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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7999A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7999A / Section 7999A.0202
§ 7999A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, 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 temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7999A.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 7999A.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 7999A.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. Local Government Code § 383.111 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.111
§ 383.111. COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

Sections 375.221 and 375.223 apply to a district created under this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 2.01 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 2.01
§ 2.01.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.01. As used in this compact, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Act" means the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, as amended by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. Sections 2021b-2021j).

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission established in Article III of this compact.

(3) "Compact facility" or "facility" means any site, location, structure, or property located in and provided by the host state for the purpose of management or disposal of low-level radioactive waste for which the party states are responsible.

(4) "Disposal" means the permanent isolation of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to requirements established by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the United States Environmental Protection Agency under applicable laws, or by the host state.

(5) "Generate," when used in relation to low-level radioactive waste, means to produce low-level radioactive waste.

(6) "Generator" means a person who produces or processes low-level radioactive waste in the course of its activities, excluding persons who arrange for the collection, transportation, management, treatment, storage, or disposal of waste generated outside the party states, unless approved by the commission.

(7) "Host county" means a county in the host state in which a disposal facility is located or is being developed.

(8) "Host state" means a party state in which a compact facility is located or is being developed. The state of Texas is the host state under this compact.

(9) "Institutional control period" means that period of time following closure of the facility and transfer of the facility license from the operator to the custodial agency in compliance with the appropriate regulations for long-term observation and maintenance.

(10) "Low-level radioactive waste" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 2(9) of the Act (42 U.S.C. Section 2021b(9)), or in the host state statute so long as the waste is not incompatible with management and disposal at the compact facility.

(11) "Management" means collection, consolidation, storage, packaging, or treatment.

(12) "Operator" means a person who operates a disposal facility.

(13) "Party state" means any state that has become a party in accordance with Article VII of this compact. Texas, Maine, and Vermont are initial party states under this compact.

(14) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity, whether public or private.

(15) "Transporter" means a person who transports low-level radioactive waste.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.3075 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.3075
§ 545.3075. OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE NEAR CERTAIN APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Apartment complex" means two or more dwellings in one or more buildings that are owned by the same owner, located on the same lot or tract, and managed by the same owner, agent, or management company.

(2) "Commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 545.307.

(b) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.

(c) The owner or manager of an apartment complex may make a request to the county in which the apartment complex is located for the posting of official signs prohibiting the parking of a commercial motor vehicle in a public right-of-way adjacent to the complex after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m. A request under this subsection must be signed and in writing.

(d) A county receiving a request under Subsection (c) may post one or more signs as requested or as the county determines to be necessary.

(e) A sign posted under Subsection (d) must:

(1) be posted in the public right-of-way:

(A) not more than 10 feet from the property line of the apartment complex; and

(B) facing the roadway; and

(2) include:

(A) a statement, in letters at least two inches in height, that parking of a commercial motor vehicle is prohibited from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the public right-of-way or portion of the public right-of-way; and

(B) arrows clearly indicating the area of the public right-of-way subject to the parking restriction.

(f) This section does not apply to a vehicle owned by a commercial establishment that is parked in the public right-of-way adjacent to the property where the establishment is located.

(g) This section does not apply to public rights-of-way that are part of the state highway system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.106
§ 1021.106. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

(1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) all accounting and control procedures.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3827.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3827 / Section 3827.151
§ 3827.151. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE AD VALOREM TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, AND IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) the payment of maintenance and operating expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8148.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8148 / Section 8148.101
§ 8148.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of projects under Section 8148.053.

(b) The district may not issue bonds to finance projects authorized by Section 8148.053 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.

(c) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8148.053 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.

(d) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to a project undertaken by the district under Section 8148.053 or to bonds issued by the district to finance the project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4013.0311 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4013 / Section 4013.0311
§ 4013.0311. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3962.0601 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3962 / Section 3962.0601
§ 3962.0601. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The district may define areas or designate certain property of the district to pay for improvements, facilities, or services that primarily benefit that area or property and do not generally and directly benefit the district as a whole.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.117 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.117
§ 71.117. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty of not less than $250 nor more than $10,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for purposes of a civil penalty assessment.

(b) On request of the department, the attorney general or the county attorney or district attorney of the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred shall file suit to collect the penalty.

(c) A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund. All civil penalties recovered in suits first instituted by a local government or governments under this section shall be equally divided between the State of Texas and the local government or governments with 50 percent of the recovery to be paid to the General Revenue Fund and the other 50 percent equally to the local government or governments first instituting the suit.

