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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 103.002 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.002
§ 103.002. CERTAIN COSTS BARRED.
Status: in_force

An officer may not impose a cost for a service not performed or for a service for which a cost is not expressly provided by law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.114 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.114
§ 363.114. RESOURCE RECOVERY SERVICE; FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A public agency may offer a resource recovery service to persons in its jurisdictional boundaries and may charge fees for that service.

(b) To aid in enforcing collection of fees for a resource recovery service, a public agency, after notice and hearing, may suspend service provided by any utility owned or operated by the public agency to a person who is delinquent in payment of those fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8227.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8227 / Section 8227.002
§ 8227.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district in Fort Bend County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district, to the extent authorized by Section 8227.052 and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, has road powers.
Tex. Education Code § 95.23 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 95 / Section 95.23
§ 95.23. LOCAL COMMITTEES OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

At least once a year each local committee of the board shall meet on the campus of the institution for which the local committee is responsible for reporting to the board. At the meeting, the local committee shall confer with the institution's officials and carefully examine all phases of the operations of the institution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7996.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7996 / Section 7996.0302
§ 7996.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 36.159 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.159
§ 36.159. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT MANAGEMENT PLAN FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The Texas Water Development Board may allocate funds from the water assistance fund to a district to:

(1) conduct initial data collections under this chapter;

(2) develop and implement a long-term management plan under Section 36.1071; and

(3) participate in regional water plans.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.356 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.356
§ 22.356. CORPORATIONS ASSISTING STATE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "state agency" means:

(1) a board, commission, department, office, or other entity that is in the executive branch of state government and that was created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;

(2) the legislature or a legislative agency; or

(3) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, the state bar, or another state judicial agency.

(b) The books and records of a corporation other than a bona fide alumni association are subject to audit at the discretion of the state auditor if:

(1) the corporation's certificate of formation specifically dedicates the corporation's activities to the benefit of a particular state agency; and

(2) a board member, officer, or employee of that state agency is a director of the corporation.

(c) If the corporation's charter specifically dedicates the corporation's activities to the benefit of a particular state agency but the conditions described by Subsection (b)(2) do not exist, a corporation shall file with the secretary of state a copy of the report required by Section 22.352(b) for the preceding fiscal year not later than the 89th day after the last day of the corporation's fiscal year.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.185 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.185
§ 252.185. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The department, at the time of an ordinary licensing inspection or at other times determined necessary by the department, shall inspect a facility's records of respite care services, physical accommodations available for respite care, and the plan of care records to ensure that the respite care services comply with the licensing standards of this chapter and with any rules the executive commissioner may adopt to regulate respite care services.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.751 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.751
§ 361.751. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Contaminant" has the meaning assigned by Section 361.601.

(2) "Innocent owner or operator" means a person that:

(A) is an owner or operator of property that has become contaminated as a result of a release or migration of contaminants from a source or sources not located on or at the property; and

(B) did not cause or contribute to the source or sources of the contamination referred to in Paragraph (A).
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 75A.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 75A / Section 75A.001
§ 75A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agricultural land" means land that is located in this state and that is suitable for:

(A) use in production of plants and fruits grown for human or animal consumption, or plants grown for the production of fibers, floriculture, viticulture, horticulture, or planting seed; or

(B) domestic or native farm or ranch animals kept for use or profit.

(2) "Agritourism activity" means an activity on agricultural land for recreational or educational purposes of participants, without regard to compensation.

(3) "Agritourism entity" means a person engaged in the business of providing an agritourism activity, without regard to compensation, including a person who displays exotic animals to the public on agricultural land.

(4) "Agritourism participant" means an individual, other than an employee of an agritourism entity, who engages in an agritourism activity.

(5) "Agritourism participant injury" means an injury sustained by an agritourism participant, including bodily injury, emotional distress, death, property damage, or any other loss arising from the person's participation in an agritourism activity.

(6) "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section 75.001.

(7) "Recreation" has the meaning assigned by Section 75.001.
Tex. Local Government Code § 201.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 201 / Section 201.002
§ 201.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

Recognizing that the citizens of the state have a right to expect, and the state has an obligation to foster, efficient and cost-effective government and recognizing the central importance of local government records in the lives of all citizens, the legislature finds that:

(1) the efficient management of local government records is necessary to the effective and economic operation of local and state government;

(2) the preservation of local government records of permanent value is necessary to provide the people of the state with resources concerning their history and to document their rights of citizenship and property;

(3) convenient access to advice and assistance based on well-established and professionally recognized records management techniques and practices is necessary to promote the establishment of sound records management programs in local governments, and the state can provide the assistance impartially and uniformly; and

(4) the establishment of uniform standards and procedures for the maintenance, preservation, microfilming, or other disposition of local government records is necessary to fulfill these important public purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3861.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3861 / Section 3861.052
§ 3861.052. APPOINTMENT OR ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The mayor and members of the governing body of the city shall appoint three of the directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of members and the mayor vote to appoint that person.

