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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7940A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7940A / Section 7940A.0202
§ 7940A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7940A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7940A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7940A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.122 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.122
§ 1451.122. SELECTION OF PODIATRIST.
Status: in_force

An insured may select a podiatrist to provide the medical or surgical services or procedures scheduled in the health insurance policy that are within the scope of the podiatrist's license.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.252 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.252
§ 54.252. GROUNDS FOR REDUCTION OF SERVICE BY HOLDER OF CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except to the extent otherwise ordered by the commission in accordance with this subchapter, the holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity may not discontinue, reduce, or impair service to any part of the holder's certificated service area except for:

(1) nonpayment of charges;

(2) nonuse; or

(3) another similar reason that occurs in the usual course of business.

(b) A discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service must be in compliance with and is subject to any condition or restriction the commission prescribes.
Tex. Education Code § 25.151 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 25 / Section 25.151
§ 25.151. STUDENT EXPRESSION.
Status: in_force

A school district shall treat a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the district treats a student's voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.353 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.353
§ 143.353. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS, RECOGNITION, AND STRIKES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, and other terms of employment, or other state-mandated personnel issues, if the public employer and the bargaining agent come to a mutual agreement on any of the terms of employment. If an agreement is not reached, the state laws, local ordinances, and civil service rules remain unaffected. All agreements shall be written. Nothing in this subchapter requires either party to meet and confer on any issue or reach an agreement.

(b) A public employer may only meet and confer if the bargaining agent does not advocate the illegal right to strike by public employees.

(c) Police officers of a municipality may not engage in strikes or organized work stoppages against this state or a political subdivision of this state. A police officer who participates in a strike or work stoppage forfeits all civil service rights, reemployment rights, and any other rights, benefits, or privileges the police officer enjoys as a result of employment or prior employment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3835.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3835 / Section 3835.006
§ 3835.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by a municipality under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by a municipality under Chapter 312, Tax Code; or

(3) an enterprise zone created by a municipality under Chapter 2303, Government Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 409.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 409 / Section 409.004
§ 409.004. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO FILE CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

Failure to file a claim for compensation with the division as required under Section 409.003 relieves the employer and the employer's insurance carrier of liability under this subtitle unless:

(1) good cause exists for failure to file a claim in a timely manner; or

(2) the employer or the employer's insurance carrier does not contest the claim.
Tex. Education Code § 67.24 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 67 / Section 67.24
§ 67.24. RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may contract with the university for the university to conduct research relating to transportation, including the economics, planning, design, construction, maintenance, or operation of transportation facilities.

(b) An agreement entered into under this section is not subject to Chapter 771, Government Code.

(c) The comptroller may draw proper warrants in favor of the university based on vouchers or claims submitted by the university through the department covering reasonable fees and charges for services rendered by members of the staff of the university system to the department and for equipment and materials necessary for research and experimentation under a contract entered into under this section.

(d) The comptroller shall pay warrants issued under this section against any funds appropriated by the legislature to the department. The payments made to the university shall be credited and deposited to local institutional funds under its control.

(e) In this section:

(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.

(2) "Transportation facilities" means highways, turnpikes, airports, railroads, including high-speed railroads, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, waterways, pipelines, electric utility facilities, communication lines and facilities, public transportation facilities, port facilities, and facilities appurtenant to other transportation facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8084.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8084 / Section 8084.0102
§ 8084.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.755 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.755
§ 451.755. OPEN RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A proposed agreement and a document prepared and used by the authority in connection with a proposed agreement are available to the public under Chapter 552, Government Code, only after the agreement is ratified by the governing body of the authority.

(b) This section does not affect the application of Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, to a document prepared and used by the authority in connection with the agreement.
Tex. Government Code § 845.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.101
§ 845.101. ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system is a trust.

(b) The board of trustees is responsible for the administration of the retirement system.
Tex. Government Code § 418.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.013
§ 418.013. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor by executive order may establish an emergency management council to advise and assist the governor in all matters relating to disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

(b) The emergency management council is composed of representatives of state agencies, boards, commissions, and organized volunteer groups designated by the head of each entity. At least once each biennium, the governor shall review the composition of the council and, if necessary, update or expand the participating entities.

