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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.153 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.153
§ 10.153. FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF MERGER OR EXCHANGE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a certificate of merger or exchange is required to be filed, the certificate of merger or exchange must be filed in accordance with Chapter 4. The certificate of formation of each filing entity that is to be formed under a plan of merger must also be filed with the certificate of merger in accordance with Chapter 4. Except as provided by this section, the certificate must be filed with the secretary of state.

(b) If a domestic real estate investment trust is a party to the merger or if an ownership interest in a domestic real estate investment trust is to be acquired in the interest exchange, the certificate of merger or exchange must be filed in accordance with Chapter 4 with the county clerk of the county in which the domestic real estate investment trust's principal place of business in this state is located.

(c) If a domestic real estate investment trust is to be created under the plan of merger, the certificate of formation of the domestic real estate investment trust must also be filed with the certificate of merger in accordance with Chapter 4 with the county clerk of the county in which the domestic real estate investment trust's principal place of business in this state is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5007.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5007 / Section 5007.207
§ 5007.207. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not be a port commissioner and may not be an authority employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in a field relating to maritime commerce, the members of which are regulated by the authority; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in a field relating to maritime commerce, the members of which are regulated by the authority.

(c) A person may not be a port commissioner or act as the general counsel to the port commission or the authority if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the authority.

(d) A person may not be a port commissioner if the person or an individual related to the person in the first degree of consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code:

(1) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the authority; or

(2) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the authority other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for port commission membership, attendance, or expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8238.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8238 / Section 8238.006
§ 8238.006. ANNEXATION BY CITY OF GUNTER.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, if all of the territory of the district is annexed by the City of Gunter into the corporate limits of that municipality before the date of the election under Section 8238.003, the district may not be dissolved and shall continue until the district is dissolved under Section 43.074, Local Government Code.
Tex. Family Code § 47.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 47 / Section 47.002
§ 47.002. APPLICABILITY OF LAWS RELATING TO ATTORNEYS AD LITEM, GUARDIANS AD LITEM, AND AMICUS ATTORNEYS.
Status: in_force

Chapter 107 applies to the appointment of an attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, or amicus attorney under this title.
Tex. Finance Code § 182.0105 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 182 / Section 182.0105
§ 182.0105. FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The finance commission by rule may determine that an activity not otherwise approved or authorized for state trust companies is:

(1) a financial activity;

(2) incidental to a financial activity; or

(3) complementary to a financial activity.

(b) In adopting a rule under Subsection (a), the finance commission shall consider:

(1) the purposes of this subtitle and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Pub. L. No. 106-102);

(2) changes or reasonably expected changes in the marketplace in which state trust companies compete;

(3) changes or reasonably expected changes in the technology for delivering fiduciary and financial services;

(4) whether the activity is necessary or appropriate to allow a state trust company to:

(A) compete effectively with another company seeking to provide fiduciary and financial services;

(B) efficiently deliver information and services that are financial in nature through the use of technological means, including an application necessary to protect the security or efficacy of systems for the transmission of data or financial transactions; or

(C) offer customers available or emerging technological means for using fiduciary and financial services or for the document imaging of data;

(5) whether the activity would violate applicable fiduciary duties or otherwise pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of a state trust company or the fiduciary and financial system generally; and

(6) if otherwise determined to be permissible, whether the conduct of the activity by a state trust company should be qualified through the imposition of reasonable and necessary conditions to protect the public and require appropriate regard for safety and soundness of the trust company and the fiduciary and financial system generally.

(c) A rule adopted by the finance commission under this section does not alter or negate applicable licensing and regulatory requirements administered by a functional regulatory agency of this state, as defined by Section 31.303, including licensing and regulatory requirements pertaining to:

(1) insurance activities;

(2) securities activities; and

(3) real estate development, marketing, and sales activities.
Tex. Education Code § 38.011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.011
§ 38.011. DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district employee may not:

(1) knowingly sell, market, or distribute a dietary supplement that contains performance enhancing compounds to a primary or secondary education student with whom the employee has contact as part of the employee's school district duties; or

(2) knowingly endorse or suggest the ingestion, intranasal application, or inhalation of a dietary supplement that contains performance enhancing compounds by a primary or secondary education student with whom the employee has contact as part of the employee's school district duties.

(b) This section does not prohibit a school district employee from:

(1) providing or endorsing a dietary supplement that contains performance enhancing compounds to, or suggesting the ingestion, intranasal application, or inhalation of a dietary supplement that contains performance enhancing compounds by, the employee's child; or

(2) selling, marketing, or distributing a dietary supplement that contains performance enhancing compounds to, or endorsing or suggesting the ingestion, intranasal application, or inhalation of a dietary supplement that contains performance enhancing compounds by, a primary or secondary education student as part of activities that:

(A) do not occur on school property or at a school-related function;

(B) are entirely separate from any aspect of the employee's employment with the school district; and

(C) do not in any way involve information about or contacts with students that the employee has had access to, directly or indirectly, through any aspect of the employee's employment with the school district.

