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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3854.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3854 / Section 3854.202
§ 3854.202. TAX AND BOND ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the district shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval for the district to impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes or assessments.

(b) The board may submit multiple purposes in a single proposition at an election.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.1071 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.1071
§ 31.1071. OPERATION OF MOTORBOAT WITH EMERGENCY ENGINE CUTOFF SWITCH.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "engine cutoff switch" means an emergency switch installed on a motorboat that:

(1) is designed to shut off the engine if:

(A) the motorboat operator using a lanyard attachment activates the switch by falling overboard or otherwise moving beyond the length of the lanyard; or

(B) the motorboat operator or a passenger using a wireless attachment activates the switch by falling overboard and submerging a man-overboard transmitter; and

(2) attaches:

(A) physically to the motorboat operator through the use of a lanyard worn by the operator; or

(B) wirelessly through the use of a water-activated man-overboard transmitter worn by the motorboat operator or any similarly equipped passenger on the motorboat.

(b) A motorboat operator may not operate a motorboat less than 26 feet in length and equipped by the manufacturer with an engine cutoff switch while the motorboat is under way and moving at greater than headway speed without first verifying that the switch is operational and fully functional and properly attaching the lanyard or wireless attachment, as appropriate for the specific motorboat, to the operator's body or to the clothing or personal flotation device being worn by the operator.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 260C.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.002
§ 260C.002. IN-PERSON VISITATION WITH RELIGIOUS COUNSELOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A health care facility may not prohibit a resident or patient of the facility from receiving in-person visitation with a religious counselor during a public health emergency on the request of:

(1) the patient or resident; or

(2) if the patient or resident is incapacitated, the patient's or resident's legally authorized representative, including a family member of the patient or resident.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the executive commissioner by rule shall develop guidelines to assist health care facilities in establishing in-person religious counselor visitation policies and procedures. The guidelines must:

(1) establish minimum health and safety requirements for in-person visitation with religious counselors;

(2) allow health care facilities to adopt reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on in-person visitation with religious counselors to:

(A) mitigate the spread of a communicable disease; and

(B) address the patient's or resident's medical condition;

(3) provide special consideration to patients and residents who are receiving end-of-life care; and

(4) allow health care facilities to condition in-person visitation with religious counselors on the counselor's compliance with guidelines, policies, and procedures established under this subsection.

(c) A health care facility may prohibit in-person visitation with a religious counselor during a public health emergency if federal law or a federal agency requires the health care facility to prohibit in-person visitation during that period.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.439 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.439
§ 2001.439. TRUST AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a unit may be formed pursuant to a trust agreement between two or more licensed authorized organizations that conduct bingo at the same location. The agreement must:

(1) designate one of the organizations as the trustee;

(2) designate a person who will carry out the duties described by Section 2001.438(b);

(3) specify the method by which the unit will comply with the requirements of Section 2001.436(a); and

(4) state that the trustee is responsible for compliance with the rules of the commission and this chapter.

(b) The commission by rule may prohibit a person from serving as a unit manager or as a designated agent for a unit that does not use a unit manager if the person has failed to comply with the duties required of the person as a unit manager or designated agent.

(c) The commission may prohibit a person who serves as a designated agent that is listed on a license under this chapter, including having been approved by the commission to work in the bingo operations of a licensed authorized organization or as an operator, from holding or being listed on any license or from being approved to work in the bingo operations of any licensed authorized organization or to serve as an operator if the person has failed to comply with the duties required of the person as a unit manager or designated agent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1104.307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.307
§ 1104.307. DISPOSITION OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND DEBTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not dispose of or transfer the district's assets except for due compensation unless:

(1) the debts are transferred to another governmental entity embracing the district; and

(2) the transferred assets are used for the benefit of citizens formerly in the district.

