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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8860.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8860 / Section 8860.052
§ 8860.052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8860.052. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS. (a) The directors of the district are elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.

(b) One director is elected by the voters of the entire district, and one director is elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), to be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be a registered voter in the district. To be a candidate for or to serve as director from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be a registered voter of that precinct.

(d) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(e) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts are redrawn after each federal decennial census to reflect population changes, a director in office on the effective date of the change, or a director elected or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve in the precinct to which elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places the director's residence outside the precinct for which the director was elected or appointed.
Tex. Local Government Code § 147.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 147 / Section 147.001
§ 147.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a municipality with a population of one million or more, but does not apply to a municipality that has adopted Chapter 143 or 174.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0039 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0039
§ 152.0039. TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

The juvenile board shall provide the juvenile probation officers with transportation or an automobile allowance for use of a personal automobile on official business.
Tex. Government Code § 24.396 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.396
§ 24.396.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.396. 218TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ATASCOSA, FRIO, KARNES, LASALLE, AND WILSON COUNTIES). (a) The 218th Judicial District is composed of Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, LaSalle, and Wilson counties.

(b) The judge of the 218th District Court may impanel grand juries in each county in the district but is not required to impanel a grand jury in any county except when the judge considers it necessary. The judge may alternate the impaneling of grand juries in each county with the judge of any other district court in that county, or the judges may by agreement determine which one of the courts will impanel the grand juries. Indictments within each county may be returned to any district court within that county. All grand and petit juries drawn for one district court in each county are interchangeable with any other district court in that county as if the jury had been drawn for the court in which it is used.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.404 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.404
§ 2269.404. CONTRACTUAL UNIT PRICES.
Status: in_force

The governmental entity may establish contractual unit prices for a job order contract by:

(1) specifying one or more published construction unit price books and the applicable divisions or line items; or

(2) providing a list of work items and requiring the offerors to propose one or more coefficients or multipliers to be applied to the price book or prepriced work items as the price proposal.
Tex. Property Code § 142.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.001
§ 142.001. MANAGEMENT BY DECREE.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit in which a minor or incapacitated person who has no legal guardian is represented by a next friend or an appointed guardian ad litem, the court, on application and hearing, may provide by decree for the investment of funds accruing to the minor or other person under the judgment in the suit.

(b) If the decree is made during vacation, it must be recorded in the minutes of the succeeding term of the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1022.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.063
§ 1022.063. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

For any purpose permitted by applicable state law, the board may enter into an independent contract with:

(1) a person licensed to practice medicine in this state;

(2) a professional association that is organized under the Texas Professional Association Act (Article 1528f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or

(3) a nonprofit organization that is organized under and in compliance with Subchapter A, Chapter 162, Occupations Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3891.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3891 / Section 3891.007
§ 3891.007. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.107
§ 1002.107. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property, real, personal, or mixed, located in the territory of the district if the interest is necessary or convenient for the district to exercise the rights, powers, privileges, or functions conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, but the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide bond for cost or supersedeas on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2025.254 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2025 / Section 2025.254
§ 2025.254. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall issue a license to a qualified person on application and payment of the license fee.
Tex. Local Government Code § 571.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 571 / Section 571.006
§ 571.006. TAX; BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court or municipal authority may impose a tax to pay the debt incurred under Section 571.002. The rate of the tax in any year may not exceed 50 cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the county or municipality.

(b) The commissioners court or municipal authority may issue bonds under this subchapter for the payment of the debt, but, if revenue from the tax will not pay off the debt within five years, the commissioners court or municipal authority shall issue bonds for the payment of the debt.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1076.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1076 / Section 1076.157
§ 1076.157. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks in this state to act as a depository of bond proceeds or of revenue derived from the operation of district facilities.

(b) The depository shall, as determined by the board:

(1) furnish indemnity bonds;

(2) pledge securities; or

(3) meet any other requirement.

(c) Membership on the district's board of an officer or director of a bank does not disqualify the bank from being selected as depository.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.154
§ 7803.154. PAYMENT OF TAX OR ASSESSMENT NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district is not required to pay a tax or assessment on:

(1) district property; or

(2) a purchase made by the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 152.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 152 / Section 152.012
§ 152.012. MINIMUM AMOUNT OF SALARY.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court may not set the salary of an officer or employee at an amount less than the amount of the salary in effect on January 1, 1972. The court may not set the salary of a justice of the peace at an amount less than the amount of the salary in effect on May 25, 1973.
Tex. Estates Code § 1054.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.003
§ 1054.003. ACCESS TO RECORDS.
Status: in_force

An attorney ad litem appointed under Section 1054.001 shall be provided copies of all of the current records in the guardianship case. The attorney may have access to all of the proposed ward's relevant medical, psychological, and intellectual testing records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.055
§ 1013.055. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.

