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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 489.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 489 / Section 489.053
§ 489.053. PROVISION OF INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT, OR DEVICE BY MANUFACTURER.
Status: in_force

(a) A manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device may make available the manufacturer's investigational drug, biological product, or device to eligible patients in accordance with this chapter if the patient provides to the manufacturer the informed consent required under Section 489.052.

(b) This chapter does not require that a manufacturer make available an investigational drug, biological product, or device to an eligible patient.

(c) If a manufacturer makes available an investigational drug, biological product, or device to an eligible patient under this subchapter, the manufacturer must provide the investigational drug, biological product, or device to the eligible patient without receiving compensation.
Tex. Family Code § 101.0255 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0255
§ 101.0255. RECORD.
Status: in_force

"Record" means information that is:

(1) inscribed on a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or other medium; and

(2) retrievable in a perceivable form.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1045.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1045 / Section 1045.106
§ 1045.106. MOBILE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service.
Tex. Government Code § 54.814 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.814
§ 54.814. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUMMONS OR ORDER.
Status: in_force

If an attorney, party, witness, or any other person fails to comply with a summons or order, the master may certify that failure in writing to the referring court for appropriate action.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 8.112 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 8 / Section 8.112
§ 8.112. CREDITOR'S LEGAL PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security may be reached by a creditor only by actual seizure of the security certificate by the officer making the attachment or levy, except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d). However, a certificated security for which the certificate has been surrendered to the issuer may be reached by a creditor by legal process on the issuer.

(b) The interest of a debtor in an uncertificated security may be reached by a creditor only by legal process on the issuer at its chief executive office in the United States, except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d).

(c) The interest of a debtor in a security entitlement may be reached by a creditor only by legal process on the securities intermediary with whom the debtor's securities account is maintained, except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d).

(d) The interest of a debtor in a certificated security for which the certificate is in the possession of a secured party, or in an uncertificated security registered in the name of a secured party, or in a security entitlement maintained in the name of a secured party may be reached by a creditor by legal process on the secured party.

(e) A creditor whose debtor is the owner of a certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement is entitled to aid from a court of competent jurisdiction, by injunction or otherwise, in reaching the certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement or in satisfying the claim by means allowed at law or in equity in regard to property that cannot readily be reached by other legal process.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8498.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8498 / Section 8498.105
§ 8498.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 374.906 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 374 / Section 374.906
§ 374.906. POWERS OF PUBLIC BODY.
Status: in_force

(a) To aid in the planning or implementation of an urban renewal project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body, after determining that a project is beneficial to its residents and after setting terms with or without consideration, may:

(1) dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any urban renewal project or grant easements, licenses, or other rights and privileges in the project to a municipality or urban renewal agency;

(2) incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by the public body in exercising the powers granted under this section;

(3) do anything necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or implementation of an urban renewal plan;

(4) lend, grant, or contribute funds to a municipality or an urban renewal agency;

(5) enter into agreements that may extend over any period with a municipality, urban renewal agency, or other public body relating to action to be taken by the public body under any of the powers granted under this chapter, including furnishing funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal project;

(6) furnish public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational facilities, community facilities, educational facilities, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or other public works;

(7) furnish, dedicate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places;

(8) plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the public body or make exceptions from building regulations; or

(9) furnish administrative and other services to the municipality or urban renewal agency.

(b) If title to or possession of any urban renewal project is held by the federal government, the provisions of an agreement under this section inure to and may be enforced by the federal government.

(c) A sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement under this section may be made by and between public bodies without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.

(d) To aid in planning or conducting an urban renewal project through an urban renewal agency under this chapter, a municipality may perform all of the functions that a public body may perform under Subsection (a), including furnishing financial and other assistance.

(e) For the purposes of this section or to aid in the planning or carrying out of a municipal urban renewal project, a municipality may issue and sell general obligation bonds in addition to bonds issued under Section 374.026. Bonds issued under this section must be issued in the manner and are subject to the limitations generally provided by the laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of municipal bonds for public purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.054
§ 21.054. EXCLUSION OF COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county in the district may petition the board to hold an election in the county to determine if a majority of voters of that county want to exclude the county from the district.

(b) If the district has not issued bonds or incurred other long-term debt before the commissioners court filed the petition, the board shall, on receipt of the petition, enter an order authorizing the commissioners court to call an election in that county.

