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Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.051 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.051
§ 60.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district has the powers and duties that are prescribed by this chapter and that are necessary or desirable to carry out a power or duty expressly or implicitly granted to the district under this chapter.

(b) A district may own or implement more than one project under this chapter.

(c) A district may merge with another district or districts provided that the board of each district agrees to the merger.

(d) A district may perform acts necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(e) A district may not impose an ad valorem tax.

(f) A district may make payments in lieu of taxes to a school district or county in the manner provided by Sections 60.022(9) and (10).

(g) To the extent consistent with the purposes of this chapter, a district may enter into an installment purchase contract to acquire goods or services for the district.
Tex. Property Code § 92.109 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.109
§ 92.109. LIABILITY OF LANDLORD.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord who in bad faith retains a security deposit in violation of this subchapter is liable for an amount equal to the sum of $100, three times the portion of the deposit wrongfully withheld, and the tenant's reasonable attorney's fees in a suit to recover the deposit.

(b) A landlord who in bad faith does not provide a written description and itemized list of damages and charges in violation of this subchapter:

(1) forfeits the right to withhold any portion of the security deposit or to bring suit against the tenant for damages to the premises; and

(2) is liable for the tenant's reasonable attorney's fees in a suit to recover the deposit.

(c) In an action brought by a tenant under this subchapter, the landlord has the burden of proving that the retention of any portion of the security deposit was reasonable.

(d) A landlord who fails either to return a security deposit or to provide a written description and itemization of deductions on or before the 30th day after the date the tenant surrenders possession is presumed to have acted in bad faith.
Tex. Local Government Code § 111.0707 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 111 / Section 111.0707
§ 111.0707. SPECIAL BUDGET FOR REVENUE FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county auditor shall certify to the commissioners court the receipt of all revenue from intergovernmental contracts that is available for disbursement in a fiscal year but not included in the budget for that fiscal year. On certification, the court shall adopt a special budget for the limited purpose of spending the revenue from intergovernmental contracts for its intended purpose.

(b) The county treasurer shall notify the county auditor of the receipt of all revenue from intergovernmental contracts not previously included in a special budget or the annual budget for that fiscal year.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 715.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 715 / Section 715.005
§ 715.005. WRITTEN PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The written plan accompanying the nonprofit corporation's petition must include:

(1) a description of the actions to be taken by the nonprofit corporation to restore, operate, and maintain the historic cemetery, which must include:

(A) repair of any fences;

(B) straightening, leveling, and resetting of memorials or embellishments in the cemetery that are a threat or danger to the public health, safety, comfort, or welfare;

(C) taking proper steps to restore and continuously operate and maintain the cemetery in an orderly and decent fashion that does not endanger the public health, safety, comfort, or welfare;

(D) restoration of damaged memorials; and

(E) restoration and maintenance of cemetery elements as defined by Section 711.001;

(2) the anticipated costs of the actions described under Subdivision (1);

(3) the time that the actions described by Subdivision (1) will be commenced and the time that it is anticipated the actions will be completed;

(4) a description of the actions to be taken by the nonprofit corporation for the proper conduct of its business and for the protection of the cemetery and the principles, plans, and ideals on which the cemetery was established;

(5) the percentage of the total purchase price of each plot in the cemetery sold and conveyed by the nonprofit corporation to be deposited in the trust fund established under Section 715.011, which must be at least 10 percent of the total purchase price of the plot; and

(6) a description of the records to be maintained by the nonprofit corporation, including records regarding:

(A) the sale of plots in the cemetery;

(B) the interments in the cemetery;

(C) the total purchase price received from the sale of each plot in the cemetery;

(D) the percentage of the total purchase price of each plot in the cemetery deposited in the trust fund established under Section 715.011; and

(E) the income received by the nonprofit corporation from the trust fund established under Section 715.011 and the manner in which the income is used by the nonprofit corporation for the maintenance and care of the cemetery.

