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Tex. Insurance Code § 841.404 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.404
§ 841.404. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A limited purpose subsidiary life insurance company may not engage in the business of reinsurance in this state unless the limited purpose subsidiary life insurance company obtains from the commissioner a certificate of authority under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9011.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9011 / Section 9011.101
§ 9011.101. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board consists of five elected directors.
Tex. Education Code § 62.096 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.096
§ 62.096. VERIFICATION.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1004 (H.B. 1595), Sec. 20(1), eff. January 1, 2024.

(1) Expired.

(2) Expired.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1004 (H.B. 1595), Sec. 20(1), eff. January 1, 2024.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155, Sec. 62(9), eff. September 1, 2013.

(d) The coordinating board may audit the appropriate records of an eligible institution to verify information for purposes of this subchapter.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1004 (H.B. 1595), Sec. 20(1), eff. January 1, 2024.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7906.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7906 / Section 7906.201
§ 7906.201. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.004
§ 1100.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

Unless the district's boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D, the boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of County Commissioners Precinct Number 3 of Randall County, Texas, as the boundaries of that precinct existed on January 1, 1971.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.054
§ 2165.054. PLANS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall prepare and keep in its offices a copy of the plans of each public building under its charge, and plans of each building's improvements, showing the exact location of all electrical wiring and all water, gas, and sewage pipes.
Tex. Water Code § 58.585 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.585
§ 58.585. FINANCE LEDGER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall provide a finance ledger in which the assessor and collector shall be charged with the total assessment of property shown on the tax rolls.

(b) Credit shall be entered in the finance ledger of all collections paid to the depository.

(c) The finance ledger and the books and accounts of the assessor and collector shall be audited by the board semiannually on January 1 and July 1 of each year and at any other times ordered by the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 551.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 551 / Section 551.001
§ 551.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(2) "Commissioner" means:

(A) the commissioner of state health services in relation to mental health services; and

(B) the commissioner of aging and disability services in relation to intellectual disability services.

(3) "Department" means:

(A) the Department of State Health Services in relation to mental health services; and

(B) the Department of Aging and Disability Services in relation to intellectual disability services.

(4) "Department facility" means:

(A) a facility for persons with mental illness under the jurisdiction of the Department of State Health Services; and

(B) a facility for persons with an intellectual disability under the jurisdiction of the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

(5) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 37.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 37 / Section 37.006
§ 37.006. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to administer this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 554.009 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 554 / Section 554.009
§ 554.009. LEASE OR PURCHASE OF VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may lease or purchase vehicles for use in official board business.

(b) A vehicle acquired under Subsection (a) is exempt from a requirement to bear state government identification.

(c) The board may register a vehicle with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in an alias name only for investigative personnel.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974A / Section 7974A.0306
§ 7974A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(b) An order dividing a district may create one or more new districts and may provide for the continuation of the district.

(c) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name any new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each of the districts;

(3) appoint temporary directors for any new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the districts.

(d) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the district's creation.

(e) The district may be divided only if the district:

(1) has never issued any bonds; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(f) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(i) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election.

(j) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(k) A new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(l) The district may continue to rely on confirmation, directors', bond, or tax elections held prior to the division.

(m) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 316.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 316 / Section 316.007
§ 316.007. IMPROVEMENT OR FACILITY ESTABLISHED OR MAINTAINED BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may establish or maintain, with municipal money, material, equipment, or personnel, an improvement or facility described by Section 316.002(a)(1) or (5) without a permit, regardless of whether the municipality establishes a permit program under this chapter.

(b) A municipality must make the finding required by Section 316.003 regarding an improvement or facility the municipality proposes to place on a municipal street.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3885.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3885 / Section 3885.153
§ 3885.153. LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may be inside or outside the district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.103 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.103
§ 161.103. NOTICE OF REQUIRED METHOD OF DISPOSAL.
Status: in_force

A veterinarian who knows or suspects that livestock or domestic fowl have died from anthrax or ornithosis shall inform the owner or caretaker of the animal to dispose of each carcass by fire in accordance with Section 161.004 of this code.
Tex. Water Code § 62.151 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.151
§ 62.151. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The construction and maintenance fund shall include money received from the sale of bonds and all other sources except tax collections placed in the sinking fund to pay the principal of and the interest on bonds.

