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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8009.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8009 / Section 8009.0104
§ 8009.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8009.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.108 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.108
§ 36.108. RATE SUSPENSION; DEADLINE.
Status: in_force

(a) Pending the hearing and a decision:

(1) the local regulatory authority, after delivering to the electric utility a written statement of the regulatory authority's reasons, may suspend the rate change for not longer than 90 days after the date the rate change would otherwise be effective; and

(2) the commission may suspend the rate change for not longer than 150 days after the date the rate change would otherwise be effective.

(b) The 150-day period prescribed by Subsection (a)(2) shall be extended two days for each day the actual hearing on the merits of the case exceeds 15 days.

(c) If the regulatory authority does not make a final determination concerning a rate change before expiration of the applicable suspension period, the regulatory authority is considered to have approved the change. This approval is subject to the authority of the regulatory authority thereafter to continue a hearing in progress.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 143.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 143 / Section 143.009
§ 143.009. ORDER PROHIBITING CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL HOMEWORK; HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by order shall prohibit industrial homework in a certain industry and shall require employers in that industry to stop delivering in this state any materials for that industrial homework if the board determines, after investigation, that the industrial homework may not be continued in that industry without injuring the health and welfare of industrial homeworkers in that industry or of the public.

(b) Before adopting an order under Subsection (a), the board must hold a public hearing at which an opportunity to be heard must be afforded to any person having an interest in the subject matter of the hearing, including:

(1) an employer or a representative of employers; or

(2) an industrial homeworker or a representative of industrial homeworkers.

(c) The board must give public notice of the hearing:

(1) not later than the 30th day before the date on which the hearing is held; and

(2) in a manner determined by the board.

(d) The board shall hold the hearing in the place the board determines to be most convenient to the employers and industrial homeworkers affected by the order.

(e) The board shall determine the effective date of the order, which may not be less than 90 days after the date of its adoption.

(f) After an order becomes effective, a person holding an employer's permit may not deliver materials for the industrial homework prohibited by the order.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.053 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.053
§ 52.053. CERTAIN RATES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A rate established under this subchapter may not be:

(1) unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory;

(2) subsidized either directly or indirectly by a regulated monopoly service; or

(3) predatory or anticompetitive.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1957.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1957 / Section 1957.001
§ 1957.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Industrial Hygiene Title Recognition Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7935A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7935A / Section 7935A.0103
§ 7935A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.412 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.412
§ 6.412. RESTRICTIONS ON ELIGIBILITY OF BOARD MEMBERS.
Status: repealed

(a) An individual is ineligible to serve on an appraisal review board if the individual:

(1) is related within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to an individual who is engaged in the business of appraising property for compensation for use in proceedings under this title or of representing property owners for compensation in proceedings under this title in the appraisal district for which the appraisal review board is established;

(2) owns property on which delinquent taxes have been owed to a taxing unit for more than 60 days after the date the individual knew or should have known of the delinquency unless:

(A) the delinquent taxes and any penalties and interest are being paid under an installment payment agreement under Section 33.02; or

(B) a suit to collect the delinquent taxes is deferred or abated under Section 33.06 or 33.065; or

(3) is related within the third degree by consanguinity or within the second degree by affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to a member of:

(A) the appraisal district's board of directors; or

(B) the appraisal review board.

(b) A member of an appraisal review board commits an offense if the board member continues to hold office knowing that an individual related within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to the board member is engaged in the business of appraising property for compensation for use in proceedings under this title or of representing property owners for compensation in proceedings under this title in the appraisal district for which the appraisal review board is established. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board if the person is a member of the board of directors, an officer, or employee of the appraisal district, an employee of the comptroller, or a member of the governing body, officer, or employee of a taxing unit.

(d) A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district established for a county with a population of 120,000 or more if the person:

(1) is a former member of the board of directors, former officer, or former employee of the appraisal district;

(2) served as a member of the governing body or officer of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district appraises property, until the fourth anniversary of the date the person ceased to be a member or officer;

(3) appeared before the appraisal review board for compensation during the two-year period preceding the date the person is appointed; or

(4) served for all or part of three previous terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal review board.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 2), Sec. 91(4), eff. January 1, 2020.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 632, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4A.301 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4A / Section 4A.301
§ 4A.301. EXECUTION AND EXECUTION DATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A payment order is "executed" by the receiving bank when it issues a payment order intended to carry out the payment order received by the bank. A payment order received by the beneficiary's bank can be accepted but cannot be executed.

