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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3930.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3930 / Section 3930.201
§ 3930.201. EXCEPTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may vote to dissolve a district that has debt. If the vote is in favor of dissolution, the district shall remain in existence solely for the limited purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.

(b) Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Education Code § 21.04893 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.04893
§ 21.04893. BILINGUAL TARGET LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST.
Status: in_force

The board shall propose rules to allow a person seeking certification under this subchapter who fails to perform satisfactorily on the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test to:

(1) retake only the sections of the test that include the domains on which the person failed to perform satisfactorily; and

(2) during a retake of the test described by Subdivision (1), demonstrate the person's language proficiency through the completion of fewer components, including eliminating a component that requires the preparation of a lesson plan for a person who fails to perform satisfactorily on a domain requiring completion of that component.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.201
§ 1103.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose related to the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings or improvements, and equipping buildings or improvements for a hospital and the hospital system, as determined by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 406.111 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 406 / Section 406.111
§ 406.111. FEES FOR ONLINE NOTARIZATION.
Status: in_force

An online notary public or the online notary public's employer may charge a fee in an amount not to exceed $25 for performing an online notarization in addition to any other fees authorized under Section 406.024.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.152 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.152
§ 134.152. EMERGENCY POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may spend money available for abandoned mine reclamation for the emergency restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of coal mining practices on eligible land and water if the commission finds that:

(1) an emergency exists constituting a danger to the public health, safety, or general welfare; and

(2) there is not another person who will act expeditiously to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of past coal mining practices.

(b) The commission may enter land where an emergency exists and other land necessary to have access to that land to:

(1) restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of coal mining practices; and

(2) do the things necessary or expedient to protect the public health, safety, or general welfare.

(c) Entry under this section is an exercise of the police power and not an act of condemnation of property or trespass.

(d) Money spent under this section and the benefits accruing to the premises entered are chargeable against the land and mitigate or offset a claim for, or an action brought by an owner of an interest in the premises for, damages by virtue of the entry. This subsection does not create a new right of action or eliminate an existing immunity.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.131 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.131
§ 1702.131. ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

An advertisement by a company license holder soliciting or advertising business must contain the company license holder's company name and address as stated in department records.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.052 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.052
§ 52.052. CONTENTS.
Status: in_force

The bylaws may provide for one or more of the following:

(1) the time, place, and manner of calling and conducting meetings of the association;

(2) the number and qualifications of the members;

(3) the number of members constituting a quorum;

(4) the right of members to vote by proxy, mail, or both and the conditions, method, and effects of the vote;

(5) the method by which a member that is an association may cast its vote;

(6) the number of directors constituting a quorum;

(7) the qualifications, compensation, duties, and terms of directors and officers;

(8) the time of the election of directors and officers and the method of giving notice of the election;

(9) the penalties for violations of the bylaws;

(10) the amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any, the method of collecting the fees, and the purposes for which the association must use the fees;

(11) the amount, if any, that each member must pay for the association's cost of conducting business;

(12) the amount that each member is required to pay for services rendered to the member by the association, the time of payment, and the method of collecting the payment;

(13) the marketing contract between the association and its members;

(14) the requirements for ownership of common stock;

(15) the time and method by which a member may withdraw from the association or may assign or transfer common stock;

(16) the method of assignment and transfer of a member's interest or shares of common stock;

(17) the time and conditions on which membership ceases;

(18) the automatic suspension of a member's rights if the member ceases to be eligible for membership;

(19) the method and effect of expulsion of a member;

(20) the purchase by the association of a member's interest on the death, withdrawal, or expulsion of the member, on forfeiture of a membership, or at the option of the association; and

(21) the method by which the value of a member's interest is determined by conclusive appraisal by the board of directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.112
§ 1078.112. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.

