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Tex. Transportation Code § 285.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 285 / Section 285.001
§ 285.001. REGULATION OF ROADSIDE VENDOR AND SOLICITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 1.3 million and a county with a population of more than 600,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than four million by order may regulate the following in the unincorporated area of the county if they occur on a public highway or road, in the right-of-way of a public highway or road, or in a parking lot:

(1) the sale of items by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live animals;

(2) the erection, maintenance, or placement of a structure by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live animals; and

(3) the solicitation of money.

(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 200,000 that borders the United Mexican States by order may regulate the following activities in the unincorporated areas of the county, provided that the activities occur in a parking lot or on or in the right-of-way of a public highway or road:

(1) the sale of items and the erection, maintenance, or placement of a structure by a vendor of live animals; and

(2) the solicitation of money.

(c) A county regulating vendors under Subsection (b):

(1) may require that a vendor be located not closer to the edge of the public highway or road than a distance that is equal to one-half the width of the right-of-way adjacent to the highway or road; and

(2) may not adopt an order under Subsection (b) prohibiting the sale of livestock.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.005
§ 912.005. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF BUSINESS TO COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
Status: in_force

An insurer may not transfer more than 10 percent of the insurer's insurance policies to a county mutual insurance company without the prior approval of the commissioner.
Tex. Local Government Code § 8.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 8 / Section 8.022
§ 8.022. PETITION TO CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The residents of a municipality may initiate an attempt to make the change under this subchapter by filing with the mayor of the municipality a written petition signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters of the municipality. The petition must request the mayor to order an election to determine whether the municipality will change to a Type C general-law municipality.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.014
§ 171.014. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall publish informational materials that include:

(1) the information required to be provided under Sections 171.012(a)(1)(B) and (D) and (a)(2)(A), (B), and (C); and

(2) the materials required by Sections 171.015 and 171.016.

(b) The materials shall be published in:

(1) English and Spanish;

(2) an easily comprehensible form; and

(3) a typeface large enough to be clearly legible.

(c) The materials shall be available at no cost from the department on request. The department shall provide appropriate quantities of the materials to any person.

(d) The department shall annually review the materials to determine if changes to the contents of the materials are necessary. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary for considering and making changes to the materials.

(e) The department shall develop and maintain an Internet website to display the information required to be published under this section. In developing and maintaining the website the department shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, safeguard the website against alterations by anyone other than the department and shall monitor the website each day to prevent and correct tampering. The department shall ensure that the website does not collect or maintain information regarding access to the website.

(f) In addition to any other organization or entity, the department shall use the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as the resource in developing information required to be provided under Sections 171.012(a)(1)(B) and (D), Sections 171.012(a)(2)(A), (B), and (C), and Section 171.016, and in maintaining the department's Internet website.
Tex. Property Code § 91.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.006
§ 91.006. LANDLORD'S DUTY TO MITIGATE DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord has a duty to mitigate damages if a tenant abandons the leased premises in violation of the lease.

(b) A provision of a lease that purports to waive a right or to exempt a landlord from a liability or duty under this section is void.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8289.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8289 / Section 8289.002
§ 8289.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Polk County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7981.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7981 / Section 7981.054
§ 7981.054. ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district by order of the board may accept any road inside the district that has been dedicated by plat or otherwise transferred to the public.

(b) On acceptance of the road by the district, the district is considered the owner of the accepted road and shall record ownership of the road in the deed records of Denton County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8212.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8212 / Section 8212.204
§ 8212.204. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other obligations as the interest becomes due;

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and

(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3866.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3866 / Section 3866.054
§ 3866.054. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the governing body of the City of Kennedale.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.103
§ 1095.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298D.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298D / Section 298D.103
§ 298D.103. DEPOSITS TO FUND; AUTHORIZED USES OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The local provider participation fund established under Section 298D.102 consists of:

(1) all mandatory payments authorized under this chapter and received by the district;

(2) money received from the Health and Human Services Commission as a refund of an intergovernmental transfer from the district to the state as the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments, provided that the intergovernmental transfer does not receive a federal matching payment; and

(3) the earnings of the fund.