(b) "Execution date" of a payment order means the date on which the receiving bank may properly issue a payment order in execution of the sender's order. The execution date may be determined by instruction of the sender but cannot be earlier than the day the order is received and, unless otherwise determined, is the day the order is received. If the sender's instruction states a payment date, the execution date is the payment date or an earlier date on which execution is reasonably necessary to allow payment to the beneficiary on the payment date.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.302 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.302
§ 11.302. NOTIFICATION OF CAUSE BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall provide to the attorney general:

(1) the name of a filing entity that has given cause under Section 11.301 for involuntary winding up of the entity's business and termination of the entity's existence; and

(2) the facts relating to the cause for the winding up and termination.

(b) When notice is provided under Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall notify the filing entity of the circumstances by writing sent to the entity at its registered office in this state. The notice must state that the secretary of state has given notice under Subsection (a) and the grounds for the notification. The secretary of state must record the date a notice required by this subsection is sent.

(c) A court shall accept a certificate issued by the secretary of state as to the facts relating to the cause for the winding up and termination and the sending of a notice under Subsection (b) as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate and the sending of the notice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4026.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4026 / Section 4026.0503
§ 4026.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board.

(b) The district may issue, by public or private sale, bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, including contract revenues, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Water Code § 63.152 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.152
§ 63.152. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district may make improvements for:

(1) the navigation of inland and coastal water;

(2) the preservation and conservation of inland and coastal water for navigation;

(3) the control and distribution of storm water and floodwater of rivers and streams in aid of navigation; or

(4) any purpose stated in Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, necessary or incidental to the navigation of inland and coastal water.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.359 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.359
§ 1001.359. CHARGE FOR OCCUPANCY OR USE OF HOSPITAL FACILITY.
Status: in_force

The governing body and the board shall establish and collect charges for the occupancy or use of a hospital facility and for related services in the amounts and manner determined by the board. The charges shall be set and collected in amounts at least sufficient with any other pledged resources to:

(1) pay the principal of, interest on, and any other amounts required in relation to the bonds issued by the district; and

(2) to the extent required by the bond ordinance, pay all or any part of the operation, maintenance, and other expenses of the hospital facility.
Tex. Finance Code § 157.0241 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 157 / Section 157.0241
§ 157.0241. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE FOR PAYMENT FROM RECOVERY FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may revoke or suspend a license issued under this chapter on proof that the commissioner has made a payment from the recovery fund of any amount toward satisfaction of a claim against a residential mortgage loan originator licensed under this chapter.

(b) The commissioner may seek to collect from a residential mortgage loan originator the amount paid from the recovery fund on behalf of the residential mortgage loan originator and any costs associated with investigating and processing the claim against the recovery fund or with collection of reimbursement for payments from the recovery fund, plus interest at the current legal rate until the amount has been repaid in full. Any amount, including interest, recovered by the commissioner shall be deposited to the credit of the recovery fund.

(c) The commissioner may probate an order revoking or suspending a license under this section.

(d) A person on whose behalf payment was made from the recovery fund is not eligible to receive a new license or have a suspension lifted under this chapter until the person has repaid in full, plus interest at the current legal rate, the amount paid from the recovery fund on the person's behalf and any costs associated with investigating and processing the claim against the recovery fund or with collection of reimbursement for payments from the recovery fund.

(e) This section does not limit the authority of the commissioner to take disciplinary action against a residential mortgage loan originator for a violation of this chapter, Chapter 156, or the rules adopted by the finance commission under this chapter or Chapter 156. The repayment in full to the recovery fund of all obligations of a residential mortgage loan originator does not nullify or modify the effect of any other disciplinary proceeding brought under this chapter or Chapter 156.
Tex. Finance Code § 12.105 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 12 / Section 12.105
§ 12.105. FEES, REVENUE, AND EXPENSES; AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The finance commission shall establish reasonable and necessary fees for the administration of this chapter, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, and Subtitle A, Title 3.

(b) The costs of an audit of the department under Chapter 321, Government Code, shall be paid to the state auditor from the money of the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3872.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3872 / Section 3872.007
§ 3872.007. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3994.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3994 / Section 3994.0307
§ 3994.0307. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Government Code § 481.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.022
§ 481.022. GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The office shall:

(1) market and promote the state as a premier business location and tourist destination;

(2) facilitate the location, expansion, and retention of domestic and international business investment to the state;

(3) promote and administer business and community economic development programs and services in the state, including business incentive programs;

(4) provide to businesses and communities in the state assistance with exporting products and services to international markets;

(5) serve as a central source of economic research and information;

(6) establish a statewide strategy to address economic growth and quality of life issues, a component of which is based on the identification and development of industry clusters; and

(7) develop a plan to engage with stakeholders to gather input and solicit feedback on the development of rules promulgated by the office related to lending programs, including participant selection, requirements for borrowers, terms of loans, requirements for disbursement of funds, and other aspects of program administration.
Tex. Local Government Code § 563.052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 563 / Section 563.052
§ 563.052. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county by order adopted at a regular meeting of the court may establish a county utility system board to operate and manage the county's:

(1) wastewater collection and treatment system;

(2) water supply and distribution system; or

(3) solid waste collection and disposal system.

