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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 90.004 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 90 / Section 90.004
§ 90.004. LOCAL RIVER ACCESS PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A county, municipality, or river authority may adopt a written local plan to provide access to a protected freshwater area located within the county's geographical boundaries or the river authority's or municipality's jurisdiction.

(b) A local plan adopted under Subsection (a) may:

(1) notwithstanding Section 90.002, allow limited motor vehicle use in a protected freshwater area;

(2) provide for the county, municipality, or river authority to collect a fee from a person accessing a protected freshwater area, the amount of which may not exceed the estimated cost that the county, municipality, or river authority incurs by allowing the limited use of motorized vehicles in protected freshwater areas within its jurisdiction; or

(3) establish other measures consistent with the policy and purposes of this chapter.

(c) Before a local plan adopted under Subsection (a) may take effect, a county, municipality, or river authority must file the plan with the department. A local plan does not take effect until the plan is approved in writing by the department.

(d) The department may approve, disapprove, or modify a local plan filed under Subsection (c). In determining whether to approve, disapprove, or modify a local plan, the department shall consider whether the plan:

(1) protects fish, wildlife, water quality, and other natural resources;

(2) protects public safety;

(3) provides for adequate enforcement;

(4) coordinates with adjacent and overlapping jurisdictions;

(5) provides for and publicizes adequate public access to a protected freshwater area;

(6) provides for adequate public services relating to access to a protected freshwater area; and

(7) protects private property rights.

(e) The department by rule may adopt additional criteria or procedures to govern approval of local plans. Lack of rules adopted under this section alone is not a sufficient basis for rejecting a local plan.

(f) The department may conduct periodic reviews of a local plan filed under Subsection (c) to monitor the effectiveness of the plan.

(g) A person who has reason to believe that a local plan filed under Subsection (c) does not comply with this section may file a petition for revocation of the plan with the department.

(h) The department shall revoke approval of a local plan if the department finds, as a result of a periodic review conducted under Subsection (f) or a petition for revocation filed under Subsection (g), that the plan as implemented fails to meet any of the criteria for approval established by Subsection (d).

(i) The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section and Section 90.002, including rules relating to locations from which a person may launch or retrieve a vessel by trailer from the banks of a protected freshwater area. For purposes of this subsection, "vessel" has the meaning assigned by Section 12.101.
Tex. Education Code § 19.005 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 19 / Section 19.005
§ 19.005. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person confined or imprisoned in the department who is not a high school graduate is eligible for programs or services under this chapter paid for with money from the foundation school fund. To the extent space is available, the district may also offer programs or services under this chapter paid for with money from the foundation school fund to persons confined or imprisoned in the department who are high school graduates.

(b) Eligibility under this chapter does not make a person eligible for a program or service under any other chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8853.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8853 / Section 8853.057
§ 8853.057. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

A director is not entitled to fees of office but is entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred while engaging in activities on behalf of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 122.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 122 / Section 122.002
§ 122.002.
Status: in_force

Sec. 122.002. HEALTH UNIT IN COUNTY WITH POPULATION OF LESS THAN 22,000. (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 22,000 may impose an ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed five cents on each $100 of the taxable value of property taxable by the county for:

(1) the creation of a county health unit;

(2) vaccines and medical services required to immunize schoolchildren and indigent persons from communicable diseases; and

(3) medical treatment for indigent persons who are not entitled to treatment under Chapter 61 (Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act).

(b) This section is effective for a county only if it is approved by a majority of the voters of the county at an election called for that purpose by the commissioners court on receipt of a petition signed by at least five percent of the property taxpaying voters in the county.

(c) The commissioners court may pay not more than half of the costs of medical treatment and immunization for an indigent person who is not entitled to treatment under Chapter 61 (Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act).

(d) A commissioners court that creates a county health unit under this section shall create a county health unit fund. The proceeds of the tax shall be deposited to the credit of that fund. Amounts in the fund shall be used for the purposes for which the commissioners court may impose a tax under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8438.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8438 / Section 8438.105
§ 8438.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.205
§ 3914.205. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.204 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.204
§ 371.204. INSPECTION BY PEACE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

A pawnbroker shall allow a peace officer to inspect the pawnbroker's books, accounts, papers, correspondence, or other records that relate to the business of the pawnbroker at any reasonable time without judicial writ or other process.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.0035 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.0035
§ 302.0035. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN PARENTS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide employment assistance services, including skills training, job placement, and employment-related services, to a person referred to the commission by:

(1) the Title IV-D agency under Chapter 231, Family Code; or

(2) a court under Section 157.211, Family Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.005
§ 1044.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution may provide an alternative procedure that conforms with the constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.110
§ 1011.110. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 855.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.102
§ 855.102. RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall adopt rules and perform reasonable activities it finds necessary or desirable for efficient administration of the system.

