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Tex. Transportation Code § 371.101 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 371 / Section 371.101
§ 371.101. TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A comprehensive development agreement under which a private participant receives the right to operate and collect revenue from a toll project must contain a provision authorizing the toll project entity to terminate the agreement for convenience and to purchase, under terms agreed to by the parties:

(1) the interest of the private participant in the comprehensive development agreement; and

(2) related property, including any interest in a highway or other facility designed, developed, financed, constructed, operated, or maintained under the agreement.

(b) A comprehensive development agreement described by Subsection (a) must include a price breakdown stating a specific price for the purchase of the private participant's interest at specified intervals from the date the toll project opens, of not less than two years and not more than five years, over the term of the agreement.

(c) The provision must authorize the toll project entity to terminate the comprehensive development agreement and to purchase the private participant's interest at any time during a specified interval at the lesser of:

(1) the price stated for that interval; or

(2) the greater of:

(A) the then fair market value of the private participant's interest, plus or minus any other amounts specified in the comprehensive development agreement; or

(B) an amount equal to the amount of outstanding debt specified in the comprehensive development agreement, plus or minus any other amounts specified in the comprehensive development agreement.

(d) A toll project entity shall include in a request for proposals for an agreement described by Subsection (a) a request for the proposed price breakdown described by Subsection (b) and shall assign points to and score each proposer's price breakdown in the evaluation of proposals.

(e) A private participant shall, not later than 12 months before the date that a new price interval takes effect, notify the toll project entity of the beginning of the price interval. The toll project entity must notify the private participant as to whether it will exercise the option to purchase under this section not later than six months after the date it receives notice under this subsection.

(f) A toll project entity must notify the private participant of the toll project entity's intention to purchase the private participant's interest under this section not less than six months before the date of the purchase.

(g) Subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) do not apply to a project for which a request for proposals was issued before January 1, 2013.

(h) If a project requires expansion or reconstruction in a manner that differs from the manner provided in the original project scope or schedule, the price for terminating the comprehensive development agreement may be adjusted to reflect the changes in the agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.114
§ 1081.114. CARE AND TREATMENT FOR INDIGENT.
Status: in_force

The district shall provide health care and treatment to indigent persons in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.028 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.028
§ 382.028. VARIANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not prohibit the granting of a variance.

(b) A variance is an exceptional remedy that may be granted only on demonstration that compliance with a provision of this chapter or commission rule or order results in an arbitrary and unreasonable taking of property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0309 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0309
§ 5010.0309. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE CONTRACTS AND EXECUTE INSTRUMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may make a contract or execute an instrument necessary or convenient to exercising a power, right, privilege, or function conferred on the district by this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 23.058 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 23 / Section 23.058
§ 23.058. ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The organizers of a corporation shall name the directors constituting the initial board of directors of the corporation. Directors other than the initial directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the corporation. If an annual meeting is not held at the time designated by the bylaws of the corporation, the directors shall be elected at a special meeting held in lieu of the annual meeting.

(b) At an annual meeting or special meeting held in lieu of the annual meeting, the members of the corporation shall elect two-thirds of the directors, and the shareholders of the corporation shall elect the remaining directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6905.257 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6905 / Section 6905.257
§ 6905.257. ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds, including refunding bonds, authorized by this subchapter that are 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 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 § 8037.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8037 / Section 8037.0303
§ 8037.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.355 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.355
§ 1001.355. INVESTMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

Proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds may be invested in direct obligations of the United States government.
Tex. Government Code § 329.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 329 / Section 329.004
§ 329.004. ELIGIBILITY; LOBBYIST RESTRICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible for appointment to or service on the commission, a person must be an attorney licensed to practice law.

(b) At least one of the commissioners, at the time of that commissioner's appointment, must be a state judge.

(c) At least one of the commissioners, at the time of that commissioner's appointment, must be a legal educator.

(d) A person required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the person's activities for compensation in or on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the commission may not serve as a commissioner or act as general counsel to the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1033.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1033 / Section 1033.153
§ 1033.153. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The district's fiscal year is from October 1 to September 30.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.011
§ 503.011. PRORATING FEES.
Status: in_force

If the board prescribes the term of a general distinguishing number, license, or license plate under this chapter for a period other than one year, the board shall prorate the applicable annual fee required under this chapter as necessary to reflect the term of the number, license, or license plate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8079A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8079A / Section 8079A.0502
§ 8079A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 7.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 7 / Section 7.006
§ 7.006. RECOVERY OF DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who suffers damages because of injury to or loss of freight or delay in transporting freight may recover from the initial carrier or any connecting carrier that transported the freight.

(b) A common carrier held liable under Subsection (a) may, in a subsequent action, recover the amount of damages it was required to pay and is entitled to all costs of suit from the common carrier whose negligence caused the damages.

(c) To recover under Subsection (b), a common carrier must only:

(1) establish which other carrier or carriers caused the damage; and

(2) produce satisfactory evidence that the carrier seeking contribution has paid the judgment in the underlying suit.

