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Tex. Transportation Code § 504.620 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.620
§ 504.620. TEXANS CONQUER CANCER LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include the words "Texans Conquer Cancer." The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of the cancer prevention and research fund established by Section 102.201, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.151
§ 9055.151. CONSTRUCTION OF DAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impound storm and flood waters and the unappropriated flow waters at one or more places and in an amount approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by constructing one or more dams inside or outside the district in Wise County. In exercising its powers under this subsection, the district shall comply with Subchapters A-D, Chapter 11, and Subchapter B, Chapter 12, Water Code.

(b) A dam or other works for the impounding of water under this section may not be constructed until the plans for the dam or other works are approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7502.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7502 / Section 7502.056
§ 7502.056. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

A vacancy on the board is filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment by:

(1) the remaining directors, if three or more directors remain on the board; or

(2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, if fewer than three directors remain on the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.059
§ 8845.059. GENERAL MANAGER.
Status: in_force

(a) The general manager may execute a bond in the amount determined by the board, payable to the district, and conditioned on the faithful performance of the general manager's duties. The district shall pay for the bond.

(b) The general manager is entitled to receive the compensation provided by the district's budget.
Tex. Local Government Code § 395.0411 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 395 / Section 395.0411
§ 395.0411. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
Status: in_force

The political subdivision shall provide for a capital improvements plan to be developed by qualified professionals using generally accepted engineering and planning practices in accordance with Section 395.014.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8442.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8442 / Section 8442.102
§ 8442.102. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3501.1023 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3501 / Section 3501.1023
§ 3501.1023. TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may implement a transportation project:

(1) on the base property; or

(2) outside of the base property to provide access to the base property.

(b) The authority may enter into an agreement with a person to plan, finance, construct, or maintain a project described by Subsection (a).

(c) The authority may construct a building, loading dock, or other facility as part of a transportation project described by Subsection (a)(1).
Tex. Government Code § 2116.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2116 / Section 2116.103
§ 2116.103. CONTRACTING.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may contract with one or more vendors to implement this subchapter. To the extent consistent with state and federal law, in contracting with a vendor under this section, the comptroller shall give preference to a vendor whose principal place of business is in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8467.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8467 / Section 8467.051
§ 8467.051. 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. Human Resources Code § 32.0463 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0463
§ 32.0463. MEDICATIONS AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt rules establishing procedures for the purchase and distribution of medically necessary, over-the-counter medications and medical supplies under the medical assistance program that were previously being provided by prescription if the executive commissioner determines it is more cost-effective than obtaining those medications and medical supplies through a prescription.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8323.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8323 / Section 8323.053
§ 8323.053. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Labor Code § 402.081 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 402 / Section 402.081
§ 402.081. DIVISION RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner is the custodian of the division's records and shall perform the duties of a custodian required by law, including providing copies and the certification of records.

(b) The division shall comply with records retention schedules as provided by Chapter 441.185, Government Code.

(c) A record maintained by the division may be preserved in any format permitted by Chapter 441, Government Code, and rules adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under that chapter.

(d) The division may charge a reasonable fee for making available for inspection any of its information that contains confidential information that must be redacted before the information is made available. However, when a request for information is for the inspection of 10 or fewer pages, and a copy of the information is not requested, the division may charge only the cost of making a copy of the page from which confidential information must be redacted. The fee for access to information under Chapter 552, Government Code, shall be in accord with the rules of the attorney general that prescribe the method for computing the charge for copies under that chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.0221 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.0221
§ 2001.0221. GOVERNMENT GROWTH IMPACT STATEMENTS.
Status: repealed

(a) A state agency shall prepare a government growth impact statement for a proposed rule.

(b) A state agency shall reasonably describe in the government growth impact statement whether, during the first five years that the rule would be in effect:

(1) the proposed rule creates or eliminates a government program;

(2) implementation of the proposed rule requires the creation of new employee positions or the elimination of existing employee positions;

(3) implementation of the proposed rule requires an increase or decrease in future legislative appropriations to the agency;

(4) the proposed rule requires an increase or decrease in fees paid to the agency;

(5) the proposed rule creates a new regulation;

(6) the proposed rule expands, limits, or repeals an existing regulation;

(7) the proposed rule increases or decreases the number of individuals subject to the rule's applicability; and

(8) the proposed rule positively or adversely affects this state's economy.

(c) The comptroller shall adopt rules to implement this section. The rules must require that the government growth impact statement be in plain language. The comptroller may prescribe a chart that a state agency may use to disclose the items required under Subsection (b).

