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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6604.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6604 / Section 6604.052
§ 6604.052. DUTIES OF COUNTY OFFICIALS IN CONNECTION WITH DISTRICT; DISTRICT OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county judge, county commissioners, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, and county depository of Fort Bend County shall perform all duties in connection with the district that are required by law in connection with official matters for Fort Bend County.

(b) The county auditor of Fort Bend County is the auditor for the district.

(c) The commissioners court may employ a general manager for the district and any other agents, attorneys, engineers, and employees considered necessary in connection with the purposes of this chapter. All compensation for a person employed under this subsection may be payable from funds created under this chapter for the maintenance and operation of the district.

(d) The commissioners court shall require the county tax assessor-collector, the county treasurer, and any other officers and employees, as designated by the commissioners court, to post bonds that are:

(1) payable to the district in amounts determined by the commissioners court; and

(2) conditioned on:

(A) the faithful performance of their duties; and

(B) paying over and accounting for all money and other things of value that belong to the district and come into their possession.

(e) A bond required under Subsection (d) must be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state and is subject to the approval of the commissioners court. The district shall pay the premiums on the bond.
Tex. Local Government Code § 261.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 261 / Section 261.001
§ 261.001. RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may exercise the right of eminent domain to condemn and acquire land, an easement in land, or a right-of-way if the acquisition is necessary for the construction of a jail, courthouse, hospital, or library, or for another public use authorized by law.

(b) The right of eminent domain conferred by this section extends to public or private land, but not to land used for cemetery purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 420.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 420 / Section 420.106
§ 420.106. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature may appropriate money to the attorney general to establish the center.

(b) The attorney general may provide funds to the center for:

(1) establishing and maintaining the operations of the center;

(2) training conducted by or through the center;

(3) travel expenses incurred by a sexual assault nurse examiner for:

(A) carrying out the nurse's duties under Section 420.103(a); or

(B) testifying as a witness outside the nurse's county of residence;

(4) equipment and software applications for the center; and

(5) any other purpose considered appropriate by the attorney general.
Tex. Election Code § 2.082 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 2 / Section 2.082
§ 2.082. SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FOR CANCELLATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

An authority that orders an election may cancel the election only if the power to cancel the election is specifically provided by statute.
Tex. Government Code § 432.174 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.174
§ 432.174. INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing of an unrestricted report alleging an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code, the coordinator:

(1) shall refer the unrestricted report to the Texas Rangers division of the Department of Public Safety for investigation; and

(2) may refer the unrestricted report to the appropriate local law enforcement agency for the initial collection of evidence.

(b) A local law enforcement agency that initially collects evidence for an unrestricted report under Subsection (a) shall transfer all relevant evidence and information to the Texas Rangers division of the Department of Public Safety on request of the division.

(c) On the filing of an unrestricted report alleging an offense under Section 22.012, Penal Code, the coordinator shall refer the unrestricted report to the appropriate local law enforcement agency for investigation.

(d) The Texas Rangers division of the Department of Public Safety shall assign an officer of the Texas Rangers to investigate reports referred to the division under this section. If the investigation demonstrates probable cause that an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code, was committed by a person subject to this chapter, the investigator shall refer the matter to the appropriate local district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney with criminal jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8110.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8110 / Section 8110.051
§ 8110.051. 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. Labor Code § 408.0046 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.0046
§ 408.0046. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to determine which professional health practitioner specialties are appropriate for treatment of certain compensable injuries. The rules adopted under this section must require an entity requesting a peer review to obtain and provide to the doctor providing peer review services all relevant and updated medical records.
Tex. Transportation Code § 391.256 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 391 / Section 391.256
§ 391.256. SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall plan, design, and establish a program for designating highways as State Scenic Byways.

(b) The program must include a process by which the department:

(1) receives proposals from political subdivisions or other community groups approved by the department for funding projects in accordance with 23 U.S.C. Section 162;

(2) applies for grants under 23 U.S.C. Section 162 for the projects; and

(3) allows an applicant who consents to pay for the costs of the projects that are not covered by grants made under 23 U.S.C. Section 162.

(c) A highway must be designated as a State Scenic Byway under the program established by this section before the department applies for a grant under Subsection (b)(2) for a project related to the highway.

(d) The department may use money from the state highway fund for a project that receives a grant made under 23 U.S.C. Section 162 only for the purpose of satisfying matching funds requirements for the grant.

(e) The department may only designate a highway described by Section 391.252 as a State Scenic Byway.

(f) The commission by rule shall prohibit outdoor advertising in a manner consistent with 23 U.S.C. Section 131(s) on a State Scenic Byway designated under this section.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.1102 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.1102
§ 74.1102. CONTRACTING.
Status: in_force

(a) For a purchase of goods and services under this chapter, the foundation may purchase goods and services that provide the best value for the foundation.

