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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3804.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3804 / Section 3804.003
§ 3804.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Fort Bend County, the City of Sugar Land, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the city of Sugar Land.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Fort Bend County or the City of Sugar Land from providing the level of services provided as of September 1, 1997, to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3950.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3950 / Section 3950.156
§ 3950.156. PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee on a residential property, including a multiunit residential property, or a condominium.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0606 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0606
§ 540.0606. REMEDIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.
Status: in_force

The commission shall pursue any appropriate remedy authorized in the contract between the Medicaid managed care organization and the commission if the organization fails to comply with a corrective action plan under Section 540.0605(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8827.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8827 / Section 8827.003
§ 8827.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
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 works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8146.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8146 / Section 8146.002
§ 8146.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Galveston County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Education Code § 48.011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.011
§ 48.011. COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commissioner may, as necessary to implement changes made by the legislature to public school finance, including under this chapter or Chapter 45, 46, or 49, and school district ad valorem taxes:

(1) adjust a school district's entitlement if the funding formulas used to determine the district's entitlement result in an unanticipated loss, gain, or other result for a school district; and

(2) modify dates relating to the adoption of a school district's maintenance and operations tax rate and, if applicable, an election required for the district to adopt that tax rate.

(b) Before making an adjustment under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall notify and must receive approval from the Legislative Budget Board and the office of the governor.

(c) If the commissioner makes an adjustment under Subsection (a), the commissioner must provide to the legislature an explanation regarding the changes necessary to resolve the unintended consequences.

(d) This section expires September 1, 2027.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1102.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.057
§ 1102.057. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval of the expenses by the entire board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.161 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.161
§ 361.161. PERMIT FROM COMMISSION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If a county issues, amends, renews, or extends a license in accordance with Sections 361.154-361.160, the owner or operator of the facility is not required to obtain a permit from the commission for the same facility.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.708 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.708
§ 2.708. SELLER'S DAMAGES FOR NON-ACCEPTANCE OR REPUDIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b) and to the provisions of this chapter with respect to proof of market price (Section 2.723), the measure of damages for non-acceptance or repudiation by the buyer is the difference between the market price at the time and place for tender and the unpaid contract price together with any incidental damages provided in this chapter (Section 2.710), but less expenses saved in consequence of the buyer's breach.

(b) If the measure of damages provided in Subsection (a) is inadequate to put the seller in as good a position as performance would have done then the measure of damages is the profit (including reasonable overhead) which the seller would have made from full performance by the buyer, together with any incidental damages provided in this chapter (Section 2.710), due allowance for costs reasonably incurred and due credit for payments or proceeds of resale.
Tex. Water Code § 55.658 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.658
§ 55.658. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS.
Status: in_force

On approval by the board, each commissioner is entitled to receive $10 a day for each day he actually serves, plus all necessary expenses.
Tex. Occupations Code § 452.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 452 / Section 452.002
§ 452.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT.
Status: in_force

The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the executive council is abolished and the following laws expire September 1, 2033:

(1) this chapter;

(2) Chapter 453; and

(3) Chapter 454.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1010 / Section 1010.155
§ 1010.155. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as the district's depository.

(b) District money shall be deposited as received with the district's depository bank.

(c) All deposits shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds. Deposits may be placed on time deposit or used to purchase certificates of deposit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8444.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8444 / Section 8444.151
§ 8444.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8444.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.052
§ 3906.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city shall appoint directors. Four directors must be appointed from persons recommended by the board as provided by Section 375.064, Local Government Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.607 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.607
§ 33.607. COASTAL EROSION PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND REGULATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The land office shall be responsible for and shall coordinate with other agencies to increase public awareness through public education concerning:

(1) the causes of erosion;

(2) the consequences of erosion;

(3) the importance of barrier islands, dunes, and bays as a natural defense against storms and hurricanes; and

(4) erosion avoidance techniques.

(b) On an ongoing basis, the commissioner, in consultation with the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas at Austin and coastal county and municipal governments, shall monitor historical erosion rates at each location along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico.

(c) The commissioner shall make historical erosion data accessible, through the Internet and otherwise, to the public and persons receiving the notice required under Section 61.025.

