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Tex. Occupations Code § 504.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.151
§ 504.151. LICENSE REQUIRED; USE OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not engage in the practice of chemical dependency counseling unless the person is licensed as a chemical dependency counselor under this chapter.

(b) A person, other than a person licensed under this chapter or exempt from the application of this chapter, may not use:

(1) the term "chemical dependency counselor" or any combination, variation, or abbreviation of that term as a professional, business, or commercial identification, name, title, or representation; or

(2) any letter, abbreviation, work symbol, slogan, sign, or any combination or variation likely to create the impression that the person is authorized to practice chemical dependency counseling or is a licensed chemical dependency counselor.

(c) Unless a person is engaged in the practice of chemical dependency counseling in accordance with this chapter, the person may not:

(1) hold the person out to the public as engaged in the practice of chemical dependency counseling;

(2) offer chemical dependency counseling services, including offering those services under an assumed, trade, business, professional, partnership, or corporate name or title; or

(3) use the term "licensed chemical dependency counselor," the abbreviation "LCDC," or any combination or variation of that term or abbreviation in connection with the person's practice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7947A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7947A / Section 7947A.0202
§ 7947A.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 7947A.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 7947A.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 7947A.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. Government Code § 2306.553 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.553
§ 2306.553. PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The public purpose of the corporation is to perform activities and services that the corporation's board of directors determines will promote the public health, safety, and welfare through the provision of adequate, safe, and sanitary housing primarily for individuals and families of low, very low, and extremely low income and for persons who are eligible for loans under the home loan program provided by Section 2306.5621. The activities and services shall include engaging in mortgage banking activities and lending transactions and acquiring, holding, selling, or leasing real or personal property.

(b) The corporation's primary public purpose is to facilitate the provision of housing by issuing qualified 501(c)(3) bonds and qualified residential rental project bonds and by making affordable loans to individuals and families of low, very low, and extremely low income and to persons who are eligible for loans under the home loan program provided by Section 2306.5621. The corporation may make first lien, single family purchase money mortgage loans for single family homes only to individuals and families of low, very low, and extremely low income if the individual's or family's household income is not more than the greater of 60 percent of the median income for the state, as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or 60 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size, as defined by that department. The corporation may make loans for multifamily developments if:

(1) at least 40 percent of the units in a multifamily development are affordable to individuals and families with incomes at or below 60 percent of the median family income, adjusted for family size; or

(2) at least 20 percent of the units in a multifamily development are affordable to individuals and families with incomes at or below 50 percent of the median family income, adjusted for family size.

(c) To the extent reasonably practicable, the corporation shall use the services of banks, community banks, savings banks, thrifts, savings and loan associations, private mortgage companies, nonprofit organizations, and other lenders for the origination of all loans contemplated by this subchapter and assist the lenders in providing credit primarily to individuals and families of low, very low, and extremely low income.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8025.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8025 / Section 8025.0303
§ 8025.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 36.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 36 / Section 36.005
§ 36.005. FAILURE TO REPORT.
Status: in_force

If a court in this state fails to provide to the clerk of the court the information required for the report submitted under Section 36.004, the court is ineligible for any grant money awarded by this state or a state agency for the next state fiscal biennium.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8211.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8211 / Section 8211.103
§ 8211.103. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may finance, construct, or acquire a road project as provided by this section.

(b) The district shall employ or contract with a licensed engineer to certify whether a proposed road project meets the criteria for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of:

(1) a county in whose jurisdiction the proposed road project is located; or

(2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the proposed road project is located.

(c) The district may finance, construct, or acquire a road that has been certified by the licensed engineer as a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road, or any improvements in aid of the certified road.

(d) A road project must be located:

(1) in the district; or

(2) in another municipal utility district that serves a master planned community the district also serves.

(e) 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.

(f) The district may, with the consent of the municipality or county, convey a completed road project to:

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

(2) a county in which the road project is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8389.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8389 / Section 8389.051
§ 8389.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551A.016 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551A / Section 551A.016
§ 551A.016. FEE FOR COURSE.
Status: in_force

A person may charge, for a course under the off-highway vehicle operator education and certification program, a fee that is reasonably related to the costs of administering the course.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8034.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8034 / Section 8034.0201
§ 8034.0201. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.063 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.063
§ 43.063. ANNEXATION HEARING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a municipality may institute annexation proceedings, the governing body of the municipality must conduct two public hearings at which persons interested in the annexation are given the opportunity to be heard. The hearings must be conducted on or after the 40th day but before the 20th day before the date of the institution of the proceedings.

