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Tex. Education Code § 54.5342 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5342
§ 54.5342. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Tyler. The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a general student election held at the university for that purpose.

(b) The amount of the fee may not exceed $7 per semester credit hour for each semester or summer session unless a greater amount is approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general student election held at the university for that purpose. In that event, the amount of the fee may not exceed the amount approved at the election.

(c) A student enrolled in more than 15 semester credit hours shall pay the fee in an amount equal to the amount imposed on a student enrolled in 15 semester credit hours during that semester or session. Notwithstanding the limitation on the amount of the fee per semester credit hour under Subsection (b), a student enrolled in less than six semester credit hours shall pay the fee in an amount equal to the amount imposed on a student enrolled in six semester credit hours during that semester or session.

(d) A fee imposed under this section may be used to develop and maintain an intercollegiate athletics program at the university.

(e) A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any other fee authorized by law and may not be considered in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be imposed under Section 54.503(b).
Tex. Government Code § 2306.751 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.751
§ 2306.751. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "owner-builder" means a person, other than a person who owns or operates a construction business:

(1) who:

(A) owns or purchases a piece of real property through a warranty deed or a warranty deed and deed of trust; or

(B) is purchasing a piece of real property under a contract for deed entered into before January 1, 1999; and

(2) who undertakes to make improvements to that property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1097.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1097 / Section 1097.108
§ 1097.108. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8802.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8802 / Section 8802.202
§ 8802.202. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall call a dissolution election if:

(1) the board receives a petition signed by a number of registered voters in the district equal to at least 30 percent of the voters in the district's most recent election; and

(2) the district has no outstanding bonds or other long-term indebtedness.

(b) The board shall dissolve the district if at least two-thirds of the voters voting in the election vote in favor of dissolving the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 31.167 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.167
§ 31.167. BINDING EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this subsection, a development plan promulgated by the special board of review and any plan accepted by a local government shall be final and binding on the state, its lessees, successors in interest and assigns, and affected local governments or political subdivisions unless revised by the special board of review. If the division does not receive a bid or auction solicitation for the real property subject to the development plan, the division, at the direction of the commissioner, may revise the development plan to conserve and enhance the value and marketability of the real property.

(b) A local government, political subdivision, owner, builder, developer, or any other person may not modify the development plan without specific approval by the special board of review.

(c) The special board of review must file a copy of the development plan in the deed records of the county in which the real property is located. Revisions to the development plan are governed by local development policies and procedures if the revisions are requested after the later of:

(1) the 10th anniversary of the date on which the development plan was promulgated by the special board of review; or

(2) the date on which the state no longer holds a financial or property interest in the real property subject to the plan.

(d) After issuance of an order establishing a development plan for real property that is not part of the permanent school fund or in which the permanent school fund does not have a financial interest, the composition of any future special board of review called to consider revision of that order must consist of:

(1) the presiding officer of the governing board of the agency or institution possessing the real property or the presiding officer's designated representative;

(2) two members who are employed by the agency or institution possessing the real property, appointed by the presiding officer of the governing board of the agency or institution or the presiding officer's designated representative;

(3) the county judge of the county in which the real property is located; and

(4) if the real property is located within the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the mayor of the municipality.

(e) The member described by Subsection (d)(1) serves as the presiding officer of the special board of review.
Tex. Government Code § 54.901 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.901
§ 54.901. APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The judges of the district courts of Bexar County that give preference to criminal cases, with the consent and approval of the Commissioners Court of Bexar County, shall jointly appoint the number of magistrates set by the commissioners court to perform the duties authorized by this subchapter.

(b) Each magistrate's appointment must be made with the approval of a majority of the judges described in Subsection (a).

(c) If the number of magistrates is less than the number of the appointing judges, each magistrate shall serve equally in the courts of those judges.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1047.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1047 / Section 1047.004
§ 1047.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of County Commissioners Precincts 1 and 2 of Jasper County, as those boundaries existed on April 12, 1963.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.703 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.703
§ 885.703. SOLICITING MEMBERSHIP IN LODGE OF UNAUTHORIZED FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person solicits for or organizes a lodge of a fraternal benefit society without first obtaining from the commissioner a certificate of authority that entitles the society to engage in business in this state.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $250;

(2) confinement in jail for not less than three months or more than six months; or

(3) both a fine and confinement.
Tex. Education Code § 38.172 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.172
§ 38.172. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to a concussion believed to have been sustained by a student while participating in an interscholastic athletic activity described by Section 38.152.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7992.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7992 / Section 7992.101
§ 7992.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.051
§ 2306.051. SEPARATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the board and the management responsibilities of the director and staff of the department.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 296A.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 296A / Section 296A.001
§ 296A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Institutional health care provider" means a nonpublic hospital that provides inpatient hospital services.

