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Tex. Government Code § 659.132 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.132
§ 659.132. DEDUCTION AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) A state employee may authorize a deduction each pay period from the employee's salary or wage payment for a charitable contribution as provided by this subchapter.

(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c), (d), and (e), a state employee may authorize a deduction only during a state employee charitable campaign.

(c) A state employee who begins working for the state when a campaign is not being conducted may authorize a deduction according to the comptroller's requirements.

(d) A state employee who works for a state agency that does not allow deduction authorizations under Subsection (i) may authorize a deduction that is effective with the first full payroll period after the agency is converted to a system in which uniform statewide payroll procedures are followed.

(e) A state employee who works for a state agency that does not allow deduction authorizations under Subsection (i) may authorize a deduction after transferring from that agency to:

(1) a state agency that allows deduction authorizations even though it may prohibit them under Subsection (i); or

(2) a state agency not covered by Subsection (i).

(f) A state employee who authorized a deduction while working for a state agency may continue the deduction after transferring to another state agency if the comptroller's rules for continuing the deduction are followed.

(g) An authorization must direct the comptroller to distribute the deducted funds to a participating federation or fund or a local charitable organization selected by the state policy committee as prescribed by rule.

(h) A deduction under this subchapter must be in the form prescribed by the comptroller.

(i) A state agency other than an institution of higher education is not required to permit an employee to authorize a deduction under this subchapter until the first full payroll period after the agency converts to a system in which uniform statewide payroll procedures are followed.

(j) The comptroller by rule may establish a reasonable minimum deduction for each pay period.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.201
§ 2308.201. TOW TRUCK REGULATION BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision of this state may regulate the operation of a tow truck to the extent allowed by federal law, except that a political subdivision may not issue a more restrictive regulation for the use of lighting equipment on a tow truck than is imposed by Title 7, Transportation Code.

(b) A political subdivision may not require the registration of a tow truck that performs consent tows in the political subdivision unless the owner of the tow truck has a place of business in the territory of the political subdivision.

(c) A political subdivision may require the registration of a tow truck that performs a nonconsent tow in the political subdivision, regardless of whether the owner of the tow truck has a place of business in the territory of the political subdivision.

(d) A political subdivision may not require a person who holds a driver's license or commercial driver's license to obtain a license or permit for operating a tow truck unless the person performs nonconsent tows in the territory of the political subdivision. A fee charged for a license or permit may not exceed $15.
Tex. Local Government Code § 117.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 117 / Section 117.002
§ 117.002. TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS TO COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

Any funds deposited under this chapter, except cash bail bonds, that are presumed abandoned under Chapter 72, 73, or 75, Property Code, shall be reported and delivered by the county or district clerk to the comptroller without further action by any court. The dormancy period for funds deposited under this chapter begins on the later of:

(1) the date of entry of final judgment or order of dismissal in the action in which the funds were deposited;

(2) the 18th birthday of the minor for whom the funds were deposited; or

(3) a reasonable date established by rule by the comptroller to promote the public interest in disposing of unclaimed funds.
Tex. Government Code § 844.502 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.502
§ 844.502. EXTENDED OPTIONAL GROUP TERM LIFE COVERAGE.
Status: repealed

(a) A member included in the coverage of the optional group term life program who fails to earn compensation in a month for service to a subdivision participating in the program may be eligible to receive extended coverage in the program under this section.

(b) A member who dies within 24 months after the date the member last made a required contribution to the retirement system is considered to have received extended program coverage if the retirement system receives at its office after the member's death:

(1) evidence that the retirement system considers satisfactory to establish that, as a result of illness or injury, the member was unable to engage in gainful employment throughout the period beginning with the date of the last required contribution and ending on the date of death;

(2) a statement from the subdivision, on a form approved by the board of trustees, that the member was on leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-3) throughout the period beginning with the date of the last required contribution and ending on the date of death; or

(3) a statement from the subdivision, on a form approved by the board of trustees, that the member was on leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-3) during part of the period beginning with the date of the last required contribution and ending on the date of death, with evidence that the retirement system considers satisfactory to establish that, throughout the rest of the period, the member was unable to engage in gainful employment as a result of illness or injury.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 56(6), eff. Dec. 31, 2001.

(e), (f) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 64(16), eff. Dec. 31, 1999.
Tex. Election Code § 86.014 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 86 / Section 86.014
§ 86.014. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF EARLY VOTING RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A copy of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail is not available for public inspection, except to the voter seeking to verify that the information pertaining to the voter is accurate, until the first business day after the election day of the earliest occurring election for which the application is submitted.

