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Tex. Estates Code § 1163.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1163 / Section 1163.003
§ 1163.003. SUPPORTING VOUCHERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The guardian of the estate shall attach to each annual account:

(1) a voucher, including a receipt, invoice, or proof of payment, for each item of credit claimed in the account or, to support the item in the absence of the voucher, other evidence satisfactory to the court;

(2) an official letter from the bank or other depository where the money on hand of the estate or ward is deposited that shows the amounts in general or special deposits;

(3) proof of the existence and possession of:

(A) securities owned by the estate or shown by the account; and

(B) other assets held by a depository subject to court order;

(4) an official statement that covers the date that the accounting period ends issued by each bank or other depository where:

(A) the money on hand of the estate or ward is deposited; or

(B) the securities or other assets are held for safekeeping; and

(5) a bill of sale, contract, or other agreement evidencing the sale of personal property of the estate or ward during the accounting period.

(b) An original voucher submitted to the court may on application be returned to the guardian after approval of the annual account.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.155
§ 1001.155. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY; REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement that implements a program of equal employment opportunity to ensure that all personnel decisions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.

(b) The policy statement must include:

(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, training, and promotion of personnel, that show the intent of the board to avoid the unlawful employment practices described by Chapter 21, Labor Code; and

(2) an analysis of the extent to which the composition of the board's personnel is in accordance with state and federal law and a description of reasonable methods to achieve compliance with state and federal law.

(c) The policy statement must:

(1) be updated annually;

(2) be reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (b)(1); and

(3) be filed with the governor's office.
Tex. Government Code § 2003.0421 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.0421
§ 2003.0421. SANCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An administrative law judge employed by the office or a temporary administrative law judge, on the judge's own motion or on motion of a party and after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may impose appropriate sanctions as provided by Subsection (b) against a party or its representative for:

(1) filing a motion or pleading that is groundless and brought:

(A) in bad faith;

(B) for the purpose of harassment; or

(C) for any other improper purpose, such as to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of the proceeding;

(2) abuse of the discovery process in seeking, making, or resisting discovery; or

(3) failure to obey an order of the administrative law judge or of the state agency on behalf of which the hearing is being conducted.

(b) A sanction imposed under Subsection (a) may include, as appropriate and justified, issuance of an order:

(1) disallowing further discovery of any kind or of a particular kind by the offending party;

(2) charging all or any part of the expenses of discovery against the offending party or its representatives;

(3) holding that designated facts be considered admitted for purposes of the proceeding;

(4) refusing to allow the offending party to support or oppose a designated claim or defense or prohibiting the party from introducing designated matters in evidence;

(5) disallowing in whole or in part requests for relief by the offending party and excluding evidence in support of those requests; and

(6) striking pleadings or testimony, or both, in whole or in part.

(c) This section applies to any contested case hearing conducted by the office, except hearings conducted on behalf of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or the Public Utility Commission of Texas which are governed by Sections 2003.047 and 2003.049.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 68.020 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 68 / Section 68.020
§ 68.020. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) coyotes (prairie wolves);

(2) cougars;

(3) bobcats;

(4) prairie dogs; or

(5) red foxes.

(b) This chapter does not apply to the possession of mounted or preserved endangered fish or wildlife acquired before August 31, 1973, by public or private nonprofit educational, zoological, or research institutions. The department may require an institution to furnish a list of mounted or preserved fish or wildlife possessed and proof of the time of acquisition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7949A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7949A / Section 7949A.0503
§ 7949A.0503. 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. Education Code § 37.0812 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.0812
§ 37.0812.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.0812. TRAINING POLICY: SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. (a) A school district peace officer or school resource officer shall complete an active shooter response training program approved by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement at least once in each four-year period.

(b) A school district that commissions a school district peace officer or at which a school resource officer provides law enforcement shall adopt a policy requiring the officer to complete the education and training program required by Section 1701.263, Occupations Code.

(c) A school district may not contract for the provision of active shooter response training under this section unless the training provider is certified under Section 1701.2515, Occupations Code, to provide the training.
Tex. Government Code § 618.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 618 / Section 618.005
§ 618.005. EFFECT OF FACSIMILE SIGNATURE.
Status: in_force

