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Tex. Government Code § 419.071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.071
§ 419.071. VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop a voluntary certification program for volunteer fire fighters and volunteer fire departments. The program must include the same components and requirements as the certification program established under Subchapter B. The certification program for volunteer fire fighters and volunteer fire departments may take into account the different circumstances of volunteer fire fighters in establishing deadlines for completion of various components or requirements of the program.

(b) A certificate for a given type and level of certification that is issued under the certification program established under this section is equivalent to a certificate for the same type and level issued under Subchapter B. The certificate is subject to the same issuance and renewal requirements as a certificate issued under Subchapter B, and a certificate holder may be disciplined and regulated in the same manner as provided by Subchapter B.

(c) A volunteer fire fighter, volunteer fire department, or facility that provides training to volunteer fire fighters is not required to participate in any component of the commission's program under this chapter. A volunteer fire fighter, volunteer fire department, or facility that provides training to volunteer fire fighters may on request participate in one or more components of the program under this subchapter as appropriate. The volunteer fire department with which a volunteer fire fighter is affiliated may, but is not required to, pay the certificate fee for a volunteer fire fighter certified under this subchapter.

(d) At least 30 days before the expiration of a volunteer fire fighter's certificate, the commission shall send written notice of the impending certificate expiration to the last known address of the fire fighter according to the records of the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 552.164 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.164
§ 552.164.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.164. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION REGARDING FRAUD DETECTION AND DETERRENCE MEASURES. (a) Information in the custody of a governmental body that relates to fraud detection and deterrence measures is confidential and excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021. For purposes of this section, fraud detection information includes risk assessments, reports, data, protocols, technology specifications, manuals, instructions, investigative materials, crossmatches, mental impressions, and communications that may reveal the methods or means by which a governmental body prevents, investigates, or evaluates fraud.

(b) The confidentiality protection provided by Subsection (a) does not affect the ability of a governmental body to share information described by Subsection (a) as authorized by other law for law enforcement and fraud detection and prevention purposes.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.165 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.165
§ 623.165. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person fails in violation of Section 623.163(d) to carry or present the copy of the bond filed with the department. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974 / Section 7974.101
§ 7974.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8046.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8046 / Section 8046.0101
§ 8046.0101. 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 Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 34.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.902 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.902
§ 1509.902. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS PAYABLE FROM TOLL BRIDGE REVENUE; PLEDGE OF TOLL BRIDGE REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a municipality that:

(1) has located within its municipal boundaries or within 15 miles of its municipal boundaries a toll bridge over the Rio Grande; and

(2) receives revenue because of that bridge, including revenue received under a contract with another municipality relating to the operation of that bridge.

(b) The municipality may issue revenue bonds under this section payable from revenue received because of the toll bridge to acquire, construct, repair, extend, or improve any public building, utility system, or other public property or facility the governing body of the municipality considers necessary and appropriate.

(c) A municipality may issue the bonds without an election if the governing body of the municipality authorizes the issuance by ordinance.

(d) Subject to any covenant relating to an outstanding bond of the municipality, a municipality may appropriate or pledge to the payment of bonds issued under this section all or any part of the revenue the municipality receives because of the toll bridge.

(e) A bond issued under this section must mature not later than 40 years after its date.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8855.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8855 / Section 8855.001
§ 8855.001. 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 Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Education Code § 51.3521 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.3521
§ 51.3521. PERMANENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Permanent advisory committees are established.

(b) Each committee consists of the president, or the president's designee, of each general academic teaching institution and of each public junior college within a 100-mile radius of a general academic teaching institution.

(c) Each committee shall biennially elect a presiding officer.

(d) Each committee may elect other officers.

(e) Each committee shall adopt rules to govern the time and place of meetings and the transaction of business.

(f) Each committee shall:

(1) periodically study regional higher education needs in this state; and

(2) make recommendations to the governing boards of each general academic teaching institution and each public junior college represented regarding degree programs, core curricula, and joint faculty appointments to enhance the transfer of students and the coordinated working relationships between those institutions.
Tex. Water Code § 49.313 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.313
§ 49.313. DISTRICT FACILITIES ON EXCLUDED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

If any canals, ditches, pipelines, pumps, or other facilities of the district are located on lands excluded by the resolution of the board, the exclusion does not affect or interfere with any rights that the district has to maintain and continue operation of the facilities as located for the purpose of servicing lands remaining in the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.253 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.253
§ 54.253. DISCONTINUATION OF SERVICE BY CERTAIN CERTIFICATE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A telecommunications utility that holds a certificate of operating authority or a service provider certificate of operating authority may:

(1) cease operations in the utility's certificated area; or

(2) discontinue an optional service that is not essential to providing basic local telecommunications service.

