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Tex. Tax Code § 154.405 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.405
§ 154.405. FORFEITURE PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of property seized under this chapter is entitled to written notice of the seizure.

(b) The comptroller shall give the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, not later than the 15th day after the date of seizure and include with the notice an inventory of the property seized and a statement that the owner of property seized is entitled to a hearing on the seizure. Service by mail is complete when the notice is received, as evidenced by return receipt from the U.S. Postal Service.

(c) After providing the notice and a hearing, if a hearing is requested under Subsection (b), the comptroller may order the forfeiture to the state of any property seized under this chapter or the proceeds of the sale of any cigarettes seized under this chapter if the property was used, controlled, possessed, or concealed for the purpose of violating any provision of this chapter.

(d) The comptroller shall hold property or proceeds forfeited under this section in escrow until the comptroller's determination is final and the period for filing a petition for judicial review has expired.

(e) A forfeiture proceeding under this section is an in rem proceeding.
Tex. Family Code § 154.013 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.013
§ 154.013. CONTINUATION OF DUTY TO PAY SUPPORT AFTER DEATH OF OBLIGEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A child support obligation does not terminate on the death of the obligee but continues as an obligation to the child named in the support order, as required by this section.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Estates Code, a child support payment held by the Title IV-D agency, a local registry, or the state disbursement unit or any uncashed check or warrant representing a child support payment made before, on, or after the date of death of the obligee shall be paid proportionately for the benefit of each surviving child named in the support order and not to the estate of the obligee. The payment is free of any creditor's claim against the deceased obligee's estate and may be disbursed as provided by Subsection (c).

(c) On the death of the obligee, current child support owed by the obligor for the benefit of the child or any amount described by Subsection (b) shall be paid to:

(1) a person, other than a parent, who is appointed as managing conservator of the child;

(2) a person, including the obligor, who has assumed actual care, control, and possession of the child, if a managing conservator or guardian of the child has not been appointed;

(3) the county clerk, as provided by Chapter 1355, Estates Code, in the name of and for the account of the child for whom the support is owed;

(4) a guardian of the child appointed under Title 3, Estates Code, as provided by that code; or

(5) the surviving child, if the child is an adult or has otherwise had the disabilities of minority removed.

(d) On presentation of the obligee's death certificate, the court shall render an order directing payment of child support paid but not disbursed to be made as provided by Subsection (c). A copy of the order shall be provided to:

(1) the obligor;

(2) as appropriate:

(A) the person having actual care, control, and possession of the child;

(B) the county clerk; or

(C) the managing conservator or guardian of the child, if one has been appointed;

(3) the local registry or state disbursement unit and, if appropriate, the Title IV-D agency; and

(4) the child named in the support order, if the child is an adult or has otherwise had the disabilities of minority removed.

(e) The order under Subsection (d) must contain:

(1) a statement that the obligee is deceased and that child support amounts otherwise payable to the obligee shall be paid for the benefit of a surviving child named in the support order as provided by Subsection (c);

(2) the name and age of each child named in the support order; and

(3) the name and mailing address of, as appropriate:

(A) the person having actual care, control, and possession of the child;

(B) the county clerk; or

(C) the managing conservator or guardian of the child, if one has been appointed.

(f) On receipt of the order required under this section, the local registry, state disbursement unit, or Title IV-D agency shall disburse payments as required by the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.055
§ 1067.055. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect one of the directors as president and one director as vice president-secretary.

(b) The vice president-secretary shall act as a secretary of the board.

(c) Each officer serves for a term of one year.

(d) The president has the same right to vote as any other director.

(e) If the president is absent or fails and declines to act, the vice president-secretary shall perform the president's duties and exercise the president's powers under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.215 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.215
§ 214.215. ADOPTION OF REHABILITATION CODES OR PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "rehabilitation" means the alteration, remodeling, enlargement, or repair of an existing structure.

(b) A municipality that adopts a building code, other than the International Residential Code adopted under Section 214.212, shall adopt one of the following:

(1) prescriptive provisions for rehabilitation as part of the municipality's building code; or

(2) the rehabilitation code that accompanies the building code adopted by the municipality.

(c) The rehabilitation code or prescriptive provisions do not apply to the rehabilitation of a structure to which the International Residential Code applies or to the construction of a new structure.

(d) A municipality may:

(1) adopt the rehabilitation code or prescriptive provisions for rehabilitation recommended by the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners; or

(2) amend its rehabilitation code or prescriptive provisions for rehabilitation.

(e) A municipality shall enforce the prescriptive provisions for rehabilitation or the rehabilitation code in a manner consistent with the enforcement of the municipality's building code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.109
§ 1075.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Property Code § 74.103 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 74 / Section 74.103
§ 74.103. RETENTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A holder required to file a property report under Section 74.101 shall keep a record of:

(1) the name, the social security number, if known, and the last known address of each person who, from the records of the holder of the property, appears to be the owner of the property;

(2) the name and last known mailing or e-mail address of any representative for notice designated under Section 72.1021 or 73.103;

(3) a brief description of the property, including the identification number, if any; and

(4) the balance of each account, if appropriate.

