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Tex. Government Code § 2304.043 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2304 / Section 2304.043
§ 2304.043. APPROVAL OF AREA PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government's area plan must be approved by resolution or order of the governing body of the local government and must be submitted to the department for review.

(b) The department shall approve the plan if the area meets the standards established by the department and if the plan contains the required information.
Tex. Local Government Code § 320.071 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 320 / Section 320.071
§ 320.071. ISSUANCE; PURPOSE.
Status: reserved

(a) For the purpose of providing funds to acquire, improve, equip, and repair any park administered by the board, or for the acquisition by construction or otherwise of any facilities to be used in or connected with or incident to such a park, the county may from time to time issue revenue bonds.

(b) The bonds are fully negotiable instruments under Chapter 3, Business & Commerce Code, and other laws of this state.

(c) Included among the properties, improvements, and facilities that may be acquired through the issuance of bonds are stadiums, coliseums, auditoriums, athletic fields, pavilions, and buildings and grounds for assembly, including parking facilities or other improvements incident to those facilities.

(d) The bonds must be authorized by an order adopted by the commissioners court.

(e) The bonds must be issued in the name of the county, signed by the county judge, attested by the county clerk, and impressed with the seal of the commissioners court. The signature of the county judge or the signature of the county clerk may be a facsimile signature, and the seal of the commissioners court may be a facsimile seal, as provided in the bond order. The interest coupons attached to the bonds may also be executed by facsimile signatures of officers. A facsimile signature or facsimile seal may be lithographed, engraved, or printed.

(f) Revenue bonds must mature serially or otherwise in not more than 40 years from their date or dates and may be sold by the commissioners court at a price and under terms determined by the court to be the most advantageous reasonably obtainable. The net effective interest rate may not exceed the maximum rate provided by Chapter 1204, Government Code.

(g) The bond order shall prescribe the details as to the bonds. It may contain provisions for the calling of the bonds for redemption before the respective maturity dates at particular prices and times. Except for rights of redemption expressly reserved in the bond order and in the bonds, the bonds are not subject to redemption before their scheduled maturity date or dates without the consent of the holder or holders.

(h) The bonds may be made payable at times and places in or outside this state, as prescribed in the bond order. The bonds may be nonregistrable or may be made registrable as to principal, or both principal and interest, as provided in the bond order.

(i) The bonds may be issued in one or more installments and in one or more series.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8424.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8424 / Section 8424.003
§ 8424.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 304.059 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 304 / Section 304.059
§ 304.059. RULES REGARDING PUBLIC NOTICE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules requiring each local exchange telephone company and each provider of commercial mobile service, as described by Section 304.002(10)(C), that provides commercial mobile service in this state to inform its customers of the requirements of this subchapter and Sections 304.251, 304.252, 304.253, 304.257, and 304.259, as those sections relate to the Texas no-call list, through:

(1) annual inserts in billing statements mailed to customers;

(2) notification:

(A) included in a customer's electronic bill;

(B) printed on a customer's paper bill;

(C) sent free of charge by messaging service to a customer's mobile telephone number; or

(D) conspicuously published in the consumer information pages of local telephone directories; or

(3) other appropriate means of notice.
Tex. Government Code § 311.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 311 / Section 311.004
§ 311.004. CITATION OF CODES.
Status: in_force

A code may be cited by its name preceded by the specific part concerned. Examples of citations are:

(1) Title 1, Business & Commerce Code;

(2) Chapter 5, Business & Commerce Code;

(3) Section 9.304, Business & Commerce Code;

(4) Section 15.06(a), Business & Commerce Code; and

(5) Section 17.18(b)(1)(B)(ii), Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.362 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.362
§ 2203.362. STATE PLEDGE REGARDING BOND OWNER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The state pledges to and agrees with the owners of bonds issued in accordance with this subchapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the association to fulfill the terms of agreements made with the owners or impair the rights and remedies of the owners until the following obligations are fully discharged:

(1) the bonds;

(2) any bond premium;

(3) interest; and

(4) all costs and expenses related to an action or proceeding by or on behalf of the owners.