(b) If the number of directors is reduced to fewer than three for any reason, the remaining directors shall immediately call a special election to fill the vacancies. If the remaining directors do not call the election, a district court, on application of a district voter or taxpayer, may order the directors to hold the election.
Tex. Education Code § 53A.43 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53A / Section 53A.43
§ 53A.43. DEPOSITORIES.
Status: in_force

The authority may select a depository or depositories according to the procedures provided by law for the selection of city depositories, or it may award its depository contract to the same depository or depositories selected by the city or cities and on the same terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.002
§ 287.002. DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

A health services district may be created and established and, if created, must be maintained, operated, and financed in the manner provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7962.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7962 / Section 7962.0105
§ 7962.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.701 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.701
§ 151.701. USE OF STAMPS OR TOKENS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

No person may use stamps or tokens for the purpose of collecting or enforcing the collection of the taxes imposed by this chapter or for any other purpose connected with the taxes.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 371.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 371 / Section 371.001
§ 371.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8038.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8038 / Section 8038.0503
§ 8038.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Family Code § 6.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.001
§ 6.001. INSUPPORTABILITY.
Status: in_force

On the petition of either party to a marriage, the court may grant a divorce without regard to fault if the marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities that destroys the legitimate ends of the marital relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.303 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.303
§ 62.303. REVIEW BY COMMISSIONER; APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall approve the application if the commissioner determines that the association is in good standing.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), an association is in good standing if the association has paid all fees, assessments, and money due and payable to the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.308 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.308
§ 2269.308. SELECTION OF DESIGN-BUILD FIRM.
Status: in_force

(a) The governmental entity shall select the design-build firm that submits the proposal offering the best value for the governmental entity on the basis of the published selection criteria and on its ranking evaluations.

(b) The governmental entity shall first attempt to negotiate a contract with the selected firm.

(c) If the governmental entity is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with the selected firm, the governmental entity shall, formally and in writing, end all negotiations with that firm and proceed to negotiate with the next firm in the order of the selection ranking until a contract is reached or negotiations with all ranked firms end.

(d) Not later than the seventh day after the date the contract is awarded, the governmental entity shall make the rankings determined under Section 2269.307(f) public.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.134 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 283 / Section 283.134
§ 283.134. 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. Local Government Code § 143.045 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.045
§ 143.045. ACCUMULATION AND PAYMENT OF SICK LEAVE.
Status: in_force

(a) A permanent or temporary fire fighter or police officer is allowed sick leave with pay accumulated at the rate of 1-1/4 full working days for each full month employed in a calendar year, so as to total 15 working days to a person's credit each 12 months.

(b) A fire fighter or police officer may accumulate sick leave without limit and may use the leave if unable to work because of a bona fide illness. If an ill fire fighter or police officer exhausts the sick leave and can conclusively prove that the illness was incurred in the performance of duties, an extension of sick leave shall be granted.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by Section 143.116, a fire fighter or police officer who leaves the classified service for any reason is entitled to receive in a lump-sum payment the full amount of the person's salary for accumulated sick leave if the person has accumulated not more than 90 days of sick leave. If a fire fighter or police officer has accumulated more than 90 working days of sick leave, the person's employer may limit payment to the amount that the person would have received if the person had been allowed to use 90 days of accumulated sick leave during the last six months of employment. The lump-sum payment is computed by compensating the fire fighter or police officer for the accumulated time at the highest permanent pay classification for which the person was eligible during the last six months of employment. The fire fighter or police officer is paid for the same period for which the person would have been paid if the person had taken the sick leave but does not include additional holidays and any sick leave or vacation time that the person might have accrued during the 90 days.

(d) To facilitate the settlement of the accounts of deceased fire fighters and police officers, all unpaid compensation, including all accumulated sick leave, due at the time of death to an active fire fighter or police officer who dies as a result of a line-of-duty injury or illness, shall be paid to the persons in the first applicable category of the following prioritized list:

(1) to the beneficiary or beneficiaries the fire fighter or police officer designated in writing to receive the compensation and filed with the commission before the person's death;

(2) to the fire fighter's or police officer's widow or widower;

(3) to the fire fighter's or police officer's child or children and to the descendants of a deceased child, by representation;

(4) to the fire fighter's or police officer's parents or to their survivors; or

(5) to the properly appointed legal representative of the fire fighter's or police officer's estate, or in the absence of a representative, to the person determined to be entitled to the payment under the state law of descent and distribution.

