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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7972.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7972 / Section 7972.052
§ 7972.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after September 1, 2017, 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 7972.003; or

(2) September 1, 2021.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7972.003 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 7972.003; 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. Estates Code § 752.115 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 752 / Section 752.115
§ 752.115. EXISTING INTERESTS; FOREIGN INTERESTS.
Status: in_force

The powers described by Sections 752.102-752.1145 may be exercised equally with respect to an interest the principal has at the time the durable power of attorney is executed or acquires later, whether or not:

(1) the property is located in this state; or

(2) the powers are exercised or the durable power of attorney is executed in this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.055
§ 453.055. TERMS; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms with the terms of two physical therapist members and one public member expiring January 31 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the governor shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired part of the term.
Tex. Tax Code § 152.063 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 152 / Section 152.063
§ 152.063. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The seller of a motor vehicle shall keep at his principal office for at least four years from the date of the sale a complete record of each retail sale of a motor vehicle. The record must include a copy of the invoice of each vehicle sold. The invoice copy must show the full price of the motor vehicle and the itemized price of all its accessories. All sales and supporting records of a seller are open to inspection and audit by the comptroller.

(b) The owner of a motor vehicle used for rental purposes shall keep for four years after purchase of a motor vehicle records and supporting documents containing the following information on the amount of:

(1) total consideration for the motor vehicle;

(2) motor vehicle sales or use tax paid on the motor vehicle;

(3) gross rental receipts received from the rental of the motor vehicle; and

(4) gross rental receipts tax paid to the comptroller on each motor vehicle used for rental purposes by the owner.

(c) No mileage records are required.

(d) A seller's business records must show the total receipts from all sources of income and expense, including transactions involving motor vehicles.

(e) For a retail sale for which the seller receives full payment at the time of sale, the seller shall keep, at the seller's principal office for at least four years from the date of the sale, documentation of complete payment in the form of:

(1) a copy of the payment instrument or a receipt for cash received; and

(2) a copy of the receipt for title application, registration, and motor vehicle tax issued by the county tax assessor-collector.

(f) For a sale for resale, the seller shall keep, at the seller's principal office for at least four years from the date of the sale, the purchaser's written statement of resale on a form prescribed by the comptroller.

(g) Any person, other than the seller's employee, acting for the seller of a motor vehicle has the same record-keeping responsibilities as the seller.

(h) Section 111.0041 applies to a person required to keep records under this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.123 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.123
§ 772.123. ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The bonds may be additionally secured by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on part or all of the physical properties of the district and rights appurtenant to those properties, vesting in the trustee power to sell the properties for payment of the indebtedness, power to operate the properties, and all other powers necessary for the further security of the bonds.

(b) The trust indenture, regardless of the existence of the deed of trust or mortgage lien on the properties, may contain provisions prescribed by the board for the security of the bonds and the preservation of the trust estate, may make provisions for amendment or modification, and may make provisions for investment of funds of the district.

(c) A purchaser under a sale under the deed of trust or mortgage lien is the absolute owner of the properties and rights purchased and may maintain and operate them.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8255.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8255 / Section 8255.002
§ 8255.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district, to the extent authorized by Section 8255.052 of this code and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, has road powers.
Tex. Property Code § 51.0075 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0075
§ 51.0075. AUTHORITY OF TRUSTEE OR SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A trustee or substitute trustee may set reasonable conditions for conducting the public sale if the conditions are announced before bidding is opened for the first sale of the day held by the trustee or substitute trustee.

(b) A trustee or substitute trustee is not a debt collector.

(c) Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, a mortgagee may appoint or may authorize a mortgage servicer to appoint a substitute trustee or substitute trustees to succeed to all title, powers, and duties of the original trustee. A mortgagee or mortgage servicer may make an appointment or authorization under this subsection by power of attorney, corporate resolution, or other written instrument.

(d) A mortgage servicer may authorize an attorney to appoint a substitute trustee or substitute trustees on behalf of a mortgagee under Subsection (c).

(e) The name and a street address for a trustee or substitute trustees shall be disclosed on the notice required by Section 51.002(b).

(f) The purchase price in a sale held by a trustee or substitute trustee under this section is due and payable without delay on acceptance of the bid or within such reasonable time as may be agreed upon by the purchaser and the trustee or substitute trustee if the purchaser makes such request for additional time to deliver the purchase price. The trustee or substitute trustee shall disburse the proceeds of the sale as provided by law.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.504 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.504
§ 22.504. QUORUM AND VOTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The quorum and voting requirements applicable to the adoption of the resolutions to ratify a defective corporate act under Section 22.503 are the same as the quorum and voting requirements applicable at the time of the adoption of the resolutions for the type of defective corporate act proposed to be ratified.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as provided by Subsection (c), if in order for a quorum to be present or to approve the defective corporate act, the presence or approval of a larger number or portion of the governing authority would have been required by the governing documents of the corporation, any plan or agreement to which the corporation was a party, or any provision of the corporate statute, each as in effect at the time of the defective corporate act, then the presence or approval of the larger number or portion of such governing authority must be required for a quorum to be present or to adopt the resolutions to ratify the defective corporate act, as applicable.

