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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 65.044 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 65 / Section 65.044
§ 65.044. CONTEST OF AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A party may not contest an affidavit filed by an applicant for a temporary restraining order as provided by Section 65.041.

(b) A party may contest an affidavit filed by an applicant for a temporary injunction as provided by Section 65.042:

(1) after service of a temporary restraining order in the case; or

(2) if a temporary restraining order was not applied for or issued, after service of notice of the hearing on the application for the temporary injunction.

(c) A party contests an affidavit by filing a written motion and giving notice to all parties of the motion in accordance with Rule 21a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(d) The court shall hear the contest at the hearing on the application for a temporary injunction and determine whether the applicant is financially able to execute a bond against the adverse party as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. In making its determination, the court may not consider:

(1) any income from a government entitlement that the applicant receives; or

(2) the value of the applicant's residential homestead.

(e) The court may order the applicant to post and file with the clerk a bond as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure only if the court determines that the applicant is financially able to execute the bond.

(f) An attorney who represents an applicant and who provides legal services without charge to the applicant and without a contractual agreement for payment contingent on any event may file an affidavit with the court describing the financial nature of the representation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 81.0025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0025
§ 81.0025. CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A county commissioner must successfully complete at least 16 hours of continuing education in the performance of the duties of county commissioners at least once in each 12-month period.

(b) Continuing education instruction required by this section must be certified by an accredited public institution of higher education. The instruction may be completed online with the approval of the commissioners court, except a county commissioner must complete the instruction in person in the first 12-month period of the commissioner's first term.

(c) To satisfy the requirement of this section, a commissioner is entitled to carry forward from one 12-month period to the next not more than eight continuing education hours that the commissioner completes in excess of the required 16 hours.

(d) For the purposes of removal under Subchapter B, Chapter 87, "incompetency" in the case of a county commissioner includes the failure to complete hours of continuing education in accordance with this section.

(e) This section does not apply to a county commissioner who:

(1) serves in a county with a population of 1.3 million or more;

(2) meets at least one of the following requirements:

(A) has served continuously for 12 years or more; or

(B) is an attorney licensed to practice law in this state for 12 years or more and has completed at least 64 hours of continuing education approved by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas; and

(3) attends at least 15 hours of staff briefing on continuing education subjects in each 12-month period as approved by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas.

(f) In addition to the exceptions under Subsection (e), this section does not apply to a county commissioner who serves in a county with a population of 225,000 or more and who:

(1) has served continuously for 12 years or more; and

(2) in the 12-month period, completes at least three semester credit hours of graduate-level course work in a field of study directly related to county government with a grade of B or higher in each course completed during the period.
Tex. Insurance Code § 544.653 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 544 / Section 544.653
§ 544.653. PROHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may not, based solely on the status of an individual as a living organ donor:

(1) deny coverage to the individual;

(2) refuse to renew the individual's coverage;

(3) cancel the individual's coverage;

(4) limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to the individual; or

(5) charge the individual or a group to which the individual belongs a rate that is different than the rate charged to other individuals or groups, as applicable, for the same coverage unless the rate differential is based on sound actuarial principles or sound underwriting related to actual or anticipated loss experience for a particular risk.

(b) An insurer may not prevent an insured from donating all or part of an organ as a condition of continuing coverage.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2309.302 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2309 / Section 2309.302
§ 2309.302. RECORDS OF PURCHASES.
Status: in_force

A used automotive parts recycler shall maintain a record of or sales receipt for each motor vehicle, salvage motor vehicle, nonrepairable motor vehicle, and used automotive part purchased.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 35.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 35 / Section 35.002
§ 35.002. ADOPTION OF RULES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter, including:

(1) procedures and guidelines for determining eligibility standards relating to financial qualifications and the need for services and for determining eligibility criteria for selecting clients to receive assistance;

(2) standards and procedures for approving qualified programs and support services;

(3) procedures for conducting a periodic review of clients;

(4) procedures and guidelines for determining when assistance duplicates other support programs or results in excessive support to a client;

(5) reasonable payment rates for qualified programs and support services under this chapter; and

(6) a copayment system in accordance with Section 35.007.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.0025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 141 / Section 141.0025
§ 141.0025. WAIVER; APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may grant a waiver from the requirements of this chapter to a program that:

(1) is sponsored by a religious organization as defined by Section 464.051;

(2) has been in operation for at least 30 consecutive years;

(3) operates one camp for not more than seven days in any year;

(4) has not more than 80 campers;

(5) is conducted by adult participants who are all volunteers;

(6) operates in a county with a population of at least 4,000 but not more than 4,350; and

(7) ensures that background checks are conducted on and the training required under Section 141.0095 is completed by each adult participating in the program.

