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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.207 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.207
§ 166.207. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR ISSUING DNR ORDER OR WITHHOLDING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
Status: in_force

A physician, health care professional, health care facility, hospital, or entity that in good faith issues a DNR order under this subchapter or that, in accordance with this subchapter, causes cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be withheld or withdrawn from a patient in accordance with a DNR order issued under this subchapter is not civilly or criminally liable or subject to review or disciplinary action by the appropriate licensing authority for that action.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 112.0431 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.0431
§ 112.0431. ADMINISTRATION OF SUBCHAPTER; CERTAIN REFERENCES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this subchapter, the executive commissioner shall administer this subchapter beginning on the date specified in the transition plan under Section 531.0204, Government Code, and the commission shall perform the duties and functions of the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities in the organizational form the executive commissioner determines appropriate.

(b) Following the assumption of the administration of this subchapter by the executive commissioner and the duties and functions by the commission in accordance with Subsection (a):

(1) a reference in this subchapter to the office, the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities, or the executive committee of that office means the commission, the division or other organizational unit within the commission designated by the executive commissioner, or the executive commissioner, as appropriate; and

(2) a reference in any other law to the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities has the meaning assigned by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.303 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.303
§ 401.303. PAYMENT FOR MAINTENANCE, SURVEILLANCE, OR OTHER CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner or commission may require the holder of a license issued by the agency to pay annually to the issuing agency an amount determined by the issuing agency if continuing or perpetual maintenance, surveillance, or other care is required after termination of a licensed activity.

(b) The issuing agency annually shall review the license holder's payments under this section to determine if the payment schedule is adequate for the maintenance and surveillance that the licensed activity requires or may require in the future.

(c) The issuing agency may review estimates of costs that are required to be incurred under this chapter in accordance with the need, nature, and cost of decontamination, stabilization, decommissioning, reclamation, and disposal activity and the maintenance and surveillance required for public health and safety and the environment.

(d) The issuing agency shall set the charges for maintenance and perpetual care at amounts consistent with existing technology.

(e) The issuing agency may not impose charges that exceed the amount that the issuing agency projects to be required for maintenance, surveillance, and other necessary care required after the licensed activity is terminated.

(f) An increase in costs may not be applied retroactively but may apply to increases in subsequent annual payments.

(g) If a license holder satisfies the obligations under this chapter, the issuing agency shall have the comptroller promptly refund to the license holder from the perpetual care account or the environmental radiation and perpetual care account, as applicable, the excess of the amount of all payments made by the license holder to the issuing agency and the investment earnings of those payments over the amount determined to be required for the continuing maintenance and surveillance of land, buildings, and radioactive material conveyed to the state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.101
§ 232.101. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) By an order adopted and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and after a notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners court may adopt rules governing plats and subdivisions of land within the unincorporated area of the county to promote the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the county and the safe, orderly, and healthful development of the unincorporated area of the county.

(b) Unless otherwise authorized by state law, a commissioners court shall not regulate under this section:

(1) the use of any building or property for business, industrial, residential, or other purposes;

(2) the bulk, height, or number of buildings constructed on a particular tract of land;

(3) the size of a building that can be constructed on a particular tract of land, including without limitation and restriction on the ratio of building floor space to the land square footage;

(4) the number of residential units that can be built per acre of land;

(5) a plat or subdivision in an adjoining county; or

(6) road access to a plat or subdivision in an adjoining county.

(c) The authority granted under Subsection (a) is subject to the exemptions to plat requirements provided for in Section 232.0015.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.314 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.314
§ 13.314. COMPLIANCE IN FISHERY MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

The department may cooperate and contract with the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council or the National Marine Fisheries Service for conduct of such work as may be necessary in complying with requirements of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.A. Section 1801 et seq.).
Tex. Finance Code § 93.010 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 93 / Section 93.010
§ 93.010. CLOSING PLACE OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

A savings bank may close its place of business at any time its board of directors determines.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 164.041 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 164 / Section 164.041
§ 164.041. ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may establish a quarantine against all or the portion of a state, territory, or country in which the commission determines scabies exists. A quarantine established under this section is governed by Chapter 161, except that only a scabies inspector recognized by the commission for that purpose in the quarantine notice may issue certificates or permits for the movement of cattle subject to the quarantine. A person who violates the quarantine is subject to the penalties provided by Chapter 161.

