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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8331.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8331 / Section 8331.052
§ 8331.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act creating 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 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 8331.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8331.003 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 8331.003; 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. Health and Safety Code § 247.0261 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 247 / Section 247.0261
§ 247.0261. EARLY COMPLIANCE REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a procedure under which a person proposing to construct or modify an assisted living facility may submit building plans to the department for review for compliance with the department's architectural requirements before beginning construction or modification. In adopting the procedure, the executive commissioner shall set reasonable deadlines by which the department must complete review of submitted plans.

(b) The department shall, within 30 days, review plans submitted under this section for compliance with the department's architectural requirements and inform the person of the results of the review. If the plans comply with the department's architectural requirements, the department may not subsequently change the architectural requirements applicable to the project unless:

(1) the change is required by federal law; or

(2) the person fails to complete the project within a reasonable time.

(c) The department may charge a reasonable fee for conducting a review under this section.

(d) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the general revenue fund to the credit of the assisted living account.

(e) The review procedure provided by this section does not include review of building plans for compliance with the Texas Accessibility Standards as administered and enforced by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 252.012 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 252 / Section 252.012
§ 252.012. CLAIM NOT ABATED BY CHANGE.
Status: in_force

A claim for relief against a nonprofit association does not abate merely because of a change in the members or persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3885.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3885 / Section 3885.301
§ 3885.301. DISSOLUTION BY CITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The city may dissolve the district by ordinance.

(b) The city may not dissolve the district until:

(1) the district's outstanding debt or contractual obligations have been repaid or discharged; or

(2) the city agrees to succeed to the rights and obligations of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 27.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 27 / Section 27.001
§ 27.001. BOND.
Status: in_force

Each justice of the peace must give a bond payable to the county judge, in an amount of not more than $5,000, and conditioned that the justice will:

(1) faithfully and impartially discharge the duties required by law; and

(2) promptly pay to the entitled party all money that comes into the justice's hands during the term of office.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 201.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 201 / Section 201.002
§ 201.002. PURPOSES AND INTERPRETATION.
Status: in_force

This title shall be construed to have the following public purposes:

(1) creating a unified state juvenile justice agency that works in partnership with local county governments, the courts, and communities to promote public safety by providing a full continuum of effective supports and services to youth from initial contact through termination of supervision; and

(2) creating a juvenile justice system that produces positive outcomes for youth, families, and communities by:

(A) assuring accountability, quality, consistency, and transparency through effective monitoring and the use of systemwide performance measures;

(B) promoting the use of program and service designs and interventions proven to be most effective in rehabilitating youth;

(C) prioritizing the use of community-based or family-based programs and services for youth over the placement or commitment of youth to a secure facility;

(D) operating the state facilities to effectively house and rehabilitate the youthful offenders that cannot be safely served in another setting; and

(E) protecting and enhancing the cooperative agreements between state and local county governments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7956.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7956 / Section 7956.004
§ 7956.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7956.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 505.352 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 505 / Section 505.352
§ 505.352. LICENSE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

A person may apply for a license under this chapter by submitting an application to the executive council. The application must:

(1) be on a form prescribed by the executive council; and

(2) contain statements made under oath regarding the applicant's education and experience and any other information required by the executive council that qualifies the applicant for a license.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.457 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.457
§ 1002.457. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court sustains the occurrence of the violation, the court may uphold or reduce the amount of the administrative penalty and order the person to pay the full or reduced penalty. If the court does not sustain the occurrence of the violation, the court shall order that a penalty is not owed.

(b) If after judicial review the administrative penalty is reduced or not imposed by the court, the court shall, after the judgment becomes final:

(1) order that the appropriate amount, plus accrued interest, be remitted to the person if the person paid the penalty; or

(2) order the release of the bond if the penalty is not imposed or order the release of the bond after the person pays the penalty if the person posted a supersedeas bond.

(c) Interest accrues under Subsection (b)(1) at the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The interest shall be paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.068 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 462 / Section 462.068
§ 462.068. RELEASE AFTER HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall enter an order denying an application for court-ordered treatment if after a hearing the court or jury fails to find, from clear and convincing evidence, that the proposed patient is a person with a chemical dependency and meets the criteria for court-ordered treatment.

(b) If the court denies the application, the court shall order the discharge of a proposed patient who is not at liberty.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.148 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.148
§ 841.148. ATTORNEY GENERAL REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall defend any person described by Section 841.147(a)(4) in an action if:

(1) the office requests that the attorney general defend the person; and

(2) the action arises from a service performed under this chapter at the request of the office.

