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Tex. Tax Code § 26.1127 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 26 / Section 26.1127
§ 26.1127. CALCULATION OF TAXES ON DONATED RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD OF DISABLED VETERAN OR SURVIVING SPOUSE OF DISABLED VETERAN.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 26.10(b), if at any time during a tax year property is owned by an individual who qualifies for an exemption under Section 11.132, the amount of the tax due on the property for the tax year is calculated as if the individual qualified for the exemption on January 1 and continued to qualify for the exemption for the remainder of the tax year.

(b) If an individual qualifies for an exemption under Section 11.132 with respect to the property after the amount of the tax due on the property is calculated and the effect of the qualification is to reduce the amount of the tax due on the property, the assessor for each taxing unit shall recalculate the amount of the tax due on the property and correct the tax roll. If the tax bill has been mailed and the tax on the property has not been paid, the assessor shall mail a corrected tax bill to the individual in whose name the property is listed on the tax roll or to the individual's authorized agent. If the tax on the property has been paid, the tax collector for the taxing unit shall refund to the individual who was the owner of the property on the date the tax was paid the amount by which the payment exceeded the tax due.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.004
§ 1101.004. REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is engaged in real estate brokerage if the person, with the expectation of receiving valuable consideration, directly or indirectly performs or offers, attempts, or agrees to perform for another person any act described by Section 1101.002(1), as a part of a transaction or as an entire transaction.

(b) A person is not engaged in real estate brokerage, regardless of whether the person is licensed under this chapter, based solely on engaging in the following activities:

(1) constructing, remodeling, or repairing a home or other building;

(2) sponsoring, promoting, or managing, or otherwise participating as a principal, partner, or financial manager of, an investment in real estate; or

(3) entering into an obligation to pay another person that is secured by an interest in real property.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2029.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2029 / Section 2029.052
§ 2029.052. CHARITY DAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall grant not less than five additional greyhound racing days during a greyhound race meeting to be conducted as charity days.

(b) The commission shall ensure that races conducted by a racetrack association on a charity day are comparable in all respects, including the generation of revenue, to races conducted by that racetrack association on any other greyhound racing day.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules relating to the conduct of charity days.
Tex. Education Code § 111.152 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 111 / Section 111.152
§ 111.152. THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
Status: in_force

The University of Houston College of Medicine is a college of the University of Houston and is under the management and control of the board with degrees offered under the name and authority of the University of Houston.
Tex. Government Code § 820.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 820 / Section 820.051
§ 820.051. APPLICATION FOR CASH BALANCE BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A member may apply for a cash balance annuity by filing an application for retirement with the board of trustees.

(b) An application for a cash balance annuity may not be made:

(1) after the date the member wishes to retire; or

(2) more than 90 days before the date the member wishes to retire.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1061 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1061
§ 152.1061. HARDIN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Hardin County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Hardin County.

(b) The juvenile court judge is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative officer.

(c) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation set by the commissioners court at not more than $5,000 for the added duties imposed on the members. The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county.

(d) The chairman shall certify all claims for expenses of the juvenile probation officer as necessary in the performance of the officer's duties. The commissioners court shall provide the necessary funds to pay the salaries and expenses of the juvenile probation officer.

(e) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Hardin County.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.084 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.084
§ 601.084. NONRESIDENT CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (c), a nonresident owner of a motor vehicle that is not registered in this state may provide evidence of financial responsibility by filing with the department the certificate of an insurance company authorized to transact business in the state in which the vehicle is registered certifying that a motor vehicle liability insurance policy for the benefit of the person required to provide evidence of financial responsibility is in effect.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), a nonresident who does not own a motor vehicle may provide evidence of financial responsibility by filing with the department the certificate of an insurance company authorized to transact business in the state in which the nonresident resides.

(c) The department shall accept the certificate of an insurer not authorized to transact business in this state if the certificate otherwise complies with this chapter and the insurance company:

(1) executes a power of attorney authorizing the department to accept on its behalf service of notice or process in an action arising out of a motor vehicle collision in this state; and

(2) agrees in writing that its policies will be treated as conforming to the laws of this state relating to the terms of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy.

(d) The department may not accept a certificate of an insurance company not authorized to transact business in this state during the period that the company is in default in any undertaking or agreement under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 659.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.001
§ 659.001. EQUAL WORK, EQUAL PAY.
Status: in_force

A woman who performs public service for this state is entitled to be paid the same compensation for her service as is paid to a man who performs the same kind, grade, and quantity of service, and a distinction in compensation may not be made because of sex.
Tex. Education Code § 43.017 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 43 / Section 43.017
§ 43.017. USE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS AS AGENTS FOR COLLECTION OF INCOME FROM PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Education may contract with one or more commercial banks to receive payments of dividends and interest on securities in which the state permanent school funds are invested and transmit that money with identification of its source to the comptroller for the account of the available school fund by the fastest available means.

