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Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.126 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.126
§ 41.126. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A board listed in Subsection (a) of Section 41.125 of this code may not exercise any powers under this chapter after the end of the board's 1989 fiscal year other than preparing and submitting the fiscal year 1989 report required by Subsection (c) of Section 41.059 of this code.

(b) The Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Producers Board may not exercise any powers under this chapter after the end of the board's 1993 fiscal year other than preparing and submitting the fiscal year 1993 report required by Subsection (c) of Section 41.059 of this code.

(c) The Texas Soybean Producers Board may not exercise any powers under this chapter after the end of the board's 1997 fiscal year other than preparing and submitting the fiscal year 1997 report required by Subsection (c) of Section 41.059 of this code.

(d) After submitting the report required by Subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section, the board may not conduct biennial elections under Section 41.032 of this code or submit the report required by Subsection (c) of Section 41.059 of this code.

(e) The board may collect the assessment only during the fiscal year for which a report is required by Subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section.

(f) The board shall disburse funds as provided in the budget of the fiscal year for which a report is required by Subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section. Money of the board remaining on the first day after that fiscal year shall remain in the board's depository bank until the board is reactivated or the department by rule provides for the disposition of the funds.

(g) Members of the board serving on the date the final report is submitted continue to serve until their successors are elected and qualify for office.
Tex. Government Code § 302.034 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 302 / Section 302.034
§ 302.034. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

An offense under this subchapter is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than five years.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.042
§ 252.042. DISCLOSURE OF UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as expressly provided by this chapter, a person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly discloses to an unauthorized person the date, time, or any other fact about an unannounced inspection of a facility before the inspection occurs.

(b) In this section, "unauthorized person" does not include:

(1) the department;

(2) the office of the attorney general;

(3) a representative of an agency or organization when a Medicaid survey is made concurrently with a licensing inspection; or

(4) any other person or entity authorized by law to make an inspection or to accompany an inspector.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(d) A person convicted under this section is not eligible for state employment.
Tex. Property Code § 113.022 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.022
§ 113.022. POWER TO PROVIDE RESIDENCE AND PAY FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A trustee of a trust that is not a charitable remainder unitrust, annuity trust, or pooled income fund that is intended to qualify for a federal tax deduction under Section 664, Internal Revenue Code, after giving consideration to the probable intention of the settlor and finding that the trustee's action would be consistent with that probable intention, may:

(1) permit real estate held in trust to be occupied by a beneficiary who is currently eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate;

(2) if reasonably necessary for the maintenance of a beneficiary who is currently eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate, invest trust funds in real property to be used for a home by the beneficiary; and

(3) in the trustee's discretion, pay funeral expenses of a beneficiary who at the time of the beneficiary's death was eligible to receive distributions from the trust estate.
Tex. Government Code § 499.1215 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 499 / Section 499.1215
§ 499.1215. TRANSFER TO DEPARTMENT; COMPENSATION TO COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "cost of confinement" means the amount that would have been incurred by the department to confine a person. The term does not include costs for medical, behavioral, or pharmaceutical care.

(b) The department shall take custody of a person awaiting transfer to the department following conviction of a felony and sentencing to death or to a term of imprisonment in the department or confinement in a state jail not later than the 45th day following the date on which all documents required by Sections 8(a) and (c), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, have been certified as required by Section 8(b) of that article.

(c) If the department does not take custody of a person within the period prescribed by Subsection (b), the department shall compensate the county for the cost of confinement for each day the person remains confined in the county jail following the expiration of that period.

(d) If a person remains confined in the county jail following the expiration of the period prescribed by Subsection (b) due to a delay caused by the county:

(1) the county is not entitled to compensation under Subsection (c) for any day that the person remains confined due to the delay caused by the county; and

(2) the county and the department shall arrange to transfer the person to the department as soon as practicable after the delay.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1094.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1094 / Section 1094.111
§ 1094.111. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility.
Tex. Estates Code § 1301.057 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.057
§ 1301.057. APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "financial institution" means a financial institution, as defined by Section 201.101, Finance Code, that has trust powers and exists and does business under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the court shall appoint a financial institution to serve as trustee of a management trust, other than a management trust created for a person who has only a physical disability.

