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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3865.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3865 / Section 3865.152
§ 3865.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 3865.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 672.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 672 / Section 672.002
§ 672.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF REVIEW TEAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A multidisciplinary and multiagency unexpected fatality review team may be established for a county to conduct reviews of unexpected deaths that occur within the county. A review team for a county with a population of less than 50,000 may join with an adjacent county or counties to establish a combined review team.

(b) The commissioners court of a county may oversee the activities of the review team or may designate a county department to oversee those activities. The commissioners court may designate a nonprofit agency or a political subdivision of the state involved in the support or treatment of victims of family violence, abuse, or suicide to oversee the activities of the review team if the governing body of the nonprofit agency or political subdivision concurs.

(c) Any person who may be a member of a review team under Subsection (d) may initiate the establishment of a review team and call the first organizational meeting of the team.

(d) A review team may include:

(1) a criminal prosecutor involved in prosecuting crimes involving family violence;

(2) a peace officer;

(3) a justice of the peace or medical examiner;

(4) a public health professional;

(5) a representative of the Department of Family and Protective Services engaged in providing adult protective services;

(6) a mental health services provider;

(7) a representative of the family violence shelter center providing services to the county;

(8) the victim witness advocate in the county prosecutor's office;

(9) a representative from the battering intervention and prevention program for the county; and

(10) a community supervision and corrections department officer.

(e) Members of a review team may select additional team members according to community resources and needs.

(f) A review team shall select a presiding officer from its members.

(g) Members selected under Subsection (e) must reflect the geographical, cultural, racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of the county or counties represented.

(h) Members selected under this section should have experience in abuse, neglect, suicide, family violence, or elder abuse.
Tex. Local Government Code § 601.028 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 601 / Section 601.028
§ 601.028. CHARGES FOR USE OF FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may collect charges for the use of its facility at reasonable rates determined by the authority for the purpose of paying the expenses and obligations of the authority.

(b) A person questioning the reasonableness of a rate or charge of the authority may bring suit against the authority in a district court in the county in which the project is located.
Tex. Government Code § 499.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 499 / Section 499.005
§ 499.005. TRANSFER TO PAROLE STATUS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a pre-parolee transferred under this subchapter satisfactorily serves a term in a community residential facility until the pre-parolee's presumptive parole date, the Board of Pardons and Paroles may transfer the pre-parolee from pre-parole status to parole status and the Board of Pardons and Paroles may issue the pre-parolee an appropriate certificate of release to conditional freedom under Chapter 508.

(b) A pre-parolee transferred from pre-parole status to parole status is subject to provisions concerning inmates released on parole provided under Chapter 508.
Tex. Estates Code § 405.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 405 / Section 405.001
§ 405.001. ACCOUNTING AND DISTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to or in lieu of the right to an accounting provided by Section 404.001, at any time after the expiration of two years after the date the court clerk first issues letters testamentary or of administration to any personal representative of an estate, a person interested in the estate then subject to independent administration may petition the court for an accounting and distribution. The court may order an accounting to be made with the court by the independent executor at such time as the court considers proper. The accounting shall include the information that the court considers necessary to determine whether any part of the estate should be distributed.

(b) On receipt of the accounting and, after notice to the independent executor and a hearing, unless the court finds a continued necessity for administration of the estate, the court shall order its distribution by the independent executor to the distributees entitled to the property. If the court finds there is a continued necessity for administration of the estate, the court shall order the distribution of any portion of the estate that the court finds should not be subject to further administration by the independent executor. If any portion of the estate that is ordered to be distributed is incapable of distribution without prior partition or sale, the court may:

(1) order partition and distribution, or sale, in the manner provided for the partition and distribution of property incapable of division in supervised estates; or

(2) order distribution of that portion of the estate incapable of distribution without prior partition or sale in undivided interests.

(c) If all the property in the estate is ordered distributed by the court and the estate is fully administered, the court may also order the independent executor to file a final account with the court and may enter an order closing the administration, canceling the letters issued to the personal representative, and terminating the power of the personal representative to act as independent executor or independent administrator.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.102
§ 281.102. BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not issue bonds, excluding refunding bonds, unless the bonds are authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election called and held for that purpose.

(b) The commissioners court may order a bond election on its own motion or on the board's request.

(c) The election must be:

(1) called and held in accordance with Chapter 1251, Government Code; and

(2) conducted in the same manner as other countywide elections.

(d) The district shall pay for the cost of the election and shall provide for payment before the commissioners court orders the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3821.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3821 / Section 3821.108
§ 3821.108. ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

The district may annex territory located inside the boundaries of a reinvestment zone created by the City of Midland under Chapter 311, Tax Code, if the governing body of the City of Midland consents to the annexation.
Tex. Government Code § 772.056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 772 / Section 772.056
§ 772.056. DUTIES OF UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The unit shall meet at least once annually to provide the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the members of the legislature with information regarding:

(1) the status of border crime and its effect on prosecutorial resources;

(2) the border crimes prosecuted by members of the unit; and

(3) the number of border crimes that are committed by a person who is not lawfully present in the United States.

