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Tex. Transportation Code § 225.161 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.161
§ 225.161. BOB FORD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 180 in Gaines County between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1757 and the eastern municipal boundary of Seminole is designated as the Bob Ford Memorial Highway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Bob Ford 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. Natural Resources Code § 134.095 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.095
§ 134.095. MAINTENANCE OF TOPSOIL OR OTHER STRATA.
Status: in_force

(a) The performance standards shall require that, if the topsoil is not replaced on a backfill area within a time short enough to avoid deterioration of the topsoil, the operator shall maintain a successful cover by quick-growing plant or other means so that the topsoil:

(1) is preserved from wind and water erosion;

(2) remains free of contamination by other acid or toxic material; and

(3) is in a usable condition for sustaining vegetation when restored during reclamation.

(b) The performance standards shall require that, if topsoil is of insufficient quantity or of poor quality for sustaining vegetation requirements or if other strata can be shown to be more suitable for vegetation requirements, the operator shall remove, segregate, and preserve in the manner provided by Section 134.092(a)(5) and Subsection (a) the other strata that are best able to support vegetation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.205
§ 3960.205. 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 annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that 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. Insurance Code § 843.260 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.260
§ 843.260. RECORD OF COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A health maintenance organization shall maintain a complaint and appeal log regarding each complaint. The log must identify those complaints relating to limited provider networks and delegated entities.

(b) A health maintenance organization shall maintain a record of and documentation on each complaint, complaint proceeding, and action taken on each complaint, including a complaint relating to a limited provider network or delegated entity, until the third anniversary of the date the complaint was received.

(c) A complainant is entitled to a copy of the record of the complainant's complaint and any proceeding relating to that complaint.

(d) The department, during any investigation of a health maintenance organization, may review documentation maintained under Subsection (b), including original documentation, regarding a complaint and action taken on the complaint.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.110
§ 1090.110. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6908.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6908 / Section 6908.104
§ 6908.104. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the territory of the district as it existed on the date the district was created.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Estates Code § 202.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 202 / Section 202.101
§ 202.101. REQUIRED TRANSFER OF PENDING PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Status: in_force

If, after a proceeding to declare heirship is commenced, an administration of the estate of the decedent who is the subject of the proceeding is granted in this state or the decedent's will is admitted to probate in this state, the court in which the proceeding to declare heirship is pending shall, by an order entered of record in the proceeding, transfer the proceeding to the court in which the administration was granted or the will was probated.
Tex. Tax Code § 22.21 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 22 / Section 22.21
§ 22.21. PUBLICIZING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

Each year the comptroller and each chief appraiser shall publicize in a manner reasonably designed to notify all property owners the requirements of the law relating to filing rendition statements and property reports and of the availability of forms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0215 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0215
§ 9092.0215. EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

The district may provide for the payment of expenditures considered essential to the proper operation and maintenance of the district and the district's affairs.
Tex. Transportation Code § 256.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 256 / Section 256.051
§ 256.051. COUNTY, PRECINCT, AND ROAD DISTRICT BOND TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In each year in which bonds issued under Chapter 1471, Government Code, are outstanding, the county, precinct, or road district that issued the bonds shall impose taxes in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

(b) The taxes shall be imposed in the manner provided by Sections 51.502 through 51.506, Water Code. A reference in Chapter 257 or in Chapter 1471, Government Code, to ad valorem taxes applies to a tax levied by the commissioners court under this section on a basis other than the ad valorem basis.

(c) Taxes for bonds issued on the full faith and credit of the county shall be assessed and collected by the county assessor-collector in the manner provided by law for the assessment and collection of other county taxes.

(d) Taxes for bonds issued for and on the full faith and credit of a precinct or road district shall be assessed and collected by the county assessor-collector in the manner provided for the assessment and collection of common school district taxes.

