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Tex. Tax Code § 23.751 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.751
§ 23.751. LATE APPLICATION FOR APPRAISAL AS TIMBER LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief appraiser shall accept and approve or deny an application for appraisal under this subchapter after the deadline for filing it has passed if it is filed before approval of the appraisal records by the appraisal review board.

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the chief appraiser shall accept and approve or deny an application for appraisal under this subchapter after the deadline for filing the application has passed if:

(1) the land that is the subject of the application was appraised under this subchapter in the preceding tax year;

(2) the ownership of the land changed as a result of the death of an owner of the land during the preceding tax year; and

(3) the application is filed not later than the delinquency date for the taxes on the land for the year for which the application is filed by:

(A) the surviving spouse or a surviving child of the decedent;

(B) the executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent; or

(C) a fiduciary acting on behalf of the surviving spouse or a surviving child of the decedent.

(b) If appraisal under this subchapter is approved when the application is filed late, the owner is liable for a penalty of 10 percent of the difference between the amount of tax imposed on the property and the amount that would be imposed if the property were taxed at market value. The penalty prescribed by this subsection does not apply to a late application filed under Subsection (a-1).

(c) The chief appraiser shall make an entry on the appraisal records indicating the person's liability for the penalty and shall deliver written notice of imposition of the penalty, explaining the reason for its imposition, to the person.

(d) The tax assessor for a taxing unit that taxes land based on an appraisal under this subchapter after a late application shall add the amount of the penalty to the owner's tax bill, and the tax collector for the unit shall collect the penalty at the time and in the manner he collects the tax. The amount of the penalty constitutes a lien against the property against which the penalty is imposed, as if it were a tax, and accrues penalty and interest in the same manner as a delinquent tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8118.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8118 / Section 8118.106
§ 8118.106. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.007
§ 3879.007. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.156
§ 1020.156. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Territory may not be annexed to the district unless:

(1) an election is held in accordance with this subchapter; and

(2) the annexation is approved by a majority of the voters voting in the election in:

(A) the district; and

(B) the territory proposed to be annexed.

(b) If the territory is annexed to the district, a certified copy of the order canvassing the returns of the election shall be filed and recorded in the deed records of each county in which the district is located following the annexation election.

(c) An election may not be held under this subchapter within six months of an election previously held under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8019.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8019 / Section 8019.0502
§ 8019.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Water Code § 31.012 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 31 / Section 31.012
§ 31.012. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may grant an application in whole or part and may issue the permit if it finds that:

(1) the construction or use of the subsurface excavation is in the public interest and that after consideration of all alternative sites there is a public need for construction of the subsurface excavation at the location for which the application is made;

(2) existing rights, including mineral rights, water rights, and adjacent surface rights, are not impaired;

(3) any surface storage of spoils or industrial waste will not harm adjacent surface property used for agricultural purposes;

(4) with proper safeguards, both groundwater and surface water can be adequately protected from pollution; and

(5) the applicant has made a satisfactory showing of financial responsibility if required by Section 31.018(b) of this code.

(b) In the permit the commission shall impose terms and conditions reasonably necessary to protect all water from pollution.

(c) In the permit the commission shall impose terms and conditions for final closure of surface facilities, plugging and sealing of the subsurface excavations, management of spoils and industrial waste, and ground movement control measures reasonably necessary to protect all water penetrated from pollution.

