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Tex. Government Code § 2306.0724 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.0724
§ 2306.0724. FAIR HOUSING SPONSOR REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall require the owner of each housing development that receives financial assistance from the department and that contains 20 or more living units to submit an annual fair housing sponsor report. The report must include the relevant information necessary for the analysis required by Section 2306.072(c)(6). In compiling the information for the report, the owner of each housing development shall use data current as of January 1 of the reporting year.

(b) The department shall adopt rules regarding the procedure for filing the report.

(c) The department shall maintain the reports in electronic and hard-copy formats readily available to the public at no cost.

(d) A housing sponsor who fails to file a report in a timely manner is subject to the following sanctions, as determined by the department:

(1) denial of a request for additional funding; or

(2) an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000, assessed in the manner provided for an administrative penalty under Section 2306.6023.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005A / Section 8005A.0403
§ 8005A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Transportation Code § 681.0101 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 681 / Section 681.0101
§ 681.0101. ENFORCEMENT BY CERTAIN APPOINTED PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision may appoint a person to have authority to file a charge against a person who commits an offense under this chapter.

(b) A person appointed under this section must:

(1) be a United States citizen of good moral character who has not been convicted of a felony;

(2) take and subscribe to an oath of office that the political subdivision prescribes; and

(3) successfully complete a training program of at least four hours in length developed by the political subdivision.

(c) A person appointed under this section:

(1) is not a peace officer;

(2) has no authority other than the authority applicable to a citizen to enforce a law other than this chapter; and

(3) may not carry a weapon while performing duties under this section.

(d) A person appointed under this section is not entitled to compensation for performing duties under this section or to indemnification from the political subdivision or the state for injury or property damage the person sustains or liability the person incurs in performing duties under this section.

(e) The political subdivision and the state are not liable for any damage arising from an act or omission of a person appointed under Subsection (a) in performing duties under this section.
Tex. Education Code § 54.620 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.620
§ 54.620. PREPAID TUITION CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a purchaser for the purchaser to prepay the tuition and required fees for a beneficiary to attend an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education to which the beneficiary is admitted as a student.

(b) The terms of a prepaid tuition contract shall be based on an actuarial analysis of:

(1) the rates of increase of:

(A) tuition and required fees at institutions of higher education; or

(B) estimated average private tuition and required fees;

(2) expected investment returns;

(3) estimated administrative costs; and

(4) the period between the date the contract is entered into and the date the beneficiary is projected to graduate from high school.

(c) The board shall adopt a form for a prepaid tuition contract to be used by the board and purchasers.

(d) A prepaid tuition contract must:

(1) specify the amount and number of payments required from the purchaser on behalf of the beneficiary;

(2) specify the terms under which the purchaser shall make payments, including the date on which each payment is due;

(3) specify the consequences of default;

(4) specify the name and date of birth of the beneficiary of the contract and the terms under which another person may be substituted as the beneficiary;

(5) specify the number of credit hours contracted by the purchaser;

(6) specify the type of plan toward which the contracted credit hours shall be applied;

(7) contain an assumption of a contractual obligation by the board to the beneficiary to provide for a specified number of credit hours of undergraduate instruction at an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education, not to exceed the typical number of credit hours required for the degree that corresponds to the plan purchased on behalf of the beneficiary;

(8) specify the date the beneficiary is projected to graduate from high school; and

(9) contain any other provisions the board considers necessary or appropriate.

(e) A prepaid tuition contract does not cover the cost of laboratory fees charged for specific courses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8837.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8837 / Section 8837.004
§ 8837.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The initial boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Terrell County, Texas.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 4 / Section 1
§ 1.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. The Court of Criminal Appeals and each judge thereof shall have, and is hereby given, the power and authority to grant and issue and cause the issuance of writs of habeas corpus, and, in criminal law matters, the writs of mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, and certiorari. The court and each judge thereof shall have, and is hereby given, the power and authority to grant and issue and cause the issuance of such other writs as may be necessary to protect its jurisdiction or enforce its judgments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6916.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6916 / Section 6916.051
§ 6916.051. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, concreted, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2551.256 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2551 / Section 2551.256
§ 2551.256. ACTUARIAL CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each domestic or foreign title insurer shall file annually with the insurer's annual statement required under Section 2551.152 an actuarial certification made by a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries.

(b) An actuarial certification must:

(1) conform to the annual statement instructions for a title insurer adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; and

(2) include the actuary's professional opinion of the insurer's reserves as of the date of the annual statement.

(c) The reserves analyzed under this section must include reserves for known claims, including adverse development on known claims, and reserves for incurred but not reported claims.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142.027 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 142 / Section 142.027
§ 142.027. VIOLATION OF HOME HEALTH MEDICATION AIDE PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) For the violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter, the department may:

(1) deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a permit;

(2) suspend a permit in an emergency; or

(3) rescind training program approval.

