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Tex. Education Code § 52.91 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 52 / Section 52.91
§ 52.91. BONDS FOR FORMER TEXAS B-ON-TIME STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM.
Status: repealed

(a) The board shall deposit to the credit of the Texas B-On-time student loan account established under Section 56.0092 any proceeds from the sale of bonds issued by the board to fund Texas B-On-time student loans under Section 56.464(b), as that subsection existed immediately before September 1, 2015, other than accrued interest on the bonds, which shall be deposited to the credit of the interest and sinking fund related to the bonds.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1243 , Sec. 8(1), eff. September 1, 2015.

(c) The board shall repay bonds described by Subsection (a) using proceeds from the bonds, legislative appropriations, and money collected by the board as repayment for Texas B-On-time student loans awarded by the board under Section 56.0092(c) for a semester or term occurring before the 2020 fall semester. The board may also repay the bonds by using tuition set aside under Section 56.465, as that section existed immediately before September 1, 2015, for a semester or term occurring before the 2015 fall semester. The board may not repay the bonds with money collected by the board as repayment for student loans awarded by the board under Subchapter C.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 142.004 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.004
§ 142.004. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

Each commissioner is entitled to compensation and reimbursement for expenses as provided by legislative appropriation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 203.354 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 203 / Section 203.354
§ 203.354. NEWBORN SCREENING.
Status: in_force

(a) Each midwife who attends the birth of a child shall cause the newborn screening tests to be performed on blood specimens taken from the child as required by Chapter 33, Health and Safety Code.

(b) A midwife may collect blood specimens for the newborn screening tests if the midwife has been approved by the department to collect the specimen. The commission shall adopt rules establishing the standards for approval. The standards must recognize completion of a course of instruction that includes the blood specimen collection procedure or verification by appropriately trained health care providers that the midwife has been instructed in the blood collection procedures.

(c) A midwife who is not approved to collect blood specimens for newborn screening tests shall refer a client and her newborn to an appropriate health care facility or physician for the collection of the blood specimen and submission of the specimen to the department.

(d) If the midwife has been approved by the department to collect blood specimens under this section, the collection by the midwife of blood specimens for the required newborn screening tests does not constitute the practice of medicine as defined by Subtitle B.
Tex. Water Code § 55.721 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.721
§ 55.721. EXCLUSION OF NONAGRICULTURAL AND NONIRRIGABLE LAND FROM DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

Land located in the district which is classified as nonagricultural and nonirrigable may be excluded from the district in the manner provided in Subchapter J, Chapter 49.
Tex. Government Code § 1232.073 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1232 / Section 1232.073
§ 1232.073. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of:

(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008 for the adoption of authority rules; and

(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009 to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the authority's jurisdiction.

(b) The authority's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.

(c) The authority shall:

(1) coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);

(2) provide training as needed to implement the procedures for negotiated rulemaking or alternative dispute resolution; and

(3) collect data concerning the effectiveness of those procedures.
Tex. Utilities Code § 182.202 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 182 / Section 182.202
§ 182.202. BURNED VETERANS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors of an electric cooperative or the governing body of a municipally owned utility may establish a bill payment assistance program for a customer who is a military veteran who a medical doctor certifies has a significantly decreased ability to regulate the individual's body temperature because of severe burns received in combat.

(b) The costs of a bill payment assistance program established under Subsection (a) are considered a necessary operations expense.

(c) The board of directors of an electric cooperative or the governing body of a municipally owned utility may determine the method to fund a bill payment assistance program established under Subsection (a).
Tex. Finance Code § 64.061 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 64 / Section 64.061
§ 64.061. ADVANCES PAID BY ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An association may pay taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, and similar charges for the protection of the association's interest in property that secures a real property loan of the association.

(b) A payment under Subsection (a) is an advance, and the association may:

(1) carry the payment on the association's books as an asset of the association for which the association may charge interest; or

(2) add the payment to the unpaid balance of the loan to which it applies as of the first day of the month in which the payment is made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7921A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7921A / Section 7921A.0304
§ 7921A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Occupations Code § 252.009 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 252 / Section 252.009
§ 252.009. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold meetings at least twice a year at times and places the board determines are most convenient for applicants for examination.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0605 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0605
§ 546.0605. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement the program.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.355 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.355
§ 96.355. INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner may refuse to release information or records in the custody of the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending if the commissioner believes release of the information or records might jeopardize an investigation of possibly unlawful activities.

