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Tex. Transportation Code § 286.069 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 286 / Section 286.069
§ 286.069. DAMAGES AND COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A jury of freeholders shall assess any damage to a property owner under this subchapter in the manner provided for other public roads.

(b) The county shall pay all costs of a proceeding to open a public road if the commissioners court of the county grants the application.
Tex. Local Government Code § 157.083 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 157 / Section 157.083
§ 157.083. CONTRIBUTION TO FAMILY LEAVE POOL.
Status: in_force

(a) A county employee may contribute to the family leave pool of the county that employs the employee one or more days of the employee's accrued sick or vacation leave.

(b) The pool administrator for a county shall credit the county's family leave pool with the amount of time contributed by a county employee and deduct a corresponding amount of time from the employee's earned sick or vacation leave as if the employee had used the time for personal purposes.

(c) A retiring county employee may designate the number of the retiring employee's accrued sick or vacation leave hours to be used for retirement credit and the number of the retiring employee's accrued sick or vacation leave hours to be donated on retirement to the family leave pool of the county that employs the retiring employee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4013.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4013 / Section 4013.0503
§ 4013.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board.

(b) The district may issue, by public or private sale, bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Education Code § 53.35 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53 / Section 53.35
§ 53.35. ISSUANCE OF BONDS; PROCEDURE; ETC.
Status: in_force

(a) The bonds shall be authorized by resolution adopted by a majority vote of a quorum of the board. Bonds authorized under this section shall be issued in accordance with Chapter 1201, Government Code. The bonds shall mature serially or otherwise in not to exceed 50 years. The rate of interest to be borne by the bonds shall not exceed the maximum rate prescribed by Chapter 1204, Government Code.

(b) In addition to or in lieu of establishing an authority under the provisions of this chapter, the governing body of a city or cities may request or order created one or more nonprofit corporations to act on its behalf and as its duly constituted authority and instrumentality to exercise the powers granted to an authority under the provisions of Sections 53.33 and 53.34. If a nonprofit corporation is created for such purposes or agrees to such request, the directors thereof shall thereafter be appointed and be subject to removal by the governing body of the city or cities. In addition to the powers granted under, and subject to the limitations provided by, Sections 53.33 and 53.34, the corporation shall have all powers granted under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act for the purpose of aiding institutions of higher education in providing educational facilities and housing facilities and facilities incidental, subordinate, or related thereto or appropriate in connection therewith. In addition to Sections 53.33 and 53.34 and the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act, as amended (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), Sections 53.131, 53.14, 53.15, 53.31, 53.32, 53.331, 53.34, 53.35, 53.38, 53.40, and 53.41 of this code apply to and govern such corporation and its procedures, bonds, and other obligations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.603 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.603
§ 242.603. STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF MEDICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution shall store medications under appropriate conditions of sanitation, temperature, light, moisture, ventilation, segregation, and security.

(b) The institution shall properly dispose of:

(1) any medication that is discontinued or outdated, except as provided by Subsection (c); and

(2) any medication in a container with a worn or illegible label or missing a label.

(c) A discontinued medication that has not been destroyed must be reinstated if reordered.

(d) An institution shall release the medications of a resident who is transferred directly to another institution or who is discharged to home to the new institution or to the resident or resident's next of kin or guardian, as appropriate. The institution may release a medication to a resident only on the written or verbal authorization of the attending physician.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.008 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 47 / Section 47.008
§ 47.008. MENHADEN BOAT LICENSES.
Status: repealed

(a) A boat may not be used for the purpose of catching, storing, and transporting menhaden in tidal water unless the owner of the boat has acquired:

(1) a Class A menhaden boat license; or

(2) a Class C menhaden boat license.

(a-1) The holder of a Class C menhaden boat license may not take or harvest from the public water of the state more than 300 pounds a day of menhaden or an amount set by the department.

(b) A boat may not be used for the purpose of assisting in catching menhaden in tidal water unless the owner of the boat has acquired a Class B menhaden boat license.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1111 (H.B. 2218), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) The commission shall set the license fee for each menhaden boat for each yearly period:

(1) in an amount not less than $2,000 for a Class A menhaden boat license;

(2) in an amount not to exceed $50 for a Class B menhaden boat license; and

(3) at $420 for a Class C menhaden boat license.
Tex. Finance Code § 96.310 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.310
§ 96.310. DEPOSIT OF MONEY BY LIQUIDATING AGENT.
Status: in_force

The liquidating agent shall deposit all unclaimed dividends and all money available for nonclaiming deposit account holders and creditors in one or more state-chartered financial institutions for the benefit of the deposit account holders and creditors entitled to the dividends or money.
Tex. Water Code § 20.012 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.012
§ 20.012. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is governed by a board of directors composed of the directors of the development board.

(b) Each director serves on the board as an additional duty to those required of a member of the development board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 611.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 611 / Section 611.002
§ 611.002. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION AND PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Communications between a patient and a professional, and records of the identity, diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a patient that are created or maintained by a professional, are confidential.

(b) Confidential communications or records may not be disclosed except as provided by Section 611.004, 611.0041, or 611.0045.

