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Tex. Water Code § 54.805 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.805
§ 54.805. OBTAINING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT, ADMINISTER, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

On adoption of the proposed plan as provided by this subchapter and voter approval of the imposition of taxes and issuance of bonds, the district, under the limitations of this subchapter, may apply separately, differently, equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined area or designated property to provide money to construct, administer, maintain, and operate improvements and facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8062.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8062 / Section 8062.0104
§ 8062.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8062.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Election Code § 66.061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 66 / Section 66.061
§ 66.061. CUSTODY OF LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS TO BE REUSED IN SUBSEQUENT ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The custodian of a precinct list of registered voters that is to be reused in a subsequent election occurring during the preservation period shall return the list to the authority responsible for delivering the election supplies not earlier than the fourth day before the date it is needed for the subsequent election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8369.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8369 / Section 8369.051
§ 8369.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8369.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Finance Code § 181.306 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 181 / Section 181.306
§ 181.306. INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the banking commissioner may refuse to release information or records concerning a state trust company in the custody of the department if, in the opinion of the banking commissioner, release of the information or records might jeopardize an ongoing investigation of potentially unlawful activity.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1805.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1805 / Section 1805.003
§ 1805.003. APPLICATION TO SECONDHAND DEALERS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a person:

(1) acting as a dealer for the exclusive benefit of any community chest, fund, foundation, or nonprofit corporation organized and operated for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes if none of the gross receipts or net earnings of the sale or exchange of business machines benefits a private shareholder or a person participating in the organization or the conduct of the sale or exchange;

(2) who owns the land on which an auction or event involving the sale or exchange of business machines occurs if the person:

(A) does not have control over the auction or event; and

(B) does not have personal knowledge of any facts arising from the auction or event constituting a violation of this chapter; or

(3) whose primary business includes the manufacture, sale, or service of computers or devices peripheral to computers.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.010 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.010
§ 21.010. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION TRAINING FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency shall provide to employees of the agency an employment discrimination training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the employee with information regarding the agency's policies and procedures relating to employment discrimination, including employment discrimination involving sexual harassment.

(c) Each employee of a state agency shall attend the training program required by this section not later than the 30th day after the date the employee is hired by the agency and shall attend supplemental training every two years.

(d) The commission shall develop materials for use by state agencies in providing employment discrimination training as required by this section.

(e) Each state agency shall require an employee of the agency who attends a training program required by this section to sign a statement verifying the employee's attendance at the training program. The agency shall file the statement in the employee's personnel file.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0321 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0321
§ 8510.0321. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The authority may use a corporate seal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8306.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8306 / Section 8306.151
§ 8306.151. 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 8306.153.

(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. Transportation Code § 545.059 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.059
§ 545.059. ONE-WAY ROADWAYS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Transportation Commission may designate a highway or separate roadway under the jurisdiction of the commission for one-way traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of the designation.

(b) On a roadway that is designated and on which signs are erected for one-way traffic, an operator shall drive only in the direction indicated.

(c) An operator moving around a rotary traffic island shall drive only to the right of the island.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3837.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3837 / Section 3837.159
§ 3837.159. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The competitive bidding provisions of Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code, apply to the district for a contract to acquire or construct a water, a wastewater, or a drainage or detention improvement. For all other district contracts or projects, the competitive bidding requirements that apply to a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, apply to the district.

(b) Subchapter K, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Education Code § 13.154 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 13 / Section 13.154
§ 13.154. CANVASS; RESULT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each board of trustees shall canvass the returns of the election in its district and shall publish the results separately for each district.

(b) If the votes cast in all districts show a majority in each district voting in favor of the consolidation, the board of trustees shall declare the school districts consolidated.
Tex. Family Code § 8.057 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.057
§ 8.057. MODIFICATION OF MAINTENANCE ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of maintenance specified in a court order or the portion of a decree that provides for the maintenance of a former spouse may be modified by the filing of a motion in the court that originally rendered the order. A party affected by the order or the portion of the decree to be modified may file the motion.