(d) The department is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate a violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter. On request of the department, the attorney general or the county or district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or is occurring shall file suit for the injunctive relief. Venue is in the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or is occurring.
Tex. Occupations Code § 55.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 55 / Section 55.008
§ 55.008. APPRENTICESHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANT WITH MILITARY EXPERIENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if an apprenticeship is required for a license issued by a state agency, the state agency shall credit verified military service, training, or education that is relevant to the occupation toward the apprenticeship requirements for the license.

(b) The state agency shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Tax Code § 191.084 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 191 / Section 191.084
§ 191.084. REPORT AND TAX PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person subject to the tax shall report the amount received from taxable services during the preceding calendar month.

(b) The comptroller shall prescribe and furnish the form for the report.

(c) The person subject to the tax shall pay the tax to the comptroller at the comptroller's office in Austin on or before the 20th day of each month.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0262 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0262
§ 32.0262. ELIGIBILITY TRANSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall develop procedures to ensure that all necessary information regarding a child who will be denied continued medical assistance under this chapter because of an increase in income, assets, or resources but who is eligible for enrollment in the child health plan under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, is promptly transmitted to the child health plan in accordance with the standards established under Section 62.104(d), Health and Safety Code.

(b) The executive commissioner shall develop procedures to ensure that the parent or caretaker of a child who will be denied continued medical assistance under this chapter because of a failure to keep an appointment, including an appointment for recertification of eligibility, a failure to provide information, or for another procedural reason, is promptly contacted and informed of:

(1) the need to recertify eligibility for continued medical assistance under this chapter; and

(2) the availability of medical coverage under the child health plan under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code.

(c) The commission shall develop materials under this section in consultation with the appropriate agencies administering all or part of the child health plan under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code.

(d) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt procedures to assist a family whose child loses eligibility for medical assistance under this chapter in making a transition to the child health plan under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, with no interruption in coverage.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.357 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.357
§ 1104.357. NONRESIDENT WITHOUT RESIDENT AGENT.
Status: in_force

A person may not be appointed guardian if the person is a nonresident who has failed to file with the court the name of a resident agent to accept service of process in all actions or proceedings relating to the guardianship.
Tex. Government Code § 1501.205 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.205
§ 1501.205. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not issue bonds under this subchapter until the mayor of the municipality gives notice of the municipality's intention to issue the bonds.

(b) The notice must:

(1) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality once each week for two consecutive weeks, with the first publication being before the 14th day before the date the governing body of the municipality proposes to adopt an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds; and

(2) state the maximum:

(A) amount of bonds to be issued;

(B) interest rate of the bonds; and

(C) maturity of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3852.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3852 / Section 3852.006
§ 3852.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the City of Pflugerville under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by the City of Pflugerville under Chapter 312, Tax Code; or

(3) an enterprise zone created by the City of Pflugerville under Chapter 2303, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.452 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.452
§ 501.452. PROJECTS RELATED TO HURRICANE IKE DISASTER AREA.
Status: in_force

For a corporation to which this subchapter applies, in this subtitle, "project":

(1) includes an undertaking the costs of which are eligible to be paid from the proceeds of qualified Hurricane Ike disaster area bonds under Section 704, Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110-343); and

(2) does not include:

(A) a qualified residential rental project, as defined by Section 142(d), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or

(B) a project the costs of which are payable from qualified mortgage bonds, as defined by Section 143, Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.406 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.406
§ 452.406. DIFFERENT SUBREGIONAL SALES AND USE TAX RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive committee by order may direct the comptroller to collect the authority's sales and use tax at different rates in different subregions of the authority, but a rate may not be higher than the maximum rate approved by the voters.

(b) The executive committee must file a certified copy of the order and a map of the boundaries of the subregions with the comptroller.
Tex. Estates Code § 1023.010 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.010
§ 1023.010. REVIEW OF TRANSFERRED GUARDIANSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 90th day after the date the transfer of the guardianship takes effect under Section 1023.007, the court to which the guardianship was transferred shall hold a hearing to consider modifying the rights, duties, and powers of the guardian or any other provisions of the transferred guardianship.

