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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7914A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7914A / Section 7914A.0302
§ 7914A.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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7934.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7934 / Section 7934.051
§ 7934.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 7934.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.004
§ 1071.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Ochiltree County.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.355 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.355
§ 2306.355. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL PARITY OR SUBORDINATE LIEN BONDS.
Status: in_force

The department may issue additional parity bonds or subordinate lien bonds under terms or conditions in the resolution authorizing issuance of the bonds.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.305 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.305
§ 342.305.
Status: in_force

Sec. 342.305. ADDITIONAL INTEREST FOR DEFAULT: IRREGULAR TRANSACTION. A secondary mortgage loan that includes precomputed interest and that is an irregular transaction may provide for additional interest for default using the true daily earnings method for the period from the maturity date of an installment until the date the installment is paid. The rate of the additional interest may not exceed the maximum contract interest rate.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 43.053 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 43 / Section 43.053
§ 43.053. NUMBER AND ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A farm, orchard, or garden established under this subchapter may not exceed 1,000 acres in size.

(b) A railway corporation may not own or control more than four farms, orchards, or gardens under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 24.435 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.435
§ 24.435.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.435. 258TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POLK, SAN JACINTO, AND TRINITY COUNTIES). (a) The 258th Judicial District is composed of Polk, San Jacinto, and Trinity counties.

(b) The 258th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction in Polk County with the county court over all misdemeanor cases over which the county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. Cases in the concurrent misdemeanor jurisdiction may be filed in either court, and all cases of concurrent misdemeanor jurisdiction may be transferred between the 258th District Court and the county court. A case may not be transferred from one court to another without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred, and a case may not be transferred unless it is within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 125.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 125 / Section 125.001
§ 125.001. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the health and safety of persons living and working in agricultural areas in the state may be improved by providing access to information regarding certain hazardous chemicals to which they may be exposed either during their normal employment activities, during emergency situations, or as a result of proximity to the use of those chemicals. The legislature also finds that, because of the conditions of agricultural employment, there is a unique situation regarding certain agricultural laborers that makes it necessary to establish formal procedures to provide access to information regarding certain hazardous chemicals and to assure those laborers that there will be no retaliation by the employer for the exercise of rights under this chapter. This chapter is intended to assure that accessibility to information regarding chemicals covered by this chapter be provided to agricultural laborers who may be exposed to those chemicals in agricultural workplaces, to certain emergency service organizations responsible for dealing with chemical hazards during emergency situations when those chemicals are in close proximity to residential areas, and to the department to make the information available to the general public through specific procedures.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.061
§ 1024.061. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the general affairs of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 401.0445 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 401 / Section 401.0445
§ 401.0445. COMPILATION OF THE BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall compile the biennial appropriation budget using information:

(1) submitted to the governor in the uniform budget estimate forms; and

(2) obtained at public hearings, from inspections, and from other sources.

(b) In the budget, the governor shall show:

(1) the list of appropriations for the current year preceding the biennium for which appropriations are sought and recommended;

(2) expenditures for each of the two full years preceding the current year; and

(3) the amounts requested by the various agencies and the amounts recommended by the governor for each of the years of the biennium.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.254 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.254
§ 453.254. CONTINUING COMPETENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall:

(1) adopt requirements for continuing competence for license holders in subjects pertaining to the practice of physical therapy;

(2) establish a minimum number of continuing competence units required to renew a license; and

(3) develop a process to approve continuing competence activities.

(b) The board may require license holders to complete continuing competence activities specified by the board. The board shall adopt a procedure to assess a license holder's participation and performance in continuing competence activities.

(c) The board may identify the key factors for the competent performance by a license holder of the license holder's professional duties.

(d) In developing a process under Subsection (a) for the approval of continuing competence activities, the board may authorize appropriate organizations to approve the activities.