(b) The office or the person is not responsible for and may not pay any costs associated with the assistance.
Tex. Government Code § 124.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 124 / Section 124.003
§ 124.003. DUTIES OF VETERANS TREATMENT COURT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A veterans treatment court program established under this chapter must:

(1) if there has not yet been a disposition in the criminal case, ensure that a defendant eligible for participation in the program is provided legal counsel before volunteering to proceed through the program and while participating in the program;

(2) allow a participant arrested for or charged with an offense to withdraw from the program at any time before a trial on the merits has been initiated;

(3) provide a participant with a court-ordered individualized treatment plan indicating the services that will be provided to the participant; and

(4) ensure that the jurisdiction of the veterans treatment court continues for a period of not less than six months but does not continue beyond the period of community supervision for the offense charged.

(b) A veterans treatment court program established under this chapter shall make, establish, and publish local procedures to ensure maximum participation of eligible defendants in the program.

(b-1) A veterans treatment court program may allow a participant to comply with the participant's court-ordered individualized treatment plan or to fulfill certain other court obligations through the use of videoconferencing software or other Internet-based communications.

(c) This chapter does not prevent the initiation of procedures under Chapter 46B, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Local Government Code § 318.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 318 / Section 318.006
§ 318.006. RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission should institute and carry out a continuing survey of the county to determine the existence of historic buildings and other historical and archeological sites, private archeological collections, important endangered properties, or other historical features within the county, and should report the data collected to the commissioners court and the Texas Historical Commission.

(b) The commission should develop and maintain its inventory of surveyed individual properties and districts in accordance with standards established by the Texas Historical Commission.

(c) The commission should establish a system for the periodic review and assessment of the condition of designated properties in the county, including Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks, State Archeological Landmarks, and individual historic properties or districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The commission should report the results of the review and assessment to the Texas Historical Commission.
Tex. Property Code § 14.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 14 / Section 14.003
§ 14.003. EXECUTION OF NOTICES AND CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the secretary of the treasury of the United States or his delegate, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of any other lien, entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgment is necessary.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.0551 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.0551
§ 62.0551. CHANGE IN ONLINE IDENTIFIERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person required to register under this chapter changes any online identifier included on the person's registration form or establishes any new online identifier not already included on the person's registration form, the person, not later than the later of the seventh day after the change or establishment or the first date the applicable authority by policy allows the person to report, shall report the change or establishment to the person's primary registration authority in the manner prescribed by the authority.

(b) A primary registration authority that receives information under this article shall forward information in the same manner as information received by the authority under Article 62.055.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.015 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.015
§ 302.015. PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO CERTAIN NONRECIPIENT PARENTS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide employment services, including needs assessment, job training, postemployment, and related support services, to nonrecipient parents to the same extent the services are provided to recipients of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8354.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8354 / Section 8354.104
§ 8354.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8354.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Education Code § 130.205 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.205
§ 130.205. TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Trinity Valley Community College District includes the territory within:

(1) the part of the Terrell Independent School District located in Hunt County;

(2) Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, and Rains counties; and

(3) Van Zandt County, except the territory within the Grand Saline, Lindale, and Van independent school districts.
Tex. Water Code § 55.497 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.497
§ 55.497. NECESSARY VOTE.
Status: in_force

(a) In a district operating under the authority of Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, a two-thirds vote of persons voting in the election is required to adopt a proposition to issue bonds or to enter into a contract with the United States.

(b) In a district operating under the authority of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, a majority vote of persons voting in the election is required to adopt a proposition to issue bonds or to enter into a contract with the United States.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.002
§ 9015.002. NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The authority is an agency of this state.
Tex. Property Code § 204.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 204 / Section 204.001
§ 204.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Restrictions," "residential real estate subdivision," "subdivision," "owner," "real property records," and "lienholder" have the meanings assigned by Section 201.003.

(2) "Dedicatory instrument," "petition," and "restrictive covenant" have the meanings assigned by Section 202.001.

(3) "Regular assessment" means an assessment, charge, fee, or dues that each owner of property within a subdivision is required to pay to the property owners' association on a regular basis and that are to be used by the association for the benefit of the subdivision in accordance with the original, extended, added, or modified restrictions.

