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Tex. Transportation Code § 252.204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 252 / Section 252.204
§ 252.204. OATH AND BOND OF ROAD SUPERINTENDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 20th day after the date of appointment, a road superintendent must:

(1) take and subscribe to the oath required by the constitution; and

(2) give a bond payable to the county judge in an amount fixed by the commissioners court, conditioned that the road superintendent will:

(A) faithfully perform the duties required of the road superintendent by law or the commissioners court; and

(B) disburse money under the road superintendent's control as the law provides or the commissioners court directs.

(b) To be effective, the bond must be approved by the county judge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3962.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3962 / Section 3962.0503
§ 3962.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board.

(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6003.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6003 / Section 6003.301
§ 6003.301. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 6003.151(a), 6003.153, or 6003.251.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) Venue for an offense under this section is in Travis County or the county in which the offense is committed.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 296.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 296 / Section 296.001
§ 296.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Institutional health care provider" means a nonpublic hospital that provides inpatient hospital services.

(2) "Paying hospital" means an institutional health care provider required to make a mandatory payment under this chapter.

(3) "Program" means the county health care provider participation program authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.194 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.194
§ 214.194. MUNICIPAL PERMIT FEE GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a municipality adopts an ordinance that requires a person to pay an annual fee to obtain a permit from the municipality before the person may use an alarm system in the municipality, the fee shall be used for the general administration of this subchapter, including the provision of responses generally required to implement this subchapter other than specific responses to false alarms.

(b) A municipal permit fee imposed under this section may not exceed the rate of $50 a year for a residential location.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 303.005 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 303 / Section 303.005
§ 303.005. EXISTENCE OF PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION BEFORE WINDING UP AND TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

A professional corporation continues to exist until the winding up and termination of the corporation as provided by Chapter 11 without regard to:

(1) the death, incompetency, bankruptcy, resignation, withdrawal, retirement, or expulsion of any shareholder of the corporation;

(2) the transfer of shares to a new shareholder; or

(3) the occurrence of an event requiring the winding up of a partnership.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.212 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.212
§ 2A.212. IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except in a finance lease, a warranty that the goods will be merchantable is implied in a lease contract if the lessor is a merchant with respect to goods of that kind.

(b) Goods to be merchantable must be at least such as:

(1) pass without objection in the trade under the description in the lease agreement;

(2) in the case of fungible goods, are of fair average quality within the description;

(3) are fit for the ordinary purposes for which goods of that type are used;

(4) run, within the variation permitted by the lease agreement, of even kind, quality, and quantity within each unit and among all units involved;

(5) are adequately contained, packaged, and labeled as the lease agreement may require; and

(6) conform to any promises or affirmations of fact made on the container or label.

(c) Other implied warranties may arise from course of dealing or usage of trade.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3912.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3912 / Section 3912.252
§ 3912.252. COLLECTION OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

If the dissolved district has bonds or other obligations outstanding secured by and payable from district revenue, the city shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the district regarding enforcement and collection of the revenue.
Tex. Utilities Code § 41.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 41 / Section 41.002
§ 41.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board of directors" means the board of directors of an electric cooperative as described in Section 161.071.

(2) "Rate" includes any compensation, tariff, charge, fare, toll, rental, or classification that is directly or indirectly demanded, observed, charged, or collected by an electric cooperative for any service, product, or commodity and any rule, practice, or contract affecting the compensation, tariff, charge, fare, toll, rental, or classification.

(3) "Stranded investment" means:

(A) the excess, if any, of the net book value of generation assets over the market value of the generation assets; and

(B) any above market purchased power costs.
Tex. Election Code § 212.0241 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 212 / Section 212.0241
§ 212.0241. NO GROUND REQUIRED FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM RECOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) A ground for obtaining an initial recount as prescribed by this subchapter is not required to obtain an initial recount of electronic voting system results, subject to Subsection (b).

(b) A candidate for nomination or election to an office may obtain an initial recount of electronic voting system results in an election in which the person was a candidate only if the candidate is shown by the election returns not to be nominated or elected. However, a candidate shown to be nominated or elected may obtain an initial recount if an opposing candidate's initial recount petition is approved for a recount that is covered by Section 212.131(c) and that does not include all of the voting system precincts in the election.

(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to accommodate the authorization to obtain a recount of electronic voting system results without a specific ground.

(d) This section does not affect the scope of a recount as governed by Subchapter F.
Tex. Government Code § 26.275 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.275
§ 26.275. NAVARRO COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The County Court of Navarro County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court, general criminal jurisdiction, and juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b) but has no other civil jurisdiction.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 181.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 181 / Section 181.004
§ 181.004. COOPERATIVE TRANSACTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to transactions between a cooperative association, while acting as a marketing agent, and its members.
Tex. Estates Code § 255.451 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 255 / Section 255.451
§ 255.451. CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH WILL MAY BE MODIFIED OR REFORMED.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the requirements of this section, on the petition of a personal representative, a court may order that the terms of the will be modified or reformed, that the personal representative be directed or permitted to perform acts that are not authorized or that are prohibited by the terms of the will, or that the personal representative be prohibited from performing acts that are required by the terms of the will, if:

(1) modification of administrative, nondispositive terms of the will is necessary or appropriate to prevent waste or impairment of the estate's administration;

(2) the order is necessary or appropriate to achieve the testator's tax objectives or to qualify a distributee for government benefits and is not contrary to the testator's intent; or

(3) the order is necessary to correct a scrivener's error in the terms of the will, even if unambiguous, to conform with the testator's intent.

