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Tex. Education Code § 45.153 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.153
§ 45.153. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority is governed by a board of directors consisting of seven members. The members of the board serve terms ending May 1. A member's term may not exceed two years. The board of trustees of each district shall each appoint three directors, and the appointees shall by majority vote appoint a seventh director.

(b) The board of directors shall elect from among the directors a president and vice president. The board shall elect a secretary and a treasurer who may or may not be directors and may elect other officers as authorized by the authority's bylaws. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined. The president has the same right to vote on all matters as other members of the board.

(c) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum, and when a quorum is present, action may be taken by a majority vote of directors present.

(d) The board may employ a manager and other employees, experts, and agents or may delegate to the manager the power to employ and discharge employees. The board may employ legal counsel.
Tex. Government Code § 4003.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4003 / Section 4003.004
§ 4003.004. EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Financial statements filed as required by this subchapter are not required to be certified by an independent certified public accountant or independent public accountant if:

(1) the fiscal year of the issuer of the securities to be qualified for sale ended on a date earlier than the 90th day before the date of the filing; and

(2) financial statements in addition to those required by this subchapter are filed that:

(A) contain the information required by Section 4003.003; and

(B) are certified by an independent certified public accountant or independent public accountant as of the end of the issuer's preceding fiscal year.

(b) Instead of being audited and certified, the financial statements described by Section 4003.003 of a small business issuer, as defined by board rule, that meets all other requirements the board by rule or order prescribes, conditionally or unconditionally, may be reviewed by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services promulgated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Tex. Local Government Code § 321.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 321 / Section 321.041
§ 321.041. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ permanent or temporary personnel, including secretaries, stenographers, bookkeepers, accountants, technical experts, and other agents.

(b) The board shall determine the qualifications, duties, and compensation of employees.

(c) The board may employ a manager for one or more parks and give the manager full authority for the management and operation of the parks subject only to the direction and orders of the board.
Tex. Government Code § 609.109 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.109
§ 609.109. PARTICIPATION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The plan administrator shall determine whether a person who provides services as an independent contractor to a political subdivision that created the plan may participate in the deferred compensation plan.

(b) For the purposes of Subchapter A and this subchapter, an independent contractor that is authorized to participate in a deferred compensation plan is treated as an employee of the political subdivision creating the plan.
Tex. Local Government Code § 352.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 352 / Section 352.022
§ 352.022. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER.
Status: in_force

An owner or occupant who is subject to an order issued under Section 352.016 or 352.0165 commits an offense if that person fails to comply with the order. Each refusal to comply is a separate offense. The offense is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times under this section, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
Tex. Water Code § 17.9617 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.9617
§ 17.9617. TRANSFERS TO STATE WATER IMPLEMENTATION REVENUE FUND FOR TEXAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may direct the comptroller to transfer money or other assets from an account in the fund, including from the financial assistance account or from the state participation account, to the state water implementation revenue fund for Texas to provide financial assistance under this subchapter and Subchapter H, Chapter 15.

(b) A transfer of money or other assets from an account in the fund may not cause general obligation bonds that are payable from the fund or from an account in the fund to no longer be self-supporting for purposes of Section 49-j(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, as determined by the board.

(c) The board shall use the state water implementation revenue fund for Texas, or an account in that fund, as a source of revenue to be deposited in accordance with this subchapter for the payment of principal and interest on water financial assistance bonds issued by the board, the proceeds of which are to be deposited into the state water implementation revenue fund for Texas, or the account in that fund, and to be used to make payments under a bond enhancement agreement with respect to principal or interest on the water financial assistance bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.156
§ 9015.156. GENERAL CONTRACT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The authority may contract with the city, a public agency, a political subdivision, this state, the United States, or another person for the purchase or sale of water or any other purpose necessary to carry out this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952 / Section 7952.201
§ 7952.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.316 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.316
§ 96.316. CLOSING OF LIQUIDATION; ORDER AND LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The liquidating agent shall certify the completion of the liquidation to the commissioner, who shall then issue an order closing the liquidation.

