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Tex. Government Code § 403.406 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.406
§ 403.406. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A regional partnership, as described by Section 403.405, may apply for a grant under this subchapter in the manner prescribed by the comptroller.

(b) The grant application must require the applicant to provide to the comptroller the applicant's plan to continue to operate the training program after the grant expires.
Tex. Occupations Code § 503.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 503 / Section 503.103
§ 503.103. ELIGIBILITY OF PUBLIC MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the board if:

(1) the person is registered, certified, or licensed by an occupational regulatory agency in the field of health care;

(2) the person's spouse is registered, certified, or licensed by an occupational regulatory agency in the field of mental health; or

(3) the person or the person's spouse:

(A) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization receiving funds from the board;

(B) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization receiving funds from the board; or

(C) uses or receives a substantial amount of funds from the board, other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for board membership, attendance, or expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1034.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1034 / Section 1034.206
§ 1034.206. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8052.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8052 / Section 8052.0403
§ 8052.0403. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.114
§ 1020.114. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR INVESTIGATORY OR OTHER SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision or governmental agency for the district to provide investigatory or other services for the hospital or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3861.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3861 / Section 3861.152
§ 3861.152. BORROWING MONEY.
Status: in_force

The district may borrow money for a district purpose by issuing or executing bonds, notes, credit agreements, or other obligations of any kind found by the board to be necessary or appropriate for the district purpose. The bond, note, credit agreement, or other obligation must be secured by and payable from ad valorem taxes, assessments, or any other district revenue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3825.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3825 / Section 3825.153
§ 3825.153. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district and the improvements constructed or acquired by the district; or

(2) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8118.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8118 / Section 8118.103
§ 8118.103. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by this section only if the district submits a letter to the comptroller not later than December 31, 2015, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, other than the requirement that the letter be submitted by the date specified by that section.

(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's authority to exercise the power of eminent domain under Section 2206.101(c), Government Code, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by law applicable to the district on or after the 90th day after the date the district submits a letter in accordance with Subsection (a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 715.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 715 / Section 715.012
§ 715.012. CREMATORY PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit corporation authorized to restore, operate, and maintain a cemetery under this chapter may not construct, establish, or maintain a crematory.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8114.025 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8114 / Section 8114.025
§ 8114.025. FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board by order may postpone the first election under Section 8114.052 following the confirmation and directors' election held under Section 8114.023 if:

(1) the election would otherwise occur not later than the 60th day after the date on which the confirmation election is held; or

(2) the board determines that there is not sufficient time to comply with the requirements of law and to order the election.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.303 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.303
§ 51.303. NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If, after investigation of a possible violation and the facts surrounding the possible violation, the department determines that a violation occurred, the department shall issue to the respondent a notice of alleged violation stating:

(1) a brief summary of the alleged violation;

(2) the amount of the recommended administrative penalty; and

(3) that the respondent has the right to a hearing to contest the alleged violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 692A.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.013
§ 692A.013. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENT OF GIFT NOT REQUIRED; RIGHT TO EXAMINE.
Status: in_force

(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.

(b) On or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under Section 692A.011.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 115.033 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.033
§ 115.033. ACTION IN REM.
Status: in_force

(a) If the attorney general is advised of the presence of unlawful oil or an unlawful petroleum product, the attorney general shall bring an action in rem in the name of the state in Travis County or in the county in which the oil or petroleum product is located against the unlawful oil or petroleum product and against each person who owns, claims, or is in possession of the oil or petroleum product.

(b) If it appears to the court from an examination of the petition or after hearing evidence on the petition at a preliminary hearing that the unlawful oil or petroleum product mentioned in the petition is in danger of being removed, wasted, lost, or destroyed, the court shall:

(1) issue restraining orders or injunctive relief, either mandatory or prohibitive;

(2) appoint a receiver to take charge of the oil or petroleum product; or

(3) direct the sheriff of the county in which the unlawful oil or petroleum product is located to seize and impound the oil or petroleum product pending further orders of the court.

(c) A party to the action may demand a trial by jury on any issue of fact raised by the pleadings, and the case shall proceed to trial in the manner provided for other civil cases.
Tex. Government Code § 403.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.107
§ 403.107. SINGLE LOCAL USE TAXES COLLECTED BY REMOTE SELLERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall deposit revenue remitted to the comptroller from taxes computed using the single local use tax rate under Section 151.0595(b)(2), Tax Code, in the state treasury and shall keep records of the amount of money deposited for each reporting period. Money deposited under this subsection shall be held in trust for the benefit of eligible taxing units, as determined under Subsection (b). The comptroller shall distribute money held in trust under this section to each eligible taxing unit in the amount and manner provided by this section.

