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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8142.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8142 / Section 8142.201
§ 8142.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation, or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.

(c) The district may not issue bonds to finance projects authorized by Section 8142.103 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.

(d) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8142.103 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Election Code § 171.029 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 171 / Section 171.029
§ 171.029. REMOVAL OF PRECINCT CHAIR OR COUNTY CHAIR FOR ABANDONMENT OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A precinct or county chair who has failed to perform statutory duties provided by this code or failed to attend four or more consecutive meetings of the county executive committee may be removed for abandonment of office as provided by this section.

(b) If authorized by a resolution passed by the county executive committee, a county chair may send a notice to a precinct chair that states that the precinct chair is considered to have abandoned the office of precinct chair and the duties of the office. The notice must:

(1) state the reasons the county executive committee believes the precinct chair has abandoned the office;

(2) be sent by certified mail; and

(3) request a response from the precinct chair not later than the seventh day after the date the precinct chair receives the notice.

(c) If authorized by a resolution passed by the state executive committee, a state chair may send a notice to a county chair that states that the county chair is considered to have abandoned the office of county chair and the duties of the office. The notice must:

(1) state the reasons the state executive committee believes the county chair has abandoned the office;

(2) be sent by certified mail; and

(3) request a response from the county chair not later than the seventh day after the date the county chair receives the notice.

(d) A precinct or county chair must respond to a notice under Subsection (b) or (c) on or before the seventh day after the date the chair receives the notice and state whether the chair wishes to continue in office. A chair's failure to respond and affirmatively state that the chair wishes to remain in office results in a vacancy in the office of precinct or county chair, as applicable. The vacancy shall be filled as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.206 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.206
§ 131.206. INCREASE OR DECREASE OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of the bond or deposit required and the terms of acceptance of the applicant's bond or substitute collateral may be increased or decreased from time to time to reflect changes in the cost of future reclamation of land mined or to be mined.

(b) The amount of the bond or substitute collateral may be reduced only in accordance with the provisions of Sections 131.208 through 131.213 of this code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.360 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.360
§ 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that has a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less and uses electricity as its only source of motor power. The term does not include:

(1) an autocycle, as defined by Section 501.008;

(2) a moped, as defined by Section 541.201;

(3) a motorcycle, as defined by Sections 521.001 and 541.201; or

(4) a neighborhood electric vehicle, as defined by Section 551.301.

(b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, at the time of application for registration or renewal of registration of an electric vehicle, the applicant shall pay an additional fee of:

(1) $400, for the registration of a new vehicle to which Section 548.102 applies; or

(2) $200, for the registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle to which Section 548.101 applies.

(c) Fees collected under this section must be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.

(d) The department may adopt rules to administer this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 221.041 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 221 / Section 221.041
§ 221.041. APPLICATION TO FEDERAL AGENCY.
Status: in_force

On behalf of an eligible political subdivision that proposes to administer its own individual or general wetland regulation program, the governor may apply to the appropriate federal agency for program approval.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 164.003 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 164 / Section 164.003
§ 164.003. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The board may establish one or more programs for providing financial assistance to veterans under this chapter. A program may be limited to the purpose of purchasing land, selling land to veterans, making home mortgage loans to veterans, or providing one or more veterans homes or veterans cemeteries. To the extent a financial assistance program is for the purpose of purchasing land or selling land to veterans, the program shall be administered, to the extent consistent with this chapter and otherwise deemed practicable and desirable by the board, in accordance with the board's Veterans' Land Program. To the extent a financial assistance program is for the purpose of making home mortgage loans to veterans, the program shall be administered, to the extent consistent with this chapter and otherwise deemed practicable and desirable by the board, in accordance with the board's Veterans' Housing Assistance Program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8000A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8000A / Section 8000A.0306
§ 8000A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(b) An order dividing a district may create one or more new districts and may provide for the continuation of the district.

(c) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name any new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each of the districts;

(3) appoint temporary directors for any new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the districts.

(d) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election to confirm the district's creation.

(e) The district may be divided only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(f) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(i) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election.

(j) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(k) A new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(l) The district may continue to rely on confirmation, directors', bond, or tax elections held prior to the division.

(m) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Estates Code § 1160.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1160 / Section 1160.052
§ 1160.052. LEASE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The guardian of the estate shall file with the court a written application for authority to lease estate property for mineral exploration and development, with or without a pooling provision or unitization clause.

(b) The lease application must:

(1) describe the property fully enough by reference to the amount of acreage, the survey name or number, or the abstract number, or by another method that adequately identifies the property and the property's location in the county in which the property is located;

(2) specify the interest thought to be owned by the estate, if less than the whole, but request authority to include all of the interest owned by the estate if that is the intention; and

(3) set out the reasons the estate property described in the application should be leased.

