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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8447.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8447 / Section 8447.054
§ 8447.054. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Occupations Code § 264.0527 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 264 / Section 264.0527
§ 264.0527. APPEAL OF CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person affected by a cease and desist order issued, affirmed, or modified after a hearing may file a petition for judicial review.

(b) A filed petition for judicial review does not stay or vacate the order unless the court, after hearing, specifically stays or vacates the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8156.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8156 / Section 8156.004
§ 8156.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 700, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, 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 the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

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

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

(3) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Insurance Code § 31.023 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 31 / Section 31.023
§ 31.023. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner must:

(1) be a competent and experienced administrator;

(2) be well informed and qualified in the field of insurance and insurance regulation; and

(3) have at least five years of experience in the administration of business or government or as a practicing attorney or certified public accountant.
Tex. Transportation Code § 524.041 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 524 / Section 524.041
§ 524.041. APPEAL FROM ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person whose driver's license suspension is sustained may appeal the decision by filing a petition not later than the 30th day after the date the administrative law judge's decision is final. The administrative law judge's final decision is immediately appealable without the requirement of a motion for rehearing.

(b) A petition under Subsection (a) must be filed in a county court at law in the county in which the person was arrested or, if there is not a county court at law in the county, in the county court. If the county judge is not a licensed attorney, the county judge shall transfer the case to a district court for the county on the motion of either party or of the judge.

(c) A person who files an appeal under this section shall send a copy of the petition by certified mail to the department and to the State Office of Administrative Hearings at each agency's headquarters in Austin. The copy must be certified by the clerk of the court in which the petition is filed.

(d) The department's right to appeal is limited to issues of law.

(e) A district or county attorney may represent the department in an appeal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9085.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9085 / Section 9085.0502
§ 9085.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Chapter 51, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3924.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3924 / Section 3924.201
§ 3924.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 3924.203.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 571.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 571 / Section 571.011
§ 571.011. COOPERATION AND CONTRACTS WITH UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court or municipal authority may cooperate and contract with the United States for grants, loans, or advance payments to carry out any of the powers or purposes prescribed by this subchapter.

(b) The commissioners court or municipal authority may contribute and pay to the United States all or any part of the proceeds of bonds they have issued and sold under this subchapter, in connection with any project undertaken by the federal government affecting or relating to the construction or maintenance of a seawall, boulevard, or other project authorized under this subchapter.

(c) It is the purpose of this section to confer on the commissioners court or municipal authority the fullest possible power of contract with regard to projects of common interest enumerated in this subchapter, when these projects are approved by an act of the United States Congress.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.063
§ 1105.063. RECRUITMENT OF MEDICAL STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may spend district money to recruit physicians, nurses, or other trained medical personnel.

(b) The board may:

(1) contract with a full-time medical or nursing student who is enrolled and in good standing in an accredited school, college, or university; and

(2) agree to pay the student's tuition or other costs or expenses if the student agrees to serve in the district on terms prescribed by the contract.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0487 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0487
§ 21.0487. JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS TEACHER CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall establish a standard Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps teaching certificate to provide Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instruction.

(b) To be eligible for a certificate under this section, a person must:

(1) hold a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher education that is, and at the time the person received the degree was, accredited or otherwise approved by an accrediting organization recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;

(2) satisfy the eligibility and testing requirements for certification as a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor established by the branch of service in which the person served; and

(3) complete an approved educator preparation program.

(c) The board shall propose rules to:

(1) approve educator preparation programs to prepare a person as a teacher for certification under this section; and

(2) establish requirements under which:

(A) a person's training and experience acquired during the person's military service serves as proof of the person's demonstration of subject matter knowledge if that training and experience is verified by the branch of service in which the person served; and

(B) a person's employment by a school district as a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor before the person was enrolled in an educator preparation program or while the person is enrolled in an educator preparation program is applied to satisfy any student teaching, internship, or field-based experience program requirement.

(d) A person is not required to hold a certificate established under this section to be employed by a school district as a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor.
Tex. Government Code § 431.112 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 431 / Section 431.112
§ 431.112. CALLING OF FORCES BY OTHER OFFICIAL.
Status: in_force

If military aid is immediately and urgently necessary to prevent or suppress violence under Section 431.111(c) and it is impracticable to secure the aid in time by order of the governor, the district judge of the judicial district, the sheriff of the county, or the mayor of the municipality in which the disturbance occurs may call for aid on the commanding officer of the state military forces stationed in the judicial district, county, or municipality or an adjacent judicial district, county, or municipality. The officer must make the call in writing and shall immediately notify the governor of the action.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.124 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.124
§ 51.124. AWARD OF LEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) A lease shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder.

