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Tex. Government Code § 155.252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 155 / Section 155.252
§ 155.252. STANDARDS FOR OPERATION OF GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, in consultation with the Health and Human Services Commission and other interested parties, shall adopt minimum standards for the operation of guardianship programs.

(b) The commission shall design the standards to monitor and ensure the quality of guardianship and related services provided by guardianship programs.

(c) Standards adopted under this section must be designed to ensure continued compliance by a guardianship program with this chapter and other applicable state law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8357.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8357 / Section 8357.004
§ 8357.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8357.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 162.031 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 162 / Section 162.031
§ 162.031. ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS; DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) By appropriate action, the board may provide by resolution for the issuance and sale of negotiable bonds authorized by the constitution, and the proceeds shall be a part of the fund, except that the proceeds of bonds issued under the authority of Article III, Section 49-b-1, of the Texas Constitution for the purpose of making loans to veterans shall be a part of the veterans' housing assistance fund established by that provision, and the proceeds of bonds issued under the authority of Article III, Section 49-b-2, of the Texas Constitution for the purpose of making loans to veterans shall be a part of the veterans' housing assistance fund established by that provision.

(b) The board may use money in the fund attributable to bonds issued to provide money for the fund to pay all costs of issuance of the bonds, including costs, fees, and expenses of the sort the board is authorized to pay from the veterans' land fund in connection with the issuance of the veterans' land bonds.
Tex. Finance Code § 66.356 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 66 / Section 66.356
§ 66.356. TITLE AND CUSTODY OF ASSOCIATION'S ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) The property and assets of the association are in the custody of the court from the date the receivership begins.

(b) The receiver and a receiver's successor in office have title to all property, contracts, and rights of action of the association, wherever located, beginning on the date the order directing the receiver to take possession is entered. The title of the receiver relates back to the date the liquidation of the association begins unless the court provides otherwise.

(c) The filing or recording of the order in a record office of the state has the same effect for notice purposes as a filed or recorded deed, bill of sale, or other evidence of title.

(d) If the court considers it desirable to protect the assets of the association, the court may require a bond from the receiver, in an amount set by the court, to be paid from the association's assets.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3945.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3945 / Section 3945.0103
§ 3945.0103. 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.

(b) By creating the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(c) 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 district.

(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the county or a municipality from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant county or municipal services provided in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.356 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.356
§ 2306.356. ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO FUND DEPARTMENT RESERVES OR FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The department may issue bonds to provide all or part of the money required for funding or increasing the department's reserves or funds.
Tex. Government Code § 442.301 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.301
§ 442.301. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "program" means the Texas presidential library promotion program established under this subchapter.In this subchapter, "program" means the Historic Texas Freedmen's Cemetery Designation Program.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0635 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0635
§ 25.0635. DENTON COUNTY STATUTORY PROBATE COURT PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) A statutory probate court in Denton County has the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0021.

(b), (c) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 2(b), eff. May 1, 2002.

(d) A statutory probate court has jurisdiction, regardless of the amount in controversy or remedy sought, over eminent domain cases as provided by Section 21.001, Property Code, for statutory county courts; direct and inverse condemnation cases; adjudication and determination of land titles, whether or not ancillary to eminent domain proceedings; partition cases; suits to quiet title; trespass to try title; lien foreclosures; and adjudication of all freehold and leasehold interests, easements, licenses, and boundaries of real property; with all ancillary or pendent jurisdiction necessary for adjudication of an eminent domain case as provided by Sections 21.002 and 21.003, Property Code.
Tex. Water Code § 15.305 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.305
§ 15.305. STORING WATER.
Status: in_force

The board may use any reservoir acquired, leased, constructed, reconstructed, developed, or enlarged by it under this chapter to store unappropriated state water and other water acquired by the state.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 24.14 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.14
§ 24.14. ATTACHMENT FOR RESIDENT WITNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) Regardless of whether the witness has disobeyed a subpoena, if a witness who resides in the county of the prosecution may be about to move out of the county, the defendant or the attorney representing the state may request that the court issue an attachment for the witness. The request must be filed with the clerk of the court and must include the applicable affidavit described by Article 24.12, except that the affidavit must additionally state that the affiant has good reason to believe, and does believe, that the witness is about to move out of the county.

