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Tex. Transportation Code § 364.045 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 364 / Section 364.045
§ 364.045. COMBINATION BONDS AND AD VALOREM TAX TO FINANCE INTERNATIONAL TOLL BRIDGE OR IMPROVEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may issue combination tax and revenue bonds to construct all or part of an international toll bridge or other improvement spanning the Rio Grande and may impose an ad valorem tax to pay all or part of the bonds if the issuance of the bonds and the imposition of the tax are approved by a majority of the votes received at an election held in the county for that purpose.

(b) The commissioners court of a county may call an election under this section on its own motion at any regular session of the court. The commissioners court shall call an election under this section at the next regular session of the court following the submission to the court of a petition requesting the election signed by a number of registered voters of the county that is equal to at least one percent of the number of votes cast in the county in the most recent general election for governor.

(c) The election order and notice of election must include:

(1) the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued;

(2) the amount of the bonds;

(3) the rate of interest; and

(4) a statement that unlimited ad valorem taxes are to be imposed annually on all taxable property in the county in amounts sufficient, together with revenues from the county toll bridge or toll bridge system, to pay the bonds at maturity.

(d) The bonds must be made payable from revenues of the county toll bridge or toll bridge system and from ad valorem taxes imposed and collected in accordance with Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution. The ad valorem taxes must be imposed in amounts that, together with revenues from the county toll bridge or toll bridge system, are sufficient to retire the bonds.

(e) The county may execute an agreement, contract, or trust with a private entity or with the United Mexican States or a political subdivision, department, or agency of the United Mexican States to finance, construct, operate, or maintain an international toll bridge in its entirety or other improvement spanning the Rio Grande.
Tex. Water Code § 7.309 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.309
§ 7.309. PROBATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

If a license, certificate, or registration suspension is probated, the commission may require the holder of the license, certificate, or registration:

(1) to report regularly to the commission on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) to limit activities to the areas prescribed by the commission; or

(3) to continue or renew professional education until the registrant attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the commission in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8089.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8089 / Section 8089.0403
§ 8089.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Transportation Code § 645.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 645 / Section 645.002
§ 645.002. FEES.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 703 (H.B. 3254), Sec. 17, eff. January 1, 2018.

(b) The department may adopt rules regarding the method of payment of a fee required under the unified carrier registration plan and agreement. The rules may:

(1) authorize the use of an escrow account described by Subsection (c), an electronic funds transfer, or a valid credit card issued by a financial institution chartered by a state or the United States or by a nationally recognized credit organization approved by the department; and

(2) require the payment of a discount or service charge for a credit card payment in addition to the fee.

(c) The department may establish one or more escrow accounts in the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for the prepayment of a fee under this chapter. A prepaid fee or any fee established by the department for the administration of this section shall be:

(1) administered under an agreement approved by the department; and

(2) deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund to be appropriated only to the department for the purposes of administering this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.555 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.555
§ 201.555. HEARING ON ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person requests a hearing or fails to respond timely to the notice, the executive director shall set a hearing and give notice of the hearing to the person.

(b) A hearing set by the executive director under Subsection (a) shall be held by an administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(c) The administrative law judge shall:

(1) make findings of fact and conclusions of law; and

(2) promptly issue to the board a proposal for a decision as to the occurrence of the violation and the amount of a proposed administrative penalty.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9090.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9090 / Section 9090.0303
§ 9090.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 2176.109 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2176 / Section 2176.109
§ 2176.109. FEES FOR COMPTROLLER SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller by interagency contract shall charge and collect fees from each state agency to which this subchapter applies for the comptroller's services under this subchapter.

(b) The total amount charged a state agency under this section may not exceed the amount of the agency's appropriated funds for outgoing first-class mail, as determined by the Legislative Budget Board, minus the agency's fixed costs for these services.

(c) The comptroller shall transfer to the general revenue fund the amount of a fee charged a state agency under this section that is greater than the amount of the comptroller's actual expenses for performing the services for the agency.
Tex. Government Code § 482.108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 482 / Section 482.108
§ 482.108. PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN SPACE-RELATED VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2155.083 or any other law and subject to Subsection (b), the board may authorize the commission to procure, lease, or otherwise secure access to capacity on or through a spacefaring vehicle, platform, or infrastructure, including a rocket, shuttle, spaceplane, satellite, space station, lunar or planetary base, and other orbital, suborbital, or extraterrestrial transport or habitation system, regardless of whether the vehicle, platform, or infrastructure is owned or operated by a governmental, commercial, or private entity.

