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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8212.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8212 / Section 8212.202
§ 8212.202. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of a bond, note, or other obligation issued or incurred to finance a road project may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Montgomery County.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 86.086 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 86 / Section 86.086
§ 86.086. MONTHLY RESERVOIR ALLOWABLE.
Status: in_force

After determining demand for and volume of production from a prorated reservoir as provided in Section 86.085, the commission shall fix the monthly reservoir allowable of gas to be produced from the reservoir at the lawful market demand for the gas or at the volume that can be produced from the reservoir without waste, whichever is the smaller quantity.
Tex. Government Code § 820.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 820 / Section 820.021
§ 820.021. CREDITABLE MILITARY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall adopt rules to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.), including rules governing how a member subject to this chapter may establish military service credit under this subchapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.0205 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.0205
§ 122.0205. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A dispute between the workforce commission and a central nonprofit agency or a community rehabilitation program shall first be submitted to alternative dispute resolution.

(b) This section does not constitute authorization to sue and does not modify the remedies available under other law.

(c) This section does not limit the workforce commission's ability to request opinions from the attorney general.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 304.052 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 304 / Section 304.052
§ 304.052. TELEMARKETING CALL TO TELEPHONE NUMBER ON LIST PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A telemarketer may not make a telemarketing call to a telephone number published on the Texas no-call list more than 60 days after the date the telephone number appears on the current list.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.109
§ 1112.109. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with:

(1) any county or municipality located outside the district for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county or municipality; and

(2) this state or a federal agency for the treatment of a sick or injured person for whom this state or the federal government is responsible.
Tex. Water Code § 51.507 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.507
§ 51.507.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.507. EFFECT OF SECTIONS 51.501-51.506 OF CODE. Nothing in Sections 51.501-51.506 of this code shall be held to alter provisions of this chapter relating to districts which have contracts with the United States or to alter or impair the provisions of this code relating to taxes levied to provide local improvements to a defined area which do not affect the entire district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3900.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3900 / Section 3900.206
§ 3900.206. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time the district issues bonds payable from ad valorem taxes, the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, as required by Section 54.601, Water Code.

(b) The board shall annually impose the tax while all or part of the bonds are outstanding. Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code, govern the amount and rate of the tax.
Tex. Occupations Code § 264.010 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 264 / Section 264.010
§ 264.010. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) If after judicial review, the penalty is reduced or not upheld by the court, the court shall, after the judgment becomes final:

(1) order that the appropriate amount, plus accrued interest, be remitted to the person if the person paid the penalty; or

(2) order the release of the bond after the person pays the penalty imposed if the person posted a supersedeas bond.

(b) The interest paid under Subsection (a)(1) is the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The interest is paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9063.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9063 / Section 9063.104
§ 9063.104. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

If the authority's exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power granted by this chapter makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a railroad, highway or other public road, electric transmission line, or telephone or telegraph property or facility, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the authority.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.0205 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.0205
§ 382.0205. SPECIAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO AIR CONTAMINANT EMISSIONS.
Status: in_force

Consistent with applicable federal law, the commission by rule may control air contaminants as necessary to protect against adverse effects related to:

(1) acid deposition;

(2) stratospheric changes, including depletion of ozone; and

(3) climatic changes, including global warming.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.153
§ 424.153. PERIOD OF TRANSACTION.
Status: in_force

An insurer must enter into a written agreement for each transaction under this subchapter, other than a dollar roll transaction. The agreement must require that the transaction terminate on or before the first anniversary of the transaction's inception.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2351.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2351 / Section 2351.052
§ 2351.052. BOND TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A bond executed under this subchapter must:

(1) be in the amount of $5,000;

(2) be conditioned that the contracting stevedore will:

(A) on Saturday of each week pay wages promptly according to the agreed wage scale to each laborer who engaged in loading and unloading a vessel; and

(B) perform each agreement the contracting stevedore enters into with a laborer with respect to the loading and unloading of a vessel; and

(3) be payable to the county judge of the county in which the contracting stevedore does business as trustee for any person who may be entitled to recover under the bond.

(b) The bond must be made with:

(1) a surety company authorized to do business in this state; or

(2) two or more good and sufficient sureties, each of whom is a resident of this state.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.034 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.034
§ 751.034. INCORPORATION OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An agent has authority described in this chapter if the durable power of attorney refers to general authority with respect to the descriptive term for the subjects stated in Chapter 752 or cites the section in which the authority is described.

(b) A reference in a durable power of attorney to general authority with respect to the descriptive term for a subject in Chapter 752 or a citation to one of those sections incorporates the entire section as if the section were set out in its entirety in the power of attorney.

(c) A principal may modify authority incorporated by reference.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.001
§ 1001.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this title:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.

