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Tex. Election Code § 31.123 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.123
§ 31.123. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT DURING ELECTION PERIOD.
Status: in_force

(a) If the secretary of the governing body of a political subdivision other than a county or city or the authority performing the duties of a secretary under this code does not maintain an office during the hours and days required by Section 31.122, the secretary or other authority shall appoint another officer or employee of the political subdivision as the secretary's or authority's agent to perform the duties provided by this section. The appointment is subject to the approval of the political subdivision's governing body.

(b) The agent shall maintain office hours, as directed by the appointing authority, for at least the hours and days required by Section 31.122, in the agent's regular office, the office of the appointing authority, or an office designated by the governing body of the political subdivision served by the authority.

(c) The agent shall maintain in the agent's office the documents, records, and other papers relating to the election that:

(1) by law are placed in the custody of the authority appointing the agent; and

(2) are public information.

(d) The agent shall:

(1) receive any personally delivered document relating to the election that the appointing authority is authorized or required to receive; and

(2) make available for inspection and copying, in accordance with applicable regulations, the documents, records, and other papers that are required to be maintained in the agent's office under Subsection (c).

(e) The appointing authority may authorize the agent to perform any other ministerial duties in connection with the election that may lawfully be performed by an employee of the appointing authority.

(f) The appointing authority shall post, on the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the political subdivision's governing body, a notice containing the agent's name, the location of the agent's office, the agent's office hours, and duration of the agent's appointment. The notice shall remain continuously posted during the minimum period for maintaining the agent's office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9046.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9046 / Section 9046.052
§ 9046.052. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, applicable to water control and improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 2253.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2253 / Section 2253.001
§ 2253.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Governmental entity" means a governmental or quasi-governmental authority authorized by state law to make a public work contract, including:

(A) the state, a county, or a municipality;

(B) a department, board, or agency of the state, a county, or a municipality; and

(C) a school district or a subdivision of a school district.

(2) "Payment bond beneficiary" means a person for whose protection and use this chapter requires a payment bond.

(3) "Prime contractor" means a person, firm, or corporation that makes a public work contract with a governmental entity.

(4) "Public work contract" means a contract for constructing, altering, or repairing a public building or carrying out or completing any public work.

(5) "Public work labor" means labor used directly to carry out a public work.

(6) "Public work material" means:

(A) material used, or ordered and delivered for use, directly to carry out a public work;

(B) specially fabricated material;

(C) reasonable rental and actual running repair costs for construction equipment used, or reasonably required and delivered for use, directly to carry out work at the project site; or

(D) power, water, fuel, and lubricants used, or ordered and delivered for use, directly to carry out a public work.

(7) "Retainage" means the part of the payments under a public work contract that are not required to be paid within the month after the month in which the public work labor is performed or public work material is delivered under the contract.

(8) "Specially fabricated material" means material ordered by a prime contractor or subcontractor that is:

(A) specially fabricated for use in a public work; and

(B) reasonably unsuitable for another use.

(9) "Subcontractor" means a person, firm, or corporation that provides public work labor or material to fulfill an obligation to a prime contractor or to a subcontractor for the performance and installation of any of the work required by a public work contract.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1662.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1662 / Section 1662.056
§ 1662.056. OTHER MEANS OF DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

If an enrollee requests the disclosure required by this subchapter by a means other than a physical copy or the self-service tool described by Section 1662.054, a health benefit plan issuer or administrator may provide the disclosure through the requested means if:

(1) the enrollee agrees that disclosure through that means is sufficient to satisfy the request;

(2) the request is fulfilled at least as rapidly as required for the physical copy; and

(3) the disclosure includes the information required for a physical copy under Section 1662.055.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.043 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.043
§ 392.043. INTERESTED EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), (c), or (f), an employee of an authority may not have dealings with a housing project for pecuniary gain and may not own, acquire, or control a direct or indirect interest in a:

(1) housing project;

(2) property included or planned to be included in a housing project;

(3) contract or proposed contract for the sale of land to be used for a housing project;

(4) contract or proposed contract for the construction of a housing project; or

(5) contract or proposed contract for the sale of materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with a housing project.

(b) An employee may not have any dealings with a housing project for pecuniary gain except in the performance of duties as an employee of the housing authority.

(c) Except as otherwise permitted by this chapter or another law, an employee of an authority may not be employed by or otherwise contract to provide services to another authority unless the first authority gives its written consent to the employment or contract. An employee of an authority who is employed by or who contracts to provide services to another authority under this subsection does not violate Subsection (a) or (b).

