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Tex. Local Government Code § 284.156 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 284 / Section 284.156
§ 284.156. APPLICATION FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may charge an application fee for a permit only if the municipality requires the payment of the fee for similar types of commercial development inside the municipality's territorial jurisdiction other than a type for which application or permit fees are not allowed by law.

(b) The amount of an application fee charged by a municipality may not exceed the lesser of:

(1) the actual, direct, and reasonable costs the municipality determines are incurred in granting or processing an application that are reasonably related in time to the time the costs of granting or processing an application are incurred; or

(2) $500 per application covering up to five network nodes, $250 for each additional network node per application, and $1,000 per application for each pole.

(c) In determining for purposes of Subsection (b)(1) the amount of the actual, direct, and reasonable costs, the municipality may not:

(1) include costs incurred by the municipality in relation to third-party legal or engineering review of an application; or

(2) direct payments or reimbursement of third-party public right-of-way rates or fees charged on a contingency basis or under a result-based arrangement.
Tex. Transportation Code § 661.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 661 / Section 661.002
§ 661.002. DEPARTMENT TO PRESCRIBE MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS FOR PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) To provide for the safety and welfare of motorcycle operators and passengers, the department shall prescribe minimum safety standards for protective headgear used by motorcyclists in this state.

(b) The department may adopt any part or all of the American National Standards Institute's standards for protective headgear for vehicular users.

(c) On request of a manufacturer of protective headgear, the department shall make the safety standards prescribed by the department available to the manufacturer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.004
§ 912.004. FORMATION OF NEW COUNTY MUTUAL COMPANY PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A new county mutual insurance company may not be formed under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4501.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4501 / Section 4501.102
§ 4501.102. CONTRACT TO MANAGE OR OPERATE AUTHORITY PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The authority may contract with any person to manage or operate all or part of authority property.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.003
§ 1504.003. PLEDGE OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under this subchapter must be secured by a pledge of and be payable from all or a designated part of the revenue from the facility for which the bonds are issued or from additional sources made available by the municipality for that purpose, as provided in the ordinance authorizing or approving the issuance of the bonds.

(b) The pledge securing the bonds is inferior to any previous pledge of the revenue for the payment of revenue bonds or revenue refunding bonds that are outstanding.

(c) A municipality that leases as lessee a facility described by Section 1504.001 may pledge all or part of the revenue from the facility to the lease payments the municipality must make.
Tex. Government Code § 782.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 782 / Section 782.010
§ 782.010. ASSISTANCE BY GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND STATE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor's office shall provide technical assistance and staff support to assist a commission in the performance of its duties and to develop its recommendations and programs.

(b) Assistance must include:

(1) studies and plans evaluating the needs of and developing the potential for the economic growth of the cultural basin; and

(2) research on improving the conservation and use of human and natural resources in the basin.

(c) The governor's office may provide assistance to a commission through:

(1) members of the governor's staff;

(2) the payment of funds authorized by this section;

(3) contracts with private individuals, partnerships, firms, corporations, or suitable institutions; and

(4) grants to the commission.

(d) A state agency shall assist a commission in performing its functions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6603.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6603 / Section 6603.003
§ 6603.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the creation of the district and the improvements the district will purchase, construct, or otherwise acquire.

(c) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.304 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.304
§ 912.304. REINSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A county mutual insurance company may reinsure any or all of the company's risks with another company against any hazard against which the county mutual insurance company is permitted to insure.

(b) The county mutual insurance company may contract for mutual or reciprocal reinsurance with another company on the mutual or cooperative plan subject to the following conditions:

(1) the county mutual insurance company may assume the reinsurance on the risks of the other company only if the other company reinsures the risks of the county mutual insurance company; and

(2) the county mutual insurance company may write or assume the reinsurance only on property that the company is authorized to insure and that is located in this state.

(c) A county mutual insurance company that reinsures another company's property is liable for the losses of the other company only as specified in the reinsurance contract. The county mutual insurance company does not become a member or partner of the other company as a result of the reinsurance.

(d) A county mutual insurance company may pay or collect additional assessments or premiums for the purpose of a contract described by Subsection (b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1358.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1358 / Section 1358.104
§ 1358.104. FORMULARY REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan must include at least one insulin from each therapeutic class in the plan's formulary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.152
§ 1085.152. NOTICE; HEARING; APPROVAL OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published one time at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.

(c) The board must approve the annual budget.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.143 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.143
§ 773.143. PROVISION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

An emergency medical services call taker may provide medical information to a member of the public during an emergency call if:

(1) the call taker has successfully completed an emergency medical services call taker training program and holds a certificate issued under Section 773.144; and

(2) the information provided substantially conforms to the protocol for delivery of the information adopted by the executive commissioner under Section 773.145.
Tex. Education Code § 54.537 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.537
§ 54.537. FEES FOR STUDENT SERVICES BUILDING; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee not to exceed $1.10 per registered semester hour. The fee may be used only for financing the construction, repair, maintenance, renovation, improvement, or replacement of a student services building at the university or for operating the student services building.

