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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3881.210 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3881 / Section 3881.210
§ 3881.210. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms and conditions as determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, sales and use taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, and other obligations set forth in Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.051
§ 3919.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring May 31 of each odd-numbered year.

(c) The board shall hold an election for directors on the uniform election date in May in odd-numbered years.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 43.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 43 / Section 43.002
§ 43.002. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter be construed liberally so that eligible individuals may receive appropriate and adequate oral health services in a timely manner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 443.058 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 443 / Section 443.058
§ 443.058. ENTRY OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

If any of the grounds provided in Section 443.057 are established, the receivership court shall grant the petition and issue the order of rehabilitation or liquidation requested in the petition.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 42.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 42 / Section 42.007
§ 42.007. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may determine the terms, conditions, and standards, including medical and financial standards, for the eligibility of persons with end stage renal disease to receive the aid, care, or treatment provided under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.303
§ 1084.303. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Palo Pinto County Hospital District."
Tex. Election Code § 259.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 259 / Section 259.003
§ 259.003. REGULATION OF POLITICAL SIGNS BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "private real property" does not include real property subject to an easement or other encumbrance that allows a municipality to use the property for a public purpose.

(b) A municipal charter provision or ordinance that regulates signs may not, for a sign that contains primarily a political message and that is located on private real property with the consent of the property owner:

(1) prohibit the sign from being placed;

(2) require a permit or approval of the municipality or impose a fee for the sign to be placed;

(3) restrict the size of the sign; or

(4) provide for a charge for the removal of a political sign that is greater than the charge for removal of other signs regulated by ordinance.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a sign, including a billboard, that contains primarily a political message on a temporary basis and that is generally available for rent or purchase to carry commercial advertising or other messages that are not primarily political.

(d) Subsection (b) does not apply to a sign that:

(1) has an effective area greater than 36 feet;

(2) is more than eight feet high;

(3) is illuminated; or

(4) has any moving elements.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2612 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2612
§ 54.2612. JUDICIAL ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A referring court may modify, correct, reject, reverse, or recommit for further information any action taken by the magistrate.

(b) If the court does not modify, correct, reject, reverse, or recommit an action of the magistrate, the action becomes the decree of the court.

(c) At the conclusion of each term during which the services of a magistrate are used, the referring court shall enter a decree on the minutes adopting the actions of the magistrate of which the court approves.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.0012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.0012
§ 2155.0012. AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RULES.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may adopt rules to efficiently and effectively administer this chapter. Before adopting a rule under this section, the comptroller must conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed rule regardless of whether the requirements of Section 2001.029(b) are met.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3984.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3984 / Section 3984.0106
§ 3984.0106. 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;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code;

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3956.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3956 / Section 3956.204
§ 3956.204. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 205.02 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 205 / Section 205.02
§ 205.02. DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS.
Status: repealed

(a) After allocation of funds to defray administrative expenses as provided in the current departmental appropriations act, receipts from the sale of tax stamps and funds derived from taxes on distilled spirits, wine, beer, and ale and malt liquor shall be deposited in the general revenue fund. An amount equal to one-fourth of the net revenue shall be transferred to the foundation school fund, and an amount equal to three-fourths of the net revenue shall be credited to the general revenue fund.

(a) After allocation of funds to defray administrative expenses as provided in the current departmental appropriations act, receipts from the sale of tax stamps and funds derived from taxes on distilled spirits, wine, beer, and ale and malt liquor shall be deposited in the general revenue fund. An amount equal to 5/24ths of the net revenue shall be transferred to the available school fund, an amount equal to 1/24th of the net revenue shall be transferred to the foundation school fund, and an amount equal to three-fourths of the net revenue shall be credited to the general revenue fund.

(b) All revenues derived from the collection of permit or license fees provided for in this code, except fees for temporary licenses, shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.

(c), (d) Repealed by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 110, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
Tex. Government Code § 27.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 27 / Section 27.058
§ 27.058. CIVIL DOCKET.
Status: in_force

Information in the civil docket of a justice of the peace may be processed and stored by the use of electronic data processing equipment, at the discretion of the justice.
Tex. Government Code § 774.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 774 / Section 774.003
§ 774.003. PROCEDURE FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A health care regulatory agency shall establish and implement written procedures to ensure that information obtained that is required to be forwarded under Section 774.002 is forwarded to the appropriate health care regulatory agency not later than the 15th day after the date the agency determines that the information is information that it believes may be grounds for another health care regulatory agency to conduct an investigation of or institute a disciplinary proceeding against a health care provider under Section 774.002.