(d) The Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas at Austin shall make historical erosion data relating to a critical coastal erosion area available to each state agency, local government, or other person responsible for, or with jurisdiction over, the area.

(e) A local government subject to Chapter 61 or 63 shall use historical erosion data and the coastal erosion response plan published by the commissioner under Section 33.602 to prepare a local plan for reducing public expenditures for erosion and storm damage losses to public and private property, including public beaches. A plan prepared under this subsection may include a building set-back line that will accommodate a shoreline retreat. The local government shall hold a public educational meeting on the plan before proposing to implement it through the plans, orders, or ordinances provided by Chapters 61 and 63.

(f) A local plan for reducing public expenditures for erosion and storm damage losses to public and private property prepared under Subsection (e) may:

(1) preserve and enhance the public's right of access to and use of the public beach;

(2) preserve critical sand dunes for natural storm protection and conservation purposes;

(3) establish a building set-back line no further landward than the dune protection line established by the local government under Chapter 63;

(4) provide for the prohibition of new construction seaward of the building set-back line; and

(5) provide for the acquisition of fee title to or a lesser interest in property seaward of the building set-back line.

(g) The commissioner may adopt rules for the preparation and implementation by a local government of a local plan for reducing public expenditures for erosion and storm damage losses to public and private property under Subsection (e).

(h) Chapter 2007, Government Code, does not apply to a rule or local government order or ordinance authorized by this section.
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.101 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.101
§ 407A.101. CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL; TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate of approval remains in effect until terminated at the request of the group or revoked by the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner may not grant the request of any group to terminate its certificate of approval unless the group has insured or reinsured all incurred workers' compensation obligations with an authorized insurer under an agreement filed with and approved in writing by the commissioner. For purposes of this subsection, those obligations include:

(1) known claims and expenses associated with those claims; and

(2) incurred but not reported claims and expenses associated with those claims.
Tex. Water Code § 7.175 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.175
§ 7.175. EMERGENCY REPAIR NOT AN OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

An emergency repair to an on-site sewage disposal system without a permit in accordance with the rules adopted under Section 366.012(a)(1)(C), Health and Safety Code, is not an offense under Section 7.172, 7.173, or 7.174 if a written statement describing the need for the repair is provided to the commission or its authorized agent not later than 72 hours after the repair is begun.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.9801 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.9801
§ 23.9801. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Aesthetic management zone" means timber land on which timber harvesting is restricted for aesthetic or conservation purposes, including:

(A) maintaining standing timber adjacent to public rights-of-way, including highways and roads; and

(B) preserving an area in a forest, as defined by Section 152.003, Natural Resources Code, that is designated by the director of the Texas Forest Service as special or unique because of the area's natural beauty, topography, or historical significance.

(2) "Critical wildlife habitat zone" means timber land on which the timber harvesting is restricted so as to provide at least three of the following benefits for the protection of an animal or plant that is listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. Section 1531 et seq.) and its subsequent amendments or as endangered under Section 68.002, Parks and Wildlife Code:

(A) habitat control;

(B) erosion control;

(C) predator control;

(D) providing supplemental supplies of water;

(E) providing supplemental supplies of food;

(F) providing shelters; and

(G) making of census counts to determine population.

(3) "Management plan" means a plan that uses forestry best management practices consistent with the agricultural and silvicultural nonpoint source pollution management program administered by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board under Section 201.026, Agriculture Code.

(4) "Regenerate" means to replant or manage natural regeneration.

(5) "Streamside management zone" means timber land on which timber harvesting is restricted in accordance with a management plan to:

(A) protect water quality; or

(B) preserve a waterway, including a lake, river, stream, or creek.

(6) "Qualified restricted-use timber land" means land that qualifies for appraisal as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.091 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.091
§ 271.091. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Local government" means a municipality, county, or hospital district of the State of Texas.

(2) "Payment" means the local sales and use tax authorized by the Municipal Sales and Use Tax Act (Chapter 321, Tax Code), the County Sales and Use Tax Act (Chapter 323, Tax Code), and Subchapter E, Chapter 285, Health and Safety Code.

(3) "Paying agent" means the financial institution that is designated by a local government as its agent for the payment of the principal of and interest on the obligation.

(4) "Obligation" means bonds, notes, certificates of obligation, and other obligations authorized to be issued by the local government.