(b) Without regard to whether the property is reported in the aggregate, the record must be kept for 10 years from the later of:

(1) the date on which the property is reportable; or

(2) the date the report is filed.

(c) The comptroller may by rule provide for a shorter period for keeping a record required by this section.

(d) The comptroller may determine the liability of a holder required to file a property report under Section 74.101 using the best information available to the comptroller if the records of the holder are unavailable or incomplete for any portion of the required retention period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8194.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8194 / Section 8194.051
§ 8194.051. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.054
§ 1098.054. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors by majority vote shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.

(b) If the number of directors is reduced to fewer than three for any reason, the remaining directors shall immediately call a special election to fill the vacancies. If the remaining directors do not call the election, a district court, on application of a qualified voter or taxpayer of the district, may order the directors to hold the election.
Tex. Government Code § 656.027 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 656 / Section 656.027
§ 656.027. MILITARY EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE ON STATE EMPLOYMENT FORMS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall include on all forms relating to state agency employment that are prescribed by the commission under this subchapter or other law a statement regarding the requirement prescribed by Chapter 657 that each state agency give a military employment preference until the agency workforce is composed of at least 20 percent individuals who qualify for a military employment preference under Section 657.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.052
§ 8325.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8325.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8325.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8325.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1007.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1007 / Section 1007.252
§ 1007.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.113
§ 1036.113. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to:

(1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or

(2) provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.170 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.170
§ 1702.170. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FIREARM RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

Sections 1702.161, 1702.169, and 1702.206 do not apply to the holder of a temporary security officer commission who:

(1) is in uniform;

(2) possesses only one firearm; and

(3) is performing the individual's duties.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.356 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.356
§ 884.356. LIFE INSURANCE BENEFIT REDUCTIONS OR INCREASES.
Status: in_force

(a) A life insurance policy may provide for reduced benefits if the insured:

(1) dies or is injured while engaged in:

(A) military, naval, or aerial service or aerial flight during peace or war; or

(B) a hazardous occupation specified in the policy; or

(2) dies by the insured's own hand, regardless of whether the insured is sane or insane.

(b) The front page of a life insurance policy must call attention to any reduction or exclusion of benefits provided by the policy. The circumstances or conditions under which the reduction or exclusion applies must be stated plainly in the policy.

(c) If a policy that provides natural death benefits contains a provision for reducing the greatest death benefit provided by the policy for a specified insured for a reason other than a reason specified by Subsection (a):

(1) the reduced death benefit for the insured must at all times when the reduction is in effect equal or exceed 120 percent of the total premium paid on that policy by the insured; and

(2) the reduction must end before the fifth anniversary of the date the policy is issued.

(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to a life insurance policy on which the reduction of the death benefit does not apply at the time of the death of the insured.

(e) If a life insurance policy provides for an increase of the initial amount of the death benefit for a specified insured one or more times during the first five years of the policy, the amount of death benefit for the insured must at all times during the period of the increasing benefit equal at least 120 percent of the premiums paid on that policy by the insured during the period of the increase.

(f) Subsection (e) does not apply to a life insurance policy that has been in force for more than five years from the date the policy is issued.

(g) This section does not apply to a family group life insurance policy described by Section 884.451(b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.103
§ 1038.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1102.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.104
§ 1102.104. SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, a person performing a real estate inspection or preparing a report of a real estate inspection is under:

(1) direct supervision if the person is instructed and controlled by a professional inspector or real estate inspector who is:

(A) responsible for the actions of the person;

(B) available if needed to consult with or assist the person; and

(C) physically present at the time and place of the inspection; and

(2) indirect supervision if the person is instructed and controlled by a professional inspector who is:

(A) responsible for the actions of the person; and

(B) available if needed to consult with or assist the person.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.128 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.128
§ 55.128. DURATION OF RECORDED MESSAGE.
Status: in_force

A person may not use an automated dial announcing device to make for solicitation purposes a telephone call in which the device plays a recorded message when the connection is completed unless:

(1) the recorded message is shorter than 30 seconds; or

(2) the device has the technical capacity to:

(A) recognize a telephone answering device on the called person's line; and

(B) terminate the call within 30 seconds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.028 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 712 / Section 712.028
§ 712.028. AMOUNT OF FUND DEPOSITS FROM SALES.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation shall deposit in its fund an amount that is at least:

(1) the greater of:

(A) $1.75 a square foot of ground area conveyed as perpetual care property; or

(B) 15 percent of the total purchase price of that ground area;

(2) the greater of:

(A) $105 for each crypt interment right for mausoleum interment or lawn crypt interment conveyed as perpetual care property, or $60 for each crypt interment right if that crypt is accessible only through another crypt; or

(B) seven percent of the total purchase price of that crypt interment right; and

(3) the greater of:

(A) $35 for each niche interment right for columbarium interment conveyed; or

(B) 15 percent of the total purchase price of that niche interment right.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to deposits from sales required to be made by a corporation in its fund before September 1, 1993, under a corresponding statute in effect before that date.

