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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9021.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9021 / Section 9021.104
§ 9021.104. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: repealed

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 932 (H.B. 4642), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.

(d) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(e) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(f) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 49.102, Water Code.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Finance Code § 16.012 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 16 / Section 16.012
§ 16.012. GIFTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a financial regulatory agency may not accept a gift, grant, or donation:

(1) from a party to an enforcement action; or

(2) to pursue a specific investigation or enforcement action.

(b) A financial regulatory agency must:

(1) report each gift, grant, or donation that the agency receives as a separate item in the agency's report required under Section 16.005(b); and

(2) include with the report a statement indicating the purpose for which each gift, grant, or donation was donated and used.
Tex. Education Code § 29.181 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.181
§ 29.181. PUBLIC EDUCATION CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION GOALS.
Status: in_force

Each public school student shall master the basic skills and knowledge necessary for:

(1) managing the dual roles of family member and wage earner; and

(2) gaining entry-level employment in a high-skill, high-wage job or continuing the student's education at the postsecondary level.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 23.066 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 23 / Section 23.066
§ 23.066. LOAN TO CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) When called on by a corporation to make a loan to the corporation, a member of the corporation shall make the loan on those terms and conditions periodically approved by the board of directors.

(b) A loan made to the corporation by a member shall be evidenced by a bond, debenture, note, or other evidence of indebtedness of the corporation that:

(1) is freely transferable at any time; and

(2) accrues interest at a rate of not less than one-fourth of one percent more than the rate of interest determined by the board of directors to be the prime rate prevailing on the date of issuance on unsecured commercial loans.
Tex. Tax Code § 321.107 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.107
§ 321.107. ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL SALES AND USE TAXES IMPOSED BY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

The imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of any local sales and use tax imposed by any other local governmental entity is governed by this chapter, except as otherwise provided by law. In this section, "other local governmental entity" includes any governmental entity created by the legislature that has a limited purpose or function, that has a defined or restricted geographic territory, and that is authorized by law to impose a local sales and use tax. The term does not include a county, county health services district, county landfill and criminal detention center district, metropolitan transportation authority, coordinated county transportation authority, economic development district, crime control district, hospital district, emergency services district, or library district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 192.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 192 / Section 192.004
§ 192.004. INFORMATION OBTAINED BY LOCAL REGISTRAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The local registrar shall obtain the information necessary to prepare the birth certificate from the person reporting a birth or from another person with the required knowledge if:

(1) the birth is reported under Section 192.003(c); or

(2) a person who files a certificate under Section 192.003(a) or 192.003(b) cannot by diligent inquiry obtain an item of information required for the certificate.

(b) A person from whom a local registrar requests necessary information shall answer correctly to the best of the person's knowledge. On request of the local registrar, a person who makes a statement under this section shall verify the statement by signing it.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2652.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2652 / Section 2652.056
§ 2652.056. PROCEDURE FOR LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

An individual may renew an unexpired escrow officer license by:

(1) submitting to the department on a form provided by the department a completed application, signed and sworn by the individual, stating that the applicant is an individual who is a bona fide resident of this state or a state adjacent to this state; and

(2) paying to the department a renewal fee in an amount set by the department.
Tex. Estates Code § 1160.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1160 / Section 1160.054
§ 1160.054. NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 10 days before the date set for the hearing on a lease application filed under Section 1160.052, excluding the date of notice and the date set for the hearing, the guardian of the estate shall give notice of the hearing by:

(1) publishing the notice in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proceeding is pending; or

(2) if there is no newspaper in the county, posting the notice or having the notice posted.

(b) If the notice is published, the date of notice is the date printed on the newspaper.

(c) The notice must:

(1) be dated;

(2) be directed to all persons interested in the estate;

(3) state the date on which the lease application was filed;

(4) describe briefly the property sought to be leased;

(5) specify the fractional interest sought to be leased if less than the entire interest in the tract identified; and

(6) state the time and place designated by the judge for the hearing.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 182.061 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 182 / Section 182.061
§ 182.061. LIABILITIES OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

Liabilities created by the corporation are not debts or obligations of the state, and the corporation may not secure any liability with funds or assets of the state except as otherwise provided by law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.304 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.304
§ 2301.304. PROCEDURE FOR RENEWAL OF CERTAIN LICENSES.
Status: in_force

The holder of a manufacturer's, distributor's, or converter's license may apply for a renewal of the license by complying with the application process specified by this chapter and board rule.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.127 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.127
§ 63.127. VENUE FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 63.125 of this chapter, venue for a civil action or criminal prosecution under this chapter is in the county in which the commercial fertilizer is located at the time the alleged violation is discovered by or made known to the service.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.111 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.111
§ 361.111. COMMISSION SHALL EXEMPT CERTAIN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall exempt from permit requirements a municipal solid waste management facility that is used in the transfer of municipal solid waste to a solid waste processing or disposal facility from:

(1) a municipality with a population of less than 50,000;

(2) a county with a population of less than 85,000;

(3) a facility used in the transfer of municipal solid waste that will transfer 125 tons per day or less; and

(3) a facility used in the transfer of municipal solid waste that transfers or will transfer 125 tons a day or less; or

(4) a materials recovery facility that recycles for reuse more than 10 percent of its incoming nonsegregated waste stream if the remaining nonrecyclable waste is transferred to a permitted landfill not more than 50 miles from the materials recovery facility.