(d) A law allowing the apportionment of damages is not applicable in a suit brought under Subsection (a) unless requested by the plaintiff. The law is applicable in a suit brought under Subsection (c).
Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.112 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4151 / Section 4151.112
§ 4151.112. MAINTENANCE OF BOOKS AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An administrator shall maintain at the administrator's principal administrative office adequate books and records of each transaction in which the administrator engages with an insurer, plan, plan sponsor, insured, or plan participant.

(b) The administrator shall maintain the books and records:

(1) until the fifth anniversary of the end of the term of the written agreement to which the books and records relate; and

(2) in accordance with prudent standards of insurance recordkeeping.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.301 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.301
§ 76.301. REGULATION OF TAKING, POSSESSION, PURCHASE, AND SALE OF OYSTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by proclamation may regulate the taking, possession, purchase, and sale of oysters. A proclamation issued under this section must contain findings by the commission that support the need for the proclamation.

(b) In determining the need for a proclamation under Subsection (a) of this section, the commission shall consider:

(1) measures to prevent the depletion of oyster beds while achieving, on a continuing basis, the optimum yield for the oystering industry;

(2) measures based on the best scientific information available;

(3) measures to manage oysters;

(4) measures, where practicable, that will promote efficiency in utilizing oyster resources, except that economic allocation may not be the sole purpose of the measures;

(5) measures, where practicable, that will minimize cost and avoid unnecessary duplication in their administration; and

(6) measures which will enhance enforcement.

(c) A proclamation issued under Subsection (a) of this section may limit the quantity and size of oysters that may be taken, possessed, sold, or purchased and may prescribe the times, places, conditions, and means and manner of taking oysters.

(d) A proclamation of the commission under this section prevails over:

(1) any conflicting provision of Subchapter A, B, or C of this chapter to the extent of the conflict; and

(2) a proclamation of the commission issued under the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1983 (Chapter 61 of this code).

(e) A proclamation of the commission under this section does not prevail over any order, rule, or regulation adopted by the Commissioner of Health under Subchapter D of this chapter.

(f) A person who violates a proclamation issued under this subchapter commits an offense that is a Parks and Wildlife Code Class C misdemeanor.

(g) The commission shall make no proclamation under this chapter until it has approved and adopted an oyster management plan and economic impact analysis prepared by the department as provided in Section 76.302 of this code and unless such proclamation is shown to be consistent with the approved oyster management plan.

(h) A proclamation of the commission under this section applies to any person who:

(1) purchases oysters from the captain of a commercial oyster boat, the holder of a commercial oyster boat license, or a member of the crew of a commercial oyster boat;

(2) purchases oysters under Section 47.0091; and

(3) holds a shellfish certificate, as defined by Section 436.002, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Water Code § 36.418 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.418
§ 36.418. RULES; CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS; APPLICABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may adopt rules establishing procedures for contested hearings consistent with Subchapters C, D, and F, Chapter 2001, Government Code, including the authority to issue a subpoena, require a deposition, or order other discovery.

(b) Except as provided by this section and Sections 36.416 and 36.4165, Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to a hearing under this subchapter.

(c) The district shall adopt rules to:

(1) establish a procedure for preliminary and evidentiary hearings;

(2) allow the presiding officer, at a preliminary hearing by the district and before a referral of the case to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, to determine a party's right to participate in a hearing according to Section 36.415(b)(2); and

(3) set a deadline for a party to file a request to refer a contested case to the State Office of Administrative Hearings under Section 36.416.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.062 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.062
§ 383.062. SUITS.
Status: in_force

A district, after it is created and confirmed, through its directors may sue and be sued in any court of this state in the name of the district. Service of process in any suit may be made by serving any two directors.
Tex. Education Code § 21.611 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.611
§ 21.611. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2309.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2309 / Section 2309.002
§ 2309.002. PURPOSE; FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide significant state financial assistance to an impacted region so that a governmental entity in the impacted region may better serve the people of the region, including the assigned military personnel, by ensuring the adequate provision of government services.

(b) The legislature finds that the construction and operation of a significant new naval military facility in the state provides substantial financial benefit to the state and that the state is better protected in the event of enemy attack.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8078.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8078 / Section 8078.0301
§ 8078.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 102.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 102 / Section 102.002
§ 102.002. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TORT CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government may pay actual damages awarded against an employee of the local government if the damages:

(1) result from an act or omission of the employee in the course and scope of his employment for the local government; and

(2) arise from a cause of action for negligence.

(b) The local government may also pay the court costs and attorney's fees awarded against an employee for whom the local government may pay damages under this section.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a local government may not pay damages awarded against an employee that:

(1) arise from a cause of action for official misconduct; or

(2) arise from a cause of action involving a wilful or wrongful act or omission or an act or omission constituting gross negligence.

(d) A local government may not pay damages awarded against an employee to the extent the damages are recoverable under an insurance contract or a self-insurance plan authorized by statute.

(e) A local government that does not give a bond under Section 1105.101(b), Estates Code, shall pay damages awarded against an employee of the local government arising from a cause of action described by Subsection (c) if the liability results from the employee's appointment as guardian of the person or estate of a ward under the Estates Code and the action or omission for which the employee was found liable was in the course and scope of the person's employment with the local government.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4017.0601 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4017 / Section 4017.0601
§ 4017.0601. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to the extent Chapter 321, Tax Code, is inconsistent with this chapter.

(b) For the purposes of this subchapter, a reference in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality or the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the district or the board, respectively.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8106.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8106 / Section 8106.052
§ 8106.052. DIRECTOR'S BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall execute a bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The bond must be recorded in a record book kept for that purpose in the district office.
Tex. Family Code § 160.416 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.416
§ 160.416. FEES FOR REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

(a) A fee may not be charged for filing a registration or to rescind a registration.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), the vital statistics unit may charge a reasonable fee for making a search of the registry and for furnishing a certificate.

(c) A support enforcement agency is not required to pay a fee authorized by Subsection (b).
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.452 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.452
§ 2308.452. RIGHT OF OWNER OR OPERATOR OF VEHICLE TO HEARING.
Status: in_force

The owner or operator of a vehicle that has been removed and placed in a vehicle storage facility or booted without the consent of the owner or operator of the vehicle is entitled to a hearing on whether probable cause existed for the removal and placement or booting.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.355 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.355
§ 1301.355. EXAMINATION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall notify each examinee of the results of an examination not later than the 30th day after the date the examination is administered.

(b) If requested in writing by a person who fails an examination, the board shall provide to the person an analysis of the person's performance on the examination.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.008 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 71 / Section 71.008
§ 71.008. ISSUANCE OF LICENSES.
Status: in_force

The licenses authorized by this chapter shall be of a form prescribed and issued by the department, or an authorized agent of the department, to applicants on the payment of the license fees.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.162 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.162
§ 651.162. RETURN OF UNEARNED PREMIUMS AND COMMISSIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a premium finance agreement that contains an assignment or power of attorney for the benefit of the insurance premium finance company.

(b) If an insurance contract listed in a premium finance agreement is canceled, the insurer shall return all unearned premiums that are due under the contract directly to the insurance premium finance company before the 61st day after the cancellation date.

(c) The insurer may deduct from the unearned premiums returned to the insurance premium finance company the amount of any unearned commission due from the agent writing the insurance if the insurer notifies the agent to return the unearned commission to the insurance premium finance company. If the agent does not return the unearned commission to the insurance premium finance company before the 91st day after the cancellation date, the insurer shall remit the unearned commission to the insurance premium finance company before the 121st day after the cancellation date.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsections (a)-(c), an agent is liable for the return of unearned commissions on an insurance contract written through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association, or the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association. An agent placing business through one of those plans shall return the unearned commissions to the insurance premium finance company before the 61st day after the date the agent is notified of the cancellation.

(e) An insurer, other than the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association, or the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association, may return the unearned premiums to the producing agent. The insurer remains liable and shall remit the unearned premiums to the insurance premium finance company before the 121st day after the cancellation date if:

(1) the producing agent does not return the unearned premiums to the insurance premium finance company before the 91st day after the cancellation date; and

(2) the insurance premium finance company complied with Section 651.165.

(f) If the insurance premium finance company failed to comply with Section 651.165, the insurer, including the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association, and the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association, may comply with its legal duty to return the unearned premiums due under the insurance contract to the insurance premium finance company by returning those unearned premiums to the producing agent.

(g) If the crediting of return premiums to the account of an insured results in a surplus over the amount due from the insured, the insurance premium finance company shall refund the excess to the insured. If the amount of the excess is less than $5, the insured is not entitled to a refund.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 41.003 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 41 / Section 41.003
§ 41.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.003. RECIPROCAL LICENSE AGREEMENTS: BORDER STATES. (a) The director shall negotiate for the commission with the proper representatives of each state having a common border with Texas to allow reciprocal fishing and migratory waterfowl hunting on rivers and lakes on the common boundary between Texas and the border state.

(b) An agreement must provide that a resident of the border state who has a sport fishing license or a hunting license issued by the border state may fish or hunt migratory waterfowl on rivers and lakes of the common border, and a Texas resident holding a Texas license is extended equal privileges. A person who holds a nonresident sport fishing license or a nonresident general hunting license issued by this state or a border state may be extended the same privileges as those extended a resident license holder under this subsection.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4002.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.005
§ 4002.005. EXAMINATION FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall charge each applicant an examination fee in an amount determined by the department as necessary to administer the examination.

(b) The examination fee must accompany each application to take the examination.

(c) An applicant may receive a refund of the examination fee only if:

(1) the applicant fails to take the examination because of an emergency;

(2) the applicant notifies the department of the emergency at least 24 hours before the time of the examination; and

(3) the department agrees to refund the fee.