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Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.008 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.008
§ 71.008. CONTROL OR ERADICATION ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) On request of the commissioners court of any county, the department shall investigate whether a certain insect pest or plant disease exists in the county. Based on that investigation, the department shall make a written report to the commissioners court stating:

(1) the nature of the infestation, if any;

(2) the best known method of controlling or eradicating the pest or disease;

(3) the treatment or method necessary to be applied in each case; and

(4) a detailed description of the method of making, procuring, and applying the recommended preparation or treatment and the time and duration of the treatment.

(b) After receiving the report of the department, the commissioners court may conduct a public hearing on the report. The commissioners court may publish the text of the report and notice of the hearing for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each area under consideration. The commissioners court shall hold the hearing not less than 15 days after the first day of published notice. Any interested person is entitled to be heard at the hearing.

(c) After the hearing, the commissioners court shall make a written report of its conclusions to the department. If the commissioners court approves the recommendations of the department and determines that the recommended measures should be applied in the area under consideration, the commissioners court by order entered in its minutes shall request that the department establish a control zone or an eradication zone in each applicable area.

(d) If requested to establish a control or eradication zone under Subsection (c) of this section, the department shall issue a proclamation designating the appropriate area a control zone or an eradication zone, as applicable, and shall adopt rules governing the control or eradication of the pest or disease within the zone. No person may commit an act prohibited by the rules or refuse to perform an act as required by the rules.

(e) A commissioners court may appropriate funds from the general revenue of the county and employ aid as necessary to carry out this section.

(f) This section does not restrict the department's authority to establish on its own initiative an eradication program within a quarantined area to protect the state's agricultural resources.
Tex. Insurance Code § 829.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 829 / Section 829.054
§ 829.054. SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS; TAX-QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.
Status: in_force

The conversion plan may allocate to a tax-qualified employee benefit plan nontransferable subscription rights to purchase not more than 10 percent of the capital stock of the resulting company.
Tex. Labor Code § 404.055 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 404 / Section 404.055
§ 404.055. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from office that the public counsel:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment or maintain during service as public counsel the qualifications required by Section 404.052;

(2) violates a prohibition established by Section 404.053, 404.054, 404.056, or 404.057; or

(3) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the public counsel's duties for a substantial part of the public counsel's term.

(b) The validity of an action of the public counsel or the office is not affected by the fact that the action is taken when a ground for removal of the public counsel exists.
Tex. Local Government Code § 373A.203 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 373A / Section 373A.203
§ 373A.203. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Affordable" means that the monthly mortgage payment or contract rent does not exceed 30 percent of the applicable median family income for that unit size, in accordance with the income and rent limit rules adopted by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

(2) "Community housing development organization" or "organization" means an organization that:

(A) meets the definition of a community housing development organization in 24 C.F.R. Section 92.2;

(B) is certified by the municipality as a community housing development organization;

(C) is governed exclusively by a board of at least five members unrelated by blood, marriage, or business interest; and

(D) is not controlled, directly or indirectly, by any other party through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, voting power, affiliation, trust, proxy, power of attorney, pooling arrangement, security, warrant, partnership, option, discretionary account, joint venture, interlocking directors, or other device, as evidenced by a notarized affidavit signed by each board member.

(3) "Homestead land bank plan" or "plan" means a plan adopted by the governing body of a municipality as provided by Section 373A.206.

(4) "Homestead land bank program" or "program" means a program adopted under Section 373A.204.

(5) "Land bank" means an entity established or approved by the governing body of a municipality for the purpose of acquiring, holding, and transferring unimproved real property under this subchapter.

(6) "Low income household" means a household with a gross income of not greater than 80 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for household size, for the metropolitan statistical area in which the municipality is located, as determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(7) "Qualified participating developer" means a developer who meets the requirements of Section 373A.205 and includes a qualified organization under Section 373A.211.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8356.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8356 / Section 8356.105
§ 8356.105. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created:

(1) contain any land outside the area described by Section 2(b) of the Act creating this chapter; or

(2) contain less than 200 or more than 600 acres of land without the prior consent of any municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8356.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8356.003. A new district that is not confirmed is subject to dissolution under general law.

