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Tex. Labor Code § 205.013 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 205 / Section 205.013
§ 205.013. BILLING; AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A reimbursing employer shall pay to the commission an amount equal to the regular benefits plus, except as provided by Subsection (c), one-half of the extended benefits paid during that quarter that are attributable to service in the employ of the employer.

(b) At the end of each calendar quarter the commission shall bill each reimbursing employer for the amount described under Subsection (a).

(c) A state, a political subdivision of a state, or any instrumentality of any one or more states or political subdivisions of a state that is wholly owned by one or more states or political subdivisions of a state that is a reimbursing employer shall pay 100 percent of the extended benefits paid on benefit wage credits earned from that employer.

(d) If a reimbursing employer pays a reimbursement to the commission for benefits paid to a claimant that are not in accordance with the final determination or decision under this subtitle, the employer is not entitled to a refund of, or credit for, the amount paid by the employer to the commission unless the employer has complied with the requirements of Section 208.004 with respect to the claimant.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.087 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.087
§ 166.087. PROCEDURE WHEN DECLARANT IS INCOMPETENT OR INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies when a person 18 years of age or older has executed or issued an out-of-hospital DNR order and subsequently becomes incompetent or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication.

(b) If the adult person has designated a person to make a treatment decision as authorized by Section 166.032(c), the attending physician and the designated person shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order.

(c) If the adult person has not designated a person to make a treatment decision as authorized by Section 166.032(c), the attending physician shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order unless the physician believes that the order does not reflect the person's present desire.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.103
§ 201.103. COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS AND ROADS.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall plan and make policies for the location, construction, and maintenance of a comprehensive system of state highways and public roads.

(b) The commission shall designate as part of the state highway system a highway that it determines is necessary for the proper development and operation of the system. The commission may remove a segment of the state highway system that it determines is not needed for the system. In planning and making policies, the commission shall consider, for incorporation into the state highway system, turnpikes that other governmental or private entities are authorized to construct.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312, Sec. 99(29), eff. September 1, 2013.

(d) The director, under the direction and with the approval of the commission, shall prepare a comprehensive plan providing a system of state highways.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7924A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7924A / Section 7924A.0403
§ 7924A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 103.08 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 103 / Section 103.08
§ 103.08. SALE OF MALT BEVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Any malt beverage, its container, or its packaging which is seized under the terms of this chapter shall be disposed of in accordance with this section.

(b) On notification that the malt beverage has been seized, the commission shall promptly notify a holder of a general or branch distributor's license who handles the brand of malt beverage seized and who operates in the county in which it was seized. If the malt beverage was seized in a dry area, the commission shall notify either the general or branch distributor who handles the brand operating nearest the area or the brewer brewing the malt beverage. The commission and the distributor or brewer shall jointly determine whether the malt beverage is in a salable condition.

(c) If the malt beverage is determined not to be in a salable condition, the commission shall immediately destroy it. If it is determined to be in a salable condition, it shall be offered for sale to the distributor or brewer. If offered to a distributor, the malt beverage shall be sold at the distributor's cost price less any state taxes which have been paid on the malt beverage, F.O.B. the distributor's place of business. If the malt beverage is offered to a brewer, it shall be sold at the brewer's cost price to its nearest distributor, less any state taxes which have been paid on the malt beverage, F.O.B., the nearest distributor's place of business. In either case, the storage or warehousing charges necessarily incurred as a result of the seizure shall be added to the cost price.

(d) If the distributor or brewer does not exercise the right to purchase salable malt beverages or to purchase returnable bottles, containers, or packages at their deposit price within 10 days, the commission shall sell the malt beverages, bottles, containers, or packages at public or private sale as provided in this chapter.
Tex. Property Code § 94.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.004
§ 94.004. LANDLORD'S RIGHT OF ENTRY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this chapter, the landlord may not enter a tenant's manufactured home unless:

(1) the tenant is present and gives consent; or

(2) the tenant has previously given written consent.

(b) The written consent under Subsection (a)(2) must specify the date and time entry is permitted and is valid only for the date and time specified. The tenant may revoke the consent without penalty at any time by notifying the landlord in writing that the consent has been revoked.

(c) The landlord may enter the tenant's manufactured home in a reasonable manner and at a reasonable time if:

(1) an emergency exists; or

(2) the tenant abandons the manufactured home.
Tex. Education Code § 37.055 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.055
§ 37.055. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) On admitting a student to a school-community guidance center, a representative of the school district, the student, and the student's parent shall develop an agreement that specifies the responsibilities of the parent and the student. The agreement must include:

(1) a statement of the student's behavioral and learning objectives;

(2) a requirement that the parent attend specified meetings and conferences for teacher review of the student's progress; and

(3) the parent's acknowledgement that the parent understands and accepts the responsibilities imposed by the agreement regarding attendance at meetings and conferences and assistance in meeting other objectives, defined by the district, to aid student remediation.

