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Tex. Family Code § 32.203 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 32 / Section 32.203
§ 32.203. CONSENT BY MINOR TO HOUSING OR CARE PROVIDED THROUGH TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "transitional living program" means a residential services program for children provided in a residential child-care facility licensed or certified by the Department of Family and Protective Services under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, that:

(1) is designed to provide basic life skills training and the opportunity to practice those skills, with a goal of basic life skills development toward independent living; and

(2) is not an independent living program.

(b) A minor may consent to housing or care provided to the minor or the minor's child or children, if any, through a transitional living program if the minor is:

(1) 16 years of age or older and:

(A) resides separate and apart from the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, regardless of whether the parent, managing conservator, or guardian consents to the residence and regardless of the duration of the residence; and

(B) manages the minor's own financial affairs, regardless of the source of income; or

(2) unmarried and is pregnant or is the parent of a child.

(c) Consent by a minor to housing or care under this section is not subject to disaffirmance because of minority.

(d) A transitional living program may, with or without the consent of the parent, managing conservator, or guardian, provide housing or care to the minor or the minor's child or children.

(e) A transitional living program must attempt to notify the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian regarding the minor's location.

(f) A transitional living program is not liable for providing housing or care to the minor or the minor's child or children if the minor consents as provided by this section, except that the program is liable for the program's own acts of negligence.

(g) A transitional living program may rely on a minor's written statement containing the grounds on which the minor has capacity to consent to housing or care provided through the program.

(h) To the extent of any conflict between this section and Section 32.003, Section 32.003 prevails.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8010.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8010 / Section 8010.006
§ 8010.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Government Code § 2305.075 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2305 / Section 2305.075
§ 2305.075. SMALL HOSPITALS ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The energy office is the supervising state agency for the small hospitals energy management program.

(b) The energy office shall use competitive grant money under the program to finance projects designed to assist small hospitals in controlling energy costs.

(c) Projects funded under this section may include:

(1) training for hospital personnel;

(2) technical assistance in establishing an energy management program;

(3) facility energy audits; and

(4) follow-up assistance in maintaining an energy management program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7922A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7922A / Section 7922A.0305
§ 7922A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8882.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8882 / Section 8882.051
§ 8882.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.221 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.221
§ 225.221. TROOPER HOLLIS S.
Status: in_force

LACY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 377 in the municipal limits of Denton is designated as the Trooper Hollis S. Lacy 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 Trooper Hollis S. Lacy 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3877.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3877 / Section 3877.004
§ 3877.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to:

(1) further the public purposes of developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) develop or expand transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and

(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational facilities for the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.155
§ 4201.155. LIMITATION ON NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) A utilization review agent may not establish or impose a notice requirement or other review procedure that is contrary to the requirements of the health insurance policy or health benefit plan.

(b) This section may not be construed to release a health insurance policy or health benefit plan from full compliance with this chapter or other applicable law.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 5.331 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 5 / Section 5.331
§ 5.331. PUBLIC DISTURBANCE REPORTS.
Status: in_force

Local law enforcement agencies in each county with a population of 3.3 million or more shall send to the commission reports and other data concerning shootings, stabbings, and other public disturbances that occur on the premises of a permittee or licensee. The reports and data shall be incorporated into the record of the permittee or licensee. The administrator of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission shall prescribe the form and content of such reports.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.257 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.257
§ 3897.257. STORM WATER USER CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The district may establish user charges related to the operation of storm water facilities, including the regulation of storm water for the protection of water quality in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9062.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9062 / Section 9062.154
§ 9062.154. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a facility described by Subsection (b) in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deducting from that cost the net salvage value derived from the old facility.

(b) If the district's exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power granted by this chapter makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telephone or telegraph property or facility, or pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the district.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.021 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.021
§ 22.021. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Palo Duro Canyon State Park is under the jurisdiction of the department.

