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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.026 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 89 / Section 89.026
§ 89.026. FLUID LEVEL OR HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TEST.
Status: in_force

(a) Documentation filed under Section 89.023(a)(3)(D) of the results of a successful fluid level test is valid for a period of one year from the date of the test. Documentation filed under that section of the results of a successful hydraulic pressure test is valid for a period of not more than five years from the date of the test.

(b) The operator must notify the office of the commission oil and gas division district in which an inactive well is located at least three days before the date the operator conducts a fluid level or hydraulic pressure test of the well and may not conduct the test without the approval of the office. The commission may require that a test be witnessed by a commission employee.

(c) Documentation of the results of a successful fluid level or hydraulic pressure test may be transferred to a new operator of an existing inactive well.

(d) An operator who files documentation described by Subsection (a) must pay an annual fee of $50 for each well covered by the documentation. A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.106
§ 3914.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0451 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0451
§ 25.0451. COLLIN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Collin County has the following statutory county courts:

(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Collin County;

(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Collin County;

(3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Collin County;

(4) County Court at Law No. 4 of Collin County;

(5) County Court at Law No. 5 of Collin County;

(6) County Court at Law No. 6 of Collin County; and

(7) County Court at Law No. 7 of Collin County.

(b) Collin County has one statutory probate court, the Probate Court No. 1 of Collin County.
Tex. Education Code § 130.007 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.007
§ 130.007. ENDOWMENT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a public junior college may establish an endowment fund outside the state treasury in a depository selected by the board of trustees.

(b) The board of trustees may deposit local funds collected by the board to the credit of the endowment fund.

(c) The board of trustees may accept gifts and grants from any public or private source for the endowment fund.

(d) The endowment fund consists of local funds deposited to the credit of the endowment fund, gifts, grants, and income from investing the endowment fund.

(e) The board of trustees may invest the endowment fund in securities, bonds, and other investments that the board considers prudent. In making investments under this section, the board shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that a person of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercises in the management of the person's own affairs.

(f) The board may not spend any money deposited in the endowment fund as local funds, gifts, or grants but may spend any income from investing the endowment fund for the operation or maintenance of the junior college.
Tex. Finance Code § 204.008 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 204 / Section 204.008
§ 204.008. CONVERSION OF EXISTING OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, foreign bank offices in this state are divided into classes and ranked in ascending order as:

(1) representative office;

(2) Texas state agency; and

(3) Texas state branch.

(b) A foreign bank may change a lower class office into a higher class office by applying for the higher class office pursuant to Section 204.101. On approval of the application to establish the higher class office and after all conditions to the approval have been fulfilled, the foreign bank may change the lower class office into the higher class office and the commissioner shall issue a license authorizing the bank to maintain the higher class office. The foreign bank shall promptly surrender any license or registration previously issued by the commissioner in connection with the lower class office.

(c) A foreign bank may change a higher class office into a lower class office by applying for approval to close the higher class office pursuant to Section 204.115. On approval of the application to close the higher class office and after conditions precedent to the closing have been fulfilled, the foreign bank may change the higher class office into the lower class office, and the commissioner shall issue a license or registration authorizing the bank to maintain the lower class office.
Tex. Government Code § 320.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 320 / Section 320.001
§ 320.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "mandate" means a requirement made by a statute enacted by the legislature on or after January 1, 1997, that requires a political subdivision to establish, expand, or modify an activity in a way that requires the expenditure of revenue by the political subdivision that would not have been required in the absence of the statutory provision.
Tex. Education Code § 61.5391 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.5391
§ 61.5391. PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The physician education loan repayment program account is an account in the general revenue fund. The account is composed of:

(1) gifts and grants contributed to the account;

(2) earnings on the principal of the account; and

(3) other amounts deposited to the credit of the account, including:

(A) money deposited under Section 61.5392;

(B) legislative appropriations; and

(C) money deposited under Section 155.2415, Tax Code.

(b) Money in the account may not be appropriated for any purpose except:

(1) to provide loan repayment assistance to eligible physicians under this subchapter; or

(2) to provide loan repayment assistance under Subchapter JJ if reallocated under Section 61.9826.

(c) Money deposited to the credit of the account under Section 61.5392 may be used only to provide loan repayment assistance to physicians who establish eligibility for the assistance under Section 61.532(a)(4)(A) or (b).
Tex. Family Code § 102.011 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 102 / Section 102.011
§ 102.011. ACQUIRING JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may exercise status or subject matter jurisdiction over the suit as provided by Chapter 152.

