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Tex. Insurance Code § 827.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 827 / Section 827.002
§ 827.002. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a transfer of business from an insurer to a company that:

(1) is within the same insurance group as the insurer;

(2) is authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state; and

(3) is not a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, a Lloyd's plan, a county mutual insurance company, or a farm mutual insurance company.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 48.407 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 48 / Section 48.407
§ 48.407. INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt procedures governing informal proceedings held in compliance with Section 2001.056, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0102
§ 8512.0102. CREATION AND NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is a conservation and reclamation district.

(b) The authority's creation is essential to the accomplishment of the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2251.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2251 / Section 2251.251
§ 2251.251. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to:

(1) an insurer, including an insurance company, a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, a mutual insurance company, a capital stock insurance company, a county mutual insurance company, a Lloyd's plan, or any other legal entity authorized to write residential property insurance in this state; and

(2) an insurer's affiliate, as described by this code, if the affiliate is authorized to write residential property insurance.
Tex. Property Code § 64.059 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 64 / Section 64.059
§ 64.059. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS TO EXPENSES OF PROTECTING REAL PROPERTY; CLAIMS AND DEFENSES OF TENANT.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise agreed by the assignee, an assignee that collects rents following enforcement under Section 64.054 or 64.055 is not obligated to apply the collected rents to the payment of expenses of protecting or maintaining the real property subject to an assignment of rents.

(b) Unless otherwise agreed by a tenant, the right of the assignee to collect rents from the tenant is subject to the terms of any agreement between the assignor and tenant or any claim or defense of the tenant arising from the assignor's nonperformance of that agreement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 395.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 395 / Section 395.015
§ 395.015. EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter expires on the last day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission publishes in the Texas Register the notice required by Section 382.037.
Tex. Government Code § 25.2604 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.2604
§ 25.2604. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The county clerk of a particular county serves as clerk in that county.

(b) The prosecuting attorney representing the state in county court in a particular county serves as prosecutor in that county.

(c) The sheriff and the other court officials in a county shall serve in the manner required by law for their offices and are entitled to the compensation, fees, and allowances prescribed by law for their offices.
Tex. Election Code § 141.040 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 141 / Section 141.040
§ 141.040. NOTICE OF DEADLINES AND FILING METHODS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority with whom an application for a place on the ballot under this subchapter must be filed shall post notice of the dates of the filing period in a public place in a building in which the authority has an office not later than the 30th day before:

(1) the first day on which a candidate may file the application; or

(2) the last day on which a candidate may file the application, if this code does not designate a first day on which the candidate may file the application.

(b) This section does not apply to an office filled at the general election for state and county officers.

(c) An authority shall designate an e-mail address in the notice required by this section for the purpose of filing an application for a place on the ballot under Section 143.004.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.045 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.045
§ 287.045. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from among its members a president and a vice president.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director.
Tex. Family Code § 232.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 232 / Section 232.002
§ 232.002. LICENSING AUTHORITIES SUBJECT TO CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise restricted or exempted, all licensing authorities are subject to this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 140.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 140 / Section 140.006
§ 140.006. PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY SCHOOL, ROAD, OR OTHER DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (e), the presiding officer of a governing body shall submit a financial statement prepared under Section 140.005 to a newspaper in each county in which the district or any part of the district is located.

(b) If a district is located in more than one county, the financial statement may be published in a newspaper that has general circulation in the district. If a newspaper is not published in the county, the financial statement may be published in a newspaper in an adjoining county.

(c) The presiding officer of a school district shall submit a financial statement prepared under Section 140.005 to a daily, weekly, or biweekly newspaper published within the boundaries of the district. If a daily, weekly, or biweekly newspaper is not published within the boundaries of the school district, the financial statement shall be published in the manner provided by Subsections (a) and (b). The governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall take action to ensure that the school's financial statement is made available in the manner provided by Chapter 552, Government Code, and is posted continuously on the school's Internet website.

