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Tex. Transportation Code § 174.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 174 / Section 174.002
§ 174.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means a district's board of directors.

(2) "Commuter rail facility" means any property necessary for the transportation of passengers and baggage between locations in a district. The term includes rolling stock, locomotives, stations, parking areas, and rail lines.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means a commuter rail district created under this chapter or under Article 6550c-3, Revised Statutes, as that article existed before April 1, 2011.

(5) "System" means all of the commuter rail and intermodal facilities leased or owned by or operated on behalf of a district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1047.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1047 / Section 1047.051
§ 1047.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of nine directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code, directors serve two-year terms, with:

(1) four directors elected in even-numbered years; and

(2) five directors elected in odd-numbered years.
Tex. Water Code § 26.3516 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.3516
§ 26.3516. LIMITS ON LIABILITY OF TAXING UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a taxing unit that has foreclosed an ad valorem tax lien on real property on which an underground or aboveground storage tank is located, or on any other personal property attached to or located on property on which an underground or aboveground storage tank is located, as security for payment of ad valorem taxes.

(b) A taxing unit is not liable as an owner or operator under this subchapter solely because the taxing unit holds indicia of ownership because of a tax foreclosure sale under the Tax Code.

(c) If a taxing unit removes a tank from service or takes corrective action at any time after foreclosure, the taxing unit shall perform corrective action in accordance with requirements adopted by the commission under this subchapter.

(d) A taxing unit is not liable as an owner or operator under this subchapter solely because the taxing unit sells, releases, liquidates, or winds up operations and takes measures to preserve, protect, or prepare the secured aboveground or underground storage tank before sale or other disposition of the storage tank or the property if the taxing unit:

(1) did not participate in the management of an aboveground or underground storage tank or real or personal property described by Subsection (a) before foreclosure or an equivalent action on the storage tank or the property; and

(2) establishes, as provided by Subsection (e), that the ownership indicia maintained after foreclosure continue to be held primarily to protect a payment of ad valorem taxes.

(e) A taxing unit may establish that the ownership indicia maintained after foreclosure continue to be held primarily to protect payment of ad valorem taxes if the taxing unit:

(1) lists the aboveground or underground storage tank, or the facility or property on which the tank is located, with a broker, dealer, or agent who deals in that type of property; or

(2) advertises the aboveground or underground storage tank for sale or other disposition in:

(A) a real estate publication;

(B) a trade or other publication appropriate for the aboveground or underground storage tank being advertised; or

(C) a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the aboveground or underground storage tank is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3892.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3892 / Section 3892.255
§ 3892.255. DEBTS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

After two districts are consolidated, the consolidated district shall protect the debts and obligations of the original districts and shall ensure that the debts and obligations are not impaired. If the consolidated district has taxing authority, the debts may be paid by taxes imposed on the land in the original districts as if they had not consolidated or from contributions from the consolidated district on terms stated in the consolidation agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.206
§ 1036.206. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section 1036.202 and revenue and other sources authorized by Section 1036.204.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.102
§ 1158.102. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION AND ORDER.
Status: in_force

To the extent possible, an application and order for the sale of estate personal property under Section 1158.101 must conform to the requirements under Subchapter F for an application and order for the sale of real estate.
Tex. Tax Code § 25.11 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 25 / Section 25.11
§ 25.11. UNDIVIDED INTERESTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 25.12 of this code and by Subsection (b) of this section, a property owned in undivided interests may be listed jointly in the name of all owners of undivided interests in the property or in the name of any one or more owners.

(b) An undivided interest in a property shall be listed separately from other undivided interests in the property in the name of its owner if the interest is described in a duly executed and recorded instrument of title and the owner files with the appraisal office before May 1 a written request for separate taxation on a form furnished for that purpose together with proof of ownership and of the proportion his interest bears to the whole. After an undivided interest qualifies for separate taxation, the qualification remains effective in subsequent tax years and need not be requested again. However, the qualification ceases when ownership is transferred or when any owner files a request to cancel separate taxation.