(b) Money deposited to the local provider participation fund may be used only to:

(1) fund intergovernmental transfers from the district to the state to provide the nonfederal share of Medicaid payments for:

(A) uncompensated care and delivery system reform incentive payments to nonpublic hospitals, if those payments are authorized under the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315);

(B) uniform rate enhancements for nonpublic hospitals in the Medicaid managed care service area in which the district is located;

(C) payments available to nonpublic hospitals under another waiver program authorizing payments that are substantially similar to Medicaid payments to nonpublic hospitals described by Paragraph (A) or (B); or

(D) any reimbursement to nonpublic hospitals for which federal matching funds are available;

(2) subject to Section 298D.151(d), pay the administrative expenses of the district in administering the program, including collateralization of deposits;

(3) refund a portion of a mandatory payment collected in error from a paying hospital; and

(4) refund to paying hospitals a proportionate share of the money that the district:

(A) receives from the Health and Human Services Commission that is not used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments described by Subdivision (1); or

(B) determines cannot be used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments described by Subdivision (1).

(c) Money in the local provider participation fund may not be commingled with other district funds.

(d) An intergovernmental transfer of funds described by Subsection (b)(1) and any funds received by the district as a result of an intergovernmental transfer described by that subsection may not be used by the district or any other entity to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 51.014 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 51 / Section 51.014
§ 51.014. MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a subscriber for membership certificates gives notes for the certificates, a society may not issue the certificates until the notes have been paid in full.

(b) A subscriber who has not paid for the certificates in full is entitled to vote in the management of the society and may borrow from the society in accordance with the society's bylaws.

(c) A subscriber who has not paid for the certificates in full may not receive dividends from the society or share in a distribution of any of its assets.

(d) Membership certificates may not be transferred.
Tex. Government Code § 501.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.025
§ 501.025. VETERANS SERVICES COORDINATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a veterans services coordinator to coordinate responses to the needs of veterans under the supervision of the department, including veterans who are released on parole or mandatory supervision. The veterans services coordinator, with the cooperation of the community justice assistance division, shall provide information to community supervision and corrections departments to help those departments coordinate responses to the needs of veterans placed on community supervision. The veterans services coordinator shall coordinate veterans' services for all of the department's divisions.

(b) The veterans services coordinator, in collaboration with the attorney general's office, shall provide each incarcerated veteran a child support modification application.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.107
§ 1004.107. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into operating or management contracts relating to hospital facilities for the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 51 / Section 21
§ 21. GOVERNOR MAY RECALL WARRANT OR ISSUE ALIAS.
Status: in_force

The governor may recall his warrant of the arrest or may issue another warrant whenever he deems proper. Each warrant issued by the Governor shall expire and be of no force and effect when not executed within one year from the date thereof.
Tex. Local Government Code § 115.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 115 / Section 115.042
§ 115.042.
Status: in_force

Sec. 115.042. AUDIT IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION LESS THAN 25,000. (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 25,000 may arrange with one or more other counties to jointly employ and compensate one or more special auditors for the purposes set forth in Section 115.031.

(b) The commissioners court of a county affected by this section may have an audit made of the county books, either in whole or in part, at any time regardless of whether an arrangement can be made under Subsection (a). The district judge or the grand jury of the county may also order such an audit.
Tex. Government Code § 22.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.302
§ 22.302. USE OF TELECONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY.
Status: in_force

(a) At the discretion of its chief justice or presiding judge, the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals may order that oral argument be presented through the use of teleconferencing technology. The parties or their attorneys may participate in oral argument from any location through the use of teleconferencing technology. Unless exigent circumstances require otherwise, the court shall participate in oral argument presented through teleconferencing technology from a courtroom or other facility provided to the court by this state.

(b) In this section, "teleconferencing technology" means technology that provides for a conference of individuals in different locations, connected by electronic means, through both audio and video.
Tex. Occupations Code § 169.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 169 / Section 169.006
§ 169.006. ADMINISTRATION OF LOW-THC CANNABIS BY PULMONARY INHALATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician may prescribe pulmonary inhalation of an aerosol or vapor as a means of administration of low-THC cannabis if the physician determines that based on the patient's condition there is a medical necessity for that means of administration.

(b) The prescription under Subsection (a) must specify the amount of tetrahydrocannabinols in each dosage unit to be administered by pulmonary inhalation that is medically necessary based on the patient's condition.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules:

(1) related to medical devices for pulmonary inhalation of low-THC cannabis; and

(2) establishing a reasonable timeline for reviewing and granting approval for medical devices for pulmonary inhalation.
Tex. Utilities Code § 103.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 103 / Section 103.002
§ 103.002. FRANCHISES.
Status: in_force

(a) This subtitle does not restrict the rights and powers of a municipality to grant or refuse a franchise to use the streets and alleys in the municipality or to make a statutory charge for that use.

