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Tex. Human Resources Code § 63.022 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.022
§ 63.022. FACILITY RESEARCH AND RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL; CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The facility may engage in research and in recruitment and training of personnel in support of its programs and services and may make contracts for those purposes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.904 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.904
§ 351.904. ELECTRONIC MONITORING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A commissioners court of a county may establish and operate an electronic monitoring program for the purpose of monitoring defendants required by a court of the county to participate in an electronic monitoring program under:

(1) Article 43.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, to discharge a fine or costs; or

(2) Article 42.035, Code of Criminal Procedure, as an alternative to serving all or part of a sentence of confinement in county jail.

(b) The commissioners court shall provide for the sheriff or the community supervision and corrections department serving the county, under an agreement with the commissioners court, to oversee and operate, or, if the program is operated by a private vendor under Subsection (c), oversee the operation of, an electronic monitoring program established under this section.

(c) A commissioners court may contract with a private vendor to operate an electronic monitoring program under this section, including by enrolling and tracking participants in the program and performing periodic reviews with participants regarding compliance with the program.

(d) A commissioners court may use money that a defendant is ordered to pay to a county under Article 42.035(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, to pay for the services of a private vendor that operates an electronic monitoring program under Subsection (c).

(e) A commissioners court may subsidize all or part of the cost of a defendant's participation in an electronic monitoring program under this section if the defendant is indigent.

(f) A commissioners court may contract for any available electronic monitoring technology, including a technology that provides continuous positional tracking of the participant, that meets the approval of the commissioners court and either the sheriff or the community supervision and corrections department, as appropriate.
Tex. Education Code § 12.0522 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0522
§ 12.0522. DISTRICT CHARTER AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 12.052, in the manner provided by this section, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a home-rule school district may grant a district charter to a campus to the extent authorized under this section.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection or Subsection (c), a district charter may be granted under this section only to one or more campuses serving in total a percentage of the district's student enrollment equal to not more than 15 percent of the district's student enrollment for the preceding school year. The percentage limit may not prevent a district from granting a district charter to at least one feeder pattern of schools, including an elementary, middle or junior high, and high school.

(c) A district charter may be granted to any campus that has received the lowest performance rating under Subchapter C, Chapter 39.

(d) Subchapter D applies to a campus granted a district charter under this section as though the campus were granted a charter under Subchapter D, and the campus is considered an open-enrollment charter school.

(e) A charter granted under this section is not considered for purposes of the limit on the number of charters for open-enrollment charter schools imposed by Section 12.101.

(f) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7927.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7927 / Section 7927.005
§ 7927.005. 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3800.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3800 / Section 3800.0108
§ 3800.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3881.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3881 / Section 3881.053
§ 3881.053. INITIAL VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The initial board consists of the following voting directors:

(b) Of the initial directors, the terms of directors appointed for positions 1 through 3 expire June 1, 2011, and the terms of directors appointed for positions 4 and 5 expire June 1, 2013.

(c) Section 3881.052 does not apply to this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3958.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3958 / Section 3958.007
§ 3958.007. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.059 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.059
§ 345.059. PRINCIPAL BALANCE COMPUTATION.
Status: in_force

The principal balance of a retail installment contract is computed by:

(1) adding the cash price subject to the contract and the total of the contract's itemized charges, including a documentary fee authorized under Section 345.251; and

(2) subtracting the amount of the retail buyer's down payment in money and goods from the amount computed under Subdivision (1).
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.553 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.553
§ 4201.553. PROVIDING INFORMATION TO AFFILIATED ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

A utilization review agent may provide confidential information to a third party under contract with or affiliated with the agent solely to perform or assist with utilization review. Information provided to a third party under this section remains confidential.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3823.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3823 / Section 3823.154
§ 3823.154. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of:

(1) an electric utility or a power generation company as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code;

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code; or

(4) a person who provides to the public cable television or advanced telecommunications services.
Tex. Water Code § 11.043 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.043
§ 11.043. RECORDATION OF CONVEYANCE OF IRRIGATION WORK.
Status: in_force

(a) A conveyance of a ditch, canal, or reservoir or other irrigation work or an interest in such an irrigation work must be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as a conveyance of real estate. Such a conveyance must be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the ditch, canal, or reservoir is located.

(b) If a conveyance of property covered by Subsection (a) of this section is not made in the prescribed manner, it is null and void against subsequent purchasers in good faith and for valuable consideration.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7942A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7942A / Section 7942A.0403
§ 7942A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1806.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1806 / Section 1806.103
§ 1806.103. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not limit in any manner the kinds or classes of insurance that an insurer may write under an appropriate statute or the insurer's charter or certificate of authority.

