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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3927.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3927 / Section 3927.151
§ 3927.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.205
§ 1063.205. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7986.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7986 / Section 7986.201
§ 7986.201. 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. Natural Resources Code § 81.013 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.013
§ 81.013. DEPUTY SUPERVISORS, ASSISTANTS, AND CLERICAL PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The commission may appoint a chief deputy supervisor, deputy supervisors, assistants, and clerical personnel necessary to execute the laws relating to oil and gas.
Tex. Education Code § 53A.11 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53A / Section 53A.11
§ 53A.11. CREATION OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

When the governing body of a city finds that it is to the best interest of the city and its inhabitants to create a higher education facility authority, it shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be known. If the governing bodies of two or more cities find that it is to the best interest of the cities to create an authority to include those cities, each governing body shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be known.
Tex. Education Code § 75.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 75 / Section 75.002
§ 75.002. PURPOSE OF INSTITUTE.
Status: in_force

The institute shall continue to be used principally as a center concerned with subjects relating to the history and culture of the people of Texas, with collecting, organizing, and interpreting information on Texas subjects, and with producing films, filmstrips, slides, tapes, publications, and exhibits on these subjects for statewide use on television, in classrooms, in museums, and at public gatherings for the benefit of the people of Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 2105.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2105 / Section 2105.058
§ 2105.058. PUBLIC HEARING BY CERTAIN PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a provider that receives more than $5,000 in block grant funds to be used as the provider determines appropriate.

(b) Annually, a provider shall submit evidence to the agency that a public meeting or hearing was held in a timely manner solely to seek public comment on the needs or uses of block grant funds received by the provider.

(c) A provider may hold a meeting or hearing under Subsection (b) in conjunction with another meeting or hearing of the provider if the meeting or hearing to consider block grant funds is clearly noted in an announcement of the other meeting or hearing.

(d) An agency's rules may require a provider to undertake other reasonable efforts to seek public participation.
Tex. Government Code § 419.0322 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.0322
§ 419.0322. CATEGORIES AND DESIGNATION OF PERSONS PERFORMING FIRE PROTECTION DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each person who is assigned by a fire department to perform one or more duties listed under Section 419.021(3)(C) must be:

(1) fire protection personnel;

(2) a part-time fire protection employee; or

(3) a volunteer or other auxiliary fire fighter.

(b) Each fire department shall designate each person who is assigned by the department to perform one or more duties listed under Section 419.021(3)(C) as fire protection personnel, a part-time fire protection employee, or a volunteer or auxiliary fire fighter, but a department may not designate the same person under more than one category under this section. The designation shall be made on the records of the department and the designation shall be made available for inspection by the commission or sent to the commission on request.

(c) A fire department may not compensate, reimburse, or provide benefits to a person the department has designated as a volunteer or other auxiliary fire fighter to the extent that the person would be considered fully paid fire protection personnel.

(c) A fire department may not, in a calendar year, compensate, reimburse, or provide benefits to an individual designated as a volunteer or auxiliary firefighter that exceeds 20 percent of the highest total compensation paid to full-time fire protection personnel by a local government:

(1) in the county in which the department is located; or

(2) if the county does not have a local government that pays compensation to full-time fire protection personnel, in an adjacent county to the county in which the department is located.

(d) A person designated as a part-time fire protection employee under this section is subject to Section 419.0321.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3912.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3912 / Section 3912.003
§ 3912.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain safety and the public welfare in the district.

(c) The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8222.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8222 / Section 8222.101
§ 8222.101. 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. Transportation Code § 463.054 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.054
§ 463.054. GENERAL POWERS OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority has any power necessary or convenient to carry out this chapter or to effect a purpose of this chapter.

(b) An authority may sue and be sued. An authority may not be required to give security for costs in a suit brought or prosecuted by the authority and may not be required to give a supersedeas or cost bond in an appeal of a judgment.

(c) An authority may hold, use, sell, lease, dispose of, and acquire, by any means, property and licenses, patents, rights, and other interests necessary, convenient, or useful to the exercise of any power under this chapter.

(d) An authority may sell, lease, or dispose of in another manner:

(1) any right, interest, or property of the authority that is not needed for, or, if a lease, is inconsistent with, the efficient operation and maintenance of the public transportation system; or

(2) at any time, surplus materials or other property that is not needed for the requirements of the authority or for carrying out a power under this chapter.

