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Tex. Tax Code § 31.07 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 31 / Section 31.07
§ 31.07. CERTAIN PAYMENTS ACCEPTED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may pay the tax imposed on any one property without simultaneously paying taxes imposed on other property he owns.

(b) A collector shall accept payment of the tax imposed on a property by a taxing unit that has adopted the discounts under Section 31.05 of this code separately from taxes imposed on that property by other taxing units using the same collector, even if the taxes are included in the same bill. The collector may adopt a policy of accepting separate payments in other circumstances. If the tax paid is included in the same bill as other taxes that are not paid, the collector shall send a revised bill or receipt to reflect the tax payment, if a discount applies to the payment, and may send a revised bill or receipt to reflect the tax payment in other circumstances. The sending of a revised bill does not affect the date on which the unpaid taxes become delinquent.

(c) A collector may adopt a policy of accepting partial payments of property taxes. A payment option provided by Section 31.03 of this code or a discount adopted under Section 31.05 of this code does not apply to any portion of a partial payment. If a collector accepts a partial payment on a tax bill that includes taxes for more than one taxing unit, the collector shall allocate the partial payment among all the taxing units included in the bill in proportion to the amount of tax included in the bill for each taxing unit, unless the collector under Subsection (b) has adopted a policy of accepting payments of a taxing unit's taxes separate from the taxes of other taxing units included in the same bill and the taxpayer directs that the partial payment be allocated in specific amounts to one or more specific taxing units. Acceptance of a partial payment does not affect the date that the tax becomes delinquent, but the penalties and interest provided by Section 33.01 of this code are incurred only by the portion of a tax that remains unpaid on the date the tax becomes delinquent.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a collector shall accept a partial payment of property taxes on a tax bill that includes taxes for more than one taxing unit if one or more of the taxing units has adopted the discounts under Section 31.05 of this code, the taxpayer directs that the partial payment be allocated first to the payment of the taxes owed one or more of the taxing units that have adopted the discounts, and the amount of the payment is equal to or greater than the amount of the taxes owed the taxing units designated by the taxpayer.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.001
§ 533A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of aging and disability services.

(2) "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

(3) "Department facility" means a facility listed in Section 532A.001(b).
Tex. Election Code § 272.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 272 / Section 272.006
§ 272.006. SEPARATE TRANSLATION AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) In an election precinct in which use of bilingual election materials is required, bilingual printing of the ballot is not required if a Spanish translation of the ballot is posted in each voting station and a statement in Spanish is placed on the ballot informing the voter that the translation is posted in the station.

(b) If a separate translation of the ballot is made under Subsection (a), the translation must be furnished to each voter to whom an early voting ballot to be voted by mail is provided.

(c) An item specified by Section 272.005(c) is not required to contain a Spanish translation if:

(1) for an item used in connection with voting at a polling place:

(A) a separate translation of the item is made available to the voter on request; and

(B) the item contains a statement in Spanish informing the voter of the availability of the translation; or

(2) for an item used in connection with early voting by mail, a separate translation of the item is furnished with the item to the voter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8001.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8001 / Section 8001.054
§ 8001.054. 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. Health and Safety Code § 578.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 578 / Section 578.002
§ 578.002. USE OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY.
Status: in_force

(a) Electroconvulsive therapy may not be used on a person who is younger than 16 years of age.

(b) Unless the person consents to the use of the therapy in accordance with Section 578.003, electroconvulsive therapy may not be used on:

(1) a person who is 16 years of age or older and who is voluntarily receiving mental health services; or

(2) an involuntary patient who is 16 years of age or older and who has not been adjudicated by an appropriate court of law as incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs.

(c) Electroconvulsive therapy may not be used on an involuntary patient who is 16 years of age or older and who has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs unless the patient's guardian of the person consents to the treatment in accordance with Section 578.003. The decision of the guardian must be based on knowledge of what the patient would desire, if known.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 551.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 551 / Section 551.003
§ 551.003. DEPOSIT OF PATIENT OR CLIENT FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The superintendent or director of a department facility is the custodian of the personal funds that belong to a facility patient or client and that are on deposit with the institution.

(b) The superintendent or director may deposit or invest those funds in:

(1) a bank in this state;

(2) federal bonds or obligations; or

(3) bonds or obligations for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged.

(c) The superintendent or director may combine the funds of facility patients or clients only to deposit or invest the funds.

(d) The person performing the function of business manager at that facility shall maintain records of the amount of funds on deposit for each facility patient or client.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.206
§ 7803.206. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may impose continuing direct annual ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the district sufficient to:

(1) provide for the payment of interest on bonds issued under this subchapter as the interest accrues; and

(2) create and provide a sinking fund for the payment of principal of the bonds as the principal matures.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952A / Section 7952A.0302
§ 7952A.0302. 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. Health and Safety Code § 821.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 821 / Section 821.052
§ 821.052. METHODS OF EUTHANASIA.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may euthanize a dog or cat in the custody of an animal shelter only by administering sodium pentobarbital.

