of the hearing that the commission considers practicable under the circumstances.

(f) An emergency or temporary order issued under this subchapter does not vest in the permit holder or recipient any rights and expires in accordance with its terms.

(g) The commission may prescribe rules and adopt fees necessary to carry out and administer this subchapter.
Tex. Election Code § 31.041 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.041
§ 31.041. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The county elections administrator shall have an official seal, on which shall be inscribed a star with five points surrounded by the words "County Elections Administrator, ____________ County, Texas", for use in certifying documents required to be impressed with the seal of the certifying officer.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.0151 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 15 / Section 15.0151
§ 15.0151. CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by a law not contained in this chapter, an action against a political subdivision that is located in a county with a population of 100,000 or less shall be brought in the county in which the political subdivision is located. If the political subdivision is located in more than one county and the population of each county is 100,000 or less, the action shall be brought in any county in which the political subdivision is located.

(b) In this section, "political subdivision" means a governmental entity in this state, other than a county, that is not a state agency. The term includes a municipality, school or junior college district, hospital district, or any other special purpose district or authority.
Tex. Water Code § 51.424 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.424
§ 51.424. EFFECT OF PRIOR REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

If bonds are approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller before a validation suit is filed, the filing of the suit cancels the prior registration.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.060
§ 1062.060. APPOINTMENT AND RECRUITMENT OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to the staff or may employ any doctors, technicians, nurses, and other employees the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district.

(b) The district may employ fiscal agents, accountants, architects, and attorneys the board considers proper.

(c) The board may provide that the district administrator has the authority to hire district employees, including technicians and nurses.

(d) The board may spend district money to recruit physicians, nurses, and other trained medical personnel.