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Tex. Insurance Code § 1105.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.153
§ 1105.153.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1105.153. COMPUTATION OF ADJUSTED PREMIUMS FOR CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL POLICIES ISSUED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1989. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this section applies only to an industrial policy to which Subchapter B does not apply and that is issued on or after January 1, 1974, and before January 1, 1989.

(b) This section also applies to an industrial policy issued by a company after a date specified in a written notice:

(1) that was filed by the company with the State Board of Insurance after August 23, 1963, but before January 1, 1974; and

(2) under which the company filing the notice elected to comply before January 1, 1974, with the law codified by this section.

(c) An adjusted premium or present value determined under this chapter as to a policy to which this section applies must be computed on the basis of the Commissioners 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Table.

(d) A computation as to a policy to which this section applies must be made using the rate of interest specified by the policy for computing cash surrender values and paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, except that the rate of interest may not exceed:

(1) 3-1/2 percent a year for a policy issued before June 14, 1973;

(2) 4 percent a year for a policy issued on or after June 14, 1973, and before August 29, 1977;

(3) 5-1/2 percent a year for a policy issued on or after August 29, 1977, other than a single premium whole life or endowment insurance policy; or

(4) 6-1/2 percent a year for a single premium whole life or endowment insurance policy issued on or after August 29, 1977.

(e) In the computation of the present value of paid-up term insurance with accompanying pure endowment, if any, offered as a nonforfeiture benefit, the rates of mortality assumed may not exceed the rates shown in the Commissioners 1961 Industrial Extended Term Insurance Table.

(f) Subject to approval by the department, a company may specify a mortality table other than the table required by this section for use in computing an adjusted premium or present value for insurance issued on a substandard basis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8299.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8299 / Section 8299.102
§ 8299.102. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet or exceed all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located. If the district is located outside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, a road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of each county in which the district is located.

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 202.058 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 202 / Section 202.058
§ 202.058. AGREEMENT TO USE OR CULTIVATE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may agree with the owner of real property abutting or adjoining property acquired by the department for the right-of-way of a road in the state highway system, allowing the owner to use or cultivate a portion of the right-of-way not required for immediate use by the department.

(b) An agreement must be in writing and may provide for:

(1) use or cultivation of the property;

(2) construction of improvements on the property;

(3) placement of fences on the property; and

(4) other matters.

(c) The director or the director's authorized representative and the owner of the property shall execute the agreement.

(d) The department may not execute an agreement that would impair or relinquish the state's right to use the property for a right-of-way purpose when the property is needed to construct or reconstruct the road for which it was acquired.

(e) Use by the owner of adjoining or abutting property under this section is not abandonment of the property by the department.
Tex. Government Code § 1431.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1431 / Section 1431.005
§ 1431.005. GENERAL LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

An issuer may not use proceeds of an anticipation note to repay interfund or other borrowing that occurred earlier than 24 months before the date of the ordinance or order authorizing the issuance of the note.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.426 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.426
§ 623.426. EXCLUSIVE PERMIT.
Status: in_force

A permit issued under this subchapter is the only permit issued by the department under this chapter that may be used to transport fluid milk.
Tex. Election Code § 125.0635 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 125 / Section 125.0635
§ 125.0635. POLLING PLACE REPORT FOR VOTING FOR CERTAIN ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section only applies to a polling place that requires a voter's ballot to be scanned at the polling place with an optical scanner.

(b) Immediately after closing the polling place at the end of the period for early voting by personal appearance and on election day, the presiding election judge shall generate a report from each optical scanner used at the polling place regarding the total number of ballots scanned by that scanner during the period for early voting by personal appearance or election day, as applicable.

(c) A report produced under Subsection (b) at an early voting polling place may not include information on the number of votes received by a candidate or for or against any proposition.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.403 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.403
§ 18A.403. DISCLOSURE OF APPLICATION OR ORDER.
Status: in_force

An application made or order issued under this chapter may be disclosed only on a showing of good cause before a judge of competent jurisdiction.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.076 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.076
§ 61.076. LIMITATION ON STATE SHARE.
Status: in_force

(a) No city or county may receive as its state share an amount that is greater than two-thirds of the amount the city or county spends for the purpose of cleaning and maintaining public beaches within its jurisdiction during the state fiscal year for which reimbursement is sought.

(b) The land office shall allocate the state share to eligible cities and counties taking into account the frequency with which public beaches within the jurisdiction of the cities and counties are used.

(c) For purposes of determining the maximum amount of money a municipality may receive under Subsection (a), money received under Section 156.2511, Tax Code:

(1) is not included in determining the amount the municipality spends to clean and maintain public beaches during the state fiscal year for which reimbursement is sought; and

(2) is included as part of the state share.
Tex. Finance Code § 152.352 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 152 / Section 152.352
§ 152.352. SECURITY FOR MONEY TRANSMISSION LICENSEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A money transmission licensee shall at all times maintain security consisting of a surety bond in a form satisfactory to the commissioner. With the commissioner's approval, a money transmission licensee may maintain a deposit in lieu of a bond under this section.