(b) After the written plan is filed, the court may require that the nonprofit corporation modify the plan to include other matters specified by the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.064
§ 1112.064. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall:

(1) keep an accurate account of board meetings and proceedings; and

(2) maintain at the district's principal office all district records and accounts, including contracts, notices, duplicate vouchers, and duplicate receipts.

(b) The information described by Subsection (a) shall be open to public inspection at the district's principal office at all reasonable times.
Tex. Election Code § 141.064 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 141 / Section 141.064
§ 141.064. METHOD OF ACQUIRING SIGNATURE.
Status: in_force

A person circulating a petition must:

(1) before permitting a person to sign, point out and read to the person each statement pertaining to the signer that appears on the petition;

(2) witness each signature;

(3) ascertain that each date of signing is correct; and

(4) before the petition is filed, verify each signer's registration status and ascertain that each registration number entered on the petition is correct.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8833.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8833 / Section 8833.004
§ 8833.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 1066, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Election Code § 85.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 85 / Section 85.008
§ 85.008.
Status: in_force

Sec. 85.008. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: ELECTION IN CERTAIN CITIES. (a) This section applies only to a city with a population of more than 450,000 in which all members of the governing body are elected on an at-large basis.

(b) Notwithstanding and in addition to other applicable provisions of this code, in an election in which the city secretary is the early voting clerk under Section 83.005, early voting by personal appearance shall be conducted on the corresponding days and for the same number of hours that the voting is required to be conducted in the general election for state and county officers in the county in which a majority of the population of the city is located.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.003
§ 166.003. WITNESSES.
Status: in_force

In any circumstance in which this chapter requires the execution of an advance directive or the issuance of a nonwritten advance directive to be witnessed:

(1) each witness must be a competent adult; and

(2) at least one of the witnesses must be a person who is not:

(A) a person designated by the declarant to make a health care or treatment decision;

(B) a person related to the declarant by blood or marriage;

(C) a person entitled to any part of the declarant's estate after the declarant's death under a will or codicil executed by the declarant or by operation of law;

(D) the attending physician;

(E) an employee of the attending physician;

(F) an employee of a health care facility in which the declarant is a patient if the employee is providing direct patient care to the declarant or is an officer, director, partner, or business office employee of the health care facility or of any parent organization of the health care facility; or

(G) a person who, at the time the written advance directive is executed or, if the directive is a nonwritten directive issued under this chapter, at the time the nonwritten directive is issued, has a claim against any part of the declarant's estate after the declarant's death.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 57.103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 57 / Section 57.103
§ 57.103. APPROVAL OF SALE OR TRANSFER OF BUSINESS AT REQUEST OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a dealer agreement that is not a single-line dealer agreement.

(b) If a dealer dies and the supplier has contractual authority to approve or deny a request for the sale or transfer of a dealer's business or an equity ownership interest in the dealer's business, the personal representative of the dealer's estate, or any other person with authority to transfer the dealer's assets, must submit to the supplier a written request for approval of the sale or transfer of the business or ownership interest not later than the 180th day after the date of the dealer's death.

(c) If a timely request for approval of a sale or transfer is made as provided by Subsection (b), the supplier must approve or deny the request in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Sections 57.102(c) and (d) for a supplier's approval or denial of a request for a sale or transfer made under Section 57.102.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, any attempt by the supplier to terminate the dealer agreement as a result of the death of a dealer will be delayed until there has been compliance with the terms of this section or the 180-day period has expired, as applicable.
Tex. Water Code § 51.321 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.321
§ 51.321.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.321. WATER SERVICE: REFUSED. The board may refuse water service to any person who refuses to pay the charges and assessments for water service or who fails or refuses to pay any taxes levied against his property after six months from the date the taxes become delinquent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3881.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3881 / Section 3881.001
§ 3881.001. 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 Harris County Improvement District No. 13.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4026.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4026 / Section 4026.0307
§ 4026.0307. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.256 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.256
§ 92.256. FILING OF CHARTER OR CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The new financial institution shall file with the commissioner:

(1) a copy of the charter issued to the new financial institution by the appropriate banking agency; or

(2) the certificate showing the organization of the new financial institution, certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of the appropriate banking agency.

