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Tex. Family Code § 202.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 202 / Section 202.001
§ 202.001. APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) After an order for child support or possession of or access to a child has been rendered, a court may appoint a friend of the court on:

(1) the request of a person alleging that the order has been violated; or

(2) its own motion.

(b) A court may appoint a friend of the court in a proceeding under Part D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.) only if the Title IV-D agency agrees in writing to the appointment.

(c) The duration of the appointment of a friend of the court is as determined by the court.

(d) In the appointment of a friend of the court, the court shall give preference to:

(1) a local domestic relations office;

(2) a local child support collection office;

(3) the local court official designated to enforce actions as provided in Chapter 159; or

(4) an attorney in good standing with the State Bar of Texas.

(e) In the execution of a friend of the court's duties under this subchapter, a friend of the court shall represent the court to ensure compliance with the court's order.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.038 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.038
§ 12.038. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3973.0704 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3973 / Section 3973.0704
§ 3973.0704. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

On voter approval and adoption of the order described by Section 3973.0703, the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined area or designated property to provide money to construct, administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 96.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 96 / Section 96.001
§ 96.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(37), eff. April 2, 2015.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(37), eff. April 2, 2015.

(3) "Health facility" includes:

(A) a general or special hospital licensed by the department under Chapter 241;

(B) a physician-owned or physician-operated clinic;

(C) a publicly or privately funded medical school;

(D) a state hospital operated by the department or a state supported living center operated by the Department of Aging and Disability Services;

(E) a public health clinic conducted by a local health unit, health department, or public health district organized and recognized under Chapter 121; and

(F) another facility specified by a rule adopted by the executive commissioner.

(4) "Local health unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 121.004.

(5) "RSV" means respiratory syncytial virus.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.125 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.125
§ 282.125. RESPONSIBILITY OF COUNTY.
Status: in_force

On conversion of a district under this subchapter, the county in which the district is located shall convey or transfer to the district:

(1) money held by the county treasurer for the district under Subchapter D, including any money in the district's construction and maintenance fund or interest and sinking fund; and

(2) taxes levied by the county for the benefit of the district under Subchapter F.
Tex. Government Code § 2063.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2063 / Section 2063.004
§ 2063.004. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The command shall:

(1) promote public awareness of cybersecurity issues;

(2) develop cybersecurity best practices and minimum standards for governmental entities;

(3) develop and provide training to state agencies and covered entities on cybersecurity measures and awareness;

(4) administer the cybersecurity threat intelligence center under Section 2063.201;

(5) provide support to state agencies and covered entities experiencing a cybersecurity incident and respond to cybersecurity reports received under Subchapter D and other reports as appropriate;

(6) administer the digital forensics laboratory under Section 2063.203;

(7) administer a statewide portal for enterprise cybersecurity threat, risk, and incident management, and operate a cybersecurity hotline available for state agencies and covered entities 24 hours a day, seven days a week;

(8) collaborate with law enforcement agencies to provide training and support related to cybersecurity incidents;

(9) serve as a clearinghouse for information relating to all aspects of protecting the cybersecurity of governmental entities, including sharing appropriate intelligence and information with governmental entities, federal agencies, and covered entities;

(10) collaborate with the department to ensure information resources and information resources technologies obtained by the department meet the cybersecurity standards and requirements established under this chapter;

(11) offer cybersecurity resources to state agencies and covered entities as determined by the command;

(12) adopt policies to ensure state agencies implement sufficient cybersecurity measures to defend information resources, information resources technologies, and sensitive personal information maintained by the agencies; and

(13) collaborate with federal agencies to protect against, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents.

(b) The command may:

(1) adopt and use an official seal;

(2) establish ad hoc advisory committees as necessary to carry out the command's duties under this chapter;

(3) acquire and convey property or an interest in property;

(4) procure insurance and pay premiums on insurance of any type, in accounts, and from insurers as the command considers necessary and advisable to accomplish any of the command's duties;

(5) hold patents, copyrights, trademarks, or other evidence of protection or exclusivity issued under the laws of the United States, any state, or any nation and may enter into license agreements with any third parties for the receipt of fees, royalties, or other monetary or nonmonetary value; and

(6) solicit and accept gifts, grants, donations, or loans from and contract with any entity to accomplish the command's duties.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the command shall deposit money paid to the command under this chapter in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Tex. Water Code § 60.118 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.118
§ 60.118. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A district which constructs, purchases, or otherwise acquires or plans to construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire any facility authorized in Section 60.101 of this code to be paid for in whole or in part by the issuance and sale of obligations payable from and secured by a pledge of revenue authorized in this subchapter may vest management and control of the facility during the time the obligations or refunding obligations are secured in whole or in part by the pledge of revenue, in a board of trustees named in the resolution or indenture.

(b) The board of trustees shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members, and shall be entitled to receive the compensation fixed by the resolution or indenture, which shall not be more than one percent of the gross receipts of the facility in any one year.

