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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.160
§ 7811.160. PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE INCLUDED IN TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may include in a tax abatement agreement:

(1) facilities and structures for which construction began on or after October 1, 1990, but before June 10, 1991;

(2) existing facilities and structures for which expansion or modernization construction began on or after October 1, 1990, but before June 10, 1991; and

(3) tangible personal property located on property described by Subdivision (1) or (2) in each year covered by the agreement, other than tangible personal property that was located on the property at any time before the time period covered by the agreement.

(b) A tax abatement agreement made under this section may be based on the value of the property on January 1 of the year in which the construction, expansion, or modernization of the property began.
Tex. Utilities Code § 251.006 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 251 / Section 251.006
§ 251.006. COMPLIANCE BY PERMIT HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The fact that a person has a legal permit, permission from the owner of the property or the owner's licensee, or an easement to conduct excavation operations does not affect the person's duty to comply with this chapter.

(b) Compliance with this chapter does not affect a person's responsibility to obtain a permit required by law.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.124 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.124
§ 31.124. INSPECTION OF VESSELS.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to enforce the provisions of this chapter, an enforcement officer may stop and board any vessel subject to this chapter and may inspect the boat to determine compliance with applicable provisions.

(b) An officer boarding a vessel shall first identify himself by presenting proper credentials.

(c) The operator of a vessel required by this chapter to hold a certificate of number aboard the vessel shall show the certificate to the officer on demand, and failure to do so constitutes a violation of this chapter.

(d) No person operating a boat on the water of this state may refuse to obey the directions of an enforcement officer when the officer is acting under the provisions of this chapter.

(e) The safety of the vessel shall always be the paramount consideration of an arresting officer.

(f) If an enforcement officer determines that a vessel and its associated equipment is being used in violation of this chapter or of any regulation or standard issued thereunder so as to create an especially hazardous condition, he may direct the operator to return to mooring, and the vessel may not be used until the condition creating the violation is corrected.
Tex. Insurance Code § 257.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 257 / Section 257.004
§ 257.004. MAINTENANCE TAX DUE DATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The insurer shall pay the maintenance tax annually, semiannually, or on another periodic basis, as determined by the comptroller.

(b) The comptroller may require semiannual or other periodic payment only from an insurer whose maintenance tax liability under this chapter for the previous year was at least $2,000.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 262 / Section 262.003
§ 262.003. CREATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A governing body may adopt an ordinance creating a hospital authority and designating the name of the authority if the governing body finds that creation of the authority is in the best interest of the municipality and its residents.

(b) The governing bodies of two or more municipalities may each adopt an ordinance creating a hospital authority that includes those municipalities and designating the name of the authority if the governing bodies find that creation of the authority is in the best interest of the municipalities.

(c) The authority is composed only of the territory in each municipality in the authority.

(d) The authority is a body politic and corporate.

(e) The authority does not have taxing power.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.407 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.407
§ 393.407. PAYMENT OF MONEY IN SURETY ACCOUNT TO CREDIT SERVICES ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A depository may not pay money in a surety account to the credit services organization that established the account or a representative of the organization unless the organization or representative presents a statement issued by the secretary of state indicating that the requirement of Section 393.406 has been satisfied in relation to the account.

(b) The secretary of state may conduct an investigation and require information to be submitted as necessary to enforce this section.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.00435 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.00435
§ 302.00435. SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM; INPUT POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop a policy for obtaining, through appropriate methods, input from interested parties regarding its subsidized child care program and for using that input in administering that program.

(b) The policy developed under Subsection (a) must include methods for obtaining input from the Texas Education Agency, school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, subsidized child care providers, relevant businesses, and the public, regarding:

(1) improving coordination between the subsidized child care program and prekindergarten programs;

(2) increasing the quality of and access to the subsidized child care program;

(3) existing health and safety rules and regulations that could be more efficient or less costly without reducing health and safety outcomes; and

(4) the burdens relating to complying with existing regulations that could be mitigated, reduced, or eliminated while maintaining the intent, objective, or purpose of the underlying regulation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 116.059 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 116 / Section 116.059
§ 116.059. VALUATION OF REAL PROPERTY PROVIDED AS SECURITY.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall investigate all real property security and determine the value at which the property will be accepted. The commissioners court may not accept real property as security at a value greater than 50 percent of the reasonable market value of the property covered by a mortgage unless the mortgage is insured or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration.
Tex. Estates Code § 33.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 33 / Section 33.054
§ 33.054. JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE VENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Sections 33.052 and 33.053, a court in which an application for a probate proceeding is filed has jurisdiction to determine venue for the proceeding and for any matter related to the proceeding.