(b) A person may euthanize all other animals in the custody of an animal shelter, including birds and reptiles, only in accordance with the applicable methods, recommendations, and procedures set forth in the edition of the American Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals that is approved by the executive commissioner.
Tex. Labor Code § 504.016 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 504 / Section 504.016
§ 504.016. JOINT INSURANCE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Two or more political subdivisions may establish a joint insurance fund as provided by this section.

(b) A political subdivision may pay into the fund its proportionate part as due and may contract for the fund, by and through its directors, to make the payments due under this chapter to employees of the political subdivision.

(c) The fund may be operated under the rules and bylaws established by the participating political subdivisions.

(d) A joint insurance fund created under this section may provide to the Texas Department of Insurance loss data in the same manner as an insurance company writing workers' compensation insurance. The State Board of Insurance shall use the loss data as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Insurance Code.

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a joint insurance fund created under this section is not considered insurance for purposes of any state statute and is not subject to State Board of Insurance rules.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.105 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.105
§ 3.105. RIGHTS OF OFFICERS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) In discharging a duty or exercising a power, an officer of a domestic entity may, in good faith and ordinary care, rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, concerning the entity or another person and prepared or presented by:

(1) another officer or an employee of the entity;

(2) legal counsel;

(3) a certified public accountant;

(4) an investment banker; or

(5) a person who the officer reasonably believes possesses professional expertise in the matter.

(b) An officer may not in good faith rely on the information described by Subsection (a) if the officer has knowledge of a matter that makes the reliance unwarranted.
Tex. Government Code § 659.252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.252
§ 659.252. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "state agency" means the state department, institution, entity, or other agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government that employs a state employee.
Tex. Election Code § 4.009 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 4 / Section 4.009
§ 4.009. INTERNET POSTING.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 21st day before election day, a county that holds or provides election services for an election and maintains an Internet website shall post on its public Internet website for an election of public officials or of a governmental entity authorized by law to impose a tax administered by the county:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of each polling place;

(3) each candidate for an elected office on the ballot; and

(4) each measure on the ballot.

(b) Not later than the 21st day before election day, a city or independent school district that holds an election and maintains an Internet website shall post on the public Internet website for the city or independent school district, as applicable:

(1) the date of the next election;

(2) the location of each polling place;

(3) each candidate for an elected office on the ballot; and

(4) each measure on the ballot.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.097 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.097
§ 242.097. ADDITIONAL LICENSE FEE--NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the license fee provided by Section 242.034, the executive commissioner by rule shall adopt an annual fee to be collected by the department if the amount of the nursing and convalescent home trust fund is less than $10,000,000. The fee shall be deposited to the credit of the nursing and convalescent home trust fund created by this subchapter.

(b) The department may charge and collect a fee under this section more than once each year only if necessary to ensure that the amount in the nursing and convalescent home trust fund is sufficient to make the disbursements required under Section 242.096. If the department makes a second or subsequent assessment under this subsection in any year, the department shall notify the governor and the members of the Legislative Budget Board.

(c) The executive commissioner shall set the fee for each nursing and convalescent home at $1 for each licensed unit of capacity or bed space in that home or in an amount necessary to provide not more than $10,000,000 in the fund. The total fees assessed in a year may not exceed $20 for each licensed unit of capacity or bed space in a home.

(d) This section does not apply to a veterans home as defined by Section 164.002, Natural Resources Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8267.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8267 / Section 8267.0101
§ 8267.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the 7S Ranch Municipal Utility District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1039 / Section 1039.060
§ 1039.060. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the affairs of the district.
Tex. Water Code § 6.115 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.115
§ 6.115. RECEIVERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "financial assistance program recipient" has the meaning assigned by Section 6.114.

(b) In addition to the remedies available under Section 6.114, at the request of the board, the attorney general shall bring suit in a district court in Travis County for the appointment of a receiver to collect the assets and carry on the business of a financial assistance program recipient if:

(1) the action is necessary to cure a default by the recipient; and

(2) the recipient is not:

(A) a municipality or county; or

(B) a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The court shall vest a receiver appointed by the court with any power or duty the court finds necessary to cure the default, including the power or duty to:

(1) perform audits;

(2) raise wholesale or retail water or sewer rates or other fees;

(3) fund reserve accounts;

(4) make payments of the principal of or interest on bonds, securities, or other obligations purchased or acquired by the board; and

(5) take any other action necessary to prevent or to remedy the default.

(d) The receiver shall execute a bond in an amount to be set by the court to ensure the proper performance of the receiver's duties.

(e) After appointment and execution of bond, the receiver shall take possession of the books, records, accounts, and assets of the financial assistance program recipient specified by the court. Until discharged by the court, the receiver shall perform the duties that the court directs and shall strictly observe the final order involved.