(b) The unit shall advise the criminal justice division on:

(1) the allocation of grants under the prosecution of border crime grant program established under Section 772.0071;

(2) the division of the border region into two or more subregions for training purposes; and

(3) any additional prosecutorial needs of the border prosecuting attorneys, including a need for the employment of regional counsel described by Section 772.057 to assist with the prosecution of border crimes.

(c) The unit shall facilitate the coordination and collaboration of the border prosecuting attorneys with any regional counsel described by Section 772.057 and with other law enforcement agencies, including the Department of Public Safety, in the investigation and prosecution of border crime.

(d) The unit shall develop a nonexclusive list of offenses not otherwise described by Section 772.0071(a)(1) that constitute border crime to provide guidance and enhance uniformity in the investigation and prosecution of border crime.

(e) The unit shall serve as a clearinghouse for information related to the investigation and prosecution of border crime and shall develop best practices and guidelines, including best practices for the collection and protection of confidential law enforcement information.

(f) The unit shall assist in developing a training program and providing training to members of the unit and law enforcement agencies in the border region on specific issues and techniques relating to the investigation and prosecution of border crime.

(g) The unit shall develop accountability and performance measures for members of the unit who receive a grant under the prosecution of border crime grant program established under Section 772.0071.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 69.09 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 69 / Section 69.09
§ 69.09. ACQUISITION OF BEVERAGES FOR RESALE FROM OTHER LICENSEES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

No holder of a retail dealer's on-premise license may borrow or acquire from, exchange with, or loan to any other holder of a retail dealer's on-premise license or holder of a retail dealer's off-premise license any alcoholic beverage for the purpose of resale.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.155
§ 441.155. REINSURANCE DURING CONSERVATORSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) If during a conservatorship it appears that the interest of the insurer's policyholders or certificate holders is best protected by reinsuring the policies or certificates, the conservator may, with the approval of or at the direction of the commissioner:

(1) reinsure all or part of the insurer's policies or certificates with a solvent insurer authorized to engage in business in this state; and

(2) to the extent that the insurer has reserves attributable to the reinsured policies or certificates, transfer to the reinsurer reserves in an amount sufficient to reinsure the policies or certificates.

(b) A transfer of reserves under this section may not be considered a preference of a creditor.
Tex. Water Code § 17.033 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.033
§ 17.033. SECURITY FOR DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this chapter when accompanied by all appurtenant unmatured coupons are lawful and sufficient security for all deposits of funds of the state or of a city, town, village, county, school district, or any other agency or political subdivision of the state at the par value of the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.147 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.147
§ 2001.147. AGREEMENT TO MODIFY TIME LIMITS.
Status: in_force

The parties to a contested case, with state agency approval, may agree to modify the times prescribed by Sections 2001.143 and 2001.146.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.052 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.052
§ 41.052. STATE AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each board is a state agency for purposes of indemnification and is exempt from taxation in the same manner and to the same extent as are other agencies of the state.

(b) Each board is a governmental unit for purposes of Section 101.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and is a governmental body for purposes of Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.501 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.501
§ 42A.501. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR OFFENSE COMMITTED BECAUSE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A court granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an offense for which the court has made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014 shall require as a term of community supervision that the defendant:

(1) serve a term of not more than one year imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the offense is a felony other than an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code; or

(2) serve a term of not more than 90 days confinement in jail if the offense is a misdemeanor.

(b) The court may not grant community supervision on its own motion or on the recommendation of the jury to a defendant convicted of an offense for which the court has made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014 if:

(1) the offense for which the court has made the affirmative finding is an offense under Section 19.02, Penal Code; or

(2) the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense for which the court made an affirmative finding under Article 42.014.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.201
§ 241.201. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a freestanding emergency medical care facility, as that term is defined by Section 254.001, that is exempt from the licensing requirements of Chapter 254 under Section 254.052(7) or (8).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.213 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.213
§ 1501.213.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1501.213. PREMIUM RATES: HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. (a) The premium rates for a state-approved health benefit plan offered by a health maintenance organization under Section 1501.255 must be established in accordance with formulas or schedules of charges filed with the department.

(b) A health maintenance organization that participates in a purchasing cooperative that provides employees of small employers a choice of health benefit plans may use rating methods in accordance with this subchapter that are used by other small employer health benefit plan issuers participating in the same cooperative, including rating by age and gender, if the health maintenance organization has established:

(1) a separate class of business, as provided by Section 1501.202; and

(2) a separate line of business, as provided under Section 1501.255(b).
Tex. Water Code § 36.405 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.405
§ 36.405. HEARING REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The district may require each person who participates in a public hearing to submit a hearing registration form stating:

(1) the person's name;

(2) the person's address; and

(3) whom the person represents, if the person is not there in the person's individual capacity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.209
§ 1100.209. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks or other federally insured financial institutions inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1100.210(b), and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued or assumed by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository and shall remain on deposit.

