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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4007.0901 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.0901
§ 4007.0901. DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall dissolve the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners of a simple majority of the assessed value of the property subject to assessment or taxation by the district based on the most recent certified county property tax rolls.

(b) The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at any time.

(c) The district may not be dissolved by its board under Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:

(1) has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds;

(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the contract; or

(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works, facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the public works, facilities, or improvements.

(d) Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8428.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8428 / Section 8428.202
§ 8428.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.004
§ 1121.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Cameron County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8387.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8387 / Section 8387.102
§ 8387.102. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DISTRICT FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall operate and maintain any levee, retainage pond, pump, mitigation channel, or other facility, improvement, or property that serves property in the district unless the Harris County Flood Control District undertakes to operate or maintain the facility, improvement, or property.

(b) If, at the time the district is annexed by a municipality, the annexing municipality determines not to undertake to operate or maintain a levee, retainage pond, pump, mitigation channel, or other facility, improvement, or property that serves property in the district, the municipality may specify in the annexation ordinance that the district shall continue to exist exclusively to:

(1) operate and maintain the levee, retainage pond, pump, mitigation channel, or other facility, improvement, or property; and

(2) impose a maintenance tax in the boundaries of the district, to the extent that a maintenance tax has previously been authorized.
Tex. Water Code § 51.306 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.306
§ 51.306. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Public notice of all assessments imposed under Section 51.305(a) shall be given by posting printed notice of the assessment in at least one public place in the district.

(b) Not later than the fifth day before the date on which the assessment is due, notice shall be mailed to each landowner at the address which the landowner shall furnish to the board.

(c) Notice of special assessments shall be given within 10 days after the assessment is levied.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9094.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9094 / Section 9094.0306
§ 9094.0306. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3875.080 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3875 / Section 3875.080
§ 3875.080. OPEN RECORDS AND MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code, apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3951.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3951 / Section 3951.115
§ 3951.115. USE OF ELECTRICAL OR OPTICAL LINES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an assessment to pay the cost of:

(1) burying or removing electrical power lines, telephone lines, cable or fiber-optic lines, or any other type of electrical or optical line; and

(2) removing poles and any elevated lines using the poles.

(b) The district may finance, acquire, construct, improve, operate, maintain, or charge fees for the use of the district conduits for another person's:

(1) telecommunications network; or

(2) fiber-optic cable.

(c) Consistent with Title 2, Utilities Code, the district may finance, construct, or maintain conduits for:

(1) electronic transmission and distribution lines and supporting facilities; or

(2) other types of transmission and distribution lines and supporting facilities.

(d) The district may not require a person to use a district conduit.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.074 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.074
§ 441.074. TERM; TAKING OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A director serves a two-year term.

(b) A director takes office at the first regular meeting of the board after the director's election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.062
§ 6902.062. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

A director is not personally liable for any bond issued or contract executed by the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.003 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.003
§ 62.003. DETERMINATION REGARDING SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the department is responsible for determining whether an offense under the laws of another state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under the laws of this state.

(b) The department annually shall provide or make available to each prosecuting attorney's office in this state:

(1) the criteria used in making a determination under Subsection (a); and

(2) any existing record or compilation of offenses under the laws of another state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice that the department has already determined to contain elements that are substantially similar to the elements of offenses under the laws of this state.

(c) An appeal of a determination made under this article shall be brought in a district court in Travis County.
Tex. Water Code § 13.138 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.138
§ 13.138. COMMUNICATIONS BY UTILITIES WITH REGULATORY AUTHORITY; REGULATIONS AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The regulatory authority may prescribe regulations governing communications by utilities and their affiliates and their representatives with the regulatory authority or any member or employee of the regulatory authority.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.404 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.404
§ 22.404. POWER TO ACT AS TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

A church benefits board may act as:

(1) a trustee under a lawful trust committed to the board by contract, will, or otherwise; and

(2) an agent for the performance of a lawful act relating to the purposes of the trust.
Tex. Water Code § 56.020 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.020
§ 56.020. ENGINEER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the findings of the commissioners court under Section 56.019 of this code favor creating the district, the commissioners court shall appoint a competent civil engineer, who shall be entitled to as many assistants as necessary.

