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Tex. Tax Code § 151.422 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.422
§ 151.422.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.422. CANCELLATION OR TERMINATION OF DIRECT PAYMENT PERMIT: DUTY OF PERMIT HOLDER. (a) On the receipt of a notice issued under Section 151.420 of this code canceling a direct payment permit or of a notice issued under Section 151.421 of this code terminating a direct payment permit, the person who held the permit shall immediately notify each seller to whom a blanket exemption certificate has been given that the exemption certificate is no longer valid.

(b) The failure of a person to notify a seller as required by Subsection (a) of this section is a failure and refusal to pay the taxes imposed by this chapter by the person required to make the notification.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9083.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9083 / Section 9083.0102
§ 9083.0102. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions provided by general law applicable to a water control and improvement district, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.005
§ 347.005. FEDERAL RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A creditor and consumer may agree to any provision in the credit transaction that is expressly authorized in a program for residential mortgage loans by the United States, including the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or the Department of the Treasury.

(b) If a creditor and consumer agree on an alternative residential mortgage loan from a program described by Subsection (a), the creditor shall comply with all limitations and requirements, including required disclosures, of the regulating entity that relate to the loan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 796.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 796 / Section 796.015
§ 796.015. LOCAL REGULATION.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision of this state may not adopt or enforce any ordinance or other regulation conflicting with, or preempted by, any provision of this chapter or with any policy of this state expressed by this chapter, whether that policy be expressed by inclusion of a provision in the chapter or by exclusion of that subject from the chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.027 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.027
§ 201.027. EMPLOYER OF DOMESTIC SERVICE WORKER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subtitle, "employer" also means an employing unit that paid cash wages of $1,000 or more during a calendar quarter in the current or preceding calendar year for domestic service in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority.

(b) An employer subject to this section who is not otherwise considered an employer under this subtitle, annually, may report quarterly wages and pay contributions. An employer who elects to report wages and pay contributions under this section must make the election not later than December 31 of the year before the first calendar year reported.

(c) Contributions paid as provided by Subsection (b) become due and are required to be reported and paid by each employer not later than January 31 with respect to wages for employment paid in the preceding calendar year. For a rate taking effect under Section 204.041(c) during the preceding calendar year, the commission shall estimate the rate, subject to a correction when a final computation is made as provided by Section 204.047(c).

(d) An employer who elects to report wages and pay contributions annually shall file, on the request of the commission, reports at other times as necessary to adjudicate a claim or to establish wage credits.

(e) With respect to an employer who reports wages and pays contributions annually under this section, any penalty or interest imposed on the employer shall be computed in the same manner as for other types of employment.

(f) An election by an employer under this section is not revocable by the employer before the second anniversary of the date of the election.

(g) An employer under this section is not an employer for wages paid for a service other than domestic service unless the employer is treated as an employer for that service under another provision of this subtitle.
Tex. Government Code § 571.131 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.131
§ 571.131.
Status: in_force

Sec. 571.131. FORMAL HEARING: PROCEDURE. (a) Not later than the fifth business day before the date of a scheduled formal hearing or on the granting of a motion for discovery by the respondent, the commission shall provide to the complainant, if any, and to the respondent:

(1) a list of proposed witnesses to be called at the hearing;

(2) copies of all documents expected to be introduced as exhibits at the hearing; and

(3) a brief statement as to the nature of the testimony expected to be given by each witness to be called at the hearing.

(b) The respondent may not be compelled to give evidence or testimony that violates the respondent's right against self-incrimination under the United States Constitution or the Texas Constitution.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules governing discovery, hearings, and related procedures consistent with this chapter and Chapter 2001.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 12A.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.003
§ 12A.003. RISK-BASED INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

For each person licensed or regulated by the department that the department may inspect:

(1) the department may conduct additional inspections based on a schedule of risk-based inspections using the following criteria:

(A) the type and nature of the person;

(B) whether there has been a prior violation by the person;

(C) the inspection history of the person;

(D) any history of complaints involving the person; and

(E) any other risk-based factor identified by the department; and

(2) the department may waive any inspection requirement under law if an emergency arises or to accommodate complaint investigation or risk-based inspection schedules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.003
§ 3914.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city or the county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.059
§ 1016.059. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A board meeting may be called by the president or any four directors.

(b) Notice of the time and place of a board meeting must be given to each director at least 72 hours before the time of the meeting.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.092 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.092
§ 63.092. PROCEDURE FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

The service by rule shall prescribe the procedures for sampling and analysis of commercial fertilizers. The procedures must, to the extent practicable, be in accordance with the official methods of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists or other methods that the service considers authentic by research and investigation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3900.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3900 / Section 3900.008
§ 3900.008. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 55.01 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.01
§ 55.01. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Institution of higher education" or "institution" has the meaning assigned to it by Section 61.003(7) of this code, except that "public junior college" is excluded.

