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Tex. Government Code § 572.035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.035
§ 572.035. REMOVAL OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL JUDGES, STATE JUDGES, AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) On receiving notice from the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System of the judge's qualification for the judge's office, the commission shall remove or redact from any financial statement, or information derived from a financial statement, that is available to the public the residence address of a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, a state judge, or a family member of a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, or a state judge.

(b) In this section, "family member" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.006, Finance Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 87.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 87 / Section 87.011
§ 87.011. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "District attorney" includes a criminal district attorney.

(2) "Incompetency" means:

(A) gross ignorance of official duties;

(B) gross carelessness in the discharge of those duties; or

(C) unfitness or inability to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious physical or mental defect that did not exist at the time of the officer's election.

(3) "Official misconduct" means intentional, unlawful behavior relating to official duties by an officer entrusted with the administration of justice or the execution of the law. The term includes:

(A) an intentional or corrupt failure, refusal, or neglect of an officer to perform a duty imposed on the officer by law;

(B) a prosecuting attorney's adoption or enforcement of a policy of refusing to prosecute a class or type of criminal offense under state law or instructing law enforcement to refuse to arrest individuals suspected of committing a class or type of offense under state law, except a policy adopted:

(i) in compliance with state law or an injunction, judgment, or other court order;

(ii) in response to a reasonable evidentiary impediment to prosecution; or

(iii) to provide for diversion or similar conditional dismissals of cases when permissible under state law; or

(C) permitting an attorney who is employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the prosecuting attorney to refuse to prosecute a class or type of criminal offense under state law or instruct law enforcement to refuse to arrest individuals suspected of committing a class or type of offense under state law for any reason other than a reason described by Paragraph (B)(i), (ii), or (iii).

(4) "Policy" means an instruction or directive expressed in any manner.

(5) "Prosecuting attorney" means a district attorney or a county attorney with criminal jurisdiction.
Tex. Family Code § 162.603 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.603
§ 162.603. POST-ADOPTION SUPPORT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY LICENSED CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

A licensed child-placing agency shall provide prospective adoptive parents with information regarding:

(1) the community services and other resources available to support a parent who adopts a child; and

(2) the options available to the adoptive parent if the parent is unable to care for the adopted child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935 / Section 7935.201
§ 7935.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.256 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.256
§ 457.256. SECURITY PLEDGED.
Status: in_force

(a) To secure the payment of an authority's bonds, the authority may:

(1) pledge all or part of revenue received from any tax that the authority may impose;

(2) pledge all or part of the revenue of the transit authority system; and

(3) mortgage all or part of the transit authority system, including any part of the system subsequently acquired.

(b) Under Subsection (a)(3), the authority may, subject to the terms of the bond indenture or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, encumber a separate item of the transit authority system and acquire, use, hold, or contract for any property by lease, chattel mortgage, or other conditional sale, including an equipment trust transaction.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.602 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.602
§ 2054.602. HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE OFFERED BY SUBSIDIARY AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) The company may create, acquire, or otherwise own or operate one or more subsidiaries that offer accident or health insurance or another type of health benefit coverage or health benefit plan as provided by this subchapter.

(b) A subsidiary of the company may offer in this state:

(1) accident or health insurance or another type of health benefit plan authorized under this code, in accordance with a certificate of authority issued to the subsidiary under this code; or

(2) alternative health benefit coverage as described by Section 2054.601.

(c) A subsidiary of the company may not offer or issue an occupational policy for an employer or an employer's employees covering an occupational bodily injury, disease, or death that explicitly provides liability coverage to an employer that elects not to maintain workers' compensation insurance coverage under Chapter 406, Labor Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.151
§ 2165.151. AUTHORITY TO LEASE PUBLIC GROUNDS.
Status: in_force

All public grounds belonging to the state under the commission's charge and control may be leased for agricultural or commercial purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 573.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 573 / Section 573.042
§ 573.042. PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO CANDIDATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate may not take an affirmative action to influence the following individuals regarding the appointment, reappointment, confirmation of the appointment or reappointment, employment, reemployment, change in status, compensation, or dismissal of another individual related to the candidate within a degree described by Section 573.002:

(1) an employee of the office to which the candidate seeks election; or

(2) an employee or another officer of the governmental body to which the candidate seeks election, if the office the candidate seeks is one office of a multimember governmental body.

(b) The prohibition imposed by this section does not apply to a candidate's actions taken regarding a bona fide class or category of employees or prospective employees.
Tex. Government Code § 306.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 306 / Section 306.004
§ 306.004. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) To ensure the right of the citizens of this state to petition state government, as guaranteed by Article I, Section 27, of the Texas Constitution, by protecting the confidentiality of communications of citizens with a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor, the public disclosure of all or part of a written or otherwise recorded communication from a citizen of this state received by a member or the lieutenant governor in his official capacity is prohibited unless:

(1) the citizen expressly or by clear implication authorizes the disclosure;

(2) the communication is of a type that is expressly authorized by statute to be disclosed; or

(3) the official determines that the disclosure does not constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy of the communicator or another person.

