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Tex. Transportation Code § 370.187 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.187
§ 370.187. PROJECT APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may not begin construction of a transportation project that will connect to the state highway system or to a department rail facility without the approval of the commission.

(b) The commission by rule shall establish procedures and criteria for an approval under this section. The rules must require the commission to consider a request for project approval not later than the 60th day after the date the department receives all information reasonably necessary to review the request.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1471 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1471
§ 152.1471. LAMPASAS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Lampasas County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Lampasas County.

(b) The juvenile court judge is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative officer.

(c) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members an annual salary of not more than $600 for the added duties imposed on the members. The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(d) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Lampasas County.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.103 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.103
§ 351.103.
Status: repealed

Sec. 351.103. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: GENERAL RULE.

(a) A municipality with a population of less than 200,000 shall allocate for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(3) an amount of hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by the municipality that is not less than the amount of revenue received by the municipality from the tax at a rate of one percent of the cost of a room.

(b) A municipality with a population of more than 1.6 million shall allocate at least 23 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by the municipality for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(3), except that the allocation is subject to and may not impair the authority of the municipality to:

(1) pledge all or any portion of that tax revenue to the payment of bonds as provided by Section 351.102(a) or bonds issued to refund bonds secured by that pledge; or

(2) spend all or any portion of that tax revenue for the payment of operation and maintenance expenses of convention center facilities.

(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), at least 30 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by a municipality described by Section 351.101(a)(6)(C) must be allocated for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(3).

(c) Not more than 15 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by a municipality, other than a municipality having a population of more than 1.6 million, or the amount of tax received by the municipality at the rate of one percent of the cost of a room, whichever is greater, may be used for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(4). Not more than 19.30 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by a municipality having a population of more than 1.6 million, or the amount of tax received by the municipality at the rate of one percent of the cost of a room, whichever is greater, may be used for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(4). Not more than 15 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by a municipality may be used for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(5). A municipality that before January 1, 2023, adopted in accordance with state law an ordinance providing for the allocation of an amount in excess of 15 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by the municipality for one or more of the specific purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(5) may allocate tax revenue as provided by that ordinance until the ordinance is repealed or expires or until the revenue is no longer used for those specific purposes.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 357 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 9(1), eff. June 2, 2023, and Ch. 643 (H.B. 3727), Sec. 10(1), eff. June 12, 2023.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 357 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 9(1), eff. June 2, 2023, and Ch. 643 (H.B. 3727), Sec. 10(1), eff. June 12, 2023.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 35.011 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 35 / Section 35.011
§ 35.011. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Status: in_force

The department shall require each client to notify the department of a change in circumstances that were considered in determining eligibility or the amount of the required copayment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3872.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3872 / Section 3872.110
§ 3872.110. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 14.035 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 14 / Section 14.035
§ 14.035. AUTHORITY TO RELEASE IN LIEU OF ARREST CERTAIN PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This article applies only to a person with an intellectual or developmental disability who resides at one of the following types of facilities operated under the home and community-based services waiver program in accordance with Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n):

(1) a group home; or

(2) an intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual or developmental disability (ICF/IID) as defined by 40 T.A.C. Section 9.153.

(b) In lieu of arresting a person described by Subsection (a), a peace officer may release the person at the person's residence if the officer:

(1) believes confinement of the person in a correctional facility as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, is unnecessary to protect the person and the other persons who reside at the residence; and

(2) made reasonable efforts to consult with the staff at the person's residence and with the person regarding that decision.

(c) A peace officer and the agency or political subdivision that employs the peace officer may not be held liable for damage to persons or property that results from the actions of a person released under Subsection (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3816.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3816 / Section 3816.054
§ 3816.054. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 3816.053 or this section:

(1) a director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and

(2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest of board members.

(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file an affidavit with the board secretary declaring the interest. Another affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes.

(c) After the affidavit is filed, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:

(1) a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same entity;

(2) all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit; or

(3) the director is a property owner in the district.

(d) A director who is also an officer or employee of a public entity may not participate in a discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that same public entity.

(e) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have a substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 1434.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1434 / Section 1434.001
§ 1434.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to:

(1) a home-rule municipality with a population of 25,000 or more that has an institution of higher education located within its boundaries or has entered into an agreement with an institution of higher education relating to the provision of services in furtherance of the completion of certificate programs, degree programs, or other higher education programs within the municipality by the institution of higher education; or

(2) a county within which a municipality described by Subdivision (1) is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3793.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3793 / Section 3793.0203
§ 3793.0203. APPOINTMENT BY COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the term of a director other than a director appointed under Section 3793.0202 expires, the board shall recommend to the commission the appropriate number of persons to serve as successor directors. The commission shall appoint as directors the persons recommended by the board.