(b) Before the commission takes a proposed action under Subsection (a), the board must:

(1) determine the proposed action:

(A) promotes or serves a legitimate and clearly defined public purpose;

(B) provides demonstrable value, taking into consideration:

(i) the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the proposed action;

(ii) alternative approaches to attaining the same or a similar public purpose as the proposed action; and

(iii) potential benefits of the proposed action; and

(C) is subject to appropriate controls and contractual requirements sufficient to protect the interests of the state;

(2) discuss the determinations the board must find under Subdivision (1) in an open meeting held in accordance with Chapter 551; and

(3) by a majority vote of the voting board members present and voting, authorize the action in an open meeting held in accordance with Chapter 551.
Tex. Estates Code § 22.017 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 22 / Section 22.017
§ 22.017. INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR.
Status: in_force

"Independent executor" means the personal representative of an estate under independent administration as provided by Chapter 401 and Section 402.001. The term includes an independent administrator.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8021.0003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8021 / Section 8021.0003
§ 8021.0003. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 8021.0004, in addition to the notice required by Section 49.304, Water Code, the district shall, not later than the 30th day before the date of the exclusion hearing under Section 8021.0002(a):

(1) publish notice of the exclusion hearing in a nationally recognized financial journal; and

(2) mail notice of the exclusion hearing by certified mail to the paying agent or registrar of the district's outstanding bonds.

(b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must advise any district bondholder, taxpayer, or other interested party that the person may appear at the exclusion hearing in support of or in opposition to the petition for exclusion.
Tex. Government Code § 659.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.025
§ 659.025. USE OF COMPENSATORY TIME BY CERTAIN EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL; OPTIONAL OVERTIME PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "emergency services personnel" includes firefighters, police officers and other peace officers, emergency medical technicians, emergency management personnel, and other individuals who are required, in the course and scope of their employment, to provide services for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations.

(b) This section applies only to a state employee who is emergency services personnel, who is not subject to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), and who is not an employee of the legislature, including an employee of the lieutenant governor or of a legislative agency.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 659.016 or any other law, an employee to whom this section applies may be allowed to take compensatory time off during the 18-month period following the end of the workweek in which the compensatory time was accrued.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 659.016 or any other law, the administrative head of a state agency that employs an employee to whom this section applies may pay the employee overtime at the employee's regular hourly salary rate for all or part of the hours of compensatory time off accrued by the employee during a declared disaster in the preceding 18-month period. The administrative head shall reduce the employee's compensatory time balance by one hour for each hour the employee is paid overtime under this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.38 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.38
§ 11.38. WHEN A PRISONER DIES.
Status: in_force

When a prisoner confined in jail, or who is in legal custody, shall die, the officer having charge of the prisoner shall forthwith report the same to a justice of the peace of the county, who shall hold an inquest to ascertain the cause of the prisoner's death. All the proceedings had in such cases shall be reduced to writing, certified and returned as in other cases of inquest; a certified copy of which shall be sufficient proof of the death of the prisoner at the hearing of an application for a writ of habeas corpus.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3858.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3858 / Section 3858.104
§ 3858.104. RULES; ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt and enforce rules:

(1) to administer or operate the district or any service provided by the district;

(2) for the use, enjoyment, availability, protection, security, and maintenance of the district's property and facilities; or

(3) to provide for public safety and security in the district.

(b) The district may enforce its rules by injunctive relief.
Tex. Government Code § 551.0035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.0035
§ 551.0035. ATTENDANCE BY GOVERNMENTAL BODY AT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OR AGENCY MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to the attendance by a quorum of a governmental body at a meeting of a committee or agency of the legislature. This section does not apply to attendance at the meeting by members of the legislative committee or agency holding the meeting.

(b) The attendance by a quorum of a governmental body at a meeting of a committee or agency of the legislature is not considered to be a meeting of that governmental body if the deliberations at the meeting by the members of that governmental body consist only of publicly testifying at the meeting, publicly commenting at the meeting, and publicly responding at the meeting to a question asked by a member of the legislative committee or agency.
Tex. Family Code § 1.102 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 1 / Section 1.102
§ 1.102. MOST RECENT MARRIAGE PRESUMED VALID.
Status: in_force

When two or more marriages of a person to different spouses are alleged, the most recent marriage is presumed to be valid as against each marriage that precedes the most recent marriage until one who asserts the validity of a prior marriage proves the validity of the prior marriage.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3943.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3943 / Section 3943.0403
§ 3943.0403. PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include the planning, design, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of an off-street parking facility, a heliport, a bus terminal, mass transit, and a roadway or water transportation system.
Tex. Local Government Code § 247.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 247 / Section 247.002
§ 247.002. THIRD-PARTY REVIEW OR INSPECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) If a regulatory authority does not approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove a development document by the 15th day after the date prescribed by a provision of this code for the approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of the document, any required review of the document may be performed by a person:

(1) other than:

(A) the applicant; or

(B) a person whose work is the subject of the application; and

(2) who is:

(A) employed by the regulatory authority to review development documents;

(B) employed by another political subdivision to review development documents, if the regulatory authority has approved the person to review development documents; or

(C) an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.

(b) If a regulatory authority does not conduct a required development inspection by the 15th day after the date prescribed by a provision of this code for conducting the inspection, the inspection may be conducted by a person:

(1) other than:

(A) the owner of the land or improvement to the land that is the subject of the inspection; or

(B) a person whose work is the subject of the inspection; and

(2) who is:

(A) certified to inspect buildings by the International Code Council;

(B) employed by the regulatory authority as a building inspector;

(C) employed by another political subdivision as a building inspector, if the regulatory authority has approved the person to perform inspections; or

(D) an engineer licensed under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.055
§ 1952.055. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE AS SUBSTITUTE FOR INSURANCE POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer that complies with applicable requirements may issue and deliver a certificate of insurance as a substitute for issuing and delivering an insurance policy adopted or approved by the commissioner. The certificate must:

(1) be in the form prescribed by the commissioner; and

(2) refer to and identify the policy form for which the certificate is substituted.

