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Tex. Government Code § 305.036 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 305 / Section 305.036
§ 305.036. VENUE.
Status: in_force

An offense under this chapter, including perjury, may be prosecuted in Travis County or in any other county in which it may be prosecuted under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.084 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 247 / Section 247.084
§ 247.084. ARBITRATOR QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

Each arbitrator must be on an approved list of a nationally recognized association that performs arbitration services or be otherwise qualified as provided in the rules adopted under Section 247.083(b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8417.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8417 / Section 8417.051
§ 8417.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8417.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.313 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.313
§ 521.313. REINSTATEMENT AND REISSUANCE; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A license suspended or revoked under this subchapter may not be reinstated or another license issued to the person until the person pays the department a fee of $100 in addition to any other fee required by law.

(b) The payment of a reinstatement fee is not required if a suspension or revocation under this subchapter is:

(1) rescinded by the department; or

(2) not sustained by a presiding officer or a court.

(c) Each fee collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8294.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8294 / Section 8294.103
§ 8294.103. CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE EXISTING WATER OR SEWER SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

A contract for the acquisition of an existing water or sewer facility may be made on terms approved by the contracting parties.
Tex. Election Code § 63.0011 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 63 / Section 63.0011
§ 63.0011. STATEMENT OF RESIDENCE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a voter may be accepted for voting, an election officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence address on the precinct list of registered voters is current and whether the voter has changed residence within the county. If the voter's address is omitted from the precinct list under Section 18.005(c), the officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence, if listed, on identification presented by the voter under Section 63.001(b) is current and whether the voter has changed residence within the county.

(b) If the voter's residence address is not current because the voter has changed residence within the county, the voter may vote, if otherwise eligible, in the election precinct in which the voter is registered if the voter resides in the county in which the voter is registered and, if applicable:

(1) resides in the political subdivision served by the authority ordering the election if the political subdivision is other than the county; or

(2) resides in the territory covered by the election in a less-than-countywide election ordered by the governor or a county authority.

(c) Before being accepted for voting, the voter must execute and submit to an election officer a statement including:

(1) a statement that the voter satisfies the applicable residence requirements prescribed by Subsection (b);

(2) all of the information that a person must include in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002; and

(3) the date the statement is submitted to the election officer.

(c-1) The statement described by Subsection (c) must include a field for the voter to enter the voter's current county of residence.

(d) The voter registrar shall provide to the general custodian of election records a sufficient number of statements of residence for use in each election.

(e) The voter registrar shall retain each statement of residence on file with the voter's voter registration application.

(f) Information included on a statement of residence under Subsection (c)(2) is subject to Section 13.004(c).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.034 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.034
§ 382.034. RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall conduct or require any research and investigations it considers advisable and necessary to perform its duties under this chapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 106.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 106 / Section 106.003
§ 106.003. PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 106.001.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not more than $1,000;

(2) confinement in the county jail for not more than one year; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11003.262 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11003 / Section 11003.262
§ 11003.262. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding district bonds and interest on those bonds.

(b) Refunding bonds may:

(1) be issued to refund bonds of more than one series;

(2) combine the pledges for the outstanding bonds for the security of the refunding bonds; or

(3) be secured by a pledge of other or additional revenue or mortgage liens.

(c) The provisions of this subchapter regarding the issuance of other bonds, their security, and the remedies of the holders apply to refunding bonds.

(d) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(e) Instead of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the district, in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in a bank at which the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest and any required redemption premium on the bonds to be refunded to any redemption date or to their maturity date, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(f) An election is not required to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds.

(g) The district may also issue refunding bonds under any other applicable law.
Tex. Government Code § 557.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 557 / Section 557.011
§ 557.011. SABOTAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person, with the intent to injure the United States, this state, or any facility or property used for national defense sabotages or attempts to sabotage any property or facility used or to be used for national defense.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not less than two years or more than 20 years.

(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another provision of law, the actor may be prosecuted under both sections.

(d) In this section, "sabotage" means to wilfully and maliciously damage or destroy property.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 27.015 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 27 / Section 27.015
§ 27.015. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE; PUBLIC REMEDY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "consumer protection division" has the meaning assigned by Section 17.45.

(b) A violation of Section 27.01 that relates to the transfer of title to real estate is a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice as defined by Section 17.46(b), and any public remedy under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, is available for a violation of that section.

(c) It is the duty of city attorneys to lend the consumer protection division any reasonable assistance requested in the commencement and prosecution of actions under this section.

(d) To the same extent and in the same manner a district or county attorney may institute or prosecute an action under this section, a city attorney may institute or prosecute an action under this section.

