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Tex. Property Code § 142.010 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.010
§ 142.010. TRANSFER OF TRUST PROPERTY TO A POOLED TRUST SUBACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "management trust" means a trust created for a beneficiary in accordance with Section 142.005.

(b) If the court with continuing jurisdiction over a management trust determines that it is in the best interests of the beneficiary for whom the management trust is created, the court may order the transfer of all property in the management trust to a pooled trust subaccount established in accordance with Chapter 143.

(c) For purposes of a proceeding to determine whether to transfer property from a management trust to a pooled trust subaccount, the court may, but is not required to, appoint an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem to represent the interests of a management trust beneficiary who has a physical disability and is not an incapacitated person. The attorney ad litem or the guardian ad litem is entitled to a reasonable fee and reimbursement of expenses to be paid from the management trust property.

(d) The transfer of property from the management trust to the pooled trust subaccount shall be treated as a continuation of the management trust and may not be treated as the establishment of a new trust for purposes of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396p(d)(4)(A) or (C) or otherwise for purposes of the management trust beneficiary's eligibility for medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.

(e) The court may not allow termination of the management trust from which property is transferred under this section until all of the property in the management trust has been transferred to the pooled trust subaccount.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.307
§ 1073.307. IMPOSITION OF TAX AND RETURN OF SURPLUS TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall:

(1) determine the debt owed by the district; and

(2) impose on the property included in the district's tax rolls a tax that is in proportion of the debt to the property value.

(b) On the payment of all outstanding debts and obligations of the district, the board shall order the secretary to return to each district taxpayer the taxpayer's pro rata share of all unused tax money.

(c) A taxpayer may request that the taxpayer's share of surplus tax money be credited to the taxpayer's county taxes. If a taxpayer requests the credit, the board shall direct the secretary to transmit the money to the county tax assessor-collector.
Tex. Property Code § 64.062 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 64 / Section 64.062
§ 64.062. PRIORITY SUBJECT TO SUBORDINATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not preclude subordination by agreement by a person entitled to priority.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 64.026 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 64 / Section 64.026
§ 64.026. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

No person may hunt or possess a migratory game bird by any means or method except as provided by regulation issued under this code.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.206 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.206
§ 1104.206. ALTERNATE SELF-PROVING OF DECLARATION.
Status: in_force

At any time during the declarant's lifetime, a declaration described by Section 1104.203(a)(1) may be made self-proved in the same form and manner that a will written wholly in the testator's handwriting is made self-proved under Section 251.107.
Tex. Transportation Code § 453.403 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 453 / Section 453.403
§ 453.403. ELECTION TO CHANGE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) At an election ordered under Section 453.401(b)(2), the ballots shall be prepared to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The increase (decrease) of the local sales and use tax rate of (name of transit department) to (percentage)."

(b) The increase or decrease in the tax rate becomes effective if it is approved by a majority of the votes cast.

(c) A notice of the election and a certified copy of the order canvassing the election results shall be:

(1) sent to the Texas Department of Transportation and the comptroller; and

(2) filed in the deed records of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8012A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8012A / Section 8012A.0305
§ 8012A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.302
§ 1100.302. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.

(b) In setting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.
Tex. Property Code § 112.081 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.081
§ 112.081. OTHER AUTHORITY TO DISTRIBUTE IN FURTHER TRUST NOT LIMITED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may not be construed to limit the power of an authorized trustee to distribute property in further trust under the terms of the governing instrument of a trust, other law, or a court order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.154
§ 1036.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.151
§ 3948.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Government Code § 659.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.005
§ 659.005. WITNESS FEES; JURY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A deduction may not be made from the salary or wages of a state employee because the employee is called for jury service, including a deduction for any fee or compensation the employee receives for the jury service.

(b) A state officer or employee who appears as a witness in an official capacity in a judicial proceeding or legislative hearing may not accept or receive a witness fee for the appearance.

(c) A state officer or employee who appears as a witness, in a capacity other than as a state officer or employee, in a judicial proceeding or legislative hearing to testify from personal knowledge concerning matters related to the proceeding or hearing is entitled to receive any customary witness fees for the appearance.

(d) A state officer or employee who appears as an expert witness in a judicial proceeding or legislative hearing may accept compensation for the appearance only if the person is not also compensated by the state for the person's time in making the appearance and may accept reimbursement for travel expenses only if the expenses are not reimbursed by the state. For purposes of this subsection, paid leave is not considered time compensated by the state.

(e) A state officer or employee may receive reimbursement for travel and a per diem or reimbursement for expenses connected to an appearance in an official capacity as a witness in a judicial proceeding or legislative hearing only from the state or the judicial body, but not from both the state and the judicial body.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7806.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7806 / Section 7806.102
§ 7806.102. RECLAMATION AND DRAINAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may purchase, acquire, construct, own, operate, maintain, repair, rebuild, add to, and make improvements to any works, materials, facilities, plants, equipment, and improvements necessary, helpful, or incident to the reclamation of land in the district and for the proper drainage of land in the district.

