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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.058
§ 1049.058. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may employ an attorney, a general manager, a bookkeeper, an architect, and other employees necessary for the efficient operation of the district.
Tex. Education Code § 66.04 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 66 / Section 66.04
§ 66.04. VALIDITY OF BONDS PURCHASED BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

Whenever the board has purchased the bonds of any city, county, or municipality, approved by the attorney general, the certificate of the attorney general attesting their validity shall be admitted and received as prima facie evidence of the validity of the bonds; and in all cases in which the proceeds of the sale of these bonds have been received by the proper officers of the city, municipality, or county, or by the party acting for them in negotiating the sale of the bonds, the city, municipality, or county is thereafter estopped from denying the validity of the bonds and they shall be held to be valid and binding obligations. In the case of any bonds bought under this section, premium or discount shall be distributed over the life of the bonds.
Tex. Family Code § 201.1041 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.1041
§ 201.1041. JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER OR JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court is not timely filed or the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court is waived, the proposed order or judgment of the associate judge, other than a proposed order or judgment providing for enforcement by contempt or the immediate incarceration of a party, shall become the order or judgment of the referring court by operation of law without ratification by the referring court.

(b) An associate judge's proposed order or judgment providing for enforcement by contempt or the immediate incarceration of a party becomes an order of the referring court only if:

(1) the referring court signs an order adopting the associate judge's proposed order or judgment; and

(2) the order or judgment meets the requirements of Section 157.166.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a proposed order or judgment of the associate judge is in full force and effect and is enforceable as an order or judgment of the referring court pending a de novo hearing before the referring court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8047.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8047 / Section 8047.0501
§ 8047.0501. 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. Health and Safety Code § 292B.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292B / Section 292B.001
§ 292B.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Institutional health care provider" means a nonpublic hospital that provides inpatient hospital services.

(2) "Paying hospital" means an institutional health care provider required to make a mandatory payment under this chapter.

(3) "Program" means the county health care provider participation program authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 4 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 4
§ 4.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the judge or magistrate in whose court a criminal action is pending may not order the accused to be rearrested or require the accused to give another bond in a higher amount because the accused:

(1) withdraws a waiver of the right to counsel; or

(2) requests the assistance of counsel, appointed or retained.Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, if a court releases an accused on personal bond on the recommendation of a personal bond office, the court shall assess a personal bond reimbursement fee of $20 or three percent of the amount of the bail fixed for the accused, whichever is greater. The court may waive the fee or assess a lesser fee if good cause is shown. A court that requires a defendant to give a personal bond under Article 45A.107 may not assess a personal bond fee under this subsection.

(b) Reimbursement fees collected under this article may be used solely to defray expenses of the personal bond office, including defraying the expenses of extradition.

(c) Reimbursement fees collected under this article shall be deposited in the county treasury, or if the office serves more than one county, the fees shall be apportioned to each county in the district according to each county's pro rata share of the costs of the office.
Tex. Government Code § 53.127 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 53 / Section 53.127
§ 53.127. DUTIES.
Status: in_force

A bailiff shall perform the duties imposed on bailiffs under the general laws of this state and the other duties required by the judge of the court served.
Tex. Local Government Code § 192.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 192 / Section 192.001
§ 192.001. GENERAL ITEMS.
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall record each deed, mortgage, or other instrument that is required or permitted by law to be recorded.
Tex. Tax Code § 33.48 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 33 / Section 33.48
§ 33.48. RECOVERY OF COSTS AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other costs authorized by law, a taxing unit is entitled to recover the following costs and expenses in a suit to collect a delinquent tax:

(1) all usual court costs, including the cost of serving process and electronic filing fees;

(2) costs of filing for record a notice of lis pendens against property;

(3) expenses of foreclosure sale;

(4) reasonable expenses that are incurred by the taxing unit in determining the name, identity, and location of necessary parties and in procuring necessary legal descriptions of the property on which a delinquent tax is due;

(5) attorney's fees in the amount of 15 percent of the total amount of taxes, penalties, and interest due the unit; and

(6) reasonable attorney ad litem fees approved by the court that are incurred in a suit in which the court orders the appointment of an attorney to represent the interests of a defendant served with process by means of citation by publication or posting.

(b) Each item specified by Subsection (a) of this section is a charge against the property subject to foreclosure in the suit and shall be collected out of the proceeds of the sale of the property or, if the suit is for personal judgment, charged against the defendant.

(c) Fees collected for attorneys and other officials are fees of office, except that fees for contract attorneys representing a taxing unit that is joined or intervenes shall be applied toward the compensation due the attorney under the contract.

