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Tex. Education Code § 55.1758 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1758
§ 55.1758. STEPHEN F.
Status: in_force

AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for projects at Stephen F. Austin State University, to be financed through the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter not to exceed the following aggregate principal amounts for the projects specified as follows:

(1) $20,178,000 for an education research facility; and

(2) $10 million for a campus deferred maintenance reduction plan.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of Stephen F. Austin State University, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3901.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3901 / Section 3901.154
§ 3901.154. FEES.
Status: in_force

The district may impose a fee for the use of the public transit system and associated parking facilities.
Tex. Government Code § 24.263 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.263
§ 24.263.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.263. 166TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (a) The 166th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County.

(b) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 166th District Court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8025A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8025A / Section 8025A.0104
§ 8025A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8025A.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 as required by applicable law.
Tex. Estates Code § 1002.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.001
§ 1002.001. APPLICABILITY OF DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

The definition for a term provided by this chapter applies in this title.
Tex. Government Code § 492.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 492 / Section 492.008
§ 492.008. OATHS; EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES; INQUIRIES.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board and the executive director, in the discharge of a duty, may administer oaths, summon and examine witnesses, and take other actions necessary to determine the truth of a matter about which the member or executive director is entitled to inquire.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.001
§ 1112.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the West Coke County Hospital District.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.123 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.123
§ 534.123. USE OF PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each local intellectual and developmental disability authority that receives prospective payment funds shall submit to the department a quarterly report that clearly identifies how the provider or program used the funds during the preceding fiscal quarter.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the form of the report, the specific information that must be included in the report, and the deadlines for submitting the report.

(c) The department may not provide prospective payment funds to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority that fails to submit the quarterly reports required by this section.

(d) In this section, "prospective payment funds" means money the department prospectively provides to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to provide community services to certain persons with an intellectual disability.
Tex. Local Government Code § 215.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 215 / Section 215.003
§ 215.003. RENDERING PLANTS.
Status: in_force

To protect residents of a municipality from health hazards related to unsanitary conditions that may exist in connection with rendering plants, the municipality by ordinance may regulate the equipment and manner of operation of rendering plants located within the limits of the municipality or within one mile of the limits.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 30.014 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 30 / Section 30.014
§ 30.014. PLEADINGS MUST CONTAIN PARTIAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In a civil action, including a probate or guardianship proceeding, filed in a district court, a county court, a statutory county court, a statutory probate court, or the business court, each party or the party's attorney shall include in its initial pleading:

(1) the last three numbers of the party's driver's license number, if the party has been issued a driver's license; and

(2) the last three numbers of the party's social security number, if the party has been issued a social security number.

(b) A court may, on its own motion or the motion of a party, order that an initial pleading be amended to contain the information listed under Subsection (a) if the court determines that the pleading does not contain that information. A court may find a party in contempt if the party does not amend the pleading as ordered by the court under this subsection.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.401 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.401
§ 501.401. ALTERATION OR TERMINATION BY AUTHORIZING UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time a corporation's authorizing unit, in its sole discretion, may in accordance with this subtitle:

(1) alter the corporation's structure, organization, programs, or activities; or

(2) terminate the existence of the corporation.

(b) The authority of an authorizing unit under this section is limited only by the law of this state on the impairment of contracts entered into by the corporation.

(c) An authorizing unit may make an alteration or may terminate the corporation's existence only by a written resolution of the authorizing unit's governing body.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 313.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 313 / Section 313.004
§ 313.004. CONSENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If an adult patient of a home and community support services agency or in a hospital or nursing home, or an adult inmate of a county or municipal jail, is comatose, incapacitated, or otherwise mentally or physically incapable of communication and does not have a legal guardian or an agent under a medical power of attorney who is reasonably available after a reasonably diligent inquiry, an adult surrogate from the following list, in order of priority, who has decision-making capacity, is reasonably available after a reasonably diligent inquiry, and is willing to consent to medical treatment on behalf of the patient may consent to medical treatment on behalf of the patient:

(1) the patient's spouse;

(2) the patient's adult children;

(3) the patient's parents; or

(4) the patient's nearest living relative.

(a-1) If the patient does not have a legal guardian, an agent under a medical power of attorney, or a person listed in Subsection (a) who is reasonably available after a reasonably diligent inquiry, another physician who is not involved in the medical treatment of the patient may concur with the treatment.

(b) Any dispute as to the right of a party to act as a surrogate decision-maker may be resolved only by a court of record having jurisdiction of proceedings under Title 3, Estates Code.

