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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.161
§ 3906.161. MITIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT; TRANSIT PROJECT.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include the acquisition and improvement of land or other property for the mitigation of the environmental effects of an improvement project if the acquisition:

(1) complies with a development agreement between the district and another person and the agreement conditions reimbursement of costs associated with the acquisition on the completion of substantial vertical development; or

(2) relates to a transit project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8367.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8367 / Section 8367.203
§ 8367.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 201.74 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 201 / Section 201.74
§ 201.74. OPERATION OF TAX STAMP PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is responsible for the custody and sale of tax stamps and for the proceeds of the sales.

(b) The commission may sell tax stamps only to a person designated by the commission.

(c) The commission may designate any state or national bank in this state as its agent to deliver and collect for any tax stamps and to remit the sale proceeds to it.

(d) Invoices for tax stamps shall be issued by the commission in duplicate and numbered consecutively. The original of the invoice shall be forwarded to the purchaser or to the person in whose care it may be sent for the benefit of a qualified purchaser. The second copy shall be kept by the commission.

(e) The commission shall keep a permanent record of all tax stamps received and sold. This record shall provide a perpetual inventory of all tax stamps and their disposition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8076.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8076 / Section 8076.0202
§ 8076.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8076.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8076.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8076.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Education Code § 11.354 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.354
§ 11.354. ABOLITION OF SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

On the written request signed by a majority of the board of trustees of a military reservation school district, the State Board of Education may abolish the district. The State Board of Education shall give written notice to the board of trustees requesting abolition. The territory of the abolished district and property of the district shall be disposed of as provided by Section 13.205.
Tex. Transportation Code § 548.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 548 / Section 548.001
§ 548.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commercial motor vehicle" means a self-propelled or towed vehicle, other than a farm vehicle with a gross weight, registered weight, or gross weight rating of less than 48,000 pounds, that is used on a public highway to transport passengers or cargo if:

(A) the vehicle, including a school activity bus as defined in Section 541.201, or combination of vehicles has a gross weight, registered weight, or gross weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds;

(B) the vehicle, including a school activity bus as defined in Section 541.201, is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver; or

(C) the vehicle is used to transport hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placarding by a regulation issued under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 5101 et seq.).

(2) "Commission" means the Public Safety Commission.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.

(4) "Environmental commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(5) "Farm vehicle" has the meaning assigned by the federal motor carrier safety regulations.

(6) "Federal motor carrier safety regulation" has the meaning assigned by Section 644.001.

(7) "Inspection station" means a facility certified to conduct inspections of vehicles under this chapter.

(8) "Inspector" means an individual certified to conduct inspections of vehicles under this chapter.

(9) "Nonattainment area" means an area so designated within the meaning of Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407).

(10) "Vehicle inspection report" means a report issued by an inspector or an inspection station for a vehicle that indicates whether the vehicle has passed an inspection required by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3850.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3850 / Section 3850.002
§ 3850.002. GREATER SHARPSTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The Greater Sharpstown Management District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3878.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3878 / Section 3878.002
§ 3878.002. HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.
Status: in_force

11. The Harris County Improvement District No. 11 is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985 / Section 7985.203
§ 7985.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.009
§ 81.009. EXEMPTION FROM MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not authorize or require the medical treatment of an individual who chooses treatment by prayer or spiritual means as part of the tenets and practices of a recognized church of which the individual is an adherent or member. However, the individual may be isolated or quarantined in an appropriate facility and shall obey the rules, orders, and instructions of the department or health authority while in isolation or quarantine.

(b) An exemption from medical treatment under this section does not apply during an emergency or an area quarantine or after the issuance by the governor of an executive order or a proclamation under Chapter 418, Government Code (Texas Disaster Act of 1975).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.254 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.254
§ 46C.254. EFFECT OF STABILIZATION ON TREATMENT REGIMEN.
Status: in_force

If an acquitted person is stabilized on a treatment regimen, including medication and other treatment modalities, rendering the person no longer likely to cause serious harm to another, inpatient treatment or residential care may be found necessary to protect the safety of others only if:

(1) the person would become likely to cause serious harm to another if the person fails to follow the treatment regimen on an Order to Receive Outpatient or Community-Based Treatment and Supervision; and

(2) under an Order to Receive Outpatient or Community-Based Treatment and Supervision either:

(A) the person is likely to fail to comply with an available regimen of outpatient or community-based treatment, as determined by the person's insight into the need for medication, the number, severity, and controllability of side effects, the availability of support and treatment programs for the person from community members, and other appropriate considerations; or

(B) a regimen of outpatient or community-based treatment will not be available to the person.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00010
§ 30.00010. COURT REPORTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality shall provide a court reporter to preserve a record in cases tried before a municipal court of record. The court reporter must meet the qualifications provided by law for official court reporters. The reporter shall be compensated by the municipality in the manner determined by the governing body.