(b) If an inspector determines that a scabies infection or exposure exists in a county or area of this state, on any premises, including a road, pasture, lot, yard, stockyard, or enclosure, or among any cattle or sheep, the commission may quarantine the area, premises, or animals.
Tex. Property Code § 70.103 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 70 / Section 70.103
§ 70.103. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LIEN.
Status: in_force

A lien under this subchapter attaches to the vessel and its tackle, apparel, furniture, and freight money.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.069 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.069
§ 382.069. TEXAS BACKUP POWER PACKAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas backup power package" has the meaning assigned by Section 34.0201, Utilities Code.

(b) The commission by rule shall adopt a process to expedite the permitting of a Texas backup power package for which a permit is required under this chapter and for which a loan or grant is awarded under Chapter 34, Utilities Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 165.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 165 / Section 165.001
§ 165.001. IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The board by order may impose an administrative penalty against a person licensed or regulated under this subtitle who violates this subtitle or a rule or order adopted under this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8313.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8313 / Section 8313.203
§ 8313.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 164.0051 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 164 / Section 164.0051
§ 164.0051. LOCATION OF VETERANS HOMES.
Status: in_force

To the extent practicable, when determining the location of new veterans homes in this state, the board shall consider:

(1) the geographic proximity to existing state veterans homes with special regard to areas not served by state veterans homes;

(2) the economic impact of the veterans home on the local community and the veterans program; and

(3) the areas with a significant veteran population, without regard to international boundaries.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1902.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1902 / Section 1902.003
§ 1902.003. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON COVERAGE UNDER VENDOR ENDORSEMENTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

An insurer may not exclude or otherwise limit coverage for physicians or health care providers under a vendor's endorsement issued to a manufacturer.
Tex. Education Code § 19.006 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 19 / Section 19.006
§ 19.006. GRANTS AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may accept a grant from a public or private organization and may spend those funds to operate district programs and provide district services.

(b) The district may accept federal funds and shall use those funds in compliance with applicable federal law, regulations, and guidelines.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7914A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7914A / Section 7914A.0502
§ 7914A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00144 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00144
§ 30.00144. NEW TRIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A motion for new trial is not necessary to authorize an appeal.

(b) If a motion for new trial is made, it must be filed not later than the 10th day after the date of the rendition of the judgment of conviction.

(c) One or more amended motions for new trial may be filed without leave of court before any preceding motion for new trial filed by the movant is overruled if the motion is filed not later than 15 days after the date of the rendition of the judgment of conviction.

(d) If an original or amended motion for new trial is not determined by written order signed not later than 30 days after the date of the rendition of the judgment of conviction, the motion is overruled by operation of law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.105
§ 3833.105. PUBLIC PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, or maintain public parking facilities.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 4.058 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 4 / Section 4.058
§ 4.058. DELAYED EFFECTIVENESS NOT PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

The effect of the following filing instruments may not be delayed:

(1) a reservation of name as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 5;

(2) a registration of name as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 5;

(3) a statement of event or fact as provided by Section 4.055; or

(4) a certificate of abandonment as provided by Section 4.057.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1047.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1047 / Section 1047.205
§ 1047.205. REGISTRATION OF REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) After registration of refunding bonds, the comptroller shall:

(1) cancel the bonds to be refunded and the interest coupons for those bonds; and

(2) deliver the refunding bonds to the proper party.

(b) Bonds to be refunded may be presented for cancellation in installments with a corresponding amount of refunding bonds registered and delivered as provided by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.157
§ 1032.157. INSPECTION OF ANNUAL AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.356 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.356
§ 1030.356. ANNEXATION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An election held under this subchapter to annex territory must be ordered in accordance with Chapter 3, Election Code.

(b) Notice of an election held under this subchapter to annex territory must be given as provided by Chapter 4, Election Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.254 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.254
§ 153.254. LIABILITY OF ASSIGNEE.
Status: in_force

(a) Until an assignee of the partnership interest in a limited partnership becomes a partner, the assignee does not have liability as a partner solely as a result of the assignment.

(b) Unless otherwise provided by a written partnership agreement, an assignee who becomes a limited partner:

(1) is liable for the obligations of the assignor to make contributions as provided by Sections 153.202-153.204;

(2) is not obligated for liabilities unknown to the assignee at the time the assignee became a limited partner and that could not be ascertained from a written partnership agreement; and

(3) is not liable for the obligations of the assignor under Sections 153. 105, 153.112, and 153.162.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.619 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.619
§ 504.619. TEXAS COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates in support of the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates:

(1) shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund; and

(2) may be appropriated only to the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for direct services programs, training, and education.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 791.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 791 / Section 791.011
§ 791.011. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A fire escape shall be constructed and arranged in a manner that:

(1) permits exit on the fire escape from each floor of the building above the first floor; and

(2) provides an uninterrupted exit from the building to the grade.

