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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8362.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8362 / Section 8362.107
§ 8362.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

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

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

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

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8362.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

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

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

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

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

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8362.003.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8362.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

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

(k) If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to that of the original district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1672 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1672
§ 152.1672. COMPENSATION OF JUVENILE JUDGE IN MATAGORDA COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioners Court of Matagorda County may pay the juvenile judge additional annual compensation of not more than $1,500 for serving as the judge of the juvenile court.

(b) The compensation is in addition to all other compensation paid or authorized to be paid to the judge who serves as the juvenile judge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8810.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8810 / Section 8810.103
§ 8810.103. IMPACT OF TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the district finds that a transfer of groundwater out of the district negatively impacts any of the factors described by Section 36.122(f), Water Code, the district may impose additional requirements or limitations on the permit that are designed to minimize those impacts.

(b) Sections 36.122(c), (e), (i), and (j), Water Code, do not apply to a requirement or limitation imposed under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 406.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 406 / Section 406.010
§ 406.010. BOND; OATH.
Status: in_force

(a) Each person to be appointed a notary public shall, before entering the official duties of office, execute a bond in the amount of $10,000 with a solvent surety company authorized to do business in this state as a surety. The bond must be approved by the secretary of state, payable to the governor, and conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of office. The secretary of state has the authority to accept an electronic filing of the notary public bond if an agreement has been made with the surety company.

(b) The notary bond shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, is not void on first recovery, and may be sued on in the name of the injured party from time to time until the whole amount of the bond is recovered.

(c) A notary public, before entering on the duties of office, shall take the official oath required by Section 1, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(d) The oath shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed by the notary public in the presence of a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths in this state. A notary public cannot execute his or her own oath of office.

(e) The secretary of state shall provide an oath of office form along with the commission and educational materials.

(f) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a person whose services as a notary public are performed primarily as a state officer or employee.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.214 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.214
§ 2165.214. PREFERENCE IN LEASING TO CERTAIN EXISTING VENDING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this subchapter or Chapters 2155, 2156, 2157, and 2158, the commission shall give a preference, when leasing space in a state-owned building for the operation of a vending facility as defined by Chapter 94, Human Resources Code, to an existing lessee, licensee, or contractor who operates a vending facility on the property if:

(1) the existing lessee, licensee, or contractor has operated a vending facility on the property for not less than 10 years;

(2) Chapter 94, Human Resources Code, does not apply to the property;

(3) the commission finds there is a history of quality and reliable service; and

(4) the proposal of the existing lessee, licensee, or contractor for the right to continue operation of the facility is consistent with the historical quality of service and the historical retail pricing structure at the facility.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.125 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.125
§ 55.125. HOURS WHEN USE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not use an automated dial announcing device to make a telephone solicitation call terminating in this state in which the device plays a recorded message when the connection is completed if the call is made:

(1) before noon or after 9 p.m. on a Sunday; or

(2) before 9 a.m. or after 9 p.m. on a weekday or a Saturday.

(b) A person may not use an automated dial announcing device to make a telephone collection call terminating in this state in which the device plays a recorded message when the connection is completed if the call is made at an hour at which collection calls are prohibited under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692 et seq.).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7939A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7939A / Section 7939A.0201
§ 7939A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 7939A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.302
§ 441.302. FORFEITURE AND CANCELLATION OF CHARTER ON CONCLUSION OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) Once all an insurer's policies are reinsured or terminated and the insurer's affairs are concluded as provided by this chapter, the commissioner shall report that fact to the attorney general. On receipt of the report, the attorney general shall take action necessary to forfeit or cancel the insurer's charter.

(b) The commissioner shall report to the attorney general the commissioner's approval of the merger or consolidation of an insurer with another insurer or the reinsurance of the insurer's policies. On receipt of the report, the attorney general shall take action to forfeit or cancel the insurer's charter in the manner provided for the forfeiture or cancellation of the charter of an insurer that is totally reinsured or liquidated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5004.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5004 / Section 5004.203
§ 5004.203. PROVISIONS OF BOND RESOLUTION OR ORDER; AUTHORITY TO ADOPT OR EXECUTE OTHER PROCEEDINGS OR INSTRUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In the resolution or order adopted by the board authorizing the issuance of bonds payable from net revenue or from the proceeds of a contract or contracts, the board may:

(1) provide for the flow of funds and the establishment and maintenance of an interest and sinking fund, reserve funds, and other funds;

(2) make any additional covenants for the bonds, the pledged revenue, and the operation, maintenance, and upkeep of the improvements and facilities the income of which is pledged, including a provision for leasing all or part of the improvements and facilities and the use or pledge of money derived from those leases, as the board considers appropriate;

(3) prohibit the further issuance of bonds or other obligations payable from the pledged net revenue;

(4) reserve the right to issue additional bonds to be secured by a pledge of and payable from the net revenue on a parity with, or subordinate to, the lien and pledge in support of the bonds being issued, subject to any conditions provided by the resolution or order; or

(5) include any other provision or covenant, as determined by the board, that is not prohibited by the Texas Constitution or this chapter.