(d) A collector who accepts a payment of the court costs and other expenses described by this section shall disburse the amount of the payment as follows:

(1) amounts owing under Subsections (a)(1), (2), (3), and (6) are payable to the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending; and

(2) expenses described by Subsection (a)(4) are payable to the general fund of the taxing unit or to the person or entity who advanced the expense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.157
§ 3911.157. STORM WATER.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include protection and improvement of the quality of storm water that flows through the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.403 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.403
§ 887.403. ISSUE YEAR AND ISSUE AGE IN CERTAIN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES.
Status: reserved

(a) In this section, "gross premium" means the renewal net premium plus any expense loading designated by the association or as otherwise regulated by this chapter.

(b) For an individual or family group life insurance certificate in force on December 31, 1965, or an individual or family group life insurance certificate with a rate increase effective after December 31, 1965, the reserves may be computed as if:

(1) the issue year is the last calendar year that the gross premium computed using the reserve table and interest rate adopted by the association at the insured's age in that calendar year is equal to or less than the premium rate charged by the association on the reserved certificate; and

(2) the issue age is the insured's age in the calendar year under Subdivision (1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.104
§ 9055.104. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the City of Decatur shall appoint a successor to fill a vacancy on the board for the unexpired term.
Tex. Estates Code § 1002.012 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.012
§ 1002.012. GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) "Guardian" means a person appointed as a:

(1) guardian under Subchapter D, Chapter 1101;

(2) successor guardian; or

(3) temporary guardian.

(b) Except as expressly provided otherwise, "guardian" includes:

(1) the guardian of the estate of an incapacitated person; and

(2) the guardian of the person of an incapacitated person.
Tex. Finance Code § 305.008 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 305 / Section 305.008
§ 305.008. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person contracts for, charges, or receives interest on a transaction for personal, family, or household use that is greater than twice the amount authorized by this subtitle.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.

(c) Each contract or transaction that violates this section is a separate offense.

(d) This section applies only to a contract or transaction subject to this subtitle.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.253 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.253
§ 453.253. RENEWAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE BY OUT-OF-STATE PRACTITIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may renew without reexamination the expired license of a person who was licensed to practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in this state, moved to another state, is currently licensed and in good standing in the other state, and meets the board's requirements for renewal.

(b) The person must pay to the executive council a renewal fee set by the executive council under this section in an amount that does not exceed the renewal fee for the license.
Tex. Transportation Code § 396.045 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 396 / Section 396.045
§ 396.045. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates an ordinance adopted under this subchapter that defines an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500.

(c) Each day a violation continues is a separate offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8867.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8867 / Section 8867.004
§ 8867.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Haskell County, Knox County, and Baylor County, unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J or K, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.258 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.258
§ 1701.258. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ON TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall require an officer to complete a one-time basic education and training program on the trafficking of persons. The program must:

(1) consist of at least four hours of training; and

(2) include a review of the substance of Sections 20A.02 and 43.05, Penal Code.

(b) The commission shall make available to each officer a voluntary advanced education, instruction, and training program on the trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution prohibited under Sections 20A.02 and 43.05, Penal Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 352.006 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 352 / Section 352.006
§ 352.006. MISUSE OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program and according to commission rules, no person may solicit, disclose, receive, use, or knowingly permit the use of records or other information concerning an applicant for or recipient of vocational rehabilitation services that is directly or indirectly acquired by an officer or employee of the state or its political subdivisions in the course of the person's official duties.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.204 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.204
§ 85.204. PROHIBITED RULES AND ORDERS.
Status: in_force

The commission is not authorized to adopt a rule or order or to make a determination or holding that any mode, manner, or process of refining oil constitutes waste.
Tex. Local Government Code § 262.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 262 / Section 262.001
§ 262.001. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT TO MAKE CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may appoint an agent to make a contract on behalf of the county for:

(1) erecting or repairing a county building;

(2) supervising the erecting or repairing of a county building; or

(3) any other purpose authorized by law.

(b) A contract or other act of an agent appointed under this section that is properly executed on behalf of the county and is within the agent's authority binds the county to the contract for all purposes.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.372 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.372
§ 521.372. SUSPENSION OR LICENSE DENIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person's driver's license is automatically suspended on final conviction of:

(1) an offense under the Controlled Substances Act;

(2) a felony drug offense;

(3) a misdemeanor drug offense, if the person has been previously convicted of a drug offense committed less than 36 months before the commission of the instant offense; or

(4) a felony under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, that is not a drug offense.

(b) The department may not issue a driver's license to a person convicted of an offense specified in Subsection (a) who, on the date of the conviction, did not hold a driver's license.

(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (a)(3), the court may order that the department suspend the license of a person who holds a license at the time of final conviction of a misdemeanor drug offense if the court makes a written determination that the suspension is in the interest of public safety.