(b) This subchapter may not be construed to prohibit the modification of rates by a rating plan that complies with Chapter 2251 or Article 5.13-2, as applicable.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6013
§ 2306.6013. BUDGET; SHARING OF DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Manufactured Housing Board shall develop a budget for the operations of the department relating to the division.

(b) The Manufactured Housing Board shall reduce administrative costs by entering into an agreement with the department to enable the sharing of department personnel, equipment, and facilities.
Tex. Transportation Code § 202.061 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 202 / Section 202.061
§ 202.061. ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may enter into an environmental covenant for the purpose of subjecting real property in which the department has an ownership interest to a plan or the performance of work for environmental remediation if the plan or work performed is first approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or a federal agency with the authority to approve the plan or work under the applicable laws and regulations.

(b) The environmental covenant must:

(1) contain a legally sufficient description of the property subject to the covenant;

(2) describe the nature of the contamination on or under the property, including the contaminants, the source, if known, and the location and extent of the contamination; and

(3) describe the activity and use limitations on the property.

(c) The plan or performance of work for environmental remediation must:

(1) meet applicable state and federal standards for environmental remediation; and

(2) bring the property into compliance with zoning or land use controls imposed on the property by each applicable local government.

(d) For each property for which the commission may enter into an environmental covenant, the commission by order may authorize the executive director to execute an environmental covenant on behalf of the commission. Not less than 30 days before the date the commission considers a proposed order under this subsection, the commission must mail to each owner of a property interest in the applicable property, each adjacent landowner, and each applicable local government a notice that includes a clear and concise description of the proposal to enter into the environmental covenant and a statement of the manner in which written comments may be submitted to the commission.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.008 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.008
§ 501.008. TITLE FOR AUTOCYCLE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "autocycle" means a motor vehicle, other than a tractor, that is:

(1) designed to have when propelled not more than three wheels on the ground;

(2) equipped with seat belts and a steering mechanism;

(3) equipped with seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride the seat; and

(4) manufactured and certified to comply with federal safety requirements for a motorcycle.

(b) For purposes of issuing a title under this chapter, an autocycle is considered to be a motorcycle.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.157 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.157
§ 96.157. SERVICE OF LIMITING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A limiting order may be served by personal delivery by an agent of the commissioner or by certified or registered mail.

(b) Service is complete when the conservator receives the order.
Tex. Local Government Code § 322.073 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 322 / Section 322.073
§ 322.073. PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds of the bonds shall be used under the restrictions provided in the resolution. The holders of the bonds and any trustee provided for in respect to the bonds have a lien on the proceeds until so applied, but neither the depository of those funds nor the trustee is obligated to ensure the proper application of the funds except as expressly provided in the resolution or the indenture securing the bonds.

(b) From the bond proceeds there may be set aside:

(1) an amount for payment of interest on the bonds estimated to accrue during the construction period and any additional period prescribed in the resolution; and

(2) an amount for the interest and sinking fund or another reserve fund provided for in the resolution.

(c) Proceeds remaining after the amounts are set aside under Subsection (b) shall be used for the payment of all expenses necessarily incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds and then for the purposes specified in the resolution.

(d) Any surplus remaining after accomplishment of the bond purposes shall be used for retiring the bonds to the extent that they can be purchased at prevailing market prices or be retained for future expansion or improvements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3825.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3825 / Section 3825.157
§ 3825.157. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly 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 power to borrow, 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. Parks and Wildlife Code § 64.002 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 64 / Section 64.002
§ 64.002. PROTECTION OF NONGAME BIRDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this code, no person may:

(1) catch, kill, injure, pursue, or possess, dead or alive, or purchase, sell, expose for sale, transport, ship, or receive or deliver for transportation, a bird that is not a game bird;

(2) possess any part of the plumage, skin, or body of a bird that is not a game bird; or

(3) disturb or destroy the eggs, nest, or young of a bird that is not a game bird.

(b) European starlings, English sparrows, and feral rock doves (Columba livia) may be killed at any time in any manner and their nests or eggs may be destroyed, and such conduct does not constitute an offense under Chapter 42, Penal Code.

(c) A permit is not required to control yellow-headed, red-winged, rusty, or Brewer's blackbirds or all grackles, cowbirds, crows, or magpies when found committing or about to commit depredations on ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in numbers and in a manner that constitutes a health hazard or other nuisance.

(d) Canaries, parrots, and other exotic nongame birds may be sold, purchased, and kept as domestic pets.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.104
§ 204.104. RURAL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LOAN REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A program shall be established to provide student loan reimbursement for graduates of physician assistant training programs from any state who practice in rural health professional shortage areas and medically underserved areas identified by the Texas Department of Health. The physician assistant board shall fund the program by designating annually a portion of the revenue generated under this chapter from physician assistant licensing fees.

(b) The Texas Department of Rural Affairs shall establish policies for and adopt rules to administer the loan program.

