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Tex. Family Code § 261.105 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 261 / Section 261.105
§ 261.105. REFERRAL OF REPORT BY DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) All reports received by a law enforcement agency that allege abuse or neglect by a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare shall be referred immediately to the department.

(b) The department shall immediately notify the appropriate law enforcement agency of any report it receives, other than a report from a law enforcement agency, that concerns the suspected abuse or neglect of a child or death of a child from abuse or neglect.

(c) In addition to notifying a law enforcement agency, if the report relates to a child in a facility operated, licensed, certified, or registered by a state agency, the department shall refer the report to the agency for investigation.

(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), if a report under this section relates to a child with an intellectual disability receiving services in a state supported living center as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code, or the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande State Center, the department shall immediately notify the commission and the commission shall proceed with the investigation of the report as provided by Section 261.404. Notwithstanding Section 261.005, in this subsection, "commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(d) If the department initiates an investigation and determines that the abuse or neglect does not involve a person responsible for the child's care, custody, or welfare, the department shall refer the report to the appropriate law enforcement agency for further investigation. If the department determines that the abuse or neglect involves an employee of a public or private elementary or secondary school, the department shall notify, in writing, the superintendent of the school district, the director of the open-enrollment charter school, or the chief executive officer of the private school in which the employee is employed about the investigation. The written notice required by this subsection may be provided by e-mail to the official e-mail address of the appropriate official, if that e-mail address is publicly available.

(e) In cooperation with the department, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department by rule shall adopt guidelines for identifying a report made to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 261.103(b) that is appropriate to refer to the department or a law enforcement agency for investigation. Guidelines adopted under this subsection must require the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to consider the severity and immediacy of the alleged abuse or neglect of the child victim.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 88.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 88 / Section 88.005
§ 88.005. REPORTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall prescribe the form and method of reporting under this chapter, including a report in writing, by telephone, or by electronic data transmission.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule may require the reports to contain any information relating to a case that is necessary for the purposes of this chapter, including:

(1) the child's name, address, age, sex, and race;

(2) the child's blood lead concentration;

(3) the procedure used to determine the child's blood lead concentration; and

(4) the name of the attending physician.

(c) The commissioner may authorize an alternate routing of information in particular cases if the commissioner determines that the customary reporting procedure would cause the information to be unduly delayed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.602 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.602
§ 651.602. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) acts or holds the person out as a funeral director, embalmer, or provisional license holder without being licensed under this chapter;

(2) makes a first call in a manner that violates Section 651.401;

(3) is a funeral director, embalmer, or provisional license holder and engages in a funeral practice that violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(4) violates Chapter 154, Finance Code, or a rule adopted under that chapter, regardless of whether the Texas Department of Banking or another governmental agency takes action relating to the violation.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.101
§ 3902.101. 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. Education Code § 49.304 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.304
§ 49.304. TAXATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Personal property having a taxable situs at the same location as real property detached and annexed under this subchapter is taxable by the school district to which the real property is annexed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0108
§ 3965.0108. CONFLICTS OF LAW.
Status: in_force

This chapter prevails over any provision of Chapter 375, Local Government Code, that is in conflict or inconsistent with this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8332.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8332 / Section 8332.004
§ 8332.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8332.003 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. Water Code § 5.116 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.116
§ 5.116. HEARINGS; RECESS.
Status: in_force

The commission may recess any hearing or examination from time to time and from place to place.
Tex. Penal Code § 36.07 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 36 / Section 36.07
§ 36.07. ACCEPTANCE OF HONORARIUM.
Status: in_force

(a) A public servant commits an offense if the public servant solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept an honorarium in consideration for services that the public servant would not have been requested to provide but for the public servant's official position or duties.

(b) This section does not prohibit a public servant from accepting transportation and lodging expenses in connection with a conference or similar event in which the public servant renders services, such as addressing an audience or engaging in a seminar, to the extent that those services are more than merely perfunctory, or from accepting meals in connection with such an event.

(b-1) Transportation, lodging, and meals described by Subsection (b) are not political contributions as defined by Title 15, Election Code.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3870.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3870 / Section 3870.156
§ 3870.156. SALES AND USE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On adoption of the tax authorized by Section 3870.155, there is imposed a tax on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items within the district, and an excise tax on the use, storage, or other consumption in the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or rented from a retailer in the district during the period after the tax is in effect.

(b) The board shall determine the rate of the tax, which may be in one-eighth of one percent increments not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the district voters at the election. The board may lower the tax rate to the extent it does not impair any outstanding debt or obligations payable from the tax.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.050 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.050
§ 383.050. MANAGEMENT OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board has control over and shall manage the affairs of the district and shall employ any person, firm, partnership, or corporation the board considers necessary for conducting the affairs of the district, including engineers, attorneys, financial advisors, a general manager, a utility operator, bookkeepers, auditors, and secretaries.

(b) The board shall determine the term of office and the compensation of any employee and consultant by contract or by resolution of the board.

(c) The board may remove any employee.

