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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 162.050 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 162 / Section 162.050
§ 162.050. CONSTITUTIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If, during the existence of the fund or during the time any general obligation bonds are payable from the fund, the board determines that there will not be sufficient money in the fund during the following biennium available to pay principal of or interest on the bonds or both principal and interest that are to come due and to be paid from the fund during the following biennium, the comptroller shall transfer to the fund the first money coming into the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated by the constitution in amounts sufficient to pay the obligations.

(b) The money appropriated shall be used to pay the obligations only if at the time the principal or interest or both actually become due there is not sufficient money in the fund available to pay the amount due.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.060
§ 1044.060. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may employ a general manager, attorneys, bookkeepers, architects, or any other employees or consultants considered necessary for the efficient financing, development, and operation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8246.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8246 / Section 8246.054
§ 8246.054. BOARD MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold regular meetings at least once every three months. The dates of regular meetings must be established in the district's bylaws or by resolution.

(b) The president or any three directors may call a special meeting as necessary to administer district business. At least five days before the date of a special meeting, the secretary must mail notice of the meeting to the address each director filed with the secretary. A director may waive in writing notices of special meetings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8088.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8088 / Section 8088.0201
§ 8088.0201. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Transportation Code § 550.062 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 550 / Section 550.062
§ 550.062. OFFICER'S COLLISION REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle collision shall make a written report of the collision if the collision resulted in injury to or the death of a person or damage to the property of any one person to the apparent extent of $1,000 or more.

(b) The report required by Subsection (a) must be filed electronically with the department not later than the 10th day after the date of the collision.

(b-1) If the motor vehicle collision involved a combination of vehicles operating under a permit issued under Section 623.402, the report required by Subsection (a) must include the weight and the number of axles of the vehicle combination.

(c) This section applies without regard to whether the officer investigates the collision at the location of the collision and immediately after the collision or afterwards by interviewing those involved in the collision or witnesses to the collision.
Tex. Election Code § 254.066 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.066
§ 254.066. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED.
Status: in_force

Reports under this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the candidate's campaign treasurer appointment is required to be filed.
Tex. Education Code § 51.400 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.400
§ 51.400. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2) "General academic teaching institution," "institution of higher education," and "public junior college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.1523 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.1523
§ 1701.1523. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF FORMS, DATA, AND DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall:

(1) develop and establish a system for the electronic submission of forms, data, and documents required to be submitted to the commission under this chapter; and

(2) once that system is established, require law enforcement agencies to submit to the commission electronically any form, data, or document required to be submitted to the commission under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 659.121 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.121
§ 659.121. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Compensation" means, except as provided by Section 659.124, salary or wages subject to tax under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.

(2) "Eligible state employee" means an individual who was on August 31, 1995:

(A) employed by a state agency and eligible for state payment of the employee tax under Section 606.064 as that section existed on that date;

(B) using unpaid leave from a position with a state agency, if the individual would have been eligible for state payment of the employee tax under Section 606.064 as that section existed on that date had the individual not been using unpaid leave from the position; or

(C) not working for a state agency if:

(i) the individual was not working on that date solely because the individual's employment with the agency customarily does not include the summer months;

(ii) the individual had contracted with the agency not later than that date for the individual to resume working for the agency not later than September 2, 1995; and

(iii) the position held by the individual on September 2, 1995, would have made the individual eligible for state payment of the employee tax under Section 606.064 as that section existed on August 31, 1995, if the employee had held the position on that date.

(3) "Eligible state-paid judge" means an individual who on August 31, 1995:

(A) held office; and

(B) was eligible for state payment of the employee tax under Section 606.065 as that section existed on that date.

(4) "Employee tax" means the tax that state employees and state-paid judges pay under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.

(5) "Retirement contribution" means a mandatory contribution by an eligible state employee or eligible state-paid judge to a retirement system.

(6) "Retirement system" means the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Employees Retirement System of Texas, the optional retirement program governed by Chapter 830, the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One, or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.

(7) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 606.061.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 154.025 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 154 / Section 154.025
§ 154.025. MODERATED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A moderated settlement conference is a forum for case evaluation and realistic settlement negotiations.

(b) Each party and counsel for the party present the position of the party before a panel of impartial third parties.

(c) The panel may issue an advisory opinion regarding the liability or damages of the parties or both.