(b) To accomplish the purposes of Subsection (a), the district may issue bonds and notes, enter into contracts, or incur obligations in the manner provided by this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.252 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.252
§ 92.252. APPLICATION FOR CONVERSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A savings bank may convert to another financial institution if a resolution declaring the conversion is adopted by a majority vote of the members or shareholders of the savings bank who are entitled to vote at an annual meeting or a special meeting called to consider the conversion.

(b) The application to convert must:

(1) be filed in the office of the commissioner not later than the 30th day after the date of the meeting; and

(2) include a copy of the minutes of the meeting, sworn to by the secretary or an assistant secretary.

(c) The copy of the minutes filed under Subsection (b) is presumptive evidence that the meeting was held and the resolution was adopted.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.602 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.602
§ 460.602. PARTICIPATION IN SERVICE PLAN; AGREEMENT WITH MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A service plan may be implemented in an area of a municipality that has not authorized the authority's sales and use tax levy if:

(1) the authorization by the municipality of the authority's sales and use tax levy, when combined with the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions in the municipality, would exceed two percent in any location in the municipality; and

(2) the municipality has entered into an agreement with the authority to provide public transportation services in a public transportation financing area designated under this subchapter in exchange for all or a portion of the tax increment in the area.

(b) An authority described by Section 460.252 may enter into an agreement under Subsection (a)(2) only if the board of directors of the authority approves the agreement by an affirmative vote of at least three-fifths of the members described by either Section 460.253(1) or (3) and at least one member appointed by the commissioners court.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.504 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74 / Section 74.504
§ 74.504. RELEASE.
Status: in_force

The entry of an order for the payment of future damages by periodic payments constitutes a release of the health care liability claim filed by the claimant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.203
§ 1005.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order a general obligation bond election. The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the nature and date of the election;

(2) the hours during which the polls must be open;

(3) the location of the polling places;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(c) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by Section 1251.003, Government Code.

(d) The board shall declare the results of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8015.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8015 / Section 8015.003
§ 8015.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 25.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 25 / Section 25.001
§ 25.001. CREATION.
Status: in_force

Using funds appropriated for that purpose, the department by rule shall develop and implement a children's access to nutritious food program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of allowing food banks to provide children at risk of hunger or obesity with access to nutritious food outside the school day.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1504.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.101
§ 1504.101. DENIAL OF ENROLLMENT ON CERTAIN GROUNDS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A benefit plan issuer may not deny enrollment of a child under the health or dental coverage of the child's parent on the ground that the child:

(1) has a preexisting condition;

(2) was born out of wedlock;

(3) is not claimed as a dependent on the parent's federal income tax return;

(4) does not reside with the parent; or

(5) receives or has applied for medical assistance.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.035
§ 2054.035. PARTICIPATION AND ACCESSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the department.

(b) The department shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the department. The department shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.

(c) The board by rule shall establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the department for the purpose of directing complaints to the department. The board may provide for that notification:

(1) on each registration form, application, or written contract for services of an individual or entity regulated under this chapter;

(2) on a sign prominently displayed in the place of business of each individual or entity regulated under this chapter; or

(3) in a bill for service provided by an individual or entity regulated under this chapter.

(d) The department shall comply with federal and state laws related to program and facility accessibility. The executive director shall also prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English can be provided reasonable access to the department's programs and services.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 21A.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 21A / Section 21A.001
§ 21A.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "residential real estate" means real property on which a dwelling designed for occupancy for one to four families is constructed or intended to be constructed.
Tex. Water Code § 17.186 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.186
§ 17.186. ALTERATION OF PLANS.
Status: in_force

After the executive administrator approves of engineering plans, a political subdivision may not make any substantial or material alteration in the plans unless the executive administrator authorizes the alteration in accordance with rules of the board. For a waste water treatment plant or other facility required to have commission approval of the plans and specifications, the commission must give its approval before a substantial or material alteration is made in those plans.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.005
§ 534.005. TERMS; VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Appointed members of the board of trustees who are not members of a local agency's governing body serve staggered two-year terms. In appointing the initial members, the appointing authority shall designate not less than one-third or more than one-half of the members to serve one-year terms and shall designate the remaining members to serve two-year terms.

(b) A vacancy on a board of trustees composed of qualified voters is filled by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.052
§ 336.052. APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The lead governmental entity shall appoint four trustees to the board.

(b) The most populous county in which the district is located shall appoint three trustees to the board, unless the county is the lead governmental entity. If the county is the lead governmental entity, the most populous municipality in the county shall appoint three trustees.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.064 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.064
§ 61.064. TRANSFER OF A PUBLIC HOSPITAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental entity that owns, operates, or leases a public hospital and that closes, sells, or leases the hospital:

(1) has the obligation to provide basic health care services under this chapter;

(2) shall adopt the eligibility standards that the hospital was or would have been required to adopt; and

(3) shall provide the same services the hospital was or would have been required to provide under this chapter on the date of the closing, sale, or lease.