(b) The court may also exercise personal jurisdiction over a person on whom service of citation is required or over the person's personal representative, although the person is not a resident or domiciliary of this state, if:

(1) the person is personally served with citation in this state;

(2) the person submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

(3) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the person;

(4) the person resided with the child in this state;

(5) the person resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;

(6) the person engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;

(7) the person, as provided by Chapter 160:

(A) registered with the paternity registry maintained by the vital statistics unit; or

(B) signed an acknowledgment of paternity of a child born in this state; or

(8) there is any basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of the personal jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7929.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7929 / Section 7929.201
§ 7929.201. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004A / Section 8004A.0202
§ 8004A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, 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 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 8004A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8004A.0103 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 8004A.0103; 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. Government Code § 545.0051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 545 / Section 545.0051
§ 545.0051. CONSOLIDATED RECIPIENT IDENTIFICATION AND BENEFITS ISSUANCE METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission determines that the implementation would be feasible and cost-effective, the commission may develop and implement a method to consolidate, to the extent possible, recipient identification and benefits issuance for the commission and health and human services agencies.

(b) The method may:

(1) provide for the use of a single integrated benefits issuance card or multiple cards capable of integrating benefits issuance or other program functions;

(2) incorporate a fingerprint image identifier to enable personal identity verification at a point of service and reduce fraud;

(3) enable immediate electronic verification of recipient eligibility; and

(4) replace multiple forms, cards, or other methods used for fraud reduction or provision of health and human services benefits, including:

(A) electronic benefits transfer cards; and

(B) smart cards used in Medicaid.

(c) In developing and implementing the method, the commission shall:

(1) to the extent possible, use industry-standard communication, messaging, and electronic benefits transfer protocols;

(2) ensure that all identifying and descriptive information of recipients of each health and human services program included in the method can be accessed only by a provider or other entity participating in the particular program;

(3) ensure that a provider or other entity participating in a health and human services program included in the method cannot identify whether a program recipient is receiving benefits under another program included in the method; and

(4) ensure that the storage and communication of all identifying and descriptive information included in the method comply with existing federal and state privacy laws governing individually identifiable information for recipients of public benefits programs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8489.259 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8489 / Section 8489.259
§ 8489.259. TAXATION FOR OUTSTANDING BONDED DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The disannexation of territory from an emergency services district under this subchapter does not diminish or impair the rights of holders of any outstanding and unpaid bonds of the existing emergency services district.

(b) Property disannexed under this subchapter is not released from its pro rata share of any of the existing emergency services district's bonded indebtedness on the date of the disannexation and the existing emergency services district may continue to tax property in the disannexed territory until that debt is paid as if the territory had not been disannexed.

(c) After the date a petition is filed under Section 8489.253 to divide an emergency services district, the emergency services district may not pledge ad valorem tax revenue or sales tax revenue from the territory that is proposed in the petition to be disannexed from the emergency services district unless the division of the emergency services district fails to be approved at an election under this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 156.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 156 / Section 156.004
§ 156.004. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 60 days before the date on which a physician's registration permit expires, the board shall send to each physician at the physician's last known address according to the board's records:

(1) a registration permit renewal application notice; and

(2) a renewal notice for the physician's registration with the Department of Public Safety under Subchapter C, Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The board shall provide for a 30-day grace period for renewing the registration permit from the date of the expiration of the permit.
Tex. Local Government Code § 352.018 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 352 / Section 352.018
§ 352.018. EFFECT ON CIVIL ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An action taken by a county fire marshal in the investigation of a fire does not affect the rights of a policyholder or of any company regarding a loss caused by the fire.

(b) The result of an investigation by the county fire marshal of a fire may not be admitted in evidence in the trial of a civil action brought under the insurance policy.

(c) The statement of an insurance company, the company's officers, agents, or adjusters, or of a policyholder or the policyholder's representative, that is made to the county fire marshal or his representative with respect to the origin or cause or supposed origin or cause of the fire may not be admitted in evidence in or made the basis of a civil action for damages.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.306 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.306
§ 96.306. PRIORITY OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

When a savings bank is liquidated, claims for payment have the same priority that similar claims have when a federal savings bank is liquidated under federal law.
Tex. Government Code § 2253.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2253 / Section 2253.002
§ 2253.002. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a public work contract entered into by a state agency relating to an action taken under Subchapter F or I, Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, or Subchapter I, Chapter 26, Water Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 601.044 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 601 / Section 601.044
§ 601.044. DURATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority ceases to exist 25 years after the date it is created, except that the municipality that created the authority may extend its existence for not more than 10 years by filing a certified ordinance with the secretary of state.