(i) Except as provided by Subsection (c), municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8356.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.114
§ 1098.114. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in the district's own name in any court of this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 265.050 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 265 / Section 265.050
§ 265.050. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

The board may:

(1) select a depository in the same manner that a municipality or county may select a depository under Chapter 105 or Chapter 116, Local Government Code; or

(2) execute a depository contract with a depository selected by the municipality or the county on the same terms as the municipality or county.
Tex. Water Code § 60.077 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.077
§ 60.077. AUTHORITY OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In prosecutions involving the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter or the enforcement of any ordinance, rule, or regulation of the district, any sheriff, constable, or other duly constituted peace officer of the State of Texas or any peace officer employed or appointed by the commission may make arrests, serve criminal warrants, subpoenas, or writs, and perform any other service or duty which may be performed by any sheriff, constable, or other duly constituted peace officer of the State of Texas in enforcing other laws of this state.

(b) A peace officer employed or appointed by the commission has the same powers and duties as a peace officer described by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Government Code § 411.0074 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0074
§ 411.0074. POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to:

(1) an applicant who is currently a peace officer of the department commissioned by the department; or

(2) an applicant for a police communications operator position who is currently employed by the department in another police communications operator position.

(b) Before commissioning an applicant as a peace officer or employing an applicant for a police communications operator position, the department shall require the applicant to submit to the administration of a polygraph examination in accordance with rules adopted under Subsection (e).

(c) The polygraph examination required by this section may only be administered by a polygraph examiner who:

(1) is a peace officer commissioned by the department; or

(2) has a minimum of two years of experience conducting preemployment polygraph examinations for a law enforcement agency.

(d) The department and the polygraph examiner shall maintain the confidentiality of the results of a polygraph examination administered under this section, except that the department may disclose any admission of criminal conduct made during the course of an examination to another appropriate governmental entity.

(e) The department shall adopt reasonable rules to specify the point in the hiring process at which the department shall require a polygraph examination to be administered under this section and the manner in which the examination shall be administered. Rules relating to the administration of a polygraph examination shall be adopted in accordance with the guidelines published by the American Polygraph Association or the American Association of Police Polygraphists.

(f) The department shall use the results of a polygraph examination under this section as a factor in determining whether to commission a peace officer or employ an applicant for the position of police communications operator.
Tex. Water Code § 61.157 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.157
§ 61.157. DECLARATION OF RESULTS.
Status: in_force

If the result of the election favors the development of a port by the district, the commissioners court shall declare the result and shall enter in the minutes of the commissioners court the following declaration:

"Commissioners Court __________ County, Texas, __________ term A.D. __________, in the matter of the petition of the navigation board, requesting that the right, power, and authority be granted to the navigation district to develop the port of __________ (enter the name of the municipality). Be It Known, that at an election called for that purpose in the district, held on the __________ day of __________ A.D. __________, a two-thirds majority of the electors voting on the proposition voted to develop port facilities.

"Now, Therefore, It is considered and ordered by the commissioners court that the district is authorized to proceed with the development of the port as authorized by law."
Tex. Occupations Code § 1071.259 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.259
§ 1071.259. REGISTRATION OF OUT-OF-STATE SURVEYORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may waive any registration requirement for an applicant who holds a license from another state having registration or licensing requirements substantially equivalent to the registration requirements of this state.

(b) The board may issue a certificate of registration as a registered professional land surveyor to an applicant under this section who meets all waived and unwaived registration requirements and who:

(1) applies to the board for a certificate of registration;

(2) pays a fee set by the board; and

(3) passes an examination on Texas surveying.

(c) The board shall determine the contents of the examination under Subsection (b)(3). The examination may not exceed four hours in duration.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 146 / Section 146.013
§ 146.013. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A tattooist shall maintain a permanent record of each person tattooed by the tattooist for a period established by department rule. A person who performs body piercing shall maintain a permanent record of each individual whose body is pierced by the person for a period established by department rule.

(b) The record shall be available for inspection on the request of the department.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.053
§ 1603.053. TERMS; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the advisory board serve staggered six-year terms.

(b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.312 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.312
§ 504.312. VIETNAM VETERANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who served in the United States armed forces:

(1) during the period beginning on January 1, 1961, and ending on August 14, 1974, and who received the National Defense Service Medal; or

(2) in a combat zone in the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on July 1, 1958, and ending on March 28, 1973, and who received the Vietnam Service Medal.

