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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9032.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9032 / Section 9032.153
§ 9032.153. CONTROL OF WATER AND FLOODWATER; RECLAMATION.
Status: in_force

The district has the power to:

(1) control, store, preserve, and distribute the water and floodwater in the district for the irrigation of arid land, conservation, preservation, reclamation, and drainage of the lands in the district;

(2) carry out flood prevention measures to prevent damage to land and other property in the district; and

(3) reclaim lands heretofore damaged because of the failure to provide the facilities authorized under this chapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 31.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 31 / Section 31.004
§ 31.004. UNAUTHORIZED BANKING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a person other than a depository institution authorized to conduct business in this state may not conduct the business of banking or represent to the public that it is conducting the business of banking in this state.

(b) This section does not prohibit the continued operation of a bank, trust company, bank and trust company, or savings bank by:

(1) a person, partnership, trustee, or trustee operating under a common law declaration of trust who:

(A) was actively engaged in the operation of the institution on June 13, 1923; or

(B) operated the institution for any period of at least 20 years before June 13, 1923, and resumed operations of the institution not later than June 13, 1924; or

(2) a legal representative or successor of a person or entity described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Insurance Code § 2205.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2205 / Section 2205.207
§ 2205.207. OFFICE; RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The pool shall maintain the pool's principal office in Austin, Texas.

(b) Records and other information relating to the operation of the pool must be maintained in the pool's principal office.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0429 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0429
§ 42.0429. SAFE SLEEPING STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish safe sleeping standards for licensed facilities and registered family homes. Each licensed facility and registered family home shall comply with the safe sleeping standards.

(b) If the commission determines that a licensed facility or registered family home has violated a safe sleeping standard established as required by Subsection (a), the facility or home shall provide written notice in the form and manner required by the executive commissioner to the parent or legal guardian of each child attending the facility or home.

(c) The executive commissioner shall prescribe the form for the notice required by Subsection (b) and post the form on the commission's Internet website.
Tex. Education Code § 37.054 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.054
§ 37.054. PARENTAL NOTICE, CONSENT, AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a student is admitted to a school-community guidance center, the administrator of the center must notify the student's parent or guardian that the student has been assigned to attend the center.

(b) The notification must include:

(1) the reason that the student has been assigned to the center;

(2) a statement that on request the parent or guardian is entitled to be fully informed in writing of any treatment method or testing program involving the student; and

(3) a statement that the parent or guardian may request to be advised and to give written, signed consent for any psychological testing or treatment involving the student.

(c) If, after notification, a parent refuses to consent to testing or treatment of the student, the center may not provide any further psychological treatment or testing.

(d) A parent or guardian of a student attending a center is entitled to inspect:

(1) any instructional or guidance material to be used by the student, including teachers' manuals, tapes, and films; and

(2) the results of any treatment, testing, or guidance method involving the student.

(e) The administrator of the center may set a schedule for inspection of materials that allows reasonable access but does not interfere with the conduct of classes or business activities of the school.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.0281 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.0281
§ 1372.0281. INFORMATION REQUIRED OF ISSUERS OF CERTAIN QUALIFIED STUDENT LOAN BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An issuer of qualified student loan bonds authorized by Section 53B.47, Education Code, shall provide to the board together with its application for a reservation information required by board rule.

(b) The board may require an issuer described by Subsection (a) to provide information with its application, or to supplement the application with information, that includes:

(1) financial statements;

(2) portfolio amounts;

(3) default rates;

(4) descriptions of how bond proceeds are being used or spent; and

(5) other information required by the board.
Tex. Education Code § 30B.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30B / Section 30B.004
§ 30B.004. PROVISION OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR INTERNET SERVICE.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not:

(1) require a school district, an open-enrollment charter school, a virtual course provider, or the state to provide a student with home computer equipment or Internet access for a virtual course provided by a school district or open-enrollment charter school; or

(2) prohibit a school district or open-enrollment charter school from providing a student with home computer equipment or Internet access for a virtual course provided by the district or school.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8814.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8814 / Section 8814.108
§ 8814.108. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire land or other property necessary to carry out this chapter by:

(1) gift;

(2) devise;

(3) lease;

(4) purchase; or

(5) condemnation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1003.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1003 / Section 1003.110
§ 1003.110. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 621.509 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 621 / Section 621.509
§ 621.509. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN WEIGHT RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person fails to keep a weight record in violation of Section 621.410.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3971.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3971 / Section 3971.0304
§ 3971.0304. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the city, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Government Code § 493.028 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.028
§ 493.028. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "special prosecution unit" means the special prosecution unit established under Subchapter E, Chapter 41.

