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Tex. Insurance Code § 1812.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1812 / Section 1812.002
§ 1812.002. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code relating to the delivery of policy forms, an insurer may elect to make a personal automobile, commercial automobile, inland marine, or residential property insurance policy available to an insured by posting a specimen policy on the insurer's Internet website instead of other authorized means. An insurer making the election must comply with Section 1812.003.

(b) On request of and at no cost to an insured, an insurer shall provide to the insured a copy of a specimen policy applicable to the insured that is posted on the insurer's Internet website.

(c) The office of public insurance counsel may post an insurer's specimen policy on the office's Internet website. The posting, other than a posting described by Subsection (a), of an insurer's specimen policy on an Internet website does not create a duty to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 128.007 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 128 / Section 128.007
§ 128.007. ATTACHMENT OF LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) A lien established under this chapter attaches to the proceeds described by Section 128.002.

(b) A lien established under this chapter attaches on the first day agricultural chemicals, labor, or both are furnished to the lien debtor. A lien that has attached under this section is removed if the lien claimant does not satisfy the notice and filing requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 349.401 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 349 / Section 349.401
§ 349.401. VENUE.
Status: in_force

An action under this chapter must be brought in the county in which:

(1) the transaction was entered; or

(2) the defendant resides when the action is filed.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.402 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.402
§ 161.402. PENALTY RELATING TO CERTAIN PURCHASES, SALES, AND RESALES OF LAND.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly files a false, fictitious, or forged paper, document, contract, affidavit, application, assignment, or other instrument in writing relating to the purchase, sale, or resale of land under this chapter is guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two nor more than 10 years or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1006.057 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.057
§ 1006.057. MEMBER TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the authority may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the authority until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing authority operations;

(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the authority;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the authority;

(4) the results of the most recent formal audit of the authority;

(5) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosure of conflicts of interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of the authority in performing their duties; and

(6) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the department or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the authority is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program, regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The executive director shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each member of the authority. Each member of the authority shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8118.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8118 / Section 8118.152
§ 8118.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8118.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Election Code § 101.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 101 / Section 101.003
§ 101.003. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Federal postcard application" means an application for a ballot to be voted under this chapter submitted on the official federal form prescribed under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. Sections 20301 through 20311).

(2) "FPCA registrant" means a person registered to vote under Section 101.055.
Tex. Election Code § 101.058 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 101 / Section 101.058
§ 101.058. OFFICIAL CARRIER ENVELOPE.
Status: in_force

The officially prescribed carrier envelope for voting under this subchapter shall be prepared so that it can be mailed free of United States postage, as provided by the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. Sections 20301 through 20311), and must contain the label prescribed by Section 101.056(a) for the envelope in which the balloting materials are sent to a voter. The secretary of state shall provide early voting clerks with instructions on compliance with this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8129.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8129 / Section 8129.103
§ 8129.103. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL 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 of the City of Fort Worth.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0054
§ 532.0054. OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ACCESS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall establish within the commission an office of community access and services. The office is responsible for:

(1) collaborating with community, state, and federal stakeholders to improve the elements of the health care system that are involved in delivering Medicaid services; and

(2) sharing with Medicaid providers, including hospitals, any best practices, resources, or other information regarding improvements to the health care system.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42.10 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.10
§ 42.10. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT AS IN MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS.
Status: in_force

When a person is convicted of a felony, and the punishment assessed is only a fine or a term in jail, or both, the judgment may be satisfied in the same manner as a conviction for a misdemeanor is by law satisfied.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.060 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.060
§ 1302.060. VENT HOODS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a person who installs, repairs, or removes a vent hood of the type commonly used in residential or commercial kitchens.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.660 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.660
§ 39.660. CUSTOMER CHARGES.
Status: in_force

All load-serving entities that receive offsets to specific uplift charges from the independent organization under this subchapter must adjust customer invoices to reflect the offsets for any charges that were or would otherwise be passed through to customers under the terms of service with the load-serving entity, including by providing a refund for any offset charges that were previously paid. An electric cooperative, including an electric cooperative that elects to receive offsets, shall not otherwise become subject to rate regulation by the commission and receipt of offsets does not affect the applicability of Chapter 41 to an electric cooperative.
Tex. Transportation Code § 312.043 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 312 / Section 312.043
§ 312.043.
Status: in_force

Sec. 312.043. NOTICE AND HEARING: RULES. The governing body of a municipality by ordinance shall adopt rules providing for giving notice and hearing as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.311 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.311
§ 15.311. QUALIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

A person may not be a department employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the financial institutions field; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the financial institutions field.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.272 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.272
§ 85.272. TEXAS HIV MEDICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall establish the committee.

