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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3817.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3817 / Section 3817.201
§ 3817.201. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.
Tex. Transportation Code § 701.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 701 / Section 701.004
§ 701.004. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The compensation to be paid a county traffic officer shall be set before the officer is employed.

(b) Salary paid to the officer is independent of a salary paid to the sheriff and sheriff's deputies who do not act as highway officers. Compensation for an officer may not be included in the sheriff's settlement in accounting for a fee of office or as salary paid to the sheriff or a sheriff's deputy.

(c) The commissioners court may provide necessary equipment for the officer at the county's expense. An officer's equipment may include a motorcycle and maintenance of that motorcycle.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.401
§ 1603.401. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

The department may deny an application for issuance or renewal of, or may suspend or revoke, a license or permit if the applicant or person holding the license or permit:

(1) engages in gross malpractice;

(2) knowingly continues to practice while having an infectious or contagious disease;

(3) knowingly makes a false or deceptive statement in advertising;

(4) advertises, practices, or attempts to practice under another person's name or trade name;

(5) engages in fraud or deceit in obtaining a license or permit; or

(6) engages in an act that violates this chapter or Chapter 51 or a rule or order adopted or issued under this chapter or Chapter 51.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3829.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3829 / Section 3829.155
§ 3829.155. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) The petition must be signed by:

(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Fort Bend County; or

(2) at least 25 owners of real property in the district, if more than 25 persons own real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Fort Bend County.
Tex. Water Code § 58.834 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.834
§ 58.834. SUBSEQUENT ELECTION.
Status: in_force

If the proposition to dissolve the district fails to carry at the election held for that purpose, no other election for the same purpose shall be held within one year after the date of the election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 386.302 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 386 / Section 386.302
§ 386.302. DISSOLUTION BY BOARD REQUEST.
Status: in_force

A board may petition a creating body to dissolve the development zone under Section 386.301 if a majority of the board finds at any time:

(1) before the authorization of bonds or the final lending of its credit that the continuation of the development zone is impracticable or cannot be successfully and beneficially accomplished; or

(2) that all bonds of the development zone or other debts of the zone have been paid and the purposes of the zone have been accomplished.
Tex. Estates Code § 1353.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1353 / Section 1353.053
§ 1353.053. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN LAWSUITS TO THE COURT BY COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

A person whose spouse is judicially declared to be incapacitated and who acquires the power to manage, control, and dispose of the entire community estate under Section 1353.002(a) shall inform the court in writing of any suit filed by or on behalf of the person that:

(1) is a suit for dissolution of the marriage of the person and the person's incapacitated spouse; or

(2) names the incapacitated spouse as a defendant.
Tex. Election Code § 242.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 242 / Section 242.002
§ 242.002. CONDUCT OF CONTEST GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the applicable provisions of Chapter 241 govern an election contest under this chapter.

(b) Two copies of the petition and answer must be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary shall deliver one copy of each document to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature. Security for costs must be filed with the chief clerk of the house of representatives. Any cost bond must be payable to both houses.

(c) The presiding officers of the two houses of the legislature shall act jointly in appointing a master of discovery and in setting the amount of and approving the sureties on a cost bond. The master may be a member of either house.

(d) The presiding officers shall refer the contest to a committee constituted in accordance with joint rules of the two legislative houses. Unless otherwise provided by joint rule, the referral is not effective until both presiding officers make the referral.

(e) The committee shall make its report to both houses of the legislature, and the two houses shall consider the report and dispose of the contest in joint session.

(f) Any legislative rules applicable to a contest under this chapter must be joint rules.
Tex. Local Government Code § 601.043 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 601 / Section 601.043
§ 601.043. NOTICE OF CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) In an action against an authority for damages, injury to property, or personal injury or death, a person making a claim shall notify the authority of the claim, reasonably describing the damage or injury and stating the time, manner, and place of the incident from which the claim arose. The notice must be given within six months after the date of the incident.

(b) Notice need not be given if an authority has actual notice of the damage or injury.
Tex. Government Code § 25.2372 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.2372
§ 25.2372. VICTORIA COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(b) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(93), eff. January 1, 2012.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(e) The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Victoria County shall be paid the same amount in salary, from the same fund and in the same manner, as the county judge. The judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Victoria County shall be paid a salary that does not exceed 90 percent of the amount paid a district court judge in the county. The commissioners court may provide travel expenses and necessary office expenses, including clerical and administrative assistance, for the county courts at law.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(93), eff. January 1, 2012.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(93), eff. January 1, 2012.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(93), eff. January 1, 2012.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(93), eff. January 1, 2012.