(e) The county assessor-collector shall pay taxes collected under this section to the county treasurer in the manner that other taxes are paid.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.405 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.405
§ 351.405. ALTERATION OF PRESCRIPTION.
Status: in_force

A person may not alter the specifications of an ophthalmic lens prescription without the prescribing doctor's consent.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0341 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0341
§ 152.0341. CALDWELL COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Caldwell County is composed of the county judge, the judges of the statutory county courts, and the judge of a judicial district in Caldwell County as determined by the commissioners court.

(b) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation in an amount set by the commissioners court for the added duties imposed on the members. The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county.

(c) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Caldwell County.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.011 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.011
§ 3.011. SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) To form a limited partnership, the partners must enter into a partnership agreement and file a certificate of formation.

(b) The partners of a limited partnership formed under Section 10.001 or 10.101 may include the partnership agreement required under Subsection (a) in the plan of merger or conversion.

(c) A certificate of formation for a limited partnership must include the address of the principal office of the partnership in the United States where records are to be kept or made available under Section 153.551.

(d) The fact that a certificate of formation is on file with the secretary of state is notice that the partnership is a limited partnership and of all other facts contained in the certificate as required by Section 3.005.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4022.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4022 / Section 4022.0306
§ 4022.0306. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2091 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2091
§ 152.2091. SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) San Augustine County is included in the East Texas Juvenile Board.

(b) Sections 152.1271(a), (b), (d), (e), and (f) apply to the juvenile board in Jasper, Newton, Sabine, and San Augustine counties.

(c) The Commissioners Court of San Augustine County may pay the county judge of San Augustine County additional annual compensation in an amount set by the commissioners court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0306
§ 4015.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.163 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.163
§ 285.163. TAX ELECTION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) An election is called by the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of the district. The governing body shall call an election if at least five percent of the number of registered voters in the district petition the governing body to call the election.

(b) At an election to adopt the tax, the ballot shall be prepared to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The adoption of a local sales and use tax to raise revenue in (name of district) at the rate of (proposed tax rate) percent."

(c) At an election to abolish the tax, the ballot shall be prepared to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The abolition of the local sales and use tax to raise revenue in (name of district)."

(d) At an election to change the rate of the tax, the ballot shall be prepared to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The (increase or decrease, as applicable) in the rate of the local sales and use tax to raise revenue imposed by (name of district) from (tax rate on election date) percent to (proposed tax rate) percent."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8276.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8276 / Section 8276.051
§ 8276.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of directors is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3836.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3836 / Section 3836.301
§ 3836.301. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.007
§ 1081.007. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.256 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.256
§ 463.256. ALTERNATIVE POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) An alternative policy issued by the association must:

(1) be approved by the commissioner;

(2) provide coverage of a kind that the association determines is similar to the coverage of the policy issued by the impaired or insolvent insurer;

(3) contain at least the minimum provisions required by the statutes of this state; and

(4) provide benefits that are not unreasonable in relation to the premium charged.

(b) The association shall set the premium according to a table of rates the association adopts. The premium:

(1) must reflect:

(A) the amount of insurance provided; and

(B) each insured's or enrollee's age and class of risk; and

(2) may not reflect any change in an insured's or enrollee's health occurring after the original policy was most recently underwritten.

(c) The association may adopt various kinds of alternative policies to issue at a later date without regard to any particular impairment or insolvency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.058
§ 1027.058. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of three directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Government Code § 2005.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2005 / Section 2005.003
§ 2005.003. PERMIT PROCESSING PERIODS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency that issues permits shall adopt procedural rules for processing permit applications and issuing permits.

(b) The rules must specify:

(1) the period, beginning on the date the agency receives an initial permit application, in which the agency must provide written notice to the applicant:

(A) stating that the permit application is complete and accepted for filing; or

(B) stating that the permit application is incomplete and specifying the additional information required for acceptance; and

(2) the period, beginning on the date the agency receives a complete permit application, in which the agency must deny or approve the permit application.

(c) A state agency may establish separate rules under this section for contested and uncontested cases.

