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Tex. Government Code § 1433.044 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1433 / Section 1433.044
§ 1433.044. BOND RESOLUTION; CALLING ELECTION; PUBLICATION OF RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before issuing bonds under this chapter, a governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to issue the bonds.

(b) The resolution must specify:

(1) the amount of bonds proposed to be issued;

(2) the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued; and

(3) the date on which the governing body proposes to authorize the issuance of the bonds.

(c) The governing body may call an election on the issuance of the bonds.

(d) If an election is not called under Subsection (c), the governing body shall publish the resolution once a week for at least two consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the territorial limits of the issuer. The first publication must be not less than 14 days before the date specified in the resolution for the authorization of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.059
§ 1046.059. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for travel or other expenses incurred on the district's behalf if:

(1) the director presents a verified statement; and

(2) the board approves the expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8472.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8472 / Section 8472.203
§ 8472.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.057 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.057
§ 241.057. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a hospital without a license.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100 for the first offense and not more than $200 for each subsequent offense.

(c) Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate offense.
Tex. Water Code § 36.3035 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.3035
§ 36.3035. APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the attorney general brings a suit for the appointment of a receiver for a district, a district court shall appoint a receiver if an appointment is necessary to protect the assets of the district.

(b) The receiver shall execute a bond in an amount to be set by the court to ensure the proper performance of the receiver's duties.

(c) After appointment and execution of bond, the receiver shall take possession of the assets of the district specified by the court.

(d) Until discharged by the court, the receiver shall perform the duties that the court directs to preserve the assets and carry on the business of the district and shall strictly observe the final order involved.

(e) On a showing of good cause by the district, the court may dissolve the receivership and order the assets and control of the business returned to the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 622.042 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 622 / Section 622.042
§ 622.042. TIME OF OPERATION; DISPLAY OF FLAG, CLOTH, OR STROBE LIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) A vehicle subject to this subchapter may be operated only during daytime.

(b) In this section, "daytime" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.401.

(c) A red flag or cloth not less than 12 inches square or a strobe light must be displayed at the rear of the load carried on the vehicle so that the light or the entire area of the flag or cloth is visible to the driver of a vehicle approaching from the rear.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3896.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3896 / Section 3896.154
§ 3896.154. CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.252 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.252
§ 52.252. DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

The commission shall require each public utility to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with:

(1) the rates and methods prescribed by the commission under Section 53.056; and

(2) any other rule the commission adopts.
Tex. Family Code § 162.005 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.005
§ 162.005. PREPARATION OF HEALTH, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND GENETIC HISTORY REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to an adoption by the child's:

(1) grandparent;

(2) aunt or uncle by birth, marriage, or prior adoption; or

(3) stepparent.

(b) Before placing a child for adoption, the Department of Family and Protective Services, a licensed child-placing agency, or the child's parent or guardian shall compile a report on the available health, social, educational, and genetic history of the child to be adopted and distribute the report as required by this chapter.

(c) The department shall ensure that each licensed child-placing agency, single source continuum contractor, or other person placing a child for adoption receives a copy of any portion of the report prepared by the department not later than the 45th day after the latter of:

(1) the date the child's primary permanency plan goal is changed to adoption; or

(2) the date the court renders an order terminating parental rights with regard to the child.

(d) If the child has been placed for adoption by a person or entity other than the department, a licensed child-placing agency, or the child's parent or guardian, it is the duty of the person or entity who places the child for adoption to prepare the report.

(e) The person or entity who places the child for adoption shall provide the prospective adoptive parents a copy of the report as early as practicable before the first meeting of the adoptive parents with the child. The copy of the report shall be edited to protect the identity of birth parents and their families.

(f) The department, licensed child-placing agency, parent, guardian, person, or entity who prepares and files the original report is required to furnish supplemental medical, psychological, and psychiatric information to the adoptive parents if that information becomes available and to file the supplemental information where the original report is filed. The supplemental information shall be retained for as long as the original report is required to be retained.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8138.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8138 / Section 8138.201
§ 8138.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and to finance:

(1) the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects under Section 8138.102;

(2) the district's efforts to obtain a new certificate of convenience and necessity or to acquire certificate of convenience and necessity rights under Section 8138.103; or

(3) the district's contractual obligations under Section 8138.104.

(b) The district may not issue bonds to finance projects authorized by Section 8138.102 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.

(c) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8138.102 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.

