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Tex. Tax Code § 154.107 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.107
§ 154.107. DENIAL OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may reject an application and deny a permit if the comptroller finds, after notice and opportunity for hearing, any of the following:

(1) the premises where business will be conducted are not adequate to protect the cigarettes or cigarette stamps; or

(2) the applicant or managing employee, or if the applicant is a corporation, an officer, director, manager, or any stockholder who holds directly or through family or partner relationship 10 percent or more of the corporation's stock, or, if the applicant is a partnership, a partner or manager:

(A) has failed to disclose any information required by Sections 154.101(d), (e), and (f), including prior business experience, financial condition of the permit holder, present or previous business affiliations, prior employment, and any conviction of a felony, or has made a false statement in the application; or

(B) has previously violated provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 822 / Section 822.006
§ 822.006. DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that the person is a veterinarian, a veterinary clinic employee, a peace officer, a person employed by a recognized animal shelter, or a person employed by this state or a political subdivision of this state to deal with stray animals and has temporary ownership, custody, or control of the dog in connection with that position.

(b) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that the person is an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a law enforcement agency and trains or uses dogs for law enforcement or corrections purposes and is training or using the dog in connection with the person's official capacity.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that the person is a dog trainer or an employee of a guard dog company under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, and has temporary ownership, custody, or control of the dog in connection with that position.

(d) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that the person is a person with a disability and uses the dog to provide assistance, the dog is trained to provide assistance to a person with a disability, and the person is using the dog to provide assistance in connection with the person's disability.

(e) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that the person attacked by the dog was at the time of the attack engaged in conduct prohibited by Chapters 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, and 30, Penal Code.

(f) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that, at the time of the conduct charged, the person and the dog are participating in an organized search and rescue effort at the request of law enforcement.

(g) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that, at the time of the conduct charged, the person and the dog are participating in an organized dog show or event sponsored by a nationally recognized or state-recognized kennel club.

(h) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that, at the time of the conduct charged, the person and the dog are engaged in:

(1) a lawful hunting activity; or

(2) a farming or ranching activity, including herding livestock, typically performed by a working dog on a farm or ranch.

(i) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 822.005(a) that, at the time of the conduct charged, the person's dog was on a leash and the person:

(1) was in immediate control of the dog; or

(2) if the person was not in control of the dog, the person was making immediate and reasonable attempts to regain control of the dog.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1082.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1082 / Section 1082.207
§ 1082.207. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the district's bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Water Code § 11.308 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.308
§ 11.308. HEARINGS ON CLAIMS; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall set a time and a place for hearing all claims. Not less than 30 days before commencement of the hearings, the commission shall give notice of the hearings by certified mail to all persons who have filed claims in accordance with Section 11.307 of this code, or this notice may be included in the notice of adjudication provided in Section 11.306 of this code. The hearings shall be conducted as provided in Section 11.337 of this code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 601.038 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 601 / Section 601.038
§ 601.038. EXAMINATION OF ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) At least once a year, the authority shall have a certified public accountant conduct an audit of its books, accounts, and other records. A copy of the audit shall be delivered to the municipality creating the authority.

(b) If the authority fails to make the required audit, an auditor or accountant designated by the municipality may examine, at the expense of the authority, the accounts and books of the authority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments, and other matters relating to its finances, operation, and affairs.

(c) The attorney general may examine the books, accounts, and other records of an authority.

(d) A concise financial statement shall be published annually in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the principal office of the authority is located. If the publication is not made by the authority, the municipality shall publish the statement at the expense of the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8266.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8266 / Section 8266.001
§ 8266.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Kimberlin Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Grayson County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1101.210 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.210
§ 1101.210. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) any transaction relating to the bonds; and

(3) profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 704.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 704 / Section 704.051
§ 704.051. ANTIFRAUD PLAN REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PLAN ISSUERS.
Status: in_force

A plan issuer who collects direct written premium shall adopt an antifraud plan under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3943.0905 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3943 / Section 3943.0905
§ 3943.0905. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Sections 375.261 and 375.262, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district.
Tex. Water Code § 55.502 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.502
§ 55.502. FORMAL REQUIREMENTS OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall issue bonds in the name of the district, and the president shall sign the bonds, the secretary shall attest to them, and the district's seal shall be impressed on them.

(b) The bonds shall be issued in denominations of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 each.

(c) The bonds shall be payable annually or semiannually and shall mature not more than 40 years after they are issued.

(d) The bonds may be issued to mature in serial form at any date which does not come later than the date specified in the notice of election and may bear any rate of interest which is not more than the rate of interest specified in the notice.