(b) A waiver granted by the department under Subsection (a) is valid until the waiver is revoked for cause by the department.

(c) A person who operates a program for which an application for a waiver under this section has been denied or for which a waiver under this section has been revoked may appeal the action in the manner provided for appeal of contested cases under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 411.261 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.261
§ 411.261. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Attorney representing the state" means a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district attorney.

(2) "Unsolved crime" means a criminal offense:

(A) that is an unsolved homicide or an unsolved felony that is one offense arising out of the same criminal episode as other unsolved felonies; and

(B) the investigation of which requires a level of expertise that is not readily available to local law enforcement agencies.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.129 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.129
§ 225.129. KOLLYN GENE BARTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 666 in Nueces County between its intersection with State Highway 44 and Farm-to-Market Road 624 is designated as the Kollyn Gene Barton Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Kollyn Gene Barton Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8330.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8330 / Section 8330.051
§ 8330.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8330.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 121 / Section 121.101
§ 121.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "consortium" means the public health consortium established under this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 494.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 494 / Section 494.003
§ 494.003. REQUIREMENT FOR CEDING INSURER.
Status: in_force

To enter into a reinsurance agreement under this chapter, the ceding insurer must be authorized to engage in business in this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4054.357 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4054 / Section 4054.357
§ 4054.357. ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

An individual who holds a specialty certification may advertise, in the manner specified by department rule, that the individual is specially trained to serve small employers.
Tex. Government Code § 2003.0451 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.0451
§ 2003.0451. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall provide at least 30 hours of continuing legal education and judicial training to each new administrative law judge employed by the office who has less than three years of presiding experience. The office shall provide the training required by this subsection during the administrative law judge's first year of employment with the office. The office may provide the training through office personnel or through external sources, including state and local bar associations, the Texas Center for the Judiciary, and the National Judicial College. The training may include the following areas:

(1) conducting fair and impartial hearings;

(2) ethics;

(3) evidence;

(4) civil trial litigation;

(5) administrative law;

(6) managing complex litigation;

(7) conducting high-volume proceedings;

(8) judicial writing;

(9) effective case-flow management;

(10) alternative dispute resolution methods; and

(11) other areas that the office considers to be relevant to the work of an administrative law judge.

(b) The office shall provide continuing legal education and advanced judicial training for other administrative law judges employed by the office to the extent that money is available for this purpose.

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a temporary administrative law judge.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.453 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.453
§ 62.453. APPROVAL OF MERGER.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall approve the articles of merger if the secretary of state determines that:

(1) the articles of merger comply with applicable law; and

(2) all fees and franchise taxes due from each corporation have been paid.

(b) The commissioner shall approve the articles of merger if the commissioner determines that:

(1) the articles of merger comply with applicable law; and

(2) the merger is in the best interest of the association.

(c) On approval of the articles of merger, each approving officer shall:

(1) endorse on the original and copy of the articles of merger the word "filed" and the date of the approval;

(2) file the original articles of merger in the records of the officer's office; and

(3) issue and deliver to the association a certificate of merger with an attached copy of the articles of merger.
Tex. Election Code § 243.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 243 / Section 243.001
§ 243.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a contest of an election of presidential electors for president and vice-president of the United States.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0003
§ 113.0003. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter may be construed to:

(1) limit the liability of a peer-to-peer car sharing program for any act or omission of the program itself that results in injury to a person as a result of the use of a shared vehicle through the program;

(2) limit the ability of a peer-to-peer car sharing program to, by contract, seek indemnification from the owner or driver for economic loss sustained by the program resulting from a breach of the agreement;

(3) have implications affecting construction of statutes outside this chapter, including statutes related to motor vehicle regulation, airport regulation, or taxation;

(4) invalidate or limit an exclusion contained in an automobile insurance policy, including an insurance policy in use or approved for use that excludes coverage for automobiles made available for rent, sharing, hire, or any business use; or

(5) invalidate, limit, or restrict an insurer's ability under law to:

(A) underwrite any insurance policy; or

(B) cancel or decline to renew an insurance policy.
Tex. Government Code § 24.357 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.357
§ 24.357.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.357. 168TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). (a) The 168th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.

(b) Section 24.136, relating to the 34th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 168th District Court.
Tex. Finance Code § 35.209 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 35 / Section 35.209
§ 35.209. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person affected by a cease and desist order issued, affirmed, or modified after a hearing may file a petition for judicial review.

(b) A filed petition for judicial review does not stay or vacate the order unless the court, after hearing, specifically stays or vacates the order.
Tex. Education Code § 56.0855 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.0855
§ 56.0855. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.
Status: in_force

(a) The coordinating board may enter into agreements with employers that participate in the program.

