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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004A / Section 8004A.0401
§ 8004A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8004A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.062
§ 1036.062. EMPLOYEES; APPOINTMENT OF STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(b) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.011 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.011
§ 401.011. QUALIFICATIONS OF ACCOUNTANT; ACCEPTANCE OF AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), the commissioner shall accept an audited financial report from an independent certified public accountant or accounting firm that:

(1) is a member in good standing of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is in good standing with all states in which the accountant or firm is licensed to practice, as applicable; and

(2) conforms to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Code of Professional Conduct and to the rules of professional conduct and other rules of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy or a similar code.

(b) If the insurer or health maintenance organization is domiciled in Canada, the commissioner shall accept an audited financial report from an accountant chartered in Canada. If the insurer or health maintenance organization is domiciled in Great Britain, the commissioner shall accept an audited financial report from an accountant chartered in Great Britain.

(c) A partner or other person responsible for rendering a report for an insurer or health maintenance organization for seven consecutive years may not, during the two-year period after that seventh year, render a report for the insurer or health maintenance organization or for a subsidiary or affiliate of the insurer or health maintenance organization that is engaged in the business of insurance. The commissioner may determine that the limitation provided by this subsection does not apply to an accountant for a particular insurer or health maintenance organization if the insurer or health maintenance organization demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the limitation's application to the insurer or health maintenance organization would be unfair because of unusual circumstances. In making the determination, the commissioner may consider:

(1) the number of partners or individuals the accountant employs, the expertise of the partners or individuals the accountant employs, or the number of the accountant's insurance clients;

(2) the premium volume of the insurer or health maintenance organization; and

(3) the number of jurisdictions in which the insurer or health maintenance organization engages in business.

(d) The commissioner may not accept an audited financial report prepared wholly or partly by an individual or firm who the commissioner finds:

(1) has been convicted of fraud, bribery, a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (18 U.S.C. Section 1961 et seq.), or a state or federal criminal offense involving dishonest conduct;

(2) has violated the insurance laws of this state with respect to a report filed under this subchapter;

(3) has demonstrated a pattern or practice of failing to detect or disclose material information in reports filed under this subchapter; or

(4) has directly or indirectly entered into an agreement of indemnity or release of liability regarding an audit of an insurer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.401 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.401
§ 885.401. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each fraternal benefit society engaged in business in this state shall annually, on or before March 1:

(1) file with the department in the form required by the commissioner a statement, under oath of the society's president and secretary or corresponding officers, of:

(A) the society's condition and standing on the preceding December 31; and

(B) the society's transactions for the preceding calendar year; and

(2) provide additional information the commissioner considers necessary to demonstrate the society's business and method of operation.

(b) The commissioner may periodically require any additional statement the commissioner considers necessary relating to a fraternal benefit society.

(c) The department or the state may use the report required under Subsection (a) in determining a fraternal benefit society's financial solvency.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292E.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292E / Section 292E.152
§ 292E.152. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF MANDATORY PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county may collect or contract for the assessment and collection of mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.

(b) The person charged by the county with the assessment and collection of mandatory payments shall charge and deduct from the mandatory payments collected for the county a collection fee in an amount not to exceed the person's usual and customary charges for like services.

(c) If the person charged with the assessment and collection of mandatory payments is an official of the county, any revenue from a collection fee charged under Subsection (b) shall be deposited in the county general fund and, if appropriate, shall be reported as fees of the county.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.155 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.155
§ 232.155. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) Any owner or lienholder of record of a platted lot aggrieved by an order issued under Section 232.153 may file in a district court in the county in which the property is located a verified petition alleging that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and stating with specificity the grounds of the alleged illegality. The petition must be filed by an owner or lienholder of the lot within 60 calendar days of the order. If a petition is not filed within 60 calendar days of the order, the order shall become final.

(b) On the filing of a petition under Subsection (a), the court may issue a writ of certiorari directed to the county to review the order of the county and shall prescribe in the writ the time within which a return on the writ must be made and served on the relator or the relator's attorney.

(c) The county is not required to return the original papers acted on by it, but it is sufficient for the county to return certified or sworn copies of the papers or parts of the papers as may be called for by the writ.

(d) Appeal of the county's determination under this subchapter shall be conducted under the substantial evidence rule.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.113 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.113
§ 71.113. REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

The department may revoke a certificate tag or stamp issued to a plant grower who:

(1) makes a false representation; or

(2) refuses to comply with this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.0175 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.0175
§ 212.0175. ENFORCEMENT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general may take any action necessary to enforce a requirement imposed by or under Section 212.0105 or 212.0106 or to ensure that water and sewer service facilities are constructed or installed to service a subdivision in compliance with the model rules adopted under Section 16.343, Water Code.