(c) If the corporation has members with voting rights or if the corporation had members with voting rights at the time of the taking of the defective corporate act, the presence or approval of any director elected, appointed, or nominated by a class of members that no longer exists, or by any person that is no longer a member, shall not be required for a quorum to be present or to adopt the resolutions.
Tex. Education Code § 105.052 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 105 / Section 105.052
§ 105.052. TERM OF OFFICE; REMOVAL; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

The term of office of each regent is six years, with the terms of three regents expiring every two years. Members of the board may be removed from office for inefficiency or malfeasance of office. Any vacancy that occurs on the board shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.152
§ 8325.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8325.151, 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. Estates Code § 1301.1535 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.1535
§ 1301.1535. INITIAL ACCOUNTING BY CERTAIN TRUSTEES REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a trustee of a management trust created for a person who on the date the trust is created is:

(1) a ward under an existing guardianship; or

(2) a proposed ward with respect to whom an application for guardianship has been filed and is pending.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a trustee to which this section applies receives property into the trust, the trustee shall file with the court that created the guardianship or the court in which the application for guardianship was filed a report describing all property held in the trust on the date of the report and specifying the value of the property on that date.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.106 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.106
§ 45A.106. DEFENDANT PLACED IN JAIL.
Status: in_force

If a peace officer is authorized by this title to retain a defendant in custody, the officer may place the defendant in jail in accordance with this code or other law.
Tex. Government Code § 815.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.106
§ 815.106. INFORMATION TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system may not use any money under its control to influence the outcome of an election or to support the passage or defeat of legislation.

(b) This section does not prohibit the board of trustees, as fiduciaries of the trust fund and as trustees of other programs administered by the board, or the officers or employees of the retirement system, as designees of the board, from making recommendations to the legislature concerning the actuarial soundness of a retirement system administered by the board, the fiscal or legal implications of proposed legislation, or statutory changes designed to more efficiently administer and effectuate the purposes of a retirement system or other program administered by the board. In addition, the board or an officer or employee of the retirement system may provide to a member of the legislature or a legislative committee, at the request of the member or committee, any factual information that is not made confidential by law.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.123 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.123
§ 63.123. WARNINGS.
Status: in_force

If the service determines that a violation of this chapter is of a minor nature and that the public interest will be served and protected by the issuance of a written warning, the service may issue the warning instead of proceeding to condemn the fertilizer, report the violation for prosecution, or take other administrative action.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.254 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.254
§ 1551.254. ACCELERATED LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to exercising the authority granted under Subchapter B, Chapter 1111, the board of trustees may adopt rules to provide for payment of accelerated life insurance benefits to a terminally ill, terminally injured, or permanently disabled participant, including an annuitant participating in optional term life insurance coverage, in amounts that benefit the participant without increasing the cost of providing the benefits.

(b) The amount of any payment of an accelerated benefit under a rule adopted under this section must be deducted from the amount that would otherwise be payable as a death benefit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8437.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8437 / Section 8437.002
§ 8437.002. REMOVAL OF AREA FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to:

(1) a municipality with a population of less than 100,000; and

(2) an emergency services district operating under Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code, in which the district is wholly or partly located.

(b) If the district enters into a strategic partnership agreement with a municipality under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, that includes the provision of fire-fighting services as defined by Section 49.351(k), Water Code, and the district has completed all other procedures necessary for a limited-purpose annexation by that municipality, an emergency services district shall disannex the territory of the district to be served by the municipality under the agreement in accordance with Subsection (c).

(c) The territory remains part of the emergency services district until the secretary of the emergency services district board receives from the district notice that the requirements of Subsection (b) have been met. On receipt of the notice, the board shall immediately change its records to show that the district territory has been disannexed from the emergency services district and shall cease to provide further services to the residents of that territory.

(d) Sections 775.022(b), (c), (d), (e), (e-1), and (f), Health and Safety Code, apply to a disannexation under this section, as if the disannexation occurred under the provisions of Section 775.022(a), Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.012 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.012
§ 223.012. CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules to:

(1) establish a range of contract remedies to be included in all low-bid highway improvement contracts, including enforceable corrective action plans and criteria for prohibiting contractors with significant project completion delays from bidding on new projects, and develop a process and criteria for when to apply each contract remedy;

(2) develop and implement a schedule for liquidated damages that accurately reflects the costs associated with project completion delays, including administrative and travel delays; and

(3) develop a contractor performance evaluation process and an evaluation tool that:

(A) allows for the review of contractor bidding capacity to ensure that contractors meet each quality, safety, and timeliness standard established by the commission; and

(B) contains criteria for modifying a contractor's bidding capacity for competitively bid highway improvement contracts when appropriate.