(b) In determining the best value for the foundation, the purchase price and whether the goods or services meet specifications are the most important considerations. However, the foundation may consider other relevant factors, including:

(1) the quality and reliability of the goods and services;

(2) the delivery terms;

(3) indicators of probable vendor performance under the contract, including:

(A) past vendor performance;

(B) the vendor's financial resources and ability to perform;

(C) the vendor's experience or demonstrated capability and responsibility; and

(D) the vendor's ability to provide reliable maintenance agreements and support;

(4) the cost of any employee training associated with a purchase; and

(5) other factors relevant to determining the best value for the foundation in the context of a particular purchase.
Tex. Election Code § 121.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 121 / Section 121.002
§ 121.002. PECUNIARY INTEREST OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state may not have a pecuniary interest in the manufacturing or marketing of voting system equipment or software necessary for the operation of a voting system.
Tex. Education Code § 54.544 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.544
§ 54.544. RECREATIONAL FACILITY FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas a recreational facility fee to finance, construct, equip, operate, maintain, or improve student recreational facilities or programs at the university.

(b) A recreational facility fee may not exceed:

(1) $65 for each student for a semester of the regular term or a summer session of 12 weeks or longer; and

(2) $43.33 for each student for a summer session of less than 12 weeks.

(b-1), (b-2) Expired.

(c) A recreational facility fee may not be charged or increased unless charging or increasing the fee is approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a general student election called for that purpose.

(d) The board of regents shall collect a fee charged under this section and deposit the fee in an account known as the recreational facility account.

(e) The board of regents may pledge a fee charged under this section to pay an obligation issued under the revenue financing system of The University of Texas System.

(f) A fee charged under this section may not be counted in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section 54.503(b).

(g) A recreational facility fee may not be collected after the 20th anniversary of the date it is first collected or after all bonded indebtedness for the recreational facility for which the fee receipts are pledged is paid, whichever is later.
Tex. Family Code § 8.060 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.060
§ 8.060. PUTATIVE SPOUSE.
Status: in_force

In a suit to declare a marriage void, a putative spouse who did not have knowledge of an existing impediment to a valid marriage may be awarded maintenance if otherwise qualified to receive maintenance under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.092 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.092
§ 503.092. ACTION TO ENFORCE CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general or a district, county, or city attorney may enforce this chapter and bring an enforcement action in the county in which a violation of this chapter is alleged to have occurred.

(b) A justice or municipal court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the county court or a county court at law over an action to enforce this chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.303 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.303
§ 302.303. GRANT ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

To be eligible for a grant under the program, a nonprofit organization must:

(1) apply to the commission in the manner prescribed by commission rule;

(2) demonstrate experience in effectively providing technical assistance and support to institutions of higher education or school districts located in a rural area of this state in aligning and delivering workforce training and higher education programs to address skills gaps to meet the area's urgent workforce demands; and

(3) satisfy any other relevant criteria prescribed by commission rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9502.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9502 / Section 9502.0302
§ 9502.0302. TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 5 cents on each $100 valuation.

(c) The district, without an election, may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(d) The district may grant an abatement for a tax owed to the district in the manner provided by Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 403.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 403.003
§ 403.003. OATH.
Status: in_force

A host state commissioner shall take the constitutional oath of office and shall also take an oath to faithfully perform the duties of commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7925.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7925 / Section 7925.101
§ 7925.101. 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. Insurance Code § 843.3041 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.3041
§ 843.3041. ACUPUNCTURIST SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A health maintenance organization that includes acupuncture in the services covered by the organization's health care plan may not refuse to provide reimbursement for the performance of a covered acupuncture service solely because the service is performed by an acupuncturist.

(b) This section does not require a health maintenance organization to offer acupuncture as a covered service.
Tex. Tax Code § 181.104 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 181 / Section 181.104
§ 181.104. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person on whom the tax is imposed by this chapter and who fails to file a report as required by this chapter or does not pay the tax when it is due forfeits to the state a penalty of five percent of the amount of tax delinquent.

(b) If the report required by this chapter is not filed or the tax imposed by this chapter is not paid within 30 days after it is due, the person on whom the tax is imposed forfeits to the state a penalty of an additional five percent of the amount of tax delinquent.

(c) The minimum penalty under this section is $1.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.002
§ 2001.002. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Administrative Procedure Act.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.069 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.069
§ 134.069. EFFECT OF PAST OR PRESENT VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the schedule under Section 134.068 or other information available to the commission indicates that a surface coal mining operation owned or controlled by the applicant is currently in violation of this chapter or another law referred to in Section 134.068, the commission may not issue a permit until the applicant submits proof that the violation has been corrected or is being corrected to the satisfaction of the commission, department, or agency with jurisdiction over the violation.