A facsimile signature placed in compliance with this chapter has the same legal effect as the authorized officer's manual signature.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.160 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.160
§ 131.160. NOTIFICATION BY COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall contact various local governmental bodies, planning agencies, sewage, and water treatment authorities or water companies that have jurisdiction over or in the locality in which the proposed surface mining will occur, and the owners of record of surface areas within 500 feet of any part of the permit area and shall give them notice of the applicant's intention to surface mine a particularly described tract of land and indicate the applicant's permit number, if any, and the place at which a copy of the proposed mining and reclamation plan may be inspected.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7964.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7964 / Section 7964.005
§ 7964.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Tax Code § 1.05 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 1 / Section 1.05
§ 1.05. CITY FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a home-rule city may establish by ordinance a fiscal year different from that fixed in its charter if a different fiscal year is desirable to adapt budgeting and other fiscal activities to the tax cycle required by this title.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.304 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.304
§ 1271.304. TERMINATION OF CONTINUED COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

Group continued coverage under this subchapter may not terminate until the earliest of:

(1) the date the maximum continuation period provided by law would end, which is:

(A) for any enrollee not eligible for continuation coverage under Title X, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (29 U.S.C. Section 1161 et seq.) (COBRA), the end of the nine-month period after the date the election to continue coverage is made; or

(B) for any enrollee eligible for continuation coverage under COBRA, six additional months following any period of continuation provided under that statute;

(2) the date on which failure to make timely payments terminates coverage;

(3) the date on which the enrollee is covered for similar services and benefits by any other plan or program, including a hospital, surgical, medical, or major medical expense insurance policy, hospital or medical service subscriber contract, or medical practice or other prepayment plan; or

(4) the date on which the group coverage terminates in its entirety.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7879A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7879A / Section 7879A.0103
§ 7879A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.052
§ 2051.052. PUBLICATION OF COMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall publish on the secretary of state's Internet website information that prescribes the compliance responsibilities of an institution of higher education under this chapter.

(b) The secretary shall notify the athletic director or other appropriate official of each institution of higher education of any change to the compliance responsibilities of the institution under this chapter.

(c) The secretary shall, as necessary, update the compliance responsibilities materials.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9039.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9039 / Section 9039.102
§ 9039.102. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, applicable to water control and improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and including powers relating to sanitary sewer systems.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3820.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3820 / Section 3820.054
§ 3820.054. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; ONE-TIME AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section:

(1) a voting director may participate in all board votes and decisions; and

(2) Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest for voting directors.

(b) Section 171.004, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district. A director who has a substantial interest in a business or charitable entity that will receive a pecuniary benefit from a board action shall file a one-time affidavit declaring the interest. An additional affidavit is not required if the director's interest changes. After the affidavit is filed with the board secretary, the director may participate in a discussion or vote on that action if:

(1) a majority of the directors have a similar interest in the same entity; or

(2) all other similar business or charitable entities in the district will receive a similar pecuniary benefit.

(c) A director who is also an officer or employee of a public entity may not participate in the discussion of or vote on a matter regarding a contract with that public entity.

(d) For purposes of this section, a director has a substantial interest in a charitable entity in the same manner that a person would have a substantial interest in a business entity under Section 171.002, Local Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248.0545 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248 / Section 248.0545
§ 248.0545. VIOLATION OF LAW RELATING TO ADVANCE DIRECTIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall assess an administrative penalty against a special care facility that violates Section 166.004.

(b) A penalty assessed under this section shall be $500.

(c) The penalty shall be assessed in accordance with department rules. The rules must provide for notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
Tex. Government Code § 656.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 656 / Section 656.026
§ 656.026. JOB NOTICE POSTING WAIVER.
Status: in_force

A state agency is not required to comply with the requirements of this subchapter or Subchapter A when the agency transfers or reassigns an employee as part of a reorganization or merger mandated by the legislature if the executive head of the agency certifies that the transfer or reassignment is necessary for the proper implementation of the reorganization or merger.
Tex. Water Code § 62.314 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.314
§ 62.314. ADDITIONAL COMMISSION MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) From and after the entry of the order of annexation, the commission shall be constituted as provided in this section.

(b) The commissioners court of the annexed county shall appoint two commissioners, both of whom shall be electors who reside in the district. The two commission members shall be additional members of the commission of the district and shall have the same duties and receive the same compensation as incumbent commission members.

(c) The additional commission members shall hold office for a term equal to and expiring with the terms of the incumbent commission members or, if the members of the commission are serving staggered terms, expiring with the term of the commission member whose term first expires.

(d) At the expiration of the terms of the additional commission members, the terms of all commission members shall be automatically terminated.
Tex. Government Code § 3151.0511 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3151 / Section 3151.0511
§ 3151.0511. PROHIBITED CONSTRUCTION; CONGRESS AVENUE VIEW CORRIDOR.
Status: in_force

A person may not begin, in the Congress Avenue view corridor, construction of a structure:

(1) on the west side of Congress Avenue that:

(A) is within 60 feet of Congress Avenue; and

(B) has a height that exceeds 90 feet; and

(2) on the east side of Congress Avenue that:

(A) is within 40 feet of Congress Avenue; and

(B) has a height that exceeds 90 feet.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8808.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8808 / Section 8808.052
§ 8808.052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8808.052. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS. (a) The directors of the district shall be elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.

