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Tex. Agriculture Code § 134.013 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 134 / Section 134.013
§ 134.013. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHRIMP PRODUCTION WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) A commercial aquaculture facility located within the coastal zone and engaged in the production of shrimp must:

(1) obtain a site-specific wastewater discharge permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the facility may discharge wastewater if the facility will discharge wastewater or another substance into waters in the state;

(2) provide the report described in Subsection (b) to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(3) obtain an amendment to its site-specific discharge permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the facility may increase the amount of discharge or change the nature of the discharge above levels allowed by the wastewater discharge permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, except as otherwise provided by Section 26.0191, Water Code; and

(4) provide the report described by Subsection (b) before the facility may increase the amount of discharge, or change the nature of the discharge above levels allowed by the wastewater discharge permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, except as otherwise provided by Section 26.0191, Water Code.

(b) Before issuing a permit to a new aquaculture facility designed for the commercial production of shrimp that will discharge wastewater into waters in the state within the coastal zone, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall require the applicant to provide a report describing the existing environmental conditions at the proposed site, including aquatic habitat and the conditions of the waters in the state into which a discharge is proposed. The report must provide an assessment of any potential impacts of wastewater discharges on sensitive aquatic habitats in the area of the proposed site, significant impacts related to the construction or operation of the facility, and any mitigation actions proposed by the applicant.

(c) The applicant must provide the report required under Subsection (b) to the Parks and Wildlife Department. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may not issue a wastewater discharge permit to a new aquaculture facility designed for the commercial production of shrimp and located within the coastal zone without consideration of the report described by Subsection (b).

(d) In coordination with the Parks and Wildlife Department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall establish guidelines relating to the report required by Subsection (b) that:

(1) give public notice as to what the reporting requirements include; and

(2) minimize duplication of reporting requirements and other requirements related to the application for a wastewater discharge permit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8330.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8330 / Section 8330.104
§ 8330.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8330.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Occupations Code § 503.107 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 503 / Section 503.107
§ 503.107. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 503.102;

(2) does not maintain during the service on the board the qualifications required by Section 503.102;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 503.103 or 503.104;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a member of the board exists.

(c) If the executive director of the executive council has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall then notify the governor and attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1274.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1274 / Section 1274.003
§ 1274.003. CERTAIN CHARGES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan issuer may not directly or indirectly charge or hold a physician, health care provider, or enrollee responsible for a fee for making available or accessing information under this chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.086 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.086
§ 302.086. USE OF EVALUATION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The follow-up and evaluation system shall be used to assist the commission, the council, local workforce development boards, institution boards, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Education Agency, and other agencies in evaluating the labor market success and effectiveness of workforce development in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9086.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9086 / Section 9086.0504
§ 9086.0504. BONDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities as provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, regardless of whether the district's territory overlaps with the territory of a political subdivision that is authorized to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) The authority of the district to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under this section does not limit the authority of another political subdivision whose territory the territory of the district may overlap, wholly or partly, to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 203.0185 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 203 / Section 203.0185
§ 203.0185. RESOURCE MAPPING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall partner with one or more public or private institutions of higher education to inventory and map resources available for children in the juvenile justice system. To determine the types of information the department requires to timely identify and address resource, program, and service gaps in probation regions that result in commitments to department secure facilities, the department shall consult with:

(1) institutions of higher education;

(2) the advisory council on juvenile services; and

(3) other relevant stakeholders.

(b) The board shall adopt rules requiring juvenile probation departments, at useful and reasonable intervals, to report to the department relevant information on resource, program, and service gaps identified under Subsection (a), including information on:

(1) the needs of children committed to the department that are not being met with community resources; and

(2) the types of resources, programs, and services that, if available in the community, may allow juvenile probation departments to keep children closer to home as an alternative to commitment to the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.151
§ 8501.151. POWERS UNDER CONSTITUTION AND OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

The authority has the powers of a conservation and reclamation district under the constitution and other laws of this state, including the powers:

(1) expressly authorized in Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, for a district created to conserve, store, control, preserve, use, and distribute the storm water and floodwater and the water of the rivers and streams of the state;

(2) implied by the purposes of that section of the constitution; and

(3) given by general law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8012.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8012 / Section 8012.101
§ 8012.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8840.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8840 / Section 8840.055
§ 8840.055. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOLLOWING ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Territory may be added to the district under Chapter 36, Water Code.

