FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Tex. Local Government Code § 114.083 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 114 / Section 114.083
§ 114.083. MEMBERSHIP; OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee consists of the following members:

(1) one county judge or commissioner appointed by the Texas Conference of Urban Counties;

(2) one county judge or commissioner appointed by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas;

(3) two county auditors appointed by the Texas Association of County Auditors;

(4) two county treasurers appointed by the Texas Association of County Treasurers;

(5) one county official, other than a county judge, commissioner, auditor, or treasurer, appointed by the executive director of the Texas Association of Counties;

(6) one county budget officer appointed by the Texas Conference of Urban Counties;

(7) the comptroller or the comptroller's designee;

(8) the executive director of the Texas Conference of Urban Counties or the executive director's designee;

(9) the executive director of the Texas Association of Counties or the executive director's designee;

(10) the general counsel of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas or the general counsel's designee; and

(11) any nonvoting members the other committee members consider appropriate.

(b) The committee shall elect, by simple majority, a presiding officer from among the committee members. The presiding officer serves in that capacity for a period not to exceed two years.

(c) Appointed members of the committee serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. If a member of the committee holds a public office, service on the committee is an additional duty of that office.
Tex. Election Code § 16.091 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 16 / Section 16.091
§ 16.091. RIGHT TO CHALLENGE REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a registered voter may challenge the registration of another voter of the same county at a hearing before the registrar.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.353 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.353
§ 1701.353. CONTINUING EDUCATION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall adopt procedures to:

(1) ensure the timely and accurate reporting by agencies and persons licensed under this chapter of information related to training programs offered under this subchapter, including procedures for creating training records for license holders; and

(2) provide adequate notice to agencies and license holders of impending noncompliance with the training requirements of this subchapter so that the agencies and license holders may comply within the 24-month period or 48-month period, as appropriate.

(b) The commission shall require agencies to report to the commission in a timely manner the reasons that a license holder is in noncompliance after the agency receives notice by the commission of the license holder's noncompliance. The commission shall, following receipt of an agency's report or on a determination that the agency has failed to report in a timely manner, notify the license holder by certified mail of the reasons the license holder is in noncompliance and that the commission at the request of the license holder will hold a hearing as provided by this subsection if the license holder fails to obtain the required training within 60 days after the date the license holder receives notice under this subsection. The commission shall conduct a hearing consistent with Section 1701.504 if the license holder claims that:

(1) mitigating circumstances exist; or

(2) the license holder failed to complete the required training because the license holder's employing agency did not provide an adequate opportunity for the license holder to attend the required training course.
Tex. Insurance Code § 522.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 522 / Section 522.001
§ 522.001. INFORMATIONAL SHEET FOR TEXAS PERSONAL AUTOMOBILE POLICIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop or adopt an informational sheet in the Spanish language to provide a general explanation of the terms most commonly used in the Texas personal automobile insurance policy. The department shall make the informational sheet available to the public.

(b) The informational sheet is intended to provide only a general explanation of insurance terms used in the Texas personal automobile insurance policy and is not intended to alter any rights, obligations, or responsibilities of the contracting parties. All other applicable laws, including provisions of this code, apply regardless of whether an informational sheet is used.

(c) The informational sheet must include a disclaimer in the Spanish language, prominently printed in 10-point boldfaced type at the top of the informational sheet, that contains the following:
Tex. Government Code § 2102.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2102 / Section 2102.001
§ 2102.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Internal Auditing Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3895.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3895 / Section 3895.201
§ 3895.201. DISSOLUTION BY CITY ORDINANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the city adopts by a two-thirds vote of its governing body an ordinance to dissolve the district, the district is dissolved.

(b) The district may not be dissolved until the district's outstanding indebtedness or contractual obligations payable from ad valorem taxes have been repaid or discharged.

(c) The district may not be dissolved until any agreement under Section 3895.161 has been executed and the district's performance under the agreement has been fulfilled, including any right or obligation the district has to reimburse a developer or owner for the costs of improvement projects.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 6.03 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 6.03
§ 6.03.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.03. Violations of this article may result in prohibiting the violator from disposing of low-level radioactive waste in the compact facility, or in the imposition of penalty surcharges on shipments to the facility, as determined by the commission.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.004
§ 52.004. APPLICATION OF GENERAL CORPORATION LAWS.
Status: in_force

The general corporation laws of the state apply to marketing associations unless those laws conflict with this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 162.160 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 162 / Section 162.160
§ 162.160. USE OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with an independent contractor to collect, verify, maintain, store, or release information. The contract must provide for board oversight and for the confidentiality of the information. If the board contracts with an independent entity that is not a governmental unit to carry out this subchapter, the independent entity is not immune from liability.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.152
§ 541.152. DAMAGES, ATTORNEY'S FEES, AND OTHER RELIEF.
Status: in_force

(a) A plaintiff who prevails in an action under this subchapter may obtain:

(1) the amount of actual damages, plus court costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees;

(2) an order enjoining the act or failure to act complained of; or

(3) any other relief the court determines is proper.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), on a finding by the trier of fact that the defendant knowingly committed the act complained of, the trier of fact may award an amount not to exceed three times the amount of actual damages.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to an action under this subchapter brought against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.0502 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.0502
§ 2306.0502. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person does not pay the penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the penalty may be collected.