(d) The use of a subsurface excavation for a purpose other than one stated in the permit is prohibited.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.064 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.064
§ 1301.064. CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

Subject to Subchapter C, a preferred provider contract must provide for payment to a physician or health care provider for health care services and benefits provided to an insured under the contract and to which the insured is entitled under the terms of the contract not later than:

(1) the 45th day after the date on which a claim for payment is received with the documentation reasonably necessary to process the claim; or

(2) if applicable, within the number of calendar days specified by written agreement between the physician or health care provider and the insurer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8261.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8261 / Section 8261.002
§ 8261.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8870.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8870 / Section 8870.053
§ 8870.053. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

Each even-numbered year, on the uniform election date in May or another date authorized by law, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005 / Section 8005.006
§ 8005.006. 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. Occupations Code § 1802.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1802 / Section 1802.151
§ 1802.151. FUND.
Status: in_force

The auctioneer education and recovery fund is a trust fund with the comptroller for the payment of claims against auctioneers licensed under this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 202.204 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 202 / Section 202.204
§ 202.204. REPORTS OF CARRIER.
Status: in_force

A carrier shall provide information and file reports on the movements of oil if requested by the comptroller as often as required by the comptroller.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.203 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.203
§ 51.203. RULES REGARDING PROGRAMS REGULATED BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement each law establishing a program regulated by the department.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, for each program regulated by the department, including a program under which a license is issued by the department, the commission by rule may establish:

(1) the length of a license term, not to exceed two years;

(2) a fee for the issuance or renewal of a license; and

(3) any continuing education required to renew a license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3954.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3954 / Section 3954.004
§ 3954.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of a municipal management district as provided by general law and Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(d) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment;

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce; and

(4) providing quality residential housing.

(e) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a residential community and business center; and

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.

(f) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(g) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.151 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.151
§ 49A.151.
Status: in_force

Art. 49A.151. COUNTY SERVED BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE: NOTICE AND REPORT OF DEATH OCCURRING IN INSTITUTION. (a) For the purposes of this article, "institution" does not include a hospital.

(b) A superintendent or general manager of an institution who is required by Article 49A.053 to report to a justice of the peace the death of a person under the care, custody, or control of or residing in the institution shall:

(1) within 24 hours after the death of a person, notify the office of the attorney general of the person's death; and

(2) within 72 hours after the death of a person, prepare and submit to the office of the attorney general a report containing all facts relevant to the person's death.

(c) The superintendent or general manager shall make a good faith effort to obtain all facts relevant to a person's death and to include those facts in the report submitted under Subsection (b)(2).

(d) The office of the attorney general may investigate each death reported to the office by an institution that receives payments through the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.

(e) Subject to Subsection (f), the office of the attorney general shall make a report submitted under Subsection (b)(2) available to any interested person who submits a written request for access to the report.

(f) The office of the attorney general may deny a person access to the report or part of the report if the office determines that the report or part of the report is:

(1) privileged from discovery; or

(2) exempt from required public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.213 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.213
§ 131.213. NOTICE OF RELEASE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after an application for total or partial bond or deposit release is filed with the commission, the commission shall notify the local governmental agency in which the surface mining operation is located by certified mail.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.053
§ 1477.053. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE WATER SUPPLY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of the county may acquire by purchase, construction, or otherwise an adequate source of surface or subterranean fresh water for supplying water to the county's courthouse or for other county purposes.

(b) To further an acquisition under Subsection (a), the commissioners court may purchase, construct, repair, and maintain:

(1) a pool, lake, or reservoir;

(2) a well;

(3) a dam; and

(4) any water treatment and distribution facility as may be required.

(c) The county must comply with the applicable water permit provisions of Title 2, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3799.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3799 / Section 3799.106
§ 3799.106. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are part of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8210.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8210 / Section 8210.101
§ 8210.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 262 / Section 262.026
§ 262.026. RATES FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), through charging sufficient rates for services provided by a hospital and through its other revenue sources the board shall produce revenue sufficient to:

(1) pay the expenses of owning, operating, and maintaining the hospital;

(2) pay the interest on the bonds as it becomes due;

(3) create a sinking fund to pay the bonds as they become due; and

(4) create and maintain a bond reserve fund and other funds as provided in the bond resolution or trust indenture.

