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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8405.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8405 / Section 8405.003
§ 8405.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.158
§ 6904.158. DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Subject to the terms of a resolution or deed of trust authorizing or securing bonds issued by the district, the district may sell, lease, rent, trade, or otherwise dispose of property under terms considered by the board to be consistent with district purposes.
Tex. Family Code § 160.609 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.609
§ 160.609.
Status: in_force

Sec. 160.609. TIME LIMITATION: CHILD HAVING ACKNOWLEDGED OR ADJUDICATED FATHER. (a) If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory to the acknowledgment or denial of paternity may commence a proceeding under this chapter to challenge the paternity of the child only within the time allowed under Section 160.308.

(b) If a child has an acknowledged father or an adjudicated father, an individual, other than the child, who is not a signatory to the acknowledgment or a party to the adjudication and who seeks an adjudication of paternity of the child must commence a proceeding not later than the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the acknowledgment or adjudication.
Tex. Property Code § 221.041 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 221 / Section 221.041
§ 221.041. PURCHASER'S RIGHT TO CANCEL.
Status: in_force

(a) A purchaser may cancel a purchase contract before the sixth day after the date the purchaser signs and receives a copy of the purchase contract or receives the required timeshare disclosure statement, whichever is later.

(b) A purchaser may not waive the right of cancellation under this section. A contract containing a waiver is voidable by the purchaser.
Tex. Transportation Code § 251.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 251 / Section 251.052
§ 251.052. PUBLIC APPLICATION FOR NEW ROAD OR ROAD CHANGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The residents of a precinct may apply for a new road or a change in an existing road by presenting to the commissioners court a petition signed by:

(1) eight property owners in the precinct, if the application is to request a new road or that a road be discontinued; or

(2) one property owner in the precinct, if the application is for a change in a road other than discontinuing the road.

(b) A petition presented under Subsection (a)(1) must specify the beginning and termination points of the proposed new road or road to be discontinued.

(c) The commissioners court may not grant an order on an application made under this section unless the applicants give notice of their intent to apply by posting, at the courthouse door and at two other places in the vicinity of the affected route, a written notice of their intent for at least 20 days before the date the application is made.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 104.002 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 104 / Section 104.002
§ 104.002. EXPENSES FOR PRISONERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, a county is liable for all expenses incurred in the safekeeping of prisoners confined in the county jail or kept under guard by the county. If a prisoner is transferred to a county from another county on a change of venue, for safekeeping, or for a habeas corpus hearing, the county transferring the prisoner is liable for the expenses described by this article.

(b) If a county incurs expenses for the safekeeping of a prisoner from another county, the sheriff shall submit to the county judge an account of expenses incurred by the county for the prisoner. The county judge shall approve the amount he determines is a correct statement of the expenses and sign and date the account.

(c) The county judge shall submit to the commissioners court of the county for which the prisoner was kept, at a regular term of the court, his signed statement of the account described by Subsection (b). If the commissioners court determines that the account is in accordance with the law, it shall order the county treasurer to issue to the sheriff of the county submitting the statement a draft in an amount approved by the court.

(d) A person who is or was a prisoner in a county jail and received medical, dental, or health related services from a county or a hospital district shall be required to pay a reimbursement fee for such services when they are rendered. If such prisoner is an eligible county resident as defined in Section 61.002, Health and Safety Code, the county or hospital district providing the services has a right of subrogation to the prisoner's right of recovery from any source, limited to the cost of services provided. A prisoner, unless the prisoner fully pays for the cost of services received, shall remain obligated to reimburse the county or hospital district for any medical, dental, or health services provided, and the county or hospital district may apply for reimbursement in the manner provided by Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code. A county or hospital district shall have authority to recover the amount expended in a civil action.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.195 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.195
§ 214.195. NONRENEWAL OR REVOCATION OF PERMIT AND TERMINATION OF MUNICIPAL RESPONSE; DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (d), a municipality may not terminate its law enforcement response to a residential permit holder because of excess false alarms if the false alarm fees are paid in full.

(b) In permitting free false alarm responses and in setting false alarm fees, a municipality must administer any ordinance on a fair and equitable basis as determined by the governing body.

(c) A municipality may not terminate an alarm permit for nonrenewal without providing at least 30 days' notice.

(d) A municipality may revoke or refuse to renew the permit of an alarm system that has had eight or more false alarms during the preceding 12-month period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.113
§ 1015.113. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year, the board may set criteria for determining residency, eligibility for a service, and the type of services available.

(b) When a person who resides in the district is admitted as a patient to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support.

(c) To the extent that the patient or a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support cannot pay for care and treatment provided by the district, the district shall supply the care and treatment without charging the patient or the patient's relative.