(b) The board may adopt and execute any other proceeding or instrument necessary or convenient to issue the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 442.050 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.050
§ 442.050. EXPENDITURES; LIMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall direct, by the terms of an agreement entered into under this subchapter, an organization's spending of state money.

(b) A state employee may not directly spend or obligate an organization's money.

(c) An organization may not spend state money to:

(1) lobby or otherwise attempt to influence a member of the legislature; or

(2) directly or indirectly attempt to influence legislation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1252.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1252 / Section 1252.207
§ 1252.207. LIABILITY OF PREVIOUS CARRIER.
Status: in_force

A carrier of a health benefit plan that is being discontinued is liable only for any accrued liabilities regarding the plan and for any extension of benefits provided under the plan, regardless of whether the group policyholder or any other entity responsible for making payments or for submitting subscription charges to the carrier:

(1) replaces the coverage provided under the discontinued plan with health benefit plan coverage provided by another carrier;

(2) self-insures a health benefit plan; or

(3) does not provide health benefit plan coverage.
Tex. Local Government Code § 292.028 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 292 / Section 292.028
§ 292.028. MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN TAX OFFICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county that establishes a branch office under Section 292.025, 292.026, or 292.027 may appoint a deputy assessor-collector for that office.

(b) The deputy assessor-collector may collect taxes from persons wishing to pay at the branch office and may issue a valid receipt for those taxes. The deputy assessor-collector is subject to the law relating to deputy tax collectors.

(c) The deputy assessor-collector shall enter into a bond payable to the county judge and conditioned that the deputy will faithfully perform the duties of the position. The terms of the bond must be in accordance with the requirements of the tax assessor-collector and commissioners court.

(d) The commissioners court shall fix the period of service of the deputy assessor-collector and the period that a branch office may be maintained. The salary of the deputy assessor-collector and the expenses of the branch office are necessary expenses of the tax assessor-collector and shall be paid as the expenses of the tax assessor-collector are paid.

(e) This section does not limit the liability of the bonds of the tax assessor-collector or the deputy assessor-collector. The tax assessor-collector is liable on the assessor-collector's bond for the taxes collected by the deputy assessor-collector.
Tex. Government Code § 507.027 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 507 / Section 507.027
§ 507.027. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules relating to inspections by the department of state jail felony facility construction projects.
Tex. Government Code § 442.304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.304
§ 442.304. APPLYING FOR DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may submit an application to the commission to designate a cemetery under the program.

(b) The applicant must include as part of the application information establishing:

(1) the existence of the cemetery; and

(2) that the cemetery contains the grave of at least one freed slave.
Tex. Election Code § 20.033 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 20 / Section 20.033
§ 20.033. EFFECT OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION TO EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

The date of submission of a completed registration application to the agency employee is considered to be the date of submission to the voter registrar for the purpose of determining the effective date of registration only.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7915A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7915A / Section 7915A.0301
§ 7915A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.204 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.204
§ 1702.204. PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER LICENSE; QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a personal protection officer license must be at least 21 years of age and must provide:

(1) a certificate of completion of the basic security officer training course;

(2) proof that the applicant:

(A) has been issued a security officer commission;

(B) is employed at the time of application by an investigations company or guard company licensed by the department; and

(C) has completed the required training in nonlethal self-defense or defense of a third person; and

(3) proof of completion and the results of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory psychological testing.

(b) The commission by rule shall require an applicant for a personal protection officer license to complete the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test. The department may use the results of the test to evaluate the applicant's psychological fitness.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1902.403 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1902 / Section 1902.403
§ 1902.403. VENUE.
Status: in_force

The executive director may bring an action in:

(1) Travis County; or

(2) the county in which:

(A) the offending activity occurred; or

(B) the person engaging in the activity resides.
Tex. Water Code § 1.005 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 1 / Section 1.005
§ 1.005. LIMITATION ON EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

An entity governed by this code and authorized by law to exercise the power of eminent domain may only exercise the power for a public use in accordance with Section 17, Article I, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Family Code § 61.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.001
§ 61.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Juvenile court order" means an order by a juvenile court in a proceeding to which this chapter applies requiring a parent or other eligible person to act or refrain from acting.