(b) The amount of the required security for a money transmission licensee under this section is:

(1) for a licensee with a tangible net worth in an amount not greater than 10 percent of the licensee's total assets, the greater of:

(A) $100,000; or

(B) 100 percent of the licensee's average daily money transmission liability in this state for the most recently completed three-month period, up to a maximum amount of $500,000; or

(2) for a licensee with a tangible net worth in an amount greater than 10 percent of the licensee's total assets, $100,000.

(c) A money transmission licensee that maintains a bond in the maximum amount provided for under Subsection (b) may not be required to calculate the licensee's average daily money transmission liability in this state for purposes of this section.

(d) A money transmission licensee may exceed the maximum required bond amount under Section 152.356(a)(5).
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.152 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.152
§ 104.152. INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
Status: in_force

If a gas utility does not produce the service that it distributes, transmits, or furnishes to the public for compensation but obtains the service from another source, the regulatory authority may investigate the cost of that production in an investigation of the reasonableness of the gas utility's rates.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7904A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7904A / Section 7904A.0305
§ 7904A.0305. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 4013.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4013 / Section 4013.0505
§ 4013.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES; ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election under Section 4013.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.

(c) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.06
§ 44.06. CAPIAS MAY ISSUE TO ANY COUNTY.
Status: repealed

By order of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dated December 18, 1985, effective September 1, 1986, adopting the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 685 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, this article was repealed.
Tex. Water Code § 62.103 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.103
§ 62.103. DUTIES OF COUNTY OFFICIALS.
Status: in_force

The powers and duties conferred by this chapter on the county judge, members of the commissioners court, the mayor and aldermen or commissioners of cities, the county clerk, and other officers are made a part of the legal duty of those officials. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, these persons shall exercise and perform these powers and duties without additional compensation.
Tex. Election Code § 86.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 86 / Section 86.002
§ 86.002. ADDITIONAL BALLOTING MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The early voting clerk shall provide an official ballot envelope and carrier envelope with each ballot provided to a voter. If the voter's name appears on the list of registered voters with the notation "S", or a similar notation, or the residence address on the voter's early voting ballot application is not the same as the voter's residence address on the list of registered voters, the clerk shall provide a form for a statement of residence to the voter.

(b) Before providing the balloting materials to the voter, the clerk shall enter on the carrier envelope the identity and date of the election.

(c) The clerk shall enter on a carrier envelope the voter's name in printed form, a notation that a statement of residence is enclosed, if applicable, and any other information the clerk determines necessary for proper processing of the ballot.

(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe instructions to be printed on the balloting materials for the execution and return of a statement of residence. The instructions must include an explanation of the circumstances under which the ballot must be rejected with respect to the statement.

(e) If the clerk determines that the carrier envelope and other balloting materials will weigh more than one ounce when returned by mail to the clerk, the clerk shall include with the balloting materials a notice of the amount of first class postage that will be required for the return by mail of the carrier envelope and enclosed materials.

(f) The clerk shall include with the balloting materials:

(1) a notice of the clerk's physical address for purposes of return by common or contract carrier or personal delivery in accordance with Section 86.006(a-1); and

(2) the list of declared write-in candidates for the election, if applicable.

(g) The carrier envelope must include a space that is hidden from view when the envelope is sealed for the voter to enter the following information:

(1) the number of the voter's driver's license, election identification certificate, or personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety;

(2) if the voter has not been issued a number described by Subdivision (1), the last four digits of the voter's social security number; or

(3) a statement by the applicant that the applicant has not been issued a number described by Subdivision (1) or (2).

(h) A person may use the number of a driver's license, election identification certificate, or personal identification card that has expired for purposes of Subsection (g) if the license or identification is otherwise valid.

(i) No record associating an individual voter with a ballot may be created.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.007 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.007
§ 121.007. TRANSPORTATION OF GAS TO AND FROM LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS MARINE TERMINAL EXCLUDED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who owns or operates a natural gas pipeline, a liquefied natural gas pipeline, or an underground storage facility is not a gas utility if the person certifies to the railroad commission that the person uses the pipeline or underground storage facility solely to deliver natural gas or liquefied natural gas or the constituents of natural gas or liquefied natural gas:

(1) to a liquefied natural gas marine terminal;

(2) from a liquefied natural gas marine terminal to the owner of the gas or another person on behalf of the owner of the gas;

(3) that is acquired, liquefied, or sold by the person as necessary for the operation or maintenance of its facility that is excluded as a gas utility under this section; or

(4) that has been stored for export.