(d) The board may require an officer or employer to execute a bond payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of the person's duties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1003.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1003 / Section 1003.151
§ 1003.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year, the board shall prepare a budget showing for the following fiscal year:

(1) the proposed expenditures and disbursements;

(2) the estimated receipts and collections; and

(3) the amount of taxes required to be imposed during the year.

(b) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget. At least 10 days before the date of hearing, at least one notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(c) Any district taxpayer is entitled to appear at the time and place designated in the notice and to be heard regarding any item shown in the proposed budget.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4056.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4056 / Section 4056.054
§ 4056.054. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue a license to an applicant under this chapter if the applicant has satisfied the requirements for a license for a corporation or partnership under Subchapter C, Chapter 4001.
Tex. Local Government Code § 159.056 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 159 / Section 159.056
§ 159.056. FAILURE TO FILE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) is a county judicial officer or a candidate for office as a county judicial officer; and

(2) knowingly fails to file a financial statement as required by this subchapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Utilities Code § 41.161 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 41 / Section 41.161
§ 41.161. TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Transactions involving the transfer and ownership of securitized property and the receipt of securitized charges are exempt from state and local income, sales, franchise, gross receipts, and other taxes or similar charges.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.119 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.119
§ 76.119. RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vessel licensed as a commercial oyster boat is involved in a violation of this chapter, the captain of the vessel licensed as a commercial oyster boat is primarily responsible for the violation. A member of the crew of a vessel licensed as a commercial oyster boat is not guilty of a violation unless the member of the crew committed the violation against the captain's orders, except for a violation of Section 76.109, 76.112, or 76.116, in which case each person on the vessel is responsible for the violation.

(b) The owner of a vessel licensed as a commercial oyster boat involved in a violation of this chapter is not guilty of the violation unless the owner knowingly directed, authorized, permitted, agreed to, aided, or acquiesced in the violation.

(c) The captain of a vessel licensed as a commercial oyster boat shall identify the name of the captain, the vessel, and each member of the crew to each purchaser of oysters.

(d) A person who purchases oysters under Section 47.0091, who holds a shellfish certificate as defined by Section 436.002, Health and Safety Code, and who purchases oysters from a captain of a vessel licensed as a commercial oyster boat, the holder of a commercial oyster boat license, or a member of the crew of a commercial oyster boat in violation of Section 76.109 or 76.112 or this section may not possess the oysters and is subject to any penalty prescribed by law.
Tex. Water Code § 49.274 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.274
§ 49.274. EMERGENCY APPROVAL OF DISTRICT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

If a district experiences an emergency condition that may create a serious health hazard or unreasonable economic loss to the district that requires immediate corrective action, the district may negotiate limited duration contracts to make the necessary repairs. The district shall submit to the executive director details describing the specific serious health hazard or unreasonable economic loss as soon as practicable following the issuance of the contracts. Whenever possible, the district should obtain prior approval of the executive director before authorizing the contract, but failure to obtain prior approval shall not void the contract. This section does not apply to special water authorities.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 43.017 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 43 / Section 43.017
§ 43.017. LEASE OF STATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may not lease or allow to be leased an experiment station acquired by donation.

(b) The commissioners court may lease an experiment station acquired by purchase under Section 43.007(b) of this code to the state or to any agency of the federal government under terms agreed on by the court and the lessor.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 29.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 29 / Section 29.09
§ 29.09. CONTROVERTING MOTION.
Status: in_force

Any material fact stated, affecting diligence, in a motion for a continuance, may be denied in writing by the adverse party. The denial shall be supported by the oath of some credible person, and filed as soon as practicable after the filing of such motion.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.606 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.606
§ 451.606. INVALID PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a unit of election that receives an invalid petition shall reject the petition.

(b) A petition that is rejected is void and the petition and each sheet of the rejected petition may not be used in connection with a subsequent petition.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.205 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.205
§ 151.205. APPEALS.
Status: in_force

A taxpayer may appeal the revocation or suspension of a tax permit in the same manner that appeals are made from a final deficiency determination.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1203.105 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.105
§ 1203.105. CERTAIN COORDINATION OF BENEFITS PROVISIONS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan or vision benefit plan subject to this subchapter may not be delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state if:

(1) a provision of the plan excludes or reduces the payment of benefits for eye care expenses to or on behalf of an enrollee;

(2) the reason for the exclusion or reduction is that eye care benefits are payable or have been paid to or on behalf of the enrollee under another plan; and

(3) the exclusion or reduction would apply before the full amount of the eye care expenses incurred by the enrollee and covered by both plans have been paid or reimbursed or the full amount of the applicable coverage limit of the plan containing the exclusion or reduction is reached.

(b) Nothing in this section requires a secondary plan issuer to pay an amount that, when added to a payment amount made by a primary plan issuer, would exceed the usual and customary billed charges of the health care provider.
Tex. Transportation Code § 730.011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 730 / Section 730.011
§ 730.011. FEES.
Status: in_force

Unless a fee is imposed by law, an agency that has obtained information in connection with a motor vehicle may adopt reasonable fees for disclosure of that personal information under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.166 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.166
§ 623.166.
Status: in_force

Sec. 623.166. DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION: BOND IN EFFECT. (a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 623.165 that the person charged produces a surety bond that complies with Section 623.163 that was valid at the time the offense is alleged to have occurred.