(2) "Other eligible person" means the respondent's guardian, the respondent's custodian, or any other person described in a provision under this title authorizing the court order.
Tex. Labor Code § 101.109 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 101 / Section 101.109
§ 101.109. CERTAIN PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM HOLDING OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not serve as a labor union officer or as a labor organizer if the person:

(1) is an alien; or

(2) has been convicted of a felony.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who has been convicted of a felony and whose rights of citizenship have been fully restored.
Tex. Water Code § 57.321 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.321
§ 57.321. DISSOLUTION OF A DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of Sections 50.251-50.256 of this Code, if the commissioners court finds at any time before the sale of a district's bonds or final lending of its credit in another form that the proposed undertaking for any reason is impracticable or apparently cannot be successfully accomplished, the commissioners court may dissolve the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.042
§ 351.042. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR IN BEXAR COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The Commissioners Court of Bexar County may appoint a jail administrator who shall exercise all power, supervision, and control over the jail, including the duties imposed by law on the sheriff with respect to the jail.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9027.024 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9027 / Section 9027.024
§ 9027.024. INITIAL ELECTED DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The directors elected under Section 9027.023 shall draw lots to determine which two shall serve until the first regularly scheduled election of directors under Section 9027.052 and which three shall serve until the second regularly scheduled election of directors.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 672.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 672 / Section 672.008
§ 672.008. REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than December 15 of each even-numbered year, each review team shall submit to the Department of Family and Protective Services a report on deaths reviewed.

(b) Subject to Section 672.009, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall make the reports received under Subsection (a) available to the public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8279.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8279 / Section 8279.151
§ 8279.151. TAX METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation.

(b) The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the adoption of a plan of taxation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3934.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3934 / Section 3934.155
§ 3934.155. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of district taxes or assessments on property in the zones.
Tex. Labor Code § 351.003 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 351 / Section 351.003
§ 351.003. DESIGNATED STATE UNIT FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

In accordance with the requirements of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 701 et seq.), the commission shall establish a designated state unit within the commission that:

(1) is an organizational unit designated to be primarily responsible for and concerned with vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities;

(2) has a full-time director;

(3) has a staff employed on the rehabilitation work of the organizational unit, all or substantially all of whom are employed full-time on such work; and

(4) is located at an organizational level and has an organizational status within the commission comparable to that of other major organizational units of the commission.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.002
§ 31.002. DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) In this chapter, the term "dependent child" applies to a child:

(1) who is a resident of this state;

(2) who is under 18 years of age or is under 19 years of age and is a full-time student in a secondary school or at the equivalent level of vocational or technical training if, before the child's 19th birthday, the child may reasonably be expected to complete the secondary school or training program;

(3) who has been deprived of parental support or care because of the death, continued absence from home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent;

(4) who has insufficient income or other resources to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with health and decency; and

(5) who is living in the home residence of his or her father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, or niece.

(b) In this chapter, the term "dependent child" also applies to a child:

(1) who meets the specifications set forth in Subsections (a)(1)-(4);

(2) who has been removed from the home of a relative specified in Subsection (a)(5) as a result of a judicial determination that the child's residence there is contrary to his or her welfare;

(3) whose placement and care are the responsibility of the Department of Family and Protective Services or an agency with which the Department of Family and Protective Services has entered into an agreement for the care and supervision of the child;

(4) who has been placed in a residential child-care facility by the Department of Family and Protective Services; and

(5) for whom the state may receive federal funds for the purpose of providing foster care in accordance with rules promulgated by the executive commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1109.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.059
§ 1109.059. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint an assistant district administrator and an attorney.

(b) The assistant district administrator and the attorney serve at the will of the board and receive compensation as may be determined by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2802 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2802
§ 54.2802. APPOINTMENT; OVERSIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district court judges with jurisdiction in Denton County and the judges of the criminal statutory county courts of Denton County shall appoint one or more judges to preside over the criminal law magistrate court. An appointed judge must:

(1) serve Denton County as a district court judge, a criminal statutory county court judge, an associate judge of a court with criminal jurisdiction, a magistrate, including a jail magistrate, a judge of a municipal court of record, or a justice of the peace;

(2) be authorized to access criminal history records under state and federal law;

(3) have completed training necessary to serve as a magistrate in Denton County, as determined by the district court judges with jurisdiction in Denton County and the judges of the criminal statutory county courts of Denton County; and

(4) meet the qualifications under Section 54.2807.

(b) The district court judges with jurisdiction in Denton County and the judges of the criminal statutory county courts of Denton County shall:

(1) designate to oversee the criminal law magistrate court either:

(A) one district court judge and one criminal statutory county court judge; or

(B) a criminal law magistrate court associate judge appointed under Section 54.2805; and

(2) supervise the magistrate court to ensure the magistrates appointed give preference to duties under Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(c) The magistrates of the criminal law magistrate court shall comply with the standing orders and directives regarding criminal cases of the district court judges with jurisdiction in Denton County and the judges of the criminal statutory county courts of Denton County, including a presiding criminal judge of Denton County.