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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3953.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3953 / Section 3953.051
§ 3953.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of nine voting directors appointed by the governing body of the city under Section 3953.052 who serve staggered terms of four years with four or five directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The board by resolution may increase or decrease the number of voting directors on the board if the board determines the change is in the best interest of the district. The board may not:

(1) increase the number of voting directors to more than 20; or

(2) decrease the number of voting directors to fewer than nine.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1151.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.151
§ 1151.151. EXTENDED TERM OR PAID-UP INSURANCE FOR CERTAIN POLICIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state before March 29, 1941, under former Article 3.43 of this code.

(b) An insured or a beneficiary of the insured is entitled to elect extended term or paid-up insurance under an industrial life insurance policy that does not by its terms provide a stipulated form of insurance to the insured or beneficiary on default in payment of premiums if:

(1) premiums have been paid on the policy for at least three years; and

(2) the insured or beneficiary gives written notice of the election to the insurer at the insurer's home office before the expiration of the term of extended insurance.

(c) An insured or beneficiary who does not make an election as provided by Subsection (b) is considered to have elected extended term insurance.

(d) The net value of extended term or paid-up insurance shall be determined as provided by Section 1151.153.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1305.107 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.107
§ 1305.107. TELEPHONE ACCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each network shall have appropriate personnel reasonably available through a toll-free telephone service at least 40 hours per week during normal business hours, in both time zones in this state if applicable, to discuss an employee's care and to allow response to requests for information, including information regarding adverse determinations.

(b) A network must have a telephone system capable of accepting or recording or providing instructions to incoming calls during other than normal business hours. The network shall respond to those calls not later than two business days after the date:

(1) the call was received by the network; or

(2) the details necessary to respond were received by the network from the caller.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.118 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.118
§ 366.118. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW; CONFLICTS.
Status: in_force

All laws affecting the issuance of bonds by local governmental entities, including Chapters 1201, 1202, 1204, and 1371, Government Code, apply to bonds issued under this chapter. To the extent of a conflict between those laws and this chapter, the provisions of this chapter prevail.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.206 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.206
§ 22.206. ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

Directors other than the initial directors are elected, appointed, or designated in the manner provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws. If the method of election, designation, or appointment is not provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws, directors other than the initial directors are elected by the board of directors.
Tex. Education Code § 70.04 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 70 / Section 70.04
§ 70.04. RULES AND REGULATIONS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt other rules and regulations for the operation, control, and management of the university that are necessary for the conduct of the university as one of the first class. The board is specifically authorized to make joint appointments in the university and in other institutions under its governance. The salary of any person who receives a joint appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of services rendered.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 826 / Section 826.041
§ 826.041. REPORTS OF RABIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who knows of an animal bite or scratch to an individual that the person could reasonably foresee as capable of transmitting rabies, or who knows of an animal that the person suspects is rabid, shall report the incident or animal to the local rabies control authority of the county or municipality in which the person lives, in which the animal is located, or in which the exposure occurs.

(b) The report must include:

(1) the name and address of the victim and of the animal's owner, if known; and

(2) any other information that may help in locating the victim or animal.

(c) The local rabies control authority shall investigate a report filed under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.052
§ 3960.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The mayor and members of the governing body of the city shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body, including the mayor, vote to appoint that person.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.016 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.016
§ 116.016. LIMITATIONS ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a licensee or registrant except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

(b) In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the commission may not include a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

(2) restricts the use of a licensee or registrant's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the licensee or registrant; or

(4) restricts the licensee or registrant's advertisement under a trade name.
Tex. Property Code § 116.174 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.174
§ 116.174. MINERALS, WATER, AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent that a trustee accounts for receipts from an interest in minerals or other natural resources pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate them as follows:

(1) If received as delay rental or annual rent on a lease, a receipt must be allocated to income.

(2) If received from a production payment, a receipt must be allocated to income if and to the extent that the agreement creating the production payment provides a factor for interest or its equivalent. The balance must be allocated to principal.

(3) If received as a royalty, shut-in-well payment, take-or-pay payment, or bonus, the trustee shall allocate the receipt equitably.

(4) If an amount is received from a working interest or any other interest not provided for in Subdivision (1), (2), or (3), the trustee must allocate the receipt equitably.

(b) An amount received on account of an interest in water that is renewable must be allocated to income. If the water is not renewable, the trustee must allocate the receipt equitably.