(4) a materials recovery facility that recycles for reuse more than 10 percent of its incoming nonsegregated waste stream if the remaining nonrecyclable waste is transferred to a permitted Type I landfill not farther than 50 miles from the materials recovery facility.

(b) The facility must comply with design and operational requirements established by commission rule that are necessary to protect the public's health and the environment.

(c) To qualify for this exemption, the applicant must hold a public meeting on the siting of the facility in the municipality or county where the facility is to be located.

(c) To qualify for an exemption under this section, an applicant must hold a public meeting about the siting of the facility in the municipality or county in which the facility is or will be located.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.523 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.523
§ 2301.523. MEDIATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) By agreement, the parties shall select and compensate a mediator who is qualified to serve under Section 154.052(a), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(b) Sections 154.053 and 154.055, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, apply to a mediator under this subchapter.

(c) A mediator may not impose the mediator's own judgment on the issues for that of the parties.
Tex. Labor Code § 1.005 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 1 / Section 1.005
§ 1.005. PREEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless expressly authorized by another statute, a municipality or county may not adopt, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, order, or rule regulating conduct in a field of regulation that is occupied by a provision of this code. An ordinance, order, or rule that violates this section is void, unenforceable, and inconsistent with this code.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a field occupied by a provision of this code includes employment leave, hiring practices, breaks, employment benefits, scheduling practices, and any other terms of employment that exceed or conflict with federal or state law for employers other than a municipality or county.
Tex. Education Code § 51.960 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.960
§ 51.960. GRIEVANCE RIGHTS ON CERTAIN PERSONNEL ISSUES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Faculty member" means a person employed full-time by an institution of higher education as a member of the institution's faculty, including professional librarians, whose duties include teaching, research, administration, or the performance of professional services. The term does not include a person who holds faculty rank but who spends the majority of the person's time for the institution engaged in managerial or supervisory activities, including a chancellor, vice chancellor, president, vice president, provost, associate or assistant provost, dean, or associate or assistant dean.

(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) A faculty member at an institution of higher education has a right to present a grievance, in person, to a member of the institution's administration designated by the governing board of the institution on an issue related to the nonrenewal or termination of the faculty member's employment at the institution.

(c) An institution may not, by contract, policy, or procedure, restrict a faculty member's right to present a grievance under this section. An institution may adopt a method for presenting, reviewing, and acting on a grievance filed under this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 134.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 134 / Section 134.101
§ 134.101. LOCAL CONSOLIDATED FEE ON CONVICTION OF FELONY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person convicted of a felony shall pay $105 as a court cost, in addition to all other costs, on conviction.

(b) The treasurer shall allocate the court costs received under this section to the following accounts and funds so that each receives to the extent practicable, utilizing historical data as applicable, the same amount of money the account or fund would have received if the court costs for the accounts and funds had been collected and reported separately, except that the account or fund may not receive less than the following percentages:
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.104 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.104
§ 181.104. RELOCATION OF EQUIPMENT TO ALLOW CHANGE TO TRAFFIC LANE.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority of the Texas Department of Transportation under this section is limited to equipment installed in connection with a state highway. The authority of the commissioners court under this section is limited to equipment installed in connection with a county road.

(b) The Texas Department of Transportation or the commissioners court of a county may require a person who has installed equipment in the right-of-way of a state highway or county road to relocate the person's equipment to allow the widening or other changing of a traffic lane.

(c) To impose a requirement under this section, the Texas Department of Transportation or the commissioners court, as appropriate, must give to the person written notice of the requirement not later than the 45th day before the date the relocation is to be made. The notice must identify the equipment to be relocated and indicate the location in the right-of-way where the person may reinstall the equipment.

(d) The person shall pay the cost of repairing a state highway or county road damaged by the relocation.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.019 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.019
§ 61.019. FAILURE TO PAY WAGES; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer commits an offense if:

(1) at the time of hiring an employee, the employer intends to avoid payment of wages owed to the employee; and

(2) the employer fails after demand to pay those wages.

(b) An employer commits an offense if the employer:

(1) intends to avoid payment of wages owed to an employee;

(2) intends to continue to employ the employee; and

(3) fails after demand to pay those wages.

(c) An employer commits a separate offense under Subsection (b) for each pay period during which the employee earns wages that the employer fails to pay.