(b) Failure to file the charter or certificate with the commissioner does not affect the validity of the conversion.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.105
§ 3879.105. 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. Family Code § 264.907 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.907
§ 264.907. INCLUSIONS IN REPORTS OF PARENTAL CHILD SAFETY PLACEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The department shall, where appropriate:

(1) include children who are placed with a caregiver under a parental child safety placement agreement in any report, including reports submitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services or another federal agency, in which the department is required to report the number of children in the child protective services system who are removed from the children's homes; and

(2) report the information described by Subdivision (1) separately from information regarding the number of children removed under a suit filed under Section 262.101 or 262.105.
Tex. Education Code § 21.601 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.601
§ 21.601. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by 20 U.S.C. Section 1001 and its subsequent amendments.

(2) "Program" means the Careers to Classrooms Program.
Tex. Water Code § 56.301 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.301
§ 56.301. TRUSTEE'S BOND.
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall execute a good and sufficient bond in a sum to be determined by the commissioners court, payable to and approved by the county judge, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties as treasurer and trustee of the district and on paying to the parties entitled to it all money and other property which he receives as trustee and treasurer. The bond shall be recorded in the minutes of the commissioners court, and on approval shall supersede the bond given by the county treasurer as treasurer of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2260.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2260 / Section 2260.006
§ 2260.006. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not waive sovereign immunity to suit or liability.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.070 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.070
§ 70.070. EMERGENCY PILOTAGE RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may establish emergency pilotage rates for the period of an emergency, not to exceed 90 days, if the board finds that:

(1) a natural or man-made disaster has created a substantial hazard to piloting vessels into and out of a port; and

(2) the existence of the hazard overrides the necessity to comply with normal pilotage rate-setting procedures.

(b) In adopting emergency pilotage rates, the board is not required to comply with the procedures in this chapter or in its rules relating to the adoption of pilotage rates.

(c) Emergency pilotage rates may not be appealed.

(d) The board shall adopt rules to carry out this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.011
§ 242.011. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

An institution may not prohibit a resident or employee from communicating in the person's native language with another resident or employee for the purpose of acquiring or providing medical treatment, nursing care, or institutional services.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 104.04 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 104 / Section 104.04
§ 104.04.
Status: in_force

Sec. 104.04. DRAFT MALT BEVERAGE DISPENSER: SIGN REQUIRED. A retail dealer may not dispense draft malt beverages unless each faucet or other dispensing apparatus is equipped with a sign clearly indicating the name or brand of the product being dispensed through the faucet or apparatus. The sign must be in full sight of the purchaser, and the letters on it must be legible.
Tex. Government Code § 41.308 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 41 / Section 41.308
§ 41.308. CHIEF OF SPECIAL PROSECUTION UNIT; ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The executive board, on a majority vote, shall employ a person to serve as chief of the unit and additional persons to accomplish the unit's purposes. The board of directors may determine the compensation of the unit's employees.
Tex. Government Code § 442.305 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.305
§ 442.305. NOTICE OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

After the commission receives an application to designate a cemetery under the program, the commission shall notify the following persons of the application:

(1) the owner of the property containing the cemetery;

(2) each owner of property adjacent to the cemetery; and

(3) the cemetery organization, as defined by Section 711.001, Health and Safety Code, if applicable.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.306 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.306
§ 1601.306. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

The chief executive officer of a component, unit, or agency of a system shall appoint to the system's advisory committee an employee of the component, unit, or agency to fill the remainder of a vacated term of a member who is an employee of the component, unit, or agency.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.077 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.077
§ 225.077. BILL SUMMERS INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Farm-to-Market Road 1015 between U.S. Highway 83 and the Progreso International Bridge is designated as the Bill Summers International Boulevard.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Bill Summers International Boulevard, and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the boulevard and at appropriate intermediate sites along the boulevard.