(b) Before the telecommunications utility ceases operations or discontinues an optional service, the utility, in the manner required by the commission, must give notice of the intended action to:

(1) the commission;

(2) each affected customer;

(3) the Commission on State Emergency Communications;

(4) the office; and

(5) each wholesale provider of telecommunications facilities or services from which the utility has purchased facilities or services.

(c) The telecommunications utility is entitled to discontinue an optional service on or after the 61st day after the date the utility gives the notice.

(d) The telecommunications utility may not cease operations in its certificated area unless the commission authorizes the utility to cease operations and:

(1) another provider of basic local telecommunications services has adequate facilities and capacity to serve the customers in the certificated area; or

(2) the utility is an "exiting utility," as that term is defined by Section 54.301, no other telecommunications utility has facilities sufficient to provide basic local telecommunications service in the defined geographic area, and the utility acts in good faith to provide for a transition of the utility's existing basic local telecommunications service customers to another holder of a certificate for that area.

(e) The commission may not authorize the telecommunications utility to cease operations under Subsection (d) before the 61st day after the date the utility gives the notice required by Subsection (b). Unless the commission receives a complaint from an affected person, the commission may enter an order under this subsection administratively.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3936.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3936 / Section 3936.105
§ 3936.105. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 6.103 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.103
§ 6.103. EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

The board shall appoint a person to be the executive administrator to serve at the will of the board. A person is not eligible for appointment as the executive administrator if the person served in that capacity on January 1, 2013.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.149 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.149
§ 131.149. TERM OF RENEWAL PERMIT.
Status: in_force

A surface mining permit renewal shall be for a term not to exceed the period of the original permit established under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.412 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.412
§ 2001.412. ADMISSION TO BINGO GAMES.
Status: in_force

A person may not be denied admission to a bingo game or the opportunity to participate in a game because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, or disability or because the person is not a member of the licensed authorized organization conducting the bingo game.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 8.106 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 8 / Section 8.106
§ 8.106. PERMISSIVE INDEMNIFICATION OF AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES TO WITNESSES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an enterprise may pay or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by a governing person, officer, employee, agent, delegate, or other person in connection with that person's appearance as a witness or other participation in a proceeding at a time when the person is not a respondent in the proceeding.
Tex. Government Code § 304.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 304 / Section 304.011
§ 304.011. QUORUM; VOTES.
Status: in_force

In the event of an attack, the quorum requirements imposed on the legislature are suspended. If the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members is required to approve a bill or resolution, the same proportion of those present and voting on the bill or resolution is sufficient for its passage.
Tex. Family Code § 157.062 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.062
§ 157.062. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The notice of hearing must include the date, time, and place of the hearing.

(b) The notice of hearing need not repeat the allegations contained in the motion for enforcement.

(c) Notice of hearing on a motion for enforcement of a final order providing for child support or possession of or access to a child, any provision of a final order rendered against a party who has already appeared in a suit under this title, or any provision of a temporary order shall be given to the respondent by personal service of a copy of the motion and notice not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing. For purposes of this subsection, "temporary order" includes a temporary restraining order, standing order, injunction, and any other temporary order rendered by a court.

(d) If a motion for enforcement of a final order, other than a final order rendered against a party who has already appeared in a suit under this title, is joined with another claim:

(1) the hearing may not be held before 10 a.m. on the first Monday after the 20th day after the date of service; and

(2) the provisions of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applicable to the filing of an original lawsuit apply.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8138.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8138 / Section 8138.151
§ 8138.151. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose a tax for any district operation and maintenance purpose in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) Section 49.107(f), Water Code, does not apply to reimbursements for projects constructed or acquired under Section 8138.102.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.106 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.106
§ 383.106. LIMITATION ON ADOPTION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may adopt a tax under this subchapter only if as a result of adoption of the tax the combined rate of all local sales and use taxes imposed by political subdivisions having territory in the district will not exceed two percent.

(b) If, as a result of the imposition or increase in a sales and use tax by a municipality in which there is located a district with an existing sales and use tax or as a result of the annexation by a municipality of the territory in a district with an existing sales and use tax, the overlapping local sales and use taxes in the area in the district will exceed two percent, the district's sales and use tax rate is automatically reduced to a rate that when added to the combined rate of local sales and use taxes will equal two percent.

