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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8848.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8848 / Section 8848.004
§ 8848.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Mitchell County unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Government Code § 542.0104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 542 / Section 542.0104
§ 542.0104. PILOT PROGRAM WORK GROUP.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall establish a pilot program work group to assist in developing and provide advice on the operation of the pilot program.

(b) The pilot program work group is composed of:

(1) representatives of the advisory committee;

(2) stakeholders representing individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability;

(3) stakeholders representing individuals with similar functional needs as the individuals described by Subdivision (2); and

(4) representatives of managed care organizations that contract with the commission to provide services under the STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care program.

(c) Chapter 2110 applies to the pilot program work group.
Tex. Local Government Code § 325.036 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 325 / Section 325.036
§ 325.036. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR SITE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or condemnation any land, easements, rights-of-way, and other property interests necessary to construct or improve a sports facility.

(b) The district may lease property on terms the board determines advantageous to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8367.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8367 / Section 8367.001
§ 8367.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 6.
Tex. Family Code § 264.1211 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.1211
§ 264.1211. CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall collaborate with local workforce development boards, foster care transition centers, community and technical colleges, schools, and any other appropriate workforce industry resources to create a program that:

(1) assists foster care youth and former foster care youth in obtaining:

(A) a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate; and

(B) industry certifications that are necessary for occupations that are in high demand;

(2) provides career guidance to foster care youth and former foster care youth; and

(3) informs foster care youth and former foster care youth about the tuition and fee waivers for institutions of higher education that are available under Section 54.366, Education Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.001
§ 454.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Occupational Therapy Practice Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8414.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8414 / Section 8414.201
§ 8414.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, tax increment payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.057
§ 462.057. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF BOARD MEMBER.
Status: in_force

Each board member shall file with the Texas Ethics Commission a financial statement as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 507.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 507 / Section 507.202
§ 507.202. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

In lieu of taxes, a spaceport development corporation shall pay to each political subdivision of this state in which land owned by the corporation is located an amount equal to the amount of ad valorem taxes that would be imposed on that land if the land were privately owned.
Tex. Government Code § 24.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.026
§ 24.026. APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL JUDGE.
Status: in_force

On the creation of a new judicial district, the initial vacancy in the office of district judge is filled in accordance with Section 28, Article V, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0353 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0353
§ 547.0353. MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED; GRANT CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall condition each grant provided to a community collaborative under this subchapter on the collaborative providing funds from non-state sources in a total amount at least equal to:

(1) 25 percent of the grant amount if the collaborative includes a county with a population of less than 100,000;

(2) 50 percent of the grant amount if the collaborative includes a county with a population of 100,000 or more but less than 250,000;

(3) 100 percent of the grant amount if the collaborative includes a county with a population of 250,000 or more; and

(4) the percentage of the grant amount otherwise required by this subsection for the largest county included in the collaborative, if the collaborative includes more than one county.

(b) A community collaborative may seek and receive gifts, grants, or donations from any person to raise the required funds from non-state sources.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.002 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.002
§ 13A.002. PLEADING AND PROVING VENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) In each case described by this chapter, the indictment or information or any other pleading may allege that the offense was committed in the county in which the prosecution is conducted.

(b) An allegation of venue under this article may be sustained if the attorney representing the state proves by a preponderance of the evidence that, based on the facts in the case, the county in which the prosecution is conducted has venue.
Tex. Government Code § 792.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 792 / Section 792.006
§ 792.006. APPROVAL OF GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD.
Status: in_force

An agreement made by a state agency under this chapter that involves the use of money appropriated from the state treasury is not valid unless it is approved by the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
Tex. Election Code § 181.067 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 181 / Section 181.067
§ 181.067. DELIVERY OF LIST OF PRECINCT CONVENTION PARTICIPANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The chair of a precinct convention shall sign and make a copy of the list of precinct convention participants required by Section 181.066(b).

(b) The convention chair shall deliver the original and copy to the county chair not later than the third day after the date of the precinct convention, except that if delivered by mail they shall be deposited in the mail not later than the second day after the date of the precinct convention.

(c) If the party is required to nominate by convention, the convention chair shall make an additional copy of the list and deliver it to the state chair not later than the third day after the date of the precinct convention.

(d) An electronic submission to the county chair through a system created by party rule constitutes a complete delivery under Subsection (b).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 122.359 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 122 / Section 122.359
§ 122.359. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates Section 122.356 is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for each violation.

(b) The attorney general or any district or county attorney may bring an action to recover the civil penalty.

