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Tex. Government Code § 501.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.103
§ 501.103. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department's reentry and integration division and parole division shall jointly prepare and submit an annual report to:

(1) the governor;

(2) the lieutenant governor;

(3) the speaker of the house of representatives;

(4) the standing committees of the house and senate primarily responsible for criminal justice issues and corrections issues; and

(5) the reentry task force.

(b) The report must include the following information about parole during the year in which the report is submitted:

(1) the number of referrals of releasees for employment, housing, medical care, treatment for substance abuse or mental illness, education, or other basic needs;

(2) the outcome of each referral;

(3) the identified areas in which referrals are not possible due to unavailable resources or providers;

(4) community resources available to releasees, including faith-based and volunteer organizations; and

(5) parole officer training.

(c) The report must include the following information about reentry and reintegration during the year in which the report is submitted:

(1) the outcomes of programs and services that are available to releasees based on follow-up inquiries evaluating clients' progress after release;

(2) the common reentry barriers identified during releasees' individual assessments, including in areas of employment, housing, medical care, treatment for substance abuse or mental illness, education, or other basic needs;

(3) the common reentry benefits and services that reentry coordinators help releasees obtain or apply for;

(4) available community resources, including faith-based and volunteer organizations; and

(5) reentry coordinator training.

(d) The report required by Subsection (a) must be made available to the public.
Tex. Education Code § 37.0818 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.0818
§ 37.0818. PRIVATE SCHOOL PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a private school that has an enrollment of at least 1,500 students.

(b) The governing body of a private school to which this section applies may commission peace officers to enforce state and local law on a campus of the school.

(c) A peace officer commissioned by a private school under this section must meet all minimum standards for peace officers established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 91.016 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.016
§ 91.016. COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(85), eff. April 2, 2015.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(85), eff. April 2, 2015.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(85), eff. April 2, 2015.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(85), eff. April 2, 2015.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 , Sec. 30(2), eff. September 1, 2015.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.063 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.063
§ 2306.063. PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.
Status: in_force

The director or the director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. All merit pay for department employees must be based on the system established under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.093 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.093
§ 166.093. REEXECUTION OF OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DNR ORDER.
Status: in_force

A declarant may at any time reexecute or reissue an out-of-hospital DNR order in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Section 166.082, including reexecution or reissuance after the declarant is diagnosed as having a terminal or irreversible condition.
Tex. Transportation Code § 257.025 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 257 / Section 257.025
§ 257.025. ADDING REAL PROPERTY TO ROAD DISTRICT BY PROPERTY OWNER PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) One or more persons may file a petition with the commissioners court of a county requesting that real property owned by the person or persons be annexed to a road district. The petition must describe the real property by:

(1) metes and bounds; or

(2) lot and block number if there is a recorded plat of the real property.

(b) Before the real property may be annexed to the road district, each petitioner must agree to:

(1) assume the petitioner's share of:

(A) any outstanding bonds, notes, or other obligations of the district; and

(B) any bonds of the district payable in whole or part from taxes that have been approved by the voters but have not been issued; and

(2) authorize the commissioners court to impose a tax on the petitioner's property in each year in which the bonds, notes, or other obligations payable in whole or part from taxes are outstanding to pay the petitioner's share of the indebtedness.

(c) The commissioners court shall hold a hearing to consider the petition and shall give notice of the hearing in the manner required for a hearing for creation of a road district.

(d) The commissioners court may annex the real property described by the petition to the district if the court determines that:

(1) it is to the advantage of the real property to be annexed to the district; and

(2) the real property already in the district will not be injured by the annexation.

(e) If each petitioner agrees to the items specified by Subsection (b), the commissioners court may issue any unissued bonds that have been approved by the voters of the district even though the boundary of the district has been altered by the annexation since the bonds were approved.

(f) If no qualified voter resides on the real property proposed to be annexed to the district, the commissioners court may order the annexation of the real property without further proceedings.

(g) If a qualified voter resides on the real property to be added and there are any outstanding bonds, notes, or other obligations of the district that are payable from taxes, the commissioners court shall order an election to be held in the district, including the real property to be annexed to the district, on the question of the assumption by the real property to be annexed of the district's outstanding and approved but unissued bonds, notes, or other obligations and of the taxes imposed to pay those obligations. Notice of the election shall be given and the election shall be held as provided by law for a bond election in the district.

(h) The order annexing the real property to the district shall provide that the annexation does not take effect unless a majority of the votes cast at the election held under Subsection (g) favor the assumption of the district's outstanding bonds, notes, and other obligations and the imposition of a tax to pay those obligations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8856.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8856 / Section 8856.052
§ 8856.052. DIRECTOR ELIGIBILITY; QUALIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be a registered voter in the appointing county.

(b) Each director must qualify to serve in the manner provided by Section 36.055, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 825.519 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.519
§ 825.519. ELECTRONIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system may provide confidential information electronically to members or other participants or employers and receive information electronically from those persons, including by use of an electronic signature or certification in a form acceptable to the retirement system. An unintentional disclosure to, or unauthorized access by, a third party related to the transmission or receipt of information under this section is not a violation by the retirement system of any law, including a rule relating to the protection of confidential information.