(b) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.065 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.065
§ 60.065. LIMIT ON DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise a power unless it furthers the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 27.055 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.055
§ 27.055. CASING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

The casing shall be set at the depth, with the materials, and in the manner required by the commission or railroad commission.
Tex. Government Code § 843.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 843 / Section 843.201
§ 843.201. SERVICE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

In accordance with rules adopted by the board of trustees, the governing body of a participating subdivision by order may authorize the establishment of credited service and prior service credit in the retirement system for service performed in a public hospital, utility, or other public facility or governmental function during a time the facility was operated or function was performed by a unit of government other than the subdivision and before the date that the public hospital, utility, or other public facility or governmental function was taken over by the subdivision.
Tex. Local Government Code § 244.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 244 / Section 244.006
§ 244.006. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to the operation of a correctional or rehabilitation facility at a location subject to this subchapter if:

(1) on September 1, 1997, the correctional or rehabilitation facility was in operation, under construction, under contract for operation or construction, or planned for construction at the location on land owned or leased by an agency or political subdivision of the state and designated for use as a correctional or rehabilitation facility;

(2) the correctional or rehabilitation facility was in operation or under construction before the establishment of a residential area the location of which makes the facility subject to this subchapter;

(3) the correctional or rehabilitation facility is a temporary correctional or rehabilitation facility that will be operated at the location for less than one year;

(4) the correctional or rehabilitation facility is required to obtain a special use permit or a conditional use permit from the municipality in which the facility is located before beginning operation;

(5) the correctional or rehabilitation facility is an expansion of a facility operated by the correctional institutions division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the imprisonment of individuals convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies or by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;

(6) the correctional or rehabilitation facility is a county jail or a pre-adjudication or post-adjudication juvenile detention facility operated by a county or county juvenile board;

(7) the facility is:

(A) a juvenile probation office located at, and operated in conjunction with, a juvenile justice alternative education center; and

(B) used exclusively by students attending the juvenile justice alternative education center;

(8) the facility is a public or private institution of higher education or vocational training to which admission is open to the general public;

(9) the facility is operated primarily as a treatment facility for juveniles under contract with the Health and Human Services Commission, the Department of State Health Services, a local mental health authority, or a local intellectual and developmental disability authority;

(10) the facility is operated as a juvenile justice alternative education program;

(11) the facility:

(A) is not operated primarily as a correctional or rehabilitation facility; and

(B) only houses persons or children described by Section 244.001(1)(B) for a purpose related to treatment or education; or

(12) the facility is a probation or parole office located in a commercial use area.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3810.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3810 / Section 3810.103
§ 3810.103. AGREEMENTS, DONATIONS, GRANTS, AND LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may enter into an agreement with or accept a donation, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.245 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.245
§ 223.245. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) For any highway project to be delivered through the design-build method, the department must prepare and issue a request for qualifications. A request for qualifications must include:

(1) information regarding the proposed project's location, scope, and limits;

(2) information regarding funding that may be available for the project;

(3) criteria that will be used to evaluate the qualifications statements, which must include a proposer's qualifications, experience, technical competence, and ability to develop the project;

(4) the relative weight to be given to the criteria; and

(5) the deadline by which qualifications statements must be received by the department.

(b) The department shall publish notice advertising the issuance of a request for qualifications in the Texas Register and on the department's Internet website.

(c) The department shall evaluate each qualifications statement received in response to a request for qualifications based on the criteria identified in the request. The department may interview responding proposers. Based on the department's evaluation of qualifications statements and interviews, if any, the department shall qualify or short-list proposers to submit proposals.

(d) The department shall qualify or short-list at least two private entities to submit proposals under Section 223.246, but may not qualify or short-list more private entities than the number of private entities designated on the request for qualifications.

(e) The department may withdraw a request for qualifications or request for proposals at any time.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.1015 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.1015
§ 171.1015. REPORTING FOR CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS IN TIERED PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "tiered partnership arrangement" means an ownership structure in which any of the interests in one taxable entity treated as a partnership or an S corporation for federal income tax purposes (a "lower tier entity") are owned by one or more other taxable entities (an "upper tier entity"). A tiered partnership arrangement may have two or more tiers.

(b) In addition to the tax it is required to pay under this chapter on its own taxable margin, a taxable entity that is an upper tier entity may include, for purposes of calculating its own taxable margin, the total revenue of a lower tier entity if the lower tier entity submits a report to the comptroller showing the amount of total revenue that each upper tier entity that owns it should include within the upper tier entity's own taxable margin calculation, according to the ownership interest of the upper tier entity.

(c) This section does not apply to that percentage of the total revenue attributable to an upper tier entity by a lower tier entity if the upper tier entity is not subject to the tax under this chapter. In this case, the lower tier entity is liable for the tax on its taxable margin.