(b) The university shall collect the student services building fee imposed under this section and deposit the money collected into an account to be known as the student services building account. The money collected and placed in the account may be used only to:

(1) finance the construction, repair, maintenance, renovation, improvement, or replacement of a student services building and be pledged for the payment of obligations issued for those purposes; or

(2) operate the student services building.

(c) A fee may not be imposed under this section until the semester in which a student services building will be available for use.

(d) The student services building fee imposed under this section shall not be counted in determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged to the students of The University of Texas at Austin under this subchapter.

(e) The powers granted to the board of regents under this section are cumulative of all other powers granted to that board.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0151
§ 523.0151. COMMISSION DIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall establish divisions within the commission along functional lines as necessary for effective administration and the discharge of the commission's functions.

(b) The executive commissioner may allocate and reallocate functions among the commission's divisions.
Tex. Government Code § 403.211 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.211
§ 403.211. CREDIT OR REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) If a suit under this subchapter results in a final determination that all or part of the money paid under protest was unlawfully demanded by the public official and belongs to the payer, the comptroller, as soon as practicable on or after September 1 of the first year of the first state biennium that begins after the date of the final determination of the suit, shall credit the proper amount, with the interest credited on that amount, against any other amount finally determined to be due to the state from the payer according to information in the custody of the comptroller and shall refund the remainder to the payer by the issuance of a refund warrant.

(b) A refund warrant shall be written and signed by the comptroller.

(c) The comptroller shall draw a refund warrant against the General Revenue Fund or other funds from which refund appropriations may be made, as the comptroller determines appropriate.

(d) The comptroller shall deliver each refund warrant issued to the person entitled to receive it.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7919.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7919 / Section 7919.006
§ 7919.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9091.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9091 / Section 9091.0106
§ 9091.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Government Code § 24.60064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.60064
§ 24.60064.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.60064. 523RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). (a) The 523rd Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County.

(b) The 523rd District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.048 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 247 / Section 247.048
§ 247.048. REGIONAL TRAINING FOR AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
Status: in_force

The department periodically shall conduct regional training programs for representatives of local governments and appropriate state agencies relating to assisted living facility concerns. The training programs must provide to participants information relating to the assisted living facility industry, including information on:

(1) the general characteristics of assisted living facilities and residents of those facilities;

(2) the different types of assisted living facilities;

(3) the laws applicable to assisted living facilities; and

(4) the authority of the department and other entities to enforce applicable laws.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8318.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8318 / Section 8318.104
§ 8318.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.104
§ 1051.104. TERMS; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Board members serve staggered six-year terms. The terms of three members expire on January 31 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the governor shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 35.261 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 35.261
§ 35.261. PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES BASED ON RACE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) After the parties have delivered their lists to the clerk under Article 35.26 of this code and before the court has impanelled the jury, the defendant may request the court to dismiss the array and call a new array in the case. The court shall grant the motion of a defendant for dismissal of the array if the court determines that the defendant is a member of an identifiable racial group, that the attorney representing the state exercised peremptory challenges for the purpose of excluding persons from the jury on the basis of their race, and that the defendant has offered evidence of relevant facts that tend to show that challenges made by the attorney representing the state were made for reasons based on race. If the defendant establishes a prima facie case, the burden then shifts to the attorney representing the state to give a racially neutral explanation for the challenges. The burden of persuasion remains with the defendant to establish purposeful discrimination.

(b) If the court determines that the attorney representing the state challenged prospective jurors on the basis of race, the court shall call a new array in the case.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3828.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3828 / Section 3828.151
§ 3828.151. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING FINANCIAL MATTERS.
Status: in_force

The district may:

(1) impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district;

(2) impose an assessment or impact fee in the manner provided for a municipality or county under Chapter 372 or 382, Local Government Code, on all industrial, commercial, and residential property in the district;

(3) impose and apply the proceeds from a sales and use tax, and a hotel occupancy tax, as authorized by this chapter;

(4) impose a rate, fee, or charge for the use of an improvement project or the consumption of a product resulting from an improvement project;

(5) borrow money for a district purpose by issuing or executing bonds, notes, credit agreements, or other obligations of any kind found by the board to be necessary or appropriate for the district purpose;

(6) establish, revise, repeal, enforce, collect, and apply the proceeds from a user fee or charge for the enjoyment, sale, rental, or other use of a district facility, service, property, or improvement project;

(7) provide or secure the payment or repayment of the costs and expenses of the establishment, administration, and operation of the district and the district's costs or share of the costs of an improvement project or district contractual obligation or indebtedness by or through a lease, installment purchase contract, or other agreement with any person, or the imposition of taxes, user fees, concessions, rentals, or other revenues or resources of the district;

