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Tex. Election Code § 144.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 144 / Section 144.002
§ 144.002. INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A candidate's name may appear on the ballot only as an independent.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.0101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0101
§ 161.0101. INCREASE IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop new public-private partnerships and work with existing public-private partnership programs, including the Seniors and Volunteers Program For Childhood Immunization, to increase public and private awareness of and support for early childhood immunizations.

(b) The department shall work with the Texas Education Agency to increase immunization awareness and participation among parents of preschool and school-age children by:

(1) jointly applying for federal funds for immunization awareness and vaccination programs; and

(2) creating partnerships with public and private health, service, and education organizations, including parent-teacher associations, the United Way, schools, local businesses, community-based organizations, chambers of commerce, and athletic booster clubs, to increase awareness and participation in the state's early childhood vaccination program.

(c) The department shall work to increase immunization awareness and participation among parents of children in child-care facilities, as defined by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code, in the state's early childhood vaccination program by publishing on the department's website information about the benefits of annual immunization against influenza for children aged six months to five years. The department shall work with the Department of Family and Protective Services and with child-care facilities to ensure that the information is annually distributed to parents in August or September.
Tex. Government Code § 3101.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3101 / Section 3101.003
§ 3101.003. USE OF STATE SEAL.
Status: in_force

A law that requires the use of the state seal does not require the use of the reverse of the state seal or the state arms.
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.009 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.009
§ 407A.009. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ADMINISTRATORS AND SERVICE COMPANIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An administrator or service company under this chapter that performs the acts of an administrator as defined in Chapter 4151, Insurance Code, must hold a certificate of authority under that chapter.

(b) An entity is required to hold only one certificate of authority under Chapter 4151, Insurance Code, if:

(1) the entity acts as an administrator and a service company as defined in this chapter; and

(2) performs the acts of an administrator as that term is defined in Chapter 4151, Insurance Code.

(c) Exemptions in Chapter 4151, Insurance Code, as provided in Sections 4151.002(18), (19), and (20), apply to an administrator or service company under this section.
Tex. Family Code § 15.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.004
§ 15.004. RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c)), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b)).
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 23.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 23 / Section 23.002
§ 23.002. RECESS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a juror in a civil action is required to appear at a court proceeding on a religious holy day observed by the juror, the court or the court's designee shall recess the civil action until the next day the court is in session after the conclusion of the holy day.

(b) A juror seeking a recess must file with the court before the final selection of the jury an affidavit stating:

(1) the grounds for the recess; and

(2) that the juror holds religious beliefs that prohibit him from taking part in a court proceeding on the day for which the recess is sought.

(c) An affidavit filed under Subsection (b) is proof of the facts stated and need not be corroborated.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.702 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.702
§ 21.702. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to a close corporation.

(b) This chapter applies to a close corporation to the extent not inconsistent with this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.203
§ 3848.203. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3908.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3908 / Section 3908.155
§ 3908.155. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

Section 375.162, Local Government Code, does not apply to an organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code, operating in the district. The organization is not exempt from paying a district assessment.
Tex. Family Code § 15.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.001
§ 15.001. POLICY.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state to encourage the peaceable resolution of disputes, with special consideration given to disputes involving the parent-child relationship, including disputes involving the conservatorship of, possession of or access to, and support of a child, and the early settlement of pending litigation through voluntary settlement procedures.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 11.079 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.079
§ 11.079. ACCESS TO LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The state, a permittee of the state, or a lessee or assignee of state land or minerals dedicated to the permanent school fund may exercise the power of eminent domain to obtain an easement whenever it is necessary to enter or cross the land of another person for the purpose of obtaining access to any land or interest in land that is owned by the state and that is dedicated by law to the permanent school fund.

(b) If the state or such permittee, lessee, or assignee and the private owner of the land through which an easement for access is sought cannot agree on the place or the terms for the easement to obtain access, either the state or such permittee, lessee, or assignee may, in order to provide that access, exercise this power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.

(c) Easements acquired under this section are declared to be for the sole use and benefit of the state, its permittee, lessee, or assignee and may be used only to the extent necessary to achieve the required access or for the purposes for which the permit, lease, or assignment was granted. An easement so acquired is hereby dedicated to the permanent school fund.

