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Tex. Election Code § 212.052 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 212 / Section 212.052
§ 212.052. SUPPLEMENTARY RECOUNT AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

If a partial recount is conducted in election precincts in which paper ballots were used, a recount of votes cast in the remaining precincts in which paper ballots were used may be obtained as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.051
§ 201.051. BOARD; MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:

(1) six chiropractors who are reputable practicing chiropractors and who have resided in this state for at least five years preceding appointment; and

(2) three members who represent the public.

(b) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 297.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 297 / Section 297.151
§ 297.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING HOSPITAL NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may require an annual mandatory payment to be assessed quarterly on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the county. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider as determined by the data reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the fiscal year ending in 2013. The county may update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis based on data reported to the Department of State Health Services in a more recent fiscal year.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying hospital in the county. A mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the amount of the mandatory payment. The amount of the mandatory payment required of each paying hospital may not exceed an amount that, when added to the amount of the mandatory payments required from all other paying hospitals in the county, equals an amount of revenue that exceeds six percent of the aggregate net patient revenue of all paying hospitals in the county.

(d) Subject to the maximum amount prescribed by Subsection (c), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter, to fund the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program, and to pay for indigent programs, except that the amount of revenue from mandatory payments used for administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter in a year may not exceed the lesser of four percent of the total revenue generated from the mandatory payment or $20,000.

(e) A paying hospital may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.254
§ 7803.254. ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Annexation of a separately defined area is not final until ratified by a majority vote of the voters in the defined area voting at an election held in the area.

(b) Section 7803.113 governs notice of an election under this section.

(c) A separately defined area is a separate election precinct for an election under this section and all other elections for the defined area.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 3 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 3
§ 3. OTHER EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

In addition to reimbursement or payment for transportation, meal, and lodging expenses , the comptroller, upon proper application by the attorney for the state, shall reimburse or pay the other expenses required by the laws of this state or the state from which the attendance of the witness is sought.Sec. 3. A court or a court's designee may discharge a juror or postpone the juror's service on the basis of the juror's observation of a religious holy day or religious beliefs only if the juror provides an affidavit as required by Article 29.012(c) of this code.
Tex. Water Code § 51.793 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.793
§ 51.793. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE PLANT.
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of Subchapter G of Chapter 50 of this code if a district has not within 10 years from the date of its creation commenced and completed the construction of a plant and improvements to carry out the purposes of its creation in accordance with the plans adopted by the district, the board may enter a resolution in its minutes to dissolve the district under the provisions of Sections 51.794-51.828 of this code. After compliance with these provisions, a vote of the electors of the district, and the payment of its valid, enforceable indebtedness, the district may be dissolved.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.260 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.260
§ 46C.260. TRANSFER OF COMMITTED PERSON TO NON-MAXIMUM SECURITY FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person committed to a facility under this subchapter shall be committed to a facility designated by the commission.

(b) A person committed under this subchapter shall be transferred to the designated facility immediately on the entry of the order of commitment.

(c) Unless a person committed to a maximum security unit by the commission is determined to be manifestly dangerous by a review board under this article, not later than the 60th day following the date of the person's arrival at the maximum security unit the person shall be transferred to a non-maximum security unit of a facility designated by the commission.

(d) The executive commissioner shall appoint a review board of five members, including one psychiatrist licensed to practice medicine in this state and two persons who work directly with persons with mental illnesses or persons with intellectual disabilities, to determine whether the person is manifestly dangerous and, as a result of the danger the person presents, requires continued placement in a maximum security unit.

(e) If the head of the facility at which the maximum security unit is located disagrees with the determination, then the matter shall be referred to the executive commissioner. The executive commissioner shall decide whether the person is manifestly dangerous.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8136.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8136 / Section 8136.051
§ 8136.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 24.942 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.942
§ 24.942. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means the Judicial Districts Board established by Article V, Section 7a, of the Texas Constitution.

(2) "Reapportionment" means the redistribution of the judicial districts of the state by designating the county or counties to be included in each judicial district and may affect any or all of the judicial districts and counties of the state under either the original reapportionment made under this subchapter or a reapportionment at a time subsequent to an original reapportionment.

(3) "Reapportionment order" means an order adopted by the board that reapportions the judicial districts of the state.
Tex. Election Code § 20.092 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 20 / Section 20.092
§ 20.092. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) A public library shall provide to each person of voting age who applies in person for an original or renewal of a library card an opportunity to complete a voter registration application form.

(b) A public library shall use the official form prescribed by the secretary of state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1367 / Section 1367.153
§ 1367.153. RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOR CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DEFINITION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan that provides coverage for a child who is younger than 18 years of age must define "reconstructive surgery for craniofacial abnormalities" under the plan to mean surgery to improve the function of, or to attempt to create a normal appearance of, an abnormal structure caused by congenital defects, developmental deformities, trauma, tumors, infections, or disease.
Tex. Election Code § 34.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 34 / Section 34.002
§ 34.002. DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a state inspector is entitled to be present at and observe any function or activity at a polling place, central counting station, place of canvass, or other place at which official election or voter registration functions or activities take place. An inspector may take reasonable steps to obtain evidence of the manner in which a function or activity is being performed.

(b) A state inspector may not observe the preparation of the ballot of a voter not being assisted by an election officer.

