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Tex. Government Code § 815.304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.304
§ 815.304. NOMINEE TO HOLD SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The assets of the retirement system may be held in the name of agents, nominees, depository trust companies, or other entities designated by the board of trustees.

(b) The records and all relevant reports or accounts of the retirement system must show the ownership interest of the retirement system in these assets and the facts regarding the system's holdings.

(c) A trustee or employee of the retirement system shall have no personal economic interest in any entity listed in Subsection (a), but shall undertake such action and duties with respect to these entities as the board of trustees determines to be in the interest of the retirement system. This subsection does not prohibit:

(1) an interest in the assets as a member of the retirement system;

(2) the right to receive expense reimbursements at the same rate that the board member or employee would have received as a board member or employee; and

(3) such indemnification as is authorized by the board of trustees.

(d) The records of an agent, nominee, or other entity that are maintained by the retirement system are subject to audit by the state auditor.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.102 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.102
§ 162.102. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The gasoline tax rate is 20 cents for each net gallon or fractional part on which the tax is imposed under Section 162.101.
Tex. Education Code § 51.292 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.292
§ 51.292. COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the coordinating board determines that a postsecondary educational institution is not in substantial compliance with this subchapter, the coordinating board may assess an administrative penalty against the institution in an amount not to exceed $2 million. In determining the amount of the penalty, the coordinating board shall consider the nature of the violation and the number of students enrolled at the institution.

(b) If the coordinating board assesses an administrative penalty against a postsecondary educational institution under Subsection (a), the coordinating board shall provide to the institution written notice of the coordinating board's reasons for assessing the penalty.

(c) A postsecondary educational institution assessed an administrative penalty under Subsection (a) may appeal the penalty in the manner provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) A postsecondary educational institution may not pay an administrative penalty assessed under Subsection (a) using state or federal money.

(e) An administrative penalty collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the sexual assault program fund established under Section 420.008, Government Code.

(f) The coordinating board shall annually submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over legislation concerning sexual assault at postsecondary educational institutions a report regarding compliance with this subchapter, including a summary of the postsecondary educational institutions found not to be in substantial compliance as provided by this section and any penalties assessed under this section during the preceding year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.156
§ 3906.156. ROADS.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include a paved, macadamized, or graveled road or street to the full extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.234 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.234
§ 131.234. RECLAMATION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) In the reclamation of land affected by surface mining for which funds are available, the commission may use services of other state agencies or the federal government and may compensate them for the services.

(b) The commission may have reclamation work done by its own employees or by employees of other governmental agencies or through contracts with qualified persons.

(c) The contracts shall be awarded to the lowest bidder on competitive bids after reasonable advertisement.

(d) The commission and any other agency and any contractor under a contract are entitled to access to the land affected to carry out the reclamation.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.056 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.056
§ 371.056. BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may require that an applicant file a bond with the application. The bond must be:

(1) satisfactory to the commissioner;

(2) in the amount set by the commissioner not to exceed $5,000 for each license; and

(3) issued by a surety qualified to do business in this state.

(b) The aggregate liability of the surety may not exceed the amount of the bond.

(c) The bond must be in favor of this state for the use of this state and the use of a person who has a cause of action under this chapter against the pawnbroker.

(d) The bond must be conditioned on:

(1) the pawnbroker's compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter; and

(2) the payment of all amounts that become due to this state or to another person under this chapter.
Tex. Election Code § 31.127 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.127
§ 31.127. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "county election officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.091(1).

(b) The secretary of state shall provide a standardized training program and materials for county election officers in the same manner it provides such a program to election judges and clerks under Subchapter F, Chapter 32.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4022.0107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4022 / Section 4022.0107
§ 4022.0107. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.207 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.207
§ 363.207. ACCOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 60th day after the last day of each fiscal year, an administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of the amount of money that belongs to the district and an account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 41.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 41 / Section 41.003
§ 41.003. STANDARDS FOR RECOVERY OF EXEMPLARY DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), exemplary damages may be awarded only if the claimant proves by clear and convincing evidence that the harm with respect to which the claimant seeks recovery of exemplary damages results from:

(1) fraud;

(2) malice; or

(3) gross negligence.

(b) The claimant must prove by clear and convincing evidence the elements of exemplary damages as provided by this section. This burden of proof may not be shifted to the defendant or satisfied by evidence of ordinary negligence, bad faith, or a deceptive trade practice.