(4) "Special assessment" means an assessment, charge, fee, or dues that each owner of property within a subdivision is required to pay to the property owners' association, after a vote of the membership, for the purpose of paying for the costs of capital improvements to the common areas that are incurred or will be incurred by the association during the fiscal year. A special assessment may be assessed before or after the association incurs the capital improvement costs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8342.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8342 / Section 8342.107
§ 8342.107. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8342.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Education Code § 48.275 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.275
§ 48.275. USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "participating charter school" means an open-enrollment charter school that participates in the uniform group coverage program established under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code.

(b) The amount of additional funds to which each school district or participating charter school is entitled due to the increases in formula funding made by H.B. No. 3343, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, and any subsequent legislation amending the provisions amended by that Act that increase formula funding under Chapter 49 and this chapter to school districts and charter schools is available for purposes of Subsection (c).

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a school district or participating charter school may use the sum of the following amounts of funds only to pay contributions under a group health coverage plan for district or school employees:

(1) the amount determined by multiplying the amount of $900 or the amount specified in the General Appropriations Act for that year for purposes of the state contribution under Section 1579.251, Insurance Code, by the number of district or school employees who participate in a group health coverage plan provided by or through the district or school; and

(2) the difference between the amount necessary for the district or school to comply with Section 1581.052, Insurance Code, for the school year and the amount the district or school is required to use to provide health coverage under Section 1581.051, Insurance Code, for that year.

(d) A determination by the commissioner under this section is final and may not be appealed.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.181 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.181
§ 371.181. STOLEN GOODS.
Status: in_force

(a) A pawnbroker shall monitor goods purchased, accepted in pawn, or otherwise acquired by the pawnbroker in order to identify and prohibit transactions involving stolen goods.

(b) The Finance Commission of Texas shall adopt rules that allow:

(1) a consumer who has filed an offense report with a local law enforcement agency to request that a pawnbroker search the records of the pawnshop; and

(2) the pawnbroker to assist the consumer and the local law enforcement agency in locating and recovering stolen property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3853.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3853 / Section 3853.101
§ 3853.101. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers given to:

(1) a corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project described by that chapter; and

(2) a housing finance corporation under Chapter 394, Local Government Code, to provide housing or residential development projects in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 102.0065 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 102 / Section 102.0065
§ 102.0065. SPECIAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION FOR BUDGET HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality shall publish notice before a public hearing relating to a budget in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the municipality is located.

(b) Notice published under this section is in addition to notice required by other law, except that if another law requires the governing body to give notice, by publication, of a hearing on a budget this section does not apply.

(c) Notice under this section shall be published not earlier than the 30th or later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(d) Notice under this section must include, in type of a size at least equal to the type used for other items in the notice, any statement required to be included in the proposed budget under Section 102.005(b).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 792.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 792 / Section 792.003
§ 792.003. SMOKE DETECTOR LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) To qualify for use under this chapter, a smoke detector must be listed by the state fire marshal after the device has been tested and shown to be effective by the state fire marshal or by a testing laboratory under conditions and procedures approved by the state fire marshal.

(b) In lieu of or in addition to the list made under Subsection (a), the state fire marshal may substitute or use a list of devices that comply with standards of manufacture and installation adopted under Article 5.43-2, Insurance Code.
Tex. Penal Code § 21.09 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 21 / Section 21.09
§ 21.09. BESTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1) engages in an act involving contact between:

(A) the person's mouth, anus, or genitals and the anus or genitals of an animal; or

(B) the person's anus or genitals and the mouth of the animal;

(2) fondles or touches the anus or genitals of an animal in a manner that is not a generally accepted and otherwise lawful animal husbandry or veterinary practice, including touching through clothing;

(3) causes an animal to contact the seminal fluid of the person;

(4) inserts any part of a person's body or any object into the anus or genitals of an animal in a manner that is not a generally accepted and otherwise lawful animal husbandry or veterinary practice;

(5) possesses, sells, transfers, purchases, or otherwise obtains an animal with the intent that the animal be used for conduct described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4);

(6) organizes, promotes, conducts, or participates as an observer of conduct described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4);

(7) causes a person to engage or aids a person in engaging in conduct described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4);

(8) permits conduct described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) to occur on any premises under the person's control;

(9) engages in conduct described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) in the presence of a child younger than 18 years of age; or

(10) advertises, offers, or accepts the offer of an animal with the intent that the animal be used in this state for conduct described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4).

(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony, unless the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(9) or results in serious bodily injury or death of the animal, in which event the offense is a felony of the second degree.

(c) It is an exception to the application of this section that the conduct engaged in by the actor is a generally accepted and otherwise lawful animal husbandry or veterinary practice.