(d) Section 171.002(d) does not apply to an upper tier entity if, before the attribution of any total revenue by a lower tier entity to an upper tier entity under this section, the lower tier entity does not meet the criteria of Section 171.002(d)(1) or (d)(2).

(e) The comptroller shall adopt rules to administer this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 399.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 399 / Section 399.003
§ 399.003. EXERCISE OF POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the authority provided by Chapter 376 for municipalities, the governing body of a local government that establishes a program in accordance with the requirements provided by Section 399.008 may exercise powers granted under this chapter.

(b) The establishment and operation of a program under this chapter by a local government is a governmental function for all purposes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.304 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.304
§ 1579.304. INVESTMENT OF FUND.
Status: in_force

The trustee may invest assets of the fund in the manner provided by Section 67(a)(3), Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.404 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.404
§ 1701.404. CERTIFICATION OF OFFICERS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ASSIGNMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule may establish minimum requirements for the training, testing, and certification of special officers for offenders with mental impairments.

(b) The commission may certify a sheriff, sheriff's deputy, constable, other peace officer, county jailer, or justice of the peace as a special officer for offenders with mental impairments if the person:

(1) completes a training course in emergency first aid and lifesaving techniques approved by the commission;

(2) completes a training course administered by the commission on mental health issues and offenders with mental impairments; and

(3) passes an examination administered by the commission that is designed to test the person's:

(A) knowledge and recognition of the characteristics and symptoms of mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities; and

(B) knowledge of mental health crisis intervention strategies for people with mental impairments.

(c) The commission may issue a professional achievement or proficiency certificate to an officer, county jailer, or justice of the peace who meets the requirements of Subsection (b).
Tex. Government Code § 481.607 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.607
§ 481.607. MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT OF FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The trust company shall hold and invest the fund, and any accounts established in the fund, for and in the name of the office, taking into account the purposes for which money in the fund may be used. The fund may be co-invested with the state treasury pool.

(b) The overall objective for the investment of the fund is to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet the needs of the fund while striving to preserve the purchasing power of the fund. It is the intent of the legislature that the fund remain available in perpetuity for the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) The trust company has any power necessary to accomplish the purposes of managing and investing the assets of the fund. In managing the assets of the fund, through procedures and subject to restrictions the trust company considers appropriate, the trust company may acquire, exchange, sell, supervise, manage, or retain any kind of investment that a prudent investor, exercising reasonable care, skill, and caution, would acquire or retain in light of the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the fund then prevailing, taking into consideration the investment of all the assets of the fund rather than a single investment.

(d) The trust company may recover the costs incurred in managing and investing the fund only from the earnings of the fund.

(e) The trust company annually shall report to the office with respect to the investment of the fund. The trust company shall contract with a certified public accountant to conduct an independent audit of the fund annually and shall present the results of each annual audit to the office. This subsection does not affect the state auditor's authority to conduct an audit of the fund under Chapter 321.

(f) The trust company shall adopt an investment policy that is appropriate for the fund. The trust company shall present the investment policy to the investment advisory board established under Section 404.028. The investment advisory board shall submit to the trust company recommendations regarding the policy.

(g) The office annually shall provide to the trust company a forecast of the cash flows into and out of the fund. The office shall provide updates to the forecasts as appropriate to ensure that the trust company is able to achieve the objective specified by Subsection (b).

(h) The trust company shall disburse money from the fund as directed by the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9064.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9064 / Section 9064.0306
§ 9064.0306. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

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

(1) a road project authorized by Section 9064.0303; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.44 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.44
§ 11.44. NOTICE OF APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before February 1 of each year, the chief appraiser shall deliver an appropriate exemption application form to each person who in the preceding year was allowed an exemption that must be applied for annually. He shall include a brief explanation of the requirements of Section 11.43 of this code.

(b) Each year the chief appraiser for each appraisal district shall publicize, in a manner reasonably designed to notify all residents of the district, the requirements of Section 11.43 of this code and the availability of application forms.

(c) The comptroller shall prescribe by rule the content of the explanation required by Subsection (a) of this section, and shall require that each exemption application form be printed and prepared:

(1) as a separate form from any other form; or

(2) on the front of the form if the form also provides for other information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8080.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8080 / Section 8080.0104
§ 8080.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8080.0103 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. Agriculture Code § 121.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 121 / Section 121.001
§ 121.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds of the plant and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.070 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.070
§ 503.070. REMOVAL OF OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) A dealer who purchases a vehicle that displays an out-of-state license plate must remove the plate within a reasonable time.

(b) A dealer who purchases a vehicle for resale may not operate the vehicle on a public street or highway in this state while the vehicle displays an out-of-state license plate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1118.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1118 / Section 1118.006
§ 1118.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Local Government Code § 62.121 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 62 / Section 62.121
§ 62.121. ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

If at the time a municipality is abolished under this chapter the public schools of the municipality are managed by trustees appointed or elected by the voters of the municipality or by its governing body, the trustees shall continue to manage the schools for the remainder of their appointive or elective term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3936.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3936 / Section 3936.056
§ 3936.056. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

A vacant director position is not counted for purposes of establishing a quorum.