(c) The commission shall specify in the resolution or indenture:

(1) the terms of office of the members of the board of trustees;

(2) the powers and duties of the board, including the power to fix fees and charges for the use of the facility;

(3) the manner of exercising the powers and duties;

(4) the manner of selecting the successors of the board of trustees; and

(5) all matters relating to board members' duties and the organizing of the board.

(d) The board of trustees may adopt bylaws regulating the procedure of the board and fixing the duties of its officers, but the bylaws may not contain any provision in conflict with the covenants and provisions contained in the resolution authorizing the bonds or in the indenture.

(e) In all matters relating to powers, duties, obligations, and procedure of the board of trustees which are not covered in the bylaws and the resolution or indenture, the laws and rules governing the commission shall control, where applicable.

(f) When the board is created by the resolution or indenture, it shall have all of the power and authority for the management and operation of any facility which could be exercised by the commission.

(g) By the terms of the resolution or indenture, the commission may make provision for later supplementation of the resolution or indenture to vest the management and control of the facility in a board of trustees having the powers, rights, and duties conferred or imposed by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3827.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3827 / Section 3827.005
§ 3827.005. FINDINGS RELATED TO REDEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that development or redevelopment in the area in the district would not occur solely through private investment in the reasonably foreseeable future and that the area in the district:

(1) is unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted;

(2) substantially arrests and impairs the sound growth of the city of Katy because of:

(A) obsolete platting;

(B) deterioration of structures or site improvements; or

(C) other factors;

(3) retards the provision of housing accommodations;

(4) is an economic and social liability;

(5) is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare in its present condition and use; and

(6) is predominantly open.
Tex. Education Code § 51.8045 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.8045
§ 51.8045. GRADUATES OF CERTAIN SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of Sections 51.803 and 51.804 only, the governing body of a school district may treat a high school magnet program, academy, or other special program conducted by the school district at a high school attended by high school students who are not students of the special program as an independent high school with its own graduating class separate from the graduating class of other students attending the high school if:

(1) the special program was in operation in the 2000-2001 school year;

(2) the students of the special program are recruited, selected, or admitted from among the students residing in the attendance zones of not fewer than 10 regular high schools in the district, including the high school at which the special program is conducted;

(3) the students of the special program are selected or admitted independently of and identified as a student body separate from the other students of the high school;

(4) the students of the special program constitute not less than 35 percent of the total number of students in the graduating class at the high school at which the special program is conducted;

(5) the students of the special program have a curriculum different from that of the other students of the high school, even if students of the special program and other students of the high school attend some of the same classes; and

(6) a student graduating from the special program receives a high school diploma that includes a reference to the special program in describing the high school from which the student graduated.

(b) This section does not apply to the manner in which the members of a graduating class of the high school as a whole, including graduates of the special program, are ranked by grade point average for purposes other than admissions under Sections 51.803 and 51.804.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.101
§ 481.101. CRIMINAL CLASSIFICATION.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of establishing criminal penalties for violations of this chapter, controlled substances, including a material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing the controlled substance, are divided into Penalty Groups 1 through 4.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.409 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.409
§ 22.409. INSURANCE CODE NOT APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

The Insurance Code does not apply to a church benefits board or a program, plan, benefit, or activity of the board or a person affiliated with the board.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.302 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.302
§ 171.302. CERTIFICATION BY COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

After the 120th day after the date that the corporate privileges of a corporation are forfeited under this chapter, the comptroller shall certify the name of the corporation to the attorney general and the secretary of state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8094.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8094 / Section 8094.0403
§ 8094.0403. 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. Election Code § 86.015 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 86 / Section 86.015
§ 86.015. ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF APPLICATION FOR BALLOT VOTED BY MAIL OR BALLOT VOTED BY MAIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall develop or otherwise provide an online tool to each early voting clerk on the secretary's Internet website and on the county's Internet website if the early voting clerk is the county clerk of a county that maintains an Internet website that enables a person who submits an application for a ballot to be voted by mail to:

(1) track the location and status of the person's application and ballot; and

(2) receive notice of and, if possible, correct a defect in the person's application and ballot under Sections 86.008(c-1), 86.011(j), 87.0271(e-1), and 87.0411(e-1).

(b) The online tool developed or provided under Subsection (a) must require the voter to provide, before permitting the voter to access information described by that subsection:

(1) the voter's name and date of birth and the last four digits of the voter's social security number; and

(2) the voter's:

(A) driver's license number; or

(B) personal identification card number issued by the Department of Public Safety.

(c) An online tool used under this section must:

(1) for each election, record:

(A) each application for a ballot to be voted by mail received by the clerk; and

(B) each carrier envelope sent to a voter by the clerk;

(2) for each carrier envelope, record or assign a serially numbered and sequentially issued barcode or tracking number that is unique to each envelope;

(3) update the applicable Internet website as soon as practicable after each of the following events occurs:

(A) receipt by the early voting clerk of the person's application for a ballot to be voted by mail;

(B) acceptance or rejection by the early voting clerk of the person's application for a ballot to be voted by mail;

(C) placement in the mail by the early voting clerk of the person's official ballot;

(D) receipt by the early voting clerk of the person's marked ballot; and

(E) acceptance or rejection by the early voting ballot board of a person's marked ballot; and

(4) allow a voter to add or correct information required under Section 84.002(a)(1-a) or Section 86.002(g).

