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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7211.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7211 / Section 7211.102
§ 7211.102. WATER SERVICE IMPACT FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may charge a water service impact fee that is equal to the tap fee charged by the San Jacinto Water Supply Corporation on December 31, 2006, under that corporation's tariff.

(b) Chapter 395, Local Government Code, does not apply to the initial water service impact fee set under this section.

(c) The district may increase the water service impact fee only as provided by Chapter 395, Local Government Code, or as approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Government Code § 30.007804 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.007804
§ 30.007804. COURT RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as modified by this subchapter, the Code of Criminal Procedure as applied to county courts at law governs the trial of cases before municipal courts of record.

(b) Bonds must be payable to the state for the use and benefit of the city. The court may not assess court costs other than warrant fees, capias fees, and other fees authorized for municipal courts of record.

(c) A peace officer may serve a process issued by a municipal court of record.

(d) A conviction, judgment, and sentence are in the name of the state, and the state recovers from the defendant the fine and fees for the use and benefit of the city.

(e) Fines, fees, costs, and bonds shall be paid to the clerk of the court, who shall deposit them in the city general fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3855.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3855 / Section 3855.106
§ 3855.106. 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. Local Government Code § 179.056 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 179 / Section 179.056
§ 179.056. LIMITED LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality or county that employs or supervises first responders is not liable in a civil action arising from the discharge of a handgun by a first responder who is licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.

(b) The discharge of a handgun by a first responder who is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is outside the course and scope of the first responder's duties.
Tex. Government Code § 2254.032 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2254 / Section 2254.032
§ 2254.032. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer or employee of a state agency shall report to the chief executive of the agency, not later than the 10th day after the date on which a private consultant submits an offer to provide consulting services to the agency, any financial interest that:

(1) the officer or employee has in the private consultant who submitted the offer; or

(2) an individual who is related to the officer or employee within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, has in the private consultant who submitted the offer.

(b) This section applies to all consulting services contracts and renewals, amendments, and extensions of consulting services contracts.
Tex. Family Code § 301.107 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 301 / Section 301.107
§ 301.107. COST OF EXPERT WITNESSES.
Status: in_force

When a party takes the oral deposition of an expert witness retained by an opposing party, the party retaining the expert shall pay all reasonable fees charged by the expert for time spent in preparing for, giving, reviewing, and correcting the deposition.
Tex. Education Code § 61.652 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.652
§ 61.652. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall establish and administer, using funds appropriated for that purpose and in accordance with this subchapter and board rules, a scholarship program for professional nursing students and vocational nursing students.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3956.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3956 / Section 3956.102
§ 3956.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using any money available to the district, or contract with a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.251
§ 1020.251. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating to:

(1) the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings or improvements; and

(2) equipping buildings or improvements for hospital, medical, or health care purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 751.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 751 / Section 751.003
§ 751.003. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

The Office of State-Federal Relations is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the office is abolished September 1, 2035.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 757.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 757 / Section 757.002
§ 757.002. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to:

(1) a pool owned, controlled, or maintained by the owner of a multiunit rental complex or by a property owners association; and

(2) doors and windows of rental dwellings opening into the pool yard of a multiunit rental complex or condominium, cooperative, or town home project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9063.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9063 / Section 9063.001
§ 9063.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the Upper Jasper County Water Authority.

(2) "Board" means the authority's board of directors.

(3) "Director" means a board member.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3936.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3936 / Section 3936.059
§ 3936.059. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

The district may obtain and pay for comprehensive general liability insurance coverage from a commercial insurance company or other source that protects and insures a director against personal liability and from all claims relating to:

(1) actions taken by the director in the director's capacity as a member of the board;

(2) actions and activities taken by the district; or

(3) the actions of others acting on behalf of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.054
§ 593.054. NOT A JUDGMENT OF INCOMPETENCE.
Status: in_force

An order for commitment is not an adjudication of mental incompetency.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.010 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.010
§ 151.010. TAXABLE ITEM.
Status: in_force

"Taxable item" means tangible personal property and taxable services. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the sale or use of a taxable item in electronic form instead of on physical media does not alter the item's tax status.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.075 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.075
§ 441.075. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive for the director's services:

(1) not more than $25 a day for each meeting of the board that the director attends; and

(2) reimbursement for expenses incurred while engaged in the director's duties for the district as approved by the board.
Tex. Water Code § 17.016 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.016
§ 17.016. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

The bonds of each issue shall mature, serially or otherwise, not more than 50 years from their date of issuance.
Tex. Government Code § 571.068 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.068
§ 571.068. ACCOUNT NUMBERS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall assign an account number to each person required to file a statement or report with the commission under a law administered and enforced by the commission.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 23.009 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.009
§ 23.009. DEFAULT ORDER.
Status: in_force

The commission shall consider the allegations of the petition for suspension to be admitted and shall render an order suspending a license if the person fails to:

(1) respond to a notice issued under Section 23.006;

(2) request a hearing; or

(3) appear at a hearing.
Tex. Family Code § 160.631 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.631
§ 160.631. RULES FOR ADJUDICATION OF PATERNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall apply the rules stated in this section to adjudicate the paternity of a child.