(b) A court's determination under this section is not subject to collateral attack.
Tex. Education Code § 53.48 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53 / Section 53.48
§ 53.48. BONDS FOR AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

In the same manner that a corporation may issue and execute bonds or other obligations under this chapter for an institution of higher education, a corporation created under Section 53.35(b) may issue and execute bonds or other obligations to finance or refinance educational facilities to be used by an authorized charter school.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3872.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3872 / Section 3872.111
§ 3872.111. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(b) The district has all of the powers of a municipality under Chapter 380, Local Government Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 183.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 183 / Section 183.001
§ 183.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property that imposes limitations or affirmative obligations designed to:

(A) retain or protect natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property or assure its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use;

(B) protect natural resources;

(C) maintain or enhance air or water quality; or

(D) preserve the historical, architectural, archeological, or cultural aspects of real property.

(2) "Holder" means:

(A) a governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this state or the United States; or

(B) a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust created or empowered to:

(i) retain or protect the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property;

(ii) assure the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use;

(iii) protect natural resources;

(iv) maintain or enhance air or water quality; or

(v) preserve the historical, architectural, archeological, or cultural aspects of real property.

(3) "Third-party right of enforcement" means a right provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a governmental body, charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust that is eligible to be a holder but is not a holder.

(4) "Servient estate" means the real property burdened by the conservation easement.
Tex. Government Code § 662.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.055
§ 662.055. DR.
Status: in_force

HECTOR P. GARCIA DAY. (a) The third Wednesday of September is Dr. Hector P. Garcia Day in memory of the significant contributions to the Mexican American civil rights movement of Dr. Hector P. Garcia, a distinguished physician and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the founder of the American GI Forum, which promotes civil rights protection of Hispanic veterans and all Americans. Dr. Garcia, a World War II hero, was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with six battle stars in recognition of his meritorious service to the United States.

(b) Dr. Hector P. Garcia Day may be regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities in the public schools and other places to properly commemorate the importance of the contributions made by Dr. Garcia.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.120 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.120
§ 225.120. GAME WARDEN WESLEY W.
Status: in_force

WAGSTAFF MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) Farm-to-Market Road 1293 in Hardin County is designated as the Game Warden Wesley W. Wagstaff Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Game Warden Wesley W. Wagstaff Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.028 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.028
§ 1001.028. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the board shall disclose in writing to the executive director if the member has an interest in a matter before the board or has a substantial financial interest in an entity that has a direct interest in the matter.

(b) The member shall recuse himself or herself from the board's deliberations and actions on the matter in Subsection (a) and may not participate in the board's decision on the matter.

(c) A person has a substantial financial interest in an entity if the person:

(1) is an employee, member, director, or officer of the entity; or

(2) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a five percent interest in the entity.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0266 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0266
§ 540.0266. REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN SERVICES PROVIDED OUTSIDE REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract to which this subchapter applies must require the contracting Medicaid managed care organization to reimburse a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic for health care services provided to a recipient outside of regular business hours, including on a weekend or holiday, at a rate that is equal to the allowable rate for those services as determined under Section 32.028, Human Resources Code, if the recipient does not have a referral from the recipient's primary care physician.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the days, times of days, and holidays that are considered to be outside of regular business hours for purposes of Subsection (a).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 54.009 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 54 / Section 54.009
§ 54.009. LOANS AND DISCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this subsection, each applicant for a loan or discount by a corporation formed under this chapter shall become a subscriber of the corporation's common stock in an amount equal to or greater than five percent of the amount of the loan or discount for which the person has applied. The board of directors may waive this requirement if the applicant owns a sufficient amount of stock at the time of application.

(b) An applicant shall pay for the stock required to be purchased under Subsection (a) of this section at or before the time that the loan is closed or the discount is granted.

(c) The requirements of Subsections (a) and (b) of this section must be stated in the articles of incorporation of a corporation formed under this chapter.

(d) A corporation formed under this chapter may not make loans in excess of an amount equal to 20 times its unimpaired capital stock represented by the part of its capital stock that is increased in accordance with Section 54.008 of this code.

(e) A corporation formed under this chapter may not charge a shareholder of its common stock interest on a loan at a rate that is greater than the rate of discount set by the Farm Credit Administration for discounts made by the federal intermediate credit banks plus three percent a year.
Tex. Government Code § 79.039 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 79 / Section 79.039
§ 79.039. EXONERATION REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each legal clinic or program in this state that is operated by a law school and that receives financial support from the commission shall submit to the commission an annual report regarding criminal cases:

(1) in which the clinic or program has provided legal services to an indigent defendant during the preceding calendar year; and

(2) in which:

(A) based on a finding of actual innocence, the court of criminal appeals overturns a conviction; or

(B) the governor issues a pardon based on actual innocence.

(b) The report required under Subsection (a) must:

(1) identify each likely cause of a wrongful conviction listed in the report; and

(2) recommend to the judiciary and the legislature best practices, policies, and statutory changes to address or mitigate those likely causes with respect to future criminal cases.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3951.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3951 / Section 3951.302
§ 3951.302. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes of the defined area or designated property, the board shall hold an election in the defined area or in the designated property only.