(b) Originals of the applications and carrier envelopes are not available for public inspection until those materials are delivered to the general custodian of election records after the election.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01895 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01895
§ 30.01895. COURT REPORTER.
Status: in_force

The municipal court administrator shall appoint the court reporter under Section 30.00010.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3932.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3932 / Section 3932.112
§ 3932.112. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 34.068 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 34 / Section 34.068
§ 34.068. RULES GOVERNING ACTIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to any claim for damages brought under Section 7.001, 34.061, 34.063, 34.065, 34.066, or 34.067 or under Section 86.023, Local Government Code.

(b) Suit shall be brought in the form of a lawsuit filed against the officer in the county in which the officer holds office.

(c) All suits must be filed not later than the first anniversary of the date on which the injury accrues.

(d) An officer or a surety may defend the action by stating and proving any defenses provided by law, including any defense that would mitigate damages.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.110
§ 1107.110. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with:

(1) any county for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county; and

(2) this state or a federal agency for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person for whom the state or agency is responsible.
Tex. Finance Code § 341.603 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 341 / Section 341.603
§ 341.603. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for an original residential mortgage loan originator license issued under Chapter 342, 347, 348, or 351 or for renewal of a residential mortgage loan originator license issued under Chapter 342, 347, 348, or 351 shall, in addition to paying the original application fee or renewal fee, pay a fee in an amount determined by the commissioner. The fee shall be deposited in the fund.

(b) If the balance remaining in the fund at the end of a calendar year is more than $2.5 million, the amount of money in excess of that amount shall be available to the commissioner to offset the expenses of participating in and sharing information with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry in accordance with Chapter 180.
Tex. Transportation Code § 69.019 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 69 / Section 69.019
§ 69.019. OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapter 551, Government Code, applies to actions and proceedings under this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.48 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.48
§ 11.48. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A driver's license number, personal identification certificate number, or social security account number, or the name, age, home address, or home telephone number of a child, provided in an application for an exemption filed with a chief appraiser is confidential and not open to public inspection. The information may not be disclosed to anyone other than an employee or agent of the appraisal district who appraises property or performs appraisal services for the appraisal district, except as authorized by Subsection (b).

(b) Information made confidential by this section may be disclosed:

(1) in a judicial or administrative proceeding pursuant to a lawful subpoena;

(2) to the person who filed the application or to the person's representative authorized in writing to receive the information;

(3) to the comptroller and the comptroller's employees authorized by the comptroller in writing to receive the information or to an assessor or a chief appraiser if requested in writing;

(4) in a judicial or administrative proceeding relating to property taxation to which the person who filed the application is a party; or

(5) if and to the extent the information is required to be included in a public document or record that the appraisal district is required by law to prepare or maintain.

(c) A person who legally has access to an application for an exemption or who legally obtains the information from the application made confidential by this section commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1) permits inspection of the confidential information by a person not authorized by Subsection (b) to inspect the information; or

(2) discloses the confidential information to a person not authorized by Subsection (b) to receive the information.

(d) An offense under Subsection (c) is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7975.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7975 / Section 7975.152
§ 7975.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7975.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8382.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8382 / Section 8382.051
§ 8382.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) If required under the terms of the agreement, ordinance, or resolution by which a municipality consents to the creation of the district, the board consists of:

(1) four elected directors; and

(2) one director appointed by the governing body of the municipality.

(c) A director appointed under Subsection (b)(2) is not required to be a qualified voter of the district or to own land subject to taxation in the district.

(d) Except as provided by Section 8382.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms. A permanent director may not serve more than two four-year terms.

(e) The common law doctrine of incompatibility does not disqualify an official or employee of a municipality from being appointed a director by the governing body of a municipality under Subsection (b)(2), and a director appointed to the board may continue to serve in a public office of or be employed by the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3884.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3884 / Section 3884.004
§ 3884.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment;

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce; and

(4) providing quality residential housing.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a residential community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and

(4) provide educational scholarships for college-bound students residing in or out of the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, vehicle parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be an improvement project that includes a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 791.031 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 791 / Section 791.031
§ 791.031. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter, "story" means the space between two successive floor levels of a building, and a basement is a story if the floor level immediately above the basement is at least 10 feet above the grade line on at least one side of the building.