(a-1) A personal representative seeking to modify or reform a will under this section must file a petition on or before the fourth anniversary of the date the will was admitted to probate.

(b) An order described in Subsection (a)(3) may be issued only if the testator's intent is established by clear and convincing evidence.

(c) Chapter 123, Property Code, applies to a proceeding under Subsection (a) that involves a charitable trust.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0631 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0631
§ 32.0631. ANNUAL NOTICE TO CERTAIN PROVIDERS REGARDING USE OF MEDICAID IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS WITH RESPECT TO NEWBORN CHILDREN.
Status: in_force

The commission shall annually provide written notice to each managed care organization and health care provider, including hospitals and other health care facilities participating in Medicaid that regularly provide health care services to medical assistance recipients who are pregnant women or newborn children:

(1) reminding the organizations and providers that when a newborn child of a recipient has not been assigned a Medicaid identification number, the provider may accept or use the recipient's Medicaid identification number on any claim for reimbursement under Medicaid; and

(2) encouraging organizations and providers to educate recipients who are mothers or the prospective mothers of newborn children that the recipient may use the recipient's Medicaid identification number until the recipient's newborn child is enrolled in Medicaid.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.104 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.104
§ 42A.104. CONDITIONS OF DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; IMPOSITION OF FINE.
Status: in_force

(a) The judge may impose a fine applicable to the offense and require any reasonable condition of deferred adjudication community supervision that a judge could impose on a defendant placed on community supervision for a conviction that was probated and suspended, including:

(1) confinement; and

(2) mental health treatment under Article 42A.506.

(b) The provisions of Subchapter L specifying whether a defendant convicted of a state jail felony is to be confined in a county jail or state jail felony facility and establishing the minimum and maximum terms of confinement as a condition of community supervision apply in the same manner to a defendant placed on deferred adjudication community supervision after pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a state jail felony.
Tex. Education Code § 53B.13 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53B / Section 53B.13
§ 53B.13. CORPORATE POWERS.
Status: in_force

An authority is a body politic and corporate having the power of perpetual succession. It shall have a seal; it may sue and be sued; and it may make, amend, and repeal its bylaws.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.093 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.093
§ 623.093. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION AND PERMIT.
Status: repealed

(a) The application for a permit and the permit must be in the form prescribed by the department. The permit must show:

(1) the length, width, and height of the manufactured house and the towing vehicle in combination;

(2) the complete identification or serial number, the Department of Housing and Urban Development label number, or the state seal number of the house;

(3) the name of the owner of the house;

(4) the location from which the house is being transported;

(5) the location to which the house is being transported; and

(6) the route for the transportation of the house.

(b) The length of the manufactured house and the towing vehicle in combination includes the length of the hitch or towing device. The height is measured from the roadbed to the highest elevation of the manufactured house. The width of the house or section includes any roof or eave extension or overhang on either side.

(c) The route must be the shortest distance from the place where the transportation begins in this state to the place where the transportation ends in this state and include divided and interstate systems, except where construction is in progress or bridge or overpass width or height creates a safety hazard. A county or municipality may designate to the department the route to be used inside the territory of the county or municipality.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1284, Sec. 34(3), eff. June 18, 2005.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 410 (S.B. 1814), Sec. 11(2), eff. September 1, 2021.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135, Sec. 140(2), eff. September 1, 2013.
Tex. Water Code § 51.404 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.404
§ 51.404. ISSUANCE OF PRELIMINARY BONDS.
Status: in_force

A district may issue preliminary bonds to create a fund to pay:

(1) costs of organization;

(2) costs of making surveys and investigations;

(3) attorney's fees;

(4) costs of engineering work;

(5) costs of the issuance of bonds; and

(6) other costs and expenses incident to organization of the district and its operation in investigating and determining plans for its plant and improvements and in issuing and selling bonds to provide for permanent improvements.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.066 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.066
§ 14.066. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

The office is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the office is abolished September 1, 2031.
Tex. Education Code § 66.66 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 66 / Section 66.66
§ 66.66. LEASE SALES.
Status: in_force

(a) Oil and gas leases shall be offered at public auction or by sealed bid, or through a combination of public auction and sealed bid, as the board elects. Contracts for development may be awarded in the same manner.

(b) The board shall publish notice that the board will receive bids for oil and gas leases or contracts for development of oil and gas in two or more daily newspapers in this state and in other publications as the board may choose.

(c) The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date the bids will be opened.