(b-1) No exception to the privilege of confidentiality under Section 611.004 may be construed to create an independent duty or requirement to disclose the confidential information to which the exception applies.

(c) This section applies regardless of when the patient received services from a professional.
Tex. Government Code § 443.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443 / Section 443.010
§ 443.010. DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board and the employees of the board shall develop plans and programs to solicit, and may solicit, gifts, money, and items of value from private persons, foundations, or organizations. Property provided by those entities and money donated to the board become the property of the state and are under the control of the board. The board shall use gifts of money made to the board for the purpose specified by the grantor, if any. To the extent practicable, the board shall use gifts of property made to the board for the purpose specified by the grantor. The board may refuse a gift if in the board's judgment the purpose specified by the grantor conflicts with the goal of preserving the historic character of the buildings under the board's control.

(b) This section does not apply to temporary exhibits or property of a person having an office in the Capitol.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.307 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.307
§ 887.307. REVENUE OF ASSOCIATION; DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The revenue of an association must be derived from:

(1) membership fees; and

(2) assessments.

(b) Not later than the fifth day after the date an association collects revenue, the association shall deposit the revenue in a state or national bank.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0706 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0706
§ 546.0706. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A health care provider or other person is not civilly or criminally liable for furnishing information to the contracted organization or to the commission for use by the organization in accordance with this subchapter unless the person acted in bad faith or knowingly provided false information to the organization or the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8149.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8149 / Section 8149.051
§ 8149.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 1503.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1503 / Section 1503.010
§ 1503.010. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality by ordinance may issue revenue refunding bonds to refund original bonds or refunding bonds issued under this subchapter or Subchapter C.

(b) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(c) In lieu of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the municipality, in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds at a place at which the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds to be refunded to their maturity date or option date, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.
Tex. Education Code § 55.1714 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1714
§ 55.1714. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the authority granted by Sections 55.13, 55.14, 55.17, 55.172, and 55.19 of this code, the board of regents of The University of Texas System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related infrastructure for the following institutions to be financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter, including bonds issued in accordance with its systemwide revenue financing program and secured as provided by that program, in aggregate principal amounts not to exceed the following amounts:

(1) The University of Texas at Brownsville, $23.5 million;

(2) The University of Texas at El Paso, $23 million;

(3) The University of Texas--Pan American, $26 million;

(4) The University of Texas at San Antonio, $63.5 million;

(5) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, $25 million; and

(6) The University of Texas at Austin, $2 million.

(b) The board 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 University of Texas System, including student tuition charges required or authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at an institution, branch, or entity of The University of Texas 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) Of the proceeds of bonds issued under this section for The University of Texas at San Antonio, $20 million may be used only to acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip a downtown campus for that university. Proceeds of bonds issued under this section for The University of Texas at Austin may be used only to acquire, purchase, construct, renovate, enlarge, or equip the McDonald Observatory.

(d) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer funds among institutions, branches, and entities of The University of Texas System to ensure the most equitable and efficient allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or entity to carry out its constitutional and statutory duties and purposes.
Tex. Transportation Code § 311.091 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 311 / Section 311.091
§ 311.091. ASSESSMENT FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A home-rule municipality may assess a landowner for the cost of improving a public highway, street, or alley abutting the owner's land, if the municipal charter provides for apportioning the cost between the municipality and the landowner. The assessment may not exceed the amount by which the improvement specially benefits the owner's abutting land by enhancing the land's value.

(b) The municipality may issue assignable certificates for the payment of the assessed cost.

(c) The assessment creates a lien on the owner's abutting land for the assessed cost.

(d) Regardless of Subsection (a), a railway company shall pay the cost of a street improvement made between the rails or tracks of the company or made in the area extending two feet from a rail or track of the company.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.101
§ 336.101. BYLAWS.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt bylaws to govern:

(1) the time, place, and manner of conducting board meetings;

(2) the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the board's officers and employees;

(3) the disbursement of money by a check, draft, or warrant;

(4) the appointment and authority of board committees;

(5) the keeping of accounts and other records; and

(6) any other matter the board considers appropriate.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.086 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.086
§ 143.086. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) While in uniform or on active duty, a fire fighter or police officer may not take an active part in another person's political campaign for an elective position of the municipality.

(b) For the purposes of this section, a person takes an active part in a political campaign if the person:

(1) makes a political speech;

(2) distributes a card or other political literature;

(3) writes a letter;

(4) signs a petition;

(5) actively and openly solicits votes; or

(6) makes public derogatory remarks about a candidate for an elective position of the municipality.

(c) A fire fighter or police officer may not be required to contribute to a political fund or to render a political service to a person or party. A fire fighter or police officer may not be removed, reduced in classification or salary, or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to contribute to a political fund or to render a political service.

(d) A municipal official who attempts to violate Subsection (c) violates this chapter.

(e) Except as expressly provided by this section, the commission or the municipality's governing body may not restrict a fire fighter's or police officer's right to engage in a political activity.
Tex. Government Code § 72.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 72 / Section 72.201
§ 72.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Accredited crime laboratory" means a crime laboratory, as that term is defined by Article 38.35, Code of Criminal Procedure, that has been accredited under Article 38.01 of that code.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Forensic Science Commission.

