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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3964.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3964 / Section 3964.0105
§ 3964.0105. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to contract;

(3) authority to borrow money or issue bonds or other obligations or to pay the principal and interest of the bonds or other obligations;

(4) right to impose or collect an assessment, or collect other revenue; or

(5) legality or operation.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.208 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.208
§ 200.208. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS FOR SHARE DIVIDENDS.
Status: in_force

(a) When a share dividend payable in authorized but unissued shares with par value is made by a real estate investment trust, an amount of surplus designated by the trust managers that is not less than the aggregate par value of the shares issued as a share dividend shall be transferred to stated capital.

(b) When a share dividend payable in authorized but unissued shares without par value is made by a real estate investment trust, an amount of surplus equal to the aggregate value set by the trust managers with respect to the shares under Section 200.207(b) shall be transferred to stated capital.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.105
§ 204.105. RULES ON CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION.
Status: in_force

The physician assistant board shall adopt rules and guidelines as necessary to comply with Chapter 53, except to the extent the requirements of this chapter are stricter than the requirements of Chapter 53.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8278.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8278 / Section 8278.101
§ 8278.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred and imposed by the general law of this state relating to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including those conferred by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.

(b) The district may exercise inside or outside the district's boundaries any of the rights or powers granted by this chapter or under the general law relating to municipal utility districts, including the provision of water or sewerage service.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4202.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4202 / Section 4202.008
§ 4202.008. PROHIBITED OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

An independent review organization may not be a subsidiary of, or in any way owned or controlled by, a payor or a trade or professional association of payors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8288.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8288 / Section 8288.054
§ 8288.054. OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.

(b) The board shall elect the president and vice president from among the directors.

(c) The president serves for a one-year term.

(d) The offices of secretary and treasurer:

(1) may be held by one person; and

(2) are not required to be held by a director.

(e) The board may appoint one or more assistant officers who are not required to be directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.058
§ 1024.058. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:

(1) reported in the district's records; and

(2) approved by the board.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140B.058 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140B / Section 140B.058
§ 140B.058. INTERROGATORIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each interrogatory in any civil investigative demand duly served must be answered separately and fully in writing, unless it is objected to, in which case the basis for the objection shall be set forth in lieu of an answer. The person shall indicate in writing which, if any, of the answers contain trade secrets or confidential information.

(b) Answers to interrogatories must be submitted under a sworn certificate in the form the related demand designates by a natural person having knowledge of the facts and circumstances relating to the preparation of the answers to the effect that all of the requested information in the possession, custody, control, or knowledge of the person to whom the demand is directed has been set forth fully and accurately.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.160 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.160
§ 801.160. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall file annually with the governor and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a complete and detailed written report accounting for all funds received and disbursed by the board during the preceding fiscal year.

(b) The report must be in the form and reported in the time provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8179.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8179 / Section 8179.002
§ 8179.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district and a conservation and reclamation district in Harris County, created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 66.303 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 66 / Section 66.303
§ 66.303. ANNUAL BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prepare and approve an annual budget.

(b) The budget shall contain a complete financial statement, including a statement of:

(1) the outstanding obligations of the district;

(2) the amount of cash on hand to the credit of each fund of the district;

(3) the amount of money received by the district from all sources during the previous year;

(4) the amount of money available to the district from all sources during the ensuing year;

(5) the amount of the balances expected at the end of the year in which the budget is being prepared;

(6) the estimated amount of revenues and balances available to cover the proposed budget; and

(7) the estimated tax rate that will be required.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2207.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2207 / Section 2207.002
§ 2207.002. POOL NOT ENGAGED IN BUSINESS OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a pool is not engaged in the business of insurance under this code or other laws of this state, and the department does not have jurisdiction over a pool.

(b) A pool is subject to Chapter 541 and Section 543.001.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.353 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.353
§ 457.353. PETITION FOR WITHDRAWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of a qualified voter of a unit of election in an authority, the municipal secretary or other clerk or administrator of the unit of election shall deliver to the voter, in the number requested, petition signature sheets for a petition to withdraw from the authority prepared, numbered, and authenticated by the municipal secretary or other official. During the period when signatures on the petition may be obtained, the official shall authenticate and deliver additional petition signature sheets as requested by the voter. Only one petition for withdrawal may be in circulation at a time.