(b) The materials, construction, erection, and test of a fire escape must comply with the minimum specifications established under this subchapter for that type of fire escape.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.118 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.118
§ 1061.118. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives who are legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay all or part of the costs of the care and treatment in the hospital, the amount of the costs that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.

(c) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or part of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified amount each week for the patient's care and support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to the person's financial ability.

(d) The district administrator may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from any relative who is legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator, the board shall hear and determine the issue, after calling witnesses.

(f) The final order of the board may be appealed to the district court. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1012.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1012 / Section 1012.058
§ 1012.058. INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

A director is individually liable only for the director's individual misapplication of public money.
Tex. Finance Code § 35.211 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 35 / Section 35.211
§ 35.211. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The banking commissioner may initiate an action for an administrative penalty against a person for violation of a cease and desist order by serving on the person notice of the time and place of a hearing on the penalty. The notice must be delivered by personal delivery or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person's last known address. The hearing may not be held earlier than the 20th day after the date the notice is served. The notice must contain a statement of the facts or conduct alleged to violate the cease and desist order.

(b) In determining whether a cease and desist order has been violated, the banking commissioner shall consider the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to ensure compliance with the order.

(c) If the banking commissioner after the hearing determines that a cease and desist order has been violated, the banking commissioner may:

(1) impose an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $25,000 for each discrete unauthorized act;

(2) direct the person against whom the order was issued to make complete restitution, in the form and amount and within the period determined by the banking commissioner, to each resident of this state and entity operating in this state damaged by the violation; or

(3) both impose the penalty and direct restitution.

(d) In determining the amount of the penalty and whether to impose restitution, the banking commissioner shall consider:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited act;

(2) the economic harm caused by the violation;

(3) the history of previous violations;

(4) the amount necessary to deter future violations;

(5) efforts to correct the violation;

(6) whether the violation was intentional or unintentional;

(7) the financial ability of the person against whom the penalty is to be assessed; and

(8) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 125.013 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 125 / Section 125.013
§ 125.013. RIGHTS OF AGRICULTURAL LABORERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Agricultural laborers employed by employers covered by this chapter who may be exposed to chemicals covered by this chapter shall be informed of the exposure and shall have access to the workplace chemical list and MSDSs for those chemicals. Laborers, on request, shall be provided a copy of a specific MSDS. In addition, laborers shall receive training on the hazards of the chemicals and on measures they can take to protect themselves from those hazards and shall be provided with appropriate personal protective equipment as required by this chapter. These rights are guaranteed on January 1, 1988.

(b) An employer covered by this chapter may not discharge, cause to be discharged, otherwise discipline, or in any manner discriminate against an agricultural laborer because the laborer has made an inquiry, filed a complaint, assisted an inspector of the department who may make or is making an inspection under Section 125.016 of this code, instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, testified or is about to testify in such a proceeding, or exercised any rights afforded under this chapter on behalf of the laborer or on behalf of others. Pay, position, seniority, or other benefits may not be lost as the result of the exercise of any right provided by this chapter.

(c) Any waiver by an agricultural laborer of the benefits or requirements of this chapter is against public policy and is void. Any employer's request or requirement that a laborer waive any rights under this chapter as a condition of employment is a violation of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1041
§ 25.1041. HARRISON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Harrison County has one statutory county court, the County Court at Law of Harrison County.

(b) The County Court at Law of Harrison County sits in Marshall.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.161 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.161
§ 1701.161. PROVISION OF STATE FLAG TO NEXT OF KIN OF DECEASED PEACE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the next of kin of a deceased peace officer requests a state flag, the commission shall:

(1) provide a state flag, at no cost to the next of kin, if the peace officer was:

(A) a current peace officer at the time of the officer's death; or

(B) an honorably retired peace officer who voluntarily terminated employment with a law enforcement agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state; and

(2) notify the office of the governor of the death of the peace officer.

(b) The commission may apply for and accept gifts and grants from public and private entities on behalf of the Texas peace officer flag account.

(c) The commission shall deposit any gift or grant accepted by the commission under Subsection (b) to the credit of the Texas peace officer flag account. The Texas peace officer flag account is a special account in the general revenue fund. Money in the account may be appropriated only to the commission for the purpose of implementing this section. Interest earned on money in the Texas peace officer flag account shall be credited to the account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7932.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7932 / Section 7932.006
§ 7932.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 4 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 4 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.007
§ 1579.007. EXEMPTION FROM STATE TAXES AND FEES.
Status: in_force

A premium or contribution on a policy, insurance contract, or agreement authorized by this chapter is not subject to any state tax, regulatory fee, or surcharge, including a premium or maintenance tax or fee.