(b) If the hospital is used, operated, or acquired by a nonprofit corporation under Chapter 223 or is leased, the board shall require the nonprofit corporation or the lessee to charge rates for services provided by the hospital that are sufficient with the nonprofit corporation's or lessee's other sources of revenue to:

(1) pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the hospital; and

(2) make payments or pay rentals to the authority that are sufficient with the authority's other pledged sources of estimated revenue to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds as it becomes due;

(B) create a sinking fund to pay the bonds as they become due; and

(C) create and maintain a bond reserve fund and other funds as provided in the bond resolution or trust indenture.
Tex. Family Code § 153.258 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.258
§ 153.258. REQUEST FOR FINDINGS WHEN ORDER VARIES FROM STANDARD ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) In all cases in which possession of a child by a parent is contested and the possession of the child varies from the standard possession order, including a possession order for a child under three years of age, on request by a party, the court shall state in writing the specific reasons for the variance from the standard order.

(b) A request for findings of fact under this section must conform to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 23.068 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 23 / Section 23.068
§ 23.068. LOAN LIMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A loan limit shall be established at the $1,000 amount nearest to the amount computed in accordance with this section.

(b) The total amount outstanding on loans made to a corporation by a member at any one time, when added to the amount of the investment in the shares of the corporation then held by the member, may not exceed:

(1) 20 percent of the total amount then outstanding on loans to the corporation by all members, including outstanding amounts validly called for a loan but not yet loaned; or

(2) the following limit, to be determined as of the time the member becomes a member of the corporation, or at any time requested by a member on the basis of the audited balance sheet of the member at the close of its fiscal year immediately preceding its application for membership or, in the case of an insurance company, its last annual statement to the Texas Department of Insurance:

(A) an amount equal to the lesser of $750,000 or two percent of the capital and surplus of a commercial bank or trust company;

(B) an amount equal to one percent of the total outstanding loans made by a savings and loan association;

(C) an amount equal to one percent of the capital and unassigned surplus of a stock insurance company other than a fire insurance company;

(D) an amount equal to one percent of the unassigned surplus of a mutual insurance company other than a fire insurance company;

(E) an amount equal to one-tenth of one percent of the assets of a fire insurance company; or

(F) the limits approved by the board of directors of the corporation for a government pension fund or other financial institution.

(c) Subject to Subsection (b), each call made by the corporation shall be prorated among the members of the corporation in substantially the same proportion that the adjusted loan limit of each member bears to the aggregate of the adjusted loan limits of all members.

(d) For purposes of Subsection (c), the adjusted loan limit of a member is the amount of the member's loan limit, reduced by the balance of outstanding loans made by the member to the corporation and the investment in shares of the corporation held by the member at the time of the call.
Tex. Election Code § 221.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 221 / Section 221.006
§ 221.006. EFFECT OF CONTEST ON CANVASS.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this title, the filing of an election contest before the canvass of the contested election is completed does not affect the canvassing process, and the result of the election shall be determined and certified as if the contest had not been filed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7922.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7922 / Section 7922.105
§ 7922.105. 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. Business & Commerce Code § 201.005 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.005
§ 201.005. PROVISION OF BOOTH OR SIMILAR SPACE NOT AN OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

A person does not commit an offense under this chapter solely because the person provides booths or similar spaces at a flea market.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8195.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8195 / Section 8195.051
§ 8195.051. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.0515 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.0515
§ 504.0515. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(1) enforce rules as necessary for the performance of its duties under this chapter; and

(2) ensure strict compliance with and enforcement of this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.105 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.105
§ 60.105. AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may apply for and receive financial assistance from the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority. The assistance may be funding derived from the proceeds of general obligation or revenue bonds issued by the authority or may be loans, loan guaranties, insurance, or any other benefit offered by the authority for the purposes of expansion, development, and diversification of production, processing, marketing, and export of Texas agricultural products.

(b) A district's proposal under this section is subject to Chapter 58. If a district project involves a value-added agricultural operation, it shall receive preference as provided by Section 58.0211(b).