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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 1
§ 1.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. A defendant who is detained in jail pending trial of an accusation against him must be released either on personal bond or by reducing the amount of bail required, if the state is not ready for trial of the criminal action for which he is being detained within:

(1) 90 days from the commencement of his detention if he is accused of a felony;

(2) 30 days from the commencement of his detention if he is accused of a misdemeanor punishable by a sentence of imprisonment in jail for more than 180 days;

(3) 15 days from the commencement of his detention if he is accused of a misdemeanor punishable by a sentence of imprisonment for 180 days or less; or

(4) five days from the commencement of his detention if he is accused of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine only.Sec. 1. Where a defendant, in the course of a criminal action, gives bail before any court or person authorized by law to take same, for his personal appearance before a court or magistrate, to answer a charge against him, the said bond shall be valid and binding upon the defendant and his sureties, if any, thereon, for the defendant's personal appearance before the court or magistrate designated therein, as well as before any other court to which same may be transferred, and for any and all subsequent proceedings had relative to the charge, and each such bond shall be so conditioned except as hereinafter provided.Sec. 1. Every court, judge, magistrate or other officer taking a bail bond shall require evidence of the sufficiency of the security offered; but in every case, one surety shall be sufficient, if it be made to appear that such surety is worth at least double the amount of the sum for which he is bound, exclusive of all property exempted by law from execution, and of debts or other encumbrances; and that he is a resident of this state, and has property therein liable to execution worth the sum for which he is bound.Sec. 1. Any county, or any judicial district with jurisdiction in more than one county, with the approval of the commissioners court of each county in the district, may establish a personal bond office to gather and review information about an accused that may have a bearing on whether he will comply with the conditions of a personal bond and report its findings to the court before which the case is pending.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6613.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6613 / Section 6613.001
§ 6613.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Cameron County Drainage District No. 3.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 62.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 62 / Section 62.053
§ 62.053. AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY AND MEDICAID COORDINATION.
Status: in_force

The commission may:

(1) accept applications for coverage under the child health plan and implement the child health plan program eligibility screening and enrollment procedures;

(2) resolve grievances relating to eligibility determinations; and

(3) coordinate the child health plan program with the Medicaid program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8871.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8871 / Section 8871.001
§ 8871.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Government Code § 609.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.106
§ 609.106. OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision or group of political subdivisions that creates a deferred compensation plan may direct and supervise the activities of the plan administrator through an oversight committee.

(b) The political subdivision or group shall determine the authority, activities, and composition of an oversight committee created under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.055
§ 3879.055. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

For purposes of determining the requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not counted:

(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including death, resignation, or disqualification;

(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in a vote because of a conflict of interest; or

(3) a nonvoting director.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 122.053 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 122 / Section 122.053
§ 122.053. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may randomly inspect land where hemp is grown to determine whether hemp is being cultivated in compliance with this chapter.

(b) The department may enter onto land described by Section 122.103(a)(1), conduct inspections, and collect and test plant samples.

(c) Using participation fees set and collected under Section 122.052(a)(3), the department shall pay the cost of inspections under this section.

(d) The Department of Public Safety may inspect, collect samples from, or test plants from any portion of a plot to ensure compliance with this chapter. A license holder shall allow the Department of Public Safety access to the plot and the property on which the plot is located for purposes of this subsection.

(e) If, after conducting an inspection or performing testing under this section, the department or the Department of Public Safety determines any portion of a plot is not compliant with this chapter, the department or the Department of Public Safety may report the license holder to the other department or to the attorney general.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8135.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8135 / Section 8135.002
§ 8135.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Williamson County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 60.464 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.464
§ 60.464. JOB ORDER CONTRACTS FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may award job order contracts for the construction, repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of a facility if the work is of a recurring nature but the delivery times are indefinite and indefinite quantities and orders are awarded substantially on the basis of predescribed and prepriced tasks.

(b) The district may establish contractual unit prices for a job order contract by:

(1) specifying one or more published construction unit price books and the applicable divisions or line items; or

(2) providing a list of work items and requiring the offerors to bid or propose one or more coefficients or multipliers to be applied to the price book or work items as the price proposal.

(c) The district shall advertise for, receive, and publicly open sealed proposals for job order contracts.

(d) The district may require offerors to submit, in addition to information on rates, other information, including experience, past performance, and proposed personnel and methodology.

(e) The district may award job order contracts to one or more job order contractors in connection with each solicitation of bids or proposals.

(f) An order for a job or project under the job order contract must be signed by the district's representative and the contractor. The order may be a fixed price, lump-sum contract based substantially on contractual unit pricing applied to estimated quantities or may be a unit price order based on the quantities and line items delivered.

(g) The contractor shall provide payment and performance bonds, if required by law, based on the amount or estimated amount of any order.