(d) The advisory opinion is not binding on the parties.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.613 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 11 / Section 11.613
§ 11.613. SUMMARY SUSPENSION OF PRIVATE CLUB PERMIT.
Status: in_force

The commission or administrator without a hearing may for investigative purposes summarily suspend a certificate issued under Chapter 29 to the holder of a private club registration permit or a permit issued under Chapter 32 for not more than seven days if the commission or administrator finds that a shooting, stabbing, or murder has occurred on the licensed premises that is likely to result in a subsequent act of violence. Notice of the order suspending the permit shall be given to the permittee personally within 72 hours of the time the violent act occurs. If the permittee cannot be located, notice shall be provided by posting a copy of the order on the front door of the licensed premises.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3918.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3918 / Section 3918.0402
§ 3918.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment to finance improvement projects and services authorized by this chapter in all or any definable part of the district in the manner provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll after providing notice and holding a hearing as provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1551 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1551
§ 152.1551. LIVE OAK COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Live Oak County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Live Oak County, and the judge of the 2nd Multicounty Court at Law.

(b) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation in an amount set by the commissioners court for the added duties imposed on the members. The additional compensation may not be lower than the amount paid to the judges on September 1, 1981.

(c) The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(d) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Live Oak County.
Tex. Government Code § 171.0051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 171 / Section 171.0051
§ 171.0051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The commission, department, or executive director, as appropriate, shall administer and enforce this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9011.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9011 / Section 9011.107
§ 9011.107. DIRECTOR'S AND TREASURER'S BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A director shall give bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The treasurer shall give bond in the amount required by the board. The treasurer's bond shall be conditioned on the treasurer's faithfully accounting for all money that comes into the treasurer's custody as treasurer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8000A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8000A / Section 8000A.0401
§ 8000A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8000A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7913A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7913A / Section 7913A.0503
§ 7913A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 54.6385 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.6385
§ 54.6385. EXEMPTION FROM SECURITIES LAWS.
Status: in_force

The registration requirements of The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code) do not apply to the sale of a prepaid tuition contract by the board or by a registered securities dealer or registered investment adviser.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7901.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7901 / Section 7901.0501
§ 7901.0501. 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. Government Code § 2054.070 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.070
§ 2054.070. CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONIC DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall:

(1) establish a central repository of publicly accessible electronic data as the official open data Internet website for this state;

(2) designate the repository as the Texas Open Data Portal; and

(3) ensure that state agencies and political subdivisions of this state are granted shared access to the repository that allows the agencies and political subdivisions to easily post publicly accessible information to the repository.

(b) Each state agency shall prioritize using the central repository of electronic data established under Subsection (a) and actively collaborate with the department on publicly accessible data issues.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1457.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1457 / Section 1457.002
§ 1457.002. PROVISIONAL CREDENTIALING STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan shall have a process for provisional credentialing status in compliance with the requirements of the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

(b) A health benefit plan may grant provisional credentialing status to a physician who:

(1) submits a completed standard credentialing application to the health benefit plan;

(2) meets the health plan's requirements for provisional credentialing; and

(3) joins as a partner, shareholder, or employee of another physician who is contracted with a health benefit plan to provide medical or health care services to enrollees.

(c) A health benefit plan must complete the credentialing process within 60 calendar days of the date a physician is granted provisional status. In the event the physician does not meet the health plan's credentialing standards, the physician must be provided the same appeal process as any other physician applying for participation with the health benefit plan.
Tex. Family Code § 51.13 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.13
§ 51.13. EFFECT OF ADJUDICATION OR DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), an order of adjudication or disposition in a proceeding under this title is not a conviction of crime. Except as provided by Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, an order of adjudication or disposition does not impose any civil disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment.

(b) The adjudication or disposition of a child or evidence adduced in a hearing under this title may be used only in subsequent:

(1) proceedings under this title in which the child is a party;

(2) sentencing proceedings in criminal court against the child to the extent permitted by the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965; or

(3) civil commitment proceedings under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code.

(c) A child may not be committed or transferred to a penal institution or other facility used primarily for the execution of sentences of persons convicted of crime, except:

(1) for temporary detention in a jail or lockup pending juvenile court hearing or disposition under conditions meeting the requirements of Section 51.12;

(2) after transfer for prosecution in criminal court under Section 54.02, unless the juvenile court orders the detention of the child in a certified juvenile detention facility under Section 54.02(h);

(3) after transfer from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 245.151(c), Human Resources Code; or

(4) after transfer from a post-adjudication secure correctional facility, as that term is defined by Section 54.04011.