(c) If the claimant relies on a statute establishing a cause of action and authorizing exemplary damages in specified circumstances or in conjunction with a specified culpable mental state, exemplary damages may be awarded only if the claimant proves by clear and convincing evidence that the damages result from the specified circumstances or culpable mental state.

(d) Exemplary damages may be awarded only if the jury was unanimous in regard to finding liability for and the amount of exemplary damages.

(e) In all cases where the issue of exemplary damages is submitted to the jury, the following instruction shall be included in the charge of the court:

"You are instructed that, in order for you to find exemplary damages, your answer to the question regarding the amount of such damages must be unanimous."
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 3.02 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 3.02
§ 3.02.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.02. A quorum of the commission consists of a majority of the members. Except as otherwise provided in this compact, an official act of the commission must receive the affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 51.153 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.153
§ 51.153.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.153. CONTENTS: NAMES AND ADDRESSES. A disclosure statement must contain:

(1) the name of the seller;

(2) each name under which the seller has transacted, is transacting, or intends to transact business;

(3) the name of any parent or affiliated company that will engage in a business transaction with the purchaser or that takes responsibility for statements made by the seller; and

(4) the names, addresses, and titles of:

(A) the seller's officers, directors, trustees, general partners, general managers, and principal executives;

(B) shareholders owning more than 20 percent of the shares of the seller; and

(C) any other persons responsible for the seller's business activities relating to the sale of business opportunities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8198.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8198 / Section 8198.051
§ 8198.051. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside or outside the district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located; and

(2) each county in which the district is located.

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8007A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8007A / Section 8007A.0305
§ 8007A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.002
§ 1603.002. REGULATION OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY BY DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer this chapter. This chapter does not limit the department's or commission's general powers under Chapter 51.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.161
§ 1015.161. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at the time the loan is made if the board declares that money is not available to meet authorized district obligations, which creates an emergency.

(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness;

(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district in the next 12-month period that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or

(3) district bonds that have been authorized but not sold.

(c) A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.

(d) Money obtained from a loan under this section may be spent only for:

(1) a purpose for which the board declared an emergency; and

(2) if district taxes or bonds are pledged to pay the loan, the purpose for which the pledged taxes were imposed or the pledged bonds were authorized.
Tex. Tax Code § 101.001 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 101 / Section 101.001
§ 101.001. PURPOSE OF TITLE.
Status: repealed

(a) This title is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in Chapter 448, Acts of the 58th Legislature, 1963 (Article 5429b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the general and permanent state tax laws more accessible and understandable by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.062 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.062
§ 6.062. PUBLICATION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 10th day before the date of the public hearing at which the board of directors considers the appraisal district budget, the chief appraiser shall give notice of the public hearing by publishing the notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the county for which the appraisal district is established. The notice may not be smaller than one-quarter page of a standard-size or tabloid-size newspaper and may not be published in the part of the paper in which legal notices and classified advertisements appear.

(b) The notice must set out the time, date, and place of the public hearing and must set out a summary of the proposed budget. The summary must set out as separate items:

(1) the total amount of the proposed budget;

(2) the amount of increase proposed from the budget adopted for the current year; and

(3) the number of employees compensated under the current budget and the number of employees to be compensated under the proposed budget.

(c) The notice must state that the appraisal district is supported solely by payments from the local taxing units served by the appraisal district. The notice must also contain the following statement: "If approved by the appraisal district board of directors at the public hearing, this proposed budget will take effect automatically unless disapproved by the governing bodies of the county, school districts, cities, and towns served by the appraisal district. A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection in the office of each of those governing bodies."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8888 / Section 8888.005
§ 8888.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter prevails over any inconsistent provision of general law.

(b) This chapter does not prevail over or preempt a provision of Chapter 8801 of this code or Chapter 36, Water Code, that is being implemented by the subsidence district.

(c) The following laws do not apply to the authority:

(1) Chapter 36, Water Code;

(2) Section 49.052, Water Code; and

(3) Sections 49.451-49.455, Water Code.
Tex. Water Code § 58.441 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.441
§ 58.441. ELECTION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) After the engineer's report is filed and approved, the board may order an election in the district to authorize the issuance of bonds.

(b) In the order, the board shall estimate the total amount of money needed to cover the items listed in Section 58.439 of this code.

(c) The election order shall state:

(1) the proposed maximum interest rate on the bonds;

(2) the maximum maturity date of the bonds;

(3) the time and places for holding the election; and

(4) the names of the election officers.