(b) Unless this subtitle provides otherwise, this subchapter does not apply to any information or to a report of an investigation obtained or made by the commissioner or the commissioner's staff in connection with an application for charter or with a hearing held by the commissioner under this subtitle. The fact, information, or report may be included in the record of the appropriate hearing.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0446 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0446
§ 42.0446. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN INVESTIGATION INFORMATION FROM INTERNET WEBSITE.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules providing a procedure by which the commission removes from the commission's Internet website information on a child-care facility or registered or listed family home that relates to an anonymous complaint alleging the facility or family home failed to comply with the commission's minimum standards if, at the conclusion of an investigation, the commission determines the complaint is false or lacks factual foundation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7924A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7924A / Section 7924A.0301
§ 7924A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Water Code § 30.002 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 30 / Section 30.002
§ 30.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to authorize public agencies to cooperate for the safe and economical collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of waste in order to prevent and control pollution of water in the state.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 75E.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 75E / Section 75E.003
§ 75E.003. POSTED WARNING.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of limitation of liability under Section 75E.002(a), a motorized off-road vehicle entity must post and maintain a sign in a clearly visible location at an entrance to a motorized off-road vehicle area. The sign must contain the following language:
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.293 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.293
§ 85.293. DUTIES OF RECEIVER.
Status: in_force

As soon as the receiver is qualified, he shall take possession of the property and shall perform his duties as receiver of the property under the orders of the court, strictly observing the rule, order, or judgment.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.416 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.416
§ 3.416. TRANSFER WARRANTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who transfers an instrument for consideration warrants to the transferee and, if the transfer is by indorsement, to any subsequent transferee that:

(1) the warrantor is a person entitled to enforce the instrument;

(2) all signatures on the instrument are authentic and authorized;

(3) the instrument has not been altered;

(4) the instrument is not subject to a defense or claim in recoupment of any party that can be asserted against the warrantor;

(5) the warrantor has no knowledge of any insolvency proceeding commenced with respect to the maker or acceptor or, in the case of an unaccepted draft, the drawer; and

(6) with respect to a remotely-created item, that the person on whose account the item is drawn authorized the issuance of the item in the amount for which the item is drawn.

(b) A person to whom the warranties under Subsection (a) are made and who took the instrument in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, but not more than the amount of the instrument plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.

(c) The warranties stated in Subsection (a) cannot be disclaimed with respect to checks. Unless notice of a claim for breach of warranty is given to the warrantor within 30 days after the claimant has reason to know of the breach and the identity of the warrantor, the liability of the warrantor under Subsection (b) is discharged to the extent of any loss caused by the delay in giving notice of the claim.

(d) A cause of action for breach of warranty under this section accrues when the claimant has reason to know of the breach.

(e) If as to a particular item (1) a transferee (including a collecting bank) asserts a claim for breach of the warranty in Subsection (a)(6), but (2) under applicable law (including the applicable choice-of-law principles) that transferee would not make a warranty substantially similar to the warranty in Subsection (a)(6) if such transferee were a transferor, then that transferee would not receive the warranty in Subsection (a)(6) from any transferor.
Tex. Government Code § 24.907 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.907
§ 24.907. DALLAS COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO.
Status: in_force

7. (a) The Dallas County Criminal Judicial District No. 7 is composed of Dallas County.

(b) The terms of the criminal district court no. 7 begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October.

(c) Section 24.901, relating to the Criminal District Court of Dallas County, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 7.

(d) Section 24.115, relating to the 14th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 7.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9086.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9086 / Section 9086.0403
§ 9086.0403. 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. Transportation Code § 452.155 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.155
§ 452.155. TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY IN STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may transfer to any person by any means, including a sale or lease, an interest in real property in a station or terminal complex and may contract with respect to it, in accordance with the comprehensive service plan approved by the executive committee, and subject to terms:

(1) the executive committee finds to be in the public interest or necessary to carry out this section; and

(2) specified in the instrument transferring the title or right of use.

(b) A transfer must be at the fair value of the interest transferred considering the use designated for the real property in the authority's comprehensive service plan.

(c) A person from whom property offered for sale under this section was acquired by eminent domain or the threat of eminent domain has a first right to purchase the property at the price for which the property is offered to the public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6907.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6907 / Section 6907.152
§ 6907.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 6907.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.055
§ 401.055. EFFECT OF SUBCHAPTER ON AUTHORITY TO USE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not limit the commissioner's authority to use a final or preliminary examination report, an examiner's or company's work papers or other documents, or any other information discovered or developed during an examination in connection with a legal or regulatory action that the commissioner, in the commissioner's sole discretion, considers appropriate.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.012
§ 143.012. DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) On adoption of this chapter, the office of Director of Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service is established in the municipality. The commission shall appoint the director. The director shall serve as secretary to the commission and perform work incidental to the civil service system as required by the commission. The commission may remove the director at any time.

(b) A person appointed as director must meet each requirement for appointment to the commission prescribed by Section 143.006(c), except that in a municipality with a population of less than 1.5 million, the person is not required to meet the local residency requirement.

