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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.004
§ 11002.004. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

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

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

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads; and

(3) Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the development and diversification of the economy of this state and other purposes of that section.

(d) The creation of the district is in the public interest and essential to:

(1) further the public purposes of developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) develop or expand transportation and commerce.

(e) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center; and

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.

(f) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(g) The district is not an agent or instrumentality of a private interest even though the district will benefit private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.052 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.052
§ 63.052. ESTABLISHMENT OF DNA DATABASE FOR MISSING OR UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS.
Status: repealed

(a) The board shall develop at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth a DNA database for any case based on the report of unidentified human remains or a report of a high-risk missing person.

(b) The database may be used to identify unidentified human remains and high-risk missing persons.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 320, Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.
Tex. Labor Code § 101.112 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 101 / Section 101.112
§ 101.112. EXCESSIVE FEES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A labor union or an officer, agent, or member of a labor union may not charge or receive initiation fees, dues, fines, or other assessments to create a fund that exceeds the reasonable requirements of the union in carrying out its lawful purposes or activities, if the fees, dues, fines, or other assessments create an undue hardship on an applicant for initiation to the union or on union members.

(b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to prevent dues or other assessments:

(1) for a purpose that is beneficial to union members according to established practice, including the maintenance or investment of funds for those beneficial purposes;

(2) if the members who contribute share in or may reasonably expect to share in the benefits, for:

(A) old age benefits;

(B) death and burial benefits;

(C) hospitalization, unemployment, health and accident, retirement, or other forms of mutual insurance;

(D) legislative representation;

(E) a grievance committee;

(F) gifts, floral offerings, or other charitable purposes; or

(G) any other legitimate purpose; or

(3) for placement in a fund to be used by the union in paying its members while they are on strike, if:

(A) initiation fees are not placed in the fund; and

(B) the fund remains under the members' control.

(c) This section shall be liberally construed to prevent excessive initiation fees.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.112 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.112
§ 53.112. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS BY SCHOOL LAND BOARD.
Status: reserved

(a) An agreement must be approved by the board and executed by the commissioner to be effective if the agreement commits:

(1) a royalty interest in land belonging to the permanent school fund or the asylum funds, in riverbeds, inland lakes, channels, or areas within tidewater limits, including islands, lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, reefs, and the bed of the sea; or

(2) the free royalty interests, whether leased or unleased, reserved to the state under Section 51.201 or 51.054 of this code.

(b) An owner of the soil who is subject to Subchapter C of this chapter may grant to a lessee prior authority to pool or unitize the interest of the owner in a lease executed under that subchapter. For the agreement to bind the interest of an owner of the soil who is subject to Subchapter C of this chapter and who has not granted the lessee prior authorization to pool or unitize the interest of the owner in a sulphur lease executed under that subchapter, the agreement must be executed by the owner of the soil.
Tex. Utilities Code § 186.031 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 186 / Section 186.031
§ 186.031. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Publish" means to communicate information to another by any means.

(2) "Telecommunications service" means the transmission of a message or other information by a public utility, including a telephone or telegraph company.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.301 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.301
§ 151.301.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.301. "EXEMPTED FROM THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS CHAPTER". If a taxable item is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter, the sale, storage, use or other consumption of the item is not subject to the sales tax imposed by Section 151.051 of this code or the use tax imposed by Section 151.101 of this code if the item meets the qualifications for exemption as provided in this subchapter; and when an item is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter the receipts from its sale are excluded from the computation of the taxes.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0531 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0531
§ 42.0531. SECURE AGENCY FOSTER HOMES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county or governing body of a municipality may contract with a child-placing agency to verify a secure agency foster home to provide a safe and therapeutic environment tailored to the needs of children who are victims of trafficking.

(b) A child-placing agency may not verify a secure agency foster home to provide services under this section unless the child-placing agency holds a license issued under this chapter that authorizes the agency to provide services to victims of trafficking in accordance with department standards adopted under this chapter for child-placing agencies.

