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Tex. Local Government Code § 146.015 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 146 / Section 146.015
§ 146.015. ACTION OR ELECTION TO REPEAL AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of an employee association under Section 146.004 without conducting an election under Section 146.006 may withdraw recognition of the association by providing to the association not less than 90 days' written notice that:

(1) the governing body is withdrawing recognition of the association; and

(2) any agreement between the governing body and the association will not be renewed.

(b) The governing body of a municipality that granted recognition of an employee association after conducting an election under Section 146.006 may order an election to determine whether a public employer may continue to meet and confer under this chapter. The governing body may not order an election under this subsection until the second anniversary of the date of the election under Section 146.006.

(c) An election ordered under Subsection (b) must be held as part of the next regularly scheduled general election for municipal officers that occurs after the date the governing body of the municipality orders the election and that allows sufficient time to prepare the ballot in compliance with other requirements of law.

(d) The ballot for an election ordered under Subsection (b) shall be printed to allow voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing __________ (name of the municipality) to continue to operate under the state law allowing a municipality to meet and confer and make agreements with the association representing municipal employees as provided by state law, preserving the prohibition against strikes and organized work stoppages, and providing penalties for strikes and organized work stoppages."

(e) An election ordered under Subsection (b) must be held and the returns prepared and canvassed in conformity with the Election Code.

(f) If an election ordered under Subsection (b) is held, the municipality may continue to operate under this chapter only if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the proposition.

(g) If an election ordered under Subsection (b) is held, an association may not submit a petition for recognition to the governing body of the municipality under Section 146.004 before the second anniversary of the date of the election.
Tex. Government Code § 2007.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2007 / Section 2007.006
§ 2007.006. CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive. The remedies provided by this chapter are in addition to other procedures or remedies provided by law.

(b) A person may not recover under this chapter and also recover under another law or in an action at common law for the same economic loss.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.351 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.351
§ 347.351. DELINQUENCY CHARGE ON DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

(a) On each installment in default for more than 15 days, a creditor may collect a delinquency charge that does not exceed the lesser of an amount equal to five percent of the installment or $20.

(b) Only one delinquency charge may be collected on an installment, regardless of the period for which the installment remains in default.

(c) The charge or collection of a delinquency charge does not affect the right of a creditor to accelerate the debt under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7917.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7917 / Section 7917.105
§ 7917.105. 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 § 7505.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7505 / Section 7505.051
§ 7505.051. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by this section only if the district submits a letter to the comptroller not later than December 31, 2019, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, other than the requirement that the letter be submitted by the date specified by that subsection.

(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's authority to exercise the power of eminent domain under Section 2206.101(c), Government Code, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by law applicable to the district on or after the 90th day after the date the district submits a letter in accordance with Subsection (a).
Tex. Water Code § 16.019 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.019
§ 16.019. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

With the approval of the board, the executive administrator may negotiate and execute contracts with persons or with federal, state, or local agencies for joint or cooperative studies and investigations of the occurrence, quantity, and quality of the surface water and groundwater of the state; the topographical mapping of the state; and the collection, processing, and analysis of other basic data relating to the development of the water resources of the state and for the administration and performance of these contracts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8815.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8815 / Section 8815.101
§ 8815.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(1) provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and for the reduction of groundwater withdrawals as necessary to develop, implement, or enforce a groundwater reduction plan, in a manner consistent with the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and facilitate compliance with subsidence district rules, orders, regulations, or requirements;

(2) acquire or develop surface water and groundwater supplies from sources inside or outside the boundaries of the authority, conserve, store, transport, treat, purify, distribute, sell, and deliver water to or among persons inside and outside the boundaries of the authority, and allocate water among persons participating in the authority's groundwater reduction plan whether they are located inside or outside the authority's boundaries;

(3) enter into contracts with persons inside or outside the authority on terms and conditions the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous for the performance of its rights, powers, and authority under this chapter;

(4) coordinate water services provided inside, outside, or into the authority; and

(5) administer and enforce this chapter.

(b) The following laws do not apply to the authority:

(1) Chapter 36, Water Code;

(2) Section 49.052, Water Code; and

(3) Sections 49.451-49.455, Water Code.

