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Tex. Education Code § 130.310 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.310
§ 130.310. FUNDING.
Status: repealed

(a) A degree program created under this subchapter shall be funded solely by a public junior college's allocation of state appropriations under this chapter and Chapter 130A, local funds, and private sources. The coordinating board shall weigh contact hours attributable to students enrolled in a junior-level or senior-level course offered under this subchapter used to determine a public junior college's allocation of state appropriations under this chapter and Chapter 130A in the same manner as a lower division course in a corresponding field.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 52, eff. September 1, 2023.

(c) A public junior college may not charge a student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program offered under this subchapter tuition and fees in an amount that exceeds the amount of tuition and fees charged by the junior college to a similarly situated student who is enrolled in an associate degree program in a corresponding field. This subsection does not apply to tuition and fees charged for a baccalaureate degree program in the field of applied science or applied technology previously offered as part of a pilot project and offered by a public junior college authorized to offer baccalaureate degree programs under Section 130.303(a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.212 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.212
§ 81.212. EVADING OR RESISTING APPREHENSION OR TRANSPORT; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is subject to a protective custody order or temporary detention order issued by a court under this subchapter commits an offense if the person resists or evades apprehension by a sheriff, constable, or other peace officer enforcing the order or resists or evades transport to an appropriate inpatient health care facility or other suitable facility under the order.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person assists a person who is subject to a protective custody order or temporary detention order issued by a court under this subchapter in resisting or evading apprehension by a sheriff, constable, or other peace officer enforcing the order or in resisting or evading transport to an appropriate inpatient health care facility or other suitable facility under the order.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Family Code § 261.311 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 261 / Section 261.311
§ 261.311. NOTICE OF REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) When during an investigation of a report of suspected child abuse or neglect a representative of the department conducts an interview with or an examination of a child, the department shall make a reasonable effort before 24 hours after the time of the interview or examination to notify each parent of the child and the child's legal guardian, if one has been appointed, of the nature of the allegation and of the fact that the interview or examination was conducted.

(b) If a report of suspected child abuse or neglect is administratively closed by the department as a result of a preliminary investigation that did not include an interview or examination of the child, the department shall make a reasonable effort before the expiration of 24 hours after the time the investigation is closed to notify each parent and legal guardian of the child of the disposition of the investigation.

(c) The notice required by Subsection (a) or (b) is not required if the department or agency determines that the notice is likely to endanger the safety of the child who is the subject of the report, the person who made the report, or any other person who participates in the investigation of the report.

(d) The notice required by Subsection (a) or (b) may be delayed at the request of a law enforcement agency if notification during the required time would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.803 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.803
§ 361.803. ELIGIBILITY FOR A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

A person, including a local government, may submit a request to the executive director for a municipal setting designation for property if:

(1) the property is within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality authorized by statute; and

(2) a public drinking water supply system exists that satisfies the requirements of Chapter 341 and that supplies or is capable of supplying drinking water to:

(A) the property for which designation is sought; and

(B) property within one-half mile of the property for which designation is sought.
Tex. Estates Code § 1353.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1353 / Section 1353.051
§ 1353.051. INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT BY COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) On its own motion or on the motion of an interested person for good cause shown, the court may order a community administrator to file a verified, full, and detailed inventory and appraisement of:

(1) any community property that is subject to the incapacitated spouse's sole management, control, and disposition under Section 3.102, Family Code;

(2) any community property subject to the spouses' joint management, control, and disposition under Section 3.102, Family Code; and

(3) any income earned on property described by this subsection.

(b) An inventory and appraisement ordered under this section must be:

(1) prepared in the same form and manner that is required of a guardian under Section 1154.051; and

(2) filed not later than the 90th day after the date the order is issued.
Tex. Water Code § 60.339 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.339
§ 60.339. BONDS PAYABLE FROM TAXES.
Status: in_force

Where bonds are issued payable wholly from taxes, it is the duty of the governing body at the time of the bonds authorization to levy a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the interest and principal become due, and to provide the reserve funds if prescribed in the resolution authorizing or the trust indenture securing the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7920.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7920 / Section 7920.051
§ 7920.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7920.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 41.015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 41 / Section 41.015
§ 41.015. CALL TO ACTIVE DUTY NOT VACANCY OR ABSENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "active duty state attorney" means a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney who is on active duty or being mobilized or deployed for active duty as a member of:

(1) the National Guard;

(2) the armed forces of the United States;

(3) a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard; or

(4) any part of state military forces.