(8) establish user charges related to the operation of various public services, including public water supply services, for the collection and treatment of wastewater, and for the operation of storm-water facilities, including the regulation of storm water for the protection of water quality in the district, and for the provision of septic tank maintenance services inside and outside the district;

(9) undertake separately or jointly with other persons all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:

(A) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical services, and law enforcement in and adjacent to the district; or

(B) that confers a general benefit on the entire district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district; and

(10) enter into a tax abatement agreement in accordance with the general laws of this state authorizing and applicable to tax abatement agreements by municipalities.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.158 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.158
§ 351.158. PERIOD OF ENTITLEMENT.
Status: in_force

A municipality is entitled to receive revenue as provided by Sections 351.156 and 351.157 until the 10th anniversary of the date the qualified hotel to which the entitlement relates is open for initial occupancy.
Tex. Utilities Code § 65.051 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 65 / Section 65.051
§ 65.051. MARKETS DEREGULATED.
Status: in_force

A market that is deregulated as of September 1, 2011, shall remain deregulated. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission may not reregulate a market or company that has been deregulated.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 165.031 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 165 / Section 165.031
§ 165.031. LEGISLATIVE RECOGNITION.
Status: in_force

The legislature recognizes a mother's responsibility to both her job and her child when she returns to work and acknowledges that a woman's choice to breast-feed benefits the family, the employer, and society.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.406 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.406
§ 82.406. INVESTIGATION OF FEASIBILITY OF TIMBER LAND PURCHASE.
Status: in_force

The department, in conjunction with the director of the Texas Forest Service, shall investigate the feasibility and desirability of acquiring title to a block of timbered land adjacent to the lake comprising from 5,000 to 10,000 acres, to be placed under the joint control of the director of the Texas Forest Service and the department, with the view of ultimately preserving a belt of native forest for the future and also for the propagation of game.
Tex. Government Code § 23.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 23 / Section 23.302
§ 23.302. DEADLINES IN CERTAIN ELECTION PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than 24 hours after the proceeding is filed, a judge to whom a case is assigned under Section 23.301(b) who wishes to be recused from the proceeding must, before recusal:

(1) hear an application for any emergency temporary relief sought;

(2) grant or deny any emergency temporary relief sought; and

(3) set a scheduling order that provides:

(A) a date for a hearing on any injunction sought not later than five days after the date on which the proceeding was filed; and

(B) discovery and deposition deadlines before the expiration of any emergency relief order entered.

(b) The presiding judge of an administrative region shall assign a new judge to a proceeding assigned under Section 23.301(b) not later than 12 hours after the original judge assigned to the proceeding is recused under Subsection (a).

(c) A final order in a proceeding filed under Section 273.081, Election Code, shall be submitted in writing to the parties not later than 24 hours after the judge makes a final determination in the proceeding.

(d) If a district judge does not comply with this section, a person may seek from the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals a writ of mandamus as provided by Section 273.061, Election Code, to compel compliance with this section.

(e) Notwithstanding Section 23.101(b-1), a proceeding relating to a permanent injunction being sought in connection to a challenge under Section 141.034, Election Code, may be heard after the primary election has been canvassed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.713 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.713
§ 2301.713. REHEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a party who seeks a rehearing of an order shall seek the rehearing in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(b) The board by rule may establish procedures to allow a party to a contested case to file a motion for rehearing.

(c) A motion for rehearing in a contested case under Section 2301.204 or Subchapter M must be filed with the chief hearings examiner. The chief hearings examiner may designate a person to decide the motion.
Tex. Insurance Code § 221.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 221 / Section 221.003
§ 221.003. TAX DUE DATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The total tax imposed by this chapter is due and payable not later than March 1 after the end of the calendar year for which the tax is due.

(b) An insurer that had a net tax liability for the previous calendar year of more than $1,000 shall make semiannual prepayments of tax on March 1 and August 1. The tax paid on each date must be equal to 50 percent of the total amount of tax the insurer paid under this chapter for the previous calendar year. If the insurer did not pay a tax under this chapter during the previous calendar year, the tax paid on each date must be equal to the tax that would be owed on the aggregate of the gross premiums for the two previous calendar quarters.

(c) The comptroller may refund any overpayment of taxes that results from the semiannual prepayment system prescribed by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3846.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3846 / Section 3846.254
§ 3846.254. PRELIMINARY FINANCING PLAN REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Before designating a development zone, the board must prepare a preliminary financing plan for the zone that includes:

(1) estimated project costs, including administrative expenses;

(2) a description of the kind, number, and location of all proposed improvement projects in the zone;

(3) the estimated amount of:

(A) bonded indebtedness to be incurred; or

(B) the financial obligation of any other contractual obligation to be incurred;

(4) a description of the methods of financing and expected sources of revenue to pay for the costs of proposed improvement projects; and

(5) the projected duration of the zone.