(e) The board by rule shall establish a process for selecting an appropriate organization to approve continuing competence activities under Subsection (d). The selection process must include a request for proposal and bidding process. If the board authorizes an organization to approve continuing competence activities under Subsection (d), the board shall request bids and proposals from that organization and other organizations at least once every four years.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 101.013 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 101 / Section 101.013
§ 101.013. COMMISSION APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Agreements for pooled units and cooperative facilities are not legal or effective until the commission finds, after application, notice, and hearing:

(1) that the agreement is necessary to accomplish the purposes specified in Section 101.011 of this code;

(2) that it is in the interest of the public welfare as being reasonably necessary to prevent waste and to promote the conservation of oil or gas or both;

(3) that the rights of the owners of all the interests in the field, whether signers of the unit agreement or not, would be protected under its operation;

(4) that the estimated additional cost, if any, of conducting the operation will not exceed the value of additional oil and gas so recovered, by or on behalf of the several persons affected, including royalty owners, owners of overriding royalties, oil and gas payments, carried interests, lien claimants, and others as well as the lessees;

(5) that other available or existing methods or facilities for secondary recovery operations or for the conservation and utilization of gas in the particular area or field concerned or for both are inadequate for the purposes; and

(6) that the area covered by the unit agreement contains only that part of the field that has reasonably been defined by development, and that the owners of interests in the oil and gas under each tract of land in the area reasonably defined by development are given an opportunity to enter into the unit on the same yardstick basis as the owners of interests in the oil and gas under the other tracts in the unit.

(b) A finding by the commission that the area described in the unit agreement is insufficient or covers more acreage than is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter is grounds for the disapproval of the agreement.
Tex. Local Government Code § 399.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 399 / Section 399.014
§ 399.014. LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) A contractual assessment under this chapter and any interest or penalties on the assessment:

(1) is a first and prior lien against the real property on which the assessment is imposed from the date on which the notice of contractual assessment is recorded as provided by Section 399.013 and until the assessment, interest, or penalty is paid; and

(2) has the same priority status as a lien for any other ad valorem tax.

(a-1) After the notice of a contractual assessment is recorded as provided under Section 399.013, the lien may not be contested on the basis that the improvement is not a qualified improvement or the project is not a qualified project.

(b) The lien runs with the land, and that portion of the assessment under the assessment contract that has not yet become due is not eliminated by foreclosure of a property tax lien.

(c) The assessment lien may be enforced by the local government in the same manner that a property tax lien against real property may be enforced by the local government to the extent the enforcement is consistent with Section 50, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(d) Delinquent installments of the assessments incur interest and penalties in the same manner as delinquent property taxes.

(e) A local government may recover costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, in a suit to collect a delinquent installment of an assessment in the same manner as in a suit to collect a delinquent property tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0211 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0211
§ 8513.0211. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint by majority vote a chair, a vice chair, a secretary, a treasurer, and other officers or assistant officers the board considers necessary.

(b) The chair, the vice chair, the secretary, and the treasurer must each be a director. Assistant officers are not required to be directors.

(c) An officer shall serve a term of two years.

(d) A non-director assistant officer:

(1) holds office at the pleasure of the board; and

(2) may be granted limited powers in the authority bylaws.

(e) The authority may appoint officers, prescribe their duties, and set their compensation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.35 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.35
§ 11.35. FURTHER PENALTY FOR DISOBEYING WRIT.
Status: in_force

Any person disobeying the writ of habeas corpus shall also be liable to a civil action at the suit of the party detained, and shall pay in such suit fifty dollars for each day of illegal detention and restraint, after service of the writ. It shall be deemed that a person has disobeyed the writ who detains a prisoner a longer time than three days after service thereof, unless where further time is allowed in the writ for making the return thereto.
Tex. Education Code § 73.108 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 73 / Section 73.108
§ 73.108. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Admission is subject to the written application of the patient, the guardian of the patient, or some friend or relative of the patient.