(c) The court may appoint a person or entity described by Subsection (d) to serve as trustee of a management trust created for a ward or incapacitated person instead of appointing a financial institution to serve in that capacity if the court finds:

(1) that the appointment is in the best interests of the ward or incapacitated person for whom the trust is created; and

(2) if the value of the trust's principal is more than $150,000, that the applicant for the creation of the trust, after the exercise of due diligence, has been unable to find a financial institution in the geographic area willing to serve as trustee.

(d) The following are eligible for appointment as trustee of a management trust created for a ward or incapacitated person under Subsection (c):

(1) an individual, including an individual who is certified as a private professional guardian;

(2) a nonprofit corporation qualified to serve as a guardian; and

(3) a guardianship program.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 295A.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 295A / Section 295A.153
§ 295A.153. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROVISION OR PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

To the extent any provision or procedure under this chapter causes a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter to be ineligible for federal matching funds, the board may provide by rule for an alternative provision or procedure that conforms to the requirements of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A rule adopted under this section may not create, impose, or materially expand the legal or financial liability or responsibility of the district or an institutional health care provider in the district beyond the provisions of this chapter. This section does not require the board to adopt a rule.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.251
§ 1601.251. SYSTEM CAFETERIA PLAN FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of each system may establish and administer a cafeteria plan fund.

(b) The following shall be credited to the cafeteria plan fund of a system:

(1) salary reduction payments for benefits included in a cafeteria plan adopted under this chapter, other than group coverage plans under the uniform program;

(2) appropriations by the state for the administration of a cafeteria plan; and

(3) a monthly fee established under Section 1601.202.
Tex. Water Code § 10.006 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 10 / Section 10.006
§ 10.006. COUNCIL STAFF.
Status: in_force

On request by the council, the board shall provide any necessary staff to assist the council in the performance of its duties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3980.0708 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3980 / Section 3980.0708
§ 3980.0708. OPERATING AGREEMENT AND PROJECT AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), before a new district created by division of the district may exercise any powers under this chapter:

(1) the new district must enter into:

(A) a joinder to the existing operating agreement between the city and the district; or

(B) a separate operating agreement with the city; and

(2) each developer of property in the new district must enter into:

(A) a joinder to an existing project agreement between the city and a developer of property in the district applicable to the territory in the new district; or

(B) a separate project agreement with the city.

(b) A new district created by division of the district has the powers necessary, convenient, or desirable to negotiate and execute an agreement described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Insurance Code § 443.011 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 443 / Section 443.011
§ 443.011. ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST RECEIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) An allegation by the receiver of improper or fraudulent conduct against any person may not be the basis of a defense to the enforcement of a contractual obligation owed to the insurer by a third party, unless the conduct is found to have been materially and substantially related to the contractual obligation for which enforcement is sought.

(b) A prior wrongful or negligent action of any present or former officer, manager, director, trustee, owner, employee, or agent of the insurer may not be asserted as a defense to a claim by the receiver under a theory of estoppel, comparative fault, intervening cause, proximate cause, reliance, mitigation of damages, or otherwise, except that the affirmative defense of fraud in the inducement may be asserted against the receiver in a claim based on a contract, and a principal under a surety bond or a surety undertaking is entitled to credit against any reimbursement obligation to the receiver for the value of any property pledged to secure the reimbursement obligation to the extent that the receiver has possession or control of the property or that the insurer or its agents commingled or otherwise misappropriated the property. Evidence of fraud in the inducement is admissible only if the evidence is contained in the records of the insurer.

