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Tex. Transportation Code § 623.210 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.210
§ 623.210. OPTIONAL PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter provides an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo on state highways located in counties:

(1) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf and:

(A) adjacent to at least two counties with a population of 550,000 or more; or

(B) bordering the United Mexican States; or

(2) contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf with a population of not more than 200,000 and adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1)(A).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.252
§ 1016.252. 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. Insurance Code § 2054.402 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.402
§ 2054.402. REVIEW OF BOARD DECISION BY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) A board decision under Section 2054.401 is subject to review by the commissioner in the manner provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(b) The commissioner's review of a board decision does not suspend the operation of an act or decision of the company unless the commissioner specifically orders the suspension on a showing by an aggrieved party of:

(1) immediate, irreparable injury, loss, or damage; and

(2) probable success on the merits.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3860.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3860 / Section 3860.104
§ 3860.104. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9027.022 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9027 / Section 9027.022
§ 9027.022. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after all the temporary directors have qualified under Section 49.055, Water Code, the temporary directors shall meet at a location in the district agreeable to a majority of the directors. If a location cannot be agreed upon, the meeting shall be at the Galveston County Courthouse. At the meeting the temporary directors shall elect officers from among the temporary directors and conduct any other district business.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.055 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.055
§ 431.055. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE.
Status: repealed

(a) An administrative penalty may be assessed only after a person charged with a violation is given an opportunity for a hearing.

(b) If a hearing is held, an administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall make findings of fact and shall issue to the department a written proposal for decision regarding the occurrence of the violation and the amount of the penalty that may be warranted.

(c) If the person charged with the violation does not request a hearing, the department may assess a penalty after determining that a violation has occurred and the amount of the penalty that may be warranted.

(d) After making a determination under this section that a penalty is to be assessed against a person, the department shall issue an order requiring that the person pay the penalty.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(75), eff. April 2, 2015.
Tex. Government Code § 551.048 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.048
§ 551.048.
Status: in_force

Sec. 551.048. STATE GOVERNMENTAL BODY: NOTICE TO SECRETARY OF STATE; PLACE OF POSTING NOTICE. (a) A state governmental body shall provide notice of each meeting to the secretary of state.

(b) The secretary of state shall post the notice on the Internet. The secretary of state shall provide during regular office hours a computer terminal at a place convenient to the public in the office of the secretary of state that members of the public may use to view the notice.
Tex. Transportation Code § 683.074 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 683 / Section 683.074
§ 683.074. AUTHORITY TO ABATE NUISANCE; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality or county may adopt procedures that conform to this subchapter for the abatement and removal from private or public property or a public right-of-way of a junked vehicle or part of a junked vehicle as a public nuisance.

(b) The procedures must:

(1) prohibit a vehicle from being reconstructed or made operable after removal;

(2) require a public hearing on request of a person who receives notice as provided by Section 683.075 if the request is made not later than the date by which the nuisance must be abated and removed; and

(3) require that notice identifying the vehicle or part of the vehicle be given to the department not later than the fifth day after the date of removal.

(c) An appropriate court of the municipality or county may issue necessary orders to enforce the procedures.

(d) Procedures for abatement and removal of a public nuisance must be administered by regularly salaried, full-time employees of the municipality or county, except that any authorized person may remove the nuisance.

(e) A person authorized to administer the procedures may enter private property to examine a public nuisance, to obtain information to identify the nuisance, and to remove or direct the removal of the nuisance.

(f) On receipt of notice of removal of a motor vehicle under Subsection (b)(3), the department shall immediately cancel the certificate of title issued for the vehicle.

(g) The procedures may provide that the relocation of a junked vehicle that is a public nuisance to another location in the same municipality or county after a proceeding for the abatement and removal of the public nuisance has commenced has no effect on the proceeding if the junked vehicle constitutes a public nuisance at the new location.

(h) On receipt of notice of removal of a watercraft under Subsection (b)(3), the department shall notify the Parks and Wildlife Department of the removal. On receipt of the notice from the department, the Parks and Wildlife Department shall immediately cancel the certificate of title issued for the watercraft.
Tex. Government Code § 487.111 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.111
§ 487.111. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; MONITORING.
Status: in_force

(a) A postsecondary educational institution shall provide to the selection committee a copy of the academic transcript of each rural scholar for whom the institution has received a release that complies with state and federal open records laws and authorizes the provision of a transcript.

