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Tex. Government Code § 1501.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.052
§ 1501.052. EFFECT ON TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) If in any fiscal year the amount of revenue appropriated under Section 1501.051 is at least equal to the amount needed for the sinking fund and to pay interest on the bonded indebtedness in that fiscal year, the governing body of the municipality is not required to impose a tax for that purpose.

(b) If the amount of revenue appropriated under Section 1501.051 is less than the amount needed for the sinking fund and to pay interest in the fiscal year, the governing body shall adopt a tax rate for that year sufficient to generate the amount of taxes necessary to credit or pay the deficiency in that year.

(c) This section does not authorize a municipality to exceed a limitation on taxes.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.153 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.153
§ 155.153. PREFERRED STATE TAX LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) All taxes, fines, interest, penalties, and costs due under this chapter are secured by a preferred lien in favor of the state, first and prior to all other existing or future liens, contractual or statutory, legal or equitable, regardless of the time the lien originated, on any property seized and forfeited under this chapter.

(b) A lienholder who establishes an interest in the property is entitled to recover any proceeds remaining after payment of all taxes, interest, penalties, and costs due to the state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 643.257 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 643 / Section 643.257
§ 643.257. REFUND BY MOTOR CARRIERS TRANSPORTING HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Status: in_force

The department may order a motor carrier that violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter to pay a refund to a consumer who paid the motor carrier to transport household goods.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298A.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298A / Section 298A.151
§ 298A.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING PROVIDER NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), if the board authorizes a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the board may require an annual mandatory payment to be assessed on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the district. The board may provide for the mandatory payment to be assessed quarterly. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider as determined by the data reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the most recent fiscal year for which that data was reported. If the institutional health care provider did not report any data under those sections, the provider's net patient revenue is the amount of that revenue as contained in the provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the previous fiscal year or for the closest subsequent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report. If the mandatory payment is required, the district shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying provider in the district as permitted under federal law. A health care provider participation program authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) If the board requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall set the amount of the mandatory payment, subject to the limitations of this chapter. The aggregate amount of the mandatory payments required of all paying providers in the district may not exceed six percent of the aggregate net patient revenue from hospital services provided by all paying providers in the district.

(d) Subject to Subsection (c), if the board requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the district for activities under this chapter and to fund an intergovernmental transfer described by Section 298A.103(c)(1). The annual amount of revenue from mandatory payments that shall be paid for administrative expenses by the district is $150,000, plus the cost of collateralization of deposits, regardless of actual expenses.

(e) A paying provider may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.

(f) A mandatory payment assessed under this chapter is not a tax for hospital purposes for purposes of Section 4, Article IX, Texas Constitution, or Section 281.045.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.551 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.551
§ 2051.551. CIVIL SUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution of higher education adversely affected by an athlete agent's violation of this chapter may file suit against the athlete agent for damages.

(a-1) An athlete adversely affected by an athlete agent's violation of Section 2051.351(a)(7) or (14) may file suit against the athlete agent for damages.

(b) A cause of action under Subsection (a) does not accrue until the educational institution discovers or by the exercise of reasonable diligence would have discovered the violation by the athlete agent.

(c) Any liability of the athlete agent under this section is several and not joint.

(d) This chapter does not restrict the rights, remedies, or defense of any person under any other law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1071.354 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.354
§ 1071.354. JURISDICTION OF LICENSED STATE LAND SURVEYORS.
Status: in_force

A licensed state land surveyor may perform surveys under Section 21.011, Natural Resources Code, and is subject to the commissioner's direction in matters of land surveying in cases that come under the supervision of the commissioner. The jurisdiction of the license holder is coextensive with the limits of the state.
Tex. Tax Code § 352.1016 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 352 / Section 352.1016
§ 352.1016. ELECTRONIC TAX ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a county may spend each year not more than the lesser of two percent or $75,000 of the revenue derived from the tax authorized by this chapter during that year for the creation, maintenance, operation, and administration of an electronic tax administration system to administer the tax authorized by this chapter. A county may not use revenue the county is authorized to spend under this section to conduct an audit.