(b) After the hearing described by Subsection (a), the court to which the guardianship was transferred shall enter an order requiring the guardian to:

(1) give a new bond payable to the judge of the court to which the guardianship was transferred; or

(2) file a rider to an existing bond noting the court to which the guardianship was transferred.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.115 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.115
§ 366.115. BOND INDENTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a bond indenture between the authority and a corporate trustee that is a trust company or a bank that has the powers of a trust company.

(b) A bond indenture may pledge or assign the tolls and other revenue to be received but may not convey or mortgage any part of a turnpike project or system.

(c) A bond indenture may:

(1) set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and the trustee;

(2) restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or indentures of trust securing corporate bonds and debentures; and

(3) contain provisions the authority determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders, including covenants:

(A) establishing the authority's duties relating to:

(i) the acquisition of property;

(ii) the construction, maintenance, operation, and repair of and insurance for a turnpike project or system; and

(iii) custody, safeguarding, and application of money;

(B) prescribing events that constitute default;

(C) prescribing terms on which any or all of the bonds become or may be declared due before maturity; and

(D) relating to the rights, powers, liabilities, or duties that arise on the breach of an authority's duty.

(d) The expenses incurred in carrying out a trust agreement may be treated as part of the cost of operating the turnpike project.

(e) In addition to all other rights by mandamus or other court proceeding, an owner or trustee of a bond issued under this chapter may enforce the owner's rights against an issuing authority, the authority's employees, the authority's board, or an agent or employee of the authority's board and is entitled to:

(1) require the authority and the board to impose and collect tolls, charges, and other revenue sufficient to carry out any agreement contained in the bond proceedings; and

(2) apply for and obtain the appointment of a receiver for the turnpike project or system.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.361 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.361
§ 21.361. CUMULATIVE VOTING IN ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) At each election of directors of the corporation, each shareholder entitled to vote at the election is entitled to:

(1) vote the number of shares owned by the shareholder for as many candidates as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder is entitled to vote; or

(2) if expressly authorized by a corporation's certificate of formation in general or with respect to a specified class or series of shares or group of classes or series of shares and subject to Subsections (b) and (c), cumulate votes by:

(A) giving one candidate as many votes as the total of the number of the directors to be elected multiplied by the shareholder's shares; or

(B) distributing the votes among one or more candidates using the same principle.

(b) Cumulative voting permitted by the certificate of formation is permitted only in an election of directors in which a shareholder who intends to cumulate votes has given written notice of that intention to the secretary of the corporation on or before the day preceding the date of the election at which the shareholder intends to cumulate votes.

(c) All shareholders entitled to vote cumulatively may cumulate their votes if a shareholder gives the notice required by Subsection (b).
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.004
§ 271.004. REAL PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district may execute, perform, and make payments under a contract under this Act for the use or purchase or other acquisition of real property or an improvement to real property. If the board proposes to enter into such a contract, the board shall publish notice of intent to enter into the contract not less than 60 days before the date set to approve execution of the contract in a newspaper with general circulation in the district. The notice must summarize the major provisions of the proposed contract. The notice shall estimate the construction and other costs, but the board shall not publish the first advertisement for bids for construction of improvements until 60 days has expired from the publication of the notice of intent to enter into the contract.

(b) If, within 60 days of the date of publication of the notice of intent required by Subsection (a), a written petition signed by at least five percent of the registered voters of the district is filed with the board of trustees requesting that the board order a referendum on the question of whether the contract should be approved, the board may not approve the contract or publish the first advertisement for bids for construction of improvements unless the question is approved by a majority of the votes received in a referendum ordered and held on the question.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the referendum shall be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Election Code. The requirement that an election must be held on a uniform election date as prescribed by the Election Code does not apply to an election held under this section.

(d) The contract is a special obligation of the school district if ad valorem taxes are not pledged to the payment of the contract.

(e) If the contract provides that payments by the school district are to be made from maintenance taxes previously approved by the voters of the school district and are subject to annual appropriation or are paid from a source other than ad valorem taxes, the payments under the contract shall not be considered payment of indebtedness under Section 26.04(c), Tax Code.

(f) All or part of the obligation of the school district may be evidenced by one or more negotiable promissory notes.

(g) A lease-purchase contract entered into by the district under this section and the records relating to its execution must be submitted to the attorney general for examination as to their validity.

(h) If the attorney general finds that the contract has been authorized in accordance with the law, the attorney general shall approve them, and the comptroller of public accounts shall register the contract.

(i) Following approval and registration, the contract is incontestable and is a binding obligation according to its terms.