(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Dietary supplement" has the meaning assigned by 21 U.S.C. Section 321 and its subsequent amendments.

(2) "Performance enhancing compound" means a manufactured product for oral ingestion, intranasal application, or inhalation that:

(A) contains a stimulant, amino acid, hormone precursor, herb or other botanical, or any other substance other than an essential vitamin or mineral; and

(B) is intended to increase athletic or intellectual performance, promote muscle growth, or increase an individual's endurance or capacity for exercise.
Tex. Local Government Code § 213.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 213 / Section 213.003
§ 213.003. ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A comprehensive plan may be adopted or amended by ordinance following:

(1) a hearing at which the public is given the opportunity to give testimony and present written evidence; and

(2) review by the municipality's planning commission or department, if one exists.

(b) A municipality may establish, in its charter or by ordinance, procedures for adopting and amending a comprehensive plan.
Tex. Government Code § 2052.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2052 / Section 2052.203
§ 2052.203. PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION LIST.
Status: repealed

(a) A state agency that receives a completed publication request form or other written request for its publications may place the name of the requestor on its publication distribution list. A state agency may not place the name of a person or other entity on its publication distribution list unless the state agency has received a completed publication request form or other written request from that person or entity.

(b) After January 1 of each year a state agency shall compile a publication distribution list from the completed publication request forms and other written requests received for publications for that calendar year.

(c), (d) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.25(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.004
§ 2053.004. PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each filing made, including any supporting information filed, under this subchapter is public information subject to Chapter 552, Government Code, including any applicable exception from required disclosure under that chapter.

(b) Each year the department shall make available to the public information concerning the department's general process and methodology for rate review under this chapter, including factors that contribute to the disapproval of a rate. Information provided under this subsection must be general in nature and may not reveal proprietary or trade secret information of any insurer.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 8.001 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 8 / Section 8.001
§ 8.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Delegate" means a person who, while serving as a governing person of an enterprise, is or was serving at the request of that enterprise as a representative of another enterprise, another organization, or an employee benefit plan. A person is a delegate to an employee benefit plan if the performance of the person's official duties to the enterprise also imposes duties on or otherwise involves service by the person to the plan or participants in or beneficiaries of the plan.

(2) "Enterprise" means a domestic entity or an organization subject to this chapter. The term includes a predecessor enterprise.

(3) "Expenses" includes:

(A) court costs, a judgment, a penalty, a settlement, a fine, and an excise or similar tax, including an excise tax assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and

(B) reasonable attorney's fees.

(4) "Former governing person" means a person who was a governing person of an enterprise.

(5) "Judgment" includes an arbitration award.

(6) "Official capacity" means:

(A) with respect to a governing person, the office of the governing person in the enterprise or the exercise of authority by or on behalf of the governing person under this code or the governing documents of the enterprise; and

(B) with respect to a person other than a governing person, the elective or appointive office, if any, in the enterprise held by the person or the relationship undertaken by the person on behalf of the enterprise.

(7) "Predecessor enterprise" means a sole proprietorship or organization that is a predecessor to an enterprise in:

(A) a merger, conversion, consolidation, or other transaction in which the liabilities of the predecessor enterprise are transferred or allocated to the enterprise by operation of law; or

(B) any other transaction in which the enterprise assumes the liabilities of the predecessor enterprise and the liabilities that are the subject matter of this chapter are not specifically excluded.

(8) "Proceeding" means:

(A) a threatened, pending, or completed action or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or investigative;

(B) an appeal of an action or proceeding described by Paragraph (A); and

(C) an inquiry or investigation that could lead to an action or proceeding described by Paragraph (A).

(9) "Representative" means a person who is:

(A) serving as a partner, director, officer, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, administrator, or agent of an enterprise or other organization or of an employee benefit plan; or

(B) serving a similar function for an enterprise or other organization or for an employee benefit plan.

(10) "Respondent" means a person named as a respondent or defendant in a proceeding.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00225 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00225
§ 30.00225. CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Status: repealed

(a) , (b) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(5), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(c) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.065 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.065
§ 481.065. AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may authorize the possession, distribution, planting, and cultivation of controlled substances by a person engaged in research, training animals to detect controlled substances, or designing or calibrating devices to detect controlled substances. A person who obtains an authorization under this subsection does not commit an offense involving the possession or distribution of controlled substances to the extent that the possession or distribution is authorized.