(b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.730 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.730
§ 21.730. LACK OF FORMALITIES; TREATMENT AS PARTNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

The failure of a close corporation under this subchapter to observe a usual formality or requirement prescribed for an ordinary corporation by this chapter relating to the exercise of corporate powers or the management of a corporation's business and affairs and the performance of a shareholders' agreement that treats the close corporation as if the corporation were a partnership or in a manner that otherwise is appropriate only among partners may not:

(1) be a factor in determining whether to impose personal liability on the shareholders for the close corporation's obligations by disregarding the separate entity of the close corporation or otherwise;

(2) be grounds for invalidating an otherwise valid shareholders' agreement; or

(3) affect the status of the close corporation as a corporation under this chapter or other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8216.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8216 / Section 8216.002
§ 8216.002. 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 8216.103 and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, has road powers.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 38.111 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 38 / Section 38.111
§ 38.111. NEWS MEDIA RECORDINGS.
Status: in_force

Extrinsic evidence of the authenticity of evidence as a condition precedent to the admissibility of the evidence in a criminal proceeding is not required with respect to a recording that purports to be a broadcast by a radio or television station that holds a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission at the time of the recording. The court may take judicial notice of the recording license as provided by Rule 201, Texas Rules of Evidence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8478.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8478 / Section 8478.202
§ 8478.202. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8478.201, 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. Government Code § 434.424 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.424
§ 434.424.
Status: in_force

Sec. 434.424. MATCHING GRANT CONDITIONS: SINGLE COUNTIES. For services and treatment provided in a single county, the commission shall condition each grant provided under this subchapter on a potential grant recipient providing funds from non-state sources in a total amount at least equal to:

(1) 25 percent of the grant amount if the community mental health program to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment in a county with a population of less than 100,000;

(2) 50 percent of the grant amount if the community mental health program to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment in a county with a population of 100,000 or more but less than 250,000; or

(3) 75 percent of the grant amount if the community mental health program to be supported by the grant provides services and treatment in a county with a population of 250,000 or more.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3895.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3895 / Section 3895.159
§ 3895.159. BOND MATURITY.
Status: in_force

Bonds must mature not more than 40 years from their date of issue.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.153
§ 481.153. SEIZURE, SUMMARY FORFEITURE, AND SUMMARY DESTRUCTION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Controlled substance property that is manufactured, delivered, or possessed in violation of this chapter is subject to seizure and summary forfeiture to the state.

(b) If an item of controlled substance property is seized and forfeited under this section, a court may order the disposition of the property under Section 481.159, or the department, a criminal justice agency, or a peace officer may summarily destroy the property under the rules of the department or dispose of the property in lieu of destruction as provided by Section 481.161.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4014.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4014 / Section 4014.0201
§ 4014.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered terms of four years.

(b) Directors are elected in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.271 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.271
§ 401.271. STATE FEE ON RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) A holder of a license issued by the commission under this chapter that authorizes the disposal of a radioactive substance from other persons shall remit each quarter an amount equal to 10 percent of the license holder's gross receipts received from disposal operations under a license issued under this chapter that occur after the effective date of the Act enacting this section as follows:

(1) five percent shall be remitted to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund; and

(2) five percent shall be remitted to the host county in accordance with Sections 401.244(b) and (d).

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to compact waste or federal facility waste as defined by Section 401.2005 or industrial solid waste as defined by Section 361.003.

(c) A holder of a license or permit issued by the commission under this chapter or Chapter 361 that authorizes the storage, other than disposal, of a radioactive waste or elemental mercury from other persons shall remit each quarter to the commission for deposit into the general revenue fund an amount equal to 20 percent of the license or permit holder's gross receipts received from the storage of the substance for any period exceeding one year. This subsection applies only to the storage of the substance for any period exceeding one year. This subsection applies only to the storage of radioactive waste or elemental mercury at or adjacent to the compact waste disposal facility.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.300 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.300
§ 51.300. DISPOSITION OF INCOME.
Status: in_force

Income received by the commissioner under this subchapter from public school land shall be credited to the permanent school fund. Other income received by the commissioner on other land under this subchapter shall be credited to the General Revenue Fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3880.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3880 / Section 3880.152
§ 3880.152. PARKING FACILITIES AUTHORIZED; OPERATION BY PRIVATE ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including:

(1) lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets; and

(2) equipment, entrances, exits, fencing, and other accessories necessary for safety and convenience in parking vehicles.

(b) A parking facility of the district may be leased to or operated on behalf of the district by an entity other than the district.