(b) A person recommended by the board under Subsection (a) must be:

(1) at least 18 years of age;

(2) an owner of property in the district;

(3) an owner of stock, whether beneficial or otherwise, of a corporate owner of property in the district;

(4) an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust that owns property in the district; or

(5) an agent, employee, or tenant of a person described by Subdivision (2), (3), or (4).
Tex. Government Code § 406.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 406 / Section 406.053
§ 406.053. OATH.
Status: in_force

Before performing the duties of office, a commissioner of deeds shall take and subscribe an oath to well and faithfully perform the duties of office under the laws of this state. The oath shall be:

(1) taken before the clerk of a court of record in the city, county, or country in which the commissioner resides;

(2) certified to by the clerk under the clerk's hand and seal of office; and

(3) filed in the office of the secretary of state of this state.
Tex. Government Code § 34.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 34 / Section 34.001
§ 34.001. CANDIDATE SUBJECT TO CODE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who has filed an application for a place on the ballot as provided by the Election Code for a judicial office listed in Subsection (b) is subject to Canon 7, Code of Judicial Conduct, and is subject to sanctions as provided by this chapter.

(b) This chapter applies to candidates for the following offices:

(1) chief justice or justice of the supreme court;

(2) presiding judge or judge of the court of criminal appeals;

(3) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals;

(4) district judge, including a criminal district judge;

(5) judge of a statutory county court;

(6) county judge who performs judicial functions;

(7) justice of the peace; and

(8) municipal court judge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3501.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3501 / Section 3501.106
§ 3501.106. BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may issue bonds if authorized by board resolution.

(b) A bond issued under this chapter must:

(1) be payable solely from authority revenue;

(2) mature not later than 40 years after its date of issuance; and

(3) state on its face that it is not an obligation of this state or a municipality.

(c) The authority may exercise the powers granted to the governing body of an issuer with regard to the issuance of obligations and the execution of credit agreements under Chapter 1371, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 444.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 444 / Section 444.002
§ 444.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET, OPEN MEETINGS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Commission on the Arts is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2029.

(b) The commission is subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, and the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 112.0162 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.0162
§ 112.0162. REMOVAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the council that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by applicable federal developmental disability laws;

(2) is ineligible for membership under Section 112.0161;

(3) fails to discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(4) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled council meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the council.

(b) The validity of an action of the council is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a council member exists.

(c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the council of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the council, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Family Code § 108.005 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 108 / Section 108.005
§ 108.005. ADOPTION RECORDS RECEIVED BY VITAL STATISTICS UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) When the vital statistics unit receives a record from the district clerk showing that continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a child has been lost due to the adoption of the child, the unit shall close the records concerning that child.

(b) An inquiry concerning a child who has been adopted shall be handled as though the child had not previously been the subject of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Tex. Education Code § 54.512 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.512
§ 54.512. SHUTTLE BUS FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a shuttle bus fee not to exceed $10 per student for each regular semester and not to exceed $5 per student for each term of the summer session, for the sole purpose of financing shuttle bus service for students attending The University of Texas at Arlington. The fees herein authorized to be levied are in addition to any use fee or service fee now or hereafter authorized to be levied. However, no fee may be levied unless the fee is approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general election called for that purpose.

(b) Such fees shall be deposited to an account known as "The University of Texas at Arlington Shuttle Bus Fee Account" and shall be expended in accordance with a budget submitted to and approved by the board of regents. The board of regents shall make such changes in the budget as it deems necessary before approving the budget, and shall then levy the fees, within the limits herein fixed, in such amounts as will be sufficient to meet the budget as approved.
Tex. Occupations Code § 156.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 156 / Section 156.005
§ 156.005. RENEWAL OF CERTAIN REGISTRATION PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person's registration permit has been expired for 90 days or less, the person may renew the permit by submitting to the board the required registration renewal application, the registration renewal fee, and a $75 penalty fee.

(b) If the person's registration permit has been expired for longer than 90 days but less than one year, the person may renew the permit by submitting to the board the required registration renewal application, the registration renewal fee, and a $150 penalty fee.

(c) If the person's registration permit has been expired for one year or longer, the person's license is automatically canceled, unless an investigation is pending, and the person may not renew the registration permit.

