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Tex. Local Government Code § 392.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.042
§ 392.042. INTERESTED COMMISSIONERS.
Status: reserved

(a) In this section, "housing project" includes, in addition to the works or undertakings described by Subdivision (6) of Section 392.002:

(1) a work or undertaking implemented for a reason described by Subdivision (6) of Section 392.002 that is financed in any way by public funds or tax-exempt revenue bonds; or

(2) a building over which the housing authority has jurisdiction and of which a part is reserved for occupancy by persons who receive income or rental supplements from a governmental entity.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a commissioner of an authority may not have dealings with a housing project for pecuniary gain and may not own, acquire, or control a direct or indirect interest in a:

(1) housing project;

(2) property included or planned to be included in a housing project;

(3) contract or proposed contract for the sale of land to be used for a housing project;

(4) contract or proposed contract for the construction of a housing project; or

(5) contract or proposed contract for the sale of materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with a housing project.

(c) A commissioner may:

(1) manage a housing project;

(2) own, acquire, or control a management company that renders management services to a housing project;

(3) continue to own or control an interest in a housing project held by the commissioner before the commissioner's term of office began; or

(4) own, acquire, or control an interest in, or have dealings with, a housing project over which the commissioner's housing authority does not have jurisdiction.

(d) If a commissioner manages, owns, acquires, or controls a direct or indirect interest in property included or planned to be included in a housing project or has any other dealings for pecuniary gain with a housing project, the commissioner shall immediately disclose the interest or dealings to the authority in writing. The disclosure shall be entered in the minutes of the authority. The failure to disclose the interest constitutes misconduct of office.

(e) A commissioner who knowingly or intentionally violates Subsection (b) or (d) commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a felony of the third degree.

(f) A person finally convicted under Subsection (e) is ineligible for future employment with the state, a political subdivision of the state, or a public corporation formed under the authority of the state or a political subdivision of the state.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 102.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 102 / Section 102.003
§ 102.003. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY BUSINESS IN RELATION TO SEX OFFENDER.
Status: in_force

If a sexually oriented business knows that a person is a sex offender, the business may not:

(1) contract with that person to operate or manage the business as an independent contractor; or

(2) employ that person as an officer, operator, manager, or other employee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8869.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8869 / Section 8869.102
§ 8869.102. LIMITATIONS ON DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 8869.101, the district may not:

(1) acquire land;

(2) purchase, sell, transport, or distribute surface water or groundwater;

(3) issue bonds; or

(4) exercise eminent domain authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1086.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1086 / Section 1086.006
§ 1086.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3901.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3901 / Section 3901.007
§ 3901.007. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under Section 3901.114 or other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake 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, note, or other obligation for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8456.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8456 / Section 8456.005
§ 8456.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 26.119 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.119
§ 26.119. BOWIE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The County Court of Bowie County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court and juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b) but has no other civil or criminal jurisdiction.
Tex. Education Code § 136.007 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 136 / Section 136.007
§ 136.007. RULES.
Status: in_force

The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this chapter, including rules regarding eligibility, program tuition and fees, administrative costs, matching funds, and case management and other supports for the program. The rules may include provisions for the payment in periodic installments of grant awards.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 5A — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 5A
§ 5A.
Status: repealed

Sec. 5A. Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 18, eff. April 1, 2007.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9045.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9045 / Section 9045.007
§ 9045.007. STATE POLICY REGARDING WASTE DISPOSAL.
Status: in_force

The district's powers and duties are subject to the state policy of encouraging the development and use of integrated area-wide waste collection, treatment, and disposal systems to serve the waste disposal needs of this state's residents, if integrated systems can reasonably be provided for an area, so as to avoid the economic burden on residents and the impact on state water quality caused by the construction and operation of numerous small waste collection, treatment, and disposal facilities.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 115.005 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.005
§ 115.005. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

The Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the committee is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2027.
Tex. Government Code § 311.031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 311 / Section 311.031
§ 311.031. SAVING PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the reenactment, revision, amendment, or repeal of a statute does not affect:

(1) the prior operation of the statute or any prior action taken under it;

(2) any validation, cure, right, privilege, obligation, or liability previously acquired, accrued, accorded, or incurred under it;

(3) any violation of the statute or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred under the statute before its amendment or repeal; or

(4) any investigation, proceeding, or remedy concerning any privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment; and the investigation, proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment imposed, as if the statute had not been repealed or amended.

