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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.107
§ 1063.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate health care or hospital system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings and other facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. Except as provided by Subsection (c), the term of a lease may not exceed 25 years from the date entered.

(c) District land may not be leased for a period exceeding 25 years unless the board:

(1) finds that the land is not necessary for health care or hospital purposes;

(2) complies with any indenture securing the payment of district bonds; and

(3) receives not less than the current market value for the lease.

(d) The district may acquire equipment for use in the district's health care or hospital system and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price. A contract entered into under this subsection must provide that the entire obligation be retired not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the contract.

(e) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The board must comply with Section 272.001, Local Government Code, when selling district land other than land the district is authorized to sell or exchange under Subsection (f).

(f) The district may sell or exchange a hospital, including real property necessary or convenient for the operation of the hospital and real property that the board finds may be useful in connection with future expansions of the hospital, on terms the board determines to be in the district's best interests. The district must comply with the procedures prescribed by Sections 285.051 and 285.052, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8199.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8199 / Section 8199.002
§ 8199.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.406 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.406
§ 348.406. RECEIPT FOR CASH PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

A holder of a retail installment contract shall give the retail buyer a written receipt for each cash payment.
Tex. Water Code § 58.133 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.133
§ 58.133. CONSTRUCTING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ACROSS AND OVER COUNTY AND PUBLIC ROADS.
Status: in_force

The district shall build necessary bridges and culverts across and over district canals, laterals, and ditches which cross county or public roads. Funds of the district shall be used to construct the bridges and culverts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3843.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3843 / Section 3843.209
§ 3843.209. DEBT.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds, notes, or other debt obligations in accordance with Subchapters I and J, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, for a purpose specified by that chapter or as required to exercise a power or function or to accomplish a purpose or duty for which the district was created.
Tex. Water Code § 49.216 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.216
§ 49.216. ENFORCEMENT BY PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may contract for or employ its own peace officers with power to make arrests when necessary to prevent or abate the commission of:

(1) any offense against the rules of the district when the offense or threatened offense occurs on any land, water, or easement owned or controlled by the district;

(2) any offense involving injury or detriment to any property owned or controlled by the district; and

(3) any offense against the laws of the state.

(b) A district may appoint reserve peace officers who may be called to serve as peace officers by the district during the actual discharge of their official duties.

(c) A reserve peace officer serves at the discretion of the district and may be called into service if the district considers it necessary to have additional officers to preserve the peace in or enforce the law of the district.

(d) A reserve peace officer on active duty and actively engaged in assigned duties has the same rights, privileges, and duties as any other peace officer of the district.

(e) Any peace officer who is directly employed by a district, before beginning to perform any duties and at the time of appointment, must take an oath and execute a bond conditioned on faithful performance of such officer's duties in the amount of $1,000 payable to the district. The oath and the bond shall be filed in the district office.

(f) A peace officer contracted for by the district, individually or through a county, sheriff, constable, or municipality, is an independent contractor, and the district is responsible for the acts or omissions of the peace officer only to the extent provided by law for other independent contractors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.307
§ 6903.307. TAX AND RATE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall impose a tax sufficient to pay the bonds and the interest on the bonds as the bonds and interest become due. The board may adopt the rate of the tax after considering the money received from the pledged revenue available for payment of principal and interest to the extent and in the manner permitted by the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

(b) If the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from revenue, the board shall set and revise the rates of compensation for water sold and services rendered by the district.

(c) For bonds payable wholly from revenue, the rates of compensation must be sufficient to:

(1) pay the expense of operating and maintaining the facilities of the district;

(2) pay the bonds as they mature and the interest as it accrues; and

(3) maintain the reserve and other funds as provided by the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

(d) For bonds payable partly from revenue, the rates of compensation must be sufficient to assure compliance with the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7807.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7807 / Section 7807.051
§ 7807.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of seven directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms and are appointed as follows:

(1) the Commissioners Court of Dallas County shall appoint one director to a term expiring each even-numbered year;

(2) the city council of the City of Carrollton shall appoint one director to a term expiring each even-numbered year and two directors to terms expiring each odd-numbered year; and

(3) the city council of the City of Farmers Branch shall appoint one director to a term expiring each even-numbered year and two directors to terms expiring each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.056 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.056
§ 228.056. PRESUMPTIONS; PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE; DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) In the prosecution of an offense under Section 228.0547, proof that the vehicle was driven or towed through the toll collection facility without payment of the proper toll may be shown by a video recording, photograph, electronic recording, or other appropriate evidence, including evidence obtained by automated enforcement technology.