(e) An authority may leverage funds with a municipality that provides public transportation services in the territory of the authority to finance a project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.262 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.262
§ 9055.262. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this subchapter, the transfer of the bond, and income from the bond, including profits made on the sale of the bond, are exempt from taxation in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7921.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7921 / Section 7921.203
§ 7921.203. 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. Local Government Code § 271.023 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.023
§ 271.023. CONFLICT OF LAWS.
Status: in_force

To the extent of any conflict, the provisions of Subchapter B, Chapter 44, Education Code, relating to the purchase of goods and services under contract by a school district prevail over this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00141 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00141
§ 30.00141. APPELLATE COURT SEAL.
Status: in_force

The seal of the appellate court is the same as that provided by law for municipal courts of record, except that the seal must contain the words "Municipal Court of Appeals of the City of El Paso," and the seal shall be judicially noticed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1076.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1076 / Section 1076.152
§ 1076.152.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1076.152. PROPOSED BUDGET: NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district resident is entitled to:

(1) appear at the hearing; and

(2) be heard regarding any item in the proposed budget.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1083.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1083 / Section 1083.052
§ 1083.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Notice of a directors' election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Wheeler County in accordance with Section 4.003, Election Code.
Tex. Water Code § 26.3465 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.3465
§ 26.3465. FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO PROVIDE PROOF OF REGISTRATION OR CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

An owner or operator of an underground storage tank who fails or refuses to provide, on request of the commission, proof of registration of or certification of compliance for an underground storage tank is liable for a civil penalty under Subchapter D, Chapter 7.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 24.012 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 24 / Section 24.012
§ 24.012. ACCOUNT NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICITY.
Status: in_force

No money credited to the account may be used for publicity or related purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 422.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 422 / Section 422.004
§ 422.004. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Any information, records, or data reported or obtained under a subpoena issued under Section 422.003(b):

(1) is confidential; and

(2) may not be disclosed to any other person unless the disclosure is made as part of a criminal case related to those materials.
Tex. Election Code § 127.093 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.093
§ 127.093. TIMES FOR CONDUCTING TEST.
Status: in_force

(a) The automatic tabulating equipment used in a central counting station shall be tested for each election as provided by this subchapter.

(b) The first test of automatic tabulating equipment used in a central counting station and the test of automatic tabulating equipment used at a polling place shall be conducted in conjunction with the public test of logic and accuracy conducted under Section 129.023.

(c) The automatic tabulating equipment used in a central counting station shall be tested immediately before each time the counting of ballots with the equipment begins.

(d) The automatic tabulating equipment used in a central counting station shall be tested immediately after each time the counting of ballots with the equipment is completed.
Tex. Government Code § 44.128 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 44 / Section 44.128
§ 44.128. CALDWELL COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The criminal district attorney of Caldwell County must be at least 25 years old and must have been a practicing attorney in this state for at least five years.

(b) The criminal district attorney shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Caldwell County and each session and term of the inferior courts of the county held for the transaction of criminal business and shall exclusively represent the state in all criminal matters before those courts.

(c) The criminal district attorney shall perform the duties conferred by law on the county and district attorneys in the various counties and districts.

(d) The criminal district attorney shall collect the fees, commissions, and perquisites that are provided by law for similar services rendered by a district or county attorney.

(e) The Commissioners Court of Caldwell County may supplement the salary of the criminal district attorney paid by the state.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 121.006 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 121 / Section 121.006
§ 121.006. EFFECT OF LAW.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not:

(1) affect the application of any other law that regulates a senior living community; or

(2) abrogate any other defense, remedy, immunity, or privilege available under the Constitution of the United States or this state or as provided by any statute, case, or common law or rule.
Tex. Occupations Code § 263.0071 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 263 / Section 263.0071
§ 263.0071. DENTAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The dental review committee consists of nine members appointed by the governor as follows:

(1) six dentist members;

(2) two dental hygienist members; and

(3) one registered dental assistant member.

(b) Members of the committee serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(c) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the governor shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term.

(d) A member of the committee is entitled to receive a per diem for actual duty in the same manner provided for board members.