(d) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to a project undertaken by the district under Section 8138.102 or to bonds issued by the district to finance the project.
Tex. Education Code § 11.1518 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.1518
§ 11.1518. TRUSTEE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each school district that maintains an Internet website shall post on the website the name, e-mail address, and term of office, including the date the term began and the date the term expires, of each member of the district's board of trustees.

(b) If a school district does not maintain an Internet website, the district shall submit the information required by Subsection (a) to the agency. On receipt of the district's information, the agency shall post the information on the agency's Internet website.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after a new person is sworn in as a member of a school district's board of trustees, the district shall update the information required under Subsection (a) and, as applicable:

(1) post the updated information on the district's Internet website; or

(2) submit the updated information to the agency for posting on the agency's Internet website in accordance with Subsection (b).

(d) A school district shall annually submit to the agency the information required under Subsection (a) for each member of the district's board of trustees. The information must:

(1) identify the member designated as chair; and

(2) be updated as required by Subsection (c).

(e) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.264 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.264
§ 14.264. RIGHT TO BRING ACTION NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

(a) An assurance of voluntary compliance does not affect the right of an individual to bring an action, except as provided in Chapter 349 and except that the right of an individual in relation to money received according to a stipulation under Section 14.261(c) is governed by the terms of the assurance.

(b) A person entering into an assurance of voluntary compliance may, not later than the 60th day after the date of filing of the assurance, correct the violation under Section 349.201. Amounts paid as restitution and other acts taken in accordance with an assurance of voluntary compliance shall be considered for purposes of determining whether the obligor has made a correction under Subchapter C, Chapter 349. With respect to corrections of violations or possible violations relating to matters addressed in the assurance of voluntary compliance, the date of filing of the assurance is considered to be the date of:

(1) actual discovery of the violation or possible violation;

(2) written notice; and

(3) filing of the action alleging the violation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8390.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8390 / Section 8390.054
§ 8390.054. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.507 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.507
§ 91.507. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A royalty interest owner who does not receive the information required to be provided under Section 91.502 or 91.503 in a timely manner may send a written request for the information to the payor by certified mail.

(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date the payor receives the written request for information under this section, the payor shall provide the requested information by certified mail.

(c) If a payor fails to provide the requested information within the period specified by Subsection (b), either party may request mediation.

(d) If the royalty interest owner makes a written request for information under Section 91.504 or this section and the payor does not provide the information within the 60-day period, the royalty interest owner may bring a civil action against the payor to enforce the provisions of Section 91.504 or this section, as applicable. The prevailing party is entitled to recover reasonable court costs and attorney's fees.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.2091 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.2091
§ 1103.2091. PROBATIONARY CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue a probationary certificate or license to an appraiser or an appraiser trainee, as applicable.

(b) The board by rule shall adopt reasonable terms for issuing a probationary certificate or license.

(c) A person who holds a probationary certificate or license under this section must disclose the probationary status to all clients before accepting an assignment.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.419 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.419
§ 301.419. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING DUTY TO REPORT; MINOR INCIDENTS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 803, Sec. 21(5), eff. September 1, 2007.

(b) The board shall adopt rules governing reporting required under this subchapter to minimize:

(1) unnecessary duplicative reporting; and

(2) the reporting of a minor incident.

(c) If the board determines that a report submitted under this subchapter is without merit, the board shall expunge the report from the nurse's file.

(d) The board shall inform, in the manner the board determines appropriate, nurses, facilities, agencies, and other persons of their duty to report under this subchapter.

(e) The reporting required under this subchapter does not constitute state action on behalf of the person reporting.

(f) The duty to report or any other requirement of this subchapter may not be nullified by a contract.
Tex. Estates Code § 1203.203 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.203
§ 1203.203. SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN TO RETURN INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A successor guardian who has qualified to succeed a former guardian shall, in the manner required of an original appointee:

(1) make and return to the court an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims of the estate not later than the 30th day after the date the successor qualifies; and

(2) return additional inventories, appraisements, and lists of claims.

(b) On the application of any person interested in the estate, the court shall, in an order appointing a successor guardian, appoint an appraiser as in an original appointment of a guardian.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8013.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8013 / Section 8013.005
§ 8013.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(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;

(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; and

(3) Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(c) By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 731.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 731 / Section 731.052
§ 731.052. PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR TITLE AND REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall establish procedures and requirements for:

(1) issuance of a title for an assembled vehicle; and

(2) registration of an assembled vehicle.