(c) This chapter applies whether or not a decedent or donor was extracting minerals, water, or other natural resources before the interest became subject to the trust.

(d) The trustee may allocate a receipt from any interest in minerals, water, or other natural resources the trust owns on January 1, 2004, in the manner provided by this chapter or in any lawful manner used by the trustee before January 1, 2004, to make the same allocation. The trustee shall allocate a receipt from any interest in minerals, water, or other natural resources acquired by the trust after January 1, 2004, in the manner provided by this chapter.

(e) An allocation of a receipt under this section is presumed to be equitable if the amount allocated to principal is equal to the amount allowed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as a deduction for depletion of the interest.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.045 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.045
§ 155.045. COMBINATION PERMIT.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may issue a combination permit for cigarettes and tobacco products under Section 154.102. A person who receives a combination permit is subject to the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as a person holding a single permit under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.352 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.352
§ 1020.352. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Deaf Smith County Hospital District and the transfer of the existing district assets to and the assumption of debts and bond obligations by Deaf Smith County."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.058
§ 1112.058. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director serves without compensation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8012A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8012A / Section 8012A.0104
§ 8012A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8012A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by applicable law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0101
§ 5010.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of port commissioners of the district.

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

(3) "District" means the Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 21.015 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 21 / Section 21.015
§ 21.015. SIGNATURE OF FORMER OFFICER.
Status: in_force

If an officer whose signature or facsimile signature appears on a bond or whose facsimile signature appears on a coupon ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bond, the signature is valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until the delivery had been made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3830.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3830 / Section 3830.155
§ 3830.155. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's power to borrow, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.
Tex. Family Code § 55.19 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.19
§ 55.19.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.19. DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER TO CRIMINAL COURT ON 18TH BIRTHDAY. (a) The juvenile court may waive its exclusive original jurisdiction and transfer all pending proceedings from the juvenile court to a criminal court on or after the 18th birthday of a child for whom the juvenile court or a court to which the child's case was referred under Section 55.12(2) ordered inpatient mental health services if:

(1) the child is not discharged or furloughed from the inpatient mental health facility before reaching 18 years of age; and

(2) the child is alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct that included a violation of a penal law listed in Section 53.045 and no adjudication concerning the alleged conduct has been made.

(b) A court conducting a waiver of jurisdiction and discretionary transfer hearing under this section shall conduct the hearing according to Sections 54.02(j), (k), and (l).

(c) If after the hearing the juvenile court waives its jurisdiction and transfers the person to criminal court, the juvenile court shall send notification of the transfer of a child under Subsection (a) to the inpatient mental health facility. The criminal court shall, within 90 days of the transfer, institute proceedings under Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure. If those or any subsequent proceedings result in a determination that the defendant is competent to stand trial, the defendant may not receive a punishment for the delinquent conduct described by Subsection (a)(2) that results in confinement for a period longer than the maximum period of confinement the defendant could have received if the defendant had been adjudicated for the delinquent conduct while still a child and within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8851.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8851 / Section 8851.102
§ 8851.102. POWERS AND DUTIES NOT SUBJECT TO STATE SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

The rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties of the district are not subject to the continuing right of supervision of the state through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 16.04 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 16 / Section 16.04
§ 16.04. VOLUNTARY STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

If the accused desires to make a voluntary statement, he may do so before the examination of any witness, but not afterward. His statement shall be reduced to writing by or under the direction of the magistrate, or by the accused or his counsel, and shall be signed by the accused by affixing his name or mark, but shall not be sworn to by him. The magistrate shall attest by his own certificate and signature to the execution and signing of the statement.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2055.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2055 / Section 2055.003
§ 2055.003. FORMATION OF GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a certificate of approval issued by the department under this chapter, two or more business entities or two or more members of a trade association may join together to form a group to purchase individual workers' compensation insurance policies covering each member of the group.

(b) To be eligible to join a group, a business entity must:

(1) be engaged in a business pursuit that is the same as or similar to the other business entities participating in the group as determined by the department; or

(2) be a member of the same trade association as the other business entities participating in the group.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.104
§ 1049.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 551.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 551 / Section 551.001
§ 551.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle:

(1) "Artificial intelligence system" means any machine-based system that, for any explicit or implicit objective, infers from the inputs the system receives how to generate outputs, including content, decisions, predictions, or recommendations, that can influence physical or virtual environments.

(2) "Consumer" means an individual who is a resident of this state acting only in an individual or household context. The term does not include an individual acting in a commercial or employment context.