(d) The requirement that a recognized individual be deceased under Section 225.001(c) does not apply to this section.
Tex. Property Code § 76.501 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 76 / Section 76.501
§ 76.501. FILING OF CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) A claim for property delivered to the treasurer of the holder under this chapter must be filed with the treasurer of the holder.

(b) All claims to which this section applies must be filed in accordance with procedures and on forms prescribed by the treasurer of the holder.
Tex. Estates Code § 355.062 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 355 / Section 355.062
§ 355.062. CERTAIN ACTIONS ON CLAIMS WITH LOST OR DESTROYED EVIDENCE VOID.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is approved, the claim must be proved by disinterested testimony taken in open court or by oral or written deposition.

(b) The allowance or approval of a claim the evidence for which is lost or destroyed is void if the claim is:

(1) allowed or approved without the affidavit under Section 355.006; or

(2) approved without satisfactory proof.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0255 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0255
§ 32.0255. TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall provide transitional medical assistance, in accordance with state rules and federal law, to a person who was receiving financial assistance under Chapter 31 but is no longer eligible to receive the assistance because:

(1) the person's household income has increased; or

(2) the person has exhausted the person's benefits under Section 31.0065.

(b) Except as provided by Section 31.012(c), the commission may provide the medical assistance only until the earlier of:

(1) the end of the applicable period prescribed by Section 31.0065 for the provision of transitional benefits; or

(2) the first anniversary of the date on which the person becomes ineligible for financial assistance because of increased household income.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 577A / Section 577A.051
§ 577A.051. VOLUNTARY QUALITY STANDARDS CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall, using existing resources to the extent feasible, develop and implement a voluntary quality standards certification process to certify a psychiatric residential youth treatment facility that meets standards for certification under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.208 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.208
§ 336.208. GRANTS AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

A district may accept and administer a grant or donation from any source for any district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7204.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7204 / Section 7204.103
§ 7204.103. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district has all the authority under Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code, of a special utility district to acquire by condemnation any land, easement, or other property located inside or outside the boundaries of the district for any district project or purpose.

(b) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn, for sanitary sewer purposes, land, easements, or other property located outside the boundaries of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3842.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3842 / Section 3842.105
§ 3842.105. APPROVAL BY CITY OF NASSAU BAY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the district must obtain the approval of the City of Nassau Bay for:

(1) the issuance of bonds for an improvement project;

(2) the imposition of a sales and use tax;

(3) the plans and specifications of an improvement project financed by the bonds; and

(4) the plans and specifications of an improvement project related to the use of land owned by the City of Nassau Bay, an easement granted by the City of Nassau Bay, or a right-of-way of a street, road, or highway.

(b) The approval obtained under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) must be a resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the City of Nassau Bay. The approval obtained under Subsection (a)(3) or (4) may be by an administrative process that does not involve the city's governing body.

(c) If the district obtains the approval of the City of Nassau Bay's governing body of a capital improvements budget for a period not to exceed five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and issue bonds specified in the budget without further approval from the City of Nassau Bay.

(d) The City of Nassau Bay and the district may agree on conditions for obtaining the approval of the city under this section, including an agreement for the approval of a sales and use tax that requires the district to abolish or decrease the rate of the tax if the rate, when combined with other local sales and use taxes, results in a combined tax rate that exceeds the maximum rate under Section 321.101(f), Tax Code, at any location in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4017.0804 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4017 / Section 4017.0804
§ 4017.0804. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

On voter approval and adoption of an order described by Section 4017.0803, the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined area or designated property to provide money to construct, administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Government Code § 2260.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2260 / Section 2260.054
§ 2260.054. PAYMENT OF CLAIM FROM APPROPRIATED FUNDS.
Status: in_force

A unit of state government may pay a claim resolved in accordance with this subchapter only from money appropriated to it for payment of contract claims or for payment of the contract that is the subject of the claim. If money previously appropriated for payment of contract claims or payment of the contract is insufficient to pay the claim or settlement, the balance of the claim may be paid only from money appropriated by the legislature for payment of the claim.