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Tex. Government Code § 54.2819 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2819
§ 54.2819. CLERK.
Status: in_force

(a) The district clerk serves as clerk of the criminal law magistrate court, except that after a Class A or Class B misdemeanor is filed in the county court at law and assigned to the magistrate court, the county clerk serves as clerk for that misdemeanor case.

(b) The district clerk shall establish a docket and keep the minutes for the cases filed in or transferred to the magistrate court. The district clerk shall perform any other duties that local administrative rules require in connection with the implementation of this subchapter. The local administrative judge shall ensure that the duties required under this subsection are performed. To facilitate the duties associated with serving as the clerk of the magistrate court, the district clerk and the deputies of the district clerk may serve as deputy county clerks at the discretion of the district clerk.

(c) The clerk of the case shall include as part of the record on appeal a copy of the order and local administrative rule under which a magistrate court acted.
Tex. Estates Code § 1154.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1154 / Section 1154.052
§ 1154.052. LIST OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

The guardian of the estate shall make and attach to the inventory and appraisement required by Section 1154.051 a complete list of claims due or owing to the ward. The list of claims must state:

(1) the name and, if known, address of each person indebted to the ward; and

(2) regarding each claim:

(A) the nature of the debt, whether it is a note, bill, bond, or other written obligation, or whether it is an account or verbal contract;

(B) the date the debt was incurred;

(C) the date the debt was or is due;

(D) the amount of the claim, the rate of interest on the claim, and the period for which the claim bears interest; and

(E) if any portion of the claim is held in common with others, the interest of the estate in the claim.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.237 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.237
§ 33.237. MOST ESSENTIAL COASTAL WETLAND CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In selecting and certifying coastal wetland most essential to the public interest, and in assigning priorities of acquisition to coastal wetland, the land office and the acquiring agency shall consider the following criteria:

(1) whether the land is coastal wetland within the definition, intent, and purpose of this subchapter;

(2) whether the state owns the coastal wetland or claims title to it, which title can be validated by bringing an appropriate action in a court of law;

(3) whether the biological, geological, or physical characteristics of the coastal wetland, including the interrelationship of the coastal wetland with other coastal wetland, is essential to the public interest;

(4) the degree to which the coastal wetland is in danger of being altered, damaged, or destroyed, and the imminence of that danger; and

(5) the cost of acquiring the coastal wetland.

(b) The legislature declares that certifications, assignments of priority for acquisition, and revocations of certifications made pursuant to Section 33.235 of this code are made only for the purpose of administering the provisions of this subchapter. No certifications, assignments of priority for acquisition, or revocations of certification shall be grounds for an inference, or admissible in a court of law to prove, that any coastal wetland is of greater or lesser value than any other coastal wetland for any purpose other than administering the provisions of this subchapter.

(c) A certification made pursuant to this subchapter shall expire one year from the date of certification.

(d) If on or before the expiration date of such certification the acquiring agency files suit in a court of law to condemn the certified coastal wetland, the certification shall extend until the suit is settled, dismissed, or otherwise terminated.

(e) If a contract of sale between the state and the owner of the certified coastal wetland is entered into on or before the expiration date of the certification, the certification shall extend until title to the coastal wetland is conveyed to the state or the contract is rescinded, invalidated, or otherwise terminated.
Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 7850 — TX Code / Code wl / Chapter 3 / Section 7850
§ 7850. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The right of eminent domain is hereby conferred upon all districts for the purpose of condemning and acquiring the right of way over and through all lands, private and public, except property used for cemetery purposes, necessary for making and maintaining dams, bulkheads, jetties, locks, gates and all other improvements necessary and proper for such construction. Such right shall extent to any county in this State. All such condemnation proceedings shall be under the direction of the directors and in the name of the district; and all compensation and damages adjudicated in such proceedings shall be paid out of the "Construction and Maintenance Fund."
Tex. Property Code § 92.170 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.170
§ 92.170. EFFECT ON OTHER LANDLORD DUTIES AND TENANT REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

