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Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.357 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.357
§ 1501.357. VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

A violation of Section 1501.352 by a small employer health benefit plan issuer or agent is an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under Chapter 541.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.258 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.258
§ 334.258. DEPOSIT OF TAX REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Revenue from the tax imposed under this subchapter shall be deposited in the venue project fund of the municipality or county imposing the tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3982.0506 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3982 / Section 3982.0506
§ 3982.0506. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8424.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8424 / Section 8424.202
§ 8424.202. 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. Health and Safety Code § 571.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 571 / Section 571.016
§ 571.016. REPRESENTATION OF STATE.
Status: in_force

Unless specified otherwise, in a hearing held under this subtitle, including a hearing held under Subchapter G, Chapter 574:

(1) the county attorney shall represent the state; or

(2) if the county has no county attorney, the district attorney, the criminal district attorney, or a court-appointed special prosecutor shall represent the state.
Tex. Family Code § 9.106 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 9 / Section 9.106
§ 9.106. ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding under this subchapter, the court may award reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses incurred by a party to a divorce or annulment against the other party to the divorce or annulment. The court may order the attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.356 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.356
§ 2269.356. USE OF OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The governmental entity shall provide or contract for, independently of the design-build firm, the following services as necessary for the acceptance of the civil works project by the entity:

(1) inspection services;

(2) construction materials engineering and testing; and

(3) verification testing services.

(b) The governmental entity shall select the services for which it contracts under this section in accordance with Section 2254.004.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.005
§ 3960.005. 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 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 bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Government Code § 24.159 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.159
§ 24.159.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.159. 57TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (a) The 57th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

(b) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 57th District Court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8316.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8316 / Section 8316.106
§ 8316.106. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8316.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.506 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.506
§ 22.506. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR RATIFIED DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACT SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL OF MEMBERS WITH VOTING RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a corporation has members with voting rights and if the ratification of a defective corporate act is required to be submitted to such members for approval under Section 22.505, notice of the time, place, if any, and purpose of the meeting shall be given at least 20 days before the date of the meeting to:

(1) each member with voting rights as of the record date of the meeting, at the address of the member as it appears or most recently appeared, as appropriate, on the corporation's records; and

(2) each member with voting rights as of the time of the defective corporate act, except that notice is not required to be given to a member whose identity or address cannot be ascertained from the corporation's records.

(b) The notice must contain:

(1) copies of the resolutions adopted by the board of directors under Section 22.503 or the information required by Sections 22.503(a)(1)-(4); and

(2) a statement that, on member approval of the ratification of the defective corporate act made in accordance with this subchapter, the member's right to challenge the defective corporate act is limited to an action claiming that a court of appropriate jurisdiction, in its discretion, should declare:

(A) that the ratification not take effect or that it take effect only on certain conditions, if that action is filed with the court not later than the 120th day after the applicable validation effective time; or

(B) that the ratification was not accomplished in accordance with this subchapter.
Tex. Family Code § 101.022 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.022
§ 101.022. OBLIGOR.
Status: in_force

"Obligor" means a person required to make payments under the terms of a support order for a child.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.111 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.111
§ 172.111. HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as agreed by the parties, the arbitration tribunal shall decide whether to:

(1) hold oral hearings for the presentation of evidence or for oral argument; or

(2) conduct the arbitration on the basis of documents and other materials.

(b) Unless the parties have agreed that oral hearings are not to be held, the arbitration tribunal shall, on request of a party, hold an oral hearing at an appropriate stage of the arbitration.

(c) Each party shall be given sufficient advance notice of a hearing or meeting of the arbitration tribunal to permit inspection of documents, goods, or other property.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.258 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.258
§ 32.258. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall report to the legislature a trade of land dedicated to the permanent school fund. The board shall report the trade at:

(1) the first regular session of the legislature occurring after the trade if the legislature is not meeting in regular session at the time the trade is made; or

(2) the regular session of the legislature occurring at the time of the trade if the legislature is meeting in regular session at the time the trade is made.

(b) The report must state the facts that warranted the trade.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.002
§ 3937.002. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9064.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9064 / Section 9064.0301
§ 9064.0301. 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. Finance Code § 343.103 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 343 / Section 343.103
§ 343.103. DISCLOSURE OF MORTGAGE INFORMATION TO SURVIVING SPOUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Estate" has the meaning assigned by Section 22.012, Estates Code.

(2) "Heir" has the meaning assigned by Section 22.015, Estates Code.

