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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.234 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.234
§ 33.234. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF ACQUIRING AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The acquiring agency shall do the following:

(1) accept gifts, grants, or devises of interests in land;

(2) acquire, by purchase or condemnation, fee and lesser interests in the surface estate in coastal wetland certified as most essential to protection of the public interest, provided that in each instance in which an interest in land is acquired by the acquiring agency pursuant to this section, a sufficient interest shall be acquired to preserve and protect the productivity and integrity of such land as coastal wetland; and

(3) manage interests in land acquired pursuant to this section in a manner that will preserve and protect the productivity and integrity of the land as coastal wetland.

(b) This subchapter shall not be construed to authorize the condemnation of any interest in the mineral estate in any coastal wetland.

(c) The acquiring agency shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations necessary to preserve and protect the productivity and integrity of the land as coastal wetland acquired pursuant to this subchapter. The rules and regulations shall include regulations governing activities conducted on the land in conjunction with mineral exploration, development, and production.

(d) If the acquiring agency seeks to condemn an interest less than the fee interest in the surface estate in any coastal wetland, the owner of the coastal wetland may demand that the acquiring agency instead seek condemnation of the fee interest in the surface estate in the coastal wetland. Upon this demand, the acquiring agency shall either:

(1) seek to condemn the fee interest in the surface estate in the coastal wetland; or

(2) cease all condemnation proceedings pursuant to this subchapter against the coastal wetland.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8128.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8128 / Section 8128.101
§ 8128.101. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time before the district issues indebtedness secured by taxes or net revenues, the district, including any annexed territory, may be divided into two or more new districts.

(b) A new district created by division of the district must be at least 100 acres.

(c) The board by resolution may declare an intent to divide the district. The resolution must:

(1) set the terms of the division, including a plan for the payment or performance of any outstanding district obligations; and

(2) contain a metes and bounds description for each new district.
Tex. Government Code § 402.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 402 / Section 402.006
§ 402.006. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) For an affirmance of judgment in a case to which the state is a party and that involves liability to the state, the attorney general is entitled to a fee in an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount collected up to $1,000 and five percent of the amount collected in excess of $1,000. This fee shall be paid from the amount collected when it is collected.

(b) For a case involving a forfeiture of a charter heard on appeal before the supreme court or court of appeals, the attorney general is entitled to a fee of $500.

(c) In a case in which the state is entitled to recover a penalty or damages the attorney general is entitled, in addition to any other remedy available by law and on behalf of the state, to reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.

(d) Expired.

(e) The attorney general may charge a reasonable fee for the electronic filing of a document.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.954 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.954
§ 361.954. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The collection, recycling, and reuse provisions of this subchapter apply to computer equipment used and returned to the manufacturer by a consumer in this state and do not impose any obligation on an owner or operator of a solid waste facility.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a television, any part of a motor vehicle, a personal digital assistant, or a telephone;

(2) a consumer's lease of computer equipment or a consumer's use of computer equipment under a lease agreement; or

(3) the sale or lease of computer equipment to an entity when the manufacturer and the entity enter into a contract that effectively addresses the collection, recycling, and reuse of computer equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7938A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7938A / Section 7938A.0304
§ 7938A.0304. 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.

(d) The district shall maintain all roads that the district constructs except for roads constructed by the district that another governmental entity agrees to maintain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3802.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3802 / Section 3802.156
§ 3802.156. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

Without additional procedures, the district may grant, consistent with Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district.
Tex. Water Code § 51.812 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.812
§ 51.812. DISSOLUTION TAX ROLL.
Status: in_force

Before the issuance and delivery of the bonds, the board shall have the amount of dissolution tax imposed on each property in the district and its orders relating to the time and manner of payment of the tax entered on the current tax roll for the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8235.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8235 / Section 8235.102
§ 8235.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.156 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.156
§ 371.156. PAWN TRANSACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Items that are usually sold as a set are considered a single item and must be included in the same pawn transaction.

(b) A pledged item together with items that are accessories to the pledged item are considered a single item and must be included in the same pawn transaction.

(c) A separate pawn transaction retains its separate character when it is renewed, unless the parties agree otherwise.

(d) A pawnbroker may not divide a pawn transaction into more than one transaction to obtain, or with the effect of obtaining, a total pawn service charge that exceeds the charge authorized for an amount financed that is equal to the total of the amounts financed in the resulting transactions.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.001
§ 504.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Certified clinical supervisor" means a person certified in accordance with Section 504.1521.

