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Tex. Labor Code § 203.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 203 / Section 203.002
§ 203.002. DUTIES OF COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller is treasurer and custodian of the compensation fund and the special administration fund and shall administer the funds in accordance with the directions of the commission.

(b) The comptroller shall issue warrants on the compensation fund in accordance with rules adopted by the commission.

(c) The comptroller shall issue warrants on the special administration fund in accordance with the directions of the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.001
§ 3919.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "City" means the City of Celina, Texas.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(4) "County" means Collin County, Texas.

(5) "Director" means a board member.

(6) "District" means the Old Celina Municipal Management District No. 1.
Tex. Property Code § 301.066 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.066
§ 301.066. COOPERATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall cooperate with and may provide technical and other assistance to federal, state, local, and other public or private entities that are designing or operating programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8274.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8274 / Section 8274.053
§ 8274.053. ABSENCE OR INACTION OF BOARD PRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) When the board president is absent or fails or declines to act, the board vice president shall perform all duties and exercise all power this chapter or general law gives the president.

(b) If the board president is absent from a board meeting:

(1) the board vice president may sign an order or other action adopted at the meeting; or

(2) the board may authorize the president to sign the order or other action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3868.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3868 / Section 3868.006
§ 3868.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

(a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code;

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.

(b) If the town creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the town and the board of directors of the zone, by contract with the district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the district to be used by the district for:

(1) the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code; and

(2) any other district purpose, including the right to pledge the money as security for any bonds issued by the district under Section 3868.201.

(c) A tax increment reinvestment zone created by the town in the district is not subject to the limitations provided by Section 311.006, Tax Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 520.023 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 520 / Section 520.023
§ 520.023. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall implement a training program providing information on the:

(1) department's automated registration and titling system; and

(2) identification of fraudulent activity related to vehicle registration and titling.

(b) The department shall require a person performing registration or titling services to complete the training under Subsection (a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 463.312 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.312
§ 463.312. EFFECT OF CREATION ON COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

On the creation of an authority the boundaries of which overlap the territory of a commuter rail district described by Chapter 174, the commuter rail district is dissolved, and all assets, including property, and all liabilities, including debt and other obligations, of the commuter rail district transfer to and are assumed by the authority.
Tex. Government Code § 448.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 448 / Section 448.058
§ 448.058. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The commission shall:

(1) hire personnel as necessary to support the advisory commission in fulfilling its duties under this chapter, including establishing staffing levels, position titles, and salaries of the employees and managing and evaluating the employees; and

(2) provide other administrative support to the advisory commission as necessary.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.205 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.205
§ 32.205. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.253 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.253
§ 451.253.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.253. MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS PROGRAM: CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) An authority with a regional economic development facility approved under Subchapter E may establish a program reasonably designed to increase the participation of minority and women-owned businesses in public contracts awarded by the authority, and if the program is established, the board shall provide a plan to assist minority and women-owned businesses in the area served by the authority to achieve the purposes of the program. If the board establishes an overall minority and women-owned business contract percentage goal as a part of the program, the goal may not exceed the capability of the minority and women-owned businesses in the area served by the authority to perform the number and type of contracts awarded by the authority, as determined by a qualified, independent source.

(b) The board shall periodically review the effectiveness of the program and the reasonableness of the program goals.

(c) This section does not affect Sections 451.110 and 451.111, but prospective bidders may be required to meet uniform standards designed to assure a reasonable degree of participation by minority and women-owned businesses in the performance of any contract.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Minority" includes blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, American Indians, and Alaska natives.

(2) "Minority business" means a business concern more than 50 percent of which is owned and controlled in management and daily operations by members of one or more minorities.

(3) "Women-owned business" means a business concern more than 50 percent of which is owned and controlled in management and daily operations by one or more women.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.152 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.152
§ 154.152. INTERSTATE STOCK.
Status: in_force

(a) A distributor shall set aside unstamped cigarette packages for interstate sale and for which no tax is due under federal law in a separate part of the building from the stamped packages. If the unstamped packages for interstate sale or for which no tax is due under federal law are not stored separately, the cigarettes are subject to the same requirements as cigarettes possessed for the purpose of a first sale in this state.

(b) A distributor who possesses unstamped cigarette packages for interstate sale must possess a number of unused stamps from the appropriate state sufficient to stamp the distributor's inventory of unstamped interstate cigarettes, except for cigarette packages for which no tax is due under federal law. Any unstamped packages of cigarettes that exceed the number of out-of-state stamps on hand shall be presumed to be held for sale in this state, except for cigarette packages for which no tax is due under federal law.