The duties of a landlord and the remedies of a tenant under this subchapter are in lieu of common law, other statutory law, and local ordinances relating to a residential landlord's duty to install, change, rekey, repair, or replace security devices and a tenant's remedies for the landlord's failure to install, change, rekey, repair, or replace security devices, except that a municipal ordinance adopted before January 1, 1993, may require installation of security devices at the landlord's expense by an earlier date than a date required by this subchapter. This subchapter does not affect a duty of a landlord or a remedy of a tenant under Subchapter B regarding habitability.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4153.060 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4153 / Section 4153.060
§ 4153.060. LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder may renew an unexpired license by:

(1) filing with the department a completed renewal application; and

(2) paying the nonrefundable renewal fee.

(b) The commissioner shall issue a renewal certificate to the license holder if the commissioner determines the license holder continues to be eligible for the license.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.308 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.308
§ 1001.308. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) On payment of the license fee, the board shall issue a license authorizing the practice of engineering to an applicant who, in the board's opinion, has met all the requirements of this subchapter.

(b) A license shall:

(1) show the full name of the license holder;

(2) have a serial number; and

(3) be signed by the presiding officer and the secretary of the board under the board's seal.

(c) A license is evidence that the person named on the license is entitled to all rights and privileges of an engineer.
Tex. Water Code § 51.832 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.832
§ 51.832. PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An election to determine whether or not the district shall be dissolved shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Subchapter E, of this chapter.

(b) The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of district."

(c) The returns of the election shall be canvassed and the result declared by the board. The board shall enter an order in its minutes declaring the result of the election, which order shall be made and entered in accordance with Section 51.034 of this code. The order shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorded in the deed records of the county as provided in Section 51.034 of this code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 80.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 80 / Section 80.005
§ 80.005. CREATION OF PEST MANAGEMENT ZONES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner by rule may designate an area of this state as a proposed pest management zone.

(b) The commissioner may hold a public hearing in the proposed pest management zone to discuss the proposed geographic boundaries of the zone. The public hearing may include any other topic allowed under this chapter.

(c) After the adoption of a rule under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall conduct a referendum under Section 80.006.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 63.015 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.015
§ 63.015. COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Each county participating in the creation of the facility may contribute lands, buildings, personnel, and funds for the administration of the various programs and services of the facility.
Tex. Government Code § 855.313 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.313
§ 855.313. SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system shall deposit in the supplemental disability benefits fund contributions made to provide supplemental disability benefits in accordance with previous law. The retirement system may not establish separate accounts in the fund for municipalities participating in the fund but shall credit contributions to a single account.

(b) The retirement system shall pay supplemental disability benefits only from money in the supplemental disability benefits fund, and the benefits are not an obligation of other funds of the system.

(c) The beginning date of participation of each municipality participating in the supplemental disability benefits fund is that determined by the board of trustees. Participation terminates January 1, 1988.

(d) When all annuities payable from the supplemental disability benefits fund have been finally paid and discharged, the board of trustees shall direct that the money remaining in the supplemental disability benefits fund shall be transferred and credited to the accounts of the respective participating municipalities in the benefit accumulation fund in proportion to the same ratios of their contributions to the total of all contributions to the supplemental disability benefits fund.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.202
§ 273.202. TEMPORARY PLAN OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall prepare and adopt a temporary plan of operation for organization of the corporation until the initial board is selected. The plan must include standards for membership in the corporation.

(b) The temporary plan remains in effect until the plan is:

(1) modified by the commissioner; or

(2) superseded by a plan of operation that is approved by the commissioner.
Tex. Election Code § 241.011 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 241 / Section 241.011
§ 241.011. REFERRAL OF CONTEST TO COMMITTEE; HEARING BY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after receiving the contestee's answer, the presiding officer of the house in which the contest is pending shall refer the contest to a special committee, a standing committee, or a committee of the whole, as provided by rules of the house.

(b) The committee shall promptly set a time and place for hearing the contest. After notice to the parties, the committee shall investigate the issues raised by the contest, hearing all legal evidence presented by the parties, except as provided by Subsection (c).