(b) If an attachment is issued under this article in a misdemeanor case, when the witness makes oath that the witness cannot give surety, the officer executing the attachment shall take the witness's personal bond.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.055
§ 3831.055. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

The remaining directors shall fill a vacancy in the office of director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Occupations Code § 156.060 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 156 / Section 156.060
§ 156.060. CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a physician who designates a direct patient care practice on an application for renewal of a registration permit.

(b) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an application for renewal of a registration permit must complete at least one hour of continuing medical education under this section regarding the identification and assistance of trafficked persons:

(1) in the first renewal period following the issuance of the physician's initial registration permit under this chapter; and

(2) if the board approves more than one course under Subsection (d), at least once in every third renewal period following the renewal period described by Subdivision (1).

(c) The hours required by Subsection (b):

(1) must be designated by the board as medical ethics or professional responsibility education; and

(2) may be counted toward the hours of continuing medical education required by Section 156.051(a)(2).

(d) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules to establish the content of and approval requirements for continuing medical education relating to the identification and assistance of trafficked persons. In adopting rules, the board shall seek input from affected parties and review relevant courses, including courses that have been approved in other states. Rules adopted under this section must provide for the identification and approval of accredited continuing medical education courses that represent an appropriate spectrum of relevant information relating to the identification and assistance of trafficked persons.
Tex. Government Code § 54.1358 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.1358
§ 54.1358. DUTIES AND POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A criminal law hearing officer shall inform a person arrested of the warnings described by Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) A criminal law hearing officer may determine the amount of bail and grant bail under Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, and as otherwise provided by law.

(c) A criminal law hearing officer may issue a magistrate's order for emergency apprehension and detention under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code, if authorized by the judges of the statutory county courts of Cameron County and if the criminal law hearing officer makes each finding required by Section 573.012(b), Health and Safety Code.

(d) The criminal law hearing officer shall be available, within the time provided by law following a defendant's arrest, to determine probable cause for further detention, administer warnings, inform the accused of the pending charges, and determine all matters pertaining to bail. Criminal law hearing officers shall be available to review and issue search warrants and arrest warrants as provided by law.

(e) A criminal law hearing officer may dispose of criminal cases filed in the justice courts as provided by law, other than by trial, and collect fines and enforce the judgments and orders of the justice courts in criminal cases.

(f) In accordance with Article 26.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, a criminal law hearing officer may accept a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.

(g) A criminal law hearing officer may determine whether a defendant is indigent and appoint counsel for an indigent defendant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3881.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3881 / Section 3881.151
§ 3881.151. PARKING FACILITIES AUTHORIZED; OPERATION BY PRIVATE ENTITY; TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including:

(1) lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets; and

(2) equipment, entrances, exits, fencing, and other accessories necessary for safety and convenience in parking vehicles.

(b) A parking facility of the district may be leased to or operated on behalf of the district by an entity other than the district.

(c) The district's parking facilities are a program authorized by the legislature under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(d) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 121 / Section 121.007
§ 121.007. PUBLIC HEALTH REGIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may designate geographic areas of the state as public health regions to provide public health services.

(b) The department shall appoint a physician to serve as regional director for each public health region. The regional director is the chief administrative officer of the region. The department shall establish the qualifications and terms of employment of a regional director.

(c) The department may require a regional director to perform the duties of a health authority. The regional director may perform those duties, as authorized by the department, in a jurisdiction in the region in which the health authority fails to perform duties prescribed under Section 121.024. The regional director shall perform the duties of a health authority in a jurisdiction in the region in which there is not a health authority.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.906 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.906
§ 43.906. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates Section 43.901 commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(b) A person, other than a person described by Section 43.905, in an area described by Section 43.901 who is engaged in capturing by nonlethal means a species covered by this subchapter and fails or refuses on the demand of any game warden or other peace officer to show a reptile and amphibian stamp is presumed to be in violation of Section 43.901.
Tex. Government Code § 71.0351 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 71 / Section 71.0351
§ 71.0351. BAIL AND PRETRIAL RELEASE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) As a component of the official monthly report submitted to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System under Section 71.035, the clerk of each court setting bail in criminal cases shall report:

(1) the number of defendants for whom bail was set after arrest, including:

(A) the number for each category of offense;

(B) the number of personal bonds; and

(C) the number of surety or cash bonds;

(2) the number of defendants released on bail who subsequently failed to appear;

(3) the number of defendants released on bail who subsequently violated a condition of release; and

(4) the number of defendants who committed an offense while released on bail or community supervision.