(b) A county may contract with a third party to assist in the creation, maintenance, operation, or administration of an electronic tax administration system.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1956.0616 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1956 / Section 1956.0616
§ 1956.0616. NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after an enforcement order against a dealer for a violation of this subchapter becomes final, including an order assessing an administrative penalty or an order to pay restitution under Section 14.251(b)(3), Finance Code, the commissioner shall provide notice of the order to:

(1) the chief of police of the municipality in which the violation occurred; or

(2) the sheriff of the county in which the violation occurred, if the violation did not occur in a municipality.

(b) The notice must include:

(1) a copy of the enforcement order;

(2) the information on complaint procedures described by Section 14.062(b), Finance Code; and

(3) any other information the commissioner considers necessary or proper to the enforcement of this subchapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 74.05 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 74 / Section 74.05
§ 74.05. STATEMENT OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

An applicant for a brewpub license shall file with the application a sworn statement that the applicant shall be engaged in the business of brewing and packaging malt beverages in this state in quantities sufficient to operate a brewpub not later than six months after the date of issuance of the original license. If the applicant is a corporation, the statement must be signed by a principal corporate officer. The commission may not issue a brewpub license to an applicant who does not submit the required sworn statement with the application for a license.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.009 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.009
§ 462.009. APPLICABILITY TO FORMER TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE FACILITY AND SUCCESSOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this chapter applies to each insurance policy issued under Article 5.76 or 5.76-2, as those articles existed before their repeal.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the stock insurance company that resulted from the transfer of the former Texas workers' compensation insurance facility is considered an impaired insurer for purposes of this chapter if any action described by Section 462.004(5) is taken with respect to the company.

(c) A claim under an insurance policy described by Subsection (a) is a covered claim for purposes of this chapter if the claim is a covered claim for purposes of Sections 462.201-462.203, 462.205-462.210, 462.213, 462.214, and 462.305 without regard to whether the stock insurance company described by Subsection (b):

(1) issued or assumed the policy; or

(2) was authorized to engage in business in this state at the time:

(A) the policy was written; or

(B) the company became an impaired insurer.

(d) If a conflict exists between this section and any other statute relating to the former Texas workers' compensation insurance facility or the association, this section controls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8380.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8380 / Section 8380.106
§ 8380.106. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.208 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.208
§ 2A.208. NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES OR DEATHS; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall conduct an investigation after receiving a written and signed report, on a form prescribed by the attorney general, asserting that a law enforcement agency failed to submit a report required by Article 2A.206 or 2A.207. If the attorney general determines that the law enforcement agency failed to submit the report, the attorney general shall provide notice of the failure to the agency. The notice must summarize the applicable reporting requirement and state that the agency may be subject to a civil penalty as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), as applicable.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a law enforcement agency that fails to submit the required report on or before the seventh day after the date of receiving notice under Subsection (a) is liable for a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for each day after the seventh day that the agency fails to submit the report.

(c) Beginning on the day after the date of receiving notice under Subsection (a), a law enforcement agency that, in the five-year period preceding the date the agency received the notice, has been liable for a civil penalty under Subsection (b) or this subsection is liable for a civil penalty for each day the agency fails to submit the required report. The amount of a civil penalty under this subsection is $10,000 for the first day and $1,000 for each additional day that the agency fails to submit the report.

(d) The attorney general may sue to collect a civil penalty under this article.

(e) A civil penalty collected under this article shall be deposited to the credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund established under Subchapter J, Chapter 56B.
Tex. Government Code § 660.113 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.113
§ 660.113. RESTRICTED REIMBURSEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a lodging expense incurred at a place that is not a commercial lodging establishment.

(b) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a meal or lodging expense the employee incurs while traveling outside the employee's designated headquarters for less than six consecutive hours unless the employee is a chief administrator of a state agency or the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act authorize the reimbursement.

(c) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a meal expense incurred within the employee's designated headquarters unless the expense is:

(1) mandatory; and

(2) connected with training, a seminar, or a conference.