(b) The paternity of a child having a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father may be disproved only by admissible results of genetic testing excluding that man as the father of the child or identifying another man as the father of the child.

(c) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, the man identified as the father of a child under Section 160.505 shall be adjudicated as being the father of the child.

(d) Unless the results of genetic testing are admitted to rebut other results of genetic testing, a man excluded as the father of a child by genetic testing shall be adjudicated as not being the father of the child.

(e) If the court finds that genetic testing under Section 160.505 does not identify or exclude a man as the father of a child, the court may not dismiss the proceeding. In that event, the results of genetic testing and other evidence are admissible to adjudicate the issue of paternity.
Tex. Property Code § 24A.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 24A / Section 24A.003
§ 24A.003. AUTHORIZED ENTRY PROCEDURES; DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court grants an application under Section 24A.002 or Section 24A.0021, a peace officer shall accompany and assist the applicant in making the authorized entry and retrieving the items of personal property listed in the application.

(b) If the current occupant of the residence is present at the time of the entry, the peace officer shall provide the occupant with a copy of the writ authorizing the entry and property retrieval.

(c) Before removing the property listed in the application from the residence, the applicant must submit all property retrieved to the peace officer assisting the applicant under this section to be inventoried. The peace officer shall create an inventory listing the items taken from the residence, provide a copy of the inventory to the applicant, provide a copy of the inventory to the current occupant or, if the current occupant is not present, leave the copy in a conspicuous place in the residence, and return the property to be removed from the residence to the applicant. The officer shall file the original inventory with the court that issued the writ authorizing the entry and property retrieval.

(d) A peace officer may use reasonable force in providing assistance under this section.

(e) A peace officer who provides assistance under this section in good faith and with reasonable diligence is not:

(1) civilly liable for an act or omission of the officer that arises in connection with providing the assistance; or

(2) civilly or criminally liable for the wrongful appropriation of any personal property by the person the officer is assisting.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.206 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.206
§ 11.206. AUDIT OF OFFICIAL NONPROFIT PARTNER.
Status: in_force

(a) The official nonprofit partner shall be audited annually by an independent auditor. The partner shall file the audit with the commission.

(b) The official nonprofit partner's financial transactions involving and financial records relating to state money held by the nonprofit partner are subject to audit by the state auditor as provided in Section 321.013, Government Code.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 54.03 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 54 / Section 54.03
§ 54.03. QUALIFICATIONS FOR PERMIT.
Status: in_force

An out-of-state winery direct shipper's permit may only be issued to a person who:

(1) does not hold a winery permit in the State of Texas;

(2) operates a winery located in the United States and holds all state and federal permits necessary to operate the winery, including the federal winemaker's and blender's basic permit;

(3) holds a Texas sales tax permit;

(4) expressly submits to personal jurisdiction in Texas state and federal courts and expressly submits to venue in Travis County, Texas, as proper venue for any proceedings that may be initiated by or against the commission; and

(5) does not directly or indirectly have any financial interest in a Texas wholesaler or retailer as those terms are used in Section 102.01.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1456.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1456 / Section 1456.007
§ 1456.007. HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN ESTIMATE OF CHARGES.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan that must comply with this chapter under Section 1456.002 shall, on the request of an enrollee, provide an estimate of payments that will be made for any health care service or supply and shall also specify any deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, or other amounts for which the enrollee is responsible. The estimate must be provided not later than the 10th business day after the date on which the estimate was requested. A health benefit plan must advise the enrollee that:

(1) the actual payment and charges for the services or supplies will vary based upon the enrollee's actual medical condition and other factors associated with performance of medical services; and

(2) the enrollee may be personally liable for the payment of services or supplies based upon the enrollee's health benefit plan coverage.
Tex. Election Code § 254.042 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.042
§ 254.042. CIVIL PENALTY FOR LATE REPORT.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall determine from any available evidence whether a report required to be filed with the commission under this chapter is late. On making that determination, the commission shall immediately mail a notice of the determination to the person required to file the report.

(b) If a report other than a report under Section 254.064(c), 254.124(c), or 254.154(c) or the first report under Section 254.063 or 254.123 that is required to be filed following the primary or general election is determined to be late, the person required to file the report is liable to the state for a civil penalty of $500. If a report under Section 254.064(c), 254.124(c), or 254.154(c) or the first report under Section 254.063 or 254.153 that is required to be filed following the primary or general election is determined to be late, the person required to file the report is liable to the state for a civil penalty of $500 for the first day the report is late and $100 for each day thereafter that the report is late. If a report is more than 30 days late, the commission shall issue a warning of liability by registered mail to the person required to file the report. If the penalty is not paid before the 10th day after the date on which the warning is received, the person is liable for a civil penalty in an amount determined by commission rule, but not to exceed $10,000.

(c) A penalty paid voluntarily under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 5.20, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.115 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.115
§ 382.115. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

A local government may execute cooperative agreements with the commission or other local governments:

(1) to provide for the performance of air quality management, inspection, and enforcement functions and to provide technical aid and educational services to a party to the agreement; and

(2) for the transfer of money or property from a party to the agreement to another party to the agreement for the purpose of air quality management, inspection, enforcement, technical aid, and education.
Tex. Government Code § 3104.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3104 / Section 3104.001
§ 3104.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on the Arts.