(b) In the prosecution of an offense under Section 228.0547:

(1) it is presumed that the invoice containing the assessment for the toll was received on the fifth day after the date of mailing;

(2) a computer record of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of the registered owner of the vehicle is prima facie evidence of its contents and that the defendant was the registered owner of the vehicle when the toll was incurred; and

(3) a copy of the rental, lease, or other contract document, or the electronic data provided to the department under Section 228.055(d), covering the vehicle on the date the toll was incurred is prima facie evidence of its contents and that the defendant was the lessee of the vehicle when the toll was incurred.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 228.0547 that the motor vehicle in question was stolen before the toll was incurred and had not been recovered before the toll was incurred, but only if the theft was reported to the appropriate law enforcement authority before the earlier of:

(1) the time the toll was incurred; or

(2) eight hours after the discovery of the theft.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4020.0109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4020 / Section 4020.0109
§ 4020.0109. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.059
§ 1090.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator.

(c) The district administrator and any assistant administrator serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(d) On assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator shall execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8426.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8426 / Section 8426.051
§ 8426.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8426.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8270.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8270 / Section 8270.201
§ 8270.201. TAX METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation.

(b) The board is not required to hold a hearing on the adoption of a plan of taxation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.154
§ 541.154. PRIOR NOTICE OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person seeking damages in an action against another person under this subchapter must provide written notice to the other person not later than the 61st day before the date the action is filed.

(b) The notice must advise the other person of:

(1) the specific complaint; and

(2) the amount of actual damages and expenses, including attorney's fees reasonably incurred in asserting the claim against the other person.

(c) The notice is not required if giving notice is impracticable because the action:

(1) must be filed to prevent the statute of limitations from expiring; or

(2) is asserted as a counterclaim.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7946A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7946A / Section 7946A.0403
§ 7946A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.532 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.532
§ 772.532. TRANSFER OF ASSETS.
Status: in_force

If a regional emergency communications district is established under this subchapter, the regional planning commission for the region in which the district is established may transfer to the district any land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets acquired by the regional planning commission in relation to the provision of 9-1-1 service.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.104 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.104
§ 21.104. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR PEACE OFFICERS OR FIRE FIGHTERS.
Status: in_force

An employer does not commit an unlawful employment practice by imposing a minimum or maximum age requirement for peace officers or fire fighters.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 101.63 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 101 / Section 101.63
§ 101.63. SALE OR DELIVERY TO CERTAIN PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence sells an alcoholic beverage to an habitual drunkard or an intoxicated or insane person.

(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence delivers for commercial purposes an alcoholic beverage to an intoxicated person.

(b) Except as provided in Subsection (c) of this section, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, by confinement in jail for not more than one year, or by both.

(c) If a person has been previously convicted of a violation of this section or of Section 106.03 of this code, a violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, by confinement in jail for not more than one year, or by both.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4013.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4013 / Section 4013.0303
§ 4013.0303. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.014 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.014
§ 623.014. TRANSFER OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A permit issued under Section 623.011 may not be transferred.

(b) If the vehicle for which a permit was issued is destroyed or permanently inoperable, a person may apply to the department for a credit for the remainder of the permit period.

(c) The department shall issue the prorated credit if the person:

(1) pays the fee adopted by the board; and

(2) provides the department with:

(A) the original permit; or

(B) if the original permit does not exist, written evidence in a form approved by the department that the vehicle has been destroyed or is permanently inoperable.

(d) The fee adopted by the board under Subsection (c)(1) may not exceed the cost of issuing the credit. A fee collected by the department under Subsection (c)(1) shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.

(e) A credit issued under Subsection (c) may be used only toward the payment of a permit fee under this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1304 / Section 1304.104
§ 1304.104. INFORMATION CONCERNING NUMBER OF SERVICE CONTRACTS SOLD OR ISSUED.
Status: in_force

Information concerning the number of service contracts sold or issued by a provider that is submitted under Section 1304.103 or 1304.1035 is a trade secret to which Section 552.110, Government Code, applies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9049.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9049 / Section 9049.151
§ 9049.151. TAX METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation.

(b) The board is not required to hold a hearing on the adoption of a plan of taxation.
Tex. Government Code § 2305.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2305 / Section 2305.012
§ 2305.012. ADMINISTRATION; ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The energy office shall implement and administer this chapter.

