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Tex. Family Code § 232.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 232 / Section 232.004
§ 232.004. PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A child support agency or obligee may file a petition to suspend, as provided by this chapter, a license of an obligor who has an arrearage equal to or greater than the total support due for three months under a support order.

(b) In a Title IV-D case, the petition shall be filed with the Title IV-D agency, the court of continuing jurisdiction, or the tribunal in which a child support order has been registered under Chapter 159. The tribunal in which the petition is filed obtains jurisdiction over the matter.

(c) In a case other than a Title IV-D case, the petition shall be filed in the court of continuing jurisdiction or the court in which a child support order has been registered under Chapter 159.

(d) A proceeding in a case filed with the Title IV-D agency under this chapter is governed by the contested case provisions of Chapter 2001, Government Code, except that Section 2001.054 does not apply to the proceeding. The director of the Title IV-D agency or the director's designee may render a final decision in a contested case proceeding under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1106.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.252
§ 1106.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 51.805 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.805
§ 51.805. PAYMENT OF TAX.
Status: in_force

The amount of the tax on the taxable property of each owner shall be payable in equal annual installments during the period in which the bonds mature, on dates specified in the order issuing the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 82.033 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 82 / Section 82.033
§ 82.033. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme court shall set the fee for the investigation of the moral character and fitness of each candidate at an amount that does not exceed $150. The candidate must pay the investigation fee to the Board of Law Examiners at the time it is requested by the board.

(b) The supreme court shall set the fee for any examination given by the board at an amount that does not exceed $150. The candidate must pay the fee to the board at the time the candidate applies for examination.

(c) The supreme court may set an application fee for foreign attorneys at an amount that does not exceed $700.

(d) The supreme court may set reasonable fees for additional services provided by the board, but the fee for any single additional service, other than the late fee for an examination application, may not exceed $150.

(e) The fees set by the supreme court must be sufficient to pay all costs of the board, including staff salaries, compensation to members of the board, and costs of investigation and administering the examinations, so that state general revenue funds are not necessary to operate the board.

(f) The board may adopt rules that provide for waiving or lowering for indigent persons a fee required by this section.
Tex. Tax Code § 352.006 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 352 / Section 352.006
§ 352.006. AUDIT; ACCESS TO BOOKS AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county that imposes the tax under this chapter may audit the hotel to determine the amount of taxes due under this chapter.

(b) After the county gives reasonable notice to the hotel that the county intends to inspect the books or records of the hotel, the county may access the hotel's books or records during business hours as necessary to conduct the audit.
Tex. Government Code § 316.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 316 / Section 316.023
§ 316.023. AUTHORIZATION TO FIND FACT.
Status: in_force

The governor may find any fact specified by the legislature in an appropriation Act as a contingency for the expenditure of a designated item of appropriation.
Tex. Government Code § 125.0025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 125 / Section 125.0025
§ 125.0025. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The commissioners courts of two or more counties may elect to establish a regional mental health court program under this chapter for the participating counties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7959A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7959A / Section 7959A.0501
§ 7959A.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. Business & Commerce Code § 9.321 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.321
§ 9.321. LICENSEE OF GENERAL INTANGIBLE AND LESSEE OF GOODS IN ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "licensee in ordinary course of business" means a person that becomes a licensee of a general intangible in good faith, without knowledge that the license violates the rights of another person in the general intangible, and in the ordinary course from a person in the business of licensing general intangibles of that kind. A person becomes a licensee in the ordinary course if the license to the person comports with the usual or customary practices in the kind of business in which the licensor is engaged or with the licensor's own usual or customary practices.

(b) A licensee in ordinary course of business takes its rights under a nonexclusive license free of a security interest in the general intangible created by the licensor, even if the security interest is perfected and the licensee knows of its existence.

(c) A lessee in ordinary course of business takes its leasehold interest free of a security interest in the goods created by the lessor, even if the security interest is perfected and the lessee knows of its existence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8871.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8871 / Section 8871.153
§ 8871.153. SERVICE CONNECTION FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to a water utility that has surface water as its sole source of water.

(b) The district may levy and collect a water utility service connection fee not to exceed $1,000 for each new water service connection made after September 1, 2017.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.032
§ 533A.032. LONG-RANGE PLANNING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall have a long-range plan relating to the provision of services under this title covering at least six years that includes at least the provisions required by Section 525.0156, Government Code, and Chapter 2056, Government Code. The plan must cover the provision of services in and policies for state-operated institutions and ensure that the medical needs of the most medically fragile persons with an intellectual disability the department serves are met.

(b) In developing the plan, the department shall:

(1) solicit input from:

(A) local intellectual and developmental disability authorities;

(B) community representatives;

(C) consumers of intellectual disability services, including consumers of campus-based and community-based services, and family members of consumers of those services; and

(D) other interested persons; and

(2) consider the report developed under Subsection (c).