(e) If a district, county, or city attorney brings an action under this section, 75 percent of any penalty recovered shall be deposited in the general fund of the county or municipality in which the violation occurred.

(f) This section does not apply to an action to recover damages that is subject to Chapter 27, Property Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8185.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8185 / Section 8185.005
§ 8185.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the act creating 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:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes;

(3) the validity of the district's bonds, notes, or other indebtedness; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Estates Code § 1161.205 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1161 / Section 1161.205
§ 1161.205. GUARDIAN'S LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a guardian of the estate who loans estate money with the court's approval on security approved by the court is not personally liable if the borrower is unable to repay the money and the security fails.

(b) If the guardian committed fraud or was negligent in making or managing the loan, including in collecting the loan, the guardian and the guardian's surety are liable for the loss sustained by the guardianship estate as a result of the fraud or negligence.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.023 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.023
§ 201.023. FUNDS MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 201.081, the state board shall deposit all money and securities received by it in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund known as the state soil conservation fund. That fund shall be appropriated to the state board for use in the administration of this chapter and is subject to the same care and control while in the state treasury as other funds of the state.

(b) The financial transactions of the state board are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code.

(c) The state board by resolution may authorize the chairman of the board or the administrative officer to approve claims and accounts payable by the board. That approval is sufficient to authorize the comptroller of public accounts to issue a warrant drawn on the funds appropriated to the board for payment of the claim and is sufficient to authorize the comptroller to honor payment of the warrant.

(d) The state board may accept any donation or contribution in any form, including money, materials, or services, and from any source for the purpose of carrying out this chapter, including the cost of conducting the annual meeting of conservation district directors under Section 201.081 of this code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 141.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 141 / Section 141.006
§ 141.006. CUSTOM PROCESSING.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to the mixing, milling, or processing of a material produced by a purchaser of commercial feed or acquired by the purchaser from a source other than the person who mixes, mills, or processes the material.
Tex. Government Code § 74.049 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.049
§ 74.049. PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES BY CHIEF JUSTICE.
Status: in_force

The chief justice may make assignments within an administrative region and perform the other duties of a presiding judge in the following situations:

(1) on the death or resignation of the presiding judge and until a successor presiding judge is appointed;

(2) on notification to the chief justice by the presiding judge or other appropriate source that an absence, disabling illness, or other incapacity of the presiding judge prevents the judge from performing his official duties for a period of time and until the presiding judge is again able to perform the duties; and

(3) in a particular matter in which the presiding judge disqualifies himself from performing the duties of presiding judge in that matter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5003.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5003 / Section 5003.051
§ 5003.051. BOARD OF NAVIGATION COMMISSIONERS.
Status: in_force

The port authority is governed by a board of seven commissioners.
Tex. Utilities Code § 102.003 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 102 / Section 102.003
§ 102.003. RAILROAD COMMISSION POWERS RELATING TO REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The railroad commission may:

(1) require a gas utility to report to the railroad commission information relating to the gas utility and an affiliate inside or outside this state as useful in administering this subtitle;

(2) establish the form for a report;

(3) determine the time for a report and the frequency with which the report is to be made;

(4) require that a report be made under oath;

(5) require the filing with the railroad commission of a copy of:

(A) a contract or arrangement between a gas utility and an affiliate;

(B) a report filed with a federal agency or a governmental agency or body of another state; and

(C) an annual report that shows each payment of compensation, other than salary or wages subject to federal income tax withholding:

(i) to residents of this state;

(ii) with respect to legal, administrative, or legislative matters in this state; or

(iii) for representation before the legislature of this state or any governmental agency or body; and

(6) require that a contract or arrangement described by Subdivision (5)(A) that is not in writing be reduced to writing and filed with the railroad commission.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.052 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.052
§ 18B.052. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

An application under this subchapter must be filed in a judicial district in which is located:

(1) the site of the proposed installation or use of the device or equipment;

(2) the site of the communication device on which the device or equipment is proposed to be installed or used;

(3) the billing, residential, or business address of the subscriber to the electronic communications service on which the device or equipment is proposed to be installed or used;

(4) the headquarters of:

(A) the office of the prosecutor filing an application under this subchapter; or

(B) a law enforcement agency that requests the prosecutor to file an application under this subchapter or that proposes to execute an order authorizing installation and use of the device or equipment; or

(5) the headquarters of a service provider ordered to install the device or equipment.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.255 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.255
§ 302.255. APPLICATION; ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT.
Status: in_force

The commission shall establish eligibility criteria for a person to receive a grant under this subchapter. The eligibility criteria must include the requirement that the person:

(1) apply to the commission in the form and manner prescribed by commission rule;