(b) After the closing order, the commissioner and the liquidating agent are discharged from any further duty or liability in connection with the administration of the savings bank's affairs.

(c) After the closing order, a person does not have a claim, suit, or action against the commissioner or the liquidating agent, individually or in an official capacity, except a suit to recover an unclaimed deposit as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11020.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11020 / Section 11020.0402
§ 11020.0402. GIFTS, GRANTS, LOANS, AND OTHER MONEY.
Status: in_force

The alliance may apply for, accept, receive, and administer gifts, grants, loans, and other money available from any source.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.202
§ 2155.202. COMMUNITY CENTERS; ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS; CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

The following entities may purchase goods and services through the comptroller:

(1) a community center for mental health services or intellectual disability services that receives state grants-in-aid under Subchapter B, Chapter 534, Health and Safety Code;

(2) an assistance organization as defined by Section 2175.001 that receives state funds; and

(3) a child-care provider that meets Texas Rising Star Program certification criteria.
Tex. Government Code § 1371.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1371 / Section 1371.103
§ 1371.103. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An obligation must be secured solely by:

(1) the proceeds from the sale of other obligations;

(2) the proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds payable from the revenue to be received from a public works or a specified user of a public works;

(3) any revenue that the issuer is authorized by the constitution, a statute, or the charter of a home-rule municipality to pledge to the payment of an obligation;

(4) a credit agreement; or

(5) any combination of those sources.

(b) A governing body may secure an obligation and pay the cost of a credit agreement executed and delivered in connection with the financing of a project cost with:

(1) the sources permitted by this chapter; and

(2) ad valorem taxes to the extent the project cost relates to an eligible project financed or to be financed with obligations payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Government Code § 465.0101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 465 / Section 465.0101
§ 465.0101. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY PANEL.
Status: in_force

The office may establish, as needed, the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Advisory Panel to serve as an advisory panel to the governor's office, including the office established under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.101
§ 1952.101. UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage" means the provisions of an automobile liability insurance policy that provide for coverage in at least the limits prescribed by Chapter 601, Transportation Code, that protects insureds who are legally entitled to recover from owners or operators of uninsured or underinsured motor vehicles damages for bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death, or property damage resulting from the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle.

(b) An insurer may not deliver or issue for delivery in this state an automobile liability insurance policy, including a policy provided through the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association under Chapter 2151, that covers liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle unless the insurer provides uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage in the policy or supplemental to the policy.

(c) The coverage required by this subchapter does not apply if any insured named in the insurance policy rejects the coverage in writing. Unless the named insured requests in writing the coverage required by this subchapter, the insurer is not required to provide that coverage in or supplemental to a reinstated insurance policy or renewal insurance policy if the named insured rejected the coverage in connection with that insurance policy or an insurance policy previously issued to the insured by the same insurer or by an affiliated insurer.
Tex. Government Code § 26.049 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.049
§ 26.049. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

The county judge may appoint counsel to represent a party who makes an affidavit that he is too poor to employ counsel.
Tex. Property Code § 29.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 29 / Section 29.003
§ 29.003. HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORCED SALE.
Status: in_force

At a hearing on a petition filed under Section 29.002, the petitioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence that:

(1) the petitioner has paid the defendant's share of ad valorem taxes imposed on the property that is the subject of the petition for any three years in a five-year period or, in the case of a nonprofit organization, the petitioner has paid the defendant's share of ad valorem taxes imposed on the property that is the subject of the petition for any two years in a three-year period;

(2) before the date on which the petition was filed the petitioner made a demand that the defendant reimburse the petitioner for the amount of the defendant's share of ad valorem taxes imposed on the property paid by the petitioner; and

(3) the defendant has not reimbursed the petitioner more than half of the amount of money the petitioner paid on the defendant's behalf for the defendant's share of ad valorem taxes imposed on the property.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 11.102 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 11 / Section 11.102
§ 11.102. PERMISSION BY LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 is prohibited from filing, pro se, new litigation in a court to which the order applies without seeking the permission of:

(1) the local administrative judge of the type of court in which the vexatious litigant intends to file, except as provided by Subdivision (2); or

(2) the local administrative district judge of the county in which the vexatious litigant intends to file if the litigant intends to file in a justice or constitutional county court.

