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Tex. Transportation Code § 257.114 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 257 / Section 257.114
§ 257.114. NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A certified copy of an order for an election made under Section 257.113 shall be sent to the county clerk of each county included in whole or part in the road district.

(b) After the clerk receives the certified copy of the election order, the commissioners court of each county at a regular or special session of the court held in the respective counties shall give notice of the proposed bond election to be held on the date provided by the order. The notice must state the time and place at which the election is to be held and state in substance the contents of the order.

(c) All other proceedings relating to the question submitted must be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1471, Government Code, that apply to county road bond elections.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8379.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8379 / Section 8379.0501
§ 8379.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.161 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.161
§ 173.161. CHANGING NAME OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt a name for the district and may by resolution change the name of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.059
§ 1063.059. BOND; RECORD OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) Each director's bond shall be deposited with the district's depository bank for safekeeping.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8450.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8450 / Section 8450.002
§ 8450.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.0177 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0177
§ 42.0177.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.0177. BIRD OR ANIMAL CARCASSES: COMMISSION RULES. The commission by rule may modify or eliminate the tagging, carcass, final destination, or final processing requirements or provisions of Section 42.001, 42.018, 42.0185, 42.019, or 42.020, or other similar requirements or provisions in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1022.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.109
§ 1022.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Education Code § 45.161 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.161
§ 45.161. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out any power conferred by this subchapter, an authority may acquire the fee simple title to land and other property and easements by condemnation in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code. An authority is a municipal corporation within the meaning of Section 21.021(c), Property Code. The amount of and character or interest in land, other property, and easements to be acquired shall be determined by the board of directors.
Tex. Government Code § 74.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.024
§ 74.024. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme court may adopt rules of administration setting policies and guidelines necessary or desirable for the operation and management of the court system and for the efficient administration of justice.

(b) The supreme court shall request the advice of the court of criminal appeals before adopting rules affecting the administration of criminal justice.

(c) The supreme court may consider the adoption of rules relating to:

(1) nonbinding time standards for pleading, discovery, motions, and dispositions;

(2) nonbinding dismissal of inactive cases from dockets, if the dismissal is warranted;

(3) attorney's accountability for and incentives to avoid delay and to meet time standards;

(4) penalties for filing frivolous motions;

(5) firm trial dates;

(6) restrictive devices on discovery;

(7) a uniform dockets policy;

(8) formalization of settlement conferences or settlement programs;

(9) standards for selection and management of nonjudicial personnel;

(10) transfer of related cases for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings; and

(11) the conducting of proceedings under Rule 11, Rules of Judicial Administration, by a district court outside the county in which the case is pending.

(d) Any rules adopted under this section remain in effect unless and until disapproved by the legislature. The clerk of the supreme court shall file with the secretary of state the rules or any amendments to the rules adopted by the supreme court under this section and shall provide a copy of the rules and any amendments to each registered member of the State Bar not later than the 120th day before the date on which they become effective. The supreme court shall allow a period of 60 days for review and comment on the rules and any amendments. The clerk of the supreme court shall report the rules or amendments to the rules to the next regular session of the legislature by providing a copy of the rules or amendments to the rules to each elected member of the legislature on or before December 1 immediately preceding the session.
Tex. Local Government Code § 42.903 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 42 / Section 42.903
§ 42.903. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN TYPE B OR C GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a Type B or C general-law municipality:

(1) that has more than 200 inhabitants;

(2) that is wholly surrounded, at the time of incorporation, by the extraterritorial jurisdiction of another municipality; and

(3) part of which was located, at any time before incorporation, in an area annexed for limited purposes by another municipality.

(b) The governing body of the municipality by resolution or ordinance may adopt an extraterritorial jurisdiction for all or part of the unincorporated area contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and located within one mile of those boundaries. The authority granted by this section is subject to the limitation provided by Section 26.178, Water Code.

(c) Within 90 days after the date the municipality adopts the resolution or ordinance, an owner of real property in the extraterritorial jurisdiction may petition the municipality to release the owner's property from the extraterritorial jurisdiction. On the presentation of the petition, the property:

(1) is automatically released from the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality and becomes part of the extraterritorial jurisdiction or limited purpose area of the municipality whose jurisdiction surrounded, on May 31, 1989, the municipality from whose jurisdiction the property is released; and

(2) becomes subject to any existing zoning or other land use approval provisions that applied to the property before the property was included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction under Subsection (b).

(d) The municipality may exercise in its extraterritorial jurisdiction the powers granted under state law to other municipalities in their extraterritorial jurisdiction, including the power to ensure its water supply and to carry out other public purposes.

