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Tex. Estates Code § 357.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 357 / Section 357.002
§ 357.002. RENTING ESTATE PROPERTY WITH COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The personal representative of an estate may, if the representative prefers, and shall, if the proposed rental period is more than one year, file a written application with the court setting forth the property the representative seeks to rent.

(b) If the court finds that granting an application filed under Subsection (a) is in the interest of the estate, the court shall grant the application and issue an order that:

(1) describes the property to be rented; and

(2) states whether the property will be rented at public auction or privately, whether for cash or on credit, and if on credit, the extent of the credit and the period for which the property may be rented.

(c) If, under Subsection (b), the court orders property to be rented at public auction, the court shall prescribe whether notice of the auction shall be published or posted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7893.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7893 / Section 7893.0103
§ 7893.0103. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is converted and operates to accomplish the purposes of:

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

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142.029 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 142 / Section 142.029
§ 142.029. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly administers medication to a client of a home and community support services agency and the person is not authorized to administer the medication under Section 142.021 or 142.022.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 215.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 215 / Section 215.004
§ 215.004. TAXICABS AND LIMOUSINES.
Status: in_force

(a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, a municipality by ordinance:

(1) shall license, control, and otherwise regulate each private passenger vehicle, regardless of how it is propelled, that provides passenger taxicab transportation services for compensation and is designed for carrying no more than eight passengers; and

(2) may license, control, and otherwise regulate each private passenger vehicle, regardless of how it is propelled, that provides passenger limousine transportation services for compensation and is designed for carrying no more than 15 passengers.

(a-1) Subsection (a) applies to a taxicab or limousine service that is operated:

(1) within the jurisdiction of the municipality;

(2) on property owned by the municipality, singly or jointly with one or more other municipalities or public agencies;

(3) on property in which the municipality possesses an ownership interest; or

(4) by transporting from the municipality, municipal property, or property in which the municipality has an interest and returning to it.

(b) The ordinance may include:

(1) regulation of the entry into the business of providing passenger taxicab or limousine transportation services, including controls, limits, or other restrictions on the total number of persons providing the services;

(2) regulation of the rates charged for the provision of the services;

(3) establishment of safety and insurance requirements; and

(4) any other requirement adopted to ensure safe and reliable passenger transportation service.

(c) In regulating passenger taxicab or limousine transportation services under this section, a municipality is performing a governmental function. A municipality may carry out the provisions of this section to the extent the governing body of the municipality considers it necessary or appropriate.

(d) The provisions of this section relating to the regulation of limousine transportation services apply only to a municipality with a population of more than 1.9 million.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 771.060 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 771 / Section 771.060
§ 771.060. BUSINESS PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE SWITCHES.
Status: in_force

A business service user that provides residential facilities and owns or leases a private telephone switch used to provide telephone service to facility residents shall provide to those residential end users the same level of 9-1-1 service that a service supplier is providing to other residential end users in the area participating in the regional plan under Section 771.051(a)(2).
Tex. Government Code § 2306.937 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.937
§ 2306.937. RETALIATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person who owns, establishes, maintains, operates, or otherwise provides a migrant labor housing facility, a person who employs a migrant agricultural worker who occupies a migrant labor housing facility, or a farm labor contractor may not retaliate against a person for filing a complaint or providing information in good faith relating to a possible violation of this subchapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 15.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 15 / Section 15.003
§ 15.003. ELIGIBILITY; AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is eligible to participate in the special nutrition program if the person is enrolled in the W.I.C. program and resides in an area in which the special nutrition program is implemented. The Department of State Health Services shall determine the eligibility of potential participants.

(b) Only the Department of State Health Services may determine the dollar amount of each participant's monthly allotment of food coupons.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.159 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.159
§ 1002.159. ROSTER OF LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall maintain a roster stating the name, discipline of geoscience, and place of business of each licensed geoscientist.

(b) The board shall maintain copies of the roster and shall provide a copy on request to a state agency, a county or municipal clerk or building official, or a license holder. The board may charge a license holder a reasonable fee set by the board for providing the copy.

(c) The board shall provide a copy of the roster to another person on written request, subject to payment of a reasonable fee set by the board.
Tex. Local Government Code § 327.151 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 327 / Section 327.151
§ 327.151. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

A zoo board may exercise any power necessary or appropriate to further a zoo board purpose, including establishing or operating one or more zoos.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.077 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.077
§ 282.077. BOND OF COUNTY JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) When the bonds are registered, the county judge shall execute a good and sufficient bond, approved by the board and payable to the board, for an amount not less than the amount of the bonds issued. The bond must be conditioned on the faithful performance of the judge's duties.

(b) If the bond is executed by a satisfactory surety, the district may pay from the district construction and maintenance fund a reasonable premium on the bond on receipt of an invoice for the premium. If the amount of the premium is disputed as unreasonable, a court of competent jurisdiction may determine whether or not the premium is reasonable.