(5) "Agreement" means the document referred to in Section 271.092 and Section 271.093.

(6) "Board" means the Bond Review Board.

(7) "Comptroller" means the comptroller of public accounts.
Tex. Government Code § 4002.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.106
§ 4002.106. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement that implements a program of equal employment opportunity to ensure that all personnel decisions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.

(b) The policy statement must include:

(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, training, and promotion of personnel, that show the intent of the board to avoid the unlawful employment practices described by Chapter 21, Labor Code; and

(2) an analysis of the extent to which the composition of the board's personnel is in accordance with state and federal law and a description of reasonable methods to achieve compliance with state and federal law.

(c) The policy statement must be:

(1) updated annually;

(2) reviewed by the Texas Workforce Commission civil rights division for compliance with Subsection (b)(1); and

(3) filed with the governor's office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8066.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8066 / Section 8066.0501
§ 8066.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

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 any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.353 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.353
§ 1952.353. NAMED DRIVER POLICIES PROHIBITED; CERTAIN NAMED DRIVER EXCLUSIONS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may not deliver, issue for delivery, or renew a named driver policy unless the named driver policy is an operator's policy.

(b) An insurer may use a named driver exclusion only if the exclusion specifically names each excluded driver and does not exclude a class of drivers and the named insured accepts the exclusion in writing.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 29.05 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 29 / Section 29.05
§ 29.05. SUBSEQUENT MOTION BY STATE.
Status: in_force

On any subsequent motion for a continuance by the State, for the want of a witness, the motion, in addition to the requisites in the preceding Article, must show:

1. The facts which the applicant expects to establish by the witness, and it must appear to the court that they are material;

2. That the applicant expects to be able to procure the attendance of the witness at the next term of the court; and

3. That the testimony cannot be procured from any other source during the present term of the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3852.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3852 / Section 3852.201
§ 3852.201. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.203
§ 3948.203. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract 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. Finance Code § 64.022 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 64 / Section 64.022
§ 64.022. COLLECTION OF LOAN EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

An expense payment authorized by Section 64.021 may be:

(1) collected by the association from the borrower and:

(A) retained by the association; or

(B) paid to a person rendering a service for which a charge was made, including an officer, director, or employee of the association rendering the service; or

(2) paid directly by a borrower to the person rendering the service.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.403 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.403
§ 370.403. USE OF ENGINEER OR ENGINEERING FIRM.
Status: in_force

(a) To act as an authority's representative, independent of a design-build contractor, for the procurement process and for the duration of the work on a transportation project, an authority shall select or designate:

(1) an engineer;

(2) a qualified firm, selected in accordance with Section 2254.004, Government Code, that is independent of the design-build contractor; or

(3) a general engineering consultant that was previously selected by an authority and is selected or designated in accordance with Section 2254.004, Government Code.

(b) The selected or designated engineer or firm has full responsibility for complying with Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.
Tex. Government Code § 122.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 122 / Section 122.003
§ 122.003. PARTICIPANT PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

A family drug court program may require a participant to pay the cost of all treatment and services received while participating in the program, based on the participant's ability to pay.
Tex. Utilities Code § 58.253 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.253
§ 58.253. PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES FOR CERTAIN ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) On customer request, an electing company shall provide private network services to:

(1) an educational institution;

(2) a library as defined in Section 57.021;

(3) a nonprofit telemedicine center;

(4) a public or not-for-profit hospital;

(5) a legally constituted consortium or group of entities listed in this subsection; or

(6) a health center.

(b) Except as provided by Section 58.266, the electing company shall provide the private network services for the private and sole use of the receiving entity.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 115.008 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.008
§ 115.008. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The committee may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations to support the committee or carry out the committee's functions.
Tex. Government Code § 802.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 802 / Section 802.207
§ 802.207. CUSTODY AND USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An investment manager other than a bank having a contract with a public retirement system under Section 802.204 may not be a custodian of any assets of the reserve fund of the system.

(b) When demands of the public retirement system require, the governing body shall withdraw from a custodian of system funds money for use in paying benefits to members and other beneficiaries of the system and for other uses authorized by this subchapter and approved by the governing body.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8886.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8886 / Section 8886.251
§ 8886.251. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may be dissolved as provided by Chapter 36, Water Code.