(c) A person appointed as director may be a commission member, a municipal employee, or some other person.

(d) The municipality's governing body shall determine the salary, if any, to be paid to the director.

(e) If, immediately before this chapter takes effect in a municipality, the municipality has a duly and legally constituted director of civil service, regardless of title, that director shall continue in office as the director established by this section and shall administer the civil service system as prescribed by this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 24.630 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.630
§ 24.630.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.630. 322ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). The 322nd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.
Tex. Water Code § 7.353 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.353
§ 7.353. COMMISSION NECESSARY PARTY.
Status: in_force

In a suit brought by a local government under this subchapter, the commission is a necessary and indispensable party.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 51.155 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.155
§ 51.155.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.155. CONTENTS: SERVICES DESCRIPTION. A disclosure statement must contain:

(1) a detailed description of the actual services the seller undertakes to perform for the purchaser; and

(2) if the seller promises to perform services in connection with the placement of products, equipment, or supplies at a location:

(A) the full nature of those services; and

(B) the nature of any agreements to be made with the owners or managers of that location.
Tex. Education Code § 18.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 18 / Section 18.003
§ 18.003. AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A Job Corps diploma program may offer a secondary school curriculum, a high school diploma program, and a General Educational Development program.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.1091 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.1091
§ 2306.1091. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter, "council" means the housing and health services coordination council.

(b) With the advice and assistance of the council, the department by rule shall define "service-enriched housing" for the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.0416 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0416
§ 161.0416. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may prepare and plan for, respond to, and aid in the recovery from disaster events that may affect livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, or exotic fowl, including disease outbreaks, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, and acts of terrorism.

(b) The commission may assist with local emergency management planning. This subsection may not be construed to affect the commission's responsibility under any other law, including Chapter 418, Government Code, or any responsibility delegated to the commission by an emergency management authority of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.111
§ 1004.111. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or provision in writing by the donor that is consistent with the proper management of the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 305.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 305 / Section 305.003
§ 305.003. PERIOD FOR TAKING OATH OR MAKING AND SIGNING DECLARATION.
Status: in_force

An oath may be taken and subscribed or a declaration may be made and signed at any time before:

(1) the 21st day after the date of the order granting letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable; or

(2) the letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable, are revoked for a failure to qualify within the period allowed.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.703 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.703
§ 451.703.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.703. CONDUCT OF INITIAL ELECTION: SEPARATE RESULT. The election shall be conducted so that votes are separately tabulated and canvassed and that the result is declared in each unit of election in the authority as follows:

(1) in each municipality in the authority; and

(2) in the unincorporated area of each county in the authority.
Tex. Property Code § 115.016 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.016
§ 115.016. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) If notice of hearing on a motion or other proceeding is required, the notice may be given in the manner prescribed by law or the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or, alternatively, notice may be given to any party or to his attorney if the party has appeared by attorney or requested that notice be sent to his attorney.

(b) If the address or identity of a party is not known and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, on order of the court notice may be given by publishing a copy of the notice at least three times in a newspaper having general circulation in the county where the hearing is to be held. The first publication of the notice must be at least 10 days before the time set for the hearing. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county where the hearing is to be held, the publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining county.
Tex. Government Code § 815.317 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.317
§ 815.317. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CUSTODIAL OFFICER SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system shall deposit in the law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental retirement fund state contributions and other appropriations made by the legislature to the fund and proceeds from investment of the fund.

(a-1) The comptroller shall deposit fees collected under Section 133.102(e)(7), Local Government Code, to the credit of the law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental retirement fund.

(b) The retirement system may use money from the fund only to pay supplemental retirement and death benefits to law enforcement and custodial officers as provided by this subtitle and to pay for the administration of the fund.

(c) Money appropriated to pay benefits from the fund as provided by this subtitle may not be diverted or used to pay any other benefits.

(d) Member contributions to the fund deducted under Section 815.402(h) or 820.101(b), as applicable:

(1) earn interest at the same rate as money in an individual account in the employees saving account under Section 815.311; and

(2) are subject to the same computations and limitations that apply to member contributions under Section 815.311.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0326 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0326
§ 8511.0326. ACCESS TO AUTHORITY PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) To provide for the safety and welfare of persons and their property or for the protection and security of authority property and facilities, the board may adopt rules with respect to authority property and any water reservoir or dam the construction, operation, or management of which is participated in by the authority to control and regulate:

(1) ingress, egress, and use; and

(2) the operation of land and water vehicles.

(b) All public roads, streets, and state highways that as of September 1, 1975, traversed the areas to be covered by any impounded water shall remain open as a way of public passing to and from the lakes created, unless changed by lawful authority.