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Tex. Transportation Code § 452.056 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.056
§ 452.056. OPERATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may:

(1) acquire, construct, develop, plan, own, operate, and maintain a public transportation system in the territory of the authority, including the territory of a political subdivision;

(2) contract with a municipality, county, or other political subdivision for the authority to provide public transportation services outside the authority; and

(3) lease all or a part of the public transportation system to, or contract for the operation of all or a part of the public transportation system by, an operator.

(b) An authority, as the authority determines advisable, shall determine routes.

(c) The executive committee may submit a referendum for the approval of a power granted by Subsection (a) or (b).

(d) A private operator who contracts with an authority under this chapter is not a public entity for purposes of any law of this state except that an independent contractor of the authority that, on or after June 14, 1989, performs a function of the authority or an entity described by Section 452.0561 that is created to provide transportation services is liable for damages only to the extent that the authority or entity would be liable if the authority or entity itself were performing the function and only for a cause of action that accrues on or after that date.

(e) An authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O shall, at least once every five years, evaluate each distinct transportation service the authority provides that generates revenue, including light rail, bus, van, taxicab, and other public transportation services, and determine whether the authority should solicit competitive, sealed bids from other entities to provide these transportation services.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0685 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.0685
§ 43.0685. PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the petition required by Section 43.0681 may be signed only by a registered voter of the area proposed to be annexed.

(a-1) If the registered voters of the area proposed to be annexed do not own more than 50 percent of the land in the area, the petition required by Section 43.0681 may also be signed by the owners of land in the area that are not registered voters. Notwithstanding Subsection (e), the municipality may provide for an owner of land in the area that is not a resident of the area to sign the petition electronically.

(a-2) The petition must clearly indicate that the person is signing as a registered voter of the area, an owner of land in the area, or both.

(b) The municipality may collect signatures on the petition only during the period beginning on the 31st day after the date the governing body of the municipality adopts the resolution under Section 43.0682 and ending on the 180th day after the date the resolution is adopted.

(c) The petition must clearly state that a person signing the petition is consenting to the proposed annexation.

(d) The petition must include a map of and describe the area proposed to be annexed.

(e) Signatures collected on the petition must be in writing.

(f) Chapter 277, Election Code, applies to a petition under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293A.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293A / Section 293A.102
§ 293A.102. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of each county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by resolution shall designate one or more banks located in the county as the depository for mandatory payments received by the county.

(b) All income received by a county under this chapter, including the revenue from mandatory payments remaining after discounts and fees for assessing and collecting the payments are deducted, shall be deposited with the county depository in the county's local provider participation fund and may be withdrawn only as provided by this chapter.

(c) All funds under this chapter shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8348.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8348 / Section 8348.052
§ 8348.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after September 1, 2009, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8348.003; or

(2) September 1, 2013.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8348.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8348.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8117.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8117 / Section 8117.201
§ 8117.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Education Code § 55.1739 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1739
§ 55.1739. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may issue in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board bonds for the following institutions not to exceed the following aggregate principal amounts for projects specified as follows:

(1) Texas Tech University, $23,647,000 to construct an experimental science research facility; and

(2) Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, $66,882,525 to construct a clinical and research facility in the city of Lubbock and to construct facilities to support the center's educational programs in the city of El Paso.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of Texas Tech University or the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.

(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer funds between Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to ensure the most equitable and efficient allocation of available resources for Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to carry out their duties and purposes.

(d) Any portion of the proceeds of bonds authorized by this section for one or more specified projects at an institution that is not required for the specified projects may be used to renovate existing structures and facilities at the institution.
Tex. Education Code § 61.571 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.571
§ 61.571. PROGRAM PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Building Better Futures Program is to facilitate the delivery by institutions of higher education and private or independent institutions of higher education of educational and occupational skills training opportunities and support services to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an inclusive and age-appropriate environment.
Tex. Transportation Code § 257.021 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 257 / Section 257.021
§ 257.021. ESTABLISHMENT OF ROAD DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county by order may establish one or more road districts in the county as provided by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution. The order must define the boundaries of the road district. A road district is a governmental entity and body politic.

(b) A road district created under this section may include:

(1) all or part of a municipality; or

(2) another road district or a precinct or political subdivision of the county for which road bonds have been approved by the voters and issued as provided by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(c) Before establishing a road district under this section, the commissioners court shall conduct a public hearing on the matter. Notice of the hearing shall be given in the manner provided for notice of an election by Section 1471.018, Government Code.

