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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9069.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9069 / Section 9069.002
§ 9069.002. 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 a water control and improvement district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Education Code § 35.007 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 35 / Section 35.007
§ 35.007. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0222 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0222
§ 546.0222. DOCUMENTATION OF ONGOING PERMANENCY PLANNING EFFORTS.
Status: in_force

The commission and each appropriate health and human services agency shall require a person who develops a permanency plan for a child residing in an institution to identify and document in the child's permanency plan all ongoing permanency planning efforts at least semiannually to ensure that, as soon as possible, the child will benefit from a permanent living arrangement with an enduring and nurturing parental relationship.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1008.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1008 / Section 1008.056
§ 1008.056. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 84.003 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 84 / Section 84.003
§ 84.003. PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The Texas farm and ranch lands conservation program is established as a program of the department for the purpose of administering the assistance to be provided by the fund for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.125 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.125
§ 63.125. SUIT TO RECOVER FEES.
Status: in_force

The service may sue to recover an inspection fee or penalty due under Subchapter E of this chapter. Venue for a suit under this section is in Brazos County.
Tex. Transportation Code § 682.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 682 / Section 682.002
§ 682.002. CIVIL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may declare the violation of a municipal ordinance relating to parking or stopping a vehicle to be a civil offense.

(b) A joint board to which Section 22.074(d) applies may declare the violation of a resolution, rule, or order of the joint board relating to parking or stopping a vehicle to be a civil offense.
Tex. Education Code § 55.17893 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.17893
§ 55.17893. MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may issue bonds in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board in the aggregate principal amounts not to exceed the amounts previously authorized for Midwestern State University by Sections 55.1727, 55.1737, 55.1757, and 55.1787, as those sections existed immediately before this section took effect, less any portion of those amounts for which bonds were issued under those sections for the university before the date this section took effect. Subject to Subsection (d), bonds issued under this section for an amount previously authorized by Section 55.1727, 55.1737, 55.1757, or 55.1787 may be used only at Midwestern State University for the purposes for which the bonds were authorized to be issued for the university under Section 55.1727, 55.1737, 55.1757, or 55.1787, as applicable.

(b) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of an institution, branch, or entity of the Texas Tech University System. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.

(c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System to meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer funds among institutions, branches, and entities of the Texas Tech University System to ensure the most equitable and efficient allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or entity to carry out its duties and purposes.

(d) Any portion of the proceeds of bonds authorized by this section for one or more specified projects that is not required for the specified projects may be used to renovate existing structures and facilities at the university.

(e) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may issue refunding bonds under Chapter 1207, Government Code, to refund all or any part of the outstanding bonds, notes, or other general or special obligations issued by or for the benefit of Midwestern State University, including obligations previously issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority. For purposes of Chapter 1207, Government Code, and in connection with the issuance of any refunding bonds under that chapter, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System shall be considered the issuer of the outstanding bonds, notes, or obligations of Midwestern State University which are being refunded.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.058 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.058
§ 457.058. LIABILITY OF CREATING ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

The political subdivisions that adopt a resolution under Section 457.051(a) are liable for an expense the authority incurs before the date a sales and use tax is approved for the authority under this chapter, including the costs of holding the election.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 103.0055 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 103 / Section 103.0055
§ 103.0055. BANKRUPTCY OF MERCHANT OR RETAILER.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the amount due an aggrieved party by a license holder or a person required to be licensed is not affected by a final judgment of a bankruptcy court that releases the license holder or person required to be licensed from the legal duty to satisfy the claim.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.002
§ 334.002. APPLICATION TO CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a municipality with a population of more than 1.9 million and to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million only if the municipality and county create a sports and community venue district under Chapter 335 and only to the extent the use of this chapter by the district is necessary or convenient for the creation or operation of the district to the fullest extent authorized by Chapter 335.
Tex. Government Code § 552.162 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.162
§ 552.162.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.162. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OUT-OF-STATE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Information obtained by a governmental body that was provided by an out-of-state health care provider in connection with a quality management, peer review, or best practices program that the out-of-state health care provider pays for is confidential and excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 672.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 672 / Section 672.012
§ 672.012. REPORT OF UNEXPECTED FATALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person, including a health care provider, who knows of the death of an adult that resulted from, or that occurred under circumstances indicating death may have resulted from, suicide, family violence, or abuse, shall immediately report the death to the medical examiner of the county in which the death occurred or, if the death occurred in a county that does not have a medical examiner's office or that is not part of a medical examiner's district, to a justice of the peace in that county.

(b) The requirement of this section is in addition to any other reporting requirement imposed by law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1951.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1951 / Section 1951.052
§ 1951.052. PERSON PERFORMING PEST CONTROL WORK ON PERSON'S DWELLING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Sections 1951.212 and 1951.457(c), this chapter does not apply to a person who performs pest control work on property that the person owns or leases as the person's dwelling.

(b) A person described by Subsection (a) is not considered to be engaged in the business of structural pest control.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.104
§ 702.104. TERM; RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A health spa operator's certificate of registration expires on the first anniversary of the date of issuance.

