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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8076.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8076 / Section 8076.0302
§ 8076.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.252
§ 9015.252. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority by rule may prescribe reasonable penalties for the violation of an authority rule.

(b) A penalty may consist of:

(1) a fine not to exceed $200;

(2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 30 days; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.

(c) A penalty adopted under this section is in addition to any other penalty provided by Texas law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.061 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.061
§ 382.061. DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may delegate to the executive director the powers and duties under Sections 382.051-382.0563 and 382.059, except for the adoption of rules.

(b) An applicant or a person affected by a decision of the executive director may appeal to the commission any decision made by the executive director, with the exception of a decision regarding a federal operating permit, under Sections 382.051-382.055 and 382.059.

(c) Any person, including the applicant, affected by a decision of the executive director regarding federal operating permits may:

(1) petition the administrator in accordance with rules adopted under Section 382.0563; or

(2) file a petition for judicial review under Section 382.032.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9049.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9049 / Section 9049.002
§ 9049.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Harris County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.111 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.111
§ 36.111. ESTABLISHMENT OF FINAL RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after hearing, the regulatory authority finds the rates are unreasonable or in violation of law, the regulatory authority shall:

(1) enter an order establishing the rates the electric utility shall charge or apply for the service in question; and

(2) serve a copy of the order on the electric utility.

(b) The rates established in the order shall be observed thereafter until changed as provided by this title.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.107
§ 1052.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type of equipment and the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings and other facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 25 years.

(c) The district may acquire equipment for use in the district's hospital system and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price. A contract entered into under this subsection must provide that the entire obligation be retired not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the contract.

(d) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The board may not sell or dispose of any real property unless the board affirmatively finds that the real property is not needed for the operation of the hospital system.
Tex. Water Code § 49.501 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.501
§ 49.501. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "municipal water supplier" means a municipality, a water supply corporation, or a special utility district converted from a water supply corporation.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 43.007 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.007
§ 43.007. LICENSE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who has the education and experience required by Section 43.004 of this code may apply to the department for a license.

(b) The applicant shall send the appropriate license fee with the application.
Tex. Education Code § 54.6181 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.6181
§ 54.6181. ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule may establish advisory committees to make recommendations to the board on programs, rules, and policies administered by the board.

(b) In establishing an advisory committee under this section, the board shall adopt rules, including rules regarding:

(1) the purpose, role, responsibility, goals, and duration of the committee;

(2) the size of and quorum requirement for the committee;

(3) qualifications for committee membership;

(4) appointment procedures for members;

(5) terms of service for members;

(6) training requirements for members;

(7) policies to avoid conflicts of interest by members;

(8) a periodic review process to evaluate the continuing need for the committee; and

(9) policies to ensure the committee does not violate any provision of Chapter 551, Government Code, applicable to the board or the committee.

(c) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to an advisory committee created by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.158
§ 3897.158. PARKING OR HELIPORT.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include the planning, design, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of an off-street parking facility or heliport.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.301 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.301
§ 366.301. DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO TURNPIKE PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent permitted by the Texas Constitution, the department may agree with an authority to provide for or contribute to the payment of costs of financial or engineering and traffic feasibility studies and the design, financing, acquisition, construction, operation, or maintenance of a turnpike project or system on terms agreed on by the commission or department, as applicable, and the authority. The agreement may not be inconsistent with the rights of the bondholders or persons operating the turnpike project under a lease or other contract.

(b) The department may use its engineering and other personnel, including consulting engineers and traffic engineers, to conduct feasibility studies under Subsection (a).

(c) An obligation or expense incurred by the commission or department under this section is a part of the cost of the turnpike project for which the obligation or expense was incurred. The commission or department shall require money contributed by the commission or department under this section to be repaid. The commission or department may require the money to be repaid from tolls or other revenue of the turnpike project or system on which the money was spent. Money repaid as required by the commission or department shall be deposited to the credit of the fund from which the contribution was made. Money deposited as required by this section is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.

(d) The commission or department may use federal money for any purpose described by this chapter.

(e) An action of an authority taken under this chapter must comply with the requirements of applicable federal law, including provisions relating to the role of metropolitan planning organizations under federal law and the approval of projects for conformity with the state implementation plan relating to air quality, the use of toll revenue, and the use of the right-of-way of and access to federal-aid highways. Notwithstanding an action of an authority taken under this chapter, the commission or the department may take any action that in its reasonable judgment is necessary to comply with any federal requirement to enable this state to receive federal-aid highway funds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 563.155 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 563 / Section 563.155
§ 563.155. MANNER OF REFUNDING.
Status: in_force

The refunding may take place in one delivery or in installment deliveries.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7930A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7930A / Section 7930A.0306
§ 7930A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

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

(1) has no outstanding bond debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

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

(c) A 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 enacting 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 7930A.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(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 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) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 7930A.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) A 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 7930A.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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.062
§ 1028.062. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint qualified persons as:

(1) the assistant district administrator; and

(2) the attorney for the district.