(b) If the board transfers the district's debts to another governmental entity, the board shall also transfer to that governmental entity:

(1) title to land, buildings, improvements, and equipment related to the hospital system owned by the district; and

(2) operating money and reserves for operating expenses and money budgeted by the district to provide medical care for district residents for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the district is dissolved.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7998.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7998 / Section 7998.203
§ 7998.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8341.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8341 / Section 8341.004
§ 8341.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8341.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.075 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.075
§ 231.075. LOCAL OPTION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to a county in which a majority of the voters voting on the question approve this subchapter's grant of authority to the county. The commissioners court shall order and hold an election if the court is petitioned to do so under Section 231.076. The commissioners court may not order and hold the election on its own motion.

(b) If an election is held, the ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Granting authority to the county to adopt zoning and building construction ordinances for the areas around lakes."
Tex. Finance Code § 157.009 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 157 / Section 157.009
§ 157.009. TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION.
Status: repealed

(a) A mortgage banker may withdraw the mortgage banker's registration at any time.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 655, Sec. 65(a)(12), eff. September 1, 2011.

(c) The commissioner may revoke the registration of a mortgage banker if the mortgage banker fails or refuses to comply with the commissioner's written request for a response to a complaint.

(d) The commissioner may revoke the registration of a mortgage banker after considering a complaint filed under this chapter if the commissioner concludes that the mortgage banker has engaged in an intentional course of conduct to violate federal or state law or has engaged in an intentional course of conduct that constitutes improper, fraudulent, or dishonest dealings or has engaged in a negligent course of conduct exhibited through pattern or practice. The commissioner shall recite the basis of the decision in an order revoking the registration.

(d-1) The commissioner, after review of the circumstances, may revoke the registration of a mortgage banker if the mortgage banker has had a license, registration, or other certification revoked by a state or federal regulatory authority.

(e) If the commissioner proposes to revoke a registration under Subsection (c), (d), or (d-1), the mortgage banker is entitled to a hearing before the commissioner or a hearings officer, who shall propose a decision to the commissioner. The commissioner or hearings officer shall prescribe the time and place of the hearing. The hearing is governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(f) A mortgage banker aggrieved by a ruling, order, or decision of the commissioner is entitled to appeal to a district court in the county in which the hearing was held. An appeal under this subsection is governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 22.26 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 22 / Section 22.26
§ 22.26. SIGNATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each rendition statement or property report required or authorized by this chapter must be signed by an individual who is required to file the statement or report.

(b) When a corporation is required to file a statement or report, an officer of the corporation or an employee or agent who has been designated in writing by the board of directors or by an authorized officer to sign in behalf of the corporation must sign the statement or report.
Tex. Education Code § 73.305 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 73 / Section 73.305
§ 73.305. GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept gifts and grants from any source for the benefit of the dental branch.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.112 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.112
§ 1509.112. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may refund or otherwise refinance bonds issued under this subchapter by issuing refunding bonds under any terms provided by an ordinance of the governing body of the municipality.

(b) All appropriate provisions of this subchapter apply to the refunding bonds. The refunding bonds shall be issued in the manner provided by this subchapter for other bonds.

(c) The refunding bonds may be sold and delivered in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest and any redemption premium on the bonds to be refunded, at maturity or on any redemption date.

(d) The refunding bonds may be issued to be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded by them. In that case, the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds and deliver them to the holder of the bonds to be refunded as provided by the ordinance authorizing the refunding bonds. The exchange may be made in one delivery or in installment deliveries.
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.358 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.358
§ 507.358. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If the person does not pay the administrative penalty and enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the executive council may refer the matter to the attorney general for collection of the penalty.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.202
§ 2001.202. COURT ENFORCEMENT OF FINAL ORDERS, DECISIONS, AND RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general, on the request of a state agency to which it appears that a person is violating, about to violate, or failing or refusing to comply with a final order or decision or an agency rule, may bring an action in a district court authorized to exercise judicial review of the final order or decision or the rule to:

(1) enjoin or restrain the continuation or commencement of the violation; or

(2) compel compliance with the final order or decision or the rule.