(b) The board shall hold an election to elect one director on the uniform election date in May in each even-numbered year.
Tex. Property Code § 215.014 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 215 / Section 215.014
§ 215.014. PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided in writing by the property owner at the time payment is made, a payment received by a property owners' association from the owner shall be applied to the owner's debt in the following order of priority:

(1) any delinquent assessment;

(2) any current assessment;

(3) any attorney's fees incurred by the association associated solely with assessments or any other charge that could provide the basis for foreclosure;

(4) any fines assessed by the association;

(5) any attorney's fees incurred by the association that are not subject to Subdivision (3); and

(6) any other amount owed to the association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3867.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3867 / Section 3867.111
§ 3867.111. APPROVAL BY CITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district must obtain the approval of the city for:

(1) the issuance of bonds;

(2) the annexation or exclusion of land;

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

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

(b) The district may not issue bonds or annex or exclude land until the governing body of the city adopts a resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the annexation or exclusion of the land.

(c) The governing body of the city:

(1) is not required to adopt a resolution or ordinance to approve plans and specifications described by Subsection (a); and

(2) may establish an administrative process to approve plans and specifications described by Subsection (a) without the involvement of the governing body.
Tex. Government Code § 25.00213 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.00213
§ 25.00213. CONTRIBUTIONS FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) A contributions fund is created in the county treasury of each county that receives funds under Section 25.00212.

(b) Money in a contributions fund created under this section may be used only for court-related purposes for the support of the statutory probate courts in the county, including for the payment of the compensation of a statutory probate court associate judge in accordance with Section 54.605.

(c) A county may not reduce the amount of funds provided for the support of the statutory probate courts in the county because of the availability of funds from the county's contributions fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7201.0555 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7201 / Section 7201.0555
§ 7201.0555. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district shall contract with the county elections administrator as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 31, Election Code, to conduct the election of directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.001
§ 1075.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Stamford Hospital District.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.253 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.253
§ 22.253. CONDEMNATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If necessary for the acquisition of the Trinity River State Park, the department may institute condemnation proceedings according to the laws of this state against any person, including a governmental entity.

(b) Costs incurred in the exercise of eminent domain under this section for the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration in the construction of any electric transmission, telegraph, or telephone line, railroad, conduit, pole, property, facility, or pipeline may be the sole expense of the department.

(c) "Sole expense" means the actual cost of the lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Election Code § 31.126 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.126
§ 31.126. PROHIBITED CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Without the written consent of the secretary of state, the joint elections commission, county election commission, and county election board may not:

(1) accept a contribution of $1,000 or more, including the value of in-kind donations, offered by:

(A) a private individual;

(B) a business entity, including a:

(i) corporation;

(ii) partnership; or

(iii) trust; or

(C) another third party; or

(2) use a contribution described by Subdivision (1) to perform a function of administering elections.

(b) The secretary of state may grant consent under Subsection (a) only if:

(1) the secretary consults with the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives on the proposed donation; and

(2) the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives unanimously agree to the secretary's grant of consent.

(c) The joint elections commission, county election commission, and county election board may accept a contribution of less than $1,000 only with written consent from the relevant political subdivision.

(d) This section does not prohibit the acceptance of:

(1) an in-kind contribution of food or beverage for election workers during the administration of an election;

(2) any state or federal funds administered or distributed by the secretary of state, including funds administered and distributed under Section 31.009, or other state or federal funds made available to political subdivisions to perform a function related to elections; or

(3) an offer for use, without charge or for a reduced fee, of a public or private building or a portion of a building for the purposes of conducting an election, including for use as a polling place designated under Chapter 43.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.150 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.150
§ 2155.150. CERTAIN PURCHASES BY RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Railroad Commission of Texas is delegated all purchasing functions relating to purchases under:

(1) Chapter 89, Natural Resources Code;

(2) Sections 81.067 and 81.068, Natural Resources Code; and

(3) Chapters 131 and 134, Natural Resources Code.

(b) The Railroad Commission of Texas shall acquire goods and services, under Subsection (a), by any procurement method that provides the best value to the railroad commission. The railroad commission shall consider the best value standards listed in Section 2155.074.

(c) The comptroller shall procure goods and services, under Subsection (a), for the Railroad Commission of Texas at the request of the railroad commission, and the railroad commission may use the services of the comptroller in procuring goods and services.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.013 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 92 / Section 92.013
§ 92.013. CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

After completing a tomato inspection, the department shall give the dealer a certificate of inspection that complies with the requirements of the cooperative agreement.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.061 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 132 / Section 132.061
§ 132.061. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed dealer-wholesaler or processor shall keep on file for two years a complete record of all eggs bought and sold, including:

(1) the name and address of the person from whom eggs were purchased or to whom eggs were sold;

(2) the number of cases or dozens of eggs sold in each transaction; and

(3) the date of each transaction.

(b) If a person required to keep records by this section is also a retailer and has purchased eggs in less than case lots, the person need not keep records indicating to whom eggs purchased from a particular dealer-wholesaler are sold.

(c) A person required to keep records under this section shall make the records available for inspection by the department at all reasonable times.
Tex. Finance Code § 351.054 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 351 / Section 351.054
§ 351.054. NOTICE TO TAXING UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A transferee of a tax lien must include with the sworn document executed by the borrower and filed with the collector of a taxing unit under Section 32.06(a-1), Tax Code, the information required by this section.

(b) If the transferee is licensed under this chapter, the transferee shall include with the filing the licensee's license number assigned by the commissioner.

(c) If the transferee is exempt from this chapter under Section 351.051(c)(1), the transferee shall include with the filing an affidavit stating the entity's type of organization that qualifies it for the exemption, any charter number assigned by the governmental authority that issued the entity's charter, and the address of the entity's main office.

(d) If the transferee is exempt from this chapter under Section 351.051(c)(2), the transferee shall include a certificate issued by the commissioner indicating the entity's exemption. The commissioner shall establish procedures for issuance of a certificate under this subsection, application requirements, and requirements regarding information that must be submitted with an application.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.404 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.404
§ 1001.404. INTEREST ON REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) If a refund is not timely made, the driver training provider shall pay interest on the amount of the refund. Interest begins to accrue on the first day after the expiration of the refund period and ends on the day preceding the date the refund is made.

(b) The department shall establish annually the rate of interest for a refund at a rate sufficient to provide a deterrent to the retention of student money.

(c) The department may except a driver training provider from the payment of interest if the provider makes a good-faith effort to refund tuition, fees, and other charges but is unable to locate the student to whom the refund is owed. On request of the department, the driver training provider shall document the effort to locate a student.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8064.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8064 / Section 8064.0305
§ 8064.0305. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8064.0103 to confirm the creation of the district.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district or provide that the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in each new district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8064.0103.

(i) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.256 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.256
§ 2602.256. AMOUNT OF COVERED CLAIM; LIMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A covered claim under Section 2602.251 or 2602.253 may not exceed the lesser of $500,000 for each claimant or $500,000 for each policy.

(b) A covered claim under Section 2602.252 may not exceed the lesser of $500,000 for each claimant or the amount of money actually received by the impaired title insurance company or agent as trust funds or an escrow account for each claimant in a transaction from which the claim arises, except that the cumulative amount of covered claims arising from a single transaction may not exceed $500,000.
Tex. Government Code § 752.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 752 / Section 752.052
§ 752.052. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not apply to a hospital or hospital district created under Subtitle C or D, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, a federally qualified health center as defined in Section 31.017, Health and Safety Code, a hospital owned or operated by an institution of higher education, or a hospital district created under a general or special law authorized by Article IX, Texas Constitution, to the extent that the hospital or hospital district is providing access to or delivering medical or health care services as required under the following applicable federal or state laws:

(1) 42 U.S.C. Section 1395dd;

(2) 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(v);

(3) Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code;

(4) Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code; and

(5) Section 311.022, Health and Safety Code.

(b) Subsection (a) excludes the application of this subchapter to a commissioned peace officer:

(1) employed by a hospital or hospital district during the officer's employment; or

(2) commissioned by a hospital or hospital district.

(c) This subchapter does not apply to a commissioned peace officer employed or contracted by a religious organization during the officer's employment with the organization or while the officer is performing the contract.

(d) This subchapter does not apply to a school district or open-enrollment charter school, including a peace officer employed or contracted by a district or charter school during the officer's employment with the district or charter school or while the officer is performing the contract. This subchapter does not apply to the release of information contained in educational records of an educational agency or institution, except in conformity with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g).

(e) This subchapter does not apply to the public health department of a local entity.

(f) This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a community center as defined by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code; or

(2) a local mental health authority as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.