(b) The committee consists of 11 members appointed by the executive commissioner. The committee must include:

(1) three physicians who are actively engaged in the treatment of adults who are infected with HIV;

(2) one physician who is actively engaged in the treatment of infants and children who are infected with HIV;

(3) four consumers who are diagnosed with HIV;

(4) one person who is an administrator for a public, nonprofit hospital that provides services to individuals who are infected with HIV;

(5) one social worker who works with individuals who are infected with HIV; and

(6) one pharmacist who participates in the program.

(c) The department shall provide staff support for the committee.

(d) Except as provided by this subchapter, the committee is subject to Chapter 2110, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 218.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 218 / Section 218.002
§ 218.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a municipality with a population greater than 150,000 that is wholly or partly located in a county with a population greater than 300,000.
Tex. Government Code § 854.304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 854 / Section 854.304
§ 854.304. STANDARD DISABILITY RETIREMENT ANNUITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The standard disability retirement annuity payable under this subtitle is the sum of a member's prior service annuity and current service annuity.

(b) A prior service annuity is subject to reduction as provided by Section 855.308(f).

(c) A standard disability retirement annuity is payable throughout the life of a retiree. When a retiree who receives an annuity under this section dies, an additional benefit may be payable under Section 854.502.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 713 / Section 713.010
§ 713.010. PRIVATE CARE OF GRAVES.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not affect the right of a person who has an interest in a grave or burial lot, or who is related within the fifth degree by affinity or consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to, or is a direct descendant of, a decedent interred in the cemetery, to beautify or maintain a grave or burial lot individually or at the person's own expense in accordance with reasonable municipal rules.
Tex. Government Code § 572.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.006
§ 572.006. DETERMINATION OF DEPENDENT CHILD.
Status: in_force

An individual's child, including an adopted child or stepchild, is the individual's dependent during a calendar year in which the individual provides more than 50 percent of the child's support.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4055.009 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4055 / Section 4055.009
§ 4055.009. CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A specialty license holder may not advertise, represent, or otherwise hold out the license holder or an employee of the license holder as an agent licensed under another chapter unless the entity or individual holds the applicable license.
Tex. Government Code § 24.029 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.029
§ 24.029. PROCESSES, WRITS, AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS REMAIN VALID.
Status: in_force

(a) If by an amendment to this chapter a county is removed from the composition of an existing judicial district and added to another existing or new judicial district, or if an amendment to this chapter changes the time or place at which the terms of court are held, all processes, writs, bonds, recognizances, and other obligations issued from and made returnable to that court before the effective date of the transfer or other change are returnable as provided by this subsection. An obligation issued from the affected court is returnable to another district court in the county on the date that court directs, but may not be made returnable on a date that is earlier than the date on which the obligation was originally returnable. The obligations are legal and valid as if the obligations had been made returnable to the issuing court.

(b) The obligees in all appearance bonds and recognizances taken in and for a district court of a county before the effective date of an amendment to this chapter, and all witnesses summoned to appear before that district court under laws existing before the effective date of an amendment to this chapter, are required to appear at another district court in the county on the date that court directs, but may not be required to appear on a date that is earlier than the date on which the obligees or witnesses were originally required to appear.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8018A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8018A / Section 8018A.0302
§ 8018A.0302. 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. Health and Safety Code § 757.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 757 / Section 757.013
§ 757.013. TENANT'S REQUEST FOR REPAIRS.
Status: in_force

A tenant in a multiunit rental complex with a pool may verbally request repair of a keyed dead bolt, keyless bolting device, sliding door latch, sliding door pin lock, sliding door security bar, window latch, or window screen latch unless a provision of a written lease executed by the tenant requires that the request be made in writing and the provision is in capital letters and underlined or in 10-point boldfaced print. A request for repair may be given to the owner or the owner's managing agent.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.067 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.067
§ 1702.067. RECORDS; EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

An official record of the department related to this chapter or an affidavit by the chief administrator as to the content of the record is prima facie evidence of a matter required to be kept by the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8281.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8281 / Section 8281.001
§ 8281.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the East Cedar Creek Fresh Water Supply District.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.751 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.751
§ 91.751. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "surface owner" means the first person who is shown on the appraisal roll of the appraisal district established for the county in which a tract of land is located as owning an interest in the surface estate of the land at the time notice is required to be given under this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 828.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 828 / Section 828.056
§ 828.056. REQUIRED EFFECTIVE DATE OF REINSURANCE AGREEMENT; EFFECT OF FAILURE TO MEET REQUIRED EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The reinsurance agreement must take effect on or before December 31 of the second year after the earlier of the year in which the initial purchase of shares is made or the year in which the initial contract to purchase is executed unless the commissioner for good cause shown extends that period.