(c) Any medical treatment consented to under Subsection (a) or concurred with under Subsection (a-1) must be based on knowledge of what the patient would desire, if known.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a surrogate decision-maker may not consent to:

(1) voluntary inpatient mental health services;

(2) electro-convulsive treatment; or

(3) the appointment of another surrogate decision-maker.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the patient is an adult inmate of a county or municipal jail, a surrogate decision-maker may not also consent to:

(1) psychotropic medication;

(2) involuntary inpatient mental health services; or

(3) psychiatric services calculated to restore competency to stand trial.

(f) A person who is an available adult surrogate, as described by Subsection (a), may consent to medical treatment on behalf of a patient who is an adult inmate of a county or municipal jail only for a period that expires on the earlier of the 120th day after the date the person agrees to act as an adult surrogate for the patient or the date the inmate is released from jail. At the conclusion of the period, a successor surrogate may not be appointed and only the patient or the patient's appointed guardian of the person, if the patient is a ward under Title 3, Estates Code, may consent to medical treatment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 102.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 102 / Section 102.004
§ 102.004. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND BOARDS.
Status: in_force

In preparing the budget, the budget officer may require any municipal officer or board to furnish information necessary for the budget officer to properly prepare the budget.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2026.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2026 / Section 2026.104
§ 2026.104.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2026.104. CLASS 3 RACETRACK. (a) A class 3 racetrack is a racetrack operated by a county or a nonprofit fair under Chapter 2032.

(b) A racetrack association that holds a class 3 racetrack license and that conducted horse races in 1986 may conduct live races for a number of days not to exceed 16 days in a calendar year on the dates selected by the racetrack association.
Tex. Education Code § 37.0051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.0051
§ 37.0051. PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS COMMITTING SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST ANOTHER STUDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided by Section 25.0341(b)(2), a student shall be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative education program under Section 37.008 or a juvenile justice alternative education program under Section 37.011.

(b) A limitation imposed by this subchapter on the length of a placement in a disciplinary alternative education program or a juvenile justice alternative education program does not apply to a placement under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8183.258 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8183 / Section 8183.258
§ 8183.258. ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured, at the discretion of the board, by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on physical property of the district, franchises, easements, water rights and appropriation permits, leases, contracts, and all rights appurtenant to the property, vesting in the trustee the power to:

(1) sell the property for the payment of the debt;

(2) operate the property; and

(3) take other action to further secure the bonds.

(b) A purchaser under a sale under the deed of trust lien, if one is given:

(1) is the absolute owner of property, facilities, and rights purchased; and

(2) is entitled to maintain and operate the property, facilities, and rights.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.251
§ 1063.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district subject to district taxation.

(b) The board shall impose the tax to pay:

(1) indebtedness issued or assumed by the district; and

(2) the maintenance and operating expenses of the district.

(c) The board may not impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on revenue bonds issued under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.205 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.205
§ 228.205. QUEEN ISABELLA CAUSEWAY.
Status: in_force

The commission may not convert the Queen Isabella Causeway in Cameron County to a toll project.
Tex. Government Code § 1501.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.152
§ 1501.152. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the municipality may not authorize the issuance of certificates of indebtedness under this subchapter until the municipality gives notice of the municipality's intention to issue the certificates.

(b) The notice must:

(1) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality once each week for two consecutive weeks, with the first publication being before the 14th day before the date the governing body proposes to adopt the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the certificates of indebtedness; and

(2) state:

(A) the time and place the governing body of the municipality proposes to authorize the issuance;

(B) the maximum amount of the certificates to be issued; and

(C) the purpose for which the certificates are to be issued.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 141.051 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 141 / Section 141.051
§ 141.051. LABELING OF COMMERCIAL FEED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, each container of commercial feed distributed in this state, other than customer-formula feed, must have a label with the following information:

(1) the name and principal address of the person responsible for manufacture and distribution;

(2) the brand or name under which the feed is to be distributed;

(3) the quantity of the feed in the container, in either net weight, net volume contents, or net fluid content according to rules adopted by the service;

(4) the guaranteed analysis of nutrients in the feed, listing a maximum or minimum quantity determinable by laboratory methods of protein, fat, fiber, and other components of commercial feed;

(5) the common or usual name of each ingredient used in the feed;

(6) the name and percentage of any hulls, shells, screenings, straw, stalks, corncobs, or other low grade feeding materials or fillers in the feed, if any;

(7) an appropriate warning statement and directions for use relating to each medicine, drug, mineral, vitamin, antibiotic, or antioxidant in the feed; and

(8) other information that the service may by rule require.

(b) The manufacturer or other person distributing the feed shall affix the label required by this section to the outside of the container or cause it to be printed on the side of the container in the manner prescribed by the service. The information must be grouped together and plainly printed in English in the size of type prescribed by the service.

(c) If the labeling information is shown on the container rather than printed on the label, the information must be plainly printed in a conspicuous place in the size of type prescribed by the service.