(b) The energy office or the governor through the energy office may enlist the assistance of a private entity or a state agency, department, commission, or other entity to:

(1) evaluate or review a proposal;

(2) audit a program participant or a supervising state agency;

(3) perform administrative duties under this chapter; or

(4) develop eligibility or evaluation criteria.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.021 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 76 / Section 76.021
§ 76.021. LABELING INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each pesticide distributed in this state shall bear a label containing the following information relating to the pesticide:

(1) the label information required by FIFRA, if the pesticide is subject to registration under that law; or

(2) the following information, if the pesticide is not subject to registration under FIFRA:

(A) the name, brand, or trademark under which the pesticide is distributed;

(B) the name and percentage of each active ingredient and the total percentage of inert ingredients;

(C) directions for use that are necessary for effecting the purpose for which the product is intended and, if complied with, are adequate for the protection of health and the environment;

(D) if the pesticide contains any form of arsenic, the percentage of total water-soluble arsenic, calculated as elementary arsenic;

(E) the name and address of the manufacturer, registrant, or person for whom the pesticide was manufactured;

(F) numbers or other symbols to identify the lot or batch of the manufacturer of the contents of the package; and

(G) a clear display of appropriate warnings, symbols, and cautionary statements commensurate with the toxicity or use classification of the pesticide.

(b) The label bearing the ingredient statement under Subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section shall be on or attached to that part of the immediate container that is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase and, if the ingredient statement cannot be clearly read without removing the outer wrapping, on any outer container or wrapper of a retail package.
Tex. Transportation Code § 520.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 520 / Section 520.052
§ 520.052. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to any motor vehicle title service operating in a county:

(1) that has a population of more than 500,000; or

(2) in which the commissioners court by order has adopted this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 117.111 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 117 / Section 117.111
§ 117.111.
Status: in_force

Sec. 117.111. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE TO COUNTY WITH POPULATION OF 1.3 MILLION OR MORE. This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of 1.3 million or more.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 265.0176 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 265 / Section 265.0176
§ 265.0176. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of managers may refund bonds issued under this subchapter by issuing refunding bonds under terms approved by the board.

(b) All appropriate provisions of this subchapter apply to the refunding bonds. The refunding bonds shall be issued in the manner provided by this subchapter for issuing other bonds.

(c) The refunding bonds may be sold and delivered in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest and any redemption premium on the bonds to be refunded, at maturity or on any redemption date.

(d) The refunding bonds may be issued to be exchanged for the bonds being refunded by them. In that case, the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds and deliver them to the holder of the bonds being refunded as approved by the board. The exchange may be made in one delivery or in installment deliveries.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1104.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.155
§ 1104.155. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board.

(b) The fiscal year may not be changed:

(1) during a period that revenue bonds of the district are outstanding; or

(2) more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Government Code § 402.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 402 / Section 402.001
§ 402.001. ASSISTANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the attorney general is absent or unable to act, the attorney general's first office assistant shall perform the duties of the attorney general that are prescribed by law.

(b) The attorney general shall, at the request of an agency, designate one or more assistants to attend the meetings of the agency if the attorney general served as an ex officio member of the governing board of the agency on August 23, 1963.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.071 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.071
§ 12.071. OFFICE OF BORDER HEALTH.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish and maintain an office in the department to coordinate and promote health and environmental issues between this state and Mexico.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.91 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.91
§ 23.91. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Airport property" means real property that is designed to be used or is used for airport purposes, including the landing, parking, shelter, or takeoff of aircraft and the accommodation of individuals engaged in the operation, maintenance, or navigation of aircraft or of aircraft passengers in connection with their use of aircraft or of airport property.

(2) "Public access airport property" means privately owned airport property that is regularly used by the public for or regularly provides services to the public in connection with airport purposes.

(3) "Deed restriction" means a valid and enforceable provision that restricts the use of property and that is included in a written instrument filed and recorded in the deed records of the county in which the property is located.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.103 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.103
§ 92.103. DECISION ON APPLICATION; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall approve an application under this subchapter if the commissioner finds that:

(1) the business of the financial institution that is to be reorganized or merged can be effectively continued under the articles of incorporation; and

(2) the reorganization or merger is in the best interest of the public and the savers, depositors, creditors, and shareholders of the financial institution that is to be reorganized or merged.

(b) If the commissioner approves an application under Subsection (a), the commissioner shall:

(1) state findings under that subsection in writing; and

(2) issue a certificate of incorporation.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 92.353, the commissioner may approve an application to incorporate under this subchapter if the commissioner:

(1) considers the institution to be reorganized or merged to be in an unsafe condition; and

(2) finds from the application and all information submitted with the application that the reorganization or merger is in the best interest of the public and the savers, depositors, creditors, and shareholders of the institution that is to be reorganized or merged.

(d) On issuance of the certificate of incorporation, the savings bank:

(1) is a corporate body and a continuation of the former institution, subject to all its liabilities, obligations, duties, and relations; and

(2) may exercise the powers of a savings bank.

(e) In a merger, a shareholder of a capital stock financial institution has the same dissenter's rights as a shareholder of a domestic business corporation under the Texas Business Corporation Act.