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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.107
§ 1021.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required for district purposes. The board may purchase or lease buildings, materials, supplies, equipment, and vehicles for district purposes.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings and other facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 25 years.

(c) The district may acquire equipment, land, improvements, or vehicles for use by the district and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price. A contract entered into under this subsection for equipment or vehicles must provide that the entire obligation be retired not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the contract.

(d) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment and vehicles, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.006 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.006
§ 39A.006. BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT MANAGED BY CONSERVATOR OR MANAGEMENT TEAM.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies:

(1) regardless of whether a school district has satisfied the accreditation criteria; and

(2) to a conservator or management team appointed under any provision of this title, regardless of the scope or any changes to the scope of the conservator's or team's oversight.

(b) If for two consecutive school years, including the current school year, a school district has had a conservator or management team assigned to the district or a district campus for any reason under this title, the commissioner may appoint a board of managers to exercise the powers and duties of the board of trustees of the district.

(c) The majority of a board of managers appointed under this section must be residents of the school district.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6716 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6716
§ 2306.6716. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A fee charged by the department for filing an application may not be excessive and must reflect the department's actual costs in processing the application, providing copies of documents to persons connected with the application process, and making appropriate information available to the public through the department's website.

(b) The department shall publish each year an updated schedule of application fees that specifies the amount to be charged at each stage of the application process.

(c) In accordance with the fee schedule, the department shall refund the balance of any fees collected for an application that is withdrawn by the applicant or that is not fully processed by the department. The department must provide the refund to the applicant not later than the 30th day after the date the last official action is taken with respect to the application.

(d) The department shall develop a sliding scale fee schedule for applications that encourages increased participation by community housing development organizations in the low income housing tax credit program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1023.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.003
§ 1023.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.021 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.021
§ 1121.021. CREATION ELECTION; ORDERING ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be created and a tax may be authorized only if the creation and the tax are approved by a majority of the registered voters of the territory of the proposed district voting at an election called and held for that purpose.

(b) The Cameron County Commissioners Court shall order an election for the registered voters of Cameron County on the question of creation of the Cameron County Healthcare District if the commissioners court receives a petition requesting an election that is signed by at least 100 registered voters who are residents of Cameron County.

(c) The order calling an election under this section must state:

(1) the nature of the election, including the proposition that is to appear on the ballot;

(2) the date of the election;

(3) the hours during which the polls will be open; and

(4) the location of the polling places.

(d) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.

(e) The Cameron County Commissioners Court shall give notice of an election under this section by publishing a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in Cameron County once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must appear not later than the 30th day before the date set for the election.

(f) The ballot for an election under this section must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The creation of the Cameron County Healthcare District, providing for the imposition of an ad valorem tax at a rate determined by the board of directors of the district, which rate may not exceed 25 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district. District funds shall be used for district purposes, including providing medical and hospital care for the needy inhabitants of Cameron County, improving health care services for inhabitants of Cameron County, supporting the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, training physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, obtaining federal or state funds for health care services, and providing community health clinics, primary care services, behavioral and mental health care services, and prevention and wellness programs."

(g) The Cameron County Commissioners Court shall find that the Cameron County Healthcare District is created if a majority of the voters voting in the election held under this section favor the creation of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.206 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.206
§ 252.206. QUALITY ASSURANCE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The quality assurance fund is an account in the general revenue fund. Notwithstanding any other law, the comptroller shall deposit fees collected under this subchapter to the credit of the fund.

(b) The quality assurance fund is composed of fees deposited to the credit of the fund under this subchapter.

(c) Money deposited to the quality assurance fund may be appropriated only for the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 482.501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 482 / Section 482.501
§ 482.501. RULES; CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON GRANT AWARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules regarding the procedure for awarding grants to applicants under this chapter. The rules must authorize the commission to:

(1) identify the specific purpose under Section 482.302(a) for which the commission awards a grant; and

(2) obtain information from the consortium as necessary to make award determinations.

