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Tex. Education Code § 37.0011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.0011
§ 37.0011. USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "corporal punishment" means the deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping, or any other physical force used as a means of discipline. The term does not include:

(1) physical pain caused by reasonable physical activities associated with athletic training, competition, or physical education; or

(2) the use of restraint as authorized under Section 37.0021.

(b) If the board of trustees of an independent school district adopts a policy under Section 37.001(a)(8) under which corporal punishment is permitted as a method of student discipline, a district educator may use corporal punishment to discipline a student unless the student's parent or guardian or other person having lawful control over the student has previously provided a written, signed statement prohibiting the use of corporal punishment as a method of student discipline.

(c) To prohibit the use of corporal punishment as a method of student discipline, each school year a student's parent or guardian or other person having lawful control over the student must provide a separate written, signed statement to the board of trustees of the school district in the manner established by the board.

(d) The student's parent or guardian or other person having lawful control over the student may revoke the statement provided to the board of trustees under Subsection (c) at any time during the school year by submitting a written, signed revocation to the board in the manner established by the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.127 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.127
§ 287.127. LIMITATION OF EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may not be spent for an expense not included in the annual budget or an amendment to it.
Tex. Family Code § 7.009 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.009
§ 7.009. FRAUD ON THE COMMUNITY; DIVISION AND DISPOSITION OF RECONSTITUTED ESTATE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "reconstituted estate" means the total value of the community estate that would exist if an actual or constructive fraud on the community had not occurred.

(b) If the trier of fact determines that a spouse has committed actual or constructive fraud on the community, the court shall:

(1) calculate the value by which the community estate was depleted as a result of the fraud on the community and calculate the amount of the reconstituted estate; and

(2) divide the value of the reconstituted estate between the parties in a manner the court deems just and right.

(c) In making a just and right division of the reconstituted estate under Section 7.001, the court may grant any legal or equitable relief necessary to accomplish a just and right division, including:

(1) awarding to the wronged spouse an appropriate share of the community estate remaining after the actual or constructive fraud on the community;

(2) awarding a money judgment in favor of the wronged spouse against the spouse who committed the actual or constructive fraud on the community; or

(3) awarding to the wronged spouse both a money judgment and an appropriate share of the community estate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.151
§ 1054.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board.
Tex. Family Code § 264.1073 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.1073
§ 264.1073. TREATMENT FOSTER CARE.
Status: in_force

The department and single source continuum contractors shall:

(1) lessen employment restrictions to allow single parents to participate in treatment foster care, when quality care is assured;

(2) expand the eligible age for treatment foster care to include children 10 years of age or older;

(3) prepare and plan for the subsequent placement not later than the 30th day after a child is placed in treatment foster care to assist in the transition to the least restrictive placement; and

(4) extend the length of time for a treatment foster care placement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.003
§ 437.003. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PERMIT.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 437.0045, to enforce state law and rules adopted under state law, the commissioners court of a county by order may require food service establishments, retail food stores, mobile food units, and roadside food vendors in unincorporated areas of the county, including areas in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, to obtain a permit from the county.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.110 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.110
§ 225.110. WILLIAM B.
Status: in_force

CROOKER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Notwithstanding Section 225.001(c), the portion of U.S. Highway 87 under construction as of September 1, 2015, as a relief route around Big Spring, between Interstate Highway 20 and Ranch Road 33, in Howard County is designated as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9045.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9045 / Section 9045.102
§ 9045.102. ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may:

(1) make, purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire property, works, facilities, or improvements, existing or to be made, constructed, or acquired, inside or outside the district's boundaries and necessary to carry out the powers granted by this chapter or general law; or

(2) enter into a contract with a person on terms the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous for:

(A) the purchase or sale of water;

(B) the transportation, treatment, and disposal of the domestic, industrial, or communal wastes of the district or others;

(C) the continuing and orderly development of land and property in the district through the purchase, construction, or installation of facilities, works, or improvements that the district is otherwise authorized to do or perform so that, to the greatest extent reasonably possible, considering sound engineering and economic practices, all of the land and property may ultimately receive the services of the facilities, works, or improvements; and

(D) the performance of any of the rights or powers granted by this chapter or general law relating to water control and improvement districts.

