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Tex. Education Code § 86.20 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 86 / Section 86.20
§ 86.20. AIRPORT.
Status: in_force

The university may own and operate an airport, may accept federal aid and money for those purposes, and may enter into sponsor's assurance agreements with the federal government. It may operate the airport separately or in cooperation with a city, a county, the state, or the federal government, with the approval of the appropriate governing body, but without any expense to or liability against the state in any manner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1039 / Section 1039.116
§ 1039.116. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives who are legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay all or part of the costs of the care and treatment in the hospital, the amount of the costs that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.

(c) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or part of the costs of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay the district a specified amount each week for the patient's care and support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to the person's financial ability.

(d) The district administrator may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from any relative who is legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:

(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and

(2) issue a final order.

(f) A final order of the board may be appealed to the district court. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.202
§ 1107.202. TAX TO PAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An ad valorem tax shall be imposed at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under Section 1107.201 as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax imposed for the district may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 88.608 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.608
§ 88.608. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

The center is authorized to receive state appropriated funds as deemed appropriate by the legislature.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248A / Section 248A.102
§ 248A.102. INSPECTIONS; CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may inspect a center, including its records, at reasonable times as necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter. The center shall provide the department with access to all center records.

(b) The department shall inspect a center before issuing or renewing a license under this chapter.

(c) The department may require a center that undergoes an inspection to:

(1) take appropriate corrective action necessary to comply with the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter; and

(2) submit a corrective action plan to the department for approval.

(d) A center shall make available to any person on request a copy of each inspection report pertaining to the center that has been issued by the department. Before making an inspection report available under this subsection, the center shall redact from the report any information that is confidential under other law.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 58.156 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.156
§ 58.156. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A public servant commits an offense if the public servant:

(1) has access to the name, address, or telephone number of a victim 17 years of age or older who has chosen a pseudonym under this subchapter; and

(2) knowingly discloses the name, address, or telephone number of the victim to:

(A) a person who is not assisting in the investigation or prosecution of the offense; or

(B) a person other than:

(i) the defendant;

(ii) the defendant's attorney; or

(iii) the person specified in the order of a court.

(b) Unless the disclosure is required or permitted by other law, a public servant or other person commits an offense if the person:

(1) has access to or obtains the name, address, or telephone number of a victim younger than 17 years of age; and

(2) knowingly discloses the name, address, or telephone number of the victim to:

(A) a person who is not assisting in the investigation or prosecution of the offense; or

(B) a person other than:

(i) the defendant;

(ii) the defendant's attorney; or

(iii) a person specified in an order of a court.

(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Subsection (b) that the actor is:

(1) the victim; or

(2) the victim's parent, conservator, or guardian, unless the victim's parent, conservator, or guardian allegedly committed the offense described by Article 58.151.

(d) An offense under this article is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.063
§ 1028.063. EMPLOYEES; APPOINTMENT OF STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(b) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1117.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1117 / Section 1117.006
§ 1117.006. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.304 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.304
§ 200.304. NUMBER OF TRUST MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of formation or bylaws of the real estate investment trust shall set the number of trust managers or provide for the manner of determining the number of trust managers, except that the certificate of formation shall set the number constituting the initial trust managers.

(b) The number of trust managers may be increased or decreased by amendment to, or as provided by, the certificate of formation or bylaws. A decrease in the number of trust managers may not shorten the term of an incumbent trust manager.
Tex. Government Code § 552.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.103
§ 552.103.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.103. EXCEPTION: LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information relating to litigation of a civil or criminal nature to which the state or a political subdivision is or may be a party or to which an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, as a consequence of the person's office or employment, is or may be a party.

(b) For purposes of this section, the state or a political subdivision is considered to be a party to litigation of a criminal nature until the applicable statute of limitations has expired or until the defendant has exhausted all appellate and postconviction remedies in state and federal court.

(c) Information relating to litigation involving a governmental body or an officer or employee of a governmental body is excepted from disclosure under Subsection (a) only if the litigation is pending or reasonably anticipated on the date that the requestor applies to the officer for public information for access to or duplication of the information.

(d) The exception to disclosure provided by this section does not apply to information requested under this chapter if:

(1) the information relates to a general, primary, or special election, as those terms are defined by Section 1.005, Election Code;

(2) the information is in the possession of a governmental body that administers elections described by Subdivision (1); and

(3) the governmental body described by Subdivision (2) is not a governmental body described by Section 552.003(1)(A)(i).
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.201
§ 846.201. BENEFITS ALLOWED.
Status: in_force

(a) A multiple employer welfare arrangement may only provide one or more of the following:

(1) medical, dental, vision, surgical, or hospital care;

(2) benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, or death;

(3) another benefit authorized to be provided by health insurers in this state; and

(4) prepaid legal services.