(b) In this subchapter, types of construction are classified as "fireproof," "semifireproof," or "ordinary," as those terms are defined in the most recent edition of the building code published by the successor organization to the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
Tex. Education Code § 51.254 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.254
§ 51.254. IMMUNITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person acting in good faith who reports or assists in the investigation of a report of an incident described by Section 51.252(a) or who testifies or otherwise participates in a disciplinary process or judicial proceeding arising from a report of such an incident:

(1) is immune from civil liability, and from criminal liability for offenses punishable by fine only, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of those actions; and

(2) may not be subjected to any disciplinary action by the postsecondary educational institution at which the person is enrolled or employed for any violation by the person of the institution's code of conduct reasonably related to the incident for which suspension or expulsion from the institution is not a possible punishment.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who perpetrates or assists in the perpetration of the incident reported under Section 51.252.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9038.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9038 / Section 9038.004
§ 9038.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 9038.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has:

(1) consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district; and

(2) entered into a development agreement under Section 212.172, Local Government Code, with the retail public utility owned by the municipality that addresses water and wastewater issues and with the owners of land in the district that addresses relevant issues, including:

(A) the provision of services other than water or wastewater services to land in the district, including emergency services and solid waste collection;

(B) traffic and roadway impacts caused by the creation of the district;

(C) the amount of debt to be issued by the district or any new district created by the division of the district;

(D) a plan for dividing the district, including the number, location, and size of any new districts created by the division of the district;

(E) fire flow; and

(F) a prohibition against a retail public utility, as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code, other than the retail public utility owned by the municipality, from providing retail water or wastewater service to the property in the district or a new district created by the division of the district.

(b) The development agreement may not contain a provision prohibited by Section 212.174, Local Government Code, in relation to the provision of utility service.

(c) A confirmation election held in violation of this section is void.
Tex. Government Code § 2063.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2063 / Section 2063.001
§ 2063.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Chief" means the chief of the Texas Cyber Command.

(2) "Command" means the Texas Cyber Command established under this chapter.

(3) "Covered entity" means a private entity operating critical infrastructure or a local government that the command contracts with in order to provide cybersecurity services under this chapter.

(4) "Critical infrastructure" means infrastructure in this state vital to the security, governance, public health and safety, economy, or morale of the state or the nation, including:

(A) chemical facilities;

(B) commercial facilities;

(C) communication facilities;

(D) manufacturing facilities;

(E) dams;

(F) defense industrial bases;

(G) emergency services systems;

(H) energy facilities;

(I) financial services systems;

(J) food and agriculture facilities;

(K) government facilities;

(L) health care and public health facilities;

(M) information technology and information technology systems;

(N) nuclear reactors, materials, and waste;

(O) transportation systems; or

(P) water and wastewater systems.

(5) "Cybersecurity" means the measures taken for a computer, computer network, computer system, or other technology infrastructure to protect against, respond to, and recover from unauthorized:

(A) use, access, disruption, modification, or destruction; or

(B) disclosure, modification, or destruction of information.

(6) "Cybersecurity incident" includes:

(A) a breach or suspected breach of system security as defined by Section 521.053, Business & Commerce Code;

(B) the introduction of ransomware, as defined by Section 33.023, Penal Code, into a computer, computer network, or computer system; or

(C) any other cybersecurity-related occurrence that jeopardizes information or an information system designated by command policy adopted under this chapter.

(7) "Department" means the Department of Information Resources.

(8) "Governmental entity" means a state agency or a local government.

(9) "Information resources" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.

(10) "Information resources technologies" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.

(11) "Local government" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.

(12) "Sensitive personal information" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.002, Business & Commerce Code.

(13) "State agency" means:

(A) a department, commission, board, office, or other agency that is in the executive branch of state government and that was created by the constitution or a statute;

(B) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, or the Texas Judicial Council or another agency in the judicial branch of state government; or

(C) a university system or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1101.154 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.154
§ 1101.154. NOTICE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to an environmental or health and safety audit conducted before the acquisition closing date by a person considering the acquisition of the regulated facility or operation that is the subject of the audit.

(b) To receive immunity under this subchapter, a facility conducting an environmental or health and safety audit under this chapter must provide notice to an appropriate regulatory agency of the fact that it is planning to begin the audit.

(c) The notice must specify:

(1) the facility or portion of the facility to be audited;

(2) the anticipated time the audit will begin; and

(3) the general scope of the audit.

(d) The notice may provide notification of more than one scheduled environmental or health and safety audit at a time.
Tex. Occupations Code § 558.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 558 / Section 558.155
§ 558.155. TEMPORARY LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The board by rule may provide for the issuance of a temporary license.
Tex. Education Code § 29.044 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.044
§ 29.044. PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall establish eligibility criteria for the approval of an application submitted under Section 29.043. The criteria must require that the student be enrolled in the current school year at a school district or open-enrollment charter school and in a district's or school's special education program under Subchapter A.

(b) The eligibility criteria established under this section must also prioritize students for whom a school district or open-enrollment charter school is eligible for a compensatory education allotment under Section 48.104.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.111 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.111
§ 436.111. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Certificate" means a shellfish certificate issued by the department.

(2) "License" means a crabmeat processing license issued by the department.