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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3865.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3865 / Section 3865.153
§ 3865.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may make payments under a contract from taxes other than operation and maintenance taxes 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. Water Code § 51.048 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.048
§ 51.048. PURPOSES OF MASTER DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A master district may be created to conduct preliminary surveys and to develop a plan for the control and use of the water of any given stream, so that the improvements on one part of a watershed will be mechanically and economically related to all other improvements on the stream or its watershed.

(b) A master district also may be created to enable districts to pool their resources when necessary to economically:

(1) make preliminary surveys;

(2) adopt a plan to coordinate the plants, improvements, and facilities of the several constituent districts;

(3) provide the improvements and facilities proposed to be constructed and furnished by the master district;

(4) provide improvements for the common benefit of the several districts;

(5) enable the districts jointly to make purchases; or

(6) maintain or operate works for the common benefit of the several districts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8057.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8057 / Section 8057.0402
§ 8057.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8057.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 123.0015 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 123 / Section 123.0015
§ 123.0015. BENEFICIAL USE.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, a use of drill cuttings is considered to be beneficial if the cuttings are used:

(1) in the construction of oil and gas lease pads or oil and gas lease roads; or

(2) as part of a legitimate commercial product.

(b) The commission by rule shall define "legitimate commercial product" for the purposes of this chapter.

(c) The commission by rule shall adopt criteria for beneficial uses to ensure that a beneficial use of recycled drill cuttings under this chapter is at least as protective of public health, public safety, and the environment as the use of an equivalent product made without recycled drill cuttings.
Tex. Government Code § 411.116 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.116
§ 411.116.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.116. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: ORGANIZATION PROVIDING CERTAIN NURSE AIDES. (a) In this section:

(1) "Facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 106.001, Human Resources Code.

(2) "Nurse aide" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 106, Human Resources Code.

(3) "Organization that provides temporary nurse aides" includes a temporary employment service, nursing pool, private duty nurse service, or sitter service.

(b) An organization that provides temporary nurse aides to a facility is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who is:

(1) a nurse aide; and

(2) a candidate for referral by the organization to a facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8150.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8150 / Section 8150.052
§ 8150.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city shall appoint the appropriate number of directors to the board to serve staggered terms that expire September 1 of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.301
§ 1551.301. FUNDING OF BASIC COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall use the amount appropriated for employer contributions in the manner provided by this subchapter to fund the basic coverage.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.0946 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.0946
§ 242.0946. NEPOTISM PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

A person serving as a trustee under this subchapter may not employ or otherwise appoint an individual to work with the trustee in the home who is related to the trustee within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 473.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 473 / Section 473.002
§ 473.002. BOND REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Before an order may be issued under Section 473.001, the applicant for the order must give bond with security to indemnify the defendant, in case of the defendant's acquittal, for any loss sustained by the defendant.

(b) The amount of the bond must be set by the county judge.

(c) The bond must be approved by the county judge and shall be filed with the papers in the case.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.202 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.202
§ 12.202. OPERATION GAME THIEF COMMITTEE.
Status: repealed

(a) The director shall appoint an Operation Game Thief Committee composed of 11 members to administer the operation game thief fund and to make reward payments and death benefit payments from that fund. The director shall appoint persons who are not employees of the department and who have a demonstrated interest in game and fish conservation. The director may consider the recommendations or nominations of any club or association. The director shall designate one of the members as chairman of the committee. The director shall appoint a former committee member to serve as chairman emeritus. The chairman emeritus has the same rights and duties as any other committee member. The director or an employee designated by the director for that purpose shall serve as secretary to the committee. A member of the committee serves without compensation.

(b) Each member of the committee, including the chairman emeritus, serves a term of six years. The terms of approximately one-third of the members, including the chairman emeritus, expire on January 31 of each odd-numbered year. The director may reappoint members.

(c) The committee shall meet at least one time each calendar year at the department's office in Austin or at a location designated by the chairman of the committee. Four committee members must be present for approval of disbursement of rewards to eligible applicants and death benefit payments to eligible recipients. Except as provided by Subsection (d), if the vote for approval of disbursements of rewards or death benefits results in a tie vote, no action may be taken until the next meeting of the committee.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1170, Sec. 29.02.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.058
§ 1084.058. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president, vice president, and secretary from among its members.

(b) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year and may serve successive terms.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.304 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.304
§ 96.304. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Under the commissioner's supervision, the liquidating agent shall give notice to creditors and deposit account holders directing them to present and prove their claims and requiring them to file a written proof of claim at the address designated in the notice.

