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Tex. Education Code § 11.064 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.064
§ 11.064. FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of an independent school district by resolution adopted by majority vote may require each member of the board to file the financial statement required of state officers under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, with:

(1) the board of trustees; and

(2) the Texas Ethics Commission.

(a-1) Not later than the 15th day after the date a board of trustees adopts a resolution under Subsection (a), the board shall deliver a certified copy of the resolution to the Texas Ethics Commission.

(a-2) A resolution adopted under Subsection (a) applies beginning on January 1 of the second year following the year in which the resolution is adopted. A member of a board of trustees that has adopted a resolution under Subsection (a) is not required to include, in a financial disclosure statement under this section, financial activity occurring before January 1 of the year following the year in which the resolution is adopted.

(a-3) The commissioner by order shall require the members of the board of trustees of an independent school district to file the financial statement required of state officers under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, in the same manner as the members of a board of trustees that have adopted a resolution under Subsection (a) if the commissioner determines that:

(1) a board member has failed to comply with filing and recusal requirements applicable to the member under Chapter 171, Local Government Code;

(2) the district financial accounting practices are not adequate to safeguard state and district funds; or

(3) the district has not met a standard set by the commissioner in the financial accountability rating system.

(a-4) The commissioner may require filing financial statements under Subsection (a-3) covering not more than three fiscal years and beginning on January 1 of the second year following the date of the commissioner's order. A member of a board of trustees subject to an order issued under Subsection (a-3) is not required to include, in a financial disclosure statement subject to this section, financial activity occurring before January 1 of the year following the year in which the order is issued. The commissioner may renew the requirement if the commissioner determines that a condition described by Subsection (c) continues to exist.

(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code:

(1) applies to a trustee subject to this section as if the trustee were a state officer; and

(2) governs the contents, timeliness of filing, and public inspection of a statement filed under this section.

(c) A trustee serving in a school district that has adopted a resolution under Subsection (a) or that is subject to an order issued under Subsection (a-3) commits an offense if the trustee fails to file the statement required by the resolution or order. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.453 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.453
§ 101.453. DEMAND.
Status: in_force

(a) A member may not institute a derivative proceeding until the 91st day after the date a written demand is filed with the limited liability company stating with particularity the act, omission, or other matter that is the subject of the claim or challenge and requesting that the limited liability company take suitable action.

(b) The waiting period required by Subsection (a) before a derivative proceeding may be instituted is not required or, if applicable, shall terminate if:

(1) the member has been notified that the demand has been rejected by the limited liability company;

(2) the limited liability company is suffering irreparable injury; or

(3) irreparable injury to the limited liability company would result by waiting for the expiration of the 90-day period.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.356 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.356
§ 2165.356. SUBMISSION OF QUALIFYING PROJECT CONTRACT TO CONTRACT ADVISORY TEAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 60th day before the date the commission is scheduled to vote on approval of a qualifying project contract, the commission must submit to the Contract Advisory Team established under Subchapter C, Chapter 2262, documentation of the modifications to a proposed qualifying project made during the commission's evaluation and negotiation process for the project, including a copy of:

(1) the final draft of the contract;

(2) the detailed qualifying project proposal; and

(3) any executed interim or other agreement.

(b) The Contract Advisory Team shall review the documentation submitted under Subsection (a) and provide written comments and recommendations to the commission. The review must focus on, but not be limited to, best practices for contract management and administration.

(c) Commission staff shall provide to the commission members:

(1) a copy of the Contract Advisory Team's written comments and recommendations; and

(2) the staff's response to the comments and recommendations.
Tex. Transportation Code § 171.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 171 / Section 171.002
§ 171.002. APPLICABILITY OF RURAL RAIL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this chapter, the provisions of Chapter 172 other than Section 172.003 apply to a district as if the district were created under that chapter.

(b) For purposes of applying Chapter 172 to a district created under this chapter, a reference to "rail facilities" in Chapter 172 means "rail facilities" as defined by Section 171.001.

(c) For purposes of applying Chapter 172 to a district created under this chapter, a reference in Chapter 172 to "eligible county" means a county that created the district.
Tex. Government Code § 311.016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 311 / Section 311.016
§ 311.016.
Status: in_force

Sec. 311.016. "MAY," "SHALL," "MUST," ETC. The following constructions apply unless the context in which the word or phrase appears necessarily requires a different construction or unless a different construction is expressly provided by statute:

(1) "May" creates discretionary authority or grants permission or a power.

(2) "Shall" imposes a duty.

(3) "Must" creates or recognizes a condition precedent.

(4) "Is entitled to" creates or recognizes a right.

(5) "May not" imposes a prohibition and is synonymous with "shall not."

(6) "Is not entitled to" negates a right.

(7) "Is not required to" negates a duty or condition precedent.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 607.1021 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 607 / Section 607.1021
§ 607.1021. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty.

(b) The attorney general or the executive director may bring an action to collect a penalty under this section.