(d) On determining that the patient or a relative legally responsible for the patient's support can pay for all or part of the care and treatment provided by the district, the district administrator shall report that determination to the board, and the board shall issue an order directing the patient or the relative to pay the district a specified amount each week. The amount must be based on the person's ability to pay.

(e) The district administrator may collect the money owed to the district from the patient's estate or from that of a relative who was legally responsible for the patient's support in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(f) If there is a dispute relating to a person's ability to pay or if the district administrator has any doubt concerning a person's ability to pay, the board shall:

(1) call witnesses;

(2) hear and resolve the question; and

(3) issue a final order.

(g) The final order of the board may be appealed to a district court in the county in which the district is located. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4016.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4016 / Section 4016.0305
§ 4016.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.052 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.052
§ 39.052. FREEZE ON EXISTING RETAIL BASE RATE TARIFFS.
Status: in_force

(a) Until January 1, 2002, an electric utility shall provide retail electric service within its certificated service area in accordance with the electric utility's retail base rate tariffs in effect on September 1, 1999, including its purchased power cost recovery factor.

(b) During the freeze period, an electric utility may not increase its retail base rates above the rates provided by this section except for losses caused by force majeure as provided by Section 39.055.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, during the freeze period the regulatory authority may not reduce the retail base rates of an electric utility, except as may be ordered as stipulated to by an electric utility in a proceeding for which a final order had not been issued by January 1, 1999.

(d) During the freeze period, the retail base rates, overall revenues, return on invested capital, and net income of an electric utility are not subject to complaint, hearing, or determination as to reasonableness.

(e) An electric utility that has a rate proceeding pending before the commission as of January 2, 1999, shall provide service in accordance with the tariffs approved in that proceeding from the date of approval until the end of the freeze period.

(f) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the commission to fulfill its obligations under Section 39.262.

(g) Nothing in this section shall deny a utility its right to have the commission conduct proceedings and issue a final order pertaining to any matter that may be remanded to the commission by a court having jurisdiction, except that the final order may not affect the rates charged to customers during the freeze period but shall be taken into account during the utility's true-up proceeding under Section 39.262.

(h) Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent an electric utility or a transmission and distribution utility from filing, and the commission from approving, a change in wholesale transmission service rates during the freeze period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8487.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8487 / Section 8487.005
§ 8487.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1105.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.002
§ 1105.002. SELF-DIRECTED AND SEMI-INDEPENDENT STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the agency is self-directed and semi-independent as specified by this chapter. Any Act of the 82nd Legislature that relates to the agency and that is inconsistent with the agency being self-directed and semi-independent may be implemented by the administrator of the agency only on authorization by the agency.

(b) This chapter does not affect the board's status as an independent subdivision of the commission as provided by Section 1103.051.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.003 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.003
§ 62.003. HUNTING FROM VEHICLES.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), no person may hunt any wild bird or wild animal, other than an alligator, frog, or turtle, from any type of aircraft or airborne device, motor vehicle, powerboat, or sailboat, or from any other floating device.

(b) Animals and birds not classified as migratory may be hunted from a motor vehicle, powerboat, or sailboat, or from any other floating device within the boundaries of private property or upon private water by a person who is legally on the property or water for the purpose of hunting if no attempt is made to hunt any wild bird or wild animal on any part of the road system of this state.

(c), (d) Repealed by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 110, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.508 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.508
§ 2054.508. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS; OTHER MONITORING.
Status: in_force

The division may:

(1) investigate an accident that occurs at a work site of a policyholder for whom an accident prevention plan was developed under Section 2054.507; and

(2) otherwise monitor as the division determines necessary the implementation of the accident prevention plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8314.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8314 / Section 8314.0104
§ 8314.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8314.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has:

(1) consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district; and

(2) approved and entered into a development agreement with the owners of land within the district under Section 212.172, Local Government Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.048 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.048
§ 85.048. AUTHORITY TO LIMIT PRODUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Under the provisions of Subsection (10), Section 85.046 of this code, the commission shall not restrict the production of oil from any new field brought into production by exploration until the total production from that field is 10,000 barrels of oil a day in the aggregate.

(b) The commission's authority to restrict production from a new field under other provisions of Section 85.046 of this code is not limited by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9038.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9038 / Section 9038.153
§ 9038.153. 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 § 8077.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8077 / Section 8077.0401
§ 8077.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8077.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8267.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8267 / Section 8267.0201
§ 8267.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8267.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Estates Code § 114.057 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 114 / Section 114.057
§ 114.057. REVOCATION BY CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS; EFFECT OF WILL OR MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsections (d) and (e), an instrument is effective to revoke a recorded transfer on death deed, or any part of it, if the instrument:

(1) is one of the following:

(A) a subsequent transfer on death deed that revokes the preceding transfer on death deed or part of the deed expressly or by inconsistency; or

(B) except as provided by Subsection (b), an instrument of revocation that expressly revokes the transfer on death deed or part of the deed;

(2) is acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the deed being revoked; and

(3) is recorded before the transferor's death in the deed records in the county clerk's office of the county where the deed being revoked is recorded.