(e) To the extent of any conflict, this section controls over other laws relating to the creation of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Tex. Government Code § 403.622 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.622
§ 403.622. INTERNET POSTING OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 403.621, the comptroller shall post on the comptroller's Internet website the following information received by the comptroller:

(1) each application submitted under this subchapter;

(2) each map and economic benefit statement required to be submitted with an application under this subchapter;

(3) each amendment to an application made under this subchapter;

(4) each agreement entered into under this subchapter; and

(5) each biennial compliance report submitted as required under this subchapter.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the comptroller shall post the information described by Subsection (a) as soon as practicable after the date the comptroller receives the information.

(c) The comptroller shall post the information described by Subsections (a)(1), (2), and (3) not later than the 10th business day after the date the comptroller receives the information.

(d) The comptroller shall continue to post the information required by this section until the date the agreement to which the information relates expires.

(e) The comptroller shall notify the governor and the applicable school district of the comptroller's posting of the information described by Subsection (a)(5) on the comptroller's Internet website.
Tex. Family Code § 8.206 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.206
§ 8.206. LIABILITY AND OBLIGATION OF EMPLOYER FOR PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer who complies with an order or writ of withholding under this chapter is not liable to the obligor for the amount of income withheld and remitted as required by the order or writ.

(b) An employer who receives, but does not comply with, an order or writ of withholding is liable to:

(1) the obligee for any amount of spousal maintenance not paid in compliance with the order or writ;

(2) the obligor for any amount withheld from the obligor's disposable earnings, but not remitted to the obligee; and

(3) the obligee or obligor for reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses incurred in recovering an amount described by Subdivision (1) or (2).

(c) An employer shall comply with an order of withholding for spousal maintenance or alimony issued in another state that appears regular on its face in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state. The employer shall notify the employee of the order and comply with the order in the manner provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 159, with respect to an order of withholding for child support issued by another state. The employer may contest the order of withholding in the manner provided by that subchapter with respect to an order of withholding for child support issued by another state.

(d) The court may order the fees, costs, expenses, and any postjudgment interest under Subsection (b)(3) to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 758.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 758 / Section 758.001
§ 758.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Bicycle" means a human-powered vehicle with two wheels in tandem designed to transport by a pedaling action of a person seated on a saddle seat.

(2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.

(3) "Operator" means a person who travels by pedaling on a bicycle seated on a saddle seat.

(4) "Other public right-of-way" means any right-of-way, other than a public roadway or public bicycle path, that is accessible by the public and designed for use by vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

(5) "Public bicycle path" means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of this state or a local political subdivision for use primarily by bicycles or by bicycles and pedestrians.

(6) "Public roadway" means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of this state or a local political subdivision for use primarily by motor vehicles.

(7) "Tricycle" means a three-wheeled human-powered vehicle that is designed to have a seat no more than two feet from the ground and be used as a toy by a child younger than six years of age.
Tex. Education Code § 61.321 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.321
§ 61.321. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PROTECT PUBLIC FROM FRAUDULENT, SUBSTANDARD, OR FICTITIOUS DEGREES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public from private postsecondary educational institutions or other persons that confer or offer to confer fraudulent or substandard degrees and from persons that use or hold fraudulent or substandard degrees or that use or claim to hold fictitious degrees, the board shall disseminate the following information through the board's Internet website:

(1) to the extent known by the board, the accreditation status or the status regarding authorization or approval under this subchapter, as applicable, of each private postsecondary educational institution or other person that is regulated by this subchapter or for which a determination is made under Section 61.3021, including:

(A) the name of each educational institution accredited, authorized, or approved to offer or grant degrees in this state;

(B) the name of each educational institution whose degrees the board has determined may not be legally used in this state; and

(C) the name of each educational institution that the board has determined to be operating in this state in violation of this subchapter; and

(2) any other information considered by the commissioner to be useful to protect the public from fraudulent, substandard, or fictitious degrees.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 501.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 501 / Section 501.025
§ 501.025. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt reasonable rules necessary for the efficient administration and enforcement of this chapter. The rules must conform with regulations adopted under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1261 et seq.), as amended, the federal Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2051 et seq.), as amended, the federal Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1191 et seq.), as amended, and the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. Section 1471 et seq.), as amended, as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7984A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7984A / Section 7984A.0202
§ 7984A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting 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 commission 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 7984A.0103; or

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

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7984A.0103 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 7984A.0103; 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. Transportation Code § 55.005 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 55 / Section 55.005
§ 55.005. PORT ACCESS ACCOUNT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The port access account fund is an account in the general revenue fund.