(b) The association may include the state's pledge and agreement under Subsection (a) in an agreement with the owners of the bonds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.032
§ 252.032. LICENSE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for a license is made to the department on a form provided by the department and must be accompanied by the license fee adopted under Section 252.034.

(b) The application must contain information that the department requires. The department may require affirmative evidence of ability to comply with the standards and rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01911 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01911
§ 30.01911. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to the city of Canyon.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 22.013 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 22 / Section 22.013
§ 22.013. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON PUBLIC AWARENESS INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, the department, the Department of State Health Services, and the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services shall enter into a joint memorandum of understanding that authorizes and requires the exchange and distribution among the agencies of public awareness information relating to services provided by or through the agencies.

(b) Not later than the last month of each state fiscal year, the agencies shall review and update the memorandum.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt the memorandum of understanding and all revisions to the memorandum.
Tex. Government Code § 1471.060 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1471 / Section 1471.060
§ 1471.060. LIEN FOR UNPAID ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An assessment under this subchapter, any interest, and any expenses of collection or reasonable attorney's fees incurred are a lien against the assessed property until paid.

(b) A lien under Subsection (a):

(1) is superior to any other lien except an ad valorem tax lien; and

(2) is effective from the date the assessment is imposed until the date the total amount of the assessment for the property is paid.

(c) A road district may enforce a lien under Subsection (a) in the same manner as the commissioners court enforces an ad valorem tax lien.

(d) The owner of assessed property is personally liable for the payment of an assessment under this subchapter and may pay at any time the entire amount of the assessment and accrued interest on any lot or parcel. Liability for an assessment passes with the property on a transfer of ownership.

(e) A lien for a supplemental assessment or reassessment is effective even if the property has been released from a prior lien under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 80.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 80 / Section 80.001
§ 80.001. DELIVERY OF NOTICE OR DOCUMENT.
Status: in_force

A court, justice, judge, magistrate, or clerk may send any notice or document by a method authorized by Section 80.002(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8204.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8204 / Section 8204.252
§ 8204.252. ELECTION FOR DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) After the board has complied with Section 8204.251(e), the board shall hold an election in the district to determine whether the district should be divided as proposed.

(b) The board shall give notice of the election not later than the 35th day before the date of the election. The notice must state:

(1) the date and location of the election; and

(2) the proposition to be voted on.

(c) If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the division:

(1) the district is divided; and

(2) not later than the 30th day after the date of the election, the district shall provide written notice of the division to:

(A) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(B) the attorney general;

(C) the commissioners court of each county in which a new district is located; and

(D) any municipality having extraterritorial jurisdiction over territory in each new district.

(d) If a majority of the votes cast are not in favor of the division, the district may not be divided.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.362 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.362
§ 370.362. SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If an authority acquires a transit provider that has taxing authority, the authority may impose a sales and use tax at a permissible rate that does not exceed the rate approved by the voters residing in the service area of the transit provider's transit system at an election under this subchapter.

(b) The authority by resolution may:

(1) decrease the rate of the sales and use tax to a permissible rate; or

(2) call an election for the increase or decrease of the sales and use tax to a permissible rate.

(c) If an authority orders an election, the authority shall publish notice of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory of the authority at least once each week for three consecutive weeks, with the first publication occurring at least 21 days before the date of the election.

(d) A resolution ordering an election and the election notice required by Subsection (c) must show, in addition to the requirements of the Election Code, the hours of the election and polling places in election precincts.

(e) A copy of the election notice required by Subsection (c) shall be furnished to the commission and the comptroller.

(f) The permissible rates for a sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter are:

(1) one-quarter of one percent;

(2) one-half of one percent;

(3) three-quarters of one percent; or

(4) one percent.

(g) Chapter 322, Tax Code, applies to a sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5007.220 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5007 / Section 5007.220
§ 5007.220. PLANNING DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 5007.221, 5007.222, 5007.224, and 5007.225:

(1) "Long-range plan" means the plan developed under Section 5007.221.