(b) A certificate of registration may be renewed as provided by the secretary of state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.113
§ 1054.113. PROVISION OF CERTAIN HEALTH SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may provide emergency services, home health care services, long-term health care services, special care facility services, or any other health care services the board determines are necessary to meet the needs of the district.
Tex. Water Code § 7.031 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.031
§ 7.031. CORRECTIVE ACTION RELATING TO HAZARDOUS WASTE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall require corrective action for a release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents from a solid waste management unit at a solid waste processing, storage, or disposal facility that is required to obtain a permit for the management of hazardous waste and whose permit is issued after November 8, 1984, regardless of when the waste is placed in the unit.

(b) The commission shall establish schedules for compliance for the corrective action if the corrective action cannot be completed before permit issuance and shall require assurances of financial responsibility for completing the corrective action.

(c) If the commission determines that there is or has been a release of hazardous waste into the environment from a facility required to obtain a permit in accordance with an approved state program under Section 3006 of the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.), the commission may:

(1) issue an order requiring corrective action or other response measures considered necessary to protect human health or the environment; or

(2) institute a civil action under Subchapter D.

(d) An order issued under this section:

(1) may include a suspension or revocation of authorization to operate;

(2) must state with reasonable specificity the nature of the required corrective action or other response measure; and

(3) must specify a time for compliance.

(e) If a person named in the order does not comply with the order, the commission may assess an administrative penalty or seek a civil penalty in accordance with this chapter.

(f) Nothing in this section limits the authority of the commission, consistent with federal law, to issue an order for the closure, post-closure care, or other remediation of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents from a solid waste management unit at a solid waste processing, storage, or disposal facility.
Tex. Tax Code § 323.208 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 323 / Section 323.208
§ 323.208. TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXEMPTION.
Status: repealed

(a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed under this chapter the sale within the county of telecommunications services unless the application of the exemption is repealed under this section. A county may not repeal the application of this exemption as it applies to interstate long-distance telecommunications services, but if a county has repealed the exemption before the effective date of Part 4, Article 1, H.B. No. 61, Acts of the 70th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1987, interstate long-distance telecommunications services in that county are not subject to taxes imposed under this chapter.

(b) The commissioners court of a county by a majority vote may repeal the application of the exemption provided by Subsection (a) for telecommunications services sold within the county.

(c) A county that has repealed the application of the exemption may in the same manner reinstate the exemption.

(d) A vote of the commissioners court repealing the application of or reinstating the exemption must be entered in the minutes of the court. The county judge shall send to the comptroller by United States certified or registered mail a copy of each order adopted under this section. The repeal of the application of the exemption or a reinstated exemption takes effect within the county on the first day of the first calendar quarter after the expiration of the first complete calendar quarter after the date on which the comptroller receives notification of the order.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.094 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.094
§ 2001.094. ISSUANCE OF COMMISSION REQUIRING DEPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) On its own motion or on the written request of a party to a contested case pending before it, and on deposit of an amount that will reasonably ensure payment of the amount estimated to accrue under Section 2001.103, a state agency shall issue a commission, addressed to the officers authorized by statute to take a deposition, requiring that the deposition of a witness be taken.

(b) The commission shall authorize the issuance of any subpoena necessary to require that the witness appear and produce, at the time the deposition is taken, books, records, papers, or other objects that may be necessary and proper for the purpose of the proceeding.

(c) The commission shall require an officer to whom it is addressed to:

(1) examine the witness before the officer on the date and at the place named in the commission; and

(2) take answers under oath to questions asked the witness by a party to the proceeding, the state agency, or an attorney for a party or the agency.

(d) The commission shall require the witness to remain in attendance from day to day until the deposition is begun and completed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.003
§ 651.003. CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not affect the authority of the Texas Department of Banking to enforce Chapter 154, Finance Code, or to regulate perpetual care cemeteries.

(b) The authority of the commission under Chapter 154, Finance Code, is limited to:

(1) imposing an administrative penalty;

(2) issuing a reprimand; or

(3) suspending, revoking, or probating a license issued by the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.059
§ 6903.059. ASSUMPTION OF DEBT; TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In calling the election on the proposition for annexation of territory, the commissioners court may include, as a part of the same proposition, a proposition for:

(1) the territory to assume its part of the tax-supported bonds of the district then outstanding and those bonds previously voted but not yet sold; and

(2) an ad valorem tax to be imposed on taxable property in the territory along with the tax in the rest of the district for the payment of the bonds.

(b) After territory is annexed to the district, the board may hold an election in the district as enlarged to determine whether the district as enlarged shall assume any tax-supported bonds then outstanding and those previously voted but not yet sold and impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district as enlarged to pay the bonds, unless the proposition is submitted as provided by Subsection (a) and becomes binding on the territory annexed.

(c) An election held under Subsection (b) shall be held in the same manner as an election under this chapter for the issuance of bonds.
Tex. Election Code § 67.010 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 67 / Section 67.010
§ 67.010. COUNTY RETURNS CANVASSED BY GOVERNOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The county election returns for an election for a statewide office other than governor or lieutenant governor, a statewide measure, a district office, or president and vice-president of the United States shall be canvassed by the governor.