(b) A court shall excuse from appearance or attendance during the term of the court an active duty state attorney who has:

(1) delegated the attorney's responsibilities to:

(A) the attorney's first assistant; or

(B) another state attorney in the attorney's jurisdiction or in a jurisdiction overlapping the attorney's jurisdiction who agrees to accept the delegation of responsibilities; and

(2) notified the presiding judge of the court's administrative judicial region of:

(A) the attorney's military duty, mobilization, or deployment; and

(B) the identity of the attorney to whom responsibilities were delegated under Subdivision (1).

(c) An active duty state attorney who complies with Subsection (b) is not absent from office and has not vacated office.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.454 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.454
§ 885.454. CONVERSION DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A fraternal benefit society that converts to a mutual life insurance company or incorporated stock company shall file with the department:

(1) the certificate of incorporation as adopted or amended; and

(2) a report of the meeting of lodge representatives, certified by the presiding officers under the corporate seal of the fraternal benefit society.

(b) The certificate of incorporation must be incorporated in the charter of the proposed company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.056
§ 1032.056. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect:

(1) a president and a vice president from among its members; and

(2) a secretary, who need not be a director.

(b) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.

(c) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
Tex. Labor Code § 207.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.001
§ 207.001. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

Benefits are paid through the commission in accordance with rules adopted by the commission and are due and payable under this subtitle only to the extent provided by this subtitle.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 241.006 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 241 / Section 241.006
§ 241.006. APPLICATION OF LAW RELATING TO FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an ordinance, rule, order, decision, or practice that applies to a person in the custody of a juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility operated by or under a contract with the department, a county, or a juvenile probation department is presumed to be in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. The presumption may be rebutted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1097.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1097 / Section 1097.109
§ 1097.109. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county or municipality.

(b) The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for the treatment of a sick or injured person for whom this state or the federal government is responsible.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0502 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0502
§ 546.0502. CONSUMER DIRECTION OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Sections 546.0102(b) and 546.0103(1), a consumer direction model implemented under Subchapter C, including the consumer-directed service option, for the delivery of services under the medically dependent children (MDCP) waiver program must allow for the delivery of all services and supports available under that program through consumer direction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8324.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8324 / Section 8324.101
§ 8324.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.005
§ 8845.005. DISTRICT NAME CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The name of the district may be changed if:

(1) additional territory is annexed to the district; or

(2) the district consolidates with another district.
Tex. Water Code § 58.794 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.794
§ 58.794. RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The board shall find in its resolution to dissolve the district that the plans of the district are impracticable or that the purposes of the district should be abandoned and shall state the reasons for the finding.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.252
§ 301.252. LICENSE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each applicant for a registered nurse license or a vocational nurse license must submit to the board a sworn application that demonstrates the applicant's qualifications under this chapter, accompanied by evidence that the applicant:

(1) has good professional character related to the practice of nursing;

(2) has successfully completed a program of professional or vocational nursing education approved under Section 301.157(d); and

(3) has passed the jurisprudence examination approved by the board as provided by Subsection (a-1).

(a-1) The jurisprudence examination shall be conducted on the licensing requirements under this chapter and board rules and other laws, rules, or regulations applicable to the nursing profession in this state. The board shall adopt rules for the jurisprudence examination under Subsection (a)(3) regarding:

(1) the development of the examination;

(2) applicable fees;

(3) administration of the examination;

(4) reexamination procedures;

(5) grading procedures; and

(6) notice of results.

(a-2) An applicant who provides satisfactory evidence that the applicant has not committed a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is considered to have good professional character related to the practice of nursing. A determination by the board that an applicant does not have good professional character related to the practice of nursing must be based on a showing by the board of a clear and rational connection between a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter and the applicant's ability to effectively practice nursing.

(b) The board may waive the requirement of Subsection (a)(2) for a vocational nurse applicant if the applicant provides satisfactory sworn evidence that the applicant has completed an acceptable level of education in:

(1) a professional nursing school approved under Section 301.157(d); or

(2) a school of professional nurse education located in another state or a foreign country.

(c) The board by rule shall determine acceptable levels of education under Subsection (b).
Tex. Education Code § 74.006 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.006
§ 74.006. SUFFICIENCY OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The medical branch shall take any reasonable administrative or management action necessary to achieve the mission and strategic plan of the medical branch within the total amount of funds received by the medical branch from all sources, including institutional and local funds and hospital and clinic fees.
Tex. Government Code § 81.153 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.153
§ 81.153. REQUIRED WARNINGS AND DISCLOSURES.
Status: in_force

(a) An advertisement for legal services must state, both verbally and visually:

(1) at the beginning of the advertisement, "This is a paid advertisement for legal services.";

(2) the identity of the sponsor of the advertisement; and

(3) either:

(A) the identity of the attorney or law firm primarily responsible for providing solicited legal services to a person who engages the attorney or law firm in response to the advertisement; or

(B) the manner in which a responding person's case is referred to an attorney or law firm if the sponsor of the advertisement is not legally authorized to provide legal services to clients.