(2) "Chemical dependency counseling" means assisting an individual or group to:

(A) develop an understanding of chemical dependency problems;

(B) define goals; and

(C) plan action reflecting the individual's or group's interest, abilities, and needs as affected by claimed or indicated chemical dependency problems.

(3) "Chemical dependency counselor" means a person licensed under this chapter.

(4) "Clinical training institution" means a person registered with the department in accordance with Section 504.1521 to supervise a counselor intern.

(5) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.

(6) "Counselor intern" means a person registered with the department in accordance with Section 504.1515.

(7) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(8) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(9) "Peer assistance program" means a program approved by the department under Section 504.057.

(10) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other business or professional entity.

(11) "Practice of chemical dependency counseling" means providing or offering to provide chemical dependency counseling services involving the application of the principles, methods, and procedures of the chemical dependency counseling profession.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3857.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3857 / Section 3857.053
§ 3857.053. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; ONE-TIME AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section:

(1) a director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and

(2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest for directors.

(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file a one-time affidavit declaring the interest. An additional affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes. After the affidavit is filed with the board secretary, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:

(1) a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same entity; or

(2) all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit.

(c) A director who is also an officer or employee of a public entity may not participate in the discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that same public entity.

(d) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have a substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 24.373 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.373
§ 24.373.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.373. 194TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). (a) The 194th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.

(b) The 194th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.141 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.141
§ 60.141. EXPANDED INTERCONNECTION RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt rules for expanded interconnection that:

(1) are consistent with the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission relating to expanded interconnection;

(2) treat intrastate private line services as special access service; and

(3) provide that if an incumbent local exchange company is required to provide expanded interconnection to another local exchange company, the second local exchange company shall in a similar manner provide expanded interconnection to the first company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8031.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8031 / Section 8031.0101
§ 8031.0101. 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 La La Ranch Municipal Utility District of Denton County.
Tex. Election Code § 52.063 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 52 / Section 52.063
§ 52.063. DESIGNATION OF ELECTION AND DATE.
Status: in_force

A designation of the nature of the election and the date of the election shall be printed at the top of the ballot.
Tex. Government Code § 54.733 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.733
§ 54.733. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the criminal law magistrate court has the criminal jurisdiction provided by the constitution and laws of this state for county courts.

(b) The criminal law magistrate court does not have jurisdiction to:

(1) hear a trial of a misdemeanor offense, other than a Class C misdemeanor, on the merits if a jury trial is demanded; or

(2) hear a trial of a misdemeanor, other than a Class C misdemeanor, on the merits if a defendant pleads not guilty.

(c) The criminal law magistrate court has the jurisdiction provided by the constitution and laws of this state for magistrates. A judge of the criminal law magistrate court is a magistrate as defined by Article 2A.151, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the criminal law magistrate court has the criminal jurisdiction provided by the constitution and laws of the state for a district court.

(e) The criminal law magistrate court does not have jurisdiction to:

(1) hear a trial of a felony offense on the merits if a jury trial is demanded;

(2) hear a trial of a felony offense on the merits if a defendant pleads not guilty;

(3) sentence in a felony case unless the judge in whose court the case is pending assigned the case to the criminal law magistrate court for a guilty plea and sentence; or

(4) hear any part of a capital murder case after indictment.

(f) A criminal law magistrate court may not issue writs of habeas corpus in felony cases but may hear and grant relief on a writ of habeas corpus that is issued by a district court and that is assigned by the district court to the criminal law magistrate court.

(g) A felony or misdemeanor indictment may not be filed in or transferred to the criminal law magistrate court.

(h) A felony or misdemeanor information may not be filed in or transferred to the criminal law magistrate court.

(i) A judge of the criminal law magistrate court shall exercise jurisdiction granted by this subchapter over felony and misdemeanor indictments and informations only as judge presiding for the court in which the indictment or information is pending and under the limitations set out in the assignment order by the assigning court or as provided by local administrative rules.

(j) The criminal law magistrate court has concurrent criminal jurisdiction with the justice courts located in El Paso County.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.006
§ 2001.006. ACTIONS PREPARATORY TO IMPLEMENTATION OF STATUTE OR RULE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "State agency" means a department, board, commission, committee, council, agency, office, or other entity in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. The term includes an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, and includes those entities excluded from the general definition of "state agency" under Section 2001.003(7).