(c) If the district issued bonds or other long-term debt before the commissioners court filed the petition, the board must obtain adequate legal and financial assurances that, if the county withdraws from the district, the county will assume and pay to the district the county's proportionate share of the district's outstanding debt based on assessed valuation of taxable property in the county and district. After obtaining assurances the board considers adequate, the board shall enter an order authorizing the commissioners court of that county to call an election in that county to determine if the county should be excluded from the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8079.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8079 / Section 8079.0106
§ 8079.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

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

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Election Code § 251.009 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 251 / Section 251.009
§ 251.009. LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE OFFICEHOLDER CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE.
Status: in_force

A contribution to or expenditure by a legislative caucus, as defined by Section 253.0341, is not considered to be an officeholder contribution or officeholder expenditure for purposes of this title.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.005
§ 823.005. DESCRIPTION OF CONTROL; DETERMINATION OF CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, control is the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of a person, other than power that results from an official position with or corporate office held by the person. The power may be possessed directly or indirectly by any means, including through the ownership of voting securities or by contract, other than a commercial contract for goods or nonmanagement services.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, a person controls another if the person possesses the power described by Subsection (a) with regard to the other person.

(c) After providing notice and opportunity for hearing to each person in interest, the commissioner may determine that, notwithstanding the absence of a presumption under Section 823.151, a person controls an authorized insurer if the person, directly or indirectly and alone or under an agreement with one or more other persons, exercises such a controlling influence over the management or policies of the insurer that it is necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of the insurer's policyholders that the person be considered to control the insurer. The commissioner shall make specific findings of fact to support a determination under this subsection.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 4.005 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 4 / Section 4.005
§ 4.005. CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFIED COPIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A court, public office, or official body shall accept a certificate issued as provided by this code by the secretary of state or a copy of a filing instrument accepted by the secretary of state for filing as provided by this code that is certified by the secretary of state as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate or instrument.

(b) A court, public office, or official body may record a certificate or certified copy described by Subsection (a).

(c) A court, public office, or official body shall accept a certificate issued under an official seal by the secretary of state as to the existence or nonexistence of facts that relate to an entity that would not appear from a certified copy of a filing instrument as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts stated in the certificate.

(d) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate issued by the secretary of state stating that a domestic filing entity is in existence may be relied on as conclusive evidence of the entity's existence.

(e) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate issued by the secretary of state stating that a foreign filing entity is in existence or registered may be relied on as conclusive evidence that the foreign filing entity is registered and authorized to transact business in this state.

(f) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate issued by the secretary of state stating that a domestic registered series is in existence may be relied on as conclusive evidence of the existence of the domestic registered series.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.047 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.047
§ 223.047. PREFERENCE FOR RUBBERIZED ASPHALT PAVING MADE FROM SCRAP TIRES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department, a county, or a municipality uses rubberized asphalt paving, the department, county, or municipality shall use scrap tires converted to rubberized asphalt paving by a facility in this state if available.

(b) In comparing bids submitted for road construction that require paving, the department, a county, or a municipality may give a preference to a bid that provides for using, as a part of the paving material, rubberized asphalt paving described by Subsection (a) if the cost of that paving material does not exceed by more than 15 percent the bid cost of alternative paving materials for the same job. The cost of the materials must be determined by a life-cycle cost benefit analysis.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Rubberized asphalt" means an asphalt material containing at least 15 percent by weight of a reacted whole scrap tire.

(2) "Scrap tire" means a tire that can no longer be used for its original intended purpose.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.102 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.102
§ 408.102. DURATION OF TEMPORARY INCOME BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Temporary income benefits continue until the employee reaches maximum medical improvement.

(b) The commissioner by rule shall establish a presumption that maximum medical improvement has been reached based on a lack of medical improvement in the employee's condition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7929.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7929 / Section 7929.005
§ 7929.005. 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. Parks and Wildlife Code § 23.044 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 23 / Section 23.044
§ 23.044. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who violates any rule or regulation of the commission adopted under this subchapter or who hunts or fishes on federal lands included in a wildlife management agreement under this subchapter at any time other than the open season commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Tex. Education Code § 48.2541 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.2541
§ 48.2541. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAX REFUNDS.
Status: in_force

For each school year, a school district, including a school district that is otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled to state aid in an amount equal to the amount of all tax refunds provided under Section 26.1115(c), Tax Code.
Tex. Education Code § 130.181 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.181
§ 130.181. HILL COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Hill College District includes the territory within:

(1) the Hillsboro, Itasca, Covington, Whitney, Abbott, and Bynum independent school districts; and

(2) Hill, Johnson, Bosque, and Somervell counties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9005.0025 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9005 / Section 9005.0025
§ 9005.0025. BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven elected directors. In addition to the elected board members, a nonvoting member chosen by the Fort Hood Military Reservation represents the interests of the reservation.

