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Tex. Government Code § 24.516 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.516
§ 24.516.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.516. 371ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). (a) The 371st Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County.

(b) The 371st District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.

(c) The terms of the 371st District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October.

(d) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 371st District Court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the county criminal courts in Tarrant County over misdemeanor cases.
Tex. Education Code § 74.754 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.754
§ 74.754. COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES.
Status: in_force

The board of regents may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees and may adopt rules for the operation, control, and management of the health science center as may be necessary for the conduct of a medical school and other health science center programs of the first class.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 47.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 47 / Section 47.009
§ 47.009. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A birthing facility, a clinical laboratory, an audiologist, a health care provider, a physician, a registered nurse, or any other officer or employee of a birthing facility, a laboratory, a physician, or an audiologist is not criminally or civilly liable for furnishing information in good faith to the department or its designee as required by this chapter. This section does not apply to information gathered and furnished after a parent of a newborn or infant declined screening offered through a program.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.139 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.139
§ 361.139. FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN SETTING FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) To promote the public policy of preferred waste management methods under Section 361.023 and to provide for an equitable fee rate structure, the commission shall consider the following in establishing the fees authorized under this subchapter:

(1) the variation in risks to the public associated with different waste management methods, including storage, specifically:

(A) promoting the establishment and maintenance of industrial solid waste and hazardous waste reclamation, reuse, and recycling facilities;

(B) promoting the public policy of preferred waste management methods for waste streams that are amenable to multiple waste management methods; and

(C) considering whether the waste is ultimately disposed of in the state;

(2) the funding needed to adequately and equitably support the regulation of industrial solid waste and hazardous waste generation, storage, processing, and disposal activities and the remediation of contaminated disposal sites, considering:

(A) the nature and extent of regulated activities and the variation in the cost of regulating different types of facilities;

(B) the cost to the state of operating an effective program for the regulation of industrial solid waste and hazardous waste which protects human health and the environment and is consistent with state and federal authority;

(C) the higher costs of regulation and oversight that may be required for commercial waste management facilities;

(D) the sources and causes of contamination at sites in need of remediation; and

(E) the benefits and beneficiaries of the regulatory programs and activities supported through fees assessed under this subchapter;

(3) promoting the efficient and effective use of existing industrial solid waste and hazardous waste storage, processing, and disposal facilities within the state;

(4) whether a volume of waste received by a facility has been or will be assessed a waste management fee at other facilities under Section 361.136; and

(5) the prevailing rates of similar fees for industrial solid waste and hazardous waste activities charged in other states to which wastes from this state may be exported or from which wastes may be imported for storage, processing, or disposal.

(b) In addition to the factors prescribed in Subsection (a), the commission, in establishing fees for the management of hazardous waste under Section 361.136, shall also consider:

(1) the amount of state matching funds necessary for remedial actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; and

(2) the costs of state-funded remedial actions under Subchapter F.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.608 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.608
§ 1201.608. INSPECTION OF LICENSEE RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may inspect a licensee's records during normal business hours without advance notice if the director believes that such inspection is necessary to prevent a violation of this chapter, to protect a consumer or another licensee, or to assist another state or federal agency in an investigation.

(b) The director may request or issue subpoenas for a licensee's records.

(c) The department may carry out "sting" or undercover investigations in accordance with board-adopted rules if the director believes such action to be appropriate in order to detect and address suspected violations of this chapter.

(d) While an investigation is pending, information obtained by the department in connection with that investigation is confidential unless disclosure of the information is specifically permitted or required by other law.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.127 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.127
§ 60.127. ADOPTION OF APPROVED INTERCONNECTION RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) An incumbent local exchange company may adopt the interconnection rates the commission approves for a larger incumbent local exchange company without additional cost justification.

(b) If an incumbent local exchange company does not adopt the interconnection rates of a larger company or negotiates under Section 60.125(a), the company is governed by Sections 60.125(c)-(f).

(c) If the incumbent local exchange company adopts the interconnection rates of another incumbent local exchange company, the new entrant may adopt those rates as the new entrant's interconnection rates.

(d) If the incumbent local exchange company elects to file its own tariff, the new entrant must also file its own interconnection tariff.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.015
§ 534.015. PROVISION OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees may adopt rules to regulate the administration of mental health or intellectual disability services by a community center. The rules must be consistent with the purposes, policies, principles, and standards prescribed by this subtitle.

(b) The board of trustees may contract with a local agency or a qualified person or organization to provide a portion of the mental health or intellectual disability services.

(c) With the approval of each appropriate commissioner, the board of trustees may contract with the governing body of another county or municipality to provide mental health and intellectual disability services to residents of that county or municipality.

