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Tex. Estates Code § 1002.007 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.007
§ 1002.007. CORPORATE FIDUCIARY.
Status: in_force

"Corporate fiduciary" means a financial institution, as defined by Section 201.101, Finance Code, that:

(1) is existing or engaged in business under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States;

(2) has trust powers; and

(3) is authorized by law to act under the order or appointment of a court of record, without giving bond, as guardian, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, or, although the financial institution does not have general depository powers, depository for any money paid into the court, or to become sole guarantor or surety in or on any bond required to be given under the laws of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4016.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4016 / Section 4016.0310
§ 4016.0310. 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 enacting 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) 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 initial directors for each new district; and

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

(f) 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.

(g) 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.

(h) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 4016.0506 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.
Tex. Government Code § 437.063 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.063
§ 437.063.
Status: in_force

Sec. 437.063. ADJUTANT GENERAL: DELEGATION OF EXPENDITURE APPROVAL AUTHORITY. The adjutant general may delegate the authority to approve department expenditures to the director of state administration.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.606 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.606
§ 361.606. VOLUNTARY CLEANUP AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the executive director evaluates any plan or report detailing the remediation goals and proposed methods of remediation, the person desiring to participate in the voluntary cleanup program must enter into a voluntary cleanup agreement that sets forth the terms and conditions of the evaluation of the reports and the implementation of work plans.

(b) A voluntary cleanup agreement must provide for:

(1) recovery by the commission of all reasonable costs:

(A) incurred by the commission in review and oversight of the person's work plan and reports and as a result of the commission's field activities;

(B) attributable to the voluntary cleanup agreement; and

(C) in excess of the amount of fees submitted by the applicant under Section 361.604;

(2) a schedule of payments to the commission to be made by the person for recovery of all commission costs fairly attributable to the voluntary cleanup program, including direct and indirect costs of overhead, salaries, equipment, and utilities, and legal, management, and support costs; and

(3) appropriate tasks, deliverables, and schedules.

(c) The voluntary cleanup agreement shall:

(1) identify all statutes and rules that must be complied with;

(2) describe any work plan or report to be submitted for review by the executive director, including a final report that provides all information necessary to verify that all work contemplated by the voluntary cleanup agreement has been completed;

(3) include a schedule for submitting the information required by Subdivision (2); and

(4) state the technical standards to be applied in evaluating the work plans and reports, with reference to the proposed future land use to be achieved.

(d) If an agreement is not reached between a person desiring to participate in the voluntary cleanup program and the executive director on or before the 30th day after good faith negotiations have begun:

(1) the person or the executive director may withdraw from the negotiations; and

(2) the commission retains the person's application fee.

(e) The commission may not initiate an enforcement action against a person who is in compliance with this section for the contamination or release that is the subject of the voluntary cleanup agreement or for the activity that resulted in the contamination or release.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9012.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9012 / Section 9012.002
§ 9012.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is:

(1) a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;

(2) a water control and improvement district; and

(3) a municipal corporation.
Tex. Government Code § 51.3031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.3031
§ 51.3031. ISSUANCE OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district clerk may perform all duties necessary to process an application for a United States passport, including taking passport photographs and selling money orders to applicants for payment purposes.

(b) To recover the costs of taking passport photographs and selling money orders, a district clerk may collect reasonable fees for the provided services in amounts set by the commissioners court of the county in which the district clerk's office is located.

(c) A district clerk, after collecting a fee under Subsection (b), shall pay the fee to the county treasurer, or to an official who discharges the duties of the county treasurer, for deposit in the general fund of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.304
§ 1072.304. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall order that the district be dissolved.

(b) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to administer the district, and another election on the question of dissolution may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election to dissolve the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 371.108 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 371 / Section 371.108
§ 371.108. SPILL PREVENTION AND CONTROL.
Status: in_force

Each registered storage facility and each facility of a registered processor shall develop a plan to prevent spills and respond to spills in accordance with the federal spill prevention, control, and countermeasure requirements provided by Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 112, as amended.
Tex. Government Code § 2167.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2167 / Section 2167.001
§ 2167.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to:

(1) office space;

(2) warehouse space;

(3) laboratory space;

(4) storage space exceeding 1,000 gross square feet;

(5) boat storage space;

(6) aircraft hangar space other than hangar space and adjacent space leased by the Texas Department of Transportation at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and operated for the purpose of providing air transportation services for the State of Texas;

(7) vehicle parking space; and

(8) a combination of those kinds of space.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) radio antenna space;

(2) residential space for a Department of State Health Services or Health and Human Services Commission program;

(3) residential space for a Texas Juvenile Justice Department program;

