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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 99.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 99 / Section 99.001
§ 99.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Airborne hazard" means an airborne environmental contaminant, including open burn pit smoke, oil well fire smoke, sand, dust, or other particles, that may cause short-term or long-term health effects to a person exposed to the contaminant.

(2) "Open burn pit," also known as an "open air burn pit," means a site used for solid waste disposal by burning the waste in the outdoor air without the use of a commercially manufactured incinerator or other equipment specifically designed and manufactured for burning solid waste.

(3) "Service member" means an individual who is currently serving in:

(A) the armed forces of the United States;

(B) an auxiliary service of one of the armed forces of the United States, including the National Guard; or

(C) the state military forces as defined by Section 431.001, Government Code.

(4) "Veteran" means an individual who served in:

(A) the armed forces of the United States;

(B) an auxiliary service of one of the armed forces of the United States, including the National Guard; or

(C) the state military forces as defined by Section 431.001, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.257 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.257
§ 501.257. FILING OF FEE SCHEDULE AND BOND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The economic development office by rule shall require a corporation to file fee schedules and bond procedures.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8039.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8039 / Section 8039.0201
§ 8039.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8039.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.071 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.071
§ 436.071. MISBRANDED MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH AND CRABMEAT.
Status: in_force

Molluscan shellfish or crabmeat is misbranded if:

(1) its labeling is false, misleading, or fails to conform with the requirements of Section 436.081;

(2) it is offered for sale under the name of another food;

(3) its container is made, formed, or filled so as to be misleading;

(4) a word, statement, or other information required by this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter to appear on a label is not prominently and conspicuously placed on the label and is not likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; or

(5) it does not have a label containing:

(A) the name, address, and certification or license number of the processor;

(B) an accurate statement in a uniform location on the principal display panel of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; and

(C) a date as provided by department rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1094.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1094 / Section 1094.153
§ 1094.153. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not be expanded unless the proposition under Section 1094.152 is approved by a majority of the voters at an election held in the district and by a majority of the voters at a separate election held in the territory to be added.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3878.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3878 / Section 3878.111
§ 3878.111. ADDITIONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LEASEHOLDS.
Status: in_force

The district may construct improvements on property on which it only has a leasehold interest and may own undivided interests in buildings and other improvements.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 10 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 21 / Section 10
§ 10. RATES AND POLICY FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The rates, rating plans, rating rules, rating classification, territories, and policy forms that apply to liability insurance written by the association and the statistics relating to that insurance coverage are governed by Subchapter B, Chapter 5, of this code, except to the extent that this article is in conflict. This article prevails over any conflict with Subchapter B, Chapter 5, of this code.

(b) In carrying out its responsibilities under Subsection (a) of this section, the board shall give due consideration to the past and prospective loss and expense experience, as available, for liability insurance covering nonprofit organizations inside and outside this state for all member companies of the association, trends in frequency and severity of losses, the investment income of the association, and other information the board may require.

(c) After the initial year of operation for the association, rates, rating plans, and rating rules and any provision for recoupment shall be based on the association's loss and expense experience to the extent credible, together with other information based on that experience. The board of directors shall engage the services of an independent actuarial firm to develop and recommend actuarially sound rates, rating plans, and rating rules and classifications. Those recommendations shall become effective unless, after hearing and not later than the 30th day after the date the recommendations are submitted, the commissioner determines the recommendations to be arbitrary and capricious.Sec. 10. Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 18, eff. April 1, 2007.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.057
§ 651.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate one member of the commission as the presiding officer of the commission to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.

(b) After 30 days' written notice is given to the commissioners, the commission shall elect from its public members an assistant presiding officer. The assistant presiding officer serves in that capacity for one year.

(c) The presiding officer shall preside at all meetings of the commission, unless otherwise ordered, and shall exercise all duties and performances incident to the office of presiding officer. In the absence of the presiding officer, the assistant presiding officer shall preside.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 289.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 289 / Section 289.201
§ 289.201. TAX ON OUTPATIENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission of a district may impose an annual tax to be assessed quarterly on all outpatient hospital visits to an institutional health care provider located in the district. In the first year in which the tax is imposed, the tax is assessed on the total number of outpatient hospital visits of an institutional health care provider reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the fiscal year ending in 2003. The district shall update this tax basis with the number of outpatient hospital visits reported on a biennial basis.

(b) A tax imposed under this section must be imposed uniformly on each institutional health care provider of outpatient hospital services located in the district. A tax imposed under this section also may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider of outpatient hospital services, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) The commission shall set the rate of the tax imposed under this section. The rate may not exceed $100 for each outpatient hospital visit.

(d) Subject to the maximum tax rate prescribed by Subsection (c), the commission shall set the rate of the tax at a rate that will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the district, to fund the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program, and to pay for indigent programs, except that the amount of tax revenue used for administrative expenses of the district in a year may not exceed the lesser of four percent of the total revenue generated from the tax or $20,000.

