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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.054
§ 1090.054. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Election Code § 247.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 247 / Section 247.002
§ 247.002. PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

A candidate in an election may file a petition for an action under this chapter in any county where a defendant resided at the time of the election. If the election is for a statewide office, the candidate may also file the petition in a district court in Travis County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3818.215 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3818 / Section 3818.215
§ 3818.215. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms and conditions as determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district may issue by competitive bid or negotiated sale bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, and other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.205 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.205
§ 401.205. RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONS LICENSED TO DISPOSE OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
Status: in_force

(a) The compact waste disposal facility license holder shall:

(1) arrange for and pay the costs of management, control, stabilization, and disposal of compact waste and the decommissioning of the licensed activity;

(2) convey to the state when the license is issued all required right, title, and interest in land and buildings acquired under commission rules adopted under Section 401.204, together with requisite rights of access to that property; and

(3) formally acknowledge before termination of the license the conveyance to the state of the right, title, and interest in compact waste located on the property conveyed.

(b) The compact waste disposal facility license holder, if licensed under Section 401.216 to dispose of federal facility waste, shall:

(1) arrange for and pay the costs of management, control, stabilization, and disposal of federal facility waste and the decommissioning of the licensed federal facility waste disposal activity;

(2) on decommissioning of the licensed federal facility waste disposal activity, convey to the federal government, as provided by the federal Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Subtitle D (42 U.S.C. Section 10171 et seq. ), as amended, all required right, title, and interest in land and buildings acquired under commission rules under Section 401.204, together with requisite rights of access to that property;

(3) formally acknowledge before termination of the license the conveyance to the federal government of the right, title, and interest in radioactive waste located on the property conveyed; and

(4) before accepting federal facility waste, submit to the commission a written agreement, signed by an official of the federal government, stating that the federal government will assume all required right, title, and interest in land and buildings acquired under commission rules under Section 401.204 for the disposal of federal facility waste, together with requisite rights of access to the land and buildings, in accordance with the federal Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Subtitle D (42 U.S.C. Section 10171 et seq.), as amended.
Tex. Family Code § 65.014 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.014
§ 65.014. SIGNATURES.
Status: in_force

Any requirement under this chapter that a document be signed or that a document contain a person's signature, including the signature of a judge or a clerk of the court, is satisfied if the document contains the signature of the person as captured on an electronic device or as a digital signature.
Tex. Education Code § 56.013 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.013
§ 56.013. INFORMATION REGARDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUNDED FROM DESIGNATED TUITION.
Status: in_force

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall post on the coordinating board's Internet website and disseminate to each public or accredited private high school in this state information regarding the financial assistance available under this subchapter and shall include information designed to educate high school students and the parents of those students on available opportunities and required preparation with respect to institutions of higher education. The coordinating board shall recommend a method of delivery of the information to parents and students under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.161 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1704 / Section 1704.161
§ 1704.161. LICENSE FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) Each license issued under this chapter must show on its face the license expiration date and the license number.

(b) The same license number must appear on each subsequent renewal license.
Tex. Government Code § 421.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 421 / Section 421.022
§ 421.022. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A member of the council may not receive additional compensation for service on the council but is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred in direct performance of official duties, including travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the council, subject to any applicable limitation on reimbursement provided by general law or the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.253 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.253
§ 1158.253. CITATION.
Status: in_force

On the filing of an application for the sale of real estate under Section 1158.251, accompanied by an exhibit described by Section 1158.252, the clerk shall issue a citation to all persons interested in the guardianship. The citation must:

(1) describe the real estate or the interest in or part of the real estate sought to be sold;

(2) inform the interested persons of the right under Section 1158.254 to file an opposition to the sale during the period prescribed by the court in the citation; and

(3) be served by posting.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.101
§ 2310.101. AUTHORITY TO INSPECT.
Status: repealed

(a) If the department has reason to believe that a motor fuel metering device is being used for a commercial transaction and the device is not registered with the department or is being used to facilitate the perpetration of fraud, the department may inspect the device and the records that relate to use of the device to determine whether the device is in compliance with this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 337 (S.B. 246), Sec. 25(3), eff. September 1, 2023.

