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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9072.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9072 / Section 9072.103
§ 9072.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1048.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1048 / Section 1048.209
§ 1048.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

The district may use the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay:

(1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds;

(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds, not to exceed five years;

(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds:

(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or construction, not to exceed five years; and

(B) for one year after the project or facility is acquired or constructed;

(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds, including debt service reserve and contingency funds;

(5) costs related to the issuance of the bonds;

(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through the bonds; and

(7) costs of construction of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds, including the payment of related professional services and expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7983.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7983 / Section 7983.106
§ 7983.106. 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. Government Code § 72.027 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 72 / Section 72.027
§ 72.027. ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The supreme court or the chief justice of the supreme court may assign the director duties in addition to those imposed by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4008.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.0108
§ 4008.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.3015 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.3015
§ 171.3015. FORFEITURE OF CERTIFICATE OR REGISTRATION OF TAXABLE ENTITY.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may, for the same reasons and using the same procedures the comptroller uses in relation to the forfeiture of a corporation's charter or certificate of authority, forfeit the certificate or registration of a taxable entity.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 301.001 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 301 / Section 301.001
§ 301.001. APPLICABILITY OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) This title applies only to a professional entity or foreign professional entity.

(b) This title does not affect:

(1) the professional or confidential relationship between a person who provides a professional service and the recipient of that service; or

(2) a person's legal remedies against another person who commits an error, omission, negligent or incompetent act, or malfeasance while providing a professional service.

(c) This title does not apply to a partnership, including a limited liability partnership.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.006
§ 285.006. SECURITY; DEFAULT OF REPAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An advance under a revenue anticipation agreement is secured by and payable from:

(1) a pledge of and lien on district revenue from the operation and maintenance of its hospital facilities; or

(2) tax revenues, when collected, imposed for the purpose of operating and maintaining the district's facilities for the year during which the advances are made.

(b) If the district fails to repay any advanced amount when due under an agreement or under this subchapter, an application for a writ of mandamus or other action may be filed in a district court to enforce the agreement and repayment as required by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8055.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8055 / Section 8055.0201
§ 8055.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8055.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.001
§ 13.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In this chapter:

(1) "Commercial weighing or measuring device" means a weighing or measuring device used in a commercial transaction.

(1-a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 2119), Sec. 10, eff. June 14, 2019.

(2) "Operator" or "user" means a person in possession or control of a weighing or measuring device.

(3) "Sell" includes barter or exchange.

(4) "Weighing or measuring device" means a scale or a mechanical or electronic device used to dispense or deliver a commodity by weight, volume, flow rate, or other measure or to compute the charge for a service.

(5) "Weight or measure of a commodity" means the weight or measure of a commodity as determined by a weighing or measuring device.

(b) A reference to the weight of a commodity in this chapter is a reference to the net weight of the commodity.

(c) In this chapter, "commodity" does not include motor fuel.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3984.0313 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3984 / Section 3984.0313
§ 3984.0313. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Education Code § 74.755 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.755
§ 74.755. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents may execute and carry out affiliation or coordination agreements with any other entity or institution in the region.

(b) The board of regents may make joint appointments in the health science center, its component institutions, and other institutions under the board's governance. The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of services rendered.
Tex. Local Government Code § 552.105 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.105
§ 552.105. RELOCATION OF WATER LINE TO ALLOW CHANGE TO TRAFFIC LANE.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority of the Texas Transportation Commission under this section is limited to a water line on a state highway not in a municipality. The authority of the commissioners court under this section is limited to a water line on a county road not in a municipality.

(b) The Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court of a county may require a water corporation or municipality to relocate the corporation's or municipality's water line at the corporation's or municipality's own expense to allow the widening or other changing of a traffic lane.

(c) To impose a requirement under this section, the Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court, as appropriate, must give to the water corporation or municipality 30 days' written notice of the requirement. The notice must identify the water line to be relocated and indicate the location on the new right-of-way where the corporation or municipality may place the line.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3862.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3862 / Section 3862.106
§ 3862.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including Webb County or the city, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Government Code § 802.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 802 / Section 802.302
§ 802.302. PREPARATION OF ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall request a public retirement system affected by a bill or resolution as described by Section 802.301(a) to provide the board with an actuarial analysis.