(e) An institutional health care provider may not add a tax imposed under this section as a surcharge to a patient.
Tex. Government Code § 841.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 841 / Section 841.004
§ 841.004. POWERS, PRIVILEGES, AND IMMUNITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system is a governmental entity and has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a corporation, as well as the powers, privileges, and immunities conferred by this subtitle.

(b) The board of trustees, director, investment officer, and employees of the retirement system are not liable for any action taken or omission made or suffered by them in the good faith performance of any duty in connection with any program or benefit administered by the retirement system.
Tex. Government Code § 523.00031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.00031
§ 523.00031. LIMIT ON SUNSET REVIEW.
Status: in_force

The Sunset Advisory Commission's review of the commission under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act) during the period in which state agencies abolished in 2027 are reviewed may not include a review of the family support services programs transferred to the commission under Chapter 137, Human Resources Code, or the Thriving Texas Families Program established under Chapter 54, Health and Safety Code. This section expires September 1, 2027.
Tex. Government Code § 54.875 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.875
§ 54.875. TERMINATION OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A magistrate who serves a single court serves at the will of the judge.

(b) The services of a magistrate who serves more than one court may be terminated by a majority vote of all the judges whom the magistrate serves.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49.18 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49 / Section 49.18
§ 49.18. DEATH IN CUSTODY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person confined in a penal institution dies, the sheriff or other person in charge of the penal institution shall as soon as practicable inform the justice of the peace of the precinct where the penal institution is located of the death.

(b) If a person dies while in the custody of a peace officer or as a result of a peace officer's use of force or if a person incarcerated in a jail, correctional facility, or state juvenile facility dies, the director of the law enforcement agency of which the officer is a member or of the facility in which the person was incarcerated shall investigate the death and file a written report of the cause of death with the attorney general no later than the 30th day after the date on which the person in custody or the incarcerated person died. The director shall make a good faith effort to obtain all facts relevant to the death and include those facts in the report. The attorney general shall make the report, with the exception of any portion of the report that the attorney general determines is privileged, available to any interested person.

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a death that occurs in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Subsection (b) does not apply to a death that occurs in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the death occurs under circumstances described by Section 501.055(b)(2), Government Code.

(d) In this article:

(1) "Correctional facility" means a confinement facility or halfway house operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

(2) "In the custody of a peace officer" means:

(A) under arrest by a peace officer; or

(B) under the physical control or restraint of a peace officer.

(3) "State juvenile facility" means any facility or halfway house:

(A) operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; or

(B) described by Section 51.02(13) or (14), Family Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.052
§ 3948.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.357 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.357
§ 9015.357. TAX AND RATE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the authority 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 other 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 authority 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 authority.

(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 authority;

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

(3) maintain the reserve and other funds as required in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture or other instrument securing 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 and any trust indenture or other instrument securing the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.112
§ 3948.112. NO TOLL ROADS.
Status: in_force

The district may not construct, acquire, maintain, or operate a toll road.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.151
§ 7811.151. DESIGNATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district by resolution may designate as a reinvestment zone an area or real or personal property in the taxing jurisdiction of the district that the board finds satisfies the requirements of Section 7811.152. The board must find that the proposed commercial-industrial or residential project or projects meet the criteria prescribed by Section 7811.152.

(b) The resolution must describe the boundaries of the zone and the eligibility of the zone for commercial-industrial or residential tax abatement.

(c) The area of a reinvestment zone designated for commercial-industrial or residential tax abatement may be included in an overlapping or coincidental commercial-industrial or residential zone established under Chapter 312, Tax Code.

(d) The district may not adopt a resolution designating an area as a reinvestment zone until the district has held a public hearing on the designation and has found that the improvements sought are feasible and practical and would be a benefit to the land to be included in the zone and to the district after the expiration of an agreement entered into under Section 7811.154 or 7811.155. At the hearing, interested persons are entitled to speak and present evidence for or against the designation. Not later than the seventh day before the date of the hearing, notice of the hearing must be:

(1) published in a newspaper having general circulation in the district; and

(2) delivered in writing to the presiding officer of the governing body of each taxing unit that includes in its boundaries real property that is to be included in the proposed reinvestment zone.

(e) A notice made under Subsection (d)(2) is presumed delivered when placed in the mail postage paid and properly addressed to the appropriate presiding officer. A notice properly addressed and sent by registered or certified mail for which a return receipt is received by the sender is considered to have been delivered to the addressee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.114
§ 1073.114. PROVISION OF SERVICES OUTSIDE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may provide services outside the district's boundaries.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.082 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.082
§ 134.082. COMMISSION REQUIREMENT OF PERMIT REVISION OR MODIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, within a time prescribed by rule, shall review outstanding permits and may require reasonable revision or modification of a permit during the term of the permit.

