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Tex. Transportation Code § 201.614 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.614
§ 201.614. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish and administer a Safe Routes to School Program to distribute money received under the Hazard Elimination Program (23 U.S.C. Section 152), as amended, to political subdivisions for projects to improve safety in and around school areas. Projects eligible to receive money under this program may include:

(1) installation of new crosswalks and bike lanes;

(2) construction of multiuse trails;

(3) construction and replacement of sidewalks;

(4) implementation of traffic-calming programs in neighborhoods around schools; and

(5) construction of wide outside lanes to be used as bike routes.

(b) The department, in considering project proposals under this section, shall consider:

(1) the demonstrated need of the applicant;

(2) the potential of the proposal to reduce child injuries and fatalities;

(3) the potential of the proposal to encourage walking and bicycling among students;

(4) identification of safety hazards;

(5) identification of current and potential walking and bicycling routes to school; and

(6) support for the projects proposed by local school-based associations, traffic engineers, elected officials, law enforcement agencies, and school officials.

(c) The department may allocate money received by the department from the federal government under the Hazard Elimination Program (23 U.S.C. Section 152), as amended, to projects under this section.

(d) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8080.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8080 / Section 8080.0102
§ 8080.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.057 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.057
§ 172.057. GROUNDS FOR CHALLENGE; LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by agreement of the parties or the rules governing the arbitration, a party may challenge an arbitrator only if circumstances exist that give rise to justifiable doubts as to the arbitrator's impartiality, independence, or possession of a qualification on which the parties have agreed.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.059 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.059
§ 71.059. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for purposes of a civil penalty assessment.

(b) On request of the department, the attorney general or the county attorney or district attorney of the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred shall file suit to collect the penalty.

(c) A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund. All civil penalties recovered in suits first instituted by a local government or governments under this section shall be equally divided between the State of Texas and the local government or governments with 50 percent of the recovery to be paid to the General Revenue Fund and the other 50 percent equally to the local government or governments first instituting the suit.

(d) The department is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate a violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter. On request of the department, the attorney general or the county or district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or is occurring shall file suit for the injunctive relief. Venue is in the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or is occurring.
Tex. Family Code § 59.013 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.013
§ 59.013. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a juvenile board, a court, a person appointed by a court, an attorney for the state, a peace officer, or a law enforcement agency is not liable for a failure or inability to provide a service listed under Sections 59.004-59.010.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.2055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.2055
§ 801.2055. COMPLAINTS REQUIRING MEDICAL EXPERTISE.
Status: in_force

(a) A complaint that requires medical expertise to review must be reviewed by one or more veterinarians designated by the board. The veterinarian reviewers shall determine whether to dismiss the complaint or refer it to an informal proceeding under Section 801.408.

(b) If the veterinarian reviewers determine to:

(1) dismiss the complaint, the dismissal must be approved by the board at a public meeting; or

(2) refer the complaint to an informal proceeding, the complaint is referred to an informal proceeding under Section 801.408.

(c) If the board designates more than one veterinarian reviewer and the reviewers do not agree to dismiss or refer the complaint to an informal proceeding, the complaint is referred to an informal proceeding under Section 801.408.

(c-1) The board may contract with a qualified individual to assist in reviewing or investigating complaints requiring medical expertise. Except for an act involving fraud, conspiracy, or malice, an individual with whom the board contracts under this subsection is immune from liability or from disciplinary action under this chapter and may not be subject to a suit for damages for any act arising from the performance of the individual's duties in:

(1) participating in an informal conference to determine the facts of a complaint;

(2) offering an expert opinion or technical guidance on an alleged violation of this chapter or of a rule or order issued by the board or executive director;

(3) testifying at a hearing regarding a complaint; or

(4) making an evaluation, report, or recommendation regarding a complaint.

(d) A veterinarian board member who reviews a complaint under this section may not deliberate or vote in any subsequent disciplinary proceeding related to the complaint.
Tex. Family Code § 157.211 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.211
§ 157.211. CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court places the respondent on community supervision and suspends commitment, the terms and conditions of community supervision may include the requirement that the respondent:

(1) report to the community supervision officer as directed;

(2) permit the community supervision officer to visit the respondent at the respondent's home or elsewhere;

(3) obtain counseling on financial planning, budget management, conflict resolution, parenting skills, alcohol or drug abuse, or other matters causing the respondent to fail to obey the order;

(4) pay required child support and any child support arrearages;

(5) pay reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, and expenses ordered by the court;

(6) seek employment assistance services offered by the Texas Workforce Commission under Section 302.0035, Labor Code, if appropriate; and

(7) participate in mediation or other services to alleviate conditions that prevent the respondent from obeying the court's order.