(2) "Governing board" or "board" means the board having management and control of an institution of higher education.

(3) "Revenue funds" means the revenues, incomes, receipts, rentals, rates, charges, fees, grants, and tuition levied or collected from any public or private source by an institution of higher education, including interest or other income from those funds.

(4) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or credit agreements a board is authorized to enter into either by this title or by other laws.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3812.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3812 / Section 3812.154
§ 3812.154. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE AD VALOREM TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, AND IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

The district may impose an ad valorem tax, assessment, or impact fee as provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to provide an improvement or service for a project or activity the district may acquire, construct, improve, or provide under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4054.355 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4054 / Section 4054.355
§ 4054.355. SATISFACTION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

Each hour of education completed in accordance with this subchapter to obtain or renew a specialty license may be used to satisfy an hour of a continuing education requirement otherwise applicable to the agent under this title.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.061 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.061
§ 252.061. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OR CLOSING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall suspend a facility's license or order an immediate closing of part of the facility if:

(1) the department finds the facility is operating in violation of the standards prescribed by this chapter; and

(2) the violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of a resident.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall provide for the placement of residents during the facility's suspension or closing to ensure their health and safety.

(c) An order suspending a license or closing a part of a facility under this section is immediately effective on the date on which the license holder receives written notice or a later date specified in the order.

(d) An order suspending a license or ordering an immediate closing of a part of a facility is valid for 10 days after the effective date of the order.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.0061 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.0061
§ 521.0061. ADVERTISING INSIDE DRIVER'S LICENSE OFFICES.
Status: in_force

The department may enter into an agreement with a public or private entity for a digital message display system to promote department information or news items of general interest in a publicly accessible area of a driver's license office. For the purpose of funding the system, a portion of the information displayed on the system may consist of digital advertisements. The department may review and has the right to reject any proposed advertising to be displayed on a system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8146.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8146 / Section 8146.005
§ 8146.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating 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 or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.036 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.036
§ 534.036. FINANCIAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall prescribe procedures for financial audits of community centers. The executive commissioner shall develop the procedures with the assistance of the state agencies and departments that contract with community centers. The executive commissioner shall coordinate with each of those state agencies and departments to incorporate each agency's financial and compliance requirements for a community center into a single audit that meets the requirements of Section 534.068 or 534.121, as appropriate. Before prescribing or amending the procedures, the executive commissioner shall set a deadline for those state agencies and departments to submit to the executive commissioner proposals relating to the financial audit procedures. The procedures must be consistent with any requirements connected with federal funding received by the community center.

(b) Each state agency or department that contracts with a community center shall comply with the procedures developed under this section.

(c) The executive commissioner shall develop protocols for a state agency or department to conduct additional financial audit activities of a community center.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 24.10 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 24 / Section 24.10
§ 24.10. BEVERAGE FROM OPENED CONTAINER.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 24.12, a person may not sell, barter, exchange, deliver, or give away a drink of alcoholic beverage from a container that has been opened or broken on the premises of a wine only package store.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0304
§ 9092.0304. ACQUISITION OF WATER STORAGE AND STORAGE CAPACITY.
Status: in_force

The district may lease or acquire rights in and to storage and storage capacity in any reservoir constructed or to be constructed by any person, or from the United States.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.153
§ 542.153. NOTICE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 10th day after the date an initial offer to settle a claim against a named insured under a casualty insurance policy issued to the insured is made, the insurer shall notify the insured in writing of the offer.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a claim against a named insured under a casualty insurance policy issued to the insured is settled, the insurer shall notify the insured in writing of the settlement.
Tex. Occupations Code § 266.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 266 / Section 266.102
§ 266.102. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(14), eff. September 1, 2017.

(b) The board may adopt rules regarding dental laboratories in only the following areas:

(1) processing registration applications;

(2) prescribing:

(A) requirements for registration;

(B) the form and content of registration applications and other forms required to administer this chapter;

(C) procedures for renewal of certificates of registration; and

(D) fees necessary to administer this chapter;

(3) monitoring records necessary to administer this chapter;

(4) establishing continuing education requirements for dental technicians employed by dental laboratories, including prescribing the content of continuing education courses; and

(5) regulating:

(A) infection control;

(B) shade-taking procedures authorized by a prescription from a licensed dentist;

(C) computer-imaging procedures for an oral cavity authorized by a prescription from a licensed dentist;

(D) referral of dental prescriptions to out-of-state laboratories to be filled; and

(E) the transportation and manufacture of dental prosthetic devices or other dental work performed by a dental laboratory located in another state or a foreign country for use in this state.

(c) In prescribing the content of continuing education courses under Subsection (b)(4), the board shall require the course content to be at least as comprehensive as a course approved by a recognized board of certification for dental technology.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 295 (S.B. 313), Sec. 48(14), eff. September 1, 2017.