(c) This chapter, including Subsection (b), does not limit the power of the board to:

(1) place a portion of district money on time deposit; or

(2) purchase certificates of deposit.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 23.33 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 23 / Section 23.33
§ 23.33. NONCONSENTING CREDITOR'S RIGHT TO SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

If a creditor does not consent to an assignment, he may garnishee the assignee for the excess of the assigned estate remaining in the assignee's possession after the assignee has paid

(1) each consenting creditor the amount of his claim allowed under Section 23.31(b) of this code; and

(2) the expense of carrying out the assignment.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 712 / Section 712.002
§ 712.002. EXEMPTIONS FROM CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a family, fraternal, or community cemetery that is not larger than 10 acres;

(2) an unincorporated association of plot owners not operated for profit;

(3) a church, a religious society or denomination, or an entity solely administering the temporalities of a church or religious society or denomination; or

(4) a public cemetery owned by this state, a county, or a municipality.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.155 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.155
§ 96.155. SCOPE OF AUTHORITY OF OTHER PERSONS DURING CONSERVATORSHIP.
Status: in_force

During the conservatorship, a person who participates in the affairs of the savings bank shall act according to the conservator's instructions and may exercise only the authority that the conservator expressly grants.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.157 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.157
§ 2308.157. REQUIREMENT FOR INITIAL RENEWAL OF INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TOWING OPERATOR'S LICENSE.
Status: in_force

To renew an incident management towing operator's license the first time, a license holder must complete a professional development course relating to incident management towing that is approved and administered by the department.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.035 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.035
§ 70.035. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

As part of its consideration of applications for licenses, the board may examine and decide on the qualifications of an applicant for the position of branch pilot.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.005
§ 242.005. PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prepare annually a full report of the operation and administration of the department's responsibilities under this chapter, including recommendations and suggestions considered advisable.

(b) The Legislative Budget Board and the state auditor shall jointly prescribe the form and content of reports required under this section, provided, however, that the state auditor's participation under this section is subject to approval by the legislative audit committee for inclusion in the audit plan under Section 321.013(c), Government Code.

(c) The department shall submit the required report to the governor and the legislature not later than March 1 of each year.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.401
§ 901.401. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual who holds a certificate issued under this chapter must also hold a license issued under this chapter.

(b) Each office in this state of a certified public accountancy firm or a firm of public accountants must hold a license issued under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 845.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.202
§ 845.202. DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall appoint a director.

(b) The director shall manage and administer the retirement system under the supervision and direction of the board.

(c) The board of trustees may delegate to the director powers and duties in addition to those stated by Subsection (b).

(d) The director annually shall:

(1) prepare an itemized budget showing the amount required to pay the retirement system's administrative expenses for the following fiscal year; and

(2) submit the administrative budget to the board for review, amendment, and adoption.
Tex. Education Code § 62.167 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.167
§ 62.167. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION CONCERNING AWARDS FROM TEXAS EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), information collected under former provisions of Chapter 490, Government Code, concerning the identity, background, finance, marketing plans, trade secrets, or other commercially or academically sensitive information of an individual or entity that was considered for or received an award from the Texas emerging technology fund is confidential unless the individual or entity consents to disclosure of the information.

(b) The following information collected in connection with the Texas emerging technology fund is public information and may be disclosed under Chapter 552, Government Code:

(1) the name and address of an individual or entity that received an award from that fund;

(2) the amount of funding received by an award recipient;

(3) a brief description of the project funded under former provisions of Chapter 490, Government Code;

(4) if applicable, a brief description of the equity position that the governor, on behalf of the state, has taken in an entity that received an award from that fund; and

(5) any other information with the consent of:

(A) the governor;

(B) the lieutenant governor;

(C) the speaker of the house of representatives; and

(D) the individual or entity that received an award from that fund, if the information relates to that individual or entity.
Tex. Water Code § 8.011 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.011
§ 8.011. CREATION OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The Southwestern States Water Commission is created as an advisory commission to the governor and the legislature.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.057 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.057
§ 23.057. CUSTODY OF RECORDS IN ABSENCE OF COUNTY SURVEYOR; POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTY CLERK.
Status: in_force

If a county does not have a county surveyor, the county clerk of the county:

(1) is the legal custodian of the county surveyor's records;

(2) shall take charge of all records, maps, and papers belonging to the county surveyor's office and safely keep them in the county clerk's office; and

(3) may make any certificate and certify any copy that the county surveyor would be authorized to make or certify.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1118.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1118 / Section 1118.104
§ 1118.104. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The management and control of the district is vested in the board, and the board has full power to manage and control the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7916.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7916 / Section 7916.005
§ 7916.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.