(b) The notice shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the savings bank maintained an office or branch to transact business on the date the savings bank ceased unrestricted operations.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the notice is first published, the liquidating agent shall mail a similar notice to each depositor and creditor named in the books of the savings bank at the address shown in those books.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.068 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.068
§ 424.068.
Status: in_force

Sec. 424.068. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: INVESTMENT IN FOREIGN JURISDICTION. (a) In addition to the investments in Canada authorized by Sections 424.051, 424.058-424.071, and 424.074 and subject to this section, an insurer may invest the insurer's funds in excess of minimum capital and surplus in a foreign commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States or a foreign country other than Canada, or invest in debt obligations and investments within a foreign commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States or within a foreign country other than Canada if:

(1) the investment is similar to investments the insurer is authorized by Sections 424.051, 424.058-424.071, and 424.074 to make within the United States or Canada; and

(2) the debt obligation or investment is rated one or two by the securities valuation office.

(b) The aggregate amount of an insurer's investments in a single foreign jurisdiction under Sections 424.051, 424.058-424.071, and 424.074 or of an insurer's debt obligations or investments within a single foreign jurisdiction may not exceed:

(1) as to a foreign jurisdiction that is given a sovereign debt rating of one by the securities valuation office, 10 percent of the insurer's admitted assets;

(2) as to a debt obligation or investment within a foreign jurisdiction that is rated one or two by the securities valuation office, 10 percent of the insurer's admitted assets; or

(3) as to any foreign investment other than an investment described by Subdivision (1) or (2), five percent of the insurer's admitted assets.

(c) The amount of investments made under this section may not exceed the sum of:

(1) the amounts authorized by Section 424.073; and

(2) 20 percent of the insurer's assets.

(d) The combined total of the amount of investments made under this section, the amount of similar investments made within the United States and Canada, and any amounts of investments authorized by Section 424.073 may not exceed any limitation prescribed by Sections 424.051, 424.058-424.071, and 424.074.
Tex. Water Code § 36.106 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.106
§ 36.106. SURVEYS.
Status: in_force

A district may make surveys of the groundwater reservoir or subdivision and surveys of the facilities in order to determine the quantity of water available for production and use and to determine the improvements, development, and recharging needed by a reservoir or its subdivision.
Tex. Transportation Code § 91.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 91 / Section 91.004
§ 91.004. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may:

(1) plan and make policies for the location, construction, maintenance, and operation of a rail facility or system in this state;

(2) acquire, finance, construct, maintain, and subject to Section 91.005, operate a passenger or freight rail facility, individually or as one or more systems;

(3) for the purpose of acquiring or financing a rail facility or system, accept a grant or loan from a:

(A) department or agency of the United States;

(B) department, agency, or political subdivision of this state; or

(C) public or private person;

(4) contract with a public or private person to finance, construct, maintain, or operate a rail facility under this chapter; or

(5) perform any act necessary to the full exercise of the department's powers under this chapter.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), money appropriated or allocated by the United States for the construction and maintenance in this state of rail facilities owned by any public or private entity shall be administered by the commission and may be spent only under the supervision of the department.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to money appropriated or allocated:

(1) to a transit authority described by Chapter 451, a transportation authority described by Chapter 452 or 460, or a transit department described by Chapter 453; or

(2) for use by:

(A) a port authority or navigation district created or operating under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; or

(B) a district created under:

(i) Chapter 171;

(ii) Chapter 172 of this code or Chapter 623, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (former Article 6550c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);

(iii) Chapter 173 of this code or former Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes; or

(iv) Chapter 174 of this code or former Article 6550c-3, Revised Statutes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8503.025 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8503 / Section 8503.025
§ 8503.025. SOURCE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter, without reference to other statutory provisions, constitutes full authority for the authorization and issuance of bonds under this chapter, and no other act or law regarding the authorization or issuance of obligations or the deposit of the proceeds of obligations, or in any way impeding or restricting the carrying out of the acts authorized by this chapter shall be construed as applying a limitation to any proceedings taken under or acts done under this chapter.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the authority from issuing bonds under any applicable general law of this state, provided, however, that no bonds are issued that would be in conflict with Section 8503.024.
Tex. Estates Code § 1051.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.001
§ 1051.001. ISSUANCE OF NOTICE OR PROCESS IN GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person is not required to be cited or otherwise given notice in a guardianship proceeding except in a situation in which this title expressly provides for citation or the giving of notice.

(b) If this title does not expressly provide for citation or the issuance or return of notice in a guardianship proceeding, the court may require that notice be given. A court that requires that notice be given shall prescribe the form and manner of service of the notice and the return of service.

