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Tex. Occupations Code § 601.312 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.312
§ 601.312. ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTATION IN INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) In an informal meeting under Section 601.311, at least two panelists shall be appointed to determine whether an informal disposition is appropriate.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and Section 601.311(b)(3), an informal proceeding may be conducted by one panelist if the person who is the subject of the complaint waives the requirement that at least two panelists conduct the informal proceeding. If the person waives that requirement, the panelist may be any member of the advisory board.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the panel requirements described by Subsections (a) and (b) apply to an informal proceeding conducted by the advisory board under Section 601.311, including a proceeding to:

(1) consider a disciplinary case to determine if a violation has occurred; or

(2) request modification or termination of an order.

(d) The panel requirements described by Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to an informal proceeding conducted by the advisory board under Section 601.311 to show compliance with an order of the advisory board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.117 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.117
§ 1121.117. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS; ADVERTISING FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into a construction contract on the district's behalf.

(b) The board may enter into a construction contract only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, if the amount of the contract is greater than the amount provided by Section 271.024 of that code.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1541 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1541
§ 25.1541. LUBBOCK COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Lubbock County has the following statutory county courts:

(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Lubbock County;

(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Lubbock County; and

(3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Lubbock County.

(b) County Court at Law No. 1 of Lubbock County and County Court at Law No. 2 of Lubbock County sit in Lubbock.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.109 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.109
§ 4.109. DELAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise instructed, a collecting bank in a good faith effort to secure payment of a specific item drawn on a payor other than a bank, and with or without the approval of any person involved, may waive, modify, or extend time limits imposed or permitted by this title for a period not exceeding two additional banking days without discharge of drawers or indorsers or liability to its transferor or a prior party.

(b) Delay by a collecting bank or payor bank beyond time limits prescribed or permitted by this title or by instructions is excused if:

(1) the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, suspension of payments by another bank, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond the control of the bank; and

(2) the bank exercises such diligence as the circumstances require.
Tex. Government Code § 501.140 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.140
§ 501.140. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the committee may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the committee until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing committee operations;

(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the committee;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the committee;

(4) the results of the most recent formal audit of the committee;

(5) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts of interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of a state policy-making body in performing their duties; and

(6) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the department or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the committee is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The executive director shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each member of the committee. Each member of the committee shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.156
§ 1073.156. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 23.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 23 / Section 23.051
§ 23.051. OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the municipality may appoint officers, other than the mayor, aldermen, or marshal, as necessary to carry out the municipality's functions under this code.
Tex. Water Code § 61.160 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.160
§ 61.160. QUALIFICATIONS; COMPENSATION; AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each commissioner shall be a freehold property taxpayer and a qualified elector in the district.

(b) Each commissioner shall execute a bond and shall subscribe the required oath.

(c) Each commissioner is entitled to receive the compensation provided by the board.

(d) A majority of the commissioners shall have the authority to act, and all acts of the commission are subject to the supervision of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.263 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.263
§ 6904.263. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

The resolution authorizing the bonds or the trust indenture securing the bonds may limit or qualify the rights of the holders of less than all of the outstanding bonds payable from the same source to institute or prosecute litigation affecting the district's property or income.
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.051
§ 161.051. CREATION OF COMMISSION BY ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county, by an order adopted by a majority of the court's full membership, may create a county ethics commission.

(b) A copy of an order adopted under this section shall be placed in the minutes of the court's proceedings. The copy of the order is public information.
Tex. Finance Code § 398.102 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 398 / Section 398.102
§ 398.102. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION NOT AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not create a private right of action against any person based on compliance or noncompliance with this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 233.037 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 233 / Section 233.037
§ 233.037. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner of property who is aggrieved by an action or order adopted by the board of building line adjustment may appeal to the commissioners court. The person must bring the appeal within 30 days after the date the action or order was adopted.

(b) A property owner in the county who is aggrieved by a final order of the board or of the commissioners court may appeal to the district court or to another court with proper jurisdiction. The appellant must bring the appeal within 30 days after the date on which the final order in question was adopted. The appellant must execute an appeal bond in an amount fixed by the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.255
§ 3952.255. ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an assessment on property in the district, if the assessment is authorized by an ordinance of the city, to pay the cost or the cost of maintenance of any authorized district improvement in the manner provided for a district under Subchapters A, E, and F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed; and

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes.

