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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8326.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8326 / Section 8326.006
§ 8326.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1152.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1152 / Section 1152.001
§ 1152.001. APPLICABILITY OF CODE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this code applies to separate accounts described by this chapter and contracts relating to those accounts.

(b) The following sections do not apply to the separate accounts and contracts:

(1) Sections 882.303 and 882.703;

(2) Subchapters H and J, Chapter 882;

(3) Sections 1101.002(b), 1101.005, 1101.009, 1101.012, 1101.052, 1101.055, and 1101.152-1101.156;

(4) Chapter 1105; and

(5) Section 1131.103.

(c) A separate account established under former Article 3.39 Part III, 3.72, or 3.73 is considered to be established under this chapter. A policy or other agreement issued before September 1, 1984, under one of those articles remains subject to the article, as the article existed immediately before September 1, 1984.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3973.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3973 / Section 3973.0305
§ 3973.0305. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 51.525 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.525
§ 51.525. PLEDGE OF FAITH AND CREDIT.
Status: in_force

If at an election the electors approve the issuance of bonds and the levy of a tax which applies only to a defined area, the district may issue bonds which pledge only the faith and credit based on the property values in the defined area; however, the district may pledge the full faith and credit of the entire district under the condition of authorization in Section 51.529 of this code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 592 / Section 592.052
§ 592.052. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

Each resident has the right to prompt, adequate, and necessary medical and dental care and treatment for physical and mental ailments and to prevent an illness or disability.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 757.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 757 / Section 757.005
§ 757.005. EXISTING POOL YARD ENCLOSURES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a pool yard enclosure is constructed or modified before January 1, 1994, and no municipal ordinance containing standards for pool yard enclosures were applicable at the time of construction or modification, the enclosure must comply with the requirements of Sections 757.003 and 757.004, except that:

(1) if the enclosure is constructed with chain link metal fencing material, the openings in the enclosure may not allow a sphere 2-1/4 inches in diameter to pass through the enclosure; or

(2) if the enclosure is constructed with horizontal and vertical members and the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is at least 36 inches, the openings in the enclosure may not allow a sphere four inches in diameter to pass through the enclosure.

(b) If a pool yard enclosure is constructed or modified before January 1, 1994, and if the enclosure is in compliance with applicable municipal ordinances existing on January 1, 1994, and containing standards for pool yard enclosures, Sections 757.003, 757.004(a)(3), and 757.004(b) do not apply to the enclosure.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.030 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.030
§ 1372.030. GRANTING OF CERTAIN RESERVATIONS PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not grant a reservation to an issuer to whom proceeds are available from other bonds issued by or on behalf of that issuer for the project stated in the issuer's application for the reservation.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an issuer to which Section 1372.028(d) applies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7968.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7968 / Section 7968.101
§ 7968.101. 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. Occupations Code § 1956.136 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1956 / Section 1956.136
§ 1956.136. EFFECT ON LOCAL LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 1956.003, a county, municipality, or political subdivision of this state may not:

(1) with respect to copper or brass material, restrict the purchase, acquisition, sale, transfer, or possession of the material by a person described by Section 1956.133; or

(2) alter or add to the recordkeeping requirements provided by Section 1956.134.

(b) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority of a county, municipality, or political subdivision of this state to:

(1) issue a license or permit as provided by Section 1956.003; or

(2) inspect a record as provided by Section 1956.135.

(c) Subsection (a)(2) does not affect a municipal ordinance in effect on March 1, 2025, to the extent the ordinance requires a metal recycling entity to submit records, in addition to any records required by Section 1956.134, to a searchable online database that is used by law enforcement to identify and locate damaged or stolen property and any individuals who may be associated with the damaged or stolen property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8515.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8515 / Section 8515.0401
§ 8515.0401. TAX METHOD.
Status: in_force

The authority shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation.
Tex. Election Code § 68.033 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 68 / Section 68.033
§ 68.033. COUNTING OF EARLY VOTING BALLOTS.
Status: in_force

The early voting ballot board shall count the early voting ballots periodically throughout the day.
Tex. Insurance Code § 845.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 845 / Section 845.204
§ 845.204. PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTION.
Status: in_force

It is intended that the system use incentives to promote healthy communities and individuals by using a public health model that focuses on health promotion, illness prevention, patient self-care education, and incentives that encourage positive health behavior.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.004
§ 2308.004. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Sections 2308.151(b), 2308.2085, 2308.257, and 2308.258 do not apply to:

(1) a person who, while exercising a statutory or contractual lien right with regard to a vehicle:

(A) installs or removes a boot; or

(B) controls, installs, or directs the installation and removal of one or more boots; or

(2) a commercial office building owner or manager who installs or removes a boot in the building's parking facility.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.124 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.124
§ 60.124. APPORTIONMENT OF COST.
Status: in_force

The board shall apportion the cost of an assessment according to the special benefits accruing to the real property or product because of the project or service to be financed by the assessment. The cost may be assessed on real property or on an agricultural product produced on real property, as appropriate:

(1) equally by front foot or by square foot of the land area of the real property;

(2) equally by acreage of the real property;

(3) according to the value of the real property or agricultural product as determined by the board, which may consider the value of a structure or improvement on real property;

(4) based upon the productivity of land subject to the assessment or on which the agricultural product subject to the assessment is produced;

(5) in proportion to the value of the agricultural product produced on the real property for the year preceding the year of the assessment; or

(6) according to any other reasonable assessment plan that imposes a fair share of the cost on property or agricultural products similarly benefited.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.160
§ 1079.160. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Sections 1079.111, 1079.201, 1079.204, and 1079.205, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and the immediately following district fiscal years.

