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Tex. Local Government Code § 377.104 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 377 / Section 377.104
§ 377.104. REPEAL OR RATE CHANGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A district that has adopted a sales and use tax under this subchapter may by order and subject to Section 377.101(c), change the rate of the tax or repeal the tax if the change or repeal is approved by a majority of the registered voters of that district voting at an election called and held for that purpose.

(b) The tax may be changed under Subsection (a) in one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent to a maximum of one-half of one percent.

(c) The ballot for an election to change the tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The adoption of a sales and use tax at the rate of ____ of one percent (insert one-fourth, three-eighths, or one-half, as appropriate)."

(d) The ballot for the election to repeal the tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The repeal of the sales and use tax for financing development projects in the __________ Municipal Development District (insert name of district)."
Tex. Local Government Code § 112.010 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 112 / Section 112.010
§ 112.010. COUNTY FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The county fiscal year is the calendar year unless the commissioners court of the county adopts a different fiscal year as provided by Subsection (b) or (c).

(b) At a regular meeting, the commissioners court of a county may by order adopt as the county fiscal year a one-year period that begins on October 1 of each year.

(c) At a regular meeting, the commissioners court of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more may by order adopt as the county fiscal year a one-year period that begins on October 1 or March 1 of each year. In the order, the commissioners court may provide for the transition from one fiscal year to another by designating an interim fiscal year that may be longer or shorter than a 12-month period.

(d) The commissioners court of a county that has adopted a fiscal year under Subsection (b) or (c) may, by order adopted at a regular meeting, revert to a fiscal year that is the calendar year.

(e) If a law prescribes a certain date or month each year for an action relating to a county budget and the law is based on the assumption that the county fiscal year corresponds to the calendar year, in a county that has a fiscal year other than the calendar year the law shall be construed as prescribing a date or month that bears the same relationship to the beginning of the fiscal year that the specified date or month bears to January 1.
Tex. Local Government Code § 305.017 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 305 / Section 305.017
§ 305.017. SALE BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the governing body of the municipality affirmatively finds that the escalating burdens and costs of operating its stadium or coliseum acquired under this subchapter have caused continued ownership to cease to be economically feasible, resulting in increasing and unnecessary burdens on the taxpayers of the municipality, the governing body, after giving at least 14 days' notice of and holding a public hearing on the question, may sell the stadium or coliseum to another public or private entity.

(b) The sale shall be on the terms as the governing body may approve. The municipality has all power necessary and appropriate to complete the sale in accordance with the terms of the sale.
Tex. Government Code § 1505.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.051
§ 1505.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a municipality that:

(1) is located in a navigation district organized under the general laws of this state; and

(2) has a deepwater port located in the municipality.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.031 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 17 / Section 17.031
§ 17.031. EXPEDITED FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

For a power of sale exercised by the filing of an application for an expedited court order allowing the foreclosure of a contract lien under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 736, service of citation shall be completed in accordance with Rule 736 or 106, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or in any other manner provided for petitions under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.262 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.262
§ 225.262. DEPUTY SHERIFF CHRIS DICKERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) Farm-to-Market Road 10 in Panola County is designated as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Deputy Sheriff Chris Dickerson Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Tax Code § 321.301 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.301
§ 321.301. COMPTROLLER TO COLLECT AND ADMINISTER TAXES.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall administer, collect, and enforce any tax imposed by a municipality under this chapter. The taxes imposed under this chapter and the tax imposed under Chapter 151 shall be collected together, if both taxes are imposed.
Tex. Government Code § 615.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 615 / Section 615.007
§ 615.007. CERTAIN VOLUNTEER FIRE-FIGHTING UNITS CONSIDERED AGENTS OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, an organized volunteer fire-fighting unit described by Section 615.003(12) is considered an agent of a political subdivision, including a municipality, county, or district, that the unit serves if:

(1) the unit receives any financial aid from the political subdivision for the maintenance, upkeep, or storage of equipment; or

(2) the governing body of the political subdivision designates the unit as an agent of the political subdivision.
Tex. Local Government Code § 551.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 551 / Section 551.002
§ 551.002. PROTECTION OF STREAMS AND WATERSHEDS BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A home-rule municipality may prohibit the pollution or degradation of and may police a stream, drain, recharge feature, recharge area, or tributary that may constitute or recharge the source of water supply of any municipality.