(d) An employee who knowingly or intentionally violates Subsection (a) or (c) commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a felony of the third degree.

(e) A person finally convicted under Subsection (d) is ineligible for future employment with the state, a political subdivision of the state, or a public corporation formed under the authority of the state or a political subdivision of the state.

(f) An employee of an authority may be a party to or otherwise participate in a contract or agreement for assistance under a housing program, including a contract or agreement for public housing, Section 8 housing assistance, low-interest home loans, lease-purchase assistance, or down payment assistance, to the same extent as a member of the public if the employee qualifies for assistance under the program.

(g) In this section, "Section 8 housing assistance" means housing assistance provided under Section 8, United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Section 1437f).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7931.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7931 / Section 7931.054
§ 7931.054. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Property Code § 61.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.005
§ 61.005. DISCHARGE OF LIEN.
Status: in_force

If the property to which a lien created under this chapter attaches is paid jointly to the mortgagee and the mortgagor, the lien is discharged.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7956.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7956 / Section 7956.105
§ 7956.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 57.06 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 57 / Section 57.06
§ 57.06. DELIVERY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO CONSUMER.
Status: in_force

(a) An alcoholic beverage may be delivered under this chapter only to a person who is 21 years of age or older after the person accepting the delivery presents valid proof of identity and age.

(b) An alcoholic beverage may not be delivered under this chapter to any person other than:

(1) the person who purchased the beverage;

(2) a recipient designated in advance by the purchaser; or

(3) a person at the delivery address who is 21 years of age or older.

(c) An alcoholic beverage may be delivered under this chapter outside the hours of operation of the retailer from which the delivery is being made only if the delivery driver:

(1) receives the beverage from the retailer during the retailer's hours of legal sale; and

(2) completes the delivery to the consumer in a reasonable amount of time after leaving the retailer's premises.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8098.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8098 / Section 8098.0202
§ 8098.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Binh Chau;

(2) Todd Brown;

(3) Stephanie E. Tabor;

(4) Adlena Leemhuis; and

(5) Jennifer Day.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8098.0103; 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 8098.0103 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 8098.0103; 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8216.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8216 / Section 8216.102
§ 8216.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 372.0035 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 372 / Section 372.0035
§ 372.0035. COMMON CHARACTERISTIC OR USE FOR PROJECTS IN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1921), Sec. 4, eff. May 28, 2025.

(a-1) This section applies only to a public improvement district established by a municipality under this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only businesses are one or more hotels.

(b) A municipality may undertake a project that confers a special benefit on areas that share a common characteristic or use. The areas may be noncontiguous.

(c) This section does not prohibit a municipality from or limit a municipality to establishing a district that includes a noncontiguous area authorized by this subchapter.

(d) A municipality that undertakes a project under this section may:

(1) adopt procedures for the collection of assessments under this chapter that are consistent with the municipality's procedures for the collection of a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter 351, Tax Code; and

(2) pursue remedies for the failure to pay an assessment under this chapter that are available to the municipality for failure to pay a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter 351, Tax Code.

(e) Notwithstanding Section 372.003, a district created after September 1, 2019, may undertake a project under this section only for advertising, promotion, or business recruitment directly related to hotels.

(e-1) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1921), Sec. 4, eff. May 28, 2025.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.606 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.606
§ 2210.606. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS.
Status: in_force

The board may make additional covenants with respect to the public securities and the designated income and receipts of the association pledged to their payment, and provide for the flow of funds and the establishment, maintenance, and investment of funds and accounts with respect to the public securities, and the administration of those funds and accounts, as provided in the proceedings authorizing the public securities.
Tex. Election Code § 32.032 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 32 / Section 32.032
§ 32.032. ALTERNATE PRESIDING JUDGE AS CLERK.
Status: in_force

In an election conducted by the regularly appointed presiding judge, the presiding judge shall appoint the alternate presiding judge as one of the clerks.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3862.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3862 / Section 3862.155
§ 3862.155. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7896.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7896 / Section 7896.0503
§ 7896.0503. 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. Natural Resources Code § 86.097 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 86 / Section 86.097
§ 86.097. PRODUCTION OF GAS FROM OIL WELL.
Status: in_force

No person in possession of or operating an oil well may produce from the oil well gas found in a horizon productive of gas only.
Tex. Utilities Code § 35.153 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 35 / Section 35.153
§ 35.153. CONTRACTS FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE FOR RELIABILITY SERVICES.
Status: reserved

(a) A transmission and distribution utility, with prior approval of the commission, may contract with a power generation company to provide electric energy from an electric energy storage facility to ensure reliable service to distribution customers.