(c) An action or inaction by the department or the insurance regulatory authorities in any state may not be asserted as a defense to a claim by the receiver.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a judgment or order entered against an insured or the insurer in contravention of any stay or injunction under this chapter, or at any time by default or collusion, may not be considered as evidence of liability or of the amount of damages in adjudicating claims filed in the estate arising out of the subject matter of the judgment or order.

(e) Subsection (d) does not apply to guaranty associations' claims for amounts paid on settlements and judgments in pursuit of their statutory obligations.

(f) The receiver may not be deemed a governmental entity for the purposes of any state law awarding fees to a litigant who prevails against a governmental entity.
Tex. Government Code § 659.061 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.061
§ 659.061. EXPENSES OF EMPLOYEES INJURED OR KILLED WHILE ON DUTY.
Status: in_force

In addition to other benefits of employment provided by law, a state agency may, to the extent authorized by an appropriation for the purpose, spend appropriated funds to pay for drugs and medical, hospital, laboratory, and funeral expenses of an employee under the jurisdiction and control of the agency:

(1) who is injured or killed while engaged in the performance of a necessary governmental function assigned to the employee; or

(2) whose duties require the employee to be exposed to unavoidable dangers peculiar to the performance of a necessary governmental function.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 47.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 47 / Section 47.09
§ 47.09. CLAIMANT TO PAY CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The claimant of the property, before he shall be entitled to have the same delivered to him, shall pay all reasonable charges for the safekeeping of the same while in the custody of the law, which charges shall be verified by the affidavit of the officer claiming the same, and determined by the court having jurisdiction thereof. If said charges are not paid, the property shall be sold as under execution; and the proceeds of sale, after the payment of said charges and costs of sale, paid to the owner of such property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3928.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3928 / Section 3928.103
§ 3928.103. RAIL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate rail facilities and improvements in aid of those facilities.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 44.003 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.003
§ 44.003. ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL-LOCAL PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) If the program is to be funded through political subdivisions of the state or local agencies approved by the Texas Workforce Commission matching federal grants, the Texas Workforce Commission shall promulgate procedures for effective delivery of services consistent with this section and with federal law and regulations.

(b) If the services are provided through contracting with operators of day-care programs on request from political subdivisions or local agencies, the Texas Workforce Commission may not promulgate standards for selection of the type of programs more restrictive than required by federal law or regulations.

(c) The executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission shall establish an accounting system consistent with federal law and regulations which will provide that an operator of a day-care program contracting with the Texas Workforce Commission:

(1) shall receive prepayment in accordance with policies and procedures mutually agreed on by the comptroller and the Texas Workforce Commission; and

(2) shall be paid on the basis of legitimate and reasonable expenses, insofar as possible, given federal regulations and department policy, instead of being paid on the basis of the number of children attending or the number of children enrolled in the program, provided that on being monitored by the Texas Workforce Commission, the contracting operator can substantiate that there were sufficient preparations in the development of the services offered.

(d) The executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission shall establish procedures for hearing complaints by operators of day-care programs contracting with the Texas Workforce Commission relating to the failure of the Texas Workforce Commission to comply with Subsection (c).
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.351 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.351
§ 1002.351. PUBLIC PRACTICE OF GEOSCIENCE BY FIRM OR CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A firm or corporation may engage in the public practice of geoscience only if:

(1) the geoscientific work is performed by, or under the supervision of, a licensed geoscientist who is in responsible charge of the work and who signs and seals all geoscientific reports, documents, and other records as required by this chapter; or

(2) the principal business of the firm or corporation is the public practice of geoscience as determined by board rule and a principal of the firm or an officer or director of the corporation is a licensed geoscientist and has overall supervision and control of the geoscientific work performed in this state.

(b) The board may adopt rules relating to the public practice of geoscience by a firm or corporation. Rules adopted under this section must recognize that this chapter does not apply to an engineer or engineering firm that performs service or work that is both engineering and geoscience. A firm that engages in the practice of both engineering and geoscience is exempt from any firm registration requirements created under this subsection.