(b) The court may order the fees, costs, expenses, and any postjudgment interest under Subsection (a)(5) to be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name by any means available for the enforcement of a judgment for debt.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8112.022 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8112 / Section 8112.022
§ 8112.022. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after all the temporary directors have qualified under Section 49.055, Water Code, the temporary directors shall meet at a location in the district agreeable to a majority of the directors. If a location cannot be agreed upon, the meeting shall be at the Montgomery County Courthouse. At the meeting, the temporary directors shall elect officers from among the temporary directors and conduct any other district business.
Tex. Government Code § 411.14102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.14102
§ 411.14102.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.14102. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS. (a) The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (b) that relates to:

(1) a person who is:

(A) an applicant for an architectural registration under Chapter 1051, Occupations Code; or

(B) the holder of an architectural registration under that chapter;

(2) a person who is:

(A) an applicant for a landscape architectural registration under Chapter 1052, Occupations Code; or

(B) the holder of a landscape architectural registration under that chapter; or

(3) a person who is:

(A) an applicant for an interior design registration under Chapter 1053, Occupations Code; or

(B) the holder of an interior design registration under that chapter.

(b) Subject to Section 411.087 of this code and Section 1051.3041, Occupations Code, and consistent with the public policy of this state, the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person described by Subsection (a); and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal justice agency in this state criminal history record information maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by Subsection (a).

(c) The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (b)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners under Subsection (b)(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person except on court order or as provided by Subsection (d).

(d) The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners is not prohibited from disclosing criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (b)(2) in a criminal proceeding or in a hearing conducted by the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners or the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(e) The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners shall destroy criminal history record information that is obtained under this section after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Election Code § 122.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 122 / Section 122.001
§ 122.001. VOTING SYSTEM STANDARDS.
Status: repealed

(a) A voting system may not be used in an election unless the system:

(1) preserves the secrecy of the ballot;

(2) is suitable for the purpose for which it is intended;

(3) operates safely, efficiently, and accurately and complies with the voting system standards adopted by the Election Assistance Commission;

(4) is safe from fraudulent or unauthorized manipulation;

(5) permits voting on all offices and measures to be voted on at the election;

(6) prevents counting votes on offices and measures on which the voter is not entitled to vote;

(7) prevents counting votes by the same voter for more than one candidate for the same office or, in elections in which a voter is entitled to vote for more than one candidate for the same office, prevents counting votes for more than the number of candidates for which the voter is entitled to vote;

(8) prevents counting a vote on the same office or measure more than once;

(9) permits write-in voting; and

(10) is capable of providing records from which the operation of the voting system may be audited.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 404 (H.B. 25), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2020.

(c) The secretary of state may prescribe additional standards for voting systems consistent with this title. The standards may apply to particular kinds of voting systems, to particular elements comprising a voting system, including operation procedures, or to voting systems generally.

(d) Effective January 1, 2006, a voting system may not be used in an election if the system uses:

(1) mechanical voting machines; or

(2) a punch-card ballot or similar form of tabulating card.

(e) For an election for federal office in which a state or federal court order has extended the time for voting beyond the time allowed by Subchapter B, Chapter 41, a voting system must provide a separate count of the votes cast after the time allowed by that subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.2015 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.2015
§ 14.2015. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), information or material obtained or compiled by the commissioner in relation to an examination or investigation by the commissioner or the commissioner's representative of a license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Subchapter G of Chapter 393, or Chapter 394 of this code or Subchapter B, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is confidential and may not be disclosed by the commissioner or an officer or employee of the office, including:

(1) information obtained from a license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person examined or investigated under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Subchapter G of Chapter 393, or Chapter 394 of this code or Subchapter B, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code;

(2) work performed by the commissioner or the commissioner's representative on information obtained from a license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person for the purposes of an examination or investigation conducted under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Chapter 393 with respect to a credit access business, or Chapter 394 of this code or Subchapter B, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code;

(3) a report on an examination or investigation of a license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person conducted under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Chapter 393 with respect to a credit access business, or Chapter 394 of this code or Subchapter B, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code; and

(4) any written communications between the license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person, as applicable, and the commissioner or the commissioner's representative relating to or referencing an examination or investigation conducted under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Chapter 393 with respect to a credit access business, or Chapter 394 of this code or Subchapter B, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code.