(b) Notice of a motion to modify maintenance or to establish or modify a maintenance qualified domestic relations order under Subchapter H and the response to the motion, if any, are governed by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit. Notice must be given by service of citation, and a response must be in the form of an answer due on or before 10 a.m. of the first Monday after 20 days after the date of service. A court shall set a hearing on the motion in the manner provided by Rule 245, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(c) After a hearing, the court may modify an original or modified order or portion of a decree providing for maintenance or a maintenance qualified domestic relations order under Subchapter H on a proper showing of a material and substantial change in circumstances that occurred after the date of the order or decree, including circumstances reflected in the factors specified in Section 8.052, relating to either party or to a child of the marriage described by Section 8.051(2)(C). The court:

(1) shall apply the modification only to payment accruing after the filing of the motion to modify; and

(2) may not increase maintenance to an amount or duration that exceeds the amount or remaining duration of the original maintenance order.

(c-1) A party who files a motion to modify maintenance based on a material and substantial change of circumstances may not be considered on that basis alone to have admitted a material and substantial change of circumstances regarding any other matter.

(d) A loss of employment or circumstances that render a former spouse unable to provide for the spouse's minimum reasonable needs by reason of incapacitating physical or mental disability that occur after the divorce or annulment are not grounds for the institution of spousal maintenance for the benefit of the former spouse.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 6A.201 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 6A / Section 6A.201
§ 6A.201. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

A violation of this chapter is a deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, and is actionable under Section 17.47 of that code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3979.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3979 / Section 3979.0308
§ 3979.0308. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3982.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3982 / Section 3982.0503
§ 3982.0503. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7909.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7909 / Section 7909.0102
§ 7909.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1109.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.158
§ 1109.158. INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may purchase, sell, and invest district funds in investments authorized by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.045 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 131 / Section 131.045
§ 131.045. BEEKEEPER REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each beekeeper in this state may register on an annual basis with the chief apiary inspector. A registration under this section expires August 31 following the date the registration is issued.

(b) A registration must include:

(1) information required by the chief apiary inspector; and

(2) the county or counties in which the beekeeper operates.

(c) The inspector may require a beekeeper to submit with the registration information a map showing the exact location of each of the beekeeper's apiaries. A map submitted under this section is a trade secret under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be disclosed.

(d) The chief apiary inspector may charge a fee for each registration issued under this section. The inspector shall set the fee at an amount that is reasonable in relation to the costs of administering this section.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.053 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.053
§ 11.053. PROPERTY APPLIED TO DISCHARGE LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and the title of this code governing the domestic entity, a domestic entity in the process of winding up shall apply and distribute its property to discharge, or make adequate provision for the discharge of, all of the domestic entity's liabilities and obligations.

(b) Except as provided by the title of this code governing the domestic entity, if the property of a domestic entity is not sufficient to discharge all of the domestic entity's liabilities and obligations, the domestic entity shall:

(1) apply its property, to the extent possible, to the just and equitable discharge of its liabilities and obligations, including liabilities and obligations owed to owners or members, other than for distributions; or

(2) make adequate provision for the application of the property described by Subdivision (1).

(c) Except as provided by the title of this code governing the domestic entity, after a domestic entity has discharged, or made adequate provision for the discharge of, all of its liabilities and obligations, the domestic entity shall distribute the remainder of its property, in cash or in kind, to the domestic entity's owners according to their respective rights and interests.

(d) A domestic entity may continue its business wholly or partly, including delaying the disposition of property of the domestic entity, for the limited period necessary to avoid unreasonable loss of the entity's property or business.
Tex. Election Code § 277.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 277 / Section 277.001
§ 277.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a petition authorized or required to be filed under a law outside this code in connection with an election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3849.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3849 / Section 3849.103
§ 3849.103. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8831.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8831 / Section 8831.053
§ 8831.053. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

Each even-numbered year, the board shall hold an election in the district on a uniform election date provided by Section 41.001(a), Election Code, to elect the appropriate number of directors. If the board changes the election date, the district shall adjust the terms of office to conform to the new election date.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8358.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8358 / Section 8358.051
§ 8358.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8358.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 43.0055 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.0055
§ 43.0055. COMPETITIVE BIDDING OR ADVERTISING RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting competitive bidding or advertising by a license holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

(b) Rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices may not include a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

(2) restricts the use of a license holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license holder; or

(4) restricts the license holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.151
§ 2054.151. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature intends that state agency information resources and information resources technologies projects will be successfully completed on time and within budget and that the projects will function and provide benefits in the manner the agency projected in its plans submitted to the department and in its appropriations requests submitted to the legislature.

(b) The legislature finds that to ensure the successful completion of all information resources projects, all projects must be managed using project management practices.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.424 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.424
§ 545.424.
Status: in_force

Sec. 545.424. OPERATION OF VEHICLE BY PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.