(b) If the district annexes territory, the directors shall determine the precincts to which annexed territory is added for the purpose of electing directors.
Tex. Transportation Code § 365.033 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 365 / Section 365.033
§ 365.033. SALE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may sell bonds under this chapter in the manner, at public or private sale, and for the prices that the district's governing body determines is in the district's best interest.
Tex. Education Code § 61.089 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.089
§ 61.089. STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIRS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall conduct an annual state science and engineering fair as part of an outreach program for middle school, junior high school, and high school students to:

(1) promote an appreciation for and interest in science, mathematics, and engineering among middle school, junior high school, and high school students;

(2) assist schools and school districts in fulfilling their missions of science, mathematics, and engineering education; and

(3) promote workforce development in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering by providing students with an opportunity to interact with higher education and corporate institutions.

(b) The board may contract with public or private entities to conduct the state fair.

(c) The board shall coordinate the state fair with local and regional science and engineering fairs held in this state.

(d) The board shall adopt rules for the organization and operation of the state fair and shall select the participants in the fair.

(e) The board may use general revenue funds appropriated for that purpose and any gifts, grants, and donations to conduct the state fair. The amount of general revenue funds appropriated for that purpose in a state fiscal year may not exceed $10,000 or the total amount of money received as gifts, grants, or donations, whichever amount is less.
Tex. Family Code § 162.025 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.025
§ 162.025. PLACEMENT BY UNAUTHORIZED PERSON; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is not the natural or adoptive parent of the child, the legal guardian of the child, or a child-placing agency licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, commits an offense if the person:

(1) serves as an intermediary between a prospective adoptive parent and an expectant parent or parent of a minor child to identify the parties to each other; or

(2) places a child for adoption.

(b) It is not an offense under this section if a professional provides legal or medical services to:

(1) a parent who identifies the prospective adoptive parent and places the child for adoption without the assistance of the professional; or

(2) a prospective adoptive parent who identifies a parent and receives placement of a child for adoption without the assistance of the professional.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7951A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7951A / Section 7951A.0402
§ 7951A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7951A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8279.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8279 / Section 8279.153
§ 8279.153. COPY OF AUDIT REPORT.
Status: in_force

A copy of the audit report prepared under Subchapter G, Chapter 49, Water Code, shall be delivered:

(1) to each director; and

(2) to a holder of at least 25 percent of the outstanding bonds of the district, on request.
Tex. Water Code § 49.3189 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.3189
§ 49.3189. CONVERSION OF WATER RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

After a district excludes land from the district's territory under this subchapter, the municipality or other municipal supplier that proposes to serve the land with a potable water supply may petition the district to convert the proportionate water rights previously allocated for the land from irrigation use rights to municipal use rights for the use and benefit of the municipality or other municipal supplier. The district shall compute the proportionate water rights available and shall initiate administrative proceedings to convert the irrigation use rights to municipal use rights. Before the district is obligated to initiate the administrative proceedings, the municipality or other municipal supplier must deposit with the district the amount that the district estimates the district will incur as reasonable expenses and attorney's fees in those proceedings. On approval of the conversion by the commission, the district shall deliver the water to the municipality or other municipal supplier in the manner those entities may agree to under this code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.056 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.056
§ 201.056. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A member of the commission is entitled to compensation as provided by the General Appropriations Act. If compensation for members is not provided by that Act, each member is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing functions as a member of the commission.
Tex. Local Government Code § 320.078 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 320 / Section 320.078
§ 320.078. BONDS NOT STATE OR COUNTY DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The revenue bonds are not a debt of the county or of the state but are payable solely from the revenues pledged to their payment.

(b) The principal of or interest on revenue bonds or any refunding bonds is not a debt against the tax revenues of the county but is solely a charge on the pledged revenues.

(c) The revenue bonds or refunding bonds may not be considered in determining the power of the county to incur obligations payable from taxation.

(d) Each bond must contain on its face substantially the following provision: "The holder hereof shall never have the right to demand payment of his obligation out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation."
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.302 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.302
§ 407A.302. SURCHARGE FOR DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), each group shall pay the surcharge imposed under Chapter 255, Insurance Code, for the administrative costs incurred by the department in implementing this chapter.

(b) The surcharge owed by a group under this section is based on gross premium for the group's retention and does not include premium collected by the group for excess insurance.

