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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3866.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3866 / Section 3866.152
§ 3866.152. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE AD VALOREM TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, AND IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

The district may impose an ad valorem tax, assessment, or impact fee and use the proceeds of the tax, assessment, or impact fee for:

(1) any district purpose, including the payment of debt or other contractual obligations; or

(2) the payment of maintenance and operating expenses.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.167 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.167
§ 225.167. TROOPER CARLOS RAY WARREN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of State Highway 71 in Travis County between its intersection with State Highway 130 and the Bastrop County line is designated as the Trooper Carlos Ray Warren Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Carlos Ray Warren Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Government Code § 845.313 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.313
§ 845.313. DISBURSEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Disbursements from the assets of the retirement system may be made by check, electronic funds transfer, or any other means generally available within the banking industry and must be signed or otherwise authorized by a person designated for that purpose in accordance with Section 845.108.

(b) When a check or fund transfer is properly signed or otherwise authorized, a depository with which assets of the system are deposited shall accept and pay the check or complete the fund transfer. The depository is released from liability for payment made on the check or authorized fund transfer.

(c) The retirement system shall make payments by electronic funds transfer to annuitants whose first annuity payment under this subtitle occurs after January 1, 2002, except that the system may make payment by check to an annuitant if making the payment by electronic funds transfer would be impractical for the system or if the annuitant properly notifies the system that:

(1) receiving the payment by electronic funds transfer would be impractical for the person;

(2) receiving the payment by electronic funds transfer would be more costly to the person than receiving the payment by check; or

(3) the person is unable to establish a qualifying account at a financial institution to receive electronic funds transfers.

(d) If payment by check to an individual would be, or has become, impractical, insecure, or proportionally more costly for the retirement system than payment by check to other persons, the system may hold or suspend any payment and require the individual to accept payment by another means or method that is practical, secure, and cost-effective.
Tex. Property Code § 209.00507 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 209 / Section 209.00507
§ 209.00507. SOLICITATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an architectural review authority to which Section 209.00505 applies.

(b) Not later than the 10th day before the date a property owners' association or board takes action to elect or appoint or meets to elect or appoint a person to serve on the architectural review authority, the association must provide notice to the association members soliciting persons interested in serving on the architectural review authority.

(c) The notice required under Subsection (b) must:

(1) be provided:

(A) by mail to each owner; or

(B) by:

(i) posting the notice in a conspicuous manner reasonably designed to provide notice to property owners' association members:

(a) in a place located on the association's common property or, with the property owner's consent, on other conspicuously located privately owned property within the subdivision; or

(b) on any Internet website maintained by the association or other Internet media; and

(ii) sending the notice by e-mail to each owner who has registered an e-mail address with the property owners' association; and

(2) contain instructions for a person to notify the property owners' association of the person's interest in serving on the architectural review authority, including the date by which the person's notification must be received by the association.

(d) The date established by a property owners' association under Subsection (c)(2) by which notification of a person's interest in serving on the architectural review authority must be received by the association may not be a date earlier than the 10th day after the date the association provides the notice described by Subsection (c).
Tex. Education Code § 54.5221 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5221
§ 54.5221. RECREATIONAL FACILITY FEE; TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of Texas Southern University may levy and collect a recreational facility fee not to exceed $50 per student for each semester of the regular term or the summer session from each student enrolled in Texas Southern University, for the sole purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and equipping a recreational facility or program at the institution. A fee collected under this section is in addition to any other use or service fee authorized to be levied.

(b) The fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of an account known as the "Texas Southern University recreational facility fee account" and shall be under the control of the student fee advisory committee established under Section 54.5031.

(c) The student fee advisory committee annually shall submit to the board of regents a complete and itemized budget for the recreational facility with a complete report of all recreational facility activities conducted during the past year and all expenditures made in connection with those activities. The board of regents may make changes in the budget that the board determines are necessary. After approving the budget, the board of regents, in accordance with this section, may levy the recreational facility fees for that year in amounts sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the recreational facility. If the budget approved by the board contains an expenditure for the construction of a facility, the board may contract for the construction of the facility.

(d) The board may not increase the amount of the recreational facility fee by more than 10 percent in any academic year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority of the students voting in an election held for that purpose or by a majority of the student government of the institution.