(e) The board shall provide annually to each dentist licensed in this state a list of dental laboratories registered under this chapter. The list must include the expiration date of each laboratory's registration certificate.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.258 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.258
§ 351.258. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRIST; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall:

(1) register as qualified under this chapter an applicant who passes the examination and meets all board requirements; and

(2) issue to the applicant a license to practice therapeutic optometry in this state.

(b) A person who passes the examination and meets board requirements must pay a fee for issuance of a license not later than the 90th day after the date the person receives notice, by registered mail at the address given on the examination papers or given at the time of the examination, that the person is eligible for a license.

(c) A person described by Subsection (a) who fails to pay the fee in a timely manner waives the right to obtain a license. The board may refuse to issue a license to the person until the person passes another examination.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.403 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.403
§ 62.403. NOTICE AND HEARING; CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner considers the domestic association to be in an unsafe condition:

(1) the notice and hearing provisions of Chapter 2001, Government Code, and of Section 62.353 do not apply to the application; and

(2) the application and all information related to the application are confidential and not subject to public disclosure.
Tex. Education Code § 88.117 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.117
§ 88.117. STATEWIDE FIRE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The statewide fire contingency account is established as an account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The governor, the board, and the director may accept gifts and grants, including federal grants, and other federal assistance for deposit into the account. This program will be funded through private gifts, grants, or assistance.

(c) Money in the account may be used only to:

(1) develop and deploy fire overhead management teams;

(2) pay the direct costs of using Texas Forest Service equipment and personnel to support local fire-fighting forces in the suppression of fires during wildfire emergencies or threatened wildfire emergencies;

(3) pay the direct costs of local fire-fighting forces that are mobilized to respond to wildfire emergencies or threatened wildfire emergencies in aid of another fire-fighting force;

(4) pay for any expenses incurred by the Texas Forest Service, or otherwise by the state, when fires are combatted under the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Prevention Compact or with the assistance of the federal forest service; and

(5) pay for any other expenses that the director is required to pay from this account under federal law.

(d) Money in the account may not be used or transferred from the account except for the purposes prescribed by Subsection (c) of this section or as required by Subsection (e) of this section.

(e) Any unobligated amount over $1,000,000 remaining in the account on August 31 of each year shall be transferred into the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund except as prohibited by other law.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.257 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.257
§ 334.257. EFFECTIVE DATE AND ENDING DATE OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A tax imposed under this subchapter or a change in the tax rate takes effect on the date prescribed by the ordinance or order imposing the tax or changing the rate.

(b) A municipality or county may impose a tax under this subchapter only if the municipality or county issues bonds or other obligations under Section 334.043 before the first anniversary of the date the tax is imposed. The municipality or county may impose the tax only while those bonds or other obligations are outstanding and unpaid.
Tex. Election Code § 254.091 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.091
§ 254.091. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by an officeholder must include:

(1) the officeholder's full name and address and the office held;

(2) for each political committee from which the officeholder received notice under Section 254.128 or 254.161:

(A) the committee's full name and address;

(B) an indication of whether the committee is a general-purpose committee or a specific-purpose committee; and

(C) the full name and address of the committee's campaign treasurer; and

(3) on a separate page or pages of the report, the identification of any payment from political contributions made to a business in which the officeholder has a participating interest of more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the business.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2309.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2309 / Section 2309.252
§ 2309.252. CEASE AND DESIST ORDER; INJUNCTION; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director may issue a cease and desist order as necessary to enforce this chapter if the executive director determines that the action is necessary to prevent a violation of this chapter and to protect public health and safety.

(b) The attorney general or executive director may institute an action for an injunction or a civil penalty under this chapter as provided by Section 51.352.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 22.0254 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0254
§ 22.0254. PROSECUTION OF FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall keep a record of the dispositions of referrals made by the commission to a district attorney concerning fraudulent claims for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or the program of financial assistance under Chapter 31.

(b) The commission may:

(1) request status information biweekly from the appropriate district attorney on each major fraudulent claim referred by the commission;

(2) request a written explanation from the appropriate district attorney for each case referred in which the district attorney declines to prosecute; and

(3) encourage the creation of a special welfare fraud unit in each district attorney's office that serves a municipality with a population of more than 250,000, to be financed by amounts provided by the commission.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule may define what constitutes a major fraudulent claim under Subsection (b)(1).
Tex. Insurance Code § 82.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 82 / Section 82.003
§ 82.003. PROCEEDINGS UNDER OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

The commissioner's authority under this chapter is in addition to any other authority to enforce a sanction, penalty, fine, forfeiture, denial, suspension, or revocation otherwise authorized by law.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.509 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.509
§ 353.509. REINSTATEMENT OF SUSPENDED LICENSE; ISSUANCE OF NEW LICENSE AFTER REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may reinstate a suspended license or issue a new license on application to a person whose license has been revoked if at the time of the reinstatement or issuance no fact or condition exists that clearly would have justified the commissioner's denial of an original application for the license.