(b) An authority continues to exist until its liabilities and bonds issued by its board or by the municipality on its behalf have been paid.

(c) When an authority ceases to exist, its rights and property pass to the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5018.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5018 / Section 5018.0101
§ 5018.0101. GENERAL AND NAVIGATION DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has:

(1) the powers of government and the authority to exercise the rights, privileges, and functions specified by this chapter; and

(2) all powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred by general law, including Chapter 62, Water Code, on any navigation district created or operating under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Property Code § 214.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 214 / Section 214.002
§ 214.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies only to a mixed-use real estate development that is located in:

(1) a municipality with a population of two million or more; and

(2) a county with a population of 3.3 million or more.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a mixed-use real estate development that includes single-family residential properties; or

(2) a condominium subject to Chapter 81 or 82.

(c) This chapter applies to a dedicatory instrument regardless of the date on which the dedicatory instrument was created.
Tex. Water Code § 16.147 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.147
§ 16.147. ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN PERFORMANCE GOALS AND METRICS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement performance goals and performance metrics as part of a comprehensive evaluation of the board's review of proposed projects for compliance with programmatic and design requirements.

(b) The board shall periodically:

(1) collect data regarding the performance metrics;

(2) analyze the data described by Subdivision (1) related to the performance metrics to identify relevant trends; and

(3) use the performance metrics to assess the board's progress toward meeting the board's performance goals.

(c) The board shall periodically review the performance goals and performance metrics to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the board's review of proposed projects.

(d) The executive administrator shall periodically update the board on the implementation and analysis of the performance metrics and progress toward performance goals.

(e) The board shall develop and implement periodic reporting schedules for all performance goals and performance metrics required under this section.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.514 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.514
§ 348.514. EXAMINATION; ACCESS TO RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the times the commissioner considers necessary, the commissioner or the commissioner's representative shall:

(1) examine each place of business of each license holder; and

(2) investigate the license holder's transactions and records, including books, accounts, papers, and correspondence, to the extent the transactions and records pertain to the business regulated under this chapter.

(b) The license holder shall:

(1) give the commissioner or the commissioner's representative free access to the license holder's office, place of business, files, safes, and vaults; and

(2) allow the commissioner or the commissioner's representative to make a copy of an item that may be investigated under Subsection (a)(2).

(c) During an examination or investigation the commissioner or the commissioner's representative may administer oaths and examine any person under oath on any subject pertinent to a matter that the commissioner is authorized or required to consider, investigate, or secure information about under this chapter.

(d) All information relating to the examination or investigation process is confidential, including:

(1) information obtained from the license holder;

(2) the examination report;

(3) instructions and attachments; and

(4) correspondence between the license holder and the commissioner or the commissioner's representative relating to an examination or investigation of the license holder.

(e) A license holder's violation of Subsection (b) is a ground for the suspension or revocation of the license.

(f) An examination of a license holder's place of business may be made only:

(1) after advance notice; and

(2) during normal business hours.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.961 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.961
§ 361.961. ANNUAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall compile information from manufacturers and issue an electronic report to the committee in each house of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over environmental matters not later than March 1 of each year.
Tex. Local Government Code § 105.073 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 105 / Section 105.073
§ 105.073. DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

Not later than 60 days from the date the governing body of the municipality designates a depository in accordance with the provisions of Section 105.016, the designated officer of the municipality shall transfer to the depository all the municipal funds covered by the depository services contract under the control of the designated officer. The designated officer of the municipality shall as soon as practicable also deposit in the depository to the credit of the municipality any money covered by the depository services contract received after the depository is designated.
Tex. Government Code § 4002.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.053
§ 4002.053. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not be a member of the board or an employee of the board employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in a field regulated by the board; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in a field regulated by the board.

(c) A person may not be a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8141.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8141 / Section 8141.0102
§ 8141.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8434.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8434 / Section 8434.052
§ 8434.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Brandon D. Rabe;

(2) Garrod E. Huebner;

(3) Brendan K. Puthoff;

(4) Jeremy P. Poloskey; and

(5) Brian J. Kaucher.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8434.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8434.003 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 8434.003; 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.