(b) The department shall require reports from students and postsecondary educational institutions as needed to monitor the program. After receiving any necessary releases as a condition of providing assistance, the department shall distribute reports relating to the progress of an outstanding rural scholar to the community sponsoring the scholar.
Tex. Estates Code § 2001.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.152
§ 2001.152. DISCLOSURE OF CONTENT OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS HELD IN TRUST WHEN TRUSTEE IS NOT ORIGINAL USER.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, directed by the user, or provided in a trust, a custodian shall disclose to a trustee that is not an original user of an account the content of an electronic communication sent or received by an original or successor user and carried, maintained, processed, received, or stored by the custodian in the account of the trust if the trustee gives the custodian:

(1) a written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;

(2) a certified copy of the trust instrument or a certification of trust under Section 114.086, Property Code, that includes consent to disclosure of the content of an electronic communication to the trustee; and

(3) a certification by the trustee, under penalty of perjury, that the trust exists and the trustee is a currently acting trustee of the trust.

(b) In addition to the items required to be given to the custodian under Subsection (a), the trustee shall provide the following if requested by the custodian:

(1) a number, user name, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the trust's account; or

(2) evidence linking the account to the trust.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.405 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.405
§ 451.405. MAXIMUM TAX RATE IN AUTHORITY AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may not adopt a sales and use tax rate, including a rate increase, that when combined with the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions of the state having territory in the authority exceeds two percent in any location in the authority.

(b) An election by an authority to adopt a sales and use tax or to increase the rate of the authority's sales and use tax has no effect if:

(1) the voters of the authority approve the authority's sales and use tax rate or rate increase at an election held on the same day on which a municipality or county having territory within the authority adopts a sales and use tax or an additional sales and use tax; and

(2) the combined rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by the authority and other political subdivisions of the state would exceed two percent in any location in the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.058
§ 3911.058. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $75 for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each director in a calendar year may not exceed $3,000.

(b) The governing body of the city, by resolution or ordinance, may increase:

(1) the compensation for each director to an amount not to exceed $150 for each board meeting; and

(2) the total compensation for each director to an amount not to exceed $6,000 in a calendar year.

(c) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3867.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3867 / Section 3867.154
§ 3867.154. 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.

(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:

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

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

(3) are 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 § 3941.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3941 / Section 3941.251
§ 3941.251. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION; DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a "water or sewer district" under Section 43.071, Local Government Code.

(b) Section 43.075, Local Government Code, applies to the district.

(c) Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the dissolution of the district by a municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 443.156 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 443 / Section 443.156
§ 443.156. DUTIES OF AGENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who represented the insurer as an agent and receives notice in the form prescribed in Section 443.155 that the insurer is the subject of a liquidation order, not later than the 30th day after the date of the notice, shall provide to the liquidator, in addition to the information the agent may be required to provide pursuant to Section 443.010, the information in the agent's records related to any policy issued by the insurer through the agent and any policy issued by the insurer through an agent under contract to the agent. For purposes of this subsection, a policy is issued through an agent if the agent has a property interest in the expiration of the policy or if the agent has had in the agent's possession a copy of the declarations of the policy at any time during the life of the policy, except where the ownership of the expiration of the policy has been transferred to another.

(b) Any agent failing to provide information to the liquidator as required in Subsection (a) may be subject to payment of an administrative penalty under Chapter 84 of not more than $1,000. In addition, the agent's license may be suspended under Chapter 4005.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.314 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.314
§ 11.314. INVOLUNTARY WINDING UP AND TERMINATION OF PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
Status: in_force

A district court in the county in which the registered office or principal place of business in this state of a domestic partnership or limited liability company is located has jurisdiction to order the winding up and termination of the domestic partnership or limited liability company on application by an owner of the partnership or limited liability company if the court determines that:

(1) the economic purpose of the entity is likely to be unreasonably frustrated;

(2) another owner has engaged in conduct relating to the entity's business that makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business with that owner; or

(3) it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the entity's business in conformity with its governing documents.
Tex. Government Code § 485A.108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 485A / Section 485A.108
§ 485A.108. REVIEW OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of an application for the designation of a qualified media production location, the office shall review the application to determine whether the nominated location qualifies for designation as a qualified media production location under this chapter.

(b) The office shall consider recommendations submitted by the media production advisory committee with respect to applications received by the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.154
§ 1107.154. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) After advertising in the manner provided by Chapter 252 and Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code, the board shall choose by competitive bidding at least one bank to serve as depository for district money.

(b) All income received by the district shall be deposited in the district depository.
Tex. Local Government Code § 113.063 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 113 / Section 113.063
§ 113.063. CLAIMS INFORMATION LIST; INDEBTEDNESS TO THE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each officer who collects a fine, penalty, forfeiture, judgment, tax, other indebtedness, or payment obligation owed to the county shall keep a descriptive list of those claims. When the officer reports the collection, the officer shall file with the report a list that states:

(1) the party in whose favor the claim was issued;

(2) the receipt number issued in documentation of payment;

(3) the name of the party paying in the claim;

(4) the amount received; and

(5) the purpose for which the amount was received.

