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Tex. Election Code § 127.0015 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.0015
§ 127.0015.
Status: in_force

Sec. 127.0015. CENTRAL COUNTING STATION OFFICERS: OATH AND IDENTIFICATION. (a) Election officers appointed under this subchapter shall repeat the following oath aloud:

"I swear (or affirm) that I will objectively work to be sure every eligible voter's vote is accepted and counted, and that only the ballots of those voters who violated the Texas Election Code will be rejected. I will make every effort to correctly reflect the voter's intent when it can be clearly determined. I will not work alone when ballots are present and will work only in the presence of a member of a political party different from my own. I will faithfully perform my duty as an officer of the election and guard the purity of the election."

(b) An officer who arrives after the oath is made shall repeat the oath aloud before performing any duties as an election officer.

(c) Following administration of the oath, each election officer shall be issued a form of identification, prescribed by the secretary of state, to be displayed by the officer during the officer's hours of service at the central counting station.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8220.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8220 / Section 8220.003
§ 8220.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 14.02 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 14 / Section 14.02
§ 14.02. WITHIN VIEW OF MAGISTRATE.
Status: in_force

A peace officer may arrest, without warrant, when a felony or breach of the peace has been committed in the presence or within the view of a magistrate, and such magistrate verbally orders the arrest of the offender.
Tex. Government Code § 424.056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 424 / Section 424.056
§ 424.056. RESTITUTION.
Status: in_force

If a defendant is convicted of an offense under this subchapter and the offense results in damage to or destruction of property, a court may, in accordance with Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, order the defendant to make restitution to the owner of the damaged or destroyed property, or the owner's designee, in an amount equal to the value of the property on the date of the damage or destruction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8851.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8851 / Section 8851.056
§ 8851.056. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director may not receive a salary or other compensation for service as a director but may be reimbursed for actual expenses of attending meetings at the rate in effect for employees of Pecos County.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.043 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.043
§ 68.043. HEALTH AND DRUG CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may require that certification under Section 68.035(b)(1) be executed annually.

(b) The board randomly from time to time may require a branch pilot or deputy branch pilot to provide the board with certification by a medical doctor that on the date of the certification the body of the pilot is free of evidence of the presence of illegal drugs or chemicals.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.003
§ 1112.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.204 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.204
§ 1301.204. CAREER LADDER PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The presiding officer of the board or the presiding officer's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require intra-agency posting of each nonentry level position at least 10 days before the date of any public posting.

(b) The presiding officer of the board or the presiding officer's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations based on measurable job tasks. All merit pay for board employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.112
§ 1026.112. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county or municipality.

(b) The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for the treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Insurance Code § 548.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 548 / Section 548.104
§ 548.104. SALE OR NONDELIVERY OF CERTAIN EQUITY SECURITIES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) An insider may not directly or indirectly sell an equity security of the domestic stock insurer if the insider selling the security or the insider's principal:

(1) does not own the security; or

(2) owns the security, but does not:

(A) deliver the security before the 21st day after the date of the sale; or

(B) deposit the security in the mail or another usual channel of transportation before the sixth day after the date of the sale.

(b) An insider is not considered to have violated Subsection (a)(2) if the insider proves that:

(1) notwithstanding the exercise of good faith, the insider was unable to make a timely delivery or deposit; or

(2) to make a timely delivery or deposit would cause undue inconvenience or expense.

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to the sale of:

(1) an exempt security; or

(2) an equity security of a domestic stock insurer that is not held by a dealer in an investment account if the sale:

(A) is in the ordinary course of the dealer's business; and

(B) is incident to the establishment or maintenance by the dealer of a primary or secondary market, other than on an exchange, as defined by the federal Securities Exchange Act, for the security.

(d) The commissioner may adopt rules implementing Subsection (c) in the manner prescribed by Section 548.103(f).
Tex. Election Code § 253.092 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 253 / Section 253.092
§ 253.092. TREATMENT OF INCORPORATED POLITICAL COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

If a political committee the only principal purpose of which is accepting political contributions and making political expenditures incorporates for liability purposes only, the committee is not considered to be a corporation for purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.108
§ 1103.108. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under any directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 103.004 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.004
§ 103.004. DEPARTMENT AND EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for implementing this chapter.

(b) The executive commissioner shall set standards for:

(1) the health and welfare of persons attending a facility;

(2) the eligibility of persons to attend a facility;

(3) the scope of services provided by a facility;

(4) adequate supervision for persons attending a facility;

(5) the professional staff and other personnel at a facility;

(6) adequate and healthful food service, where it may be offered;

(7) procedures for consultation with family members, case workers, or other persons responsible for the welfare of a person attending a facility; and

(8) prohibiting racial discrimination.

(c) The department may contract with a political subdivision or a person for transporting persons to a facility.
Tex. Water Code § 60.271 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.271
§ 60.271. SELECTION OF DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, the commission shall select a depository for the district in the same manner that a municipality selects a municipal depository under Chapter 105, Local Government Code.