(b) In choosing each commercial bank with which to contract as authorized by Subsection (a), the State Board of Education shall assure itself of:

(1) the financial stability of the bank;

(2) the location of the bank with respect to its proximity to the banks on which checks are drawn in payment of dividends and interest on securities of the permanent school fund;

(3) the experience and reliability of the bank in acting as agent for others in the similar collection and expeditious remittance of money; and

(4) the reasonableness of the bank's charges for the services, both in amount of the charges and in relation to the increased investment earnings of the available school fund that will result from speedier receipt by the comptroller of the money.
Tex. Labor Code § 410.109 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 410 / Section 410.109
§ 410.109. SCHEDULING OF ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The arbitrator shall schedule arbitration to be held not later than the 30th day after the date of the arbitrator's assignment and shall notify the parties and the division of the scheduled date.

(b) If an arbitrator is unable to schedule arbitration in accordance with Subsection (a), the division shall appoint the next arbitrator on the applicable list. Each party is entitled to reject the arbitrator appointed under this subsection in the manner provided under Section 410.108.
Tex. Occupations Code § 501.505 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 501 / Section 501.505
§ 501.505. OPTION TO ORDER REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Under an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference, the executive council may order a license holder to refund to the person who paid for the psychological services at issue an amount not to exceed the amount the person paid to the license holder for a service regulated by this chapter instead of or in addition to imposing an administrative penalty under Subchapter H, Chapter 507.

(b) The executive council may not include an estimation of other damages or harm in a refund order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.354 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.354
§ 1020.354. TRANSFER OF DISTRICT ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election held under this subchapter favor dissolution and transfer of the district's assets and obligations, the board shall transfer to Deaf Smith County the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets that belong to the district.

(b) Deaf Smith County assumes all debts and obligations of the district at the time of the transfer.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 128.026 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 128 / Section 128.026
§ 128.026. TIME OF FILING.
Status: in_force

(a) A lien created under this chapter has the same priority as a security interest perfected by the filing of a financing statement on the date the notice of claim of lien was filed.

(b) A lien created under this chapter does not have priority over labor claims for wages and salaries for personal services that are provided by an employee to a lien debtor in connection with the production of agricultural products, the proceeds of which are subject to the lien.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9303.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9303 / Section 9303.051
§ 9303.051. VOTER ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual is eligible to vote in a district election only if the individual:

(1) is 18 years of age or older;

(2) is a United States citizen;

(3) holds title to or an interest in title to irrigable land within the boundaries of the district; and

(4) receives and uses irrigation water delivered by the district through the district's canal system.

(b) To vote in a district election, an individual eligible to vote under Subsection (a) must register with the district not later than the 30th day before the date on which the district election is held.

(c) The district shall file with the county clerk of El Paso County a certified copy of the list of the district's registered voters not later than the 25th day before the date on which a district election is held.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.206
§ 6902.206. BONDS PAYABLE FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) If bonds are issued payable wholly or partly from property taxes, the board must impose a tax on the taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

(b) The district may adopt the rate of a tax imposed under Subsection (a) after giving consideration to the money received from the pledged revenue that may be available for payment of principal and interest, to the extent and in the manner permitted by the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7942A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7942A / Section 7942A.0101
§ 7942A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Pilot Point, Texas.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means the Mustang Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.0027 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.0027
§ 40.0027. REFERENCES IN LAW MEANING COMMISSIONER OR DESIGNEE.
Status: in_force

In this code or in any other law, a reference to the commissioner or the executive commissioner in relation to a function described by Section 40.0025(b) means the commissioner.
Tex. Election Code § 61.031 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 61 / Section 61.031
§ 61.031. USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an election officer may not use a language other than English in performing an official duty in connection with the election.

(b) If a voter cannot communicate in English, an election officer may communicate with the voter in a language that the voter and the officer understand.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1009.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1009 / Section 1009.205
§ 1009.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding general obligation bonds issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the bonds to be refunded; or

(2) exchanged in whole or in part for not less than a like principal amount of the bonds to be refunded.

(c) If a refunding bond is sold, the bond must be issued and the payments must be made in the manner provided by Subchapters B and C, Chapter 1207, Government Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.25 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.25
§ 23.25. APPRAISAL OF LAND USED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES THAT IS CONTIGUOUS TO AGRICULTURAL OR OPEN-SPACE LAND WITH COMMON OWNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to the appraisal of a parcel of land that:

(1) is used for single-family residential purposes; and

(2) is contiguous to a parcel of land that is:

(A) appraised under Subchapter C or D; and

(B) owned by:

(i) the same person;

(ii) the person's spouse;

(iii) an individual related within the first degree of consanguinity to the person; or

(iv) a legal entity that is affiliated with the person.

(b) In appraising the parcel of land, the chief appraiser shall:

(1) determine the price for which the parcel of land being appraised and the contiguous parcel of land described by Subsection (a)(2) would sell if both parcels were sold as a single combined parcel of land; and

(2) attribute a portion of the amount determined under Subdivision (1) to the parcel of land being appraised based on the proportion that the size of the parcel of land being appraised bears to the size of the single combined parcel of land described by Subdivision (1).

(c) If the chief appraiser uses the market data comparison method of appraisal to appraise the parcel of land, the chief appraiser may not use comparable sales data pertaining to the sale of land located in the corporate limits of a municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9032.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9032 / Section 9032.110
§ 9032.110. SECRETARY'S BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary shall make bond in an amount required by the board, conditioned on the secretary's faithfully accounting for all money that comes into the secretary's custody as district treasurer.

(b) The bond must be payable to the order of the county judge of Coke County.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6733 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6733
§ 2306.6733. REPRESENTATION BY FORMER BOARD MEMBER OR OTHER PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) A former board member or a former director, deputy director, director of housing programs, director of compliance, director of underwriting, or low income housing tax credit program manager employed by the department may not:

(1) for compensation, represent an applicant for an allocation of low income housing tax credits or a related party before the second anniversary of the date that the board member's, director's, or manager's service in office or employment with the department ceases;

(2) represent any applicant or related party or receive compensation for services rendered on behalf of any applicant or related party regarding the consideration of a housing tax credit application in which the former board member, director, or manager participated during the period of service in office or employment with the department, either through personal involvement or because the matter was within the scope of the board member's, director's, or manager's official responsibility; or

(3) for compensation, communicate directly with a member of the legislative branch to influence legislation on behalf of an applicant or related party before the second anniversary of the date that the board member's, director's, or manager's service in office or employment with the department ceases.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Transportation Code § 724.035 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 724 / Section 724.035
§ 724.035. SUSPENSION OR DENIAL OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person refuses the request of a peace officer to submit to the taking of a specimen, the department shall:

(1) suspend the person's license to operate a motor vehicle on a public highway for 180 days; or

(2) if the person is a resident without a license, issue an order denying the issuance of a license to the person for 180 days.

(b) The period of suspension or denial is two years if the person's driving record shows one or more alcohol-related or drug-related enforcement contacts, as defined by Section 524.001(3), during the 10 years preceding the date of the person's arrest.

(c) A suspension or denial takes effect on the 40th day after the date on which the person:

(1) receives notice of suspension or denial under Section 724.032(a); or

(2) is considered to have received notice of suspension or denial under Section 724.033.
Tex. Government Code § 2052.304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2052 / Section 2052.304
§ 2052.304. USE OF CERTAIN PRINTING STOCK.
Status: in_force

(a) A state officer or board, court, commission, or other agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government may not publish a report or other printed materials on enamel-coated, cast-coated, or dull-coated printing stock unless the agency imposes a fee for receipt of the printed materials.

(b) This section does not apply to a publication that promotes tourism or economic development.
Tex. Government Code § 1433.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1433 / Section 1433.022
§ 1433.022. LIMITATIONS ON ACQUISITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An issuer may not acquire an industrial project, or any part of an industrial project, by eminent domain.

(b) Land previously acquired by an issuer by eminent domain may be sold, leased, or otherwise used in accordance with this chapter, if the governing body determines that:

(1) the use will not interfere with the purpose for which that land was originally acquired or that the land is no longer needed for that purpose;

(2) at least seven years have elapsed since the land was acquired by eminent domain; and

(3) the land was not acquired for park purposes unless the sale or lease of that land has been approved at an election held under Section 1502.055.

(c) An issuer may not acquire or construct an industrial project or medical project for an individual, firm, partnership, or corporation, or make or authorize a lease to an individual, firm, partnership, or corporation if the effect of the lease of that project is to remove the lessee's business from existing facilities in this state.

(d) An issuer may not issue bonds to acquire existing facilities for the purpose of leasing those facilities to the industrial concern from which the facilities are acquired or to another person controlled by the industrial concern.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.122 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.122
§ 282.122. CONVERSION HEARING AND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may be converted under this subchapter only if the conversion is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district who vote at an election called and held for that purpose.

(b) The board by order may set a time and place to hold a hearing on the question of converting the district under this subchapter. The board shall set a date for the hearing that is after the 30th day after the date on which the board issues the order.

(c) If after the hearing the board finds that conversion of the district would be in the best interest of the district, the board may order an election on the question of converting the district.

(d) The election shall be held not later than the 60th day after the date on which the election is ordered. Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7805.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7805 / Section 7805.101
§ 7805.101. GENERAL DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, purposes, and functions provided by Chapter 7803 of this code and Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.307
§ 1122.307. REPORT; DISSOLUTION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the board shall file a written report with the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court summarizing the board's actions in dissolving the district.

(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court receives the report and determines that the requirements of this subchapter have been fulfilled, the commissioners court shall enter an order dissolving the district and releasing the board from any further duty or obligation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.013
§ 214.013. SEWER CONNECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may:

(1) provide for a sanitary sewer system; and

(2) require property owners to connect to the sewer system.

(b) If an owner does not connect to the sewer system, the municipality may:

(1) fix a lien against the owner's property;

(2) charge the cost of the connection to the owner as a personal liability; and

(3) impose a penalty on the owner.