(c) The department shall develop a report containing information and recommendations regarding the most efficient long-term use and management of the department's campus-based facilities. The report must:

(1) project future bed requirements for state supported living centers;

(2) document the methodology used to develop the projection of future bed requirements;

(3) project maintenance costs for institutional facilities;

(4) recommend strategies to maximize the use of institutional facilities; and

(5) specify how each state supported living center will:

(A) serve and support the communities and consumers in its service area; and

(B) fulfill statewide needs for specialized services.

(d) In developing the report under Subsection (c), the department shall:

(1) conduct two public meetings, one meeting to be held at the beginning of the process and the second meeting to be held at the end of the process, to receive comments from interested parties; and

(2) consider:

(A) the medical needs of the most medically fragile of its clients with an intellectual disability;

(B) the provision of services to clients with a severe and profound intellectual disability and to persons with an intellectual disability who are medically fragile or have behavioral problems;

(C) the program and service preference information collected under Section 533A.038; and

(D) input solicited from consumers of services of state supported living centers.

(g) The department shall:

(1) attach the report required by Subsection (c) to the department's legislative appropriations request for each biennium;

(2) at the time the department presents its legislative appropriations request, present the report to the:

(A) governor;

(B) governor's budget office;

(C) lieutenant governor;

(D) speaker of the house of representatives;

(E) Legislative Budget Board; and

(F) commission; and

(3) update the department's long-range plan biennially and include the report in the plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8274.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8274 / Section 8274.103
§ 8274.103. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the power of eminent domain only:

(1) in a county in which the district is located; and

(2) when necessary to carry out the purposes for which the district was created.
Tex. Government Code § 571.027 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.027
§ 571.027. PROHIBITED PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the commission may not participate in a commission proceeding relating to any of the following actions if the member is the subject of the action:

(1) a formal investigation by the commission;

(2) a sworn complaint filed with the commission; or

(3) a motion adopted by vote of at least six members of the commission.

(b) A member of the commission may not participate in or vote on any matter before the commission if the matter concerns the member directly or an individual related to the member within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity.
Tex. Transportation Code § 203.060 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 203 / Section 203.060
§ 203.060. PAYMENT PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may issue a warrant on the appropriate account to pay for real property or an interest in real property when presented with a properly executed deed for the real property or interest.
Tex. Education Code § 45.263 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.263
§ 45.263. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of the bond credit enhancement program under this subchapter.

(b) In adopting rules under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall establish an annual deadline by which a school district must pay the debt service on bonds for which credit enhancement is provided under this subchapter. The deadline established may not be later than the 10th day before the date specified under Section 48.273 for payment to school districts of the final Foundation School Program installment for a state fiscal year.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.252
§ 1579.252. CONTRIBUTION BY PARTICIPATING ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

A participating entity shall make contributions for the program as provided by Chapter 1581.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5332 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5332
§ 54.5332. FEES FOR STUDENT SERVICES BUILDING; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin a fee for the purpose of financing the construction of a student services building at the university or for the purpose of operating the student services building.

(b) The amount of the fee may not exceed:

(1) $150 for each regular semester;

(2) $75 for each summer session of more than six weeks; or

(3) $50 for each summer session of six weeks or shorter.

(c) The amount of the fee may not be increased from one academic year to the next unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a general student election held for that purpose.

(d) The university shall collect the fee imposed under this section and deposit the money collected into an account to be known as the student services building account of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Money in the account may be used only for the purposes described by Subsection (a).

(e) A fee charged under this section is in addition to any other fee the board is authorized by law to charge at the university and may not be considered in determining the maximum student services fee that may be charged under Section 54.503.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3849.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3849 / Section 3849.101
§ 3849.101. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.109 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.109
§ 1601.109. COVERAGE FOR AIDS, HIV, OR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "serious mental illness" has the meaning assigned by Section 1355.001.

(b) A system may not contract for or provide for group insurance or HMO coverage or provide self-insured coverage, that:

(1) excludes or limits coverage or services for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service, or human immunodeficiency virus infection; or

(2) provides coverage for serious mental illness that is less extensive than the coverage provided for any other physical illness.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 395.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 395 / Section 395.013
§ 395.013. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 305.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 305 / Section 305.008
§ 305.008. TERMINATION NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who ceases to engage in activities requiring registration under this chapter shall file a written, verified statement with the commission acknowledging the termination of activities. The notice is effective immediately.

(b) A person who files a notice of termination under this section must file the reports required by Section 305.006 for any reporting period during which the person was registered.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3885.256 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3885 / Section 3885.256
§ 3885.256. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall annually file written notice with the secretary of the city that specifies the assessments the district will impose in the district's next fiscal year in sufficient clarity to describe the assessments for the operation and maintenance of the district and the assessments for the payment of debt service of obligations issued or incurred by the district.

