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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.069 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.069
§ 363.069. FEASIBILITY STUDY.
Status: in_force

A feasibility study must provide an evaluation of alternatives that:

(1) identifies current solid waste management practices and costs;

(2) analyzes the waste stream and its availability by composition and quantity;

(3) identifies potential markets and obtains statements of interest for recovered materials and energy;

(4) identifies and evaluates alternative solid waste management systems;

(5) provides an assessment of potential effects of alternatives in terms of their public health, physical, social, economic, fiscal, environmental, and aesthetic implications;

(6) conducts and evaluates results of public hearings or surveys of local citizens' opinions; and

(7) makes recommendations on alternatives for further consideration.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.066 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.066
§ 1024.066. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2154.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2154 / Section 2154.301
§ 2154.301. DISCIPLINARY POWERS OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may, through the state fire marshal, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license or permit if the commissioner finds that any provision of this chapter, or any rule adopted under this chapter, has been violated.

(b) A person who has a license or permit revoked may not reapply for the license or permit earlier than one year from the date of revocation. A person reapplying under this subsection must request a public hearing on the reissuance of the license or permit and has the burden of proving that a license or permit should be granted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.207
§ 1051.207. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the outstanding indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4026.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4026 / Section 4026.0105
§ 4026.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8393.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8393 / Section 8393.003
§ 8393.003. 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. Agriculture Code § 93.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 93 / Section 93.005
§ 93.005. REGISTERED BRANDS AND TRADEMARKS.
Status: in_force

(a) Brands and trademarks and their United States grade definition shall, if eligible, be registered with the department.

(b) To be eligible for registration, a brand or trademark must:

(1) be defined by the minimum requirements of a grade, or a combination of grades, established under this chapter; or

(2) meet or exceed the requirements of U.S. No. 2 grade.
Tex. Election Code § 31.151 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.151
§ 31.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "participating entity" means a political subdivision for whom the joint elections administrator conducts elections under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8259.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8259 / Section 8259.101
§ 8259.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 5 — TX Code / Code wl / Chapter 11 / Section 5
§ 5. POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

All political subdivisions are hereby authorized to take all necessary and reasonable actions to comply with the requirements and criteria of the National Flood Insurance Program including but not limited to:

(1) Making appropriate land use adjustments to constrict the development of land which is exposed to flood damage and minimize damage caused by flood losses;

(2) Guiding the development of proposed future construction, where practicable, away from location which is threatened by flood hazards;

(3) Assisting in minimizing damage caused by floods;

(4) Authorizing and engaging in continuing studies of flood hazards in order to facilitate a constant reappraisal of the flood insurance program and its effect on land use requirements;

(5) Engaging in flood plan management and adopting enforcing permanent land use and control measures consistent with the criteria established under the National Flood Insurance Act;

(6) Declaring property, when such is the case, to be in violation of local laws, regulations or ordinances which are intended to discourage or otherwise restrict land development or occupancy in flood-prone areas, and notifying the Secretary, or whomever he designates, of such property;

(7) Consulting with, giving information to and entering into agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of

(a) Identifying and publishing information with respect to all flood areas, including coastal areas, and

(b) Establishing flood-risk zones in all such areas, and make estimates with respect to the rates of probable flood-caused loss for the various flood-risk zones for each of these areas;

(8) Cooperating with the Secretary's studies and investigations with respect to the adequacy of local measures in flood-prone areas as to land management and use, flood control, flood zoning, and flood damage prevention;

(9) Taking steps to improve the long-range management and use of flood-prone areas;

(10) Purchasing, leasing and receiving property from the Secretary, when such property is owned by the Federal Government and lies within the boundaries of the political subdivision, pursuant to agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development or other appropriate legal representative of the United States Government;

(11) Requesting aid pursuant to the entire authorization above from the Texas Water Development Board;

(12) Satisfying criteria adopted and promulgated by the Department pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Program; and

(13) Adopting permanent land use and control measures with enforcement provisions which are consistent with the criteria for land management and use adopted by the Secretary.
Tex. Local Government Code § 352.1145 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 352 / Section 352.1145
§ 352.1145. SIREN-OPERATED SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC GATES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county by order may require that each electric gate to a gated community or multiunit housing project be equipped with a gate-operating device that:

(1) is approved by the county fire marshal or other similar authority having jurisdiction over fire prevention; and

(2) will activate the electric gate on the sounding of an emergency vehicle siren.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2702.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2702 / Section 2702.054
§ 2702.054. USE OF ALTERNATE SETTLEMENT STATEMENT FORM PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

A title insurance company or title insurance agent may use the uniform settlement statement form prepared under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-533) instead of the uniform closing and settlement statement form prescribed by the department under this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.022
§ 271.022. EXEMPT CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not affect a contract required to be awarded under Subchapter A, Chapter 2254, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.302
§ 1079.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.031
§ 1372.031. PRIORITIES FOR RESERVATIONS AMONG CERTAIN ISSUERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and subject to Sections 1372.0321, 1372.0231, and 1372.035(c), if, on or before October 20, more than one issuer in a category described by Section 1372.022(a)(2), (3), (4), or (5) applies for a reservation of the state ceiling for the next program year, the board shall grant reservations in that category in the order determined by the board by lot.