(c) A secure agency foster home verified under this section must provide:

(1) mental health and other services specifically designed to assist children who are victims of trafficking under Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code, including:

(A) victim and family counseling;

(B) behavioral health care;

(C) treatment and intervention for sexual assault;

(D) education tailored to the child's needs;

(E) life skills training;

(F) mentoring; and

(G) substance abuse screening and treatment as needed;

(2) individualized services based on the trauma endured by a child, as determined through comprehensive assessments of the service needs of the child;

(3) 24-hour services; and

(4) appropriate security through facility design, hardware, technology, and staffing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8128.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8128 / Section 8128.005
§ 8128.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapters 30, 49, and 54, Water Code, apply to the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.204 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.204
§ 212.204. EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY; LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality has exclusive authority within its boundaries to require the dedication of parkland, impose a parkland dedication fee, or both require the dedication and impose the fee. A municipality may not delegate that authority to another political subdivision.

(b) A municipality may only exercise its authority under this section through a plan application in accordance with this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 121 / Section 121.042
§ 121.042. ADMISSION TO DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) Any governmental entity, including a school district, may apply to become a member of a public health district.

(b) The governing body of each member shall review the application.

(c) The governmental entity may be admitted to membership on terms acceptable to the applicant and the members if a majority of the governing body of each member approves the application.
Tex. Family Code § 261.3126 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 261 / Section 261.3126
§ 261.3126. COLOCATION OF INVESTIGATORS.
Status: in_force

(a) In each county, to the extent possible, the department and the local law enforcement agencies that investigate child abuse in the county shall colocate in the same offices investigators from the department and the law enforcement agencies to improve the efficiency of child abuse investigations. With approval of the local children's advocacy center and its partner agencies, in each county in which a children's advocacy center established under Section 264.402 is located, the department shall attempt to locate investigators from the department and county and municipal law enforcement agencies at the center.

(b) A law enforcement agency is not required to comply with the colocation requirements of this section if the law enforcement agency does not have a full-time peace officer solely assigned to investigate reports of child abuse and neglect.

(c) If a county does not have a children's advocacy center, the department shall work with the local community to encourage one as provided by Section 264.402.
Tex. Education Code § 130.038 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.038
§ 130.038. ELECTION.
Status: in_force

A majority of the electors in the proposed district, voting in the election, shall determine the question of creation of the junior college district submitted in the order, the election of the original trustees, and the questions of issuing bonds and levying taxes. A majority of the electors voting in such election shall determine such questions submitted in the order. In the case of a joint-county junior college district, or a union junior college district, the election shall, by mutual agreement of the court or courts, be held on the same day throughout the proposed district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3917.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3917 / Section 3917.108
§ 3917.108. ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may annex land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) The district may exclude land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code. Section 375.044(b), Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7955A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7955A / Section 7955A.0304
§ 7955A.0304. 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. Occupations Code § 1901.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1901 / Section 1901.103
§ 1901.103. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the well drilling industry may not be a board member or an employee of the department connected with the administration of this chapter.

(b) A board member or an employee of the department connected with the administration of this chapter may not be related within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity to a person who is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the well drilling industry.

(c) A person may not serve as a member of the board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities on behalf of a trade or professional association in the well drilling industry.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.006 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.006
§ 56B.006. PUBLIC NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A hospital licensed under the laws of this state shall display prominently in its emergency room posters giving notice of the existence and general provisions of this chapter.

(b) The attorney general shall:

(1) set standards for the location of the posters described by Subsection (a); and

(2) provide posters, application forms, and general information regarding this chapter to each hospital and physician licensed to practice in this state.
Tex. Penal Code § 12.31 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 12 / Section 12.31
§ 12.31. CAPITAL FELONY.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual adjudged guilty of a capital felony in a case in which the state seeks the death penalty shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life without parole or by death. An individual adjudged guilty of a capital felony in a case in which the state does not seek the death penalty shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for:

(1) life, if the individual committed the offense when younger than 18 years of age; or

(2) life without parole, if the individual committed the offense when 18 years of age or older.

(b) In a capital felony trial in which the state seeks the death penalty, prospective jurors shall be informed that a sentence of life imprisonment without parole or death is mandatory on conviction of a capital felony. In a capital felony trial in which the state does not seek the death penalty, prospective jurors shall be informed that the state is not seeking the death penalty and that:

(1) a sentence of life imprisonment is mandatory on conviction of the capital felony, if the individual committed the offense when younger than 18 years of age; or

(2) a sentence of life imprisonment without parole is mandatory on conviction of the capital felony, if the individual committed the offense when 18 years of age or older.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.034 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.034
§ 1372.034. ORDER OF ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR RESERVATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall accept applications for a reservation submitted after October 20 in the order in which they are received.
Tex. Government Code § 845.406 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.406
§ 845.406. OPTIONAL GROUP TERM LIFE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other contributions to the retirement system required by this subtitle, each subdivision participating in the optional group term life program monthly shall pay to the optional group term life fund an amount equal to the rate of contribution computed in accordance with this section, multiplied by the total compensation for the month of the members employed by the subdivision.