(b) To be eligible to enter into an agreement with the coordinating board to participate in the program, an employer must:

(1) except as provided by Subsection (c), be a private nonprofit or for-profit entity or a governmental entity;

(2) demonstrate the administrative and financial capacity to carry out the employer's responsibilities under the program, including the ability to pay full wages and benefits to a student employed through the program;

(3) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the coordinating board;

(4) provide employment to a student employed through the program in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities that relate to the student's long-term career interests;

(5) use program positions only to supplement and not supplant positions normally filled by persons who are not eligible to participate in the program, as provided by coordinating board rule;

(6) provide the entirety of an employed student's wages and employee benefits;

(7) submit eligible wages to the coordinating board for reimbursement; and

(8) comply with other requirements adopted by the coordinating board under this subchapter.

(c) An employer is not eligible to participate in the program if the employer is:

(1) a public or private institution of higher education in Texas; or

(2) a career school or college, as defined by Section 132.001.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.206 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.206
§ 21.206. LIMITATION ON ACTION TO ENFORCE PREEMPTIVE RIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) An action brought against a corporation, the board of directors or an officer, shareholder, or agent of the corporation, or an owner of a beneficial interest in shares of the corporation for the violation of a preemptive right of a shareholder under Sections 21.203 and 21.204 must be brought not later than the earlier of:

(1) the first anniversary of the date written notice is given to each shareholder whose preemptive right was violated; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the latest of:

(A) the date the corporation issued the shares, securities, or rights;

(B) the date the corporation sold the shares, securities, or rights; or

(C) the date the corporation otherwise distributed the shares, securities, or rights.

(b) The notice required by Subsection (a)(1) must:

(1) be sent to the holder at the address for the holder as shown on the appropriate records of the corporation; and

(2) inform the holder that the issuance, sale, or other distribution of shares, securities, or rights violated the holder's preemptive right.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8147.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8147 / Section 8147.201
§ 8147.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

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

(c) The district may not issue bonds to finance projects authorized by Section 8147.103 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.

(d) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8147.103 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.

(e) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to a project undertaken by the district under Section 8147.103 or to bonds issued by the district to finance the project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0604 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0604
§ 3967.0604. TAX AFTER MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to the district after a municipality annexes part of the territory in the district and imposes the municipality's sales and use tax in the annexed territory.

(b) If at the time of annexation the district has outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, Section 321.102(g), Tax Code, applies to the district.

(c) If at the time of annexation the district does not have outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, the district may:

(1) exclude the annexed territory from the district, if the district has no outstanding debt or other obligations payable from any source; or

(2) reduce the sales and use tax in the annexed territory by resolution or order of the board to a rate that, when added to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the municipality in the annexed territory, is equal to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the district in the district territory that was not annexed by the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.058
§ 8801.058. EMPLOYEES; BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) The general manager shall employ persons necessary to properly handle district business and operation. The general manager may employ attorneys, bookkeepers, engineers, and other expert and specialized personnel considered necessary.

(b) The general manager shall determine the compensation paid to district employees.

(c) The general manager may discharge a district employee.

(d) The board shall require an employee who collects, pays, or handles district funds to furnish a good and sufficient bond. The bond must be in an amount sufficient to safeguard the district and must be:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the employee's duties and on accounting for all district funds and property in the employee's hands.

(e) The district shall pay for the bond described by Subsection (d).
Tex. Penal Code § 31.02 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 31 / Section 31.02
§ 31.02. CONSOLIDATION OF THEFT OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

Theft as defined in Section 31.03 constitutes a single offense superseding the separate offenses previously known as theft, theft by false pretext, conversion by a bailee, theft from the person, shoplifting, acquisition of property by threat, swindling, swindling by worthless check, embezzlement, extortion, receiving or concealing embezzled property, and receiving or concealing stolen property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.112
§ 1030.112. CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a public or private hospital, a political subdivision of this state, or a state or federal agency for the district to provide a mobile emergency medical service or other health care services needed to provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants.

(b) The board may contract with any person to receive or supply the services the board considers necessary for the effective operation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7916.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7916 / Section 7916.202
§ 7916.202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7916.201, 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8077.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8077 / Section 8077.0502
§ 8077.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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 ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8426.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8426 / Section 8426.004
§ 8426.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8426.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8282.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8282 / Section 8282.202
§ 8282.202. TAX METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation.

(b) Subchapter G, Chapter 54, Water Code, applies to all matters relating to the imposition of district taxes.
Tex. Education Code § 33.208 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.208
§ 33.208. NOTICE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A school that offers an extracurricular athletic activity shall provide to each student participating in an extracurricular athletic activity and to the student's parent or guardian a copy of the text of Sections 33.201-33.207 and a copy of the University Interscholastic League's parent information manual.

(b) A document required to be provided under this section may be provided in an electronic format unless otherwise requested by a student, parent, or guardian.