(c) A state inspector shall report to the secretary of state any violation of law that the inspector observes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0312 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0312
§ 3967.0312. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Estates Code § 251.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 251 / Section 251.053
§ 251.053. EXCEPTION FOR FOREIGN AND CERTAIN OTHER WILLS.
Status: in_force

A written will does not need to meet the requirements of Section 251.051 if the will is executed in compliance with:

(1) the law of the state or foreign country where the will was executed, as that law existed at the time of the will's execution; or

(2) the law of the state or foreign country where the testator was domiciled or had a place of residence, as that law existed at the time of the will's execution or at the time of the testator's death.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.054
§ 9055.054. ANNEXATION HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 10 days before the date of the annexation hearing, notice of the adoption of the resolution stating the time and place of the hearing and addressed to the citizens and owners of property in the territory to be annexed shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory to be annexed. The notice must describe the territory in the same manner in which Section 9055.053(a) requires the petition to describe the territory.

(b) If a newspaper of general circulation is not published in the territory to be annexed, the notice shall be posted in three public places in the territory.

(c) Any interested person may appear at the hearing and offer evidence for or against the annexation.

(d) The hearing may proceed in the order and under the rules prescribed by the board and may be recessed from time to time.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7943A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7943A / Section 7943A.0104
§ 7943A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7943A.0103 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8200.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8200 / Section 8200.051
§ 8200.051. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside or outside the district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located; and

(2) each county in which the district is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3870.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3870 / Section 3870.052
§ 3870.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after September 1, 2009, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 3870.003; or

(2) September 1, 2013.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 3870.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 3870.003; or

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

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Water Code § 63.325 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.325
§ 63.325. FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall enter its findings after the hearing, and if it finds against the proposition of assessments, no further action shall be taken in the matter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3875.074 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3875 / Section 3875.074
§ 3875.074. ELECTED BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board shall call and hold an election on the first Saturday in May 2002 for the election of directors to fill Positions One, Two, Four, and Five. Before the election, the board shall determine which director, of the directors serving in Positions Four and Five, shall serve a term expiring in May 2004. The board shall call and hold an election on the first Saturday in May 2004 to elect a director to Position Three and elect a director to Position Four or Five, as determined by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 444.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 444 / Section 444.013
§ 444.013. ACCESSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall comply with federal and state laws related to program and facility accessibility. The executive director shall also prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English can be provided reasonable access to the commission's programs and services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8809.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8809 / Section 8809.101
§ 8809.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

Except to the extent of any conflict with this chapter or as specifically limited by this chapter, the district is governed by and subject to Chapter 36, Water Code, and has the powers and duties provided by Chapter 36, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8241.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8241 / Section 8241.103
§ 8241.103. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may finance, construct, or acquire a road project as provided by this section.

(b) The district shall employ or contract with a licensed engineer to certify whether a proposed road project meets the criteria for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of:

(1) a county in whose jurisdiction the proposed road project is located; or

(2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the proposed road project is located.

(c) The district may finance, construct, or acquire a road that has been certified by the licensed engineer as a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road, or any improvements in aid of the certified road.

(d) A road project must meet all applicable standards, regulations, ordinances, or orders of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; and

(2) each county in which the road project is located if the road project is not located in the corporate limits of a municipality.

(e) The district may, with the consent of the municipality or county, convey a completed road project to:

(1) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; or

(2) a county in which the road project is located.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.054 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.054
§ 460.054. MEMBERSHIP OF INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) After adopting a resolution or order under Section 460.053, the commissioners court and certain municipalities, as provided by this section, shall appoint an interim executive committee for the authority.

(b) The interim executive committee is composed of:

(1) one member appointed by the governing body of each municipality with a population of 12,000 or more that is located in the county;

(2) three members appointed by the commissioners court, two of whom must reside in the unincorporated area of the county;

(3) three members to be designated by the remaining municipalities with a population of more than 500 but less than 12,000 located in the county; and

(4) one member appointed by the governing body of each municipality in the county with a population of more than 500 but less than 12,000 that:

(A) designates a public transportation financing area under Section 460.603;

(B) enters into an agreement with the authority to provide public transportation services in the public transportation financing area under Subchapter I; and

(C) did not approve the designation of any member designated under Subdivision (3).

(c) The members described by Subsection (b)(3) shall be designated as follows:

(1) each municipality with a population of more than 500 but less than 12,000 located in the county shall nominate one person using a nomination form sent to the governing body of the municipality by mail;

(2) the county judge shall add the names on the nomination forms that are received before the 31st day after the date of the mailing of the nomination forms;

(3) each municipality with a population of more than 500 but less than 12,000 located in the county is entitled to cast one vote;

(4) only ballots returned to the county judge on or before a predetermined date shall be counted;

(5) the county judge shall designate the three persons with the highest plurality vote as members of the interim executive committee; and

(6) if three members are not designated by this process, the county judge shall name the balance of the members of the interim executive committee described by Subsection (b)(3).

(d) The county judge may fill a vacancy in a position described by Subsection (b)(3) by naming a person nominated under Subsection (c) for the unexpired term.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 38.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 38 / Section 38.01
§ 38.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "industrial alcohol" means an alcohol that is produced for industrial purposes only and is not fit for human consumption.

(b) A person may:

(1) manufacture, rectify, refine, transport, and store industrial alcohol;

(2) denature industrial alcohol;

(3) sell denatured or industrial alcohol to qualified persons inside or outside the state; and

(4) blend industrial alcohol with petroleum distillates and sell or use the resulting product as a motor fuel.

(c) A person may import, transport, and use alcohol or denatured alcohol for the manufacture and sale of any of the following products:

(1) denatured alcohol;

(2) patent, proprietary, medicinal, pharmaceutical, antiseptic, and toilet preparations;

(3) flavoring extracts, syrups, condiments, and food products; and

(4) scientific, chemical, mechanical, and industrial products, or products used for scientific, chemical, mechanical, industrial, or medicinal purposes.