(b) This section does not confer the power of eminent domain to a pipeline or underground storage facility excluded as a gas utility under this section.

(c) This section does not create an exception to the applicability of a pipeline safety requirement provided under this chapter or a penalty for a violation of such a requirement.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2502.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2502 / Section 2502.053
§ 2502.053. CERTAIN COMPENSATORY PAYMENTS NOT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prohibit:

(1) payment for services actually performed by a title insurance company, title insurance agent, or direct operation in connection with title examination or with closing the transaction or furnishing title evidence if:

(A) the payment does not exceed the percentage of premium or other amount established by the commissioner for the payment; and

(B) the person receiving the payment is licensed as provided by this title;

(2) payment of bona fide compensation to a bona fide employee principally employed by a title insurance company, title insurance agent, or direct operation;

(3) reasonable payment for goods or facilities actually provided and received; or

(4) payment for services actually performed by an attorney in connection with title examination or with closing the transaction, if the payment does not exceed a reasonable charge for the services.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.501 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.501
§ 51.501. APPLICATION FOR GRANT.
Status: in_force

A lessee of real property owned by the permanent school fund and used for grazing or agricultural purposes may apply to the commissioner for a grant to construct a permanent improvement on the leased property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9058.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9058 / Section 9058.0501
§ 9058.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.008
§ 3960.008. 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 § 8353.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8353 / Section 8353.152
§ 8353.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8353.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.106 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.106
§ 171.106. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

A woman on whom a partial-birth abortion is performed or attempted in violation of this subchapter may not be prosecuted under this subchapter or for conspiracy to commit a violation of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8329.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8329 / Section 8329.105
§ 8329.105. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7976.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7976 / Section 7976.054
§ 7976.054. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2703.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2703 / Section 2703.101
§ 2703.101. POLICY FORMS FOR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall prescribe an owner title insurance policy form to be issued in connection with a transaction involving residential real property in this state.

(b) A title insurance company or title insurance agent shall use the form prescribed by the commissioner in issuing to an individual an owner title insurance policy relating to residential real property in this state.

(c) Unless authorized by rule adopted by the commissioner, an insurer may not enter into a contract or other agreement concerning an individual title insurance policy if the contract or other agreement is not expressed in the policy. A contract or agreement prohibited by this subsection is void.

(d) An endorsement prescribed by the commissioner may be attached to the title insurance policy form as authorized by rule adopted by the commissioner.

(e) The commissioner may not prescribe an owner title insurance policy form for residential real property or an endorsement to the policy if the policy form or endorsement is not written in plain language. For purposes of this subsection, a policy form or endorsement is written in plain language if it achieves the minimum score established by the commissioner on the Flesch reading ease test or an equivalent test selected by the commissioner or, at the commissioner's option, if it conforms to the language requirements in a National Association of Insurance Commissioners model act relating to plain language. This subsection does not apply to policy language required by state or federal law.

(f) For an owner title insurance policy on residential real property that is issued to an individual, the commissioner may adopt coverages that insure against ad valorem taxes, including penalties and interest, to be paid with respect to the property for a previous tax year:

(1) that are delinquent on the effective date of the policy because of sale, diversion, or change of use, unless excluded because the insured has actual knowledge of the delinquent taxes; or

(2) that result from an exemption granted to a previous owner of the property under Section 11.13, Tax Code, or from an improvement not assessed for a previous tax year, unless excluded because the insured has actual knowledge of the taxes.

(g) For an owner's title insurance policy on residential real property that is issued to an individual, the commissioner shall adopt terms that provide for continuation of coverage subject to rights and defenses against the original named insured for:

(1) a person who inherits the original named insured's title on the original named insured's death;

(2) the original named insured's spouse who receives title in a dissolution of marriage with the original named insured;

(3) the trustee or successor of a trust established by the original named insured to whom the original named insured transfers title after the date of policy; or

(4) the beneficiaries of a trust described by Subdivision (3) on the death of the original named insured.
Tex. Election Code § 254.0405 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.0405
§ 254.0405. AMENDMENT OF FILED REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who files a semiannual report under this chapter may amend the report.

(b) A semiannual report that is amended before the eighth day after the date the original report was filed is considered to have been filed on the date on which the original report was filed.

(c) A semiannual report that is amended on or after the eighth day after the original report was filed is considered to have been filed on the date on which the original report was filed if:

(1) the amendment is made before any complaint is filed with regard to the subject of the amendment; and

(2) the original report was made in good faith and without an intent to mislead or to misrepresent the information contained in the report.
Tex. Insurance Code § 963.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 963 / Section 963.003
§ 963.003. CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The automobile club shall provide each member covered by insurance described by Section 963.002 a certificate of participation.

(b) The certificate of participation must state on its face in at least 14-point black boldfaced type that the certificate is only a certificate of participation in a group accidental injury and death policy and is not automobile liability insurance coverage.