(d) If the state desires to utilize the power of eminent domain to obtain an easement under this section for access to a tract of land, the attorney general shall institute condemnation proceedings as provided under Chapter 21, Property Code. If agreement regarding an easement for access cannot be reached with a private landowner, a permittee of the state or a lessee or assignee of land or minerals dedicated to the permanent school fund desiring to utilize this section to obtain an easement for access to a tract of land must institute the condemnation proceedings authorized by this section.

(e) If the easement acquired under this section is taken solely to benefit a tract of land in which the permanent school fund owns only a mineral interest, the easement shall not be permanent but shall be limited to the term that the state minerals are held under a valid prospect permit or lease. The easement will terminate when the prospect permit and lease expires or terminates.

(f) This section is cumulative of the provisions of Subtitles C and D, Title 2, Natural Resources Code, relating to access to land and to the power of eminent domain. The special fund accounts established under Sections 51.401, 52.297, and 53.155 of this code may be used to compensate landowners for an easement to obtain access under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8444.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8444 / Section 8444.202
§ 8444.202. 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.
Tex. Government Code § 1201.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.021
§ 1201.021. CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC SECURITY.
Status: in_force

A public security may:

(1) be issued in any denomination;

(2) bear no interest or bear interest at one or more specified rates;

(3) be issued with one or more interest coupons or without a coupon;

(4) be issued as redeemable before maturity at one or more specified times; and

(5) be payable:

(A) at one or more times;

(B) in installments or a specified amount or amounts;

(C) at a specified place or places;

(D) under specified terms; and

(E) in a specified form or manner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8266.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8266 / Section 8266.003
§ 8266.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8266.023 before September 1, 2011:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2011, except that the district shall:

(A) pay any debts incurred;

(B) transfer to Grayson County any assets that remain after the payment of debts; and

(C) maintain the organization of the district until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2014.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.557 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.557
§ 342.557. PAYMENT OF EXAMINATION COSTS AND ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

An authorized lender shall pay to the commissioner an amount assessed by the commissioner to cover the direct and indirect cost of an examination of the lender under Section 342.552 and a proportionate share of general administrative expense.
Tex. Local Government Code § 111.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 111 / Section 111.041
§ 111.041. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS UNDER BUDGET; EMERGENCY EXPENDITURE; BUDGET TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may spend county funds only in strict compliance with the budget, except as provided by this section.

(b) The commissioners court may authorize an emergency expenditure as an amendment to the original budget only in a case of grave public necessity to meet an unusual and unforeseen condition that could not have been included in the original budget through the use of reasonably diligent thought and attention. If the court amends the original budget to meet an emergency, the court shall file a copy of its order amending the budget with the county clerk, and the clerk shall attach the copy to the original budget.

(c) The commissioners court by order may amend the budget to transfer an amount budgeted for one item to another budgeted item without authorizing an emergency expenditure.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.054 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 58 / Section 58.054
§ 58.054. BOARD CONSIDERATION OF LOAN GUARANTEE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

After reviewing the material submitted under Section 58.053, the board shall consider the following factors in deciding whether to approve an application for a loan guarantee:

(1) the anticipated benefits from granting a loan guarantee to the applicant, including both potential job creation and commercial benefits to the agricultural industry;

(2) the applicant's qualifications;

(3) the feasibility of the applicant's plan; and

(4) other repayment sources available to the applicant.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.259 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.259
§ 2602.259. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS; CERTAIN DECISIONS NOT BINDING.
Status: in_force

(a) To permit the receiver or association to properly defend a pending cause of action, a proceeding in which an impaired title insurance company is a party or is obligated to defend a party in a court in this state, other than a proceeding directly related to the receivership or instituted by the receiver, is stayed for:

(1) a six-month period beginning on the later of the date of the designation of impairment or the date an ancillary proceeding is brought in this state; and

(2) any subsequent period as determined by the court.

(b) If a covered claim arises from a judgment, order, verdict, finding, or other decision based on the default of an impaired title insurance company or its failure to defend an insured, the association on its own behalf or on behalf of the insured may apply to the court or administrator that made the decision to have the decision set aside and may defend the claim on its merits.