(b) The office shall post the information in a publicly accessible place on the agency's Internet website without disclosing any personal information of any defendant, judge, or magistrate.

(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the office shall submit a report containing the data collected under this section during the preceding state fiscal year to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding officers of the standing committees of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over the judiciary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8002A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8002A / Section 8002A.0306
§ 8002A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) 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.

(b) An order dividing a district may create one or more new districts and may provide for the continuation of the district.

(c) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name any new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each of the districts;

(3) appoint temporary directors for any new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the districts.

(d) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the district's creation.

(e) The district may be divided only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(f) 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.

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

(i) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election.

(j) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(k) 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.

(l) The district may continue to rely on confirmation, directors', bond, or tax elections held prior to the division.

(m) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district 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 § 3982.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3982 / Section 3982.0304
§ 3982.0304. CONVEYANCE AND APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may convey a road project authorized by Section 3982.0303 to:

(1) a municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road if the municipality or county has approved the plans and specifications of the road project; or

(2) the state if the state will operate and maintain the road and the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the district shall operate and maintain a road project authorized by Section 3982.0303 that the district implements and does not convey to a municipality, a county, or this state under Subsection (a).

(c) The district may agree in writing with a municipality, a county, or this state to assign operation and maintenance duties to the district, the municipality, the county, or this state in a manner other than the manner described in Subsections (a) and (b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 426.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 426 / Section 426.002
§ 426.002. COMPUTATION OF RESERVES.
Status: in_force

Reserves required by Section 426.001 must be computed in accordance with any rules adopted by the commissioner to adequately protect insureds, secure the solvency of the workers' compensation insurance company, and prevent unreasonably large reserves.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.101
§ 7.101. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code--Documents of Title.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 162.002 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 162 / Section 162.002
§ 162.002. MONEY AND INTERESTS INCLUDED IN THE VETERANS' HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The veterans' housing assistance fund shall include:

(1) any interest of the board in home mortgage loans made from money in the fund to veterans pursuant to this chapter including any insurance thereon or on the homes;

(2) the proceeds derived from the sale or other disposition of the board's interest in home mortgage loans;

(3) the money attributable to any bonds issued and sold by the board to provide money for the fund which shall include but shall not be limited to the proceeds from the issuance and sale of such bonds;

(4) income, rents, and any other pecuniary benefit received by the board as a result of making these loans;

(5) sums received by way of indemnity or forfeiture for the failure of any bidder for the purchase of any such bonds to comply with the person's bid and accept and pay for such bonds and amounts received by the board under bond enhancement agreements with respect to the bonds;

(6) interest received from investments of any such money; and

(7) any equitable interest in properties encumbered under this program and attributable to the fund.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, money in the fund shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the fund.
Tex. Local Government Code § 395.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 395 / Section 395.025
§ 395.025. REFUNDS.
Status: repealed

(a) On the request of an owner of the property on which an impact fee has been paid, the political subdivision shall refund the impact fee if existing facilities are available and service is denied or the political subdivision has, after collecting the fee when service was not available, failed to commence construction within two years or service is not available within a reasonable period considering the type of capital improvement or facility expansion to be constructed, but in no event later than five years from the date of payment under Section 395.019(1).

(b) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 345, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

(c) The political subdivision shall refund any impact fee or part of it that is not spent as authorized by this chapter within 10 years after the date of payment.

(d) Any refund shall bear interest calculated from the date of collection to the date of refund at the statutory rate as set forth in Section 302.002, Finance Code, or its successor statute.

(e) All refunds shall be made to the record owner of the property at the time the refund is paid. However, if the impact fees were paid by another political subdivision or governmental entity, payment shall be made to the political subdivision or governmental entity.

(f) The owner of the property on which an impact fee has been paid or another political subdivision or governmental entity that paid the impact fee has standing to sue for a refund under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8336.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8336 / Section 8336.151
§ 8336.151. 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 8336.153.

(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.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.203
§ 1071.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order the election on its own motion.

(c) The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the location of the polling places;

(2) the presiding election officers;

(3) the purpose of the bond issuance;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized;

(5) the maximum interest rate of the bonds; and

(6) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(d) Notice of a bond election shall be given by publishing a substantial copy of the order calling the election in a newspaper of general circulation in Ochiltree County once a week for two consecutive weeks before the date of the election. The first publication must occur at least 14 days before the date of the election.