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Tex. Education Code § 85.69 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.69
§ 85.69. PAYMENTS; DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

Payments under this subchapter shall be made to the commissioner of the general land office at Austin, who shall transmit to the board all royalties, lease fees, rentals for delay in drilling or mining, and all other payments, including all filing assignments and relinquishment fees, to be deposited as provided by Section 85.70.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.482 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.482
§ 2301.482. CERTAIN PROPERTY USE AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2301.481(b)(1), and subject to this section, a dealer may enter into a property use agreement for cash consideration that grants the manufacturer or distributor the exclusive rights to direct the use of the dealership.

(b) In the event the dealer breaches the terms of the property use agreement described by Subsection (a) by altering the use of the property during the term of the agreement in violation of the agreement, the property use agreement is terminated and the dealer must reimburse the manufacturer or distributor in an amount determined by dividing the amount of the manufacturer's or distributor's cash consideration provided under Subsection (a) by the market value of the property identified in the original property use agreement at the time any necessary real estate has been purchased and any necessary construction has been completed, and multiplying the resulting quotient by the market value of the property at the time of the breach.

(c) For purposes of this section, the market value of property is to be determined by three appraisers chosen as follows:

(1) one selected by the affected manufacturer or distributor;

(2) one selected by the affected dealer; and

(3) one selected by mutual agreement of the manufacturer or distributor and the dealer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.201
§ 1107.201. BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue and sell bonds as district obligations for any purpose relating to:

(1) the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings and improvements; and

(2) equipping buildings and improvements for hospital purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1114.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1114 / Section 1114.113
§ 1114.113. HEALTH CARE SERVICES ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall provide health care assistance as required by this chapter to each eligible resident of the district.

(b) A person is eligible for health care assistance from the district if the person:

(1) resides within the district; and

(2) meets the basic income and resources eligibility requirements established by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8117.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8117 / Section 8117.103
§ 8117.103. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by this section only if the district submits a letter to the comptroller not later than December 31, 2015, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, other than the requirement that the letter be submitted by the date specified by that section.

(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's authority to exercise the power of eminent domain under Section 2206.101(c), Government Code, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by law applicable to the district on or after the 90th day after the date the district submits a letter in accordance with Subsection (a).
Tex. Finance Code § 94.253 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 94 / Section 94.253
§ 94.253. RULES.
Status: in_force

The finance commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter, including rules relating to eligible investment criteria, investment diversification, and resource management requirements.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.048 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 283 / Section 283.048
§ 283.048. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING METHODS AND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may prescribe:

(1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) accounting and control procedures for the district.

(b) A county officer, employee, or agent shall perform any function or service required by the commissioners court under this section.

(c) The district shall pay salaries and expenses necessarily incurred by the county or by a county officer or agent in performing a duty prescribed or required under this section.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 554.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 554 / Section 554.003
§ 554.003. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

Members of the council must be Texas residents and have knowledge or expertise in one or more of the following areas:

(1) artificial intelligence systems;

(2) data privacy and security;

(3) ethics in technology or law;

(4) public policy and regulation;

(5) risk management related to artificial intelligence systems;

(6) improving the efficiency and effectiveness of governmental operations; or

(7) anticompetitive practices and market fairness.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.353 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.353
§ 541.353. REOPENING.
Status: in_force

A matter closed by the filing of an assurance of voluntary compliance may be reopened at any time.
Tex. Occupations Code § 160.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 160 / Section 160.001
§ 160.001. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW.
Status: in_force

The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 11101 et seq.) applies to a professional review action or medical peer review conducted by a professional review body or medical peer review committee in this state on or after September 1, 1987.
Tex. Government Code § 495.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 495 / Section 495.004
§ 495.004. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OVER INMATES.
Status: in_force

A private vendor or county operating under a contract authorized by this subchapter may not:

(1) compute inmate release and parole eligibility dates;

(2) award good conduct time;

(3) approve an inmate for work, medical, or temporary furlough or for preparole transfer; or