(b) The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.018 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.018
§ 70.018. PILOT REVIEW BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board shall establish a pilot review board consisting of two active state-commissioned pilots serving the Port of Corpus Christi, two members of the marine industry, and a chairperson, who, or whose designee, shall be the secretary of the board, to hear and review complaints against pilots and to make recommendations to the board concerning the complaints.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6913.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6913 / Section 6913.054
§ 6913.054. COMMISSIONERS COURT RESOLUTION; SETTING ANNEXATION HEARING.
Status: in_force

On receipt of a board resolution and petition under this subchapter, the commissioners court shall:

(1) adopt a resolution that declares the court's intention to call an election in the proposed territory on the proposition of whether to annex the territory to the district; and

(2) set a time and place to hold a hearing on the question of whether the proposed territory will benefit from the improvements, works, and facilities then owned or operated or contemplated to be owned or operated by the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379C.009 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379C / Section 379C.009
§ 379C.009. SUBSEQUENT RESALE BY LAND BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), each subsequent resale of property acquired by a land bank under this chapter must comply with the conditions of this section.

(a-1) Notwithstanding any other law, this section does not apply to property sold to an eligible adjacent property owner under Section 379C.0106.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the land bank must sell a property to a qualified participating developer within the four-year period following the date of acquisition for the purpose of construction of affordable housing for sale or rent to low income households.

(b-1) Before the completion of the four-year period described by Subsection (b), the land bank may, subject to Section 379C.0106:

(1) transfer property that the land bank determines is not appropriate for residential development to the taxing units described by Subsection (b); or

(2) sell property described by Subdivision (1) to a political subdivision or a nonprofit organization.

(b-2) If after four years a qualified participating developer has not purchased the property, the property shall be transferred from the land bank to the taxing units who were parties to the judgment for disposition as otherwise allowed under the law.

(c) Unless the municipality increases the amount in its plan, the number of properties acquired by a qualified participating developer under this section on which development has not been completed may not at any given time exceed three times the annual average residential production completed by the qualified participating developer during the preceding two-year period as determined by the municipality.

(d) The deed conveying a property sold by the land bank must include a right of reverter so that if the qualified participating developer does not apply for a construction permit and close on any construction financing within the three-year period following the date of the conveyance of the property from the land bank to the qualified participating developer, the property will revert to the land bank for subsequent resale in accordance with this chapter or conveyance to the taxing units who were parties to the judgment for disposition as otherwise allowed under the law. If the property is replatted under Section 379C.0107, the right of reverter applies to the entire property as replatted.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.1078 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1078
§ 351.1078.
Status: in_force

Sec. 351.1078. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) A municipality that spends municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue as authorized by Section 351.101(i) or (o):

(1) may not use municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue for the acquisition of land for the sporting related facility or sports field described by that subsection;

(2) shall annually determine and prepare and publish on the municipality's Internet website a report on the events held at the facility or field, the number of hotel room nights attributable to events held at the facility or field, and the amount of hotel revenue and municipal tax revenue attributable to the sports events and tournaments held at the facility or field for five years after the date the construction expenditures are completed; and

(3) may only spend hotel occupancy tax revenue for operational expenses of the facility or field if the costs are directly related to a sporting event in which the majority of participants are tourists who substantially increase economic activity at hotels in or near the municipality.

(a-1) The report described by Subsection (a)(2) shall be made accessible through a link that appears in a prominent place on the municipality's Internet website.

(b) The municipality shall reimburse to the municipality's hotel occupancy tax revenue fund from the municipality's general fund any expenditure in excess of the amount of area hotel revenue attributable to sporting events held at the sporting related facility or sports field described by Section 351.101(i) or (o) for five years after the date the construction or expansion of the facility or field described by that subsection is completed.

(c) At least annually, a municipality to which this section applies shall compare the area hotel revenue that is attributable to sporting events held at the sporting related facility or sports field described by Section 351.101(i) to the projected annual amount of that revenue anticipated by the municipality to be generated as a result of the construction or expansion of the facility or field. If area hotel revenue attributable to sporting events held at the facility or field is less than the projected amount, the municipality shall, as soon as practicable, develop and implement a plan to increase that revenue.
Tex. Estates Code § 251.1045 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 251 / Section 251.1045
§ 251.1045. SIMULTANEOUS EXECUTION, ATTESTATION, AND SELF-PROVING.
Status: in_force

(a) As an alternative to the self-proving of a will by the affidavits of the testator and the attesting witnesses as provided by Section 251.104, a will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and the testimony of the witnesses in the probate of the will may be made unnecessary, with the inclusion in the will of the following in form and contents substantially as follows:

I, ______________________, as testator, after being duly sworn, declare to the undersigned witnesses and to the undersigned authority that this instrument is my will, that I willingly make and execute it in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, all of whom are present at the same time, as my free act and deed, and that I request each of the undersigned witnesses to sign this will in my presence and in the presence of each other. I now sign this will in the presence of the attesting witnesses and the undersigned authority on this ______ day of __________, 20________________.

