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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8316.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8316 / Section 8316.107
§ 8316.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8316.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8316.003.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8316.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3885.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3885 / Section 3885.052
§ 3885.052. QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Section 375.063, Local Government Code, does not apply to a director employed by the city or the Prosper Independent School District.

(b) Section 49.052, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 332.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 332 / Section 332.001
§ 332.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Governing body" means a governing body of a municipality or commissioners court of a county, or another body acting in place of the municipal governing body or commissioners court.

(2) "Board" means a board, commission, committee, or council appointed or designated to carry out this subchapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 121.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 121 / Section 121.005
§ 121.005. PROOF OF IDENTITY OF ACKNOWLEDGING PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer may not take the acknowledgment of a written instrument unless the officer knows or has satisfactory evidence that the acknowledging person is the person who executed the instrument and is described in it. An officer may accept, as satisfactory evidence of the identity of an acknowledging person, only:

(1) the oath of a credible witness who:

(A) is personally known to the officer; or

(B) provides the officer with a current identification card or other document issued by the federal government or any state government that contains the photograph and signature of the witness;

(2) a current identification card or other document issued by the federal government or any state government that contains the photograph and signature of the acknowledging person; or

(3) with respect to a deed or other instrument relating to a residential real estate transaction, a current passport issued by a foreign country.

(b) Except in a short form certificate of acknowledgment authorized by Section 121.008, the officer must note in the certificate of acknowledgment that:

(1) he personally knows the acknowledging person; or

(2) evidence of a witness or an identification card or other document was used to identify the acknowledging person.
Tex. Education Code § 51.241 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.241
§ 51.241. STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES BARRED FROM CAMPUS AFTER SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Every student or employee who has been suspended or dismissed from a state-supported institution of higher education after a hearing, in accordance with procedures established by the institution, for disrupting the orderly operation of the campus or facility of the institution, as a condition of the suspension or dismissal, may be denied access to the campus or facility, or both, of the institution for the period of suspension, and in the case of dismissal, for a period not to exceed one year.

(b) A person who has been notified by personal service of the suspension or dismissal and condition and who willfully and knowingly enters upon the campus or facility of the institution to which he has been denied access, without the express written permission of the chief administrative officer of the campus or facility, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to punishment as set out in Section 51.244.

(c) Knowledge shall be presumed if personal service has been given as prescribed in Subsection (b) of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.152
§ 1011.152.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1011.152. PROPOSED BUDGET: NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in Schleicher County not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district taxpayer is entitled to:

(1) appear at the time and place designated in the notice; and

(2) be heard regarding any item included in the proposed budget.
Tex. Government Code § 42.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 42 / Section 42.003
§ 42.003. ASSISTANT STATE PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.
Status: in_force

The state prosecuting attorney may appoint one or more assistant state prosecuting attorneys. An assistant state prosecuting attorney has the same duties and serves the same term of office as the state prosecuting attorney.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.152 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.152
§ 42A.152. ISSUANCE OF WARRANT BY COURT HAVING GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A judge of a court having geographical jurisdiction where a defendant resides or where the defendant violates a condition of community supervision may issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the determination of the action to be taken after the defendant's arrest may be made only by the judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case at the time the action is taken.
Tex. Estates Code § 1053.105 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.105
§ 1053.105. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

The following do not apply to guardianship proceedings:

(1) Rules 47(c) and 169, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; and

(2) the portions of Rule 190.2, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, concerning expedited actions under Rule 169, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
Tex. Local Government Code § 504.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 504 / Section 504.202
§ 504.202. AGREEMENT TO INVEST IN EXTRATERRITORIAL PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) A taxing unit may enter into an agreement with a Type A corporation to invest in a project that is undertaken by the corporation and that is not located in the territory of the taxing unit. A Type A corporation may enter into an agreement under this section with more than one taxing unit.

(b) Before entering into the agreement, the Type A corporation undertaking the project must designate a defined area that includes the territory where the project is to be located.

(c) The agreement must state the base taxable value of the property in the defined area of the project.