(b) A person may conduct research with or analyze substances listed in Schedule I in this state only if the person is a practitioner registered under federal law to conduct research with or analyze those substances and the person provides the director with evidence of federal registration.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 299.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 299 / Section 299.053
§ 299.053. INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING.
Status: in_force

If the board authorizes the district to participate in a program under this chapter, the board shall require each institutional health care provider to submit to the district a copy of any financial and utilization data as reported in the provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the previous fiscal year or for the closest subsequent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300C.0027 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300C / Section 300C.0027
§ 300C.0027. DISTRICT FINANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, Subchapter F, Chapter 287, applies to a district in the same manner that the provisions of that subchapter apply to a health services district created under Chapter 287.

(b) Sections 287.129 and 287.130 do not apply to a district.

(c) This section does not authorize a district to issue bonds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.406 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.406
§ 772.406. NUMBER AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

A business service user that provides residential facilities and owns or leases a publicly or privately owned telephone switch used to provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service relating to number and location identification that a service supplier provides to other residential end users in the county.
Tex. Labor Code § 92.023 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 92 / Section 92.023
§ 92.023. POSTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 7.014(8), eff. September 1, 2017.

(b) Each temporary common worker employer shall post in a conspicuous place in the premises on which the temporary common worker employer operates a notice of any charge permitted under this chapter that the temporary common worker employer may assess against a common worker for equipment, tools, transportation, or other work-related services.

(c) For purposes of this section, "conspicuous place" means a location that is in open view to the general public.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.106 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.106
§ 601.106. TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A certificate issued under this chapter is not transferable.
Tex. Water Code § 51A.008 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51A / Section 51A.008
§ 51A.008. PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

This chapter facilitates and advances the conservation and reclamation of the natural resources of this state by permitting certain water control and improvement districts to extend fresh water supply and distribution facilities, storm water and flood control facilities, and sanitary sewage collection and treatment facilities into areas that have previously not received such facilities. The reclamation of land for development and use as residential neighborhoods will be implemented and the health, welfare, and safety of residents of those neighborhoods will be additionally protected.
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.155
§ 507.155. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the executive council except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

(b) The executive council may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the executive council a rule that:

(1) restricts the person's use of any advertising medium;

(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the person; or

(4) restricts the use of a trade name in advertising by the person.
Tex. Government Code § 24.5995 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.5995
§ 24.5995.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.5995. 506TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRIMES AND WALLER COUNTIES). The 506th Judicial District is composed of Grimes and Waller Counties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9602.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9602 / Section 9602.0102
§ 9602.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.025
§ 2054.025. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications or status required for appointment to the board;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications or status required for initial appointment to the board;

(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 2054.022;

(4) cannot discharge because of illness or disability the member's duties for a substantial part of the term for which the member is appointed; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a state fiscal year unless the absence is excused by majority vote of the board.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken while a ground for removal of a member of the board exists.

(c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall inform the presiding officer. The presiding officer shall then inform the governor and the attorney general of the potential ground for removal. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Election Code § 15.052 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 15 / Section 15.052
§ 15.052. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION NOTICE AND CONFIRMATION NOTICE RESPONSE FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The officially prescribed form for a confirmation notice must include:

(1) a statement that, if the voter fails to submit to the registrar a written, signed response confirming the voter's current residence on or before the 30th day after the date the confirmation notice is mailed:

(A) the voter is subject to submission of a statement of residence before the voter may be accepted for voting in an election held after that deadline; or

(B) for a notice delivered under Section 14.023, the voter will remain subject to submission of a statement of residence before the voter may be accepted for voting in an election;

(2) a warning that the voter's registration is subject to cancellation if the voter fails to confirm the voter's current residence either by notifying the registrar in writing or voting on a statement of residence before November 30 following the second general election for state and county officers that occurs after the date the confirmation notice is mailed; and

(3) a statement that the voter must include all of the required information on the official confirmation notice response form.

(b) The official confirmation notice response form must:

(1) provide spaces for the voter to include all of the information that a person must include in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002;

(2) describe the requirements of Section 15.054, provide a space for the voter to indicate if the voter is exempt from those requirements, and provide a space to indicate the reason for an exemption, if any;

(3) provide the definition of residence under Section 1.015; and

(4) be postage prepaid and preaddressed for delivery to the registrar.

(c) The registrar may prescribe a different design from that prescribed by the secretary of state for an official form, if approved by the secretary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3913.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3913 / Section 3913.106
§ 3913.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.152 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.152
§ 371.152. RECORDKEEPING.
Status: in_force

(a) A pawnbroker, consistent with accepted accounting practices, shall keep adequate books and records relating to the pawnbroker's pawn transactions and any other business regulated by this chapter.

(b) Books and records shall be preserved at least until the second anniversary of the date of the last transaction recorded.