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Tex. Transportation Code § 454.021 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 454 / Section 454.021
§ 454.021. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may issue bonds and notes from time to time and in the amounts it considers necessary or appropriate for acquiring, constructing, improving, or extending a mass transportation system.

(b) Bonds or notes issued under this chapter are fully negotiable and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the issuing municipality, at the price and under the terms fixed by the issuing municipality in the ordinance authorizing the bonds or notes.

(c) Bonds or notes issued under this chapter shall be sold for the price the governing body of the municipality determines to be in the best interest of the municipality.

(d) Subject to the restrictions in this chapter, the governing body of a municipality may fix the form, conditions, and details of bonds and notes issued under this chapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.152 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74 / Section 74.152
§ 74.152. UNLICENSED MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

Persons not licensed or certified in the healing arts who in good faith administer emergency care as emergency medical service personnel are not liable in civil damages for an act performed in administering the care unless the act is wilfully or wantonly negligent. This section applies without regard to whether the care is provided for or in expectation of remuneration.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2704.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2704 / Section 2704.101
§ 2704.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "area and boundary coverage" means title insurance coverage relating to discrepancies, conflicts, or shortages in area or boundary lines, or any encroachments or protrusions, or any overlapping of improvements.
Tex. Election Code § 221.013 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 221 / Section 221.013
§ 221.013. COSTS OF CONTEST WHEN ELECTION DECLARED VOID.
Status: in_force

(a) If a contested election is declared void, the tribunal shall assess the costs of the contest equally against the contestant and the contestee unless the tribunal, for good cause stated in the order assessing the costs, determines that they should be assessed otherwise.

(b) Subsection (a) does not authorize assessment of costs against a contestee who is exempt from payment of costs by this title.
Tex. Family Code § 152.313 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.313
§ 152.313. RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this chapter which enforces a child custody determination by a court of another state unless the order has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under Subchapter C.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.552 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.552
§ 460.552. MAXIMUM TAX RATE IN AUTHORITY AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may not adopt a sales and use tax rate, including a rate increase, that when combined with the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by other political subdivisions having territory in the authority exceeds two percent in any location in the authority.

(b) An increase in the tax rate to a higher rate must be approved by a majority of the voters at a confirmation election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9096.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9096 / Section 9096.0301
§ 9096.0301. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.007
§ 503.007. FEES FOR GENERAL DISTINGUISHING NUMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) The fee for an original general distinguishing number is $500 for the first year and $200 for each subsequent year for which the number is valid.

(b) The fee for the renewal of a general distinguishing number is $200 a year.

(c) The registration fee for a drive-a-way in-transit license is $50 a year.

(d) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.003
§ 1075.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 609.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.009
§ 609.009.
Status: in_force

Sec. 609.009. TRUST FOR 457 PLAN. An employee's deferred amounts and investment income under a 457 plan and the qualified investment products in which the amounts are invested are held in trust for the exclusive benefit of participants and their beneficiaries in accordance with Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 457). For purposes of this section, custodial accounts and contracts described by Section 457 are treated as trusts. A trust does not have to be established before January 1, 1999, for a 457 plan in existence on August 20, 1996.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8416.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8416 / Section 8416.102
§ 8416.102. 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. Business Organizations Code § 11.352 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.352
§ 11.352. DEPOSIT WITH COMPTROLLER OF AMOUNT DUE OWNERS AND CREDITORS WHO ARE UNKNOWN OR CANNOT BE LOCATED.
Status: in_force

(a) On the voluntary or involuntary termination of a domestic filing entity, the portion of the entity's assets distributable to creditors or owners who are unknown or cannot be found after the exercise of reasonable diligence by a person responsible for the distribution in liquidation of the domestic filing entity's assets must be reduced to cash and deposited as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) Money from assets liquidated under Subsection (a) shall be deposited with the comptroller in a special account to be maintained by the comptroller. The money must be accompanied by a statement to the comptroller containing:

(1) the name and last known address of each person who is known to be entitled to all or part of the account;

(2) the amount of each entitled person's distributive portion of the money; and

(3) other information about each person who is entitled to all or part of the money as the comptroller may reasonably require.

(c) The comptroller shall issue a receipt for money received under this section.
Tex. Estates Code § 1356.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1356 / Section 1356.002
§ 1356.002. DURATION OF CONTRACT OF A MINOR.
Status: in_force

This chapter may not be construed to authorize a contract that binds a minor after the seventh anniversary of the date of the contract.
Tex. Labor Code § 101.103 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 101 / Section 101.103
§ 101.103. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter shall be liberally construed to:

(1) achieve the purposes provided by Section 101.102; and

(2) protect the rights of working persons to work and to organize for their mutual benefit in connection with their work.

(b) This subchapter may not be construed to deny the free rights of assembling, bargaining, and petitioning, orally or in writing, regarding a matter affecting labor or employment.
Tex. Government Code § 411.467 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.467
§ 411.467. ACTIVATION OF ALERT.
Status: in_force

(a) When a local law enforcement agency notifies the department under Section 411.466, the department shall confirm the accuracy of the information and, if confirmed, immediately issue an alert under this subchapter in accordance with the department's rules and directives under Section 411.463.

(b) The department may issue the alert on its own initiative, without receiving the notification described by Subsection (a), if the issuance conforms to the department's rules and directives and if the criteria described by Section 411.466(a) are satisfied.

(c) In issuing the alert, the department shall send the alert to designated media outlets in this state. Following receipt of the alert, participating radio stations and television stations and other participating media outlets may issue the alert at designated intervals to assist in locating the missing adult.

(d) The department shall also send the alert to:

(1) any appropriate law enforcement agency;

(2) the Texas Department of Transportation;

(3) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; and

(4) the Independent Bankers Association of Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7920.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7920 / Section 7920.001
§ 7920.001. 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 Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 23.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.205
§ 3879.205. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.012 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.012
§ 33.012. LAND OFFICE TO ASSIST BOARD.
Status: in_force

The appropriate staff of the land office shall assist the board in the discharge of its responsibilities and duties under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9305.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9305 / Section 9305.0301
§ 9305.0301. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may:

(1) control, store, and distribute the water and flood water in the district for or in aid of conserving, preserving, reclaiming, and improving the land and soil in the district;

(2) carry out flood prevention measures to prevent or aid in preventing damage to land and soil and the fertility of the land and soil;

(3) engage in land treatment measures to prevent deterioration, erosion, and loss of land and soil;

(4) carry out preventive and control measures in the district;

(5) construct, acquire, improve, carry out, maintain, repair, and operate dams, structures, projects, and works of improvement for:

(A) flood prevention, including structural and land treatment measures;

(B) agricultural and land treatment measures; and

(C) agricultural phases of the conservation, development, use, and disposal of water in the district; and

(6) purchase or acquire other facilities and equipment necessarily connected with the functions described by Subdivision (5) and engage in activities necessary to carry out those functions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.003
§ 1070.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.189 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.189
§ 361.189. DELETIONS FROM REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director or an owner or operator or other named responsible party of a facility listed or to be listed on the state registry may request the commission to delete the facility from the state registry, modify the facility's priority within the state registry, or modify any information regarding the facility by submitting a written statement setting forth the grounds of the request in the form the commission may by rule require.

(b) The commission by rule shall establish procedures, including public meetings, for review of requests submitted under this section.

(c) If the commission deletes a facility from the state registry because the cleanup of the facility is being addressed under Subchapter S, as added by Chapter 986, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, the facility automatically reverts to the status the facility had immediately before the facility was deleted from the registry on the date of the executive director's determination that the cleanup of the facility is not being addressed adequately. A public meeting is not required for an action under this subsection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935A / Section 7935A.0302
§ 7935A.0302. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0316 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0316
§ 8511.0316. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The authority may acquire in any manner, construct, extend, improve, maintain, reconstruct, use, and operate facilities inside or outside the authority that are necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers, rights, duties, and functions.
Tex. Government Code § 51.610 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.610
§ 51.610. UNCOLLECTIBLE FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk may request the court in which a court cost or fee was imposed on a party in a civil case to make a finding that the cost or fee is uncollectible if the cost or fee has been unpaid for at least 15 years.

(b) On a finding by a court that a court cost or fee imposed on a party in a civil case is uncollectible, the court may order the clerk to designate the cost or fee as uncollectible in the fee record. The clerk shall attach a copy of the court's order to the fee record.

(c) This section does not apply to a court cost or fee imposed by the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, or a court of appeals.
Tex. Education Code § 107.63 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 107 / Section 107.63
§ 107.63. SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
Status: in_force

The board may sell or encumber any part of real property owned by the system for the purpose of obtaining funds with which to erect and equip these improvements or for the purpose of securing the payment of its obligations issued to any person, firm, or corporation for the erecting or equipping of these improvements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8449.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8449 / Section 8449.101
§ 8449.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 131.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 131 / Section 131.001
§ 131.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Abandoned apiary, equipment, or bees" means an apiary, equipment, or a colony of bees that is not regularly maintained or attended in accordance with this chapter or rules or quarantines adopted under this chapter.

(2) "Apiary" means a place where colonies of bees or nuclei of bees are kept.

(3) "Beekeeper" means a person who owns, leases, possesses, controls, or manages one or more colonies of bees for any personal or commercial purpose.

(4) "Bee" means any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera species.

(5) "Colony" means a distinguishable localized population of bees in which one or more life stages may be present.

(6) "Director" means the director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research.

(7) "Disease" means American foulbrood, European foulbrood, any other contagious or infectious disease of honeybees, or parasites or pests that affect bees or brood.