(d) The agreement may provide that the taxing unit is entitled to receive from the Type A corporation, in exchange for the investment, an amount equal to a specified percentage of the tax revenue from taxes imposed by the corresponding taxing unit on the taxable value of the property in the defined area that exceeds the base taxable value, during the period the corresponding taxing unit imposes taxes on that property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1114.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1114 / Section 1114.105
§ 1114.105. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

(1) the method and manner of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) all accounting and control procedures.
Tex. Education Code § 39.0542 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.0542
§ 39.0542. EXPLANATORY MATERIALS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than July 15 of each year, the commissioner shall provide each school district a document in a simple, accessible format that explains the accountability performance standards adopted under Sections 39.0241 and 39.053(f) for the following school year and the measures, methods, and procedures that will be applied for that school year in assigning each school district and campus a performance rating under Section 39.054.

(b) The document provided under Subsection (a) must be provided in a format that a school district is able to easily distribute to parents of students enrolled in the district and other interested members of the public.

(c) The commissioner, in collaboration with interested stakeholders, shall develop standardized language for each domain that does not exceed 250 words and that clearly describes the annual status of a district and campus relating to district and campus performance on the indicators used for that domain to determine the letter performance rating assigned to a district and campus.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3823.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3823 / Section 3823.007
§ 3823.007. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed liberally in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.113
§ 7803.113. NOTICE OF DISTRICT ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

Notice of a district election must be published once in a newspaper with general circulation in Dallas County and in the district at least 20 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Family Code § 261.3031 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 261 / Section 261.3031
§ 261.3031. FAILURE TO COOPERATE WITH INVESTIGATION; DEPARTMENT RESPONSE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a parent or other person refuses to cooperate with the department's investigation of the alleged abuse or neglect of a child and the refusal poses a risk to the child's safety, the department shall seek assistance from the appropriate attorney with responsibility for representing the department as provided by Section 264.009 to obtain a court order as described by Section 261.303.

(b) A person's failure to report to an agency authorized to investigate abuse or neglect of a child within a reasonable time after receiving proper notice constitutes a refusal by the person to cooperate with the department's investigation. A summons may be issued to locate the person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8837.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8837 / Section 8837.054
§ 8837.054. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Sections 36.060(a), (b), and (d), Water Code, do not apply to the district.

(b) A director is entitled to receive compensation of not more than $50 a day for each day the director actually spends performing the duties of a director. The compensation may not exceed $3,000 a year.

(c) The board may authorize a director to receive reimbursement for the director's reasonable expenses incurred while engaging in activities on behalf of the board.
Tex. Water Code § 17.931 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.931
§ 17.931. APPLICATION AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision may request the executive administrator in writing to approve a change to or a modification of the budget or project plan included in its application if the change or modification does not increase the budget or change the project scope.

(b) A change or modification requested under Subsection (a) may not be implemented unless the executive administrator provides written approval.
Tex. Local Government Code § 157.9031 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 157 / Section 157.9031
§ 157.9031. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

A self-insuring county or the intergovernmental pool operating under Chapter 119, under policies concerning the provision of coverages adopted by the county's commissioners court or the pool's governing body, may require reimbursement for the provision of punitive damage coverage from a person to whom the county or intergovernmental pool provides coverage.
Tex. Election Code § 273.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 273 / Section 273.003
§ 273.003. IMPOUNDING ELECTION RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In the investigation of an election, a county or district attorney or the attorney general may have impounded for the investigation the election returns, voted ballots, signature roster, and other election records.

(b) To have election records impounded, the investigating officer must apply to a district court for an order placing the election records in the court's custody for examination by the officer.

(c) The application for impoundment must be filed with the district court of the county in which the election was held or an adjoining county. An application for records of a statewide election may be filed in the county in which the election was held, an adjoining county, or Travis County.

(d) On the filing of an application, the district judge shall issue an order impounding the records in a secure place under the terms and conditions the judge considers necessary to keep them under the judge's custody and control during the examination and for any additional time the judge directs.
Tex. Government Code § 436.0561 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.0561
§ 436.0561. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the commission until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the legislation that created the commission;

(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the commission;

(3) the results of the most recent formal audit of the commission;

(4) the requirements of laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and conflicts of interest; and

(5) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the commission is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.
Tex. Family Code § 264.501 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.501
§ 264.501. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) "Autopsy" and "inquest" have the meanings assigned by Article 49.01, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(1) "Autopsy" and "inquest" have the meanings assigned by Article 49A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 1.203(13), eff. April 2, 2015.

(3) "Child" means a person younger than 18 years of age.