(b) The court reporter may use written notes, transcribing equipment, video or audio recording equipment, or a combination of those methods to record the proceedings of the court. The reporter shall keep the record for the 20-day period beginning the day after the last day of the proceeding, trial, or denial of motion for new trial, or until any appeal is final, whichever occurs last.

(c) The court reporter is not required to record testimony in a case unless the judge or one of the parties requests a record.

(d) Instead of providing a court reporter, the governing body may provide that the proceedings may be recorded by a good quality electronic recording device. If the governing body authorizes the electronic recording, the court reporter is not required to be present to certify the reporter's record. The recording shall be kept for the 20-day period beginning the day after the last day of the court proceeding, trial, or denial of motion for new trial, whichever occurs last. If a case is appealed, the proceedings shall be transcribed from the recording by an official court reporter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.166 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.166
§ 370.166. PARTICIPATION PAYMENT FOR REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) As an alternative to paying for an interest in real property or a real property right with a single fixed payment, the authority may, with the owner's consent, pay the owner by means of a participation payment.

(b) A right to receive a participation payment under this section is subordinate to any right to receive a fee as payment on the principal of or interest on a bond that is issued for the construction of the applicable segment.

(c) In this section, "participation payment" means an intangible legal right to receive a percentage of one or more identified fees related to a segment constructed by the authority.
Tex. Government Code § 411.13861 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.13861
§ 411.13861.
Status: repealed

Sec. 411.13861. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (a-1) that relates to a person:

(1) who is required to undergo a background and criminal history check under Chapter 248A, Health and Safety Code;

(2) who seeks unsupervised visits with a ward of the Health and Human Services Commission, including a relative of the ward;

(3) who is an applicant for employment with the Health and Human Services Commission for a position in which the person, as an employee, would have direct access to residents or clients of a facility regulated by the Health and Human Services Commission, as determined by the executive commissioner of that commission; or

(4) who is an employee of the Health and Human Services Commission and who has direct access to residents or clients of a facility regulated by that commission, as determined by the executive commissioner of that commission.

(a-1) Subject to Section 411.087 and consistent with the public policy of this state, the Health and Human Services Commission is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person who is described by Subsection (a); and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal justice agency in this state criminal history record information maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by Subsection (a).

(b) Criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (a-1) is for the exclusive use of the Health and Human Services Commission and is privileged and confidential.

(c) The Health and Human Services Commission may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (a-1)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the Health and Human Services Commission under Subsection (a-1)(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person or agency except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the information.

(c-1) The Health and Human Services Commission shall destroy the criminal history record information after the information is used for the purposes authorized by this section.

(d) This section does not prohibit the Health and Human Services Commission from obtaining and using criminal history record information as provided by other law.

(e) In this section, "ward" has the meaning assigned by Section 1002.030, Estates Code.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (H.B. 4123), Sec. 71(7), eff. June 13, 2023.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 203.011 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 203 / Section 203.011
§ 203.011. APPEALS FROM DECISION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

A juvenile probation department that is aggrieved by a decision of the executive director, including a decision relating to standards affecting juvenile probation programs, services, or facilities, may appeal the executive director's decision to the board. The decision of the board is final and cannot be appealed.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 61.082 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 61 / Section 61.082
§ 61.082. HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

A court may not issue any process of attachment, execution, sequestration, replevin, or distress or of any kind of seizure, levy, or sale on a work of fine art unless the court requires, as part of the order authorizing the process, that the work of fine art is handled and transported in a manner that complies with the accepted standards of the artistic community for works of fine art, including, if appropriate, measures relating to the maintenance of proper environmental conditions, proper maintenance, security, and insurance coverage.
Tex. Local Government Code § 235.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 235 / Section 235.006
§ 235.006. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates this subchapter or an order of the commissioners court or a rule adopted under this subchapter commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Estates Code § 202.055 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 202 / Section 202.055
§ 202.055. SERVICE OF CITATION ON CERTAIN PERSONS NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A party to a proceeding to declare heirship who executed the application filed under Section 202.005, entered an appearance in the proceeding, or waived citation under this subchapter is not required to be served by any method.
Tex. Education Code § 62.137 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.137
§ 62.137. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each eligible institution that receives money under this subchapter in a state fiscal year shall prepare a report at the end of that fiscal year describing the manner in which the institution used the money. The institution shall include in the report information regarding the use of money spent in that fiscal year that was received under this subchapter in a preceding fiscal year.