(c) A civil penalty collected under this section must be deposited in the hemp transportation account under Section 122.355.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8188.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8188 / Section 8188.003
§ 8188.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2007.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2007 / Section 2007.003
§ 2007.003. DETERMINATION OF ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "net direct premium" means the gross direct premium written and reported by an insurer on annual financial statements on:

(1) an insurance policy described by Section 2007.001(2), other than a commercial multiple peril policy; and

(2) the nonliability portion of a commercial multiple peril policy.

(b) Each insurer shall pay a portion of the assessment in the proportion that the insurer's net direct premiums for the period for which the assessment is made bear to the aggregate net direct premiums written in this state by all insurers for that period.
Tex. Local Government Code § 321.072 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 321 / Section 321.072
§ 321.072. PLEDGE OF REVENUES.
Status: in_force

(a) Revenue bonds may be secured by a pledge of all or part of the net revenues from the operation of one or more parks under control of the board, from the facilities of or incident to the parks, or from the parks and the facilities.

(b) The net revenues of one or more contracts, operating contracts, leases, or agreements may be pledged as the sole security or as additional security for the support of the bonds.

(c) Any revenue other than that described by Subsection (a) or (b) may be pledged as the principal or as additional security for the bonds, as specified in the order.

(d) The order authorizing issuance of bonds may reserve the right, under conditions specified in the order, to issue additional bonds that will be on a parity with or subordinate to the bonds then being issued.

(e) While any bonds are outstanding, no additional bonds of equal dignity may be issued against the pledged revenues except to the extent and in the manner expressly permitted in the order.

(f) In this chapter, "net revenues" means the gross revenues from the operation of the park or parks and the facilities, leases, agreements, or contracts incident to the park or parks, the revenues of which have been pledged, after deduction of the necessary expenses as provided by Section 321.075.
Tex. Government Code § 616.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 616 / Section 616.025
§ 616.025. OATH; BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) An emergency interim successor at the time of designation shall take the oath required to exercise the powers and perform the duties of office.

(b) An individual, before exercising the powers or performing the duties of an office to which that individual succeeds, shall comply with the law relating to taking office, including provisions for a bond and an oath.
Tex. Government Code § 2052.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2052 / Section 2052.201
§ 2052.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Person" means an individual, association, corporation, or state agency.

(2) "Publication" means printed matter containing news or other information and includes a magazine, newsletter, newspaper, pamphlet, or report.

(3) "Publication request form" means a form that provides a means of requesting a state agency's publications.

(4) "State agency" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency that:

(A) is in the executive branch of state government;

(B) has authority that is not limited to a geographical portion of the state; and

(C) was created by the constitution or a statute of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8208.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8208 / Section 8208.102
§ 8208.102. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements in aid of those roads, inside the district.

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

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by ordinance or resolution.

(d) The district shall, at its sole cost and expense, maintain, improve, operate, and repair all roads constructed or acquired by the district unless the municipality or county in which a road is located voluntarily assumes the obligation. An assumption of an obligation under this subsection is not valid or binding unless the assumption is in writing, executed by the necessary parties, and filed in the land records of the county in which the road is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9058.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9058 / Section 9058.0504
§ 9058.0504. BONDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities as provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, regardless of whether the district's territory overlaps with the territory of a political subdivision that is authorized to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) The authority of the district to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under this section does not limit the authority of another political subdivision whose territory the territory of the district may overlap, wholly or partly, to develop recreational facilities and issue bonds for recreational facilities under Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 724.045 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 724 / Section 724.045
§ 724.045. PROHIBITION ON PROBATION OF SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

A suspension under this chapter may not be probated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8047.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8047 / Section 8047.0103
§ 8047.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8120.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8120 / Section 8120.102
§ 8120.102. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by a municipality in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of which the district is located, including an ordinance or resolution adopted before September 1, 2005, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.251 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.251
§ 39.251. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Above market purchased power costs" means wholesale demand and energy costs that a utility is obligated to pay under an existing purchased power contract to the extent the costs are greater than the purchased power market value.

(2) "Existing purchased power contract" means a purchased power contract in effect on January 1, 1999, including any amendments and revisions to that contract resulting from litigation initiated before January 1, 1999.

(3) "Generation assets" means all assets associated with the production of electricity, including generation plants, electrical interconnections of the generation plant to the transmission system, fuel contracts, fuel transportation contracts, water contracts, lands, surface or subsurface water rights, emissions-related allowances, and gas pipeline interconnections.

(4) "Market value" means, for nonnuclear assets and certain nuclear assets, the value the assets would have if bought and sold in a bona fide third-party transaction or transactions on the open market under Section 39.262(h) or, for certain nuclear assets, as described by Section 39.262(i), the value determined under the method provided by that subsection.