(c) If a district's tax rate is reduced in accordance with Subsection (b), the municipality shall make payments to the district equal to the amounts that would have been collected by the district had the municipality not imposed or increased its sales and use tax or annexed the area in the district, less amounts that the district collects following the municipality's levy of or increase in its sales and use tax or annexation of the area in the district. The payment shall be made by the municipality to the district within 10 days after the date of receipt of the money from the comptroller's office and shall continue only for so long as any bonds of the district are outstanding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3843.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3843 / Section 3843.102
§ 3843.102. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered for purposes of this chapter to be a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as, for the same term as, and on the same conditions as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.152 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.152
§ 347.152. ALTERNATE METHOD OF AMENDMENT OF CREDIT TRANSACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) As an alternative to Section 347.151 the creditor, on the consumer's request, may agree to amend an original credit transaction by renewing, restating, or rescheduling the unpaid part of the total of payments.

(b) The charge for the amended credit transaction is computed on the unpaid balance of the transaction for the term of the transaction at the rate applicable to the transaction.

(c) For the purpose of Subsection (b), the unpaid balance of an amended credit transaction is computed by:

(1) adding:

(A) the unpaid balance of the transaction preceding the amendment;

(B) the cost of insurance incidental to the amendment;

(C) additional necessary official fees; and

(D) each accrued delinquency and collection charge; and

(2) subtracting from the total under Subdivision (1) the prepayment refund credit required by Section 347.155.

(d) The provisions of this chapter relating to minimum charges and acquisition costs do not apply to the computation of the unpaid balance for an amended credit transaction.
Tex. Estates Code § 362.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 362 / Section 362.001
§ 362.001. SETTLING AND CLOSING ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE.
Status: in_force

The administration of an estate shall be settled and closed when:

(1) all the debts known to exist against the estate have been paid, or have been paid to the extent permitted by the assets in the personal representative's possession; and

(2) no further need for administration exists.
Tex. Transportation Code § 642.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 642 / Section 642.003
§ 642.003. NONAPPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

Section 642.002 does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle, road-tractor, or truck-tractor that is:

(1) registered under Section 502.433;

(2) required to be registered under Section 113.131, Natural Resources Code;

(3) operated in private carriage that is subject to Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 390.21;

(4) operated under the direct control, supervision, or authority of a public utility, as recognized by the legislature, that is otherwise visibly marked; or

(5) transporting timber products in their natural state from first point of production or harvest to first point of processing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3839.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3839 / Section 3839.101
§ 3839.101. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers given to an industrial development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project described by that chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.196 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.196
§ 81.196. DISCHARGE BEFORE EXPIRATION OF COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The health authority or department may direct the head of a facility to which a person was committed for inpatient health services or that provides outpatient health services to discharge the person at any time before the court order expires if the health authority or department determines that the person no longer meets the criteria for court-ordered health services.

(b) The health authority or department shall consider before discharging the person whether the person should receive outpatient health services in accordance with:

(1) a court order; or

(2) a modified order under Section 81.182 that directs the person to participate in outpatient health services.

(c) A discharge under Subsection (a) terminates the court order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3857.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3857 / Section 3857.006
§ 3857.006. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Government Code § 1433.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1433 / Section 1433.004
§ 1433.004. COST OF PROJECT.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, the cost of an industrial project or medical project is:

(1) the cost of acquisitions for the project, including the cost of the acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property rights, easements, and interests acquired for the construction;

(2) the cost of all machinery and equipment;

(3) financing charges;

(4) interest accruing before and during construction and until the first anniversary of the date on which the construction is completed;

(5) the cost of estimates, including estimates of revenue, engineering and legal services, plans, specifications, surveys, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility and practicability of constructing the project;

(6) administrative expenses; and

(7) other expenses that are necessary or incident to the acquisition of the project, the financing of the acquisition, and the placing of the project in operation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.258 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.258
§ 1451.258. NOTICE OF AVAILABLE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer shall provide to each person covered under the plan a timely written notice of the choices of the types of physician providers available for the direct access required under this subchapter.

(b) The notice must be stated in clear and accurate language.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3909.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3909 / Section 3909.151
§ 3909.151. 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. Transportation Code § 67.067 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 67 / Section 67.067
§ 67.067. BOARD ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A board order granting, denying, or modifying an application for a rate change must state its effective date. The order is final, except as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) Any party aggrieved by the board's order may, after exhausting all administrative remedies, appeal the order to a court.
Tex. Tax Code § 158.056 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 158 / Section 158.056
§ 158.056. REPORT AND TAX PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each manufacturer shall send to the comptroller on or before the last day of each month a report showing the total sales prices of manufactured homes sold, shipped, or consigned to or for, any person in this state during the preceding month together with the taxes imposed by this chapter. The report shall be made in the form and manner required by the comptroller.

(b) Along with each monthly report, the manufacturer shall remit to the comptroller monthly the tax imposed by this chapter and due on manufactured homes during the reporting period.