(b) A local taxing unit is an eligible taxing unit for purposes of this section if it has adopted a sales and use tax authorized or governed by Title 3, Tax Code.

(c) Subject to Subsection (d), the comptroller shall transmit to each eligible taxing unit's treasurer, or to the officer performing the functions of that office, on a monthly basis, the taxing unit's share of money held in trust under Subsection (a), together with the pro rata share of any penalty or interest on delinquent taxes computed using the single local use tax rate that may be collected. Before transmitting the funds, the comptroller shall deduct two percent of each taxing unit's share as a charge by the state for its services under this section and deposit that amount into the state treasury to the credit of the comptroller's operating fund. Interest earned on all deposits made in the state treasury under this section shall be credited to the general revenue fund.

(d) The comptroller shall retain a portion of each eligible taxing unit's share of money held in trust under Subsection (a), not to exceed five percent of the amount eligible to be transmitted to the taxing unit under Subsection (c). From the amounts retained, the comptroller may make refunds for overpayments of taxes computed using the single local use tax rate, make refunds to purchasers as provided by Section 151.0595(f), Tax Code, and redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited under Subsection (a).

(e) The comptroller shall compute for each calendar month the percentage of the total sales and use tax allocations made pursuant to Title 3, Tax Code, including any local sales and use taxes governed by any provision of Title 3, Tax Code, to each eligible taxing unit. The comptroller shall determine each eligible taxing unit's share of the money held in trust from deposits under Subsection (a) for that month by applying the percentage computed under this subsection for the eligible taxing unit to the total amount held in trust from deposits for that month.

(f) The comptroller may combine an eligible taxing unit's share of the money held in trust under Subsection (a) with other money held for that taxing unit.

(g) The comptroller may adopt rules to administer this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7984A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7984A / Section 7984A.0402
§ 7984A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7984A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.1015 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.1015
§ 334.1015. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this subchapter does not apply to the financing of a venue project that is an area or facility that is part of a municipal parks and recreation system.

(b) A municipality located on the international border may finance a venue project described by Section 334.001(4)(D) with the revenue from a tax imposed under this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.256 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.256
§ 1002.256. QUALIFYING WORK EXPERIENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall apply the following standards in evaluating the work experience of an applicant for a license under Section 1002.255:

(1) each year of work experience acceptable to the board constitutes one year of qualifying work experience if the experience was acquired under the direct supervision of:

(A) a geoscientist who is licensed in this state or in another state under requirements for licensure or registration that are comparable to those in this chapter;

(B) a geoscientist who meets the educational and work experience requirements for licensure but is not required to be licensed under this chapter; or

(C) another professional acceptable to the board;

(2) each year of work experience acceptable to the board and acquired before September 1, 2003, constitutes one year of qualifying work experience if the experience:

(A) was acquired under the direct supervision of:

(i) a geoscientist who meets the educational and work experience requirements for a license under this chapter;

(ii) a geoscientist who is licensed or registered under comparable requirements in another state; or

(iii) another professional acceptable to the board; or

(B) would constitute the responsible charge of professional geoscientific work as determined by the board; and

(3) each year of full-time graduate study in a discipline of geoscience that is acceptable to the board constitutes one year of qualifying work experience.

(b) The board may accept research in or the teaching of a discipline of geoscience at the college or university level as qualifying work experience if the research or teaching, in the judgment of the board, is comparable to work experience obtained in the practice of geoscience.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(3), the board may not accept more than two years of full-time graduate study in a discipline of geoscience as qualifying work experience.
Tex. Occupations Code § 53.153 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 53 / Section 53.153
§ 53.153. REFUND AND ORDERED PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

A licensing authority that determines that an entity regulated by the licensing authority has failed to provide the notice required by Section 53.152 to an individual entitled to receive the notice and that the individual's application for an occupational license for which the entity's educational program prepares the individual was denied because the individual has been convicted of an offense shall order the entity to:

(1) refund the amount of any tuition paid by the individual to the entity; and

(2) pay to the individual an amount equal to the total of the following, as applicable:

(A) the amount of any application fees paid by the individual to the licensing authority; and

(B) the amount of any examination fees paid by the individual to the licensing authority or an examination provider approved by the licensing authority.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 201.011 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 201 / Section 201.011
§ 201.011.
Status: in_force