(b) An advertisement for legal services soliciting clients who may allege an injury from a prescription drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration must include a verbal and visual statement: "Do not stop taking a prescribed medication without first consulting a physician."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1009.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1009 / Section 1009.108
§ 1009.108. HOSPITAL LEASE.
Status: in_force

The board may lease a district hospital to a qualified doctor or group of doctors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.110
§ 1027.110. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objective of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8109.403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8109 / Section 8109.403
§ 8109.403. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of the hotel occupancy tax may not exceed the maximum rate provided by Section 351.003(a), Tax Code.

(b) The district may not adopt a hotel occupancy tax at a rate that would cause the combined rate of all hotel occupancy taxes imposed by the district and other political subdivisions of this state at a location in the district to exceed 15 percent. If a political subdivision's adoption of a hotel occupancy tax rate causes the combined hotel occupancy tax rate imposed at a location in the district to exceed 15 percent, the district's hotel occupancy tax rate in the entire district is automatically reduced to bring the combined rate imposed at that location down to not more than 15 percent.

(c) The district shall notify each hotel in the district of any change in the hotel occupancy tax rate under this section.

(d) Any change in the hotel occupancy tax rate takes effect on the first day of the next calendar month following the change.
Tex. Government Code § 24.136 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.136
§ 24.136.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.136. 34TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). (a) The 34th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.

(b) In El Paso County, the 34th, 41st, 65th, 120th, and 171st district courts have concurrent jurisdiction.

(c) The terms of the 34th District Court begin on the third Mondays in April and September and the first Mondays in January, July, and November.

(d) A grand jury may not be impaneled in any district court in El Paso County except the 34th District Court unless the judge of another district court in the county calls for a grand jury by special order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0109
§ 3965.0109. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The board may not hold an election to authorize the issuance of bonds until the governing body of the city by ordinance or resolution consents to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district. The city's consent must be granted in the manner provided by Section 54.016, Water Code, for including land within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4020.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4020 / Section 4020.0104
§ 4020.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

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

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

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

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

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

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Government Code § 441.1965 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.1965
§ 441.1965. SALE OF REPLICAS FROM STATE ARCHIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may sell replicas of archival state records and other historical resources in its custody subject to the approval of the commission.

(b) Money received from the sale of replicas under Subsection (a) shall be deposited to the credit of a dedicated account in the general revenue fund and may be appropriated only to the commission for the purposes of preservation, digitization, archives information services, and education.
Tex. Water Code § 56.211 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.211
§ 56.211. REFUNDING BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If indebtedness to be refunded includes obligations other than voted bonds, in any district operating under Article III, Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, before the refunding bonds may be issued, a majority of the electors of the district voting at an election called for that purpose must vote in favor of issuing the refunding bonds and levying a tax to pay for the bonds.

(b) The board shall call the election and the secretary of the board shall give notice of the time and places for holding the election.

(c) The notice shall be signed by the secretary and shall

(1) state the purpose of the election;

(2) state the proposition to be voted on;

(3) define the election precincts;

(4) prescribe the polling places in the district; and

(5) list the names of the election officers.

(d) The notice shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is located, but if a newspaper is not published in the county, the notice shall be published in the nearest county. The first publication shall be at least 20 days before the day of the election.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 4.15 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 4 / Section 4.15
§ 4.15. MAY SIT AT ANY TIME.
Status: in_force

Justice courts and corporation courts may sit at any time to try criminal cases over which they have jurisdiction. Any case in which a fine may be assessed shall be tried in accordance with the rules of evidence and this Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.007 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.007
§ 36.007. DISCOUNTED WHOLESALE OR RETAIL RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) On application by an electric utility, a regulatory authority may approve wholesale or retail tariffs or contracts containing charges that are less than rates approved by the regulatory authority but not less than the utility's marginal cost. The charges must be in accordance with the principles of this title and may not be unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, discriminatory, predatory, or anticompetitive.

(b) The method for computing the marginal cost of the electric utility consists of energy and capacity components. The energy component includes variable operation and maintenance expense and marginal fuel or the energy component of purchased power. The capacity component is based on the annual economic value of deferring, accelerating, or avoiding the next increment of needed capacity, without regard to whether the capacity is purchased or built.

(c) The commission shall ensure that the method for determining marginal cost is consistently applied among utilities but may recognize the individual load and resource requirements of the electric utility.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission shall ensure that the electric utility's allocable costs of serving customers paying discounted rates under this section are not borne by the utility's other customers.