(b) If the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment for any offense is reduced by a reenactment, revision, or amendment of a statute, the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment, if not already imposed, shall be imposed according to the statute as amended.

(c) The repeal of a statute by a code does not affect an amendment, revision, or reenactment of the statute by the same legislature that enacted the code. The amendment, revision, or reenactment is preserved and given effect as part of the code provision that revised the statute so amended, revised, or reenacted.

(d) If any provision of a code conflicts with a statute enacted by the same legislature that enacted the code, the statute controls.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.084 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.084
§ 181.084. APPROPRIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

A telephone or telegraph corporation has the right to:

(1) appropriate as much land owned by a private person or a corporation as is necessary to construct a facility; or

(2) condemn land to acquire a right-of-way or other interest in the land for the use of the telephone or telegraph corporation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.459 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.459
§ 885.459. NAME OF CONVERTED FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY.
Status: in_force

The name of a mutual life insurance company or incorporated stock company to which a fraternal benefit society converts:

(1) must, if possible, be a continuation of the society's name; and

(2) may not, if the new company's name is changed from the society's name, be:

(A) the same as that of any other company engaging in business in this state; or

(B) a name similar to that of any other company engaging in business in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8855.021 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8855 / Section 8855.021
§ 8855.021. APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of eight initial directors appointed as provided by Section 8855.051(a).

(b) Initial directors shall be appointed not later than the 90th day after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter. If after the 90th day fewer than eight initial directors have been appointed, each unfilled initial director position shall be considered a vacancy and filled by the remaining initial directors.

(c) Except as provided under Subsection (b) for failure to appoint an initial director, if a vacancy occurs on the board in a position for which an initial director has previously been appointed, the appointing county commissioners court for the vacant position shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy in a manner that meets the representational requirements of Section 8855.051.

(d) To be eligible to serve as an initial director, a person must be a registered voter in the appointing county.

(e) Each initial director must qualify to serve as a director under Section 36.055, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8114.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8114 / Section 8114.004
§ 8114.004. 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;

(3) the validity of the district's bonds, notes, or indebtedness; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.156 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.156
§ 1271.156. BENEFITS FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES AND THERAPIES.
Status: in_force

(a) If benefits are provided for rehabilitation services and therapies under an evidence of coverage, the provision of a rehabilitation service or therapy that, in the opinion of a physician, is medically necessary may not be denied, limited, or terminated if the service or therapy meets or exceeds treatment goals for the enrollee.

(b) For an enrollee with a physical disability, treatment goals may include maintenance of functioning or prevention of or slowing of further deterioration.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.152
§ 3933.152. BOARD DETERMINATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district may not undertake an improvement project unless the board determines the project is necessary to accomplish a public purpose of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8483.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8483 / Section 8483.0501
§ 8483.0501. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3847.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3847 / Section 3847.154
§ 3847.154. SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose. Revenue from the tax may be used for any purpose for which ad valorem tax revenue of the district may be used.

(b) The district may not adopt a sales and use tax if as a result of the adoption of the tax the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location in the district.

(c) If the voters of the district approve the adoption of the tax at an election held on the same election date on which another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or approves an increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the district would exceed two percent at any location in the district, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under this chapter has no effect.
Tex. Transportation Code § 67.044 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 67 / Section 67.044
§ 67.044. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF DEPUTY BRANCH PILOT'S CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

A deputy branch pilot certificate may be suspended or revoked by the board in the same manner and for the same reasons as provided for the suspension or revocation of a branch pilot's license by Section 67.043.
Tex. Election Code § 174.027 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 174 / Section 174.027
§ 174.027. RECORDS OF CONVENTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The convention chair shall prepare, sign, and make a copy of a list of the names and residence addresses of the delegates and any alternates selected by the convention.

(b) The convention chair shall sign and make a copy of the list of precinct convention participants required by Section 174.025(c).

(c) The convention chair shall deliver the originals and copies of the lists to the county chair not later than the third day after the date of the precinct convention, except that if delivered by mail, they shall be deposited in the mail not later than the second day after the date of the precinct convention.

(d) The county chair shall retain the copies of the lists stored in paper or electronic files until the end of the voting year in which they are received.

(e) If senatorial district conventions will be held in the county, the county chair shall deliver the originals of the lists to the temporary chairs of the senatorial district conventions before the conventions convene.

(f) The original lists are not public information.