(c) The district's parking facilities are a program authorized by the legislature under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(d) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8184.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8184 / Section 8184.104
§ 8184.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Government Code § 403.274 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.274
§ 403.274. CHANGE OF AGENCY HEAD OR PROPERTY MANAGER.
Status: in_force

When the head or property manager of a state agency changes, the outgoing head of the agency or property manager shall complete the form required by the comptroller about property in the agency's possession. The outgoing head of the agency or property manager shall deliver the form to the incoming head of the agency or property manager. After verifying the information on and signing the form, the incoming head of the agency or property manager shall submit a copy of the form to the comptroller.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.004
§ 823.004. CLASSIFICATION AS COMMERCIALLY DOMICILED INSURER.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a foreign or alien insurer authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state is a commercially domiciled insurer if during the period described by Subsection (b) the average of the gross premiums written by the insurer in this state is:

(1) more than the average of the gross premiums written by the insurer in its state of domicile; and

(2) 30 percent or more of the total gross premiums written by the insurer in the United States, as reported in its three most recent annual statements.

(b) The period applicable to Subsection (a) is:

(1) the three most recent fiscal years of the insurer that precede the fiscal year in which the determination under this section is made; or

(2) if the insurer has been authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state for less than the period described by Subdivision (1), the period for which the insurer has been authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 160.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 160 / Section 160.004
§ 160.004. REPORT REGARDING CERTAIN IMPAIRED PHYSICIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to:

(1) a committee of a professional medical society or association operating under written bylaws approved by the policymaking body or governing board of the society or association and composed primarily of physicians;

(2) the staff of that committee; or

(3) a district or local intervenor participating in a program established to aid physicians whose ability to practice medicine is impaired, or reasonably believed to be impaired, by drug or alcohol abuse or mental or physical illness.

(b) A person or committee subject to this section:

(1) may report to the board or to a health care entity in which an affected physician has clinical privileges the name of the impaired physician together with pertinent information relating to that impairment; and

(2) shall report to the board and any known health care entity in which the physician has clinical privileges if the person or committee determines that, through the practice of medicine, the physician poses a continuing threat to the public welfare.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, each proceeding and record of a person described by Subsection (a) is confidential, and any communication made to the person or committee is privileged from disclosure in the manner provided under this subchapter for information submitted by a medical peer review committee. This confidentiality and privilege from disclosure applies to all information developed under this section, including information developed before September 1, 1991.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.062 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.062
§ 1501.062. COOPERATIVE NOT INSURER; AGENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A cooperative is not an insurer and the employees of the cooperative are not required to be licensed under Title 13. This exemption from licensure includes a health group cooperative that acts to provide information about and to solicit membership in the cooperative, subject to Section 1501.0581(d).

(b) An agent or third-party administrator used and compensated by a cooperative must be licensed as required by Title 13.

(c) An agent used and compensated by a cooperative may market the products and services sponsored by the cooperative without being appointed by each small or large employer health benefit plan issuer participating in the cooperative. The agent may not market any other product or service of a participating small or large employer health benefit plan issuer that is not sponsored by the cooperative unless the agent has been appointed by that issuer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.154
§ 1072.154. 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) during a period in which revenue bonds of the district are outstanding; or

(2) more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Occupations Code § 101.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 101 / Section 101.005
§ 101.005. COUNCIL STAFF.
Status: in_force

The council may employ staff or designate staff for the council from the employees of the regulatory agencies listed in Section 101.002 as necessary for the council to carry out the council's duties.
Tex. Election Code § 146.028 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 146 / Section 146.028
§ 146.028. PRESERVATION OF DECLARATION.
Status: in_force

A declaration of write-in candidacy shall be preserved in the same manner as a candidate's application for a place on the ballot.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.113 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.113
§ 40.113. SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner determines that a registrant does not have a discharge prevention and response plan or that the registrant's preventive measures or containment and cleanup capabilities are inadequate, the commissioner may, after notice and hearing as provided in Section 40.254 of this code, suspend the registrant's certificate until such time as the registrant complies with the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Election Code § 17.007 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 17 / Section 17.007
§ 17.007. SCOPE OF REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) Review by the district court under this chapter is by trial de novo.

(b) The district court shall try all issues of fact and law raised by the pleadings in the manner applicable to civil suits generally.

(c) The court may not admit in evidence the fact of prior action by the registrar, except to the extent necessary to establish its jurisdiction.