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Tex. Government Code § 2175.242 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.242
§ 2175.242. REMOVAL OF DESTROYED OR DONATED PROPERTY FROM STATE PROPERTY ACCOUNTING RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) On destruction or donation of property under this subchapter, the comptroller may remove the property from the state property accounting records.

(b) Authorization by the commission is not required for the deletion of salvage or donated items of another state agency from the state property accounting records.

(c) This subchapter does not affect Section 403.273, which provides for the deletion from state property accounting records of a state agency's missing property.
Tex. Water Code § 11.125 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.125
§ 11.125. MAP OR PLAT.
Status: repealed

(a) The application must be accompanied by a map or plat in the form and containing the information prescribed by the commission.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1097 (H.B. 3735), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1097 (H.B. 3735), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.105
§ 3831.105. AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may make an agreement with any person for any district purpose, including a contract to manage or maintain a district project.
Tex. Government Code § 836.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 836 / Section 836.101
§ 836.101. CONVERSION OF MONEY; FRAUD.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally confiscates, misappropriates, or converts money representing deductions from a member's salary either before or after the money is received by the retirement system.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally makes a false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of the retirement system in an attempt to defraud the retirement system.

(c) A member commits an offense if the member accepts as a salary money that the member knows should have been deducted as provided by this subtitle from the member's salary.
Tex. Local Government Code § 331.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 331 / Section 331.005
§ 331.005. MANAGEMENT OF FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Parks acquired under this chapter are under the control and management of the municipality or county acquiring the park. The commissioners court or the governing body of the municipality may by agreement with the Parks and Wildlife Department turn the land over to the department to be operated as a public park. The expenses of the improvement and operation of the park shall be paid by the municipality or county according to the agreement with the department.

(b) A historic or prehistoric site, historical museum, or historically significant object acquired under this chapter is under the control and management of the municipality or county that acquired it.
Tex. Insurance Code § 842.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 842 / Section 842.204
§ 842.204. INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

The investment limitations that apply to a life, health, and accident insurance company apply to the investments of a group hospital service corporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.107 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.107
§ 436.107. TEXAS OYSTER COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Oyster Council is created.

(b) The council is composed of:

(1) two members appointed by the executive commissioner as nominated by the Texas Oyster Growers and Dealers Association or a successor organization;

(2) one member appointed by the executive commissioner as nominated by the Coastal Oyster Leaseholder's Association;

(3) two members appointed by the executive commissioner from a list of oyster dealers who have held a shellfish certificate in this state for not less than six months of each of the three years preceding the nomination and who are certified at the time of appointment;

(4) one representative appointed by the chairman of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference; and

(5) three consumer members, including one person professionally licensed or with work experience in the field of environmental survey, environmental sanitation, environmental engineering, or a similar field related to environmental or pollution conditions and their effect on molluscan shellfish harvest areas, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(c) Members of the Texas Oyster Council serve one-year terms expiring August 31 of each year and may be reappointed at the end of a term.

(d) A member of the Texas Oyster Council may not receive compensation for service on the council, but is entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the council, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.

(e) A person is not eligible for appointment as a consumer member of the Texas Oyster Council if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is a harvester, processor, or wholesaler regulated under this chapter;

(2) is employed by a harvester, processor, or wholesaler regulated under this chapter;

(3) is a retailer of molluscan shellfish; or

(4) is employed by a retailer of molluscan shellfish.

(f) The Texas Oyster Council shall elect a presiding officer from among its members.
Tex. Election Code § 253.152 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 253 / Section 253.152
§ 253.152. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age who is not and has not been married or who has not had the disabilities of minority removed for general purposes.

(2) "In connection with an election" means:

(A) with regard to a contribution that is designated in writing for a particular election, the election designated; or

(B) with regard to a contribution that is not designated in writing for a particular election, the next election for that office occurring after the contribution is made.

(3) "Judicial district" means the territory from which a judicial candidate is elected or appointed.

(4) "Law firm" means a partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, professional corporation, or other entity organized for the practice of law.

(5) "Law firm group" means:

(A) a law firm;

(B) a general-purpose committee established or controlled by the law firm or a member of the law firm;

(C) a member of the law firm; and

(D) the spouse of a member of the law firm.

(6) "Member of a law firm" means:

(A) a person designated "of counsel" or "of the firm";

(B) a partner of the law firm, whether an individual or an entity;

(C) an associate of the law firm;

(D) a shareholder of the law firm, whether an individual or an entity; or

(E) an employee of the law firm.