(b) A home-rule municipality may provide for the protection of and may police any watersheds.

(c) The authority granted by this section may be exercised inside the municipality's boundaries or inside the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction or outside the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction only if required to meet other state or federal requirements. The authority granted by this section for the protection of recharge, recharge areas, or recharge features of groundwater aquifers may be exercised outside the municipality's boundaries and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction provided the municipality exercising such authority has a population greater than 750,000 and the groundwater constitutes more than 75 percent of the municipality's source of water supply.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1955.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1955 / Section 1955.001
§ 1955.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Child-occupied facility" means a building or part of a building constructed before 1978, including a day-care center, preschool, or kindergarten classroom, that is visited regularly by the same child, six years of age or younger, at least two days in any calendar week if the visits are for at least:

(A) three hours each day; and

(B) 60 hours each year.

(2) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(4) "Federal law and rules" means:

(A) Title IV, Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2681 et seq.), and the rules adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under that law for authorization of state programs;

(B) any regulations or requirements adopted by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding eligibility for grants to states and local governments; and

(C) any other requirements adopted by a federal agency with jurisdiction over lead hazards.

(5) "Lead-based paint activity" means inspection, testing, risk assessment, risk reduction, lead abatement project design or planning, abatement or removal, or creation of lead-based paint hazards.

(6) "Person" means an individual, corporation, company, contractor, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, foundation, institution, trust, society, union, or any other association of individuals.

(7) "Target housing" means any housing constructed before 1978, other than:

(A) housing for the elderly or persons with disabilities, unless a child six years of age or younger resides or is expected to reside in the housing; or

(B) a dwelling without bedrooms.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.022 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.022
§ 161.022. TERM.
Status: in_force

Commissioners serve for staggered terms of six years, with the terms of four or five members expiring every other year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8028A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8028A / Section 8028A.0501
§ 8028A.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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8440.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8440 / Section 8440.051
§ 8440.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8301.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8301 / Section 8301.0403
§ 8301.0403. 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. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.027 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.027
§ 46B.027. COMPENSATION OF EXPERTS; REIMBURSEMENT OF FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) For any appointment under this chapter, the county in which the indictment was returned or information was filed shall pay for services described by Articles 46B.021(a)(1) and (2). If those services are provided by an expert who is an employee of the local mental health authority or local intellectual and developmental disability authority, the county shall pay the authority for the services.

(b) The county in which the indictment was returned or information was filed shall reimburse a facility that accepts a defendant for examination under this chapter for expenses incurred that are reasonably necessary and incidental to the proper examination of the defendant.
Tex. Government Code § 24.0125 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.0125
§ 24.0125. TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT FOLLOWING CERTAIN DISASTERS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, if a disaster, as defined by Section 418.004, precludes a district court from holding its judicial district terms in accordance with Section 24.012, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region, with the approval of the judge of the affected district court, may designate the terms and sessions of court.
Tex. Government Code § 329.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 329 / Section 329.007
§ 329.007. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the commission if a member:

(1) did not have, at the time of appointment or election, the qualifications required by Section 329.004;

(2) does not maintain the qualifications required by Section 329.004;

(3) is prohibited from serving as a commissioner under Section 329.004(d); or

(4) is ineligible to participate in activities of the national conference.

(b) The validity of an action of the commission is not affected because it is taken when a member is subject to removal.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 113.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 113 / Section 113.006
§ 113.006. NO WAIVER OF IMMUNITY TO SUIT FOR TORT LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not waive sovereign immunity to suit for a cause of action for a negligent or intentional tort.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.220 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.220
§ 1201.220.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1201.220. POLICY PROVISION: MISSTATEMENT OF AGE. An individual accident and health insurance policy must contain the following provision if the policy addresses the subject matter of the provision:

"Misstatement of Age: If the age of the insured has been misstated, the amounts payable under this policy are the amounts the premium paid would have purchased at the correct age."
Tex. Occupations Code § 2023.009 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2023 / Section 2023.009
§ 2023.009. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF COMMISSION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Judicial review of a commission order is under the substantial evidence rule.