(b) The lease shall be awarded under the rules and in the quantities the commissioner considers to be in the best interest of the state and not inconsistent with the equities of the occupant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8016A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8016A / Section 8016A.0201
§ 8016A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8016A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.608 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.608
§ 152.608. DEFERRED PAYMENT ON WRONGFUL WITHDRAWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A partner who wrongfully withdraws before the expiration of the partnership's period of duration, the completion of a particular undertaking, or the occurrence of a specified event requiring a winding up of partnership business is not entitled to receive any portion of the redemption price until the expiration of the period, the completion of the undertaking, or the occurrence of the specified event, as appropriate, unless the partner establishes to the satisfaction of a court that earlier payment will not cause undue hardship to the partnership.

(b) A deferred payment accrues interest.

(c) The withdrawn partner may seek to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the court that security for a deferred payment is appropriate.
Tex. Government Code § 432.152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.152
§ 432.152. MILITARY PROPERTY--LOSS, DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION, OR WRONGFUL DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

A person subject to this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person, without proper authority, sells or otherwise disposes of, or wilfully or through neglect damages, destroys, loses, or suffers to be damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of any military property of the United States or the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8003.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8003 / Section 8003.002
§ 8003.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Family Code § 263.409 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 263 / Section 263.409
§ 263.409. FINAL NOTIFICATION OF BENEFITS RELATED TO KINSHIP VERIFICATION.
Status: in_force

Before a court enters a final order naming a relative or another adult with a longstanding and significant relationship with a foster child as the permanent managing conservator for the child, the court shall verify that:

(1) the individual was offered the opportunity to become verified by a licensed child-placing agency to qualify for permanency care assistance benefits under Subchapter K, Chapter 264, and the individual declined the verification process and the permanency care assistance benefits; and

(2) the child-placing agency conducting the verification for the individual's permanency care assistance benefits has been notified of the individual's decision to decline the permanency care assistance benefits.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01893 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01893
§ 30.01893. COURT RULES.
Status: in_force

The presiding judge shall adopt rules not inconsistent with this subchapter or other law for the municipal courts of record to provide efficiency, uniformity, and fairness in the conduct of the business of the courts. The rules may:

(1) address courtroom decorum and attire;

(2) address court protocol;

(3) govern the hearing of pleas, motions for continuance, motions to withdraw and for substitution, and pretrial motions;

(4) establish procedures related to a defendant's failure to appear;

(5) establish procedures related to a defendant's indigency or inability to pay fines; and

(6) address warrant procedures.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.107 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.107
§ 1551.107. CONTINGENT COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each part-time employee or employee eligible to participate in the group benefits program under Section 1551.101(e)(2) may participate in the program on execution of an appropriate application for coverage unless the employee is:

(1) ineligible for the group benefits program under Section 1551.110; or

(2) expelled from the group benefits program under Section 1551.351.

(b) An institution of higher education shall, at the time of employment, notify each of the institution's employees eligible to participate in the group benefits program under Section 1551.101(e)(2) of the employee's eligibility to participate.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.006
§ 431.006. CERTAIN COMBINATION PRODUCTS.
Status: in_force

If the United States Food and Drug Administration determines, with respect to a product that is a combination of a drug and a device, that:

(1) the primary mode of action of the product is as a drug, a person who engages in wholesale distribution of the product is subject to licensure under Subchapter I; and

(2) the primary mode of action of the product is as a device, a distributor or manufacturer of the product is subject to licensure under Subchapter L.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8473.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8473 / Section 8473.255
§ 8473.255. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(4) a person who provides to the public cable television or advanced telecommunications services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1050.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1050 / Section 1050.156
§ 1050.156. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money at a rate of interest the board determines is appropriate.

(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness; or

(2) property acquired with the loan proceeds that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness.

(c) A loan authorized by this section must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3854.1515 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3854 / Section 3854.1515
§ 3854.1515. ACTING AS NONFEDERAL SPONSOR.
Status: in_force

If authorized by the United States, notwithstanding Section 60.033, Water Code, or any other state law, the district may exercise all rights, powers, and privileges necessary to allow the district to act as a nonfederal sponsor under a federal project partnership agreement, including by operating barges, engaging in dredging, and engaging in related maritime operations on water that is not in the territory of the district.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 251.204 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 251 / Section 251.204
§ 251.204. CERTIFICATES; ATTACHMENT.
Status: in_force