(b) If the governmental entity owned, operated, or leased the public hospital before January 1, 1985, and sold or leased the hospital on or after that date but before September 1, 1986, the obligation retained is the obligation the hospital would have had on September 1, 1986.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), if a hospital district that owns, operates, or leases a public hospital dissolves, the district has no responsibility under this chapter. If on or before dissolution the district sold or transferred its hospital to another governmental entity, that governmental entity assumes the district's responsibility to provide health care services in accordance with this subchapter. If the district did not sell or transfer the hospital to another governmental entity, the county shall provide health care services to the residents of the district's service area in accordance with Subchapter B.

(d) This section does not apply to a governmental entity that sold or leased a public hospital to a hospital district or a hospital authority on or after January 1, 1985, but before September 1, 1986. If a governmental entity sold or leased a hospital as provided by this subsection, the hospital ceased being a public hospital for the purposes of this chapter on the date it was sold or leased, and neither the governmental entity nor the hospital district or hospital authority has any responsibility under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 26.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.051
§ 26.051. WRIT POWER.
Status: in_force

A county judge, in either term time or vacation, may grant writs of mandamus, injunction, sequestration, attachment, garnishment, certiorari, and supersedeas and all other writs necessary to the enforcement of the court's jurisdiction.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.202
§ 1201.202. ORDER OF REQUIRED POLICY PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), policy provisions required by this subchapter or corresponding substitute provisions must be printed in the same consecutive order as provided by this subchapter.

(b) An insurer may print a policy provision required by this subchapter or a corresponding substitute provision as a unit in any part of the policy with other provisions to which the provision is logically related.

(c) A policy printed under Subsection (b) may not be wholly or partly unintelligible, uncertain, ambiguous, abstruse, or likely to mislead a person to whom the policy is offered, delivered, or issued.
Tex. Education Code § 54.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.004
§ 54.004. RETENTION AND USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

All tuition, local funds, and fees collected by an institution of higher education shall be retained and expended by the institution and accounted for annually as provided in the general appropriations act.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.011 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.011
§ 21.011. FILING OF CHARGING INSTRUMENT OR RELATED DOCUMENT IN ELECTRONIC FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) An indictment, information, complaint, or other charging instrument or a related document in a criminal case may be filed in electronic form with a judge or clerk of the court authorized to receive the document.

(b) A judge or clerk of the court is authorized to receive for filing purposes an information, indictment, complaint, or other charging instrument or a related document in electronic form in accordance with Subchapter I, Chapter 51, Government Code, if:

(1) the document complies with the requirements that would apply if the document were filed in hard-copy form;

(2) the clerk of the court has the means to electronically store the document for the statutory period of record retention;

(3) the judge or clerk of the court is able to reproduce the document in hard-copy form on demand; and

(4) the clerk of the court is able to display or otherwise make the document available in electronic form to the public at no charge.

(c) The person filing the document and the person receiving the document must complete the electronic filing as provided by Section 51.804, Government Code.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 51.806, Government Code, an indictment, information, complaint, or other charging instrument or a related document transmitted in electronic form is exempt from a requirement under this code that the pleading be endorsed by a natural person. The requirement of an oath under this code is satisfied if:

(1) all or part of the document was sworn to; and

(2) the electronic form states which parts of the document were sworn to and the name of the officer administering the oath.

(e) An electronically filed document described by this section may be amended or modified in compliance with Chapter 28 or other applicable law. The amended or modified document must reflect that the original document has been superseded.

(f) This section does not affect the application of Section 51.318, Government Code, Section 118.052(3), Local Government Code, or any other law permitting the collection of fees for the provision of services related to court documents.
Tex. Estates Code § 252.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 252 / Section 252.152
§ 252.152. PRIOR DEPOSITED WILL IN RELATION TO LATER WILL.
Status: in_force

A will that is not deposited as provided by Subchapter A shall be admitted to probate on proof that the will is the last will of the testator, notwithstanding the fact that the testator has a prior will that has been deposited in accordance with Subchapter A.
Tex. Education Code § 32.034 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 32 / Section 32.034
§ 32.034. CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, as provided by State Board of Education policy, may enter into an interagency contract with a public institution of higher education or a consortium of public institutions of higher education in this state to sponsor a center for educational technology under this section.

(b) The purpose of the center is to improve the quality and efficiency of the educational process through research, development, or site evaluation of:

(1) existing and new applications of technology specifically designed for educational applications; and

(2) educational applications of technology originally developed for commercial or other purposes.

(c) The membership of the center shall consist of public school educators, regional education service centers, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and private sector representatives. The State Board of Education shall establish membership policies for the center.

(d) The board of directors of the center shall be appointed by the State Board of Education and shall consist of:

(1) representatives of the center, including members of the public education system;

(2) a representative of each sponsoring institution of higher education; and

(3) the commissioner or the commissioner's representative.

(e) The board of directors shall:

(1) employ a director for the center; and

(2) establish priorities for the center's activities.

(f) The director is responsible for the center's activities.