(2) "Mid-range plan" means the plan developed under Section 5007.222.

(3) "One-year capital plan" means the plan developed under Section 5007.224.

(4) "Staff" means one or more authority employees and does not include a port commissioner.
Tex. Local Government Code § 364.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 364 / Section 364.002
§ 364.002. POLICY ON CAMPING BANS.
Status: in_force

(a) A local entity may not adopt or enforce a policy under which the entity prohibits or discourages the enforcement of any public camping ban.

(b) In compliance with Subsection (a), a local entity may not prohibit or discourage a peace officer or prosecuting attorney who is employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the entity from enforcing a public camping ban.

(c) This section does not prohibit a policy that encourages diversion or a provision of services in lieu of citation or arrest.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.206
§ 2308.206. PROVISION OF SERVICES BY STATE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

A state agency represented on the council shall, consistent with state and federal law, provide workforce training and services in accordance with the local workforce development plan developed by the local workforce development board and approved by the governor and shall implement rules and policies consistent with the plan.
Tex. Property Code § 80.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 80 / Section 80.003
§ 80.003. NOTICE TO LENDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If a museum is required to give a lender notice under this chapter, the museum is considered to have given the lender notice if the museum mails the notice to the lender at the lender's address and proof of receipt is received by the museum within 30 days after the date the notice is mailed.

(b) If the museum does not have an address for the lender or if proof of receipt is not received by the museum, the notice is considered to be given if the museum publishes notice at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in both the county in which the museum is located and the county of the lender's address, if known.

(c) In addition to any other information prescribed by this chapter, notices given under this chapter must contain, if known, the lender's name, the lender's address, the date of the loan, and the name, address, and telephone number of the appropriate office or official to be contacted at the museum for information regarding the loan.
Tex. Government Code § 2156.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2156 / Section 2156.203
§ 2156.203. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF INTENT AND CRITERIA IN MULTIPLE AWARD SOLICITATION.
Status: in_force

The comptroller or a state agency shall disclose in the solicitation for a multiple award contract the comptroller's or agency's:

(1) intent to use the multiple award purchasing procedure; and

(2) criteria for an award under that procedure.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.103
§ 1075.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.306 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.306
§ 5.306. SERVICE OF PROCESS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of Section 5.257, a process, notice, or demand may be served on a series of a domestic limited liability company by delivery of the process, notice, or demand to any governing person of the series as described by Section 101.608.

(b) For purposes of Section 5.257, a process, notice, or demand may be served on a series of a foreign entity by delivery of the process, notice, or demand to any governing person of the series.

(c) If the governing persons of a series of a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity are unknown or cannot be found, service on the series of the company or entity may be made in the same manner as service is made on unknown shareholders under law.

(d) Notwithstanding any disability or reinstatement of a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity, service of process under this section is sufficient for a judgment against a series of the company or entity or a judgment in rem against any property to which a series of the company or entity holds title.
Tex. Estates Code § 33.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 33 / Section 33.102
§ 33.102. TRANSFER FOR WANT OF VENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears to the court at any time before the final order in a probate proceeding is rendered that the court does not have priority of venue over the proceeding, the court shall, on the application of an interested person, transfer the proceeding to the proper county by transmitting the file for the proceeding in accordance with the procedures provided by Section 33.105 to the proper court in that county.

(b) The court of the county to which a probate proceeding is transferred under Subsection (a) shall complete the proceeding in the same manner as if the proceeding had originally been commenced in that county.