(b) A municipality that performs a regulatory function under this subtitle may make each charge that is authorized by:

(1) this subtitle; or

(2) the applicable franchise agreement.

(c) A franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the railroad commission by this subtitle.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.065 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.065
§ 363.065. PLANNING PROCESS; PLANNING AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) A regional or local solid waste management plan must result from a planning process that:

(1) is related to proper management of solid waste in the planning area under consideration; and

(2) identifies problems and collects and evaluates data necessary to provide a written public statement of goals, objectives, and recommended actions intended to accomplish those goals and objectives.

(b) A regional solid waste management plan must consider the entire area in an identified planning region.

(c) A local solid waste management plan must consider all the area in the jurisdiction of one or more local governments but may not include an entire planning region.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.103
§ 457.103. FARES AND OTHER CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The board shall, after a public hearing, impose reasonable and nondiscriminatory fares, tolls, charges, rents, or other compensation for the use of the transit authority system sufficient to produce revenue, together with receipts from taxes imposed by the authority, in an amount adequate to:

(1) pay all the expenses necessary to operate and maintain the transit authority system;

(2) pay when due the principal of and interest on, and sinking fund and reserve fund payments agreed to be made with respect to, all bonds that are issued by the board and payable in whole or part from the revenue; and

(3) fulfill the terms of any other agreement with the holders of bonds described by Subdivision (2) or with a person acting on behalf of the bondholders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8471.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8471 / Section 8471.152
§ 8471.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8471.151, 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 § 7919A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7919A / Section 7919A.0301
§ 7919A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.250 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.250
§ 401.250. PAYMENTS BY PARTY STATES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Act of the legislature or the executive branch, or any other agreement, the initial payment of $12.5 million due from each nonhost party state under Section 5.01 of the compact established under Section 403.006 is due not later than November 1, 2003. In accordance with Section 7.01 of the compact, the host state establishes the following terms and conditions for a state to become a party state to the compact after January 1, 2011:

(1) the state must make an initial payment of half of the total amount due to the host state under Subsection (b) on the later of September 1, 2011, or the date the state becomes a party state; and

(2) the state must pay the remainder of the amount owed under Subsection (b) on the later of the date of the opening of the compact waste disposal facility or the date the facility first accepts waste from the state.

(b) Each state that becomes a party state:

(1) after January 1, 2011, and before September 1, 2018, shall contribute a total of $30 million to the host state, including the initial payment under Subsection (a)(1); and

(2) on or after September 1, 2018, and before September 1, 2023, shall contribute $50 million to the host state, including the initial payment under Subsection (a)(1).

(c) The requirements of this section apply to a state that becomes a party state after January 1, 2011, regardless of whether the state had previously been a party to the compact. A state that has withdrawn as a party state shall pay the previously committed fee of $25 million in addition to the fees set in Subsection (b).

(d) A payment made under this section may not be refunded, even if a party state withdraws from the compact.

(e) For the purposes of calculating the amount of a payment required under Section 4.05(5) of the compact, the amount of a payment under this section is considered to be a payment under Article V of the compact.

(f) This section prevails over any other law or agreement in conflict or inconsistent with this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8262.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8262 / Section 8262.106
§ 8262.106. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The board president or secretary may give notice of an election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8458.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8458 / Section 8458.002
§ 8458.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.154
§ 3914.154. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Tax Code § 352.108 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 352 / Section 352.108
§ 352.108. USE OF REVENUE; CERTAIN COUNTIES THAT BORDER MEXICO AND CONTAIN A NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
Status: in_force

A county authorized to impose a tax under this chapter by Section 352.002(a)(13) may use the revenue from the tax only as follows:

(1) 75 percent of the revenue for the promotion of tourism; and

(2) notwithstanding Section 352.1015, 25 percent of the revenue for the general revenue purposes or general governmental operations of the county.
Tex. Family Code § 157.103 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.103
§ 157.103. CAPIAS FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The fee for issuing a capias as provided in this chapter is the same as the fee for issuance of a writ of attachment.

(b) The fee for serving a capias is the same as the fee for service of a writ in civil cases generally.
Tex. Government Code § 442.0682 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.0682
§ 442.0682. GRANTS; DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission may accept a grant or donation for any program or purpose of the first capitol site and replica.