Sec. 201.011. TIMELY FILING: DILIGENCE. A person filing a report or making a tax payment complies with the filing requirements for timeliness for a report not filed or a payment not made on time if the person exercised reasonable diligence to comply with the filing requirements and the failure to file or the making of a late payment is not the fault of the person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6614.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6614 / Section 6614.003
§ 6614.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

The conversion of the district into a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and the provision to the district of the powers conferred by that section will benefit the residents of and property in the district.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 107.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 107 / Section 107.004
§ 107.004. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

A resolution may specifically provide additional conditions to which a grant of permission to sue is subject.
Tex. Election Code § 31.091 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.091
§ 31.091. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "County election officer" means the county elections administrator in counties having that position, the county tax assessor-collector in counties in which the county clerk's election duties and functions have been transferred to the tax assessor-collector, and the county clerk in other counties.

(2) "Election services contract" means a contract executed under this subchapter.

(3) "Contracting authority" means the governing body of a political subdivision or the county executive committee of a political party that enters into a contract under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3793.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3793 / Section 3793.0306
§ 3793.0306. ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the board may add or remove territory as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) The district may add territory as described by Subsection (a) only if the governing body of the city by ordinance or resolution consents to the addition.
Tex. Election Code § 127.153 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.153
§ 127.153. TEST REPEATED IF EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS.
Status: in_force

If the tabulating of ballots must be restarted because of an equipment or system malfunction or any other reason, the tests required by Section 127.152 shall be repeated.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.111 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.111
§ 161.111. ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS; DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

By appropriate action, the board may provide by resolution for the issuance and sale of negotiable bonds authorized by the constitution, and the proceeds shall be a part of the fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8843.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8843 / Section 8843.106
§ 8843.106. ELECTIONS OTHER THAN DIRECTORS' ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

An election held by the district, other than an election under Section 8843.053, must be scheduled to coincide with a general election in May or November.
Tex. Water Code § 11.327 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.327
§ 11.327. DUTIES OF WATERMASTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A watermaster shall divide the water of the streams or other sources of supply of his division in accordance with the adjudicated water rights.

(b) A watermaster shall regulate or cause to be regulated the controlling works of reservoirs and diversion works in time of water shortage, as is necessary because of the rights existing in the streams of his division, or as is necessary to prevent the waste of water or its diversion, taking, storage, or use in excess of the quantities to which the holders of water rights are lawfully entitled.

(c) A watermaster may regulate the distribution of water from any system of works that serves users whose rights have been separately determined.

(d) A watermaster's duties shall not include activities which relate to other programs of the commission, except in situations of imminent threat to public health and safety or the environment.
Tex. Government Code § 609.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.002
§ 609.002. QUALIFICATIONS FOR QUALIFIED VENDOR.
Status: in_force

A vendor may be a qualified vendor for a 457 plan or a 401(k) plan created by a political subdivision, group of political subdivisions, an institution of higher education, or a group of institutions of higher education only if the vendor satisfies the requirements for participation in the deferred compensation plan provided by:

(1) this chapter; and

(2) the plan administrator.
Tex. Election Code § 171.054 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 171 / Section 171.054
§ 171.054.
Status: repealed

Sec. 171.054. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT SITUATED IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY; FIRST MEETING. (a) The district executive committee for a district situated in more than one county consists of the members of each county executive committee who reside in the district.

(b) The state chair shall call a meeting of the district executive committee to convene either as a whole in one location or separately in each county in the district at any time after the precinct chairs take office to fill a vacancy in a nomination or to transact any other business by the committee. The state chair shall notify the members of the district executive committee in advance of the time, place, and purpose of any meeting or meetings.

(c) If a vacancy exists in the office of senatorial district chair for a county immediately before the date for conducting the regular drawing for a place on the general primary ballot, the appropriate county executive committee members shall convene on that date at the hour and place specified by the county chair to elect that officer.

(d) If the district executive committee is meeting as a whole in one location, the members of the committee shall elect a chair at the committee's first meeting from among the committee membership. If the district executive committee is meeting separately in each county, the members meeting in each county shall elect a chair at the committee's first meeting from among the committee membership in that county.

(e) For the purposes of filling a vacancy in a nomination, the state chair shall canvass the votes of the district executive committee when meeting separately in each county and make the certification required by Section 145.037.

(f) The state executive committee shall by rule determine the quorum requirements for a district executive committee to conduct business.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 42(1), eff. September 1, 2019.