(b) The retirement system may provide to a member or retiree any information that is required to be provided, distributed, or furnished under Section 802.106(a), (b), (d), or (e) by:

(1) sending the information to an e-mail address of the member or retiree furnished to the retirement system by an employer covered by the retirement system; or

(2) directing the member or retiree through a written notice or e-mail to an Internet website address to access the information.

(c) The retirement system may provide to an active member of the retirement system the information that is required to be provided under Section 802.106(c) by sending the information to an e-mail address specified by the member for the purpose of receiving confidential information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8037.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8037 / Section 8037.0103
§ 8037.0103. 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. Government Code § 24.361 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.361
§ 24.361.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.361. 181ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES). (a) The 181st Judicial District is composed of Potter and Randall counties.

(b) The 181st District Court may hear and determine, in any county in the district convenient for the court, all preliminary or interlocutory matters in which a jury may not be demanded, in any case pending in any county in the district regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held. Unless there is an objection filed by a party to the suit, the 181st District Court may hear, in any county in the district convenient for the court, any nonjury case pending in any county in the district, including divorces, adoptions, default judgments, and matters in which citation was by publication, regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held.

(c) Section 24.149, relating to the 47th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 181st District Court.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.002
§ 173.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means a district's board of directors.

(2) "Commuter rail facility" means any property necessary for the transportation of passengers and baggage between locations in a district. The term includes rolling stock, locomotives, stations, parking areas, and rail lines.

(2-a) "Commuter rail service" means the transportation of passengers and baggage by rail between locations in a district.

(3) "Creating municipality" means a municipality described by Section 173.051(a).

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means an intermunicipal commuter rail district created under this chapter or under Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes, as that article existed before April 1, 2011.

(6) "District property" means property the district owns or leases under a long-term lease.

(7) "System" means all of the commuter rail and intermodal facilities leased or owned by or operated on behalf of a district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.025 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 72 / Section 72.025
§ 72.025. UNHUSBANDLIKE AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS; ORDERS OF DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a public nuisance to maintain premises in a quarantined area in an unhusbandlike or unsanitary condition. A person maintains an unhusbandlike or unsanitary condition if the person:

(1) has host fruit on trees on the premises during the host-free period; or

(2) permits fallen, refuse, or cull fruit to remain on the ground or premises for a period of seven days or more during the harvest period.

(b) Within the harvest period, each person shall clean fallen, refuse, or cull fruit from his or her premises once in each seven-day period. The fruit shall be buried at a depth of not less than 18 inches below the surface of well-tamped soil or disposed of in another manner satisfactory to the department.

(c) The department may order each owner, part owner, or caretaker of premises subject to this chapter to place the premises in husbandlike and sanitary condition. The order shall be in writing, dated, and signed or stamped by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. The order shall direct the owner, part owner, or caretaker to place the premises in husbandlike and sanitary condition under the supervision of an inspector of the department. If the owner is a nonresident, the department shall give the owner 10 days' notice of the order by registered mail.
Tex. Water Code § 12.083 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 12 / Section 12.083
§ 12.083. DISTRICTS; CREATION, INVESTIGATIONS AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission succeeds to the duties and responsibilities of the Texas Water Rights Commission with regard to the creation of districts as defined by Section 50.001(1) of this code and to approve or disapprove the issuance of the bonds of all such districts.

(b) The executive director shall investigate and report on the organization and feasibility of all districts as defined by Section 50.001(1) of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1041.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1041 / Section 1041.102
§ 1041.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision within the district, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district inhabitants.

(b) A governmental entity other than the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations on property in the district for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for needy district inhabitants.
Tex. Transportation Code § 396.023 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 396 / Section 396.023
§ 396.023. EFFECT OF LOCAL ORDINANCE.
Status: in_force

A person who operates a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard, in screening the yard, shall comply, to the extent practicable, with an applicable ordinance adopted by a political subdivision.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.152 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.152
§ 344.152. COORDINATION; EVALUATION; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall coordinate its efforts with local agencies in developing its fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services program.

(b) The district shall conduct an annual evaluation program to study the impact, efficiency, and effectiveness of new or expanded fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services programs.

(c) The board may seek the assistance of the Office of State-Federal Relations in identifying and applying for federal grants for fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services programs.

(d) The district may apply for and receive grants for fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services programs from a state or federal agency.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 822 / Section 822.003
§ 822.003. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The court shall set a time for a hearing to determine whether the dog caused the death of or serious bodily injury to a person by attacking, biting, or mauling the person. The hearing must be held not later than the 10th day after the date on which the warrant is issued.

(b) The court shall give written notice of the time and place of the hearing to:

(1) the owner of the dog or the person from whom the dog was seized; and

(2) the person who made the complaint.

(c) Any interested party, including the county attorney or city attorney, is entitled to present evidence at the hearing.