(3) "Mortgage servicer" and "mortgagor" have the meanings assigned by Section 51.0001, Property Code.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after a mortgage servicer of a home loan receives a request for the information from the surviving spouse of a mortgagor of the home loan, accompanied by the proof required under Subsection (c), the mortgage servicer shall provide the surviving spouse with information that the mortgagor would have received in a standard monthly statement, including:

(1) the current balance information, including the due dates and the amount of any installments;

(2) whether the loan is current and any amounts that are delinquent;

(3) any loan number; and

(4) the amount of any escrow deposit for taxes and insurance purposes.

(c) A surviving spouse must prove the person's status by providing:

(1) a death certificate of the mortgagor;

(2) an affidavit of disinterested witnesses that is in the form referenced in Section 203.002, Estates Code, including language stating that the surviving spouse was married to the mortgagor at the time of the mortgagor's death; and

(3) an affidavit signed by the surviving spouse stating that the surviving spouse is currently residing in the underlying mortgaged property as the primary residence.

(d) The request from the surviving spouse must also include a notice to the mortgage servicer that states in bold-faced, capital, or underlined letters: "THIS REQUEST IS MADE PURSUANT TO TEXAS FINANCE CODE SECTION 343.103. SUBSEQUENT DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT UNDER 15 U.S.C. SECTION 6802(e)(8)."

(e) A mortgage servicer that provides the information as required under this section is not liable to the estate of the mortgagor or any heir or beneficiary of the mortgagor as a result of providing this information to the surviving spouse.
Tex. Property Code § 74.710 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 74 / Section 74.710
§ 74.710. CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A holder commits an offense if the holder wilfully violates this chapter, including:

(1) failing to file a report in accordance with this chapter;

(2) failing to pay or deliver property in accordance with this chapter; or

(3) refusing to permit examination of records in accordance with this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.151
§ 3914.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2B.0252 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2B / Section 2B.0252
§ 2B.0252. USE OF NECK RESTRAINTS DURING SEARCH OR ARREST PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A peace officer may not intentionally use a choke hold, carotid artery hold, or similar neck restraint in searching or arresting a person unless the restraint is necessary to prevent serious bodily injury to or the death of the officer or another person.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.002
§ 433.002. POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) Meat and meat food products are an important source of the nation's total food supply. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that meat and meat food products distributed to them are wholesome, unadulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded meat or meat food products:

(1) injure the public welfare;

(2) destroy markets for wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products;

(3) cause losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products;

(4) cause injury to consumers; and

(5) can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged articles, to the detriment of consumers and the public.

(b) Regulation by the department and cooperation by this state and the United States as provided by this chapter are appropriate to protect the health and welfare of consumers and otherwise accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9045.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9045 / Section 9045.101
§ 9045.101. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by general law applicable to water control and improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.075 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 483 / Section 483.075
§ 483.075. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The board may institute an action in its own name to enjoin a violation of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3956.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3956 / Section 3956.106
§ 3956.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.058 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.058
§ 241.058. MINOR VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not require the commissioner or a designee of the commissioner to report a minor violation for prosecution or the institution of any other enforcement proceeding authorized under this chapter, if the commissioner or designee determines that prosecution or enforcement is not in the best interests of the persons served or to be served by the hospital.

(b) For the purpose of this section, a "minor violation" means a violation of this chapter, the rules adopted under this chapter, a special license provision, an order or emergency order issued by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, or another enforcement procedure permitted under this chapter by a hospital that does not constitute a threat to the health, safety, and rights of the hospital's patients or other persons.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1102.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.004
§ 1102.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the Sweeny Independent School District as those boundaries existed on May 10, 1963.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 23.014 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.014
§ 23.014. FEE BY LICENSING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A licensing authority may charge a fee to a person who is the subject of an order suspending a license in an amount sufficient to recover the administrative costs incurred by the authority under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3871.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3871 / Section 3871.152
§ 3871.152. BORROWING MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money for a district purpose by issuing or executing bonds, notes, credit agreements, or other obligations of any kind found by the board to be necessary or appropriate for any district purpose. The bond, note, credit agreement, or other obligation may be secured by and payable from ad valorem taxes, assessments, a combination of ad valorem taxes and assessments, or other district revenue. The governing body of the city must approve the issuance of bonds, notes, credit agreements, or other obligations of the district, in general terms before the preparation of preliminary official statements or loan closing documents, as provided by the development and operating agreement approved by the city in accordance with Section 3871.160, or by separate action.

(b) The governing body of the city must approve the final terms of the bond issuance, note, or credit facility, including the principal amount, note amount, interest rate or rates, redemption provisions, and other terms and conditions relating to the issuance.