(8) "Equipment" means hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, tools, machines, vacuums, or other devices for the handling and manipulation of bees, honey, pollen, wax, or hives, including storage or transportation containers for pollen, honey, or wax, or other apiary supplies used in the operation of an apiary or honey house.

(8-a) "Hive" means a box or other shelter containing a colony of bees.

(9) "Inspector" means the chief apiary inspector.

(10) "Label" as a noun, means written or printed material accompanying a product and furnishing identification or a description. The term includes material attached to a product or its immediate container and material inserted in an immediate container or other packaging of a product.

(11) "Label" as a verb, means to attach or insert a label.

(12) "Nucleus" means a small mass of bees and combs of brood used in forming a new colony.

(12-a) "Package bees" means live bees in cages without combs or honey used in forming a new colony.

(13) "Pollen" means dust-like grains formed in the anthers of flowering plants in which the male elements or sperm are produced.

(14) "Pure honey" means the nectar of plants that has been transformed by, and is the natural product of, bees and that is in the comb or has been taken from the comb and is packaged in a liquid, crystallized, or granular form.

(15) "Queen apiary" means an apiary in which queen bees are reared or kept for sale, barter, or exchange.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.253
§ 1026.253. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies unless the board elects to have taxes assessed and collected under Section 1026.254 or 1026.255.

(b) The tax assessor-collector of the Farwell Independent School District shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district.
Tex. Government Code § 322.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 322 / Section 322.007
§ 322.007. ESTIMATES AND REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each institution, department, agency, officer, employee, or agent of the state shall submit any estimate or report relating to appropriations requested by the board or under the board's direction.

(b) Each estimate or report shall be submitted at a time set by the board and in the manner and form prescribed by board rules.

(c) An estimate or report required under this section is in addition to an estimate or report required by other law, including those estimates or reports relating to appropriations required by Chapter 401.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0206
§ 532.0206. PILOT PROJECTS RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may establish one or more pilot projects through which Medicaid reimbursement is made to demonstrate the applications of technology in providing Medicaid services.

(b) A pilot project under this section may relate to providing rehabilitation services, services for the aging or individuals with disabilities, or long-term care services, including community care services and supports.

(c) Notwithstanding an eligibility requirement prescribed by any other law or rule, the commission may establish requirements for an individual to receive services provided through a pilot project under this section.

(d) An individual's receipt of services provided through a pilot project under this section does not entitle the individual to other services under a government-funded health program.

(e) The commission may set a maximum enrollment limit for a pilot project under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533.081 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533 / Section 533.081
§ 533.081. DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITY BUDGETS.
Status: in_force

The department, in budgeting for a facility, shall use uniform costs for specific types of services a facility provides unless a legitimate reason exists and is documented for the use of other costs.
Tex. Tax Code § 26.061 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 26 / Section 26.061
§ 26.061. NOTICE OF MEETING TO VOTE ON PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT DOES NOT EXCEED LOWER OF NO-NEW-REVENUE OR VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to the governing body of a taxing unit other than a school district that proposes to adopt a tax rate that does not exceed the lower of the no-new-revenue tax rate or the voter-approval tax rate calculated as provided by this chapter.

(b) The notice of the meeting at which the governing body of the taxing unit will vote on the proposed tax rate must contain a statement in the following form:

"PROPOSED TAX RATE $__________ per $100

"NO-NEW-REVENUE TAX RATE $__________ per $100

"VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE $__________ per $100

"The no-new-revenue tax rate is the tax rate for the (current tax year) tax year that will raise the same amount of property tax revenue for (name of taxing unit) from the same properties in both the (preceding tax year) tax year and the (current tax year) tax year.

"The voter-approval tax rate is the highest tax rate that (name of taxing unit) may adopt without holding an election to seek voter approval of the rate.

"The proposed tax rate is not greater than the no-new-revenue tax rate. This means that (name of taxing unit) is not proposing to increase property taxes for the (current tax year) tax year.

"A public meeting to vote on the proposed tax rate will be held on (date and time) at (meeting place).

"The proposed tax rate is also not greater than the voter-approval tax rate. As a result, (name of taxing unit) is not required to hold an election to seek voter approval of the rate. However, you may express your support for or opposition to the proposed tax rate by contacting the members of the (name of governing body) of (name of taxing unit) at their offices or by attending the public meeting mentioned above.

"Your taxes owed under any of the above rates can be calculated as follows:

"Property tax amount = tax rate x taxable value of your property / 100

"(Names of all members of the governing body, showing how each voted on the proposed tax rate or, if one or more were absent, indicating the absences.)

"Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.

"The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state."

(c) In addition to including the information described by Subsection (b), the notice must include the information described by Section 26.062.

(d) The notice required under this section must be provided in the manner required under Section 26.06(c).