(b) The district shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the uniform election date in November of each even-numbered year.

(c) The board shall divide the district into seven single-member director precincts that comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Sections 10101 and 10301 et seq.) with:

(1) the precincts each containing an approximately equal number of voters; and

(2) the population of the City of Killeen divided into three precincts composed only of residents of the City of Killeen.

(d) The board may redraw the single-member director precincts in a manner that is reasonable and equitable:

(1) after any change in the boundaries of the district or of the City of Killeen; or

(2) by a resolution redrawing the director precincts adopted by a two-thirds majority of the board based on changed circumstances.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.116
§ 1018.116. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR INVESTIGATORY OR OTHER SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services as to facilities for the medical care, hospital, or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8357.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8357 / Section 8357.101
§ 8357.101. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7961.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7961 / Section 7961.0202
§ 7961.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting 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 commission 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 7961.0103; or

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

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7961.0103 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 7961.0103; 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7967A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7967A / Section 7967A.0303
§ 7967A.0303. 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. Government Code § 2116.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2116 / Section 2116.017
§ 2116.017. PLEDGE OF JOINTLY HELD DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless a term of the depository account provides otherwise, a person on whose signature precious metals may be withdrawn from a depository account that is jointly held in the names of two or more persons may, by a signed pledge, pledge and transfer to the depository or to a third party all or part of the account.

(b) A pledge made as described by Subsection (a) does not sever or terminate the joint and survivorship ownership of the account, to the extent applicable to the account before the pledge.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1 / Section 1.003
§ 1.003. REFERENCE IN LAW TO STATUTE REVISED BY CODE.
Status: in_force

A reference in a law to a statute or a part of a statute revised by this code is considered to be a reference to the part of this code that revises that statute or part of that statute.
Tex. Labor Code § 415.034 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 415 / Section 415.034
§ 415.034. HEARING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

On the request of the charged party or the commissioner, the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall set a hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in the manner provided for a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code (the administrative procedure law).
Tex. Occupations Code § 2303.1545 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.1545
§ 2303.1545. DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED NUISANCE VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A vehicle storage facility that holds an abandoned nuisance vehicle is not required to send or publish a second notice and is entitled to dispose of the vehicle on the 30th day after the date the notice is mailed or published under Section 2303.151 or 2303.152.

(b) The facility may:

(1) notify the department that notices under Chapter 683, Transportation Code, have been provided and shall pay a fee of $10 to the department; or

(2) in the alternative, notify the appropriate law enforcement agency and pay a fee of $10 to that agency.

(c) A law enforcement agency described by Subsection (b)(2) may sign a document issued by the department.
Tex. Government Code § 26.134 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.134
§ 26.134. CASS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The County Court of Cass County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court but has no other civil or criminal jurisdiction except juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b) and criminal jurisdiction to receive and enter guilty pleas in misdemeanor cases.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.061 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.061
§ 142.061. PROTECTED RIGHTS OF POLICE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) For any disciplinary appeal, a member of the municipality's bargaining unit may be represented by the police officers association or by any person the member selects.

(b) A meet and confer agreement ratified under this subchapter may not interfere with the right of a member of a bargaining unit to pursue allegations of discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, or disability with the Texas Workforce Commission civil rights division or the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or to pursue affirmative action litigation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 144.030 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 144 / Section 144.030
§ 144.030. COLLECTION CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A container in which dead animals or renderable raw materials are accumulated by a producer at collecting points for pickup by a dead animal hauler or renderable raw material hauler must remain on the premises at each collecting point.

(b) The owner of the containers shall maintain the containers in a leak-proof and sanitary condition and shall replace them as necessary.

(c) The transportation, delivery, transfer, loading, and off-loading of dead animals and renderable raw materials shall be performed in a manner that prevents the release of animal parts and spills or leaks of renderable raw materials from containers. A release of dead animal parts or spill or leak of renderable raw materials shall immediately be cleaned up and reported in the log required by Section 144.022.