(3) "Pilot program" means the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program established under this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 112.101 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 112 / Section 112.101
§ 112.101. CATTLE GUARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A railroad company whose railroad passes through a field or enclosure shall construct and keep in good repair a good and sufficient cattle guard or stop at each location the railroad enters the field or enclosure.

(b) If a field or enclosure through which a railway passes is enlarged or extended, or the owner of any land over which a railway runs clears and opens a field so as to include the track of a railway, the railroad company shall construct and keep in repair good and sufficient cattle guards or stops at the borders of the extended enclosures or fields or the new fields.

(c) A cattle guard or stop required by this section shall be constructed and kept in repair to protect the fields and enclosures from the depredations of stock of any kind.

(d) If a railroad company fails to construct and keep in repair a cattle guard or stop required by this section, the owner of the enclosure or field may:

(1) have the required cattle guards or stops constructed at the proper places and kept in repair; and

(2) recover from the company the costs of constructing or repairing the required cattle guards or stops, unless it is shown that the enlargement or extension was made capriciously and with intent to harass and molest the company.

(e) A railroad company that neglects to construct or keep in repair a proper cattle guard or stop as required by this section is liable to a party injured by the neglect for all damages that may result from the neglect. The injured party may seek to recover the damages by filing suit.
Tex. Water Code § 51.647 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.647
§ 51.647. COMMISSIONERS' DECREE.
Status: in_force

(a) After the commissioners have made a final decision, they shall issue a decree confirming their report insofar as it remains unchanged and shall approve and confirm changes in the report.

(b) The final decree and judgment of the commissioners shall be entered in the minutes of the board, and certified copies shall be filed with the county clerk of each county in which part of the district is located and shall be notice to all persons of the contents and purpose of the decree.

(c) The findings of the commissioners which relate to benefits and damages to land and other property in the district are final and conclusive.
Tex. Transportation Code § 520.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 520 / Section 520.006
§ 520.006. COLLECTION OF FEES ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR; COMPENSATION OF ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A county assessor-collector shall retain an amount determined by the board under Section 502.1911 for each receipt issued under Chapter 502.

(a-1) A county assessor-collector collecting fees on behalf of another county assessor-collector for purposes of Section 501.023, 501.0234, 501.030, 502.0023, 502.040, or 502.041 shall collect all taxes, fees, and other revenue based on the vehicle owner's county of residence. The vehicle owner's county of residence shall be the recipient of all taxes, fees, and other revenue collected as a result of the transaction, except that the county processing the application may retain the portion of the title application fee under Section 501.138 and the processing and handling fee under Section 502.1911 that the tax assessor-collector is authorized to retain.

(b) A county assessor-collector who is compensated under this section for processing a transaction shall pay the entire expense of issuing registration receipts and license plates under Chapter 501 or 502 from the compensation allowed under this section.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.072 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 132 / Section 132.072
§ 132.072. REVOCATION, MODIFICATION, OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall revoke, modify, or suspend a license, assess an administrative penalty, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or reprimand a licensee for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted by the department under this chapter.

(b) If a license suspension is probated, the department may require the person to:

(1) report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department; or

(3) continue or renew professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the probation.

(c) If the department proposes to revoke, modify, or suspend a person's license, the person is entitled to a hearing conducted under Section 12.032. The decision of the department is appealable in the same manner as provided for contested cases under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.265 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.265
§ 2155.265. ACCESS TO MASTER BIDDERS LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall make the master bidders list available to each state agency that makes a purchase or other acquisition to which this subchapter applies.

(b) The comptroller shall make the list available either electronically or in another form, depending on each state agency's needs.
Tex. Government Code § 2267.0065 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2267 / Section 2267.0065
§ 2267.0065. SPECIAL BOARD OF REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) If the local government denies the rezoning request submitted under this chapter, the matter may be appealed to a special board of review consisting of the following members:

(1) the land commissioner;

(2) the mayor of the municipality within whose corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction the real property is located;

(3) the county judge of the county in which the qualifying project is located;

(4) the executive director of the state entity that proposes to develop or operate the qualifying project; and

(5) a member appointed by the governor.

(b) The land commissioner shall serve as the presiding officer of the special board of review.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 201.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 201 / Section 201.001
§ 201.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this title:

(1) "Board" means the Texas Juvenile Justice Board.

(2) "Child" means an individual:

(A) 10 years of age or older and younger than 18 years of age who is under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court; or

(B) 10 years of age or older and younger than 19 years of age who is committed to the department under Title 3, Family Code.

(3) "Court" means a juvenile court.

(4) "Department" means the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.

(6) "Juvenile board" means a body established by law to provide juvenile probation services to a county.

(7) "State aid" means funds allocated by the department to a juvenile board to financially assist the juvenile board in achieving the purposes of this title and in conforming to the department's standards and policies.

(a-1) Expired.

(a-2) Expired.

(b) Effective December 1, 2011, a reference in other law to:

(1) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission means the department; or

(2) the Texas Youth Commission means the department.