(d) The notice shall state that land is to be offered for lease or a contract for development and that a person may obtain a publication from The University of Texas System offices that describes the land offered and the minimum terms.

(e) The board of regents may solicit and include advertising in the publication describing a lease sale. Fees paid for advertising shall be deposited into the special fee account established by Subsection (g) and are available for the same purposes as described in that subsection.

(f) The board may withdraw any lands advertised for lease before the hour set for receiving bids.

(g) Each bid is subject to the payment of a special fee equal to one and one-half percent of the total bonus whether stipulated or bid, which special payment shall constitute a special fund from which the board of regents shall defray the expenses of the sale, including the payment of the general operating expenses for geology, engineering, field inspection, and auditing oil and gas production of university lands and including salaries and traveling expenses of persons employed by the board of regents for those purposes.

(h) The board of regents may direct the comptroller of The University of Texas System to transmit to the state comptroller for deposit to the credit of the permanent university fund unexpended balances remaining in the special fee account after reserving a sufficient amount in it for the payment of current expenses as set out in Subsection (g).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.112
§ 8501.112. DIRECTOR'S, OFFICER'S, OR EMPLOYEE'S SURETY BOND.
Status: in_force

A bond required to be given by a director, officer, or employee of the authority must be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, as surety on the bond.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3980.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3980 / Section 3980.0305
§ 3980.0305. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Election Code § 62.0112 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 62 / Section 62.0112
§ 62.0112. NOTICE OF VOTER COMPLAINT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) At one or more locations in the polling place easily visible to voters, the presiding judge shall post notice in a form prescribed by the secretary of state that informs voters of who to call or write to if a voter has a complaint about the conduct of the election.

(b) The title of the notice must read "Voter Complaint Information" and must be printed in at least 100-point Times New Roman font. The notice must:

(1) include the telephone number for the voting rights hotline established by the secretary of state under Section 31.0055;

(2) include any available telephone number dedicated to reporting complaints about the local election official that is administering the election; and

(3) include mailing addresses or Internet websites, as available, to which voters may direct complaints to the federal, state, or local governments about the conduct of elections.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3839.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3839 / Section 3839.159
§ 3839.159. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other obligations as the interest becomes due;

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and

(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1089.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1089 / Section 1089.206
§ 1089.206. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Government Code § 1433.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1433 / Section 1433.024
§ 1433.024. LEASE OF PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) An issuer may, in accordance with this chapter, lease any or all of the issuer's industrial projects and medical projects.

(b) An issuer may lease property under this chapter only to a corporation organized under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 573.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 573 / Section 573.026
§ 573.026. TRANSPORTATION AFTER DETENTION.
Status: in_force

A person being transported after detention under Section 573.022 shall be transported in accordance with Section 574.045.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 78.151 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 78 / Section 78.151
§ 78.151. LIABILITY FOR TRAINING EXERCISES.
Status: in_force

A person is not liable for damages resulting from the person's execution of a training exercise intended to prepare the person to respond to a fire or emergency to which this chapter applies to the same extent that the person would not be liable under this chapter for damages resulting from the person's actions in responding to a fire or emergency.
Tex. Government Code § 1252.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1252 / Section 1252.001
§ 1252.001. ELECTION TO REVOKE AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county or the governing body of a municipality may order an election to determine whether to revoke the authority to issue bonds that:

(1) compose all or part of an issue authorized by an earlier election; and

(2) have not as of the date of the order been sold or delivered.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8433.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8433 / Section 8433.101
§ 8433.101. 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. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 37.03 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 37 / Section 37.03
§ 37.03. PERMIT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A nonresident seller's permit is required of any distillery, winery, importer, broker, or person who sells liquor to permittees authorized to import liquor into this state, regardless of whether the sale is consummated inside or outside the state.
Tex. Education Code § 29.0561 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.0561
§ 29.0561. EVALUATION OF TRANSFERRED STUDENTS; REENROLLMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The language proficiency assessment committee shall reevaluate a student who is transferred out of a bilingual education or special language program under Section 29.056(g) if the student earns a failing grade in a subject in the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1) during any grading period in the first two school years after the student is transferred to determine whether the student should be reenrolled in a bilingual education or special language program.

(b) During the first two school years after a student is transferred out of a bilingual education or special language program under Section 29.056(g), the language proficiency assessment committee shall review the student's performance and consider:

(1) the total amount of time the student was enrolled in a bilingual education or special language program;

(2) the student's grades each grading period in each subject in the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1);

(3) the student's performance on each assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023(a) or (c);

(4) the number of credits the student has earned toward high school graduation, if applicable; and

(5) any disciplinary actions taken against the student under Subchapter A, Chapter 37.

(c) After an evaluation under this section, the language proficiency assessment committee may require intensive instruction for the student or reenroll the student in a bilingual education or special language program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.101
§ 1073.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for:

(1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants; and

(2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Water Code § 68.002 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.002
§ 68.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT; PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

A district is a special district and political subdivision of this state. A district is created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and is essential to accomplish the purposes of that section and Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.