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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8815.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8815 / Section 8815.112
§ 8815.112. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may enter into a contract with a person for the performance of a purpose or function of the authority, including a contract to design, construct, finance, lease, own, manage, operate, or maintain works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances necessary to accomplish a purpose or function of the authority. A contract may be of unlimited duration.

(b) The authority may purchase, acquire, finance, or lease an interest in a project used for a purpose or function of the authority.

(c) The authority may contract for:

(1) the purchase, sale, or lease of water or water rights;

(2) the performance of activities within the powers of the authority through the purchase, construction, or installation of works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances; or

(3) the design, construction, ownership, management, maintenance, or operation of any works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances of the authority or another person.

(d) The authority may purchase surplus property from this state, the United States, or another public entity through a negotiated contract without bids.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3946.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3946 / Section 3946.004
§ 3946.004. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city from providing the level of services provided to the area in the district as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the city services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4001.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.0303
§ 4001.0303. 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. Government Code § 442.251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 442 / Section 442.251
§ 442.251. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site is under the jurisdiction of the commission.

(b) The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site is a historic site for purposes of Subchapter C.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8506.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8506 / Section 8506.209
§ 8506.209. POWER OF AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE BONDS ISSUED BY AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Using any money available for the purpose, the authority may purchase bonds issued by it at a price not exceeding the redemption price applicable at the time of purchase, or, if the bonds are not redeemable, at a price not exceeding the principal amount of the bonds plus accrued interest.

(b) All bonds purchased under this section shall be canceled, and bonds may not be issued in lieu of those bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1425 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1425
§ 411.1425. GRANT FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The director shall apply for any available federal grant funds applicable to the creation and storage of DNA records of persons arrested for certain offenses.
Tex. Water Code § 63.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.001
§ 63.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) "District" means a self-liquidating navigation district.

(2) "Board" means the navigation board.

(3) "Commission" means the board of navigation and canal commissioners.

(4) "Commissioner" means a member of the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9082.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9082 / Section 9082.0402
§ 9082.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 9082.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Government Code § 326.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 326 / Section 326.002
§ 326.002. PROVISION OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A legislative agency may provide administrative, professional, clerical, data processing, and other services to another legislative agency with or without reimbursement and may transfer equipment, supplies, and materials to the other legislative agency with or without reimbursement.

(b) Reimbursement, if any, must be made under a written contract executed by an officer who is authorized to execute contracts for each agency.

(c) The Texas Legislative Council may transfer money to another legislative agency to cover expenses of the other agency that the executive director of the council determines to be necessary to further a purpose of the council.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.507 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.507
§ 452.507. QUORUM; VOTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Eight members are a quorum of the executive committee.

(b) An action of the executive committee requires a vote of a majority of the members present unless the bylaws require a larger number for a particular action.
Tex. Government Code § 421.097 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 421 / Section 421.097
§ 421.097. ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The office of the governor may consult with a representative of an entity described by Section 421.096(3) to obtain assistance or information necessary for the performance of any duty under this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2207.407 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2207 / Section 2207.407
§ 2207.407. NONRENEWAL OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the applicable pool may refuse to renew the coverage of a county, school district, or junior college district that fails to comply with the pool's underwriting standards.

(b) The applicable pool may not refuse to renew the coverage of a county, school district, or junior college district during the first 36 calendar months following the month in which the entity is first provided coverage by the pool.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.081 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.081
§ 134.081. GUIDELINES FOR REVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish guidelines for determining the scale or extent of a revision request for which all permit application information requirements and procedures, including notice and hearings, apply.

(b) A revision that proposes significant alterations in the reclamation plan is subject at a minimum to notice and hearing requirements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7907A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7907A / Section 7907A.0105
§ 7907A.0105. 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. Government Code § 551.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.102
§ 551.102. REQUIREMENT TO VOTE OR TAKE FINAL ACTION IN OPEN MEETING.
Status: in_force

A final action, decision, or vote on a matter deliberated in a closed meeting under this chapter may only be made in an open meeting that is held in compliance with the notice provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8255.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8255 / Section 8255.052
§ 8255.052. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may finance, construct, or acquire a road project as provided by this section.

(b) The district shall employ or contract with a licensed engineer to certify whether a proposed road project meets the criteria for a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road of:

(1) a county in whose jurisdiction the proposed road project is located; or

(2) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the proposed road project is located.

(c) The district may finance, construct, or acquire a thoroughfare, arterial, or collector road that has been certified by the licensed engineer, or any improvements in aid of the road.

(d) A road project must meet all applicable standards, regulations, ordinances, or orders of:

(1) each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; and

(2) each county in which the road project is located if the road project is not located in the corporate limits of a municipality.

