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Tex. Tax Code § 151.321 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.321
§ 151.321. UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A taxable item sold by a qualified student organization and for which the sales price is $5,000 or less, is exempted from the taxes imposed by Subchapter C, except that a taxable item manufactured by or donated to the organization is exempt from the taxes imposed by Subchapter C regardless of sales price unless sold to the donor, if the student organization:

(1) sells the item at a sale that may last for one day only and the primary purpose of which is to raise funds for the organization; and

(2) holds not more than one sale described by Subdivision (1) each month for which an exemption is claimed for an item sold.

(b) In each calendar year, the first $5,000 of a qualified student organization's total receipts from sales of taxable items not otherwise exempt under Subsection (a) is exempt from the taxes imposed by Subchapter C.

(c) A student organization qualifies for the exemptions under Subsections (a) and (b) if the student organization:

(1) is affiliated with an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or a private or independent college or university that is located in this state and that is accredited by a recognized accrediting agency under Section 61.003, Education Code;

(2) has as its primary purpose a purpose other than engaging in business or performing an activity designed to make a profit; and

(3) files a certification with the comptroller as required by Subsection (d).

(d) A student organization must file with the comptroller a certification issued by the institution, college, or university described in Subsection (c)(1) showing that the organization is affiliated with the institution, college, or university.

(e) The storage, use, or consumption of a taxable item acquired tax-free under this section is exempted from the use tax imposed by Subchapter D until the item is resold or subsequently transferred.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248.109 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248 / Section 248.109
§ 248.109. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person does not pay the penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the penalty may be collected.

(b) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3828.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3828 / Section 3828.055
§ 3828.055. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among the directors a presiding officer, a vice presiding officer, a secretary, and any other officers the board considers necessary.
Tex. Education Code § 55.1786 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1786
§ 55.1786. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property and facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for a laboratory building, to be financed through the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter, not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of $37,997,000.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of the Texas Woman's University System, including student tuition charges. 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.
Tex. Government Code § 24.186 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.186
§ 24.186.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.186. 84TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HANSFORD, HUTCHINSON, AND OCHILTREE COUNTIES). (a) The 84th Judicial District is composed of Hansford, Hutchinson, and Ochiltree counties.

(b) The terms of the 84th District Court begin:

(1) in Hansford County on the third Monday in March and the second Monday in September;

(2) in Hutchinson County on the first Monday in June and the fourth Monday in November; and

(3) in Ochiltree County on the fourth Monday in April and the second Monday in October.

(c) Each term provided by Subsection (b) begins at 10 a.m. on the first day of the term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.208
§ 1067.208. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) the transfer of the bonds; or

(3) bond revenue, including any profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.260 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.260
§ 846.260. LIMITING AGE APPLICABLE TO UNMARRIED CHILD.
Status: in_force

If children are eligible for coverage under the terms of a multiple employer welfare arrangement's plan document, any limiting age applicable to an unmarried child of an enrollee is 25 years of age.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 575.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 575 / Section 575.015
§ 575.015. TRANSFER TO FEDERAL FACILITY.
Status: in_force

The department or the hospital administrator of a private mental hospital may transfer an involuntary patient to a federal agency if:

(1) the federal agency sends notice that facilities are available and that the patient is eligible for care or treatment in a facility;

(2) notice of the transfer is sent to the committing court; and

(3) the committing court enters an order approving the transfer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.103
§ 3873.103. ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A director must be a citizen of the United States and must reside in the district.

(b) A director may not be an officer or employee of the county or the city.

(c) A director may not serve more than four consecutive full terms.
Tex. Government Code § 552.323 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.323
§ 552.323. ASSESSMENT OF COSTS OF LITIGATION AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) In an action brought under Section 552.321 or 552.3215, the court shall assess costs of litigation and reasonable attorney fees incurred by a plaintiff who substantially prevails, except that the court may not assess those costs and fees against a governmental body if the court finds that the governmental body acted in reasonable reliance on:

(1) a judgment or an order of a court applicable to the governmental body;

(2) the published opinion of an appellate court; or

(3) a written decision of the attorney general, including a decision issued under Subchapter G or an opinion issued under Section 402.042.

