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Tex. Government Code § 418.0545 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.0545
§ 418.0545. DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall, subject to the availability of funds, contract with a vendor to develop and maintain an electronic disaster case management system.

(b) The system developed under Subsection (a) may be used for case management during and after a disaster by persons selected by the division, including:

(1) a person affected by a disaster;

(2) a municipality or county affected by a disaster;

(3) the Health and Human Services Commission;

(4) the General Land Office;

(5) the Department of State Health Services;

(6) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles;

(7) the Texas Workforce Commission;

(8) the Texas Department of Insurance;

(9) the Department of Agriculture;

(10) appropriate federal agencies; and

(11) any other appropriate entity.

(c) The system developed under Subsection (a) may include the capability for a person affected by a disaster to apply for assistance from multiple sources. The system must allow the person to control which other users of the system have access to information submitted by the person to the system.

(d) Information collected or maintained by the system developed under Subsection (a) that could identify a person affected by a disaster is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552. The information may be disclosed to a governmental body described by Subsection (b) for the purpose of disaster relief or recovery.

(e) The division shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Government Code § 171.0304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 171 / Section 171.0304
§ 171.0304. DISPLAY OF LICENSE AND DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall establish:

(1) requirements for providers and instructors regarding the displaying or posting of a license or providing notice of a license number to a participant of a court-ordered program; and

(2) notification methods for providers and instructors to provide a participant with the name of the department, mailing address, telephone number, and Internet website address for the purpose of submitting a complaint regarding the court-ordered program.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.124 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.124
§ 282.124. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONVERSION.
Status: in_force

If a majority of the qualified voters participating in the election vote in favor of the proposition, the conversion becomes effective on the 30th day after the date that the election results are declared.
Tex. Election Code § 51.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 51 / Section 51.006
§ 51.006. PREPARING BALLOTS FOR DISTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

The authority responsible for distributing election supplies shall package and seal each set of ballots before their distribution and shall mark the package with the number of ballots enclosed and the range of the ballot serial numbers. If the authority is the early voting clerk, the ballots allocated for early voting need not be packaged and sealed.
Tex. Education Code § 130.210 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.210
§ 130.210. WESTERN TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Western Texas College District includes the territory within Scurry, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels, Dickens, Stonewall, Borden, Mitchell, and Kent counties.
Tex. Government Code § 815.205 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.205
§ 815.205. OTHER PHYSICIANS.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may employ physicians in addition to the medical board to report on special cases.
Tex. Education Code § 109.167 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 109 / Section 109.167
§ 109.167. FORFEITURE AND OTHER REMEDIES; LIENS.
Status: in_force

(a) Leases granted under the provisions of this chapter are subject to forfeiture by the board by an order entered in the minutes of the board reciting the acts or omissions constituting a default and declaring a forfeiture.

(b) Any of the following acts or omissions constitutes a default:

(1) the failure or refusal by the lessee of the rights acquired under this chapter to make a payment of a sum due, either as rental or royalty on production, within 30 days after the payment becomes due;

(2) the making of a false return or false report concerning production, royalty, drilling, or mining by the lessee or the lessee's authorized agent;

(3) the failure or refusal of the lessee or the lessee's agent to drill an offset well or wells in good faith, as required by the lease;

(4) the refusal of the lessee or the lessee's agent to allow the proper authorities access to the records and other data pertaining to the operations authorized in this subchapter;

(5) the failure or refusal of the lessee or the lessee's authorized agent to give correct information to the proper authorities, or to furnish the log of any well within 30 days after production is found in paying quantities; or

(6) the violation by the lessee of any material term of the lease.

(c) The board may, if it so desires, have suit for forfeiture instituted through the attorney general.

(d) On proper showing by the forfeiting lessee within 30 days after the declaration of forfeiture, the lease may be reinstated at the discretion of the board and upon terms prescribed by the board.

(e) In case of violation by the lessee of the lease contract, the remedy of forfeiture shall not be the exclusive remedy, and the state may institute suit for damages or specific performance or both.

(f) The state shall have a first lien on oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals produced or that may be produced in the leased area, and on all rigs, tanks, vats, pipelines, telephone lines, and machinery and appliances used in the production and handling of oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals produced, to secure the amount due from the lessee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0208
§ 8508.0208. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The authority's fiscal year ends on August 31 of each year.
Tex. Transportation Code § 283.201 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 283 / Section 283.201
§ 283.201. BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), the proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter shall be:

(1) used only to pay the cost of the project described by Section 283.202; and

(2) disbursed consistent with the terms of the bond instrument.

(b) Bond proceeds remaining after the cost of the project has been paid in full shall be used to pay interest on and retire the bonds.