(d) A statement shall be published not later than two months after the date the fiscal year ends, except that a school district's statement shall be published not later than the 150th day after the date the fiscal year ends and in accordance with the accounting method required by the Texas Education Agency.

(e) This section does not apply to an entity created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3966.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3966 / Section 3966.0401
§ 3966.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.088 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 15 / Section 15.088
§ 15.088. NONRESIDENT; RESIDENCE UNKNOWN.
Status: in_force

A suit against a nonresident of this state or against a person whose residence is unknown may be brought in the county and precinct in which the plaintiff resides.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.3025 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.3025
§ 51.3025. IMPOSITION OF SANCTION.
Status: in_force

A proceeding under this subchapter imposing an administrative penalty may be combined with a proceeding to impose an administrative sanction. If a sanction is imposed in a proceeding under this subchapter, the requirements of this subchapter apply to the imposition of the sanction.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.205 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.205
§ 2310.205. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who sells or offers for sale motor fuel in violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter is liable to this state for a civil penalty of not less than $200 and not more than $2,500.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.261 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.261
§ 13A.261. FRAUDULENT, SUBSTANDARD, OR FICTITIOUS DEGREE.
Status: in_force

An offense under Section 32.52, Penal Code, may be prosecuted in:

(1) any county in which an element of the offense occurs; or

(2) Travis County.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0052 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0052
§ 152.0052. CHAIRMAN.
Status: in_force

The members of the juvenile board shall select a family district court judge to serve as chairman of the board unless the county has only one family district court judge.
Tex. Insurance Code § 888.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 888 / Section 888.205
§ 888.205. VIOLATION OF CHAPTER; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A director, officer, agent, employee, attorney at law, or attorney in fact of a burial association, or other person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of this chapter other than Section 888.202.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine not to exceed $500;

(2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed six months; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3896.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3896 / Section 3896.201
§ 3896.201. DISSOLUTION BY CITY ORDINANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the city adopts by a two-thirds vote of its governing body an ordinance to dissolve the district, the district is dissolved.

(b) The district may not be dissolved until the district's outstanding indebtedness or contractual obligations payable from ad valorem taxes have been repaid or discharged.

(c) The district may not be dissolved until any agreement under Section 3896.161 has been executed and the district's performance under the agreement has been fulfilled, including any right or obligation the district has to reimburse a developer or owner for the costs of improvement projects.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6914.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6914 / Section 6914.002
§ 6914.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is:

(1) a conservation and reclamation district in Bee County under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;

(2) a fresh water supply district; and

(3) a municipal corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1089.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1089 / Section 1089.159
§ 1089.159. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select at least one bank to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1089.160(b) and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued or assumed by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and must remain on deposit. This subsection does not limit the power of the board to place a part of district money on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.

(c) The district may not deposit money with a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unless the bank first executes a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district money that exceeds the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.181 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 86 / Section 86.181
§ 86.181. USE OF SWEET GAS PRODUCED FROM GAS WELL.
Status: in_force

No sweet gas produced from a gas well may be used for any purpose except:

(1) light or fuel;

(2) efficient chemical manufacture, other than the manufacture of carbon black, provided that sweet gas produced from wells located in a common reservoir producing both sweet and sour gas may be used for the manufacture of carbon black if it is used in a plant producing an average recovery of not less than five pounds of carbon black to each 1,000 cubic feet of gas;

(3) bona fide introduction of gas into oil or gas bearing horizon in order to maintain or increase the rock pressure, or otherwise increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas from the horizon; and

(4) the extraction of natural gasoline when the residue is returned to the horizon from which it is produced.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292E.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292E / Section 292E.052
§ 292E.052. MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may not authorize the county to collect a mandatory payment under this chapter without an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the commissioners court.
Tex. Estates Code § 405.008 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 405 / Section 405.008
§ 405.008. PARTITION AND DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF PROPERTY INCAPABLE OF DIVISION.
Status: in_force