(2) "Paying hospital" means an institutional health care provider required to make a mandatory payment under this chapter.

(3) "Program" means the county health care provider participation program authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 775.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 775 / Section 775.004
§ 775.004. INFORMATION ON COLONIAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The colonia ombudspersons shall gather information about the colonias in the counties for which the ombudspersons were appointed and provide the information to the secretary of state, to assist the secretary of state in preparing the report required under Section 405.021.

(b) To the extent possible, the ombudspersons shall gather information regarding:

(1) the platting of each colonia;

(2) the infrastructure of each colonia;

(3) the availability of health care services;

(4) the availability of financial assistance; and

(5) any other appropriate topic as requested by the secretary of state.

(c) The ombudspersons shall provide the information to the secretary of state not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 86.0105 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 86 / Section 86.0105
§ 86.0105. REMOVAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

A person holding a permit issued under this chapter shall deliver to the department a report stating how much marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell was removed during the term of the permit. The commission shall adopt rules regarding the delivery and format of the report.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4152.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4152 / Section 4152.302
§ 4152.302. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may impose or seek any sanction authorized by law, including the penalties authorized by Chapters 82 and 83, against a reinsurance intermediary, insurer, or reinsurer who the commissioner determines, after notice and hearing as provided by this code, has violated this chapter.

(b) The commissioner may impose or seek any sanction authorized by law, including the penalties authorized by Chapter 101, against a nonlicensed reinsurance intermediary who violates this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.107 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.107
§ 361.107. HYDROGEOLOGIC REPORT FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall require an applicant for a new hazardous waste landfill, land treatment facility, or surface impoundment that is to be located in the apparent recharge zone of a regional aquifer to prepare and file a hydrogeologic report documenting the potential effects, if any, on the regional aquifer in the event of a release from the waste containment system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.306
§ 1037.306. SALE OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person may not contravene a trust indenture or bond resolution relating to the district's outstanding bonds. The dissolution and sale or transfer does not diminish or impair the rights of a holder of an outstanding bond, warrant, or other obligation of the district.

(b) The sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities must satisfy the debt and bond obligations of the district in a manner that protects the interests of district residents, including the residents' collective property rights in the district's assets.

(c) The district may not transfer or dispose of the district's assets except for due compensation unless:

(1) the transfer is made to another governmental entity that serves the district; and

(2) the transferred assets are to be used for the benefit of the district's residents.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.181 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.181
§ 174.181. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to:

(1) a municipality with a population of more than 950,000 and less than 1,050,000; and

(2) an association that is a bargaining agent for the employees of a fire department of a municipality described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.047 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.047
§ 271.047. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTIFICATES BY ORDINANCE OR ORDER; OTHER PROVISIONS IN CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Certificates may be authorized by an ordinance adopted by the governing body of a municipality, or by an order adopted by the governing body of a county after compliance with the quorum requirements prescribed by Section 81.006.

(b) The governing body may:

(1) make the certificates payable at times and places determined by the governing body;

(2) issue the certificates in forms and one or more denominations, either in coupon form or registered as to principal and interest, or both;

(3) make the certificates contain options for redemption before scheduled maturity; and

(4) make the certificates contain any other provisions the governing body desires.

(c) A certificate may not mature over a period greater than 40 years from the date of the certificate and may not bear interest at a rate greater than that allowed by Chapter 1204, Government Code.

(d) Except as provided by this subsection, the governing body of an issuer may not authorize a certificate to pay a contractual obligation to be incurred if a bond proposition to authorize the issuance of bonds for the same purpose was submitted to the voters during the preceding three years and failed to be approved. A governing body may authorize a certificate that the governing body is otherwise prohibited from authorizing under this subsection:

(1) in a case described by Sections 271.056(1)-(3); and

(2) to comply with a state or federal law, rule, or regulation if the political subdivision has been officially notified of noncompliance with the law, rule, or regulation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8810.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8810 / Section 8810.052
§ 8810.052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8810.052. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS. (a) The directors of the district shall be elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.

(b) One director shall be elected by the voters of the entire district, and one director shall be elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), to be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be a registered voter in the district. To be a candidate for or to serve as director from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be a registered voter of that precinct.