(c) The lien of an assessment against property runs with the land. The portion of an assessment payment obligation that has not yet come due is not eliminated by the foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien, and any purchaser of property in a foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien takes the property subject to the assessment payment obligations that have not yet come due and to the lien and terms of the lien's payment under the applicable assessment ordinance or order.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 109.59 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 109 / Section 109.59
§ 109.59. APPLICATION OF DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If at the time an original alcoholic beverage permit or license is granted for a premises the premises satisfies the requirements regarding distance from schools, churches, and other types of premises established in this code and any other law or ordinance of the state or a political subdivision of the state in effect at that time, the premises shall be deemed to satisfy the distance requirements for all subsequent renewals of the license or permit.

(b) On the sale or transfer of the premises or the business on the premises in which a new original license or permit is required for the premises, the premises shall be deemed to satisfy any distance requirements as if the issuance of the new original permit or license were a renewal of a previously held permit or license.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to the satisfaction of the distance requirement prescribed by Section 109.33(a)(2) for a public school, except that on the death of a permit or license holder or a person having an interest in a permit or license Subsection (b) does apply to the holder's surviving spouse or child of the holder or person if the spouse or child qualifies as a successor in interest to the permit or license.

(d) Subsection (a) does not apply to the satisfaction of the distance requirement prescribed by Section 109.33(a)(2) for a public school if the holder's permit or license has been suspended for a violation occurring after September 1, 1995, of any of the following provisions:

(1) Section 11.61(b)(1), (6)-(11), (13), (14), or (20); or

(2) Section 61.71(a)(5)-(8), (10), (11), (13), (16), (17), (21), or (23).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8368.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8368 / Section 8368.051
§ 8368.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8368.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Education Code § 65.11 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 65 / Section 65.11
§ 65.11. BOARD OF REGENTS.
Status: in_force

The government of the university system is vested in a board of nine regents appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The board may provide for the administration, organization, and names of the institutions and entities in The University of Texas System in such a way as will achieve the maximum operating efficiency of such institutions and entities, provided, however, that no institution or entity of The University of Texas System not authorized by specific legislative act to offer a four-year undergraduate program as of the effective date of this Act shall offer any such four-year undergraduate program without prior recommendation and approval by a two-thirds vote of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and a specific act of the Legislature.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.452 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.452
§ 1002.452. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may include in the amount of the administrative penalty the actual costs of investigating and prosecuting the violation.

(b) The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,500 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(c) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:

(A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited acts; and

(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;

(2) the economic harm to property or the environment caused by the violation;

(3) the history of previous violations;

(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(5) efforts or resistance to efforts to correct the violation; and

(6) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3847.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3847 / Section 3847.008
§ 3847.008. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.104
§ 1072.104. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

(1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) accounting and control procedures for the district.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.034 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 20 / Section 20.034
§ 20.034. REQUESTING SECURITY FREEZE.
Status: in_force

(a) On written request sent by certified mail that includes proper identification provided by a consumer, a consumer reporting agency shall place a security freeze on a consumer's consumer file not later than the fifth business day after the date the agency receives the request.

(b) On written request for a security freeze provided by a consumer under Subsection (a), a consumer reporting agency shall disclose to the consumer the process of placing, removing, and temporarily lifting a security freeze and the process for allowing access to information from the consumer's consumer file for a specific requester or period while the security freeze is in effect.

(c) A consumer reporting agency shall, not later than the 10th business day after the date the agency receives the request for a security freeze:

(1) send a written confirmation of the security freeze to the consumer; and

(2) provide the consumer with a unique personal identification number or password to be used by the consumer to authorize a removal or temporary lifting of the security freeze under Section 20.037.

(d) A consumer may request in writing a replacement personal identification number or password. The request must comply with the requirements for requesting a security freeze under Subsection (a). The consumer reporting agency shall not later than the third business day after the date the agency receives the request for a replacement personal identification number or password provide the consumer with a new unique personal identification number or password to be used by the consumer instead of the number or password that was provided under Subsection (c).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.108
§ 1054.108. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property located in district territory if the interest is necessary or convenient for the district to exercise a power, right, or privilege conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Penal Code § 47.08 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 47 / Section 47.08
§ 47.08. TESTIMONIAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A party to an offense under this chapter may be required to furnish evidence or testify about the offense.

