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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.072 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.072
§ 46B.072. RELEASE ON BAIL FOR FELONY OR CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
Status: in_force

(a) This article applies only to a defendant who is subject to an initial restoration period based on Article 46B.071.

(a-1) Subject to conditions reasonably related to ensuring public safety and the effectiveness of the defendant's treatment, if the court determines that a defendant charged with an offense punishable as a felony or a Class A misdemeanor and found incompetent to stand trial is not a danger to others and may be safely treated on an outpatient basis with the specific objective of attaining competency to stand trial, and an appropriate outpatient competency restoration program is available for the defendant, the court:

(1) may release on bail a defendant found incompetent to stand trial with respect to an offense punishable as a felony or may continue the defendant's release on bail; and

(2) shall release on bail a defendant found incompetent to stand trial with respect to an offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or shall continue the defendant's release on bail.

(b) The court shall order a defendant released on bail under Subsection (a-1) to participate in an outpatient competency restoration program for a period not to exceed 120 days.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), the court may order a defendant to participate in an outpatient competency restoration program under this article only if:

(1) the court receives and approves a comprehensive plan that:

(A) provides for the treatment of the defendant for purposes of competency restoration; and

(B) identifies the person who will be responsible for providing that treatment to the defendant; and

(2) the court finds that the treatment proposed by the plan will be available to and will be provided to the defendant.

(d) An order issued under this article may require the defendant to participate in:

(1) as appropriate, an outpatient competency restoration program administered by a community center or an outpatient competency restoration program administered by any other entity that provides outpatient competency restoration services; and

(2) an appropriate prescribed regimen of medical, psychiatric, or psychological care or treatment, including care or treatment involving the administration of psychoactive medication, including those required under Article 46B.086.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8333.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8333 / Section 8333.201
§ 8333.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 661.906 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.906
§ 661.906. FOSTER PARENTS.
Status: in_force

A state employee who is a foster parent to a child under the conservatorship of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction in salary for the purpose of attending:

(1) meetings held by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services regarding the child under the foster care of the employee; or

(2) an admission, review, and dismissal meeting held by a school district regarding the child under the foster care of the employee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.207
§ 1028.207. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.111
§ 1072.111. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation, or provision in writing by the donor that is consistent with the proper management of the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 13.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 13 / Section 13.007
§ 13.007. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

The savings and mortgage lending commissioner shall:

(1) supervise and regulate the organization, operation, and liquidation of state savings associations, as provided by Subtitle B, Title 3, and state savings banks, as provided by Subtitle C, Title 3; and

(2) enforce those subtitles personally or through a deputy savings and mortgage lending commissioner, examiner, supervisor, conservator, or other agent.
Tex. Education Code § 107.82 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 107 / Section 107.82
§ 107.82. ASSISTANCE TO CITY POLICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents and the governing body of a municipality in which a component institution of the system is located may enter into written agreements, authorized by resolution of each governing body, to authorize the regular employed peace officers of the system to assist the peace officers of the municipality in enforcing the laws of the state and the ordinances of the municipality at any location in the municipality.

(b) To be valid, an agreement under Subsection (a) of this section must be approved by the attorney general.

(c) While acting pursuant to the agreement in Subsection (a) and when such act is outside the property of the system or outside any public street running through, adjacent to, or within property owned or occupied and controlled by the system, the peace officers of the system are under the jurisdiction and command of the chief of police of the municipality.

(d) Neither the state nor the system is liable for actions of a campus police officer acting under the jurisdiction and command of the chief of police of the municipality.

(e) The system has jurisdiction over its personnel and students upon property owned by the system to the extent that it may:

(1) assign and regulate parking spaces for its use and charge and collect appropriate fees for parking and improper parking;

(2) prohibit parking where it deems necessary; and

(3) set and collect fees for and remove vehicles parked in violation of its rules and regulations or the laws of the State of Texas.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.025 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.025
§ 13.025. STANDARD FOR SOLID CAPACITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The standard unit of measure of capacity for a solid is the half bushel.

(b) The peck, half-peck, quarter-peck, quart, and pint measures for solid commodities are derived from the half bushel by successively dividing that measure by two.

(c) The bushel contains 2,150-42/100 cubic inches. The half bushel contains 1,075-20/100 cubic inches. The gallon contains 231 cubic inches.

(d) In measuring dry commodities, the measure may not be heaped but shall be stricken with a straight stick or roller.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9016.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9016 / Section 9016.006
§ 9016.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Education Code § 61.534 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.534
§ 61.534. ELIGIBLE LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The coordinating board may provide repayment assistance for the repayment of any student loan for education at an institution of higher education, including loans for undergraduate education, received by a physician through any lender.

