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Tex. Education Code § 130.063 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.063
§ 130.063. EXTENSION OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), territory may be annexed to a junior college district by contract under Section 130.064 or election under Section 130.065, if the territory:

(1) is contiguous to the annexing junior college district; or

(2) is located in the service area of the annexing district established under Subchapter J.

(b) Territory may be annexed to a junior college district as provided by this section only if the territory is located wholly within a single school district, county, or municipality. This subsection does not prohibit a junior college district from conducting annexation elections or other annexation procedures for more than one territory at the same time.

(c) A junior college district may not annex territory under this section that is included in the boundaries of another junior college district.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a junior college district may not annex territory under this section if a campus of the Texas State Technical College System is located:

(1) within the county in which the territory is located; and

(2) outside the junior college district.

(e) This section does not prevent a junior college district from annexing territory located in Brown County, Comal County, Denton County, Guadalupe County, or Williamson County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.255 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 487 / Section 487.255
§ 487.255. PATIENT TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Patient treatment provided as part of an approved research program under this subchapter may be administered only by a physician certified by an institutional review board to participate in the program.

(b) A patient participating in a research program under this subchapter must be a permanent resident of this state.
Tex. Government Code § 2261.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2261 / Section 2261.102
§ 2261.102. LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Each state agency shall, when feasible, include provisions in each of its contracts for goods or services that are subject to this chapter that require the contractor to carry director or officer liability insurance coverage in an amount not less than the value of the contract that is sufficient to protect the interests of the state in the event an actionable act or omission by a director or officer of the contractor damages the state's interests.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.266 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.266
§ 8501.266. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The proceeds of the sale of an obligation issued under this chapter may be:

(1) deposited in one or more banks on which the purchaser of the obligations and the board agree; and

(2) deposited and paid out under the conditions and other terms to which the purchaser and board agree.

(b) The statutes of this state relating to the deposit of authority funds in the depository of the authority do not apply to the deposit of the proceeds of the sale of an obligation issued under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 4003.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4003 / Section 4003.302
§ 4003.302. MARKETING EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Total expenses for marketing securities, including all commissions for the sale of the securities, and all other incidental selling expenses, may not in the aggregate exceed 20 percent of the price at which the stock or other securities of a proposed or existing company are to be sold or offered for sale to the public of this state.

(b) The commissioner may reduce the percentage listed in Subsection (a) to a percentage that in the commissioner's opinion is fair, just, and equitable under the facts of the particular case.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 21.014 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 21 / Section 21.014
§ 21.014. FACSIMILE SIGNATURES AND SEALS.
Status: in_force

In the resolution authorizing the issuance of an installment or series of bonds, the commission may prescribe the extent to which facsimile signatures and facsimile seals instead of manual signatures and manually impressed seals may be used in executing the bonds and appurtenant coupons. Interest coupons may be signed by the facsimile signatures of the presiding officer and the director.
Tex. Government Code § 814.1005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.1005
§ 814.1005. INAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO CASH BALANCE GROUP MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to a cash balance group member.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3882.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3882 / Section 3882.004
§ 3882.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to:

(1) further the public purposes of developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) develop or expand transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and

(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational facilities for the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Election Code § 145.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 145 / Section 145.002
§ 145.002. PROCEDURE FOR OMITTING DECEASED CANDIDATE'S NAME FROM BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a candidate's name is to be omitted from the ballot under this code because the candidate has died, the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall omit the candidate's name from the ballot on receipt of reliable information of the death.

(b) If a deceased candidate's name has been certified by the secretary of state for placement on the ballot, the candidate's name may not be omitted from the ballot without authorization from the secretary of state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.151
§ 6903.151. CONSTRUCTION OF DAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impound storm and flood waters and the unappropriated flow waters at one or more places and in an amount approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by constructing one or more dams inside or outside the district. In exercising its powers under this subsection, the district shall comply with Subchapters A-D, Chapter 11, and Subchapter B, Chapter 12, Water Code.

(b) A dam or other works for the impounding of water from a river under this section may not be constructed until the plans for the dam or other works are approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0807 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0807
§ 8513.0807. FILING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A resolution of the board creating a pollution control district adopted under Section 8513.0802(e) shall be filed in the deed records of each county in the district's territory.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3951.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3951 / Section 3951.101
§ 3951.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Occupations Code § 802.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 802 / Section 802.055
§ 802.055. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.
Status: in_force

The department shall conduct a criminal background check on each applicant who submits an application for a license under this chapter and on any controlling person of the applicant. The department may, as permitted by law:

(1) examine any criminal conviction, guilty plea, or deferred adjudication of the applicant or controlling person; and

(2) obtain any criminal history or record of the applicant or controlling person.
Tex. Property Code § 221.064 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 221 / Section 221.064
§ 221.064. DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The escrow or trust account agent or developer shall make documents related to the escrow or trust account or the financial assurance provided available to the commission at the commission's request.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 386.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 386 / Section 386.052
§ 386.052. COMMISSION DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In administering the plan established under this chapter and in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, the commission:

(1) shall:

(A) manage plan funds and oversee the plan;

(B) produce guidelines, protocols, and criteria for eligible projects;

(C) develop methodologies for evaluating project cost-effectiveness;

(D) prepare reports regarding the progress and effectiveness of the plan; and

(E) take all appropriate and necessary actions so that emissions reductions achieved through the plan are credited by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to the appropriate emissions reduction objectives in the state implementation plan; and

(2) may hire staff and consultants needed to complete the commission's duties under this section and ensure timely review of applications and reimbursement of grant applicants' eligible project costs.