(c) The board may charge the cost of the bond premium against the commission allowed the county judge on the sale of district bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.101
§ 3879.101. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project described by that chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 51.0003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0003
§ 51.0003. REQUIREMENTS; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The program:

(1) must collaborate with physicians and health care providers to notify a prospective subject about the program when:

(A) the prospective subject provides informed consent for a cancer clinical trial; or

(B) funding is available to provide the program for the cancer clinical trial in which the prospective subject participates;

(2) must reimburse subjects based on financial need, which may include reimbursement to subjects whose income is at or below 700 percent of the federal poverty level;

(3) must provide reimbursement for ancillary costs, including costs described by Section 51.0002, to eliminate the financial barriers to enrollment in a clinical trial;

(4) may provide reimbursement for reasonable ancillary costs, including costs described by Section 51.0002, to one family member, friend, or other person who attends a cancer clinical trial to support a subject; and

(5) must comply with applicable federal and state laws.

(b) The independent, third-party organization administering the program shall provide written notice to prospective subjects of the requirements described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1057.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1057 / Section 1057.252
§ 1057.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.257 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.257
§ 104.257. INSPECTION FOR CONSUMER.
Status: in_force

(a) A consumer may have a meter or other measuring device tested by a gas utility:

(1) once without charge, after a reasonable period of presumed accuracy that the regulatory authority establishes by rule; and

(2) at a shorter interval on payment of a reasonable fee established by the regulatory authority.

(b) The regulatory authority shall establish reasonable fees to be paid for other examining or testing of a measuring device on the request of a consumer.

(c) If the consumer requests the test under Subsection (a)(2) and the measuring device is found unreasonably defective or incorrect to the substantial disadvantage of the consumer, the fee the consumer paid at the time of the request shall be refunded.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8142.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8142 / Section 8142.002
§ 8142.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Fort Bend County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 44.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 44 / Section 44.002
§ 44.002. CREATION OF MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The board shall create a microenterprise support program to provide financial assistance to microenterprises in rural areas.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.0281 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.0281
§ 281.0281. EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a district created in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003.

(b) The board, as it considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district, may employ:

(1) physicians as provided in this section and Sections 162.001(c-4) and (c-5), Occupations Code; and

(2) dentists or other health care providers.

(c) The board may employ a licensed physician as a medical director if the physician:

(1) provides only policy, administrative, and managerial services; and

(2) does not provide direct patient care or otherwise practice medicine, as defined by Section 151.002, Occupations Code, at or for the district.

(d) This section does not authorize the board to supervise or control the practice of medicine or permit the unauthorized practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
Tex. Education Code § 132.052 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 132 / Section 132.052
§ 132.052. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

Every career school or college desiring to operate in this state shall make written application to the commission for a certificate of approval. Such application shall be verified, be in such form as may be prescribed by the commission, and shall furnish the commission such information as the commission may require.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 141.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 141 / Section 141.001
§ 141.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Structured Settlement Protection Act.
Tex. Government Code § 2063.303 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2063 / Section 2063.303
§ 2063.303. VULNERABILITY REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, a term defined by Section 33.01, Penal Code, has the meaning assigned by that section.

(b) The information security officer of a state agency shall prepare or have prepared a report, including an executive summary of the findings of the biennial report, not later than June 1 of each even-numbered year, assessing the extent to which a computer, a computer program, a computer network, a computer system, a printer, an interface to a computer system, including mobile and peripheral devices, computer software, or data processing of the agency or of a contractor of the agency is vulnerable to unauthorized access or harm, including the extent to which the agency's or contractor's electronically stored information is vulnerable to alteration, damage, erasure, or inappropriate use.

(c) Except as provided by this section, a vulnerability report and any information or communication prepared or maintained for use in the preparation of a vulnerability report is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.

(d) The information security officer shall provide an electronic copy of the vulnerability report on its completion to:

(1) the command;

(2) the state auditor;

(3) the agency's executive director;

(4) the agency's designated information resources manager; and

(5) any other information technology security oversight group specifically authorized by the legislature to receive the report.

(e) Separate from the executive summary described by Subsection (b), a state agency shall prepare a summary of the agency's vulnerability report that does not contain any information the release of which might compromise the security of the state agency's or state agency contractor's computers, computer programs, computer networks, computer systems, printers, interfaces to computer systems, including mobile and peripheral devices, computer software, data processing, or electronically stored information.
Tex. Water Code § 56.304 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.304
§ 56.304. EXPENSES OF THE TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The trustee shall charge against the trust estate all reasonable expenses incurred by him in caring for, conducting, and controlling the business of the district, in employing counsel for the district, and in conducting or defending suits, and on posting notice as required in cases of other claims, the trustee shall present the charges to the commissioners court annually at a regular meeting.