(b) A vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 who files a request seeking permission to file a litigation shall provide a copy of the request to all defendants named in the proposed litigation.

(c) The appropriate local administrative judge described by Subsection (a) may make a determination on the request with or without a hearing. If the judge determines that a hearing is necessary, the judge may require that the vexatious litigant filing a request under Subsection (b) provide notice of the hearing to all defendants named in the proposed litigation.

(d) The appropriate local administrative judge described by Subsection (a) may grant permission to a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 to file a litigation only if it appears to the judge that the litigation:

(1) has merit; and

(2) has not been filed for the purposes of harassment or delay.

(e) The appropriate local administrative judge described by Subsection (a) may condition permission on the furnishing of security for the benefit of the defendant as provided in Subchapter B.

(f) A decision of the appropriate local administrative judge described by Subsection (a) denying a litigant permission to file a litigation under Subsection (d), or conditioning permission to file a litigation on the furnishing of security under Subsection (e), is not grounds for appeal, except that the litigant may apply for a writ of mandamus with the court of appeals not later than the 30th day after the date of the decision. The denial of a writ of mandamus by the court of appeals is not grounds for appeal to the supreme court or court of criminal appeals.
Tex. Utilities Code § 53.007 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 53 / Section 53.007
§ 53.007. LIMIT ON RECONNECTION FEE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall establish a reasonable limit on the amount that a local exchange company may charge a customer for changing the location at which the customer receives service.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.151
§ 2306.151. TARGET STRATEGY FOR BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

The board shall have the specific duty and power to adopt a target strategy for the percentage of mortgage revenue bond proceeds to be made available to individuals and families of low and very low income.
Tex. Water Code § 57.343 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.343
§ 57.343. DISPOSITION OF DEBTS AFTER ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the district is dissolved, the commissioners court shall provide for the settlement of the debts of the district, including the costs and expenses of holding the election.

(b) The commissioners court may levy, assess, and collect a sufficient tax on the property in the district in the manner provided in this chapter, to pay all the valid debts and obligations of the district, except bonds issued and held by a purchaser.

(c) The district shall pay bonds that have been issued and are held by a purchaser according to the terms of the bonds by levy and collection of an annual tax as provided in this chapter unless retirement of the bonds is effected as provided in Section 57.344 of this code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 116.0346 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.0346
§ 116.0346. PROVISIONAL LICENSE OR REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may issue a provisional license or registration to an applicant currently licensed or registered in another jurisdiction who seeks a license or registration in this state and who:

(1) has been licensed or registered in good standing for at least two years in another jurisdiction, including a foreign country, that has licensing or registration requirements substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter;

(2) has passed a national or other examination recognized by the commission relating to the activities regulated under this chapter; and

(3) is sponsored by a person licensed or registered by the commission under this chapter with whom the provisional license or registration holder will practice during the time the person holds a provisional license or registration.

(b) The commission may waive the requirement of Subsection (a)(3) for an applicant if the commission determines that compliance with that subsection would be a hardship to the applicant.

(c) A provisional license or registration is valid until the date the commission approves or denies the provisional license or registration holder's application for a license or registration. The commission shall issue a license or registration under this chapter to the provisional license or registration holder if:

(1) the provisional license or registration holder is eligible to be licensed or registered under Section 116.0345; or

(2) the provisional license or registration holder:

(A) passes the part of the examination under Section 116.034 that relates to the applicant's knowledge and understanding of the laws and rules relating to the activities regulated under this chapter in this state;

(B) meets the academic and experience requirements for a license or registration under this chapter; and

(C) satisfies any other licensing or registration requirements under this chapter.

(d) The commission must approve or deny a provisional license or registration holder's application for a license or registration not later than the 180th day after the date the provisional license or registration is issued. The commission may extend the 180-day period if the results of an examination have not been received by the commission before the end of that period.