(b) Except as otherwise limited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.), a multiple employer welfare arrangement may only provide benefits to:

(1) active or retired owners, officers, directors, or employees of or partners in participating employers; and

(2) the beneficiaries of a person described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.101
§ 507.101. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The executive council shall employ an executive director and other personnel as necessary to administer this chapter and carry out the functions of the executive council.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 86.013 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 86 / Section 86.013
§ 86.013. USE ON ROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county, subdivision of a county, city, or town that has a permit to take marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell is not required to purchase marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell taken and used for roads and streets.

(b) A county, subdivision of a county, city, or town that purchases marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell for use on roads and streets from a holder of a permit who has purchased the material from the commission may receive a refund of the amount paid by the permit holder by submitting a sworn itemized account of an official of the county, subdivision of the county, city, or town. All refunds under this subsection must be approved by the commission and be paid by the comptroller by warrant.

(c) The Texas Transportation Commission may receive a refund of the amount paid to the commission for the purchase of marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell used by the transportation commission on public roads.

(d) The commission may make regulations for the payment of refunds under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 840.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 840 / Section 840.203
§ 840.203. OTHER PHYSICIANS.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may employ physicians in addition to the medical board to report on special cases.
Tex. Local Government Code § 88.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 88 / Section 88.004
§ 88.004. OFFICER TO STOP EXERCISING FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

On service of notice under Section 88.003, an officer shall stop exercising the functions of the officer's office, except that:

(1) the officer shall preserve records and property in the officer's charge; and

(2) if the officer is a sheriff or constable, the officer shall:

(A) keep prisoners;

(B) preserve the peace; and

(C) execute warrants of arrest.
Tex. Government Code § 2051.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.053
§ 2051.053. REFUSAL OF NEWSPAPER TO PUBLISH NOTICE OR CITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The refusal of a newspaper to publish, without receiving advance payment for making the publication, a notice or citation in a state court proceeding in which the state or a political subdivision of the state is a party and in which the cost of the publication is to be charged as fees or costs of the proceeding is considered an unqualified refusal to publish the notice or citation.

(b) The sworn statement of the newspaper's publisher or the person offering to insert the notice or citation in the newspaper is subject to record as proof of the refusal.
Tex. Property Code § 112.059 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.059
§ 112.059. TERMINATION OF UNECONOMIC TRUST.
Status: in_force

(a) After notice to beneficiaries who are distributees or permissible distributees of trust income or principal or who would be distributees or permissible distributees if the interests of the distributees or the trust were to terminate and no powers of appointment were exercised, the trustee of a trust consisting of trust property having a total value of less than $50,000 may terminate the trust if the trustee concludes after considering the purpose of the trust and the nature of the trust assets that the value of the trust property is insufficient to justify the continued cost of administration.

(b) On termination of a trust under this section, the trustee shall distribute the trust property in a manner consistent with the purposes of the trust.

(c) A trustee may not exercise a power described by Subsection (a) if the trustee's possession of the power would cause the assets of the trust to be included in the trustee's estate for federal estate tax purposes.

(d) This section does not apply to an easement for conservation or preservation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.906 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.906
§ 271.906. REVERSE AUCTION METHOD OF PURCHASING.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government, as defined by Section 271.081, may use the reverse auction procedure, as defined by Section 2155.062(d), Government Code, in purchasing goods and services in place of any other method of purchasing that would otherwise apply to the purchase.

(b) A local government that uses the reverse auction procedure must include in the procedure a notice provision and other provisions necessary to produce a method of purchasing that is advantageous to the local government and fair to vendors.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.706 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.706
§ 1158.706. PARTITION BY SUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The guardian of the estate of a ward may bring a suit in the court in which the guardianship proceeding is pending for the partition of any real estate that the ward owns in common with one or more other part owners if the guardian is of the opinion that it is in the best interests of the ward's estate that the real estate be partitioned.

(b) The court may enter an order partitioning the real estate to the owner of the real estate, if after hearing the suit, the court is satisfied that the partition of the real estate is necessary.
Tex. Government Code § 2267.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2267 / Section 2267.054
§ 2267.054. SERVICE CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

A responsible governmental entity may contract with a contracting person for the delivery of services to be provided as part of a qualifying project in exchange for service payments and other consideration as the governmental entity considers appropriate.
Tex. Election Code § 67.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 67 / Section 67.004
§ 67.004. PROCEDURE FOR LOCAL CANVASS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time set for convening the canvassing authority for the local canvass, the presiding officer of the canvassing authority shall deliver the sealed precinct returns to the authority. The authority shall open the returns for each precinct and canvass them as provided by this section. Two members of the authority constitute a quorum for purposes of canvassing an election.

(b) The canvassing authority shall prepare a tabulation stating for each candidate and for and against each measure:

(1) the total number of votes received in each precinct; and

(2) the sum of the precinct totals tabulated under Subdivision (1).