(b) A will may not revoke or supersede a transfer on death deed.

(c) If a marriage between the transferor and a designated beneficiary is dissolved after a transfer on death deed is recorded, a final judgment of the court dissolving the marriage operates to revoke the transfer on death deed as to that designated beneficiary if notice of the judgment is recorded before the transferor's death in the deed records in the county clerk's office of the county where the deed is recorded, notwithstanding Section 111.052.

(d) If a transfer on death deed is made by more than one transferor, revocation by a transferor does not affect the deed as to the interest of another transferor who does not make that revocation.

(e) A transfer on death deed made by joint owners with right of survivorship is revoked only if it is revoked by all of the living joint owners.

(f) This section does not limit the effect of an inter vivos transfer of the real property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.201
§ 3897.201. GENERAL CONTRACT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may contract with any person, including a municipality or county in which the district is located, to accomplish any district purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 103.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 103 / Section 103.014
§ 103.014. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall address contemporary issues affecting health promotion services in the state, including:

(1) professional and patient education;

(2) evidence-based diabetes self-management education strategies;

(3) evidence-based strategies to achieve the council's mission;

(4) state expenditures for the prevention, detection, management, and treatment of diabetes and obesity; and

(5) public awareness of the specific risks and benefits of prevention, detection, management, and treatment of diabetes, including obesity-dependent diabetes.

(b) The council shall advise the legislature on legislation that is needed to develop further and maintain a statewide system of quality education services for all persons with diabetes. The council may develop and submit legislation to the legislature or comment on pending legislation that affects persons with diabetes.

(c) The council may establish priorities and make recommendations for program expenditures that align with the council's mission.

(d) The council may engage in studies that it determines are necessary or suitable under the state plan as provided by this chapter.

(e) The department shall accept funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter and shall allocate those funds. The council shall make recommendations to the department concerning the allocation of funds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.104
§ 651.104. BUSINESS LOCATION.
Status: in_force

A license holder may not engage in the business of insurance premium financing at any location other than the address stated on the license.
Tex. Occupations Code § 553.007 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 553 / Section 553.007
§ 553.007. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly define the responsibilities of the board and the staff of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8472.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8472 / Section 8472.003
§ 8472.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 30.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 30 / Section 30.002
§ 30.002. EXPIRATION OF JUDGE'S TERM; DEATH OF JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a district or county judge's term of office expires before the adjournment of the court term at which a case may be tried or during the period prescribed for filing a statement of facts and a bill of exceptions or findings of fact and conclusions of law, the judge may approve the statement of facts and bill of exceptions or file findings of fact and conclusions of law in the case.

(b) If a district or county judge dies before he approves the statement of facts and bill of exceptions or files findings of fact and conclusions of law in a case pending at his death, they may be approved or filed by the judge's successor as provided by Rule 18, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.211 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.211
§ 751.211. ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF PERSON WHEN TRANSACTIONS CONDUCTED THROUGH EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a person who conducts a transaction or activity through an employee of the person.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, a person is not considered to have actual knowledge of a fact relating to a durable power of attorney, principal, or agent if the employee conducting the transaction or activity involving the power of attorney does not have actual knowledge of the fact.

(c) For purposes of this chapter, a person is considered to have actual knowledge of a fact relating to a durable power of attorney, principal, or agent if the employee conducting the transaction or activity involving the power of attorney has actual knowledge of the fact.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8888 / Section 8888.157
§ 8888.157. GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may develop, implement, participate in, and enforce a groundwater reduction plan. The groundwater reduction plan is binding on persons and wells in the authority.

(b) The groundwater reduction plan may be amended at the discretion of the authority subject to the requirements and procedures of the subsidence district applicable to the amendment of groundwater reduction plans.

(c) The groundwater reduction plan may exceed the minimum requirements imposed by the subsidence district, including any applicable groundwater reduction requirements.

(d) The authority may contract on mutually agreeable terms with a person located outside the authority to allow the person to be included in the groundwater reduction plan. A contract entered into under this subsection has the same force and effect as if the person were located in the authority, except that the person is not entitled to vote in an election for members of the board.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.101 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 65 / Section 65.101
§ 65.101. EXPIRATION OF DUTY TO REGISTER.
Status: in_force

The duty to register for a person ends when a judge in a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the person no longer represents a threat to public safety.