(d) A physician whose license is automatically canceled may obtain a new license by complying with the requirements, fees, and procedures for obtaining a new license. The board may issue a new license without examination to a person whose license is automatically canceled for less than two years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8863.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8863 / Section 8863.105
§ 8863.105. LIMIT ON PURCHASE OF GROUNDWATER RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not purchase groundwater rights unless the purchased rights are acquired for conservation purposes and are permanently held in trust not to be produced.
Tex. Government Code § 442.307 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.307
§ 442.307. APPLICATION FORM; FEE; MEDALLION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop an application form and procedure for applying for a designation under the program. The commission shall post the application on the commission's Internet website.

(b) The commission may charge an application fee not to exceed $25 for each application submitted under this subchapter.

(c) The commission shall design a medallion that may be used to identify cemeteries that receive a designation under the program.
Tex. Property Code § 24.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.002
§ 24.002. FORCIBLE DETAINER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who refuses to surrender possession of real property on demand commits a forcible detainer if the person:

(1) is a tenant or a subtenant wilfully and without force holding over after the termination of the tenant's right of possession;

(2) is a tenant at will or by sufferance, including an occupant at the time of foreclosure of a lien superior to the tenant's lease; or

(3) is a tenant of a person who acquired possession by forcible entry.

(b) The demand for possession must be made in writing by a person entitled to possession of the property and must comply with the requirements for notice to vacate under Section 24.005.
Tex. Labor Code § 406.052 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 406 / Section 406.052
§ 406.052. EFFECT OF OTHER INSURANCE COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract entered into to indemnify an employer from loss or damage resulting from an injury sustained by an employee that is compensable under this subtitle is void unless the contract also covers liability for payment of compensation under this subtitle.

(b) This section does not prohibit an employer who is not required to have workers' compensation insurance coverage and who has elected not to obtain workers' compensation insurance coverage from obtaining insurance coverage on the employer's employees if the insurance is not represented to any person as providing workers' compensation insurance coverage authorized under this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935 / Section 7935.153
§ 7935.153. 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.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.702 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.702
§ 504.702.
Status: repealed

Sec. 504.702. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES AUTHORIZED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1999. (a) This section applies only to specialty license plates that are authorized to be issued by a law that takes effect on or after January 1, 1999.

(b) The department may manufacture the specialty license plates only if a request for manufacture of the license plates is filed with the department. The request must be:

(1) made in a manner prescribed by the department;

(2) filed before the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the law that authorizes the issuance of the specialty license plates; and

(3) accompanied by a deposit of $8,000.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296, Sec. 247(21), eff. January 1, 2012.

(d) If a request is not filed with the department before the date specified by Subsection (b)(2), the law that authorizes the issuance of the specialty license plates expires on that date.

(e) The department may issue license plates under:

(1) Section 504.614 for a particular professional sports team only if $8,000 has been deposited with the department for that sports team; or

(2) Section 504.615 for a particular institution of higher education or private college or university only if $8,000 has been deposited with the department for that institution, college, or university.

(f) Money deposited with the department under Subsection (b)(3) or (e) shall be returned by the department to the person who made the deposit after 800 sets of plates have been issued.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 34.01 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 34 / Section 34.01
§ 34.01. SPECIAL VENIRE.
Status: in_force

A "special venire" is a writ issued in a capital case by order of the district court, commanding the sheriff to summon either verbally or by mail such a number of persons, not less than 50, as the court may order, to appear before the court on a day named in the writ from whom the jury for the trial of such case is to be selected. Where as many as one hundred jurors have been summoned in such county for regular service for the week in which such capital case is set for trial, the judge of the court having jurisdiction of a capital case in which a motion for a special venire has been made, shall grant or refuse such motion for a special venire, and upon such refusal require the case to be tried by regular jurors summoned for service in such county for the week in which such capital case is set for trial and such additional talesmen as may be summoned by the sheriff upon order of the court as provided in Article 34.02 of this Code, but the clerk of such court shall furnish the defendant or his counsel a list of the persons summoned as provided in Article 34.04.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.110 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.110
§ 460.110. INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may insure, through purchased insurance policies, self-insurance programs, or both, the legal liability of the authority and of its contractors and subcontractors arising from the acquisition, construction, or operation of the programs and facilities of the authority for:

(1) personal or property damage; and

(2) officers' and employees' liability.

(b) An authority may use contracts, rating plans, and risk management programs designed to encourage collision prevention.

(c) In developing an insurance or self-insurance program, an authority may consider the peculiar hazards, indemnity standards, and past and prospective loss and expense experience of the authority and similar authorities and of its contractors and subcontractors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7971.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7971 / Section 7971.005
§ 7971.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Education Code § 101.11 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 101 / Section 101.11
§ 101.11. BOARD OF REGENTS.
Status: in_force

The control and management of the university is vested in a board of nine regents appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.