(c) The lease application is not required to set out or suggest:

(1) the name of any proposed lessee; or

(2) the terms, provisions, or form of any desired lease.
Tex. Government Code § 411.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.207
§ 411.207. AUTHORITY OF PEACE OFFICER TO DISARM.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties may disarm a license holder at any time the officer reasonably believes it is necessary for the protection of the license holder, officer, or another individual. The peace officer shall return the handgun to the license holder before discharging the license holder from the scene if the officer determines that the license holder is not a threat to the officer, license holder, or another individual and if the license holder has not violated any provision of this subchapter or committed any other violation that results in the arrest of the license holder.

(b) A peace officer who is acting in the lawful discharge of the officer's official duties may temporarily disarm a license holder when a license holder enters a nonpublic, secure portion of a law enforcement facility, if the law enforcement agency provides a gun locker where the peace officer can secure the license holder's handgun. The peace officer shall secure the handgun in the locker and shall return the handgun to the license holder immediately after the license holder leaves the nonpublic, secure portion of the law enforcement facility.

(c) A law enforcement facility shall prominently display at each entrance to a nonpublic, secure portion of the facility a sign that gives notice in both English and Spanish that, under this section, a peace officer may temporarily disarm a license holder when the license holder enters the nonpublic, secure portion of the facility. The sign must appear in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height. The sign shall be displayed in a clearly visible and conspicuous manner.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Law enforcement facility" means a building or a portion of a building used exclusively by a law enforcement agency that employs peace officers as described by Articles 2.12(1) and (3), Code of Criminal Procedure, and support personnel to conduct the official business of the agency. The term does not include:

(A) any portion of a building not actively used exclusively to conduct the official business of the agency; or

(B) any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk, walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area.

(2) "Nonpublic, secure portion of a law enforcement facility" means that portion of a law enforcement facility to which the general public is denied access without express permission and to which access is granted solely to conduct the official business of the law enforcement agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7922A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7922A / Section 7922A.0106
§ 7922A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made 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 issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Election Code § 13.033 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 13 / Section 13.033
§ 13.033. CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person desiring to serve as a volunteer deputy registrar must request appointment by the registrar in person or by mail.

(b) If a person is to be appointed, the registrar shall prepare a certificate of appointment in duplicate containing:

(1) the date of appointment;

(2) the statement: "I, ____________, Voter Registrar for ____________ County, do hereby appoint ____________ as a volunteer deputy registrar for ____________ County.";

(3) the person's residence address;

(4) the person's voter registration number, if any;

(5) a statement that the term of the appointment expires December 31 of an even-numbered year; and

(6) a statement that the appointment terminates on the person's final conviction for an offense for failure to deliver a registration application and may terminate on the registrar's determination that the person failed to adequately review a registration application, intentionally destroyed or physically altered a registration application, or engaged in any other activity that conflicts with the responsibilities of a volunteer deputy registrar under this chapter.

(c) The registrar shall sign the certificate and issue the original to the appointee, who shall sign it on receipt.

(d) A volunteer deputy shall present the certificate as identification to an applicant for registration, on request, when receiving the application for delivery to the registrar.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 299.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 299 / Section 299.052
§ 299.052. RULES AND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules relating to the administration of the program, including collection of the mandatory payments, expenditures, audits, and any other administrative aspects of the program.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 82.009 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 82 / Section 82.009
§ 82.009. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO RETROFIT CERTAIN RENTED OR LEASED VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "retrofit" means to install new equipment or component parts that were not included in a motor vehicle when the vehicle was manufactured or sold. The term does not include:

(1) routine maintenance; or

(2) repairs to the vehicle:

(A) as a result of wear and tear; or

(B) required by damage resulting from a collision or other cause.

(b) This section applies only to a motor vehicle:

(1) that has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 6,000 pounds;

(2) that is governed by 49 U.S.C. Section 30106; and

(3) that is not a motor vehicle that was manufactured primarily for use in the transportation of not more than 10 individuals.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), in any civil action, including a products liability action, alleging negligence, gross negligence, or strict liability, a seller who rents or leases a motor vehicle to which this section applies to another person is not liable for failing to retrofit the vehicle with component parts or equipment, or for failing to select component parts or equipment included in the vehicle, that were not required by applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards under 49 C.F.R. Section 571.1 et seq. in effect at the time the vehicle was manufactured or sold.

(d) Subsection (c) does not apply if the seller fails to comply with a law or regulation, issued after the seller's motor vehicle was manufactured or sold, requiring a mandatory recall or retrofit of the vehicle.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0563 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0563
§ 42.0563. PRE-EMPLOYMENT AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a position with a child-care facility must submit, using a form adopted by the department, a pre-employment affidavit disclosing whether the applicant has ever been charged with, adjudicated for, or convicted of having an inappropriate relationship with a minor.