(b) If the reinsurance agreement does not take effect within the period finally determined and extended by the commissioner, the purchasing company shall sell or otherwise dispose of the purchased shares that exceed the investment limitations imposed under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 425, within six months of the final effective date.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.014
§ 242.014. PROHIBITION OF REMUNERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution may not receive monetary or other remuneration from a person or agency that furnishes services or materials to the institution or its occupants for a fee.

(b) The department may revoke the license of an institution that violates Subsection (a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.138 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.138
§ 225.138. JOHNNIE DAVID HUTCHINS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 90 Alternate in Wharton County is designated as the Johnnie David Hutchins Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Johnnie David Hutchins Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.015 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.015
§ 78.015. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, the county clerk shall give notice of a hearing required by Section 78.014 of this code by publishing the notice two or more times, with an interval of seven or more days between the first and second publication, in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the proposed district will be located.

(b) If a county in which a proposed district will be located does not have a newspaper of general circulation, the county clerk shall give notice by posting the notice for two weeks or longer in four public places within the part of the county that is located in the proposed district.

(c) Notice required by this section must contain a statement of:

(1) the purpose of the hearing;

(2) the date, time, and place of the hearing; and

(3) the boundaries of the district, which may be defined by a general description that need not be a full legal description of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 751.0021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 751 / Section 751.0021
§ 751.0021. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN HORSE AND GREYHOUND RACES.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to a horse or greyhound race that attracts or is expected to attract at least 100 persons, except that this chapter does not apply if the race is held at a location at which pari-mutuel wagering is authorized under Subtitle A-1, Title 13, Occupations Code (Texas Racing Act).

(b) This section does not legalize any activity prohibited under the Penal Code or other state law.
Tex. Water Code § 53.178 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.178
§ 53.178. REGISTERING BONDS.
Status: in_force

When the attorney general approves the bonds, the comptroller shall register them in a book kept for that purpose. The comptroller shall record the certificate of the attorney general as to the bonds' validity. The bonds are then prima facie valid in any action, suit, or proceeding. In a suit to enforce collection of the bonds and interest on the bonds, the only defense against the validity of the bonds is forgery or fraud.
Tex. Government Code § 830.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 830 / Section 830.001
§ 830.001. PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a complete retirement program for faculty members employed in state-supported institutions of higher education as an incentive that will attract high quality faculties and thereby improve the level of education at state-supported colleges and universities.
Tex. Tax Code § 1.10 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 1 / Section 1.10
§ 1.10. ROLLS IN ELECTRONIC DATA-PROCESSING RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The appraisal roll for an appraisal district and the appraisal roll or the tax roll for the unit may be retained in electronic data-processing equipment. However, a physical document for each must be prepared and made readily available to the public.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.031 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.031
§ 11.031. GAME, FISH, AND WATER SAFETY ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

There is in the state treasury an account called the "game, fish, and water safety account."
Tex. Occupations Code § 1806.208 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1806 / Section 1806.208
§ 1806.208. VIOLATION BY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.
Status: in_force

An electrical contractor who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is subject to an administrative penalty or sanction or any other enforcement provision under Chapter 1305, Chapter 51, and this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 256.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 256 / Section 256.007
§ 256.007. TRANSFERS OF SURPLUS REGISTRATION FEE REVENUE.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county that does not impose a tax for the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges may transfer surplus money derived from motor vehicle registration fees to any county fund that the court designates and may spend that money for any purpose authorized by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 11.331 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.331
§ 11.331. MEASURING DEVICES.
Status: in_force

The commission, by rule, may require the owner of any works for the diversion, taking, storage, or distribution of water to construct and maintain suitable measuring devices at points that will enable the watermaster to determine the quantities of water to be diverted, taken, stored, released, or distributed in order to satisfy the rights of the respective users.