(d) A community center may provide services to a person who voluntarily seeks assistance or who has been committed to that center.
Tex. Labor Code § 402.00118 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 402 / Section 402.00118
§ 402.00118. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner must:

(1) be a competent and experienced administrator;

(2) be well-informed and qualified in the field of workers' compensation; and

(3) have at least five years of experience as an executive in the administration of business or government or as a practicing attorney, physician, or certified public accountant.
Tex. Property Code § 64.058 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 64 / Section 64.058
§ 64.058. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise agreed, an assignee who collects rents under this chapter or collects on a judgment in an action under Section 64.060 shall apply the sums collected in the following order to:

(1) reimbursement of the assignee's expenses of enforcing the assignee's assignment of rents, including, to the extent provided for by agreement by the assignor and not prohibited by a law of this state other than this chapter, reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred by the assignee;

(2) reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the assignee to protect or maintain the real property that is subject to the assignment of rents;

(3) payment of the secured obligation;

(4) payment of any obligation secured by a subordinate security interest or other lien on the rents if, before distribution of the proceeds, the assignee receives a signed notice from the holder of the interest or lien demanding payment of the proceeds; and

(5) payment of any excess proceeds to the assignor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 114.081 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 114 / Section 114.081
§ 114.081. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Committee" means the Texas County Financial Data Advisory Committee.

(2) "Comptroller" means the comptroller of public accounts.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.027 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.027
§ 383.027. GRANTING OR REFUSING PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) After the hearing, if the commissioners court finds that the petition conforms to the requirements of Section 383.022 and that the creation of the district and the proposed project is feasible and necessary and would serve the public purpose of attracting visitors or tourists to the county, the commissioners court may make that finding and enter an order creating the district.

(b) The order creating the district may specify the cost to the county of publishing notice and conducting hearings for the creation of the district together with the cost of conducting the confirmation and sales and use tax election. The county may require the petitioner to pay to the county the amounts specified in the order creating the district at the time the order becomes final.

(c) If the commissioners court finds that the petition does not conform to the requirements of Section 383.022 or that the creation of the district and the proposed project is not feasible and necessary and would not serve the purpose of attracting visitors and tourists to the county, the commissioners court shall make that finding in an order and deny the petition.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 40.04 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.04
§ 40.04. IN MISDEMEANORS.
Status: repealed

By order of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dated December 18, 1985, effective September 1, 1986, adopting the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 685 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, this article was repealed.
Tex. Local Government Code § 211.053 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 211 / Section 211.053
§ 211.053. DWELLING UNIT OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a municipality may not adopt or enforce a zoning ordinance, rule, or other regulation that limits the number of people who may occupy a dwelling unit based on:

(1) age;

(2) familial status;

(3) occupation;

(4) relationship status; or

(5) whether the occupants are related to each other by a certain degree of affinity or consanguinity.

(b) A municipality may impose a limit on the number of occupants of a dwelling unit that is not more restrictive than:

(1) one occupant per sleeping room with a minimum floor area of 70 square feet; and

(2) one additional occupant for each additional 50 square feet of floor area in the same sleeping room.This subchapter may not be construed to affect requirements directly related to:

(1) the use and occupancy of residential units leased for a term of less than 30 days; or

(2) flooding, sewer facilities, or well water located on an individual residential lot and serving only that lot.
Tex. Estates Code § 1351.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1351 / Section 1351.004
§ 1351.004. PAYMENT OF SALE PROCEEDS INTO COURT REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

If the court enters an order of sale of property as provided by this subchapter, the purchaser of the property shall pay the proceeds of the sale belonging to the minor into the court registry.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8094.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8094 / Section 8094.0303
§ 8094.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.826 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.826
§ 17.826. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

An offense under this chapter is punishable by the fine imposed for an offense under Subsection (d) of Section 17.12 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8181.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8181 / Section 8181.002
§ 8181.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Harris County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Education Code § 21.703 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.703
§ 21.703. AMOUNT OF GRANT AWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state fiscal year, the agency shall provide each school district approved on a competitive basis under this subchapter with a grant in an amount determined by the agency in accordance with commissioner rule.

(b) Not later than April 1 of each state fiscal year, the agency shall provide written notice to each school district that will be provided a grant under this section that the district will be provided the grant and the amount of that grant.
Tex. Local Government Code § 215.071 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 215 / Section 215.071
§ 215.071. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a home-rule municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.252
§ 1018.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.

(b) In setting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1007.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1007 / Section 1007.051
§ 1007.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of five directors elected from single-member voting subdistricts established by the board.

(b) The board shall revise each single-member subdistrict after each federal decennial census to reflect population changes. At the first election after the subdistricts are revised, a new director shall be elected from each subdistrict. The directors shall draw lots to determine which two directors shall serve two-year terms and which three directors shall serve four-year terms.

(c) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.