(b) One director shall be elected by the voters of the entire district, and one director shall be elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), to be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be a registered voter in the district. To be a candidate for or to serve as director from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be a registered voter of that precinct.

(d) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(e) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts are redrawn after each federal decennial census to reflect population changes, a director in office on the effective date of the change, or a director elected or appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve in the precinct to which elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places the person's residence outside the precinct for which the person was elected or appointed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8249.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8249 / Section 8249.005
§ 8249.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 3.02 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 3.02 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 § 393.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 393 / Section 393.001
§ 393.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Alternate delegate" means an individual appointed under Section 393.051 to represent this state as an alternate delegate at an Article V convention.

(2) "Article V convention" means a convention called by the United States Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution.

(3) "Delegate" means:

(A) an individual appointed under Section 393.051 to represent this state as a delegate at an Article V convention; or

(B) an alternate delegate who fills a vacancy in the office of the alternate delegate's paired delegate.

(4) "Unauthorized vote" means a vote cast by a delegate or alternate delegate at an Article V convention that:

(A) is contrary to the instructions adopted under Section 393.101 in effect at the time the vote is taken;

(B) exceeds the scope or subject matter of the Article V convention as authorized by the legislature in the application to the United States Congress to call the convention if the legislature made an application to call the convention; or

(C) exceeds the scope or subject matter of the Article V convention if the legislature did not make an application to the United States Congress to call the convention.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1033.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1033 / Section 1033.204
§ 1033.204. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.112
§ 3938.112. CONCURRENCE ON ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

If the territory of the district is located in the corporate boundaries or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not exercise a power granted to the district after the date the district was created unless the governing body of the municipality by resolution consents to the district's exercise of the power.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 92 / Section 92.005
§ 92.005. DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER.
Status: in_force

The department shall direct the inspection and certification of tomato grades, sizes, packs, markings, and container designations and may:

(1) adopt tomato container standards and grades that are not in conflict with federal standards and grades or those described in Subchapter C of this chapter;

(2) adopt rules relating to tomato inspections, standards, grades, packs, markings, and containers;

(3) adopt rules that in effect adopt a financing plan for inspection contributions under a cooperative agreement under Subchapter D of this chapter; and

(4) adopt rules relating to the issuance of licenses required under this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 58.171 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.171
§ 58.171. REVENUE FOR PAYMENT OF LEASE RENTAL.
Status: in_force

(a) All money due the lessor under the lease shall be payable solely from the revenue derived by the district from the sale of water supplied through the leased system.

(b) The board shall set and collect charges for the water supplied through the leased properties to produce sufficient revenue at all times to allow for delinquencies and to pay promptly all rental payments becoming due under the terms of the lease. The board may agree to deposit this money in a separate fund as a first charge on the gross revenue received each year from sales of water, and which shall not be used for any other purpose.

(c) The board may agree in the lease to pay all expenses of operating and maintaining the leased properties from the fund provided by the board each year for the maintenance and operation expenses of the district so that the gross revenue from sale of water will be available exclusively for payment of rentals until the amount required for rentals each year is paid into the separate rental fund.

(d) If the board includes this agreement in the lease, the board shall provide for the payment of sums into the maintenance fund from sources other than the remaining portions of the gross revenue from the sale of water not required to pay rentals which are sufficient each year to pay all expenses of operating the district and maintaining and operating its properties and facilities, including the leased properties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8433.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8433 / Section 8433.104
§ 8433.104. APPROVAL OF ROAD PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not undertake a road project authorized by Section 8433.103 unless:

(1) each municipality or county that will operate and maintain the road has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if a municipality or county will operate and maintain the road; or

(2) the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the plans and specifications of the road project, if the state will operate and maintain the road.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the district is not required to obtain approval from the Texas Transportation Commission to design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, or convey a road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7806.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7806 / Section 7806.153
§ 7806.153. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

The board may select one or more depositories.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.002
§ 162.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

A cooperative, nonprofit corporation may be organized under this chapter to furnish communication service to the widest practicable number of users of that service.
Tex. Estates Code § 55.252 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 55 / Section 55.252
§ 55.252. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

A process or action under a court order or judgment subject to a bill of review filed under Section 55.251 may be stayed only by writ of injunction.