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Tex. Human Resources Code § 23.012 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.012
§ 23.012. MOTION TO REVOKE STAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may file a motion with the commission's appeals division to revoke the stay of an order suspending a license if the person does not comply with the terms of a reasonable repayment plan entered into by the person.

(b) Notice to the person of a motion to revoke stay under this section may be given by personal service or by mail to the address provided by the person, if any, in the order suspending a license. The notice must include a notice of hearing before the appeals division. The notice must be provided to the person not less than 10 days before the date of the hearing.

(c) A motion to revoke stay must allege the manner in which the person failed to comply with the repayment plan.

(d) If the commission finds that the person is not in compliance with the terms of the repayment plan, the commission shall revoke the stay of the order suspending a license and render a final order suspending a license.
Tex. Education Code § 34.014 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 34 / Section 34.014
§ 34.014. FUNDING FOR THREE-POINT SEAT BELTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may offer to donate three-point seat belts or money for the purchase of three-point seat belts for a school district's school buses.

(b) The board of trustees of a school district shall consider any offer made by a person under Subsection (a). The board of trustees may accept or decline the offer after adequate consideration.

(c) The board of trustees may acknowledge a person who donates three-point seat belts or money for the purchase of three-point seat belts for a school bus under this section by displaying a small, discreet sign on the side or back of the bus recognizing the person who made the donation. The sign may not serve as an advertisement for the person who made the donation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3975.0604 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3975 / Section 3975.0604
§ 3975.0604. TAX AFTER MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to the district after a municipality annexes part of the territory in the district and imposes the municipality's sales and use tax in the annexed territory.

(b) If at the time of annexation the district has outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, Section 321.102(g), Tax Code, applies to the district.

(c) If at the time of annexation the district does not have outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, the district may:

(1) exclude the annexed territory from the district, if the district has no outstanding debt or other obligations payable from any source; or

(2) reduce the sales and use tax in the annexed territory by resolution or order of the board to a rate that, when added to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the municipality in the annexed territory, is equal to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the district in the district territory that was not annexed by the municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 831.0007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 831 / Section 831.0007
§ 831.0007. PART OF EXAMINATION PROCESS.
Status: in_force

The disclosure and any additional information requested by the commissioner and provided to the department as described by this chapter is considered part of the process of examination of insurers under this code, including Chapter 401.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8333.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8333 / Section 8333.105
§ 8333.105. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8333.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.241 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.241
§ 375.241. TIME OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A bond election, maintenance tax election, and any other election held in a district may be held at the same time and in conjunction with any other election.

(b) Elections shall be called and held as provided by the appropriate provisions of Chapter 54, Water Code.
Tex. Water Code § 51.511 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.511
§ 51.511. AUTHORITY TO ADOPT ALTERNATIVE PLANS OF TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A district operating under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, shall adopt a tax plan under the alternative provisions of Sections 51.512-51.530 of this code either at the time of its creation or before the appointment of commissioners of appraisement under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 548.3075 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 548 / Section 548.3075
§ 548.3075. LIMITED EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "limited emissions inspection" means an emissions inspection of a motor vehicle conducted only by using the onboard diagnostic system of the vehicle.

(b) A department rule that allows an inspection station to perform a limited emissions inspection of a motor vehicle may not restrict the number of limited emissions inspections conducted by the station.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.026 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.026
§ 1702.026. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall designate one committee member as presiding officer to serve in that capacity at the will of the commission. The commission shall designate the presiding officer without regard to race, creed, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.

(b) The committee shall elect from among its members an assistant presiding officer and a secretary to serve two-year terms beginning on September 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(c) The presiding officer of the committee or, in the absence of the presiding officer, the assistant presiding officer shall preside at each committee meeting and perform the other duties prescribed by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.158
§ 3938.158. COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons, including the county, all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:

(1) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical services, and law enforcement in or adjacent to the district; or

(2) that confers a general benefit on the entire district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.576 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.576
§ 2054.576. SHARED SOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In considering and implementing new applications or remediation strategies, state agencies shall prioritize standardization and consolidation by emphasizing shared solutions, including those delivered as a service through the Internet.