(d) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(e) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts are redrawn after each federal decennial census to reflect population changes, a director in office on the effective date of the change, or a director elected or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve in the precinct to which elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places the person's residence outside the precinct for which the person was elected or appointed.
Tex. Family Code § 201.015 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.015
§ 201.015. DE NOVO HEARING BEFORE REFERRING COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) A party may request a de novo hearing before the referring court by filing with the clerk of the referring court a written request not later than the third working day after the date the party receives notice of:

(1) the substance of the associate judge's report as provided by Section 201.011; or

(2) the rendering of the temporary order, if the request concerns a temporary order rendered by an associate judge under Section 201.007(a)(14)(C).

(b) A request for a de novo hearing under this section must specify the issues that will be presented to the referring court.

(c) In the de novo hearing before the referring court, the parties may present witnesses on the issues specified in the request for hearing. The referring court may also consider the record from the hearing before the associate judge, including the charge to and verdict returned by a jury.

(d) Notice of a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court shall be given to the opposing attorney under Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(e) If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court is filed by a party, any other party may file a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court not later than the third working day after the date the initial request was filed.

(f) The referring court, after notice to the parties, shall hold a de novo hearing not later than the 30th day after the date on which the initial request for a de novo hearing was filed with the clerk of the referring court.

(g) Before the start of a hearing by an associate judge, the parties may waive the right of a de novo hearing before the referring court in writing or on the record.

(h) The denial of relief to a party after a de novo hearing under this section or a party's waiver of the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court does not affect the right of a party to file a motion for new trial, motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or other post-trial motion.

(i) A party may not demand a second jury in a de novo hearing before the referring court if the associate judge's proposed order or judgment resulted from a jury trial.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8340.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8340 / Section 8340.104
§ 8340.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8340.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.5071 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.5071
§ 202.5071. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The department may issue a subpoena as provided by Section 51.3512.
Tex. Government Code § 659.125 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.125
§ 659.125. PAYING BENEFIT REPLACEMENT PAY IN EQUAL INSTALLMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless prohibited by a state agency under Subsection (b), an eligible state employee or an eligible state-paid judge may choose for the benefit replacement pay that the employee or judge is eligible to receive in a calendar year to be paid in equal installments in that year. The employee or judge must exercise this option before the beginning of the year. This subsection applies only to an eligible state employee or an eligible state-paid judge whose benefit replacement pay under Section 659.123(a)(1) will be $965.25 during that year if the employee or judge remains in the position at the same compensation during the year.

(b) A state agency may prohibit an eligible state employee or an eligible state-paid judge from exercising the option described by Subsection (a) if the agency pays the employee's or judge's compensation.

(c) An eligible state employee or an eligible state-paid judge who exercises the option described by Subsection (a) for a calendar year and who terminates employment or leaves office before the end of that year is ineligible to be paid the difference between the benefit replacement pay received by the employee or judge and the benefit replacement pay the employee or judge would have received had the employee or judge not exercised the option described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Family Code § 55.59 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.59
§ 55.59. REPORT THAT CHILD HAS INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS FOR COURT-ORDERED RESIDENTIAL INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES.
Status: in_force

If a report submitted under Section 55.54(b) states that a child is a child with an intellectual disability and that the child meets the criteria for court-ordered residential intellectual disability services under Section 55.06, the director of the residential care facility or alternative setting shall submit to the court an affidavit stating the conclusions reached as a result of the diagnosis. On receipt of an affidavit, the juvenile court shall:

(1) initiate proceedings in the juvenile court as provided by Section 55.67 for court-ordered residential intellectual disability services for the child under Subtitle D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code; or

(2) refer the child's case to the appropriate court as provided by Section 55.68 for the initiation of proceedings in that court for court-ordered residential intellectual disability services for the child under Subtitle D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 644.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 644 / Section 644.002
§ 644.002. CONFLICTS OF LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) A federal motor carrier safety regulation prevails over a conflicting provision of this title applicable to a commercial vehicle operated in interstate commerce. A rule adopted by the director under this chapter prevails over a conflicting provision of a federal motor carrier safety regulation applicable to a commercial vehicle operated in intrastate commerce.

(b) A safety rule adopted under this chapter prevails over a conflicting rule adopted by a local government, authority, or state agency or officer, other than a conflicting rule adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas under Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 5.02 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.02
§ 5.02. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "family violence," "family," "household," and "member of a household" have the meanings assigned by Chapter 71, Family Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8834 / Section 8834.111
§ 8834.111. COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

In implementing this chapter, the board may request the assistance of and cooperate with a local government or an agency of this state or of the United States, including the Texas Water Development Board, the commission, and the United States Geological Survey.