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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 24.058 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 24 / Section 24.058
§ 24.058. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) No property may be acquired with grant money made under this subchapter or by the department under this subchapter if the purchase price exceeds the fair market value of the property as determined by one independent appraiser.

(b) Property may be acquired with provision for a life tenancy if that provision facilitates the orderly and expedient acquisition of the property.

(c) If land or water designated for park, recreational, cultural resource, or open space use is included in the local and regional park, recreational, cultural resource, and open space plans for two or more large counties or municipalities, the two or more large counties or municipalities may cooperate under state law to secure assistance from the account to acquire or develop the property. In those cases, the department may modify the standards for individual applicants but must be assured that a cooperative management plan for the land or water can be developed and effectuated and that one of the counties or municipalities possesses the necessary qualifications to perform contractual responsibilities for purposes of the grant.

(d) All land or water purchased with assistance from the account shall be dedicated for park, recreational, cultural resource, indoor recreation center, and open space purposes in perpetuity and may not be used for any other purpose, except where the use is compatible with park, recreational, cultural resource, and open space objectives, and the use is approved in advance by the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1035.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1035 / Section 1035.110
§ 1035.110. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The board shall require the sheriff of DeWitt County or the police chief of any municipality in the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a person who is confined in a jail facility of DeWitt County or the municipality and is not a district resident. A prisoner in the DeWitt County jail or in a penal or police facility located in the district is not considered a district resident unless the person would meet the qualifications for residency notwithstanding the incarceration, its duration, or the facts surrounding the incarceration.

(c) The board may contract with the state or federal government for that government to reimburse the district for treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.117 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.117
§ 1069.117. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The board shall require the sheriff of a county or the police chief of a municipality to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a person confined in a jail facility of the county or municipality who is not a district resident.

(c) The board may contract with the state or federal government for that government to reimburse the district for treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3803.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3803 / Section 3803.157
§ 3803.157. OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3850.163 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3850 / Section 3850.163
§ 3850.163. CITY OF HOUSTON NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, the City of Houston is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.2011 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.2011
§ 5.2011. CONSENT TO SERVE AS REGISTERED AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The designation or appointment of a person as registered agent by an organizer or managerial official of an entity in a registered agent filing is an affirmation by the organizer or managerial official that the person named as registered agent has consented to serve in that capacity.

(b) If a person designated or appointed as registered agent in a registered agent filing before the sale, acquisition, or transfer of a majority-in-interest or majority interest of the outstanding ownership or membership interests of the represented entity continues to serve in that capacity after the sale, acquisition, or transfer, the person's continuation of service is an affirmation by the governing authority of the represented entity that the governing authority has verified that the person named as registered agent has consented to continue to serve in that capacity.
Tex. Education Code § 102.35 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 102 / Section 102.35
§ 102.35. DONATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING FOR MUSEUM PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The board may accept the donation from the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society of a building to be constructed for the benefit of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. The building may be constructed, and existing buildings may be modified to connect with the new structure.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.0495 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0495
§ 81.0495. FAILURE TO REPORT; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may impose a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 on a health care facility for each failure to submit a report required under this subchapter.

(b) The attorney general may bring an action to recover a civil penalty imposed under Subsection (a).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 12A.051 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.051
§ 12A.051. INFORMATION REGARDING COMPLAINTS AND ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall:

(1) inform applicants, license holders, and the public on the department's Internet website, in department brochures, and on any other available information resource about the department's enforcement process, including each step in the complaint investigation and resolution process, from initial filing through final appeal, and the opportunity to request an informal settlement conference; and

(2) inform license holders that a license holder may obtain information about a complaint made against the license holder and may obtain on request a copy of the complaint file.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department shall provide to a license holder against whom a complaint has been filed:

(1) the allegations made against the license holder in the complaint; and

(2) on the license holder's request, any information obtained by the department in its investigation of the complaint.

(c) The department shall provide the information required under Subsection (b) in a timely manner to allow the license holder time to respond to the complaint.

(d) The department is not required to provide the following information to a license holder:

(1) the name of a confidential informant whose testimony will not be used in any hearing as evidence against the license holder;

(2) attorney-client communications;

(3) attorney work product; or

(4) any other information that is confidential or not subject to disclosure under law, rule of evidence, or rule of civil procedure.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 112.016 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.016
§ 112.016. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a member of the council to be the presiding officer.