(b) The original boundaries of the park include the land located in Armstrong and Randall counties and described in the deed executed by Fred A. Emery and wife to Texas State Parks Board, July 28, 1933, and recorded in Volume 69, pages 347 through 350, of the deed records of Randall County.
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.033 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.033
§ 431.033. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A corporation affects all the people in its area by assuming to a material extent what otherwise might be an obligation or duty of the commission and is a purely public charity under Section 2, Article VIII, Texas Constitution. However, a corporation is exempt from the franchise tax under Chapter 171, Tax Code, only if the corporation is exempted by that chapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.110 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.110
§ 31.110. EXEMPTION FROM BOATER EDUCATION COURSE REQUIREMENT; DEFERRAL PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not required to comply with Section 31.109 if the person:

(1) holds a master's, mate's, or operator's license issued by the United States Coast Guard;

(2) is supervised by a person who is at least 18 years of age and who is otherwise exempt from the requirements of Section 31.109 or possesses a boater identification card as required by Section 31.109;

(3) is not a resident of this state and has proof that the person has successfully completed a boater education course or equivalency examination in another state that is approved by the department;

(4) is exempt by rule of the commission as a customer of a business engaged in renting, showing, demonstrating, or testing boats; or

(5) is exempt by rule of the commission.

(b) For purposes of this section, to be considered to be supervising the operator of a watercraft, the person must be on board the watercraft when under way.

(c) The commission by rule shall establish a boater education deferral program. The deferral program must be available at no cost to boat dealers, manufacturers, and distributors.

(d) Money received by the department in connection with a boater education deferral program established by the commission under Subsection (c) shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the game, fish, and water safety account established under Section 11.032 and may be used only for the administration of the boater education program established under Section 31.108.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.054
§ 1099.054. BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The district shall pay for the directors' bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.005
§ 1051.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution may provide an alternative procedure that conforms with the constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2025.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2025 / Section 2025.058
§ 2025.058. NOTIFICATION OF COMPLETED APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

When all requirements for the applicant's licensure described in this chapter have been satisfied, the commission shall notify the applicant that the application is complete.
Tex. Estates Code § 360.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 360 / Section 360.052
§ 360.052. CITATION OF EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

When a person other than the executor or administrator applies for partition and distribution, the executor or administrator must also be cited to appear and answer the application and file in court a verified exhibit and account of the condition of the estate, as in the case of a final settlement.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.049 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.049
§ 131.049. TEMPORARY ORDERS PRIOR TO NOTICE AND HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may issue temporary orders relating to a surface mining operation without notice and hearing, or with the notice and hearing as the commission considers practical under the circumstances, when necessary to enable action to be taken more expeditiously than is otherwise provided by this chapter to effectuate the policy and purposes of this chapter.

(b) If the commission issues a temporary order under this authority without a hearing, and if the subject matter of the order is such as to require a public hearing under Section 131.163 of this code or under any rule of the commission, the order shall set a time and place for a public hearing to be held. The hearing shall be held as soon after the temporary order is issued as is practical.

(c) At the hearing, the commission shall affirm, modify, or set aside the temporary order. If the nature of the commission's action requires, further proceedings shall be conducted as appropriate under provisions of Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) The requirements of Sections 131.159 and 131.160 of this code relating to the time for notice, newspaper notice, and method of giving a person notice do not apply to the hearing, but general notice of the hearing shall be given that the commission considers practical under the circumstances.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 297.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 297 / Section 297.102
§ 297.102. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of each county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by resolution shall designate one or more banks located in the county as the depository for mandatory payments received by the county. A bank designated as a depository serves for two years or until a successor is designated.

(b) All income received by a county under this chapter, including the revenue from mandatory payments remaining after discounts and fees for assessing and collecting the payments are deducted, shall be deposited with the county depository in the county's local provider participation fund and may be withdrawn only as provided by this chapter.

(c) All funds under this chapter shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.093 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.093
§ 324.093. APPROVAL BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued by the district must be submitted to the attorney general for examination. The bonds must be submitted with the record relating to their issuance and the record relating to the creation of the district.

(b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have been authorized in accordance with law, the attorney general shall approve the bonds and the comptroller shall register the bonds.

(c) Bonds that are approved and registered under this section are incontestable and are valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms.
Tex. Property Code § 21.0421 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0421
§ 21.0421.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.0421. ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES: GROUNDWATER RIGHTS. (a) In a condemnation proceeding initiated by a political subdivision under this chapter, the special commissioners or court shall admit evidence relating to the market value of groundwater rights as property apart from the land in addition to the local market value of the real property if:

(1) the political subdivision proposes to condemn the fee title of real property; and

(2) the special commissioners or court finds, based on evidence submitted at the hearing, that the real property may be used by the political subdivision to develop or use the rights to groundwater for a public purpose.

(b) The evidence submitted under Subsection (a) on the market value of the groundwater rights as property apart from the land shall be based on generally accepted appraisal methods and techniques, including the methods of appraisal under Subchapter A, Chapter 23, Tax Code.