(g) An electronic submission to the county chair through a system created by party rule constitutes a complete delivery under Subsection (c).
Tex. Utilities Code § 13.046 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 13 / Section 13.046
§ 13.046. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The office shall provide to office employees as often as necessary information regarding their:

(1) qualifications for employment under this title; and

(2) responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8189.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8189 / Section 8189.103
§ 8189.103. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) The board may consider a proposal to divide the district on:

(1) a petition of a landowner in the district; or

(2) a motion by the board.

(c) If the board decides to divide the district, the board shall:

(1) set the terms of the division, including names for the new districts and a plan for the payment or performance of any outstanding district obligations;

(2) prepare a metes and bounds description for each proposed district; and

(3) send written notice containing the information required by Subdivisions (1) and (2) to each county and municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located.

(d) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created:

(1) contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter; or

(2) consist of fewer than 300 acres or more than 500 acres, without obtaining prior consent from the City Council of the City of Fort Worth.

(e) The City Council of the City of Fort Worth may refuse to issue a building permit or refuse to commence water service for an area located in the district until the area is in a new district that has been created by the division of the district in accordance with this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8319.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8319 / Section 8319.001
§ 8319.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Gray County Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7956A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7956A / Section 7956A.0301
§ 7956A.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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8111.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8111 / Section 8111.107
§ 8111.107. CONTINUING POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each new district may incur and pay debts and has all powers of the original district created by this chapter.

(b) If the district is divided as provided by this subchapter, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of the district are not impaired. Debts shall be paid by revenues or by taxes or assessments imposed on real property in the district as if the district had not been divided or by contributions from each new district as stated in the terms set by the board in the plan for division.

(c) Any other district obligation shall be divided pro rata among the new districts and the original district on an acreage basis or on other terms that are satisfactory to the new districts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7910A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7910A / Section 7910A.0402
§ 7910A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7910A.0401, 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. Election Code § 101.057 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 101 / Section 101.057
§ 101.057. RETURN OF VOTED BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) A ballot voted under this subchapter may be returned to the early voting clerk by mail, common or contract carrier, or courier.

(b) A ballot voted by a voter described by Section 101.001(2)(A), (B), or (B-1) shall be counted if the ballot arrives at the address on the carrier envelope not later than the sixth day after the date of the election, except that if that date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, then the deadline is extended to the next regular business day.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7907A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7907A / Section 7907A.0102
§ 7907A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.158
§ 1021.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and

(2) a complete account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Estates Code § 351.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.051
§ 351.051. EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY UNDER COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A personal representative of an estate may renew or extend any obligation owed by or to the estate on application and order authorizing the renewal or extension. If a personal representative considers it in the interest of the estate, the representative may, on written application to the court and if authorized by court order:

(1) purchase or exchange property;

(2) take claims or property for the use and benefit of the estate in payment of a debt due or owed to the estate;

(3) compound bad or doubtful debts due or owed to the estate;

(4) make a compromise or settlement in relation to property or a claim in dispute or litigation;

(5) compromise or pay in full any secured claim that has been allowed and approved as required by law against the estate by conveying to the holder of the claim the real estate or personal property securing the claim:

(A) in full payment, liquidation, and satisfaction of the claim; and

(B) in consideration of cancellation of notes, deeds of trust, mortgages, chattel mortgages, or other evidences of liens securing the payment of the claim; or

(6) abandon the administration of burdensome or worthless estate property.

(b) Abandoned property may be foreclosed on by a mortgagee or other secured party or a trustee without further court order.
Tex. Education Code § 51.153 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.153
§ 51.153. WESTERN INFORMATION NETWORK ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Western Information Network Association is an agency of the state composed of the following state-supported member institutions of higher education: Amarillo College, Angelo State University, Clarendon Junior College, Frank Phillips College, Howard County Junior College, Midwestern University, Odessa College, South Plains College, Sul Ross State University, Texas Tech University, The University of Texas at El Paso, and West Texas State University.

(b) The board by a majority vote may admit other state-supported institutions of higher education to membership in the association on the approval of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.

(c) The board by unanimous vote may admit private institutions of higher education to membership in the association on the approval of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.

(d) The board by unanimous vote may admit other organizations to associate membership in the association.

(e) The Western Information Network Association is subject to the Texas Sunset Act (Chapter 325, Government Code). Unless continued in existence as provided by that Act, the association is abolished September 1, 1989.