(b) Until August 1 of the program year, within the category described by Section 1372.022(a)(5), the board shall grant priority to the Texas Economic Development Bank for projects that the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office determines meet the governor's criteria for funding from the Texas Enterprise Fund. Notwithstanding the priority, the Texas Economic Development Bank may not receive an amount greater than one-sixth of the portion of the state ceiling available under Section 1372.022(a)(5) on January 1 of the program year.

(c) In selecting projects for reservations of the state ceiling for a program year under Subsection (b), among those projects the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office determines meet the governor's criteria for funding from the Texas Enterprise Fund the office shall give priority to obtaining reservations for those projects located or to be located in an economically depressed or blighted area, as defined by Section 2306.004, or in an enterprise zone designated under Chapter 2303.

(d) This section and Section 1372.063 do not give a priority to any project described by Subsection (b) for the purpose of selecting projects for reservations under Section 1372.022(b).

(e) The Texas Economic Development Bank is subject to Section 1201.027(d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8191.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8191 / Section 8191.051
§ 8191.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of directors is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Estates Code § 32.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 32 / Section 32.001
§ 32.001. GENERAL PROBATE COURT JURISDICTION; APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) All probate proceedings must be filed and heard in a court exercising original probate jurisdiction. The court exercising original probate jurisdiction also has jurisdiction of all matters related to the probate proceeding as specified in Section 31.002 for that type of court.

(b) A probate court may exercise pendent and ancillary jurisdiction as necessary to promote judicial efficiency and economy.

(c) A final order issued by a probate court is appealable to the court of appeals.

(d) The administration of the estate of a decedent, from the filing of the application for probate and administration, or for administration, until the decree of final distribution and the discharge of the last personal representative, shall be considered as one proceeding for purposes of jurisdiction. The entire proceeding is a proceeding in rem.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8310.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8310 / Section 8310.203
§ 8310.203. 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. Code of Criminal Procedure § 20A.259 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 20A / Section 20A.259
§ 20A.259. PEACE OFFICER TESTIMONY BY VIDEO TELECONFERENCING.
Status: in_force

(a) With the consent of the foreperson and the attorney representing the state, a peace officer summoned to testify before the grand jury may testify through the use of a closed circuit video teleconferencing system that provides a simultaneous, encrypted, compressed full motion video and interactive communication of image and sound between the officer, the grand jury, and the attorney representing the state.

(b) In addition to being administered the oath required under Article 20A.256, before being examined, a peace officer testifying through the use of a closed circuit video teleconferencing system under this article shall affirm that the officer's testimony:

(1) cannot be heard by any person other than a person in the grand jury room; and

(2) is not being recorded or otherwise preserved by any person at the location from which the officer is testifying.

(c) Testimony received from a peace officer under this article shall be recorded in the same manner as other testimony taken before the grand jury and shall be preserved.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.516 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.516
§ 2A.516. EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE OF GOODS; NOTICE OF DEFAULT; BURDEN OF ESTABLISHING DEFAULT AFTER ACCEPTANCE; NOTICE OF CLAIM OR LITIGATION TO PERSON ANSWERABLE OVER.
Status: in_force

(a) A lessee must pay rent for any goods accepted in accordance with the lease contract, with due allowance for goods rightfully rejected or not delivered.

(b) A lessee's acceptance of goods precludes rejection of the goods accepted. In the case of a finance lease that is not a consumer lease, if made with knowledge of a nonconformity, acceptance cannot be revoked because of it. In any other case, if made with knowledge of a nonconformity, acceptance cannot be revoked because of it unless the acceptance was on the reasonable assumption that the nonconformity would be seasonably cured. Acceptance does not of itself impair any other remedy provided by this chapter or the lease agreement for nonconformity.

(c) If a tender has been accepted:

(1) within a reasonable time after the lessee discovers or should have discovered any default, the lessee shall notify the lessor and supplier, if any, or be barred from any remedy against the party not notified;

(2) within a reasonable time after the lessee receives notice of litigation for infringement or the like (Section 2A.211) the lessee shall notify the lessor or be barred from any remedy over for liability established by the litigation; and

(3) the burden is on the lessee to establish any default.

(d) If a lessee is sued for breach of a warranty or other obligation for which a lessor or a supplier is answerable over, the following apply:

(1) The lessee may give the lessor or the supplier, or both, written notice of the litigation. If the notice states that the person notified may come in and defend and that if the person notified does not do so that person will be bound in any action against that person by the lessee by any determination of fact common to both litigations, then unless the person notified after seasonable receipt of the notice does come in and defend that person is so bound.

(2) The lessor or the supplier may demand in writing that the lessee turn over control of the litigation including settlement if the claim is one for infringement or the like (Section 2A.211) or else be barred from any remedy over. If the demand states that the lessor or the supplier agrees to bear all expense and to satisfy any adverse judgment, then unless the lessee after seasonable receipt of the demand does turn over control the lessee is so barred.