(2) if the person is an entity, be in good standing under the laws of the state in which the person was formed or organized, as evidenced by a certificate issued by the secretary of state or the state official of another state having custody of the records pertaining to a person formed or organized under the laws of that state;

(3) not owe delinquent taxes to a taxing unit of this state; and

(4) operate an industry-recognized apprenticeship program that:

(A) provides on-the-job training under an industry-recognized, accredited training curriculum;

(B) guarantees employment for participants during and on successful completion of the training period;

(C) pays each participant a wage and provides eligibility for participants to receive full-time employee benefits during and on successful completion of the training period;

(D) requires participants to advance their skills, at a minimum, to a credentialed, performance-verified mid-level status in a field related to the industry-recognized apprenticeship program;

(E) has a duration of not more than 26 weeks; and

(F) gives preference to training and hiring:

(i) unemployed Texans who have filed with the commission;

(ii) veterans of the United States armed forces;

(iii) formerly incarcerated individuals; and

(iv) underemployed individuals who are working without industry-recognized certifications or other credentials.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8220.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8220 / Section 8220.001
§ 8220.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Lake Forest Utility District.
Tex. Government Code § 487.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.026
§ 487.026. DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

The director serves as the chief executive officer of the office and performs the administrative duties of the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.055
§ 1121.055. DIRECTOR'S BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Before assuming the duties of office, each director must execute a bond in the amount of $5,000 payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The bond shall be kept in the permanent records of the district.

(c) The board may pay for a director's bond with district money.
Tex. Education Code § 22.0511 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0511
§ 22.0511. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A professional employee of a school district is not personally liable for any act that is incident to or within the scope of the duties of the employee's position of employment and that involves the exercise of judgment or discretion on the part of the employee, except in circumstances in which a professional employee uses excessive force in the discipline of students or negligence resulting in bodily injury to students.

(b) This section does not apply to the operation, use, or maintenance of any motor vehicle.

(c) In addition to the immunity provided under this section and under other provisions of state law, an individual is entitled to any immunity and any other protections afforded under the Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 6731 et seq.), as amended. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit or abridge any immunity or protection afforded an individual under state law. For purposes of this subsection, "individual" includes a person who provides services to private schools, to the extent provided by federal law.

(d) A school district may not by policy, contract, or administrative directive:

(1) require a district employee to waive immunity from liability for an act for which the employee is immune from liability under this section; or

(2) require a district employee who acts in good faith to pay for or replace property belonging to a student or other person that is or was in the possession of the employee because of an act that is incident to or within the scope of the duties of the employee's position of employment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0309 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0309
§ 3967.0309. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers that:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code, provides to a municipality.
Tex. Government Code § 441.138 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.138
§ 441.138. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may use funds appropriated by the legislature for personnel and other administrative expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) Libraries and library systems may use state grants for materials, personnel, equipment, administrative expenses, and financing programs that enrich the services and materials offered a community by its public library. State grants may not be used for site acquisition, construction, acquisition of buildings, or payment of past debts.

(c) State aid to a free tax-supported public library is a supplement to and not a replacement of local support.

(d) The commission by rule shall adopt a formula for distributing system operation grants among the major resource systems and regional library systems. The formula must include funding for basic system support services.
Tex. Property Code § 82.063 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 82 / Section 82.063
§ 82.063. SUBDIVISION OF UNITS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the declaration expressly permits, a unit may be subdivided into two or more units. Subject to the declaration, on written application of a unit owner to subdivide a unit and after payment by the unit owner of the cost of preparing and recording amendments and plats, the association shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration, including the plats and plans, subdividing the unit.

(b) The amendment to the declaration must be executed by the owner of the unit to be subdivided, assign an identifying number to each unit created, and reallocate the allocated interests formerly allocated to the subdivided unit to the new units in any reasonable manner prescribed by the owner of the subdivided unit.
Tex. Utilities Code § 35.065 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 35 / Section 35.065
§ 35.065. DEADLINES FOR COMMISSION ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission shall make its determination regarding whether a certification should be granted under Section 35.064 not later than the 90th day after the date the agreement is submitted.

(b) If a hearing is held under Section 35.063, the commission shall make its determination regarding whether a certification should be granted not later than the 120th day after the date the agreement is submitted, except that this deadline is extended by two days for each day in excess of five days on which the commission conducts a hearing on the merits of the certification.

(c) If the commission does not make a determination by the date provided by Subsection (a) or (b), as applicable, the agreement is considered to meet the requirements of Section 35.064 and the certification is considered granted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7944.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7944 / Section 7944.001
§ 7944.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 485.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6906.214 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6906 / Section 6906.214
§ 6906.214. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A district bond, the transfer of the bond, and the income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond, are exempt from taxation in this state.