(c) The provisions of Section 51.352, Occupations Code, relating to an action to collect and the amount of a civil penalty under that section apply to an action to collect and the amount of a civil penalty under this section.
Tex. Water Code § 20.020 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.020
§ 20.020. FISCAL YEAR; ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall operate on a fiscal year beginning September 1.

(b) The state auditor may audit the authority's books and accounts, based on a risk assessment performed by the state auditor and subject to the legislative audit committee's approval of including the audit in the audit plan under Section 321.013, Government Code. The cost of an audit shall be paid by the authority.

(c) A copy of the audit shall be filed with the governor and with both houses of the legislature on or before January 1 of each year, except if the audit is being made by the state auditor and is not available by January 1, it shall be filed as soon as it is available.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8480.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8480 / Section 8480.202
§ 8480.202. 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. Business & Commerce Code § 607A.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.003
§ 607A.003. RULES.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules for administering this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8080.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8080 / Section 8080.0401
§ 8080.0401. 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 8080.0403.

(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. Code of Criminal Procedure § 22.13 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.13
§ 22.13. CAUSES WHICH WILL EXONERATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The following causes, and no other, will exonerate the defendant and his sureties, if any, from liability upon the forfeiture taken:

1. That the bond is, for any cause, not a valid and binding undertaking in law. If it be valid and binding as to the principal, and one or more of his sureties, if any, they shall not be exonerated from liability because of its being invalid and not binding as to another surety or sureties, if any. If it be invalid and not binding as to the principal, each of the sureties, if any, shall be exonerated from liability. If it be valid and binding as to the principal, but not so as to the sureties, if any, the principal shall not be exonerated, but the sureties, if any, shall be.

2. The death of the principal before the forfeiture was taken.

3. The sickness of the principal or some uncontrollable circumstance which prevented his appearance at court, and it must, in every such case, be shown that his failure to appear arose from no fault on his part. The causes mentioned in this subdivision shall not be deemed sufficient to exonerate the principal and his sureties, if any, unless such principal appear before final judgment on the bond to answer the accusation against him, or show sufficient cause for not so appearing.

4. Failure to present an indictment or information at the first term of the court which may be held after the principal has been admitted to bail, in case where the party was bound over before indictment or information, and the prosecution has not been continued by order of the court.

5. The incarceration of the principal in any jurisdiction in the United States:

(A) in the case of a misdemeanor, at the time of or not later than the 180th day after the date of the principal's failure to appear in court; or

(B) in the case of a felony, at the time of or not later than the 270th day after the date of the principal's failure to appear in court.

(b) A surety exonerated under Subdivision 5, Subsection (a), remains obligated to pay costs of court, any reasonable and necessary costs incurred by a county to secure the return of the principal, and interest accrued on the bond amount from the date of the judgment nisi to the date of the principal's incarceration.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7992.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7992 / Section 7992.152
§ 7992.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7992.151, 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. Transportation Code § 452.604 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.604
§ 452.604. PROCEDURE FOR ANNEXATION OF ALL OR PART OF ANOTHER SUBREGION.
Status: in_force

(a) The procedures provided by Section 452.701(a) or (b) and Sections 452.703-452.708 apply to the addition to an authority of a municipality located in another subregion or the addition of another subregion.

(b) After an election as provided by Section 452.715(a), a subregional board shall be appointed under Subchapter N or O, as applicable, and the executive committee existing before the additional subregional board is appointed shall be modified to conform with Subchapter K.
Tex. Family Code § 60.009 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.009
§ 60.009. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES NOT PRECLUDED.
Status: in_force

In addition to any procedures developed under the compact for the return of a runaway juvenile, the particular states, the juvenile, or his parents, the courts, or other legal custodian involved may agree upon and adopt any plan or procedure legally authorized under the laws of this state and the other respective party states for the return of the runaway juvenile.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8339.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8339 / Section 8339.001
§ 8339.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 163.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8101.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8101 / Section 8101.103
§ 8101.103. DIRECTORS ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall issue an order for each directors election stating the time, place, and purpose of the election.

(b) Notice of a directors election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the authority's territory one time at least 30 days before the date of the election.

(c) The appropriate number of candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
Tex. Finance Code § 181.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 181 / Section 181.004
§ 181.004. IMPLYING THAT PERSON IS TRUST COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person or company may not use in a business name or advertising the words "trust," "trust company," or any similar term or phrase, any word pronounced "trust" or "trust company," any foreign word that means "trust" or "trust company," or any term that tends to imply that the business is holding out to the public that it engages in the business of a fiduciary for hire unless the banking commissioner has approved the use in writing after finding that the use will not be misleading. This subsection does not prohibit an individual from engaging in the business of a fiduciary for compensation or from using the words "trust" or "trustee" for the purpose of identifying assets held or actions taken in an existing capacity.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:

(1) a trust institution authorized under this subtitle to conduct a trust business in this state; or

