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Tex. Local Government Code § 394.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.042
§ 394.042. DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OR HOME MORTGAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) A housing finance corporation may sell and convey any residential development or home mortgage, including a sale and conveyance subject to a mortgage, pledge, or security interest, as provided in the resolution relating to the issuance of bonds and for the prices and at the times determined by the board of directors.

(b) The corporation may rent, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of any residential development or home mortgages in whole or in part, or lend sufficient funds to any person to defray in whole or in part the development costs of any residential development or the costs of purchasing home mortgages, so that the rent or other revenue derived from the residential development or home mortgages, combined with any insurance proceeds, reserve accounts, and earnings on those accounts, is designed to produce revenues and receipts at least sufficient to provide for the prompt payment on maturity of principal, interest, and any redemption premiums on bonds issued to finance those costs.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.103 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.103
§ 140B.103. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE.
Status: in_force

(a) If property subject to forfeiture is conveyed, alienated, disposed of, diminished in value, or otherwise rendered unavailable for forfeiture, the investigative agency may, on behalf of the state, bring an action in any district court against the person named in the lien notice under Chapter 68, Property Code, or the defendant in the relevant civil action or criminal proceeding. If a civil action is pending, the action shall be filed only in the court where the civil action is pending.

(b) The court in an action brought under Subsection (a) shall:

(1) enter final judgment against the person named in the lien notice or the defendant in the relevant civil action or criminal proceeding in an amount equal to:

(A) the fair market value of the property; and

(B) the investigative costs and attorney fees incurred by the investigative agency in the action; or

(2) order the forfeiture of any other property of the defendant up to the value of the property subject to forfeiture.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.204 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.204
§ 1051.204. SUBPOENA.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may request and, if necessary, compel by subpoena:

(1) the attendance of witnesses for examination under oath; and

(2) the production for inspection or copying of records, documents, and other evidence relevant to the investigation of an alleged violation of this subtitle.

(b) The board, acting through the attorney general, may bring an action to enforce a subpoena issued under Subsection (a) against a person who fails to comply with the subpoena.

(c) Venue for an action brought under Subsection (b) is in a district court in:

(1) Travis County; or

(2) any county in which the board may conduct a hearing.

(d) The court shall order compliance with the subpoena if the court finds that good cause exists to issue the subpoena.
Tex. Finance Code § 97.003 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 97 / Section 97.003
§ 97.003. RELEASE FROM REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, on the commissioner's own motion or on application, may release a registered holding company from the registration if the commissioner determines that the company no longer controls a savings bank.
Tex. Education Code § 45.059 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.059
§ 45.059. PAYMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ON DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately following receipt of notice under Section 45.058 that a school district will be or is unable to pay maturing or matured principal or interest on a guaranteed bond, the commissioner shall instruct the comptroller to transfer from the appropriate account in the permanent school fund to the district's paying agent the amount necessary to pay the maturing or matured principal or interest.

(b) Immediately following receipt of the funds for payment of the principal or interest, the paying agent shall pay the amount due and forward the canceled bond or coupon to the comptroller. The comptroller shall hold the canceled bond or coupon on behalf of the permanent school fund.

(c) Following full reimbursement to the permanent school fund with interest, the comptroller shall further cancel the bond or coupon and forward it to the school district for which payment was made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1042.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1042 / Section 1042.201
§ 1042.201. BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements; and

(2) equip buildings for hospital purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 2256.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2256 / Section 2256.021
§ 2256.021. EFFECT OF LOSS OF REQUIRED RATING.
Status: in_force

An investment that requires a minimum rating under this subchapter does not qualify as an authorized investment during the period the investment does not have the minimum rating. An entity shall take all prudent measures that are consistent with its investment policy to liquidate an investment that does not have the minimum rating.
Tex. Estates Code § 1154.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1154 / Section 1154.001
§ 1154.001. APPOINTMENT OF APPRAISERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After letters of guardianship of the estate are granted, the court, for good cause shown, on the court's own motion or the motion of any interested person, shall appoint at least one but not more than three disinterested persons who are residents of the county in which the letters were granted to appraise the ward's property.

(b) If the court makes an appointment under Subsection (a) and part of the estate is located in a county other than the county in which the letters were granted, the court, if the court considers it necessary, may appoint at least one but not more than three disinterested persons who are residents of the county in which the relevant part of the estate is located to appraise the estate property located in that county.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.1915 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.1915
§ 214.1915. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of less than 100,000 that is located wholly in a county with a population of less than 500,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1083.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1083 / Section 1083.206
§ 1083.206. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) the transfer and issuance of the bonds; and

(3) profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8495.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8495 / Section 8495.105
§ 8495.105. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1034.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1034 / Section 1034.062
§ 1034.062. APPOINTMENT OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as considered necessary.

