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Tex. Local Government Code § 394.026 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.026
§ 394.026. DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board of directors determines by resolution that the purposes for which the housing finance corporation was formed have been substantially met and that all bonds issued by and all obligations incurred by the corporation have been fully paid, the directors shall execute a certificate of dissolution stating those facts and declaring that the corporation is dissolved. The directors shall file the certificate for recording in the office of the secretary of state. The directors shall execute the certificate under the corporation's seal.

(b) On the filing of the certificate of dissolution, the corporation is dissolved. The title to all funds and property owned by the corporation at the time of dissolution vests in the local government to be used exclusively by the local government to provide for the housing needs of individuals and families of low and moderate incomes, including single-family units and mixed income multifamily projects found by the local government to serve the interests of low and moderate income individuals and families if the single-family and multifamily projects have as a major purpose the provision of safe, sanitary, and decent housing for individuals and families of low income. The funds and property shall be promptly delivered to the local government.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 63.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.002
§ 63.002. AUTHORITY TO OPERATE FACILITY.
Status: in_force

A county or a combination of counties may, and they are hereby authorized to, elect to own, establish, operate, and staff a long-term residential facility for the detention of juvenile offenders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0301
§ 5010.0301. GENERAL AND NAVIGATION DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has:

(1) the powers of government and the authority to exercise the rights, privileges, and functions specified by this chapter; and

(2) all powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred by general law on any district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, appropriate to the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter, except as expressly limited by this chapter.

(b) To the extent not inconsistent or in conflict with this chapter, the district and the board have all of the rights, powers, privileges, and functions granted or conferred by the provisions of the general laws applicable to navigation districts including those granted or conferred by Chapters 60 and 62, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3899.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3899 / Section 3899.008
§ 3899.008. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 602.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 602 / Section 602.252
§ 602.252. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR CONTESTED CASE HEARING.
Status: in_force

Chapter 2001, Government Code, and medical board rules for a contested case hearing apply to a proceeding by the medical board under this chapter in which a formal complaint has been filed.
Tex. Family Code § 162.204 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.204
§ 162.204. SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states under the compact. If a supplementary agreement requires or authorizes the use of any institution or facility of this state or requires or authorizes the provision of a service by this state, the supplementary agreement does not take effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction the institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with rendering the service.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 43.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 43 / Section 43.004
§ 43.004. APPLICATION OF GENERAL ELECTION LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the election shall be conducted in accordance with general law relating to county elections.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.0103 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.0103
§ 151.0103. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this title only, "telecommunications services" means the electronic or electrical transmission, conveyance, routing, or reception of sounds, signals, data, or information utilizing wires, cable, radio waves, microwaves, satellites, fiber optics, or any other method now in existence or that may be devised, including but not limited to long-distance telephone service. The term does not include:

(1) the storage of data or information for subsequent retrieval or the processing, or reception and processing, of data or information intended to change its form or content;

(2) the sale or use of a telephone prepaid calling card;

(3) Internet access service; or

(4) a pay telephone coin sent-paid telephone call.

(b) The exemption provided by Subsection (a)(4) applies only to the portion of the sales price of the telecommunications service that is paid by coin.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 111.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 111 / Section 111.004
§ 111.004. BALING.
Status: in_force

(a) Each bale of cotton ginned by a ginner shall be wrapped so that:

(1) the bale will be completely covered when compressed and the ends of the bale are closed and well sewn; and

(2) the markings on the bale will remain intact and visible under ordinary conditions.

(b) In compressing, recompressing, baling, or rebaling cotton, each person owning, operating, or working for a compress in this state shall, prior to delivery of a bale to a common carrier, bind and tie the bale so that the bale is free of:

(1) dangerously exposed ends of bands or buckles; or

(2) dangerously exposed or protruding parts of ties, bands, buckles, or splices.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.207 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.207
§ 18B.207. NONAPPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not apply to a global positioning or similar device installed in or on an item of property by the owner or with the consent of the owner of the property.

(b) In an emergency, a private entity may monitor a device described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Water Code § 11.132 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.132
§ 11.132. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice shall be given to the persons who in the judgment of the commission may be affected by an application, including those persons listed in Subdivision (2), Subsection (d), of this section. The commission, on the motion of a commissioner or on the request of the executive director or any affected person, shall hold a public hearing on the application.

(b) If the proposed use is for irrigation, the commission shall include in the notice a general description of the location and area of the land to be irrigated.

(c) In the notice, the commission shall:

(1) state the name and address of the applicant;

(2) state the date the application was filed;

(3) state the purpose and extent of the proposed appropriation of water;

(4) identify the source of supply and the place where the water is to be stored or taken or diverted from the source of supply;

(5) identify any proposed alternative source of water, other than state water, identified by the applicant;

(6) specify the time and location where the commission will consider the application; and

(7) give any additional information the commission considers necessary.