(b) The assistant district administrator and the attorney for the district serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 56.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 56 / Section 56.004
§ 56.004. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature shall appropriate funds from the judicial and court personnel training fund to the court of criminal appeals to provide for the continuing legal education of judges and court personnel in this state.

(b) The legislature shall appropriate funds from the judicial and court personnel training fund to the court of criminal appeals to provide for:

(1) continuing legal education, technical assistance, and other support programs for prosecuting attorneys and their personnel, criminal defense attorneys who regularly represent indigent defendants in criminal matters and their personnel, and justices of the peace and their court personnel;

(2) innocence training programs for law enforcement officers, law students, and other participants; and

(3) court security training programs for individuals responsible for providing court security.

(c) An allocation of funds to provide for continuing legal education, technical assistance, and other support programs for the personnel of criminal defense attorneys who regularly represent indigent defendants in criminal matters as described by Subsection (b)(1) must come from the grant of legal funds made by the court of criminal appeals under Section 56.003(f).
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.155 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.155
§ 81.155. COURT'S ORDER.
Status: in_force

At the hearing, if the court determines that the employee has used his time or a state-owned automobile as charged in the complaint, the court shall certify the fact to the department, agency, or commission which employs the person and order the employee's immediate discharge.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 393.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 393 / Section 393.001
§ 393.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Alternative fuel" means a fuel other than gasoline or diesel fuel, other than biodiesel fuel, including electricity, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, propane, or a mixture of fuels containing at least 85 percent methanol by volume.

(1-a) "Clean transportation zone" means:

(A) counties containing or intersected by a portion of an interstate highway connecting the cities of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth;

(B) counties located within the area bounded by the interstate highways described by Paragraph (A);

(C) counties containing or intersected by a portion of:

(i) an interstate highway connecting San Antonio to Corpus Christi or Laredo;

(ii) the most direct route using highways in the state highway system connecting Corpus Christi and Laredo; or

(iii) a highway corridor connecting Corpus Christi and Houston;

(D) counties located within the area bounded by the highways described by Paragraph (C);

(E) counties in this state all or part of which are included in a nonattainment area designated under Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407); and

(F) counties designated as affected counties under Section 386.001.

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

(3) "Program" means the Texas alternative fueling facilities program established under this chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.296 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.296
§ 51.296. TERM OF EASEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The term for easements or leases granted under Sections 51.291 and 51.292 may be for any term the commissioner deems to be in the best interest of the state.

(b) The commissioner by rule shall set the amount of and shall collect money for damages to the surface of land dedicated to the permanent school fund.

(c) Money collected for surface damages shall be deposited in the special fund account described in Section 52.297 of this code.

(d) A right-of-way easement for a pipeline connecting onshore storage facilities with the offshore facilities of a deepwater port, as defined by the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C.A. Section 1501 et seq.), may be granted for a term coincident with the term of the license issued by the secretary of transportation pursuant to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C.A. Section 1501 et seq.), and the easement may be renewed for additional terms of up to 10 years coincident with the term for each renewal of the license.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1106.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.007
§ 1106.007. EFFECT OF REINSTATEMENT.
Status: in_force

On reinstatement of the policy, the original contractual provisions apply as if the coverage had been continuous.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 66.353 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 66 / Section 66.353
§ 66.353. MONITORING AND REPORTING DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Public Safety shall:

(1) monitor the submission of arrest and disposition information by local jurisdictions;

(2) annually submit to the Legislative Budget Board, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state auditor, and the standing committees in the senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over criminal justice and the department a report regarding the level of reporting by local jurisdictions;

(3) identify local jurisdictions that do not report arrest or disposition information or that partially report information; and

(4) for use in determining the status of outstanding dispositions, publish monthly on the department's Internet website or in another electronic publication a report listing by local jurisdiction each arrest for which there is no corresponding final court disposition.