(b) This section does not apply to a communication to a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor from a public official or public employee acting in an official capacity.

(c) A member or the lieutenant governor may elect to disclose all or part of a communication to which this section applies, and that disclosure does not violate the law of this state.

(d) If a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor discloses to the Department of Family and Protective Services or a governmental unit that is a "covered entity" under Section 181.001(b), Health and Safety Code, a communication to which this section applies or communicates to the department or governmental unit a description of the information contained in the communication that identifies or would tend to identify the citizen of this state who communicated with the member or lieutenant governor, the communication or the described information, as applicable, in the possession of the department or governmental unit is subject to and confidential under this section and may be disclosed to another person only to the extent that the member of the legislature or lieutenant governor elects to disclose the communication or the described information.

(e) If the department or governmental unit that is a "covered entity" under Section 181.001(b), Health and Safety Code, receives a request for public information under Chapter 552, and information subject to the request is information described by Subsection (d), the department or governmental unit shall promptly notify, in writing or by electronic means, the member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor, as applicable, that the department or governmental entity received the request. The notification must specify the type of information that is requested and include a copy of the request.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 63.028 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.028
§ 63.028. MODIFICATION OF COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

The court may modify any order by which a juvenile is placed in the facility upon recommendation of the director of the facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8888 / Section 8888.203
§ 8888.203. AD VALOREM TAX PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The authority may not impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Occupations Code § 555.011 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 555 / Section 555.011
§ 555.011. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who provides information or assistance under Section 555.002(c) is immune from civil liability arising from providing the information or assistance.

(b) Subsection (a) shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, and the immunity provided under that subsection is in addition to any other immunity provided by law.

(c) A person who provides information or assistance to the board under this chapter is presumed to have acted in good faith. A person who alleges a lack of good faith has the burden of proof on that issue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8142.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8142 / Section 8142.105
§ 8142.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city council of the City of Rosenberg that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 356.253 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.253
§ 356.253. CITATION.
Status: in_force

On the filing of an application and exhibit described by Section 356.252, the clerk shall issue a citation to all persons interested in the estate. The citation must:

(1) describe the real estate or the interest in or part of the real estate sought to be sold;

(2) inform the interested persons of the right under Section 356.254 to file an opposition to the sale during the period prescribed by the court in the citation; and

(3) be served by posting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9047.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9047 / Section 9047.003
§ 9047.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 7 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 21 / Section 7
§ 7.
Status: repealed

Sec. 7. Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 18, eff. April 1, 2007.(a) The initial board of directors of the association shall prepare and adopt a plan of operation that is consistent with this article.

(b) The plan must provide for:

(1) economic, fair, and nondiscriminatory administration of the association and its duties;

(2) prompt and efficient provision of primary liability insurance for nonprofit organizations;

(3) preliminary assessment of association members for initial expenses necessary to begin operations;

(4) establishing necessary facilities;

(5) management of the association;

(6) assessment of members and policyholders to defray losses and expenses;

(7) administration of the policyholder stabilization reserve fund;

(8) commission arrangements;

(9) reasonable and objective underwriting standards;

(10) obtaining reinsurance;

(11) appointment of servicing carriers; and

(12) determining amounts of insurance to be provided by the association.

(c) The plan of operation must provide that any balance remaining in the various funds of the association at the close of its fiscal year shall be added to the reserves of the association. A balance remaining at the close of the fiscal year means the excess of revenue over expenditures after reimbursement of members' contributions as provided by Section 12 of this article.

(d) The board of directors may amend the plan of operation with the approval of the board and shall amend the plan of operation at the direction of the board.
Tex. Election Code § 65.057 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 65 / Section 65.057
§ 65.057. PROCESSING ACCEPTED PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The early voting ballot board shall count accepted provisional ballots as follows:

(1) for ballots to be counted manually, in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 87;

(2) for ballots to be counted by automatic tabulating equipment at a central counting station, in the manner provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 87; and

(3) for ballots to be counted by any other means, in the manner provided by rules adopted by the secretary of state.

(b) On counting the ballots under this section, the board shall report the results to the local canvassing authority for the election.

(c) When reporting the results of a count under this section, provisional ballots cast during the early voting period shall be included with the results for early voting by personal appearance, and provisional ballots cast on election day shall be included with the results for election day.
Tex. Election Code § 163.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 163 / Section 163.004
§ 163.004. ADOPTING RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) A political party's rules, including amendments to rules, governing or affecting its general or runoff primary elections, conventions held under this code, or nominees may be adopted only by:

(1) a state convention; or

(2) the state executive committee as:

(A) a temporary rule, if adoption before the next state convention is necessary; or

(B) a permanent rule, if the state executive committee is expressly required or authorized by statute to adopt a rule.