(2) "Committee" means the Texas Poet Laureate, State Musician, and State Artist Committee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3950.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3950 / Section 3950.103
§ 3950.103. LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
Status: in_force

An improvement project described by Section 3950.102 may be located:

(1) in the district; or

(2) in an area outside but adjacent to the district if the project is for the purpose of extending a public infrastructure improvement beyond the district's boundaries to a logical terminus.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 108.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 108 / Section 108.01
§ 108.01. DECEPTIVE, DISPARAGING, OR OTHERWISE UNLAWFUL ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

(a) A brewer or distributor directly or indirectly, or through a subsidiary, affiliate, agent, employee, officer, director, or firm member, may not publish, disseminate, or cause to be published or disseminated by any medium enumerated in Subsection (b) an advertisement of a brewery product that:

(1) causes or is reasonably calculated to cause deception of the consumer with respect to the product advertised;

(2) directly or by ambiguity, omission, or inference tends to create a misleading impression;

(3) is untrue in any particular;

(4) disparages a competitor's product; or

(5) is obscene or indecent.

(b) The media covered by this section include:

(1) radio broadcasting;

(2) newspapers, periodicals, and other publications;

(3) signs and outdoor advertising; and

(4) any printed or graphic matter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1080.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1080 / Section 1080.252
§ 1080.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.030 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.030
§ 433.030. DETENTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may detain a carcass, part of a carcass, meat, a meat food product of livestock, a product exempted from the definition of meat food product, or a dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock animal if the department finds the article on premises where it is held for purposes of intrastate commerce, or during or after distribution in intrastate commerce, and there is reason to believe that the article:

(1) is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food; or

(2) has not been inspected as required by, or has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of:

(A) this subchapter;

(B) the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.);

(C) the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 451 et seq.); or

(D) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq.).

(b) An article may be detained for not more than 20 days and only pending action under Section 433.031 or notification of a federal authority having jurisdiction over the article.

(c) A person may not move a detained article from the place where it is detained until the article is released by the department.

(d) The department may require that each official mark be removed from the article before it is released, unless the department determines that the article is eligible to bear the official mark.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 102.0061 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 102 / Section 102.0061
§ 102.0061. FEES IN EXPUNCTION PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other fees required by other law and except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), a petitioner seeking expunction of a criminal record in a district court shall pay the fee charged for filing an ex parte petition in a civil action in district court.

(b) In addition to any other fees required by other law and except as provided by Subsection (c), a petitioner seeking expunction of a criminal record in a justice court or a municipal court of record under Chapter 55A shall pay a fee of $100 for filing an ex parte petition for expunction to defray the cost of notifying state agencies of orders of expunction under that chapter.

(c) The fee under Subsection (a) or the fee under Subsection (b), as applicable, shall be waived if:

(1) the petitioner seeks expunction of a criminal record that relates to an arrest for an offense of which the person was acquitted, other than an acquittal for an offense described by Article 55A.151; and

(2) the petition for expunction is filed not later than the 30th day after the date of the acquittal.

(d) The fee under Subsection (a) shall be waived if the petitioner is entitled to expunction:

(1) under Article 55A.053(a)(2)(A) after successful completion of a veterans treatment court program created under Chapter 124, Government Code, or former law; or

(2) under Article 55A.053(a)(2)(B) after successful completion of a mental health court program created under Chapter 125, Government Code, or former law.

(e) A court that grants a petition for expunction of a criminal record may order the fee, or portion of the fee, required to be paid under Subsection (a) to be returned to the petitioner.
Tex. Property Code § 68.053 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 68 / Section 68.053
§ 68.053. FORMAT OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A RICO lien notice must be signed by the attorney general or the attorney general's designee or by a local prosecutor or the local prosecutor's designee.

(b) A RICO lien notice must be in the form prescribed by the attorney general and must include:

(1) the name of the person against whom a civil action has been brought under Chapter 140B, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and at the discretion of the investigative agency may also include any other aliases, names, or fictitious names under which the person may be known and any corporation, partnership, or other entity that is either controlled or entirely owned by the person;

(2) if known to the investigative agency, the current residence and business addresses of the person named in the notice and of the other names included in the notice;

(3) a reference to an applicable civil action, stating:

(A) that an action under Chapter 140B, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, has been brought against the person named in the notice;

(B) the name of each county in which the action has been brought; and

(C) if known to the investigative agency at the time of filing the notice, the cause number of the action;

(4) a statement that the notice is being filed under this chapter; and

(5) the name and address of the investigative agency filing the notice and the name of the individual signing the notice.

(c) A RICO lien notice must apply only to one person and, to the extent applicable, any other aliases, names, or fictitious names of that person, including the names of corporations, partnerships, or other entities, to the extent permitted by Subsection (b)(1). A separate notice must be filed for each person against whom the investigative agency desires to file a RICO lien notice under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8453.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8453 / Section 8453.153
§ 8453.153. 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.