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Tex. Utilities Code § 163.014 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 163 / Section 163.014
§ 163.014. USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) A participating entity has the power of eminent domain to be exercised as provided by this section.

(b) The use of eminent domain authority by a participating entity is governed by the law relating to an eminent domain proceeding involving a municipality in this state.

(c) A participating entity may acquire a fee title to the condemned real property.

(d) A participating entity may not use eminent domain authority to acquire:

(1) an interest in an electric facility that belongs to another entity; or

(2) an interest in real property to drill, mine, or produce from that property oil, gas, geothermal resources, geothermal/geopressured resources, or lignite, coal, sulphur, uranium, plutonium, or other minerals that belong to another person regardless of whether the material is in place or is in the process of being drilled, mined, or produced.

(e) Subsection (d) does not affect the authority of a participating entity to acquire full title to real property for a plant site and any related surface installation or equipment, including a cooling reservoir.
Tex. Government Code § 554.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 554 / Section 554.001
§ 554.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Law" means:

(A) a state or federal statute;

(B) an ordinance of a local governmental entity; or

(C) a rule adopted under a statute or ordinance.

(2) "Local governmental entity" means a political subdivision of the state, including a:

(A) county;

(B) municipality;

(C) public school district; or

(D) special-purpose district or authority.

(3) "Personnel action" means an action that affects a public employee's compensation, promotion, demotion, transfer, work assignment, or performance evaluation.

(4) "Public employee" means an employee or appointed officer other than an independent contractor who is paid to perform services for a state or local governmental entity.

(5) "State governmental entity" means:

(A) a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government, created under the constitution or a statute of the state, including an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;

(B) the legislature or a legislative agency; or

(C) the Texas Supreme Court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, a court of appeals, a state judicial agency, or the State Bar of Texas.
Tex. Labor Code § 402.0215 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 402 / Section 402.0215
§ 402.0215. REFERENCE TO COMMISSION DIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

A reference in this title or any other law to the division of workers' health and safety, the division of medical review, the division of compliance and practices, the division of hearings, and the division of self-insurance regulation of the former Texas Workers' Compensation Commission means the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.202
§ 1477.202. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE AND PLEDGE AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall impose and pledge annual county ad valorem taxes under Section 9, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on certificates of indebtedness as they become due.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8252.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8252 / Section 8252.102
§ 8252.102. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements in aid of those roads, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet or exceed all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances or orders of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located.

(c) If the district is located outside the territorial jurisdiction of a municipality, a road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of each county in which the district is located.

(d) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.103
§ 3889.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3980.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3980 / Section 3980.0403
§ 3980.0403. IMPACT FEES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The district may not adopt or impose an impact fee.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9839 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9839
§ 61.9839. REPAYMENT BASED ON CONTINUING EMPLOYMENT.
Status: repealed

(a) Subject to Sections 61.9833(b) and 61.9838(c), an eligible person may continue to receive the same amount of loan repayment assistance received during the first four consecutive years of teaching service required under Section 61.9832(c)(2) if the person continues to teach in a public school in accordance with board rules for the prescribed number of consecutive school years occurring immediately after those first four years.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1069 (S.B. 532), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.

(c) A person who does not satisfy the applicable conditions of this subchapter after establishing eligibility for an award of loan repayment assistance under this subchapter is no longer eligible to apply for such assistance.
Tex. Occupations Code § 802.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 802 / Section 802.058
§ 802.058. CONSUMER INTEREST INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prepare information of consumer interest describing:

(1) the functions performed by the department under this chapter; and

(2) the rights of a consumer affected by this chapter.

(b) The information must describe the procedure by which a consumer complaint is filed with and resolved by the department.

(c) The department shall make the information available to the public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7907A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7907A / Section 7907A.0306
§ 7907A.0306. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 242.055 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 242 / Section 242.055
§ 242.055. CRISIS INTERVENTION AND ASSESSMENT CENTERS.
Status: in_force

The department may establish a children's crisis intervention and assessment center at a facility owned or operated by the department. The department may contract with another entity for the provision or use of services at the center.
Tex. Government Code § 43.1812 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.1812
§ 43.1812.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.1812. 365TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of Dimmit and Zavala Counties elect a district attorney for the 365th Judicial District who represents the state in all civil and criminal matters in the district courts having jurisdiction in those counties.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.052
§ 1305.052. TERMS; VACANCIES.
Status: repealed

(a) Advisory board members serve staggered terms of six years.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (S.B. 2075), Sec. 62(3), eff. September 1, 2025.