(b) The department may contract for and offer shared solutions, including those delivered as a service through the Internet, to other entities under Section 2054.0565.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379C.0107 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379C / Section 379C.0107
§ 379C.0107. REPLATTING BY QUALIFIED PARTICIPATING DEVELOPER.
Status: in_force

The land bank may sell two adjacent properties that are owned by the land bank to a qualified participating developer if:

(1) at least one of the properties is appropriate for residential development; and

(2) the developer agrees to replat the two adjacent properties as one property that is appropriate for residential development.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1082.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1082 / Section 1082.060
§ 1082.060. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the general affairs of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 552.373 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.373
§ 552.373. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH PROVISION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

A governmental body that is the party to a contract described by Section 552.371 shall provide notice to the entity that is a party to the contract if the entity fails to comply with a requirement of this subchapter applicable to the entity. The notice must:

(1) be in writing;

(2) state the requirement of this subchapter that the entity has violated; and

(3) unless Section 552.374(c) applies, advise the entity that the governmental body may terminate the contract without further obligation to the entity if the entity does not cure the violation on or before the 10th business day after the date the governmental body provides the notice.
Tex. Education Code § 56.351 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.351
§ 56.351. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3940.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3940 / Section 3940.006
§ 3940.006. 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 under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

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

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.207
§ 3906.207. COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons, including the city, all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:

(1) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical services, and law enforcement; or

(2) that confers a general benefit on the entire district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 251.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 251 / Section 251.003
§ 251.003. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may:

(1) make and enforce all necessary rules and orders for the construction and maintenance of public roads;

(2) hire the labor and purchase the machinery and equipment needed to construct and maintain public roads; and

(3) use any necessary material most convenient to build, repair, or maintain public roads, regardless of the location or extent of the material.

(b) The court may enter any necessary order for the use of inmates of the county jails to work on the county roads or to build bridges.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.244 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.244
§ 225.244. CECIL AND DOROTHY BELL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 79 in Freestone and Leon Counties between its intersection with U.S. Highway 84 and its intersection with the western municipal limits of Oakwood is designated as the Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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 Cecil and Dorothy Bell 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.(a) The portion of Farm to Market Road 70 in Nueces County between its intersection with State Highway 44 and its intersection with Farm to Market Road 1833 is designated as the Los Robles Trail. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

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

(1) design and construct four markers indicating the designation as the Los Robles Trail 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8348.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8348 / Section 8348.151
§ 8348.151. 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 8348.153.

(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. Tax Code § 152.024 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 152 / Section 152.024
§ 152.024. TAX ON AN EVEN EXCHANGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) A tax is imposed on each party to a transaction involving the even exchange of two motor vehicles.

(b) The tax on each party is $5.

(c) No transfer of title in an even exchange shall be accomplished until the taxes have been paid.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.018 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 146 / Section 146.018
§ 146.018. OFFENSE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.057
§ 1105.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its members a president, a vice president, and a secretary.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 43.031 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 43 / Section 43.031
§ 43.031. DEMONSTRATION WORK.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of any county may establish and conduct cooperative demonstration work in agriculture and home economics in cooperation with Texas A & M University.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 552.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 552 / Section 552.101
§ 552.101. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general has exclusive authority to enforce this chapter, except to the extent provided by Section 552.106.

(b) This chapter does not provide a basis for, and is not subject to, a private right of action for a violation of this chapter or any other law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.185 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.185
§ 370.185. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

A contract made by an authority may be let by a competitive bidding procedure in which the contract is awarded to the lowest responsible bidder that complies with the authority's criteria.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 322.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 322 / Section 322.053
§ 322.053. NOTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall ensure that each resident at a facility regulated by a health and human services agency and the resident's legally authorized representative are notified of the rules and policies related to restraints and seclusion.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0671 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.0671
§ 43.0671. AUTHORITY TO ANNEX AREA ON REQUEST OF OWNERS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Subchapter C-4 or C-5, a municipality may annex an area if each owner of land in the area requests the annexation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1452.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1452 / Section 1452.155
§ 1452.155. DIRECTORY ENTRIES.
Status: in_force

Pending the approval of an application submitted under Section 1452.154, the managed care plan may exclude the applicant podiatrist from the managed care plan's directory of participating podiatrists, the managed care plan's website listing of participating podiatrists, or any other listing of participating podiatrists.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.255 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1704 / Section 1704.255
§ 1704.255. APPEAL; VENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant or a license holder may appeal an order of a board denying an application for a license or renewal of a license, or suspending or revoking a license, by filing a petition in a district court in the county not later than the 30th day after the date the person receives notice of the denial, suspension, or revocation.

(b) An appeal filed under this section is an action against the board. An applicant or a license holder may not bring the action against an individual board member.