(b) The board may submit the issues to the voters on the same ballot to be used in another election.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.187 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.187
§ 2306.187. ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN SINGLE AND MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A newly constructed single or multifamily dwelling that is constructed with assistance awarded by the department, including state or federal money, housing tax credits, or multifamily bond financing, must include energy conservation and efficiency measures specified by the department. The department by rule shall establish a minimum level of energy efficiency measures that must be included in a newly constructed single or multifamily dwelling as a condition of eligibility to receive assistance awarded by the department for housing construction. The measures adopted by the department may include:

(1) the installation of Energy Star-labeled ceiling fans in living areas and bedrooms;

(2) the installation of Energy Star-labeled appliances;

(3) the installation of Energy Star-labeled lighting in all interior units;

(4) the installation of Energy Star-labeled ventilation equipment, including power-vented fans, range hoods, and bathroom fans;

(5) the use of energy efficient alternative construction material, including structural insulated panel construction;

(6) the installation of central air conditioning or heat pump equipment with a better Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating (SEER) than that required by the energy code adopted under Section 388.003, Health and Safety Code; and

(7) the installation of the air ducting system inside the conditioned space.

(b) A single or multifamily dwelling must include energy conservation and efficiency measures specified by the department if:

(1) the dwelling is rehabilitated with assistance awarded by the department, including state or federal money, housing tax credits, or multifamily bond financing; and

(2) any portion of the rehabilitation includes alterations that will replace items that are identified as required efficiency measures by the department.

(c) The energy conservation and efficiency measures the department requires under Subsection (b) may not be more stringent than the measures the department requires under Subsection (a).

(d) The department shall review the measures required to meet the energy efficiency standards at least annually to determine if additional measures are desirable and to ensure that the most recent energy efficiency technology is considered.

(e) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a single or multifamily dwelling that receives weatherization assistance money from the department or money provided under the first-time homebuyer program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3917.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3917 / Section 3917.054
§ 3917.054. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.033 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.033
§ 436.033. CORRECTION BY PROPER LABELING.
Status: in_force

(a) A court may order the delivery of sampled, detained, or embargoed molluscan shellfish or crabmeat that is misbranded to the claimant for relabeling under the supervision of the department if:

(1) the court costs and other expenses have been paid;

(2) proper labeling can correct the misbranding; and

(3) the claimant executes a bond, conditioned on the correction of the misbranding by proper labeling.

(b) The claimant shall pay the costs of the supervision.

(c) The court shall order the return of the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat to the claimant if the department represents to the court that the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat no longer violates this chapter and that the expenses of supervision are paid.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.115 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.115
§ 161.115. FORM, DENOMINATION, AND PLACE OF PAYMENT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board shall determine the form of the bonds, including the forms of interest coupons attached to the bonds, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places for payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds.
Tex. Water Code § 16.182 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.182
§ 16.182. PERMITS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the board grants the application to buy, receive, or lease the facilities, the applicant shall first secure all appropriate permits from the commission. If the facilities are to be leased, a permit may be for a term of years.

(b) The board may assist the applicant with securing permits for a facility described by Section 16.146.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3807.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3807 / Section 3807.154
§ 3807.154. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE AD VALOREM TAXES, ASSESSMENTS AND IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

The district may impose an ad valorem tax, assessment, or impact fee as provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to provide an improvement or a service for a project or activity the district may acquire, construct, improve, or provide under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.051
§ 1063.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of seven directors elected as follows:

(1) one director elected from each county commissioners precinct; and

(2) three directors elected from the district at large by position.

(b) A district voter may vote on the directors to be elected at large and on the director to be elected from the precinct in which the voter resides.

(c) An election shall be held on the uniform election date in November of each even-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of directors.

(d) Directors serve staggered four-year terms that expire on the last day of December.
Tex. Estates Code § 1253.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1253 / Section 1253.101
§ 1253.101. DELAY OF CERTAIN GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

A court in which a guardianship proceeding is filed and in which venue of the proceeding is proper may delay further action in the proceeding in that court if:

(1) another guardianship proceeding involving a matter at issue in the proceeding filed in the court is subsequently filed in a court in a foreign jurisdiction; and

(2) venue of the proceeding in the foreign court is proper.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3985.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3985 / Section 3985.0401
§ 3985.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Transportation Code § 280.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 280 / Section 280.001
§ 280.001. CONDEMNING RAILROAD ROADBED.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may condemn a railroad roadbed on the petition of at least 20 freeholders of an unincorporated community for the purpose of opening, widening, or extending a street in the community.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.003
§ 21.003. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to establish an instrumentality to develop and carry out a regional water quality protection program through solid waste management and regulation of waste disposal for Rains, Upshur, and Wood Counties and for the portion of Smith County that is north of Interstate Highway 20.
Tex. Election Code § 1.014 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 1 / Section 1.014
§ 1.014. ELECTION EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the expenses incurred in the conduct of a general or special election shall be paid by the political subdivision served by the authority ordering the election.

(b) Each county in the territory covered by an election ordered by the governor shall pay the expenses incurred in that particular county in the conduct of the election.