(c) The emergency management council shall make recommendations to the Department of Public Safety as to which private emergency organizations, such as the American National Red Cross, the Salvation Army, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, and other similar organizations with the capability to supplement the state's resources in disaster situations, should be authorized to operate certain vehicles as designated emergency vehicles in the case of a disaster.

(d) The emergency management council shall assist the division in identifying, mobilizing, and deploying state resources to respond to major emergencies and disasters throughout the state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 315.065 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 315 / Section 315.065
§ 315.065. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) After the governing body of a municipality has examined and approved a statement prepared under Section 315.064, the governing body by resolution shall direct publication of notice of a hearing to owners of abutting property.

(b) Notice shall be published for 10 consecutive days in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the municipality where the lighting improvements are to be made.

(c) If there is no daily newspaper, the governing body shall notify the owners by registered mail before the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(d) The notice must:

(1) state the place and time of the hearing;

(2) generally describe the lighting improvements;

(3) name any street to be improved;

(4) state the amount proposed to be assessed against abutting property for each front foot; and

(5) notify each owner of abutting property and each interested person to appear at the hearing.

(e) The notice is not required to describe any property or to include the name of an owner. The notice is nonetheless binding on and conclusive against an owner of abutting property or a person interested in or having a lien or claim on the property.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.101 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.101
§ 172.101. EQUAL TREATMENT OF PARTIES.
Status: in_force

The arbitration tribunal shall:

(1) treat each party with equality; and

(2) give each party a full opportunity to present the party's case.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8363.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8363 / Section 8363.004
§ 8363.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8363.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0303
§ 4015.0303. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.203 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.203
§ 43.203. HUNTING LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The purchase or possession of an archery hunting stamp does not permit a person to hunt deer, turkey, or javelina without the license required by Chapter 42 or by any means or methods not allowed by law.
Tex. Education Code § 135.102 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 135 / Section 135.102
§ 135.102. PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) With the approval of the coordinating board, the board and a public junior college may enter into a partnership agreement designed to coordinate the management and operations of the institutions and to enhance the delivery of technical education programs across this state. The agreement does not abrogate the powers and duties of the boards with regard to the governance of their respective institutions.

(b) A partnership agreement under this subchapter must:

(1) provide that the participating institutions, in conjunction with the local community, identify and offer courses that will meet the educational and workforce development goals for the region;

(2) provide that program offerings receive approval from the coordinating board;

(3) provide for the distribution of responsibilities regarding specific program offerings and resulting awards;

(4) provide for the distribution of tuition, fees, and state funds associated with formula funding regarding program offerings; and

(5) comply with applicable rules of the coordinating board relating to contractual agreements.

(c) A partnership agreement between the system and a public junior college under this subchapter is considered to be in compliance with Sections 135.04(b) and (c).
Tex. Family Code § 6.801 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.801
§ 6.801. REMARRIAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, neither party to a divorce may marry a third party before the 31st day after the date the divorce is decreed.

(b) The former spouses may marry each other at any time.
Tex. Insurance Code § 942.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 942 / Section 942.052
§ 942.052. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), to act as an attorney in fact, an individual, firm, or corporation must execute a good and sufficient fidelity bond that obligates the principal and surety to pay a pecuniary loss of money or property, not exceeding the amount of the bond, that is sustained by the exchange through fraud, dishonesty, forgery, theft, embezzlement, wrongful abstraction, or wilful misapplication on the part of the attorney in fact, directly or through connivance with others.

(b) The bond must:

(1) be acceptable to the department;

(2) be payable to the subscribers or the department; and

(3) be in the amount of:

(A) $25,000 for an individual or firm; or

(B) $50,000 for a corporation.

(c) If the conditions of the bond are violated, the insurance supervisory authority of any state in which the attorney in fact is authorized to engage in the business of the exchange may bring an action to enforce the bond on behalf of the subscribers.

(d) Instead of a bond, an attorney in fact may deposit with the appropriate official of the exchange's state of domicile cash or securities of the kind in which a general casualty company is authorized to invest its funds. The deposit must be made in the same amount, and must be conditioned, approved, and payable in the same manner, as a bond required under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.056
§ 191.056. COPIES COLLECTED BY NATIONAL AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The national agency in charge of the collection of vital statistics may obtain, without expense to the state, transcripts of vital records without payment of the fees prescribed by this chapter.