(b) The action authorized by this section is in addition to any other remedy provided by law.
Tex. Government Code § 497.059 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.059
§ 497.059. LIMITING IMPACT OF CERTIFICATION ON NON-PRISON INDUSTRY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not grant initial certification to a private sector prison industries program if the board determines that the operation of the program would result in the loss of existing jobs provided by any employer in this state.

(b) The board shall adopt rules to determine whether a program would cause the loss of existing jobs of a specific type provided by an employer in this state.

(c) For the purposes of this section, a program does not result in the loss of existing jobs if, at the time of initial certification, the jobs are performed by workers in a foreign country.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8265.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8265 / Section 8265.106
§ 8265.106. LIMITATION ON ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not add land to the district under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, if the land is located outside the corporate limits of the city of Gunter.

(b) Section 43.075, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 54.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 54 / Section 54.009
§ 54.009. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this chapter.

(b) The executive commissioner may not adopt a rule that violates Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or Chapter 45, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.156 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.156
§ 10.156. ACCEPTANCE OF CERTIFICATE FOR FILING.
Status: in_force

The filing officer may not accept a certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion for filing if:

(1) the filing officer finds that the certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion does not conform to law; or

(2) the required franchise taxes have not been paid or the certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion does not provide that one or more of the surviving, new, or acquiring organizations or the converted entity is liable for the payment of the required franchise taxes.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2352.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2352 / Section 2352.105
§ 2352.105. COMPENSATION FOR WARRANTY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A manufacturer or distributor shall fairly compensate a dealer for the work and services the dealer performs and for expenses the dealer incurs to comply with a manufacturer's or distributor's warranty.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a manufacturer or distributor may not pay a dealer a labor rate for warranty work that is less than the rate the dealer charges retail customers for nonwarranty work of the same kind by similar technicians.

(c) A manufacturer or distributor who has a warranty program that reimburses a dealer at 100 percent of the dealer's retail labor rate if the dealer complies with reasonable and objective criteria shall pay the dealer the labor rate provided by the terms of the program or a rate equal to 80 percent of the dealer's retail labor rate, whichever rate is higher.

(d) A manufacturer or distributor shall approve or disapprove a dealer's written claim for warranty work not later than the second business day after the date of receipt of the claim. If the claim is approved, the manufacturer or distributor shall pay the claim not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt of the dealer's written invoice or written proof of completion of the warranty work. If the claim is disapproved, the manufacturer or distributor shall notify the dealer of the grounds for disapproval.

(e) A manufacturer or distributor may not audit a claim filed for warranty work after the first anniversary of the date the claim is submitted.

(f) A manufacturer must act as the single source of contact for the dealer for the manufacturer's component part product warranties, other than engine-related product warranties.
Tex. Local Government Code § 326.0431 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 326 / Section 326.0431
§ 326.0431. WRITE-IN CANDIDACIES.
Status: in_force

Write-in votes may be counted only for names appearing on a list of write-in candidates, in the manner that Subchapter C, Chapter 146, Election Code, provides for counting write-in votes for city officers.
Tex. Election Code § 86.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 86 / Section 86.003
§ 86.003.
Status: repealed

Sec. 86.003. METHOD OF PROVIDING BALLOT TO VOTER: REQUIRED ADDRESS. (a) The balloting materials for voting by mail shall be provided to the voter by mail. A ballot provided by any other method may not be counted.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the balloting materials shall be addressed to the applicable address specified in the voter's application. The election officer providing the ballot may not knowingly mail the materials to an address other than that prescribed by this section.

(c) The address to which the balloting materials must be addressed is the address at which the voter is registered to vote, or the registered mailing address if different, unless the ground for voting by mail is:

(1) absence from the county of residence, in which case the address must be an address outside the voter's county of residence;

(2) confinement in jail, in which case the address must be the address of the jail or of a relative described by Section 84.002(a)(4);

(3) age or disability and the voter is living at a hospital, nursing home or other long-term care facility, or retirement center, or with a relative described by Section 84.002(a)(3), in which case the address must be the address of that facility or relative; or

(4) involuntary civil commitment, in which case the address must be the address of the facility or of a relative described by Section 84.002(a)(7).