(c) If the special commissioners or court finds that the real property may be used by the political subdivision to develop or use the rights to groundwater for a public purpose, the special commissioners or court may assess damages to the property owner based on:

(1) the local market value of the real property, excluding the value of the groundwater in place, at the time of the hearing; and

(2) the market value of the groundwater rights as property apart from the land at the time of the hearing.

(d) In assessing damages based on the market value of groundwater rights under Subsection (c)(2), the special commissioners or court shall consider:

(1) the amount of groundwater the political subdivision can reasonably be expected to produce from the property on an annual basis;

(2) the number of years the political subdivision can reasonably be expected to produce groundwater from the property;

(3) the quality of the groundwater;

(4) the location of the real property in relation to the political subdivision for conveyance purposes;

(5) any potential environmental impact of producing groundwater from the real property;

(6) whether or not the real property is located within the boundaries of a political subdivision that can regulate the production of groundwater from the real property;

(7) the cost of alternative water supplies to the political subdivision; and

(8) any other reasonable factor that affects the market value of a groundwater right.

(e) This section does not:

(1) authorize groundwater rights appraised separately from the real property under this section to be appraised separately from real property for property tax appraisal purposes; or

(2) subject real property condemned for the purpose described by Subsection (a) to an additional tax as provided by Section 23.46 or 23.55, Tax Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.039 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.039
§ 13.039. TESTING OF PACKAGE BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall from time to time weigh or measure a package or an amount of any commodity that is kept or offered for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, in order to determine:

(1) if the commodity is of the amount or quantity represented; or

(2) if the commodity is being offered for sale or sold in accordance with law.

(b) If the department finds that a package or any lot of a commodity contains less of the commodity than the amount represented, the department may seize the package or the commodity as evidence.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person or the person's employee or agent refuses to exhibit a commodity being sold or offered for sale at a given weight or quantity, or ordinarily sold in that manner, to the department for testing and proving as to quantity.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 114.009 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 114 / Section 114.009
§ 114.009. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to an employment contract between a state agency and an employee of that agency.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 65.011 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 65 / Section 65.011
§ 65.011. GROUNDS GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

A writ of injunction may be granted if:

(1) the applicant is entitled to the relief demanded and all or part of the relief requires the restraint of some act prejudicial to the applicant;

(2) a party performs or is about to perform or is procuring or allowing the performance of an act relating to the subject of pending litigation, in violation of the rights of the applicant, and the act would tend to render the judgment in that litigation ineffectual;

(3) the applicant is entitled to a writ of injunction under the principles of equity and the statutes of this state relating to injunctions;

(4) a cloud would be placed on the title of real property being sold under an execution against a party having no interest in the real property subject to execution at the time of sale, irrespective of any remedy at law; or

(5) irreparable injury to real or personal property is threatened, irrespective of any remedy at law.
Tex. Estates Code § 351.352 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.352
§ 351.352. ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH LAW.
Status: in_force

A county or probate court shall use reasonable diligence to see that personal representatives of estates administered under court orders and other officers of the court perform the duty enjoined on them by law applicable to those estates.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 90.006 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 90 / Section 90.006
§ 90.006. WITHDRAWAL FROM COMPACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor may determine if and when it is in the best interest of the state to withdraw from the compact as provided by its terms on 60 days' notice.

(b) If the governor determines that the state should withdraw from the compact, he has full authority to give necessary notice and take any steps necessary and proper to effect the withdrawal of the State of Texas from the compact.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.252 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.252
§ 545.252. ALL VEHICLES TO STOP AT CERTAIN RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Department of Transportation or a local authority, with respect to a highway in its jurisdiction, may:

(1) designate a railroad grade crossing as particularly dangerous; and

(2) erect a stop sign or other official traffic-control device at the grade crossing.

(b) An operator approaching a stop sign or other official traffic-control device that requires a stop and that is erected under Subsection (a) shall stop not closer than 15 feet or farther than 50 feet from the nearest rail of the railroad and may proceed only with due care.

(c) The costs of installing and maintaining a mechanically operated grade crossing safety device, gate, sign, or signal erected under this section shall be apportioned and paid on the same percentage ratio and in the same proportionate amounts by this state and all participating political subdivisions of this state as costs are apportioned and paid between the state and the United States.

(d) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200.
Tex. Government Code § 490D.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 490D / Section 490D.001
§ 490D.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Office" means the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office.

(2) "Program" means the "Made in Texas" labeling program established under this chapter.