(f) On a showing of good cause by the financial assistance program recipient, the court may dissolve the receivership.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7975.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7975 / Section 7975.106
§ 7975.106. FIREFIGHTING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 49.351(a), Water Code, the district may, as authorized by Section 59(f), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Section 49.351, Water Code:

(1) establish, operate, and maintain a fire department;

(2) contract with another political subdivision for the joint operation of a fire department; or

(3) contract with any other person to perform firefighting services in the district and may issue bonds and impose taxes to pay for the department and the activities.
Tex. Family Code § 160.201 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.201
§ 160.201. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

(1) the woman giving birth to the child;

(2) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; or

(3) the adoption of the child by the woman.

(b) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

(1) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 160.204;

(2) an effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under Subchapter D, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

(3) an adjudication of the man's paternity;

(4) the adoption of the child by the man; or

(5) the man's consenting to assisted reproduction by his wife under Subchapter H, which resulted in the birth of the child.
Tex. Government Code § 510.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 510 / Section 510.011
§ 510.011. ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

The Texas State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision is established.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7997A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7997A / Section 7997A.0104
§ 7997A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7997A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by applicable law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.058
§ 110.058. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A council member may not receive compensation for performing the duties of the council.

(b) A council member is entitled to reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses incurred in performing official duties at the rate provided in the General Appropriations Act for state employees.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.022
§ 2054.022. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the board or the executive director may not:

(1) be a person required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a business entity that has, or on behalf of a trade association of business entities that have, a substantial interest in the information resources technologies industry;

(2) be an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a business entity that has, or of a trade association of business entities that have, a substantial interest in the information resources technologies industry and that may contract with state government;

(3) own, control, or have, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity that has a substantial interest in the information resources technologies industry and that may contract with state government;

(4) receive more than 25 percent of the individual's income from a business entity that has a substantial interest in the information resources technologies industry and that may contract with state government;

(5) be interested in or connected with a contract or bid for furnishing a state agency with information resources technologies;

(6) be employed by a state agency as a consultant on information resources technologies; or

(7) accept or receive money or another thing of value from an individual, firm, or corporation to whom a contract may be awarded, directly or indirectly, by rebate, gift, or otherwise.

(b) A person who is the spouse of an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a business entity that has, or of a trade association of business entities that have, a substantial interest in the information resources technologies industry and that may contract with state government may not be a member of the board or the executive director.

(c) An employee of the department, other than the executive director, may not:

(1) be a person required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a business entity that has, or on behalf of a trade association of business entities that have, a substantial interest in the information resources technologies industry; or

(2) be employed by a state agency as a consultant on information resources technologies.

(d) For the purposes of this section, a trade association is a nonprofit, cooperative, and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(e) The executive director shall dismiss an employee of the department who violates a prohibition under Subsection (c), and the board shall remove the executive director if the executive director violates a prohibition under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6613.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6613 / Section 6613.101
§ 6613.101. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers, functions, and privileges provided under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and the general laws governing drainage districts.
Tex. Local Government Code § 335.109 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 335 / Section 335.109
§ 335.109. REQUEST FOR OPINION FROM GENERAL COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee, with the presiding officer's consent, or a director may seek a written advisory opinion from the district's general counsel concerning whether a violation of Section 335.107 or 335.108 exists in a certain situation. The request must provide detailed information about the alleged violation or hypothetical situation.

(b) After receiving a request, the district's general counsel shall prepare a written advisory opinion addressing whether a violation has occurred under the information provided.

(c) A director or employee may rely in good faith on a written advisory opinion issued under this section with respect to a potential violation of Section 335.107 or 335.108.
Tex. Government Code § 62.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.110
§ 62.110. JUDICIAL EXCUSE OF JUROR.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, a court may hear any reasonable sworn excuse of a prospective juror, including any claim of an exemption or a lack of qualification, and if the excuse is considered sufficient shall release him from jury service entirely or until another day of the term, as appropriate.

(b) Pursuant to a plan approved by the commissioners court of the county in the same manner as a plan is approved for jury selection under Section 62.011, the court's designee may:

(1) hear any reasonable excuse of a prospective juror, including any claim of an exemption or a lack of qualification; and

(2) discharge the juror or release him from jury service until a specified day of the term, as appropriate, if:

(A) the excuse is considered sufficient; and

(B) the juror submits to the court's designee a statement of the ground of the exemption or lack of qualification or other excuse.

(c) The court or the court's designee as provided by this section may not excuse a prospective juror for an economic reason unless each party of record is present and approves the release of the juror for that reason.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3810.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3810 / Section 3810.107
§ 3810.107. ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to annex territory under Subchapter C, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district has the authority to annex territory located in a reinvestment zone created by the City of Houston under Chapter 311, Tax Code, if the city's governing body consents to the annexation.