If the will does not distribute the entire estate of the testator or provide a means for partition of the estate, or if no will was probated, the independent executor may, but may not be required to, petition the probate court for either a partition and distribution of the estate or an order of sale of any portion of the estate alleged by the independent executor and found by the court to be incapable of a fair and equal partition and distribution, or both. The estate or portion of the estate shall either be partitioned and distributed or sold, or both, in the manner provided for the partition and distribution of property and the sale of property incapable of division in supervised estates.
Tex. Labor Code § 407.081 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407 / Section 407.081
§ 407.081. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each certified self-insurer shall file an annual report with the division. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the report and shall furnish blank forms for the preparation of the report to each certified self-insurer.

(b) The report must:

(1) include payroll information, in the form prescribed by this chapter and the commissioner;

(2) state the number of injuries sustained in the three preceding calendar years; and

(3) indicate separately the amount paid during each year for income benefits, medical benefits, death benefits, burial benefits, and other proper expenses related to worker injuries.

(c) Each certified self-insurer shall file with the division as part of the annual report annual independent financial statements that reflect the financial condition of the self-insurer. The division shall make a financial statement filed under this subsection available for public review.

(d) The division may require that the report include additional financial and statistical information.

(e) The certified self-insurer shall present evidence in the report of sufficient financial ability to meet all obligations under this chapter.

(f) The report must include an estimate of future liability for compensation. The estimate must be signed and sworn to by a certified casualty actuary every third year, or more frequently if required by the commissioner.

(g) If the commissioner considers it necessary, the commissioner may order a certified self-insurer whose financial condition or claims record warrants closer supervision to report as provided by this section more often than annually.
Tex. Water Code § 51.168 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.168
§ 51.168. AUTHORITY OF CONTRIBUTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Any water improvement district, water control and improvement district, levee improvement district, county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the state may contract to contribute to the cost of the construction of drainage, flood-control or water-supply improvements, or the changing of land elevations which need correction. The improvements to be constructed may be outside the contributing district, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, and may be located outside the state or the United States.

(b) The works may be constructed by any agency.

(c) The contribution shall be proportionate to the benefit which the contributor will derive from the proposed improvements.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2154.303 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2154 / Section 2154.303
§ 2154.303. PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 2154.101(b), (c)(2), or (d), 2154.151(e), or 2154.201(a), (b)(2), or (c) or Subchapter F.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A violation of Section 2154.251(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (8) that results in property damage in an amount of less than $200 and does not result in bodily injury or death, or a violation of Section 2154.254(a) or (b), is a Class C misdemeanor.

(d) Each day a violation occurs or continues constitutes a separate offense.

(e) Venue under this section is in the county in which the offense is committed or in Travis County.

(f) If the commissioner determines that a violation of this chapter creates a threat to the public safety, the commissioner may bring suit in the district court of the county in which the person who committed the offense resides or has an office to enjoin the person from engaging in the prohibited activity. The commissioner is not required to give bond as a condition to the issuance of injunctive relief.
Tex. Local Government Code § 251.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 251 / Section 251.001
§ 251.001. RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) When the governing body of a municipality considers it necessary, the municipality may exercise the right of eminent domain for a public use to acquire public or private property, whether located inside or outside the municipality, for any of the following uses:

(1) the providing, enlarging, or improving of a municipally owned city hall; police station; jail or other law enforcement detention facility; fire station; library; school or other educational facility; academy; auditorium; hospital; sanatorium; market house; slaughterhouse; warehouse; elevator; railroad terminal; airport; ferry; ferry landing; pier; wharf; dock or other shipping facility; loading or unloading facility; alley, street, or other roadway; park, playground, or other recreational facility; square; water works system, including reservoirs, other water supply sources, watersheds, and water storage, drainage, treatment, distribution, transmission, and emptying facilities; sewage system including sewage collection, drainage, treatment, disposal, and emptying facilities; electric or gas power system; cemetery; and crematory;

(2) the determining of riparian rights relative to the municipal water works;

(3) the straightening or improving of the channel of any stream, branch, or drain;

(4) the straightening, widening, or extending of any alley, street, or other roadway; and

(5) any other municipal public use the governing body considers advisable.