(4) space to be used for less than one month for meetings, conferences, conventions, seminars, displays, examinations, auctions, or similar purposes;

(5) district office space for members of the legislature;

(6) space used by the Texas Workforce Commission;

(7) residential property acquired by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs or the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation that is offered for sale or rental to individuals and families of low or very low income or families of moderate income;

(8) except as provided by Section 2167.007, space for a university system or institution of higher education;

(9) space leased by the Texas Veterans Commission to administer the veterans employment services program; or

(10) space for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1683.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1683 / Section 1683.005
§ 1683.005. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION NOT ENGAGED IN BUSINESS OF HEALTH INSURANCE; REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, for the purposes of offering higher education health benefits, a postsecondary educational institution that acts in accordance with this chapter is not a health insurer and is not engaging in the business of health insurance in this state.

(b) A postsecondary educational institution that offers higher education health benefits must register with the department and provide information as needed to facilitate compliance with Chapter 1467, as applicable to those benefits under Section 1275.004.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.3035 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.3035
§ 1701.3035. OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before issuing an officer license under this chapter to an applicant who holds or previously held an equivalent license in another state, the commission must request from the licensing authority of the other state the personnel file and any other relevant record regarding the applicant.

(b) An applicant for an officer license may not be denied a license for the sole reason that the licensing authority of another state did not provide a record requested by the commission under this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.252
§ 1575.252. APPLICATION BY EMPLOYER FOR MONEY TO PAY STATE CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

An employer who applies for money provided by the United States or a privately sponsored source shall:

(1) if any of the money will pay part or all of an active employee's salary, also apply for any legally available money to pay state contributions required by Subchapter E; and

(2) immediately send any money received for state contributions as a result of the application to the trustee for deposit in the fund.
Tex. Government Code § 436.158 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.158
§ 436.158. ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES FOR MILITARY VALUE ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Public Finance Authority may issue and sell general obligation bonds and notes of the state, as authorized by Section 49-n, Article III, Texas Constitution, for the purpose of providing money to establish the Texas military value revolving loan account.

(b) The proceeds of the bonds and notes shall be deposited into the Texas military value revolving loan account or into other separate funds as may be required to provide for payment of issuance and administrative costs and may be used as authorized by Section 49-n, Article III, Texas Constitution, including:

(1) to fund loans approved under Section 436.153, 436.1531, or 436.1532;

(2) to pay the costs of issuing and selling bonds and notes; and

(3) to pay the costs of administering the bonds and notes and the loan program, including the payment of fees and expenses of advisors.

(c) The bonds and notes shall be issued in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Chapters 1201, 1207, 1231, 1232, and 1371.

(d) In connection with bonds or notes issued under this section, the Texas Public Finance Authority may enter into one or more credit agreements at any time for a period and on conditions the authority approves.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9044.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9044 / Section 9044.051
§ 9044.051. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3834.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3834 / Section 3834.001
§ 3834.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "District" means the Harris County Improvement District No. 5.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2071 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2071
§ 152.2071. RUSK COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Rusk County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Rusk County, and the judge of each county court at law.

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

(c) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional compensation in an amount set by the commissioners court. The additional compensation is for the added duties imposed on the members and shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(d) The commissioners court may accept gifts, grants, or donations from other political subdivisions of the state, an organization, or other person for use in paying the salaries and expenses of the juvenile probation officer. Funds received under this subsection shall be placed in a special fund.

(e) The chairman shall certify all claims for expenses of the juvenile probation officer as necessary in the performance of the officer's duties. The commissioners court shall provide the necessary funds to pay the salaries and expenses of the juvenile probation officer from the special fund or from the general fund.

(f) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Rusk County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3861.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3861 / Section 3861.109
§ 3861.109. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT; COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

The board may employ and establish the terms of employment and compensation of an executive director or general manager and any other district employees the board considers necessary.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.041
§ 431.041. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "detained or embargoed article" means a food, drug, device, cosmetic, or consumer commodity that has been detained or embargoed under Section 431.048.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.018 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.018
§ 201.018. MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

The concurrence of a majority of the members of the state board is required for the determination of any matter within the board's duties.
Tex. Labor Code § 204.048 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 204 / Section 204.048
§ 204.048. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, an employer for whom the commission has computed an experience rate as of October 1 of a calendar year that is effective for the succeeding calendar year, as provided by Section 204.047(a), may elect to make a voluntary payment of contributions to the commission.

(b) The amount of a voluntary contribution may be equal to all or part of the employer's chargebacks during the period ending September 30 that are used in computing the employer's experience rate for the succeeding calendar year. The commission shall allocate a voluntary contribution of less than the full amount of the employer's chargebacks first to the employer's most recent chargebacks.

