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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.032
§ 574.032. RIGHT TO JURY.
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing for temporary mental health services must be before the court unless the proposed patient or the proposed patient's attorney requests a jury.

(b) A hearing for extended mental health services must be before a jury unless the proposed patient or the proposed patient's attorney waives the right to a jury.

(c) A waiver of the right to a jury must be in writing, under oath, and signed and sworn to by the proposed patient and the proposed patient's attorney unless the proposed patient or the attorney orally waives the right to a jury in the court's presence.

(d) The court may permit an oral or written waiver of the right to a jury to be withdrawn for good cause shown. The withdrawal must be made not later than the eighth day before the date on which the hearing is scheduled.

(e) A court may not require a jury fee.

(f) In a hearing before a jury, the jury shall determine if the proposed patient is a person with mental illness and meets the criteria for court-ordered mental health services. The jury may not make a finding about the type of services to be provided to the proposed patient.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3944.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3944 / Section 3944.111
§ 3944.111. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers that:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code, provides to a municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.354 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.354
§ 463.354. DEMAND TO CURE IMPAIRMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) When an impairment is declared and the amount of the impairment is determined, the commissioner shall serve a demand on the impaired insurer to cure the impairment within a reasonable time.

(b) Notice of the demand under Subsection (a) to the impaired insurer constitutes notice to any shareholders of the insurer.

(c) Failure of the impaired insurer to comply promptly with the demand does not excuse the association from exercising the association's powers and performing the association's duties under this chapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.044 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.044
§ 43.044. LICENSE FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The fees for hunting lease licenses, other than hunting leases that are hunting cooperatives, are determined by the following schedule or determined by the commission, whichever amount is more:

(1) $15 if the area of the hunting lease is less than 500 acres;

(2) $40 if the area of the hunting lease is 500 acres or more but less than 1,000 acres; and

(3) $60 if the area of the hunting lease is 1,000 acres or more.

(b) The fee for a license for a hunting lease that is a hunting cooperative is as follows:

(1) $60 + $5 per participating landowner if the area of the hunting lease is less than 10,000 acres;

(2) $120 + $5 per participating landowner if the area of the hunting lease is between 10,000 and 50,000 acres; and

(3) $240 + $5 per participating landowner if the area of the hunting lease is over 50,000 acres.

(c) The fee for a wildlife management association area hunting lease license is:

(1) $30 + $5 per participating landowner if the area of the wildlife management association is less than 10,000 acres;

(2) $60 + $5 per participating landowner if the area of the wildlife management association is between 10,000 and 50,000 acres; and

(3) $120 + $5 per participating landowner if the area of the wildlife management association is over 50,000 acres.
Tex. Estates Code § 256.154 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 256 / Section 256.154
§ 256.154. PROOF OF EXECUTION OF HOLOGRAPHIC WILL.
Status: in_force

(a) A will wholly in the handwriting of the testator that is not self-proved as provided by this title may be proved by two witnesses to the testator's handwriting. The evidence may be by:

(1) sworn testimony or affidavit taken in open court; or

(2) if the witnesses are nonresidents of the county or are residents who are unable to attend court, written or oral deposition taken in accordance with Section 51.203 or the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(b) A witness being deposed for purposes of proving the will as provided by Subsection (a)(2) may testify by referring to a certified copy of the will, without the judge requiring the original will to be removed from the court's file and shown to the witness.
Tex. Government Code § 1501.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.051
§ 1501.051. AUTHORITY TO USE UTILITY REVENUE FOR SINKING FUND OR INTEREST PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may appropriate the net revenue from any municipal public utility system, service, or enterprise, in the amount that the governing body determines is in the best interest of the municipality, to:

(1) the credit of the sinking fund for any bonded debt incurred because of the utility system, service, or enterprise; or

(2) the payment of any interest on the bonded debt incurred because of that utility system, service, or enterprise.

(b) A governing body that makes an appropriation under Subsection (a) must make the appropriation:

(1) at the end of the municipality's fiscal year; and

(2) before the governing body adopts a tax rate for that fiscal year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3812.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3812 / Section 3812.152
§ 3812.152. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Finance Code § 124.053 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 124 / Section 124.053
§ 124.053. ADDITIONAL LOAN APPLICATION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

An additional loan application is not required under an open-end credit plan under Section 124.051 or line of credit under Section 124.052 if the aggregate obligation does not exceed a limit of the extension of credit the credit union establishes.
Tex. Water Code § 58.523 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.523
§ 58.523. DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the electors approve the proposal, the board shall declare the result and, by order, shall establish the area and define it by metes and bounds or designate the specific property and shall fix the tax basis for the area or property. A certified copy of the order shall be recorded in the minutes of the district and shall constitute notice.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.707 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.707
§ 1101.707.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1101.707. OPTIONS FOLLOWING DECISION: PAY OR APPEAL. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the commission's order becomes final, the person shall:

(1) pay the administrative penalty; or

(2) file a petition for judicial review contesting the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.