(c) In a proceeding considering a covered claim, a judgment against an insured taken after the date the delinquency proceeding or supervision begins or a conservator is appointed is not evidence of liability or of the amount of damages, and a default or consent judgment against an insured or the impaired title insurance company or a settlement, release, or judgment entered into by the insured or the impaired title insurance company does not bind the association and is not evidence of liability or of the amount of damages in connection with a claim brought against the association or another party under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.204
§ 173.204. RULES GOVERNING SYSTEM AND ROUTINGS.
Status: in_force

A district by resolution may adopt rules governing the use, operation, and maintenance of the system and shall determine all routings and change them when the board considers it advisable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6611.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6611 / Section 6611.152
§ 6611.152. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The Willacy County tax assessor-collector is the tax assessor-collector for the district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 50A.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 50A / Section 50A.005
§ 50A.005. TERMS.
Status: in_force

Members of the council serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of three members expiring on January 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9030.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9030 / Section 9030.005
§ 9030.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating 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:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes; or

(3) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 601.201 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.201
§ 601.201. CERTAIN SALES OR CONTRACTS VOID.
Status: in_force

A sale or contract entered into under a consumer transaction in violation of Section 601.053(b) or Subchapter D is void.
Tex. Government Code § 501.068 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.068
§ 501.068. MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN INMATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the department may confine an inmate in administrative segregation, an appropriate medical or mental health care professional must perform a mental health assessment of the inmate.

(b) The department may not confine an inmate in administrative segregation if the assessment performed under Subsection (a) indicates that type of confinement is not appropriate for the inmate's medical or mental health.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.001
§ 344.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8239.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8239 / Section 8239.202
§ 8239.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds as the interest becomes due;

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and

(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8256.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8256 / Section 8256.101
§ 8256.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the district may not act as a retail provider of water or wastewater service.

(c) The district shall make the district's water and wastewater facilities available to an entity holding the applicable certificate of convenience and necessity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7975A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7975A / Section 7975A.0401
§ 7975A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7975A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3946.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3946 / Section 3946.053
§ 3946.053. ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

To be qualified to serve as a director, a person must meet the qualifications prescribed by Section 375.063, Local Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 411.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.152
§ 411.152. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may adopt rules permitted by this subchapter that are necessary to administer or enforce this subchapter but shall adopt a rule expressly required by this subchapter.

(b) The director by rule may release or permit access to information to confirm or deny whether an individual has a preexisting record under this subchapter. After receiving a request regarding an individual whose DNA record has been expunged or removed under Section 411.151, the director shall deny the preexisting record.

(c) The director by rule may exempt:

(1) a laboratory conducting non-human forensic DNA analysis from a rule adopted under this subchapter; and

(2) certain categories of individuals from a requirement to provide an additional sample after an acceptable DNA record exists for the individual.

(d) The director by rule may determine whether a DNA sample complies with a collection provision of this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 85.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 85 / Section 85.001
§ 85.001. OATH AND BOND.
Status: repealed

(a) A person elected as sheriff, before beginning to perform the duties of office, must execute a bond with:

(1) two or more good and sufficient sureties; or

(2) a solvent surety company authorized to do business in this state.

(b) The bond must be:

(1) approved by the commissioners court of the county;

(2) made payable to the governor;

(3) in an amount established by the commissioners court, but not less than $5,000 or more than $30,000; and

(4) conditioned that the sheriff will:

(A) faithfully perform the duties of office established by law;

(B) account for and pay to the person authorized by law to receive them the fines, forfeitures, and penalties the sheriff collects for the use of the state or a county;

(C) execute and return when due the process and precepts lawfully directed to the sheriff, and pay to the person to whom they are due or to the person's attorney the funds collected by virtue of the process or precept; and

(D) pay to the county any funds illegally paid, voluntarily or otherwise, to the sheriff from county funds.

(c) The sheriff must take and subscribe the official oath, which, together with the certificate of the officer administering the oath, must be endorsed on the bond.

(d) A person elected or appointed as sheriff who has executed the bond and taken the official oath may enter at once on the duties of office, and that person's acts shall be as valid under law before the receipt of a commission as after the receipt of a commission.

(e) The bond is not void on the first recovery, but may be sued on from time to time in the name of any injured person until the entire amount of the bond is recovered.

(f) A sheriff or deputy sheriff is not liable on an official bond, and is not personally liable, for having received or confined a prisoner delivered or surrendered to the sheriff or deputy by a state ranger.

(g) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 973, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1997.