(d) A state agency may reimburse a state employee for a meal expense incurred while traveling without an overnight stay away from the employee's designated headquarters only if the chief administrator of the agency authorizes the reimbursement.

(e) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for the purchase of an alcoholic beverage, unless the employee is a peace officer who purchased the beverage as a purchase of evidence in an administrative or criminal case.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.2313 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.2313
§ 1603.2313. TRANSFER OF HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A student at a licensed school may transfer completed hours of instruction to another licensed school in this state.

(b) In order for the hours of instruction to be transferred, a transcript showing the completed courses and number of hours certified by the school in which the instruction was given must be submitted to the department.

(c) In evaluating a student's transcript, the department shall determine whether the agreed tuition has been paid. If the tuition has not been paid, the department shall notify the student that the student's transcript cannot be certified to the school to which the student seeks a transfer until proof is provided that the tuition has been paid.

(d) On evaluation and approval, the department shall certify in writing to the student and to the school to which the student seeks a transfer that:

(1) the stated courses and hours have been successfully completed; and

(2) the student is not required to repeat the hours of instruction.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 117.051 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 117 / Section 117.051
§ 117.051. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted by the commission under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $200,000 for each act of violation and for each day of violation, provided that the maximum civil penalty that may be assessed for any related series of violations may not exceed $2 million.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.029 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.029
§ 62.029. RECORDS OF GAME IN COLD STORAGE OR PROCESSING FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Carcass" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.001.

(2) "Cold storage or processing facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.001.

(3) "Hunting lease" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.041.

(4) "Private cold storage or processing facility" means a cold storage or processing facility that is not available for use by the public.

(5) "Quartering" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.001.

(b) The owner, operator, or lessee of a cold storage or processing facility shall maintain a book containing a record of:

(1) the name, address, and hunting license number of each person who killed a game bird or game animal that is placed in the facility;

(2) the name and address of each person who places a game bird or game animal in the facility, if different from the person who killed the bird or animal;

(3) the number and kind of game birds or game animals placed in the facility; and

(4) the date on which each game bird or game animal is placed in the facility.

(c) The owner, operator, or lessee shall enter all information into the book as required by this section before placing in storage or processing any game animal or game bird.

(d) The cold storage or processing facility record book shall be kept at the facility and may be inspected by an authorized employee of the department during business hours or at any other reasonable time.

(e) Each cold storage or processing facility record book shall be kept at the facility until the first anniversary of the date of the last entry in the book.

(f) This section does not apply to a private, noncommercial, family-owned cold storage or processing facility unless the facility is located on a hunting lease and is made available to individuals other than the landowner, the landowner's nonpaying family members, or the landowner's nonpaying guests.

(g) This section does not require the entry or maintenance of a record for the carcass of a deer or antelope that is properly tagged and is placed in a private cold storage or processing facility.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.502 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.502
§ 4.502. PRESENTMENT OF "ON ARRIVAL" DRAFTS.
Status: in_force

If a draft or the relevant instructions require presentment "on arrival", "when goods arrive", or the like, the collecting bank need not present until in its judgment a reasonable time for arrival of the goods has expired. Refusal to pay or accept because the goods have not arrived is not dishonor; the bank must notify its transferor of the refusal but need not present the draft again until it is instructed to do so or learns of the arrival of the goods.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 571 / Section 571.012
§ 571.012. COURT HOURS; AVAILABILITY OF JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE.
Status: in_force

The probate court or court having probate jurisdiction shall be open for proceedings under this subtitle during normal business hours. The probate judge or magistrate shall be available at all times at the request of a person apprehended or detained under Chapter 573, or a proposed patient under Chapter 574.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 101A.102 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.102
§ 101A.102. VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall ensure that state funds appropriated to the department for programs to recruit elderly persons to perform voluntary community services or for programs under Senior Corps are disbursed to local public agencies or private, nonprofit corporations that operate those programs.