(c) Within 30 days after an owner qualifies for separate taxation or cancels a qualification, the chief appraiser shall deliver a written notice of the qualification or cancellation to the other owners.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0802 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0802
§ 526.0802. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The council is established to ensure a strategic statewide approach to interagency aging services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8425.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8425 / Section 8425.004
§ 8425.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8425.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 130.009 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.009
§ 130.009. UNIFORM DATES FOR ADDING OR DROPPING COURSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule shall establish uniform final dates, counted from the first class day of an academic semester or term, for adding or dropping a course conducted by a public junior college. The uniform dates apply to each public junior college in this state.

(b) A student may not enroll in a course after a uniform final date for adding a course established under this section. A student is not entitled to a refund of any tuition or fees for a course that the student drops after a uniform final date for dropping a course established under this section.

(c) The rules may provide for different dates for academic semesters or terms of different durations.

(d) Expired.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.059
§ 7811.059. VOTE REQUIRED FOR OFFICIAL BOARD ACTION.
Status: in_force

An official action of the board is not valid without the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.111 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.111
§ 334.111. FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner of a motor vehicle commits an offense if the owner fails to make and retain complete records for the four-year period required by Section 334.110.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $500.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.161 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.161
§ 408.161. LIFETIME INCOME BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Lifetime income benefits are paid until the death of the employee for:

(1) total and permanent loss of sight in both eyes;

(2) loss of both feet at or above the ankle;

(3) loss of both hands at or above the wrist;

(4) loss of one foot at or above the ankle and the loss of one hand at or above the wrist;

(5) an injury to the spine that results in permanent and complete paralysis of both arms, both legs, or one arm and one leg;

(6) a physically traumatic injury to the brain that, as determined using evidence-based medicine, results in a permanent major neurocognitive disorder:

(A) for which the employee requires occasional supervision in the performance of routine daily tasks of self-care; and

(B) that renders the employee permanently unemployable; or

(7) third degree burns that cover at least 40 percent of the body and require grafting, or third degree burns covering the majority of:

(A) both hands;

(B) one hand and one foot; or

(C) one hand or one foot and the face.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), the total and permanent loss of use of a body part is the loss of that body part.

(c) Subject to Section 408.061, the amount of lifetime income benefits is equal to 75 percent of the employee's average weekly wage. Benefits being paid shall be increased at a rate of three percent a year notwithstanding Section 408.061.

(d) An insurance carrier may pay lifetime income benefits through an annuity if the annuity agreement meets the terms and conditions for annuity agreements adopted by the commissioner by rule. The establishment of an annuity under this subsection does not relieve the insurance carrier of the liability under this title for ensuring that the lifetime income benefits are paid.
Tex. Government Code § 24.941 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.941
§ 24.941. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state that the administration of justice shall be prompt and efficient and that, for this purpose, the judicial districts of the state shall be reapportioned as provided by this subchapter so that the district courts of various judicial districts have judicial burdens that are as nearly equal as possible.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4026.0309 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4026 / Section 4026.0309
§ 4026.0309. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint initial directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(f) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(g) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 4026.0506 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Government Code § 552.375 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.375
§ 552.375. OTHER CONTRACT PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subchapter prevents a governmental body from including and enforcing more stringent requirements in a contract to increase accountability or transparency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6907.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6907 / Section 6907.002
§ 6907.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a fresh water supply district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985 / Section 7985.151
§ 7985.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7985.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Education Code § 109.255 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 109 / Section 109.255
§ 109.255. GIFTS AND GRANTS.
Status: in_force