(b) The inspector general of the department shall on a quarterly basis prepare and deliver to the board of directors of the special prosecution unit a report concerning any alleged criminal offense concerning the department and described by Article 104.003(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, that occurred during the preceding calendar quarter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8479.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8479 / Section 8479.105
§ 8479.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 17.178 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.178
§ 17.178. BONDS INCONTESTABLE.
Status: in_force

The bonds or other securities issued by a political subdivision are valid, binding, and incontestable after:

(1) approval by the attorney general;

(2) registration by the comptroller; and

(3) purchase by and delivery to the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8328.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8328 / Section 8328.005
§ 8328.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.013 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.013
§ 74.013. COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The department shall cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in any measure authorized by, and undertaken in accordance with, federal law for preventing the introduction or establishment of cotton pests in this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6003.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6003 / Section 6003.056
§ 6003.056. DEPOSIT IN OPERATING ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account for use in administering this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 37.217 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.217
§ 37.217. COMMUNITY EDUCATION RELATING TO INTERNET SAFETY.
Status: in_force

(a) The center, in cooperation with the attorney general, shall develop a program that provides instruction concerning Internet safety, including instruction relating to:

(1) the potential dangers of allowing personal information to appear on an Internet website;

(2) the manner in which to report an inappropriate online solicitation; and

(3) the prevention, detection, and reporting of bullying or threats occurring over the Internet.

(b) In developing the program, the center shall:

(1) solicit input from interested stakeholders; and

(2) to the extent practicable, draw from existing resources and programs.

(c) The center shall make the program available to public schools.
Tex. Local Government Code § 504.255 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 504 / Section 504.255
§ 504.255. APPLICABILITY OF TAX CODE.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs an election to approve the adoption of the sales and use tax under this chapter and governs the imposition, computation, administration, governance, use, and abolition of the tax except as inconsistent with this chapter.

(b) The tax imposed under this chapter takes effect as provided by Section 321.102(a), Tax Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.253 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.253
§ 40.253. CUMULATIVE ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

This subchapter is cumulative of all other applicable penalties, remedies, and enforcement and liability provisions.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.182 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.182
§ 351.182. POWERS AND DUTIES OF SHERIFF.
Status: in_force

The sheriff of the county in which a county correctional center has been established is responsible for the operation of the center, but must consult with the director of the community supervision and corrections department serving the county about issues relating to probationers participating in county correctional center programs.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.104
§ 2602.104. ASSOCIATION RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall maintain a record of its activities in exercising its powers and performing its duties under this chapter.

(b) A record under Subsection (a) may be made public only on:

(1) termination of a liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation proceeding involving the impaired or insolvent title insurance company;

(2) termination of the impairment or insolvency of the title insurance company; or

(3) order of a court.

(c) This section does not limit the association's duty to report on its activities under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.054
§ 1201.054. APPEARANCE OF TEXT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "text" includes all printed matter of an individual accident and health insurance policy except:

(1) the name and address of the insurer;

(2) the name or title of the policy;

(3) the brief description, if any; and

(4) captions and subcaptions.

(b) An individual accident and health insurance policy must have:

(1) a style, arrangement, or overall appearance that does not give undue prominence to any portion of the text; and

(2) every printed portion of its text and of any endorsements or attached papers printed plainly in a lightfaced type:

(A) of a style in general use; and

(B) in a uniform size not less than 10-point with a lowercase unspaced alphabet length not less than 120-point.

(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to a copy of an application or identification card.
Tex. Government Code § 81.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.026
§ 81.026. COMMITTEES AND SECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may create committees, subject to the executive committee's approval under Subchapter I, and sections as it considers advisable and necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) This chapter does not prohibit the appointment of nonattorneys to a committee of the state bar.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 148 / Section 148.003
§ 148.003. SLAUGHTER OF UNBRANDED OR UNMARKED LIVESTOCK; SLAUGHTER WITHOUT BILL OF SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) A slaughterer may not purchase or slaughter for market livestock that is unmarked or unbranded.

(b) A slaughterer may not purchase and slaughter any animal without receiving a bill of sale or written transfer from the person selling the livestock.

(c) This section does not apply to the slaughter of an animal raised by the slaughterer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.258 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.258
§ 21.258. PAYMENTS FOR WORK.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall pay the contract price of a construction, renovation, or repair contract in accordance with this section.

(b) The district shall make monthly progress payments under a contract as the work proceeds or at more frequent intervals as determined by the board.

(c) To provide a basis for determining progress payments, the contractor, on the request of the board, shall furnish, in the detail requested, an analysis of the total contract price showing the amount included for each principal category of the work.

(d) In making progress payments, the board shall retain 10 percent of the estimated amounts until final completion and acceptance of the contract work. The board may authorize any of the remaining progress payments to be made in full if:

(1) the board finds that satisfactory progress is being made; and

(2) at least 50 percent of the work has been completed.

(e) If the work under a contract is substantially complete and the board finds the amount retained to be in excess of the amount adequate for the protection of the district, the board may release to the contractor all or part of the excess amount.

(f) On completion and acceptance of each separate project, work, or other division of the contract on which the price is stated separately in the contract, payment may be made without retention of a percentage.