(c) If the question as to priority of venue is not raised before a final order in a probate proceeding is announced, the finality of the order is not affected by any error in venue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3825.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3825 / Section 3825.001
§ 3825.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "District" means Harris County Road Improvement District No. 1.
Tex. Government Code § 822.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 822 / Section 822.006
§ 822.006. RESUMPTION OF MEMBERSHIP AFTER TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

A person whose membership in the retirement system has been terminated and who resumes membership must enter the retirement system on the same terms as a person entering service for the first time and is not entitled to credit for previous or other terminated service unless it is reinstated under Section 823.501.
Tex. Transportation Code § 681.0031 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 681 / Section 681.0031
§ 681.0031. APPLICANT'S IDENTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The applicant shall include on the application the applicant's:

(1) driver's license number or the number of a personal identification card issued to the applicant under Chapter 521;

(2) military identification number; or

(3) driver's license number of a driver's license issued by another state or country if the applicant is not a resident of this state and is seeking medical treatment in this state.

(b) The county assessor-collector shall record on any disabled parking placard issued to the applicant the following information in the following order:

(1) the county number assigned by the comptroller to the county issuing the placard;

(2) the first four digits of the applicant's driver's license number, personal identification card number, or military identification number; and

(3) the applicant's initials.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.356 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.356
§ 9015.356. BONDS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

The authority may issue bonds payable, as pledged by board resolution, from:

(1) ad valorem taxes imposed on taxable property in the authority; or

(2) ad valorem taxes and revenue of the authority.
Tex. Insurance Code § 464.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 464 / Section 464.054
§ 464.054. USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An amount advanced under Section 464.053 may be used to supplement the assets of an unauthorized insurer to pay administrative expenses and policy claims that are approved by:

(1) the commissioner in a proceeding under Section 443.051; or

(2) the receiver in a proceeding under Section 443.052.

(b) For the purposes of Section 443.301(b), approved policy claims under this chapter shall be classified as Class 2 claims.

(c) The commissioner or receiver, as applicable, is not required to make distributions from the assets of the unauthorized insurer before using amounts advanced under Section 464.053. Any payment of a policy claim made under Subsection (a) shall be treated as a distribution under Section 443.302. If approved policy claims cannot be paid in full from the funds advanced under Section 464.053 and the assets of the unauthorized insurer available for distribution, the claims shall be paid on a pro rata basis in the manner described in Section 443.301.

(d) Amounts advanced that are not needed to pay administrative expenses or policy claims shall be returned to the fund account. On a final distribution under Section 443.302 or the termination of a delinquency proceeding, any funds of the unauthorized insurer remaining after the payment in full of administrative expenses and policy claims shall be used to repay the advance, up to the amount of the advance.

(e) A person who has a policy claim may receive funds deposited or advanced under this chapter only in accordance with this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 464 / Section 464.032
§ 464.032. COUNTY CONTRACTS WITH ALCOHOLISM PROGRAMS OR CENTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county or a group of counties acting together may contract with an alcoholism program or center to provide prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services to persons suffering from alcoholism or at risk of becoming alcoholics.

(b) The county or group of counties may contract only with a program or center included in a list submitted under Section 464.034.
Tex. Insurance Code § 842.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 842 / Section 842.251
§ 842.251. PLAN OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before accepting applications for membership in its hospital service plan, a group hospital service corporation must submit to the commissioner a plan of operation. The plan of operation must be accompanied by a schedule of the dues to be charged to members and a statement of the amount of hospital services that the corporation contracts to provide.

(b) The commissioner must approve the plan of operation as fair and reasonable before the corporation may engage in business.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.164 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.164
§ 22.164. RIGHT TO USE ROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) Owners, their family members, and their guests may use the roads of the park without charge for egress from or ingress to the impacted property when traveling between the impacted property and points east of the park.

(b) Owners, their family members, and their guests may use throughout the year whatever road is maintained by the department for travel by automobiles between the eastern and western points of the park and may enter the park at the points at which they were able to enter the park and its roads prior to November 1, 1968, or other reasonably located points the department may direct by regulation.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 126.013 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 126 / Section 126.013
§ 126.013. CHANGE IN TRUSTEES.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect a religious congregation's right to change, appoint, or elect its trustees.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.034 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.034
§ 22.034. EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The department may employ engineers, attorneys, and fiscal agents or financial advisors necessary in the issuance or refunding of bonds.