__________________________

Testator

The undersigned, __________ and __________, each being at least fourteen years of age, after being duly sworn, declare to the testator and to the undersigned authority that the testator declared to us that this instrument is the testator's will and that the testator requested us to act as witnesses to the testator's will and signature. The testator then signed this will in our presence, all of us being present at the same time. The testator is eighteen years of age or over (or being under such age, is or has been lawfully married, or is a member of the armed forces of the United States or of an auxiliary of the armed forces of the United States or of the United States Maritime Service), and we believe the testator to be of sound mind. We now sign our names as attesting witnesses in the presence of the testator, each other, and the undersigned authority on this __________ day of __________, 20______________.

___________________________

Witness

___________________________

Witness

Subscribed and sworn to before me by the said _________, testator, and by the said _____________ and ______________, witnesses, this _____ day of __________, 20____________.

(SEAL)

(Official Capacity of Officer)

(b) A will that is in substantial compliance with the form provided by Subsection (a) is sufficient to self-prove a will.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8115.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8115 / Section 8115.001
§ 8115.001. 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 East Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 11.
Tex. Government Code § 79.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 79 / Section 79.002
§ 79.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Indigent Defense Commission is established as a permanent standing committee of the council.

(b) The commission operates under the direction and supervision of a governing board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.025
§ 437.025. REQUIREMENTS FOR DOGS IN OUTDOOR DINING AREAS; MUNICIPAL PREEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A food service establishment may permit a customer to be accompanied by a dog in an outdoor dining area if:

(1) the establishment posts a sign in a conspicuous location in the area stating that dogs are permitted;

(2) the customer and dog access the area directly from the exterior of the establishment;

(3) the dog does not enter the interior of the establishment;

(4) the customer keeps the dog on a leash and controls the dog;

(5) the customer does not allow the dog on a seat, table, countertop, or similar surface; and

(6) in the area, the establishment does not:

(A) prepare food; or

(B) permit open food other than food that is being served to a customer.

(b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, rule, or similar measure that imposes a requirement on a food service establishment for a dog in an outdoor dining area that is more stringent than the requirements described by Subsection (a).

(c) The requirements described by Subsection (a) do not apply to a service animal, as defined by Section 437.023(c).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8875.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8875 / Section 8875.001
§ 8875.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Commissioners court" means the Comal County Commissioners Court.

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

(5) "District" means the Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.

(6) "Retail public utility" means a retail public utility as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code, that is providing service in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 145.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 145 / Section 145.001
§ 145.001. GRANTS AND RESEARCH EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Defined institution" means:

(A) "general academic teaching institution" as defined by Section 61.003(3) of this code;

(B) "medical and dental unit" as defined by Section 61.003(5) of this code; and

(C) "other agency of higher education" as defined by Section 61.003(6) of this code.

(2) "Funding entity" means a governmental or private entity that provides a defined institution with the funds to conduct research and pay the overhead expenses of conducting research.

(b) Each defined institution shall retain and deposit or invest in accordance with Section 51.003 or Section 51.0031 of this code any funds received from a funding entity designated for paying overhead expenses of conducting research.

(c) The funds retained by a defined institution under Subsection (b) may not be accounted for in an appropriations act in such a way as to reduce the general revenue funds to be appropriated to a general academic teaching institution or a medical or dental unit. The retained funds are subject to the following requirements:

(1) The funds shall be expended under guidelines approved by the institution's governing board for projects encouraging further research at the unit, agency, or department level at which the research was conducted, including:

(A) conducting early pregrant feasibility studies;

(B) preparing competitive proposals for sponsored programs;

(C) providing carryover funding for research teams to provide continuity between externally funded projects;

(D) supporting new researchers pending external funding;

(E) engaging in research programs of critical interest to the general welfare of the citizens of this state;

(F) purchasing capital equipment directly related to expanding the research capability of the institution; and

(G) research or project administrative costs; and

(2) the funds remaining after the application of Subdivision (1) shall be used by a general academic teaching institution or a medical or dental unit to support research as approved by a general academic teaching institution or a medical or dental unit.

(d) Each general academic teaching institution and each medical or dental unit shall report to the Legislative Budget Board as part of the biennial budget reporting process:

(1) the actual amounts of money retained and expended under this section; and

(2) the estimated amounts of money to be retained and expended under this section during the next biennium.
Tex. Government Code § 26.046 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.046
§ 26.046. APPELLATE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

A county court has appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases of which justice courts and other inferior courts have original jurisdiction.