(g) When work is completed according to the contract, the board shall draw a warrant on the depository to pay any balance due on the contract.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.0013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.0013
§ 142.0013. HOURS OF LABOR AND VACATION OF MEMBERS OF FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of a fire or police department in a municipality with a population of more than 25,000 may not, except in an emergency, be required to be on duty more than six days in a week.

(b) A member of a fire or police department in a municipality with a population of more than 30,000 is entitled to 15 vacation days each year with pay if the member has been regularly employed in the department or departments for at least one year. The municipal officials supervising the fire and police departments shall designate the days of the week during which a member of a fire department or police department is not required to be on duty and the days during which the member is allowed to be on vacation.

(c) A fire fighter shall be granted the same number of vacation days and holidays, or days in lieu of vacation days or holidays, granted to other municipal employees, at least one of which shall be designated as September 11th.

(d) A police officer shall be granted the same number of vacation days and holidays, or days in lieu of vacation days or holidays, granted to other municipal employees.
Tex. Occupations Code § 802.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 802 / Section 802.154
§ 802.154. ANIMAL RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules establishing the minimum information that a licensed breeder must maintain for each animal in the breeder's facility. A licensed breeder shall maintain a separate record for each animal in the breeder's facility documenting the animal's care.

(b) The licensed breeder shall make the animal records available on request to the department or a third-party inspector designated by the department.

(c) The commission by rule shall establish the retention period for records required under this section.
Tex. Penal Code § 71.04 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 71 / Section 71.04
§ 71.04. TESTIMONIAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A party to an offense under this chapter may be required to furnish evidence or testify about the offense.

(b) No evidence or testimony required to be furnished under the provisions of this section nor any information directly or indirectly derived from such evidence or testimony may be used against the witness in any criminal case, except a prosecution for aggravated perjury or contempt.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 4.009 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 4 / Section 4.009
§ 4.009. FILINGS BY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST.
Status: in_force

(a) A filing instrument relating to a domestic real estate investment trust must be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the domestic real estate investment trust's principal place of business is located.

(b) Subject to other state law governing the requirements for filing instruments with a county clerk, this chapter applies to a filing by a domestic real estate investment trust, except that in relation to such a filing a reference in this chapter to the secretary of state is considered to be a reference to the county clerk of the county in which the domestic real estate investment trust's principal place of business is located.

(c) A filing instrument relating to a foreign real estate investment trust must be filed with the secretary of state and not a county clerk.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.007
§ 85.007. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR MINORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall give priority to developing model educational materials for education programs for persons younger than 18 years of age.

(b) The materials in the education programs intended for persons younger than 18 years of age must:

(1) emphasize sexual abstinence before marriage and fidelity in marriage as the expected standard in terms of public health and the most effective ways to prevent HIV infection, sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancies; and

(2) state that homosexual conduct is not an acceptable lifestyle and is a criminal offense under Section 21.06, Penal Code.

(c) In addition, the educational materials intended for persons younger than 18 years of age must:

(1) teach that sexual activity before marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical consequences;

(2) teach adolescents ways to recognize and respond to unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances;

(3) teach that the use of alcohol or drugs increases a person's vulnerability to unwanted sexual advances; and

(4) emphasize the importance of attaining self-sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.403 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.403
§ 1575.403. TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the committee serve staggered four-year terms.

(b) The terms of the active school administrator, one active teacher, and two retired teachers expire February 1, 2002, and every fourth year after that date.

(c) The remaining members' terms expire February 1, 2004, and every fourth year after that date.
Tex. Transportation Code § 224.032 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 224 / Section 224.032
§ 224.032. DUTY OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) In the development and maintenance of the state highway system, the commission shall provide for the:

(1) efficient maintenance of the system;

(2) construction, in cooperation with the United States to the extent of federal aid to the state, of durable highways of the greatest public necessity;

(3) construction of highways to perfect and extend a correlated system of state highways, independently from state funds; and

(4) construction of highways to provide access to significant new naval military facilities and to provide for the state highway system in impacted regions.

(b) Subsection (a) shall be implemented from funds available to the department except that Subsection (a)(4) shall be implemented only from the state highway fund.

(c) In this section, "significant new naval military facility" and "impacted region" have the meanings assigned by Section 4, Article 1, National Defense Impacted Region Assistance Act of 1985 (Article 689a-4d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3954.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3954 / Section 3954.007
§ 3954.007. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The initial 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. Government Code § 616.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 616 / Section 616.003
§ 616.003. DISPUTES.
Status: in_force

(a) A dispute of fact under this chapter that relates to an office in the executive branch of state government, except a dispute of fact relating to the governor, shall be resolved by the governor or other official authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the governor.

(b) A decision made by the governor or the official under this section is final.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 261.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 261 / Section 261.001
§ 261.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Independent ombudsman" means the individual who has been appointed under this chapter to the office of independent ombudsman.

(2) "Office" means the office of independent ombudsman created under this chapter.