(b) A certificate under this section represents the insurance policy and, when issued, is evidence that the certificate holder is insured under the identified policy form. The certificate is subject to the same limitations, conditions, coverages, selection of options, and other provisions provided in the policy, and the certificate must show and adequately reference that policy information. The certificate or subsequent attachments to the certificate must refer to all endorsements to the policy.

(c) A certificate under this section must be executed in the same manner as though an insurance policy were issued. If an insurer substitutes a certificate for a policy, the insurer shall simultaneously provide the insured receiving the certificate with an outline of coverages in the form and content approved by the commissioner. At the insured's request, the insurer shall provide the insured with a copy of the policy.

(d) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section, including a rule limiting the application of this section to private passenger automobile insurance policies.
Tex. Transportation Code § 192.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 192 / Section 192.004
§ 192.004. PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

If a peace officer requires a person to show proof of identification in connection with the person's operation of a railroad locomotive or train, the person:

(1) shall display the person's permit issued under this chapter; and

(2) may not be required to display a driver's license issued under Chapter 521 or commercial driver's license issued under Chapter 522.
Tex. Education Code § 61.827 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.827
§ 61.827. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is authorized to adopt rules implementing the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) In adopting rules regarding the recommended core curriculum developed under Section 61.822, the board shall appoint a committee to advise the board under Section 2001.031, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 572.0251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.0251
§ 572.0251. INFORMATION ABOUT LEGISLATIVE CONTINUANCES.
Status: in_force

A member or member-elect of the legislature licensed to practice law in this state who represents a party to a civil or criminal case for compensation and on that party's behalf applies for or obtains a legislative continuance under Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or under another law or rule that requires or permits a court to grant a continuance on the grounds that an attorney for a party is a member or member-elect of the legislature shall report on the financial statement:

(1) the name of the party represented;

(2) the date on which the member or member-elect was retained to represent the party;

(3) the style and cause number of the action in which the continuance was sought and the court and jurisdiction in which the action was pending when the continuance was sought;

(4) the date on which the member or member-elect applied for a continuance; and

(5) whether the continuance was granted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8343.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8343 / Section 8343.005
§ 8343.005. TERRITORY ADDED.
Status: in_force

(a) The territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter is added to the district's territory as of the effective date of this section.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8422.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8422 / Section 8422.201
§ 8422.201. 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 § 28.02122 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.02122
§ 28.02122. INCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN HEALTH SCIENCE CAREER INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The agency shall ensure that any information provided to students relating to health science careers includes information regarding mental health professions. To the extent that the public services endorsement includes information on health science career pathways, the information must include mental health careers as a possible pathway.
Tex. Education Code § 130.0035 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.0035
§ 130.0035. PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after the end of each academic year, a junior college district shall prepare an annual performance report for that academic year. The report shall be prepared in a form that would enable any interested person, including a prospective student, to understand the information in the report and to compare the information to similar information for other junior college districts. A junior college district shall make the report available to any person on request.

(b) The report must include the following information for the junior college district for the academic year covered by the report:

(1) the rate at which students completed courses attempted;

(2) the number and types of degrees and certificates awarded;

(3) the percentage of graduates who passed licensing exams related to the degree or certificate awarded, to the extent the information can be determined;

(4) the number of students or graduates who transfer to or are admitted to a public university;

(5) the passing rates for students required to be tested under Section 51.306;

(6) the percentage of students enrolled who are academically disadvantaged;

(7) the percentage of students enrolled who are economically disadvantaged;

(8) the racial and ethnic composition of the district's student body; and

(9) the percentage of student contact hours taught by full-time faculty.

(c) The Legislative Budget Board shall be responsible for recommending standards for reports under this section, in consultation with junior college districts, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the governor's office of budget and planning.

(d) Expired.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.201 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.201
§ 104.201. TRANSPORTATION RATES BETWEEN GAS UTILITY OR MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY AND STATE AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 104.003(b), absent a contract for transportation service between a state agency and a gas utility or municipally owned utility, the railroad commission, not later than the 210th day after the date either party files a request to set a transportation rate, shall establish the transportation rate for the state agency. The commission has exclusive original jurisdiction to establish a transportation rate for a state agency under this section.

(b) The railroad commission shall base its determination of the transportation rate under Subsection (a) on the cost of providing the transportation service for both the distribution system and the transmission system, as applicable, of the gas utility or municipally owned utility.

(c) The railroad commission may order temporary rates under Subsection (a) as provided for under the commission's appellate jurisdiction.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.0193 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.0193
§ 111.0193. RESTORATION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Every condemnation award granted under this chapter shall require that the condemnor restore the property which is the subject of the award to its former condition as near as reasonably practicable.