(c) The committee may refuse to hear testimony or other evidence presented in person by the parties if the master determines under Section 241.0091 that the contestant's petition is frivolous or otherwise groundless.
Tex. Government Code § 2303.501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.501
§ 2303.501. EXEMPTIONS FROM STATE REGULATION; SUSPENSION OF LOCAL REGULATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency may exempt from its regulation a qualified business, qualified employee, or qualified property in an enterprise zone if the exemption is consistent with:

(1) the purposes of this chapter; and

(2) the protection and promotion of the general health and welfare.

(b) A local government may suspend local regulation, including an ordinance, rule, or standard, relating to zoning, licensing, or building codes in an enterprise zone.

(c) An exemption from or suspension of regulation under this section must be adopted in the same manner that the regulation was adopted.

(d) The authorization provided by Subsection (a) or (b) does not apply to regulation:

(1) that relates to:

(A) civil rights;

(B) equal employment;

(C) equal opportunity;

(D) fair housing rights; or

(E) preservation of historical sites or historical artifacts;

(2) the relaxation of which is likely to harm the public safety or public health, including environmental health; or

(3) that is specifically imposed by law.

(e) For the purposes of this section, property is classified as qualified property if the property is:

(1) tangible personal property located in the enterprise zone that was:

(A) acquired by a taxpayer not earlier than the 90th day before the date on which the area was designated as an enterprise zone; and

(B) used predominantly by the taxpayer in the active conduct of a trade or business;

(2) real property located in the enterprise zone that was:

(A) acquired by a taxpayer not earlier than the 90th day before the date on which the area was designated as an enterprise zone and was used predominantly by the taxpayer in the active conduct of a trade or business; or

(B) the principal residence of the taxpayer on the date of the sale or exchange; or

(3) an interest in an entity that was certified as a qualified business under Section 2303.402 for the entity's most recent tax year ending before the date of the sale or exchange.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1807.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1807 / Section 1807.001
§ 1807.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Insurable property and interests" includes:

(A) goods, freights, and cargoes;

(B) merchandise;

(C) effects;

(D) disbursements;

(E) profits;

(F) money, bullion, and precious stones;

(G) securities;

(H) choses in action;

(I) evidences of debt;

(J) valuable papers; and

(K) bottomry and respondentia interests.

(2) "Marine insurance" means:

(A) insurance and reinsurance that covers:

(i) loss or damage to:

(a) a hull, vessel, or craft of any kind, an aid to navigation, a dry dock, or a marine railway, whether complete, under construction, or awaiting construction; or

(b) insurable property and interests in respect to, appertaining to, or in connection with a risk or peril of navigation, transit, or transportation:

(1) on or under a sea, lake, or river or other water, in the air, or on land in connection with or incident to export, import, or waterborne risks;

(2) while being assembled, packed, crated, baled, compressed, or similarly prepared for shipment;

(3) while awaiting shipment; or

(4) during any delay, storage, or transshipment or reshipment incident to the initial shipment;

(ii) a marine builder or repairer risk;

(iii) a marine protection or indemnity risk; or

(iv) a war risk regarding any insurable property or interest described by this section; and

(B) insurance defined as marine insurance by another statute, lawful custom, or rule adopted by the commissioner.
Tex. Finance Code § 156.502 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 156 / Section 156.502
§ 156.502. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) On an application for an original license issued under Chapter 157, the applicant, in addition to paying the original application fee, shall pay a fee in the amount of $20. The fee shall be deposited in the recovery fund.

(a-1) All or any portion of the amount of a penalty that is collected by the commissioner under Sections 156.302, 156.303, 157.023, 157.024, 157.031, 158.105, and 180.202, as determined by the commissioner, may be deposited to the credit of the recovery fund at the end of each fiscal year.

(b) If the balance remaining in the recovery fund at the end of a calendar year is more than $3.5 million, the amount of money in excess of that amount shall be remitted by the commissioner to the comptroller for deposit in the mortgage grant fund established under Subchapter G.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.056 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.056
§ 401.056. EMERGENCY ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department or commission finds an emergency exists as a result of a matter under its jurisdiction that requires immediate action to protect the public health and safety and the environment, the agency, without notice or hearing, may issue an order stating the existence of the emergency and requiring that action be taken at the agency's direction to meet the emergency.