(d) The establishment of a defined road district or the issuance of road district bonds in a county with outstanding countywide road bonds is not prevented by this chapter or Subchapters A-C, Chapter 1471, Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 19A.301 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 19A / Section 19A.301
§ 19A.301. BAILIFFS APPOINTED; COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court and the district attorney may each appoint one or more bailiffs to attend to the grand jury.

(b) The court, or a person under the direction of the court, shall administer the following oath to each bailiff at the time of appointment: "You solemnly swear that you will faithfully and impartially perform all the duties of bailiff of the grand jury, and that you will keep secret the proceedings of the grand jury, so help you God."

(c) Bailiffs appointed under this article shall be compensated in an amount set by the applicable county commissioners court.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.111 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.111
§ 225.111. BOB LUMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of State Highway 21 in Nacogdoches County between its intersection with County Road 511 and its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 95 is designated as the Bob Luman Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Bob Luman Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.052
§ 8852.052. ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A director is not disqualified from service because the director is an employee, manager, director of the board, or officer of a groundwater producer that is or may be regulated by the district.

(b) A temporary director whose term of office expires under Section 8852.021(d) is not eligible for appointment as a director.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 251.72 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 251 / Section 251.72
§ 251.72. CHANGE OF STATUS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Sections 251.725, 251.726, 251.727, 251.728, 251.73, and 251.80, an authorized voting unit that has exercised or may exercise the right of local option retains the status adopted, whether absolute prohibition or legalization of the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types and alcoholic contents on which an issue may be submitted under the terms of Section 501.035, Election Code, until that status is changed by a subsequent local option election in the same authorized voting unit.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 123.007 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 123 / Section 123.007
§ 123.007. LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

A community home must meet all applicable licensing requirements.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.0074 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0074
§ 161.0074. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall report to the Legislative Budget Board, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees of the legislature not later than September 30 of each even-numbered year.

(b) The department shall use the report required under Subsection (a) to develop ways to increase immunization rates using state and federal resources.

(c) The report must:

(1) include the current immunization rates by geographic region of the state, where available;

(2) focus on the geographic regions of the state with immunization rates below the state average for preschool children;

(3) describe the approaches identified to increase immunization rates in underserved areas and the estimated cost for each;

(4) identify changes to department procedures needed to increase immunization rates;

(5) identify the services provided under and provisions of contracts entered into by the department to increase immunization rates in underserved areas;

(6) identify performance measures used in contracts described by Subdivision (5);

(7) include the number and type of exemptions used in the past year;

(8) include the number of complaints received by the department related to the department's failure to comply with requests for exclusion of individuals from the registry;

(9) identify all reported incidents of discrimination for requesting exclusion from the registry or for using an exemption for a required immunization; and

(10) include ways to increase provider participation in the registry.

(11) Expired.

(d) If a public health disaster was declared under Chapter 81 during the preceding two years, in addition to the information required under Subsection (c), for immunizations that immunize an individual against the communicable disease subject to the declaration the report must:

(1) include information by county on the accessibility to the immunizations of county residents by age, race, and geographic location, provided the information does not personally identify any individual;

(2) identify and assess disparities in access to the immunizations by age, race, and geographic location, including an assessment of immunization accessibility in each county;

(3) include the estimated economic benefit to this state of reducing disparities in immunization accessibility;

(4) include recommendations for reducing disparities in immunization accessibility; and

(5) include recommendations for legislative action to increase immunization rates.
Tex. Government Code § 62.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.014
§ 62.014. SUMMONS FOR JURY SERVICE BY CLERKS, SHERIFFS, OR BAILIFFS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district judge may direct that prospective jurors be summoned for jury service by the clerk, the sheriff, or a bailiff, or an assistant or deputy bailiff, in charge of the central jury room and the general panel of the county, if the jurisdiction served by the judge includes a county:

(1) within the jurisdiction of at least nine district courts; or

(2) with a population of less than 1,000.

(b) A summons under this section to appear for jury service may be made verbally in person, by registered mail, by ordinary mail, or by any other method as determined by the district judges of the county.

(c) Prospective jurors summoned under this section for service on the general jury panel serve as jurors in civil and criminal cases, and additional summons for service in criminal cases is not required.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 324.051 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 324 / Section 324.051
§ 324.051. UNAUTHORIZED COLLECTION OR CULLING OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A person other than the owner or operator of the computer may not knowingly cause computer software to be copied to a computer in this state and use the software to:

(1) collect personally identifiable information through intentionally deceptive means:

(A) by using a keystroke-logging function; or

(B) in a manner that correlates that information with information regarding all or substantially all of the websites visited by the owner or operator of the computer, other than websites operated by the person collecting the information; or

(2) cull, through intentionally deceptive means, the following kinds of personally identifiable information from the consumer's computer hard drive for a purpose wholly unrelated to any of the purposes of the software or service described to an owner or operator of the computer:

(A) a credit or debit card number;

(B) a bank account number;

(C) a password or access code associated with a credit or debit card number or a bank account;

(D) a social security number;

(E) account balances; or

(F) overdraft history.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 594 / Section 594.012
§ 594.012. REQUEST BY CLIENT, PARENT, OR GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A client, the parent of a client who is a minor, or the guardian of the person may request a transfer or discharge.

(b) The service provider shall determine the appropriateness of the requested transfer or discharge.

(c) If a request is denied, the client, parent, or guardian of the person is entitled to a hearing under Section 594.015 to contest the decision.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8080.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8080 / Section 8080.0502
§ 8080.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.001
§ 1105.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Terry Memorial Hospital District.
Tex. Local Government Code § 175.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 175 / Section 175.005
§ 175.005. DUTY TO INFORM RETIREE OF RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision shall provide written notice to a person to whom this chapter may apply of the person's rights under this chapter not later than the date the person retires from the political subdivision. A political subdivision may fulfill its requirements under this section by placing the written notice required by this section in a personnel manual or employee handbook that is available to all employees.
Tex. Local Government Code § 325.047 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 325 / Section 325.047
§ 325.047. FEES AND CHARGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adopt and enforce all necessary charges, fees, or rentals for providing any district facilities or service.

(b) The board may require a deposit for any service or facilities furnished and may provide that the deposit will bear interest.

(c) The board may discontinue a facility or service to prevent an abuse or enforce payment of an unpaid charge, fee, or rental due the district.
Tex. Education Code § 88.1255 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.1255
§ 88.1255. STATEWIDE DATABASE OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "fire department" means:

(1) a volunteer fire department; or

(2) a department of a municipality, county, or special district or authority that provides firefighting services.

(b) The Texas A&M Forest Service shall create and maintain a comprehensive database that shows in real time the statewide inventory of firefighting equipment available for use in responding to wildfires.

(c) The database must:

(1) include a description of the type of firefighting equipment each fire department in this state has available for use in responding to wildfires;

(2) include contact information for the fire department with the equipment;

(3) be searchable by location and equipment type; and

(4) be accessible by all fire departments in this state and allow each fire department to update the database information regarding the fire department's available equipment.

(d) The Texas A&M Forest Service shall:

(1) establish and maintain an electronic system to at least annually notify a fire department that provides the department's firefighting equipment information to the database of the requirement to update the information in the database; and

(2) assist a fire department that provides the department's firefighting equipment information to the database in updating the database annually or as soon as practicable after any change in equipment availability.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8284.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8284 / Section 8284.203
§ 8284.203. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) By order or resolution adopted by the board, the district may issue tax or revenue refunding bonds or tax-revenue refunding bonds to refund revenue bonds or tax-revenue bonds, whether original bonds or refunding bonds, previously issued by the district.

(b) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(c) Instead of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the district, in the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in the place or places where the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued if an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds to be refunded to their maturity dates, or to their option dates if according to their terms the bonds have been called for payment before maturity, has been deposited in the place or places where the bonds to be refunded are payable, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.
Tex. Water Code § 51.134 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.134
§ 51.134. CONSTRUCTING CULVERTS AND BRIDGES ACROSS AND UNDER RAILROAD TRACKS, ROADWAYS, AND INTERURBAN OR STREET RAILWAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, at its own expense, may build necessary bridges and culverts across or under any railroad tracks or roadways of any railroad or any interurban, or street railway to enable the district to construct and maintain any canal, lateral, ditch, or other improvement of the district.

(b) Before the district builds a bridge or culvert, the board shall deliver written notice to the local agent, superintendent, roadmaster, or owner. The railroad company or its owner shall have 60 days in which to build the bridge at its own expense and according to its own plans.

(c) The canal, culvert, ditch, or structure shall be constructed of sufficient size and proper plan to serve the purpose for which it is intended.