(b) A person who violates Section 212.0105 or 212.0106 or fails to timely provide for the construction or installation of water or sewer service facilities that the person described on the plat or on the document attached to the plat, as required by Section 212.0105, is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 plus court costs and attorney's fees.

(c) An owner of a tract of land commits an offense if the owner knowingly or intentionally violates a requirement imposed by or under Section 212.0105 or 212.0106 or fails to timely provide for the construction or installation of water or sewer service facilities that the person described on a plat or on a document attached to a plat, as required by Section 212.0105. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.

(d) A reference in this section to an "owner of a tract of land" does not include the owner of an individual lot in a subdivided tract of land.
Tex. Penal Code § 9.43 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 9 / Section 9.43
§ 9.43. PROTECTION OF THIRD PERSON'S PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A person is justified in using force or deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property of a third person if, under the circumstances as he reasonably believes them to be, the actor would be justified under Section 9.41 or 9.42 in using force or deadly force to protect his own land or property and:

(1) the actor reasonably believes the unlawful interference constitutes attempted or consummated theft of or criminal mischief to the tangible, movable property; or

(2) the actor reasonably believes that:

(A) the third person has requested his protection of the land or property;

(B) he has a legal duty to protect the third person's land or property; or

(C) the third person whose land or property he uses force or deadly force to protect is the actor's spouse, parent, or child, resides with the actor, or is under the actor's care.
Tex. Local Government Code § 87.017 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 87 / Section 87.017
§ 87.017. SUSPENSION PENDING TRIAL; TEMPORARY APPOINTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) After the issuance of the order requiring citation of the officer, the district judge may temporarily suspend the officer and may appoint another person to perform the duties of the office.

(b) The judge may not suspend the officer until the person appointed to serve executes a bond, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, in an amount fixed by the judge and conditioned as required by the judge. The bond shall be used to pay damages and costs to the suspended officer if the grounds for removal are found at trial to be insufficient or untrue. In an action to recover on the bond it is necessary to allege and prove that the temporary appointee actively aided and instigated the filing and prosecution of the removal action. The suspended officer must also serve written notice on the temporary appointee and the appointee's bondsman, within 90 days after the date the bond is executed, stating that the officer intends to hold them liable on the bond and stating the grounds for that liability.

(c) If the final judgment establishes the officer's right to the office, the county shall pay the officer from the general fund of the county an amount equal to the compensation received by the temporary appointee.
Tex. Occupations Code § 264.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 264 / Section 264.006
§ 264.006. DECISION BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Based on the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and proposal for decision, the board by order may determine that:

(1) a violation occurred and impose an administrative penalty; or

(2) a violation did not occur.

(b) The notice of the board's order given to the person under Chapter 2001, Government Code, must include a statement of the right of the person to judicial review of the order.
Tex. Education Code § 61.0670 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0670
§ 61.0670. STATE REPOSITORY OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "open educational resource" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.451.

(b) The board shall contract with a high-quality open educational resource repository to develop and maintain a web portal customized to meet the needs of individual institutions of higher education, students, and others who may benefit from access to open educational resources.

(c) Open educational resources available through the portal must be searchable by course or learning outcome, program or field of study, marketable skills, college readiness, and other topics as determined by the board.

(d) The portal must provide access to repositories maintaining a wide range of open educational resources, including textbooks, full courses, course materials, modules, images, videos, assessment software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support learning.

(e) Resources developed with state funds shall be made available under a Creative Commons license and submitted for use as an open educational resource through a repository available through the portal. A publisher may submit instructional materials for inclusion in a repository available through the portal.

(f) The board may request the assistance of the Learning Technology Advisory Committee to establish, maintain, and market the web portal required under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 803.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 803 / Section 803.001
§ 803.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Combined service credit" means the total of a person's service credit in only those retirement systems to which this chapter applies for which the total satisfies the length-of-service requirements for service retirement at the person's attained age, and does not include:

(A) any service credit in a retirement system for which the total of a person's service credit does not satisfy the length-of-service requirements for service retirement at the person's attained age; or

(B) service credit earned with or allowed by a subdivision or municipality not participating in the program provided by this chapter or, as applicable, a subdivision or municipality whose participation is limited as provided by Section 803.103.

(2) "Service credit" means service that is in a person's account in a retirement system to which this chapter applies and that may be used to meet length-of-service requirements for service retirement in that system.

(3) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 131, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.037 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.037
§ 225.037. THE BISHOP ERNEST T.
Status: in_force

DIXON, JR., MEMORIAL PARKWAY. (a) United States Highway 87 from its intersection with Interstate Highway 410 in Bexar County to its intersection with Loop 1604 is designated as the Bishop Ernest T. Dixon, Jr., Memorial Parkway.