(b) A revision or modification must be supported by a written finding and is subject to the notice and hearing requirements of Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.006
§ 1100.006. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state.
Tex. Water Code § 63.092 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.092
§ 63.092. ELECTION OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall appoint the election officers, consisting of one presiding judge, an assistant judge, and two clerks, when the election is ordered. Additional clerks may be appointed by the presiding judge when necessary.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2303.158 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.158
§ 2303.158. ACCESS TO GLOVE COMPARTMENT, CONSOLE, OR OTHER INTERIOR STORAGE AREA TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY OR OWNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

The operator of a vehicle storage facility or a governmental vehicle storage facility must allow a person claiming to be the owner of a vehicle stored or parked at the facility to have access to the vehicle's glove compartment, console, or other interior storage area if documents necessary to establish the person's identity or ownership of the vehicle are located in the glove compartment, console, or other interior storage area.
Tex. Insurance Code § 524.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 524 / Section 524.057
§ 524.057. COMMUNITY EVENTS.
Status: in_force

The division may participate in events held in this state to promote awareness of the importance and value of health coverage and to educate small employers, individuals, and others seeking to purchase health coverage about health coverage in accordance with Section 524.003(a).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 47 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 47 / Section 47
§ 47. RESTORATION WHEN NO TRIAL IS PENDING.
Status: in_force

(a) If a criminal action relating to allegedly stolen property is not pending, a district judge, county court judge, statutory county court judge, or justice of the peace having jurisdiction as a magistrate in the county in which the property is held or in which the property was alleged to have been stolen or a municipal judge having jurisdiction as a magistrate in the municipality in which the property is being held or in which the property was alleged to have been stolen may hold a hearing to determine the right to possession of the property, upon the petition of an interested person, a county, a city, or the state. Jurisdiction under this article is based solely on jurisdiction as a criminal magistrate under this code and not jurisdiction as a civil court. The court shall:

(1) order the property delivered to whoever has the superior right to possession, without conditions;

(2) on the filing of a written motion before trial by an attorney representing the state, order the property delivered to whoever has the superior right to possession, subject to the condition that the property be made available to the prosecuting authority should it be needed in future prosecutions; or

(3) order the property awarded to the custody of the peace officer, pending resolution of criminal investigations regarding the property.

(b) If it is shown in a hearing that probable cause exists to believe that the property was acquired by theft or by another manner that makes its acquisition an offense and that the identity of the actual owner of the property cannot be determined, the court shall order the peace officer to:

(1) deliver the property to a government agency for official purposes;

(2) deliver the property to a person authorized by Article 18.17 of this code to receive and dispose of the property; or

(3) destroy the property.

(c) At a hearing under Subsection (a) of this article, any interested person may present evidence showing that the property was not acquired by theft or another offense or that the person is entitled to possess the property. At the hearing, hearsay evidence is admissible.

(d) Venue for a hearing under this article is in any justice, county, statutory county, or district court in the county in which the property is seized or in which the property was alleged to have been stolen or in any municipal court in any municipality in which the property is seized or in which the property was alleged to have been stolen, except that the court may transfer venue to a court in another county on the motion of any interested party.

(e) The person who has the superior right to possession of the property, as determined in a hearing under Subsection (a), is responsible for any transportation necessary to deliver the property to the person as ordered under that subsection.
Tex. Local Government Code § 318.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 318 / Section 318.002
§ 318.002. ESTABLISHMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may appoint a county historical commission for the purpose of initiating and conducting programs suggested by the commissioners court and the Texas Historical Commission for the preservation of the county's historic cultural resources. Programs suggested by the Texas Historical Commission must be consistent with the statewide preservation plan. In suggesting programs, the Texas Historical Commission shall consider the fiscal and human resources the county has to conduct the programs.
Tex. Family Code § 47.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 47 / Section 47.003
§ 47.003. USE OF DIGITIZED SIGNATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) A digitized signature on an original petition or application under this title or any other pleading or order in a proceeding under this title satisfies the requirements for and imposes the duties of signatories to pleadings, motions, and other papers identified under Rule 13, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(b) A digitized signature under this section may be applied only by, and must remain under the sole control of, the person whose signature is represented.
Tex. Government Code § 862.0025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 862 / Section 862.0025
§ 862.0025. MEMBERSHIP BY SUPPORT STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the governing body of a participating department may, at any time, make an election to include all persons who provide support services for the department as members of the pension system. An election under this section takes effect on the first day of the calendar month that begins after the month in which the election is made and communicated to the executive director. Once made, an election under this section is irrevocable.

(b) If a participating department has, before September 1, 2009, enrolled persons who perform support services for the department as members of the pension system, all persons who perform those services for the department are members of the system.

(c) After an election under this section, a participating department that previously did not enroll its support staff as members of the pension system may purchase service credit for service performed before the date of the election under the terms required for prior service credit for service before departmental participation under Section 863.004.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8418.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8418 / Section 8418.051
§ 8418.051. 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.