(b) The board is responsible for the operation and management of each utility system that is:

(1) owned or being acquired by the county; and

(2) placed under its control under Subsection (a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 374.253 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 374 / Section 374.253
§ 374.253. EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter expires on September 1, 2041.

(b) A corrective action, including any administrative duties associated with the action, for which remediation of a contaminated site has begun before September 1, 2041, shall be completed in accordance with this chapter using money from the fund, to the extent possible, but money may not be collected for or added to the fund on or after that date.

(c) The commission may continue a corrective action that has not progressed beyond the investigative or planning stage after September 1, 2041, to the extent money from the fund is available.

(d) Any unobligated money remaining in the fund after the completion of all corrective actions under Subsection (b) shall be transferred to the general revenue fund to the credit of the commission or a successor agency. The fund is abolished on the date of the transfer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.306
§ 1079.306. IMPOSITION OF TAX AND RETURN OF SURPLUS TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) After the board finds that the district is dissolved, the board shall:

(1) determine the debt owed by the district; and

(2) impose on the property included in the district's tax rolls a tax that is in proportion of the debt to the property value.

(b) On the payment of all outstanding debts and obligations of the district, the board shall order the secretary to return to each district taxpayer the taxpayer's pro rata share of all unused tax money.

(c) A taxpayer may request that the taxpayer's share of surplus tax money be credited to the taxpayer's county taxes. If a taxpayer requests the credit, the board shall direct the secretary to transmit the money to the county tax assessor-collector.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 592 / Section 592.016
§ 592.016. HOUSING.
Status: in_force

An owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent or other person having the right to sell, rent, or lease real property, or an agent or employee of any of these, may not refuse to sell, rent, or lease to any person or group of persons solely because the person is a person with an intellectual disability or a group that includes one or more persons with an intellectual disability.
Tex. Government Code § 656.050 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 656 / Section 656.050
§ 656.050. TRAINING IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATION FOR PURCHASES OF INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Information Resources.

(2) "Information resources technologies" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.

(a-1) The department, with the cooperation of the comptroller and other appropriate state agencies, shall develop and implement a program to train state agency personnel in effectively negotiating contracts for the purchase of information resources technologies.

(b) The department shall make the training available to state agency personnel who are directly or indirectly involved in contract negotiations, such as senior or operational management, purchasers, users of the purchased technologies, and personnel with relevant technical, legal, or financial knowledge. State agency personnel directly involved in contract negotiations for the purchase of information resources technologies shall complete the training developed by the department.

(c) The department shall include in the training:

(1) information on developing a structured purchasing method that meets an agency's needs;

(2) information drawn from the state's previous procurement experience about what is or is not advantageous for the state;

(3) the perspective of state agencies with oversight responsibilities related to the state's procurement of information resources technologies;

(4) information on how to use contracts entered into by the department under Section 2157.068; and

(5) other information that the department considers to be useful.

(d) The department may use its own staff or contract with private entities or other state agencies to conduct the training.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.051
§ 801.051. BOARD; MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:

(1) five veterinarian members, including:

(A) one veterinarian member who is associated with an animal shelter; and

(B) one veterinarian member who has at least three years of experience practicing veterinary medicine in this state on horses, livestock, or other large animals;

(2) one licensed veterinary technician member; and

(3) three members who represent the public.

(b) The board may include not more than one veterinarian member who is a faculty member of a college of veterinary medicine.

(c) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.
Tex. Education Code § 51.307 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.307
§ 51.307. RULES.
Status: in_force

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3943.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3943 / Section 3943.0402
§ 3943.0402. MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may include the planning, design, construction, improvement, and maintenance of:

(1) landscaping;

(2) highway right-of-way or transit corridor beautification and improvement;

(3) lighting, banners, and signs;

(4) a street or sidewalk;

(5) a hiking and cycling path or trail;

(6) a pedestrian walkway, skywalk, crosswalk, or tunnel;

(7) a park, lake, garden, recreational facility, open space, scenic area, or related exhibit or preserve;

(8) a fountain, plaza, or pedestrian mall; or

(9) public art or sculpture and related exhibits and facilities and educational or cultural exhibits and facilities, including exhibits, displays, attractions, or facilities for special events, holidays, or seasonal or cultural celebrations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.018 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.018
§ 242.018.
Status: in_force

Sec. 242.018. COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 260A. (a) An institution shall comply with Chapter 260A and the rules adopted under that chapter.

(b) A person, including an owner or employee of an institution, shall comply with Chapter 260A and the rules adopted under that chapter.