(b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Bishop Ernest T. Dixon, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a memorial marker at each end of the parkway and at intermediate sites along the parkway that the department determines are appropriate.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.020 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.020
§ 61.020. PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit or administrative proceeding brought or defended under this subchapter or whose determination is affected by this subchapter, a showing that the area in question is located in the area from mean low tide to the line of vegetation is prima facie evidence that:

(1) the title of the littoral owner does not include the right to prevent the public from using the area for ingress and egress to the sea; and

(2) there is imposed on the area a common law right or easement in favor of the public for ingress and egress to the sea.

(b) The determination of the location of the line of vegetation by the commissioner as provided by Sections 61.016 and 61.017 constitutes prima facie evidence of the landward boundary of the area subject to the public easement until a court adjudication establishes the line in another place.
Tex. Election Code § 16.065 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 16 / Section 16.065
§ 16.065. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

The registrar shall deliver written notice of the date, hour, and place set for the hearing on the challenge to the challenging voter not later than the second day after the date the hearing request is filed.
Tex. Penal Code § 25.072 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 25 / Section 25.072
§ 25.072. REPEATED VIOLATION OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS OR CONDITIONS OF BOND IN FAMILY VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING CASE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 12 months or less in duration, the person two or more times engages in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 25.07.

(b) If the jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury must agree unanimously that the defendant, during a period that is 12 months or less in duration, two or more times engaged in conduct that constituted an offense under Section 25.07.

(c) A defendant may not be convicted in the same criminal action of another offense an element of which is any conduct that is alleged as an element of the offense under Subsection (a) unless the other offense:

(1) is charged in the alternative;

(2) occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed; or

(3) is considered by the trier of fact to be a lesser included offense of the offense alleged under Subsection (a).

(d) A defendant may not be charged with more than one count under Subsection (a) if all of the specific conduct that is alleged to have been engaged in is alleged to have been committed in violation of a single court order or single setting of bond.

(e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree, except the offense is a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that at least one time the person engaged in conduct that was punishable as a state jail felony under Section 25.07(g)(1)(B).
Tex. Utilities Code § 11.007 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 11 / Section 11.007
§ 11.007. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 2001, Government Code, applies to a proceeding under this title except to the extent inconsistent with this title.

(b) A communication of a member or employee of the commission with any person, including a party or a party's representative, is governed by Section 2001.061, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 8.102 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.102
§ 8.102. DATA REPORTING.
Status: in_force

Each regional education service center shall report audited or budgeted financial information and any other information requested by the commissioner for use in assessing the performance of the center. The commissioner shall develop a uniform system for regional education service centers to report audited financial data, to report information on the indicators adopted under Section 8.101, and to provide information on client satisfaction with services provided under Subchapter B.
Tex. Education Code § 95.37 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 95 / Section 95.37
§ 95.37. DELINQUENT STUDENT LOAN ACCOUNTS; VENUE.
Status: in_force

A suit by the Texas State University System on its own behalf or on behalf of a component institution of the Texas State University System to recover a delinquent student loan, account, or debt owed to the Texas State University System or a component institution of the Texas State University System shall be brought in Travis County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3841.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3841 / Section 3841.102
§ 3841.102. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered for purposes of this chapter to be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 31.161 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.161
§ 31.161. DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) If the state intends to conduct a sale or lease for nongovernmental purposes of real property belonging to the state, to the permanent school fund, or to any of the dedicated funds of the state, other than the permanent university fund, or any other real property subject to the administration and control of the board of regents of The University of Texas System, the division may promulgate a development plan on the real property.

(b) The purpose of a development plan is to conserve and enhance the value of real property belonging to the state, taking into consideration the preservation of the health, safety, and general welfare of the communities in which the real property is situated.

(c) The plan shall address local land use planning ordinances, which may include the following:

(1) allocation and location of specific uses of the real property, including residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, or other appropriate uses;

(2) densities and intensities of designated land uses;

(3) the timing and rate of development;

(4) timely delivery of adequate facilities and services, including water, wastewater collection and treatment systems, parks and public recreational facilities, drainage facilities, school sites, and roads and transportation facilities; or

(5) needed zoning and other land use regulations.

(d) The plan shall comply with existing rules, regulations, orders, or ordinances for real property development to the extent such rules, regulations, orders, or ordinances are not detrimental to the interests of the state as determined by the special board of review.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.451 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.451
§ 1201.451. TRANSFER OF GOOD AND MARKETABLE TITLE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a person may not sell or exchange a used manufactured home without the appropriate transfer of good and marketable title to the home.

(b) Not later than the 60th day after the effective date of the transfer of ownership or the date the seller or transferor obtains possession of the necessary and properly executed documents, the seller or transferor shall forward to the purchaser or transferee the necessary, executed documents. If the seller or transferor fails to forward the documents on a timely basis, the purchaser or transferee may apply directly for the documents. On receipt of the documents, the purchaser or transferee shall apply for the issuance of a statement of ownership.