(b) An actuarial analysis required by this section must be prepared by an actuary who is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, or an enrolled actuary under the Employees Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.).

(c) A public retirement system that receives a request under Subsection (a) must provide the board with an actuarial analysis on or before the 21st day after the date of the request, if the request relates to a bill or resolution introduced for consideration during a regular legislative session.

(d) The board shall adopt deadlines for the provision under this section of an actuarial analysis that relates to a bill or resolution introduced for consideration during a called legislative session. The deadlines must be designed to provide the most complete information practicable in a timely manner.

(e) The board may prepare an actuarial analysis for a public retirement system that receives a request under Subsection (a) and does not provide the board with an actuarial analysis within the required period under Subsection (c) or (d).

(f) The public retirement system may reimburse the board's costs incurred in preparing an actuarial analysis under Subsection (e).

(g) For each actuarial analysis that a public retirement system prepares, the board shall have a second actuary:

(1) review the actuarial analysis accompanying the bill or resolution; and

(2) comment on the reasonableness of each actuarial assumption used in the public retirement system's actuarial analysis.

(h) Even if a public retirement system prepares an actuarial analysis under Subsection (c) or (d), the board may have a second actuary prepare a separate actuarial analysis.

(i) A public retirement system is not prohibited from providing to the legislature any actuarial analysis or information that the system determines necessary or proper.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 541.204 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 541 / Section 541.204
§ 541.204. PROCESSING OF CERTAIN PERSONAL DATA BY CONTROLLER OR OTHER PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) Personal data processed by a controller under this subchapter may not be processed for any purpose other than a purpose listed in this subchapter unless otherwise allowed by this chapter. Personal data processed by a controller under this subchapter may be processed to the extent that the processing of the data is:

(1) reasonably necessary and proportionate to the purposes listed in this subchapter; and

(2) adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the specific purposes listed in this subchapter.

(b) Personal data collected, used, or retained under Section 541.202(a) must, where applicable, take into account the nature and purpose of such collection, use, or retention. The personal data described by this subsection is subject to reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the personal data and to reduce reasonably foreseeable risks of harm to consumers relating to the collection, use, or retention of personal data.

(c) A controller that processes personal data under an exemption in this subchapter bears the burden of demonstrating that the processing of the personal data qualifies for the exemption and complies with the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b).

(d) The processing of personal data by an entity for the purposes described by Section 541.201 does not solely make the entity a controller with respect to the processing of the data.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2003.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.001
§ 2003.001. FIRE LOSS INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall ascertain as soon as practicable the annual fire loss in this state.

(b) The department shall, in a manner that will aid in determining equitable insurance rates and methods to reduce annual fire loss and insurance rates of this state or subdivisions of this state:

(1) obtain, make, and maintain records regarding the annual fire loss in this state; and

(2) collect data concerning the annual fire loss as necessary to enable the department to classify:

(A) fire losses in this state;

(B) the causes of those fire losses;

(C) the amount of the premiums collected for fire loss for each class of risk; and

(D) the amount paid for the fire losses.

(c) The commissioner may designate one or more advisory organizations or other agencies to gather, audit, and compile the fire loss experience of insurers. The insurers shall bear the costs incurred under this subsection.

(d) To implement this section, the department may:

(1) employ clerical personnel, inspectors, experts, and other assistants; and

(2) incur other necessary expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8326.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8326 / Section 8326.152
§ 8326.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8326.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Family Code § 159.310 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.310
§ 159.310. DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Title IV-D agency is the state information agency under this chapter.

(b) The state information agency shall:

(1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state that have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;

(2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;

(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; and

(4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property in this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0315 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.0315
§ 341.0315. PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, the commission shall ensure that public drinking water supply systems:

(1) supply safe drinking water in adequate quantities;

(2) are financially stable; and

(3) are technically sound.

(b) The commission shall encourage and promote the development and use of regional and areawide drinking water supply systems.

(c) Each public drinking water supply system shall provide an adequate and safe drinking water supply. The supply must:

(1) meet the requirements of Section 341.031 and commission rules; and

(2) provide a quantity of water or capacity of water sufficient to serve the number of connections served by the public drinking water supply system.