(b) After the original petition is filed, all expenses necessarily incurred in connection with the creation, establishment, and maintenance of the district shall be paid from the construction and maintenance fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7999A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7999A / Section 7999A.0105
§ 7999A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8428.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8428 / Section 8428.005
§ 8428.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Transportation Code § 522.054 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 522 / Section 522.054
§ 522.054.
Status: in_force

Sec. 522.054. LICENSE EXPIRATION: PERSON AT LEAST 85 YEARS OF AGE. (a) Each original commercial driver's license of a person 85 years of age or older expires on the license holder's second birthday after the date of the license application.

(b) A commercial driver's license of a person 85 years of age or older that is renewed expires on the second anniversary of the expiration date before renewal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8109.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8109 / Section 8109.302
§ 8109.302. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(c) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.506 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.506
§ 152.506. LIABILITY OF WITHDRAWN PARTNER TO THIRD PARTY.
Status: in_force

A person who withdraws as a partner in a circumstance that is not an event requiring a winding up of partnership business under Section 11.051 or 11.057 is liable to another party as a partner in a transaction entered into by the partnership or a surviving partnership under Section 10.001 not later than the second anniversary of the date of the partner's withdrawal only if the other party to the transaction:

(1) does not have notice of the partner's withdrawal; and

(2) reasonably believed that the withdrawn partner was a partner at the time of the transaction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8856.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8856 / Section 8856.001
§ 8856.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Occupations Code § 304.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 304 / Section 304.008
§ 304.008. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In reporting information to the coordinated licensure information system under Article VI of the Nurse Licensure Compact, the Texas Board of Nursing may disclose personally identifiable information about the nurse, including the nurse's social security number.

(b) The coordinated licensure information system may not share personally identifiable information with a state not a party to the compact unless the state agrees not to disclose that information to other persons.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.304 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.304
§ 801.304. FEE EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

A veterinarian is exempt from the fee requirements imposed under Section 801.303 if the veterinarian:

(1) is on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States and does not engage in private or civilian practice; or

(2) is permanently and totally retired.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.054 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 61 / Section 61.054
§ 61.054. PROCLAMATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Regulation of the hunting, taking, or possession of game animals, game birds, or aquatic animal life under this chapter shall be by proclamation of the commission.

(b) A proclamation of the commission authorizing the hunting, taking, or possession of game animals, game birds, or aquatic animal life must specify:

(1) the species, quantity, age or size, and, to the extent possible, the sex of the game animals, game birds, or aquatic animal life authorized to be hunted, taken, or possessed;

(2) the means or method that may be used to hunt, take, or possess the game animals, game birds, or aquatic animal life; and

(3) the region, county, area, body of water, or portion of a county where the game animals, game birds, or aquatic animal life may be hunted, taken, or possessed.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 37.011 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 37 / Section 37.011
§ 37.011. SUPPLEMENTAL RELIEF.
Status: in_force

Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper. The application must be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application is deemed sufficient, the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment or decree to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith.
Tex. Property Code § 240.101 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 240 / Section 240.101
§ 240.101. DELIVERY OR FILING GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to applicable requirements of this subchapter, a disclaimant may deliver a disclaimer by personal delivery, first-class mail, facsimile, e-mail, or any other method likely to result in the disclaimer's receipt.

(b) If a disclaimer is mailed to the intended recipient by certified mail, return receipt requested, at an address the disclaimant in good faith believes is likely to result in the disclaimer's receipt, delivery is considered to have occurred on the date of mailing regardless of receipt.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.256 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.256
§ 13A.256. HINDERING SECURED CREDITORS.
Status: in_force

An offense involving secured property that is taken from one county and unlawfully disposed of in another county or state may be prosecuted in the county:

(1) in which the secured property was disposed of;

(2) from which the secured property was removed; or

(3) in which the security agreement is filed.
Tex. Family Code § 264.196 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.196
§ 264.196. TERMINATION OF RECEIVERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The appointing court may terminate a receivership if:

(1) the court determines that the receivership is no longer necessary because the conditions that gave rise to the receivership no longer exist;

(2) the department has entered into a new contract with a single-source continuum contractor and that contractor is ready and able to assume the duties of the single-source continuum contractor under receivership; or

(3) the department is ready and able to assume the duties of the single-source continuum contractor under receivership.