(b) On approval by the commissioners court, the expenses become a valid and subsisting claim against the district and may be retained by the trustee out of funds controlled by him as treasurer of the dissolved district.

(c) If the claim for expenses is rejected either in whole or in part, the trustee may appeal the decision as other claimants appeal decisions under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8070.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8070 / Section 8070.0501
§ 8070.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.201
§ 3883.201. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Government Code § 552.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.106
§ 552.106.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.106. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS. (a) A draft or working paper involved in the preparation of proposed legislation is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.

(b) An internal bill analysis or working paper prepared by the governor's office for the purpose of evaluating proposed legislation is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.209
§ 1079.209. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section 1079.202 and revenue and other sources authorized by Section 1079.204.
Tex. Water Code § 46.010 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 46 / Section 46.010
§ 46.010. COOPERATION OF TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall cooperate with the commissioners in the performance of their duties and shall furnish them any factual data and information that are available.
Tex. Government Code § 508.321 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.321
§ 508.321. REPORTING, MANAGEMENT, AND COLLECTION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The department, with the approval of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, may contract with a public or private vendor to provide telephone reporting, automated caseload management, or collection services for:

(1) fines, fees, restitution, or other costs ordered to be paid by a court; or

(2) fees collected by the division.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 5.21 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 5 / Section 5.21
§ 5.21. ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, by rule, may establish advisory committees it considers necessary to accomplish the purposes of this code.

(b) Chapter 2110, Government Code, applies to an advisory committee created by the commission.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.204
§ 457.204.
Status: in_force

Sec. 457.204. ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE PROGRAM: VEHICLES COVERED AND SAFETY. (a) In developing a compressed natural gas or other alternative fuel use program, an authority should work with vehicle manufacturers and converters, fuel distributors, and others to specify the vehicles to be covered considering relevant factors, including vehicle range, specialty vehicle uses, fuel availability, vehicle manufacturing and conversion capability, safety, and resale value.

(b) The authority may meet the percentage requirements of Section 457.201 by:

(1) purchasing new vehicles; or

(2) converting existing vehicles, in conformity with federal and state requirements and applicable safety laws, to alternative fuel use.

(c) In purchasing, leasing, maintaining, or converting a vehicle for alternative fuel use, the authority shall comply with all applicable safety standards adopted by the United States Department of Transportation or the Railroad Commission of Texas or their successor agencies.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 223.023 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 223 / Section 223.023
§ 223.023. REGULATION OF BOAT SPEEDS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other state law or rule, the governing body of the city of Port Arthur may by ordinance regulate the speed of boats on Lake Sabine within the corporate limits of the city.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8503.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8503 / Section 8503.001
§ 8503.001. CREATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A conservation and reclamation district to be known as the "Lower Colorado River Authority" is created. The authority is a governmental agency and a body politic and corporate.

(b) The authority is created under and is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the control, storing, preservation, and distribution of the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries within the boundaries of the authority for irrigation, generation of electric energy and power, and other useful purposes; the reclamation and irrigation of arid, semiarid, and other lands needing irrigation; the development of parks on lands owned or acquired by the authority; and the conservation and development of the forests, water, and electric power in this state.

(c) Nothing in this chapter or in any other law shall be construed as authorizing the authority to levy or collect taxes or to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or in any way to pledge the credit of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8101.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8101 / Section 8101.106
§ 8101.106. VOTE BY BOARD PRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

The president has the same right to vote as any other director.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.214 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.214
§ 623.214. PERMIT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A port authority may collect a fee for permits issued under this subchapter. Such fees shall not exceed $120 per trip.

(b) Fees collected under Subsection (a), less administrative costs, shall be used solely to provide funds for the maintenance and improvement of state highways subject to this subchapter. The administrative costs, which may not exceed 15 percent of the fees collected, may be retained by the port authority. The fees, less administrative costs, shall be deposited in the State Highway Fund.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.053 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.053
§ 167.053. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is entitled to request and obtain a hearing for the purpose of protesting an order to treat by filing a sworn application with the supervising inspector of the county in which the animals are located. The application must be filed not later than the 10th day after the day on which the order was received.

(b) Following a hearing, the commission shall transmit its written decision to the supervising inspector, who shall transmit it to the protesting person by delivering it in person or by mailing it by registered mail to the address shown in the hearing application. If the commission overrules the protest, the person to whom the order was directed shall comply with the order.

(c) If the commission's decision is delivered in person, a person whose protest is overruled shall begin treatment of the animals on the first treatment date in the order that is more than two days after the day on which the decision is received. If the decision is delivered by mail, the person shall begin treatment on the first treatment date in the order that is more than four days after the day on which the decision was deposited in the mail.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.112
§ 1053.112. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The board may sue and be sued.