(b) The commission may not issue a permit to an applicant if it finds, after opportunity for hearing, that the applicant or operator specified in the application controls or has controlled mining operations with a demonstrated pattern of wilful violations of this chapter or another law referred to in Section 134.068 that, by their nature and duration and the resulting irreparable damage to the environment, indicate an intent not to comply with this chapter or another law referred to in that section.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the commission may not deny an applicant's permit application based on a previous violation by the applicant that occurred in connection with a surface coal mining operation conducted on previously mined land if the violation resulted from an event or condition that was not contemplated in the permit for the surface coal mining operation.
Tex. Labor Code § 102.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 102 / Section 102.002
§ 102.002. DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer and employees may submit a dispute or grievance resulting from the employer's and employees' work relationship to a board for a hearing and determination.

(b) An arbitration may not be conducted under this chapter without the consent of all parties involved in the dispute or grievance.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 614.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 614 / Section 614.007
§ 614.007. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The office shall:

(1) determine the status of offenders with medical or mental impairments in the state criminal justice system;

(2) identify needed services for offenders with medical or mental impairments;

(3) develop a plan for meeting the treatment, rehabilitative, and educational needs of offenders with medical or mental impairments that includes a case management system and the development of community-based alternatives to incarceration;

(4) cooperate in coordinating procedures of represented agencies for the orderly provision of services for offenders with medical or mental impairments;

(5) evaluate programs in this state and outside this state for offenders with medical or mental impairments and recommend to the directors of state programs methods of improving the programs;

(6) collect and disseminate information about available programs to judicial officers, law enforcement officers, probation and parole officers, providers of social services or treatment, and the public;

(7) provide technical assistance to represented agencies and organizations in the development of appropriate training programs;

(8) apply for and receive money made available by the federal or state government or by any other public or private source to be used by the office to perform its duties;

(9) distribute to political subdivisions, private organizations, or other persons money appropriated by the legislature to be used for the development, operation, or evaluation of programs for offenders with medical or mental impairments;

(10) develop and implement pilot projects to demonstrate a cooperative program to identify, evaluate, and manage outside of incarceration offenders with medical or mental impairments; and

(11) assess the need for demonstration projects and provide management for approved projects.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3947.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3947 / Section 3947.103
§ 3947.103. WATER DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers provided by the general laws relating to conservation and reclamation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.2664 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.2664
§ 131.2664. RECOVERY OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

Civil penalties owed under Sections 131.2661-131.2663 of this code may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general at the request of the commission.
Tex. Water Code § 11.093 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.093
§ 11.093. ABATEMENT OF WASTE AS PUBLIC NUISANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who permits an unreasonable loss of water through faulty design or negligent operation of any waterworks using water for a purpose named in this chapter commits waste, and the commission may declare the works causing the waste to be a public nuisance. The commission may take the necessary action to abate the nuisance. Also, any person who may be injured by the waste may sue in the district court having jurisdiction over the works causing the waste to have the operation of the works abated as a public nuisance.

(b) In case of a wasteful use of water defined by Section 11.092 of this code, the commission shall declare the use to be a public nuisance and shall act to abate the nuisance by directing the person supplying the water to close the water gates of the person wasting the water and to keep them closed until the commission determines that the unlawful use of water is corrected.
Tex. Water Code § 55.522 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.522
§ 55.522. ISSUING REFUNDING BONDS FOR THE SAME AMOUNT AND WITH THE SAME MATURITY DATE AS THE ORIGINAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Refunding bonds for the same amount and with the same maturity date as the bonds which they are to replace may be authorized by resolution of the board and issued without an election to approve them.

(b) These refunding bonds shall be registered by the comptroller in the manner provided in Section 55.521 of this code after a copy of the resolution providing for the issuance of the refunding bonds and the cancellation of the original bonds is filed with the comptroller.

(c) After the original bonds are cancelled and the refunding bonds are registered by the comptroller, the refunding bonds are valid and binding obligations of the district without further proceedings and have the same force, validity, and effect as the original bonds which they have replaced.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.413 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.413
§ 154.413. PREFERRED STATE TAX LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) All taxes, fines, interest, penalties, and costs due under this chapter are secured by a preferred lien in favor of the state, first and prior to all other existing or future liens, contractual or statutory, legal or equitable, regardless of the time the lien originated, on any property seized and forfeited under this chapter.

(b) A lienholder who establishes an interest in the property is entitled to recover any proceeds remaining after payment of all taxes, fines, interest, penalties, and costs due to the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8473.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8473 / Section 8473.202
§ 8473.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3894.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3894 / Section 3894.154
§ 3894.154. CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 325.081 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 325 / Section 325.081
§ 325.081. ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue revenue bonds in the name of the district to acquire land and construct facilities as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Property Code § 301.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.004
§ 301.004. FAMILIAL STATUS.
Status: in_force

A discriminatory act is committed because of familial status if the act is committed because the person who is the subject of discrimination is:

(1) pregnant;

(2) domiciled with an individual younger than 18 years of age in regard to whom the person:

(A) is the parent or legal custodian; or

(B) has the written permission of the parent or legal custodian for domicile with that person; or

(3) in the process of obtaining legal custody of an individual younger than 18 years of age.