(h) The base term of a job order contract is for the period and with any renewal options that the district sets forth in the request for proposals. If the district fails to advertise that term, the base term may not exceed two years and is not renewable without further advertisement and solicitation of proposals.

(i) If a job order contract or an order issued under the contract requires engineering or architectural services that constitute the practice of engineering within the meaning of Chapter 1001, Occupations Code, or the practice of architecture within the meaning of Chapter 1051, Occupations Code, the district shall select or designate an architect or engineer to prepare the construction documents for the facility. If the architect or engineer is not a full-time employee of the district, the district shall select the architect or engineer on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications as provided by Section 2254.004, Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.401 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.401
§ 56B.401. NOTICE OF PROPOSED PRIVATE ACTION.
Status: in_force

Before a claimant or victim may bring an action to recover damages related to criminally injurious conduct for which compensation under this chapter is claimed or awarded, the claimant or victim must give the attorney general written notice of the proposed action.
Tex. Local Government Code § 370.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 370 / Section 370.001
§ 370.001. HEALTH CONTRACTS IN BORDER MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality or county that has a boundary that is contiguous with the border between this state and the Republic of Mexico may contract with a border municipality or state in the Republic of Mexico to provide or receive health services.
Tex. Government Code § 805.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 805 / Section 805.003
§ 805.003. PAYMENTS TO REINSTATE OR PURCHASE SERVICE CREDIT.
Status: in_force

The cost of reinstating or purchasing service credit under Section 805.002 is determined according to the statutes that govern the reinstatement or purchase of the type of service credit in the system in which it is to be reinstated or purchased. All payments for service credit reinstated or purchased under Section 805.002 must be made before retirement or the first payment of a death benefit annuity, as applicable, or before a later date if allowed for members of the retirement system in which the credit is to be reinstated or purchased.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1236 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1236
§ 411.1236.
Status: repealed

Sec. 411.1236. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION. (a) The Texas Commission on Fire Protection is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who is:

(1) an applicant for or holder of a license issued under Chapter 419; or

(2) an applicant for employment by or an employee of the commission.

(b) Criminal history record information obtained by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection under Subsection (a) may not be released to any person or agency except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information, or if the information is entered into evidence by the board in an administrative, civil, or criminal hearing under Chapter 419.

(c), (d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 296, Sec. 13(7).
Tex. Finance Code § 37.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 37 / Section 37.005
§ 37.005. LIMITATIONS ON WITHDRAWALS FROM STATE BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of a state bank that is experiencing or threatened with unusual and excessive withdrawals because of financial conditions, panic, or crisis, the banking commissioner, to prevent unnecessary loss to or preference among the depositors and creditors of the bank and to preserve the financial structure of the bank and its usefulness to the community, may issue an order limiting the right of withdrawal by or payment to depositors, creditors, and other persons to whom the bank is liable.

(b) The order:

(1) must expire not later than the 10th day after the date it is issued;

(2) must be uniform in application to each class of liability; and

(3) is not subject to judicial review.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 674.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 674 / Section 674.005
§ 674.005. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Meetings of a review team are closed to the public and are not subject to Chapter 551, Government Code.

(b) A member of a review team participating in the review of a death or fetal death, and any person employed by or acting in an advisory capacity to the review team and who provides counsel or services to the review team, are immune from civil or criminal liability arising from information presented in a review team meeting or recommendations resulting from the meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9020.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9020 / Section 9020.051
§ 9020.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board consists of six elected directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7210.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7210 / Section 7210.102
§ 7210.102. WATER SERVICE IMPACT FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may charge a water service impact fee that is equal to the equity buy-in fee charged by the Shackelford Water Supply Corporation on December 31, 2006, under that corporation's tariff.

(b) Chapter 395, Local Government Code, does not apply to the initial water service impact fee set under this section.

(c) The district may increase the water service impact fee only as provided by Chapter 395, Local Government Code, or as approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8856.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8856 / Section 8856.053
§ 8856.053. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs on the board, the commissioners court that appointed the director who vacated the office shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy in a manner that meets the representational requirements of Section 8856.051.
Tex. Education Code § 45.084 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.084
§ 45.084. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The district may execute contracts for constructing or equipping school buildings in the district or for purchasing any necessary sites for school buildings in the manner provided by law. If any contract recites that payments under the contract are to be made either from the proceeds from the sale of real property under an installment sale agreement or any similar method pursuant to this subchapter or from proceeds from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter, then the contract may be made payable in installments to correspond with the receipt by the district either of proceeds under the sale agreement or proceeds from the sale of any bonds to be issued and delivered in more than one issue, series, or installment, and the contract is not a prohibited debt or indebtedness of the district if the payments under the contract are required to be made solely from the proceeds from the sale of real property or the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8433.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8433 / Section 8433.006
§ 8433.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Government Code § 525.0303 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 525 / Section 525.0303
§ 525.0303. ANNUAL REPORT ON SAFEGUARDING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, in consultation with the Department of State Health Services, the Texas Medical Board, and the Texas Department of Insurance, shall explore and evaluate new developments in safeguarding protected health information.