(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date a receivership is terminated or expires under this subchapter, unless such time is extended by order of the appointing court, the receiver shall file with the clerk of the appointing court a full and final and sworn account of:

(1) all property received by the receiver;

(2) all money collected and disbursed; and

(3) the expenses of the receivership.Not later than December 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the legislature relating to the implementation of the pilot program that includes:

(1) the findings of the independent evaluator under Section 264.194, if applicable, including any recommendations from the independent evaluator for improving and expanding the pilot program;

(2) information about each denied waiver under Section 264.189, including the reason for denial; and

(3) a detailed account of each agreed-upon change order under Section 264.191 that includes an explanation of:

(A) the change and the reason for the change; and

(B) the cost of funding the change and how the cost was addressed.
Tex. Election Code § 64.031 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 64 / Section 64.031
§ 64.031. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

A voter is eligible to receive assistance in marking or reading the ballot, as provided by this subchapter, if the voter cannot prepare or read the ballot because of:

(1) a physical disability that renders the voter unable to write or see; or

(2) an inability to read the language in which the ballot is written.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.157
§ 8501.157. POWERS RELATING TO USE OF WATER IN GENERAL.
Status: in_force

In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may:

(1) through practical means, provide for the control and coordination of the regulation of the water of the Neches River and its tributaries;

(2) by adequate organization and administration, provide for preserving the equitable rights of the people of different sections of the watershed area in the beneficial use of the water of the Neches River and its tributaries;

(3) store, control, and conserve the water of the Neches River and its tributaries inside or outside the authority and prevent the escape of that water without the maximum of public service;

(4) equitably distribute the water of the Neches River and its tributaries to meet the regional potential requirements for all uses, including domestic, manufacturing, and irrigation uses; and

(5) use controlled and conserved floodwater and storm water for any purpose that results in the performance of a useful service authorized by the constitution of this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 757.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 757 / Section 757.003
§ 757.003. ENCLOSURE FOR POOL YARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 757.005, the owner of a multiunit rental complex with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls, or maintains a pool shall completely enclose the pool yard with a pool yard enclosure.

(b) The height of the pool yard enclosure must be at least 48 inches as measured from the ground on the side away from the pool.

(c) Openings under the pool yard enclosure may not allow a sphere four inches in diameter to pass under the pool yard enclosure.

(d) If the pool yard enclosure is constructed with horizontal and vertical members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is at least 45 inches, the openings may not allow a sphere four inches in diameter to pass through the enclosure.

(e) If the pool yard enclosure is constructed with horizontal and vertical members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is less than 45 inches, the openings may not allow a sphere 1-3/4 inches in diameter to pass through the enclosure.

(f) The use of chain link fencing materials is prohibited entirely for a new pool yard enclosure that is constructed after January 1, 1994. The use of diagonal fencing members that are lower than 49 inches above the ground is prohibited for a new pool yard enclosure that is constructed after January 1, 1994.

(g) Decorative designs or cutouts on or in the pool yard enclosure may not contain any openings greater than 1-3/4 inches in any direction.

(h) Indentations or protrusions in a solid pool yard enclosure without any openings may not be greater than normal construction tolerances and tooled masonry joints on the side away from the pool.

(i) Permanent equipment or structures may not be constructed or placed in a manner that makes them readily available for climbing over the pool yard enclosure.

(j) The wall of a building may be part of the pool yard enclosure only if the doors and windows in the wall comply with Sections 757.006 and 757.007.

(k) The owner of a multiunit rental complex with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls, or maintains a pool is not required to:

(1) build a pool yard enclosure at specified locations or distances from the pool other than distances for minimum walkways around the pool; or

(2) conform secondary pool yard enclosures, located inside or outside the primary pool yard enclosure, to the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 286.047 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 286 / Section 286.047
§ 286.047. NOTICE AND ORDER FOR HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) After preparing the plan required by Section 286.046, the commissioners court by order shall set a time, date, and place for a public hearing on the proposed improvement.

(b) The commissioners court shall publish notice of the hearing once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the improvement is located. The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 21st day before the date of the hearing.

(c) The commissioners court shall mail or personally deliver written notice of the hearing to the owner of each parcel of property subject to the proposed assessment. The commissioners court shall deliver or mail the notice not later than the 14th day before the date of the hearing. An owner is not entitled to notice under this subsection if the owner's name or address is not shown on the county tax roll.

(d) Notice provided under this section must contain:

(1) a general description of the proposed improvement that is to be financed by the assessment;

(2) an estimate of the proposed assessment for each front foot of abutting property;

(3) an estimate of the total cost of the proposed improvement to be made on each portion of road;

(4) the location of the proposed improvement; and

(5) the date, time, and place of the hearing.

(e) If the estimate of the proposed assessment for each front foot of abutting property is not uniform, the notice must specify each variation and identify the affected property.

(f) Notice required by this section is in addition to notice otherwise required by law.