(b) At least one of the hearings must be held in the area proposed for annexation if a suitable site is reasonably available and more than 10 percent of the adults who are permanent residents of the area file a written protest of the annexation with the secretary of the municipality within 10 days after the date of the publication of the notice required by this section. The protest must state the name, address, and age of each protester who signs.

(c) The municipality must:

(1) post notice of the hearings on the municipality's Internet website if the municipality has an Internet website; and

(2) publish notice of the hearings in a newspaper of general circulation:

(A) in the municipality;

(B) in the area proposed for annexation; and

(C) if the municipality is a home-rule municipality, in any area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by the expansion of the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction resulting from the proposed annexation.

(d) The notice for each hearing must be published at least once on or after the 20th day but before the 10th day before the date of the hearing. The notice for each hearing must be posted on the municipality's Internet website on or after the 20th day but before the 10th day before the date of the hearing and must remain posted until the date of the hearing.

(e) This subsection applies only to a home-rule municipality. If applicable, the notice for each hearing must include:

(1) a statement that the completed annexation of the area will expand the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction;

(2) a description of the area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction;

(3) a statement of the purpose of extraterritorial jurisdiction designation as provided by Section 42.001; and

(4) a brief description of each municipal ordinance that would be applicable, as authorized by Section 212.003, in the area that would be newly included in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

(f) In addition to the notice required by Subsection (c), the municipality must give notice by certified mail to each railroad company that serves the municipality and is on the municipality's tax roll if the company's right-of-way is in the area proposed for annexation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3898.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3898 / Section 3898.108
§ 3898.108. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.0095 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.0095
§ 212.0095.
Status: in_force

Sec. 212.0095. APPROVAL PROCEDURE: APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF RESPONSE. (a) A municipal authority or governing body that receives a response under Section 212.0093 shall determine whether to approve or disapprove the applicant's previously conditionally approved or disapproved plat not later than the 15th day after the date the response was submitted.

(b) A municipal authority or governing body that conditionally approves or disapproves a plat following the submission of a response under Section 212.0093:

(1) must comply with Section 212.0091; and

(2) may disapprove the plat only for a specific condition or reason provided to the applicant under Section 212.0091.

(c) A municipal authority or governing body that receives a response under Section 212.0093 shall approve a previously conditionally approved or disapproved plat if the response adequately addresses each condition of the conditional approval or each reason for the disapproval.

(d) A previously conditionally approved or disapproved plat is approved if:

(1) the applicant filed a response that meets the requirements of Subsection (c); and

(2) the municipal authority or governing body that received the response does not disapprove the plat on or before the date required by Subsection (a) and in accordance with Section 212.0091.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.122 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.122
§ 351.122. ELIGIBLE COUNTIES; PURPOSE; BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A jail district may be created by a county or by two or more counties that have contracted with one another for the joint operation of a jail under Subchapter B.

(b) A jail district may be created to finance and effect the construction, acquisition, or improvement of a jail facility to serve the county or counties comprising the district.

(c) A district is composed of the area of the county or cooperating counties that created the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.154
§ 3938.154. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
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 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 the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6901.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6901 / Section 6901.053
§ 6901.053. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board consists of five directors.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1151.108 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.108
§ 1151.108. BOARD DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The board shall:

(1) recommend to the commission rules and standards regarding technical issues relating to tax professionals;

(2) provide advice to the commission regarding continuing education courses and curricula for registrants;

(3) provide advice to the commission regarding the contents of any examination required by the commission under this chapter; and

(4) educate, and respond to questions from, the commission and the department regarding issues affecting tax professionals.
Tex. Government Code § 855.113 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.113
§ 855.113. OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall establish an office in Austin or in one of the participating municipalities.

(b) The board shall keep the books and records of the retirement system in that office.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171A.107 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171A / Section 171A.107
§ 171A.107. APPEALS.
Status: in_force

The Fifteenth Court of Appeals has exclusive intermediate appellate jurisdiction over any appeal or original proceeding arising out of an action brought under Section 171A.101 in the courts of this state.
Tex. Estates Code § 309.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 309 / Section 309.001
§ 309.001. APPOINTMENT OF APPRAISERS.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after letters testamentary or of administration are granted, the court, for good cause, on the court's own motion or on the motion of an interested person shall appoint at least one but not more than three disinterested persons who are residents of the county in which the letters were granted to appraise the estate property.