(b) In an action brought under Section 552.324, the court may not assess costs of litigation or reasonable attorney's fees incurred by a plaintiff or defendant who substantially prevails unless the court finds the action or the defense of the action was groundless in fact or law. In exercising its discretion under this subsection, the court shall consider whether the conduct of the governmental body had a reasonable basis in law and whether the litigation was brought in good faith.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0056 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0056
§ 550.0056. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING GROUP ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

Not later than December 1 of each year, the interagency coordinating group shall submit to the legislature a report describing in detail the activities, goals, and progress of the group. The report must be made available to the public on the office of the governor's Internet website.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3854.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3854 / Section 3854.052
§ 3854.052. ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY BY DISTRICT; MUNICIPAL CONSENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may annex land to and exclude land from the district as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) The district may not annex land in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction unless the municipality consents to the annexation.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.096 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.096
§ 171.096. PLACE OF FILING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a party must file the initial application:

(1) in the county in which an adverse party resides or has a place of business or in the business court; or

(2) if an adverse party does not have a residence or place of business in this state, in any county or in the business court.

(b) If the agreement to arbitrate provides that the hearing before the arbitrators is to be held in a county in this state, a party must file the initial application with the clerk of the court of that county or with the clerk of the business court.

(c) If a hearing before the arbitrators has been held, a party must file the initial application with the clerk of the court of the county in which the hearing was held or with the clerk of the business court.

(d) Consistent with Section 171.024, if a proceeding is pending in a court relating to arbitration of an issue subject to arbitration under an agreement before the filing of the initial application, a party must file the initial application and any subsequent application relating to the arbitration in that court.

(e) An initial application filed in the business court must plead facts to establish venue in a county in a division of the business court as provided by Subsection (a)(1) or (2), (b), or (c), as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1041.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1041 / Section 1041.110
§ 1041.110. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.014
§ 214.014. DRAINS, SINKS, AND PRIVIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may, by resolution or ordinance, order the owner of a private drain, sink, or privy to fill up, clean, drain, alter, relay, repair, or improve the drain, sink, or privy.

(b) If the order cannot be served on a person in the municipality, the municipality may have the work done on behalf of the owner. The municipality may fix a lien on the owner's property for expenses incurred in having the work done. The lien is created when the mayor of the municipality files and records a memorandum, under the seal of the municipality, with the clerk of the district court.

(c) The municipality may enforce the lien and may obtain in any court having jurisdiction a judgment against the owner for the amount of the expenses.

(d) The governing body may punish by a fine a person who does not comply with an order adopted under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 659.306 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.306
§ 659.306. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYING HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.
Status: in_force

The state agency that employs an individual at the beginning of the first workday of a month must pay any hazardous duty pay that is included in the compensation paid to the individual for services rendered during that month. If the individual transfers to a second state agency during that month, the first agency remains responsible for paying the full amount of hazardous duty pay for that month.
Tex. Family Code § 232.012 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 232 / Section 232.012
§ 232.012. MOTION TO REVOKE STAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The obligee, support enforcement agency, court, or Title IV-D agency may file a motion to revoke the stay of an order suspending license if the individual who is subject of an order suspending license does not comply with:

(1) the terms of a reasonable repayment plan entered into by the individual;

(2) the requirements of a reissued subpoena; or

(3) the terms of any court order pertaining to the possession of or access to a child.

(b) Notice to the individual of a motion to revoke stay under this section may be given by personal service or by mail to the address provided by the individual, if any, in the order suspending license. The notice must include a notice of hearing. The notice must be provided to the individual not less than 10 days before the date of the hearing.

(c) A motion to revoke stay must allege the manner in which the individual failed to comply with the repayment plan, the reissued subpoena, or the court order pertaining to possession of or access to a child.

(d) If the court or Title IV-D agency finds that the individual is not in compliance with the terms of the repayment plan, reissued subpoena, or court order pertaining to possession of or access to a child, the court or agency shall revoke the stay of the order suspending license and render a final order suspending license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1022.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.107
§ 1022.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings or other facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 25 years.

(c) The district may acquire equipment for use in the district's hospital system and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price. A contract entered into under this subsection must provide that the entire obligation be retired not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the contract.

(d) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3893.256 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3893 / Section 3893.256
§ 3893.256. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the district shall impose and collect taxes on all property in the district uniformly, for maintenance and operation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8503.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8503 / Section 8503.0106
§ 8503.0106. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the authority. The authority shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition.

(b) The authority shall make information available to the public, including on the authority's website, describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The authority shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition.

(d) The authority shall develop a standard form and a procedure for submitting complaints to the authority and shall make that form and procedure available on the authority's website. The authority shall also make available on its website clear information about what a person making a complaint should expect after the complaint is filed, including timelines for response and resolution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3810.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3810 / Section 3810.106
§ 3810.106. APPROVAL BY CITY OF HOUSTON.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district must obtain approval from the City of Houston's governing body:

(1) for the issuance of a bond for each improvement project;

(2) of the plans and specifications of the improvement project to be financed by the bond; and

(3) of the plans and specifications of any district improvement project related to the use of land owned by the City of Houston, an easement granted by the City of Houston, or a right-of-way of a street, road, or highway.