(2) another entity organized under the laws of this state, another state, the United States, or a foreign sovereign state to the extent that:

(A) the entity is authorized under its charter or the laws of this state or the United States to use a term, word, character, ideogram, phonogram, or phrase prohibited by Subsection (a); and

(B) the entity is authorized by the laws of this state or the United States to conduct the activities in which the entity is engaged in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8377.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8377 / Section 8377.003
§ 8377.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect permanent directors as provided by Section 8377.051 of this code and Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 105.081 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 105 / Section 105.081
§ 105.081.
Status: in_force

Sec. 105.081. HOURS OF SALE AND CONSUMPTION: DISTILLERY. (a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may sell and offer for sale distilled spirits for on-premises consumption and a person may consume distilled spirits on the permitted premises during the same hours mixed beverages may be sold and offered for sale by a mixed beverage permit holder under Section 105.03(b).

(b) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may sell and offer for sale distilled spirits to ultimate consumers for off-premises consumption during the same hours as the holder of a package store permit may sell and offer for sale distilled spirits to ultimate consumers for off-premises consumption.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952A / Section 7952A.0403
§ 7952A.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. Health and Safety Code § 281.091 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.091
§ 281.091. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The administrator shall prepare an annual budget under the board's direction.

(b) The budget and budget revisions must be approved by the board and then shall be presented to the commissioners court for final approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.004
§ 1084.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Palo Pinto County, Texas.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6001.159 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6001 / Section 6001.159
§ 6001.159. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may adopt procedures for certifying and may certify continuing education programs for individuals licensed under this chapter.

(b) Participation in the continuing education programs is voluntary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3814.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3814 / Section 3814.101
§ 3814.101. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers given to:

(1) a corporation created under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project described by that chapter; and

(2) a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394, Local Government Code, to provide housing or residential development projects in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.108
§ 3919.108. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.
Tex. Education Code § 74.615 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.615
§ 74.615. COORDINATING BOARD SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

The regional academic health center is subject to the continuing supervision of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Chapter 61 and to the rules of the coordinating board adopted under Chapter 61.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2205.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2205 / Section 2205.003
§ 2205.003. DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The pool is subject to the department's continuing supervision relating to the pool's solvency.

(b) The commissioner may set minimum requirements to ensure the capability of the pool to satisfy the pool's obligations.
Tex. Local Government Code § 147.009 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 147 / Section 147.009
§ 147.009. ACTION OR ELECTION TO REPEAL AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of a meet and confer team under Section 147.0031 without conducting an election under Section 147.0033 may withdraw recognition of the meet and confer team by providing to the meet and confer team not less than 90 days' written notice that:

(1) the governing body is withdrawing recognition of the meet and confer team; and

(2) any agreement between the governing body and the meet and confer team will not be renewed.

(b) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of a meet and confer team after conducting an election under Section 147.0033 may order an election to determine whether a public employer may continue to meet and confer under this chapter. The governing body may not order an election under this subsection until the second anniversary of the date of the election under Section 147.0033.

(c) An election ordered under Subsection (b) must be held as part of the next regularly scheduled general election for municipal officers that occurs after the date the governing body of the municipality orders the election and that allows sufficient time to prepare the ballot in compliance with other requirements of law.

(d) The ballot for an election ordered under Subsection (b) shall be printed to allow voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing __________ (name of the municipality) to continue to operate under the state law allowing a municipality to meet and confer and make agreements with the meet and confer team representing municipal police officers and firefighters as provided by state law, preserving the prohibition against strikes and organized work stoppages, and providing penalties for strikes and organized work stoppages."

(e) An election ordered under Subsection (b) must be held and the returns prepared and canvassed in conformity with the Election Code.

(f) If an election ordered under Subsection (b) is held, the municipality may continue to operate under this chapter only if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the proposition.

(g) If an election ordered under Subsection (b) is held, a meet and confer team may not submit a petition for recognition to the governing body of the municipality under Section 147.0031 before the second anniversary of the date of the election.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.224 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.224
§ 241.224. PROHIBITED PRICING PRACTICES DURING DECLARED STATE OF DISASTER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "unconscionable price" means a price that is more than 200 percent of the average price for the same or a substantially similar product or service provided to other individuals by health care facilities located in the same county or nearest county to the county in which the facility described by Section 241.221 is located, as applicable, according to data collected by the department under Chapter 108.

(b) During a state of disaster declared by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, a facility described by Section 241.221 may not:

(1) charge an individual an unconscionable price for a product or service provided at the facility; or

(2) knowingly or intentionally charge a third-party payor, including a health benefit plan insurer, a price higher than the price charged to an individual for the same product or service based on the payor's liability for payment or partial payment of the product or service.

(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not prohibit a facility described by Section 241.221 from:

(1) offering an uninsured individual a cash discount for a particular product or service; or

(2) accepting directly from an individual full payment for a health care product or service in lieu of submitting a claim to the individual's health benefit plan.