(c) The district shall file annual audited financial statements with the city's secretary.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.158 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.158
§ 1305.158. MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN.
Status: in_force

An applicant for a license as a maintenance electrician must:

(1) have at least 8,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a master electrician or maintenance electrician; and

(2) pass a maintenance electrician examination administered under this chapter.
Tex. Family Code § 42.005 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 42 / Section 42.005
§ 42.005. VENUE.
Status: in_force

A suit may be filed in a county in which:

(1) the plaintiff resides;

(2) the defendant resides;

(3) a suit affecting the parent-child relationship as provided by Chapter 102 may be brought, concerning the child who is the subject of the court order; or

(4) a court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction as provided by Chapter 155.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9023.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9023 / Section 9023.204
§ 9023.204. ELECTION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall order an election for the purpose of disannexation of municipal territory under this subchapter if the district manager certifies the number of signatures required for ordering the election.

(b) The board shall order the election not later than the 90th day after the date the district manager certifies the sufficiency of the petition.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0151
§ 550.0151. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall:

(1) establish a program under which faith- and community-based organizations may, on an applicant's request, contact and offer supplemental assistance to the applicant for benefits under:

(A) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code;

(B) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code;

(C) the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code; or

(D) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; and

(2) develop a procedure under which faith- and community-based organizations may apply to participate in the program.

(b) At the time an individual applies for benefits described by Subsection (a), the individual must be:

(1) informed about and given the opportunity to enroll in the program; and

(2) informed that enrolling in the program will not affect the individual's eligibility for benefits.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.702 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.702
§ 161.702. PROHIBITED PROVISION OF GENDER TRANSITIONING OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES AND TREATMENTS TO CERTAIN CHILDREN.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of transitioning a child's biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child's perception of the child's sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child's biological sex, a physician or health care provider may not knowingly:

(1) perform a surgery that sterilizes the child, including:

(A) castration;

(B) vasectomy;

(C) hysterectomy;

(D) oophorectomy;

(E) metoidioplasty;

(F) orchiectomy;

(G) penectomy;

(H) phalloplasty; and

(I) vaginoplasty;

(2) perform a mastectomy;

(3) provide, prescribe, administer, or dispense any of the following prescription drugs that induce transient or permanent infertility:

(A) puberty suppression or blocking prescription drugs to stop or delay normal puberty;

(B) supraphysiologic doses of testosterone to females; or

(C) supraphysiologic doses of estrogen to males; or

(4) remove any otherwise healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551.352 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551 / Section 551.352
§ 551.352. OPERATION ON ROADWAYS OR SIDEWALKS.
Status: in_force

(a) A motor-assisted scooter may be operated only on a street or highway for which the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. The motor-assisted scooter may cross a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour.

(b) A county or municipality may prohibit the operation of a motor-assisted scooter on a street, highway, or sidewalk if the governing body of the county or municipality determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.

(c) The department may prohibit the operation of a motor-assisted scooter on a highway if it determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.

(d) A person may operate a motor-assisted scooter on a path set aside for the exclusive operation of bicycles or on a sidewalk. Except as otherwise provided by this section, a provision of this title applicable to the operation of a bicycle applies to the operation of a motor-assisted scooter.

(e) A provision of this title applicable to a motor vehicle does not apply to a motor-assisted scooter.
Tex. Government Code § 487.157 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.157
§ 487.157. AMOUNT OF LOAN.
Status: in_force

(a) On confirmation of an eligible student's admission to a postsecondary educational institution, or on receipt of an enrollment report of the student at a postsecondary educational institution, and certification of the amount of financial support needed, the department may award a forgivable loan to the student in the amount of not more than the cost of the student's tuition, fees, educational materials, and living expenses.

(b) An eligible student may receive another grant, loan, or scholarship for which the student is eligible in addition to the receipt of a forgivable loan, except that the total amount of funds received may not exceed the reasonable needs of the student as determined by the postsecondary educational institution in which the student is enrolled.
Tex. Election Code § 232.046 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 232 / Section 232.046
§ 232.046.
Status: in_force

Sec. 232.046. REPLACEMENT PARTY CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION: GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS. (a) If a candidate who was the nominee of a political party in a new election ordered by a court in an election contest in which the contested office was to have been filled at the general election for state and county officers dies or is declared ineligible before the date on which the district court sets the date for the new election, the appropriate party executive committee may name a replacement nominee in the same manner as the committee fills a vacancy in a nomination in a regularly held election, except that the district court shall set the deadline for certifying the name of the replacement nominee for placement on the ballot.

(b) The district court may not set the certification deadline for a date earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the court sets the date for the new election.