(d) The commission may act on the application without holding a public hearing if:

(1) not less than 30 days before the date of action on the application by the commission, the applicant has published the commission's notice of the application at least once in a newspaper regularly published or circulated within the section of the state where the source of water is located;

(2) not less than 30 days before the date of action on the application by the commission, the commission mails a copy of the notice by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to:

(A) each claimant or appropriator of water from the source of water supply, the record of whose claim or appropriation has been filed with the commission;

(B) each groundwater conservation district with jurisdiction over the proposed groundwater production, if the applicant proposes to use groundwater from a well located within a groundwater conservation district as an alternative source of water; and

(C) all navigation districts within the river basin concerned; and

(3) within 30 days after the date of the newspaper publication of the commission's notice, a public hearing has not been requested in writing by a commissioner, the executive director, or an affected person who objects to the application.

(e) The inadvertent failure of the commission to mail a notice under Subdivision (2), Subsection (d), of this section to a navigation district that is not a claimant or appropriator of water does not prevent the commission's consideration of the application.

(f) If, on the date specified in the notice prescribed by Subsection (c) of this section, the commission determines that a public hearing must be held, the matter shall be remanded for hearing without the necessity of issuing further notice other than advising all parties of the time and place where the hearing is to convene.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.207
§ 1065.207. CHARGES FOR SERVICES RENDERED.
Status: in_force

If the board issues revenue bonds, the board shall charge and collect rates for services rendered by the hospital system that are sufficient to:

(1) pay the maintenance and operating expenses described by Section 1065.206;

(2) pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as each becomes due; and

(3) create and maintain a bond reserve fund and other funds as provided in the bond resolution or trust indenture.
Tex. Election Code § 174.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 174 / Section 174.002
§ 174.002. MEDIA ACCESS.
Status: in_force

Representatives of the broadcast and print news media are entitled to attend a convention held under this chapter for the purpose of reporting its proceedings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3963.0314 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3963 / Section 3963.0314
§ 3963.0314. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Occupations Code § 353.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 353 / Section 353.102
§ 353.102. ACCURACY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person who dispenses contact lenses under this chapter from a contact lens prescription shall fill the prescription accurately subject to Section 353.103.
Tex. Government Code § 3101.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3101 / Section 3101.006
§ 3101.006. PERFORMANCE OF STATE SONG.
Status: in_force

(a) During the performance of the state song:

(1) when the state flag is displayed:

(A) each citizen of this state who is present and not in uniform should:

(i) face the flag and stand at attention with the person's right hand over the heart; and

(ii) if wearing a head covering that is easy to remove, remove the head covering with the right hand and hold it at the person's left shoulder, with the person's right hand over the heart;

(B) each person who is present and in uniform should make the military salute at the first note of the state song and retain that position until the last note;

(C) each person who is present, not in uniform, and a member of the armed forces or a veteran may make the military salute at the first note of the state song and retain that position until the last note; and

(D) each person who is present but not a citizen of this state should stand at attention; and

(2) when the state flag is not displayed, each person present should face toward the music and act in the same manner as the person would if the state flag were displayed there.

(b) The state song should be performed after the national anthem if both are performed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0258 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0258
§ 8508.0258. ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

A pledge of revenue may reserve the right, under specified conditions, to issue additional obligations that will be on a parity with or subordinate to the obligations then being issued.
Tex. Government Code § 434.157 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.157
§ 434.157. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The council is administratively attached to the Texas Veterans Commission. The Texas Veterans Commission may provide administrative support and resources to the council as necessary to enable the council to perform its duties.

(b) A state agency represented on the council shall support the agency's involvement with the council and provide staff support as needed to the council.

(c) The designated representative of any organization or agency that accepts an invitation to serve on a coordinating workgroup of the council under Section 434.154(g) is not entitled to compensation, but is entitled to reimbursement of the representative's travel expenses as provided by Chapter 660 and the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Transportation Code § 315.041 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 315 / Section 315.041
§ 315.041. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID.
Status: in_force

(a) On approval and adoption of plans and specifications by the governing body of a municipality, the municipal secretary or other officer designated by the governing body shall advertise for sealed bids for installing the lighting improvements according to the specifications.

(b) The advertisement shall be published in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and shall state the time within which bids may be received.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3921.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3921 / Section 3921.151
§ 3921.151. 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 district money.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8344.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8344 / Section 8344.157
§ 8344.157. TAX OR BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Before a new district created by the division of the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the new district must hold an election as required by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, and this chapter to obtain voter approval.
Tex. Education Code § 54.364 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.364
§ 54.364. BLIND, DEAF STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Resident" has the same meaning as is assigned it in Subchapter B of this chapter.

(2) "Blind person" means a person who is a "blind disabled individual" as defined in Section 91.051(5), Human Resources Code.

(3) "Deaf person" means a person whose sense of hearing is nonfunctional, after all necessary medical treatment, surgery, and use of hearing aids, for understanding normal conversation.

(4) "Tuition fees" includes all dues, fees, and enrollment charges whatsoever for which exemptions may be lawfully made, including fees for correspondence courses, general deposit fees, and student services fees, but does not include fees or charges for lodging, board, or clothing.