(b) The engineer and his assistants are entitled to the compensation and allowances for transportation, supplies, and other expenses agreed on by the engineer and the commissioners court.
Tex. Family Code § 263.407 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 263 / Section 263.407
§ 263.407. FINAL ORDER APPOINTING DEPARTMENT AS MANAGING CONSERVATOR OF CERTAIN ABANDONED CHILDREN; TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

(a) There is a rebuttable presumption that a parent who delivers a child to a designated emergency infant care provider in accordance with Subchapter D, Chapter 262:

(1) is the child's biological parent;

(2) intends to relinquish parental rights and consents to the termination of parental rights with regard to the child; and

(3) intends to waive the right to notice of the suit terminating the parent-child relationship.

(a-1) A party that seeks to rebut a presumption in Subsection (a) may do so at any time before the parent-child relationship is terminated with regard to the child.

(b) If a person claims to be the parent of a child taken into possession under Subchapter D, Chapter 262, before the court renders a final order terminating the parental rights of the child's parents, the court shall order genetic testing for parentage determination unless parentage has previously been established. The court shall hold the petition for termination of the parent-child relationship in abeyance for a period not to exceed 60 days pending the results of the genetic testing.

(c) Before the court may render an order terminating parental rights with regard to a child taken into the department's custody under Section 262.303, the department must:

(1) verify with the National Crime Information Center and state and local law enforcement agencies that the child is not a missing child; and

(2) obtain a certificate of the search of the paternity registry under Subchapter E, Chapter 160, not earlier than the date the department estimates to be the 30th day after the child's date of birth.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 322.019 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 322 / Section 322.019
§ 322.019. EXEMPTION TO PREEMPTION BY FEDERAL ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES ACT.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the provisions of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.) as authorized by Section 102 of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7002).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.151 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.151
§ 71.151. LIST REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The department by rule shall publish a list of noxious and invasive plant species that have serious potential to cause economic or ecological harm to the state. The department may publish lists of noxious and invasive plant species organized by region.

(b) In preparing or amending a list under this section, the department shall:

(1) consult with representatives from the agriculture industry, the horticulture industry, the Texas Cooperative Extension, the Texas Department of Transportation, the State Soil and Water Conservation Board, and the Parks and Wildlife Department;

(2) consider any available scientific data and economic impact information for each plant species; and

(3) use any standard criteria established by the department.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.128 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.128
§ 225.128. TEXAS GAME WARDEN TEYRAN "TY" PATTERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) Business State Highway 123-B in Guadalupe County is designated as the Texas Game Warden Teyran "Ty" Patterson Memorial Highway. This designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Texas Game Warden Teyran "Ty" Patterson Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Occupations Code § 252.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 252 / Section 252.001
§ 252.001. BOARD MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Dental Examiners consists of 11 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:

(1) six reputable dentist members who reside in this state and have been actively engaged in the practice of dentistry for at least the five years preceding appointment;

(2) three reputable dental hygienist members who reside in this state and have been actively engaged in the practice of dental hygiene for at least the five years preceding appointment; and

(3) two 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.

(c) In making an appointment under this section, the governor shall attempt to appoint members of different minority groups, including females, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans.
Tex. Government Code § 82.0021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 82 / Section 82.0021
§ 82.0021. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the Board of Law Examiners that a member:

(1) does not have, at the time of taking office, the qualifications required by Section 82.001;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 82.001;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 82.002;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term;

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board;

(6) is incompetent; or

(7) is inattentive to the member's duties.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.

(c) If the executive director of the board has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the supreme court that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall then notify the supreme court that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Water Code § 7.360 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.360
§ 7.360. LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

A suit for a civil penalty that is brought by a local government under this subchapter must be brought not later than the fifth anniversary of the earlier of the date the person who committed the violation:

(1) notifies the commission in writing of the violation; or

(2) receives a notice of enforcement from the commission with respect to the alleged violation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.106
§ 1053.106. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may prescribe:

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

(2) all accounting and control procedures.

(b) The commissioners court by resolution or order may delegate to the board a power described by Subsection (a).

(c) The district shall pay the salaries and expenses necessarily incurred by Lubbock County or by an officer or agent of the county in performing a duty prescribed or required by this section.