(b) A procedure adopted under this section must provide that the executive head of a health care regulatory agency or the executive head's designee may forward information under this section only to the executive head or the executive head's designee of the appropriate health care regulatory agency.

(c) In this section, "executive head" means the director, executive director, commissioner, administrator, chief clerk, or other individual who is appointed by the governing body or highest officer of a health care regulatory agency to act as the chief executive or administrative officer of the agency and who is not an appointed officer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7901A.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7901A / Section 7901A.0307
§ 7901A.0307. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Government Code § 508.142 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.142
§ 508.142. PERIOD OF PAROLE.
Status: in_force

(a) The institutional division shall provide the board with sentence time credit information for each inmate who is eligible for release on parole.

(b) Good conduct time credit is computed for an inmate as if the inmate were confined in the institutional division during the entire time the inmate was actually confined.

(c) The period of parole is computed by subtracting from the term for which the inmate was sentenced the calendar time served on the sentence.
Tex. Education Code § 130.452 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.452
§ 130.452. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the program is to provide an alternative means by which adult students enrolled in a workforce education program at a public junior college may earn a high school diploma at the college through concurrent enrollment in a competency-based education program that enables students to demonstrate knowledge substantially equivalent to the knowledge required to earn a high school diploma in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 441.193 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.193
§ 441.193. CUSTODY OF STATE RECORDS AND OTHER HISTORICAL RESOURCES OF COMMISSION; PUBLIC ACCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) All archival state records transferred to the custody of the commission in accordance with this subchapter and all other historical resources acquired by the commission through gift or purchase become the property of the commission.

(b) The director and librarian, the state archivist, or their authorized designees may make certified copies of archival state records or other historical resources, and the certified copies shall have the same force and effect as if certified by their original custodian or owner.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules regarding public access to the archival state records and other historical resources in the possession of the commission.

(d) Except as provided in Subsection (e), any rules adopted under this section may not violate any requirements of Chapter 552 or any other state law regarding public access to state records or the terms of any agreement between the commission and a donor of other historical resources to the commission.

(e) In rules adopted under this section, the commission may restrict access to any original archival state record or other historical resource in its possession and provide only copies if, in the opinion of the state archivist, such access would compromise the continued survival of the original record.

(f) The commission shall ensure that the confidentiality established under Chapter 552 or any other state law of any archival state record transferred to the commission's custody under Section 441.186 shall be preserved until state law allows public access to the records.

(g) Requests for public access to state records of other state agencies in the physical custody of the records management program of the commission established by Section 441.182 shall be denied by the state records administrator unless the state agency having legal custody of the records provides written authorization.

(h) Authorizations for public access under Subsection (g) may not provide for public access to the original microfilm of state records.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 211.002 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 211 / Section 211.002
§ 211.002. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not reduce, limit, or impair the authority provided by law to any municipality, except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or other regulation that establishes safety standards or practices applicable to hazardous liquid salt formation storage facilities that are subject to regulation by federal or state law.

(c) "Safety standards or practices" means any regulation of an activity or facility covered by this chapter or that is incompatible with the safety standards or practices enacted or adopted by federal or state government pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 et seq. and its subsequent amendments or a succeeding law.
Tex. Property Code § 53.022 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.022
§ 53.022. PROPERTY TO WHICH LIEN EXTENDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The lien extends to the improvements and to each lot of land necessarily connected.

(b) The lien does not extend to abutting sidewalks, streets, and utilities that are public property.

(c) A lien against land in a city, town, or village extends to each lot on which the improvement is situated or on which the labor was performed.

(d) A lien against land not in a city, town, or village extends to not more than 50 acres on which the improvement is situated or on which the labor was performed.
Tex. Penal Code § 1.08 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 1 / Section 1.08
§ 1.08. PREEMPTION.
Status: in_force

No governmental subdivision or agency may enact or enforce a law that makes any conduct covered by this code an offense subject to a criminal penalty. This section shall apply only as long as the law governing the conduct proscribed by this code is legally enforceable.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 112.033 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 112 / Section 112.033
§ 112.033. INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Any Texas Ranger or other officer commissioned by the Department of Public Safety, any sheriff or deputy sheriff, or any municipal police officer may enter the business premises of a dealer, broker, or peddler under this chapter during normal business hours to inspect the premises and the records of the dealer, broker, or peddler to determine whether the dealer, broker, or peddler is in compliance with this chapter.

(b) A dealer, broker, or peddler under this chapter must allow and shall not interfere with inspections conducted pursuant to this chapter.