(4) classify an inmate or place an inmate in less restrictive custody than the custody ordered by the institutional division.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 188.010 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 188 / Section 188.010
§ 188.010. PERFECTION OF LIEN.
Status: in_force

A lien created under this chapter is perfected on the filing of a notice of claim of lien with the secretary of state as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 661.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 661 / Section 661.002
§ 661.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to each contract, security, and instrument, including a commercial contract, governed by the laws of this state.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.202 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.202
§ 39A.202. BOARD OF MANAGERS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 11.151(b) or 11.1511(a) or any other provision of this code, if the commissioner appoints a board of managers to govern a school district:

(1) the powers of the board of trustees of the district are suspended for the period of the appointment; and

(2) the commissioner shall appoint a district superintendent.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a board of managers appointed to govern a school district may amend the budget of the district.

(c) This chapter applies to a school district governed by a board of managers in the same manner that this chapter applies to any other district.
Tex. Labor Code § 314.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 314 / Section 314.002
§ 314.002. INITIATIVE ESTABLISHED.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Back to Work Program is established within the commission.

(b) The purpose of the program is to establish public-private partnerships with employers to transition residents of this state from receiving unemployment compensation to becoming employed as members of the workforce.

(c) An employer that participates in the initiative may receive a wage subsidy for hiring one or more qualified applicants who are unemployed at the time of hire.

(d) The commission, for the purposes of this section, may use:

(1) money appropriated to the commission; and

(2) money that is transferred to the commission from trusteed programs within the office of the governor, including:

(A) appropriated money from the Texas Enterprise Fund;

(B) available federal funds; and

(C) money from other appropriate, statutorily authorized funding sources.
Tex. Local Government Code § 191.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 191 / Section 191.008
§ 191.008. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH COMPUTERIZED ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county by order may provide for the establishment and operation of a computerized electronic information system through which it may provide on a contractual basis direct access to information that relates to all or some county and precinct records and records of the district courts and courts of appeals having jurisdiction in the county, that is public information, and that is stored or processed in the system. The commissioners court may make records available through the system only if the custodian of the records agrees in writing to allow public access under this section to the records.

(b) The commissioners court may:

(1) provide procedures for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the information system;

(2) establish eligibility criteria for users;

(3) delineate the public information to be available through the system;

(4) set a reasonable fee, charged under a contract, for use of the system; and

(5) consolidate billing and collection of fees and payments under one county department or office.

(c) The commissioners court may contract with a person or other governmental agency for the development, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of:

(1) the information system or any component of the information system, including telecommunication services necessary for access to the system; and

(2) billing and collection services for the system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8506.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8506 / Section 8506.114
§ 8506.114. LIMITATIONS ON POWERS OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any right or permit to use the water of the Colorado River and its tributaries for the generation of hydroelectric power that was issued by the former State Board of Water Engineers, was in existence as of May 2, 1935, and is acquired by the authority, the impounding and use of the floodwaters of the Colorado River and its tributaries for the generation of hydroelectric power by the authority or a person who succeeds to the rights and privileges conferred on the authority by this chapter are subject to the rights of any other person who before May 2, 1935, was impounding or as of that date was putting to beneficial use any water for the purposes described by Sections 11.024(1) and (2), Water Code, if the person:

(1) before May 2, 1935, received a permit for that use from the former State Board of Water Engineers; or

(2) by law was permitted before May 2, 1935, to impound water for those purposes.

(b) This chapter may not be construed to subject to condemnation by the authority or any successor of the authority, or by any person who succeeds to the rights and privileges conferred on the authority by this chapter, any water:

(1) impounded or to be impounded inside or outside the authority under any law authorizing water to be impounded or under any permit granted to a municipal corporation or body politic; or

(2) impounded or permitted to be impounded or used outside the authority under a permit granted to any person.

(c) This chapter may not be construed to deprive any person of the right to impound the water of the Colorado River or its tributaries for domestic or municipal purposes or to repeal any law granting such a right to a person.