(b) Within the 30-day period prescribed by Subsection (a), a person who files a petition for judicial review may:

(1) stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) paying the penalty to the court for placement in an escrow account; or

(B) giving the court a supersedeas bond in a form approved by the court that:

(i) is for the amount of the penalty; and

(ii) is effective until judicial review of the order is final; or

(2) request the court to stay enforcement by:

(A) filing with the court an affidavit of the person stating that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and is financially unable to give the supersedeas bond; and

(B) giving a copy of the affidavit to the executive director by certified mail.

(c) If the executive director receives a copy of an affidavit under Subsection (b)(2), the executive director may file with the court, within five days after the date the copy is received, a contest to the affidavit.

(d) The court shall hold a hearing on the facts alleged in the affidavit as soon as practicable and shall stay the enforcement of the penalty on finding that the alleged facts are true. The person who files an affidavit has the burden of proving that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and to give a supersedeas bond.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0207
§ 8510.0207. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a concurrence of a majority of the directors present is sufficient in any matter relating to authority business.

(b) The concurrence of seven directors is required to award a construction contract or to authorize the issuance of a warrant to pay for a construction contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1093.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1093 / Section 1093.109
§ 1093.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1017.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1017 / Section 1017.109
§ 1017.109. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of any railroad, highway, pipeline, or electric transmission, telegraph, or telephone line, conduit, pole, or facility, the district must bear the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction to provide comparable replacement without enhancement of facilities, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 826 / Section 826.054
§ 826.054. SUITS TO ENJOIN OPERATION OF QUARANTINE OR IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may bring suit in the name of the state to enjoin the operation of a quarantine or impoundment facility that fails to meet the minimum standards established by this chapter and department rules.

(b) The suit shall be brought in a district court in the county in which the facility is located.

(c) When a court issues an order to a facility to cease operation, the local rabies control authority shall remove all animals housed in the facility to a shelter approved by the department. The county or municipality within whose jurisdiction the facility is located shall pay the cost of relocating the animals to an approved shelter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.053
§ 542.053. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) workers' compensation insurance;

(2) mortgage guaranty insurance;

(3) title insurance;

(4) fidelity, surety, or guaranty bonds;

(5) marine insurance as defined by Section 1807.001; or

(6) a guaranty association created and operating under Chapter 2602.

(b) A guaranty association operating under Chapter 462 or 463 is not subject to the damage provisions of Section 542.060.

(c) This subchapter does not apply to a health maintenance organization except as provided by Section 1271.005(c).

(d) This subchapter does not apply to a claim governed by Subchapter C, Chapter 1301.
Tex. Election Code § 65.009 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 65 / Section 65.009
§ 65.009. COUNTING IRREGULARLY MARKED BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) Failure to mark a ballot in strict conformity with this code does not invalidate the ballot.

(b) Marking the ballot by marking through the names of candidates for whom or the statements beside the propositions for which the voter does not desire to vote does not invalidate the ballot.

(c) A vote on an office or measure shall be counted if the voter's intent is clearly ascertainable unless other law prohibits counting the vote.

(d) The intent of the voter in marking a ballot may be determined by:

(1) a distinguishing mark adjacent to the name of a candidate or political party or a voting choice associated with a proposition;

(2) an oval, box, or similar marking clearly drawn around the name of a candidate or political party or a voting choice associated with a proposition;

(3) a line drawn through:

(A) the names of all candidates in a manner that indicates a preference for the candidates not marked if the names of the candidates not marked do not exceed the number of persons that may be elected to that office;

(B) the name of each political party except one in a manner that clearly indicates a preference for the political party not marked; or

(C) a voting choice associated with a proposition in a manner that clearly indicates a preference for the other voting choice associated with the proposition; or

(4) any other evidence that clearly indicates the intent of the voter in choosing a candidate or political party or deciding on a proposition.
Tex. Government Code § 53.125 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 53 / Section 53.125
§ 53.125. OATH.
Status: in_force

The following oath must be administered by the appointing judge to the bailiff appointed under this subchapter: "I solemnly swear that I will perform faithfully and impartially all duties required of me and required by law so help me God."
Tex. Education Code § 101.12 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 101 / Section 101.12
§ 101.12. TERM OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

Members of the board hold office for staggered terms of six years, with the terms of three members expiring on January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.
Tex. Water Code § 7.158 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.158
§ 7.158. VIOLATION RELATING TO PLUGGING WELLS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a well that is required to be cased or plugged by Chapter 28 and the person:

(1) fails or refuses to case or plug the well within the 30-day period following the date of the commission's order to do so; or

(2) fails to comply with any other order issued by the commission under Chapter 28 within the 30-day period following the date of the order.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(A).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8326.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8326 / Section 8326.001
§ 8326.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 525.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.023 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.023
§ 42.023. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prepare an annual written report regarding the department's activities under this chapter.