(c) Each inspection conducted under this chapter shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness and shall be conducted in a reasonable manner.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 18.0075 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 18 / Section 18.0075
§ 18.0075. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent consistent with the requirements of the national organic program, the department by rule shall adopt administrative procedures relating to assessment of administrative penalties and other sanctions for violations of this subchapter. Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to department rules adopted under this subchapter to the extent that Chapter 2001, Government Code, conflicts with the requirements of the national organic program.

(b) The department shall provide a person with written notice of the department's intent to assess the person with an administrative penalty or other sanction. If the department requires a written response to the notice, the department shall allow the person not less than 10 days after the date the person receives the notice to provide the department with the written response. A written response may contain an admission of a violation of this subchapter or rule adopted under this subchapter, as applicable, and an agreement to assessment of the applicable administrative penalty or sanction.

(c) The department's administrative procedures may provide for a default judgment without a hearing for failure to submit to the department a written response under Subsection (b) that contains a request for a hearing and a general or specific denial that the department's action is warranted by the facts or law.

(d) A default judgment may be entered under this section by order of the commissioner. The order entering a default judgment is final on the day the commissioner issues the order.

(e) A default judgment may be appealed for review de novo to a Travis County district court not later than the first anniversary of the date the order is issued under Subsection (d).

(f) On appeal, the court may only consider the issues of whether the appellant received proper notice as required by Subsection (b) and whether the department received a proper response under Subsection (b). The appellant has the burden of proof to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that proper notice was not received by the appellant or that a proper response under Subsection (b) was received by the department. If the appellant prevails, the default judgment shall be vacated and the case shall be remanded to the department for an administrative hearing on the substantive issues raised by the department's notice.

(g) The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall conduct any hearing required by a rule of the department adopted under this subchapter.

(h) In the absence of administrative procedures adopted by the department under this section, the procedures under Chapter 12 and under Chapter 2001, Government Code, apply to the assessment of administrative penalties or license sanctions, except that the procedures may, on motion of a party or on the administrative law judge's own motion, be modified by the judge as necessary to comply with standards and procedures under the national organic program.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.021 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.021
§ 225.021. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall repair and replace each marker required by this subchapter and maintain the grounds for the marker.

(b) The department shall accept a grant or donation made to assist in financing the construction and maintenance of a marker.

(c) The department may not design, construct, or erect a marker under this subchapter unless a grant or donation of funds is made to the department to cover the cost of the design, construction, and erection of the marker.

(d) Money received under Subsection (b) shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.
Tex. Water Code § 60.456 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.456
§ 60.456. NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

For a contract entered into by a district under any of the methods provided by this subchapter, the district shall publish notice of the time and place the bids or proposals, or the responses to a request for qualifications, will be received and opened. The notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the district is located once each week for two consecutive weeks before the deadline for receiving bids, proposals, or responses. If there is not a newspaper of general circulation in any county in which the district is located, the notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county nearest the county seat of the county in which the district is located or the county in which the greatest amount of the district's territory is located. In a two-step procurement process, the time and place the second-step bids, proposals, or responses will be received are not required to be published separately.
Tex. Government Code § 418.1102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.1102
§ 418.1102. EXCEPTION TO QUORUM REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a local governmental entity created and operating under the laws of this state, including a political subdivision, school district, or special district or authority.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a quorum is not required for the governing body of a local governmental entity to act if:

(1) the entity's jurisdiction is wholly or partly located in the area of a disaster declared by the president of the United States or the governor; and

(2) a majority of the members of the governing body are unable to be present at a meeting of the governing body as a result of the disaster.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8311.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8311 / Section 8311.004
§ 8311.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8311.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.259 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.259
§ 200.259. CUMULATIVE VOTING IN ELECTION OF TRUST MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Cumulative voting is allowed only if specifically authorized by the certificate of formation of a real estate investment trust.

(b) Cumulative voting occurs when a shareholder:

(1) gives one candidate as many votes as the total of the number of the trust managers to be elected multiplied by the shareholder's shares; or

(2) distributes the votes among one or more candidates using the same principle.

(c) If cumulative voting is specifically authorized by the certificate of formation, a shareholder who intends to cumulate votes must give written notice of that intention to the trust managers on or before the day preceding the date of the election at which the shareholder intends to cumulate votes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7937A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7937A / Section 7937A.0201
§ 7937A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 7937A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 40.05 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.05
§ 40.05. TIME TO APPLY FOR NEW TRIAL; AMENDMENT.
Status: repealed

By order of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dated December 18, 1985, effective September 1, 1986, adopting the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 685 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, this article was repealed.