(b) The commission in selecting the depository shall act in the same capacity and perform the same duties as the governing body of a municipality in selecting a municipal depository. The chairman of the commission shall act in the same capacity and perform the same duties as the mayor of a municipality. The treasurer of the district shall act in the same capacity and perform the same duties as the treasurer of a municipality.

(c) A bank, credit union, or savings association may not use personal bonds to secure district funds.

(d) Subchapter B, Chapter 2256, Government Code, does not govern the investment of district funds.

(e) Section 105.074(e), Local Government Code, applies to the designated officer of the district.

(f) The district shall adopt payment procedures consistent with Section 105.074(g), Local Government Code. The designated officer of a district may draw a check on a depository only on a warrant signed by the presiding officer and attested by the secretary of the district, or by a procedure adopted under this section.

(g) In this section, "designated officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 105.001, Local Government Code.
Tex. Water Code § 59.024 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.024
§ 59.024. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipal district may be excluded from the district as provided by this section.

(b) To be excluded, the board of directors of the municipal district may adopt a resolution requesting exclusion by a majority vote of its board of directors and shall file the petition with the directors of the proposed district before the first confirmation election.

(c) At the time of the district's confirmation election, a separate voting precinct shall be used for the qualified voters in each municipal district that has filed a petition requesting exclusion. The votes in each precinct shall be tallied separately to determine whether that municipal district will be excluded from the district boundaries.

(d) If a majority of the votes cast in a municipal district requesting exclusion vote against confirmation of the district, the votes cast in the confirmation election shall not be counted for the confirmation election, bond election, or maintenance tax election, and that municipal district must be excluded from the boundaries of the district by the board of directors of the district at the time the results of the election are canvassed.

(e) After a confirmation election at which the district is authorized to be created, the board of directors of the district shall adopt an order redefining the boundaries of the district to exclude those municipal districts petitioning for exclusion that have voted not to confirm creation of the district.

(f) Before the creation hearing, any municipal district located within the proposed district may petition the commission for a separate voting precinct to be used within the boundaries of the petitioning district at the time of the district's confirmation election. If the commission grants the petition requesting a separate voting precinct, Subsections (c) through (e) apply.
Tex. Election Code § 52.092 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 52 / Section 52.092
§ 52.092. OFFICES REGULARLY FILLED AT GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Section 2.053(c), for an election at which offices regularly filled at the general election for state and county officers are to appear on the ballot, the offices shall be listed in the following order:

(1) offices of the federal government;

(2) offices of the state government:

(A) statewide offices;

(B) district offices;

(3) offices of the county government:

(A) county offices;

(B) precinct offices.

(b) Offices of the federal government shall be listed in the following order:

(1) president and vice-president of the United States;

(2) United States senator;

(3) United States representative.

(c) Statewide offices of the state government shall be listed in the following order:

(1) governor;

(2) lieutenant governor;

(3) attorney general;

(4) comptroller of public accounts;

(5) commissioner of the General Land Office;

(6) commissioner of agriculture;

(7) railroad commissioner;

(8) chief justice, supreme court;

(9) justice, supreme court;

(10) presiding judge, court of criminal appeals;

(11) judge, court of criminal appeals.

(d) District offices of the state government shall be listed in the following order:

(1) member, State Board of Education;

(2) state senator;

(3) state representative;

(4) chief justice, court of appeals;

(5) justice, court of appeals;

(6) district judge;

(7) criminal district judge;

(8) family district judge;

(9) district attorney;

(10) criminal district attorney.

(e) County offices shall be listed in the following order:

(1) county judge;

(2) judge, county court at law;

(3) judge, county criminal court;

(4) judge, county probate court;

(5) county attorney;

(6) district clerk;

(7) district and county clerk;

(8) county clerk;

(9) sheriff;

(10) sheriff and tax assessor-collector;

(11) county tax assessor-collector;

(12) county treasurer;

(13) county school trustee (county with population of 3.3 million or more);

(14) county surveyor.

(f) Precinct offices shall be listed in the following order:

(1) county commissioner;

(2) justice of the peace;

(3) constable.

(g) If two or more offices having the same title except for a place number or other distinguishing number are to appear on the ballot, the number shall appear as part of the office title and the offices shall be listed in numerical order.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 4.

(i) The secretary of state shall designate the position of new offices on the ballot.

(j) The office of judge of a multicounty statutory county court created under Subchapter D, Chapter 25, Government Code, is considered to be a county office for purposes of listing the office on the ballot and to be a district office for all other purposes under this code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.071 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.071
§ 232.071. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to the subdivision of land located:

(1) outside the corporate limits of a municipality; and

(2) in a county:

(A) in which is located a political subdivision that is eligible for and has applied for financial assistance under Section 15.407, Water Code, or Subchapter K, Chapter 17, Water Code; and

(B) to which Subchapters B and G do not apply.
Tex. Water Code § 13.139 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.139
§ 13.139. STANDARDS OF SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Every retail public utility that possesses or is required to possess a certificate of public convenience and necessity and every district and affected county that furnishes retail water or sewer utility service, shall furnish the service, instrumentalities, and facilities as are safe, adequate, efficient, and reasonable.