(5) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, except that the term includes the Southwest College for the Deaf.

(b) A deaf or blind person who is a resident is entitled to exemption from the payment of tuition fees at any institution of higher education utilizing public funds if the person presents:

(1) certification that the person is a "blind person" or a "deaf person" as defined in Subsection (a) by the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services in a written statement, which certification is considered conclusive;

(2) a written statement of purpose from the person that indicates the certificate or degree program to be pursued or the professional enhancement from the course of study for that certificate or degree program;

(3) a high school diploma or its equivalent;

(4) a letter of recommendation from the principal of the high school attended by the deaf or blind individual, a public official, or some other responsible person who knows the deaf or blind individual and is willing to serve as a reference; and

(5) proof that the person meets all other entrance requirements of the institution.

(c) The governing board of an institution may establish special entrance requirements to fit the circumstances of deaf and blind persons. The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may develop any rules and procedures that these agencies determine necessary for the efficient implementation of this section.

(d) For the purposes of this section, a person is required to present certification that the person is a "blind person" or a "deaf person" as required under Subsection (b)(1) at the time the person initially enrolls at an institution of higher education in the course of study designated by the person under Subsection (b)(2). The certification is valid for each semester that the person enrolls at that institution in the designated course of study.

(e) A person who qualifies for an exemption under this section is entitled to the exemption for each course in which the person enrolls at an institution of higher education.
Tex. Transportation Code § 392.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 392 / Section 392.002
§ 392.002. XERISCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR ROADSIDE PARKS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall use and require the use of xeriscape practices in:

(1) the construction of roadside parks; and

(2) the maintenance of roadside parks.

(b) In implementing this section, the department shall follow the guidelines adopted under Section 2166.404, Government Code.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Roadside park" includes a rest area, picnic area, welcome station, or other facility that is:

(A) provided for the convenience of the traveling public;

(B) within or adjacent to a highway right-of-way; and

(C) under the jurisdiction of the department.

(2) "Xeriscape" has the meaning assigned by Section 2166.404, Government Code.

(d) Expired.
Tex. Government Code § 664.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 664 / Section 664.001
§ 664.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the State Employees Health Fitness and Education Act of 1983.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4007.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.0106
§ 4007.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; or

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Penal Code § 12.503 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 12 / Section 12.503
§ 12.503. PENALTY IF METAL OR BODY ARMOR USED DURING COMMISSION OF OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

If an affirmative finding under Article 42.01992, Code of Criminal Procedure, is made in the trial of an offense, the punishment for the offense is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next highest category of offense.
Tex. Government Code § 411.382 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.382
§ 411.382. SILVER ALERT FOR MISSING SENIOR CITIZENS AND PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
Status: in_force

With the cooperation of the Texas Department of Transportation, the office of the governor, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies in this state, the department shall develop and implement a statewide silver alert to be activated on behalf of a missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1111.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1111 / Section 1111.108
§ 1111.108. LEASES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district through the board may lease all or part of the district's property, including the buildings and facilities comprising the hospital system, to any person on terms considered to be in the district's best interest. The term of a lease may not exceed 80 years.

(b) When leasing a building or other facility, the board may delegate as it considers appropriate the board's power to manage, control, and administer the leased buildings and facilities to furnish hospital care.

(c) If all or part of a district building or other facility is leased, the board shall provide that the lessee charges sufficient rates for services rendered or goods provided at the leased premise that together with other sources of the lessee's revenue produce an amount sufficient to enable the lessee to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the leased premise as the lessee is required to pay under the lease. The rates also must enable the lessee to pay lease rentals to the district that will be sufficient, when taken with any other source of the district's estimated revenue that are pledged for the same purpose, to:

(1) pay the interest on any revenue or special obligation bonds that are payable wholly or partly from the lease rentals;

(2) create and maintain a sinking fund to pay the principal of and any premium on the bonds as they become due;

(3) create and maintain a bond reserve fund and any other fund required by the bond resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds; and

(4) pay all other charges, fees, costs, and expenses that the lessee is required to pay under the resolution or indenture.

(d) The lease, management agreement, bond resolution, or trust indenture may prescribe systems, methods, routines, procedures, and policies for the operation of the buildings and other facilities owned by the district. If all or part of the district's buildings or other facilities are leased, the district may delegate to the lessee the duty to establish the systems, methods, routines, procedures, and policies for the operation of the leased premise.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.406 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.406
§ 162.406.
Status: in_force

Sec. 162.406. CRIMINAL PENALTIES: CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), Subchapter E, Chapter 12, Penal Code, applies to offenses under this chapter committed by a corporation or association.

(b) The court may not fine a corporation or association under Section 12.51(c), Penal Code, unless the amount of the fine under that subsection is greater than the amount that could be fixed by the court under Section 12.51(b), Penal Code.

(c) In addition to a sentence imposed on a corporation, the court shall give notice of the conviction to the attorney general as required by Article 17A.09, Code of Criminal Procedure.