(5) "Purchased power market value" means the value of demand and energy bought and sold in a bona fide third-party transaction or transactions on the open market and determined by using the weighted average costs of the highest three offers from the market for purchase of the demand and energy available under the existing purchased power contracts.

(6) "Retail stranded costs" means that part of net stranded cost associated with the provision of retail service.

(7) "Stranded cost" means the positive excess of the net book value of generation assets over the market value of the assets, taking into account all of the electric utility's generation assets, any above market purchased power costs, and any deferred debit related to a utility's discontinuance of the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 71 ("Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation") for generation-related assets if required by the provisions of this chapter. For purposes of Section 39.262, book value shall be established as of December 31, 2001, or the date a market value is established through a market valuation method under Section 39.262(h), whichever is earlier, and shall include stranded costs incurred under Section 39.263.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.0521 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.0521
§ 2306.0521. ORGANIZATIONAL FLEXIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2306.021(b) or any other provision of this chapter, the director, with the approval of the board, may:

(1) create divisions in addition to those listed in Section 2306.021(b) and assign to the newly created divisions any duties and powers imposed on or granted to an existing division or the department generally;

(2) eliminate any division listed in Section 2306.021(b) or created under this section and assign any duties or powers previously assigned to the eliminated division to another division listed in Section 2306.021(b) or created under this section; or

(3) eliminate all divisions listed in Section 2306.021(b) or created under this section and reorganize the distribution of powers and duties granted to or imposed on a division in any manner the director determines appropriate for the proper administration of the department.

(b) This section does not apply to the manufactured housing division.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11003.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11003 / Section 11003.001
§ 11003.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the city of Matador.

(3) "City council" means the city council of the city.

(4) "Director" means a member of the board appointed by the city council.

(5) "District" means the Matador Water District.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2002.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2002 / Section 2002.102
§ 2002.102. NOTICE OF RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "material change" means a change to a policy that, with respect to a prior or existing policy:

(1) reduces coverage;

(2) changes conditions of coverage; or

(3) changes the duties of the policyholder.

(b) An insurer, including a farm mutual insurance company, county mutual insurance company, Lloyd's plan, or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, that renews a homeowners insurance policy, fire and residential allied lines insurance policy, farm and ranch owners insurance policy, or farm and ranch insurance policy must provide the policyholder with written notice in accordance with this section of any material change in each form of the policy offered to the policyholder on renewal from the form of the policy held immediately before renewal.

(c) A notice provided under this section must:

(1) appear in a conspicuous place in the notice of renewal;

(2) clearly indicate each material change to the policy being made on renewal;

(3) be written in plain language; and

(4) be provided to the policyholder not later than the 30th day before the renewal date.

(d) In addition to the notice to the policyholder provided under this section, if an insurer elects to make a material change to a policy form on renewal, not later than the 30th day before the earliest renewal date on which the new policy form is used, the insurer shall provide written notice to each agent of the insurer that clearly indicates each material change being made to the policy form. An insurer may provide the notice to the agents in a single notice given to each agent of the insurer that summarizes substantially similar material changes to more than one policy form.

(e) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.204
§ 1509.204. PLEDGE OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

A municipality may pledge to the payment of bonds issued under this subchapter, including the principal of, interest on, or another amount required or permitted to be paid in connection with the bonds, all or any part of its revenue, income, or receipts from:

(1) a charge authorized by Section 1509.210; or

(2) another resource.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.241 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.241
§ 521.241. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Essential need" means a need of a person to operate a motor vehicle:

(A) in the performance of an occupation or trade or for transportation to and from the place at which the person practices the person's occupation or trade;

(B) in the pursuit of an occupation or trade;

(C) for transportation to and from an educational facility in which the person is enrolled; or

(D) in the performance of essential household duties.

(2) "Ignition interlock device" means a device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make impractical the operation of a motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the breath of the operator of the vehicle.

(3) "Offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.09, Penal Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 352.051 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 352 / Section 352.051
§ 352.051. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall conduct a program to provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with disabilities.

(b) To achieve the purposes of the program, the commission may:

(1) cooperate with other public and private agencies in studying the problems involved in providing vocational rehabilitation and in establishing, developing, and providing necessary or desirable facilities and services;

(2) enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to provide vocational rehabilitation for the residents of the states concerned; and

(3) conduct research and compile statistics relating to the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8279.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8279 / Section 8279.054
§ 8279.054. ABSENCE OR INACTION OF BOARD PRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) When the board president is absent or fails or declines to act, the board vice president shall perform all duties and exercise all power this chapter or general law gives the president.

(b) If the board president is absent from a board meeting:

(1) the board vice president may sign an order or other action adopted at the meeting; or

(2) the board may authorize the president to sign the order or other action.