(c) If a vacancy occurs during a term, the presiding officer of the commission shall appoint a replacement who meets the qualifications of the vacated position to serve for the remainder of the term.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 67.304 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.304
§ 67.304. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The task force shall focus its efforts on:

(1) developing, through regional task force meetings, a statewide networking system that will provide timely access to gang information;

(2) establishing communication between different criminal justice, juvenile justice, and correctional agencies, combining independent agency resources, and joining agencies together in a cooperative effort to focus on gang membership, gang activity, and gang migration trends; and

(3) forming a working group of criminal justice, juvenile justice, and correctional representatives from throughout this state to discuss specific cases and investigations involving gangs and other related gang activities.

(b) The task force may take any other actions necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) If practicable, the task force shall consult with representatives from one or more United States attorneys' offices in this state and with representatives from the following federal agencies who are available and assigned to a duty station in this state:

(1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

(2) the Federal Bureau of Prisons;

(3) the United States Drug Enforcement Administration;

(4) United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement;

(5) United States Customs and Border Protection;

(6) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;

(7) the United States Marshals Service; and

(8) the United States Probation and Pretrial Services System.
Tex. Government Code § 1473.135 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.135
§ 1473.135. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court by order may issue bonds to provide money to construct, enlarge, furnish, or equip a parking facility authorized by this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 365.044 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 365 / Section 365.044
§ 365.044. COSTS OF CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS AND ALTERATIONS.
Status: in_force

A transportation corporation, state agency, political subdivision, or road district that acquires, inside or outside the right-of-way of a project, an interest in real property required for or beneficial to a project or to adjust utilities for a project or design, construct, improve, or beautify a project, or that in exercising the power of eminent domain requires the relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing of grade, or altering of construction of a railroad, highway, pipeline, or electric transmission or distribution, telegraph, or telephone line, conduit, pole, or facility shall pay the cost of that action so as to provide comparable replacement, less the salvage value, of any replaced facility.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.102 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.102
§ 154.102. COMBINATION PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may issue a combination permit for cigarettes and tobacco products to a person who is a distributor, wholesaler, bonded agent, interstate warehouse, manufacturer, importer, or retailer as defined by this chapter and Chapter 155 for both cigarettes and tobacco products. An interstate warehouse may not hold a combination permit as a retailer of cigarettes or tobacco products.

(b) A person who receives a combination permit pays only the higher of the two permit fees.
Tex. Education Code § 26.007 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 26 / Section 26.007
§ 26.007. ACCESS TO BOARD MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A parent is entitled to complete access to any meeting of the board of trustees of the school district, other than a closed meeting held in compliance with Subchapters D and E, Chapter 551, Government Code.

(b) A board of trustees of a school district must hold each public meeting of the board within the boundaries of the district except as required by law or except to hold a joint meeting with another district or with another governmental entity, as defined by Section 2051.041, Government Code, if the boundaries of the governmental entity are in whole or in part within the boundaries of the district. All public meetings must comply with Chapter 551, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.101
§ 1004.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for operating hospital facilities and providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy residents.
Tex. Transportation Code § 371.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 371 / Section 371.003
§ 371.003. VALUATION DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

Any determination of value, including best value, under applicable federal or state law for a comprehensive development agreement or other public-private partnership arrangement involving a toll project must take into consideration any factors the toll project entity determines appropriate, including factors related to:

(1) oversight of the toll project;

(2) maintenance and operations costs of the toll project;

(3) the structure and rates of tolls;

(4) economic development impacts of the toll project; and

(5) social and environmental benefits and impacts of the toll project.
Tex. Insurance Code § 601.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 601 / Section 601.051
§ 601.051. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt:

(1) rules to implement this chapter; and

(2) any other rules necessary to carry out Subtitle A, Title V, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. Section 6801 et seq.), as amended, to make this state eligible to override federal regulations as described by 15 U.S.C. Section 6805(c), as amended.

(b) In adopting rules under this chapter, the commissioner shall attempt to keep state privacy requirements consistent with federal regulations adopted under Subtitle A, Title V, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. Section 6801 et seq.), as amended.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.006
§ 1005.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Property Code § 91.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.001
§ 91.001. NOTICE FOR TERMINATING CERTAIN TENANCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A monthly tenancy or a tenancy from month to month may be terminated by the tenant or the landlord giving notice of termination to the other.