(j) Section 25.0008 does not apply to the county courts at law in Victoria County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7946A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7946A / Section 7946A.0104
§ 7946A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7946A.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.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 553.053 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 553 / Section 553.053
§ 553.053. DURATION AND SCOPE OF PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A program participant approved by the department and each applicable agency may test and deploy an artificial intelligence system under the program for a period of not more than 36 months.

(b) The department may extend a test under this chapter if the department finds good cause for the test to continue.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.050 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 483 / Section 483.050
§ 483.050. REFUSAL TO PERMIT INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person is required to permit an inspection authorized by Section 483.025 and fails to permit the inspection in the manner required by that section.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 51.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 51 / Section 51.001
§ 51.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "society" means a farmers' cooperative society incorporated under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8486.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8486 / Section 8486.001
§ 8486.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Williamson County Water, Sewer, Irrigation, and Drainage District No. 3.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1040.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1040 / Section 1040.203
§ 1040.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The board may order the election on its own motion.

(c) The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the location of the polling places;

(2) the presiding election officers;

(3) the purpose of the bond issuance;

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

(5) the maximum interest rate of the bonds; and

(6) the maximum maturity date of the bonds.

(d) Notice of a bond election shall be given by publishing a substantial copy of the order calling the election in a newspaper of general circulation in Haskell County once each week for two consecutive weeks before the date of the election. The first publication must occur at least 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.30 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.30
§ 21.30. CAUSE IMPROVIDENTLY TRANSFERRED.
Status: in_force

When a cause has been improvidently transferred to a court which has no jurisdiction of the same, the court to which it has been transferred shall order it to be re-transferred to the proper court; and the same proceedings shall be had as in the case of the original transfer. In such case, the defendant and the witnesses shall be held bound to appear before the court to which the case has been re-transferred, the same as they were bound to appear before the court so transferring the same.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3994.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3994 / Section 3994.0202
§ 3994.0202. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each director in one year may not exceed $7,200.

(b) 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 § 7960.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960 / Section 7960.0106
§ 7960.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 3(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 3(b) of the Act enacting 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 the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.074 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.074
§ 601.074. OPTIONAL TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A motor vehicle liability insurance policy may provide that the insured shall reimburse the insurance company for a payment that, in the absence of this chapter, the insurance company would not have been obligated to make under the terms of the policy.

(b) A policy may allow prorating of the insurance provided under the policy with other collectible insurance.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.016 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.016
§ 81.016. SALARIES.
Status: in_force

The salary of the chief supervisor, the chief deputy supervisor, and the deputy supervisors shall be the same as that provided in the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Labor Code § 407.043 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407 / Section 407.043
§ 407.043. PROCEDURES ON DENIAL OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioner determines that an applicant for a certificate of authority to self-insure does not meet the certification requirements, the division shall notify the applicant in writing of the commissioner's determination, stating the specific reasons for the denial and the conditions to be met before approval may be granted.

(b) The applicant is entitled to a reasonable period, as determined by the commissioner, to meet the conditions for approval before the application is considered rejected for purposes of appeal.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.084 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.084
§ 1702.084. PUBLIC ACCESS TO CERTAIN RECORDS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall make available to the public through a toll-free telephone number, Internet website, or other easily accessible medium determined by the department the following information relating to a disciplinary action taken during the preceding three years regarding a person regulated under this chapter:

(1) the identity of the person;

(2) the nature of the complaint that was the basis of the disciplinary action taken against the person; and

(3) the disciplinary action taken by the commission.

(b) In providing the information, the department shall present the information in an impartial manner, use language that is commonly understood, and, if possible, avoid jargon specific to the security industry.

(c) The department shall update the information on a monthly basis.

(d) The department shall maintain the confidentiality of information regarding the identification of a complainant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8071.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8071 / Section 8071.0305
§ 8071.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8014.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8014 / Section 8014.107
§ 8014.107. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8014.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 502.063 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 502 / Section 502.063
§ 502.063. CERTIFIED COPIES OF DIVISION DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall furnish a certified copy of an order, award, decision, or paper on file in the division's office to a person entitled to the copy on written request and payment of the fee for the copy. The fee is the same as that charged for similar services by the secretary of state's office.

