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Tex. Local Government Code § 154.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 154 / Section 154.011
§ 154.011. COLLECTIONS BY COUNTY TREASURER OR COUNTY AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) If a district, county, or precinct officer consents, the commissioners court of a county with a population of 2.8 million or more may designate the county treasurer, if the county treasurer consents, or the county auditor, if the county auditor consents, to collect a fee, commission, judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty on behalf of the district, county, or precinct officer who is required by law to collect the fee, commission, judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty.

(b) The official designated shall report the collection of a fee, commission, judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty to the district, county, or precinct officer.

(c) The official designated is solely liable for collecting the fee, commission, judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty.

(d) The official designated may discharge liability under this section in the same manner provided for a district, county, or precinct officer.

(e) In this section, "county treasurer" includes a person performing the duties of the county treasurer and "county auditor" includes a person performing the duties of the county auditor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8221.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8221 / Section 8221.111
§ 8221.111. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for a road project authorized by Section 8221.109.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9053.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9053 / Section 9053.153
§ 9053.153. PAYMENT OF TAX OR ASSESSMENT NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on:

(1) a district project or any part of the project; or

(2) a district purchase.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.054
§ 3873.054. CONFIRMATION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The election shall be held in the area of the proposed district on the date of the first regularly scheduled countywide election that follows the date of the order of the election and for which there is sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law.

(b) The returns on the election shall be certified and canvassed and the results declared, in the same manner as provided for other county elections. If a majority of the votes received on the issue favor creation of the district, the commissioners court shall declare the creation of the district confirmed and shall enter the results in its minutes at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Tex. Penal Code § 37.06 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 37 / Section 37.06
§ 37.06. INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

An information or indictment for perjury under Section 37.02 or aggravated perjury under Section 37.03 that alleges that the declarant has made statements under oath, both of which cannot be true, need not allege which statement is false. At the trial the prosecution need not prove which statement is false.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.061
§ 1038.061. ATTORNEY; ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint qualified persons as:

(1) the attorney for the district; and

(2) the assistant district administrator.

(b) The attorney for the district and the assistant district administrator serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.
Tex. Local Government Code § 133.125 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 133 / Section 133.125
§ 133.125. ALLOCATION OF FEES TO YOUTH DIVERSION ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The youth diversion account is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. The account consists of money allocated to the account under Section 133.102(e).

(b) The legislature may appropriate money from the youth diversion account only to the criminal justice division of the governor's office for distribution to local governmental entities for youth diversion services.

(c) A local governmental entity may request funds from the criminal justice division of the governor's office for providing youth diversion services. The division may award the requested funds based on the availability of appropriated funds and subject to the application procedure and eligibility requirements specified by division rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.107
§ 1090.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings and other facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 25 years.

(c) The district may acquire equipment for use in the district's hospital system and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price. A contract entered into under this subsection must provide that the entire obligation be retired not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the contract.

(d) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8333.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8333 / Section 8333.104
§ 8333.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8333.103 unless:

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

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

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Occupations Code § 502.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 502 / Section 502.155
§ 502.155. POWERS AND DUTIES REGARDING EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

The executive council shall:

(1) determine the times and places for licensing examinations;

(2) offer examinations at least semiannually; and

(3) give reasonable public notice of the examinations in the manner provided by executive council rules.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.454 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.454
§ 342.454. RETURN OF INSTRUMENTS TO BORROWER ON REPAYMENT.
Status: in_force

Within a reasonable time after a loan is repaid in full or an open-end account is terminated according to the terms of the contract, a lender shall cancel and return to a borrower any instrument, including a note, assignment, security agreement, or mortgage that:

(1) secured the loan; and

(2) does not secure another indebtedness of the borrower to the lender.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.102 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.102
§ 49A.102. CREATION OF MULTI-COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS DISTRICT; WITHDRAWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners courts of two or more counties may enter into an agreement to create a medical examiners district and to jointly operate and maintain an office of medical examiner of the district. The district must include the entire area of each county involved. The counties in the district must, when taken together, form a continuous area.

(b) A medical examiners district may have only one medical examiner. When a county becomes part of a medical examiners district, the effect is the same within the county as if an office of medical examiner had been established solely in that county.

(c) The district medical examiner has all the powers and duties within the district that a medical examiner who serves in a single county has within that county.

(d) The commissioners court of a county that is part of a medical examiners district may withdraw the county from the district if the court gives 12 months' notice of withdrawal to the commissioners courts of all other counties in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0505
§ 3965.0505. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

Annually, the board shall file with the secretary of the city written notice that specifies the assessments the district will impose in the district's next fiscal year in sufficient clarity to describe the assessments for the operation and maintenance of the district and the assessments for the payment of debt service of obligations issued or incurred by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.112
§ 1054.112. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to:

(1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or

(2) provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants.