(c) The authority has all the rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties necessary and convenient to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(d) The authority's rights, powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties are subject to the continuing right of supervision of the state, to be exercised by and through the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.0039 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 712 / Section 712.0039
§ 712.0039. TRANSFER OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP; CHANGE OF CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate holder shall notify the department in writing of a transfer of ownership of the certificate holder's business or a transfer of 25 percent or more of the stock or other ownership or membership interest of the corporation as follows:

(1) in the case of a voluntary transfer, not later than the seventh day after the date the contract for transfer is executed; and

(2) in the case of an involuntary transfer, not later than one business day after receiving notice of the impending foreclosure or other involuntary transfer.

(b) If the proposed transferee would own more than 50 percent of the stock or other ownership or membership interest of the corporation and is not a certificate holder, the proposed transferee shall file any necessary documents with the secretary of state and an application for a certificate of authority with the department as required by this chapter. If the proposed transferee is required to apply for a certificate of authority under this subsection, the transfer of the perpetual care fund may not occur until after the date a certificate of authority is issued to the transferee applicant.

(c) If the commissioner denies the application, a hearing may be requested and conducted according to the procedures in Section 712.0035(b).
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2131 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2131
§ 152.2131. SCHLEICHER COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Schleicher County is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Schleicher County.

(b) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation set by the commissioners court at not more than $1,200, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(c) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Schleicher County.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.139 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.139
§ 231.139. ENFORCEMENT; PENALTY; REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may adopt orders to enforce this subchapter, any order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter or a zoning regulation. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,000. Each day that a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense. Trial shall be in the district court.

(c) If a building or other structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or if a building, other structure, or land is used in violation of this subchapter, an order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation, the appropriate county authority, in addition to other remedies, may institute appropriate action to:

(1) prevent the unlawful action or use;

(2) restrain, correct, or abate the violation;

(3) prevent the occupancy of the building, other structure, or land; or

(4) prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use on or about the premises.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.0125 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.0125
§ 162.0125. DUTY TO KEEP RECORDS.
Status: in_force

A person required to keep a record under this chapter shall also keep the record as required by Section 111.0041.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.103 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.103
§ 56B.103. COMPENSATION FOR PECUNIARY LOSS.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall award compensation for pecuniary loss arising from criminally injurious conduct if the attorney general is satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the requirements of this chapter are met.

(b) The attorney general shall establish whether, as a direct result of criminally injurious conduct, a claimant or victim suffered personal injury or death that resulted in a pecuniary loss for which the claimant or victim is not compensated from a collateral source.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974A / Section 7974A.0202
§ 7974A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7974A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7974A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7974A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.2422 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.2422
§ 521.2422. COURT COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A petitioner must pay the filing fee the court charges for filing a civil action or file a statement of inability to afford payment of court costs under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. If a petition is dismissed under Section 521.2421(f), the court shall refund any filing fee paid by the petitioner under this subsection.

(b) If a petitioner files a statement of inability to afford payment of court costs, the court may hold a hearing to determine the person's ability to afford the payment of the filing fee. The hearing may be held at the time the statement of inability to afford payment of court costs is filed or at the time of the hearing to determine the petitioner's essential need. If the court determines the petitioner is able to afford the payment of the filing fee, the court may not grant an occupational driver's license to the petitioner until the petitioner pays the fee.
Tex. Government Code § 54.994 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.994
§ 54.994. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

A magistrate has the same judicial immunity as a district judge.
Tex. Transportation Code § 112.154 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 112 / Section 112.154
§ 112.154. ASSUMED RISK.
Status: in_force

(a) The plea of assumed risk is not available as a bar to recovery of damages in a suit brought in a court in this state against a corporation, receiver, or other person operating a railroad, interurban railway, or street railway in this state for the recovery of damages for the death of or personal injury to an employee caused by the wrong or negligence of the railroad or railway operator. An employee assumes the ordinary risk incident to the employee's employment but does not assume the risk resulting from any negligence of the employee's employer, regardless of whether the negligence is known to the employee.