(b) Appropriate commission objectives include:

(1) achieving maximum reductions in oxides of nitrogen to demonstrate compliance with the state implementation plan;

(2) preventing areas of the state from being in violation of national ambient air quality standards;

(3) achieving cost-saving and multiple benefits by reducing emissions of other pollutants;

(4) achieving reductions of emissions of diesel exhaust from school buses; and

(5) advancing new technologies that reduce oxides of nitrogen and other emissions from facilities and other stationary sources.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.066 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.066
§ 134.066. WRITTEN FINDINGS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not approve an application for a permit or a permit revision unless it finds, in writing, using the information in the application or information otherwise available that will be documented in the approval and made available to the applicant, that:

(1) the application is accurate and complete and complies with this chapter;

(2) the applicant has demonstrated that the reclamation required by this chapter can be accomplished under the reclamation plan contained in the application;

(3) the commission has assessed the probable cumulative impact that all anticipated surface coal mining in the area will have on the hydrologic balance, and the proposed operation has been designed to prevent material damage to the hydrologic balance outside the permit area;

(4) the area proposed to be mined is not included in an area:

(A) designated unsuitable for surface coal mining under this chapter; or

(B) under study for this designation in an administrative proceeding begun under this chapter;

(5) the proposed surface coal mining operation, if located west of the 100th meridian west longitude, will not:

(A) interrupt, discontinue, or preclude farming on alluvial valley floors that are irrigated or naturally subirrigated, excluding:

(i) undeveloped rangeland that is not significant to farming on the alluvial valley floors; and

(ii) land on which the commission finds that the farming to be interrupted, discontinued, or precluded is of such small acreage as to have negligible impact on the farm's agricultural production; or

(B) materially damage the quantity or quality of water in surface or underground water systems that supply those valley floors; and

(6) the applicant has submitted to the commission, if the ownership of the coal has been severed from the private surface estate:

(A) the surface owner's written consent to the extraction of coal by surface mining methods; or

(B) a conveyance that expressly grants or reserves the right to extract the coal by surface mining methods.

(b) Subsection (a)(4)(B) does not apply to an area as to which an administrative proceeding has begun if the applicant demonstrates that, before January 1, 1977, the applicant made substantial legal and financial commitments in relation to the operation for which the applicant is applying for a permit.

(c) Subsection (a)(5) does not apply to a surface coal mining operation that in the year preceding May 9, 1979:

(1) produced coal in commercial quantities and was located in or adjacent to alluvial valley floors; or

(2) had obtained specific permit approval by the commission to conduct surface coal mining operations in the alluvial valley floors.
Tex. Government Code § 2.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2 / Section 2.051
§ 2.051. MEANING OF "MANUFACTURED IN THIS STATE.
Status: in_force

" (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, a firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state if the item is manufactured:

(1) in this state from basic materials; and

(2) without the inclusion of any part imported from another state other than a generic and insignificant part.

(b) For the purposes of this subchapter, a firearm suppressor is manufactured in this state if it is manufactured as described by Subsection (a) without regard to whether a firearm imported into this state from another state is attached to or used in conjunction with the suppressor.
Tex. Tax Code § 22.05 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 22 / Section 22.05
§ 22.05. RENDITION BY RAILROAD.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other reports required by Chapter 24 of this code, a railroad corporation shall render the property the railroad corporation owns or possesses as of January 1.

(b) The rendition shall:

(1) list all real property other than the property covered by Subdivision (2) of this subsection;

(2) list the number of miles of railroad together with the market value per mile, which value shall include right-of-way, roadbed, superstructure, and all buildings and improvements used in the operation of the railroad; and

(3) list all personal property as required by Section 22.01 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8498.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8498 / Section 8498.101
§ 8498.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Education Code § 102.33 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 102 / Section 102.33
§ 102.33. AIRPORT.
Status: in_force

The university may own and operate an airport, may accept federal aid and money for those purposes, and may enter into sponsor's assurance agreements with the federal government. It may operate the airport separately or in cooperation with a city, a county, the state, or the federal government, with the approval of the appropriate governing body, but without any expense to or liability against the state in any manner.
Tex. Family Code § 2.008 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 2 / Section 2.008
§ 2.008. EXECUTION OF APPLICATION BY CLERK.
Status: in_force

(a) The county clerk shall:

(1) determine that all necessary information, other than the date of the marriage ceremony, the county in which the ceremony is conducted, and the name of the person who performs the ceremony, is recorded on the application and that all necessary documents are submitted;

(2) administer the oath to each applicant appearing before the clerk;

(3) have each applicant appearing before the clerk sign the application in the clerk's presence; and

(4) execute the clerk's certificate on the application.