(c) The surcharge owed under this section is subject to Chapter 255, Insurance Code, and shall be collected by the comptroller in the manner provided by that chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 113.902 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 113 / Section 113.902
§ 113.902. PROSECUTION TO COLLECT DEBT OWED TO COUNTY; RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 140.013, the county treasurer shall direct prosecution for the recovery of any debt owed to the county, as provided by law, and shall supervise the collection of the debt.

(b) In a proceeding to recover a delinquent debt owed to the county, including a delinquent account, loan, interest payment, tax, charge, fee, fine, penalty, or claim on a judgment, the county attorney may recover reasonable attorney's fees and investigative and court costs incurred on behalf of the county. The county attorney may recover the fees and costs in the same manner as provided by law for a private litigant.

(c) This section does not apply to the recovery of a delinquent ad valorem tax owed to the county.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.044 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.044
§ 85.044. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may appoint an advisory committee to assist in the development of procedures and guidelines required by this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2252.907 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2252 / Section 2252.907
§ 2252.907. CONTRACTS INVOLVING EXCHANGE OR CREATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract between a state governmental entity and a nongovernmental vendor involving the exchange or creation of public information as defined by Section 552.002 that the state governmental entity collects, assembles, or maintains or has a right of access to must:

(1) be drafted in consideration of the requirements of Chapter 552; and

(2) contain a provision that requires the vendor to make the information not otherwise excepted from disclosure under Chapter 552 available in a specific format that is:

(A) agreed upon in the contract; and

(B) accessible by the public.

(b) This section may not be waived by contract or otherwise.

(c) A request for public information regarding a contract described by this section must be submitted to the officer or employee responsible for responding to open records requests for the state governmental entity that executed the contract.

(d) In this section, "state governmental entity" means a state agency, board, commission, office, department, or other agency in the executive or legislative branch of state government.
Tex. Government Code § 54.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.002
§ 54.002. REQUIRED TRAINING ON DUTIES REGARDING BAIL.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other training required under this chapter, a master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or hearing officer appointed under this chapter whose duties include setting, adjusting, or revoking bail bonds shall comply with the training requirements under Article 17.024, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.153
§ 3919.153. LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may be located or provide service inside or outside the district.
Tex. Government Code § 4002.056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.056
§ 4002.056. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 4002.051;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 4002.051;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 4002.052 or 4002.053;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.

(c) If the commissioner has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the commissioner shall notify the board's presiding officer of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the commissioner shall notify the board's next highest ranking officer, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Government Code § 421.084 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 421 / Section 421.084
§ 421.084.
Status: in_force

Sec. 421.084. FUSION CENTERS OPERATING IN THIS STATE: RULES AND MONITORING. (a) After considering the recommendations of the Texas Fusion Center under Section 421.082(b)(4) and the Texas Fusion Center Policy Council under Section 421.083(c)(3), the Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules to govern the operations of fusion centers in this state, including guidelines to:

(1) for any fusion center operating in this state, establish a common concept of operations to provide clear baseline standards for each aspect of the center's activities;

(2) inform and define the monitoring of those activities by the Texas Fusion Center Policy Council; and

(3) ensure that any fusion center operating in this state adheres to federal and state laws designed to protect privacy and the other legal rights of individuals, including 28 C.F.R. Part 23 and any other law that provides clear standards for the treatment of intelligence or for the collection and storage of noncriminal information, personally identifiable information, or protected health information.

(b) The Department of Public Safety may require that a fusion center audited under applicable department rules pay any costs incurred by the policy council in relation to the audit.

(c) A member of the policy council may not receive compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for the member's travel expenses as provided by Chapter 660 and the General Appropriations Act.

(d) A fusion center may not receive state grant money if the center adopts a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the center fails or refuses to comply with rules adopted by the Department of Public Safety under Subsection (a), beginning with the first state fiscal year occurring after the center adopts the rule, order, ordinance, or policy.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.071 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 77 / Section 77.071
§ 77.071. REGULATIONS IN CONTIGUOUS ZONE.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 217, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

(b) The department may negotiate reciprocal agreements with another state with respect to the application of one state's shrimping regulations in its contiguous zone to citizens of the other state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0202
§ 8513.0202. DIRECTOR ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the uniform election date in November of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The placing of the names of the candidates on the ballots shall be determined by lot. A candidate or a designated representative of the candidate may be present at the drawing.

(c) In the event of a tie for any director position, the winner shall be determined by a majority of the board.

(d) Directors serving from single-member districts at the time new single-member districts are adopted shall serve for the remainder of the terms to which they were elected regardless of the redistricting.