(3) "Council" means the Texas Artificial Intelligence Council established under Chapter 554.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 15.18 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 15 / Section 15.18
§ 15.18. ARREST FOR OUT-OF-COUNTY OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person arrested under a warrant issued in a county other than the one in which the person is arrested shall be taken before a magistrate of the county where the arrest takes place or, to provide more expeditiously to the arrested person the warnings described by Article 15.17, before a magistrate in any other county of this state, including the county where the warrant was issued. The magistrate shall:

(1) take bail, if allowed by law, and, if without jurisdiction, immediately transmit the bond taken to the court having jurisdiction of the offense; or

(2) in the case of a person arrested under warrant for an offense punishable by fine only, accept a written plea of guilty or nolo contendere, set a fine, determine costs, accept payment of the fine and costs, give credit for time served, determine indigency, or, on satisfaction of the judgment, discharge the defendant, as the case may indicate.

(a-1) If the arrested person is taken before a magistrate of a county other than the county that issued the warrant, the magistrate shall inform the person arrested of the procedures for requesting appointment of counsel and ensure that reasonable assistance in completing the necessary forms for requesting appointment of counsel is provided to the person at the same time. If the person requests the appointment of counsel, the magistrate shall, without unnecessary delay but not later than 24 hours after the person requested the appointment of counsel, transmit, or cause to be transmitted, the necessary request forms to a court or the courts' designee authorized under Article 26.04 to appoint counsel in the county issuing the warrant.

(b) Before the 11th business day after the date a magistrate accepts a written plea of guilty or nolo contendere in a case under Subsection (a)(2), the magistrate shall, if without jurisdiction, transmit to the court having jurisdiction of the offense:

(1) the written plea;

(2) any orders entered in the case; and

(3) any fine or costs collected in the case.

(c) The arrested person may be taken before a magistrate by means of an electronic broadcast system as provided by and subject to the requirements of Article 15.17.

(d) This article does not apply to an arrest made pursuant to a capias pro fine issued under Chapter 43 or Article 45A.259.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1077.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1077 / Section 1077.054
§ 1077.054. MEETING ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A director who fails to attend at least four regular meetings in any 12-month period is considered to have resigned the director's position, effective immediately on the date of the fourth absence. Further action is not required by the director or the board to effectuate a vacancy under this subsection.

(b) A vacancy created by a resignation under this section shall be filled as provided by Section 1077.055.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42.0197 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0197
§ 42.0197. FINDING REGARDING GANG-RELATED CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

In the trial of an offense, on the motion of the attorney representing the state the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment in the case if the judge determines that the applicable conduct was engaged in as part of the activities of a criminal street gang as defined by Section 71.01, Penal Code.
Tex. Education Code § 61.863 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.863
§ 61.863. USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

An institution of higher education may use funds awarded under this section to develop, in connection with a course described by Section 61.861:

(1) curriculum;

(2) assessments;

(3) instructional materials, including technology-based supplemental materials; or

(4) professional development programs for secondary grade-level teachers teaching a course described by Section 61.861.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3872.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3872 / Section 3872.155
§ 3872.155. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district regardless of whether the part of the district where the assessment is to be imposed is subject to an assessment previously imposed by the board.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district are:

(1) a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7938A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7938A / Section 7938A.0103
§ 7938A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.004
§ 1108.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory in Trinity County described by Section 2, Chapter 265, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 65.204 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 65 / Section 65.204
§ 65.204. ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORTS.
Status: in_force

Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission shall provide a written report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over the program. The report must include:

(1) a line-item list of all program administrative costs incurred by the commission;

(2) the amount of the pharmacy benefit manager and third-party administrator fees;

(3) the aggregate amounts of rebates anticipated and received for the program; and

(4) other program expenditures as the commission determines appropriate.
Tex. Local Government Code § 316.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 316 / Section 316.002
§ 316.002. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not authorize the commissioners court to set or collect a fee:

(1) for the use of a toilet or other restroom facility;

(2) for the sale of water for human consumption; or

(3) for the use of a team sports facility, including a baseball, football, basketball, volleyball, or soccer facility, by a sports team composed primarily of minors and sponsored and supported by a nonprofit organization.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8392.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8392 / Section 8392.003
§ 8392.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 1506.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1506 / Section 1506.008
§ 1506.008. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this subchapter is exempt from taxation by this state or by a municipal corporation or any other political subdivision of this state.