(7) "Statewide judicial office" means the office of chief justice or justice, supreme court, or presiding judge or judge, court of criminal appeals, or chief justice or justice, Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District.
Tex. Family Code § 262.401 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.401
§ 262.401. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Child who is a candidate for foster care" means a child who is at imminent risk of being removed from the child's home and placed into the conservatorship of the department because of a continuing danger to the child's physical health or safety caused by an act or failure to act of a person entitled to possession of the child but for whom a court of competent jurisdiction has issued an order allowing the child to remain safely in the child's home or in a kinship placement with the provision of family preservation services.

(2) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(3) "Family preservation service" means time-limited, family-focused services, including services subject to the Family First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123) and services approved under the Title IV-E state plan provided to the family of a child who is:

(A) a candidate for foster care to prevent or eliminate the need to remove the child and to allow the child to remain safely with the child's family;

(B) a pregnant or parenting foster youth; or

(C) a member of a household that is subject to an order rendered under Section 264.203.

(4) "Family preservation services plan" means a written plan, based on a professional assessment, listing the family preservation services, including services subject to the Family First Prevention Services Act (Title VII, Div. E, Pub. L. No. 115-123), to be provided to the family of a child who is:

(A) a candidate for foster care; or

(B) a pregnant or parenting foster youth.

(5) "Foster care" means substitute care as defined by Section 263.001.
Tex. Local Government Code § 160.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 160 / Section 160.001
§ 160.001. POLICY.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide reasonable, standardized grievance procedures for certain counties and their employees because:

(1) it is the policy of this state that the right of public employees to present, individually or through a representative that does not claim the right to strike, grievances concerning their wages, hours of work, or conditions of work should continue unimpaired; and

(2) the application of that policy creates a need for reasonable, standardized procedures for certain populous counties and their employees.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.022 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.022
§ 167.022. QUARANTINE OF TICK ERADICATION AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) The order designating a county or part of a county for tick eradication shall contain a provision quarantining that county or part of a county.

(b) A quarantine under this section has the effect of quarantining all land, premises, and animals in the area quarantined, regardless of whether any person's land, premises, or animals are specifically described in the quarantine order.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 284.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 284 / Section 284.011
§ 284.011. TAXES TO PAY OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Ad valorem taxes of the hospital district shall be used to pay hospital facility operation and maintenance expenses to the extent that hospital facility revenue and income are not available at any time to pay all those expenses.

(b) The proceeds of an annual ad valorem tax may be pledged to pay hospital facility operation and maintenance expenses in the order authorizing the issuance of bonds under this subchapter.

(c) During each year that any of the bonds are outstanding, the commissioners court shall compute and determine the rate and amount of ad valorem tax that is sufficient to raise and produce the funds required to pay required hospital facility operation and maintenance expenses if the annual ad valorem tax is pledged as security for the payment of those expenses. In determining the tax rate, the commissioners court may allow for tax delinquencies and the cost of tax collection.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 671.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 671 / Section 671.001
§ 671.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the City of Laredo Port of Entry Authority created under this chapter.

(2) "Board" means the governing board of the authority.

(3) "City" means the city of Laredo.

(4) "Governing body" means the governing body of the city.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3804.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3804 / Section 3804.103
§ 3804.103. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered for purposes of this chapter to be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as, for the same term as, and on the same conditions as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
Tex. Government Code § 814.210 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.210
§ 814.210. RESTORATION OF DISABILITY RETIREE TO ACTIVE SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a retiree who is receiving a disability retirement annuity returns to state service or if the retiree is found to be no longer incapacitated for the further performance of duty, the person must again become a member of the retirement system or, if the person holds a position included in the elected class of membership, may elect to become a member. If a person becomes a member under this section, the executive director shall terminate the person's annuity payments.

(b) A person who becomes a member under this section is entitled to service credit for all service previously established and not canceled by a withdrawal of contributions.

(c) If a person's disability retirement annuity is discontinued under this section, the person's selection of any optional annuity becomes void.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7938.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7938 / Section 7938.0101
§ 7938.0101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.102
§ 1036.102. RESTRICTION ON COUNTY TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

Hamilton County may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents.
Tex. Water Code § 54.521 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.521
§ 54.521. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS TO PAY CERTAIN INTEREST.
Status: in_force

The district may use bond proceeds to pay or to establish a reasonable reserve to pay not more than three years' interest on the notes and bonds of the district as provided in the bond orders or resolutions.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.207
§ 823.207. OATH OR AFFIRMATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A statement required under Section 823.154 must be made under oath or affirmation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7988.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7988 / Section 7988.004
§ 7988.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7988.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.1276 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.1276
§ 162.1276. REFUND FOR CERTAIN NONPROFIT FOOD BANKS.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonprofit food bank is entitled to and may file a claim with the comptroller for a refund in the amount provided by this section of taxes paid under this subchapter for gasoline delivered into the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 25,000 pounds that is owned by the nonprofit food bank and used to deliver food.