(e) The terms of the bonds shall include the time, place, manner, and conditions of payment and the interest rate which are ordered by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3806.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3806 / Section 3806.159
§ 3806.159. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the elections required under Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district must hold an election in the manner provided by that subchapter to obtain voter approval before the district may:

(1) impose a maintenance tax; or

(2) issue a bond payable from ad valorem taxes or assessments.

(b) The board may submit multiple purposes in a single proposition at an election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.084 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.084
§ 143.084. CIVIL SERVICE STATUS AND PENSION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN FIRE FIGHTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each fire fighter who, since December 31, 1969, has been continuously employed as a temporary employee under the provision codified as Section 143.083 has the full status of a civil service employee with all the rights and privileges granted by Section 143.005.

(b) A fire fighter covered by Subsection (a) is eligible to participate in earned pension benefits. The person may buy back service credits in the pension fund in which the permanent fire fighters in the department have participated since that person's employment. The credits may be bought at a rate determined by the actuary of the affected pension fund.
Tex. Water Code § 31.018 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 31 / Section 31.018
§ 31.018. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may require in a permit that the permittee reimburse the commission for reasonable costs of monitoring and on-site, full-time surveillance to determine compliance with a rule, permit, or other order of the commission.

(b) A person to whom a permit is issued may be required by the commission to maintain a performance bond or other form of financial security to ensure payment of costs that may become due in accordance with Subsection (a) of this section or to ensure that an abandoned subsurface excavation is safely and properly sealed and that the land surface affected by any subsurface construction and operation is restored to conditions as stated in the permit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7946.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7946 / Section 7946.001
§ 7946.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 2.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8808.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8808 / Section 8808.002
§ 8808.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a groundwater conservation district in Duval County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2155.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.051
§ 2155.051. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "hotel" means a business, including an inn or rooming house, that furnishes food, lodging, or both food and lodging to a person applying and paying for the service.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.902 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.902
§ 39A.902. ACQUISITION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

In addition to other interventions and sanctions authorized under this chapter, the commissioner may order a school district or campus to acquire professional services at the expense of the district or campus to address the applicable financial, assessment, data quality, program, performance, or governance deficiency. The commissioner's order may require the district or campus to:

(1) select or be assigned an external auditor, data quality expert, professional authorized to monitor district assessment instrument administration, or curriculum or program expert; or

(2) provide for or participate in the appropriate training of district staff or board of trustees members in the case of a district, or campus staff, in the case of a campus.
Tex. Education Code § 8.052 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.052
§ 8.052. STATE INITIATIVES.
Status: in_force

As directed by the commissioner, each regional education service center shall, as necessary, use funds distributed under Section 8.123 to implement initiatives identified by the legislature.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1109.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.060
§ 1109.060. APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to and remove from the staff any doctors and employ any other employees considered advisable for the efficient operation of the district's hospital or hospital system.

(b) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to hire employees.

(c) The board may spend district money to recruit physicians, nurses, and other trained medical personnel. The board may pay the tuition or other expenses of a full-time medical student or other student in a health occupation who:

(1) is enrolled in and is in good standing at an accredited medical school, college, or university; and

(2) contractually agrees to become a district employee or independent contractor in return for that assistance.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 691.030 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 691 / Section 691.030
§ 691.030. COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY TO DISTRIBUTE BODIES AND ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission or the commission's representative shall distribute bodies donated to it and may redistribute bodies donated to medical or dental schools or other donees authorized by the commission to:

(1) willed body programs of schools and colleges of chiropractic, osteopathy, medicine, or dentistry incorporated in this state;

(2) forensic science programs;

(3) search and rescue organizations or recovery teams that are recognized by the commission, are exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and use human remains detection canines with the authorization of a local or county law enforcement agency;

(4) physicians;

(5) anatomical facilities; and

(6) other persons as provided by this section.

(b) In making the distribution, the commission shall give priority to the schools and colleges that need bodies for lectures and demonstrations.

(c) If the commission has remaining bodies, the commission or the commission's representative shall distribute or redistribute those bodies to the schools and colleges proportionately and equitably according to the number of students in each school or college receiving instruction or demonstration in normal or morbid anatomy and operative surgery. The dean of each school or college shall certify that number to the commission when required by the commission.

(d) The commission may transport a body or anatomical specimen to an authorized recipient in another state if the commission determines that the supply of bodies or anatomical specimens in this state exceeds the need for bodies or anatomical specimens in this state and if:

(1) the deceased donated the deceased's body in compliance with Section 691.028 and at the time of the donation authorized the commission to transport the body outside this state; or

(2) the body was donated in compliance with Chapter 692A and the person authorized to make the donation under Section 692A.009 authorized the commission to transport the body outside this state.