(4) "Committee" means the child fatality review team committee.

(5) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 1.203(13), eff. April 2, 2015.

(6) "Health care provider" means any health care practitioner or facility that provides medical evaluation or treatment, including dental and mental health evaluation or treatment.

(7) "Meeting" means an in-person meeting or a meeting held by telephone or other electronic medium.

(8) "Preventable death" means a death that may have been prevented by reasonable medical, social, legal, psychological, or educational intervention. The term includes the death of a child from:

(A) intentional or unintentional injuries;

(B) medical neglect;

(C) lack of access to medical care;

(D) neglect and reckless conduct, including failure to supervise and failure to seek medical care; and

(E) premature birth associated with any factor described by Paragraphs (A) through (D).

(9) "Review" means a reexamination of information regarding a deceased child from relevant agencies, professionals, and health care providers.

(10) "Review team" means a child fatality review team established under this subchapter.

(11) "Unexpected death" includes a death of a child that, before investigation:

(A) appears to have occurred without anticipation or forewarning; and

(B) was caused by trauma, suspicious or obscure circumstances, sudden infant death syndrome, abuse or neglect, or an unknown cause.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.005 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2402 / Section 2402.005
§ 2402.005. APPLICABILITY TO AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that, for compensation, enables a passenger to prearrange a ride in an automated motor vehicle through the entity's digital network is a transportation network company and is subject to the requirements of this chapter, except as otherwise provided by this section.

(b) A transportation network company holding a permit under this chapter may use automated motor vehicles owned by the company or operated under a contract with the company to provide digitally prearranged rides through the company's digital network.

(c) A reference in this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter to a "driver" includes an automated motor vehicle, except that a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter that by its nature reasonably applies only to a human driver does not apply to an automated motor vehicle operating with the automated driving system engaged.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 132.005 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 132 / Section 132.005
§ 132.005. TERMS OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

Members of the Texas Mining Council shall serve for terms of two years.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.060 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.060
§ 225.060. MARSHALL FORMBY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) Interstate Highway 27 between its intersection with United States Highway 84 in Lubbock and its intersection with Interstate Highway 40 in Amarillo is designated as the Marshall Formby Memorial Highway.

(b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Marshall Formby Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), the department is required to design, construct, and erect the markers only to the extent that money is available for this purpose from a grant or donation of private funds.

(e) Funds collected by the department under Section 225.021 for the purpose of implementing this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8495.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8495 / Section 8495.001
§ 8495.001. 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 Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 5.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.363 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.363
§ 104.363. EXTRAORDINARY COSTS.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, extraordinary costs are the reasonable and necessary costs related to Winter Storm Uri, including carrying costs, placed in a regulatory asset and approved by the railroad commission in a regulatory asset determination under Section 104.365.
Tex. Government Code § 832.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 832 / Section 832.101
§ 832.101. INELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

A retiree who makes an election under Subchapter C of Chapter 74 may not rejoin the retirement system or receive credit in the retirement system for the period of an appointment or for any service performed under assignment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3806.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3806 / Section 3806.158
§ 3806.158. OBLIGATIONS; APPROVAL BY CITY OF HOUSTON.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the district must obtain the approval of the City of Houston:

(1) for the issuance of a bond for each improvement project;

(2) of the plans and specifications of the improvement project to be financed by the bond; and

(3) of the plans and specifications of a district improvement project related to the use of:

(A) land owned by a municipality;

(B) an easement granted by a municipality; or

(C) a right-of-way of a street, road, or highway.

(d) If the district obtains the approval of the City of Houston of a capital improvements budget for a specified period not to exceed five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and issue bonds specified in the budget without further approval from the City of Houston.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 137.059 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 137 / Section 137.059
§ 137.059. REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall prepare and submit a report on state-funded prevention and early intervention programs and practices to the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over child protective services.

(b) A report submitted under this section must meet any requirements set by the commission under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.117 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.117
§ 1005.117. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.
Tex. Property Code § 301.114 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.114
§ 301.114. LICENSED OR REGULATED BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

If the commission issues an order with respect to a discriminatory housing practice that occurs in the course of a business subject to a licensing or regulation by a governmental agency, the commission shall, not later than the 30th day after the date the order is issued:

(1) send copies of the findings and the order to the governmental agency; and

(2) recommend to the governmental agency appropriate disciplinary action.