(b) The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Family Code § 51.09 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.09
§ 51.09. WAIVER OF RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

Unless a contrary intent clearly appears elsewhere in this title, any right granted to a child by this title or by the constitution or laws of this state or the United States may be waived in proceedings under this title if:

(1) the waiver is made by the child and the attorney for the child;

(2) the child and the attorney waiving the right are informed of and understand the right and the possible consequences of waiving it;

(3) the waiver is voluntary; and

(4) the waiver is made in writing or in court proceedings that are recorded.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 302.103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 302 / Section 302.103
§ 302.103. ISSUANCE OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall issue a registration certificate and mail the certificate to the seller when the secretary of state receives:

(1) a completed registration statement required by Section 302.102;

(2) the filing fee prescribed by Section 302.106;

(3) the security required by Section 302.107; and

(4) the consent regarding service of process required by Section 302.108.

(b) If the seller uses a single registration statement to register more than one business location, the secretary of state shall:

(1) issue a registration certificate for each business location; and

(2) mail all the certificates to the principal business location shown on the registration statement.
Tex. Local Government Code § 307.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 307 / Section 307.001
§ 307.001. ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

A municipality that borders on the Gulf of Mexico and has a population of 50,000 or more may use and occupy for park purposes gulf tidelands and adjacent water as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.001
§ 1026.001. 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 Farwell Hospital District.
Tex. Family Code § 264.118 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.118
§ 264.118. ANNUAL SURVEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall collect and report service and outcome information for certain current and former foster care youth for use in the National Youth in Transition Database as required by 42 U.S.C. Section 677(f) and 45 C.F.R. Section 1356.80 et seq.

(b) The identity of each child participating in a department survey is confidential and not subject to public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. The department shall adopt procedures to ensure that the identity of each child participating in a department survey remains confidential.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.804 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.804
§ 361.804. APPLICATION FOR A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person seeking to obtain a municipal setting designation under this subchapter must submit an application to the executive director as prescribed by this section.

(b) An application submitted under this section must:

(1) be on a form provided by the executive director;

(2) contain the following:

(A) the applicant's name and address;

(B) a legal description of the outer boundaries of the proposed municipal setting designation and a specific description of the designated groundwater that will be restricted under the ordinance or restrictive covenant described by Section 361.8065(a)(2) or (c)(2), as applicable;

(C) a statement as to whether the municipalities or the retail public utilities entitled to notice under Section 361.805 support the proposed designation;

(D) an affidavit that affirmatively states that:

(i) the municipal setting designation eligibility criteria contained in Section 361.803 are satisfied;

(ii) true and accurate copies of all documents demonstrating that the municipal setting designation eligibility criteria provided by Section 361.803 have been satisfied are included with the application;

(iii) a true and accurate copy of a legal description of the property for which the municipal setting designation is sought is included with the application; and

(iv) notice was provided in accordance with Section 361.805;

(E) a statement regarding the type of known contamination in the groundwater beneath the property proposed for a municipal setting designation;

(F) proof of notice, as required by Section 361.805(c); and

(G) if available at the time of the application, a copy of the ordinance or restrictive covenant and any required resolutions or other documentation satisfying the requirements described in Section 361.8065, or a statement that the applicant will provide a copy of the ordinance or restrictive covenant and any required resolutions or other documentation satisfying the requirements described in Section 361.8065 before the executive director certifies the municipal setting designation in accordance with Section 361.807; and

(3) be accompanied by an application fee of $1,000.

(c) Not later than 90 days after receiving an application submitted as provided by Subsection (b), the executive director shall:

(1) issue a municipal setting designation certificate in accordance with Section 361.807;

(2) deny the application in accordance with Section 361.806; or

(3) request additional information for the municipal setting designation application.

(d) Not later than the 45th day after the date the executive director receives any additional information requested under Subsection (c)(3), the executive director shall certify or deny the application.

(e) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the waste management account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.258 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.258
§ 3906.258. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other obligations as the interest becomes due; and

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.411 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.411
§ 545.411.
Status: in_force

Sec. 545.411. USE OF REST AREA: OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person remains at a rest area for longer than 24 hours or erects a tent, shelter, booth, or structure at the rest area and the person:

(1) has notice while conducting the activity that the activity is prohibited; or

(2) receives notice that the activity is prohibited but does not depart or remove the structure within eight hours after receiving notice.

(b) For purposes of this section, a person:

(1) has notice if a sign stating the prohibited activity and penalty is posted on the premises; or

(2) receives notice if a peace officer orally communicates to the person the prohibited activity and penalty for the offense.

(c) It is an exception to Subsection (a) if a nonprofit organization erects a temporary structure at a rest area to provide food services, food, or beverages to travelers and the Texas Department of Transportation:

(1) finds that the services would constitute a public service for the benefit of the traveling public; and

(2) issues a permit to the organization.

(d) In this section, "rest area" means public real property designated as a rest area, comfort station, picnic area, roadside park, or scenic overlook by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 311.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 311 / Section 311.004
§ 311.004. STANDARDIZED PATIENT RISK IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section:

(1) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(1-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(2) "Hospital" means a general or special hospital as defined by Section 241.003. The term includes a hospital maintained or operated by this state.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(69), eff. April 2, 2015.

(c) Unless the department authorizes an exemption for the reason stated in Subsection (d), the department shall require each hospital to implement and enforce the statewide standardized patient risk identification system under which a patient with a specific medical risk may be readily identified through the use of the system to communicate to hospital personnel the existence of that risk.

(d) The department may exempt from the statewide standardized patient risk identification system a hospital that seeks to adopt another patient risk identification methodology supported by evidence-based protocols for the practice of medicine.

(e) The department shall modify the statewide standardized patient risk identification system in accordance with evidence-based medicine as necessary.

(f) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 147.008 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 147 / Section 147.008
§ 147.008. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY NOT WAIVED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not waive any immunity of the state or of a political subdivision of the state or any employee or officer thereof.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.401 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.401
§ 62.401. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to the merger or consolidation of a domestic association with a foreign association.

(b) The requirements of and authority and duties provided by this subchapter are in addition to those provided by Subchapter H.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1682.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1682 / Section 1682.002
§ 1682.002. NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION HEALTH BENEFITS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit agricultural organization or an affiliate of the organization may offer in this state nonprofit agricultural organization health benefits.
Tex. Estates Code § 116.007 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 116 / Section 116.007
§ 116.007. CREDITOR CLAIMS; ALLOWANCES IN LIEU OF EXEMPT PROPERTY AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES.
Status: in_force

Sections 114.104(b), (c), and (d) and Section 114.106 apply to a transfer of an owner's interest in a manufactured home by a beneficiary designation in the same manner and to the same extent as a transfer of real property under a transfer on death deed under Chapter 114.
Tex. Government Code § 1508.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.203
§ 1508.203. SECURITY FOR CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Certificates of indebtedness issued under this subchapter may be secured by and made payable from:

(1) taxes;

(2) revenue; or

(3) both taxes and revenue.

(b) To secure the repayment of certificates of indebtedness issued under this subchapter or bonds issued to refund certificates of indebtedness issued under this subchapter, the governing body of a municipality may:

(1) pledge any portion of the revenue from the ownership or operation of any facility, asset, or right under this subchapter; or

(2) execute a deed of trust or mortgage lien on any portion of a facility described by Section 1508.202.
Tex. Water Code § 49.307 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.307
§ 49.307. HEARING AND ORDER EXCLUDING LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adjourn the hearing from one day to another and until all persons desiring to be heard are heard. The board immediately shall specifically describe all property it proposes to exclude on its own motion and shall hear first any protests and evidence against exclusions proposed on the board's own motion.

(b) After considering all engineering data and other evidence presented to it, the board shall determine whether the facts disclose the affirmative of the propositions stated in Subdivision (1) or (2) or, if appropriate, in Subdivision (3) of Section 49.306. If the affirmative exists, the board shall enter an order excluding all land or other property falling within the conditions defined by the respective subdivisions and shall redefine in the order the boundaries of the district to embrace all land not excluded. A copy of the order excluding land and redefining the boundaries of the district shall be filed in the deed records of the county or counties in which the district is situated.
Tex. Finance Code § 156.102 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 156 / Section 156.102
§ 156.102. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: repealed

(a) The finance commission may adopt and enforce rules necessary for the intent of or to ensure compliance with this chapter.

(a-1) The finance commission may adopt rules under this chapter as required to carry out the intentions of the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110-289).

(b) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 160, Sec. 87(5), eff. September 1, 2013.

(b-1) The finance commission on the commissioner's recommendation may adopt rules to promote a fair and orderly administration of the recovery fund consistent with the purposes of Subchapter F.

(c) The finance commission may adopt rules regarding books and records that a person licensed under this chapter is required to keep, including the location at which the books and records must be kept.

(d) The finance commission shall consult with the commissioner when proposing and adopting rules under this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.304 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.304
§ 10.304. RIGHT OF DISSENT AND APPRAISAL EXCLUDED.
Status: in_force

An owner or member of a domestic entity subject to dissenters' rights being reorganized under a federal statute does not have a right to dissent and appraisal under this code except as provided by the plan of reorganization.