(b) The report described by Subsection (a)(2) must contain a disposition completeness percentage for each county in this state. For purposes of this subsection, "disposition completeness percentage" means the percentage of arrest charges a county reports to the Department of Public Safety, to be entered in the computerized criminal history system under this chapter, that were brought against a person in the county and for which a disposition has been subsequently reported and entered in the computerized criminal history system.
Tex. Water Code § 10.008 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 10 / Section 10.008
§ 10.008. INAPPLICABILITY OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the size, composition, or duration of the council.
Tex. Election Code § 87.129 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.129
§ 87.129. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN BALLOTS VOTED BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
Status: in_force

Voted early voting ballots retained or delivered to the main early voting polling place under Section 85.071(c)(2) shall be treated as ballots voted on election day at the same polling place for purposes of processing and tabulation under Chapter 65.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 402.009 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 402 / Section 402.009
§ 402.009. MEETINGS OF GOVERNING AUTHORITY AND COMMITTEES; CONSENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), Chapter 6 and any other applicable provision of this code apply to:

(1) a meeting of the governing authority or a committee of the governing authority held on or after the mandatory application date;

(2) an action undertaken by the governing authority or a committee of the governing authority under a written consent that takes effect on or after the mandatory application date;

(3) a vote cast at a meeting described by Subdivision (1); and

(4) consent given for an action described by Subdivision (2).

(b) Prior law applies to a meeting of the governing authority or a committee of the governing authority and to any vote cast at a meeting described by this section if the meeting was initially called for a date before the mandatory application date and notice of the meeting was given to governing persons entitled to vote at the meeting.
Tex. Family Code § 9.014 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 9 / Section 9.014
§ 9.014. ATTORNEY'S FEES, COURT COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

The court may award reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses in a proceeding under this subchapter. The court may order the attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
Tex. Transportation Code § 174.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 174 / Section 174.105
§ 174.105. RULES FOR PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules for its proceedings.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2156.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2156 / Section 2156.002
§ 2156.002. OTHER REGULATION PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

A theater may be regulated by ordinance or other law.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.303 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.303
§ 15.303. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the commission's approval, the commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner, who must have the qualifications required of the commissioner.

(b) The deputy commissioner serves at the will of the commissioner and, at the commissioner's direction, may exercise the powers and prerogatives of the commissioner.

(c) The deputy commissioner is an employee of the commission and is subject to the commission's orders and directions.

(d) During the commissioner's absence or inability to act, the deputy commissioner shall perform the commissioner's duties.
Tex. Local Government Code § 353.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 353 / Section 353.004
§ 353.004. FEE FOR PROVIDING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SERVICE; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A county, or a person authorized by contract on the county's behalf, may charge a reasonable fee, including a fee to offset the cost of providing control and containment measures under Section 353.003(b), to a concerned party for responding to a hazardous materials service call.

(b) A county, or a person authorized by contract on the county's behalf, may charge a fee for providing hazardous materials services under Section 353.003(a) only if the county has complied with the requirements of that subsection. A concerned party is not liable for a fee associated with the county's hazardous materials services under Section 353.003(a) or a fee to offset the cost of providing control and containment measures under Section 353.003(b) if the county provides hazardous materials services under Section 353.003(a) and the county does not provide notice as required by Section 353.003(a)(1).

(c) An individual who is a concerned party does not have to pay a fee under this section if:

(1) the individual is not involved in the possession, ownership, or transportation of the hazardous material as the employee, agent, or servant of another person;

(2) the individual is involved solely for private, noncommercial purposes related to the individual's own property and the individual receives no compensation for any services involving the hazardous materials; and

(3) the hazardous materials possessed, owned, or being transported by the individual are in forms, quantities, and containers ordinarily available for sale as consumer products to members of the general public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3877.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3877 / Section 3877.302
§ 3877.302. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, Subtitles A and B, Title 2, Tax Code, and Chapter 151, Tax Code, apply to taxes imposed under this subchapter and to the administration and enforcement of those taxes in the same manner that those laws apply to state taxes.

(b) Chapter 321, Tax Code, relating to municipal sales and use taxes, applies to the application, collection, change, and administration of a sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter to the extent consistent with this chapter, as if references in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality referred to the district and references to a governing body referred to the board.

(c) Sections 321.106, 321.401, 321.402, 321.403, 321.404, 321.406, 321.409, 321.506, 321.507, and 321.508, Tax Code, do not apply to a tax imposed under this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 119.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 119 / Section 119.002
§ 119.002. APPLICABILITY OF SAVINGS AND LOAN LAWS TO SAVINGS BANKS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a statute of this state or a rule adopted under the statute that applies to or exempts a corporation or other organization incorporated or organized under Subtitle B or an association as defined by Section 61.002 also applies to or exempts a savings bank.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to Chapters 11-13, this subtitle, Subtitle A, Subtitle B, or the Penal Code.