(e) Payment of compensation to a person in accordance with Subsection (d) is a bar to recovery by another person.
Tex. Finance Code § 341.605 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 341 / Section 341.605
§ 341.605. PROCEDURE FOR RECOVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) To recover from the fund, a residential mortgage loan applicant must file a written sworn application with the commissioner in the form prescribed by the commissioner. A person who knowingly makes a false statement in connection with applying for money out of the fund may be subject to criminal prosecution under Section 37.10, Penal Code.

(b) The residential mortgage loan applicant is required to show:

(1) that the applicant's claim is based on facts allowing recovery under Section 341.602; and

(2) that the applicant:

(A) is not a spouse of the state-licensed residential mortgage loan originator;

(B) is not a child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, or sibling, including relationships by adoption, of the state-licensed residential mortgage loan originator;

(C) is not a person sharing living quarters with the state-licensed residential mortgage loan originator or a current or former employer, employee, or associate of the originator;

(D) is not a person who has aided, abetted, or participated other than as a victim with the state-licensed residential mortgage loan originator in any activity that is illegal under this subtitle or Chapter 180 or is not the personal representative of a state-licensed residential mortgage loan originator; and

(E) is not licensed as a state-licensed residential mortgage loan originator who is seeking to recover any compensation in the transaction or transactions for which the application for payment is made.

(c) On receipt of the verified application, the commissioner's staff shall:

(1) notify each appropriate license holder and the issuer of any surety bond issued in connection with their licenses; and

(2) investigate the application and issue a preliminary determination, giving the applicant, the license holder, and any surety an opportunity to resolve the matter by agreement or to dispute the preliminary determination.

(d) If the preliminary determination under Subsection (c)(2) is not otherwise resolved by agreement and is not disputed by written notice to the commissioner before the 31st day after the notification date, the preliminary determination automatically becomes final and the commissioner shall make payment from the fund, subject to the limits of Section 341.606.

(e) If the preliminary determination under Subsection (c)(2) is disputed by the applicant, license holder, or any surety by written notice to the commissioner before the 31st day after the notification date, the matter shall be set for a hearing governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code, and the hearing rules of the finance commission.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.101
§ 1301.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "clean claim" means a claim that complies with Section 1301.131.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8414.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8414 / Section 8414.203
§ 8414.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Family Code § 9.105 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 9 / Section 9.105
§ 9.105. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

The court shall liberally construe this subchapter to effect payment of retirement benefits that were divided by a previous decree that failed to contain a qualified domestic relations order or similar order or that contained an order that failed to meet the requirements of a qualified domestic relations order or similar order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.352 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.352
§ 3897.352. LIMITATION ON DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The municipality may not dissolve the district until:

(1) the district's outstanding bonds have been repaid or defeased;

(2) the district's outstanding debt or contractual obligations that are payable from ad valorem taxes have been repaid or discharged; and

(3) each agreement under Section 3897.251 has been executed and the district's performance under the agreement has been fulfilled, including any right or obligation the district has to reimburse a developer or owner for the costs of improvement projects.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 86.011 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 86 / Section 86.011
§ 86.011. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may delegate to the director authority to grant uncontested permits under this section if:

(1) the application meets all statutory and administrative criteria;

(2) no new issues affecting commission policy are presented;

(3) no objection is raised by department staff; and

(4) no timely written requests for hearing are filed or all requests for hearing have been withdrawn.

(b) On request by the applicant or a concerned person with a justiciable interest, the commission shall review an application.
Tex. Property Code § 81.103 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.103
§ 81.103. PUBLIC RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each county clerk shall maintain suitable records called "Condominium Records" in which the clerk shall record master deeds, master leases, and declarations for condominiums.

(b) A county clerk shall record plats and other instruments in a declaration without prior approval from any other authority.

(c) A document required or authorized by this chapter to be recorded must be recorded according to law in the real property records of the county in which the property to which the document relates is located.
Tex. Government Code § 2275.0102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2275 / Section 2275.0102
§ 2275.0102. PROHIBITED CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental entity may not enter into a contract or other agreement relating to critical infrastructure in this state with a company:

(1) if, under the contract or other agreement, the company would be granted direct or remote access to or control of critical infrastructure in this state, excluding access specifically allowed by the governmental entity for product warranty and support purposes; and

(2) if the governmental entity knows that the company is:

(A) owned by or the majority of stock or other ownership interest of the company is held or controlled by:

(i) individuals who are citizens of China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a designated country; or

(ii) a company or other entity, including a governmental entity, that is owned or controlled by citizens of or is directly controlled by the government of China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a designated country; or

(B) headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a designated country.

(b) The prohibition described by Subsection (a) applies regardless of whether:

(1) the company's or its parent company's securities are publicly traded; or

(2) the company or its parent company is listed on a public stock exchange as:

(A) a Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, or Russian company; or

(B) a company of a designated country.