(b) If the court verifies the bond produced by the person, the court shall dismiss the charge.
Tex. Family Code § 233.027 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 233 / Section 233.027
§ 233.027. NONAGREED ORDER AFTER HEARING.
Status: repealed

(a) After the hearing on the confirmation of a nonagreed child support review order, the court shall:

(1) if the court finds that the nonagreed order should be confirmed, immediately sign the nonagreed order and enter the order as a final order of the court;

(2) if the court finds that the relief granted in the nonagreed child support review order is inappropriate, sign an appropriate order at the conclusion of the hearing or as soon after the conclusion of the hearing as is practical and enter the order as an order of the court; or

(3) if the court finds that all relief should be denied, enter an order that denies relief and includes specific findings explaining the reasons that relief is denied.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 742, Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2013.

(c) If the party who requested the hearing fails to appear at the hearing, the court shall sign the nonagreed order and enter the order as an order of the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8000A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8000A / Section 8000A.0402
§ 8000A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8000A.0401, 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 § 1118.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1118 / Section 1118.054
§ 1118.054. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.

(b) The appointed director must have the qualifications required by Section 1118.052.

(c) If the number of directors is reduced to fewer than three for any reason, the remaining directors shall immediately call a special election to fill the vacancies. If the remaining directors do not call the election, a district court, on application of a district voter or taxpayer, may order the directors to hold the election.
Tex. Property Code § 301.068 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.068
§ 301.068. REFERRAL TO MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

The commission may defer proceedings under this chapter and refer a complaint to a municipality that has been certified by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development as a substantially equivalent fair housing agency.
Tex. Finance Code § 278.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 278 / Section 278.001
§ 278.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Currency" has the meaning assigned by Section 152.003.

(2) "Currency transmission business" means engaging in or offering currency transmission as a service or for profit. The term does not include:

(A) a federally insured financial institution, as defined by Section 201.101, that is organized under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States; or

(B) a title insurance company or title insurance agent, as defined by Section 2501.003, Insurance Code.

(3) "Currency transmission" means receiving currency or an instrument payable in currency in order to transmit the currency or its equivalent by wire, computer modem, facsimile, physical transport, or any other means or through the use of a financial intermediary, the Federal Reserve System, or another funds transfer network.

(4) "Fee" does not include revenue that a currency transmission business generates in connection with a currency transmission in the conversion of a currency of one government into the currency of another government.
Tex. Election Code § 64.012 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 64 / Section 64.012
§ 64.012. ILLEGAL VOTING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally:

(1) votes or attempts to vote in an election in which the person knows the person is not eligible to vote;

(2) votes or attempts to vote more than once in an election;

(3) votes or attempts to vote a ballot belonging to another person, or by impersonating another person;

(4) marks or attempts to mark any portion of another person's ballot without the consent of that person, or without specific direction from that person how to mark the ballot; or

(5) votes or attempts to vote in an election in this state after voting in another state in an election in which a federal office appears on the ballot and the election day for both states is the same day.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree unless the person is convicted of an attempt, in which event it is a state jail felony.

(c) A person may not be convicted solely upon the fact that the person signed a provisional ballot affidavit under Section 63.011 unless corroborated by other evidence that the person knowingly committed the offense.

(d) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
Tex. Family Code § 6.108 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.108
§ 6.108. MENTAL INCAPACITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage on the suit of the party or the party's guardian or next friend, if the court finds it to be in the party's best interest to be represented by a guardian or next friend, if:

(1) at the time of the marriage the petitioner did not have the mental capacity to consent to marriage or to understand the nature of the marriage ceremony because of a mental disease or defect; and

(2) since the marriage ceremony, the petitioner has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party during a period when the petitioner possessed the mental capacity to recognize the marriage relationship.

(b) The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if:

(1) at the time of the marriage the other party did not have the mental capacity to consent to marriage or to understand the nature of the marriage ceremony because of a mental disease or defect;

(2) at the time of the marriage the petitioner neither knew nor reasonably should have known of the mental disease or defect; and

(3) since the date the petitioner discovered or reasonably should have discovered the mental disease or defect, the petitioner has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1953.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1953 / Section 1953.003
§ 1953.003. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a person, including a physician, dentist, engineer, or veterinarian, who is licensed by an agency of this state other than the department and who, by nature of the person's employment or duties, might be construed as being subject to this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4007.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.0204
§ 4007.0204. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

For purposes of determining the requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not counted:

(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including death, resignation, or disqualification;

(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in a vote because of a conflict of interest; or

(3) a nonvoting director.
Tex. Government Code § 411.531 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.531
§ 411.531. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If the person on whom the administrative penalty is imposed violates Section 411.530(a), the department or the attorney general may bring an action to collect the penalty.