(b) In developing the rules required by Subsection (a)(1), the commission must:

(1) consult with industry contractors; and

(2) consider contract remedies used by:

(A) other state agencies; and

(B) departments of transportation in other states.

(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (a)(2) must:

(1) include criteria for identifying projects that have a significant impact on the traveling public; and

(2) require the department to calculate project-specific liquidated damages for projects described by Subdivision (1) that reflect the true cost of travel delays.

(d) In developing the evaluation tool required by Subsection (a)(3), the commission must consult with industry contractors.

(e) The rules adopted under Subsection (a)(3) must:

(1) provide for a process for contractors to appeal the contractors' evaluations; and

(2) include criteria for the use of the evaluations by the department to address contractor performance problems.

(f) Rules adopted under this section must require:

(1) contractual provisions providing for the consideration of sufficient time; and

(2) the department to consider any events outside a contractor's control before assessing a penalty against the contractor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8821.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8821 / Section 8821.102
§ 8821.102. REGISTRATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXEMPT WELLS.
Status: in_force

The district may adopt rules that require the owner or operator of a well or class of wells exempt from permitting under Section 36.117, Water Code, to register the well with the district and, if the well is not exempt under Section 36.117(b)(1), Water Code, to report groundwater withdrawals from the well using reasonable and appropriate reporting methods and frequency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8122.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8122 / Section 8122.052
§ 8122.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
Tex. Insurance Code § 848.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 848 / Section 848.101
§ 848.101. PROVIDING OR ARRANGING FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A health care collaborative may provide or arrange for health care services through contracts with physicians and health care providers or with entities contracting on behalf of participating physicians and health care providers.

(b) A health care collaborative may not prohibit a physician or other health care provider, as a condition of participating in the health care collaborative, from participating in another health care collaborative.

(c) A health care collaborative may not use a covenant not to compete to prohibit a physician from providing medical services or participating in another health care collaborative in the same service area.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (f), on written consent of a patient who was treated by a physician participating in a health care collaborative, the health care collaborative shall provide the physician with the medical records of the patient, regardless of whether the physician is participating in the health care collaborative at the time the request for the records is made.

(e) Records provided under Subsection (d) shall be made available to the physician in the format in which the records are maintained by the health care collaborative. The health care collaborative may charge the physician a fee for copies of the records, as established by the Texas Medical Board.

(f) If a physician requests a patient's records from a health care collaborative under Subsection (d) for the purpose of providing emergency treatment to the patient:

(1) the health care collaborative may not charge a fee to the physician under Subsection (e); and

(2) the health care collaborative shall provide the records to the physician regardless of whether the patient has provided written consent.
Tex. Penal Code § 1.04 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 1 / Section 1.04
§ 1.04. TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) This state has jurisdiction over an offense that a person commits by his own conduct or the conduct of another for which he is criminally responsible if:

(1) either the conduct or a result that is an element of the offense occurs inside this state;

(2) the conduct outside this state constitutes an attempt to commit an offense inside this state;

(3) the conduct outside this state constitutes a conspiracy to commit an offense inside this state, and an act in furtherance of the conspiracy occurs inside this state; or

(4) the conduct inside this state constitutes an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit, or establishes criminal responsibility for the commission of, an offense in another jurisdiction that is also an offense under the laws of this state.

(b) If the offense is criminal homicide, a "result" is either the physical impact causing death or the death itself. If the body of a criminal homicide victim is found in this state, it is presumed that the death occurred in this state. If death alone is the basis for jurisdiction, it is a defense to the exercise of jurisdiction by this state that the conduct that constitutes the offense is not made criminal in the jurisdiction where the conduct occurred.

(c) An offense based on an omission to perform a duty imposed on an actor by a statute of this state is committed inside this state regardless of the location of the actor at the time of the offense.

(d) This state includes the land and water and the air space above the land and water over which this state has power to define offenses.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 102.74 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 102 / Section 102.74
§ 102.74. CANCELLATION.
Status: in_force

A malt beverage brewer or distributor may not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate an agreement unless the party intending such action has good cause for such cancellation, failure to renew, or termination and, in any case in which prior notification is required under Section 102.73, the party intending to act has furnished said prior notification and the affected party has not eliminated the reasons specified in such notification as the reasons for cancellation, failure to renew, or termination within 90 days after the receipt of such notification.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.203
§ 1036.203. BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds or other bonds secured wholly or partly by an ad valorem tax, other than refunding bonds, only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may order a bond election.

(c) The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the nature and date of the election;

(2) the hours during which the polls will be open;

(3) the location of the polling places;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized; and

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(d) Notice of a bond election shall be given as provided by Section 1251.003, Government Code.

(e) The board shall declare the results of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8291.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8291 / Section 8291.101
§ 8291.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 297.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 297 / Section 297.002
§ 297.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a county:

(1) that is not served by a hospital district or a public hospital;

(2) on which a military base with more than 30,000 military personnel is partially located; and

(3) that has a population of more than 300,000.