(b) The written application shall be on forms prescribed by the president and shall include:

(1) the patient's name, age, sex, and national origin;

(2) the patient's residence address or addresses for at least the two-year period preceding the date of the application;

(3) the patient's occupation, trade, profession, or employment;

(4) the names and addresses of the patient's parents, children, brothers, sisters, and other responsible relatives, if any;

(5) the names, addresses, and ages of any relatives who are or who may have been similarly afflicted;

(6) a complete statement of the location, description, and value of any real or personal property owned, possessed, or held by the patient or his guardian;

(7) the name of each person legally liable for the support of the patient and a statement of the location, description, and value of any real or personal property owned, possessed, or held by that person; and

(8) any other information or statements that may be required by the president.

(c) The application may be accompanied by a written request for the patient's admission by his attending physician which includes:

(1) a statement that he has adequately examined the patient and that the patient has, or is suspected of having, a neoplasm or allied disease;

(2) a statement indicating the duration of the disease, if known, and indicating any accompanying bodily disorder or disorders the patient may have at the time of the application; and

(3) any other information that may be required by the president.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0004
§ 8508.0004. FINDING OF BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that all land included in the authority will benefit from the improvements to be acquired and constructed by the authority.
Tex. Utilities Code § 103.053 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 103 / Section 103.053
§ 103.053. APPEAL BY RATEPAYERS OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The ratepayers of a municipally owned utility who are outside the municipality may appeal to the railroad commission an action of the municipality's governing body affecting the municipally owned utility's rates by filing with the railroad commission a petition for review signed by a number of ratepayers served by the utility outside the municipality equal to at least the lesser of 10,000 or five percent of those ratepayers.

(b) A petition for review is properly signed if signed by a person or the spouse of a person in whose name residential utility service is carried.

(c) For purposes of this section, each person who receives a separate bill is a ratepayer. A person who receives more than one bill may not be counted as more than one ratepayer.
Tex. Education Code § 130.0031 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.0031
§ 130.0031.
Status: in_force

Sec. 130.0031. TRANSFERS: WHEN MADE. (a) In consultation with the advisory committee established under Section 130.001(b)(5), the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule shall adopt a payment schedule by which money appropriated to junior college districts under this chapter and Chapter 130A is distributed to those districts.

(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may modify the amount of any installment required under the payment schedule adopted under Subsection (a) to, in accordance with this chapter, Chapter 130A, the General Appropriations Act, or coordinating board rule:

(1) provide the junior college district with the proper amount to which the junior college district may be entitled by law; and

(2) correct errors in the allocation or distribution of funds.

(c) If the amount of an installment under the payment schedule adopted under Subsection (a) is required to be equal to the amount of another installment, the amount of the other installment may be adjusted to provide for that equality. A payment under this section is not invalid because it is not equal to other installments.
Tex. Government Code § 62.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.003
§ 62.003. CONSTRUCTION AND SECURITY OF JURY WHEEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court shall provide a jury wheel in which to deposit the jury wheel cards.

(b) The jury wheel must revolve freely on its axle and be constructed of a durable material. The jury wheel may be equipped with a motor capable of revolving the wheel in a manner that thoroughly mixes the jury wheel cards.

(c) At all times that it is not in use as provided by this subchapter, the jury wheel shall be locked by using two separate locks. The key to one lock may not open the other lock. The clasps attached to the jury wheel onto which the two locks are fitted must be arranged so that the jury wheel may be opened only if the two locks are unlocked at the same time. The sheriff shall keep the key to one lock. The district clerk shall keep the key to the other lock.

(d) The sheriff and the district clerk may not open the jury wheel or permit it to be opened except at a time and in a manner authorized by this subchapter, or permit another person to open the wheel if the person is not authorized by this subchapter to open the wheel.

(e) The sheriff and the district clerk shall keep the jury wheel, when not in use, in a safe place with security that prevents anyone from tampering with the jury wheel.
Tex. Penal Code § 35.04 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 35 / Section 35.04
§ 35.04. JURISDICTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general may offer to an attorney representing the state in the prosecution of an offense under Section 35.02 the investigative, technical, and litigation assistance of the attorney general's office.