(c) Except as provided by this section, an individual, firm, or corporation may not represent to the public that the individual, firm, or corporation is a licensed geoscientist or able to perform geoscientific services or prepare a geoscientific report, document, or other record that requires the signature and seal of a license holder under Section 1002.263(b).
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.241 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.241
§ 51.241. ISSUANCE OF PATENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall issue a patent when the records of his office reflect that full payment for land has been made where required and fees that are due on the land have been paid to the land office and have not been withdrawn, including the fee for recording the patent in the county or counties in which the land is located.
Tex. Education Code § 29.162 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.162
§ 29.162. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may adopt rules for this subchapter, including rules establishing full-day and half-day minutes of operation requirements as provided by Section 25.081.

(b) Section 2001.0045, Government Code, does not apply to rules adopted under this section.
Tex. Finance Code § 122.059 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 122 / Section 122.059
§ 122.059. DELEGATION OF MANAGEMENT AND LOAN APPROVAL AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Without written approval of the commissioner, a credit union may not:

(1) contract with an individual who is not an officer, director, or employee of the credit union or with an organization for the provision of the management of the credit union; or

(2) delegate to an individual who is not an officer, director, or employee of the credit union or to an organization the authority to manage the credit union.

(b) The board may delegate all or part of its power to approve or disapprove a loan to a credit committee, one or more other committees, or one or more individuals.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8824.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8824 / Section 8824.202
§ 8824.202. DISSOLUTION BY ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) After January 1, 2016, the board shall order an election on the question of dissolving the district if the board receives a petition requesting that an election be held for that purpose that is signed by at least 15 percent of the district's registered voters.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the board receives the petition, the directors shall:

(1) validate the signatures on the petition; and

(2) if the signatures are validated, order an election on the next uniform election date under Section 41.001, Election Code.

(c) The order calling the election must state the nature of the election, including the proposition that is to appear on the ballot.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3924.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3924 / Section 3924.054
§ 3924.054. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.153
§ 1062.153. AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8515.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8515 / Section 8515.0305
§ 8515.0305. POWERS RELATING TO GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The authority may accept grants or contract with any person in connection with or in aid of the exercise of any right, power, privilege, or function of the authority.
Tex. Property Code § 76.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 76 / Section 76.002
§ 76.002. OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) a reference to the treasurer of a holder includes a person performing the duties of the treasurer of a holder in a school district, municipality, or county in which the office of treasurer does not exist;

(2) a reference to the chief fiscal officer of a holder includes a person performing the duties of the chief fiscal officer of a holder in a school district, municipality, or county in which the office of chief fiscal officer does not exist; and

(3) a reference to the attorney for a holder includes an attorney designated by the governing body of the holder to represent the holder.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7982A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7982A / Section 7982A.0201
§ 7982A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7982A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.308 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.308
§ 110.308. RENEWAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE BY OUT-OF-STATE PRACTITIONER.
Status: in_force

A person whose license has been expired for one year or longer may renew the license without complying with the requirements of Section 110.307(d) by paying to the council a fee equal to two times the required renewal fee if the person:

(1) was licensed in this state;

(2) moved to another state; and

(3) has been licensed and in practice in the other state for two years preceding the date of application for renewal.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.136 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.136
§ 451.136. RAIL SAFETY PLAN AND REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt and the general manager shall implement a rail safety plan in accordance with federal and industry standards for all authority rail activities, including commuter and freight rail activities.

(b) The plan must address and emphasize ongoing maintenance and safety of the authority's railroad bridges.

(c) To ensure that contractor services on the authority's rail system meet safety obligations, the plan must include specifics regarding monitoring of contractors for safety-related performance, including regular:

(1) hazard analyses;

(2) risk assessments; and

(3) safety audits.

(d) The general manager shall report quarterly to the board on the safety of the authority's rail system. The authority shall provide to the Texas Department of Transportation all reports provided to the Federal Railroad Administration or Federal Transit Administration regarding any aspect of the rail system's safety at the time the reports are delivered to the Federal Railroad Administration or Federal Transit Administration.