(b) The institution shall deliver a copy of the report to the coordinating board and the Legislative Budget Board not later than December 1 after the end of the fiscal year. The Legislative Budget Board may establish requirements for the form and content of the report.

(c) The institution shall include in the report information on the use or other disposition of money the institution previously received from the Texas excellence fund or the university research fund, if the institution spent money from either of those funds in the fiscal year of the report.
Tex. Transportation Code § 62.021 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 62 / Section 62.021
§ 62.021. PILOT BOARD; COMMISSIONERS OF PILOTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The pilot board of a navigation district is composed of the district's navigation and canal commissioners.

(b) A member of the pilot board is a commissioner of pilots.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.264 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.264
§ 375.264. LIMITATIONS ON DISSOLUTION BY BOARD OF DISTRICT WITH DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may not be dissolved by its board under Section 375.261 or after a petition is filed under Section 375.262 if the district has outstanding bonded indebtedness until that bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

(b) If a petition for dissolution is filed under Section 375.262 with the board of a district and the district has outstanding bonded indebtedness secured by assessments:

(1) the district shall remain in existence solely for the purposes of winding up district operations and discharging its bonded indebtedness; and

(2) the board shall use all district money that is available to:

(A) wind up district operations; and

(B) repay or defease the bonded indebtedness as soon as practicable in accordance with the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a district that has outstanding bonded indebtedness secured by a source other than assessments on the date the petition is filed with the board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 724.047 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 724 / Section 724.047
§ 724.047. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

Chapter 524 governs an appeal from an action of the department, following an administrative hearing under this chapter, in suspending or denying the issuance of a license.
Tex. Education Code § 106.38 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 106 / Section 106.38
§ 106.38. SUITS.
Status: in_force

Venue for a suit against the university is in Harris County or Travis County. Process may be served on the university only by service of citation on the president or one of the university's vice-presidents.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.214 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.214
§ 453.214. LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall issue a physical therapist license or a physical therapist assistant license, as applicable, to an applicant who holds a current, unrestricted license in another jurisdiction that maintains licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements under this chapter. An applicant for a license under this section must:

(1) present proof to the board that the applicant is licensed in good standing as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in that jurisdiction;

(2) provide to the board information regarding the status of any other professional license that the applicant holds or has held in this state or another jurisdiction;

(3) present proof to the board that the applicant has passed a jurisprudence examination required by the board;

(4) meet the qualifications required by Section 453.203 or 453.204, as applicable;

(5) not have committed an act that is grounds for denial of a license under Section 453.351;

(6) submit to the board a current photograph that meets the requirements for a United States passport; and

(7) meet any additional requirements provided by board rule.

(b) The board shall adopt rules for issuing a provisional license under Section 453.209 to an applicant for a license by endorsement who encounters a delay that is outside the applicant's control in submitting to the board the documentation required by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.065 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.065
§ 1046.065. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The district may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) creating and administering a public retirement system for the district;

(2) participating in the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(3) purchasing annuity contracts from an insurer or annuity company authorized to engage in business in this state.
Tex. Property Code § 58.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.003
§ 58.003. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO LIEN.
Status: in_force

Each thing of value owned by or in the possession or control of the employer or the employer's agent, receiver, or trustee is subject to the lien if:

(1) created in whole or part by the lien claimant's work;

(2) used by or useful to the lien claimant in the performance of the work; or

(3) necessarily connected with the performance of the work.
Tex. Occupations Code § 403.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 403 / Section 403.202
§ 403.202. PROHIBITED ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

A license holder may not:

(1) obtain a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of a material fact;

(2) sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter a license; or

(3) engage in unprofessional conduct that endangers or is likely to endanger the health, welfare, or safety of the public as defined by commission rule.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.50 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.50
§ 11.50. PROVISION OF NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO ANOTHER CHIEF APPRAISER.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief appraiser of an appraisal district may request that the chief appraiser of another appraisal district provide to the requesting chief appraiser a list of the names of all individuals who currently receive an exemption for a residence homestead in the appraisal district for which the request is made.

(b) A chief appraiser who receives a request under Subsection (a) shall provide the list to the requesting chief appraiser as soon as practicable.

(c) A provision of law making information described by Subsection (a) confidential does not apply to the disclosure of that information under this section to another chief appraiser.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 483 / Section 483.052
§ 483.052. VIOLATION OF OTHER PROVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of this chapter other than a provision for which a specific offense is otherwise described by this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8862.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8862 / Section 8862.003
§ 8862.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
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 works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.