(b) The emergency order is effective immediately.

(c) A person to whom an emergency order is directed shall comply immediately with that order.

(d) The agency shall provide a person to whom an emergency order is directed an opportunity for a hearing on written application to the agency not later than the 30th day following the date of the emergency order.

(e) The agency shall hold a requested hearing not earlier than the 11th day and not later than the 20th day following the date of receipt of the hearing application.

(f) The agency shall continue, modify, or revoke an emergency order based on the hearing.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.131 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.131
§ 60.131. REHEARING.
Status: in_force

On petition of a property owner contesting an assessment of the owner's real property or agricultural products received not later than the 30th day after the date the assessment order is issued, the board may hold an additional hearing to consider the assessment order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7923A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7923A / Section 7923A.0501
§ 7923A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.9806 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.9806
§ 23.9806. APPLICATION DENIAL BASED ON ZONE LOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a chief appraiser may deny an application under Section 23.9805 on the ground that the land is not located in an aesthetic management zone, critical wildlife habitat zone, or streamside management zone, the chief appraiser must first request a determination letter from the director of the Texas Forest Service as to the type, location, and size of the zone, if any, in which the land is located.

(b) The chief appraiser shall notify the landowner and each taxing unit in which the land is located that a determination letter has been requested.

(c) The director's letter is conclusive as to the type, size, and location of the zone for purposes of appraisal of the land under this subchapter.

(d) If the land is located in a zone described in the determination letter, the chief appraiser shall approve the application and allow appraisal under this subchapter if the applicant is otherwise entitled to have the applicant's land appraised under this subchapter.

(e) The director of the Texas Forest Service by rule shall adopt procedures under this section. The procedures must allow the chief appraiser, the landowner, and a representative of each taxing unit in which the land is located to present information to the director before the director issues the determination letter.

(f) Chapters 41 and 42 do not apply to a determination under this section by the director of the Texas Forest Service of the type, size, and location of a zone.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3941.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3941 / Section 3941.055
§ 3941.055. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.254
§ 3897.254. ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an assessment on property in the district to pay the cost or the cost of maintenance of any authorized district improvement in the manner provided for:

(1) a district under Subchapters A, E, and F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code; or

(2) a municipality or county under Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Local Government Code.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed; and

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes.

(c) The lien of an assessment against property runs with the land. The portion of an assessment payment obligation that has not yet come due is not eliminated by the foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien, and any purchaser of property in a foreclosure of an ad valorem tax lien takes the property subject to the assessment payment obligations that have not yet come due and to the lien and terms of the lien's payment under the applicable assessment ordinance or order.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8295.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8295 / Section 8295.051
§ 8295.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of directors is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 30.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 30 / Section 30.004
§ 30.004. NOTICE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CERTAIN SUITS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a civil case in which:

(1) the state is named as a party;

(2) an agency in the executive or legislative department is named as a party; or

(3) a party may be represented by the attorney general as authorized by Chapter 104.

(b) On the filing of any petition in a case subject to this section, a copy of the petition shall be mailed to the attorney general at the attorney general's office in Austin, Texas, by United States Postal Service certified mail, return receipt requested.

(c) Mailing notice as required by Subsection (b) does not satisfy any other jurisdictional requirement relating to service of process on a state officer, board, commission, agency, or institution that is a named party in a court proceeding.

(d) Failure to give notice in a case in which notice is required by Subsection (b) results in any default judgment in the case being set aside without costs.
Tex. Labor Code § 410.308 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 410 / Section 410.308
§ 410.308. CERTIFIED COPY OF NOTICE SECURING COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall furnish any interested party in the claim with a certified copy of the notice of the employer securing compensation with the insurance carrier, filed with the division.

(b) The certified copy of the notice is admissible in evidence on trial of the claim pending and is prima facie proof of the facts stated in the notice unless the facts are denied under oath by the opposing party.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3921.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3921 / Section 3921.203
§ 3921.203. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.