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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.111
§ 1079.111. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.

(b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.41 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.41
§ 44.41. WHO SHALL TAKE BAIL BOND.
Status: in_force

When, by the judgment of the appellate court upon cases of habeas corpus, the applicant is ordered to give bail, such judgment shall be certified to the officer holding him in custody; and if such officer be the sheriff, the bail bond may be executed before him; if any other officer, he shall take the person detained before some magistrate, who may receive a bail bond, and shall file the same in the proper court of the proper county; and such bond may be forfeited and enforced as provided by law.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.1121 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.1121
§ 171.1121. GROSS RECEIPTS FOR MARGIN.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, "gross receipts" means all revenues reportable by a taxable entity on its federal tax return, without deduction for the cost of property sold, materials used, labor performed, or other costs incurred, unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a taxable entity shall use the same accounting methods to apportion margin as used in computing margin.

(c) A taxable entity may not change its accounting methods used to calculate gross receipts more often than once every four years without the express written consent of the comptroller. A change in accounting methods is not justified solely because it results in a reduction of tax liability.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.01991 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.01991
§ 437.01991. HONEY AS RAW AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "raw agricultural commodity" has the meaning assigned by Section 431.002.

(b) For purposes of this subtitle and other applicable law, a honey production operation that:

(1) extracts honey from honeycomb is harvesting a raw agricultural commodity; and

(2) bottles extracted honey and packages cut honeycomb is packaging a raw agricultural commodity without necessitating any additional manufacturing or processing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8834 / Section 8834.110
§ 8834.110. GENERAL POWERS RELATED TO PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may:

(1) purchase, lease, own, convey, and dispose of property both inside and outside district territory necessary or convenient to exercise the board's powers, duties, and functions under this chapter;

(2) construct, purchase, lease, or acquire in some other manner any material or property, including supplies, equipment, vehicles, or machinery, necessary to carry out this chapter;

(3) accept a grant, gift, or devise of property; or

(4) accept a grant, gift, loan, or other distribution of money.

(b) The district may make or accept a grant, gratuity, advance, or loan in any form to or from any public source approved by the board, including a governmental entity.

(c) The district may enter into a contract, covenant, or agreement the board considers appropriate related to a grant, gratuity, advance, or loan.

(d) The board may enter into a contract with any person to carry out this chapter.

(e) The district may enter into contracts only in the district's name.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8126.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8126 / Section 8126.154
§ 8126.154. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of:

(1) an electric utility or a power generation company as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code;

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code;

(4) a cable operator as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522; or

(5) a person who provides to the public advanced telecommunications services.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.057
§ 882.057. APPLICATION PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the charter fee is paid and all items required for a charter under Section 882.056 are filed with the department, the commissioner shall approve, deny, or disapprove the application.

(b) On the applicant's request, the commissioner shall hold a hearing on a denial. Not later than the 30th day after the date of the applicant's request for a hearing, the commissioner shall request a hearing date.

(c) An interested party may participate fully and in all respects in any proceeding related to the application. An intervenor has the rights and privileges of a proper or necessary party in a civil suit in the courts of this state, including the right to be represented by counsel.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8334.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8334 / Section 8334.105
§ 8334.105. 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 § 9092.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0308
§ 9092.0308. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the district's exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power granted by this chapter makes necessary taking property or relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telephone or telegraph property or facility, or pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the district's expense.

(b) The district's duty to pay under this section is limited to the actual cost, without enhancement, of the property taken or work required, after deducting any net salvage value derived from property taken.
Tex. Occupations Code § 604.025 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 604 / Section 604.025
§ 604.025. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The governor shall designate a member of the advisory board as the presiding officer of the advisory board to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor. The advisory board shall select from its membership an assistant presiding officer and other officers as the advisory board considers necessary to carry out the advisory board's duties.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.111 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.111
§ 375.111. GENERAL POWERS RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers provided by Subchapter E, the board of a district may undertake improvement projects and services that confer a special benefit on all or a definable part of the district. The board may levy and collect special assessments on property in that area, based on the benefit conferred by the improvement project or services, to pay all or part of the cost of the project and services. If the board determines that there is a benefit to the district, the district may provide improvements and services to an area outside the boundaries of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8249.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8249 / Section 8249.201
§ 8249.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8249.203.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Local Government Code § 160.007 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 160 / Section 160.007
§ 160.007. PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF CHAPTER AND AMENDED ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) This Act applies only to a grievance based on events that occur on or after June 20, 1987.