(b) When this code refers to the presiding officer of the final canvassing authority, the secretary of state is considered to be the presiding officer when the final canvassing authority is the governor.

(c) The canvass of county returns shall be conducted in accordance with this chapter except as otherwise provided by this code.

(d) The presiding officer may make a clerical correction to the officially canvassed returns based on any authorized amended county canvass filed with the presiding officer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.001
§ 1049.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Commissioners court" means the Commissioners Court of Kimble County.

(3) "Director" means a member of the board.

(4) "District" means the Kimble County Hospital District of Kimble County, Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 2113.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2113 / Section 2113.012
§ 2113.012. USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Status: in_force

A state agency may not use appropriated money to compensate an officer or employee who uses alcoholic beverages on active duty.
Tex. Government Code § 802.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 802 / Section 802.107
§ 802.107. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REPORTS AND CONTACT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A public retirement system shall maintain for public review at its main office and at such other locations as the retirement system considers appropriate copies of the most recent edition of each type of report or other information required by this chapter to be submitted to the State Pension Review Board.

(b) Information required by this chapter to be submitted to the State Pension Review Board may be contained in one or more documents but must be submitted within the period provided by the provision requiring the information.

(c) A public retirement system shall post on a publicly available Internet website:

(1) the name, business address, and business telephone number of a system administrator of the public retirement system; and

(2) a copy of the most recent edition of each report and other written information that is required by this chapter or Chapter 801 to be submitted to the board.

(d) A public retirement system that maintains a website or for which a website is maintained shall prominently post a link on that website to the information required by Subsection (c). All other public retirement systems shall:

(1) prominently post the information required by Subsection (c) on a website that is maintained by the governing body of the political subdivision of which members of the public retirement system are officers or employees; or

(2) post the information required by Subsection (c) on a publicly available website that is maintained by a state agency.

(e) A report or other information posted under Subsection (c) must remain posted until replaced with a more recently submitted edition of the report or information.
Tex. Government Code § 425.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 425 / Section 425.102
§ 425.102. PEACE OFFICER WELLNESS GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish and administer a grant program to assist law enforcement agencies in establishing and maintaining peace officer wellness programs as required under Subchapter B.

(b) The commission shall establish:

(1) eligibility criteria for grant applicants;

(2) grant application procedures;

(3) guidelines relating to grant amounts;

(4) procedures for evaluating grant applications;

(5) guidelines relating to the use of a grant awarded under the program, including the reimbursement of costs associated with the provision of counseling and therapy services to peace officers participating in a wellness program; and

(6) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant awarded under the program and ensuring compliance with any condition of a grant.
Tex. Government Code § 2308A.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308A / Section 2308A.003
§ 2308A.003. INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS AND STAFFING.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency, coordinating board, and commission shall enter into one or more interagency agreements establishing policies and processes for:

(1) sharing and matching relevant data and cooperatively managing education and workforce information collected by each respective agency; and

(2) coordinating the assignment of existing staff and other resources as necessary to effectuate the state workforce development goals and the strategies for achieving those goals developed under Section 2308A.006.

(b) The time spent by an employee of the agency, coordinating board, or commission in supporting the work of the initiative is not included in calculating the number of full-time equivalent employees allotted to the respective agency under other law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1106.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.004
§ 1106.004. DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL INCAPACITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, mental incapacity must be:

(1) established by the clinical diagnosis of a physician licensed in this state who is qualified to make the diagnosis; and

(2) based on reasonable medical judgment.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.757 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.757
§ 451.757. AGREEMENT SUPERSEDES CONFLICTING PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A written agreement ratified under this subchapter preempts, during the term of the agreement and to the extent of any conflict, all contrary state statutes, local ordinances, executive orders, civil service provisions, or rules adopted by the state, by the authority or another political subdivision, or by a division or agent of the authority or other political subdivision, such as a personnel board or a civil service commission.

(b) An agreement ratified under this subchapter may not interfere with the right of a member of a bargaining unit to pursue allegations of discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, or disability with the Commission on Human Rights or the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or to pursue affirmative action litigation.
Tex. Government Code § 403.03059 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.03059
§ 403.03059. COMPENSATION FOR COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall ensure that a security officer or investigator commissioned as a peace officer by the comptroller is compensated according to Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Local Government Code § 281.058 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 281 / Section 281.058
§ 281.058. SURETY BOND PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

The board may pay the premiums on surety bonds required of officials or employees of the authority out of available funds of the authority, including proceeds from the sale of bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 525.0156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 525 / Section 525.0156
§ 525.0156. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF AGENCY STRATEGIC PLANS AND BIENNIAL PLAN UPDATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each health and human services agency shall submit to the commission a strategic plan and biennial updates of the plan on a date determined by commission rule.

(b) The commission shall:

(1) review and comment on each strategic plan and biennial update a health and human services agency submits to the commission under this section; and

(2) not later than January 1 of each even-numbered year, begin formal discussions with each health and human services agency regarding that agency's strategic plan or biennial update, as appropriate.