(b) Except as provided by Section 142.028, the procedure by which the department takes a disciplinary action and the procedure by which a disciplinary action is appealed are governed by the department's rules for a formal hearing and by Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 265.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 265 / Section 265.003
§ 265.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 265.003. COUNTY WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 92,600 AND MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 57,250. (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of at least 92,600 and the governing body of a municipality in that county with a population of at least 57,250 may establish, build, equip, maintain, and operate a hospital for the care and treatment of sick, infirm, or injured inhabitants of the county or municipality.

(b) The commissioners court and the governing body by agreement may divide the hospital costs between the county and the municipality.

(c) If the amounts in the county or municipal general funds are insufficient to pay the hospital costs, the commissioners court or the governing body at a special or general election may submit to the qualified voters of the county or municipality, respectively, a proposition for the county and municipality to establish, build, equip, maintain, and operate a hospital and for:

(1) the levy of a tax for that purpose not to exceed 10 cents on each $100 of the taxable value of real and personal property that is taxable by the county or municipality; or

(2) the issuance of bonds by the county or municipality in an amount not to exceed the amount specified in the proposition for all or part of the cost of establishing, building, or equipping the hospital and for the levy of a tax to create a sinking fund for the payment of interest on the bonds not to exceed 10 cents on each $100 of the taxable value of real and personal property that is taxable by the county or municipality.

(d) The commissioners court or governing body may assess and levy a tax, or may issue bonds in the manner provided for issuance of other bonds by the county or municipality and assess and levy a tax, as stated in the proposition if the proposition is approved by a majority of votes cast in the election.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.061 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 131 / Section 131.061
§ 131.061. IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may not operate an apiary in this state unless the hives are:

(1) clearly and permanently marked with the name of the person as provided by Section 131.064;

(2) branded in accordance with Section 131.064 with a brand registered to the person by the chief apiary inspector; or

(3) identified by a weatherproof sign posted within the apiary containing the name and contact information or the brand number of the person managing the apiary, printed in lettering at least one inch high.

(b) An apiary at the principal residence of a beekeeper is exempt from the requirements of Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8150.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8150 / Section 8150.001
§ 8150.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Sugar Land, Texas.

(2-a) "County" means Fort Bend County, Texas.

(3) "Director" means a member of the board.

(4) "District" means the Imperial Redevelopment District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3910.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3910 / Section 3910.107
§ 3910.107. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Labor Code § 203.151 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 203 / Section 203.151
§ 203.151. ADMINISTRATION FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The unemployment compensation administration fund is a special fund in the state treasury.

(b) The administration fund consists of money:

(1) appropriated to the administration fund by this state;

(2) received from the United States or any federal agency for the administration of this subtitle;

(3) collected by the commission as fees for furnishing photostatic or certified copies of commission records;

(4) collected by the commission as fees for conducting audits under the authority granted by this subtitle;

(5) received from any federal agency or any agency of another state as compensation for services or facilities supplied to the agency;

(6) received under any surety bond or insurance policy or from other sources:

(A) for losses sustained by the administration fund; or

(B) by reason of damage to equipment or supplies purchased with money in the administration fund;

(7) received as proceeds from the sale or disposition of equipment or supplies that are no longer necessary for the proper administration of this subtitle, if the equipment or supplies were purchased with money in the administration fund; and

(8) received from any other source for the administration of this subtitle.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.032 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.032
§ 441.032. BALLOT FOR CONFIRMATION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) To have a person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director, the person must file a petition with the temporary directors not later than the 31st day before the date of the election.

(b) The ballot for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the creation of the district and include the names of the persons who have filed as candidates for director.

(c) A voter is entitled to vote for five candidates for director.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.359 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.359
§ 1701.359. BORDER OPERATIONS TRAINING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The commission may:

(1) recognize, or with the consent of the Department of Public Safety administer or assist in administering, the border operations training program established under Section 411.02094, Government Code, as a continuing education program for officers; and

(2) credit an officer who successfully completes the program described by Subdivision (1) with the appropriate number of continuing education hours.
Tex. Local Government Code § 552.102 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.102
§ 552.102. EMINENT DOMAIN BY MUNICIPAL SEWER PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation incorporated in this state for the purpose of owning, constructing, or maintaining a sewer system in a municipality may by eminent domain condemn private property to:

(1) construct and maintain sewer pipes, mains and laterals, and connections; and

(2) maintain vats, filtration pipes, and other pipes for the final disposition of sewage.

(b) A corporation may exercise a power described by Subsection (a) only if:

(1) the use of private property is necessary for the successful operation of the sewer system; and

(2) the sewer system is beneficial to the public use, health, or convenience.

(c) The power of eminent domain may not be used under this section in the boundaries of a municipality unless permitted or required by the municipality granting a franchise to the corporation seeking the right of condemnation.
Tex. Education Code § 61.604 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.604
§ 61.604. LIMITATIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) A mental health professional may receive repayment assistance under this subchapter for not more than three years.

(b) Not more than 10 percent of the number of repayment assistance grants paid under this subchapter each year may be awarded to mental health professionals providing mental health services described by Section 61.603(a)(3)(C).