(c) The physician assistant board shall authorize and the medical board shall transfer annually the funds designated under Subsection (a) to the Texas Department of Rural Affairs to administer the loan program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1111.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1111 / Section 1111.109
§ 1111.109. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The district through the board may:

(1) enter into an operating or management contract with any person regarding any district hospital or any part of the district hospital system; and

(2) delegate to the person the power to:

(A) manage and operate the hospital or hospital system or a portion of the hospital or hospital system; and

(B) employ and discharge employees or appoint and remove doctors from the staff.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.902 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.902
§ 2306.902. ADVISORY ROLE.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless serves as an advisory committee to the department. The council may recommend policies to the board. The board must provide written justification for not accepting council recommendations and must consider council recommendations in preparing its low income housing plan under Section 2306.0721.

(b) The council is not subject to Chapter 2110.
Tex. Local Government Code § 216.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 216 / Section 216.001
§ 216.001. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter is not intended to require a municipality to provide for the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of any sign in the municipality, nor is it intended to prohibit a municipality from requiring the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of any sign. This subchapter is intended only to authorize a municipality to take that action and to establish the procedure by which the municipality may do so.

(b) This subchapter is not intended to require a municipality to make a cash payment to compensate the owner of a sign that the municipality requires to be relocated, reconstructed, or removed. Cash payment is established as only one of several methods from which a municipality may choose in compensating the owner of a sign.

(c) This subchapter is not intended to affect any eminent domain proceeding in which the taking of a sign is only an incidental part of the exercise of the eminent domain power.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3886.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3886 / Section 3886.108
§ 3886.108. ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The board may add or remove territory under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, and Section 54.016, Water Code, except that:

(1) the addition or removal of the territory must be approved by:

(A) the governing body of the town; and

(B) the owners of the territory being added or removed;

(2) a reference to a tax in Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or Section 54.016, Water Code, means an ad valorem tax; and

(3) territory may not be removed from the district if bonds or other obligations of the district payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes on the territory are outstanding.
Tex. Water Code § 51.011 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.011
§ 51.011. CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A water control and improvement district may be created under and subject to the authority, conditions, and restrictions of either Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 825.208 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.208
§ 825.208. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board of trustees shall approve the rate of compensation of all persons it employs and the amounts necessary for other expenses for operation of the retirement system. If expenditures are paid from money appropriated from the general revenue fund rather than from trust funds, the rates and amounts may not exceed those paid for similar services for the state.

(b) The retirement system is exempt from Section 651.002, Chapter 660, and Subchapter K, Chapter 659, to the extent the board of trustees determines an exemption is necessary for the performance of fiduciary duties.

(c) The board of trustees may compensate employees of the retirement system, whether subject to or exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), at the rate equal to the employees' regular rate of pay for work performed on a legal holiday or for other compensatory time accrued, when taking compensatory time off would be disruptive to the system's normal business functions.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.207
§ 4201.207. CHARGES BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless precluded or modified by contract, a utilization review agent shall reimburse a health care provider for the reasonable costs of providing medical information in writing, including the costs of copying and transmitting requested patient records or other documents.

(b) A health care provider's charges for providing medical information to a utilization review agent may not:

(1) exceed the cost of copying records regarding a workers' compensation claim as set by rules adopted by the commissioner of workers' compensation; or

(2) include any costs otherwise recouped as part of the charges for health care.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.130 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.130
§ 143.130. STEP III GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) To continue the grievance procedure, the fire fighter or police officer must complete a step III grievance form and file it with the director within 15 calendar days after the date the fire fighter or police officer receives the department head's response under Section 143.129.

(b) The director shall arrange a hearing of the fire fighter or police officer and a grievance examiner to be appointed by the commission under Section 143.132. The hearing shall be held within 15 of the aggrieved fire fighter's or police officer's working days after the date the step III grievance form is filed under Subsection (a).

(c) A hearing shall be conducted as an informal administrative procedure. Grievances arising out of the same or similar fact situations may be heard at the same hearing. A court reporter shall record the hearing. All witnesses shall be examined under oath. The fire fighter or police officer, that person's immediate supervisor or other appropriate supervisor or both, the department head or the department head's designated representative or both, and each person specifically named in the grievance are parties to the hearing. The burden of proof is on the aggrieved fire fighter or police officer.

(d) The grievance examiner shall make written findings and a recommendation for solution of the grievance within 15 calendar days after the date the hearing ends. The findings and recommendation shall be given to the commission and copies mailed to the fire fighter or police officer by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the last home address provided by that person, and to the department head.

(e) If the proposed solution is not acceptable to either the fire fighter or police officer or the department head, either party may file a step IV grievance form with the director in accordance with Section 143.131. If the fire fighter or police officer or the department head fails to timely file a step IV grievance form, the solution is considered accepted by that person.