(d) A person distributing in this state commercial feed in a container that holds an amount exceeding 110 pounds dry weight or 55 gallons liquid need not label the container in accordance with this section, but shall furnish the purchaser with a statement of the information in accordance with Section 141.052 of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3843.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3843 / Section 3843.153
§ 3843.153. RULES.
Status: in_force

The district may adopt rules covering its public transit system or its public parking facilities, except that a rule relating to or affecting the use of the public right-of-way or a requirement for off-street parking is subject to all applicable municipal charter, code, or ordinance requirements.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 144.079 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 144 / Section 144.079
§ 144.079. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not receive, hold, slaughter, butcher, or otherwise process any animal as food for human consumption in a building or compartmented area of a building used as a rendering establishment or related station.

(b) A person may not steal, misappropriate, contaminate, or damage recyclable cooking oil or containers of recyclable cooking oil.

(c) A renderer, hauler, or any other person may not knowingly take possession of stolen recyclable cooking oil.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8853.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8853 / Section 8853.151
§ 8853.151. LIMITATION ON TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The district may impose a tax to pay any part of bonds or notes issued by the district at a rate not to exceed 20 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.
Tex. Education Code § 65.32 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 65 / Section 65.32
§ 65.32. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS, ETC.
Status: in_force

The board may remove any officer, member of the faculty, or employee connected with the system when in its judgment the interest of the system requires the removal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9045.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9045 / Section 9045.056
§ 9045.056. ABSENCE OR INACTION OF BOARD PRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) When the board president is absent or fails or declines to act, the board vice president shall perform all duties and exercise all power that this chapter or general law gives the president.

(b) If the board president is absent from a board meeting, the board vice president may sign an order adopted or other action taken at the meeting, or the board may authorize the president to sign the order or other action.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.043 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.043
§ 71.043. ANNUAL REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A florist or nursery owner must register with the department under this section each nursery, greenhouse, orchard, garden, or other place growing for sale or lease, offering for sale or lease, or otherwise distributing a florist item or nursery product.

(b) A florist or nursery owner may apply for registration or renewal of registration by submitting an application prescribed by the department and an annual fee. The fee shall be the sum of:

(1) an amount based on the size and type of a location, as defined by department rule, where a florist or nursery owner grows for sale or lease or offers for sale or lease a florist item or nursery product; and

(2) an optional additional amount equal to 15 percent of the amount described by Subdivision (1), to fund the Texas nursery and floral account.

(b-1) The department shall allow an applicant to elect whether to pay the amount described by Subsection (b)(2). An applicant is not required to pay that amount to apply for or renew registration.

(c) Registrations under this section expire one year after issuance. A person who fails to submit a renewal fee on or before the expiration date of the registration must pay, in addition to the renewal fee, the late fee provided by Section 12.024 of this code.

(d) Upon receipt of the correct annual registration fee, the department shall issue a registration certificate for each location a florist or nursery owner has registered.

(e) A person may not offer for sale or lease a nursery product or florist item without a registration certificate issued under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 756.126 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 756 / Section 756.126
§ 756.126. SAFETY STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

The Railroad Commission of Texas shall adopt and enforce rules prescribing safety standards and best practices, including those described by 49 U.S.C. Section 6105 et seq., relating to the prevention of damage by a person to a facility, including an interstate or intrastate pipeline facility, under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.172 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.172
§ 134.172. ASSESSMENT OF COSTS INCURRED IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING OR JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission issues an order under Sections 134.161 through 134.171 or in an administrative proceeding under this chapter, the commission may, on request of any person, assess against the person to whom the order is issued or the commission the costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, that the commission determines the requestor reasonably incurred in connection with the requestor's participation in the action or proceeding.

(b) If the commission issues an order under Sections 134.161 through 134.171 or in an administrative proceeding under this chapter and the commission's decision is appealed, the court may, on request of any person, assess against the person to whom the order is issued or the commission the costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, that the commission determines the requestor reasonably incurred in connection with the requestor's participation in judicial review of the action or proceeding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8848.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8848 / Section 8848.055
§ 8848.055. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is not entitled to fees of office.
Tex. Local Government Code § 173.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 173 / Section 173.002
§ 173.002. SALARY CONTINUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a person to whom this chapter applies exhausts all military leave to which the person is entitled under state law, the municipality or county may continue the person's municipal or county salary payments under this chapter in an amount determined by the governing body of the municipality or the commissioners court, as applicable, until the person is no longer required to serve on active duty under the circumstances described by Section 173.001(a).

(b) The salary payments authorized by Subsection (a) are payable:

(1) from the general fund of the municipality or county or other funds available for that purpose on the date the person is called to active duty; and

(2) only for a municipal or county pay period that began on or after September 1, 2002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3853.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3853 / Section 3853.102
§ 3853.102. 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 member of the board of the nonprofit corporation is not required to reside in the district.