(e) The district may, with the consent of the municipality or county, convey a completed road project to:

(1) a municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located; or

(2) a county in which the road project is located.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 506.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 506 / Section 506.009
§ 506.009. COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

On presentation of appropriate credentials, a commission representative may enter a facility at reasonable times to inspect and investigate complaints.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.093 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.093
§ 271.093. FORM OF AGREEMENT; CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The agreement shall set forth the following:

(1) the proposed date of issuance of the obligation and the name and series of the proposed obligation;

(2) each payment date with respect to the obligation and the principal of and interest on the obligation coming due on each such date; and

(3) the name and address of the financial institution serving as paying agent for the obligation to whom any payment by the comptroller should be made.

(b) This subchapter does not require or permit the state to make an appropriation to any local government and shall not be construed as creating an indebtedness of the state. Any agreement made pursuant to this subchapter shall contain a statement to that effect.

(c) The agreement terminates at the time the final payment of the principal of and interest on the obligation is made or the obligation is refunded.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8249.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8249 / Section 8249.051
§ 8249.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8249.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7998.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7998 / Section 7998.103
§ 7998.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.202 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.202
§ 71.202. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall enter into a cooperative agreement with an institution of higher education that agrees to conduct plant pest and disease detection and surveillance.

(b) In carrying out this section, the department shall consult with the State Seed and Plant Board and other interested parties.
Tex. Transportation Code § 61.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 61 / Section 61.002
§ 61.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of pilot commissioners for a port.

(2) "Consignee" means a person, including a master, owner, agent, subagent, firm, or corporation or any combination of those persons, who enters or clears a vessel at the office of the collector of customs.

(3) "Pilot" means a licensed state pilot or certified deputy pilot.

(4) "Pilot services" means acts of a pilot in piloting through navigable water in this state and ports in which the pilot is licensed or certified as a pilot.

(5) "Pilotage rate" means the remuneration a pilot may charge a vessel for the pilot's services.

(6) "Port" means a place in this state into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs. If the port connects to the Gulf of Mexico, "port" includes the waterway leading from the port to the Gulf of Mexico.

(7) "Vessel" means an oceangoing vessel.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 106.17 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 106 / Section 106.17
§ 106.17. PRESENCE OR EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS AT PERMITTED OR LICENSED PREMISES OPERATING AS SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual younger than 18 years of age may not be on premises covered by a permit or license issued under this code if a sexually oriented business, as defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, operates on the premises.

(b) The holder of a permit or license covering a premises described by Subsection (a) may not:

(1) knowingly or recklessly allow an individual younger than 18 years of age to be on the premises; or

(2) enter into a contract, other than a contract described by Section 51.016(g), Labor Code, with an individual younger than 21 years of age for the performance of work or the provision of a service on the premises.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, if it is found, after notice and hearing, that a permittee or licensee has violated Subsection (b) the commission or administrator shall:

(1) suspend the permit or license for 30 days for the first violation;

(2) suspend the permit or license for 60 days for the second violation; and

(3) cancel the permit or license for the third violation.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 302.102 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 302 / Section 302.102
§ 302.102. FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT; PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To obtain a registration certificate, a seller must file with the secretary of state a registration statement that:

(1) is in the form prescribed by the secretary of state;

(2) contains the information required by Subchapter D;

(3) is verified by each principal of the seller; and

(4) specifies the date and location of verification.

(b) Information included in or attached to a registration statement is public information.

(c) In this section, "principal" means an owner, an executive officer of a corporation, a general partner of a partnership, a sole proprietor, a trustee of a trust, or another individual with similar supervisory functions with respect to any person.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 755.030 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 755 / Section 755.030
§ 755.030. FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the fees described by Section 51.202, Occupations Code, the commission may authorize the collection of fees for:

(1) boiler inspections, including fees for special inspections; and

(2) other activities administered by the boiler inspection section and authorized by rule of the commission.

(b) The commission shall consider the advice of the board in setting the amount of a fee for:

(1) a boiler inspection, including a fee for a special inspection;

(2) a certificate of operation;

(3) the administration of an examination under this chapter; or

(4) any other activity administered by the boiler inspection section.

(c) The fees, travel, and per diem collected under this chapter may be appropriated only to the department.
Tex. Government Code § 1502.072 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1502 / Section 1502.072
§ 1502.072. TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

The proceedings adopted by the governing body of a municipality may provide for:

(1) the selection of a trustee to sell the encumbered facility on default in the payment of principal or interest under the contract;

(2) the selection of a successor trustee if the original trustee is disqualified or fails to act; and

(3) the collection by the trustee of a fee of not more than five percent of the principal.
Tex. Tax Code § 5.103 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 5 / Section 5.103
§ 5.103. APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD OVERSIGHT.
Status: repealed

(a) The comptroller shall prepare model hearing procedures for appraisal review boards.

(b) The model hearing procedures shall address:

(1) the statutory duties of an appraisal review board;

(2) the process for conducting a hearing;

(3) the scheduling of hearings;

(4) the postponement of hearings;

(5) the notices required under this title;

(6) the determination of good cause under Section 41.44(b);

(7) the determination of good cause under Sections 41.45(e) and (e-1);

(8) a party's right to offer evidence and argument;

(9) a party's right to examine or cross-examine witnesses or other parties;

(10) a party's right to appear by an agent;

(11) the prohibition of an appraisal review board's consideration of information not provided at a hearing;

(12) ex parte and other prohibited communications;

(13) the exclusion of evidence at a hearing as required by Section 41.67(d);

(14) the postponement of a hearing as required by Section 41.66(h);

(15) conflicts of interest;

(16) the process for the administration of applications for membership on an appraisal review board; and

(17) any other matter related to fair and efficient appraisal review board hearings.

(c) The comptroller may:

(1) categorize appraisal districts based on the size of the district, the number of protests filed in the district, or similar characteristics; and

(2) develop different model hearing procedures for different categories of districts.

(d) An appraisal review board shall incorporate the model hearing procedures prepared by the comptroller when adopting the board's procedures for hearings as required by Section 41.01(c). An appraisal review board may adopt procedures that supplement the model hearing procedures, provided that the supplemental procedures do not contradict or circumvent the model hearing procedures.

(e) Each year the comptroller shall review the hearing procedures adopted by each appraisal review board to determine whether the hearing procedures incorporate the model hearing procedures prepared by the comptroller under this section.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 2), Sec. 91(4), eff. January 1, 2020.
Tex. Finance Code § 199.005 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 199 / Section 199.005
§ 199.005. COMPLIANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

A trust company may establish a compliance review committee as provided by Section 59.009.
Tex. Education Code § 21.304 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.304
§ 21.304. DECISION OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner's decision must be in writing and must include findings of fact and conclusions of law. The commissioner may adopt by reference and incorporate findings of fact or conclusions of law from the local record.

(b) The commissioner must issue a decision not later than the 30th day after the last day on which a response to the petition for review may be filed under Section 21.301(b). If the commissioner fails to issue a decision within that time, the decision of the board is affirmed.

(c) The commissioner shall send a copy of the decision to each party or the party's representative by certified mail. The commissioner shall keep a record of the mailing. A party is presumed to be notified of the decision on the date the decision is received, as indicated by the certified mail return receipt.

(d) The commissioner shall maintain and index decisions of the commissioner issued under this section with the recommendations or decisions of the hearing examiner.

(e) If the commissioner reverses the action of the board of trustees, the commissioner shall order the school district to reinstate the teacher and to pay the teacher any back pay and employment benefits from the time of discharge or suspension to reinstatement.

(f) Instead of reinstating a teacher under Subsection (e), the school district may pay the teacher one year's salary to which the teacher would have been entitled from the date on which the teacher would have been reinstated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1040.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1040 / Section 1040.208
§ 1040.208. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING REPAYMENT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section 1040.202 and revenue and other sources as authorized by Section 1040.207.
Tex. Government Code § 54.743 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.743
§ 54.743. OBJECTION TO JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) If after indictment, the defendant or the state files a timely objection to the assignment of a first-degree felony to the criminal law magistrate court, the judge is disqualified to hear the case.

(b) If after indictment the defendant or the state files a timely objection to a particular judge on the criminal law magistrate court hearing a first-degree felony assigned to that court, that judge is disqualified to hear the case.

(c) An objection under this section must be filed before the first hearing or trial, including pretrial hearings, in which the assigned judge is to preside.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3832.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3832 / Section 3832.051
§ 3832.051. COMPOSITION; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five elected directors. Directors serve staggered terms of four years.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.601 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.601
§ 2054.601. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "alternative health benefit coverage" means health benefit coverage:

(1) provided by a subsidiary of the company that is not authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state;

(2) offered only to:

(A) individuals;

(B) small businesses with not more than 250 full-time equivalent employees; or

(C) the company's policyholders or their employees; and

(3) that is not:

(A) provided through an insurance policy or other product the offering or issuance of which constitutes the business of insurance in this state; or

(B) benefit coverage subject to the laws governing workers' compensation in this state.