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Tex. Education Code § 48.0051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.0051
§ 48.0051. INCENTIVE FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS.
Status: repealed

(a) The commissioner shall adjust the average daily attendance of a school district or open-enrollment charter school under Section 48.005 in the manner provided by Subsection (b) if the district or school:

(1) provides the minimum number of minutes of operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 and commissioner rules adopted under that section over at least 175 days of instruction; and

(2) offers an additional 30 days of half-day instruction for students enrolled in prekindergarten through eighth grade.

(a-1) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 806 (H.B. 1525), Sec. 48(a)(4), eff. September 1, 2021.

(b) Subject to Subsection (b-1), for a school district or open-enrollment charter school described by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall increase the average daily attendance of the district or school under Section 48.005 by the amount that results from the quotient of the sum of attendance by students described by Subsection (a)(2) for each of the 30 additional instructional days of half-day instruction that are provided divided by 175.

(b-1) For a school district or open-enrollment charter school described by Subsection (a) that provides at least 200 full days of instruction to students described by Subsection (a)(2), the commissioner shall increase the amount computed for the district or school under Subsection (b) by 50 percent.

(c) The commissioner may provide the incentive under this section to a school district or open-enrollment charter school that intended, but due to circumstances beyond the district's or school's control, including the occurrence of a natural disaster affecting the district or school, was unable to meet the requirement for instruction under Section 25.081 plus an additional 30 days of half-day instruction. The commissioner may proportionately reduce the incentive provided to a district or school described by this subsection.

(d) This section does not prohibit a school district from providing the minimum number of minutes of operational and instructional time required under Section 25.081 and commissioner rules adopted under that section over fewer than 175 days of instruction.

(e) The agency shall assist school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in qualifying for the incentive under this section.

(f) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may use funding attributable to the incentive provided under this section to pay costs associated with providing academic instruction in a voluntary summer program for students enrolled in the district or school.

(g) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
Tex. Water Code § 43.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 43 / Section 43.001
§ 43.001. RATIFICATION.
Status: in_force

The Canadian River Compact, the text of which is set out in Section 43.006 of this code, was ratified by the legislature of this state in Chapter 153, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1951, after having been signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on December 6, 1950, by John H. Bliss, commissioner for the State of New Mexico, E.V. Spence, commissioner for the State of Texas, and Clarence Burch, commissioner for the State of Oklahoma, and approved by Berkeley Johnson, representing the United States.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.055 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.055
§ 36.055. SEPARATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS.
Status: in_force

Costs of facilities, revenues, expenses, taxes, and reserves shall be separated or allocated as prescribed by the regulatory authority.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.402 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.402
§ 104.402. ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A local distribution company may offer to customers and prospective customers and provide to customers an energy conservation program in the manner provided by this subchapter.

(b) The railroad commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over energy conservation programs implemented by local distribution companies.

(c) A political subdivision served by a local distribution company that implements an energy conservation program approved by the railroad commission under this subchapter may not limit, restrict, or otherwise prevent an eligible customer from participating in the energy conservation program based on the type or source of energy delivered to the customer.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 73.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 73 / Section 73.002
§ 73.002. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A dental support organization shall annually register with the secretary of state.

(b) A dental support organization's registration under this section is considered registration of any subsidiary, contractor, or affiliate of the dental support organization through or with which the dental support organization provides business support services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1118.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1118 / Section 1118.106
§ 1118.106. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe the method of making purchases and expenditures and the manner of accounting and control used by the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 43.003 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.003
§ 43.003. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a person may not serve as a child-care administrator of a general residential operation without a license issued by the department under this chapter.

(b) A person who is not licensed under this chapter may serve as the child-care administrator of an emergency shelter located in a county with a population of less than 40,000 if the governing body of the shelter by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the membership of the governing body certifies that the shelter has made a reasonable effort to hire a licensed child-care administrator but is unable to hire a licensed child-care administrator.

(c) A person may not serve as a child-placing agency administrator without a license issued by the department under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3877.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3877 / Section 3877.103
§ 3877.103. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Water Code § 51.038 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.038
§ 51.038. MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district operating under the provisions of this chapter may, by order of the board entered in the minutes, become a "municipal district."

(b) To become a municipal district, a district shall have a taxing power unlimited as to rate and amount and may not have outstanding or authorized bond obligations exceeding 20 percent of the established assessable, taxable evaluation of the real estate subject to the district's taxing power. In computing outstanding or authorized bond obligations, the bond obligations which may be retired by the district out of revenues from sources other than the income from district taxation shall not be included.

(c) To be eligible to become a municipal district, a district:

(1) shall embrace the total area of a municipal corporation which has bond obligations which may be declared eligible for purchase by savings banks and trusts under the acts of the State of New York, and which has plans designed for furnishing, in whole or in part, a water supply, sanitation facilities, flood protection, or other service inuring to the general benefit of the inhabitants of the embraced city; or

(2) shall have a population, according to the last preceding federal census, of at least 30,000 persons and have established assessable real estate values of at least $50 million.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.053 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.053
§ 13A.053. OFFENSE COMMITTED ON OR NEAR BOUNDARY.
Status: in_force

(a) An offense committed on or within 400 yards of the boundaries of two or more counties may be prosecuted in any one of those counties.