(b) The board may not award a grant to an applicant who has made a gift, grant, or donation to the commission or a nonprofit organization established to provide support to the commission during the preceding year.
Tex. Government Code § 1505.069 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.069
§ 1505.069. SALE OR LEASE OF RECLAIMED OR RECONSTRUCTED LAND.
Status: in_force

A municipality that reclaims or reconstructs submerged land under this subchapter may:

(1) sell, lease, or grant a franchise for the use of the land; and

(2) use revenue from the sale, lease, or franchise as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 11.186 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.186
§ 11.186. SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS ON SAME WATER RIGHT.
Status: in_force

Once cancellation proceedings have been initiated against a particular permit, certified filing, or certificate of adjudication and a hearing has been held, further cancellation proceedings shall not be initiated against the same permit, certified filing, or certificate of adjudication within the five-year period immediately following the date of the hearing.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.352 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.352
§ 1104.352. UNSUITABILITY.
Status: in_force

A person may not be appointed guardian if the person is a person, institution, or corporation found by the court to be unsuitable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7921A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7921A / Section 7921A.0202
§ 7921A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7921A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7921A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7921A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Property Code § 142.007 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.007
§ 142.007. INCAPACITATED PERSON.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, "incapacitated person" means a person who is impaired because of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, advanced age, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, or any other cause except status as a minor to the extent that the person lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate responsible decisions concerning his person.
Tex. Transportation Code § 63.043 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 63 / Section 63.043
§ 63.043. OATH; BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Each branch pilot shall give a bond, payable to the governor, with two or more sufficient sureties.

(b) The bond must:

(1) be in the amount of $5,000;

(2) be conditioned on the faithful performance of the pilot's duties;

(3) be approved by the board for the port or, if there is not a board for the port, by the county judge of the county in which the port is located; and

(4) be sent to the governor.

(c) A pilot shall take and sign the official oath. The oath shall be endorsed on the bond.

(d) Before the bond is sent to the governor, the bond and oath shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the port is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.004
§ 1006.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of County Commissioners Precincts 1, 3, and 4 of Floyd County as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1963.

(b) Territory may not be annexed or added to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 206.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 206 / Section 206.052
§ 206.052. APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory committee consists of six members appointed by the president of the medical board. One member must be a registered perioperative nurse with at least five years of clinical experience as a registered perioperative nurse. Each of the remaining members must be:

(1) a practicing surgical assistant who has at least five years of clinical experience as a surgical assistant; or

(2) a physician licensed in this state who supervises a surgical assistant.

(b) Appointments to the advisory committee shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7945A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7945A / Section 7945A.0306
§ 7945A.0306. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.258 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.258
§ 8501.258.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8501.258. SINKING FUND: IN GENERAL. (a) A resolution or order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this chapter must provide for the creation of a sinking fund. Amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the obligations shall be paid into the fund from the revenue pledged to the payment of the obligations. The payments into the fund shall be made monthly as the revenue is collected.

(b) In the manner provided by this chapter, the money in the sinking fund shall be applied, at or before maturity of the obligations, solely to:

(1) the payment of interest on the obligations for the payment of which the fund is created; and

(2) the retirement of the obligations.

(c) A resolution or order authorizing the issuance of obligations under this chapter must provide that the revenue from which the obligations are to be paid and that is pledged to the payment of the obligations shall be:

(1) set apart and paid into the sinking fund monthly as the revenue accrues and is received; and

(2) disbursed in the manner provided by this chapter.

(d) In determining the amount of revenue to be set apart, the board shall provide that the amount to be set apart and paid into the sinking fund in any year shall be not less than a fixed amount. The fixed amount must be at least sufficient to:

(1) provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on all obligations maturing and becoming payable in the year; and

(2) create a surplus or margin of 10 percent in excess of the amount needed under Subdivision (1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.114
§ 1015.114. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The board shall require the sheriff of Freestone County or the police chief of the City of Fairfield to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a person who is confined in a jail facility of Freestone County or the City of Fairfield and is not a district resident. A prisoner in the Freestone County jail or any penal or police facility located in the district does not qualify as a district resident unless the person would meet the qualifications for residency notwithstanding the incarceration, its duration, or the facts surrounding the incarceration.

(c) On behalf of the district, the board may contract with the state or federal government for that government to reimburse the district for treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8009A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8009A / Section 8009A.0103
§ 8009A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.456 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.456
§ 56B.456. TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM AUXILIARY FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than September 15 of each year, the attorney general, after consulting with the comptroller, shall certify the amount of money remaining in the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund at the end of the preceding state fiscal year.