(b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a):

(1) may not exclude a type of assembled vehicle, other than an assembled vehicle described by Section 731.051(b), from eligibility for title and registration;

(2) must establish the form of a title issued for an assembled vehicle; and

(3) must exempt an assembled vehicle or a type of assembled vehicle from any provision of Chapter 501 or 502 that an assembled vehicle or type of assembled vehicle, by its nature, cannot comply with or otherwise meet the requirements of.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 66.06 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 66 / Section 66.06
§ 66.06. RENEWAL OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

Application for renewal of a branch distributor's license may be made concurrently with the filing of the application for the renewal of the holder's primary license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.158
§ 1046.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the administrators shall prepare for the board:

(1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and

(2) a complete account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.152
§ 1121.152. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget.

(b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper with general circulation in the district not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district resident is entitled to be present and participate at the hearing.

(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall adopt a budget by acting on the proposed budget. The board may make a change in the proposed budget that the board determines to be in the interests of the taxpayers.

(e) The budget is effective only after adoption by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8218.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8218 / Section 8218.051
§ 8218.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.462 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.462
§ 101.462. APPLICATION TO FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In a derivative proceeding brought in the right of a foreign limited liability company, the matters covered by this subchapter are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign limited liability company, except for Sections 101.455, 101.460, and 101.461, which are procedural provisions and do not relate to the internal affairs of the foreign limited liability company, unless applying the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign limited liability company requires otherwise with respect to Section 101.455.

(b) In the case of matters relating to a foreign limited liability company under Section 101.455, a reference to a person or group of persons described by Section 101.454 refers to a person or group entitled under the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign limited liability company to make the determination described by Section 101.454(a). The standard of review of a determination made by the person or group shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign limited liability company.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 181.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 181 / Section 181.051
§ 181.051. PARTIAL EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Except for Subchapter D, this chapter does not apply to:

(1) a covered entity as defined by Section 602.001, Insurance Code;

(2) an entity established under Article 5.76-3, Insurance Code; or

(3) an employer.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.140 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.140
§ 52.140. AUDIT INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) All information secured, derived, or obtained during the course of an inspection or examination of books, accounts, reports, or other records, as provided in Section 52.135 of this code, is confidential and may not be used publicly, opened for public inspection, or disclosed, except for information set forth in a lien filed under this chapter and except as permitted under Subsection (d) of this section.

(b) All information made confidential in this section shall not be subject to subpoena directed to the commissioner, the attorney general, or the governor except in a judicial or administrative proceeding in which this state is a party.

(c) The commissioner or the attorney general may use information made confidential by the provisions of this section and contracts made confidential by Section 52.134 of this code to enforce any provisions of this chapter or may authorize their use in judicial or administrative proceedings in which this state is a party.

(d) This section does not prohibit:

(1) the delivery of information made confidential by this section to the lessee or its successor, receiver, executor, guarantor, administrator, assignee, or representative;

(2) the publication of statistics classified to prevent the identification of a particular audit or items in a particular audit;

(3) the release of information which is otherwise available to the public; or

(4) the release of information concerning the amount of royalty assessed as a result of an examination conducted under Section 52.135 of this code or the release of other information which would have been properly included in reports required under Section 52.131 of this code.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.405 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.405
§ 348.405. STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS AND AMOUNT DUE UNDER CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) On written request of a retail buyer, the holder of a retail installment contract shall give or send to the buyer a written statement of the dates and amounts of payments and the total amount unpaid under the contract.

(b) A retail buyer is entitled to one statement during a six-month period without charge. The charge for each additional requested statement may not exceed $1.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.004 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.004
§ 104.004. UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A gas utility may not:

(1) grant an unreasonable preference or advantage concerning rates or services to a person in a classification;

(2) subject a person in a classification to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage concerning rates or services; or

(3) establish or maintain an unreasonable difference concerning rates of services between localities or between classes of service.
Tex. Finance Code § 126.253 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 126 / Section 126.253
§ 126.253. LIQUIDATING AGENT SUBJECT TO COMMISSION CONTROL.
Status: in_force

The liquidating agent shall perform the duties required by the following sections subject to commission rules and under the commissioner's supervision:

(1) Sections 126.254-126.258; and

(2) Sections 126.301, 126.302, 126.304, 126.305, and 126.306.