(b) The department may contract with the national agency to have copies of vital records that are filed with the vital statistics unit transcribed for that agency.

(c) The state registrar may act as special agent for the national agency to accept the use of the franking privilege and forms furnished by the national agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8375.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8375 / Section 8375.251
§ 8375.251. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP; CONTINUATION OF DISTRICT AFTER ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may continue to exist as a limited district after full-purpose annexation by a municipality if the district and the annexing municipality state the terms of the limited district's existence in a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code.

(b) The strategic partnership agreement may provide for a term of any number of years. The limitation in Section 43.0751(g)(2), Local Government Code, on the length of the term does not apply to a limited district created under this section.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 328.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 328 / Section 328.001
§ 328.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Bot" means any automated software program that performs automatic and repetitive tasks and is designed to impersonate or replicate human activity online. The term does not include autofill or password management features built into an Internet browser or provided through separate software.

(2) "Event" means a concert, theatrical performance, sporting event, exhibition, show, or similar scheduled activity that:

(A) is open to the public;

(B) is held in a public or private venue; and

(C) requires payment of an admission fee to attend the activity.

(3) "Ticket" means a physical or electronic certificate, voucher, document, token, or other evidence of a right for admission to enter a place of entertainment for one or more events at one or more specified dates and times.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.153
§ 1051.153. AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7964.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7964 / Section 7964.105
§ 7964.105. 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. Business Organizations Code § 152.702 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.702
§ 152.702. PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO WIND UP PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the occurrence of an event requiring a winding up of a partnership business, the partnership business may be wound up by:

(1) the partners who have not withdrawn;

(2) the legal representative of the last surviving partner; or

(3) a person appointed by the court to carry out the winding up under Subsection (b).

(b) On application of a partner, a partner's legal representative or transferee, or a withdrawn partner whose interest is not redeemed under Section 152.608, a court, for good cause, may appoint a person to carry out the winding up and may make an order, direction, or inquiry that the circumstances require.
Tex. Penal Code § 37.09 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 37 / Section 37.09
§ 37.09. TAMPERING WITH OR FABRICATING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if, knowing that an investigation or official proceeding is pending or in progress, he:

(1) alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or official proceeding; or

(2) makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent to affect the course or outcome of the investigation or official proceeding.

(b) This section shall not apply if the record, document, or thing concealed is privileged or is the work product of the parties to the investigation or official proceeding.

(c) An offense under Subsection (a) or Subsection (d)(1) is a felony of the third degree, unless the thing altered, destroyed, or concealed is a human corpse, in which case the offense is a felony of the second degree. An offense under Subsection (d)(2) is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c-1) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) or (d)(1) that the record, document, or thing was visual material prohibited under Section 43.261 that was destroyed as described by Subsection (f)(3) of that section.

(d) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) knowing that an offense has been committed, alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in any subsequent investigation of or official proceeding related to the offense; or

(2) observes a human corpse under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that an offense had been committed, knows or reasonably should know that a law enforcement agency is not aware of the existence of or location of the corpse, and fails to report the existence of and location of the corpse to a law enforcement agency.

(e) In this section, "human corpse" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.08.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.106 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.106
§ 22.106. PROCEDURES TO ADOPT AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION BY MANAGING MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) To be approved, a proposed amendment to the certificate of formation of a corporation the management of the affairs of which is vested in the corporation's members under Section 22.202 must be submitted to a vote at an annual, regular, or special meeting of the members.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws, notice containing the proposed amendment or a summary of the changes to be effected by the amendment shall be given to the members within the time and in the manner provided by this chapter for giving notice of a meeting of members.

(c) The proposed amendment shall be adopted on receiving the vote required by Section 22.164.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9502.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9502 / Section 9502.0310
§ 9502.0310. AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP BARRIER CLOSURE PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

If the district implements a project to create a coastal barrier, the district shall develop closure procedures in conjunction with each board of trustees established under Chapter 54, Transportation Code, port authority, navigation district, and drainage district affected by the barrier or closure. For the Texas City Channel, the district shall develop closure procedures with any common carrier terminal railroad providing rail and maritime terminal services to the users of the navigation channel.