(c) Unless otherwise provided in a bond instrument, if the bond proceeds are insufficient to pay the cost of the project, additional bonds may be issued up to the amount of the deficit and the bonds are:

(1) considered part of the same issue as the bonds first issued; and

(2) entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued.
Tex. Utilities Code § 33.055 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 33 / Section 33.055
§ 33.055. APPLICABILITY OF RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Temporary or permanent rates set by the commission are prospective and observed from the date of the applicable commission order, except an interim rate order necessary to effect uniform system-wide rates or to provide an electric utility the opportunity to avoid confiscation during the period beginning on the date a petition for review is filed with the commission and ending on the date of a final order establishing rates.

(b) The commission shall order interim rates on a prima facie showing by the electric utility that it has experienced confiscation during that period. The electric utility shall refund or credit against future bills:

(1) money collected under the interim rates in excess of the rate finally ordered; and

(2) interest on that money, at the current rate as determined by the commission.

(c) In this section, "confiscation" includes negative cash flow experienced by an electric utility at any time a rate case proceeding is pending.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 113.232 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.232
§ 113.232. GENERAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to injunctive relief and other penalties provided in this chapter, a person who knowingly violates or fails to comply with this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than the maximum fine as set out in Section 12.23 of the Penal Code.

(b) A person previously convicted under Subsection (a) of this section who knowingly violates or fails to comply with this chapter is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than the maximum fine allowed by law for a Class C misdemeanor, nor more than the maximum fine as set out in Section 12.21 of the Penal Code.

(c) A penalty prescribed by this section is in addition to injunctive relief and other penalties provided by this chapter.

(d) Each day the violation or failure to comply continues constitutes a separate offense.
Tex. Education Code § 51.903 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.903
§ 51.903. ARCHIVES; CERTIFIED COPIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of any county or any other custodian of public records may lend to the library of any state-supported institution of higher education, for any period and on any conditions it may determine, any parts of its archives or records that have become mainly of historical value. The librarian shall give a receipt for any archives or records received. The librarian may make copies for historical study.

(b) The librarian and the archivist of any state-supported institution of higher education are authorized to make certified copies of public records in the custody of the institution. These certified copies are valid in law and have the same force and effect for all purposes as if certified by the county clerk or other custodian as otherwise provided by law. In making a certified copy, the librarian or archivist shall certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the document, and after signing the certificate shall swear to it before any officer authorized to take oaths under the laws of this state.

(c) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the Texas State Librarian concerning public records as currently or later granted by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.154
§ 1065.154. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.060 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.060
§ 545.060. DRIVING ON ROADWAY LANED FOR TRAFFIC.
Status: in_force

(a) An operator on a roadway divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic:

(1) shall drive as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane; and

(2) may not move from the lane unless that movement can be made safely.

(b) If a roadway is divided into three lanes and provides for two-way movement of traffic, an operator on the roadway may not drive in the center lane except:

(1) if passing another vehicle and the center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance;

(2) in preparing to make a left turn; or

(3) where the center lane is designated by an official traffic-control device for movement in the direction in which the operator is moving.

(c) Without regard to the center of the roadway, an official traffic-control device may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use a designated lane or designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction.

(d) Official traffic-control devices prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadway may be installed.
Tex. Government Code § 437.419 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.419
§ 437.419. TRIAL DE NOVO.
Status: in_force

(a) A judicial proceeding under this subchapter is by trial de novo.

(b) A commission finding, recommendation, determination, or other action is not binding on a court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.106
§ 7811.106. STANDARDS FOR ROAD, STREET, OR UTILITY CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

Any road, street, or utility construction by the district begun on or after August 31, 1987, within the corporate limits of a constituent municipality must comply with the standards for construction adopted by the municipality.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.153 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.153
§ 1201.153. FORMALDEHYDE HEALTH NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A retailer or manufacturer may not transfer ownership of a HUD-code manufactured home or otherwise sell, assign, or convey a HUD-code manufactured home to a consumer unless the retailer or manufacturer delivers to the consumer a formaldehyde health notice, subject to the director's rules concerning the notice.

(b) The notice must be delivered before the execution of a mutually binding sales agreement or retail installment sales contract.

(c) The notice must:

(1) contain the information required by:

(A) the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or

(B) the board; and

(2) be of the type, size, and format required by the director.

(d) A retailer or manufacturer may not vary the content or form of the notice.
Tex. Government Code § 489.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 489 / Section 489.104
§ 489.104. ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.
Status: in_force

The bank may allocate its resources as necessary to efficiently meet the level of demand experienced by:

(1) each program or service described by Section 489.108; and

(2) the Texas Department of Transportation under Section 489.102(b)(7).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0113
§ 8509.0113. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the district. The district 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 district shall make information available describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The district shall periodically notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint until final disposition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9305.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9305 / Section 9305.0501
§ 9305.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS; TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes imposed on all taxable property in the district to provide dams, structures, projects, and works of improvement for flood prevention, including structural and land treatment measures, to purchase and acquire lands, easements, and rights-of-way and for agricultural phases of conservation, development, and use and disposal of water, for necessary facilities, equipment, and properties in connection therewith and for improvement, maintenance, repair, and operation of same, and to carry out any other power conferred by this chapter.