(b) If the amount remaining in the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund as certified under Subsection (a) exceeds $5 million, as soon as practicable after the date of certification, the attorney general may transfer to the fund an amount that is not more than 50 percent of the excess amount in the auxiliary fund. Money transferred under this subsection may be used only to make compensation payments during the state fiscal year in which the amount is transferred.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 314A.056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 314A / Section 314A.056
§ 314A.056. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC ADVANTAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The designated agency, after reviewing the application and consulting with the attorney general in accordance with Section 314A.055, shall issue a certificate of public advantage for a merger agreement if:

(1) the designated agency determines under the totality of the circumstances that:

(A) the proposed merger would likely benefit the public by maintaining or improving the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of health care services offered to the public; and

(B) the likely benefits resulting from the proposed merger agreement described by Paragraph (A) outweigh any disadvantages attributable to a reduction in competition that may result from the proposed merger; and

(2) the application:

(A) provides specific evidence showing that the proposed merger would likely benefit the public as described by Subdivision (1)(A);

(B) explains in detail how the likely benefits resulting from the proposed merger agreement outweigh any disadvantages attributable to a reduction in competition as described by Subdivision (1)(B); and

(C) sufficiently addresses the factors listed in Subsection (b) and any other factor the designated agency may require based on the circumstances specific to the application.

(b) In making the determination under Subsection (a)(1), the designated agency shall consider the effect of the merger agreement on the following nonexclusive list of factors:

(1) the quality and price of hospital and health care services provided to citizens of this state;

(2) the preservation of sufficient hospitals within a geographic area to ensure public access to acute care;

(3) the cost efficiency of services, resources, and equipment provided or used by the hospitals that are a party to the merger agreement;

(4) the ability of health care payors to negotiate payment and service arrangements with hospitals proposed to be merged under the agreement; and

(5) the extent of any reduction in competition among physicians, allied health professionals, other health care providers, or other persons providing goods or services to, or in competition with, hospitals.

(c) The designated agency may include terms or conditions of compliance in connection with a certificate of public advantage issued under this subchapter if necessary to ensure that the proposed merger likely benefits the public as specified in Subsection (a)(1).
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.3055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.3055
§ 651.3055. REAPPLICATION FOR PROVISIONAL LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who does not complete the provisional license program within the prescribed period may reapply for a provisional license.

(b) A person who reapplies for a provisional license must comply with the requirements of Section 651.303. Casework performed under a previous provisional license may not be counted toward the requirements for the new provisional license. The commission may adopt rules to allow casework performed under a previous provisional license to transfer to a new provisional license if the license holder requests a hardship exemption.

(c) A person may reapply for a provisional license under this section only once.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.023 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.023
§ 52.023. LEASE PROVISIONS FOR DRILLING AND REWORKING.
Status: in_force

Each lease shall provide that:

(1) if the production of oil or gas on premises leased under this subchapter ceases for any reason after the expiration of the primary term, the lease will not terminate if the lessee commences additional drilling or reworking operations within 60 days after the cessation of production;

(2) the lease shall remain in effect as long as drilling or reworking operations continue in good faith and in a workmanlike manner without interruptions totaling more than 60 days;

(3) if the drilling or reworking operations result in the production of oil or gas, the lease shall remain in effect so long as oil or gas is produced from the leased premises in paying quantities or payment of shut-in royalties or payment of compensatory royalties is made as provided by law; and

(4) if the drilling or reworking operations result in the completion of a well as a dry hole, the lease will not terminate if the lessee commences additional drilling or reworking operations within 60 days after the completion of the well as a dry hole, and the lease shall remain in effect so long as the lessee continues drilling or reworking operations in good faith and in a workmanlike manner without interruptions totaling more than 60 days.
Tex. Utilities Code § 163.063 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 163 / Section 163.063
§ 163.063. RATES AND CHARGES.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency may establish and maintain rates and charges for electric power and energy the agency delivers, transmits, or exchanges. The rates and charges must:

(1) be reasonable and in accordance with prudent utility practices;

(2) be based on periodic cost of service studies and subject to modification, unless such a basis for rates and charges is waived by the purchaser by contract; and

(3) be developed to recover the agency's cost of producing and transmitting the electric power and energy, as applicable, which cost must include the amortization of capital investment.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), this state reserves its power to regulate an agency's rates and charges for electric energy supplied by the agency's facilities.

(c) Until obligations issued under this subchapter have been paid and discharged, with all interest on the obligations, interest on unpaid interest installments on the obligations, and other connected and incurred costs or expenses, this state pledges to and agrees with the purchasers and successive holders of the obligations that it will not:

(1) limit or alter the power of an agency to establish and collect rates and charges under this section sufficient to pay:

(A) necessary operational and maintenance expenses;

(B) interest and principal on obligations issued by the agency;

(C) sinking funds and reserve fund payments; and

(D) other charges necessary to fulfill the terms of any agreement; or

(2) take any action that will impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the obligations.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.005 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.005
§ 62.005. HUNTING WITH LIGHT.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 62.0055 or 62.0056, no person may hunt a game animal or bird protected by this code with the aid of an artificial light that casts or reflects a beam of light onto or otherwise illuminates the game animal or bird, including the headlights of a motor vehicle.