The board of regents may solicit, accept, and administer gifts and grants for the use and benefit of the university.
Tex. Government Code § 24.573 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.573
§ 24.573.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.573. 429TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). The 429th Judicial District is composed of Collin County.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 621.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 621 / Section 621.004
§ 621.004. INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN SALES PRESENTATIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a sales presentation that is conducted in conjunction with a business seminar, trade show, convention, or other gathering if only representatives of business entities who attend the seminar, trade show, convention, or gathering are solicited to attend.
Tex. Estates Code § 356.602 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.602
§ 356.602. COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

On hearing an application under Section 356.601, if the court is satisfied that a sale of estate property is necessary or advisable to satisfy the charges and claims described by Section 356.601, the court shall enter an order of sale as provided by Section 356.256.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.021 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.021
§ 521.021. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person, other than a person expressly exempted under this chapter, may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway in this state unless the person holds a driver's license issued under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3880.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3880 / Section 3880.204
§ 3880.204. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.
Status: in_force

The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine the method of notice.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00636 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00636
§ 30.00636. CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The city administrator of the city shall appoint a clerk of the municipal court of record who may hire, direct, and remove the personnel authorized in the city's annual budget for the clerk's office. The clerk shall perform the duties in accordance with statutes, the city charter, and city ordinances.

(b) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.144 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.144
§ 2001.144. DECISIONS OR ORDERS; WHEN FINAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A decision or order in a contested case is final:

(1) if a motion for rehearing is not filed on time, on the expiration of the period for filing a motion for rehearing;

(2) if a motion for rehearing is timely filed, on the date:

(A) the order overruling the latest filed motion for rehearing is signed; or

(B) the latest filed motion for rehearing is overruled by operation of law;

(3) if a state agency finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare requires immediate effect of a decision or order, on the date the decision or order is signed, provided that the agency incorporates in the decision or order a factual and legal basis establishing an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare; or

(4) on:

(A) the date specified in the decision or order for a case in which all parties agree to the specified date in writing or on the record; or

(B) if the agreed specified date is before the date the decision or order is signed, the date the decision or order is signed.

(b) If a decision or order is final under Subsection (a)(3), a state agency must recite in the decision or order the finding made under Subsection (a)(3) and the fact that the decision or order is final and effective on the date signed.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 108.09 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 108 / Section 108.09
§ 108.09. ADVERTISING WHERE PRODUCT MAY BE PURCHASED.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a member of the manufacturing or wholesale tier may include information in its advertising that informs the public of where its products may be purchased.

(b) A member of the manufacturing tier may not give compensation to or receive compensation from a licensed or permitted member of the wholesale or retail tier for advertising described by Subsection (a). A member of the wholesale tier may not give compensation to or receive compensation from a licensed or permitted member of the manufacturing or retail tier for advertising described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Election Code § 65.059 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 65 / Section 65.059
§ 65.059. NOTICE TO PROVISIONAL VOTER.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to implement a system to allow a person who casts a provisional ballot under Section 63.011 to obtain access free of charge to information on the disposition of the person's ballot. The system:

(1) must allow the person to determine whether the person's ballot was counted, and, if the person's ballot was not accepted, must indicate the reason why;

(2) must provide the information only to the person who cast the provisional ballot; and

(3) may involve the use of a toll-free telephone number or the Internet.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8187.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8187 / Section 8187.051
§ 8187.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered terms of four years.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.525 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.525
§ 9.525. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (b), (e), and (f), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this subchapter is:

(1) $15 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages;

(2) $30 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than two pages; and

(3) $5 if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the following kinds is:

(1) $60 if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction;

(2) $60 if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction; and

(3) $60 if the debtor is a transmitting utility.

(c) The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in Subsections (a) and (b).

(d) The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is:

(1) $15 if the request is communicated in writing; and

(2) an amount established by the filing office if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.

(e) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under Section 9.502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

(f) The filing fee for filing, indexing, and furnishing filing data about a statement of master amendment under Section 9.512(f) or master assignment under Section 9.514(d) is $500 plus 50 cents for each financing statement covered by the master statement in excess of 50.