(b) The presiding officer serves in that capacity at the will of the governor.

(c) A representative of a state agency may not serve as chair or vice-chair.

(d) The council shall meet quarterly in regular session and on call by the chair when necessary for the transaction of council business.
Tex. Government Code § 54.818 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.818
§ 54.818. DECREE OR JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

The finding and recommendations become the decree or judgment of the court when adopted and approved by an order of the judge.
Tex. Education Code § 21.457 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.457
§ 21.457. TRAINING FOR TEACHERS OF EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall develop and make available training materials and other teacher training resources to assist teachers in developing the expertise required to enable emergent bilingual students to meet state performance expectations.
Tex. Education Code § 54.639 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.639
§ 54.639. EXEMPTION FROM CREDITORS' CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Money in the fund is exempt from claims of creditors, including claims of creditors of a purchaser, a beneficiary, or a successor in interest of a purchaser or beneficiary.

(b) The rights of a purchaser, beneficiary, or successor in interest of a purchaser or beneficiary in and under a prepaid tuition contract and the payment of tuition and required fees for a beneficiary under a prepaid tuition contract to an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education under this chapter are exempt from attachment, levy, garnishment, execution, and seizure for the satisfaction of any debt, judgment, or claim against a purchaser, beneficiary, or successor in interest of a purchaser or beneficiary.

(c) A claim or judgment against a purchaser, beneficiary, or a successor in interest of a purchaser or beneficiary does not impair or entitle the claim or judgment holder to assert or enforce a lien against:

(1) the rights of a purchaser, beneficiary, or successor in interest of a purchaser or beneficiary in and under a prepaid tuition contract; or

(2) the right of a beneficiary to the payment of tuition and required fees to an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education under a prepaid tuition contract.
Tex. Government Code § 441.131 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.131
§ 441.131. REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing bodies of two-thirds of the member libraries of a major resource system may elect, for the purpose of administering the receipt and dispersal of services under this subchapter within their area, to form a regional library system that includes all libraries that are members of the major resource system.

(b) Governing bodies of libraries within a regional library system may establish a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) to administer the system or may contract with a private business to administer the system. If the governing bodies form a nonprofit corporation, they may select a board of directors and adopt bylaws for the corporation. Bylaws adopted or a contract executed under this section may permit other libraries operated by the following entities to become members of the regional library system:

(1) a public school district;

(2) an institution of higher education;

(3) a unit of local, state, or federal government;

(4) an accredited nonpublic elementary or secondary school; or

(5) a special or research library.

(b-1) Bylaws adopted under Subsection (b) may provide for reorganization, merger, division, and dissolution.

(b-2) A library that joins a regional system under this section must agree to loan materials without charge to users of other libraries in the system.

(c) To ensure the sound management and viability of regional library systems, the commission shall include in its rules provisions stipulating a cash reserve requirement for regional library systems. To enable the accumulation of sufficient reserves for the sole purpose of cash flow management, regional library systems may retain up to five percent of their annual system operation grant general revenue funds from year to year until the commission's reserve requirement is satisfied. These funds must be held in a federally insured account and the commission may provide for periodic reporting of the funds and their inclusion in the annual audit. Interest earned on these funds shall be retained in this account and shall be subject to the same terms and reporting as the corpus. These funds remain the property of the state, and if the commission ceases to contract with a regional library system, such funds must be fully and promptly returned as provided by this section.
Tex. Water Code § 5.557 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.557
§ 5.557. DIRECT REFERRAL TO CONTESTED CASE HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately after the executive director issues a preliminary decision on an application under Section 5.553, the commission, on the request of the applicant or the executive director, shall refer the application directly to the State Office of Administrative Hearings for a contested case hearing on whether the application complies with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

(b) Sections 5.554, 5.555, and 5.556 of this code and Sections 2003.047(e) and (f), Government Code, do not apply to an application referred for a hearing under Subsection (a).

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the commission by rule shall provide for public comment and the executive director's response to public comment to be entered into the administrative record of decision on an application.
Tex. Election Code § 18.009 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 18 / Section 18.009
§ 18.009. UNLAWFUL USE OF INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses information in connection with advertising or promoting commercial products or services that the person knows was obtained under Section 18.008.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 317.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.007
§ 317.007. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to, an easement in, or a right-of-way over or through any property, including water or land under water, that the governing body of the municipality determines necessary to accomplish a purpose provided by Section 317.003.