(c) Not more than 30 percent of the number of repayment assistance grants paid under this subchapter each year may be awarded to mental health professionals in any one of the professions listed in Section 61.601.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if in a state fiscal year not all funds available for purposes of the program are used, the board may allocate any unused funds to award repayment assistance grants to mental health professionals in any of the professions listed in Section 61.601.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 (S.B. 646), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9084.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9084 / Section 9084.0402
§ 9084.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 9084.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8504.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8504 / Section 8504.301
§ 8504.301. GENERAL POWER TO BORROW MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(1) borrow money for any corporate purpose from any source; and

(2) issue a note, warrant, bond, certificate of indebtedness, or other form of obligation of the authority as evidence of the borrowed money.

(b) An obligation of the authority under Subsection (a) is payable only from revenue derived from authority improvements and facilities and the operation and services of the improvements and facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8436.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8436 / Section 8436.102
§ 8436.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY 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 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 2254.109 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2254 / Section 2254.109
§ 2254.109. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not limit the right of a state governmental entity or political subdivision to recover fees and expenses from opposing parties under other law.

(b) Compliance with this subchapter does not relieve a contracting attorney or law firm of an obligation or responsibility under other law, including under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.

(c) An officer, employee, or governing body of a state governmental entity or political subdivision, including the attorney general, may not waive the requirements of this subchapter or prejudice the interests of the state governmental entity or political subdivision under this subchapter. This subchapter does not waive the state's sovereign immunity or a political subdivision's governmental immunity from suit or the state's immunity from suit in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment to the federal constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 264.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 264 / Section 264.008
§ 264.008. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If the person does not pay the administrative penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the executive director may refer the matter to the attorney general for collection of the penalty.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.133 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.133
§ 351.133. DISTRICT OFFICE; MEETINGS; MINUTES; RECORDS; SEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall maintain a main office in the district for conducting the business of the district. The board shall maintain any other offices and stations necessary to carry out this subchapter.

(b) The board shall hold regular meetings at the main office at least once each month on a date established by rule of the board.

(c) The board shall keep a complete written account of all its meetings and other proceedings, and shall maintain the records of the district in a secure manner.

(d) Records of the district are subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.

(e) The board shall adopt a seal for the district.

(f) The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of the records of the district is subject to the requirements of Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code, and rules adopted under that subtitle.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0404 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0404
§ 544.0404. INELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING VIOLATION; RIGHT TO APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual is not eligible to receive financial assistance as provided by Subsection (b) if the individual waives the right to a hearing or a hearing officer at an administrative hearing held under this subchapter determines that the individual violated Section 544.0402. An individual who a hearing officer determines violated Section 544.0402 may appeal that determination by filing a petition in the district court in the county in which the violation occurred not later than the 30th day after the date the hearing officer makes the determination.

(b) An individual determined under Subsection (a) to have violated Section 544.0402 is not eligible for financial assistance:

(1) before the first anniversary of the date of that determination if the individual has no previous violations; and

(2) permanently if the individual was previously determined to have committed a violation.

(c) An individual who is convicted of a state or federal offense for conduct described by Section 544.0402 or who is granted deferred adjudication or placed on community supervision for that conduct is permanently disqualified from receiving financial assistance.
Tex. Estates Code § 1051.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.102
§ 1051.102. ISSUANCE OF CITATION FOR APPLICATION FOR GUARDIANSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing of an application for guardianship, the court clerk shall issue a citation stating:

(1) that the application was filed;

(2) the name of the proposed ward;

(3) the name of the applicant; and

(4) the name of the person to be appointed guardian as provided in the application, if that person is not the applicant.

(b) The citation must cite all persons interested in the welfare of the proposed ward to appear at the time and place stated in the notice if the persons wish to contest the application.

(c) The citation shall be posted.

(d) The citation must contain a clear and conspicuous statement informing those interested persons of the right provided under Section 1051.252 to be notified of any or all motions, applications, or pleadings relating to the application for the guardianship or any subsequent guardianship proceeding involving the ward after the guardianship is created, if any.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1042.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1042 / Section 1042.101
§ 1042.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district shall provide all necessary hospital and medical care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Transportation Code § 681.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 681 / Section 681.002
§ 681.002. DISABLED PARKING PLACARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall provide for the issuance of a disabled parking placard to a person with a disability.

(b) A disabled parking placard must be two-sided and hooked and include on each side:

(1) the international symbol of access, which must be at least three inches in height, be centered on the placard, and be:

(A) white on a blue shield for a placard issued to a person with a permanent disability; or

(B) white on a red shield for a placard issued to a person with a temporary disability;

(2) an identification number;

(3) an expiration date at least three inches in height; and

(4) the seal or other identification of the department.

(c) The department shall furnish the disabled parking placards to each county assessor-collector.

(d) A disabled parking placard must bear a hologram designed to prevent the reproduction of the placard or the production of a counterfeit placard.

(e) In addition to the expiration date included on a disabled parking placard under Subsection (b), the expiration date must be indicated on the placard by a month and year hole-punch system.