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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6912.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6912 / Section 6912.054
§ 6912.054. SUPERVISORS' ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of a supervisors' election must be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in Harris County at least 30 days before the date of the election.

(b) The election order must state the time, place, and purpose of the election.
Tex. Election Code § 243.011 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 243 / Section 243.011
§ 243.011. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor has the same authority as a district court in an election contest to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence. The secretary of state shall issue in the name of the governor subpoenas or other process as directed by the governor.

(b) Any sheriff or constable of the state or a person appointed by the governor may serve the process issued by the secretary of state.

(c) Compliance with process issued under this chapter may be enforced in the manner provided for enforcement of process issued under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) The summoned witnesses and the officers serving the process are entitled to mileage and fees as prescribed by law in a civil suit in the district court.

(e) Each party is responsible for the initial payment of the costs for service of process and attendance of witnesses at the party's request, but the costs may be assessed as provided by Section 243.013.
Tex. Water Code § 6.246 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.246
§ 6.246. APPEAL BY EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR PRECLUDED.
Status: in_force

A ruling, order, decision, or other act of the board may not be appealed by the executive administrator.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.403 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.403
§ 18B.403. RELEASE OF COPY OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER DATA.
Status: in_force

The provider of an electronic communications service or the provider of a remote computing service shall release a copy created under this subchapter to the requesting authorized peace officer not earlier than the 14th day after the date of the peace officer's notice to the subscriber or customer if the service provider has not:

(1) initiated proceedings to challenge the request of the peace officer for the copy; or

(2) received notice from the subscriber or customer that the subscriber or customer has initiated proceedings to challenge the request.
Tex. Water Code § 36.0015 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.0015
§ 36.0015. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "best available science" means conclusions that are logically and reasonably derived using statistical or quantitative data, techniques, analyses, and studies that are publicly available to reviewing scientists and can be employed to address a specific scientific question.

(b) In order to provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, and to control subsidence caused by withdrawal of water from those groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, consistent with the objectives of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, groundwater conservation districts may be created as provided by this chapter. Groundwater conservation districts created as provided by this chapter are the state's preferred method of groundwater management in order to protect property rights, balance the conservation and development of groundwater to meet the needs of this state, and use the best available science in the conservation and development of groundwater through rules developed, adopted, and promulgated by a district in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8339.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8339 / Section 8339.052
§ 8339.052. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.408 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.408
§ 151.408. ACCOUNTING BASIS FOR REPORTS.
Status: in_force

A taxpayer whose regular books are kept on a cash basis, accrual basis, or some other generally recognized accounting basis that accurately reflects the operation of the business may file the tax reports required by this chapter on the same basis that is used for the taxpayer's regular books.
Tex. Election Code § 241.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 241 / Section 241.005
§ 241.005. METHOD OF DELIVERING CONTEST PAPERS TO PARTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The copies of the petition and answer must be delivered to the parties by:

(1) personal delivery; or

(2) registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.

(b) Any adult resident of the state may perform the personal delivery. If the party to whom delivery is intended cannot be found in the party's county of residence, the delivery may be completed by leaving the document at the party's usual place of abode or business with a person who is 16 years of age or older.

(c) Personal delivery of a copy of an answer is sufficient if it is delivered to the contestant's attorney of record or left at the attorney's regular office with a person who is 16 years of age or older.

(d) A copy of a petition delivered by mail must be marked for restricted delivery to the addressee only. The delivery is sufficient if the copy is mailed to the contestee's regular residence or business address.

(e) If the contestant's petition states an address to which the copy of the answer is to be delivered, a copy delivered by mail must be mailed to that address. Otherwise, delivery of a copy of an answer by mail is sufficient if the copy is mailed to the contestant at the contestant's regular residence or business address or to the contestant's attorney of record at the attorney's regular business address.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.106 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.106
§ 363.106. CONTRACT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a public agency or private vendor to assist in the administration or management of the district or to assist in the review of applications for funding available under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.230 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.230
§ 2306.230. AGREEMENTS REGARDING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON HOUSING SPONSORS.
Status: in_force

A mortgage loan is subject to an agreement between the department and the housing sponsor that subjects the sponsor and its principals or stockholders to limitations established by the department regarding:

(1) rentals and other charges;

(2) builders' and developers' profits and fees;

(3) the disposition of its property; and

(4) the real property that constitutes the site of or relates to the housing development.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 36.21 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.21
§ 36.21. TO PROVIDE JURY ROOM.
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall provide a suitable room for the deliberation of the jury and supply them with such necessary food and lodging as he can obtain. No intoxicating liquor shall be furnished them. In all cases wherein a jury consists partly of male jurors and partly of female jurors, the sheriff shall provide facilities for the female jurors separate and apart from the facilities provided for the male jurors.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1367 / Section 1367.051
§ 1367.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a health benefit plan that:

(1) provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage that is offered by:

(A) an insurance company;

(B) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(C) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(D) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;

(E) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843; or

(F) a multiple employer welfare arrangement subject to regulation under Chapter 846;

(2) is offered by an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or

(3) provides health and accident coverage through a risk pool created under Chapter 172, Local Government Code, notwithstanding Section 172.014, Local Government Code, or any other law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 156.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 156 / Section 156.051
§ 156.051. REPORTING PROGRAM; RULES; EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall adopt, monitor, and enforce a reporting program for the continuing medical education of license holders. The board shall adopt and administer rules that:

(1) establish the number of hours of continuing medical education the board determines appropriate as a prerequisite to the registration of a license under this subtitle;

(2) require at least one-half of the hours of continuing medical education established under Subdivision (1) to be board approved; and

(3) adopt a process to assess a license holder's participation in continuing medical education courses.

(b) In approving continuing medical education hours under Subsection (a)(2), the board shall consider the standards of:

(1) the American Medical Association adopted by that association for its Physician's Recognition Award; or

(2) the American Osteopathic Association.

(c) The board shall permit the hours that are not subject to board approval under Subsection (a)(2) to consist of self-study or equivalent self-directed continuing medical education according to guidelines determined by the board.

(d) This section does not apply to a license holder who is exempt by rule from paying the registration fee under Section 156.002(a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.006
§ 623.006. DISPOSITION AND USE OF PERMIT FEES DUE TO COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specified by this subtitle:

(1) at least once each fiscal year, the comptroller shall send from fees collected for a permit issued by the department under this chapter any amounts due to a county or municipality;

(2) amounts due to a county must be sent to the county treasurer or office performing the function of that office for deposit to the credit of the county road and bridge fund; and

(3) amounts due to a municipality must be sent to the office performing the function of treasurer for the municipality and may be used by the municipality only to fund commercial motor vehicle enforcement programs or road and bridge maintenance or infrastructure projects.
Tex. Government Code § 418.067 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.067
§ 418.067. RULES.
Status: in_force

The division shall adopt rules to implement and administer this subchapter. The rules adopted by the division to implement this subchapter must include the development of a form on which a political subdivision may electronically submit its budget to the division.
Tex. Government Code § 4007.059 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.059
§ 4007.059. ASSISTANCE TO SECURITIES REGULATORS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) On request from a securities regulator of another state or of a foreign jurisdiction, the commissioner may provide assistance to the regulator in conducting an investigation to determine whether a person has violated, is violating, or is about to violate a law or rule of the other state or foreign jurisdiction relating to a securities matter that the regulator is authorized to administer or enforce.

(b) The commissioner may provide assistance under this section through the use of the authority to investigate and any other power conferred by this section or Section 4007.054, 4007.055, 4007.056, or 4007.057, as the commissioner determines to be necessary and appropriate.

(c) In determining whether to provide assistance under this section, the commissioner may consider whether:

(1) the securities regulator is permitted and has agreed to provide assistance within the regulator's jurisdiction to the commissioner reciprocally and at the commissioner's request concerning securities matters;

(2) compliance with the request for assistance would violate or otherwise prejudice the public policy of this state;

(3) the conduct described in the request would also constitute a violation of this title or another law of this state had the conduct occurred in this state; and

(4) board employees and board or commissioner resources necessary to carry out the request for assistance are available.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.042
§ 2306.042. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(b) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:

(A) the nature, circumstance, extent, and gravity of any prohibited act; and

(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;

(2) the history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(4) efforts made to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.

(c) The board by rule or through procedures adopted by the board and published in the Texas Register shall develop a standardized penalty schedule based on the criteria listed in Subsection (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3834.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3834 / Section 3834.102
§ 3834.102. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered for purposes of this chapter to be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as, for the same term as, and on the same conditions as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.006
§ 1075.006. 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. Government Code § 2260.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2260 / Section 2260.001
§ 2260.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Contract" means a written contract between a unit of state government and a contractor for goods or services, or for a project as defined by Section 2166.001. The term does not include a contract subject to Section 201.112, Transportation Code.

(2) "Contractor" means an independent contractor who has entered into a contract directly with a unit of state government. The term does not include:

(A) a contractor's subcontractor, officer, employee, agent, or other person furnishing goods or services to a contractor;

(B) an employee of a unit of state government; or

(C) a student at an institution of higher education.