(b) The coordinating board may not provide repayment assistance for a student loan that is in default at the time of the physician's application.

(c) Each fiscal biennium, the coordinating board shall attempt to allocate all funds appropriated to it for the purpose of providing repayment assistance under this subchapter.
Tex. Family Code § 159.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.001
§ 159.001. CONFLICTS BETWEEN PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

If a provision of this chapter conflicts with a provision of this title or another statute or rule of this state and the conflict cannot be reconciled, this chapter prevails.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 1.310 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 1 / Section 1.310
§ 1.310. SUBORDINATED OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

An obligation may be issued as subordinated to performance of another obligation of the person obligated, or a creditor may subordinate its right to performance of an obligation by agreement with either the person obligated or another creditor of the person obligated. Subordination does not create a security interest as against either the common debtor or a subordinated creditor.
Tex. Government Code § 2102.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2102 / Section 2102.008
§ 2102.008. APPROVAL OF AUDIT PLAN AND AUDIT REPORT.
Status: in_force

The annual audit plan developed by the internal auditor must be approved by the state agency's governing board or by the administrator of a state agency if the state agency does not have a governing board. Audit reports must be reviewed by the state agency's governing board and the administrator.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1801 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1801
§ 25.1801. NUECES COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Nueces County has the following statutory county courts:

(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Nueces County;

(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Nueces County;

(3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Nueces County;

(4) County Court at Law No. 4 of Nueces County; and

(5) County Court at Law No. 5 of Nueces County.

(b) The County Court at Law No. 1 of Nueces County and the County Court at Law No. 2 of Nueces County sit in Corpus Christi.

(c) The County Court at Law No. 5 of Nueces County shall give preference to:

(1) any proceeding involving an order relating to a child in the possession or custody of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services or for whom the court has appointed a temporary or permanent managing conservator;

(2) proceedings under Title 3, Family Code; and

(3) mental health matters over which the court has jurisdiction under Section 25.1802(a)(4).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 174.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 174 / Section 174.003
§ 174.003. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a medical facility, research facility, company, or nonprofit organization that conducts research on or testing of genome sequencing or the human genome in this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.5526 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.5526
§ 1103.5526. REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the board may order a person regulated by the board under this chapter or Chapter 1104 to pay a refund to a consumer as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference or an enforcement order instead of or in addition to imposing an administrative penalty or other sanctions.

(b) The amount of a refund ordered as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference or an enforcement order may not exceed the amount the consumer paid to the person for a service regulated by the board. The board may not require payment of other damages or estimate harm in a refund order.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.301
§ 4001.301. PROFITS AFTER DEATH OF AGENT WHO IS MEMBER OF AGENCY PARTNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

On the death of an agent who is a member of an agency partnership, the surviving spouse and children, if any, of the deceased partner, or a trust for the surviving spouse and children, may share in the profits of the agency partnership during the lifetime of the surviving spouse or children, as the case may be, as provided by:

(1) a written partnership agreement; or

(2) in the absence of a written agreement, an agreement by the surviving partner or partners and the surviving spouse, the trustee, and the legal representative of the surviving children.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1611 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1611
§ 152.1611. MCLENNAN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The McLennan County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the county court at law judges, and the district judges in McLennan County.

(b) The juvenile board shall hold meetings at least once every three months in accordance with board rules.

(c) The board shall keep records as required by law and board rules.

(d) A juvenile probation officer shall take the oath of office when appointed and the oath and the fact of the appointment shall be filed with the county clerk.

(e) The commissioners court shall provide the necessary funds to pay the salaries and expenses of the juvenile probation personnel.

(f) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the juvenile board of McLennan County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7977.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7977 / Section 7977.006
§ 7977.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7965.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7965 / Section 7965.002
§ 7965.002. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 28.08 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 28 / Section 28.08
§ 28.08. WHEN DEFENDANT IS HELD BY ORDER OF COURT.
Status: in_force

If the motion to set aside the indictment or any exception thereto is sustained, but the court refuses to discharge the defendant, then at the expiration of ten days from the order sustaining such motions or exceptions, the defendant shall be discharged, unless in the meanwhile complaint has been made before a magistrate charging him with an offense, or unless another indictment has been presented against him for such offense.
Tex. Transportation Code § 66.066 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 66 / Section 66.066
§ 66.066. COSTS.
Status: in_force

The board, in a final order under this subchapter, may charge all or part of the costs of processing an application to the parties in the proceedings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.106
§ 3926.106. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers provided by Chapter 372, Local Government Code, to a municipality or county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3890.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3890 / Section 3890.107
§ 3890.107. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) 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.