(d) Each state agency shall incorporate the impact statement into the notice required by Section 2001.024.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 14), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2025.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.110
§ 3919.110. NO TOLL ROADS OR MASS TRANSIT.
Status: in_force

The district may not construct, acquire, maintain, or operate a toll road or mass transit system.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0123 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0123
§ 11.0123. LOBBYIST PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

A person may not be a member of the commission or act as the general counsel to the commission or the department if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the department.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1367 / Section 1367.152
§ 1367.152. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease or for another limited benefit;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(E) for credit insurance;

(F) only for dental or vision care; or

(G) only for indemnity for hospital confinement or other hospital expenses;

(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;

(3) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(6) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1367.151.
Tex. Penal Code § 43.24 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 43 / Section 43.24
§ 43.24. SALE, DISTRIBUTION, OR DISPLAY OF HARMFUL MATERIAL TO MINOR.
Status: repealed

(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Minor" means an individual younger than 18 years.

(2) "Harmful material" means material whose dominant theme taken as a whole:

(A) appeals to the prurient interest of a minor, in sex, nudity, or excretion;

(B) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable for minors; and

(C) is utterly without redeeming social value for minors.

(b) A person commits an offense if, knowing that the material is harmful:

(1) and knowing the person is a minor, he sells, distributes, exhibits, or possesses for sale, distribution, or exhibition to a minor harmful material;

(2) he displays harmful material and is reckless about whether a minor is present who will be offended or alarmed by the display; or

(3) he hires, employs, or uses a minor to do or accomplish or assist in doing or accomplishing any of the acts prohibited in Subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2).

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 39 (S.B. 412), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.

(c-1) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor was the spouse of the minor at the time of the offense.

(c-2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) that at the time of the offense the actor was a judicial or law enforcement officer discharging the officer's official duties.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless it is committed under Subsection (b)(3) in which event it is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Government Code § 314.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 314 / Section 314.002
§ 314.002. COST ESTIMATES.
Status: in_force

In preparing a fiscal note, the board shall project cost estimates for a five-year period that begins on the effective date of the bill or resolution and shall state whether or not costs or diversions will be involved after that period.
Tex. Election Code § 253.036 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 253 / Section 253.036
§ 253.036. OFFICEHOLDER CONTRIBUTIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH CAMPAIGN.
Status: in_force

An officeholder who lawfully accepts officeholder contributions may use those contributions in connection with the officeholder's campaign for elective office after appointing a campaign treasurer.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 52B.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 52B / Section 52B.004
§ 52B.004. DEPARTMENT POWERS; RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) To implement this chapter, the department may:

(1) execute necessary contracts;

(2) receive data from health care facilities concerning sickle cell disease cases to record and analyze the data directly related to the disease; and

(3) compile and publish statistical and other studies derived from data obtained under this chapter to provide, in an accessible form, information useful to physicians, other medical personnel, and the public.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this chapter.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall develop guidelines to:

(1) obtain data from health care facilities regarding sickle cell disease cases;

(2) require consent of an individual or the individual's legally authorized representative before any information relating to the individual is included in the sickle cell disease registry;

(3) allow the individual or the individual's legally authorized representative to withdraw consent for inclusion of the individual's information in the registry;

(4) protect the confidentiality of individuals diagnosed with sickle cell disease in accordance with Section 159.002, Occupations Code; and

(5) ensure the registry is developed in a manner consistent with:

(A) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) and regulations adopted under that Act; and

(B) other applicable laws and rules governing the disclosure of health information.

(d) The executive commissioner shall ensure the rules adopted under this section provide protections to restrict the use or disclosure of Medicaid information to purposes only directly connected with the administration of the Medicaid program.
Tex. Water Code § 7.188 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.188
§ 7.188. REPEAT OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

If it is shown at the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of the same offense under this subchapter, the maximum punishment is doubled with respect to both the fine and confinement, unless the section creating the offense specifies otherwise.
Tex. Government Code § 659.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.002
§ 659.002. DEDUCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency may not make a deduction from the compensation paid to an officer or employee whose compensation is paid in full or in part from state funds unless the deduction is authorized by law.

(b) In this section "state agency" means:

(1) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency that is in the executive branch of state government and that was created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, other than a public junior college;

(2) the legislature or a legislative agency; or

(3) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, the state bar, or another state judicial agency.

(c) To the extent that the laws, regulations, and rules of this state or the United States do not specify the priority of deductions, the comptroller by rule may determine the priority for compensation paid by a state governmental body.

(d) The state shall withhold money from salaries and wages paid to state officers and employees in accordance with applicable federal law, including federal law relating to withholding for purposes of the federal income tax. The state shall make any required employer contributions in accordance with applicable federal law. The comptroller shall make payments in accordance with this subsection.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.202 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.202
§ 1001.202. LOCATIONS FOR IN-PERSON DRIVER EDUCATION PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

An in-person driver education provider that teaches a driver education course at one or more branch locations must obtain a separate in-person driver education provider license for its main business location and for each branch location. An in-person driver education provider may not operate a branch location of a branch location.
Tex. Insurance Code § 982.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 982 / Section 982.201
§ 982.201.
Status: in_force

Sec. 982.201. DEED OF TRUST: GENERAL PROVISIONS. (a) A deed of trust relating to the trusteed assets of an authorized alien insurance company and all amendments to the deed of trust are effective only if approved by the commissioner.