(c) A person may not transport or cause to be transported from this state cigarettes for sale in another state without first affixing to the cigarettes the stamp required by the state in which the cigarettes are to be sold or paying any other excise tax on the cigarettes imposed by the state in which the cigarettes are to be sold. This subsection does not apply to the distribution, sale, or transportation of cigarettes sold by an interstate warehouse in an interstate warehouse transaction.

(d) A person may not affix to cigarettes the stamp required by another state or pay any other excise tax on the cigarettes imposed by another state if the other state prohibits stamps from being affixed to the cigarettes, prohibits the payment of any other excise tax on the cigarettes, or prohibits the sale of the cigarettes.

(e) Not later than the 15th day after the end of each calendar quarter, a person who transports or causes to be transported from this state cigarettes for sale in another state shall submit to the attorney general a report identifying:

(1) the quantity of cigarettes, by brand style, transported or caused to be transported in the preceding calendar quarter; and

(2) the name and address of each recipient of the cigarettes.
Tex. Government Code § 2156.062 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2156 / Section 2156.062
§ 2156.062. MINIMUM NUMBER AND EVALUATION OF BIDS.
Status: in_force

An open market purchase shall, to the extent possible, be:

(1) based on at least three competitive bids; and

(2) awarded to the bidder offering the best value for the state in accordance with standards set forth in Chapters 2155, 2156, 2157, and 2158.
Tex. Local Government Code § 254.059 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 254 / Section 254.059
§ 254.059. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS RELATING TO REVENUE OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If revenue obligations issued under this chapter state that they are secured by a pledge of the proceeds from a contract, a copy of the contract and of the proceedings authorizing the contract must be submitted to the attorney general for approval.

(b) The approval by the attorney general of the obligations is approval of the contract.

(c) After approval, the contract is incontestable except for forgery or fraud.
Tex. Government Code § 1205.065 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1205 / Section 1205.065
§ 1205.065. TRIAL OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall with the least possible delay:

(1) hear and determine each legal or factual question in the declaratory judgment action; and

(2) render a final judgment.

(b) Regardless of the pendency of an appeal from an order entered under Subchapter E, on motion of the issuer, the trial judge shall proceed under Subsection (a).
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.306 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.306
§ 101.306. REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF MANAGER ELECTED BY CLASS OR GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) If a class or group of the members of a limited liability company is entitled by the company agreement of the company to elect one or more managers of the company, a manager may be removed from office only by the class or group that elected the manager.

(b) A vacancy in the position of a manager elected as provided by Subsection (a) may be filled only by:

(1) a majority vote of the managers serving on the date the vacancy occurs who were elected by the class or group of members; or

(2) a majority vote of the members of the class or group.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 183.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 183 / Section 183.012
§ 183.012. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner, the Texas Medical Board, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Department of Insurance, and each regulatory agency subject to this chapter shall enter into a memorandum of understanding and, as necessary, adopt rules to implement this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 401.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 401 / Section 401.057
§ 401.057. HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prevent a person in an industrial setting from engaging in hearing testing as a part of a hearing conservation program in compliance with federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.255
§ 1099.255. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name and the board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2256.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2256 / Section 2256.013
§ 2256.013.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2256.013. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: COMMERCIAL PAPER. Commercial paper is an authorized investment under this subchapter if the commercial paper:

(1) has a stated maturity of 365 days or fewer from the date of its issuance; and

(2) is rated not less than A-1 or P-1 or an equivalent rating by at least:

(A) two nationally recognized credit rating agencies; or

(B) one nationally recognized credit rating agency and is fully secured by an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.252
§ 504.252. DISCIPLINARY POWERS OF DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) On a determination that grounds exist to deny a license, registration, or certification issued by the department or license, registration, or certification renewal issued by the department or to take disciplinary action against the holder of a license, registration, or certification issued by the department, the department may:

(1) refuse to issue or renew a license, registration, or certification;

(2) revoke or suspend a license, registration, or certification;

(3) place on probation a license, registration, or certification holder whose license, registration, or certification is suspended; or

(4) reprimand a license, registration, or certification holder.

(b) If the department places on probation a license, registration, or certification holder whose license, registration, or certification issued by the department is suspended, the department may require the license, registration, or certification holder to:

(1) report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department; or

(3) continue or review professional education until the license, registration, or certification holder attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in the areas that are the basis of the probation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1012.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1012 / Section 1012.004
§ 1012.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Childress County, Texas.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 221.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 221 / Section 221.002
§ 221.002. PURPOSE; CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to enable a municipality, county, or hospital district to create a corporation with the power to provide, expand, and improve health facilities that the corporation determines are needed to improve the adequacy, cost, and accessibility of health care, research, and education in the state.