(3) "Council" means the State Health Services Council.

(4) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(5) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
Tex. Government Code § 434.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.009
§ 434.009. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall employ an executive director qualified by experience and training to administer the policies of the commission.

(b) The executive director shall:

(1) place into operation the policies and instructions of the commission;

(2) serve as the executive officer of the commission, without the power to vote;

(3) be in charge of commission offices;

(4) direct the paid personnel of the commission; and

(5) be responsible to the commission for all reports, data, and similar information required by the commission.

(c) The executive director may:

(1) administer oaths;

(2) certify official acts under the commission's seal;

(3) take depositions inside or outside the state, as provided by law; and

(4) compel the production of pertinent books, accounts, records, and documents.

(d) The executive director shall devote the executive director's entire time to the duties of the office and may not actively engage or be employed in another business, vocation, or profession.
Tex. Government Code § 552.404 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.404
§ 552.404. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A governmental body or a nongovernmental entity that has been requested to provide information under this subchapter may request the member of a governing board who is receiving public information that is confidential under law to sign a confidentiality agreement that covers the information and requires that:

(1) the information not be disclosed;

(2) the information be labeled as confidential;

(3) the information be kept securely; or

(4) the number of copies made of the information or the notes taken from the information that implicate the confidential nature of the information be controlled, with all copies or notes that are not destroyed or returned remaining confidential and subject to the confidentiality agreement.

(b) A governmental body or nongovernmental entity, by providing public information under this subchapter that is confidential or otherwise excepted from required disclosure under law, does not waive or affect the confidentiality of the information for purposes of state or federal law or waive the right to assert exceptions to required disclosure of the information in the future.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.023 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.023
§ 167.023. QUARANTINE OF FREE AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by written order may establish a quarantine in the free area if necessary for the purpose of regulating the handling of animals and eradicating ticks or exposure to ticks in the free area or for the purpose of preventing the spread of tick infestation into the free area.

(b) The order of the commission establishing a quarantine in the free area shall designate the land or premises to be quarantined.

(c) The commission shall give notice of a quarantine established in the free area by:

(1) delivering notice to each owner or caretaker of animals in the area to be quarantined or to each owner or caretaker of land or premises in the area on which animals are located;

(2) posting written notice at the courthouse door of each county in which the area to be quarantined is located; or

(3) publishing notice in a newspaper published in each county in which the area to be quarantined is located.
Tex. Property Code § 57.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 57 / Section 57.006
§ 57.006. PARTIES.
Status: in_force

Holders of other liens on the same property are not necessary parties to a suit to foreclose a lien under this chapter but may intervene in the suit.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1722 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1722
§ 25.1722. MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Montgomery County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:

(1) family law cases and proceedings;

(2) cases and proceedings involving justiciable controversies and differences between spouses, or between parents, or between parent and child, or between any of these and third persons, corporations, trustees, or other legal entities; and

(3) matters involving an inter vivos trust.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(66), eff. January 1, 2012.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(66), eff. January 1, 2012.

(d) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an annual salary that is not less than $1,000 less than the total annual salary, including supplements, of any district judge in the county. The salary shall be paid by the county treasurer on order of the commissioners court. The judge of a county court at law is entitled to receive travel expenses and necessary office expenses, including administrative and clerical assistance, in the same manner as the county judge.

(e) The district clerk of Montgomery County serves as clerk of the county courts at law in cases of concurrent jurisdiction between the district courts and the county courts at law and shall establish separate dockets for the county courts at law. The county clerk serves as clerk of the county courts at law in all other cases. The commissioners court may employ as many assistant county attorneys, deputy sheriffs, and clerks as are necessary to serve the county courts at law.

(f) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the constitution, Section 25.0007(c), or other law, juries in a county court at law shall be composed of six members. Juries in family law cases and proceedings shall be composed of 12 members, unless the parties agree to a six-member jury.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(66), eff. January 1, 2012.

(h) Appeals in all cases from judgments and orders of a county court at law are to the court of appeals as provided for appeals from district and county courts.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 435.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 435 / Section 435.001
§ 435.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(3) "Person" means an individual, plant operator, partnership, corporation, company, firm, trustee, or association.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 136.004 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 136 / Section 136.004
§ 136.004. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

The commission shall contract with and award money to a development corporation to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.030 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.030
§ 43.030. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who violates Section 43.022, a commission rule, or the conditions of a permit issued under this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.0579 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0579
§ 31.0579. APPLICATION FOR TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Sections 31.0575 and 31.0577, if the department receives, unaccompanied by a signed certificate of title, an application for a new certificate of title that includes an indication of a termination statement, the department may issue a new certificate of title under this section only if:

(1) all other requirements under Sections 31.047 and 31.0485 are met;

(2) the applicant provides an affidavit stating facts showing the applicant is entitled to a termination statement;

(3) the applicant provides the department with satisfactory evidence that notification of the application has been sent to all persons indicated in the files of the department as having a security interest in the vessel or outboard motor, not earlier than the 45th day after the date the notification was sent, and the department has not received an objection from any of those persons; and

(4) the applicant submits any other information required by the department as evidence of the applicant's right to terminate the security interest, and the department has no credible information indicating theft, fraud, or an undisclosed or unsatisfied security interest, lien, or other claim to an interest in the vessel or outboard motor.