(b) Venue for judicial review of a commission order is in a district court in Travis County.
Tex. Election Code § 85.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 85 / Section 85.001
§ 85.001. EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance begins on the 17th day before election day and continues through the fourth day before election day, except as otherwise provided by this section.

(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance begins on the 12th day before election day, continues through the day before election day, and includes Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, except as otherwise provided by this section.

(b) For a special runoff election for the office of state senator or state representative or for a runoff primary election, the period begins on the 10th day before election day.

(c) If the date prescribed by Subsection (a) or (b) for beginning the period is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state holiday, the early voting period begins on the next regular business day.

(d) If because of the date for which an election is ordered it is not possible to begin early voting by personal appearance on the prescribed date, the early voting period shall begin on the earliest date practicable after the prescribed date as set by the authority ordering the election.

(e) For an election held on the uniform election date in May and any resulting runoff election, the period for early voting by personal appearance begins on the 12th day before election day and continues through the fourth day before election day.

(e) For an election held on the uniform election date in May and any resulting runoff election, the period for early voting by personal appearance begins on the ninth day before election day, continues through the day before election day, and includes Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.056
§ 3960.056. INITIAL VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The initial board consists of the following voting directors:

(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors appointed for positions one through three expire June 1, 2019, and the terms of directors appointed for positions four and five expire June 1, 2021.

(c) Section 3960.052 does not apply to this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.296 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.296
§ 601.296. CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a certificate of release of an impounded motor vehicle to the owner, operator, or person authorized by the owner on submission to the department of:

(1) evidence of financial responsibility under Section 601.053 that shows that at the time of the collision the vehicle was in compliance with Section 601.051 or was exempt from the requirement of Section 601.051;

(2) a release executed by each person damaged in the collision other than the operator of the vehicle for which the certificate of release is requested; or

(3) security in a form and amount determined by the department to secure the payment of damages for which the operator may be liable.

(b) A person may satisfy the requirement of Subsection (a)(1) or (2) by submitting a photocopy of the item required.

(c) The department shall adopt the form, content, and procedures for issuance of a certificate of release.

(d) Security provided under this section is subject to Sections 601.163 to 601.167.
Tex. Election Code § 258.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 258 / Section 258.008
§ 258.008. INDICATION ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

A candidate or a political committee that has filed a copy of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices may so indicate on political advertising in a form to be determined by the commission.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 125.069 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 125 / Section 125.069
§ 125.069. USE OF PLACE; EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

In an action brought under this subchapter, proof that gang activity by a member of a combination, a criminal street gang, or a foreign terrorist organization is frequently committed at a place or proof that a place is frequently used for engaging in gang activity by a member of a combination, a criminal street gang, or a foreign terrorist organization is prima facie evidence that the proprietor knowingly permitted the act, unless the act constitutes conspiring to commit gang activity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8477.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8477 / Section 8477.201
§ 8477.201. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8209.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8209 / Section 8209.053
§ 8209.053. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of a municipality that consented to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands in the district.
Tex. Election Code § 501.152 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 501 / Section 501.152
§ 501.152. ORDER PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

The order of the commissioners court declaring the result of the election is prima facie evidence that all provisions of law have been complied with in giving notice of and holding the election, counting and returning the votes, and declaring the result of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3860.211 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3860 / Section 3860.211
§ 3860.211. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

Section 375.221, Local Government Code, applies to the district only for a contract that has a value greater than $25,000.
Tex. Government Code § 524.0005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 524 / Section 524.0005
§ 524.0005. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the executive commissioner's authority under this subchapter with respect to the health and human services system.
Tex. Education Code § 62.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.001
§ 62.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as "The Excellence in Higher Education Act" of 1985.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 297.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 297 / Section 297.054
§ 297.054. INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING; INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall require each institutional health care provider to submit to the county a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those sections.

(b) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may inspect the records of an institutional health care provider to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8037.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8037 / Section 8037.0306
§ 8037.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if:

(1) the district has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8037.0103 to confirm the creation of the district.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8037.0103.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8037.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.