(b) If a notice of termination is given under Subsection (a) and if the rent-paying period is at least one month, the tenancy terminates on whichever of the following days is the later:

(1) the day given in the notice for termination; or

(2) one month after the day on which the notice is given.

(c) If a notice of termination is given under Subsection (a) and if the rent-paying period is less than a month, the tenancy terminates on whichever of the following days is the later:

(1) the day given in the notice for termination; or

(2) the day following the expiration of the period beginning on the day on which notice is given and extending for a number of days equal to the number of days in the rent-paying period.

(d) If a tenancy terminates on a day that does not correspond to the beginning or end of a rent-paying period, the tenant is liable for rent only up to the date of termination.

(e) Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) do not apply if:

(1) a landlord and a tenant have agreed in an instrument signed by both parties on a different period of notice to terminate the tenancy or that no notice is required; or

(2) there is a breach of contract recognized by law.
Tex. Local Government Code § 284.106 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 284 / Section 284.106
§ 284.106. EQUIPMENT CABINETS.
Status: in_force

A network provider shall ensure that the vertical height of an equipment cabinet installed as part of a network node does not exceed the height limitation prescribed by Section 284.003, subject to approval of the pole's owner if applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8048.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8048 / Section 8048.0106
§ 8048.0106. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8160.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8160 / Section 8160.101
§ 8160.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has:

(1) the powers and duties provided to a municipal utility district by general law, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and Chapters 42 and 43, Local Government Code; and

(2) all the powers and duties necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8239.133 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8239 / Section 8239.133
§ 8239.133. LIMITATION ON AREA OF NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

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, Chapter 1138, Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
Tex. Family Code § 262.417 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.417
§ 262.417. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the first anniversary of the date the department commences a pilot program under this subchapter and every two years after that date, the department shall contract with an entity based in this state that is independent of the department and has demonstrated expertise in statistical, financial, logistical, and operational analysis to evaluate the implementation of the pilot program under this subchapter, assess its progress, and report its findings to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over child protective services and foster care matters. The report must include:

(1) a detailed description of the actions taken by the department to ensure the successful implementation of the pilot program;

(2) a detailed analysis of the role each of the following entities has in the pilot program:

(A) the courts;

(B) legal representatives;

(C) the investigations division of the department; and

(D) the department or other entity implementing the pilot program;

(3) an analysis of any barrier to the successful implementation of the pilot program and recommendations for overcoming those barriers;

(4) data on the performance-based outcomes described by Subsection (b) and achieved in the child protective services region in which the pilot program is implemented;

(5) a detailed comparison of outcomes achieved in the child protective services region in which the pilot program is implemented with outcomes achieved in other child protective services regions;

(6) a detailed description of the costs of the pilot program and services provided; and

(7) recommendations on whether to expand services described in this subchapter to other child protective services regions in this state based on the outcomes and performance of the pilot program.

(b) Performance-based outcomes for evaluating the pilot program must include:

(1) the number of children served;

(2) the number of families served;

(3) the percentage of children who do not have a reported finding of abuse, neglect, or exploitation;

(4) the percentage of children served who did not enter foster care at case closure;

(5) the percentage of children served who did not enter foster care within six months and one year of the date the case was closed;

(6) the number of families who received family preservation services under the pilot program for whom the department opens an investigation of abuse or neglect involving the family before the second anniversary of the date the case was closed; and

(7) the average length of time services are provided from the entry of an order for family preservation services to case dismissal.
Tex. Local Government Code § 335.102 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 335 / Section 335.102
§ 335.102. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a district located in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more.
Tex. Government Code § 571.095 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.095
§ 571.095. MAINTENANCE OF OPINIONS; SUMMARY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall number and categorize each advisory opinion issued and annually shall compile a summary of its opinions in a single reference document.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8018A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8018A / Section 8018A.0303
§ 8018A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3994.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3994 / Section 3994.0401
§ 3994.0401. 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. Occupations Code § 1603.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.052
§ 1603.052. DUTIES OF ADVISORY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board shall advise the commission and the department on:

(1) education and curricula for applicants;

(2) the content of examinations;

(3) proposed rules and standards on technical issues related to barbering and cosmetology; and

(4) other issues affecting barbering and cosmetology.

(b) The advisory board shall respond to questions from the commission and the department regarding barbering and cosmetology.