(b) The system or an institution may obtain certified copies under this section without charge.

(c) A fee or salary may not be paid to an employee of the division for making a copy under Subsection (a) that exceeds the fee charged for the copy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8218.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8218 / Section 8218.103
§ 8218.103. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or improvements in aid of those roads.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable standards, regulations, ordinances, or orders of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; and

(2) each county in which the road project is located, if the road project is not located in the corporate limits of a municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8835.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8835 / Section 8835.051
§ 8835.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.

(c) A director may serve consecutive terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.0145 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.0145
§ 361.0145. RESPONSE TO OR REMEDIATION OF FIRE OR EMERGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may make an immediate response to or remediation of a fire or other emergency that involves solid waste, including processed or unprocessed material suitable for recycling or composting, as the commission determines necessary to protect the public health or safety.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 361.014(b), revenue otherwise dedicated under that section may be used for an action authorized by Subsection (a).

(c) The commission may recover from a person who is responsible for the solid waste as provided by Section 361.271 the reasonable expenses incurred by the commission during an immediate response and remediation action under Subsection (a). The state may bring an action to recover those reasonable expenses.

(d) If the commission used for an action under Subsection (a) money otherwise dedicated under Section 361.014(b), money recovered under Subsection (c) shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the commission until the amount deposited equals the amount of the dedicated money used. Money credited under this subsection may be used only as provided by Section 361.014(b).
Tex. Family Code § 154.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.002
§ 154.002. CHILD SUPPORT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may render an original support order, or modify an existing order, providing child support past the 18th birthday of the child to be paid only if the child is:

(1) enrolled:

(A) under Chapter 25, Education Code, in an accredited secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma;

(B) under Section 130.008, Education Code, in courses for joint high school and junior college credit; or

(C) on a full-time basis in a private secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma; and

(2) complying with:

(A) the minimum attendance requirements of Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code; or

(B) the minimum attendance requirements imposed by the school in which the child is enrolled, if the child is enrolled in a private secondary school.

(b) The request for a support order through high school graduation may be filed before or after the child's 18th birthday.

(c) The order for periodic support may provide that payments continue through the end of the month in which the child graduates.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.753 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.753
§ 21.753. NOTICE; INTERVENTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of the institution of a proceeding shall be given to the close corporation, if the corporation is not a plaintiff, and to each shareholder who is not a plaintiff in the manner prescribed by law and consistent with due process of law as directed by the court.

(b) The close corporation or a shareholder of the close corporation may intervene in the proceeding.
Tex. Government Code § 441.122 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.122
§ 441.122. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) "Accreditation of libraries" means the evaluation and rating of libraries according to commission accreditation standards.

(2) "Accreditation standards" means the criteria established by the commission that a library must meet to be accredited and eligible for membership in a major resource system.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 983, Sec. 26(1), eff. September 1, 2009.

(4) "Commission" means the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 983, Sec. 26(1), eff. September 1, 2009.

(6) "Governing body" means the body having power to authorize a library to join, participate in, or withdraw from a library system.

(7) "Interlibrary contract" means a written agreement between two or more libraries to cooperate, consolidate, or receive one or more services.

(8) "Library board" means the body that has the authority to give administrative direction or advisory counsel to a library or library system.

(9) "Library system" means two or more public libraries cooperating in a system approved by the commission to improve library service and to make their resources accessible to all residents of the area the libraries serve.

(10) "Major resource center" means a large public library that is designated by the commission as the central library of a major resource system for cooperative service with other libraries in the system.

(11) "Major resource system" means a network of libraries attached to a major resource center.

(12) "Public library" means a library that is operated by a single public agency or board, that is freely open to all persons under identical conditions, and that receives its financial support in whole or part from public funds.

(13) "Regional library system" means a network of libraries established under this subchapter.

(14) "State library system" means a network of library systems, interrelated by contract, for the purpose of organizing library resources and services for research, information, and recreation to improve statewide library service and to serve collectively the entire population of the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8008A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8008A / Section 8008A.0403
§ 8008A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.