The minimum amount necessary for membership in a cooperative association, not to exceed $50, is exempt from attachment, execution, or garnishment for the debts of a member of a cooperative association. If a member's holdings are subject to attachment, execution, or garnishment, the directors of the cooperative association may admit the purchaser to membership or may purchase the holdings at par value.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8364.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8364 / Section 8364.006
§ 8364.006. CHANGE IN MEMBERSHIP OR TERRITORY; NOTIFICATION TO COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The authority shall notify the commission of any changes in its membership or territory.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.203
§ 8325.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 828.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 828 / Section 828.007
§ 828.007. LETTER CONCERNING LOST OR STOLEN ANIMAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If an adopted animal is lost or stolen before the sterilization completion date agreed to under Section 828.002, the new owner shall deliver to the releasing agency a signed letter stating that the animal is lost or stolen.

(b) The letter must be delivered not later than the seventh day after the date of the animal's disappearance and must describe the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and provide the approximate date of the disappearance.

(c) The letter required by this section is in lieu of the letter required by Section 828.005.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8342.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8342 / Section 8342.203
§ 8342.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Election Code § 66.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 66 / Section 66.005
§ 66.005. POST ELECTION RECONCILIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after election day, the general custodian of election records shall prepare a reconciliation of the total number of votes cast and the total number of voters accepted to vote by personal appearance at each polling place in the custodian's county during the early voting period and on election day respectively.

(b) The general custodian of election records shall post the results of a reconciliation conducted under Subsection (a) on the county's Internet website in the same location that the county provides information on election results.
Tex. Water Code § 15.735 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.735
§ 15.735. APPLICATION SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision located in the county of Brewster, Cameron, El Paso, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Maverick, Presidio, Starr, Terrell, Val Verde, Webb, or Zapata in which residences do not have water or wastewater facilities that meet minimum standards established by the commission or in any other area designated by federal law to benefit from the fund may submit to the board an application for a plumbing assistance loan in accordance with rules adopted by the board. The application must include:

(1) the legal name of the political subdivision and a citation to the law under which it operates and was created;

(2) a description of the water conservation methods to be used in the provision of water and wastewater service in the area the political subdivision proposes to affect by its plumbing improvement loan program;

(3) a map showing the location of the area the political subdivision proposes to affect by its plumbing improvement loan program;

(4) a description of the subdivision's proposed plumbing improvement loan program; and

(5) other information as required by board rule.

(b) The board may approve a plumbing assistance loan to a political subdivision only if the political subdivision is in a county that has adopted the model rules developed under Section 16.343 of this code. The board may approve a plumbing assistance loan to a municipality only if the municipality has adopted the model rules developed under Section 16.343 of this code.

(c) The board may approve a plumbing assistance loan to a political subdivision only if the political subdivision is, or is in an area within the jurisdiction of, an authorized agent of the commission under Subchapter C, Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code.

(d) The board may not approve an application for a plumbing assistance loan to a political subdivision unless the board finds that the political subdivision is financially capable of managing a plumbing improvement loan program and that the public interest will be served by the plumbing assistance loan.

(e) The board shall set interest rates to be charged to political subdivisions on plumbing assistance loans.
Tex. Election Code § 273.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 273 / Section 273.002
§ 273.002. LOCAL ASSISTANCE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

For an election in which the attorney general is conducting an investigation, the attorney general may:

(1) direct the county or district attorney serving a county in the territory covered by the election to conduct or assist the attorney general in conducting the investigation; or

(2) direct the Department of Public Safety to assist in conducting the investigation.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.089 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.089
§ 171.089. REHEARING AFTER AWARD VACATED.
Status: in_force

(a) On vacating an award on grounds other than the grounds stated in Section 171.088(a)(4), the court may order a rehearing before new arbitrators chosen:

(1) as provided in the agreement to arbitrate; or

(2) by the court under Section 171.041, if the agreement does not provide the manner for choosing the arbitrators.

(b) If the award is vacated under Section 171.088(a)(3), the court may order a rehearing before the arbitrators who made the award or their successors appointed under Section 171.041.

(c) The period within which the agreement to arbitrate requires the award to be made applies to a rehearing under this section and commences from the date of the order.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 103.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 103 / Section 103.003
§ 103.003. LIMITATION ON TIME TO FILE.
Status: in_force

A person seeking compensation under this chapter must file an application with the comptroller for compensation under Subchapter B not later than the third anniversary of the date:

(1) the person on whose imprisonment the claim is based received a pardon as provided by Section 103.001(a)(2)(A);

(2) the person's application for a writ of habeas corpus was granted as provided by Section 103.001(a)(2)(B); or

(3) an order of dismissal described by Section 103.001(a)(2)(C) was signed.