(d) The rights of the authority to impound, use, or sell the water of the Colorado River and its tributaries for the generation of hydroelectric power are subordinate and inferior to the rights of:

(1) municipalities situated in the watershed of the Colorado River and its tributaries to build dams and impound floodwaters for municipal purposes; and

(2) any residents of this state or bodies politic to build dams and impound the floodwaters in the watershed of the Colorado River and its tributaries for domestic purposes and for the purposes of irrigation.

(e) The title to any right, property, license, franchise, or permit acquired by the authority is subject to the limitations imposed by Subsection (d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8093.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8093 / Section 8093.0303
§ 8093.0303. CONDITION PRECEDENT TO ISSUING BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not issue bonds or other obligations under this subchapter unless the district has entered into a contract with the city, Collin County, or another entity:

(1) for adequate supplemental police, fire, and emergency services for the district; and

(2) that is approved by the Commissioners Court of Collin County under Subsection (c).

(b) A contract under Subsection (a) may include a provision that the contract takes effect only on the approval of the Commissioners Court of Collin County and the voters in the district voting in an election held for that purpose.

(c) The Commissioners Court of Collin County shall review a contract under Subsection (a) and evaluate the supplemental police, fire, and emergency services provided in the contract. If the commissioners court determines that the contract provides adequate services, the commissioners court shall adopt a resolution stating that the contract has met the requirements of Subsection (a).
Tex. Tax Code § 352.106 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 352 / Section 352.106
§ 352.106. USE OF REVENUE; CERTAIN COUNTIES BORDERING MEXICO.
Status: in_force

The revenue from a tax imposed under this chapter by a county authorized to impose the tax by Section 352.002(a)(11) may be used for the bond debt service, construction, maintenance, or operation of a special events facility with a seating capacity of at least 8,000.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.502 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.502
§ 453.502. ADMINISTRATION OF COMPACT.
Status: in_force

The board is the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact administrator for this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.109 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.109
§ 2310.109. REFUSING TO ALLOW TEST OF MOTOR FUEL METERING DEVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person refuses to allow a motor fuel metering device under the person's control or in the person's possession to be inspected, tested, or examined by the department, and the inspection, test, or examination is required or authorized by this chapter.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person hinders or obstructs in any way the department, a department inspector, or other department employee in the performance of official duties.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person removes or obliterates a tag or device placed or required by the department to be placed on a motor fuel metering device under this chapter.
Tex. Family Code § 264.188 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.188
§ 264.188. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

The department, in collaboration with the lead entity, shall incorporate into the pilot program a workforce development plan that includes:

(1) strategies that address rural workforce challenges, including strategies for recruiting and retaining child welfare professionals;

(2) training programs aligned with best practices in child welfare; and

(3) career advancement opportunities.
Tex. Finance Code § 341.608 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 341 / Section 341.608
§ 341.608. SUBROGATION.
Status: in_force

When the commissioner has paid an applicant an amount from the fund under Section 341.605, the commissioner is subrogated to all of the rights of the applicant to the extent of the amount paid. The applicant shall assign the applicant's right, title, and interest in any subsequent judgment against the state-licensed residential mortgage loan originator up to the amount paid by the commissioner. Any amount, including interest, recovered by the commissioner on the assignment shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.204
§ 1078.204. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes;

(2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical service to assist the district in carrying out its hospital purposes.

(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenue derived from the operation of the district's hospital system.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of district property.

(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner provided by Sections 264.042, 264.043, 264.046, 264.047, 264.048, and 264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital authority.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.106 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.106
§ 201.106. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STRUCTURES.
Status: in_force

A conservation district may construct, improve, and maintain any structure necessary or convenient for the performance of an operation authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.204
§ 885.204. NOTICE OF INTENT TO REVOKE FOREIGN FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall notify a foreign fraternal benefit society engaging in business under this chapter of the commissioner's determination if, following an investigation, the commissioner determines that the society:

(1) has failed to comply with this chapter;

(2) has exceeded its powers;

(3) is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or

(4) is engaging in business fraudulently.