(b) The board shall annually impose the taxes in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds and interest become due.

(c) Bonds issued under this chapter must be authorized by a board resolution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.168 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.168
§ 502.168.
Status: in_force

Sec. 502.168. FEE: MOTOR BUS. The fee for a registration year for registration of a motor bus is the fee prescribed by Section 502.252 or 502.253, as applicable.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.5011 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.5011
§ 651.5011. CHARGING FUNERAL DIRECTOR IN CHARGE WITH VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

In determining whether to charge a funeral director in charge with a violation based on conduct for which a licensed employee of the funeral establishment was directly responsible, the commission may consider:

(1) the nature and seriousness of the violation;

(2) the extent to which the licensed employee of the funeral establishment whose conduct is the basis of the violation was under the direct supervision of the funeral director in charge or another person at the time the licensed employee engaged in the conduct; and

(3) the causal connection between the supervision of the licensed employee of the funeral establishment by the funeral director in charge and the conduct engaged in by the licensed employee that is the basis of the violation.
Tex. Government Code § 666.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 666 / Section 666.008
§ 666.008. ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may adopt rules and establish procedures to administer this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 45.106 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.106
§ 45.106. USE OF COUNTY AVAILABLE FUND APPORTIONMENT FOR AREA SCHOOLS CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district or accumulation of districts that operates a school designated as an area school for career and technology education purposes or that participates in a designated area career and technology education program shall use its annual county available school fund apportionment, if any, in the operation of the area school or program or in financing facilities for the school, notwithstanding any laws to the contrary.

(b) A school district complying with Subsection (a) may not be held accountable for or charged with county available school funds in determining the district's eligibility for minimum foundation school program funds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0214 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0214
§ 8512.0214. PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on any issue under the authority's jurisdiction.

(b) At each regular board meeting, the board shall include public testimony as a meeting agenda item and allow members of the public to comment on other agenda items and other matters under the authority's jurisdiction. The board may not deliberate on or decide a matter not included in the meeting agenda, except that the board may discuss including the matter on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5201.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5201 / Section 5201.054
§ 5201.054. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AD VALOREM TAX BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds wholly or partly supported by an ad valorem tax may be issued only if approved by a two-thirds vote of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The district may impose an ad valorem tax to pay bonds issued under this chapter as authorized by Section 52(b), Article III, Texas Constitution.

(c) A hearing is not required on a petition for a bond election under this section.
Tex. Election Code § 51.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 51 / Section 51.008
§ 51.008. SUPPLEMENTING DISTRIBUTED BALLOTS.
Status: reserved

(a) The authority responsible for distributing election supplies shall retain a reserve of ballots to supplement the distributed ballots and on election day may reallocate previously distributed ballots among the polling places.

(b) The authority shall enter on the record of ballot distribution the number of ballots reserved and the number of ballots distributed from the reserve to each polling place. The range of serial numbers on the ballots shall be included in the record.

(c) If distributed ballots are reallocated, the authority shall indicate the reallocation on the record of ballot distribution and shall issue a receipt to each presiding election judge showing the number of ballots and the range of serial numbers on the ballots taken from the judge's polling place for redistribution. Each presiding judge shall indicate on the ballot register any reallocation of ballots affecting that polling place.

(d) The authority shall retain the undistributed reserve for the period for preserving the precinct election records.

(e) The authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election commits an offense if the authority intentionally fails to promptly supplement the distributed ballots upon request by a polling place. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 325.088 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 325 / Section 325.088
§ 325.088. TAX STATUS OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by a district under this chapter, any transaction relating to the bonds, and profits made in the sale of the bonds, are free from taxation by the state or by any municipality, county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.171 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.171
§ 225.171. TROOPER DAMON ALLEN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 84 in Freestone County is designated as the Trooper Damon Allen Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Damon Allen Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Government Code § 656.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 656 / Section 656.104
§ 656.104. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

If a state employee does not provide the services required in accordance with Section 656.103(a)(1), provides those services for less than the required term, or fails to make payments required in accordance with Section 656.103(a)(2) and the employee is not released from the obligation to provide the services or to make the payments under Section 656.103(c), the employee is liable to the state agency for any costs described by Section 656.103(a)(2) and for the agency's reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining payment, including reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.214 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.214
§ 21.214.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.214. BIDS ON CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE OF VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES OVER $15,000; EXCEPTION. (a) If the estimated amount of a proposed contract to purchase vehicles, equipment, or supplies is more than $15,000, the board shall ask for competitive bids as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) the purchase of property from a public agency; or

(2) a contract for personal or professional services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0207
§ 9092.0207. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from the board's membership a president, a vice president, and any other officers as the board determines necessary.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who is not required to be a director.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9025.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9025 / Section 9025.003
§ 9025.003. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the following laws apply to the district:

(1) Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code; and

(2) Section 52(b)(3), Article III, Texas Constitution.