(b) An offense committed on the premises of an airport operated jointly by two municipalities and located in two counties may be prosecuted in either county.

(c) An offense punishable by fine only committed on or near the boundary of contiguous municipalities that have entered into an agreement authorized by Article 4.14(f) of this code and Section 29.003(h), Government Code, may be prosecuted in either of those municipalities as provided in the agreement.

(d) An offense committed on a river or stream forming the boundary of this state may be prosecuted in the county:

(1) the boundary of which is on the river or stream; and

(2) the county seat of which is nearest the place where the offense was committed.
Tex. Transportation Code § 8.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 8 / Section 8.003
§ 8.003. ARRESTS.
Status: in_force

(a) After a proclamation issued under this chapter takes effect, only a peace officer acting under the authority of the governor may make an arrest in the territory described by the proclamation.

(b) A person arrested in the territory described by the proclamation shall be delivered forthwith to the proper authority for trial.
Tex. Government Code § 74.060 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.060
§ 74.060. LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An active judge may not, without the judge's consent, be assigned out of the judge's district or county for more than 10 calendar days in a year.

(b) An active judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals may not be assigned if the judge or justice has served 14 or more days as a visiting judge under this chapter in the year in which the assignment is to be made. This subsection applies only to an initial assignment to a case and does not affect a judge's or justice's continuing to sit in a particular case.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.051 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.051
§ 201.051. DISSOLUTION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A conservation district may be dissolved by majority vote of the eligible voters in an election conducted in the manner provided by this subchapter for its creation. The board of directors of the conservation district shall notify the state board of the outcome of an election under this section.

(b) On receiving notice of a vote to dissolve a conservation district, the state board shall determine whether the conservation district should continue to operate. If the state board determines that continuing the operation of the conservation district is not administratively practicable and feasible, the state board shall deliver to the secretary of state certification of the district's dissolution.

(c) Certification by the state board to the secretary of state is sufficient notice of the dissolution of a conservation district. The secretary of state shall issue to the directors of the dissolved district a certificate of dissolution and shall record the fact of dissolution in the appropriate records of the secretary's office.

(d) On receiving a certificate of dissolution, the board of directors of the dissolved district shall terminate the affairs of the conservation district. The board shall transfer to the state board all property owned by the conservation district. The state board may:

(1) sell the property at a public auction and deposit the net proceeds of the sale in the State Treasury; or

(2) make the property available for use by other conservation districts.

(e) If the dissolution of a conservation district is for the purpose of adjusting the boundaries and the conservation district is immediately reorganized, the funds and equipment of the dissolved conservation district pass to the reorganized conservation district. If more than one conservation district is created under the reorganization, the funds and equipment of the dissolved conservation district shall be divided under terms satisfactory to the directors of the reorganized conservation districts.

(f) The state board may not conduct an election under this section for a conservation district before the end of the fifth year after the date of the last election under this section for that district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 435.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 435 / Section 435.010
§ 435.010. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for recordkeeping by persons required to pay a fee under this subchapter. Those persons shall make the records available to the department on request.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 151.051 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 151 / Section 151.051
§ 151.051. DAMAGES FOR UNAUTHORIZED HARVESTING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who harvests standing timber with knowledge that the harvesting is without the permission of the owner of the standing timber and a person who causes another person to harvest standing timber without the permission of the owner of the standing timber are jointly and severally liable to the owner for damages in an amount equal to the sum of the mill price of the timber harvested and all reasonable expenses incurred by the owner as a direct result of the unauthorized harvesting.

(b) Payment of damages by a person under this section does not preclude a prosecution of the person under Section 151.005 or 151.052.

(c) This section does not apply to the trimming or clearing of trees in the vicinity of a utility line or right-of-way.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8063.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8063 / Section 8063.0105
§ 8063.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Election Code § 214.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 214 / Section 214.001
§ 214.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a recount of regular paper ballots and any other ballots not recounted under Subchapter B, C, or D.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.355 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.355
§ 451.355. APPROVAL; REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority's bonds and the records relating to their issuance shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination before the bonds may be delivered.

(b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have been issued in conformity with the constitution and this chapter and that the bonds will be a binding obligation of the issuing authority, the attorney general shall approve the bonds.

(c) After the bonds are approved by the attorney general, the comptroller shall register the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.397 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.397
§ 2306.397. REDEMPTION BEFORE MATURITY; CONVERSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Department bonds may be made redeemable before maturity.

(b) The board may provide and covenant for the:

(1) conversion of one form of bond to another form; and

(2) reconversion of a bond to another form.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a replacement, converted, or reconverted bond must be approved and registered as provided by Sections 2306.431 and 2306.432, under procedures established by the resolution authorizing the bonds.