(b) If the commissioners court amends an order adopted under this chapter, the amended order does not apply to a grievance alleged to have occurred before the date of the amended order.
Tex. Government Code § 2267.061 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2267 / Section 2267.061
§ 2267.061. MATERIAL DEFAULT; REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the contracting person commits a material default, the responsible governmental entity may assume the responsibilities and duties of the contracting person of the qualifying project. If the responsible governmental entity assumes the responsibilities and duties of the contracting person, the responsible governmental entity has all the rights, title, and interest in the qualifying project, subject to any liens on revenue previously granted by the contracting person to any person providing financing for the project.

(b) A responsible governmental entity that has the power of eminent domain under state law may exercise that power to acquire the qualifying project in the event of a material default by the contracting person. Any person who has provided financing for the qualifying project, and the contracting person to the extent of its capital investment, may participate in the eminent domain proceedings with the standing of a property owner.

(c) The responsible governmental entity may terminate, with cause, any applicable interim or comprehensive agreement and exercise any other rights and remedies available to the governmental entity at law or in equity.

(d) The responsible governmental entity may make any appropriate claim under the letters of credit or other security or the performance and payment bonds required by Section 2267.058(a)(1).

(e) If the responsible governmental entity elects to assume the responsibilities and duties for a qualifying project under Subsection (a), the responsible governmental entity may:

(1) develop or operate the qualifying project;

(2) impose user fees;

(3) impose and collect lease payments for the use of the project; and

(4) comply with any applicable contract to provide services.

(f) The responsible governmental entity shall collect and pay to secured parties any revenue subject to a lien to the extent necessary to satisfy the contracting person's obligations to secured parties, including the maintenance of reserves. The liens shall be correspondingly reduced and, when paid off, released.

(g) Before any payment is made to or for the benefit of a secured party, the responsible governmental entity may use revenue to pay the current operation and maintenance costs of the qualifying project, including compensation to the responsible governmental entity for its services in operating and maintaining the qualifying project. The right to receive any payment is considered just compensation for the qualifying project.

(h) The full faith and credit of the responsible governmental entity may not be pledged to secure any financing of the contracting person that was assumed by the governmental entity when the governmental entity assumed responsibility for the qualifying project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1116.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1116 / Section 1116.254
§ 1116.254. TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The Wood County tax assessor-collector shall collect taxes for the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.001
§ 54.001. CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not provide local exchange telephone service, basic local telecommunications service, or switched access service unless the person obtains a:

(1) certificate of convenience and necessity;

(2) certificate of operating authority; or

(3) service provider certificate of operating authority.
Tex. Insurance Code § 824.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 824 / Section 824.002
§ 824.002. PROCEDURES; APPLICABILITY OF TEXAS BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent that the provisions of the Texas Business Corporation Act are not inconsistent with the provisions of this code, the Texas Business Corporation Act governs:

(1) the procedures for a merger or consolidation under this chapter;

(2) the effect of a merger or consolidation under this chapter; and

(3) the rights and duties of creditors, shareholders, and the corporations that are involved in a merger or consolidation under this chapter.

(b) To the extent that the Texas Business Corporation Act applies under this chapter to insurance corporations, the commissioner shall perform each duty, exercise each power, and perform each act vested in, required of, or to be performed by the secretary of state under the Texas Business Corporation Act.
Tex. Government Code § 62.112 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.112
§ 62.112. EXCUSE OF JUROR FOR RELIGIOUS HOLY DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Religious organization" means an organization that meets the standards for qualification as a religious organization under Section 11.20, Tax Code.

(2) "Religious holy day" means a day on which the tenets of a religious organization prohibit its members from participating in secular activities, such as court proceedings.

(b) If a prospective juror is required to appear at a court proceeding on a religious holy day observed by the prospective juror, the court or the court's designee shall release the prospective juror from jury service entirely or until another day of the term. If the court determines that a term of a court proceeding may extend to cover a day on which a religious holy day is observed by the prospective juror, the court or the court's designee shall release the prospective juror from jury service entirely or until another day of the term.

(c) A prospective juror who seeks to be released from jury service may be required to file with the court an affidavit stating:

(1) the grounds for the release; and

(2) that the juror holds religious beliefs that prohibit him from taking part in a court proceeding on the day for which the release from jury duty is sought.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.215 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.215
§ 232.215. NOTICE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER REQUIREMENTS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a county or other political subdivision located in the county that sells real property:

(1) under Section 34.01, Tax Code; or

(2) taken by virtue of a writ of execution under Section 3, Part VI, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, and Chapter 34, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(b) A county or other political subdivision located in the county shall include in the public notice of sale of the property and the deed conveying the property a statement substantially similar to the following:

"THIS SALE IS BEING CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO STATUTORY OR JUDICIAL REQUIREMENTS. BIDDERS WILL BID ON THE RIGHTS, TITLE, AND INTERESTS, IF ANY, IN THE REAL PROPERTY OFFERED.