(d) An officer, employee, or agent of Lubbock County shall perform any function or service prescribed by the commissioners court under this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 67.052 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.052
§ 67.052. DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE DATABASE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish an intelligence database and shall maintain information received from an agency under Article 67.051(d) in the database in accordance with the criminal intelligence systems operating policies established under 28 C.F.R. Section 23.1 et seq. and the submission criteria under Article 67.054(b).

(b) The department shall designate a code to distinguish criminal information relating to a child and contained in the department's intelligence database from criminal information relating to an adult offender and contained in the database.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8504.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8504 / Section 8504.001
§ 8504.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the Lower Neches Valley Authority.

(2) "Basins" means the Neches River basin and the adjoining Neches-Trinity coastal basin.

(3) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.

(4) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(5) "Director" means a member of the board.
Tex. Government Code § 403.0915 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.0915
§ 403.0915. DORMANT FUND OR ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

At any time the comptroller, with notification to the state auditor, may transfer to the general revenue fund a balance in a dormant fund or account if the source of the fund or account is unknown or the purpose for which it was collected is moot. The legislature at any time after the transfer may appropriate the balance as a refund if the source and purpose of the fund or account become known and active.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8330.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8330 / Section 8330.052
§ 8330.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, 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 8330.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8330.003 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 8330.003; 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 commission 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3912.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3912 / Section 3912.101
§ 3912.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0504
§ 9092.0504. ELECTION FOR BONDS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) District bonds, other than refunding bonds, payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless authorized by an election at which a majority of the votes cast favor the bond issuance.

(b) The board may order an election under this section without a petition. The order must specify:

(1) the time and places at which the election will be held;

(2) the purpose for which the bonds will be issued;

(3) the maximum amount of the bonds;

(4) the maximum interest rate of the bonds;

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds;

(6) the form of the ballot; and

(7) the presiding judge for each polling place.

(c) Notice of the election must be given by publishing a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once each week for at least four consecutive weeks. The first publication must be not later than 28 days before the election date.

(d) If an election to issue bonds under this section fails, the board may not order an election under this section for a period of six months.

(e) The district may issue without an election bonds not payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.1593 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.1593
§ 39.1593. COST ALLOCATION OF RELIABILITY SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall direct the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region to evaluate with input from a technical advisory committee established under the bylaws of the independent organization that includes market participants whether allocating the costs of ancillary and reliability services, including those procured under Section 39.159, as added by Chapter 426 (S.B. 3), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, using a methodology described by Subsection (b) would result in a net savings to consumers in the ERCOT power region compared to allocating all costs of ancillary and reliability services to load to ensure reliability.

(b) The commission shall evaluate whether to allocate the cost of ancillary and reliability services:

(1) on a semiannual basis among electric generation facilities and load-serving entities in proportion to their contribution to unreliability during the times of highest reliability risk due to low operating reserves by season, as determined by the commission based on a number of hours adopted by the commission for that season; or

(2) using another method identified by the commission.

(c) The evaluation must:

(1) use historical ancillary and reliability services data;

(2) consider the causes for ancillary services deployments; and

(3) consider the design, procurement, and cost allocation of ancillary services required by Section 35.004(h).

(d) Not later than December 1, 2026, the commission shall submit a report on the evaluation to the legislature.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8127.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8127 / Section 8127.001
§ 8127.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Bilma Public Utility District.
Tex. Education Code § 38.205 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.205
§ 38.205.
Status: in_force

Sec. 38.205. ADVISORY COMMITTEE: APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the advisory committee.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1304 / Section 1304.202
§ 1304.202. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director may institute an action under Section 51.352 for injunctive relief to restrain a violation or a threatened violation of this chapter or an order issued or rule adopted under this chapter.

(b) In addition to the injunctive relief provided by Subsection (a), the executive director may institute an action for a civil penalty as provided by Section 51.352. The amount of a civil penalty assessed under this section may not exceed:

(1) $2,500 for each violation; or

(2) $50,000 in the aggregate for all violations of a similar nature.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9086.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9086 / Section 9086.0104
§ 9086.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 9086.0103 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.