(d) The election order shall be entered in the minutes of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1059.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1059 / Section 1059.158
§ 1059.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a sworn statement of the amount of district money; and

(2) an account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.203
§ 2602.203. NOTICE AND PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The association shall give each title insurance company to be assessed at least 90 days' written notice of the due date of the assessment.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.151
§ 424.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Dollar roll transaction" means two simultaneous transactions with settlement dates not more than 96 days apart, in one of which an insurer sells to a business entity, and in the other of which the insurer is obligated to purchase from the same business entity, substantially similar securities that are:

(A) mortgage-backed securities issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or a successor to one of those organizations; or

(B) other mortgage-backed securities referred to in 15 U.S.C. Section 77r-1 et seq., as amended.

(2) "Repurchase transaction" means a transaction in which an insurer purchases securities from a business entity that is obligated to repurchase the purchased securities or equivalent securities from the insurer at a specified price, either within a specified period or on demand.

(3) "Reverse repurchase transaction" means a transaction in which an insurer sells securities to a business entity and is obligated to repurchase the sold securities or equivalent securities from the business entity at a specified price, either within a specified period or on demand.

(4) "Securities lending transaction" means a transaction in which an insurer lends securities to a business entity that is obligated to return the loaned securities or equivalent securities to the insurer, either within a specified period or on demand.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.018 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.018
§ 361.018. COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION OVER HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPONENTS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission has the powers under this chapter necessary or convenient to carry out its responsibilities concerning the regulation of the management of hazardous waste components of radioactive waste under the jurisdiction of the Department of State Health Services.

(b) The commission shall consult with the Department of State Health Services concerning regulation and management under this section, except for activities solely under the commission's jurisdiction.

(c) The commission may not adopt rules or engage in management activities under this section that conflict with state or federal laws and rules concerning the regulation of radioactive waste.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 22.0033 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0033
§ 22.0033. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY FORMER OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) For one year after the date on which a former officer or employee of the department terminates service or employment with the department, the individual may not, directly or indirectly, attempt or aid in the attempt to procure a contract with the department that relates to a program or service in which the individual was directly concerned or for which the individual had administrative responsibility.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) a former employee who is compensated on the last date of service or employment below the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for step 1, salary group 17, of the position classification salary schedule, including a state employee who is exempt from the state's position classification plan; or

(2) a former officer or employee who is employed by another state agency or a community center.

(c) A former officer or employee of the department commits an offense if the former officer or employee violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 1201.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.042
§ 1201.042. USE OF CERTAIN PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An issuer may use the proceeds of a public security issued to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of a project or facility to:

(1) pay interest on the public security while the project or facility is being acquired, constructed, or improved and for the year after it is acquired, constructed, or improved;

(2) operate and maintain the project or facility during the estimated period of acquisition, construction, or improvement of the project or facility and for one year after it is acquired, constructed, or improved;

(3) finance other funds relating to the public security, including debt service reserve and contingency; and

(4) pay the cost or expense of the issuance of the public security.

(b) To the extent and in the manner provided in a public security authorization, until the proceeds from a public security described by Subsection (a) are needed the proceeds may be:

(1) placed on time deposit; or

(2) invested in an obligation authorized for the investment of money of the issuer.

(c) Proceeds from the sale of a public security issued to finance the acquisition, construction, equipping, or furnishing of a project or facility may be used to reimburse the issuer for a cost that is:

(1) attributable to the project or facility; and

(2) paid or incurred before the date of the public security's issuance.

(d) An issuer may spend a premium received by the issuer as part of the purchase price of public securities sold at a public or private sale:

(1) to provide for payment of debt service on the public securities sold;

(2) to contribute to an escrow established to provide for payment of debt service on obligations being refunded through the sale of the public securities;

(3) to pay the cost or expense of issuing the public securities; or

(4) to pay any other cost related to the purpose for which the public securities were issued, as specified in the public security authorization.

(e) Subsection (d)(4) does not authorize an issuer to spend money in an amount that exceeds limitations provided by other law or by the public security authorization.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7991.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7991 / Section 7991.101
§ 7991.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437B.056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.056
§ 437B.056. LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Before expiration of a license, the department shall send notice of the expiration to the mobile food vendor. The vendor shall submit a renewal application before the date the license expires.

(b) A mobile food vendor may continue to operate while the vendor's application for renewal is pending with the department.