(a) A person under 18 years of age may not operate a motor vehicle while using a wireless communication device, except in case of emergency. This subsection does not apply to a person licensed by the Federal Communications Commission while operating a radio frequency device other than a wireless communication device.

(a-1) A person under 18 years of age may not operate a motor vehicle:

(1) after midnight and before 5 a.m. unless the operation of the vehicle is necessary for the operator to attend or participate in employment or a school-related activity or because of a medical emergency; or

(2) with more than one passenger in the vehicle under 21 years of age who is not a family member.

(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), a person under 18 years of age may operate a moped after midnight and before 5 a.m. if the person is in sight of the person's parent or guardian.

(b) A person under 17 years of age who holds a restricted motorcycle license may not operate a motorcycle while using a wireless communication device, except in case of emergency. This subsection does not apply to a person licensed by the Federal Communications Commission while operating a radio frequency device other than a wireless communication device.

(b-1) A person under 17 years of age who holds a restricted motorcycle license, during the 12-month period following the issuance of an original motorcycle license to the person, may not operate a motorcycle after midnight and before 5 a.m. unless:

(1) the person is in sight of the person's parent or guardian; or

(2) the operation of the vehicle is necessary for the operator to attend or participate in employment or a school-related activity or because of a medical emergency.

(c) Subsection (a-1) does not apply to a person operating a motor vehicle while accompanied in the manner required by Section 521.222(d)(2) for the holder of a learner license.

(d) For the purposes of this section, employment includes work on a family farm by a member of the family that owns or operates the farm.

(e) A peace officer may not stop a vehicle or detain the operator of a vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether the operator of the vehicle has violated this section.

(f) In this section, "wireless communication device" means a handheld or hands-free device that uses commercial mobile service, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 332.

(g) An offense under Subsection (a) or (b) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of at least $25 and not more than $99 unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted at least one time of an offense under either subsection, in which event the offense is punishable by a fine of at least $100 and not more than $200.
Tex. Government Code § 316.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 316 / Section 316.012
§ 316.012. CONSTRUCTION OF REFERENCE.
Status: in_force

If a statute enacted or last amended before 1982 refers by number to an article of the General Appropriations Act, the reference means the article of the current General Appropriations Act, regardless of numerical designation, that corresponds in substance to the numerically cited article as it existed on the date of the enactment or most recent amendment of the statute.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0151
§ 8509.0151. GENERAL WATER SUPPLY POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, inside or outside its boundaries, may:

(1) develop, construct, or purchase a dam or reservoir;

(2) in order to preserve and protect the purity of the waters of the state and of the district and conserve and reclaim those waters for beneficial use by the district's inhabitants, provide any plant, work, facility, or appliance incident to or helpful or necessary to the collection, transportation, processing, disposal, or control of those waters for agricultural, municipal, domestic, oil field flooding, mining, or industrial purposes;

(3) construct or purchase any plant or other facility necessary or useful to:

(A) provide a source of water supply;

(B) store or process the water; or

(C) transport or distribute the water for irrigation, livestock raising, agricultural, municipal, domestic, or industrial purposes;

(4) impound, store, control, and conserve the storm and flood waters and the unappropriated flow waters, including the storm and flood waters and unappropriated flow waters of Palo Duro Creek and Horse Creek, by complying with Subchapters A-D, Chapter 11, and Subchapter B, Chapter 12, Water Code;

(5) acquire or construct a dam or any work, plant, or other facility necessary or useful to impound, process, or transport water to a municipality or other entity for municipal, agricultural, domestic, industrial, oil field flooding, or mining purposes; and

(6) develop or purchase additional sources of water, subject to Section 8509.0157.

(b) The district may acquire land inside or outside the district's boundaries and construct, lease, or otherwise acquire any work, plant, or other facility necessary or useful to:

(1) divert, further impound, or store water;

(2) process the water; or

(3) transport the water to a municipality or other entity for agricultural, municipal, domestic, industrial, oil field flooding, or mining purposes.

(c) The board shall determine the size of a dam and reservoir developed, constructed, or purchased under Subsection (a), taking into consideration probable future increases in water requirements. The size of the dam may not be limited by the amount of water the commission initially authorizes to be impounded by the dam.

(d) The district may lease or otherwise acquire rights in and to storage and storage capacity in any reservoir constructed or to be constructed by any person or from the United States.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8137.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8137 / Section 8137.051
§ 8137.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8137.053, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8383.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8383 / Section 8383.107
§ 8383.107. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.