(c) The board may not assert a reason on appeal for an action by the board that differs from the reasons specified in the board's notice of hearing under Section 1704.254.
Tex. Education Code § 130.355 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.355
§ 130.355. RULES.
Status: in_force

The coordinating board shall adopt any rules the coordinating board considers necessary for the administration of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.304
§ 1121.304. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall order that the district be dissolved.

(b) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to administer the district, and another election on the question of dissolution may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election to dissolve the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.002
§ 1601.002. PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this chapter are to:

(1) provide uniformity in the basic group life, accident, and health benefit coverages for all system employees;

(2) enable the systems to attract and retain competent and able employees by providing employees with basic life, accident, and health benefit coverages comparable to those commonly provided in private industry and to employees of a state agency other than a system, including a public college or university whose employees are covered under Chapter 1551;

(3) foster, promote, and encourage employment by and service to the systems as a career profession for individuals of high standards of competence and ability;

(4) recognize and protect the investment of the systems in each employee by promoting and preserving economic security and good health among employees;

(5) foster and develop high standards of employer-employee relationships between the systems and their employees; and

(6) recognize the long and faithful service and dedication of employees and encourage them to remain in service until eligible for retirement by providing health benefits and other group benefits for them.
Tex. Property Code § 41.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 41 / Section 41.006
§ 41.006. CERTAIN SALES OF HOMESTEAD.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), any sale or purported sale in whole or in part of a homestead at a fixed purchase price that is less than the appraised fair market value of the property at the time of the sale or purported sale, and in connection with which the buyer of the property executes a lease of the property to the seller at lease payments that exceed the fair rental value of the property, is considered to be a loan with all payments made from the seller to the buyer in excess of the sales price considered to be interest subject to Title 4, Finance Code.

(b) The taking of any deed in connection with a transaction described by this section is a deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, and the deed is void and no lien attaches to the homestead property as a result of the purported sale.

(c) This section does not apply to the sale of a family homestead to a parent, stepparent, grandparent, child, stepchild, brother, half brother, sister, half sister, or grandchild of an adult member of the family.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.102
§ 1006.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision located in the district may not impose taxes or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes for medical treatment of indigent persons.
Tex. Government Code § 33.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 33 / Section 33.023
§ 33.023. SUBSTANCE ABUSE; PHYSICAL OR MENTAL INCAPACITY OF JUDGE; SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) For each filed complaint alleging substance abuse by, or the physical or mental incapacity of, a judge and questioning the judge's ability to perform the judge's official duties, the commission shall conduct a preliminary investigation of the complaint and present the results of the preliminary investigation to each member of the commission not later than the 30th day after the date the complaint is filed.

(b) If, after reviewing the results of the preliminary investigation, the commission determines the judge's alleged substance abuse or physical or mental incapacity brings into question the judge's ability to perform the judge's official duties, the commission shall provide the judge written notice of the complaint and subpoena the judge to appear before the commission at the commission's next regularly scheduled meeting.

(c) If, following the judge's appearance before the commission at the next regularly scheduled meeting, the commission decides to require the judge to submit to a physical or mental examination, the commission shall:

(1) suspend the judge from office with pay for a period not to exceed 90 days;

(2) provide the judge written notice of the suspension;

(3) order the judge to submit to a physical or mental examination by one or more qualified physicians or a mental examination by one or more qualified psychologists selected and paid for by the commission; and

(4) provide the judge written notice of the examination not later than 10 days before the date of the examination.

(d) The notice provided under Subsection (c)(4) must include the physician's name and the date, time, and place of the examination.

(e) Each examining physician shall file a written report of the examination with the commission and the report shall be received as evidence without further formality. On request of the judge or the judge's attorney, the commission shall give the judge a copy of the report. The physician's oral or deposition testimony concerning the report may be required by the commission or by written demand of the judge.

(f) If, after receiving the written report of an examining physician or the physician's deposition testimony concerning the report, the commission determines the judge is unable to perform the judge's official duties because of substance abuse or physical or mental incapacity, the commission shall:

(1) recommend to the supreme court suspension of the judge from office; or

(2) enter into an indefinite voluntary agreement with the judge for suspension of the judge with pay until the commission determines the judge is physically and mentally competent to resume the judge's official duties.

(g) If a judge refuses to submit to a physical or mental examination ordered by the commission under this section, the commission may petition a district court for an order compelling the judge to submit to the physical or mental examination and recommend to the supreme court suspension of the judge from office.