(b) The following money shall be credited to the fund:

(1) money received from gifts, grants, and donations;

(2) interest earned on deposits and investments of the fund;

(3) money appropriated to the fund by the legislature; and

(4) money received from the federal government.

(c) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the department to perform the department's powers and duties concerning maritime port transportation and economic development under this chapter and to pay the department's expenses incurred under this chapter, as approved by the committee.

(c-1) Money appropriated by the legislature under Subsection (b)(3) may only be used to fund eligible port development and infrastructure projects under Section 55.002.

(d) The financial transactions of the fund are subject to audit by the state auditor.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0424 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0424
§ 42.0424. CHILD SAFETY ALARMS IN VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "electronic child safety alarm" means an alarm system that prompts the driver of a vehicle to inspect the vehicle to determine whether children are in the vehicle before the driver exits the vehicle.

(b) A licensed day-care center shall equip each vehicle owned or leased by the facility with an electronic child safety alarm if the vehicle is:

(1) designed to seat eight or more persons; and

(2) used to transport children under the care of the facility.

(c) The licensed day-care center shall ensure that the electronic child safety alarm is properly maintained and used when transporting children.

(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.

(e) This section applies only to a vehicle purchased or leased on or after December 31, 2013.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.051
§ 521.051. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The department may not disclose class-type listings from the basic driver's license record file to any person except as provided by Section 521.049(c), regardless of whether the requestor is eligible to receive the information under Chapter 730.
Tex. Government Code § 82.028 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 82 / Section 82.028
§ 82.028. MORAL CHARACTER AND FITNESS OF APPLICANT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Law Examiners may conduct an investigation of the moral character and fitness of each applicant for a license.

(b) The board may contract with public or private entities for investigative services relating to the moral character and fitness of applicants.

(c) The board may not recommend denial of a license and the supreme court may not deny a license to an applicant because of a deficiency in the applicant's moral character or fitness unless:

(1) the board finds a clear and rational connection between a character trait of the applicant and the likelihood that the applicant would injure a client or obstruct the administration of justice if the applicant were licensed to practice law; or

(2) the board finds a clear and rational connection between the applicant's present mental or emotional condition and the likelihood that the applicant will not discharge properly the applicant's responsibilities to a client, a court, or the legal profession if the applicant is licensed to practice law.

(d) The board shall limit its investigation under this section to those areas clearly related to the applicant's moral character and present fitness to practice law.
Tex. Government Code § 32.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 32 / Section 32.302
§ 32.302. SALARY OF SPECIAL JUDGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The salary of a special judge commissioned by the governor under Article V, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution or elected by practicing lawyers or agreed on by parties as provided by law is determined and paid in accordance with this section.

(b) The special judge is entitled to the same salary as a district judge for every day the special judge performs the duties of judge. In addition, a special judge commissioned by the governor is entitled to the same pay as a district judge for each day the special judge is necessarily occupied going to and returning from the place the judge is required to hold court.

(c) The amount of the special judge's daily salary is determined by dividing the salary of a district judge by 365.

(d) A special judge commissioned by the governor must present a sworn account to the comptroller of public accounts. The account must show the number of days necessarily occupied in going to and coming from the place the special judge was required to hold court and must be accompanied by evidence that the special judge was properly commissioned. The account must be certified to be correct by the judge or clerk of the judicial district in which the special judge performed services.

(e) A special judge elected by practicing lawyers or agreed to by parties must present to the comptroller of public accounts a certificate of the clerk of the judicial district in which the special judge performed services showing the record of the election or appointment and the services rendered. The certificate must be accompanied by the sworn account of the special judge showing the number of days actually served as judge.
Tex. Penal Code § 37.101 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 37 / Section 37.101
§ 37.101. FRAUDULENT FILING OF FINANCING STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly presents for filing or causes to be presented for filing a financing statement that the person knows:

(1) is forged;

(2) contains a material false statement; or

(3) is groundless.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the third degree, unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person had previously been convicted under this section on two or more occasions, in which event the offense is a felony of the second degree. An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3) is a Class A misdemeanor, unless the person commits the offense with the intent to defraud or harm another, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8106.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8106 / Section 8106.152
§ 8106.152. DISTRICT ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

The district shall keep a complete system of the district's accounts.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.078 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.078
§ 361.078. MAINTENANCE OF STATE PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not abridge, modify, or restrict the authority of the commission to adopt rules under Subchapters B and C, to issue permits and to enforce the terms and conditions of the permits, concerning hazardous waste management to the extent necessary for the commission to receive and maintain state program authorization under Section 3006 of the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.).
Tex. Transportation Code § 202.111 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 202 / Section 202.111
§ 202.111. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "advance acquisition" means an acquisition by the commission under Section 202.112.