(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission shall report to the legislature on:

(1) new developments in safeguarding protected health information; and

(2) recommendations for implementing safeguards within the commission.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2026.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2026 / Section 2026.103
§ 2026.103.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2026.103. CLASS 2 RACETRACK. (a) A class 2 racetrack is a racetrack on which live racing is conducted for a number of days, as determined by the commission under Subchapter A, Chapter 2029.

(b) A class 2 racetrack is entitled to conduct 60 days of live racing in a calendar year. A racetrack association may request additional or fewer days of live racing. If, after receipt of a request from a racetrack association, the commission determines additional or fewer days to be economically feasible and in the best interest of this state and the racing industry, the commission shall grant the request.

(c) The commission may permit a racetrack association that holds a class 2 racetrack license and that is located in a national historic district to conduct horse races for more than 60 days in a calendar year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6907.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6907 / Section 6907.202
§ 6907.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Section 53.188, Water Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.164 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.164
§ 370.164. DECLARATION OF TAKING.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may file a declaration of taking with the clerk of the court:

(1) in which the authority files a condemnation petition under Chapter 21, Property Code; or

(2) to which the case is assigned.

(b) An authority may file the declaration of taking concurrently with or subsequent to the filing of the condemnation petition but may not file the declaration after the special commissioners have made an award in the condemnation proceeding.

(c) An authority may not file a declaration of taking before the completion of all:

(1) environmental documentation, including a final environmental impact statement or a record of decision, that is required by federal or state law;

(2) public hearings and meetings, including those held in connection with the environmental rules adopted by the authority under Section 370.188, that are required by federal or state law; and

(3) notifications required by the rules adopted by the authority under Section 370.188.

(d) The declaration of taking must include:

(1) a specific reference to the legislative authority for the condemnation;

(2) a description and plot plan of the real property to be condemned, including the following information if applicable:

(A) the municipality in which the property is located;

(B) the street address of the property; and

(C) the lot and block number of the property;

(3) a statement of the property interest to be condemned;

(4) the name and address of each property owner that the authority can obtain after reasonable investigation and a description of the owner's interest in the property; and

(5) a statement that immediate possession of all or part of the property to be condemned is necessary for the timely construction of a transportation project.

(e) A deposit to the registry of the court of an amount equal to the appraised value as determined by the authority of the property to be condemned must accompany the declaration of taking.

(f) The date on which the declaration is filed is the date of taking for the purpose of assessing damages to which a property owner is entitled.

(g) After a declaration of taking is filed, the case shall proceed as any other case in eminent domain under Chapter 21, Property Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8378.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8378 / Section 8378.051
§ 8378.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) If required under the terms of the agreement, ordinance, or resolution by which a municipality consents to the creation of the district, the board consists of:

(1) four elected directors; and

(2) one director appointed by the governing body of the municipality.

(c) A director appointed under Subsection (b)(2) is not required to be a qualified voter of the district or to own land subject to taxation in the district.

(d) Except as provided by Section 8378.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms. A permanent director may not serve more than two four-year terms.

(e) The common law doctrine of incompatibility does not disqualify an official or employee of a municipality from being appointed a director by the governing body of a municipality under Subsection (b)(2), and a director appointed to the board may continue to serve in a public office of or be employed by the municipality.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.152
§ 110.152. LIST AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

The council shall:

(1) maintain a list of sex offender treatment providers under Section 110.161; and

(2) develop and implement by rule under Subchapter G:

(A) license requirements; and

(B) procedures for sex offender treatment providers.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.707 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.707
§ 151.707. RESALE OR EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) intentionally or knowingly makes a false entry in, or a fraudulent alteration of, an exemption or resale certificate;

(2) makes, presents, or uses an exemption certificate or resale certificate with knowledge that it is false and with the intent that it be accepted as a valid resale or exemption certificate; or

(3) intentionally conceals, removes, or impairs the verity or legibility of an exemption or resale certificate or unreasonably impedes the availability of an exemption or resale certificate.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is:

(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the exemption or resale certificate is less than $20;

(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the exemption or resale certificate is $20 or more, but less than $200;

(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the exemption or resale certificate is $200 or more, but less than $750;

(4) a felony of the third degree if the tax avoided by the use of the exemption or resale certificate is $750 or more, but less than $20,000; or

(5) a felony of the second degree if the tax avoided by the use of the exemption or resale certificate is $20,000 or more.