(c) Unless a court order is required by this title, the county clerk without a court order shall issue:

(1) necessary citations, writs, and other process in a guardianship proceeding; and

(2) all notices not required to be issued by a guardian.
Tex. Water Code § 11.089 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.089
§ 11.089. JOHNSON GRASS OR RUSSIAN THISTLE.
Status: in_force

(a) No person who owns, leases, or operates a ditch, canal, or reservoir or who cultivates land abutting a reservoir, ditch, flume, canal, wasteway, or lateral may permit Johnson grass or Russian thistle to go to seed on the waterway within 10 feet of the high-water line if the waterway crosses or lies on the land owned or controlled by him.

(b) The provisions of this section are not applicable in Tom Green, Sterling, Irion, Schleicher, McCullough, Brewster, Menard, Maverick, Kinney, Val Verde, and San Saba counties.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.407 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.407
§ 201.407. TRAINING ON SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop and make available to employees of the department a training course on the recognition and prevention of smuggling and trafficking of persons.

(b) The department, in collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall establish the content of the training developed under Subsection (a).

(c) On the date an employee begins employment with the department, the department shall provide notice to the employee of the availability of the training developed under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8492.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8492 / Section 8492.001
§ 8492.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Cotton Center Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8178.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8178 / Section 8178.151
§ 8178.151. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) 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 a road project authorized by Section 8178.102.

(b) 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.

(c) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of outstanding 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7927A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7927A / Section 7927A.0103
§ 7927A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 104A.003 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 104A / Section 104A.003
§ 104A.003. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety, by rule shall prescribe the form and content of the notice required by this section. The rules must require that the notice:

(1) contain the contact information for reporting instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety; and

(2) inform employees of the right to make a report to the Department of Public Safety anonymously.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3861.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3861 / Section 3861.005
§ 3861.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Section 3861.107; or

(2) other law.

(b) A mistake in the field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to contract, including the right to issue any type of bond or other obligation for a purpose for which the district is created;

(3) the district's right to impose or collect an assessment, tax, or any other revenue; or

(4) the legality or operation of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8402.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8402 / Section 8402.004
§ 8402.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 662, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in copying the field notes in the legislative process or another mistake in the field notes does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 99.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 99 / Section 99.003
§ 99.003. OPEN BURN PIT REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

(a) For outreach and education related to exposure to open burn pit smoke or other airborne hazards by service members and veterans in this state, the department shall create and maintain an open burn pit registry of service members and veterans who were exposed to open burn pit smoke or other airborne hazards during their military service in:

(1) the Southwest Asia theater of operations on or after August 2, 1990;

(2) Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm;

(3) Djibouti, Africa, on or after September 11, 2001;

(4) Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, or New Dawn; or

(5) any other conflict or theater identified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(b) The department shall include for each entry in the open burn pit registry:

(1) the service member's or veteran's name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;

(2) the location of the service member's or veteran's service and the period of service;

(3) any medical condition or death of the service member or veteran that may be related to exposure to open burn pit smoke or other airborne hazards; and

(4) any other information that the department or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs considers necessary.

(c) The department shall:

(1) share the information included in the department's open burn pit registry with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry; and

(2) electronically link the open burn pit registry created under this chapter with the federal registry.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3835.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3835 / Section 3835.152
§ 3835.152. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3986.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3986 / Section 3986.0503
§ 3986.0503. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election under Section 3986.0501, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 301.102 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 301 / Section 301.102
§ 301.102. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation by rule, to the extent it considers exemptions practical, shall provide for exempting the following activities from the license and permit requirements of this chapter:

(1) research, development, and experiments conducted by state and federal agencies, institutions of higher learning, and bona fide nonprofit research organizations;

(2) laboratory research and experiments;

(3) activities of an emergent nature for protection against fire, frost, sleet, or fog; and

(4) activities normally conducted for purposes other than inducing, increasing, decreasing, or preventing precipitation or hail.

(b) The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation by rule may modify or revoke an exemption.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8841.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8841 / Section 8841.002
§ 8841.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a groundwater conservation district in Goliad County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 92.104 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 92 / Section 92.104
§ 92.104. MERCHANT'S DUTIES ON REINSTATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) On reinstatement, the merchant shall provide the consumer with:

(1) the same merchandise; or

(2) substitute merchandise of comparable quality and condition.

(b) A merchant who provides the consumer with substitute merchandise shall also provide the consumer with the disclosures required by Section 92.052(a).