(b) Each sheet of a petition must have a heading in capital letters as follows:

(c) In addition to the requirements of Section 277.002, Election Code, to be valid a petition must:

(1) be signed on authenticated petition sheets by not less than 10 percent of the number of registered voters of the unit of election as shown on the voter registration list of the county;

(2) be filed with the secretary, clerk, or administrator of the unit of election not later than the 60th day after the date the first sheet of the petition was received under Subsection (a);

(3) contain signatures that are signed in ink or indelible pencil by the voter; and

(4) have affixed or printed on each sheet an affidavit that is executed before a notary public by the person who circulated the sheet and that is in the following form and substance:

"I, ____________________, affirm that I personally witnessed each signer affix his or her signature to this page of this petition for the dissolution of (name of authority) in (name of unit of election). I affirm to the best of my knowledge and belief that each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name is signed and that the date entered next to each signature is the date the signature was affixed to this page.

"Sworn to and subscribed before me this the ____ day of ___, ____.

(SEAL)

(d) Each sheet of the petition must be filed under Subsection (c)(2) at the same time as a single filing.

(e) The secretary, clerk, or administrator of a unit of election in which a petition for withdrawal from an authority is filed shall examine the petition and file with the governing body of the unit a report stating whether the petition, in the opinion of the secretary, clerk, or administrator, is valid.

(f) On receipt of a petition and a report under Subsection (e), the governing body shall examine the petition to determine whether the petition is valid. The governing body may hold public hearings and conduct or order investigations as appropriate to make the determination. The governing body's determination is conclusive of the issues.

(g) The governing body of a unit of election that receives an invalid petition shall reject the petition.

(h) A petition that is rejected is void, and the petition and each sheet of the rejected petition may not be used in connection with a subsequent petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8477.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8477 / Section 8477.051
§ 8477.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district is governed by a board of elected directors qualified to serve under Section 54.102, Water Code.

(b) If required under the terms of the agreement, ordinance, or resolution by which a municipality consents to the creation of the district, the board consists of:

(1) four elected directors qualified to serve under Section 54.102, Water Code; and

(2) one director appointed by the governing body of the municipality who:

(A) may be a member or other officer of the governing body or an employee of the municipality; and

(B) is not required to be a qualified voter of the district or own land subject to taxation in the district.

(c) The common law doctrine of incompatibility does not disqualify a member or other officer of the governing body or employee of the municipality from being appointed a director by the governing body of a municipality under Subsection (b)(2), and a director appointed to the board may continue to serve in a public office of or be employed by the municipality.

(d) Except as provided by Section 8477.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms. A permanent director may not serve more than two four-year terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.102
§ 574.102. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to the application of medication to a patient subject to a court order for mental health services under this chapter or other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.065 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.065
§ 1001.065. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The board may use a seal engraved with the district's name to authenticate the acts of the board. The secretary of the board shall keep the seal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7958A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7958A / Section 7958A.0503
§ 7958A.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. Health and Safety Code § 361.960 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.960
§ 361.960. FINANCIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

Financial or proprietary information submitted to the commission under this subchapter is exempt from public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.0055 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0055
§ 152.0055. EFFECT ON CERTAIN JUVENILE BOARDS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not affect the composition or organization of a juvenile board existing on September 1, 1977.
Tex. Transportation Code § 453.057 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 453 / Section 453.057
§ 453.057. INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A board may invest transit department funds in any obligation, security, or evidence of indebtedness in which the municipality for which the transit department was created may invest municipal funds.

(b) In making an investment of transit department funds, a board shall exercise the judgment and care, under the circumstances prevailing at the time of making the investment, that persons of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs in making a permanent and nonspeculative disposition of their funds, considering the probable income from the disposition and the probable safety of their capital.
Tex. Government Code § 571.134 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.134
§ 571.134. DELAY OF REFERRAL.
Status: in_force

If an alleged violation involves an election in which the alleged violator is a candidate, a candidate's campaign treasurer, or the campaign treasurer of a political committee supporting or opposing a candidate and the complaint is filed within 60 days before the date of the election, the commission shall delay referral until:

(1) the day after election day;

(2) the day after runoff election day if an ensuing runoff involving the alleged violator is held; or

(3) the day after general election day if the election involved in the violation is a primary election and the alleged violator is involved in the succeeding general election.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.108 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.108
§ 351.108. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality shall maintain a record that accurately identifies the receipt and expenditure of all revenue derived from the tax imposed under this chapter.

(b) A municipality or entity that spends revenue derived from the tax imposed under this chapter shall, before making an expenditure, specify in a list each scheduled activity, program, or event that:

(1) is directly funded by the tax or has its administrative costs funded in whole or in part by the tax; and

(2) is directly enhancing and promoting tourism and the convention and hotel industry.