(2) Legislation is considered to have "become law" if it has been passed by the legislature and:

(A) the governor has approved it;

(B) the governor has filed it with the secretary of state, having neither approved nor disapproved it;

(C) the time for gubernatorial action has expired under Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, the governor having neither approved nor disapproved it; or

(D) the governor has disapproved it and the legislature has overridden the governor's disapproval in accordance with Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution.

(b) In preparation for the implementation of legislation that has become law but has not taken effect, a state agency may adopt a rule or take other administrative action that the agency determines is necessary or appropriate and that the agency would have been authorized to take had the legislation been in effect at the time of the action.

(c) In preparation for the implementation of a rule that has been finally adopted by a state agency but has not taken effect, a state agency may take administrative action that the agency determines is necessary or appropriate and that the agency would have been authorized to take had the rule been in effect at the time of the action.

(d) A rule adopted under Subsection (b) may not take effect earlier than the legislation being implemented takes effect. Administrative action taken under Subsection (b) or (c) may not result in implementation or enforcement of the applicable legislation or rule before the legislation or rule takes effect.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4013.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4013 / Section 4013.0310
§ 4013.0310. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint initial directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(f) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(g) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(h) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 4013.0506 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0561 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0561
§ 32.0561. MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "maternal depression" means depression of any severity with postpartum onset.

(b) The commission shall provide medical assistance reimbursement for a maternal depression screening for a recipient's mother, regardless of whether the mother is also a recipient, that is performed during a covered examination for the recipient under the Texas Health Steps Comprehensive Care Program that occurs before the recipient's first birthday.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. The rules must be based on:

(1) clinical and empirical evidence concerning maternal depression; and

(2) information provided by relevant physicians and behavioral health organizations.

(d) The commission shall seek, accept, and spend any federal funds that are available for the purposes of this section, including priority funding authorized by Section 317L-1 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as added by the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.003
§ 3937.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) The district is created to supplement and not to supplant county services provided in the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.015 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.015
§ 122.015. DETERMINATIONS OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining the fair market value of products or services offered for sale under this chapter, the workforce commission shall give due consideration to the following type of factors:

(1) to the extent applicable, the amounts being paid for similar articles in similar quantities by federal agencies purchasing the products or services under the authorized federal program of like effect to the state program authorized by this chapter;

(2) the amounts which private business would pay for similar products or services in similar quantities if purchasing from a reputable corporation engaged in the business of selling similar products or services;

(3) to the extent applicable, the amount paid by the state in any recent purchases of similar products or services in similar quantities, making due allowance for general inflationary or deflationary trends;

(4) the actual cost of manufacturing the product or performing a service at a community rehabilitation program offering employment services on or off premises to persons with disabilities, with adequate weight to be given to legal and moral imperatives to pay workers with disabilities equitable wages; and

(5) the usual, customary, and reasonable costs of manufacturing, marketing, and distribution.

(b) The actual cost of manufacturing a product or performing a service consists of costs directly associated with a contract and includes costs for labor, raw materials used in the production of the product, storage, and delivery. Actual costs do not include a cost associated with an individual's preparation to perform the work activity.

(c) The fair market value of a product or service, determined after consideration of relevant factors of the foregoing type, may not be excessive or unreasonable.

(d) The comptroller shall provide the workforce commission with the information and resources necessary for the workforce commission to comply with this section.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 91.043 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 91 / Section 91.043
§ 91.043. CHOICE OR NO.
Status: in_force

1 GRADE. (a) Choice or No. 1 Grade peaches are:

(1) average in size and color for the variety;

(2) sound and firm, or properly mature for shipment to a distant market; and

(3) practically free of blemishes.

(b) Choice or No. 1 Grade peaches shall be carefully picked and closely packed in bushel baskets or in four-basket or six-basket crates.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1366.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1366 / Section 1366.001
§ 1366.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a group health benefit plan that provides benefits for hospital, medical, or surgical expenses incurred as a result of accident or sickness, including a group health insurance policy, health care service contract or plan, or other provision of group health benefits, coverage, or services in this state that is issued, entered into, or provided by:

(1) an insurer;

(2) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(3) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843; or

(4) an employer, multiple employer, union, association, trustee, or other self-funded or self-insured welfare or benefit plan, program, or arrangement.