(e) This section does not apply to a body or anatomical specimen donated to a registered non-transplant anatomical donation organization.
Tex. Family Code § 103.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 103 / Section 103.001
§ 103.001. VENUE FOR ORIGINAL SUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this title, an original suit shall be filed in the county where the child resides, unless:

(1) another court has continuing exclusive jurisdiction under Chapter 155; or

(2) venue is fixed in a suit for dissolution of a marriage under Subchapter D, Chapter 6.

(b) A suit in which adoption is requested may be filed in the county where the child resides or in the county where the petitioners reside, regardless of whether another court has continuing exclusive jurisdiction under Chapter 155. Except as provided by Section 155.201, a court that has continuing exclusive jurisdiction is not required to transfer the suit affecting the parent-child relationship to the court in which the adoption suit is filed.

(c) A child resides in the county where the child's parents reside or the child's parent resides, if only one parent is living, except that:

(1) if a guardian of the person has been appointed by order of a county or probate court and a managing conservator has not been appointed, the child resides in the county where the guardian of the person resides;

(2) if the parents of the child do not reside in the same county and if a managing conservator, custodian, or guardian of the person has not been appointed, the child resides in the county where the parent having actual care, control, and possession of the child resides;

(3) if the child is in the care and control of an adult other than a parent and a managing conservator, custodian, or guardian of the person has not been appointed, the child resides where the adult having actual care, control, and possession of the child resides;

(4) if the child is in the actual care, control, and possession of an adult other than a parent and the whereabouts of the parent and the guardian of the person is unknown, the child resides where the adult having actual possession, care, and control of the child resides;

(5) if the person whose residence would otherwise determine venue has left the child in the care and control of the adult, the child resides where that adult resides;

(6) if a guardian or custodian of the child has been appointed by order of a court of another state or country, the child resides in the county where the guardian or custodian resides if that person resides in this state; or

(7) if it appears that the child is not under the actual care, control, and possession of an adult, the child resides where the child is found.
Tex. Education Code § 59.23 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 59 / Section 59.23
§ 59.23. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules for the establishment and administration of the fund and the negotiation, settlement, and payment of claims as necessary to carry out the purpose of this subchapter. The board may establish by rule reasonable limits on the amount of claims to be paid from the fund or to be provided in purchased insurance.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8428.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8428 / Section 8428.153
§ 8428.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8145.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8145 / Section 8145.105
§ 8145.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city council that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.108
§ 1053.108. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property, real, personal, or mixed, located in district territory, if the interest is necessary or convenient for the district to exercise a right, power, privilege, or function conferred on the district by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.221 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.221
§ 431.221. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Place of business" means:

(A) each location where:

(i) a person manufactures food; or

(ii) food for wholesale is distributed; or

(B) a warehouse where food is stored.

(2) "Food manufacturer" means a person who combines, purifies, processes, or packages food for sale through a wholesale outlet. The term also includes a retail outlet that packages or labels food before sale and a person that represents itself as responsible for the purity and proper labeling of an article of food by labeling the food with the person's name and address. The term does not include a restaurant that provides food for immediate human consumption to a political subdivision or to a licensed nonprofit organization if the restaurant would not otherwise be considered a food manufacturer under this subdivision.

(3) "Food wholesaler" means a person who distributes food for resale, either through a retail outlet owned by that person or through sales to another person. The term "food wholesaler" shall not include:

(A) a commissary which distributes food primarily intended for immediate consumption on the premises of a retail outlet under common ownership;

(B) an establishment engaged solely in the distribution of nonalcoholic beverages in sealed containers; or

(C) a restaurant that provides food for immediate human consumption to a political subdivision or to a licensed nonprofit organization if the restaurant would not otherwise be considered a food wholesaler under this subdivision.

(4) Deleted by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 629, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997

(5) "Direct seller" means an individual:

(A) who is not affiliated with a permanent retail establishment and who engages in the business of:

(i) in-person sales of prepackaged nonperishable foods, including dietary supplements, to a buyer on a buy-sell basis, a deposit-commission basis, or a similar basis for resale in a home; or

(ii) sales of prepackaged nonperishable foods, including dietary supplements, in a home;

(B) who receives substantially all remuneration for a service, whether in cash or other form of payment, which is directly related to sales or other output, including the performance of the service, and not to the number of hours worked; and

(C) who performs services under a written contract between the individual and the person for whom the service is performed, and the contract provides that the individual is not treated as an employee with respect to federal tax purposes.

(6) "Licensed nonprofit organization" means an organization that is licensed under any statutory authority of the State of Texas and is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent amendments, as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of that code.

(7) "Warehouse operator" means a person that operates a warehouse where food is stored.