(b) A notification under Subsection (a) must:

(1) state in writing the grounds of the commissioner's dissatisfaction; and

(2) require that the society, after reasonable notice and on the date stated in the notice, show cause why the society's certificate of authority should not be revoked.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.002 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.002
§ 33.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to implement the policies stated in Section 33.001 by delegating to the board, assisted by the appropriate staff of the land office, certain responsibilities and duties with respect to the management of the surface estate in coastal public land.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 50D.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 50D / Section 50D.003
§ 50D.003. DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) assist the department in:

(A) assessing the state of the olive and olive oil industry in this state;

(B) developing recommendations to the commissioner and the legislature to promote and expand the olive and olive oil industry in this state;

(C) identifying and obtaining grants and gifts to promote and expand the olive and olive oil industry in this state; and

(D) developing a long-term vision and marketable identity for the olive and olive oil industry in this state that take into consideration future industry development, funding, research, educational programming, risk management, and marketing; and

(2) review and provide guidance on rules impacting the olive and olive oil industry in this state.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.112 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.112
§ 348.112. BUYER'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DELIVERY OF CONTRACT COPY.
Status: in_force

(a) Any retail buyer's acknowledgment of delivery of a copy of the retail installment contract must:

(1) be in at least 10-point type that is bold-faced, capitalized, or underlined or otherwise conspicuously set out from the surrounding written material; and

(2) appear directly above the buyer's signature.

(b) Any retail buyer's acknowledgment conforming to this section of delivery of a copy of the retail installment contract is, in an action or proceeding by or against a holder of the contract who was without knowledge to the contrary when the holder purchased it, conclusive proof:

(1) that the copy was delivered to the buyer;

(2) that the contract did not contain a blank space that was required to have been completed under this chapter when the contract was signed by the buyer; and

(3) of compliance with Sections 348.009, 348.101, 348.102, 348.123, 348.205, 348.405, 348.406, and 348.408.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 203.03 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 203 / Section 203.03
§ 203.03. DUTY TO PAY TAX; DUE DATE.
Status: repealed

(a) The licensee making the taxable first sale shall pay the tax on malt beverages imposed under Section 203.01.

(b) The tax is due and payable on the 15th day of the month following the month in which the taxable first sale occurs, together with a report on the tax due.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 1(5), eff. June 14, 2013.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 1(5), eff. June 14, 2013.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 1(5), eff. June 14, 2013.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.709 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.709
§ 1101.709. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) If after judicial review the administrative penalty is reduced or is not upheld by the court, the court shall remit the appropriate amount, plus accrued interest, to the person if the person paid the penalty.

(b) The interest accrues at the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

(c) The interest shall be paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.

(d) If the person gave a supersedeas bond and the penalty is not upheld by the court, the court shall order, when the court's judgment becomes final, the release of the bond.

(e) If the person gave a supersedeas bond and the amount of the penalty is reduced, the court shall order the release of the bond after the person pays the reduced amount.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.651 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.651
§ 21.651. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "investment company" means a corporation registered as an open-end company under the Investment Company Act.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.257 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.257
§ 171.257. JUDICIAL PROCEEDING NOT REQUIRED FOR FORFEITURE.
Status: in_force

The forfeiture of the corporate privileges of a corporation is effected by the comptroller without a judicial proceeding.
Tex. Government Code § 1431.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1431 / Section 1431.006
§ 1431.006. LIMITATION ON NOTES TO PAY EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Anticipation notes issued for the purposes described by Section 1431.004(a)(2) may not, in the fiscal year in which the attorney general approves the notes:

(1) for a municipality, exceed 75 percent of the revenue or taxes anticipated to be collected in that year;

(2) for a county or an eligible countywide district, exceed 50 percent of the revenue or taxes anticipated to be collected in that year; or

(3) for an eligible school district, exceed 75 percent of the income of the district for the fiscal year preceding that year.

(b) This section does not apply to an anticipation note or other obligation issued under Section 1431.015.