(c) Regardless of whether the department has received a report of a suspected skimmer under Section 607.053 or 607.054, Business & Commerce Code, the department may inspect each motor fuel metering device located at a dealer's retail outlet if the department has reason to believe that a skimmer is installed on or in a motor fuel unattended payment terminal or motor fuel metering device at the retail outlet. In this subsection, "motor fuel unattended payment terminal" and "skimmer" have the meanings assigned by Section 607.001, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Water Code § 8.020 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.020
§ 8.020. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES.
Status: in_force

In cooperating with or carrying out discussions with a particular state under Section 8.051 of this code or in negotiating with a particular state under Section 8.056 of this code, the commission may appoint one or more persons who reside within an area of this state that is adjacent to the particular state with which this state is cooperating, having discussions, or negotiating, and who are knowledgeable with regard to the water concerns of the adjacent state, to join the commission in the cooperative activity, discussions, or negotiations and to advise the commission.
Tex. Water Code § 51.441 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.441
§ 51.441. MODIFICATIONS OF IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) After bonds are issued or a contract is entered into with the United States, the board may give notice of an election to be held to authorize the issuance of additional bonds or a further contract with the United States.

(b) Additional bonds may be issued or a supplemental contract made if the board considers it necessary to:

(1) make modifications in the district or its improvements;

(2) construct further or additional improvements and issue additional bonds on the report of the engineer;

(3) make a supplemental contract with the United States;

(4) make, on its own motion, additional improvements or purchase additional property to accomplish the purposes of the district and to serve the best interest of the district.

(c) The board shall enter its findings in the minutes.

(d) The election shall be held and the returns made in the manner provided in this chapter for the original election.

(e) If the result of the election favors the issuance of the bonds or the supplemental contract with the United States, the board may order the bonds issued or the contract made with the United States in the manner provided in this chapter.

(f) If a supplemental contract is made with the United States and bonds are not to be deposited with the United States, it is not necessary to issue bonds. If the district is required to raise money in addition to the amount of the contract, the bonds shall be issued only in the additional amount needed.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 711 / Section 711.023
§ 711.023. RIGHTS OF PLOT OWNERS IN CEMETERY OPERATED BY NONPROFIT CEMETERY CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who purchases a plot from a nonprofit cemetery corporation is a shareholder of the corporation. The person may vote in the election of corporate officers and on other matters to the same extent as a stockholder in another corporation.

(b) An owner of a plot in a cemetery operated by a nonprofit corporation is a shareholder in any corporation that owns the cemetery. The plot owner may exercise the rights and privileges of a shareholder, whether the owner acquired title to the plot from the corporation or before the corporation was organized.

(c) This section does not apply to a nonprofit cemetery corporation formed before September 1, 1963, if:

(1) the corporation was formed under Subdivision 87, Article 1302, Revised Statutes; and

(2) the charter or the articles of incorporation of the corporation provide that the corporation has no capital stock.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.254
§ 3911.254. ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an assessment on property in the district to pay the cost or the cost of maintenance of any authorized district improvement in the manner provided for:

(1) a district under Subchapters A, E, and F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code; or

(2) a municipality or county under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed; and

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes.

(c) The lien of an assessment against property runs with the land. The portion of an assessment payment obligation that has not yet come due is not eliminated by the foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien, and any purchaser of property in a foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien takes the property subject to the assessment payment obligations that have not yet come due and to the lien and terms of the lien's payment under the applicable assessment ordinance or order.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.

(e) Section 372.023(e), Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8457.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8457 / Section 8457.203
§ 8457.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8013.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8013 / Section 8013.002
§ 8013.002. 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 § 3963.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3963 / Section 3963.0104
§ 3963.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(b) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and

(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational facilities for the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Government Code § 1505.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.203
§ 1505.203. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may issue revenue bonds to construct, acquire, lease, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, maintain, replace, develop, operate, regulate, or encumber a harbor or port of the municipality or a navigational facility that pertains or is an aid to the harbor or port, including:

(1) land or fill;

(2) a boathouse or boat piling;

(3) a seawall, breakwater, or shore protection;

(4) a wharf, dock, or pier;

(5) a walk or way;

(6) a wall or bulkhead;

(7) a canal, channel, slip, pool, waterway, or turning basin;

(8) a dry dock, service facility, floating plant, loading device, lightering facility, bunkering facility, or towing facility;

(9) a bridge, tube, underpass, tunnel, or ferry;

(10) equipment;

(11) a pavilion, building, warehouse, or structure;

(12) an aid to navigation; and

(13) any other facility, improvement, or aid incident to or necessary or desirable in connection with the harbor or port.