(b) A temporary rule must be considered by the first state convention following its adoption. The state convention may rescind, modify, or ratify the temporary rule. If the state convention fails to act, the temporary rule expires on the day after the date the convention adjourns.

(c) In this chapter, "rule on electoral affairs" means a rule or amendment of the class described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Labor Code § 212.205 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 212 / Section 212.205
§ 212.205. PETITION; SUPERSEDEAS.
Status: in_force

(a) A petition in an action under this subchapter must state the grounds on which review is sought.

(b) A petition for judicial review does not act as a supersedeas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3900.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3900 / Section 3900.202
§ 3900.202. APPROVAL BY CITY; BOND ISSUANCE PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the district must obtain the approval of the city for:

(1) the issuance of bonds for an improvement project;

(2) the plans and specifications of an improvement project financed by the bonds; and

(3) the plans and specifications of an improvement project related to the use of land owned by the city, an easement granted by the city, or a right-of-way of a street, road, or highway.

(b) The district may not issue bonds until the governing body of the city approves a bond issuance plan authorizing and setting forth the limitations on the issuance of the bonds.

(c) If the district obtains the approval of the city of a capital improvements budget for a period not to exceed five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and issue bonds specified in the budget without further approval from the city.
Tex. Occupations Code § 503.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 503 / Section 503.051
§ 503.051. COUNSELING FOR GOVERNMENT OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to an activity, service, or use of an official title by a person employed as a counselor by a federal, state, county, or municipal agency or, except as provided by Section 21.003(b), Education Code, by a public or private educational institution if the person is performing counseling or counseling-related activities within the scope of the person's employment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1068.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1068 / Section 1068.203
§ 1068.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order a bond election.

(c) The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the nature and date of the election;

(2) the hours during which the polls will be open;

(3) the location of the polling places;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(d) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by Section 1251.003, Government Code.

(e) The board shall declare the results of the election.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.82 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.82
§ 23.82. VOLUNTARY RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of a fee simple estate in land of at least five acres may limit the use of the land to recreational, park, or scenic use by filing with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located a written instrument executed in the form and manner of a deed.

(b) The instrument must describe the land, name each owner of the land, and provide that the restricted land may be used only for recreational, park, or scenic uses during the term of the deed restriction. The term of the deed restriction must be for at least 10 years, and the length of the term must be stated in the instrument.

(c) The county attorney of the county in which the restricted land is located or any person owning or having an interest in the restricted land may enforce a deed restriction that complies with the requirements of this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.054 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.054
§ 392.054. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other notice required by law, the commissioners of an authority shall post notice of the date, hour, place, and subject of a meeting required by Section 392.053. The notice must be posted before the 30th day before the date of the meeting on a bulletin board at a place convenient to the public in:

(1) the county courthouse of the county in which the proposed site is located; and

(2) the city hall of the municipality in which the proposed site is located, if applicable.

(b) Before the 30th day before the date of the meeting, the commissioners shall publish a copy of the notice required by Subsection (a) in a newspaper with, or in newspapers that collectively have, general circulation in the county in which the proposed project is located.

(c) Before the 30th day before the date of the meeting, the commissioners shall mail a notice containing the same information as the notice required by Subsection (a) to each person who owns real property within one-fourth mile of the site of the proposed project. The commissioners may rely on the most recent county tax roll for the names and addresses of the owners.

(d) At a location at the proposed site that is visible from a regularly traveled thoroughfare, before the 30th day before the date of the meeting the commissioners shall post a sign not less than four feet by four feet with a caption stating "Site of Proposed Housing Project" in eight-inch letters. The sign must state the nature and location of the proposed project, the names and addresses of the governmental entities involved in the development of the project, and the date, time, and place of the meeting.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.058
§ 2310.058. SALE OF MOTOR FUEL IN VIOLATION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

A person violates this chapter if the person or the person's representative or agent sells or keeps, offers, or exposes for sale motor fuel in violation of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1056.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1056 / Section 1056.302
§ 1056.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3857.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3857 / Section 3857.106
§ 3857.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2263 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2263
§ 152.2263. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF SUPPORT PAYMENTS IN TARRANT COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Tarrant County may designate the district clerk or the juvenile probation officer to collect and disburse court-ordered child or spousal support payments that are required by court order to be made to the county. The person designated to receive the payments shall disburse the payments in the manner the court believes to be in the best interest of the spouse or child.

(b) If the juvenile board designates the juvenile probation officer to receive the payments, the officer shall work in the court as an officer of the court. The officer shall obtain a surety bond in an amount determined by the commissioners court from a solvent surety company authorized to make the bonds in this state and approved by the commissioners court. The bond shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of the officer's duties and on the proper accounting of the money entrusted to the officer. The county shall pay the premium for the bond from the general fund of the county.

(c) The juvenile probation officer shall keep an accurate and complete record of money received and disbursed under this section. The record is open for public inspection. The county auditor shall inspect and examine the records and audit the accounts quarterly. The auditor shall report the results of the audit to the juvenile board and include any recommendations the auditor may have.