(d) If the duty of replacement, conversion, or reconversion of a bond is imposed on a place of payment (paying agent) or a corporate trustee under a trust agreement or trust indenture, the replacement, converted, or reconverted bond does not need to be reapproved by the attorney general or reregistered by the comptroller as provided by Sections 2306.431 and 2306.432.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.006 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.006
§ 347.006. WAIVER NOT VALID.
Status: in_force

No act or agreement of the consumer before or at the time of the making of a credit transaction or purchase under the transaction is a valid waiver of any provision of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.105 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.105
§ 1551.105. DATE AUTOMATIC COVERAGE BEGINS.
Status: in_force

Automatic coverage under this subchapter begins on the date an employee or annuitant becomes eligible for coverage.
Tex. Family Code § 4.009 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 4 / Section 4.009
§ 4.009. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be applied and construed to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this subchapter among states enacting these provisions.
Tex. Transportation Code § 171.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 171 / Section 171.152
§ 171.152. GENERAL CONTRACT POWERS.
Status: in_force

A district may contract with any person, including:

(1) a county or municipality, including a county or municipality that is a member of the district;

(2) this state or any political subdivision of this state;

(3) the United States; or

(4) a railroad.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3940.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3940 / Section 3940.152
§ 3940.152. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the district.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.111 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.111
§ 11.111. PUBLIC PROPERTY USED TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR INDIGENT PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a taxing unit by ordinance or order may exempt from ad valorem taxation residential property owned by the United States or an agency of the United States and used to provide transitional housing for the indigent under a program operated or directed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(b) For purposes of this section, transitional housing for indigent individuals is housing provided at no cost or nominal cost to an indigent individual or family during a temporary period in which the individual or a member of the family participates in a job training program, job placement program, or other program intended to assist the individual or family to become self-sufficient.

(c) The exemption provided by this section applies even if the United States or its agency leases the property to a nonprofit organization in return for the organization's assistance in operating the program to provide transitional housing, as long as the lease does not require the nonprofit organization to pay more than a nominal amount to lease the property.
Tex. Estates Code § 205.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 205 / Section 205.003
§ 205.003. EXAMINATION AND APPROVAL OF AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

The judge shall examine an affidavit filed under Section 205.001. The judge may approve the affidavit if the judge determines that the affidavit conforms to the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.105
§ 1061.105. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital, the hospital system, and the district's staff and employees.
Tex. Utilities Code § 185.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 185 / Section 185.001
§ 185.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

(2) "Solar energy device" means a solar energy collector or solar energy system that provides for the collection of solar energy or the subsequent use of that energy as thermal, mechanical, or electrical energy.
Tex. Government Code § 511.0096 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 511 / Section 511.0096
§ 511.0096. TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS FOR OUT-OF-STATE INMATES.
Status: in_force

The commission may require the receiving facility to terminate a contract under Section 511.0092(d)(6), if the commission determines that the receiving facility is needed to house inmates convicted of offenses against the laws of the state and funds have been appropriated by the state to compensate the receiving facility for the incarceration of the inmates.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 42.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 42 / Section 42.004
§ 42.004. AWARDING LITIGATION COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a settlement offer is made and rejected and the judgment to be rendered will be significantly less favorable to the rejecting party than was the settlement offer, the offering party shall recover litigation costs from the rejecting party.

(b) A judgment will be significantly less favorable to the rejecting party than is the settlement offer if:

(1) the rejecting party is a claimant and the award will be less than 80 percent of the rejected offer; or

(2) the rejecting party is a defendant and the award will be more than 120 percent of the rejected offer.

(c) The litigation costs that may be recovered by the offering party under this section are limited to those litigation costs incurred by the offering party after the date the rejecting party rejected the settlement offer.

(d) The litigation costs that may be awarded under this chapter to any party may not be greater than the total amount that the claimant recovers or would recover before adding an award of litigation costs under this chapter in favor of the claimant or subtracting as an offset an award of litigation costs under this chapter in favor of the defendant.

(e) If a claimant or defendant is entitled to recover fees and costs under another law, that claimant or defendant may not recover litigation costs in addition to the fees and costs recoverable under the other law.

(f) If a claimant or defendant is entitled to recover fees and costs under another law, the court must not include fees and costs incurred by that claimant or defendant after the date of rejection of the settlement offer when calculating the amount of the judgment to be rendered under Subsection (a).

(g) If litigation costs are to be awarded against a claimant, those litigation costs shall be awarded to the defendant in the judgment as an offset against the claimant's recovery from that defendant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3818.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3818 / Section 3818.151
§ 3818.151. PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM; PETITION REQUIRED.
Status: repealed

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain a public transit system to serve the area within the boundaries of the district.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 889, Sec. 11(3), eff. June 19, 2009.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.108
§ 1046.108. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system.

(b) The board may purchase all necessary materials, supplies, equipment, and vehicles.

(c) The district may:

(1) acquire equipment for use in the district's hospital system; and

(2) mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price.

(d) Except as provided by Section 1046.119, the district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants.