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Tex. Labor Code § 203.258 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 203 / Section 203.258
§ 203.258. EXCESS REVENUE COLLECTIONS AND INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
Status: in_force

Revenue collected from the unemployment obligation assessment in any year that exceeds the amount of the bond obligations and bond administrative expenses payable in that year and interest earned on the obligation trust fund may, in the discretion of the commission, be:

(1) used to pay bond obligations payable in the subsequent year, offsetting the amount of the assessment that would otherwise have to be levied for the year under this subchapter;

(2) used to redeem or purchase outstanding bonds;

(3) deposited in the unemployment compensation fund; or

(4) used to pay principal and interest on advances from the federal trust fund.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2321 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2321
§ 152.2321. TOM GREEN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Tom Green County is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Tom Green County.

(b) The juvenile board shall hold meetings at least once every three months in accordance with board rules.

(c) The county commissioners court shall pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation set by the commissioners court at not less than $600 or more than $1,200, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(d) The board shall keep records as required by law and board rules.

(e) A juvenile probation officer shall take the oath of office when appointed and the oath and the fact of the appointment shall be filed with the county clerk.

(f) The commissioners court shall provide the necessary funds to pay the salaries and expenses of the juvenile probation personnel.

(g) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the juvenile board of Tom Green County.
Tex. Finance Code § 66.312 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 66 / Section 66.312
§ 66.312. COST OF LIQUIDATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall determine the cost of the liquidation.

(b) The cost of liquidation shall be paid from the association's assets as the commissioner directs.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0001
§ 550.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Community-based initiative" includes a social, health, human services, or volunteer income tax assistance initiative a community-based organization operates.

(2) "Community-based organization" means a nonprofit corporation or association that is located in close proximity to the population the organization serves.

(3) "Faith-based initiative" means a social, health, or human services initiative a faith-based organization operates.

(4) "Faith-based organization" means a nonprofit corporation or association that:

(A) operates through a religious or denominational organization, including an organization that is:

(i) operated for a religious, educational, or charitable purpose; and

(ii) operated, supervised, or controlled, wholly or partly, by or in connection with a religious organization; or

(B) clearly demonstrates through the organization's mission statement, policies, or practices that the organization is guided or motivated by religion.

(5) "Interagency coordinating group" means the interagency coordinating group for faith- and community-based initiatives established under Section 550.0054.

(6) "State Commission on National and Community Service" means the entity used as authorized by 42 U.S.C. Section 12638(a) to carry out a state commission's duties under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501 et seq.).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7945.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7945 / Section 7945.002
§ 7945.002. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Insurance Code § 226.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 226 / Section 226.006
§ 226.006. LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

In adopting rules under this subchapter, the comptroller may not adopt a rule that exceeds the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 24.120 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.120
§ 24.120.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.120. 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MCLENNAN COUNTY). (a) The 19th Judicial District is composed of McLennan County.

(b) The 19th, 54th, 74th, 170th, 414th, and 474th district courts have concurrent jurisdiction in McLennan County.

(b-1) The 19th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county court and the statutory county courts of McLennan County in misdemeanor cases as well as the jurisdiction prescribed by general law for district courts.

(c) The terms of the 19th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, March, May, July, September, and November.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.027 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.027
§ 52.027. LEASE RELINQUISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A lessee may relinquish his lease to the state at any time by recording the relinquishment in each county in which all or part of the leased area is located.

(b) Within 90 days after the execution of the relinquishment, the recorded relinquishment or a certified copy of the recorded relinquishment together with a filing fee set by the commissioner in an amount not less than $5 shall be filed in the land office.

(c) After the lessee relinquishes the area, he is relieved of any further obligations to the state, but the relinquishment does not release the lessee from any obligations or liabilities previously accrued in favor of the state.
Tex. Water Code § 58.159 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.159
§ 58.159. ASSESSMENTS FOR CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

The board shall levy annually sufficient assessments to collect the money required to pay all of the district's obligations in full when due regardless of any delinquency in payment of assessments by any tract of land. If collections in any year are insufficient to pay the obligations of the district, the levy shall be increased sufficiently the following year to cover the deficit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8067.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8067 / Section 8067.0101
§ 8067.0101. 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 166.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3874.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3874 / Section 3874.052
§ 3874.052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3874.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS: BOARD MEETINGS. (a) Directors appointed by the governing body of the city must meet at least one of the qualifications prescribed by Section 3874.053.

(b) A person may not be appointed to the board by the governing body of the city if the appointment of that person would result in fewer than three of the directors being residents of the city and meeting the qualifications prescribed by Section 3874.053(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), or (6).

(c) The governing body of the city may remove a member of the board with or without cause at any time by a majority vote.

(d) The board shall hold meetings at a place accessible to the public. The board shall file a copy of the notice of a meeting with the city's secretary. The city's secretary shall post the notice at Dallas City Hall.

(e) The board may not create an executive committee to exercise the powers of the board.

(f) If an office described in Section 3874.051(a) is renamed, changed, or abolished, the governing body of the city may appoint another city officer or employee who performs duties comparable to those performed by the officer described by that subsection.
Tex. Family Code § 35.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 35 / Section 35.002
§ 35.002. TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

A person described by Section 35.001 may seek a court order for temporary authorization for care of a child by filing a petition in the district court in the county in which the person resides if:

(1) the child has resided with the person for at least the 30 days preceding the date the petition was filed; and

(2) the person does not have an authorization agreement under Chapter 34 or other signed, written documentation from a parent, conservator, or guardian that enables the person to provide necessary care for the child.
Tex. Government Code § 56.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 56 / Section 56.002
§ 56.002. FEES COLLECTED BY CLERKS OF COURTS OF APPEALS.
Status: in_force

Fifty percent of the fees collected by the clerks of the courts of appeals under Section 51.207 shall be deposited in the state treasury in the judicial and court personnel training fund for the continuing legal education of judges and of court personnel.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7928A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7928A / Section 7928A.0305
§ 7928A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.

(b) In addition to all the rights and remedies provided by other law, if the district violates the terms of an ordinance or resolution described by Subsection (a), the municipality is entitled to injunctive relief or a writ of mandamus issued by a court requiring the district and the district's officials to observe and comply with the terms of the ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 610.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 610 / Section 610.001
§ 610.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Electronic payment transaction" means a transaction in which a person uses a payment card or other payment code or device issued or approved through a payment card network to debit a deposit account or use a line of credit, whether authorization is based on a signature, personal identification number, or other means.

(2) "Firearms code" means any merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization for a firearms retailer, including Merchant Category Code 5723.

(3) "Firearms retailer" means any person or entity engaged in the sale of firearms, ammunition for use in firearms, or firearms accessories.

(4) "Payment card" means a credit card, debit card, check card, or other card that is issued to an authorized user to purchase or obtain goods, services, money, or any other thing of value.

(5) "Payment card issuer" means a lender, including a financial institution, or a merchant that receives applications and issues payment cards to individuals.

(6) "Payment card network" means an entity that directly or through a licensed member, processor, or agent provides the proprietary services, infrastructure, and software that route information and data to conduct debit card or credit card transaction authorization, clearance, and settlement, and that an entity uses in order to accept as a form of payment a brand of debit card, credit card, or other device that may be used to carry out debit or credit transactions.
Tex. Estates Code § 115.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 115 / Section 115.001
§ 115.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Beneficiary designation" means the designation by an owner of a motor vehicle of a beneficiary of the vehicle as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.

(2) "Designated beneficiary" means a person designated as a beneficiary of an owner's interest in a motor vehicle under Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.

(3) "Joint owner with right of survivorship" or "joint owner" means a person who owns a motor vehicle concurrently with one or more other persons with a right of survivorship. The term does not include an owner of community property with or without a right of survivorship.

(4) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 501.002, Transportation Code.

(5) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section 311.005, Government Code.
Tex. Family Code § 158.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.007
§ 158.007. EXTENSION OF REPAYMENT SCHEDULE BY COURT OR TITLE IV-D AGENCY; UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP.
Status: in_force

If the court or the Title IV-D agency finds that the schedule for discharging arrearages would cause the obligor, the obligor's family, or children for whom support is due from the obligor to suffer unreasonable hardship, the court or agency may extend the payment period for a reasonable length of time.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.1075 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.1075
§ 43.1075. USING HELICOPTERS TO TAKE CERTAIN ANIMALS.
Status: in_force

Under the authority of a permit issued under this subchapter, a qualified landowner or landowner's agent, as determined by commission rule, may contract to participate as a hunter or observer in using a helicopter to take depredating:

(1) feral hogs;

(2) coyotes; or

(3) aoudad sheep.
Tex. Transportation Code § 544.010 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 544 / Section 544.010
§ 544.010. STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal, the operator of a vehicle or streetcar approaching an intersection with a stop sign shall stop as provided by Subsection (c).

(b) If safety requires, the operator of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall stop as provided by Subsection (c).

(c) An operator required to stop by this section shall stop at a clearly marked stop line. In the absence of a clearly marked stop line, the operator shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection. In the absence of a clearly marked stop line or crosswalk, the operator shall stop at the place nearest the intersecting roadway where the operator has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.
Tex. Education Code § 44.902 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 44 / Section 44.902
§ 44.902. LONG-RANGE ENERGY PLAN TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district shall establish a long-range energy plan to reduce the district's annual electric consumption by five percent beginning with the 2008 state fiscal year and consume electricity in subsequent fiscal years in accordance with the district's energy plan.

(b) The plan required under Subsection (a) must include:

(1) strategies for achieving energy efficiency that:

(A) result in net savings for the district; or

(B) can be achieved without financial cost to the district; and

(2) for each strategy identified under Subdivision (1), the initial, short-term capital costs and lifetime costs and savings that may result from implementation of the strategy.

(b-1) For purposes of Subsection (b), a strategy for achieving energy efficiency includes facility design and construction.

(c) In determining under Subsection (b) whether a strategy may result in financial cost to the district, the board of trustees shall consider the total net costs and savings that may occur over the seven-year period following implementation of the strategy.

(d) The board of trustees may submit the plan required under Subsection (a) to the State Energy Conservation Office for the purposes of determining whether funds available through loan programs administered by the office or tax incentives administered by the state or federal government are available to the district. The board may not disallow any proper allocation of incentives.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300C.0026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300C / Section 300C.0026
§ 300C.0026. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6602.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6602 / Section 6602.002
§ 6602.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.062
§ 1120.062. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may employ nurses, technicians, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(b) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 862.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 862 / Section 862.055
§ 862.055.
Status: in_force

Sec. 862.055. FIRE INSURANCE: INTEREST OF MORTGAGEE OR TRUSTEE. (a) The interest of a mortgagee or trustee under a fire insurance contract covering property located in this state may not be invalidated by:

(1) an act or neglect of the mortgagor or owner of the property; or

(2) the occurrence of a condition beyond the mortgagor's or owner's control.

(b) A provision of a contract that conflicts with Subsection (a) is void.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0003
§ 8509.0003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds that:

(1) all land included in the district will benefit from the improvements to be acquired and constructed by the district; and

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

(b) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter is for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of their property and industries. The district, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, will be performing an essential public function under the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Tax Code § 22.04 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 22 / Section 22.04
§ 22.04. REPORT BY BAILEE, LESSEE, OR OTHER POSSESSOR.
Status: in_force

(a) When required by the chief appraiser, a person shall file a report listing the name and address of each owner of property that is in his possession or under his management on January 1 by bailment, lease, consignment, or other arrangement.

(b) When required by the chief appraiser, a person who leases or otherwise provides space to another for storage of personal property shall file an information report stating the name and address of each person to whom he leased or otherwise provided storage space on January 1.

(c) This section does not apply to a warehouse for which an exemption for cotton has been granted under Section 11.437.

(d) This section does not apply to a motor vehicle that on January 1 is located at a place of business of a person who holds a wholesale motor vehicle auction general distinguishing number issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles under Chapter 503, Transportation Code, for that place of business, and that:

(1) has not acquired taxable situs under Section 21.02(a)(1) in a taxing unit that participates in the appraisal district because the vehicle is described by Section 21.02(d);

(2) is offered for sale by a dealer who holds a dealer's general distinguishing number issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles under Chapter 503, Transportation Code, and whose inventory of motor vehicles is subject to taxation in the manner provided by Sections 23.121 and 23.122; or

(3) is collateral possessed by a lienholder and offered for sale in foreclosure of a security interest.
Tex. Labor Code § 23.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 23 / Section 23.001
§ 23.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "veteran" means an individual who:

(1) has served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States; and

(2) was honorably discharged from military service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11006.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11006 / Section 11006.158
§ 11006.158. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) To carry out a power conferred by this chapter, the authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to land, or any other interest in land, and other property and easements, inside or outside the authority, including land or an interest in land needed for a reservoir, dam, or flood easement above the probable high-water line around a reservoir.

(b) The authority must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.

(c) The authority is a municipal corporation for the purposes of Chapter 21, Property Code.

(d) The board shall determine the amount and the type of interest in land, other property, or easements to be acquired.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8468.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8468 / Section 8468.102
§ 8468.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 411.145 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.145
§ 411.145. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The director may collect a reasonable fee under this subchapter for:

(1) the DNA analysis of a DNA sample submitted voluntarily to the director; or

(2) providing population statistics data or other appropriate research data.

(b) If the director provides a copy of an audit or other report made under this subchapter, the director may charge $6 for the copy, in addition to any other cost permitted under Chapter 552 or a rule adopted under that chapter.

(c) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, and money deposited to the state highway fund under this section and under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure, may be used only to defray the cost of administering this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.159 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.159
§ 131.159. NOTICE BY APPLICANT.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time an application for a surface mining permit or an application for revision, renewal, or transfer of an existing surface mining permit is submitted under this chapter, the applicant shall publish notice of the ownership, location, and boundaries of the permit area sufficiently detailed for local residents to locate readily the proposed operation and the location at which the application is available for public inspection.

(b) The notice shall be published in the local newspaper of greatest general circulation in the locality in which the proposed surface mine is to be located.

(c) The notice shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4501.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4501 / Section 4501.105
§ 4501.105. CONDITIONAL TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A conveyance of authority property, including a lease, to a private operator or any other person must be conditioned on an obligation that the property must be used as provided by this section.

(b) The conveyance must provide that ownership of authority property automatically reverts to the Parks and Wildlife Department if the authority or a private operator:

(1) does not use the property:

(A) to support the operations of the Texas State Railroad; or

(B) in a manner that primarily promotes a state public interest; or

(2) converts the Texas State Railroad to a static display.
Tex. Government Code § 609.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.004
§ 609.004. PERMISSIBLE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
Status: in_force

A deferred compensation plan governed by this chapter is a permissible use of the funds of a state agency or political subdivision.