(b) The board may adopt and enforce rules concerning:

(1) the time that a municipality electing to participate in the system begins its participation; or

(2) notice, information, and reports required of municipalities electing to participate in the system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3944.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3944 / Section 3944.252
§ 3944.252. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this subchapter:

(1) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, to a county is a reference to the district; and

(2) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, to the commissioners court is a reference to the board.

(b) Except as inconsistent with this subchapter, Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, governs a hotel occupancy tax authorized by this subchapter, including the collection of the tax, subject to the limitations prescribed by Sections 352.002(b) and (c), Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0701 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0701
§ 8511.0701. BORROWING MONEY; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(1) borrow money or accept a grant or donation for its corporate purposes from any person, including a private source, the United States, this state, or a local government; and

(2) enter into an agreement in connection with a loan, grant, or donation accepted under Subdivision (1).

(b) The source of any money accepted by the authority is public information, both as to amount and any restrictions placed by the donor on its expenditure.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.252 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.252
§ 502.252.
Status: repealed

Sec. 502.252. FEE: VEHICLES THAT WEIGH 6,000 POUNDS OR LESS. (a) The fee for a registration year for registration of a vehicle with a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or less is $50.75, unless otherwise provided in this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135, Sec. 140(2), eff. September 1, 2013.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0602 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0602
§ 8511.0602. ELECTION FOR AD VALOREM TAX OR BONDS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) An ad valorem tax for a purpose authorized by this chapter may not be imposed and bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, other than refunding bonds, may not be issued unless the taxes or bonds are approved by a majority of the authority's voters voting at an election held in the authority.

(b) The election must be ordered by resolution of the board. The election resolution must include:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the proposition to be submitted and voted on;

(3) the polling places; and

(4) any other matters the board considers advisable.

(c) There must be at least two polling places in each county that is wholly inside the authority, one of which must be at the county seat. There must be at least one polling place in that part of each county that is partly inside the authority.

(d) Notice of the election must be given by publishing a substantial copy of the resolution ordering the election in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the authority. The notice must be published at least twice in each newspaper. The first publication in each newspaper must occur at least 14 days before the date set for the election, and the interval between the publications in each newspaper must be at least one week.
Tex. Utilities Code § 161.066 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 161 / Section 161.066
§ 161.066. CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) An electric cooperative shall issue a certificate of membership to a member who pays the member's membership fee in full.

(b) A certificate of membership is not transferable.

(c) A certificate of membership shall be surrendered to the cooperative on the resignation, expulsion, or death of the member.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3857.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3857 / Section 3857.003
§ 3857.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Chambers and Liberty Counties and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain automobile transportation, housing, recreation, the arts, safety, and the public welfare in the district territory.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Chambers and Liberty Counties from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.062 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.062
§ 1551.062. INFORMATION ON OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall:

(1) conduct a continuing study of the operation and administration of this chapter, including:

(A) conducting surveys and preparing reports on group coverages and benefits available to participants; and

(B) studying experience relating to group coverages and benefits available to participants; and

(2) maintain statistics on the number, type, and disposition of fraudulent claims for benefits under this chapter.

(b) A contract entered into under this chapter must require a carrier to:

(1) furnish any reasonable report the board of trustees determines is necessary to enable the board to perform its functions under this chapter; and

(2) permit the board and a representative of the state auditor to examine records of the carrier as necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(c) Each state agency shall keep records, make certifications, and furnish the board of trustees with information and reports necessary to enable the board to perform its functions under this chapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 67.005 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 67 / Section 67.005
§ 67.005. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates a regulation of the commission issued under this chapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(b) A person who violates a regulation of the commission issued under this chapter and who has been convicted on one previous occasion of a violation of a commission regulation under this chapter commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(c) A person who violates a regulation of the commission issued under this chapter and who has been convicted on two or more previous occasions of a violation of commission regulations under this chapter commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9049.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9049 / Section 9049.103
§ 9049.103. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

If the district'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 highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telephone or telegraph property or facility, or pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.252 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.252
§ 342.252. ALTERNATE CHARGES.
Status: in_force

(a) Instead of the charges authorized by Section 342.201, a loan contract may provide for:

(1) on a cash advance of less than $30, an acquisition charge that is not more than $1 for each $5 of the cash advance;

(2) on a cash advance equal to or more than $30 but not more than $100:

(A) an acquisition charge that is not more than the amount equal to one-tenth of the amount of the cash advance; and

(B) an installment account handling charge that is not more than:

(i) $3 a month if the cash advance is not more than $35;

(ii) $3.50 a month if the cash advance is more than $35 but not more than $70; or

(iii) $4 a month if the cash advance is more than $70; or

(3) on a cash advance of more than $100:

(A) an acquisition charge that is not more than $10; and

(B) an installment account handling charge that is not more than the ratio of $4 a month for each $100 of cash advance.

(b) For an acquisition charge authorized by this subchapter, the finance commission by rule may prescribe a reasonable maximum amount for an acquisition charge that is greater than the maximum amount authorized by the applicable section of this subchapter for the amount of the cash advance.

(c) An acquisition charge under this subchapter is not interest.
Tex. Finance Code § 156.2081 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 156 / Section 156.2081
§ 156.2081. REINSTATEMENT AFTER EXPIRATION.
Status: repealed

(a) A person whose license has expired may not engage in activities that require a license until the license has been renewed.

(b) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license, but has not done so before January 1, may renew the license before March 1 by paying the commissioner a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to 150 percent of the required renewal fee.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 160, Sec. 87(5), eff. September 1, 2013.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 655, Sec. 65(a)(8), eff. September 1, 2011.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 655, Sec. 65(a)(8), eff. September 1, 2011.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3835.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3835 / Section 3835.155
§ 3835.155. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 147.047 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 147 / Section 147.047
§ 147.047. INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person receiving notice under Section 147.044 may inspect a computer product or computer service product that is subject to the claimant's control to assess the nature, scope, and consequences of the computer date failure.

(b) The inspection must be conducted in a reasonable manner and at a reasonable time and place.
Tex. Water Code § 5.586 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.586
§ 5.586. NOTICE TO STATE SENATOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a permit application for which public notice is required.

(b) The commission shall send notice of receipt of the application for a permit to each state senator and state representative who represent the area in which the facility or activity to which the application relates is or will be located.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2207.305 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2207 / Section 2207.305
§ 2207.305. PERFORMANCE BOND AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The board may require an employee or a person with whom the pool manager contracts under Section 2207.304 to execute a bond in an amount determined by the board. The bond must be payable to the board and conditioned on the faithful performance of the employee's or other person's duties to the pool.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0703 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0703
§ 526.0703. GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to available funds, the commission shall establish a grant program to award grants to public and nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to domestic victims, including organizations that provide public awareness activities, community outreach and training, victim identification services, and legal services.

(b) To apply for a grant under this section, an applicant must submit an application in the form and manner the commission prescribes. An applicant must describe in the application the services the applicant intends to provide to domestic victims if the grant is awarded.

(c) In awarding grants under this section, the commission shall give preference to organizations that have experience in successfully providing the types of services for which the grants are awarded.

(d) A grant recipient shall provide the reports the commission requires regarding the use of grant funds.

(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit a report to the legislature:

(1) summarizing the activities, funding, and outcomes of programs awarded a grant under this section; and

(2) providing recommendations regarding the grant program.

(f) For purposes of Subchapter I, Chapter 659:

(1) the commission, for the sole purpose of administering the grant program under this section, is considered an eligible charitable organization entitled to participate in the state employee charitable campaign; and

(2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a deduction for contributions to the commission for the purposes of administering the grant program under this section as a charitable contribution under Section 659.132, and the commission may use the contributions as provided by Subsection (a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 192.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 192 / Section 192.007
§ 192.007. SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATES FOR CHILD WHO DIES BEFORE ADOPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a child in the process of being adopted in this state dies before the adoption is completed, the persons who attempted to adopt the child may request the state registrar to file supplementary birth and death certificates for the child.

(b) Persons making a request under this section must include with the request:

(1) sufficient information to prove that they attempted to adopt the child and that the child died before the adoption was completed;

(2) a copy of an irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights relating to the child;

(3) a copy of the affidavit of the status of the child, if applicable; and

(4) any other information required by the department.

(c) On receipt of the information required by Subsection (b), the state registrar shall complete birth and death certificates as if the child had been adopted by court decree and then died.

(d) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, compliance with this section and the completion of the birth certificate constitute adoption by estoppel.