(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's representative may disclose the confidential information or material described by Subsection (a):

(1) to a department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States if the commissioner considers disclosure to be necessary or proper to the enforcement of the laws of this state or the United States and in the best interest of the public;

(2) if the information was previously provided to or provided by the license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person, and the person consents to the release of the information or has published the information contained in the release;

(3) if the commissioner determines that release of the information is required for an administrative hearing; or

(4) to provide a summary of investigation information to the person who filed the complaint with the office.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 117.003 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 117 / Section 117.003
§ 117.003. DESIGNATION OF COUNTRY AS THREAT TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor, after consultation with the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety, may designate a country as a threat to critical infrastructure for purposes of this chapter.

(b) The governor shall consult the Homeland Security Council, established under Subchapter B, Chapter 421, Government Code, to assess a threat to critical infrastructure for purposes of making a designation under this section.
Tex. Water Code § 13.417 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.417
§ 13.417. CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

If any person or retail public utility fails to comply with any lawful order of the utility commission or the commission or with any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum or if any witness refuses to testify about any matter on which he may be lawfully interrogated, the utility commission or the commission may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to compel obedience by proceedings for contempt.
Tex. Government Code § 1432.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1432 / Section 1432.005
§ 1432.005. PLEDGE OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

A local government may pledge all or part of the revenue, income, or receipts from a facility authorized by this chapter to the payment of bonds, including principal, interest, and any other amounts required or permitted in connection with the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 441.1935 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.1935
§ 441.1935. REQUIREMENTS FOR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION HELD BY STATE ARCHIVES PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall promulgate a form that persons must use to request access to information held by the state archives program. The form must allow the requestor to designate the request either as a request for public information made under Chapter 552 or as a research request not subject to the requirements of that chapter. The form must include:

(1) a plain-language explanation of the difference between a request for public information made under Chapter 552 and a research request not subject to the requirements of that chapter;

(2) the requirements for making and responding to each type of request; and

(3) an option for the requestor to change the type of request at any time.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a request for information held by the state archives program is considered to be a request for public information under Chapter 552 only if the requestor makes the request using the form described by Subsection (a) and on the form designates the request as a request for public information under Chapter 552.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8257.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8257 / Section 8257.0306
§ 8257.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

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

(1) has never issued any bonds; 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) A 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) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8257.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

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

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

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

(g) 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 commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8257.0103.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8257.0104 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. Education Code § 51.8031 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.8031
§ 51.8031. STUDY ON COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION SCORES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(b) The coordinating board shall conduct a study on college entrance examinations to determine which examinations, and the requisite score for each examination, should be used as a criterion for admission to a general academic teaching institution.

(c) The study must:

(1) identify each college entrance examination with sufficient rigor and reliability to be used as a criterion for admission to a general academic teaching institution; and

(2) determine the score for each examination identified under Subdivision (1) that demonstrates adequate performance for purposes of admission to a general academic teaching institution.

(d) Not later than August 1, 2026, the coordinating board shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chair of each standing legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over higher education a report on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other action.

(e) This section expires September 1, 2027.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0204
§ 550.0204. BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To allow for continuation of financial assistance and supplemental nutrition assistance benefits and reduction of the benefits using a slow reduction scale, the pilot program will test extending the benefits for at least 24 months but not more than 60 months by waiving:

(1) the application of income and asset limit eligibility requirements for financial assistance and supplemental nutrition assistance benefits; and

(2) the time limits specified by Section 31.0065, Human Resources Code, for financial assistance benefits.

(b) The commission shall freeze a participating family's eligibility status for financial assistance and supplemental nutrition assistance benefits beginning on the date the participating family enters the pilot program and ending on the date the family ceases participating in the program.

(c) The waiver of the application of any asset limit requirement under this section must allow the participating family to have assets in an amount equal to at least $1,000 per member of the family's household.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8034.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8034 / Section 8034.0202
§ 8034.0202. 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.