(b) License plates issued under this section must include the words "Vietnam Veteran" and bear a depiction of the appropriate medal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8064.0705 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8064 / Section 8064.0705
§ 8064.0705. ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

After the order under Section 8064.0703 is adopted, the district may issue bonds to provide for any land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances for the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8805.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8805 / Section 8805.005
§ 8805.005. OWNERSHIP OF GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED BY CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The ownership and rights of the owner of land, the owner's lessees, and assigns in groundwater and any surface water rights are recognized and this chapter does not deprive or divest the owner, the owner's lessees, or assigns of those ownership rights.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 28.16 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 28 / Section 28.16
§ 28.16. PERMIT INELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

A mixed beverage permit may not be issued to:

(1) a person whose permit was canceled for a violation of Section 28.06(c) of this code;

(2) a person who held an interest in a permit that was canceled for a violation of Section 28.06(c) of this code;

(3) a person who held 50 percent or more of the stock, directly or indirectly, of a corporation whose permit was canceled for a violation of Section 28.06(c) of this code;

(4) a corporation, if a person holding 50 percent or more of the corporation's stock, directly or indirectly, is disqualified from obtaining a permit under Subdivision (3) of this section; or

(5) a person who resides with a person who is barred from obtaining a permit because of a violation of Section 28.06(c) of this code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.105 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.105
§ 71.105. CRUCIFEROUS PLANT DISEASES AND INSECTS.
Status: in_force

The department shall determine that cruciferous plants, including cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and collards, are apparently free from the following diseases and from damaging infestation of the following insects:
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.314 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.314
§ 200.314. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY FOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.
Status: in_force

A trust manager of a real estate investment trust may not be held liable to the real estate investment trust for an act, omission, loss, damage, or expense arising from the performance of the trust manager's duties under the trust, except for liability arising from the wilful misfeasance, wilful malfeasance, or gross negligence of the trust manager.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.152
§ 228.152. DISCHARGE OF OUTSTANDING BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
Status: in_force

An agreement to lease, sell, or convey a toll project or system under Section 228.151 must provide for the discharge and final payment or redemption of the department's outstanding bonded indebtedness for the project or system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8075.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8075 / Section 8075.0202
§ 8075.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after September 1, 2019, 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 8075.0103; or

(2) September 1, 2023.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8075.0103 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 8075.0103; 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. Occupations Code § 2302.251 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2302 / Section 2302.251
§ 2302.251. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Component part" means a major component part as defined in Section 501.091, Transportation Code, or a minor component part.

(2) "Interior component part" means a seat or radio of a motor vehicle.

(3) "Minor component part" means an interior component part, a special accessory part, or a motor vehicle part that displays or should display one or more of the following:

(A) a federal safety certificate;

(B) a motor number;

(C) a serial number or a derivative; or

(D) a manufacturer's permanent vehicle identification number or a derivative.

(4) "Special accessory part" means a tire, wheel, tailgate, or removable glass top of a motor vehicle.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 93.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 93 / Section 93.009
§ 93.009. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The governor shall designate a member of the council as the presiding officer of the council to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8269.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8269 / Section 8269.002
§ 8269.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Montgomery County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1031.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1031 / Section 1031.204
§ 1031.204. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue revenue bonds for any health care purpose, including a purpose described by Section 1031.201, only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenue derived from the operation of the district's health care system.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of district property.

(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner provided by Sections 264.042, 264.043, and 264.046-264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital authority.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.2511 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.2511
§ 44.2511.
Status: in_force

Art. 44.2511. REFORMATION OF SENTENCE IN CAPITAL CASE FOR OFFENSE COMMITTED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 1991. (a) This article applies to the reformation of a sentence of death in a capital case for an offense committed before September 1, 1991. For purposes of this subsection, an offense is committed before September 1, 1991, if every element of the offense occurred before that date.

(b) The court of criminal appeals shall reform a sentence of death to a sentence of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life if the court finds that there is legally insufficient evidence to support an affirmative answer to an issue submitted to the jury under Section 3(b), Article 37.0711.

(c) The court of criminal appeals shall reform a sentence of death to a sentence of confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life if:

(1) the court finds reversible error that affects the punishment stage of the trial other than a finding of insufficient evidence under Subsection (b); and

(2) within 30 days after the date on which the opinion is handed down, the date the court disposes of a timely request for rehearing, or the date that the United States Supreme Court disposes of a timely filed petition for writ of certiorari, whichever date is later, the prosecuting attorney files a motion requesting that the sentence be reformed to confinement for life.

(d) If the court of criminal appeals finds reversible error that affects the punishment stage of the trial only, as described by Subsection (c), and the prosecuting attorney does not file a motion for reformation of sentence in the period described by that subsection, the defendant shall receive a new sentencing trial in the manner required by Article 44.29(c).