(b) The amount of the refund under Subsection (a) is equal to the amount of tax paid under this subchapter for gasoline that qualifies for the refund and is purchased by the nonprofit food bank.

(c) A nonprofit food bank that requests a refund under this section shall maintain all supporting documentation relating to the refund until the sixth anniversary of the date of the request.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.130 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.130
§ 134.130. INSPECTION AND EVALUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives a request under Section 134.128 and a copy of an advertisement or letters under Section 134.129, the commission shall inspect and evaluate the reclamation work involved.

(b) The evaluation shall consider, among other things:

(1) the degree of difficulty in completing any remaining reclamation;

(2) whether pollution of surface and subsurface water is occurring;

(3) the probability that pollution will continue to occur in the future; and

(4) the estimated cost of abating the pollution.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.414 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.414
§ 154.414. RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may enter into a reciprocal agreement with a tax official of another state or an official of the United States allowing the exchange of information received by, recorded by, prepared by, furnished to, or collected by the comptroller with respect to the investigation and enforcement of this chapter for any tax, penalty, interest, fine, forfeiture, or offense.

(b) This section does not permit the exchange of information made confidential by this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.2525 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.2525
§ 202.2525. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION FOR LICENSE ISSUANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall require that an applicant for a license submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the executive director, to the department or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(b) The department may not issue a license to a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).

(c) The department shall conduct a criminal history record information check of each applicant for a license using information:

(1) provided by the individual under this section; and

(2) made available to the department by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code.

(d) The department may:

(1) enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Safety to administer a criminal history record information check required under this section; and

(2) authorize the Department of Public Safety to collect from each applicant the costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety in conducting the criminal history record information check.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8024.0002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8024 / Section 8024.0002
§ 8024.0002. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8495.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8495 / Section 8495.203
§ 8495.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.1746 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.1746
§ 502.1746. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO VETERANS' ASSISTANCE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) When a person registers a motor vehicle under this chapter, the person is entitled to make a voluntary contribution in any amount to the fund for veterans' assistance established by Section 434.017, Government Code, as redesignated and amended by Chapter 1418 (H.B. 3107), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.

(b) The county assessor-collector shall send any contribution made under this section to the comptroller for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the fund for veterans' assistance before the 31st day after the date the contribution is made. A contribution made under this section may be used only for the purposes of the fund for veterans' assistance.

(c) The department shall:

(1) include space on each motor vehicle registration renewal notice, on the page that states the total fee for registration renewal, that allows a person renewing a registration to indicate the amount that the person is voluntarily contributing to the fund for veterans' assistance;

(2) provide an opportunity to contribute to the fund for veterans' assistance similar to the opportunity described by Subsection (a) and in the manner described by Subdivision (1) in any registration renewal system that succeeds the system in place on September 1, 2011; and

(3) provide an opportunity for a person to contribute to the fund for veterans' assistance during the registration renewal process on the department's Internet website.

(d) If a person makes a contribution under this section and does not pay the full amount of a registration fee, the county assessor-collector may credit all or a portion of the contribution to the person's registration fee.

(e) The department shall consult with the Texas Veterans Commission in performing the department's duties under this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 26 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 51 / Section 26
§ 26. NO RIGHT OF ASYLUM, NO IMMUNITY FROM OTHER CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS WHILE IN THIS STATE.
Status: in_force

After a person has been brought back to this State by, or after waiver of extradition proceedings, he may be tried in this State for other crimes which he may be charged with having committed here as well as that specified in the requisition for his extradition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1096.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1096 / Section 1096.102
§ 1096.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision of this state, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations to provide hospital service or medical care in the district.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 29.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 29 / Section 29.01
§ 29.01. ELIGIBLE PERMIT AND LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

A retailer late hours certificate may be issued to the holder of a mixed beverage permit, private club registration permit, or retail dealer's on-premise license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4020.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4020 / Section 4020.0102
§ 4020.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The Craver Ranch Municipal Management District No. 1 is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Property Code § 112.105 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.105
§ 112.105. LIABILITY OF FORMER SPOUSE OR FORMER SPOUSE'S RELATIVE FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS, BENEFITS, OR PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A divorced individual's former spouse or any relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the divorced individual who, not for value, receives a payment, benefit, or property to which the former spouse or the relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the divorced individual is not entitled as a result of Sections 112.102(a) and (b):

(1) shall return the payment, benefit, or property to the person who is entitled to the payment, benefit, or property under this subchapter; or

(2) is personally liable to the person described by Subdivision (1) for the amount of the payment or the value of the benefit or property received, as applicable.