(b) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.
Tex. Government Code § 29.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 29 / Section 29.058
§ 29.058. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) After a municipal court of record has rendered a final judgment in a case, a party may appeal an order that denies a motion for recusal or disqualification as an abuse of the court's discretion.

(b) A party may not appeal an order that grants a motion for recusal or disqualification.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.161
§ 9055.161. APPLICABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) The general laws applicable to a water control and improvement district for the preservation of the sanitary condition of water, the prevention of waste, and the regulation of hunting, fishing, boating, and other similar uses, apply to the district.

(b) The law officers of the county and state shall enforce in court the laws described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 192.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 192 / Section 192.002
§ 192.002. PERMIT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person operating a railroad locomotive in this state shall have in the person's immediate possession an engineer's operator permit issued under this chapter.

(b) A person operating a train in this state, other than a person issued a permit under Section 192.001(a), shall have in the person's immediate possession a train operator permit issued under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 140.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 140 / Section 140.012
§ 140.012.
Status: in_force

Sec. 140.012. FISCAL YEAR OF CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS CREATED ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2019. (a) This section does not apply to a political subdivision that is a special district created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) A political subdivision that is created on or after September 1, 2019, and that has authority to impose a tax must have the same fiscal year as the county in which the political subdivision is wholly or primarily located.
Tex. Insurance Code § 84.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 84 / Section 84.001
§ 84.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "person" means an individual, corporation, trust, partnership, association, or any other legal entity.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.251 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.251
§ 651.251. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Funeral directing may be performed only by a funeral director or a provisional license holder or qualified mortuary student under the supervision and direction of a funeral director. A person may not engage or profess to be engaged in the business of funeral directing or hold the person out to the public as a funeral director unless the person is licensed as a funeral director.

(b) Embalming may be performed only by an embalmer or a provisional license holder or qualified mortuary student under the supervision and direction of an embalmer. A person may not engage or profess to be engaged in the business of embalming or hold the person out to the public as an embalmer unless the person is licensed as an embalmer.
Tex. Transportation Code § 342.204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 342 / Section 342.204
§ 342.204. REFUSAL TO OPERATE AT AUTHORIZED TOLL RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the holder of a license to operate a ferry refuses to operate at the toll rates authorized by the commissioners court, the court may issue a license to operate the ferry to another person who agrees to operate the ferry at those rates.

(b) If the former license holder requests, the person who receives a license under this section shall purchase the ferry boat in use at the location at the valuation placed on it by two residents of the vicinity where the ferry is operated. The former license holder and the person receiving the license each shall choose one of the residents.
Tex. Estates Code § 1354.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1354 / Section 1354.002
§ 1354.002. BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A court order issued under Section 1354.001 shall require a receiver appointed under that section to give a bond, as in ordinary receiverships, in an amount the judge considers necessary to protect the estate.

(b) The person appointed as receiver shall:

(1) make and submit a bond for the judge's approval; and

(2) file the bond, when approved, with the clerk.
Tex. Family Code § 262.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.001
§ 262.001. AUTHORIZED ACTIONS BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental entity with an interest in the child may file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship requesting an order or take possession of a child without a court order as provided by this chapter.

(b) In determining the reasonable efforts that are required to be made with respect to preventing or eliminating the need to remove a child from the child's home or to make it possible to return a child to the child's home, the child's health and safety is the paramount concern.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.012 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.012
§ 111.012. SECURITY FOR THE PAYMENT OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the comptroller finds that a tax imposed by this title is insecure, the comptroller may require a taxpayer to:

(1) provide security for the payment of taxes; or

(2) establish a tax escrow account at a bank or other financial institution.

(b) The security may consist of:

(1) a cash deposit filed with the comptroller;

(2) a surety bond; or

(3) other security as permitted by the comptroller.

(c) The amount and form of the security shall be set by the comptroller, except that the amount may not be more than double the amount of taxes that the comptroller estimates will be due from the taxpayer during the succeeding 12 months.

(d) The comptroller shall give notice to a taxpayer from whom security or the establishment of a tax escrow account is required under this section.

(e) The tax escrow account must be established not later than the 10th day after the date notice is received from the comptroller requiring the establishment of the account.

(f) Before the comptroller requires a taxpayer to establish a tax escrow account, the comptroller must determine that:

(1) the taxpayer remitted or should have remitted a monthly average of $500 or more in tax collected from customers for the six-month period preceding the date that the notice requiring the establishment of a tax escrow account is sent by the comptroller to the taxpayer; and

(2) the taxpayer:

(A) failed to file two or more tax returns during the 12 months preceding the date that the notice requiring the establishment of a tax escrow account is sent by the comptroller to the taxpayer;

(B) has been issued a jeopardy determination under Section 111.022;

(C) has previously been determined to have collected tax but not remitted that tax under an administrative hearings decision issued by the comptroller;

(D) is insolvent because the taxpayer's liabilities exceed the taxpayer's assets or the taxpayer is unable to pay the taxpayer's debts as they become due;

(E) has assets that are subject to a court administered receivership; or

(F) has been notified that security is required under this section but has failed to provide evidence of the security on or before the 30th day after the date the security was requested.