(e) Subsections (c) and (d) apply to any obligation of a lessee to hold the lessor or the supplier harmless against infringement or the like (Section 2A.211).

(f) Subsection (c) shall not apply to a consumer lease.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 443.203 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 443 / Section 443.203
§ 443.203. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who sells, offers for sale, or distributes a cannabinoid oil, including cannabidiol oil, that the person claims is processed or manufactured in compliance with this chapter commits a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice actionable under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, if the oil is not processed or manufactured in accordance with this chapter.

(b) A person who sells, offers for sale, or distributes a cannabinoid oil commits a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice actionable under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, if the oil:

(1) contains harmful ingredients;

(2) is not produced in compliance with 7 U.S.C. Chapter 38, Subchapter VII; or

(3) has a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than 0.3 percent.
Tex. Tax Code § 26.043 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 26 / Section 26.043
§ 26.043. VOTER-APPROVAL AND NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATES IN CITY IMPOSING MASS TRANSIT SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) In the tax year in which a city has set an election on the question of whether to impose a local sales and use tax under Subchapter H, Chapter 453, Transportation Code, the officer or employee designated to make the calculations provided by Section 26.04 may not make those calculations until the outcome of the election is determined. If the election is determined in favor of the imposition of the tax, the designated officer or employee shall subtract from the city's voter-approval and no-new-revenue tax rates the amount that, if applied to the city's current total value, would impose an amount equal to the amount of property taxes budgeted in the current tax year to pay for expenses related to mass transit services.

(b) In a tax year to which this section applies, a reference in this chapter to the city's no-new-revenue or voter-approval tax rate refers to that rate as adjusted under this section.

(c) For the purposes of this section, "mass transit services" does not include the construction, reconstruction, or general maintenance of municipal streets.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.137 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.137
§ 351.137. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may contract with any person to construct or improve any part of a jail facility.

(b) Construction contracts requiring an expenditure of more than $50,000 may be made only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271.

(c) After a construction contract is awarded, if the district determines that additional work is needed or if the character or type of work, facilities, or improvements should be changed, the board may authorize change orders to the contract on terms the board approves. The board may grant authority to an official or employee responsible for purchasing or for administering a contract to approve a change order that involves an increase or decrease of $50,000 or less. A change made under this subsection may not increase or decrease the total cost of the contract by more than 25 percent.

(d) A construction contract must contain or have attached to it the specifications, plans, and details for work included in the contract, and work shall be done according to those plans and specifications under the supervision of the district.

(e) A construction contract must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the district and the contractor.

(f) The contract is a record of the district and is subject to Sections 351.133(c) and (d).
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 31.062 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.062
§ 31.062. EMBEZZLEMENT.
Status: in_force

If a suspended receiver is found guilty of embezzlement, the receiver shall be removed from office and a suit shall be instituted to recover on a bond authorized under Chapter 653, Government Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.091 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 86 / Section 86.091
§ 86.091. MARGINAL GAS WELL AND LIMITS ON WELL RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

A "marginal gas well," as applied to a well classified by the commission as a gas well, means a well that is incapable of producing under normal operating conditions more than 250,000 cubic feet of gas per day. None of the provisions of this chapter shall require the commission to limit the production from a marginal gas well to a quantity less than its actual deliverability if the well:

(1) has a daily deliverability of 100,000 cubic feet of gas or less; or

(2) is in a field for which special field rules are not in effect.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 162.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 162 / Section 162.001
§ 162.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Veterans' Land Board.

(2) "Fund" means the veterans' housing assistance fund.

(3) "Home" means a dwelling within this state in which a veteran intends to reside as the veteran's principal residence.

(4) "Lending institution" means a bank, trust company, savings bank, national banking association, savings and loan association, building and loan association, mortgage banker, mortgage company, credit union, life insurance company, or other financial institution that customarily provides service or aids in the financing of mortgages on single-family residential housing which has been approved for participation in the program by the board. The term includes a holding company for any of the foregoing.

(5) "Loan" means a veterans' housing assistance loan made or acquired by the board under this chapter secured by a mortgage on a veteran's home.

(6) "Program" means the Veterans' Housing Assistance Program.

(7) "Commission" means the Texas Veterans Commission.

(8) "Veteran" has the meaning assigned by Section 161.001.

(9) "Veterans' housing assistance fund" means the Veterans' Housing Assistance Fund established under Article III, Section 49-b-1, of the Texas Constitution or the Veterans' Housing Assistance Fund II established under Article III, Section 49-b-2, of the Texas Constitution. Each fund shall be separate and distinct from the other fund and the provisions of this chapter dealing with the fund shall relate to each fund separately and to the separate assets, liabilities, and administration of each fund.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1145, Sec. 5.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1145, Sec. 5.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8304.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8304 / Section 8304.001
§ 8304.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 9.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1305.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.007
§ 1305.007. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.