(b) If in a suit described by Subsection (a) it is alleged and proven that the deceased or injured employee was negligent in continuing in the service of the railroad or railway operator in view of the risk, dangers, and hazards of which the employee knew or must necessarily have known, in the ordinary performance of the employee's duties, that fact does not bar the employee's recovery, but is considered contributory negligence. If contributory negligence described by this subsection proximately caused or contributed to the cause of the death or injury, the damages recoverable by the employee or the employee's heirs or representatives shall be reduced only in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the employee.

(c) An employee of a railway company who is injured while engaged in the operation of a train in this state that is propelled by two or more engines is not considered to have assumed the risk of that injury if the injury is a result of the operation of two or more engines on the train rather than one.

(d) In an action against a railroad operator under Section 112.152, an employee may not be held to have assumed the risk of the employee's employment in a case in which the railroad operator's violation of a statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the employee's injury or death.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.106 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.106
§ 101.106. NATURE OF MEMBERSHIP INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A membership interest in a limited liability company is personal property.

(a-1) A membership interest may be community property under applicable law.

(a-2) A member's right to participate in the management and conduct of the business of the limited liability company is not community property.

(b) A member of a limited liability company or an assignee of a membership interest in a limited liability company does not have an interest in any specific property of the company.

(c) Sections 9.406 and 9.408, Business & Commerce Code, do not apply to a membership interest in a limited liability company, including the rights, powers, and interests arising under the company's certificate of formation or company agreement or under this code. To the extent of any conflict between this subsection and Section 9.406 or 9.408, Business & Commerce Code, this subsection controls. It is the express intent of this subsection to permit the enforcement, as a contract among the members of a limited liability company, of any provision of a company agreement that would otherwise be ineffective under Section 9.406 or 9.408, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8041.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8041 / Section 8041.0106
§ 8041.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 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. Utilities Code § 121.307 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.307
§ 121.307.
Status: in_force

Sec. 121.307. POLLUTION OR PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY: APPEALS. (a) The district courts of Travis County have exclusive jurisdiction of the appeal of an order or decision of the railroad commission assessing an administrative penalty under Section 121.304.

(b) Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code, and the substantial evidence rule apply to an appeal under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7990.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7990 / Section 7990.203
§ 7990.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7986.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7986 / Section 7986.051
§ 7986.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7986.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.153 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 71 / Section 71.153
§ 71.153. ABANDONMENT OF USE OF BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL NAME.
Status: in_force

(a) A registrant who has filed a certificate under this chapter and who ceases to conduct business or render professional services in this state under the assumed name stated in the certificate may file a statement of abandonment of use of the assumed name in the office in which the registrant's certificate was filed.

(b) The statement of abandonment of use of an assumed name must state:

(1) the assumed name being abandoned;

(2) the date on which the certificate was filed in the office in which the statement of abandonment is being filed and in any other office in which the certificate was filed; and

(3) the registrant's name and residence or office address as required for a certificate filed under this chapter.

(c) A statement of abandonment must be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as if the registrant were filing a certificate under this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 53.41 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53 / Section 53.41
§ 53.41. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under this chapter are legal and authorized investments for all banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, and insurance companies of all kinds and types, and for the interest and sinking funds and other public funds of any issuer. The bonds are also eligible and lawful security for all deposits of public funds of the State of Texas and of any issuer, to the extent of the value of the bonds, when accompanied by any unmatured interest coupons appurtenant to them.
Tex. Government Code § 315.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 315 / Section 315.003
§ 315.003. STATE POLICY.
Status: in_force

Recognizing the impact of the laws and rules of this state on the economy, employment, and enterprise of its people, the legislature declares that the continuing policy of this state is to maintain and create conditions that will sustain and promote the economy, employment, and economic opportunities of the people of Texas.
Tex. Local Government Code § 6.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 6 / Section 6.002
§ 6.002. INCORPORATION PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

The procedure for incorporating as a Type A general-law municipality is the same as that prescribed for incorporating as a Type B general-law municipality.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.054
§ 504.054. COLLECTION ACTION.
Status: in_force

A district court in Travis County has exclusive jurisdiction of an action to collect an obligation owed to the department, including an administrative penalty assessed under Subchapter G.