(b) If the court makes an appointment under Subsection (a) and part of the estate is located in a county other than the county in which the letters were granted, the court, if the court considers necessary, may appoint at least one but not more than three disinterested persons who are residents of the county in which the relevant part of the estate is located to appraise the estate property located in that county.
Tex. Education Code § 73.103 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 73 / Section 73.103
§ 73.103. PRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents shall appoint a president of the institution.

(b) To be qualified for appointment as president, a person must be a licensed physician possessing an M.D. degree with at least five years of experience practicing medicine.

(c) The president has charge of the operation and conduct of the institution and has any other powers and duties conferred on him by the board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.169 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.169
§ 901.169. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall require an individual to submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the board, to the board or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation if:

(1) the individual has not previously submitted fingerprints for the purpose of the board obtaining criminal history record information; and

(2) the individual:

(A) is an applicant to take the uniform CPA examination;

(B) is an applicant for a certificate;

(C) is an owner or seeks to become an owner of a certified public accountancy firm and the individual is not a license holder, if requested by the board under Section 901.354(e);

(D) is an applicant for a license under Subchapter I; or

(E) is an applicant for renewal of a license under Subchapter I, unless the applicant is an individual who does not engage in the practice of public accountancy because of retirement or permanent disability.

(b) The board may not allow an individual to take the uniform CPA examination or issue a certificate or license to an individual who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).

(c) The board may administratively suspend or refuse to renew the license of an individual who is an applicant for renewal of a license under Subchapter I and who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).

(d) The board shall require a license holder who qualified for an exemption described by Subsection (a)(2)(E) to comply with the requirement of Subsection (a) if the license holder no longer qualifies for the exemption.

(e) The board shall conduct a criminal history record information check of each individual required to submit fingerprints under Subsection (a) using information:

(1) provided by the individual under this section; and

(2) made available to the board by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code.

(f) The board may:

(1) enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Safety to administer a criminal history record information check required under this section; and

(2) authorize the Department of Public Safety to collect from each applicant the costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety in conducting the criminal history record information check.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.065 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.065
§ 1013.065. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.204 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.204
§ 56.204. CONTENTS OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A petition for designation of a service provider must:

(1) state with reasonable particularity the locations of the permanent residential or business premises for which the petitioners are requesting service;

(2) establish that those locations are within reasonable proximity to one another so that the petitioners possess a sufficient community of interest to warrant the designation of a provider and the expenditure of universal service funds necessary to establish service;

(3) except as provided by Subsection (b), be signed by at least five persons who:

(A) are not members of the same household;

(B) reside in the permanent residential premises or are the owners of the permanent residential or business premises for which service is sought and that are not located within a certificated area;

(C) want service to those premises; and

(D) commit to pay the aid to construction charges for service to those premises as determined by the commission;

(4) nominate as potential providers of service not more than five telecommunications providers serving territory that is contiguous to the location of the permanent residential or business premises using wireless or wireline facilities, resale, or unbundled network elements; and

(5) include as an attachment or an appendix documentation indicating the required residence or ownership, including a state-issued license or identification, tax records, deeds, or voter registration materials.

(b) The commission may accept a petition that is signed by fewer than five persons if a petitioner provides an affidavit stating that the petitioners have taken all reasonable steps to secure the signatures of the residents of permanent residential premises or the owners of permanent residential or business premises within reasonably close proximity to the petitioning premises who are not receiving telephone service when the petition is filed and who want telephone service initiated.
Tex. Government Code § 403.114 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.114
§ 403.114. BOND CLERK.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall appoint a bond clerk. Before taking office the bond clerk shall take the official oath. The bond clerk serves at the pleasure of the comptroller.

(b) The bond clerk, under the comptroller's supervision, direction, and authority, shall perform all duties relating to the registration of bonds imposed on the comptroller by this chapter. The bond clerk may sign the comptroller's name to a certificate of registration of a bond that the bond clerk registers and that is required by law to be registered by the comptroller. In the absence of the bond clerk the chief clerk may perform the bond clerk's duties.

(c) The comptroller shall designate and appoint, from the employees of the comptroller's office, assistants to the bond clerk. The designation and appointment must be in writing, certified under the seal of the comptroller, and filed with the bond clerk. The assistants, under the direction and authority of the comptroller, shall perform all duties relating to the registration of bonds imposed on the comptroller by this chapter. Each assistant may sign the comptroller's name to a certificate of registration of a bond that the assistant registers and that is required by law to be registered by the comptroller. The duties assigned by the comptroller to the assistants are in addition to other duties that may be assigned to the assistants.