(c) If a plot owner exchanges a plot for another plot in a corporation's perpetual care cemetery, the amount to be deposited in the corporation's fund in respect of the plot received by the plot owner in the exchange may be reduced by the amount deposited in the fund in respect of the plot contributed by the plot owner in the exchange. The amount required to be deposited with respect to an exchanged plot is the amount required at the time the plot owner originally contracted to purchase the plot.
Tex. Local Government Code § 372.018 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 372 / Section 372.018
§ 372.018. INTEREST ON ASSESSMENT; LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) An assessment bears interest at the rate specified by the governing body of the municipality or county beginning at the time or times or on the occurrence of one or more events specified by the governing body. If general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, time warrants, or temporary notes are issued to finance the improvement for which the assessment is assessed, the interest rate for that assessment may not exceed a rate that is one-half of one percent higher than the actual interest rate paid on the debt. Interest on the assessment between the effective date of the ordinance or order levying the assessment and the date the first installment is payable shall be added to the first installment. The interest on any delinquent installment shall be added to each subsequent installment until all delinquent installments are paid.

(b) An assessment or reassessment, with interest, the expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees, if incurred, is:

(1) a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) superior to all other liens and claims except liens or claims for state, county, school district, or municipality ad valorem taxes; and

(3) a personal liability of and charge against the owners of the property regardless of whether the owners are named.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the ordinance or order levying the assessment until the assessment is paid.

(d) The lien runs with the land and that portion of an assessment payment that has not yet come due is not eliminated by foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien.

(e) The assessment lien may be enforced by the governing body in the same manner that an ad valorem tax lien against real property may be enforced by the governing body. Foreclosure of accrued installments does not eliminate the outstanding principal balance of the assessment. Any purchaser of the property in foreclosure takes the property subject to the assessment lien and any associated obligations.

(f) Delinquent installments of the assessment shall incur interest, penalties, and attorney's fees in the same manner as delinquent ad valorem taxes. The owner of assessed property may pay at any time all or any part of the assessment, with interest that has accrued on the assessment, on any lot or parcel.
Tex. Insurance Code § 281.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 281 / Section 281.007
§ 281.007. TAX REPORT; ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall prescribe a due date for filing a report and paying a tax imposed under this subchapter.
Tex. Election Code § 242.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 242 / Section 242.001
§ 242.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a contest of a general election for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, comptroller of public accounts, land commissioner, or attorney general.
Tex. Government Code § 53.036 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 53 / Section 53.036
§ 53.036. TERM OF OFFICE; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) A bailiff serves at the pleasure of the judge of the court the bailiff serves.

(b) If the office of a bailiff becomes vacant, the sheriff shall appoint another bailiff in the manner provided for initial appointments.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1581.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1581 / Section 1581.051
§ 1581.051.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1581.051. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT FOR 2000-2001 SCHOOL YEAR. (a) Subject to Sections 1581.052 and 1581.053, and except as provided by Section 1581.054, a school district, other educational district whose employees are members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, participating charter school, or regional education service center that, for the 2000-2001 school year, paid amounts to share with employees the cost of coverage under a group health coverage plan shall, for each fiscal year, use to provide health coverage an amount for each participating employee at least equal to the amount computed as provided by this section.

(b) The school district, other educational district, participating charter school, or regional education service center shall divide the amount that the district, school, or service center paid during the 2000-2001 school year for the prior group health coverage plan by the total number of full-time employees of the district, school, or service center in the 2000-2001 school year and multiply the result by the number of full-time employees of the district, school, or service center in the fiscal year for which the computation is made. If, for the 2000-2001 school year, a school district, other educational district, participating charter school, or regional education service center provided group health coverage to its employees through a self-funded insurance plan, the amount the district, school, or service center paid during that school year for the plan includes only the amount of regular contributions made by the district, school, or service center to the plan.

(c) Amounts used as required by this section shall be deposited, as applicable, in a fund described by Section 1581.052(b).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.042 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 148 / Section 148.042
§ 148.042. SLAUGHTERER'S BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Before engaging in business as a slaughterer of cattle, a person must file a bond with the clerk of the county court of the county in which the person is to conduct business. The bond is subject to approval by the county judge and must be:

(1) in an amount not less than $200 nor more than $1,000;

(2) payable to the State of Texas; and

(3) conditioned that the slaughterer will comply with the requirements of this subchapter.

(b) A district or county attorney of the county in which the bond is filed may sue on the bond of a slaughterer who violates a provision of this subchapter. Any sum recovered by suit on the bond shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the available school fund.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1152.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1152 / Section 1152.202
§ 1152.202. PROCEDURE FOR RENEWAL.
Status: repealed

(a) The executive director shall issue to an eligible registrant a certificate of renewal of registration on the timely receipt of the required renewal fee. The certificate expires on the second anniversary of the date of issuance.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 12.014(4).

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 12.014(4).