(b) The legislature intends that a corporation created under this chapter be a public corporation, constituted authority, and instrumentality authorized to issue bonds on behalf of its sponsoring entity for the purposes of Section 103, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 103). This chapter and the rules and rulings issued under this chapter shall be construed according to this intent.

(c) This chapter shall be liberally construed to conform to the intent of the legislature expressed by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7996A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7996A / Section 7996A.0104
§ 7996A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7996A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by general law.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379A.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379A / Section 379A.051
§ 379A.051. PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may develop and implement programs for:

(1) job training, including long-term job training and in-training support service grants;

(2) early childhood development that prepare each child to enter school and make each child ready to learn after completing the program and that provide educational services that must include services designed to enable a child to:

(A) develop phonemic, print, and numeracy awareness, including the ability to:

(i) recognize that letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics that can be individually named;

(ii) recognize a word as a unit of print;

(iii) identify at least 10 letters of the alphabet; and

(iv) associate sounds with written words;

(B) understand and use language to communicate for various purposes;

(C) understand and use an increasingly complex and varied vocabulary;

(D) develop and demonstrate an appreciation of books; and

(E) progress toward mastery of the English language, if the child's primary language is a language other than English;

(3) after-school programs for primary and secondary schools;

(4) the provision of funding to accredited postsecondary educational institutions, including public and private junior colleges, public and private institutions of higher education, and public and private technical institutions, to be used to award scholarships;

(5) the promotion of literacy; and

(6) any other undertaking that the board determines will directly facilitate the development of a skilled workforce.

(b) A corporation may accept donated property, may develop or use land, buildings, equipment, facilities, and other improvements in connection with a program described by Subsection (a), or may dispose of property or an interest in property under terms determined by the corporation.

(c) A municipality may contract with a community nonprofit organization that sponsors long-term job training and related support services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8362.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8362 / Section 8362.051
§ 8362.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8362.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8851.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8851 / Section 8851.004
§ 8851.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Pecos County unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8879.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8879 / Section 8879.051
§ 8879.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with the terms of two or three directors expiring December 1 of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8479.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8479 / Section 8479.051
§ 8479.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8479.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8440.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8440 / Section 8440.004
§ 8440.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 3, Chapter 1212, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(3) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3942.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3942 / Section 3942.0401
§ 3942.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.137 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.137
§ 55.137. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may impose an administrative penalty against a person who owns or operates an automated dial announcing device in violation of this subchapter or a commission rule or order.

(b) The penalty for a violation may be in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each day or portion of a day during which the device operates in violation of this subchapter or a commission rule or order.

(c) The administrative penalty is civil in nature and is in addition to any other penalty provided by law.

(d) The commission by rule shall prescribe the procedures for assessing an administrative penalty under this section. The procedures must require proper notice and hearing in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(e) A person may appeal the final order of the commission under Chapter 2001, Government Code. The substantial evidence rule applies on appeal.

(f) The proceeds of administrative penalties collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the commission. The commission shall use the proceeds to enforce this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 35.004 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 35 / Section 35.004
§ 35.004. DESIGNATION OF GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Water Development Board, with assistance and cooperation from the commission, shall designate groundwater management areas covering all major and minor aquifers in the state. The initial designation of groundwater management areas shall be completed not later than September 1, 2003. Each groundwater management area shall be designated with the objective of providing the most suitable area for the management of the groundwater resources. To the extent feasible, the groundwater management area shall coincide with the boundaries of a groundwater reservoir or a subdivision of a groundwater reservoir. The Texas Water Development Board also may consider other factors, including the boundaries of political subdivisions.

(b) The commission may designate a groundwater management area after September 1, 2001, for a petition filed and accepted by the commission according to its rules in effect before September 1, 2001. The commission shall act on the designation in accordance with this section.

(c) The Texas Water Development Board may alter the boundaries of designated management areas as required by future conditions and as justified by factual data. An alteration of boundaries does not invalidate the previous creation of any district.

(d) The Texas Water Development Board shall designate groundwater management areas using the procedures applicable to rulemaking under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1217.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1217 / Section 1217.006
§ 1217.006. FAILURE TO PRESCRIBE STANDARD FORM.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter may be construed as authorizing the commissioner to decline to prescribe the form required by Section 1217.004.