(b) A person appearing before the clerk on behalf of an absent applicant is not required to take the oath on behalf of the absent applicant.
Tex. Government Code § 75.501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 75 / Section 75.501
§ 75.501. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

This Act applies to the district courts and to the county courts at law that give preference to criminal cases in Jefferson County.
Tex. Education Code § 33.056 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.056
§ 33.056. LIABILITY FOR NONPERFORMANCE.
Status: in_force

A person is not liable in any suit for damages for negligent performance or nonperformance of any requirement of this subchapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.022 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 131 / Section 131.022
§ 131.022. QUARANTINES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the chief apiary inspector determines that the public welfare or protection of the beekeeping industry requires the establishment of a quarantine, the inspector may:

(1) declare a protective quarantine of a district, county, precinct, or other defined area in which a disease or pest of bees is not known to exist or in which the disease or pest is being eradicated in accordance with this subchapter; or

(2) declare a restrictive quarantine of a district, county, precinct, or other defined area in which a disease or pest of bees is located.

(b) A person may not move or ship bees, equipment, pollen, or honey into or out of an area quarantined under this section, except in accordance with rules adopted by the inspector.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.353 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.353
§ 1001.353. DRIVER TRAINING COURSE AT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL.
Status: in_force

A driver training provider may conduct a driver training course at a public or private school for students of the public or private school as provided by an agreement with the public or private school. The course is subject to any law applicable to a course conducted at the main business location of the driver training provider.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1365.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1365 / Section 1365.052
§ 1365.052. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury; or

(B) only for hospital expenses; or

(2) the state Medicaid program, including the Medicaid managed care program operated under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.251
§ 1579.251. STATE ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The state shall assist employees of participating school districts and charter schools in the purchase of group health coverage under this chapter by providing for each covered employee the amount of $900 each state fiscal year or a greater amount as provided by the General Appropriations Act. The state contribution shall be distributed through the school finance formulas under Chapters 48 and 49, Education Code, and used by school districts and charter schools as provided by Section 48.275, Education Code.

(b) The state shall assist employees of participating regional education service centers and educational districts described by Section 1579.002(5)(B) in the purchase of group health coverage under this chapter by providing to the employing service center or educational district, for each covered employee, the amount of $900 each state fiscal year or a greater amount as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.1031 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.1031
§ 1369.1031. CERTAIN COVERAGE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a health benefit plan described by Section 1369.102.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, this section applies to:

(1) a standard health benefit plan issued under Chapter 1507;

(2) a basic coverage plan under Chapter 1551;

(3) a basic plan under Chapter 1575;

(4) a primary care coverage plan under Chapter 1579;

(5) a plan providing basic coverage under Chapter 1601;

(6) group health coverage made available by a school district in accordance with Section 22.004, Education Code; and

(7) the state Medicaid program, including the Medicaid managed care program operated under Chapters 540 and 540A, Government Code.

(c) A health benefit plan that provides benefits for a prescription contraceptive drug must provide for an enrollee to obtain up to:

(1) a three-month supply of the covered prescription contraceptive drug at one time the first time the enrollee obtains the drug; and

(2) a 12-month supply of the covered prescription contraceptive drug at one time each subsequent time the enrollee obtains the same drug, regardless of whether the enrollee was enrolled in the health benefit plan the first time the enrollee obtained the drug.

(d) An enrollee may obtain only one 12-month supply of a covered prescription contraceptive drug during each 12-month period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.203
§ 1072.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the voters voting in an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order a bond election. The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the nature and date of the election;

(2) the hours during which the polls will be open;

(3) the location of polling places;

(4) the amounts of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(c) Notice of a bond election must be given as provided by Chapter 1251, Government Code.

(d) The board shall declare the results of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8427.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8427 / Section 8427.202
§ 8427.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 506.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 506 / Section 506.101
§ 506.101. MEMBERSHIP IN ESTABLISHED COUNTY ALLIANCE.
Status: in_force

A county may become a member of an established county alliance that has authorized the creation of a county alliance corporation. The county becomes a member of the county alliance if:

(1) the commissioners court of the county proposing to join the county alliance petitions the board of directors of the established county alliance corporation for admission;

(2) the board approves the admission of the petitioning county; and

(3) the petitioning county:

(A) agrees to abide by the bylaws of the county alliance corporation;

(B) pays a fee to the county alliance as determined by the board; and

(C) meets any other requirement established by the board.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 50.05 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 50 / Section 50.05
§ 50.05. WARRANT FOR ACCUSED.
Status: in_force

If the person charged with the offense, if any, be not in custody, the justice of the peace shall issue a warrant for his arrest, and when arrested, such person shall be dealt with as in other like cases.