(b) If the district obtains approval from the City of Houston's governing body of a capital improvements budget for a period not to exceed five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and issue bonds specified in the budget without further approval from the City of Houston.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.055
§ 1301.055. COMPLAINT RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each contract under a preferred provider benefit plan between an insurer and a physician or other practitioner or a physicians' group must have a mechanism for resolving complaints initiated by an insured, a physician or other practitioner, or a physicians' group.

(b) A complaint resolution mechanism must provide for reasonable due process that includes, in an advisory role only, a review panel selected in the manner described by Section 1301.053(b).
Tex. Election Code § 243.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 243 / Section 243.002
§ 243.002. PARTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An election of presidential electors may be contested only by:

(1) a presidential candidate whose name appeared on the ballot for the election in this state or who had qualified as a write-in candidate in this state;

(2) any one or more of the presidential elector candidates who correspond to a presidential candidate specified by Subdivision (1), if the presidential candidate gives express approval; or

(3) a presidential candidate specified by Subdivision (1) and one or more corresponding presidential elector candidates acting jointly.

(b) The contestees are the presidential elector candidates officially determined to be elected and the presidential candidate to whom they correspond.
Tex. Transportation Code § 51.012 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 51 / Section 51.012
§ 51.012. CONTRACTS WITH LANDOWNERS.
Status: in_force

The commission may contract with a landowner for the use of land as a disposal site for dredged material.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.307 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.307
§ 521.307. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONAL LICENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) On the recommendation of a juvenile court with jurisdiction over the holder of a provisional license, the department shall suspend a provisional license if it is found by the juvenile court that the provisional license holder has committed:

(1) an offense that would be classified as a felony if the license holder were an adult; or

(2) a misdemeanor in which a motor vehicle was used to travel to or from the scene of the offense, other than an offense specified by Chapter 729.

(b) The department shall suspend the license for the period set by the juvenile court but not to exceed one year.

(c) The court shall report its recommendation promptly to the department in the manner and form prescribed by the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985 / Section 7985.105
§ 7985.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 22A.157 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22A / Section 22A.157
§ 22A.157. EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS CONVICTED OF OR PLACED ON DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) An educational entity shall discharge or refuse to hire an employee or applicant for employment if the entity obtains information through a criminal history record information review that the employee or applicant has been:

(1) convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense described by Section 22A.201(a)(1); or

(2) convicted of an offense described by Section 22A.201(a)(2).

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the employee or applicant for employment committed an offense under Title 5, Penal Code and:

(1) the date of the offense is more than 30 years before:

(A) the effective date of S.B. No. 9, Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, in the case of a person employed by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement as of that date; or

(B) the date the person's employment will begin, in the case of a person applying for employment with a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement after the effective date of S.B. No. 9, Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007; and

(2) the employee or applicant for employment satisfied all terms of the court order entered on conviction.

(c) An educational entity may not allow a person who is an employee of or applicant for employment by a qualified school contractor or an entity that contracts with the entity to serve for the entity if the entity obtains information described by Subsection (a) through a criminal history record information review concerning the employee or applicant. An educational entity must ensure that an entity that the educational entity contracts with for services has obtained all criminal history record information as required by Section 22.0834.

(d) An educational entity or private school may discharge an employee if the entity or school obtains information of the employee's conviction of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude that the employee did not disclose to the board or the entity or school. An employee discharged under this section is considered to have been discharged for misconduct for purposes of Section 207.044, Labor Code.

(e) The board may impose a sanction on an educator who does not discharge an employee or refuse to hire an applicant for employment if the educator knows or should have known, through a criminal history record information review, that the employee or applicant has been:

(1) convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense described by Subsection (a)(1); or

(2) convicted of an offense described by Subsection (a)(2).

(f) Each school year, the superintendent of a school district or chief operating officer of an open-enrollment charter school shall certify to the commissioner that the district or school has complied with this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957A / Section 7957A.0402
§ 7957A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7957A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Estates Code § 256.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 256 / Section 256.051
§ 256.051. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FOR PROBATE OF WILL.
Status: in_force

(a) An executor named in a will, an administrator designated as authorized under Section 254.006, an independent administrator designated by all of the distributees of the decedent under Section 401.002(b), or an interested person may file an application with the court for an order admitting a will to probate, whether the will is:

(1) in the applicant's possession or not;

(2) lost;

(3) destroyed; or

(4) outside of this state.

(b) An application for the probate of a will may be combined with an application for the appointment of an executor or administrator. A person interested in either the probate or the appointment may apply for both.