(b) The governing body of a municipality, as the regulatory authority for public utilities operating within its corporate limits, and the utility commission or the commission as the regulatory authority for public utilities operating outside the corporate limits of any municipality, after reasonable notice and hearing on its own motion, may:

(1) ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, service rules, minimum service standards or practices to be observed and followed with respect to the service to be furnished;

(2) ascertain and fix adequate and reasonable standards for the measurement of the quantity, quality, pressure, or other condition pertaining to the supply of the service;

(3) prescribe reasonable regulations for the examination and testing of the service and for the measurement of service; and

(4) establish or approve reasonable rules, regulations, specifications, and standards to secure the accuracy of all meters, instruments, and equipment used for the measurement of any utility service.

(c) Any standards, classifications, regulations, or practices observed or followed by any utility may be filed by it with the regulatory authority and shall continue in force until amended by the utility or until changed by the regulatory authority in accordance with this section.

(d) Not later than the 90th day after the date on which a retail public utility that has a certificate of public convenience and necessity reaches 85 percent of its capacity, as compared to the commission's minimum capacity requirements for a public drinking water system, the retail public utility shall submit to the executive director a planning report that includes details on how the retail public utility will provide the expected service to the remaining areas within the boundaries of its certificated area. The executive director may waive the reporting requirement if the executive director finds that the projected growth of the area will not require the utility to exceed its capacity. The commission by rule may require the submission of revised reports at specified intervals.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.009 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.009
§ 503.009. PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN CONTESTED CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may conduct hearings in contested cases brought under this chapter as provided by this chapter and Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.

(b) The procedures applicable to a hearing conducted under this section are those applicable to a hearing conducted under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, or Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(c) A decision or final order issued under this section is final and may not be appealed, as a matter of right, to the board.

(d) The board may adopt rules for the procedure, a hearing, or an enforcement proceeding for an action brought under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3811.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3811 / Section 3811.008
§ 3811.008. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Election Code § 113.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 113 / Section 113.004
§ 113.004. TIME AND PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
Status: repealed

(a) A person may vote a presidential ballot by personal appearance only at the main early voting polling place for the county of the person's most recent registration to vote.

(b) The period for voting presidential ballots by personal appearance ends on presidential election day.

(c) Beginning on the day after the last day of the period for early voting by personal appearance and through presidential election day, the dates and hours for voting presidential ballots by personal appearance are the dates and hours that the county clerk's main business office is regularly open for business.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 31(9), eff. September 1, 2025.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3838.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3838 / Section 3838.254
§ 3838.254. ABOLISHING SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), the board, with the consent of the governing body of the municipality where the district is located, may abolish the sales and use tax without an election.

(b) The board may not abolish the sales and use tax if the district has outstanding debt secured by the tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9089.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9089 / Section 9089.0103
§ 9089.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5004.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5004 / Section 5004.004
§ 5004.004. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 296.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 296 / Section 296.003
§ 296.003. COUNTY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM; PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A county health care provider participation program authorizes a county to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional health care provider located in the county to be deposited in a local provider participation fund established by the county. Money in the fund may be used by the county to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care programs as provided by this chapter.

(b) The commissioners court may adopt an order authorizing a county to participate in the program, subject to the limitations provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.154
§ 3911.154. LAKE.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, planning, design, construction, improvement, or maintenance of a lake includes work done for drainage, reclamation, or recreation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.355 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.355
§ 1701.355. CONTINUING DEMONSTRATION OF WEAPONS PROFICIENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) An agency that employs one or more peace officers shall designate a firearms proficiency officer and require each peace officer the agency employs to demonstrate weapons proficiency to the firearms proficiency officer at least annually. The agency shall maintain records of the weapons proficiency of the agency's peace officers.

(a-1) An agency that employs one or more county jailers who have been issued a certificate of firearms proficiency under Section 1701.2561 shall designate a firearms proficiency officer and require the jailers to demonstrate weapons proficiency to the firearms proficiency officer at least annually. The agency shall maintain records of the weapons proficiency of the agency's jailers. A county jailer's failure to demonstrate weapons proficiency does not affect the county jailer's license under this chapter.

(b) On request, the commission may waive the requirement that a peace officer or county jailer demonstrate weapons proficiency on a determination by the commission that the requirement causes a hardship.

(c) The commission by rule shall define weapons proficiency for purposes of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8275.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8275 / Section 8275.004
§ 8275.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 445, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in copying the field notes in the legislative process or another mistake in the field notes does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.