(b) The department may indicate in a certificate of title issued under Subsection (a) that the certificate of title was issued without submission of a termination statement. Unless credible information indicating theft, fraud, or an undisclosed or unsatisfied security interest, lien, or other claim to an interest in the vessel or outboard motor is delivered to the department not later than the first anniversary of the date of the issuance of the certificate of title under Subsection (a), on request in a form and manner required by the department, the department shall remove the indication from the certificate of title.

(c) Unless the department determines that the value of a vessel or outboard motor is less than $5,000, the department may require the applicant to post a bond or provide an equivalent source of indemnity or security before the department issues a certificate of title under Subsection (a). The bond, indemnity, or other security may not exceed twice the value of the vessel or outboard motor as determined by the department. The bond, indemnity, or other security must be in a form required by the department and provide for indemnification of any owner, purchaser, or other claimant for any expense, loss, delay, or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs, but not including incidental or consequential damages, resulting from issuance or amendment of the certificate of title.

(d) Unless the department receives a claim for indemnity not later than the first anniversary of the date of the issuance of a certificate of title under Subsection (a), on request in a form and manner required by the department, the department shall release any bond, indemnity, or other security.
Tex. Estates Code § 1203.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.152
§ 1203.152. DETERMINATION OF PROPOSED SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN'S QUALIFICATION TO SERVE.
Status: in_force

When the court is notified of the existence of a proposed successor guardian under Section 1203.151(a), or the court otherwise becomes aware of a family member, a friend, or any other interested person who is willing and able to serve as a successor guardian for a ward of a guardianship program or governmental entity, the court shall determine whether the proposed successor guardian is qualified to serve under this title as the ward's successor guardian.
Tex. Government Code § 804.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 804 / Section 804.005
§ 804.005. PAYMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IN LIEU OF BENEFITS AWARDED BY QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

(b) A public retirement system to which this section applies shall pay an alternate payee of a member of the retirement system who is described by Subsection (c), if the alternate payee so elects and in lieu of the interest awarded by a qualified domestic relations order on or after January 1, 1985, an amount that is the alternate payee's portion of the actuarial equivalent of the accrued retirement benefit of the member of the retirement system, determined as if the member retired on the date of the alternate payee's election. The amount becomes payable at the time the actuarial equivalent is determined, and the amount is payable in the form of an annuity payable in equal monthly installments for the life of the alternate payee.

(c) A member whose benefits are subject to partial payment under this section is one who has not retired from the retirement system, has attained the greater of the age of 62 or normal retirement age and the service requirements for service retirement, and retains credit and contributions in the retirement system attributable to that service.

(d) If an alternate payee elects to be paid under this section, the retirement system shall reduce the benefit payable by the system to the member or the member's beneficiary by the alternate payee's portion of the actuarial equivalent determined under Subsection (b).

(e) In determining under Subsection (b) the actuarial equivalent of an accrued retirement benefit, the system shall consider the member's benefit as a normal age standard service retirement annuity, without regard to any optional annuity chosen or beneficiary designated by the member.

(f) The beginning of monthly payments under this section terminates any interest that the alternate payee who receives the payment might otherwise have in benefits that accrue to the account of the member after the date the initial payment to the alternate payee is made.

(g) A public retirement system may adopt rules for administration of this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.101 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.101
§ 32.101. APPLICABLE LAW.
Status: in_force

Land shall be offered for sale, lease, or commitment to a contract for development subject to the terms and conditions provided by law. Sales and leases of upland within 2,500 feet of a military base may not be made unless the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, after consultation with appropriate military authorities, determines that the sale or lease will not adversely affect the mission of the military base.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5001.023 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5001 / Section 5001.023
§ 5001.023. COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 62.070, Water Code, the commission shall set the amount of the compensation, office and travel expenses, and other allowances for the commissioners, other district officers, and employees who are paid wholly from district money.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.505 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.505
§ 12.505. VIOLATION OF SUSPENSION, REFUSAL, OR REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

A person who engages in an activity requiring a permit or license during the time for which such license or permit has been suspended, refused, or revoked commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.