(d) An election shall be held on the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.401 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.401
§ 1001.401. CANCELLATION AND SETTLEMENT POLICY.
Status: in_force

As a condition for obtaining a driver training provider license, the provider must maintain a cancellation and settlement policy that provides a full refund of all money paid by a student if:

(1) the student cancels the enrollment contract before midnight of the third day, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, after the date the enrollment contract is signed by the student, unless the student successfully completes the course or receives a failing grade on the course examination; or

(2) the enrollment of the student was procured as a result of a misrepresentation in:

(A) advertising or promotional materials of the provider; or

(B) a representation made by an owner or employee of the provider.
Tex. Water Code § 17.874 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.874
§ 17.874. PERIODIC DETERMINATION OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

A bond resolution or order may provide for payment of interest at any time or the periodic determination of interest rates or interest rate periods.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.006
§ 2306.006. RULES OF ABOLISHED AGENCIES.
Status: repealed

Rules of the abolished Texas Housing Agency and the Texas Department of Community Affairs continue in effect as rules of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs until amended or repealed by the department.
Tex. Transportation Code § 174.155 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 174 / Section 174.155
§ 174.155. JOINT OWNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

A district may enter into a joint ownership agreement with any person.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.308 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.308
§ 702.308. CANCELLATION OF CONTRACT FOR PARTIAL REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) A member may cancel a contract and receive a refund of unearned payments made under the contract by sending written notice of cancellation, accompanied by proof of payment made under the contract, by certified mail to the certificate holder's home office if the certificate holder:

(1) closes the health spa and fails to provide alternative facilities not more than 10 miles from the location of the health spa;

(2) relocates the health spa more than 10 miles from its location preceding the relocation; or

(3) fails to provide advertised services.

(b) A member who dies or becomes totally and permanently disabled after the date a contract is entered into, or the member's estate, may cancel the contract and receive a refund of the unearned payments made under the contract by sending written notice of cancellation by certified mail to the certificate holder's home office. The certificate holder may require the member, or the member's estate, to provide reasonable proof of the member's death or disability.

(c) A certificate holder who receives notice under Subsection (a) or (b) shall refund the unearned payments made under the contract to the member, or the member's estate, as appropriate, not later that the 30th day after the date notice is received.

(d) In this section, the unearned payments are computed in the same manner as a member's actual financial loss is computed under Section 702.252, except that the date a contract is canceled is substituted for the date a health spa closes or relocates.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 288.204 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 288 / Section 288.204
§ 288.204. INTEREST, PENALTIES, AND DISCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

Interest, penalties, and discounts on mandatory payments required under this subchapter are governed by the law applicable to county ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Estates Code § 1161.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1161 / Section 1161.002
§ 1161.002. STANDARD FOR MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT OF ESTATE.
Status: in_force

(a) In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling, supervising, and managing a ward's estate, a guardian of the estate shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that a person of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercises in the management of the person's own affairs, considering the probable income from, probable increase in value of, and safety of the person's capital. The guardian shall also consider all other relevant factors, including:

(1) the anticipated costs of supporting the ward;

(2) the ward's age, education, current income, ability to earn additional income, net worth, and liabilities;

(3) the nature of the ward's estate; and

(4) any other resources reasonably available to the ward.

(b) In determining whether a guardian of the estate has exercised the standard of investment required by this section with respect to an investment decision, the court shall, absent fraud or gross negligence, consider the investment of all the estate assets over which the guardian has management or control, rather than considering the prudence of only a single investment made by the guardian.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42.015 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.015
§ 42.015. FINDING OF AGE OF VICTIM.
Status: in_force

(a) In the trial of an offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04, Penal Code, or an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit one of those offenses, the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment in the case if the judge determines that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17 years of age at the time of the offense.

(b) In the trial of a sexually violent offense, as defined by Article 62.001, the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment in the case if the judge determines that the victim or intended victim was younger than 14 years of age at the time of the offense.
Tex. Local Government Code § 281.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 281 / Section 281.042
§ 281.042. MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

The board shall control and manage the affairs of the authority.
Tex. Labor Code § 402.073 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 402 / Section 402.073
§ 402.073. HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 432 (H.B. 3146), Sec. 7(5), eff. September 1, 2025.

(b) In a case in which a hearing is conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings under Section 413.031 or 413.055, the administrative law judge who conducts the hearing for the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall enter the final decision in the case after completion of the hearing.

(c) In a case in which a hearing is conducted in conjunction with Section 407.046, 408.023, or 415.034, and in other cases under this subtitle that are not subject to Subsection (b), the administrative law judge who conducts the hearing for the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall propose a decision to the commissioner for final consideration and decision by the commissioner.

(d) The notice of the commissioner's order must include a statement of the right of the person to judicial review of the order.

(e) In issuing an order under this section, the commissioner shall comply with the requirements applicable to a state agency under Section 2001.058, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1110.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1110 / Section 1110.007
§ 1110.007. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1003.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1003 / Section 1003.002
§ 1003.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The Booker Hospital District operates under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.