(b) An applicant who answers affirmatively concerning an inappropriate relationship with a minor must disclose in the affidavit all relevant facts pertaining to the charge, adjudication, or conviction, including, for a charge, whether the charge was determined to be true or false.

(c) An applicant is not precluded from being employed based on a disclosed charge if the employing entity determines based on the information disclosed in the affidavit that the charge was false.

(d) A determination that an employee failed to disclose information required to be disclosed by an applicant under this section is grounds for termination of employment.
Tex. Government Code § 1505.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.102
§ 1505.102. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Bridge or tunnel" means a bridge over, or a tube, underpass, or tunnel under, any stream, inlet, or arm of the Gulf of Mexico or entrance channel to the deepwater port of a municipality that connects any public streets or thoroughfares of, in, or to the municipality.

(2) "Obligation" means a bond, note, or warrant.

(3) "Project" means:

(A) a facility constructed, maintained, operated, extended, improved, or replaced by a municipality as described by Section 1505.103; and

(B) land acquired or improved by a municipality as described by Section 1505.103.
Tex. Finance Code § 66.306 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 66 / Section 66.306
§ 66.306. PRIORITY OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

On liquidation of an association, claims for payment have the following priority:

(1) obligations incurred by the commissioner or the liquidating agent, fees and assessments due the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, and expenses of liquidation, all of which may be covered by the proper reserve of money;

(2) approved claims of creditors, to the extent that the claims are secured by, or constitute a lien on, the assets or property of the association;

(3) approved claims of depositors against the general liquidating account of the association;

(4) approved claims of general creditors and the unsecured portion of a creditor obligation described by Subdivision (2);

(5) otherwise approved claims that were not filed within the time prescribed by Section 66.305;

(6) approved claims of subordinated creditors; and

(7) claims of shareholders of the association.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9643 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9643
§ 61.9643. CLINICAL SITE INNOVATION AND COORDINATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The board shall establish and administer a program to award grants to eligible clinical sites that create and operate innovative pilot programs that will support nursing performed at clinical sites in this state by increasing the number of nurses, improving the working environment for nurses, improving the retention of nurses, addressing workplace safety, and coordinating with other clinical sites any solutions found to address common nursing concerns.
Tex. Family Code § 154.063 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.063
§ 154.063. PARTY TO FURNISH INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The court shall require a party to:

(1) furnish information sufficient to accurately identify that party's net resources and ability to pay child support; and

(2) produce copies of income tax returns for the past two years, a financial statement, and current pay stubs.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.004
§ 547.004. GENERAL OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense that is a misdemeanor if the person operates or moves or, as an owner, knowingly permits another to operate or move, a vehicle that:

(1) is unsafe so as to endanger a person;

(2) is not equipped in a manner that complies with the vehicle equipment standards and requirements established by this chapter; or

(3) is equipped in a manner prohibited by this chapter.

(b) A person commits an offense that is a misdemeanor if the person operates a vehicle equipped with an item of vehicle equipment that the person knows has been determined in a compliance proceeding under Section 547.206 to not comply with a department standard.

(c) A court may dismiss a charge brought under this section if the defendant:

(1) remedies the defect before the defendant's first court appearance; and

(2) pays a reimbursement fee not to exceed $10.

(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to an offense involving a commercial motor vehicle.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.021 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.021
§ 41.021. CERTIFIED ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT REFERENDUM AND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

In accordance with this subchapter and the rules of the commissioner, a certified organization may conduct a referendum of the producers of an agricultural commodity on the proposition of whether or not the producers shall levy an assessment on themselves to finance programs of research, disease and insect control, predator control, education, and promotion designed to encourage the production, marketing, and use of the commodity. At the same time, the certified organization may conduct an election of members to a commodity producers board for the commodity.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.1015 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.1015
§ 204.1015. GUIDELINES FOR EARLY INVOLVEMENT IN RULEMAKING PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The physician assistant board shall adopt guidelines to establish procedures for receiving input during the rulemaking process from individuals and groups that have an interest in matters under the board's jurisdiction. The guidelines must provide an opportunity for those individuals and groups to provide input before the physician assistant board submits the rule to the medical board for approval.

(b) A rule adopted by the medical board may not be challenged on the grounds that the physician assistant board did not comply with this section. If the physician assistant board was unable to solicit a significant amount of input from the public or affected persons early in the rulemaking process, the physician assistant board shall state in writing the reasons why the physician assistant board was unable to do so.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.0165 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.0165
§ 437.0165.
Status: in_force

Sec. 437.0165. CRIMINAL PENALTY: VIOLATION OF DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIREMENT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates a food service establishment, retail food store, mobile food unit, or temporary food service establishment without a permit that is required by the department under Section 437.0055.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) Each day on which a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense.