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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3905.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3905 / Section 3905.053
§ 3905.053. EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons serve as nonvoting ex officio directors:

(1) the directors of the parks and recreation, planning and development, public works, and civic center departments of the city;

(2) the chief of police of the city;

(3) the county's general manager of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas; and

(4) the president of each institution of higher learning located in the district.

(b) If a department described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a nonvoting ex officio director. If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department of the city that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished department.

(c) The board may appoint the presiding officer of a nonprofit corporation that is actively involved in activities in the district to serve as a nonvoting ex officio director.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.161 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.161
§ 1702.161. SECURITY OFFICER COMMISSION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual may not accept employment as a security officer to carry a firearm in the course and scope of the individual's duties unless the individual holds a security officer commission.

(b) An individual employed as a security officer may not knowingly carry a firearm during the course of performing duties as a security officer unless the department has issued a security officer commission to the individual.

(c) A person may not hire or employ an individual as a security officer to carry a firearm in the course and scope of the individual's duties unless the individual holds a security officer commission.
Tex. Occupations Code § 164.060 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 164 / Section 164.060
§ 164.060. REPORT OF BOARD ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the first working day after the date a board order is issued taking disciplinary action against a physician, the board shall report the action to the appropriate health care facilities and hospitals, if known by the board.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the board takes disciplinary action against a physician, the board shall report that action, in writing, to:

(1) the appropriate health care facilities and hospitals, if not previously notified in writing;

(2) professional societies of physicians in this state;

(3) the entity responsible for the administration of Medicare and Medicaid in this state;

(4) the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services or the secretary's designee; and

(5) the complainant.

(c) If the board, during its review of a complaint against a physician, discovers an act or omission that may constitute a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, a violation of state or federal narcotics or controlled substance laws, an offense involving fraud or abuse under the Medicare or Medicaid programs, or a violation of the workers' compensation laws under Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code, the board shall immediately report that act or omission to the appropriate prosecuting and regulatory authorities.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the board may exercise discretion in the case of an impaired physician who is actively participating in board-approved or sanctioned care, counseling, or treatment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5012.0054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5012 / Section 5012.0054
§ 5012.0054. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after each election held by the authority, the commission shall declare the results of the election.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 258 / Section 258.004
§ 258.004. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Section 258.003 does not apply if:

(1) a health care disaster, such as a natural or other type of disaster that increases the need for health care personnel, unexpectedly affects the county in which the nurse is employed or affects a contiguous county;

(2) a federal, state, or county declaration of emergency is in effect in the county in which the nurse is employed or is in effect in a contiguous county;

(3) there is an emergency or unforeseen event of a kind that:

(A) does not regularly occur;

(B) increases the need for health care personnel at the hospital to provide safe patient care; and

(C) could not prudently be anticipated by the hospital; or

(4) the nurse is actively engaged in an ongoing medical or surgical procedure and the continued presence of the nurse through the completion of the procedure is necessary to ensure the health and safety of the patient.

(b) If a hospital determines that an exception exists under Subsection (a)(3), the hospital shall, to the extent possible, make a good faith effort to meet the staffing need through voluntary overtime, including calling per diems and agency nurses, assigning floats, or requesting an additional day of work from off-duty employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.062
§ 7811.062. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The board shall keep the district's records open to public inspection at reasonable times at the district's principal office.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2201.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2201 / Section 2201.104
§ 2201.104. FILING FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other fees imposed on an insurer chartered and authorized to engage in business under Chapter 822, 861, 883, or 942, a risk retention group chartered in this state shall pay a filing fee in an amount not to exceed $1,000 as set by rules adopted by the commissioner.

(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account to pay expenses incurred by the commissioner under Sections 2201.102 and 2201.103.
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.101 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.101
§ 547.101. RULES AND STANDARDS IN GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter.

(b) The department may adopt standards for vehicle equipment to:

(1) protect the public from unreasonable risk of death or injury; and

(2) enforce safety standards of the United States as permitted under the federal motor vehicle act.

(c) A department standard must:

(1) duplicate a standard of the United States that applies to the same aspect of vehicle equipment performance as the department standard; or

(2) if there is no standard of the United States for the same aspect of vehicle equipment performance as the department standard, conform as closely as possible to a relevant standard of the United States, similar standards established by other states, and a standard issued or endorsed by recognized national standard-setting organizations or agencies.

(d) The department may not adopt a vehicle equipment standard inconsistent with a standard provided by this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1452.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1452 / Section 1452.205
§ 1452.205. DIRECTORY ENTRIES.
Status: in_force

Pending the approval of an application submitted under Section 1452.204, the managed care plan may exclude the applicant therapeutic optometrist from the managed care plan's directory of participating therapeutic optometrists, the managed care plan's website listing of participating therapeutic optometrists, or any other listing of participating therapeutic optometrists.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8272.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8272 / Section 8272.104
§ 8272.104. UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of:

(1) an electric utility or a power generation company as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;

(2) a gas utility as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, Utilities Code; or

(3) a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code.
Tex. Government Code § 26.241 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.241
§ 26.241. LAMPASAS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The terms of the County Court of Lampasas County begin on the second Mondays in January, April, July, and October and continue until the business is completed.

(b) The commissioners court may change the court terms under Section 26.002.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1802.302 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1802 / Section 1802.302
§ 1802.302. FRIVOLOUS CLAIM; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intends to benefit personally or to harm another and the person:

(1) institutes under this chapter a claim in which the person knows the person has no interest; or

(2) institutes under this chapter a frivolous suit or a claim that the person knows is false.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 24.60031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.60031
§ 24.60031.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.60031. 486TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (a) The 486th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.

(b) The 486th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.506 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.506
§ 772.506. TERRITORY OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The territory of a district consists of:

(1) the territory of the region in which the district is established; and

(2) for each municipality partially located in the region, the territory of that municipality located in another region.

(b) If a municipality in the district annexes territory that is outside the boundaries of the district, the annexed territory becomes part of the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 119.003 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 119 / Section 119.003
§ 119.003. TRANSFER COSTS.
Status: in_force

Carbon dioxide transferred to the state under Section 119.002 shall be transferred to the state without cost, other than administrative and legal costs incurred in making the transfer.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 48.207 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 48 / Section 48.207
§ 48.207. OBJECTION TO MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not authorize or require any medical treatment of a person who objects on the grounds that he is an adherent or member of a recognized church or religious denomination the tenets and practice of which may include reliance solely upon spiritual means through prayer for healing.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 28.10 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 28 / Section 28.10
§ 28.10. CONSUMPTION RESTRICTED TO PREMISES; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section or Sections 28.01(b), 28.1001, and 28.20, a mixed beverage permittee may not sell an alcoholic beverage to another mixed beverage permittee or to any other person except for consumption on the seller's licensed premises.

(b) A mixed beverage permittee may not permit any person to take any alcoholic beverage purchased on the licensed premises from the premises where sold, except that:

(1) a person who orders wine with food may remove the container of wine from the premises whether the container is opened or unopened;

(2) a mixed beverage permittee who also holds a brewpub license may sell or offer without charge on the premises of the brewpub, to an ultimate consumer for consumption on or off the premises, malt beverages produced by the permittee, in or from a lawful container in an amount that does not exceed one-half barrel, provided that the aggregate amount of malt beverages removed from the premises under this subdivision does not exceed 1,000 barrels annually; and

(3) a person who purchases wine or malt beverages from a holder of a mixed beverage permit selling the beverages under Section 28.20 may remove the beverages from the premises.

(c) A mixed beverage permit holder who holds a food and beverage certificate may designate as part of the permit holder's premises a secured noncontiguous area located on a public sidewalk adjoining the premises if the designation is authorized by city ordinance. The ordinance may specify and limit the areas of the municipality in which this subsection is applicable. Alcoholic beverages may be delivered by an employee of the permit holder to patrons for consumption in the designated sidewalk area.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 103.043 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.043
§ 103.043. COOPERATIVE REFINING.
Status: in_force

(a) No agreement for the construction or operation of cooperative facilities may provide directly or indirectly for the cooperative refining of oil, distillate, condensate, or gas, or any by-product of oil, distillate, condensate, or gas.

(b) The extraction of liquid hydrocarbons from gas and the separation of liquid hydrocarbons into butanes, propanes, ethanes, distillate, condensate, and natural gasoline without any additional processing of any of them is not considered to be refining.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.155 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.155
§ 363.155. RULES AND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) A board may adopt rules governing district-funded programs and the functions of district staff.

(b) The board may prescribe accounting and control procedures for the district.

(c) The board is subject to the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to a district that contains only one municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1010 / Section 1010.207
§ 1010.207. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued or assumed by the district;

(2) the transfer and issuance of the bonds; and

(3) profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Election Code § 124.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 124 / Section 124.004
§ 124.004. SAMPLE BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state may prescribe standards regarding the form, content, preparation, and use of sample ballots for voting systems.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8388.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8388 / Section 8388.051
§ 8388.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Water Code § 28.012 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 28 / Section 28.012
§ 28.012. CERTAIN WELLS TO BE PLUGGED OR CASED.
Status: in_force

The owner of a water well which encounters salt water or water containing mineral or other substances injurious to vegetation or agriculture shall securely plug or case the well in a manner that will effectively prevent the water from escaping from the stratum in which it is found into another water-bearing stratum or onto the surface of the ground.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8217.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8217 / Section 8217.201
§ 8217.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Election Code § 31.0925 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0925
§ 31.0925. REQUEST FOR SERVICES REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a political subdivision:

(1) that is located entirely in a county:

(A) with a population of more than 500,000 that is served by a county elections administrator; and

(B) that does not contain a municipality with a population of more than 150,000; and

(2) that is not an irrigation district created under the authority of Section 52(b)(1) or (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The governing body of a political subdivision shall request an election services contract with the county elections administrator to perform all duties and functions of the political subdivision in relation to an election that may be transferred under this subchapter if the political subdivision receives a petition requesting the contract signed by a number of registered voters residing in the political subdivision that is equal to or exceeds one percent of all votes cast in the most recent general election held by the political subdivision.

(c) A petition under this section must be submitted to the clerk of the political subdivision before January 1 of the year in which the election to be administered under the requested election services contract will be held.
Tex. Insurance Code § 3502.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 3502 / Section 3502.003
§ 3502.003. MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE DEFINED.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "mortgage guaranty insurance" means insurance against:

(1) financial loss because of nonpayment of principal, interest, and other amounts agreed to be paid under the terms of a note, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness that is secured by an authorized real estate security, provided the improvement on the real estate is:

(A) one or more residential buildings designed to be occupied by not more than four families;

(B) a condominium unit; or

(C) one or more buildings designed to be occupied by five or more families or for industrial or commercial purposes; or

(2) financial loss because of nonpayment of rent and other amounts agreed to be paid under the terms of a written lease for the possession, use, or occupancy of real estate, provided the improvement on the real estate is one or more buildings designed to be occupied for industrial or commercial purposes.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 96.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 96 / Section 96.001
§ 96.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "perishable food product" means a food product of agriculture or aquaculture that is sold or distributed in a form that will perish or decay beyond marketability within a limited period of time.
Tex. Government Code § 2251.028 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2251 / Section 2251.028
§ 2251.028. PAYMENT OF INTEREST BY VENDOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR.
Status: in_force

A vendor or subcontractor shall pay interest as a payment is overdue.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.654 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.654
§ 1051.654. DESIGN AND APPROVAL OF ARCHITECT'S SEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prescribe and approve the seal to be used by an architect.

(b) The design of the seal must be the same as the design used by the board, except that the words "Registered Architect, State of Texas" must be used instead of "Texas Board of Architectural Examiners."
Tex. Government Code § 4008.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.053
§ 4008.053. BUYER LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who offers to buy or buys a security and to whom another person sells the security is liable to the seller, regardless of whether the security or transaction is exempt under Chapter 4005, if the person offers to buy or buys the security by means of an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

(b) The seller may sue for:

(1) rescission; or

(2) damages if the buyer no longer owns the security.

(c) A person who offers to buy or buys a security is not liable under Subsection (a) if the offeror or buyer sustains the burden of proof that either:

(1) the seller knew of the untruth or omission; or

(2) the offeror or buyer did not know, and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known, of the untruth or omission.
Tex. Government Code § 812.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 812 / Section 812.002
§ 812.002. MEMBERSHIP IN ELECTED CLASS.
Status: in_force

(a) Membership in the elected class of the retirement system is limited to:

(1) persons who hold state offices that are normally filled by statewide election and that are not included in the coverage of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two;

(2) members of the legislature; and

(3) district and criminal district attorneys, to the extent that they receive salaries from the state general revenue fund.

(b) Membership in the elected class is optional.

(c) An eligible person becomes a member of the elected class by filing a notice of intention to become a member with the board of trustees on a form prescribed by the board.
Tex. Election Code § 18.064 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 18 / Section 18.064
§ 18.064. SANCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

If a registrar fails to substantially comply with Section 15.083, 16.032, or 18.061 or with rules adopted by the secretary of state implementing the statewide computerized voter registration list, the registrar is not entitled to receive state funds for financing voter registration in the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.205
§ 1028.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness 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 outstanding indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 756.043 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 756 / Section 756.043
§ 756.043. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of an outdoor shooting range who fails to comply with Section 756.042 is liable within 60 days after a finding of noncompliance for a civil penalty of $50 for each day of noncompliance; the aggregate amount not to exceed $500.

(b) The attorney general or the appropriate district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney shall recover the civil penalty in a suit on behalf of the state. If the attorney general brings the suit, the penalty shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. If another attorney brings the suit, the penalty shall be deposited in the general fund of the county in which the violation occurred.
Tex. Water Code § 68.254 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.254
§ 68.254. BONDS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A district may not issue bonds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 178.055 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 178 / Section 178.055
§ 178.055. ORDER REMOVING DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) To remove a director of a special district located wholly in one county, the commissioners court of the county must:

(1) find after the hearing that the director engaged in misconduct; and

(2) issue an order removing the director.

(b) To remove a director of a special district located in more than one county:

(1) a commissioners court that appointed the director on its sole authority must find after the hearing that the director engaged in misconduct and issue an order removing the director; or

(2) for a director appointed other than on the sole authority of a single commissioners court, the commissioners court of each county in which the district is located must find after the hearing held by that court that the director engaged in misconduct and issue an order removing the director.