(b) A limitation on subdivision contribution rates provided by this subtitle does not apply to the rate of the contribution to the optional group term life fund.

(c) At the time of each investigation of members' mortality and service experience required by Section 845.110, the actuary shall investigate the mortality experience of the members and eligible annuitants participating in the program. On the basis of the result of that investigation, the actuary shall recommend to the board of trustees rates and tables necessary to determine optional group term life program contribution rates. The rates and tables may provide for the anticipated mortality experience of the persons covered under the program and for a contingency reserve.

(d) Before a subdivision's participation date in the program and before January 1 of each subsequent year, the actuary shall compute, on the basis of rates and tables adopted by the board of trustees, the contribution rate of a subdivision participating in the program. The rate must be expressed as a percentage of the compensation of members employed by the subdivision. When the rate is approved by the board of trustees, the rate is effective for the calendar year for which it was approved.

(e) The board of trustees, in the exercise of its discretion to manage the assets of the retirement system, may lend money to the optional group term life fund if the amount in the fund is insufficient to pay the benefits due. Any loan is an investment of the retirement system and must be repaid solely from future contributions to the fund and its share of trust earnings. The terms of the loan shall be set by the board of trustees, but the loan must bear a commercially reasonable interest rate. The board may adjust future contributions to the fund for purposes of repayment of the loan.

(f) To protect against adverse claim experience, the board of trustees may secure reinsurance from one or more stock insurance companies doing business in this state if the board determines that reinsurance is necessary. The retirement system shall pay the premiums for reinsurance from the optional group term life fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8465.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8465 / Section 8465.053
§ 8465.053. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 6 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 6
§ 6.
Status: repealed

Sec. 6. Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 18, eff. April 1, 2007.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3931.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3931 / Section 3931.201
§ 3931.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 3931.203.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5372 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5372
§ 54.5372. AQUATICS CENTER FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee not to exceed 85 cents per credit hour per semester. The fee may be used for financing, constructing, renovating, operating, maintaining, and improving an aquatics center at the Gregory Gymnasium complex.

(b) The board of regents shall prorate the fee allowed under this section based on the length of the semester or term for which the student is enrolled.

(c) The university shall collect the fee imposed under this section and use it only for the purposes described in this section.

(d) A fee under this section may not be collected until the semester in which the aquatics center has been substantially completed and is made available for use.

(e) The board of regents may pledge fees collected under this section for the payment of obligations issued for authorized purposes pursuant to the revenue financing system of The University of Texas System.

(f) The fees collected under this section shall not be counted in determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged to students of The University of Texas at Austin under this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 36.212 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 36 / Section 36.212
§ 36.212. REQUIRING RECORD OR OTHER PROPERTY IN POSSESSION OF OTHER PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) Each bank affiliate, officer, director, shareholder, trustee, agent, servant, employee, attorney, attorney-in-fact, or correspondent shall immediately deliver to the receiver, without cost to the receiver, any record or other property of the bank or that relates to the business of the bank.

(b) If by contract or otherwise a record or other property that can be copied is the property of a person listed in Subsection (a), it shall be copied and the copy shall be delivered to the receiver. The owner shall retain the original until notification by the receiver that it is no longer required in the administration of the bank's estate or until another time the court, after notice and hearing, directs. A copy is considered to be a record of the bank in liquidation under Section 36.225.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.205
§ 1061.205. PAYMENT OF REVENUE BONDS; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Revenue bonds issued under Section 1061.204 must be payable from and secured by liens on and pledges of all or any part of the revenue and income, other than ad valorem taxes, derived by the district from the operation of district facilities, the ownership of district facilities, or both. The board may pledge to the payment of revenue bonds all or any part of a grant, donation, or income received or to be received from the United States or any other public or private source under an agreement or otherwise.

(b) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on any real property on which a district hospital facility is or will be located and any real or personal property incident or appurtenant to the facility. The board may authorize the execution and delivery of a trust indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, or other form of encumbrance to evidence the security interest.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9021.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9021 / Section 9021.001
§ 9021.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Rolling V Ranch Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Wise County.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1662.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1662 / Section 1662.004
§ 1662.004. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.