(b) A municipality condemning land under this section may take a fee simple title to the property if the governing body expresses the intention to do so.
Tex. Education Code § 11.063 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.063
§ 11.063. ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

A trustee of an independent school district may not accept employment with that school district until the first anniversary of the date the trustee's membership on the board ends.
Tex. Occupations Code § 255.0066 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 255 / Section 255.0066
§ 255.0066. DETERMINATION OF COMPETENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the preliminary investigation under Section 255.006(a) indicates that an act by a license holder falls below an acceptable standard of care, the complaint shall be reviewed by an expert panel authorized under Section 255.0065 consisting of license holders who practice in the same specialty as the license holder who is the subject of the complaint or in another specialty that is similar to the license holder's specialty.

(b) The expert panel shall report in writing the panel's determinations based on the review of the complaint under Subsection (a). The report must specify the standard of care that applies to the facts that are the basis of the complaint and the clinical basis for the panel's determinations, including any reliance on peer-reviewed journals, studies, or reports.
Tex. Local Government Code § 147.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 147 / Section 147.006
§ 147.006. RECORDS AND MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) An agreement made under this chapter is public information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code. The agreement and any document prepared and used by the municipality in connection with the agreement, except for materials created during a municipality's caucuses and notes that are otherwise privileged by law, are available to the public in accordance with Chapter 552, Government Code, only after the agreement is ratified by both parties.

(b) This section does not affect the application of Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, to a document prepared and used by the municipality in connection with the agreement.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 64.106 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 64 / Section 64.106
§ 64.106. CLOSING RECEIVERSHIP.
Status: in_force

When the threatened danger has abated and the estate of a missing person for whom a receiver was appointed under Section 64.001(d) is no longer liable to injury, loss, or waste for the lack of a representative or when the receivership terminates under Section 64.102(e), whichever occurs earlier, the receiver shall:

(1) report to the court; and

(2) file with the clerk a full and final sworn account of:

(A) all property received by the receiver;

(B) all sums paid out;

(C) all acts performed by the receiver with respect to the property; and

(D) all property remaining in the receiver's control.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9028.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9028 / Section 9028.002
§ 9028.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a water control and improvement district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Finance Code § 274.103 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 274 / Section 274.103
§ 274.103. NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 91st day before the effective date of a substitution under Section 274.101, the parties to the substitution agreement shall send notice of the substitution to:

(1) any other fiduciary;

(2) each surviving settlor of a trust relating to the fiduciary account;

(3) each issuer of a security for which the affiliated bank administers the fiduciary account;

(4) the plan sponsor of each employee benefit plan relating to the fiduciary account;

(5) the principal of each agency account; and

(6) the guardian of the person of each ward that has the fiduciary account resulting from a guardianship.

(b) If the substitution does not cause a change in the situs of administration of a fiduciary account, the parties to the substitution agreement shall also send notice of the substitution to each person who is readily ascertainable as a beneficiary of the account because the person has received account statements or because a parent, conservator, or guardian of a minor beneficiary has received account statements on the minor's behalf.

(c) If the substitution causes a change in the situs of administration of a fiduciary account, the parties to the substitution agreement shall also send notice of the substitution to:

(1) each adult beneficiary of a trust relating to the account;

(2) each parent, conservator, or guardian of a minor beneficiary receiving or entitled to receive current distributions of income or principal from the account; and

(3) each person who individually or jointly has the power to remove the fiduciary being substituted.

(d) The notice must be sent by United States mail to the person's current address as shown on the fiduciary's records. The fiduciary shall make a reasonable attempt to ascertain the address of a person who does not have an address shown on the fiduciary's records.