"THE PROPERTY IS SOLD AS IS, WHERE IS, AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE SELLER NOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WARRANTS OR MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE PROPERTY'S TITLE, CONDITION, HABITABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. BUYERS ASSUME ALL RISKS.

"IN SOME SITUATIONS, A LOT OF FEWER THAN FIVE ACRES IS PRESUMED TO BE INTENDED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. HOWEVER, IF THE PROPERTY LACKS WATER OR WASTEWATER SERVICE, THE PROPERTY MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. A POTENTIAL BUYER WHO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION SHOULD MAKE ADDITIONAL INQUIRIES OR CONSULT WITH PRIVATE COUNSEL."

(c) The statement required by Subsection (b) must be:

(1) printed:

(A) in English and Spanish; and

(B) in 14-point boldface type or 14-point uppercase typewritten letters; and

(2) read aloud at the sale, in English and Spanish, by an agent of the county.

(d) A sale conducted in violation of this section is void.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 143.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 143 / Section 143.008
§ 143.008. PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

The board may not issue an employer's permit or a homeworker's certificate to authorize industrial homework or the delivery of materials for industrial homework if the board determines that the industrial homework:

(1) is injurious to the health or welfare of industrial homeworkers in that industry or to the public; or

(2) makes it unduly difficult to maintain or enforce health standards established by law or rule for factory workers in that industry.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8396.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8396 / Section 8396.151
§ 8396.151. ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality that plans to annex all or part of the district first must adopt a resolution of intention to annex all or part of the district and transmit that resolution to the district and the following districts:

(1) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 3;

(2) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 5;

(3) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 6;

(4) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 7;

(5) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 8;

(6) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 9; and

(7) Travis County Water Control and Improvement District No. 19.

(b) On receipt of a resolution described by Subsection (a), the district and each of the districts listed in Subsection (a) shall call an election to be held on the next uniform election date on the question of whether the annexation should be authorized.

(c) The municipality may annex the territory described in the resolution only if a majority of the total number of voters voting in all of the districts' elections vote in favor of authorizing the annexation.

(d) The municipality seeking annexation shall pay the costs of the elections held under this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.255 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.255
§ 545.255. MOVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to:

(1) a crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, or roller; and

(2) any other equipment or structure with:

(A) a normal operating speed of 10 miles per hour or less; or

(B) a vertical body or load clearance of less than one-half inch per foot of the distance between two adjacent axles or less than nine inches measured above the level surface of a roadway.

(b) An operator of a vehicle or equipment may not move on or across a track at a railroad grade crossing unless the operator has given notice to a station agent of the railroad and given the railroad reasonable time to provide proper protection at the crossing.

(c) To move a vehicle or equipment on or across a track at a railroad grade crossing, the operator:

(1) shall stop the vehicle or equipment not closer than 15 feet or farther than 50 feet from the nearest rail of the railroad;

(2) while stopped, shall listen and look in both directions along the track for an approaching train or other on-track equipment and for signals indicating the approach of a train or other on-track equipment; and

(3) may not proceed until it is safe to cross the track.

(d) An operator of a vehicle or equipment may not cross a railroad grade crossing when warning of the immediate approach of a railroad car, train, or other on-track equipment is given by automatic signal, crossing gates, a flagger, or otherwise. If a flagger is provided by the railroad, the operator shall move the vehicle or equipment over the crossing at the flagger's direction.

(e) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.007
§ 1051.007. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8248.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8248 / Section 8248.005
§ 8248.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes; or

(3) the legality or operation of the board.
Tex. Labor Code § 201.062 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 201 / Section 201.062
§ 201.062. SERVICE UNDER ARRANGEMENT WITH AGENCY.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "employment" does not include service under an arrangement that is between the commission and the agency that administers another state's or a federal unemployment compensation law and that considers the service for an employing unit during the period covered by the employing unit's approved election to be performed entirely within the agency's state or under the federal law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.065 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.065
§ 401.065. INSPECTION AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The department or commission, in matters under its jurisdiction, with the approval of the governor, may enter into an agreement with the federal government, another state, or an interstate agency under which the state, in cooperation with the other parties to the agreement, performs inspections or other functions relating to the control of sources of radiation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1509.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.001
§ 1509.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "short-term limited-duration insurance" has the meaning assigned by 26 C.F.R. Section 54.9801-2.