(b) A municipality may not condemn property under Subsection (a) if the property is used for cemetery purposes.

(c) A municipality shall pay adequate compensation to the owner of property that is taken, damaged, or destroyed in the accomplishment of a purpose provided by Section 317.003.

(d) A municipality may pay compensation and damages adjudicated in a condemnation proceeding or damage to the property of a person in the accomplishment of a purpose provided by Section 317.003 from:

(1) the proceeds of tax or revenue bonds issued under this chapter; or

(2) other available municipal money.

(e) Chapter 21, Property Code, governs the procedure for the exercise of the power of eminent domain under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.159
§ 1052.159. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1052.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and following district fiscal years.

(b) The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 87.552 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 87 / Section 87.552
§ 87.552. COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may award baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents, but the board may not institute a department, school, or program without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(b) A program offered by the metroplex commuter program:

(1) must be approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and

(2) may not duplicate a program offered by another institution of higher education in the Dallas area.

(c) The board shall adopt other rules for the operation, control, and management of East Texas State University as may be necessary for the institution to be a first-class institution of higher education. The board may establish different rules for the operation of the facilities and programs at different locations of the institution.

(d) The board may make joint faculty appointments in East Texas State University and in other institutions under its governance. The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of services rendered.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.059
§ 1088.059. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the affairs of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.105
§ 9055.105. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from the board's membership a president, a vice president, and any other officers as the board determines necessary. The president is the chief executive officer of the district and the presiding officer of the board. The vice president shall act as president if the president is absent or fails or declines to act.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who are not required to be directors. The board may combine the offices of secretary and treasurer.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.004 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.004
§ 162.004. CERTAIN CORPORATE NAMES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A corporation organized under the laws of this state or authorized to do business in this state may not use the words "telephone cooperative" in the corporation's name unless the corporation is organized under this chapter.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.007 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.007
§ 181.007. AUTHORITY TO HOLD LAND OR OTHER PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A gas or electric corporation has the power to own, hold, or use land, a right-of-way, an easement, a franchise, or a building or other structure as necessary for the purpose of the corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.059
§ 1084.059. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties on approval of the expenses by the entire board as reported in the board minutes.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.166 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.166
§ 21.166. PREFORMATION SUBSCRIPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may determine the payment terms of a preformation subscription unless the payment terms are specified by the subscription. The payment terms may authorize payment in full on acceptance or by installments.

(b) Unless the subscription provides otherwise, a corporation shall make calls placed to all subscribers of similar interests for payment on preformation subscriptions uniform as far as practicable.

(c) After the corporation is formed, if a subscriber fails to pay any installment or call when due, a corporation may:

(1) collect in the same manner as any other debt the amount due on any unpaid preformation subscription; or

(2) forfeit the subscription if the installment or call remains unpaid for 20 days after written notice to the subscriber.

(d) Although the forfeiture of a subscription terminates all the rights and obligations of the subscriber, the corporation may retain any amount previously paid on the subscription.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.002
§ 1013.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The district operates under the authority of and has the powers and responsibilities provided by Section 11, Article IX, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17A.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17A / Section 17A.06
§ 17A.06. APPEARANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In all criminal actions instituted against a corporation or association, in which original jurisdiction is in a district or county-level court:

(1) appearance is for the purpose of arraignment;

(2) the corporation or association has 10 full days after the day the arraignment takes place and before the day the trial begins to file written pleadings.

(b) In all criminal actions instituted against a corporation or association, in which original jurisdiction is in a justice court or corporation court:

(1) appearance is for the purpose of entering a plea; and

(2) 10 full days must elapse after the day of appearance before the corporation or association may be tried.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 32.051 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 32 / Section 32.051
§ 32.051. PERMIT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not own, maintain, or use a floating cabin in the public coastal water of this state unless a permit has been issued under this chapter for the floating cabin.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0058
§ 8508.0058. DIRECTOR TRAINING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a director may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a director in attendance at a board meeting until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing the authority's operations;

(2) the authority's programs, functions, rules, and budget;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the authority's rulemaking authority;

(4) the results of the authority's most recent formal audit;

(5) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts of interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of the governing body of a river authority in performing their duties; and

(6) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the board or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the board is entitled to reimbursement for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The board shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The board shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each director. On receipt of the training manual, each director shall sign a statement acknowledging receipt of the training manual.