(b) The attorney general may prosecute or assist in the prosecution of an offense under Section 35.02 on the request of the attorney representing the state described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8172.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8172 / Section 8172.001
§ 8172.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means Cinco Municipal Utility District No. 7.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.202 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.202
§ 13.202. APPLICATION LIMITED.
Status: in_force

The regulations of the commission under Section 13.201 of this code apply only to state parks located within one mile of coastal water of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.002
§ 1107.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The Titus County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the powers and responsibilities provided by that section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.164 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.164
§ 3911.164. SPECIAL OR SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include a special or supplemental service for the improvement and promotion of the district or an area adjacent to the district or for the protection of public health and safety in or adjacent to the district, including:

(1) tourism;

(2) fire protection or emergency medical services; and

(3) educational improvements, enhancements, and services.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1504.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.003
§ 1504.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1504.003. VIOLATION OF CHAPTER: RELIEF AVAILABLE TO INJURED PERSON. A benefit plan issuer that violates this chapter is subject to the same penalties, and an injured person has the same rights and remedies, as those provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 541.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.154 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.154
§ 153.154. CONTRIBUTIONS BY AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL PARTNER.
Status: in_force

A general partner of a limited partnership may make a contribution to, be allocated profits and losses of, and receive a distribution from the limited partnership as a general partner, a limited partner, or both.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.179 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.179
§ 370.179. CONTROLLED ACCESS TO TURNPIKE PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority by order may designate a turnpike project or a portion of a project as a controlled-access toll road.

(b) An authority by order may:

(1) prohibit the use of or access to or from a turnpike project by a motor vehicle, bicycle, another classification or type of vehicle, or a pedestrian;

(2) deny access to or from:

(A) a turnpike project;

(B) real property adjacent to a turnpike project; or

(C) a street, road, alley, highway, or other public or private way intersecting a turnpike project;

(3) designate locations on a turnpike project at which access to or from the toll road is permitted;

(4) control, restrict, and determine the type and extent of access permitted at a designated location of access to a turnpike project; or

(5) erect appropriate protective devices to preserve the utility, integrity, and use of a turnpike project.

(c) Denial of access to or from a segment of the state highway system is subject to the approval of the commission.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 138.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 138 / Section 138.003
§ 138.003. PLEADINGS.
Status: in_force

In an action described in Section 138.002(b)(1), the initiating petition must state with particularity:

(1) the federal and state statutes allegedly violated; and

(2) the facts that are alleged to have proximately caused the injury claimed.
Tex. Government Code § 2053.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.004
§ 2053.004. LEGISLATION.
Status: in_force

The Texas Legislative Council shall draft any legislation required to implement the recommendations contained in the report required by this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 45.157 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.157
§ 45.157. EXAMINATION OF BONDS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this subchapter and the record relating to their issuance shall be submitted to the attorney general.
Tex. Family Code § 261.308 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 261 / Section 261.308
§ 261.308. SUBMISSION OF INVESTIGATION REPORT.
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall make a complete written report of the investigation.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(9), eff. September 1, 2015.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(9), eff. September 1, 2015.

(d) The department shall release information regarding a person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect to persons who have control over the person's access to children, including, as appropriate, the Texas Education Agency, the State Board for Educator Certification, the local school board or the school's governing body, the superintendent of the school district, the public school principal or director, the director of the open-enrollment charter school, or the chief executive officer of the private school if the department determines that:

(1) the person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect poses a substantial and immediate risk of harm to one or more children outside the family of a child who is the subject of the investigation; and

(2) the release of the information is necessary to assist in protecting one or more children from the person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect.

(e) On request, the department shall release information about a person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect to the State Board for Educator Certification if the board has a reasonable basis for believing that the information is necessary to assist the board in protecting children from the person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect.

(f) The department shall release information required to be released to the Texas Education Agency or the State Board for Educator Certification under Subsection (d) or (e) by submitting the information through the Internet portal developed and maintained by the agency under Section 22A.155, Education Code.