(b) The district has all of the powers of a municipality under Chapter 380, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8101.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8101 / Section 8101.153
§ 8101.153. WASTE SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To preserve and protect the purity of the waters of the authority and this state and to conserve and reclaim those waters for beneficial use by the inhabitants of the authority, the authority may provide all plants, works, facilities, and appliances incident to, helpful to, or necessary to collect, transport, process, dispose of, and control all domestic, industrial, or communal wastes, whether fluid, solid, or composite.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 342.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 342 / Section 342.006
§ 342.006. WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS BY MUNICIPALITY; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the owner of property in the municipality does not comply with a municipal ordinance or requirement under this chapter within seven days of notice of a violation, the municipality may:

(1) do the work or make the improvements required; and

(2) pay for the work done or improvements made and charge the expenses to the owner of the property.

(b) The notice must be given:

(1) personally to the owner in writing;

(2) by letter addressed to the owner at the owner's address as recorded in the appraisal district records of the appraisal district in which the property is located; or

(3) if personal service cannot be obtained:

(A) by publication at least once;

(B) by posting the notice on or near the front door of each building on the property to which the violation relates; or

(C) by posting the notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the violation relates.

(c) If a municipality mails a notice to a property owner in accordance with Subsection (b), and the United States Postal Service returns the notice as "refused" or "unclaimed," the validity of the notice is not affected, and the notice is considered as delivered.

(d) In a notice provided under this section, a municipality may inform the owner by regular mail and a posting on the property, or by personally delivering the notice, that if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature that poses a danger to the public health and safety on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the municipality without further notice may correct the violation at the owner's expense and assess the expense against the property. If a violation covered by a notice under this subsection occurs within the one-year period, and the municipality has not been informed in writing by the owner of an ownership change, then the municipality without notice may take any action permitted by Subsections (a)(1) and (2) and assess its expenses as provided by Section 342.007.
Tex. Government Code § 4005.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.055
§ 4005.055. COMMERCIAL PAPER.
Status: in_force

The exemption provided by Section 4005.051 applies to:

(1) commercial paper that:

(A) arises out of a current transaction or the proceeds of which have been or are to be used for current transactions; and

(B) evidences an obligation to pay cash not later than the ninth month after the issuance date of the commercial paper, not including days of grace;

(2) a renewal of commercial paper described by Subdivision (1) that is similarly limited; or

(3) a guarantee of commercial paper described by Subdivision (1) or of a renewal described by Subdivision (2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1047.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1047 / Section 1047.252
§ 1047.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The district may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.093 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.093
§ 242.093. APPOINTMENT BY AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person holding a controlling interest in a home may, at any time, request the department to assume the operation of the home through the appointment of a trustee under this subchapter.

(b) After receiving the request, the department may enter into an agreement providing for the appointment of a trustee to take charge of the home under conditions considered appropriate by both parties if the department considers the appointment desirable.

(c) An agreement under this section must:

(1) specify all terms and conditions of the trustee's appointment and authority; and

(2) preserve all rights of the residents as granted by law.

(d) The agreement terminates at the time specified by the parties or when either party notifies the other in writing that the party wishes to terminate the appointment agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.062
§ 1053.062. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The board shall have a seal engraved with the district's name to authenticate the acts of the board. The secretary of the board shall keep the seal.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.315 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.315
§ 151.315. WATER.
Status: in_force

Water is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 112.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 112 / Section 112.051
§ 112.051. SHERIFF ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the county clerk shall keep an account for the county sheriff that charges the sheriff with each judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty that is payable to and rendered in any court of the county and that the sheriff is charged by law to collect. The sheriff may discharge the liability by producing the county treasurer's receipt that shows payment of the judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty.

(b) The sheriff may also discharge the liability by showing to the satisfaction of the commissioners court that the judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty cannot be collected or that it has been discharged through imprisonment or labor or by escape occurring without the sheriff's fault or neglect. The sheriff must obtain an order of the commissioners court that allows the discharge.

(c) The sheriff is not liable for a judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty if the judgment, fine, forfeiture, or penalty is collected by:

(1) a public or private vendor under Article 103.0031, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(2) the county treasurer or county auditor as required by Section 154.011.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.110 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.110
§ 775.110. INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The fire marshal may, at any time of day, enter and inspect:

(1) property where a fire has occurred; and

(2) property adjacent to where a fire occurred.

(b) The fire marshal shall conduct this inspection in a manner least inconvenient to any persons living on the property.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 103.0175 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 103 / Section 103.0175
§ 103.0175. MATERIALS FOR SCHOOL-BASED AND SCHOOL-LINKED CLINICS.
Status: in_force

The council, in consultation with the department and the Texas Education Agency, shall develop and make available materials that provide information about diabetes to be distributed to students and the parents of students by health clinics at public primary or secondary schools.