(b) The commission may not authorize ownership of an electric energy storage facility by a transmission and distribution utility.

(c) Before entering into a contract under Subsection (a), the transmission and distribution utility must issue a request for proposals for use of an electric energy storage facility to meet the utility's reliability needs.

(d) A transmission and distribution utility may enter into a contract under Subsection (a) only if use of an electric energy storage facility is more cost-effective than construction or modification of traditional distribution facilities.

(e) A transmission and distribution utility may not enter into a contract under Subsection (a) that reserves an amount of capacity exceeding the amount of capacity required to ensure reliable service to the utility's distribution customers.

(f) A power generation company that owns or operates an electric energy storage facility subject to a contract under Subsection (a) may sell electric energy or ancillary services through use of the facility only to the extent that the company reserves capacity as required by the contract.

(g) A power generation company that owns or operates an electric energy storage facility subject to a contract under Subsection (a) may not discharge the facility to satisfy the contract's requirements unless directed by the transmission and distribution utility.

(h) A contract under Subsection (a) must require a power generation company that owns or operates an electric energy storage facility to reimburse a transmission and distribution utility for the cost of an administrative penalty assessed against the utility for a violation caused by the facility's failure to meet the requirements of the agreement.

(i) In establishing the rates of a transmission and distribution utility, a regulatory authority shall review a contract between the utility and a power generation company under Subsection (a). The utility has the burden of proof to establish that the costs of the contract are reasonable and necessary. The regulatory authority may authorize a transmission and distribution utility to include a reasonable return on the payments required under the contract only if the contract terms satisfy the relevant accounting standards for a capital lease or finance lease.

(j) The total amount of electric energy storage capacity reserved by contracts under Subsection (a) may not exceed 100 megawatts. The commission shall by rule establish the maximum amount of electric energy storage capacity allotted to each transmission and distribution utility.

(k) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section and establish criteria for approving contracts under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.201
§ 9015.201. EMINENT DOMAIN IN JIM WELLS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in Jim Wells County to acquire fee simple title to, an easement or right-of-way in or on, or other interest in land or other property inside or outside the authority, necessary to the exercise of the authority's powers, rights, privileges, and functions under this chapter.

(b) The authority may acquire a property interest under Subsection (a) in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, or in the manner provided by a statute relating to condemnation by a general law district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The authority is a municipal corporation for the purposes of Section 21.021, Property Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.252
§ 1551.252. ADDITIONAL TERM LIFE INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the board of trustees may authorize:

(1) dependent term life insurance in an amount equal to the term life insurance provided under the basic coverage; and

(2) optional term life insurance in an amount equal to four times the employee's annual salary plus the amount of term life insurance provided under the basic coverage.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.303
§ 1067.303. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Muenster Hospital District."
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 384.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 384 / Section 384.007
§ 384.007. STAFF.
Status: in_force

The regional council of governments may provide staff to an organization created under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 603.2535 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 603 / Section 603.2535
§ 603.2535. JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant must pass a jurisprudence examination to qualify for a license under this chapter.

(b) The medical board shall develop and administer at least twice each calendar year a jurisprudence examination to determine an applicant's knowledge of this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, and any other applicable laws of this state affecting the applicant's practice of perfusion.

(c) The medical board shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules related to the development and administration of the examination, examination fees, guidelines for reexamination, grading the examination, and providing notice of examination results.
Tex. Local Government Code § 324.901 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 324 / Section 324.901
§ 324.901. REQUIREMENTS FOR RENTAL OF WATER-ORIENTED RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to the rental of water-oriented recreational equipment in a district.

(b) A person may not rent water-oriented recreational equipment to a person younger than 18 years of age.

(c) A person may rent water-oriented recreational equipment to a person who is at least 18 years of age only if:

(1) each person who is at least 18 years of age who will use the equipment signs a written agreement for the rental of that equipment; and

(2) each person who will use the equipment, regardless of age, is listed on the agreement.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1366.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1366 / Section 1366.103
§ 1366.103. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage:

(A) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury; or

(B) only for hospital expenses;

(2) Medicaid managed care programs operated under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code;

(3) Medicaid programs operated under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; or

(4) the state child health plan operated under Chapter 62 or 63, Health and Safety Code.