(e) The commission may establish a fee for provisional licenses or registrations in an amount reasonable and necessary to cover the cost of issuing the license or registration.
Tex. Family Code § 262.107 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.107
§ 262.107. STANDARD FOR DECISION AT INITIAL HEARING AFTER TAKING POSSESSION OF CHILD WITHOUT A COURT ORDER IN EMERGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall order the return of the child at the initial hearing regarding a child taken in possession without a court order by a governmental entity unless the court is satisfied that:

(1) the evidence shows that one of the following circumstances exists:

(A) there is a continuing danger to the physical health or safety of the child if the child is returned to the parent, managing conservator, possessory conservator, guardian, caretaker, or custodian who is presently entitled to possession of the child;

(B) the child has been the victim of sexual abuse or of trafficking under Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code, on one or more occasions and that there is a substantial risk that the child will be the victim of sexual abuse or of trafficking in the future;

(C) the parent or person who has possession of the child is currently using a controlled substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, and the use constitutes an immediate danger to the physical health or safety of the child; or

(D) the parent or person who has possession of the child has permitted the child to remain on premises used for the manufacture of methamphetamine;

(2) continuation of the child in the home would be contrary to the child's welfare;

(3) the child would not be adequately protected in the child's home with an order for the removal of the alleged perpetrator under Section 262.1015 or 262.1016 or a protective order issued under Title 4;

(4) placing the child with a relative or designated caregiver or with a caregiver under a parental child safety placement agreement authorized by Subchapter L, Chapter 264:

(A) was offered but refused;

(B) was not possible because there was no time, consistent with the physical health or safety of the child and the nature of the emergency, to conduct the caregiver evaluation; or

(C) would pose an immediate danger to the physical health or safety of the child; and

(5) reasonable efforts, consistent with the circumstances and providing for the safety of the child, were made to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of the child.

(b) In determining whether there is a continuing danger to the physical health or safety of a child, the court may consider whether the household to which the child would be returned includes a person who has:

(1) abused or neglected another child in a manner that caused serious injury to or the death of the other child; or

(2) sexually abused another child.

(c) If the court does not order the return of the child at an initial hearing under Subsection (a), the court must describe in writing and in a separate section the reasonable efforts, consistent with the circumstances and providing for the safety of the child, that were made to prevent or eliminate the need for the removal of the child.
Tex. Government Code § 325.0125 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 325 / Section 325.0125
§ 325.0125. REVIEW OF CERTAIN AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In the two-year period preceding the date scheduled for the abolition or review of a state agency under this chapter, the commission may exempt certain agencies from the requirements of this chapter relating to staff reports, hearings, and reviews.

(b) The commission may only exempt agencies that have been inactive for a period of two years preceding the date the agency is scheduled for abolition or review, that have been rendered inactive by an action of the legislature, or that the commission determines are unable to participate in the review due to a declared disaster.

(c) The commission's action in exempting agencies under this section must be done by an affirmative record vote and must be decided by a majority of all members present and voting.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.010 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.010
§ 252.010. CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATORS; FEE.
Status: in_force

A facility that hires a new administrator or other person designated as the chief management officer for the facility shall:

(1) notify the department in writing of the change not later than the 30th day after the date on which the change becomes effective; and

(2) pay a $20 administrative fee to the department.
Tex. Local Government Code § 250.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 250 / Section 250.004
§ 250.004. AGENT FOR SERVICE; NOTICE OF CITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The employee of the owner or management company to whom a citation described by Section 250.003 is issued is considered the owner's agent for accepting service of the citation for the violation of the county or municipal rule or ordinance. Service of the citation on the agent has the same legal effect as service on the owner for the purpose of fines against the owner or the property, including a warrant or capias.

(b) The county or municipality issuing the citation shall mail notice of the citation to the property owner at the address most recently provided to the county or municipality by the property owner or by the employee of the owner or management company under Section 250.003(a). This subsection does not require a county or municipality to mail notice using a service that provides delivery confirmation.