(d) An adjudication under Section 54.03 that a child engaged in conduct that occurred on or after January 1, 1996, and that constitutes a felony offense resulting in commitment to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 54.04(d)(2), (d)(3), or (m) or 54.05(f) or commitment to a post-adjudication secure correctional facility under Section 54.04011 for conduct that occurred on or after December 1, 2013, is a final felony conviction only for the purposes of Sections 12.42(a), (b), and (c)(1) or Section 12.425, Penal Code.

(e) A finding that a child engaged in conduct indicating a need for supervision as described by Section 51.03(b)(6) is a conviction only for the purposes of Sections 43.261(c) and (d), Penal Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 155.063 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 155 / Section 155.063
§ 155.063. ADMINISTRATION OF DEDUCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may authorize:

(1) a county officer to administer the insurance deductions and to transfer an insurance deduction to the appropriate entity; and

(2) the county officer to charge the appropriate entity the costs of administering an insurance deduction.

(b) The commissioners court may require an entity that will receive a transferred deduction under this section to submit to the commissioners court information required by the court to determine the stability and financial solvency of the insurance company and of the availability of benefits under the insurance policy.

(c) The commissioners court may require the submission of other information the commissioners court determines necessary to justify an insurance deduction.

(d) The payment by the county of administrative costs of making an insurance deduction may not be considered as evidence of a contract of the insured's employment with the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8868.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8868 / Section 8868.004
§ 8868.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Jasper, Newton, Hardin, and Tyler Counties, Texas, unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Section 8868.005;

(2) Subchapter J or K, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(3) other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8456.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8456 / Section 8456.103
§ 8456.103. 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. Government Code § 24.601 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.601
§ 24.601. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A family district court has the jurisdiction and power provided for district courts by the constitution and laws of this state. Its jurisdiction is concurrent with that of other district courts in the county in which it is located.

(b) A family district court has primary responsibility for cases involving family law matters. These matters include:

(1) adoptions;

(2) birth records;

(3) divorce and marriage annulment;

(4) child welfare, custody, support and reciprocal support, dependency, neglect, and delinquency;

(5) parent and child; and

(6) husband and wife.

(c) This subchapter does not limit the jurisdiction of other district courts nor relieve them of responsibility for handling cases involving family law matters.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7905.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7905 / Section 7905.0201
§ 7905.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7905.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.006 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.006
§ 2A.006. SPECIAL RANGERS OF TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this article:

(1) "Association" means the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

(b) The director of the department may appoint not more than 50 special rangers employed by the association to aid law enforcement agencies in the investigation of the theft of livestock or related property.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a special ranger may make arrests and exercise all authority given peace officers under this code when necessary to prevent or abate the commission of an offense involving livestock or related property.

(d) A special ranger may not issue a traffic citation for a violation of Chapter 521, Transportation Code, or Subtitle C, Title 7, Transportation Code.

(e) A special ranger is not entitled to state benefits normally provided by the state to a peace officer.

(f) A person may not serve as a special ranger unless:

(1) the association submits the person's application for appointment and licensing as a special ranger to the director of the department and to the executive director of the commission;

(2) the director of the department issues the person a certificate of authority to act as a special ranger;

(3) the executive director of the commission:

(A) determines that the person meets minimum standards required of peace officers by the commission relating to competence, reliability, education, training, morality, and physical and mental health; and

(B) issues the person a license as a special ranger; and

(4) the person has met all standards for licensing as a peace officer by the commission.

(g) For good cause, the director of the department may revoke a certificate of authority issued under this article and the executive director of the commission may revoke a license issued under this article.

(h) Termination of employment with the association, or the revocation of a special ranger license, constitutes an automatic revocation of a certificate of authority to act as a special ranger.

(i) The association is liable for any act or omission by a person serving as a special ranger for the association that occurs within the scope of the person's employment.

(j) The state or any political subdivision or agency of the state is not liable for any act or omission by a person appointed as a special ranger.

(k) The association shall pay all expenses associated with granting or revoking a certificate of authority to act as a special ranger.

(l) The director of the department and the executive director of the commission may adopt rules necessary for the effective administration and performance of the duties delegated to the director and the executive director by this article.