(c) On receipt of a voluntary contribution during the period prescribed by Subsection (d), the commission shall reduce the employer's chargebacks by an amount equal to the contribution and shall recompute the experience rate applicable to that employer for the succeeding calendar year.

(d) An employer who elects to make a voluntary contribution for the recomputation of the employer's experience rate must make the contribution as prescribed by rules adopted by the commission. The employer may not revoke the contribution after the date on which the commission uses the contribution to recompute the employer's experience rate.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commission may not compute a new experience rate for an employer or reduce an employer's experience rate based on a voluntary contribution made by the employer after the expiration of the 120th day of the calendar year for which the rate is effective.

(f) The commission shall deposit a voluntary contribution made under this section to the credit of the compensation fund.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2035.009 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2035 / Section 2035.009
§ 2035.009. VERIFICATION OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 277.003, Election Code, the county clerk shall, on request of any person, check each name on the petition to determine whether the signer is a registered county voter.

(b) The person requesting this verification by the county clerk shall pay the county clerk a sum equal to 20 cents per name before commencement of the verification.

(c) The county clerk may not count a signature if there is reason to believe that:

(1) the signature is not the actual signature of the purported signer;

(2) the voter registration certificate number is incorrect;

(3) the signature duplicates a name or handwriting used in any other signature on the petition;

(4) the residence address of the signer is incorrect; or

(5) the name of the voter is not signed exactly as the name appears on the official copy of the current list of registered voters for the voting year in which the petition is issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.059
§ 1095.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator.

(c) The district administrator and any assistant administrator serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(d) On assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator shall execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1901.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1901 / Section 1901.155
§ 1901.155. LICENSE EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

A license issued under this chapter is valid for one or two years as determined by commission rule.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0254 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0254
§ 547.0254. SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS; APPLICATIONS AND PROPOSALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall select grant recipients based on the submission of applications or proposals by nonprofit and governmental entities. The executive commissioner shall develop criteria for evaluating those applications or proposals and the selection of grant recipients. The selection criteria must:

(1) evaluate and score:

(A) fiscal controls for the project;

(B) project effectiveness;

(C) project cost; and

(D) an applicant's previous experience with grants and contracts;

(2) address whether the services proposed in the application or proposal would duplicate services already available in the applicant's service area;

(3) address the possibility of and method for making multiple awards; and

(4) include other factors that the executive commissioner considers relevant.

(b) If the commission is appropriated money to implement this subchapter and Section 547.0201 for a state fiscal year in an amount that exceeds the total amount of grants awarded under this subchapter in the previous state fiscal year, the commission, in selecting grant recipients for the excess amount, must accept applications or proposals from applicants that were not selected as grant recipients under this subchapter in the previous state fiscal year or applicants that were selected as grant recipients but require additional funding for the recipient's community mental health program for purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.081 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.081
§ 533A.081. DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITY BUDGETS.
Status: in_force

The department, in budgeting for a facility, shall use uniform costs for specific types of services a facility provides unless a legitimate reason exists and is documented for the use of other costs.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.150 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.150
§ 131.150. TIME LIMIT FOR RENEWAL APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Application for permit renewal shall be made at least 90 days before the expiration of the valid permit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4019.0309 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4019 / Section 4019.0309
§ 4019.0309. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 4019.0310, the district may add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 204.064 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 204 / Section 204.064
§ 204.064. DEFICIT RATIO.
Status: in_force

(a) The deficit ratio is computed by:

(1) dividing the numerator computed under Subsection (b) by the denominator described by Subsection (c); and

(2) rounding that result to the nearest hundredth.

(b) The numerator is computed by subtracting the balance of the compensation fund, considering any federal advance, from the floor of the compensation fund.

(c) The denominator is the amount of contributions due under the general tax rate and the replenishment rate for the four calendar quarters ending the preceding September 30 from employers entitled to an experience rate on the tax rate computation date.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8189.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8189 / Section 8189.106
§ 8189.106. CONTINUING POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each new district may incur and pay debts and has all powers of the original district created by this chapter, including the power to divide into two or more districts.

(b) If the district is divided as provided by this subchapter, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of the district are not impaired. Debts shall be paid by revenue or by taxes or assessments imposed on real property in the district as if the district had not been divided or by contributions from each new district as stated in the terms set by the board under Section 8189.103(c).

(c) Any other district obligation is divided pro rata among the new districts on an acreage basis or on other terms that are satisfactory to the new districts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1009.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1009 / Section 1009.110
§ 1009.110. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept on behalf of the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for a purpose and under a written direction, limitation, or provision prescribed by the donor that is not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.