(c) If a municipality delegates to another entity the management or supervision of an activity or event funded by the tax imposed under this chapter, each entity that is ultimately funded by the tax shall, before making an expenditure, specify in a list each scheduled activity, program, or event that:

(1) is directly funded by the tax or has its administrative costs funded in whole or in part by the tax; and

(2) is directly enhancing and promoting tourism and the convention and hotel industry.

(d) The list required in Subsections (b) and (c) should be provided to the office of the city secretary or to the city secretary's designee.

(e) Subsections (b) and (c) do not prevent a municipality or funded entity from subsequently adding an activity, program, or event to the list required by those subsections if the activity, program, or event is directly enhancing and promoting tourism and the convention and hotel industry.

(f) This section does not prevent a municipality or entity receiving revenue from the tax imposed under this chapter from setting aside tax revenue in a designated reserve fund for use in supporting planned activities, future events, and facility improvements that are directly enhancing and promoting tourism and the convention and hotel industry.

(g) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply if the funded entity already provides written information to the municipality that indicates which scheduled activities, programs, or events offered by the entity are directly enhancing and promoting tourism and the convention and hotel industry.

(h) Subsections (b) and (c) do not affect the level of local hotel occupancy tax funding that was approved at an election held pursuant to the initiative and referendum provisions of a city charter, and do not prohibit the use of local hotel occupancy tax for the encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the arts or for historical restoration and preservation as otherwise provided by this chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 39.0238 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.0238
§ 39.0238. CONSIDERATION OF RELIGIOUS HOLY DAYS IN SCHEDULING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "religious holy day or period of observance" means a holy day or a period of holy days observed by a religion whose places of worship would be exempt from property taxation under Section 11.20, Tax Code.

(b) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may consider the dates of religious holy days or periods of observance likely to be observed by the students enrolled in the district or school during the assessment administration schedule window under Section 39.02301(i) in establishing:

(1) the district's or school's calendar for that school year; and

(2) the instructional days within that period on which district or school students are administered the required assessment instruments, provided that the board of trustees or governing body may not exclude more than two instructional days from that period based solely on the occurrence of a single religious holy day or period of observance.

(c) In establishing a school calendar as described in Subsection (b), the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall provide for alternative dates for the administration of assessment instruments required under Section 39.023 to a student who is absent from school to observe a religious holy day or period of observance on the date an assessment instrument is administered.

(d) The agency may adopt rules as necessary to ensure a student may be administered an assessment instrument on an alternative date as necessary to comply with this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3913.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3913 / Section 3913.201
§ 3913.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 3913.203.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Education Code § 21.503 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.503
§ 21.503. ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

A person is eligible for the program if the person:

(1) has served in the armed forces of the United States;

(2) is honorably discharged, retired, or released from active duty on or after October 1, 1990, after at least six years of continuous active duty service immediately before the discharge, retirement, or release;

(3) has received a baccalaureate or advanced degree from a public or private institution of higher education accredited by a regional accrediting agency or group that is recognized by a nationally recognized accreditation board; and

(4) satisfies any other criteria for selection jointly prescribed by the agency and the State Board for Educator Certification.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8016.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8016 / Section 8016.0103
§ 8016.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.102
§ 1372.102. RULES AND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the board may adopt rules and procedures the board considers necessary to effectively administer programs established by the applicable official for allocation of a miscellaneous bond ceiling or for designating bonds as entitled to the federal subsidy limited by the miscellaneous bond ceiling.

(b) The board may adopt emergency rules in connection with the programs described in Subsection (a) when the board determines that the emergency rules are necessary for the state to obtain the full benefits of the federal subsidy that is limited by the miscellaneous bond ceiling.

(c) The board may prescribe forms and applications as needed to effectively implement and administer programs described in Subsection (a).

(d) This section does not prevent an applicable official from adopting rules and procedures in connection with the allocations and designations when required by federal or state law or from administering a program independently of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8364.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8364 / Section 8364.002
§ 8364.002. NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The authority is a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Election Code § 84.0111 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 84 / Section 84.0111
§ 84.0111. DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATION FORM.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or as otherwise authorized by this code, an officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision of this state may not distribute an application form for an early voting ballot to a person who did not request an application under Section 84.001.

(b) An officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision of this state may not use public funds to facilitate the distribution by another person of an application form for an early voting ballot to a person who did not request an application under Section 84.001.

(c) A political party or a candidate for office may distribute an application form for an early voting ballot to a person who did not request an application under Section 84.001.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 23.005 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.005
§ 23.005. CONTENTS OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

A petition under this chapter must state that license suspension is authorized under Section 23.003 and allege:

(1) the name and, if known, social security number of the person;

(2) the type of license the person is believed to hold and the name of the licensing authority; and

(3) the amount owed to the commission.