(b) A contract under Subsection (a)(2) may not have a duration of more than 40 years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.203
§ 3914.203. 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. Occupations Code § 1201.1511 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.1511
§ 1201.1511. REAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL AND TITLE WORK EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 1201.151 or 1201.1521, a retailer may collect from a consumer in advance or deduct from the consumer's deposit or down payment any expenses incurred by the retailer if, after receiving a conditional notification of approval from a lender chosen by the consumer, the consumer:

(1) contracts with the retailer to arrange for services that are performed by an appraiser of real property or a title company in connection with real property that will be included in the purchase or exchange or is intended to be pledged by the consumer as collateral for the consumer's purchase or exchange of a manufactured home;

(2) is provided notice of laws relating to rescission and real property appraisal and title work expenses before signing the contract for real property appraisal and title work services; and

(3) is provided an itemized list of the specific real property appraisal and title work expenses incurred by the retailer.

(b) A retailer may not charge to the consumer any fees or expenses other than the real property appraisal and title work expenses disclosed to the consumer under Subsection (a)(3).

(c) The department may demand copies of contracts, invoices, receipts, or other proof of any real property appraisal and title work expenses retained by a retailer.
Tex. Water Code § 51A.009 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51A / Section 51A.009
§ 51A.009. CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

The powers granted by this chapter to districts shall be broadly interpreted and liberally construed to effect the legislative intent and the purposes of this chapter and not as a limitation of powers.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.005 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 71 / Section 71.005
§ 71.005. LICENSES REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section and Section 71.004(a), no person may take a fur-bearing animal or a pelt in this state unless the person has acquired and possesses a trapper's license.

(b) Except as provided by commission regulation, no person may purchase, possess after purchase, or transport for commercial purposes a pelt or carcass taken in this state unless the person has acquired and possesses a retail fur buyer's or wholesale fur dealer's license.

(c) No person may capture or possess a live fur-bearing animal for any purpose, except as otherwise authorized by this code, unless he has acquired and possesses a fur-bearing animal propagation license.

(d) A person who possesses a hunting license may take and possess a fur-bearing animal if:

(1) neither the fur-bearing animal nor any part of that animal is taken for the purpose of sale, barter, or exchange; and

(2) the number of fur-bearing animals taken does not exceed the daily bag limit or possession limit set by commission regulation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.458 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.458
§ 801.458. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If the person does not pay the administrative penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the executive director may refer the matter to the attorney general for collection of the penalty.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 12.016 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 12 / Section 12.016
§ 12.016. RULES.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt rules as necessary for the administration of its powers and duties under this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8151.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8151 / Section 8151.0501
§ 8151.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.304 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.304
§ 457.304.
Status: in_force

Sec. 457.304. SALES TAX: EFFECTIVE DATES. (a) An authority's sales and use tax takes effect on the first day of the second calendar quarter that begins after the date the comptroller receives a copy of the order required to be sent under Section 457.053(h).

(b) An increase or decrease in the rate of an authority's sales and use tax takes effect on:

(1) the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins after the date the comptroller receives the notice provided under Section 457.303(c); or

(2) the first day of the second calendar quarter that begins after the date the comptroller receives the notice, if within 10 days after the date of receipt of the notice the comptroller gives written notice to the presiding officer of the board that the comptroller requires more time to implement tax collection and reporting procedures.
Tex. Water Code § 11.315 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.315
§ 11.315. FINAL DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

On completion of the hearings on all contests, the commission shall make a final determination of the claims to water rights under adjudication. The commission shall send a copy of the final determination and any modification of the final determination to each claimant whose rights are adjudicated and to each contesting party.
Tex. Election Code § 172.115 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.115
§ 172.115. DISPOSITION OF LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the voter registrar shall preserve each precinct list of registered voters that is used for a primary election for 22 months.

(b) The registrar shall return each list that is to be used in a subsequent primary election to the authority responsible for distributing the election supplies not earlier than the fourth day before the date it is needed for the subsequent primary.

(c) The presiding judge shall retain and provide at the appropriate time the list of registered voters to be used in the party's conventions if the list was produced under Section 172.1141.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8410.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8410 / Section 8410.002
§ 8410.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.101
§ 1095.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.117 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.117
§ 773.117. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a health care facility's designation as a trauma facility if the facility fails to comply with the rules adopted under this subchapter.

(b) The denial, suspension, or revocation of a designation by the department and the appeal from that action are governed by the department's rules for a contested case hearing and by Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3954.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3954 / Section 3954.051
§ 3954.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 3954.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Occupations Code § 172.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 172 / Section 172.051
§ 172.051. DELEGATION OF PRESCRIBING OR ORDERING ELECTIVE INTRAVENOUS THERAPY.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician may delegate the act of prescribing or ordering elective intravenous therapy to:

(1) a physician assistant acting under adequate physician supervision; or

(2) an advanced practice registered nurse acting under adequate physician supervision.

(b) A physician may delegate the act of administering elective intravenous therapy to:

(1) a physician assistant acting under adequate physician supervision;

(2) an advanced practice registered nurse acting under adequate physician supervision; or

(3) a registered nurse acting under adequate physician supervision.