(b) A public agency or private, nonprofit corporation may not receive state money under this section if it is not able to qualify for federal matching money for the same purpose.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish guidelines or formulas to determine the proportion of state money distributed to each public agency or private, nonprofit corporation under this section. The executive commissioner by rule may establish additional qualifications to receive the state money.

(d) State funds disbursed under this section may not be used to pay compensation to volunteer workers, except for participants in the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs of Senior Corps, or for purposes other than financing the operation or administration of the volunteer programs, but it may be used to defray expenses incurred by volunteers in the performance of volunteer work. The executive commissioner by rule may further limit the purposes for which the state money may be spent.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.259 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.259
§ 1251.259. TERMINATION OF CONVERTED POLICY.
Status: in_force

Conversion coverage under this subchapter for an insured may not terminate until the earlier of:

(1) the date failure to make timely payments would terminate coverage; or

(2) the date of an event specified by Section 1251.255(a)(4), (5), (6), or (7) for termination of continued group coverage.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.060 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.060
§ 1952.060.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1952.060. REQUIRED PROVISION: LIABILITY COVERAGE FOR TEMPORARY VEHICLES DURING POLICY TERM; PRIMARY COVERAGE REQUIRED. (a) In this section:

(1) "Repair facility" means a person who rebuilds, repairs, or services a motor vehicle for consideration or under a warranty, service, or maintenance contract.

(2) "Resident relative" means an individual who:

(A) resides in the same household as the insured; and

(B) is related to the insured within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity as described by Chapter 573, Government Code.

(3) "Temporary vehicle" includes a vehicle that is loaned or provided to an insured by an automobile repair facility for the insured's use while the insured's vehicle is at the facility for service, repair, maintenance, or damage or to obtain an estimate and is:

(A) in the lawful possession of the insured or resident relative of the insured;

(B) not owned by the insured, any resident relative of the insured, or any other person residing in the insured's household; and

(C) operated by or in the possession of the insured or resident relative of the insured until the vehicle is returned to the repair facility.

(b) A personal automobile insurance policy, including a policy issued by a county mutual insurance company, must define temporary vehicle as defined by this section and include in the policy's primary liability coverage primary liability coverage for a temporary vehicle as a covered vehicle during the policy term.

(c) Coverage under this section is required only for a vehicle that is:

(1) a private passenger automobile; or

(2) a pickup, utility vehicle, or van with a gross vehicle weight of 14,000 pounds or less that is not used for the delivery or transportation of goods, materials, or supplies, other than samples, unless:

(A) the delivery of the goods, materials, or supplies is not the primary use for which the vehicle is employed; or

(B) the vehicle is used for farming or ranching.

(d) The coverage required by this section provides primary coverage for the insured's legal liability for bodily injury and property damage and for damage to the temporary vehicle, not excess coverage. The coverage must insure:

(1) the person named in the personal automobile insurance policy; and

(2) any resident relative of the insured and licensed operator residing in the household except for a person specifically named in a named driver exclusion under Section 1952.353(b).

(e) The policy limits of a personal automobile insurance policy must be available for the coverage required by this section.
Tex. Government Code § 54.809 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.809
§ 54.809. METHOD OF REFERRAL.
Status: in_force

A case may be referred as prescribed by published local rules or by written orders.
Tex. Government Code § 2157.124 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2157 / Section 2157.124
§ 2157.124. DISCUSSION AND REVISION OF PROPOSAL.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided by a request for proposals and under comptroller rules, the comptroller or other state agency may discuss an acceptable or potentially acceptable proposal with an offeror to assess the offeror's ability to meet the solicitation requirements. When the comptroller is managing the request for proposals process, it shall invite a requisitioning agency to participate in discussions conducted under this section.

(b) After receiving a proposal but before making an award, the comptroller or other state agency may permit an offeror to revise a proposal to obtain the best final offer.

(c) The comptroller or other state agency may not disclose information derived from a proposal submitted by a competing offeror in conducting discussions under this section.

(d) The comptroller or other state agency shall provide each offeror an equal opportunity to discuss and revise proposals.