(c-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule shall establish connection equivalency values for each meter size used to serve a recreational vehicle park, as defined by Section 13.087, Water Code, for use in determining the number of connections served by a public drinking water supply system that provides service through meters. When determining the number of connections, the commission may only consider service for which a meter has been installed that conforms with industry standards. The rules must:

(1) establish that eight recreational vehicle or cabin sites at a recreational vehicle park, whether occupied or not, are equivalent to one residential metered connection; and

(2) provide a variance from a connection equivalency value established under this subsection for a public drinking water supply system if actual system usage is more than 10 percent below the equivalency value.

(d) The commission shall consider compliance history in determining issuance of new permits, renewal permits, and permit amendments for a public drinking water system.

(e) The commission shall establish a system to provide automatic reminders to public drinking water supply systems about regular reporting requirements applicable to the systems under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.) and this chapter that relate to commission rules adopted under those laws. An automatic reminder provided under this subsection is a courtesy. A public drinking water supply system is responsible for complying with applicable regular reporting requirements regardless of whether the commission provides automatic reminders.
Tex. Government Code § 1432.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1432 / Section 1432.003
§ 1432.003. AUTHORITY FOR SPORTS CENTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A local government may construct, acquire, lease, improve, enlarge, and operate one or more facilities used for sporting activities or events, including auxiliary facilities such as parking areas or restaurants.

(b) A local government may contract with any public or private entity, including a coliseum advisory board or similar body, to perform any function authorized under this chapter other than an official governmental act that must be performed by the governing body of a local government.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0206
§ 9092.0206. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

Three directors constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. A favorable vote of a majority of a quorum present is sufficient for the enactment of all measures.
Tex. Estates Code § 252.201 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 252 / Section 252.201
§ 252.201. WILL DELIVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) On receiving notice of a testator's death, the person who has custody of the testator's will shall deliver the will to the clerk of the court that has jurisdiction of the testator's estate.

(b) The clerk of the court shall handle the will in the same manner prescribed by Subchapter A for a will deposited under Section 252.001 other than collection of a fee under Section 252.001(b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.058 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.058
§ 462.058. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A director of the association or a member insurer or other entity represented by the director may not receive money or another valuable thing directly, indirectly, or through any substantial interest in any other corporation, firm, or business unit for negotiating, procuring, participating in, recommending, or aiding in a reinsurance agreement, merger, or other transaction, including the purchase, sale, or exchange of assets, insurance policies, or property made by the association or the supervisor, conservator, or receiver on behalf of an impaired insurer.

(b) The director, member insurer, or entity may not be pecuniarily or contractually interested, as principal, coprincipal, agent, or beneficiary, directly, indirectly, or through any substantial interest in any other corporation, firm, or business unit, in the reinsurance agreement, merger, purchase, sale, exchange, or other transaction.
Tex. Education Code § 1.010 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1 / Section 1.010
§ 1.010. PROHIBITION ON REGULATION OF HOME SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

The Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or any other educational institution described by Section 1.001(a) may not adopt a rule or policy that regulates an educational program of a home school.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.208 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.208
§ 453.208. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall issue a license to an applicant who:

(1) passes the examination under Section 453.205;

(2) meets the qualifications prescribed by Section 453.203; and

(3) has not committed an act that constitutes a ground for denial of a license under Section 453.351.

(b) The board may issue a physical therapist assistant license to a person who has not completed an accredited physical therapist assistant program if the person:

(1) meets the requirements under Section 453.203(a); and

(2) has not been the subject of disciplinary action in another state or nation.
Tex. Estates Code § 360.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 360 / Section 360.152
§ 360.152. WRIT OF PARTITION.
Status: in_force

(a) When commissioners are appointed under Section 360.151, the clerk shall issue a writ of partition directed to the commissioners, commanding the commissioners to:

(1) proceed promptly to make the partition and distribution in accordance with the court decree; and

(2) return the writ, with the commissioners' proceedings under the writ, on a date stated in the writ.

(b) A copy of the court decree must accompany the writ.

(c) The writ must be served by:

(1) delivering the writ and the accompanying copy of the court decree to one of the commissioners; and

(2) notifying the other commissioners, verbally or otherwise, of the commissioners' appointment.

(d) Service under Subsection (c) may be made by any person.