(e) A member of the committee is subject to law and the rules of the board, including Sections 252.003, 252.007, and 252.010, as if the committee member were a member of the board, except that a committee member is not subject to Chapter 572, Government Code. The training program a committee member must complete under Section 252.010 must be an abbreviated version of the program under that section that is limited to training relevant to serving on a committee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0214 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0214
§ 8510.0214. DIRECTOR'S, OFFICER'S, OR EMPLOYEE'S SURETY BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A bond required of an authority director, officer, or employee must be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, as surety on the bond.

(b) The authority shall pay the premium on the bond.
Tex. Labor Code § 406.098 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 406 / Section 406.098
§ 406.098. VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE MEMBERS AND PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) An emergency service organization which is not a political subdivision or which is separate from any political subdivision may elect to obtain workers' compensation insurance coverage for its named volunteer members who participate in the normal functions of the organization. A person covered under this subsection is entitled to full medical benefits and the minimum compensation payments under the law.

(b) In this section, unless a different meaning is plainly required by law:

(1) "Emergency service organization" means any organization established to provide for the general public:

(A) fire prevention and suppression;

(B) hazardous materials response operations; or

(C) emergency medical services.

(2) "Volunteer members" means individuals who are carried on the membership list of the organization as active participants and who receive no remuneration for their services.

(3) "Normal functions" means any response to, participation in, or departure from an incident scene; training; meetings; performance of equipment maintenance; or organizational functions.

(4) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, special district, school district, junior college district, housing authority, community center established under Subchapter A, Chapter 534, Health and Safety Code, or any other legally constituted political subdivision of the state.

(c) The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules governing the method of calculating premiums for workers' compensation insurance coverage for volunteer members who are covered pursuant to this section.
Tex. Government Code § 24.60049 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.60049
§ 24.60049.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.60049. 504TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ELLIS COUNTY). The 504th Judicial District is composed of Ellis County.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.102 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.102
§ 40.102. RESPONSE COORDINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In responding to actual or threatened unauthorized discharges of oil, the commissioner may appoint a state-designated on-scene coordinator to act in the commissioner's place.

(b) If the unauthorized discharge of oil is subject to the national contingency plan, in responding to the discharge the commissioner or the state-designated on-scene coordinator shall to the greatest extent practicable act in accordance with the national contingency plan and cooperate with the federal on-scene coordinator or other federal agency or official exercising authority under the national contingency plan.

(c) The commissioner or the state-designated on-scene coordinator may act independently to the extent no federal on-scene coordinator or authorized agency or official of the federal government has assumed federal authority to oversee, coordinate, and direct response operations.

(d) The state or federal on-scene coordinator may authorize the decanting of recovered water during containment, cleanup, and response activities resulting from an unauthorized discharge of oil.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.104
§ 8325.104. 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. Human Resources Code § 36.104 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.104
§ 36.104. STATE DECISION; CONTINUATION OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the last day of the period prescribed by Section 36.102(c) or an extension of that period as provided by Section 36.102(d), the state shall:

(1) proceed with the action; or

(2) notify the court that the state declines to take over the action.

(b) If the state declines to take over the action, the person bringing the action may proceed without the state's participation. A person proceeding under this subsection may recover for an unlawful act for a period of up to six years before the date the lawsuit was filed, or for a period beginning when the unlawful act occurred until up to three years from the date the state knows or reasonably should have known facts material to the unlawful act, whichever of these two periods is longer, regardless of whether the unlawful act occurred more than six years before the date the lawsuit was filed. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in no event shall a person proceeding under this subsection recover for an unlawful act that occurred more than 10 years before the date the lawsuit was filed.

(b-1) On request by the state, the state is entitled to be served with copies of all pleadings filed in the action and be provided at the state's expense with copies of all deposition transcripts. If the person bringing the action proceeds without the state's participation, the court, without limiting the status and right of that person, may permit the state to intervene at a later date on a showing of good cause.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8376.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8376 / Section 8376.103
§ 8376.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.

(b) The district may exercise the powers provided by this section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from the commission as required by Section 54.234, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.156
§ 1072.156. INSPECTION OF ANNUAL AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The annual audit and other district records are open to inspection during regular business hours at the principal office of the district.