(b) The board shall annually record in the deed records of the county a current assessment roll approved by the governing body of the city.

(c) The assessment roll must clearly state that the assessments in the assessment roll are in addition to the ad valorem taxes imposed by other taxing units that tax real property in the district.

(d) The district shall generate and implement a program to provide notification to a prospective purchaser of property in the district of the assessments that have been approved and are imposed by the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 6.04 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 6 / Section 6.04
§ 6.04. MAY COMPEL OFFENDER TO GIVE SECURITY.
Status: in_force

When the person making such threat is brought before a magistrate, he may compel him to give security to keep the peace, or commit him to custody.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1058.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1058 / Section 1058.302
§ 1058.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.224 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.224
§ 2306.224. LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

A loan financed through a program of the housing finance division under this subchapter is subject to the terms and conditions provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 321.019 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 321 / Section 321.019
§ 321.019. INTERFERENCE WITH AUDIT OR INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer or employee of this state or of an entity subject to audit or investigation by the state auditor commits an offense if the officer or employee:

(1) refuses to immediately permit the State Auditor to examine or have access to the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, papers, documents, or electronic data to which the State Auditor is entitled under Section 321.013(e) or other law, or to the cash drawer, or cash from the officer's or employee's department;

(2) interferes with an examination by the State Auditor; or

(3) refuses to make a report required by this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 24.031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.031
§ 24.031. COURT OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The prosecuting attorney, the sheriff, the district clerk, the bailiffs, and the other officers serving the other district courts of the county shall serve in their respective capacities for the courts listed in this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2209.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2209 / Section 2209.155
§ 2209.155. OFFICERS; MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select from the board members a presiding officer, an assistant presiding officer, and a secretary, who serve one-year terms that expire as provided by the plan of operation.

(b) The board shall hold meetings at the call of the presiding officer and at times established by the board's rules.

(c) A majority of the board members constitutes a quorum.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.203 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 71 / Section 71.203
§ 71.203.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71.203. CRIMINAL PENALTY: FRAUDULENT FILING. (a) A person may not knowingly or intentionally sign and present for filing or cause to be presented for filing a document authorized or required to be filed under this chapter that:

(1) indicates that the person signing the document has the authority to act on behalf of the entity for which the document is presented and the person does not have that authority;

(2) contains a material false statement; or

(3) is forged.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a). An offense under this subsection is punishable as if it were an offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code.
Tex. Family Code § 6.201 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.201
§ 6.201. CONSANGUINITY.
Status: in_force

A marriage is void if one party to the marriage is related to the other as:

(1) an ancestor or descendant, by blood or adoption;

(2) a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;

(3) a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption; or

(4) a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.
Tex. Education Code § 39.0548 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.0548
§ 39.0548. EVALUATING DROPOUT RECOVERY SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of evaluating performance under Section 39.053(c), the commissioner shall designate as a dropout recovery school a school district or an open-enrollment charter school or a campus of a district or of an open-enrollment charter school:

(1) that:

(A) serves students in grades 9 through 12 and has an enrollment of which at least 60 percent of the students are 16 years of age or older as of September 1 of the school year as reported for the fall semester Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) submission; or

(B) applies for and receives designation as a dropout recovery school in accordance with commissioner rule; and

(2) that meets the eligibility requirements for and is registered under alternative education accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c)(1)(B)(ix), the commissioner shall use the alternative completion rate under this subsection to determine the graduation rate indicator under Section 39.053(c)(1)(B)(ix) for a dropout recovery school. The alternative completion rate shall be the ratio of the total number of students who graduate, continue attending school into the next academic year, or receive a high school equivalency certificate to the total number of students in the longitudinal cohort of students.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c)(1)(B)(ix), in determining the performance rating under Section 39.054 of a dropout recovery school, the commissioner shall include any student described by Section 39.053(g-1) who graduates or receives a high school equivalency certificate.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 39.053(c), for purposes of evaluating a dropout recovery school under the accountability procedures adopted by the commissioner to determine the performance rating of the school under Section 39.054, only the best result from the primary administration or any retake of an assessment instrument administered to a student in the school year evaluated may be considered.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3932.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3932 / Section 3932.003
§ 3932.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city or the county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9050.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9050 / Section 9050.053
§ 9050.053. DUTY OF SECRETARY; ABSENCE OF SECRETARY FROM BOARD MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board secretary shall sign the minutes of each board meeting.

(b) If the board secretary is absent from a board meeting, the board shall name a secretary pro tem for the meeting who may:

(1) exercise all powers and duties of the secretary for the meeting;

(2) sign the minutes of the meeting; and

(3) attest all orders passed or other action taken at the meeting.