(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.051
§ 242.051. NOTIFICATION OF AWARD OF EXEMPLARY DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) If exemplary damages are awarded under Chapter 41, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, against an institution or an officer, employee, or agent of an institution, the court shall notify the department.

(b) If the department receives notice under Subsection (a), the department shall maintain the information contained in the notice in the records of the department relating to the history of the institution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3894.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3894 / Section 3894.201
§ 3894.201. DISSOLUTION BY CITY ORDINANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the city by ordinance adopts by a two-thirds vote of its governing body an ordinance to dissolve the district, the district is dissolved.

(b) The district may not be dissolved until the district's outstanding indebtedness or contractual obligations payable from ad valorem taxes have been repaid or discharged.

(c) The district may not be dissolved until the agreement under Section 3894.161 has been executed and the district's performance under the agreement has been fulfilled, including any right or obligation the district has to reimburse a developer or owner for the costs of improvement projects.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.067 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.067
§ 375.067. DIRECTOR'S BOND AND OATH.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after a director is appointed or elected as provided by this subchapter, the director shall execute a $10,000 bond payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) Each director's bond must be approved by the board, and each director shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution for public officers.

(c) The bond and oath shall be filed with the district and retained in its records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.204
§ 1046.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Government Code § 54.1504 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.1504
§ 54.1504. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

A magistrate has the same judicial immunity as a district judge.
Tex. Family Code § 157.163 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.163
§ 157.163. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

(a) In a motion for enforcement or motion to revoke community service, the court must first determine whether incarceration of the respondent is a possible result of the proceedings.

(b) If the court determines that incarceration is a possible result of the proceedings, the court shall inform a respondent not represented by an attorney of the right to be represented by an attorney and, if the respondent is indigent, of the right to the appointment of an attorney.

(c) If the court determines that the respondent will not be incarcerated as a result of the proceedings, the court may require a respondent who is indigent to proceed without an attorney.

(d) If the respondent claims indigency and requests the appointment of an attorney, the court shall require the respondent to file an affidavit of indigency. The court may hear evidence to determine the issue of indigency.

(d-1) The court may conduct a hearing on the issue of indigency through the use of teleconferencing, videoconferencing, or other remote electronic means if the court determines that conducting the hearing in that manner will facilitate the hearing.

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the respondent if the court determines that the respondent is indigent.

(f) If the respondent is not in custody, an appointed attorney is entitled to not less than 10 days from the date of the attorney's appointment to respond to the movant's pleadings and prepare for the hearing.

(g) If the respondent is in custody, an appointed attorney is entitled to not less than five days from the date the respondent was taken into custody to respond to the movant's pleadings and prepare for the hearing.

(h) The court may shorten or extend the time for preparation if the respondent and the respondent's attorney sign a waiver of the time limit.

(i) The scope of the court appointment of an attorney to represent the respondent is limited to the allegation of contempt or of violation of community supervision contained in the motion for enforcement or motion to revoke community supervision.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.703 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.703
§ 1101.703. NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PENALTY.
Status: in_force

If, after investigation of a possible violation and the facts relating to that violation, the executive director determines that a violation has occurred, the executive director may issue a notice of violation stating:

(1) a brief summary of the alleged violation;

(2) the executive director's recommendation on the imposition of the administrative penalty or another disciplinary sanction, including a recommendation on the amount of the penalty; and

(3) that the respondent has the right to a hearing to contest the alleged violation, the recommended penalty, or both.
Tex. Water Code § 62.027 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.027
§ 62.027. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court shall order the clerk to post a copy of the petition together with the order of the commissioners court in five public places in the county, one of which shall be the courthouse door and four of which shall be in different places inside the limits of the proposed district. The notice shall be posted not less than 20 days before the time set for the hearing.

(b) If the district is composed of more than one county, a copy of the petition together with the order shall be posted at the courthouse door of each county in which any portion of the proposed district is located, and four copies shall be posted at four other places inside the included territory of each county.

(c) The clerk shall receive $1 as compensation for posting each notice and five cents a mile for each mile necessarily traveled in posting the notices.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.155
§ 1030.155. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board.

(b) The fiscal year may not be changed:

(1) when revenue bonds of the district are outstanding; or

(2) more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Government Code § 411.552 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.552
§ 411.552. HOSTILE FOREIGN ADVERSARIES UNIT.
Status: in_force

The hostile foreign adversaries unit is established in the department to support the department's duty to prevent the harassment and coercion of this state's residents from foreign adversary operations, strengthen state agencies against foreign adversary operations, and protect this state's critical infrastructure against threats foreign adversary operations pose.(a) The Homeland Security Division is established in the department to lead multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional, and public-private efforts to enhance law enforcement initiatives and operations in support of homeland security objectives in this state.

(b) The director shall appoint the chief with the consent of the commission.

(c) The chief acts as the chief administrative officer of the division and is under the supervision and direction of the director, and to the extent the director determines, a deputy director of the department.