(e) A fee levied under this section may not be considered in determining the maximum student services fee that may be charged under Section 54.503(b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8138.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8138 / Section 8138.255
§ 8138.255. CONTRACT AUTHORITY OF NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

The new districts may contract with each other for:

(1) water and wastewater services; or

(2) any other matter the boards of the new districts consider appropriate.
Tex. Utilities Code § 16.042 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 16 / Section 16.042
§ 16.042. ACCOUNTING RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall keep the accounting records required by the comptroller.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.206 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.206
§ 2310.206. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The commission may impose an administrative penalty on a person under Subchapter F, Chapter 51, if the person sells or offers for sale motor fuel in violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 498.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 498 / Section 498.005
§ 498.005. ANNUAL REVIEW OF CLASSIFICATION; RETROACTIVE AWARD OF GOOD TIME.
Status: in_force

At least annually, the board shall review the institutional division's policies relating to the manner in which inmates are classified and reclassified, and the manner in which additional good conduct time is awarded retroactively to inmates who have been reclassified.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7988.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7988 / Section 7988.052
§ 7988.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Hillary Sotello;

(2) Paul Byars;

(3) Meghan Skornia;

(4) Bailey Harrington; and

(5) Kevin Howard.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7988.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7988.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7988.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.039 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.039
§ 503.039. PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLE AUCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A motor vehicle may not be the subject of a subsequent sale at a public auction by a holder of a dealer's general distinguishing number unless equitable or legal title has passed to the selling dealer before the transfer of title to the subsequent buyer.

(b) The holder of a dealer's general distinguishing number who sells a motor vehicle at a public auction must transfer the certificate of title for that vehicle to the buyer before the 21st day after the date of the sale.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 98.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 98 / Section 98.102
§ 98.102. DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES; REPORTING SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish the Texas Health Care-Associated Infection and Preventable Adverse Events Reporting System within the department. The purpose of the reporting system is to provide for:

(1) the reporting of health care-associated infections by health care facilities to the department;

(2) the reporting of health care-associated preventable adverse events by health care facilities to the department;

(3) the public reporting of information regarding the health care-associated infections by the department;

(4) the public reporting of information regarding health care-associated preventable adverse events by the department; and

(5) the education and training of health care facility staff by the department regarding this chapter.

(b) The reporting system shall provide a mechanism for this state to collect data, at state expense, through a secure electronic interface with health care facilities.

(c) The data reported by health care facilities to the department must contain sufficient patient identifying information to:

(1) avoid duplicate submission of records;

(2) allow the department to verify the accuracy and completeness of the data reported; and

(3) for data reported under Section 98.103, allow the department to risk adjust the facilities' infection rates.

(d) The department shall review the infection control and reporting activities of health care facilities to ensure the data provided by the facilities is valid and does not have unusual data patterns or trends that suggest implausible infection rates.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.145 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.145
§ 225.145. ROY P.
Status: in_force

BENAVIDEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County between its intersection with the Colorado County line and Farm-to-Market Road 2765 is designated as the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.193 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.193
§ 361.193. GOAL OF REMEDIAL ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The goal of any remedial action is the elimination of the imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health and safety or the environment posed by a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance at a facility. The appropriate extent of the remedial action at any particular facility shall be determined by the commission's selection of the remedial alternative that the commission determines is the lowest cost alternative that is technologically feasible and reliable and that effectively mitigates and minimizes damage to and provides adequate protection of the public health and safety or the environment.

(b) In considering the appropriate remedial action program at a particular facility, the commission may approve a program that does not attain a level or standard of control at least equivalent to a legally applicable or relevant and appropriate standard, requirement, criterion, or limitation, as required by state or local law, if the commission finds that:

(1) the remedial action selected is only part of a total remedial action that will attain that level or standard of control when completed;

(2) compliance with the requirement at that facility will result in greater risk to public health and safety or the environment than alternative options;

(3) compliance with the requirement is technically impracticable from an engineering perspective;

(4) the remedial action selected will attain a standard of performance that is equivalent to that required under the otherwise applicable standard, requirement, criterion, or limitation through use of another method or approach;

(5) with respect to a local standard, requirement, criterion, or limitation, the locality has not consistently applied or demonstrated the intention to consistently apply the standard, requirement, criterion, or limitation in similar circumstances of other remedial actions within the locality; or

(6) with respect to an action using solely state funds, selection of a remedial action that attains those levels or standards of control will not provide a balance between the need for protection of public health and safety or the environment at the facility and the availability of state funds to respond to other sites that present a threat to public health and safety or the environment, taking into consideration the relative immediacy of the threats.
Tex. Family Code § 153.191 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.191
§ 153.191. PRESUMPTION THAT PARENT TO BE APPOINTED POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR.
Status: in_force

The court shall appoint as a possessory conservator a parent who is not appointed as a sole or joint managing conservator unless it finds that the appointment is not in the best interest of the child and that parental possession or access would endanger the physical or emotional welfare of the child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.357 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.357
§ 21.357. BORROWING MONEY.
Status: in_force

The district may borrow money for any purpose authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.103
§ 6903.103. LOCATION AND NOTICE FOR DIRECTORS ELECTION; RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) For a regular directors election, there shall be at least one voting place in each municipality in the district.