(b) The annual report shall include:

(1) a report by regions of applications for licensure or certification, of initial licenses issued, denied, or revoked, of licenses issued, denied, suspended or revoked, of emergency closures and injunctions, and of the compliance of state-operated agencies, if such agencies exist, with certification requirements;

(2) a summary of the training programs required by the department and their effectiveness;

(3) a summary of training and other professional development opportunities offered to facilities' staffs;

(4) a report of new administrative procedures, of the number of staff and staff changes, and of plans for the coming year; and

(5) a report of trends in licensing violations on a statewide and regional basis and the department's plans to address those trends through the provision of technical assistance.

(c) Copies of the annual report shall be available to any state citizen on request.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3945.0109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3945 / Section 3945.0109
§ 3945.0109. CONFLICTS OF LAW.
Status: in_force

This chapter prevails over any provision of general law, including a provision of Chapter 375, Local Government Code, or Chapter 49, Water Code, that is in conflict or inconsistent with this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 183.201 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 183 / Section 183.201
§ 183.201. LIABILITY OF PARTICIPANTS AND MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a participant, participant-transferee, or manager of a limited trust association is not liable for a debt, obligation, or liability of the limited trust association, including a debt, obligation, or liability under a judgment, decree, or order of court. A participant, other than a full liability participant, or a manager of a limited trust association is not a proper party to a proceeding by or against a limited trust association unless the object of the proceeding is to enforce the participant's or manager's right against or liability to a limited trust association.

(b) A full liability participant of a limited trust association is liable under a judgment, decree, or order of court for a debt, obligation, or liability of the limited trust association that accrued during the participation of the full liability participant in the limited trust association and before the full liability participant or a successor in interest filed with the banking commissioner a notice of withdrawal as a full liability participant from the limited trust association. The filed notice of withdrawal is a public record.
Tex. Government Code § 421.081 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 421 / Section 421.081
§ 421.081. FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall provide facilities and administrative support for the Texas Fusion Center.
Tex. Election Code § 163.007 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 163 / Section 163.007
§ 163.007. RULES ENFORCEABLE BY MANDAMUS.
Status: in_force

A rule on electoral affairs is enforceable by writ of mandamus in the same manner as if the rule were a statute.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.111 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.111
§ 4.111. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

An action to enforce an obligation, duty, or right arising under this chapter must be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrues.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 671A.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 671A / Section 671A.002
§ 671A.002. NOTICE FOR COMPLAINTS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A private autopsy facility shall post a notice in a conspicuous place in a public area of the facility that substantially complies with the notice published by the Texas Medical Board under this section.

(b) The notice must state in English and in Spanish that a person may file with the Texas Medical Board a complaint against a physician who performs autopsy services and must include the appropriate mailing address and telephone number of the Texas Medical Board for filing complaints against physicians.

(c) The Texas Medical Board by rule shall adopt a sample form of the notice. The board shall publish the notice on the board's Internet website.
Tex. Property Code § 206.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 206 / Section 206.002
§ 206.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to:

(1) a residential real estate subdivision that:

(A) consists of at least 4,600 homes;

(B) is located in whole or in part in a municipality with a population of more than 1.6 million located in a county with a population of 2.8 million or more; and

(C) has restrictions the terms of which are automatically extended but has a regular assessment that is established by a separate document that permits the assessment to expire and does not provide for extension of the term of the assessment; or

(2) a residential real estate subdivision that:

(A) consists of at least 750 homes;

(B) is located in two adjacent municipalities in a county with a population of 2.8 million or more; and

(C) has use restrictions the terms of which are automatically extended but has a regular assessment that is established by two separate documents that permit the assessment to expire and do not provide for extension of the term of the assessment.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.039 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.039
§ 2306.039. OPEN MEETINGS AND OPEN RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the department and the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation are subject to Chapters 551 and 552.

(b) Chapters 551 and 552 do not apply to the personal or business financial information, including social security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, or bank account numbers, submitted by a housing sponsor or an individual or family to receive a loan, grant, or other housing assistance under a program administered by the department or the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation or from bonds issued by the department, except that the department and the corporation are permitted to disclose information about any applicant in a form that does not reveal the identity of the sponsor, individual, or family for purposes of determining eligibility for programs and in preparing reports required under this chapter.

(c) The department's internal auditor, fraud prevention coordinator, or ethics advisor may meet in an executive session of the board to discuss issues related to fraud, waste, or abuse.