(d) A state agency shall publish with rules proposed under this section:

(1) a statement of the agency's minimum, maximum, and median times for processing a permit application from the date the agency received an initial permit application to the date of the final permit decision using the agency's performance in the 12 months preceding the date the proposed rules are published; and

(2) a justification of the periods proposed by the rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3842.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3842 / Section 3842.008
§ 3842.008. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7997.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7997 / Section 7997.203
§ 7997.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 911.065 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 911 / Section 911.065
§ 911.065. VOTING BY POLICYHOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Each policyholder of a farm mutual insurance company is entitled to only one vote at a policyholders' meeting.

(b) A policyholder may not vote by proxy.

(c) A farm mutual insurance company may provide in its constitution or bylaws that a policyholder may vote electronically or by mail without making a personal appearance at a policyholders' meeting.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.253 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.253
§ 56.253. DETERMINATION OF SUCCESSOR UTILITY'S COSTS TO BE RECOVERED.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time the commission designates the successor utility under Section 54.303, the commission shall determine the extent to which the utility should recover the costs the utility will incur in accepting and establishing service to the affected service area.

(b) In making the determination under Subsection (a), the commission shall consider relevant information, including the costs of acquiring and restoring or upgrading the utility's facilities in the geographic area as necessary to make those facilities compatible with the facilities in the utility's other certificated service areas and to comply with commission quality of service standards.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.204 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.204
§ 273.204. CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CORPORATION MAY EXERCISE POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The corporation may not exercise a power or perform a duty under Section 273.203 or 273.205 or Subchapter E until the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have:

(1) officially recognized that the corporation in exercising that power or performing that duty will reduce and minimize the liability of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

(2) taken any necessary action to permit member associations to use without restraint all of the operational power the member associations have under the laws of this state, including rules of the Finance Commission of Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11005.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11005 / Section 11005.153
§ 11005.153. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO CONTRACT WITH DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A public agency or political subdivision of this state, including the city, may enter into a contract or agreement with the district, on terms agreed to by the parties, for any purpose relating to the district's powers or functions, including a contract or agreement for a water supply. Approval, notice, consent, or an election is not required in connection with the contract or agreement.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.0691 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.0691
§ 2054.0691. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION GUIDE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a digital transformation guide to assist state agencies with:

(1) modernizing agency operations and services with respect to electronic data; and

(2) converting agency information into electronic data.

(b) The department may provide:

(1) mobile application development assistance;

(2) paper document and form inventory assistance;

(3) paperless or paper-on-request operational process planning and development; and

(4) electronic notification and digital communication between the agency and the public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.062
§ 1051.062. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 72 / Section 72.004
§ 72.004. ENTRY POWER.
Status: in_force

In enforcing this chapter, the department may enter on any premises to inspect the premises or a tree, plant, shrub, or fruit growing or stored on the premises.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.0395 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.0395
§ 242.0395. REGISTRATION WITH TEXAS INFORMATION AND REFERRAL NETWORK.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution licensed under this chapter shall register with the Texas Information and Referral Network under Section 526.0004, Government Code, to assist the state in identifying persons needing assistance if an area is evacuated because of a disaster or other emergency.

(b) The institution is not required to identify individual residents who may require assistance in an evacuation or to register individual residents with the Texas Information and Referral Network for evacuation assistance.

(c) The institution shall notify each resident and the resident's next of kin or guardian regarding how to register for evacuation assistance with the Texas Information and Referral Network.
Tex. Government Code § 493.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.024
§ 493.024. APPLICATION OF LAW RELATING TO FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an ordinance, rule, order, decision, or practice that applies to a person in the custody of a jail or other correctional facility operated by or under a contract with the department is presumed to be in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. The presumption may be rebutted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.301
§ 21.301. ACQUISITION OF EXISTING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

If the district acquires existing works, improvements, and waste disposal, treatment, and other facilities, plants, pipelines, equipment, and appliances that are completed, partially completed, or under construction, the district may:

(1) assume the contracts and obligations of the previous owner; and

(2) perform the obligations of the previous owner in the same manner and to the same extent that any other purchaser or assignee would be bound.