(b) Notice of a directors election shall be published in a newspaper published in each municipality in the district one time not later than the 10th day before the date of the election.

(c) The board shall adopt a resolution declaring the election results.
Tex. Water Code § 49.509 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.509
§ 49.509. DUTY OF RIO GRANDE REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY TO CALCULATE CURRENT MARKET VALUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (d), the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority annually at its January meeting shall calculate the current market value by using the average price per acre-foot of municipal use water after conversion from irrigation use water to municipal use water with a municipal priority of allocation under commission rules of the last three purchases involving:

(1) a municipal water supplier;

(2) a party other than a municipal water supplier; and

(3) at least 100 acre-feet of municipal use water, with municipal priority of allocation.

(b) The Rio Grande Regional Water Authority shall use information from the water rights sales contracts reported to the Rio Grande Watermaster's Office to calculate the current market value.

(c) The Rio Grande Regional Water Authority shall make the calculation:

(1) without charging any of the parties involved; and

(2) using 100 percent of the value of monetary exchanges, not in-kind exchanges.

(d) For purposes of this subsection, "outer boundaries of a district" means a district's boundaries without considering any exclusion of land from inside the district. The Rio Grande Regional Water Authority shall exclude from the calculation of current market value under Subsection (a) any sale between a municipal water supplier and a district if any territory inside the outer boundaries of the district is:

(1) subject to the municipal water supplier's certificate of convenience and necessity; or

(2) in the corporate limits of the municipality served by the municipal water supplier, if the municipal water supplier does not hold a certificate of convenience and necessity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7804.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7804 / Section 7804.052
§ 7804.052. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may finance, construct, or acquire a road project as provided by this section.

(b) The district shall employ or contract with a licensed engineer to certify whether a proposed road project meets the criteria for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of:

(1) a county in whose jurisdiction the proposed road project is located; or

(2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the proposed road project is located.

(c) The district may finance, construct, or acquire a road that has been certified by the licensed engineer as a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road, or any improvements in aid of the road.

(d) A road project must meet all applicable standards, regulations, ordinances, or orders of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; and

(2) each county in which the road project is located if the road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.

(e) The district may, with the consent of the municipality or county, convey a completed road project to:

(1) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; or

(2) a county in which the road project is located.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 621.055 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 621 / Section 621.055
§ 621.055. LIMITATIONS ON CONDITIONING GIFT ON PURCHASE.
Status: in_force

(a) An offeror may notify a person that the person will receive a gift, the receipt of which is conditioned on the person purchasing a good or service, only if at the time of notification the offeror clearly and conspicuously discloses that purchase of a good or service is required.

(b) A gift is not prohibited in a legitimate trade promotion if the advertising regarding the promotion fully discloses any requirement of a purchase to be made to qualify for the gift.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 51.009 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.009
§ 51.009. GRANTS AND FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The commission may seek other funds that may be available for the contracts authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2212.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2212 / Section 2212.056
§ 2212.056. ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS.
Status: in_force

If a trust is found to have violated this code or a rule adopted by the commissioner that is declared applicable to the trust, the commissioner may order sanctions under Chapter 82 for the violation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11007.212 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11007 / Section 11007.212
§ 11007.212. OTHER REMEDIES AND COVENANTS.
Status: in_force

The resolution authorizing the issuance of district bonds, including refunding bonds, or the trust indenture securing the bonds, may provide other remedies and covenants the board considers necessary to issue the bonds on the most favorable terms.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 129B.0045 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 129B / Section 129B.0045
§ 129B.0045. REQUIREMENTS FOR SOURCES OF ARTIFICIAL SEXUAL MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a commercial entity that operates an Internet website with a publicly accessible tool for creating artificial sexual material harmful to minors or otherwise makes publicly available an application for creating artificial sexual material harmful to minors shall ensure that an individual used as a source for the material:

(1) is 18 years of age or older; and

(2) has consented to the use of the individual's face and body as a source for the material.

(b) This section does not apply to a commercial entity described by Section 129B.002(a-2).
Tex. Education Code § 21.605 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.605
§ 21.605. SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall select persons to participate in the program on the basis of applications submitted to the agency.

(b) Each application must be submitted:

(1) in the form and contain the information the agency requires; and

(2) in a timely manner.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 153.046 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 153 / Section 153.046
§ 153.046. DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The board by rule shall establish:

(1) standards for prescribed burning;

(2) a comprehensive training curriculum for certified and insured prescribed burn managers;

(3) standards for certification, recertification, and training for certified and insured prescribed burn managers;

(4) minimum education and professional requirements for instructors for the approved curriculum; and

(5) insurance requirements for certified and insured prescribed burn managers in amounts not less than those required by Section 153.082.