(b) This subchapter does not authorize a municipality to issue bonds that are payable from taxes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.097 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.097
§ 324.097. FINANCIAL STATEMENT; BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) On or before February 1 of each year, the board shall prepare and file with the officer responsible for the county budget a complete financial statement showing the financial status of the district and the district's properties, funds, and indebtedness.

(b) The financial statement must be prepared in accordance with standards adopted by the Government Accounting Standards Board and must show separately all information concerning:

(1) revenue bonds, the income from pledged facilities, and expenditures of that revenue;

(2) leases, promissory notes, and other indebtedness of the district; and

(3) fee and tax revenue of the district.

(c) At the time the financial statement is filed, the board shall file with the commissioners court a proposed budget of its needs for the next fiscal year. The proposed budget shall include items that:

(1) the board is unable to finance from the district's revenues, including revenues from facilities of which the income is pledged to revenue bonds; and

(2) the board requests purchase of with county funds.

(d) The officer responsible for the county budget shall include the district's proposed budget on the calendar for the next regularly scheduled meeting of the commissioners court. As part of the county's tentative budget, the items certified by the board are subject to state law relating to county budgets.

(e) The county auditor may conduct a general audit and issue a financial statement of the district at times the auditor considers appropriate.

(f) The board shall operate the parks and facilities under its control for which revenues are pledged to the payment of revenue bonds in a manner that will produce gross revenues sufficient to pay the operation and maintenance expenses of the parks and facilities without seeking from the commissioners court the appropriation of additional money for expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4012.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4012 / Section 4012.0306
§ 4012.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) 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.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 102.072 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 102 / Section 102.072
§ 102.072. ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
Status: in_force

An officer listed in Article 103.003 or a community supervision and corrections department may assess an administrative fee for each transaction made by the officer or department relating to the collection of fines, fees, restitution, or other costs imposed by a court. The fee may not exceed $2 for each transaction. This article does not apply to a transaction relating to the collection of child support.
Tex. Government Code § 658.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 658 / Section 658.007
§ 658.007. WORKING HOURS FOR EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of an institution of higher education or a university system, as those terms are defined in Section 61.003, Education Code, may make exceptions to the minimum length of the workweek and the maximum length of a workday established by this chapter to achieve and maintain operational efficiency at the institution of higher education, university system, or an office, department, or division of either.

(b) A full-time salaried employee may not be authorized under this section to work less than 40 hours in a calendar week.
Tex. Water Code § 58.150 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.150
§ 58.150. TRANSACTIONS IN DISTRICT NAMES UNDER JOINT OWNERSHIP AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

All bids, bonds, contracts, and other transactions made under a joint ownership and construction contract may be made in the names of the districts which are parties to the contract.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.212 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.212
§ 1103.212. EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule may establish procedures under which a person may obtain an extension of time to complete continuing education required to renew the person's certificate or license.

(b) The board may require a person under this section to:

(1) pay an additional fee, not to exceed $200, on or before the date the certificate or license is scheduled to expire; and

(2) complete the required continuing education not later than the 60th day after the date the certificate or license is scheduled to expire.

(c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a person must complete the required continuing education before performing an appraisal in a federally related transaction.
Tex. Government Code § 434.0077 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.0077
§ 434.0077. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of:

(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008 for the adoption of commission rules; and

(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedures under Chapter 2009 to assist in the resolution of internal and external disputes under the commission's jurisdiction.

(b) The commission's procedures relating to alternative dispute resolution shall conform, to the extent possible, to any model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state agencies.

(c) The commission shall designate a trained person to:

(1) coordinate the implementation of the policy adopted under Subsection (a);

(2) serve as a resource for any training needed to implement the procedures for negotiated rulemaking or alternative dispute resolution; and

(3) collect data concerning the effectiveness of those procedures, as implemented by the commission.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.0022 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.0022
§ 111.0022. APPLICATION TO OTHER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

This subtitle and Subtitle A of this title apply to the administration, collection, and enforcement of other taxes, fees, and charges, including penalties, or other financial transactions, that the comptroller is required or authorized to collect or administer under other law, to the extent that the other law does not conflict with this subtitle or Subtitle A of this title.