(d) If the applicable address specified in a voter's application is an address other than that prescribed by Subsection (c) or subject to Section 86.002(a), the voter's application shall be rejected in accordance with Section 86.001(c).

(e) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 18, eff. December 1, 2017.
Tex. Insurance Code § 32.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 32 / Section 32.152
§ 32.152. PERIODIC EVALUATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall by rule establish a process by which the department shall periodically evaluate an advisory committee to ensure its continued necessity. The department may retain or develop committees as appropriate to meet changing needs.
Tex. Local Government Code § 240.905 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 240 / Section 240.905
§ 240.905. LAND USE REGULATION FOR FLOOD CONTROL IN TRINITY RIVER BASIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county located below the dam of Lake Livingston with all or part of its area within the 100-year floodplain of the Trinity River basin as described by county maps developed according to Federal Emergency Management Agency requirements may adopt and enforce rules that regulate the future construction of residences and the laying out of residential lots or the development of subdivisions in that portion of the county located in the 100-year floodplain of the Trinity River basin.

(b) Before the commissioners court may adopt and enforce the rules described in Subsection (a) of this section the commissioners court must make a determination that the rules are necessary to protect the health and safety of the public by reducing the damage caused by flooding in the 100-year floodplain.

(c) The rules described in Subsection (a) of this section apply only to development and construction commenced after the effective date of this section for:

(1) the flood-proofing of structures constructed or placed in the floodplain;

(2) the type of structures which may be constructed or placed in the floodplain;

(3) the minimum elevation of structures constructed or placed in the floodplain; and

(4) specification for drainage of residential lots or subdivisions to be laid out in the floodplain.

(d) The commissioners court may not regulate new manufactured or industrialized housing constructed to preemptive state or federal building standards for siting or zoning purposes in any manner that is different from regulation of site-built housing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1031.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1031 / Section 1031.201
§ 1031.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements;

(2) equip buildings or improvements for health care purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical or air ambulance service.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.304 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.304
§ 454.304. INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall adopt procedures governing:

(1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and

(2) informal proceedings held in compliance with Section 2001.054, Government Code.

(b) A rule adopted under this section must:

(1) provide the complainant and the license holder an opportunity to be heard; and

(2) require the presence of the board's legal counsel or a representative of the attorney general to advise the board or the board's employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.063
§ 1107.063. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint under terms prescribed by the board a general manager qualified by training and experience as the district administrator.

(b) The district administrator shall receive the compensation determined by the board.

(c) The board may remove the district administrator at any time.

(d) Before assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator must execute a bond payable to the district in an amount of not less than $10,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing well and faithfully the administrator's required duties; and

(2) contains any other condition the board requires.
Tex. Election Code § 142.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 142 / Section 142.002
§ 142.002. DECLARATION OF INTENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) To be entitled to a place on the general election ballot, a candidate must make a declaration of intent to run as an independent candidate.

(b) A declaration of intent to run as an independent candidate must:

(1) be in writing and be signed and acknowledged by the candidate;

(2) be filed with the authority with whom the candidate's application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed within the regular filing period for an application for a place on a general primary election ballot; and

(3) contain:

(A) the candidate's name and residence address;

(B) the office sought, including any place number or other distinguishing number; and

(C) an indication of whether the office sought is to be filled for a full or unexpired term, if the office sought and another office to be voted on have the same title but do not have place numbers or other distinguishing numbers.

(c) This section does not apply to:

(1) a candidate for an unexpired term if the vacancy occurs after the 10th day before the regular filing deadline for an application for a place on a general primary election ballot; or

(2) a candidate for an office for which the regular application filing deadline for candidates in a primary election is extended.