(b) The canvassing authority shall prepare a tabulation stating for each candidate and for and against each measure:

(1) the total number of votes received in each precinct;

(2) the total number of votes received in each polling location; and

(3) the sum of the precinct totals tabulated under Subdivision (1).

(b-1) The tabulation in Subsection (b) must also include for each precinct the total number of voters who cast a ballot for a candidate or for or against a measure in the election. The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to implement this subsection.

(b-1) The tabulation in Subsection (b) must also include for each precinct and for each polling location the total number of voters who cast a ballot for a candidate or for or against a measure in the election. The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to implement this subsection.

(c) The canvassing authority may prepare the tabulation as a separate document or may enter the tabulation directly in the local election register maintained for the authority. The authority shall attach or include as part of the tabulation the report of early voting votes by precinct received under Section 87.1231.

(d) The canvassing authority may compare the precinct returns with the corresponding tally list. If a discrepancy is discovered between the vote totals shown on the returns and those shown on the tally list for a precinct, the presiding judge of the precinct shall examine the returns and tally list and make the necessary corrections on the returns.

(e) On completion of the canvass, the presiding officer of the canvassing authority shall deliver the tabulation to the custodian of the local election register unless it is entered directly in the election register. The custodian shall preserve the tabulation for the period for preserving the precinct election records.

(f) On completion of the canvass, the presiding officer of the canvassing authority shall deliver the precinct returns, tally lists, and early voting precinct report used in the canvass to the general custodian of election records. The custodian shall preserve them for the period for preserving the precinct election records.

(g) The presiding officer of the canvassing authority shall note the completion of the canvass in the minutes or in the recording required by Section 551.021, Government Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.405 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.405
§ 4.405. DEATH OR INCOMPETENCE OF CUSTOMER.
Status: in_force

(a) A payor or collecting bank's authority to accept, pay, or collect an item or to account for proceeds of its collection, if otherwise effective, is not rendered ineffective by the incompetence of a customer of either bank existing at the time the item is issued or its collection is undertaken if the bank does not know of an adjudication of incompetence. Neither death nor incompetence of a customer revokes the authority to accept, pay, collect, or account until the bank knows of the fact of death or of an adjudication of incompetence and has reasonable opportunity to act on it.

(b) Even with knowledge, a bank may for 10 days after the date of death pay or certify checks drawn on or before that date unless ordered to stop payment by a person claiming an interest in the account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3949.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3949 / Section 3949.151
§ 3949.151. 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 district money.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.6015 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.6015
§ 201.6015. INTEGRATION OF PLANS AND POLICY EFFORTS.
Status: in_force

In developing each of its transportation plans and policy efforts, the department must:

(1) clearly reference the statewide transportation plan under Section 201.601;

(2) include in the plan or policy effort the transportation system strategies, goals and measurable targets, and other related performance measures established under Section 201.601(a-1)(1); and

(3) specify how the plan or policy effort supports the specific goals established under Section 201.601(a-1)(1).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.0564 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.0564
§ 382.0564. NOTIFICATION TO OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule may allow for notification of and review by the administrator and affected states of permit applications, revisions, renewals, or draft permits prepared under Sections 382.054-382.0543.
Tex. Election Code § 32.075 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 32 / Section 32.075
§ 32.075. LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES AND POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The presiding judge shall preserve order and prevent breaches of the peace and violations of this code in the polling place and in the area within which electioneering and loitering are prohibited from the time the judge arrives at the polling place on election day until the judge leaves the polling place after the polls close.

(b) In performing duties under Subsection (a), the presiding judge may appoint one or more persons to act as special peace officers for the polling place. A special peace officer may not enforce the prohibition against electioneering or loitering near the polling place unless the officer's appointment is approved by the presiding officer of the local canvassing authority.

(c) In performing duties under Subsection (a), a presiding judge has the power of a district judge to enforce order and preserve the peace, including the power to issue an arrest warrant. An appeal of an order or other action of the presiding judge under this section is made in the same manner as the appeal of an order or other action of a district court in the county in which the polling place is located.

(d) A person who is arrested at a polling place while voting or waiting to vote shall be permitted to vote, if entitled to do so, before being removed from the polling place.

(e) The presiding judge or a special peace officer appointed under this section may not enforce the prohibition against electioneering or loitering outside of the area within which electioneering and loitering are prohibited under Section 61.003 or 85.036.

(f) A person is eligible for appointment as a special peace officer under Subsection (b) only if the person is licensed as a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(g) A presiding judge may not have a watcher duly accepted for service under Subchapter A, Chapter 33, removed from the polling place for violating a provision of this code or any other provision of law relating to the conduct of elections, other than a violation of the Penal Code, unless the violation was observed by an election judge or clerk.

(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (g), a presiding judge may call a law enforcement officer to request that a poll watcher be removed if the poll watcher commits a breach of the peace or a violation of law.