(b) The superintendent of the school district may obtain a court order from a district court in the school district requiring a parent to comply with an agreement made under this section. A parent who violates a court order issued under this subsection may be punished for contempt of court.

(c) In this section, "parent" includes a legal guardian.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.254
§ 8501.254. TIME OF SALE.
Status: in_force

An obligation issued under this chapter shall be sold at the time determined by the board to be expedient and necessary to the interest of the authority.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.3575 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.3575
§ 1301.3575. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS.
Status: in_force

The board shall register a person who complies with this chapter as a drain cleaner, drain cleaner-restricted registrant, residential utilities installer, or plumber's apprentice.
Tex. Water Code § 58.035 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.035
§ 58.035. INCLUSION OF CITY, TOWN, OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) No city, town, or municipal corporation may be included within any district created under this chapter unless the proposition for the creation of the district has been adopted by a majority of the electors in the city, town, or municipal corporation.

(b) Any municipal corporation included within a district shall be a separate voting district, and the ballots cast within the municipal corporation shall be counted and canvassed separately from the remainder of the district.

(c) No district that includes a city, town, or municipal corporation may include land outside of the municipal corporation unless the election to confirm and ratify the creation of the district favors the creation of the district independent of the vote within the municipal corporation.
Tex. Election Code § 66.025 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 66 / Section 66.025
§ 66.025. CONTENTS OF BALLOT BOX NO.
Status: in_force

3. (a) Ballot box no. 3 must contain:

(1) the voted ballots;

(2) a copy of the precinct returns;

(3) a tally list; and

(4) a copy of the poll list.

(b) The copy of the poll list may be placed in a container other than ballot box no. 3 on approval by the secretary of state if the secretary determines that placement in the other container is more suitable for a particular election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.061
§ 1061.061. APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES; CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(b) The district may employ fiscal agents, accountants, architects, and attorneys the board considers proper.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to hire or contract with technicians, nurses, and other persons or district employees as the administrator considers advisable.
Tex. Estates Code § 55.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 55 / Section 55.101
§ 55.101. ENTITLEMENT TO PRODUCTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, a person who is a party to a will contest or proceeding in which a party relies on the mental or testamentary capacity of a decedent before the decedent's death as part of the party's claim or defense is entitled to production of all communications or records relevant to the decedent's condition before the decedent's death.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1035.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1035 / Section 1035.157
§ 1035.157. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) The ballot for an expansion election ordered under Section 1035.151 must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Expanding the DeWitt Medical District to include all of DeWitt County except that territory included in Yoakum Hospital District, the assumption by the additional territory of its proportionate share of the district's outstanding debts, and the imposition of a tax not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 of valuation of all taxable property in the expanded area of the district."

(b) The ballot for an annexation election ordered under Section 1035.153 must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Adding (description of territory to be added) to the DeWitt Medical District, the assumption by the additional territory of its proportionate share of the district's outstanding debts, and the imposition of a tax not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 of valuation of all taxable property in the annexed area of the district."
Tex. Government Code § 391.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 391 / Section 391.002
§ 391.002. STATE SYMBOLS.
Status: repealed

(a) The legislature must specify an item's historical or cultural significance to the state before designating the item as a state symbol.

(b) The legislature may not designate any of the following as a state symbol:

(1) a commercial product or an item that promotes or advocates the use of a commercial product;

(2) an individual;

(3) an event; or

(4) a place.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081, Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2009.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9024.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9024 / Section 9024.001
§ 9024.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Cade Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Galveston County.
Tex. Education Code § 51.0052 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0052
§ 51.0052. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS PROJECTS.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that:

(1) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code;

(2) is located in a county any part of which is within 62 miles of an international border; and

(3) consists of 11 or more dwellings that are located in close proximity to each other in an area that may be described as a community or neighborhood.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) Regarding any projects funded by an institution of higher education that provide assistance to colonias, the institution of higher education shall require an applicant for the funds to submit to the institution a colonia classification number, if one exists, for each colonia that may be served by the project proposed in the application. If a colonia does not have a classification number, the institution of higher education may contact the secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative to obtain the classification number. On request of the institution, the secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative shall assign a classification number to the colonia.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8298.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8298 / Section 8298.055
§ 8298.055. ABSENCE OF PRESIDENT FROM BOARD MEETING.
Status: in_force

If the board president is absent from a board meeting:

(1) the board vice president may:

(A) sign an order adopted at the meeting; or

(B) implement any other action taken at the meeting; or

(2) the board may authorize the president to sign the order or implement the action.
Tex. Labor Code § 414.003 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 414 / Section 414.003
§ 414.003. COMPILATION AND USE OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall compile and maintain statistical and other information as necessary to detect practices or patterns of conduct by persons subject to monitoring under this chapter that:

(1) violate this subtitle, commissioner rules, or a commissioner order or decision; or

(2) otherwise adversely affect the workers' compensation system of this state.