(b) The officer shall give the claims and the report to the county treasurer, who shall give the officer a receipt. The treasurer shall determine the time and manner of making the report.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.152
§ 1051.152. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published one time at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district resident is entitled to be present and participate at the hearing.

(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall adopt a budget by acting on the budget proposed by the district administrator. The board may make any changes in the proposed budget that the board judges to be in the interests of the taxpayers and that the law warrants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11020.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11020 / Section 11020.0108
§ 11020.0108. REAPPORTIONMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

After the addition or removal of a sponsor under this subchapter, the board by rule shall reapportion the directors of the alliance among the sponsors in accordance with Section 11020.0201(c)(2). The board may increase or decrease the number of directors on the board in accordance with Section 11020.0201(a).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.115 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.115
§ 161.115. ENTRY POWER.
Status: in_force

An agent of the commission is entitled to enter any livestock market for the exercise of authority or performance of a duty under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.052
§ 1052.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Notice of an election of directors shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the district in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.387 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.387
§ 85.387. PROCURING TENDERS AND PERMITS.
Status: in_force

A person shall be imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two nor more than five years if he:

(1) knowingly procures or causes an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to approve or issue a permit or tender of the commission relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of oil or gas that includes a statement or representation that is false and that materially misrepresents the true facts respecting the oil or gas or any product or by-product of either; or

(2) procures or causes an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to issue to him a permit or tender relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of either with the intent to defraud.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8844.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8844 / Section 8844.055
§ 8844.055. DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the voters in the district and a majority of the voters in the territory to be annexed voting on the proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the territory is annexed to the district, and the board shall issue a declaration to that effect.

(b) If a majority of the voters in the district or in the territory to be annexed voting on the proposition vote against annexing the territory to the district, the territory is not annexed to the district, and the board shall issue a declaration to that effect.

(c) The board shall file a copy of the election results and declaration with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.104
§ 1098.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The district shall provide for:

(1) the establishment of a hospital system to provide medical and hospital care for district residents by:

(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and improvements; and

(B) equipping the buildings and improvements; and

(2) the administration of the hospital system for hospital purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 3100.071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3100 / Section 3100.071
§ 3100.071. AUTHORITY OF GOVERNOR.
Status: in_force

By executive order published in the Texas Register, the governor may:

(1) change or repeal any requirement relating to the display of the state flag provided by Sections 3100.051-3100.070; or

(2) prescribe additional requirements concerning the display of the state flag.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.49 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.49
§ 11.49. LEGAL TITLE NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

(a) The grant or denial of an application by an heir property owner for a residence homestead exemption under this chapter does not affect the legal title of the property subject to the application and does not operate to transfer title to that property.

(b) An appraisal district, chief appraiser, appraisal review board, or county assessor-collector may not be made a party to a proceeding to adjudicate ownership of property described by Subsection (a) except as prescribed by this title.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.206 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.206
§ 5.206. DUTIES OF REGISTERED AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The only duties of a registered agent are to:

(1) receive or accept, and forward to the represented entity at the address most recently provided to the registered agent by the represented entity, or otherwise notify the represented entity at that address regarding, any process, notice, or demand that is served on or received by the registered agent; and

(2) provide the notices required or permitted by law to be given to the represented entity to the address most recently provided to the registered agent by the represented entity.

(b) A person named as the registered agent for a represented entity in a registered agent filing without the person's consent is not required to perform the duties prescribed by this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.204 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.204
§ 49A.204. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION OR AUTOPSY CONSENT FORM.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of state health services, in consultation with the Texas Medical Board, shall prescribe a standard written consent form for a postmortem examination or autopsy. The form must:

(1) include the name of the institution and the department of the institution that will perform the examination or autopsy;

(2) include a statement that the removal from the deceased person's body and retention by the physician of organs, fluids, prosthetic devices, or tissue may be required for purposes of comprehensive evaluation or accurate determination of a cause of death;

(3) provide the family of the deceased person with an opportunity to place restrictions or special limitations on the examination or autopsy;

(4) include a separate section regarding the disposition of organs, fluids, prosthetic devices, or tissue after the examination or autopsy, including a prioritized list of the persons authorized to control that disposition, as provided by Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code;

(5) provide for documented and witnessed consent;

(6) allow authorization for the release of the deceased person's remains to a funeral home or individual designated by the person giving consent for the postmortem examination or autopsy;

(7) include information regarding the rights described by Article 49A.205;

(8) list the circumstances under which a medical examiner is required by law to conduct an inquest or autopsy under Subchapter C;

(9) include a statement that the form is required by state law; and

(10) be written in plain language designed to be easily understood by the average person.