(b) A party to an offense under this chapter may not be prosecuted for any offense about which he is required to furnish evidence or testify, and the evidence and testimony may not be used against the party in any adjudicatory proceeding except a prosecution for aggravated perjury.

(c) For purposes of this section, "adjudicatory proceeding" means a proceeding before a court or any other agency of government in which the legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges of specified parties are determined.

(d) A conviction under this chapter may be had upon the uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.057 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.057
§ 142.057. STRIKES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A police officer employed by a municipality may not engage in a strike or organized work stoppage against this state or the municipality.

(b) A police officer who participates in a strike forfeits any civil service rights, reemployment rights, and other rights, benefits, or privileges the police officer may have as a result of the officer's employment or prior employment with the municipality.

(c) This section does not affect the right of a person to cease work if the person is not acting in concert with others in an organized work stoppage.
Tex. Government Code § 499.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 499 / Section 499.002
§ 499.002. TRANSFER TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The parole division may assume custody of an eligible inmate not more than one year before the inmate's presumptive parole date or mandatory supervision release date. The eligible inmate becomes a pre-parolee on the date the parole division assumes custody, and the parole division immediately shall transfer the pre-parolee to a community residential facility. Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the pre-parolee may serve the remainder of the pre-parolee's sentence before release on parole in the facility designated by the parole division.

(b) At the time of the transfer of the pre-parolee, the parole division shall designate a community residential facility as the pre-parolee's assigned unit of confinement.

(c) If a pre-parolee is transferred from pre-parole status to parole status the pre-parolee shall receive any balance of the money to which the pre-parolee is entitled under Section 501.015.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.063
§ 1100.063. APPOINTMENT OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments if warranted.

(b) The district may employ fiscal agents, accountants, architects, and attorneys as the board considers proper.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ district employees, including technicians and nurses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8488.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8488 / Section 8488.051
§ 8488.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8488.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Education Code § 130.177 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.177
§ 130.177. DEL MAR COLLEGE-CORPUS CHRISTI JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Del Mar College-Corpus Christi Junior College District includes the territory within:

(1) the Corpus Christi, West Oso, Calallen, Tuloso-Midway, and Flour Bluff independent school districts, and any area located outside of those school districts that is within the municipality of Corpus Christi;

(2) Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, and Kenedy counties; and

(3) the Riviera Independent School District.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 16.062 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 16 / Section 16.062
§ 16.062. RECORDING OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate of the registrant or applicant effecting a name change of the person to whom the mark was issued or for whom an application was filed may be recorded with the secretary of state by paying a recording fee to the secretary of state.

(b) Other properly executed written instruments that relate to a mark registered or an application pending with the secretary of state under this chapter, including a license, security interest, or mortgage, may be recorded with the secretary of state, at the secretary of state's discretion.

(c) An acknowledgment is prima facie evidence of the execution of an instrument other than an assignment under this section, and when recorded by the secretary of state, the record is prima facie evidence of execution.

(d) The secretary of state must accept for recording a copy of an original instrument under this section if the copy is certified to be a true copy by any party to the transaction or the party's successor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.066 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.066
§ 1301.066. RETALIATION AGAINST PREFERRED PROVIDER PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

An insurer may not engage in any retaliatory action against a physician or health care provider, including terminating the physician's or provider's participation in the preferred provider benefit plan or refusing to renew the physician's or provider's contract, because the physician or provider has:

(1) on behalf of an insured, reasonably filed a complaint against the insurer; or

(2) appealed a decision of the insurer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2151.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2151 / Section 2151.202
§ 2151.202. RATE FILINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall file with the department rates to be charged for insurance provided through the association for approval by the commissioner.

(b) The association may not file rates under this section more than once in any 12-month period.
Tex. Estates Code § 456.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 456 / Section 456.004
§ 456.004. LIABILITY OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

An eligible institution is not liable for any act respecting an account taken in compliance with this chapter.