(c) A physician's authority to delegate the act of prescribing or ordering elective intravenous therapy is subject to Subchapter B, Chapter 157.

(d) A prescriptive authority agreement relating to elective intravenous therapy is included in the maximum number of prescriptive authority agreements authorized under Section 157.0512(c). The exception provided in Section 157.0512(d) does not apply to a prescriptive authority agreement relating to elective intravenous therapy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8474.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8474 / Section 8474.103
§ 8474.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, and Section 53.029(c), Water Code, 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. Insurance Code § 885.701 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.701
§ 885.701. FALSE STATEMENTS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully makes a false or fraudulent statement or representation:

(1) in or with reference to an application for membership in a fraternal benefit society authorized to engage in business in this state; or

(2) for the purpose of obtaining money from or benefits in a fraternal benefit society transacting business under this chapter.

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

(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500;

(2) confinement in jail for not less than 30 days or more than one year; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.636 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.636
§ 101.636. PROHIBITION ON MERGER PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

A company agreement may provide that a protected series or registered series does not have the power to merge under Section 101.633.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3856.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3856 / Section 3856.109
§ 3856.109. NO EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.133 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.133
§ 111.133. ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The commission may make rules for the enforcement of the provisions of Subchapters C, D, and F of this chapter and Sections 111.004, 111.025, 111.131 through 111.132, 111.136, 111.137, and 111.140 of this code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.018 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.018
§ 81.018. PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND OTHER EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Salaries and other expenses necessary in the administration and enforcement of the oil and gas laws shall be paid by warrants drawn by the comptroller on the State Treasury from general revenue.

(b) Warrants for expenses shall be issued only on duly verified statements of the persons entitled to the funds and on approval of the chairman of the commission.
Tex. Finance Code § 66.305 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 66 / Section 66.305
§ 66.305. PRESENTATION OF CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) To be entitled to priority, each person asserting a claim against an association being liquidated under this subchapter must present the claim in writing to the commissioner or the liquidating agent at the address designated in the notice under Section 66.304 before the last day of the 18th month after the date the notice is first published.

(b) The claim must:

(1) contain a statement of the facts on which the claim is based;

(2) set out any right of payment priority or other specific right asserted by the claimant; and

(3) be signed and sworn to by the claimant.
Tex. Government Code § 603.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 603 / Section 603.005
§ 603.005. FEE FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Status: in_force

An officer who is authorized by law to take acknowledgment or proof of a deed or other written instrument shall receive the same fee a notary public may receive for the same service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8811.024 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8811 / Section 8811.024
§ 8811.024. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall annually elect officers. The officers must be confirmed by the Corpus Christi City Council.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.253 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.253
§ 1201.253. HEARING ON STANDARD OR REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

The director shall publish notice and conduct a public hearing before:

(1) adopting a standard or requirement authorized by this subchapter;

(2) amending a standard authorized by this subchapter; or

(3) approving a standard proposed by a local governmental unit under Section 1201.252.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.380 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.380
§ 2054.380. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall set and charge a fee to each participating eligible entity that receives a service from a statewide technology center in an amount sufficient to cover the direct and indirect cost of providing the service.

(b) Revenue derived from the collection of fees imposed under Subsection (a) may be appropriated to the department for:

(1) developing statewide information resources technology policies and planning under this chapter; and

(2) providing shared information resources technology services under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7208.0152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7208 / Section 7208.0152
§ 7208.0152. CONFIRMATION AND INITIAL DIRECTORS' ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before September 1, 2026, the temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect six initial directors in accordance with Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code.

(b) The temporary board of directors shall determine the method for determining the initial term of each person on the initial board of directors. The terms must be clearly stated on the ballot for the confirmation and directors' election.

(c) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to a confirmation and directors' election held as provided by this section.

(d) The initial directors shall continue to serve until the district directors elected at the first regularly scheduled election of directors qualify for office.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 132.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 132 / Section 132.002
§ 132.002. EXPANSION OF CLIENT ELIGIBILITY SCREENING AND DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Based on a cost-benefit analysis, the Health and Human Services Commission, where feasible, shall relocate an employee with the ability to certify eligibility for financial and medical programs to an office or facility that would enhance client access.

(b) Based on a cost-benefit analysis, the Health and Human Services Commission shall coordinate the expansion and use of integrated eligibility screening instruments and the relocation of state employees on a timetable determined by the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8382.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8382 / Section 8382.006
§ 8382.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8026A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8026A / Section 8026A.0402
§ 8026A.0402. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.