(g) If a taxpayer does not furnish security to the comptroller or establish a tax escrow account as required by the comptroller before the expiration of 10 days following the day on which notice is received, the comptroller may:

(1) bring suit in a district court in Travis County for an order enjoining the taxpayer from engaging in business until the security is furnished or the tax escrow account is established; or

(2) pursue any other remedies or collection actions available to the comptroller under this chapter or Chapter 113 to ensure the security is furnished or the tax escrow account is established.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3858.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3858 / Section 3858.055
§ 3858.055. DIRECTOR'S BOND AND OATH.
Status: in_force

(a) Section 375.067, Local Government Code, does not apply to a director.

(b) Each director shall file the director's constitutional oath of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath in the district's records.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.2015 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.2015
§ 214.2015. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to a municipality to which Subchapter F applies.
Tex. Education Code § 54.617 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.617
§ 54.617. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the board and the board's procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the board. The board shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.

(b) The board by rule shall establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the board for the purpose of directing complaints to the board.

(c) The board shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the board. The board shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition.

(d) The board shall make information available describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.

(e) The board shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation.
Tex. Estates Code § 303.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 303 / Section 303.002
§ 303.002. COURT ACTION PROHIBITED BEFORE SERVICE OF CITATION.
Status: in_force

A court may not act on an application for the issuance of letters of administration until service of citation has been made in the manner provided by this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 321.103 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 321 / Section 321.103
§ 321.103. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a rule adopted under Section 321.102.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 597.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 597 / Section 597.001
§ 597.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Highly restrictive procedure" means the application of aversive stimuli, exclusionary time-out, physical restraint, or a requirement to engage in an effortful task.

(2) "Client" means a person receiving services in a community-based ICF-IID.

(3) "Committee" means a surrogate consent committee established under Section 597.042.

(4) "ICF-IID" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002.

(5) "Interdisciplinary team" means those interdisciplinary teams defined in the Code of Federal Regulations for participation in the intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

(6) "Major medical and dental treatment" means a medical, surgical, dental, or diagnostic procedure or intervention that:

(A) has a significant recovery period;

(B) presents a significant risk;

(C) employs a general anesthetic; or

(D) in the opinion of the primary physician, involves a significant invasion of bodily integrity that requires the extraction of bodily fluids or an incision or that produces substantial pain, discomfort, or debilitation.

(7) "Psychoactive medication" means any medication prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of psychosis or other severe mental or emotional disorders and that is used to exercise an effect upon the central nervous system for the purposes of influencing and modifying behavior, cognition, or affective state.

(8) "Surrogate decision-maker" means an individual authorized under Section 597.041 to consent on behalf of a client residing in an ICF-IID.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1901.403 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1901 / Section 1901.403
§ 1901.403. VENUE.
Status: in_force

The executive director may bring an action in:

(1) Travis County; or

(2) the county in which:

(A) the offending activity occurred; or

(B) the person engaging in the activity resides.
Tex. Government Code § 2105.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2105 / Section 2105.152
§ 2105.152. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION PROCEDURES FOR FAIR HEARING.
Status: in_force

The Health and Human Services Commission shall use procedures for conducting a fair hearing under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935A / Section 7935A.0301
§ 7935A.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. Occupations Code § 501.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 501 / Section 501.151
§ 501.151. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 2.113(4), eff. September 1, 2019.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 2.113(4), eff. September 1, 2019.

(c) The executive council shall adopt and publish a code of ethics under this chapter.

(d) The executive council may certify the specialty of health service providers under this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 107.005 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 107 / Section 107.005
§ 107.005. SUIT FOR CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The attorney general or a county or district attorney may bring an action to recover a civil penalty imposed under Section 107.004.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.112
§ 1021.112. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county or municipality.

(b) The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person for whom this state or the agency is responsible.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.106 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.106
§ 460.106. AUTHORIZATION OF TAX LEVY.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may call an authorization election for a tax levy associated with the service plan developed by the interim executive committee or a tax rate that has been modified by action of the authority at any time after the confirmation election that creates the authority.

(b) The authority in ordering the authorization election shall submit to the qualified voters in the county located in an area participating in the authority the following proposition:

"Shall the (name of authority) levy of a proposed tax, not to exceed (rate), be authorized?"

(c) An election authorizing a tax levy shall be conducted in the same manner as a confirmation election under Subchapter B.

(d) Except as provided by Subchapter I, a service plan may be implemented in an area of the county participating in the authority only if a majority of votes received favor the authorization of a tax levy by the authority.

(e) An authority that does not authorize an initial tax levy at an authorization election expires on the second anniversary of the date the executive committee adopts an order declaring that the creation of the authority is confirmed.