(d) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures as necessary to implement this section.

(e) The information contained in Subsection (c) is not public information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, until after election day.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.070 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.070
§ 134.070. PERMIT FOR MINING ON PRIME FARMLAND.
Status: in_force

(a) After consulting with the secretary of agriculture and under regulations issued under the federal Act by the secretary of the interior with the concurrence of the secretary of agriculture, the commission shall grant a permit to mine on prime farmland if:

(1) the area proposed to be mined contains prime farmland;

(2) the commission makes the findings required by Section 134.066 for the application under consideration; and

(3) the commission in addition finds in writing that:

(A) the operator has the technological capability to restore the mined area within a reasonable time to a level of yield equal to or higher than that of nonmined prime farmland in the surrounding area under equivalent levels of management; and

(B) the applicant can meet the soil reconstruction standards of the federal Act.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) a permit issued before August 3, 1977;

(2) a revision or renewal of a permit issued before August 3, 1977; or

(3) an existing surface mining operation for which a permit was issued before August 3, 1977.
Tex. Occupations Code § 206.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 206 / Section 206.055
§ 206.055. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the advisory committee that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 206.052;

(2) does not maintain during service on the advisory committee the qualifications required by Section 206.052;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 206.053; or

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term.

(b) The validity of an action of the committee is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a committee member exists.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.28 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.28
§ 6.28. BONDS FOR STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) Before beginning to perform the duties of office, a person elected or appointed as county assessor-collector must give bonds to the state and to the county, conditioned on the faithful performance of the person's duties as assessor-collector.

(b) The bond for state taxes must be payable to the governor and his successors in office in an amount equal to five percent of the net state collections from motor vehicle sales and use taxes and motor vehicle registration fees in the county during the year ending August 31 preceding the date bond is given, except that the amount of bond may not be less than $2,500 or more than $100,000. To be effective, the bond must be approved by the commissioners court and the state comptroller of public accounts.

(c) The bond for county taxes must be payable to the commissioners court in an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount of county taxes imposed in the preceding tax year, except that the amount of the bond may not be less than $2,500 or more than $100,000, except as otherwise provided by this subsection. The commissioners court of a county with a population of 1.5 million or more by order may set the maximum amount of the bond in an amount greater than $100,000. To be effective, a bond under this subsection must be approved by the commissioners court.

(d) The state comptroller of public accounts or the commissioners court may require a new bond for state taxes at any time. The commissioners court may require a new bond for county taxes at any time. However, the total amount of state bonds or county bonds required of an assessor-collector may not exceed $100,000 at one time, except that in a county in which the commissioners court by order has set the maximum amount of the bond for county taxes in an amount greater than $100,000, the total amount of state bonds or county bonds required may not exceed that greater amount. The commissioners court shall suspend the assessor-collector from office and begin removal proceedings if the assessor-collector fails to give new bond within a reasonable time after demand.

(e) The assessor-collector's official oath and bonds for state and county taxes shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk, and the county judge shall submit the bond for state taxes to the state comptroller of public accounts.

(f) A county shall pay a reasonable premium for the assessor-collector's bonds for state and county taxes out of the county general revenue fund on presentation to the commissioners court of a bill for the premium authenticated as required by law for other claims against the county. A court of competent jurisdiction may determine the reasonableness of any amount claimed as premium.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8376.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8376 / Section 8376.153
§ 8376.153. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 9026.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9026 / Section 9026.105
§ 9026.105. WATER, SEWER, OR DRAINAGE CONTRACTS; ELECTION NOT REQUIRED; BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district and a political subdivision may enter into a water, sewer, or drainage contract or any combination of those contracts without an election by any contracting party to approve the contract.

(b) The district may pay for an obligation incurred under a contract under this section by issuing bonds that, if otherwise necessary, have been approved by the voters in the manner provided by this chapter.

(c) The district may deliver the district's bonds to the United States or an agency or instrumentality of the United States, or to this state or an agency or instrumentality of this state, that enters into a contract with the district under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8802.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8802 / Section 8802.101
§ 8802.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district has the powers and duties provided by Chapter 36, Water Code, for groundwater conservation districts.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.0125 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0125
§ 51.0125. LAND USED BY STATE AGENCY.
Status: in_force

Land that belongs to the permanent school fund as a result of having been deeded or given to the state and that has been used in the past by a state agency shall be first offered for sale or lease to state agencies before it can be sold or leased to any other party. No permanent school fund land may be used by a state agency without market value compensation to the permanent school fund.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 114.011 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 114 / Section 114.011
§ 114.011. HUNTING PROHIBITED.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, no person on the water of Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir in Bell County or on land that is owned by the federal government and that is adjacent to Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir may hunt any wild bird or animal.

(b) A person may hunt birds on the water of Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir in Bell County or on land that is owned by the federal government and that is adjacent to Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir during the open season only if:

(1) the person is at least 600 feet from the nearest private property line when the person shoots the gun; and

(2) the person uses a shotgun.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 4, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.