(3) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(4) "Unit of state government" means the state or an agency, department, commission, bureau, board, office, council, court, or other entity that is in any branch of state government and that is created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a university system or institution of higher education. The term does not include a county, municipality, court of a county or municipality, special purpose district, or other political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8878.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8878 / Section 8878.059
§ 8878.059. MEETINGS AND ACTIONS OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may meet as many times each year as the board considers appropriate.

(b) Directors of the authority are public officials and are entitled to governmental immunity for their actions in their capacity as directors and officers of the authority.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 58.059 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.059
§ 58.059. CERTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall certify for participation in the program an applicant who satisfies the eligibility requirements under Articles 58.054 and 58.056(b).

(b) A certification under this article expires on the third anniversary of the date of certification.

(c) To renew a certification under this article, a participant must satisfy the eligibility requirements under Articles 58.054 and 58.056(b) as if the participant were originally applying for participation in the program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.152
§ 9015.152. WATER FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may acquire or construct, inside or outside the authority:

(1) a diversion works;

(2) wells;

(3) pumps;

(4) pumping stations;

(5) pipelines;

(6) intermediate and terminal storage reservoirs;

(7) a water treatment plant; and

(8) any other related facility necessary or useful in diverting, impounding, drilling, storing, or treating water, or in transporting treated or untreated water to the city for municipal, domestic, agricultural, industrial, or any other purpose.

(b) A diversion works may be constructed to take water from Lake Corpus Christi through intake or otherwise or from the Nueces River below Lake Corpus Christi.

(c) The specifications in this section of certain elements of the authority's proposed water supply, treatment, and transportation system do not preclude the authority from constructing any facility necessary or convenient in enabling the authority to deliver treated or untreated water to the city.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.075 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.075
§ 22.075. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY POPULOUS HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities may not acquire in fee simple property in a municipality to enlarge an airport operated by the joint board, including property acquired for the runway protection zone and for mitigating the effects of additional airport noise caused by the enlargement of the airport, in more than an aggregate of 10 percent of that portion of the land area of the airport that is in the municipality unless the joint board has the consent of the municipality.

(b) Property acquired for the purpose of mitigating the effects of additional airport noise caused by the enlargement of the airport that is resold is not included as part of the limit prescribed by Subsection (a).

(c) A populous home-rule municipality may acquire property under Section 22.080(b) or Chapter 21, Property Code, for a purpose described by Subsection (a), except that the consent of the municipality in which the property is located is required for an acquisition in excess of the limit prescribed by Subsection (a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.078 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.078
§ 1001.078. FUNDING FORMULA; PUBLIC HEALTH EVALUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Health service region" means a public health region designated under Section 121.007.

(2) "Local health department" means a local health department established under Subchapter D, Chapter 121.

(3) "Local health unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 121.004.

(4) "Public health district" means a health district established under Subchapter E, Chapter 121.

(b) The department, in collaboration with the Public Health Funding and Policy Committee established under Section 117.051, shall:

(1) develop funding formulas for federal and state funds appropriated to the department to be allocated to local health departments, local health units, public health districts, and health service regions' regional headquarters, based on population, population density, disease burden, social determinants of health, local efforts to prevent disease, and other relevant factors as determined by the department and committee;

(2) evaluate the feasibility and benefits of placing a cap on the percentage of public health funds that can be used on administrative costs at local health departments, local health units, public health districts, and health service regions' regional headquarters; and

(3) evaluate public health functions provided by the department, local health departments, local health units, public health districts, and health service regions' regional headquarters and determine if another entity, including a private entity, can provide those functions more effectively.
Tex. Utilities Code § 163.084 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 163 / Section 163.084
§ 163.084. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency may issue revenue bonds to accomplish the purposes of the agency.

(b) The agency may pledge to the payment of the obligations the revenues of all or part of its electric facilities, including facilities acquired after the obligations are issued. However, operating and maintenance expenses, including salaries and labor, materials, and repairs of electric facilities necessary to render efficient service, constitute a first lien on and charge against the pledged revenue.

(c) The agency may set aside from the proceeds from the sale of the obligations amounts for payment into the interest and sinking fund and reserve fund, and for interest and operating expenses during construction and development, as specified in the proceedings authorizing the obligations.

(d) Obligation proceeds may be invested, pending their use, in securities, interest-bearing certificates, or time deposits as specified in the authorizing proceedings.

(e) Agency obligations are authorized investments for:

(1) a bank;

(2) a savings bank;

(3) a trust company;

(4) a savings and loan association; and

(5) an insurance company.

(f) The obligations, when accompanied by all appurtenant, unmatured coupons and to the extent of the lesser of their face value or market value, are eligible to secure the deposit of public funds of this state, a political subdivision of this state, and any other political corporation of this state.