(c) Except as provided by Section 521.374(b), the period of suspension or license denial under this section is 90 days after the date of a final conviction.
Tex. Education Code § 85.30 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.30
§ 85.30. DONATIONS AND TRUSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Donations of property may be made and accepted by the board for the purpose of establishing or assisting in the establishment of a professorship, chair, or scholarship in the university system or any of its component institutions or for creating in the university system or any of its component institutions any trust for any lawful, educational, or charitable purpose, either temporarily or permanently, and the donations or trusts thereby created will be governed by the rules prescribed by this section.

(b) The legal title to the property shall be vested in the board acting as an entity, or the State of Texas, to be held in trust for the purpose under any directions, limitations, and provisions that may be declared in the donation or trust agreement, not inconsistent with the objectives and proper management of the system or its component institutions.

(c) The donor may declare and direct the manner in which the title to the property shall thereafter be transmitted from the trustee in continued succession, to be held for and appropriated to the declared purposes.

(d) The donor may declare and direct the person or class of persons who shall receive the benefit of the donation and the manner of their selection.

(e) The declarations, directions, and limitations shall not be inconsistent with the objects and proper management of the system or its institutions.

(f) The title to the property donated shall be received, and the trust conferred in the donation shall be assumed, subject to laws that may be passed and carried into effect from time to time which may be necessary to prevent the loss of or damage to the property donated or an abuse or neglect of the trust so as to defeat, materially change, or prevent the objects of the donation.

(g) Copies of the donation shall be filed with the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 403.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 403.001
§ 403.001. MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall appoint six members to represent this state on the commission established by Article III of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact. One of the voting members of the compact commission shall be a legal resident of the host county.

(b) The governor may provide an alternate for each commissioner appointed under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 465.0107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 465 / Section 465.0107
§ 465.0107. PURPOSES OF PANEL.
Status: in_force

The panel is established to:

(1) use the knowledge and expertise of regulated persons, small and large businesses, institutions of higher education, and state agencies to identify and expand opportunities for implementing efficiencies in:

(A) the process by which state agencies adopt rules;

(B) the regulatory review process; and

(C) the processes by which contested cases are conducted; and

(2) assist the office and state agencies in identifying:

(A) unnecessary and ineffective rules;

(B) the effect and cost to this state and regulated persons of the agencies' rules and proposed rules; and

(C) opportunities to repeal or amend rules to provide effective protection to the public with the least cost and inconvenience to regulated persons.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0104 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0104
§ 113.0104. RESPONSIBILITY FOR CAR SHARING EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program is solely responsible for any equipment, including a global positioning system device or other special equipment, placed in or on a shared vehicle used under the program to monitor or facilitate the car sharing transaction. The program shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the vehicle's owner for any damage to or theft of such equipment during the car sharing period not caused by the owner.

(b) A peer-to-peer car sharing program may seek indemnity from a driver for any loss of or damage to equipment described by Subsection (a) that occurs during the car sharing period.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.303 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 716 / Section 716.303
§ 716.303. COMMINGLING OF REMAINS.
Status: in_force

Unless authorized in writing by the authorizing agent, a person may not:

(1) dispose of or scatter cremated remains in a manner or at a location that commingles the remains with other cremated remains, except by air over a scattering area or by sea; or

(2) place the cremated remains of more than one deceased person in the same urn or other container.
Tex. Government Code § 751.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 751 / Section 751.011
§ 751.011. BOARD DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The board shall review the office's priorities and strategies set forth in the annual report and deliver to the director any suggested modifications.
Tex. Government Code § 3105.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3105 / Section 3105.001
§ 3105.001. PURPOSE OF MONUMENT.
Status: in_force

The Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument is erected on the grounds of the Capitol Complex to recognize and honor the ultimate sacrifice made by law enforcement and corrections officers in this state who were killed in the line of duty.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.310 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.310
§ 375.310. AUTHORITY PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may only develop or construct public improvements or eligible projects in areas designated in an authority plan approved by the board and the governing body of the municipality that created the authority.

(b) The plan must include the information required for a municipal reinvestment zone under Sections 311.011(b) and (c), Tax Code, for the area of the authority. For the purposes of applying those sections, the area of the authority affected constitutes a zone.

(c) The authority shall generate the plan based on the economic development needs of the property owners and constituents in the authority.

(d) After approval by the board, the authority shall submit the plan to the municipality for approval. Before taking action to approve or reject the plan, the municipality shall make a copy of the proposed plan available to the public and hold hearings and publish notice of the hearings in the manner required by Section 375.305. The notice of the public hearings must state where a copy of the proposed plan is available for inspection.

(e) The board may amend and submit the approved plan to the governing body of the municipality for approval.

(f) Before approving the authority's plan or any amendment, the municipality shall publish notice and hold hearings as required by Subsection (d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7922.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7922 / Section 7922.001
§ 7922.001. 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 Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 219.