(b) The commissioner shall use the information compiled under this section to impose appropriate penalties and other sanctions under Chapters 415 and 416.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1007.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1007 / Section 1007.001
§ 1007.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Big Bend Regional Hospital District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7962.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7962 / Section 7962.0303
§ 7962.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.052
§ 1006.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

At least 10 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Floyd County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7965.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7965 / Section 7965.101
§ 7965.101. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Transportation Code § 396.041 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 396 / Section 396.041
§ 396.041. COUNTY LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to:

(1) a recycling business;

(2) a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard located entirely in a municipality and subject to regulation by the municipality; or

(3) a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard in operation before June 1, 1987.

(b) To protect the public health, safety, or welfare, the commissioners court of a county may by ordinance require a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard to be licensed by the county.

(c) An ordinance may:

(1) impose a fee of $25 for the issuance or renewal of a license;

(2) impose a fee of not more than:

(A) $150 for the issuance or renewal of a license, if the ordinance is adopted by the commissioners court of a county with a population of 2.1 million or more that contains two or more municipalities, each of which has a population of 350,000 or more; or

(B) $500 for the issuance or renewal of a license, if the ordinance is adopted by the commissioners court of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more;

(3) condition the license on the operation of the junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard only at a location approved by the commissioners court or a county employee designated by the commissioners court; or

(4) establish grounds for suspending or revoking a license if the junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard is not screened.

(d) The county shall deposit each license fee received to the credit of the county general fund.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.577 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.577
§ 2054.577. TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The technology improvement and modernization fund is a special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund.

(b) The fund consists of:

(1) money transferred or deposited to the credit of the fund at the direction of the legislature;

(2) money received from the federal government for the purposes of improving and modernizing state agency information resources;

(3) gifts, donations, and grants to the fund, including federal grants; and

(4) interest earned on the investment of money in the fund.

(c) Money in the fund:

(1) may be used to improve and modernize state agency information resources, including legacy system projects and cybersecurity projects; and

(2) may not be used to replace money appropriated to a state agency for the purposes of operating and maintaining state agency information resources or reduce the amount of money appropriated to a state agency for those purposes.

(d) Section 404.071 does not apply to the fund.

(e) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 2052.101.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.195 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.195
§ 51.195. PURCHASE OR LEASE BY APPLICANT.
Status: reserved

(a) If no good-faith claimant exists or if no good-faith claimant exercises a preferential right within the applicable period, the applicant has a preferential right to purchase or lease the land determined to be vacant on or before the 60th day after the date:

(1) the commissioner determines that no good-faith claimant exists; or

(2) the period for a good-faith claimant to exercise a preferential right to purchase or lease the land determined to be vacant expires.

(b) If a good-faith claimant exercises the claimant's preferential right in the land determined to be vacant, the applicant has a preferential right to either:

(1) an award by the board of a perpetual 1/32 nonparticipating royalty of the full mineral interest of the vacancy; or

(2) a preferential right to purchase or lease any remaining interest in the land determined to be vacant.

(c) If a lease described by Section 51.194(d)(1) exists on the land determined to be vacant, the applicant's 1/32 nonparticipating royalty interest, as described by Subsection (b)(1), shall be taken from the state's royalty interest as reserved under Section 51.194(d)(1) for the duration of the lease, provided that the applicant's share for the duration of the lease may never equal more than the interest retained by the state.

(d) An applicant who exercises a preferential right under Subsection (a) or (b)(2) may purchase or lease the land or an interest in the land:

(1) at the price set by the board;

(2) subject to the royalty reservations provided by the board; and

(3) in accordance with the law in effect on the date the application is filed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 267.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 267 / Section 267.002
§ 267.002. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is exempt from the requirements of Section 267.001(a) if the person is licensed to practice dentistry in this state.

(b) A person is exempt from the requirements of Section 267.001(b) if the person is licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 3002.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3002 / Section 3002.105
§ 3002.105. PRIVATE CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person affected by a political subdivision's or state agency's violation of this chapter may bring a civil action and is entitled to obtain:

(1) declaratory relief;

(2) injunctive relief; and

(3) court costs, including reasonable attorney's and witness fees.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals has exclusive jurisdiction over any appeal arising out of a civil action brought under this section.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.023 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 132 / Section 132.023
§ 132.023. RESIDENT AGENT FOR SERVICE.
Status: in_force

Before receiving a license required by this chapter, an applicant whose home office or principal place of business is outside this state shall file with the department the name of an agent in this state for service of process in actions by the state or the department in the enforcement of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8480.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8480 / Section 8480.001
§ 8480.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 2.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8870.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8870 / Section 8870.004
§ 8870.004. 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 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.