(b) The deed of trust must contain provisions that:

(1) vest legal title to trusteed assets in the trustee or trustees and the trustees' lawfully appointed successors, in trust for the security of the policyholders of the alien insurance company in the United States;

(2) provide for substitution of a new trustee or trustees, subject to the commissioner's approval, in the event of vacancy by death, resignation, or other incapacity; and

(3) require that the trustee or trustees continuously maintain a record sufficient to identify the trusteed assets.

(c) The deed of trust may provide that income, earnings, dividends, or interest accumulations of the trusteed assets may be paid over to the United States manager of the alien insurance company on request.

(d) The deed of trust and all amendments to the deed of trust must be authenticated in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.30 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 20 / Section 20.30
§ 20.30. EFFECT OF MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION OF FACT.
Status: in_force

A consumer reporting agency may remove a security freeze on a protected consumer's consumer file or record, or delete a record of a protected consumer, if the security freeze was placed or the record was created based on a material misrepresentation of fact by the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 165.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 165 / Section 165.032
§ 165.032. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a demonstration project in Travis County to provide access to worksite breast-feeding for department employees who are mothers with infants.

(b) The department shall administer the demonstration project and shall determine the benefits of, potential barriers to, and potential costs of implementing worksite breast-feeding support policies for state employees.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.253 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.253
§ 454.253. RENEWAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE BY OUT-OF-STATE PRACTITIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may renew without reexamination the expired license of a person who was licensed to practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in this state, moved to another state, is currently licensed and in good standing in the other state, and meets the board's requirements.

(b) The person must pay to the executive council a renewal fee set by the executive council under this section in an amount that may not exceed the renewal fee for the license.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 101.052 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 101 / Section 101.052
§ 101.052. NECESSARY APPROVAL BY OTHER PERSONS AND STATE AGENCIES.
Status: reserved

(a) An agreement that commits (1) the royalty interests in land set apart by the constitution and laws of this state for the permanent free school fund and the several asylum funds, in river beds, inland lakes, and channels, and the area within tidewater limits, including islands, lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, reefs, and the bed of the sea, or (2) the free royalty interests, whether leased or unleased, reserved to the state pursuant to Section 51.201 or 51.054 of this code, must be approved by the School Land Board.

(b) An agreement that covers land leased for oil and gas under the Relinquishment Act, codified as Subchapter F in Chapter 52 of this code, must be executed by the owners of the soil.

(c) An agreement that commits the royalty interests in land or areas other than those covered by Subsections (a) and (b) of this section must be approved by the board, official, agent, agency, or authority of the state vested with authority to lease or to approve the leasing of the land or areas for oil and gas.
Tex. Transportation Code § 204.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 204 / Section 204.006
§ 204.006. CONTRACTS FOR ADVERTISING, MOVIES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may enter into a contract with:

(1) a recognized and financially responsible advertising agency that has at least five years' experience handling similar accounts for the contracting of space in newspapers and periodicals for the publication of advertising information, historical facts, statistics, and pictures that will be useful and informative to persons outside this state; and

(2) motion picture producers and other persons for making movies or taking photographs in this state and for the showing of those movies and photographs.

(b) The department may join with another agency of this state in publishing informational publicity material under this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.355 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.355
§ 18B.355.
Status: in_force

Art. 18B.355. WARRANT ISSUED IN THIS STATE: EXECUTION OF WARRANT. (a) Not later than the 11th day after the date of issuance, an authorized peace officer shall execute a warrant issued under Article 18B.354, except that the peace officer shall execute the warrant within a shorter period if the district judge directs a shorter period in the warrant. For purposes of this subsection, a warrant is executed when the warrant is served in the manner described by Subsection (c).

(b) A warrant issued under Article 18B.354 may be served only on a provider of an electronic communications service or a provider of a remote computing service that is a domestic entity or a company or entity otherwise doing business in this state under a contract or a terms of service agreement with a resident of this state, if any part of that contract or agreement is to be performed in this state.

(c) A search warrant issued under Article 18B.354 is served when an authorized peace officer delivers the warrant by hand, by facsimile transmission, or, in a manner allowing proof of delivery, by means of the United States mail or a private delivery service to:

(1) a person specified by Section 5.255, Business Organizations Code;

(2) the secretary of state in the case of a company or entity to which Section 5.251, Business Organizations Code, applies; or

(3) any other person or entity designated to receive the service of process.

(d) The district judge shall hear and decide any motion to quash the warrant not later than the fifth business day after the date the service provider files the motion. The judge may allow the service provider to appear at the hearing by teleconference.