(d) The court shall order the dog destroyed if the court finds that the dog caused the death of a person by attacking, biting, or mauling the person. If that finding is not made, the court shall order the dog released to:

(1) its owner;

(2) the person from whom the dog was seized; or

(3) any other person authorized to take possession of the dog.

(e) The court may order the dog destroyed if the court finds that the dog caused serious bodily injury to a person by attacking, biting, or mauling the person. If that finding is not made, the court shall order the dog released to:

(1) its owner;

(2) the person from whom the dog was seized; or

(3) any other person authorized to take possession of the dog.

(f) The court may not order the dog destroyed if the court finds that the dog caused the serious bodily injury to a person by attacking, biting, or mauling the person and:

(1) the dog was being used for the protection of a person or person's property, the attack, bite, or mauling occurred in an enclosure in which the dog was being kept, and:

(A) the enclosure was reasonably certain to prevent the dog from leaving the enclosure on its own and provided notice of the presence of a dog; and

(B) the injured person was at least eight years of age, and was trespassing in the enclosure when the attack, bite, or mauling occurred;

(2) the dog was not being used for the protection of a person or person's property, the attack, bite, or mauling occurred in an enclosure in which the dog was being kept, and the injured person was at least eight years of age and was trespassing in the enclosure when the attack, bite, or mauling occurred;

(3) the attack, bite, or mauling occurred during an arrest or other action of a peace officer while the peace officer was using the dog for law enforcement purposes;

(4) the dog was defending a person from an assault or person's property from damage or theft by the injured person; or

(5) the injured person was younger than eight years of age, the attack, bite, or mauling occurred in an enclosure in which the dog was being kept, and the enclosure was reasonably certain to keep a person younger than eight years of age from entering.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 119A.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 119A / Section 119A.006
§ 119A.006. MEETINGS; QUORUM.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory council shall meet at times and locations as determined by the chair or a majority of the members of the advisory council.

(b) A majority of the members of the advisory council constitute a quorum.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 438 / Section 438.014
§ 438.014. STERILIZATION OF FOOD SERVICE ITEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) After cleaning dishes, receptacles, utensils, food-grinding machines, and implements as required by Section 438.012 or 438.013, the items shall be:

(1) placed in a wire cage and immersed in a still bath of clear water for at least:

(A) three minutes in water heated to a minimum temperature of 170 degrees Fahrenheit; or

(B) two minutes in water heated to a minimum temperature of 180 degrees Fahrenheit;

(2) immersed for at least two minutes in a lukewarm chlorine bath made up at a strength of 100 parts per milliliter or more of hypochlorites and not reduced to less than 50 parts per milliliter available chlorine, or a concentration of equal bacteriacidal strength if chloramines are used; or

(3) sterilized by any other chemical method approved by the department.

(b) A three-compartment vat shall be used to sterilize dishes, receptacles, and utensils if a chlorine solution is used. The first compartment of the vat shall be used for washing, the second compartment for plain rinsing, and the third compartment for chlorine immersion. A satisfactory rinsing or spraying device may be substituted for the second rinsing compartment on an existing installation.

(c) The same chlorine solution may not be used as bacteriacidal treatment for more than one day.

(d) After sterilization, all dishes, receptacles, and utensils shall be stored in a manner that protects the food service items from contaminants.

(e) Subsections (a)-(d) do not apply to an establishment that uses electrically operated dishwashing and glasswashing machines that clean and sterilize mechanically.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.014
§ 1504.014. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality by ordinance may issue revenue refunding bonds similarly secured to refund either original bonds or revenue refunding bonds previously issued by the municipality under this subchapter.

(b) The refunding bonds shall be executed as provided by this subchapter for original bonds.

(c) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(d) In lieu of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the municipality, in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in the place the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds to be refunded to their option or maturity date, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.
Tex. Transportation Code § 317.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.003
§ 317.003. AUTHORITY REGARDING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) To decrease hazards to life or property, promote public safety or convenience, improve traffic conditions, or encourage the orderly development of the municipality, a municipality may acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, maintain, repair, or replace a facility.

(b) Activities authorized by Subsection (a) include:

(1) removing and relocating railroad tracks, a utility line or pipe, or another improvement;

(2) removing or demolishing a building or another improvement;

(3) paying for damage to other property in connection with an activity described by that subsection; or

(4) improving a street in connection with an activity described by that subsection.
Tex. Insurance Code § 831.0013 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 831 / Section 831.0013
§ 831.0013. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer that, without good cause, fails to timely file the disclosure as required by this chapter commits a violation subject to an administrative penalty under Chapter 84.

(b) Each day the violation continues is a separate violation for purposes of this section.

(c) The commissioner may reduce the amount of the penalty assessed under this section if the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 111.023 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.023
§ 111.023. OTHER DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall take other action as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter or Subchapter F, Chapter 117.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.0602 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.0602
§ 534.0602. FINANCIAL AUDITS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall prescribe procedures for a financial audit of a local mental health authority. The procedures must be consistent with requirements for the receipt of federal funding by the authority.

(b) The executive commissioner shall develop the procedures with the assistance of each agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health authority. The executive commissioner shall incorporate each agency's or department's financial or compliance requirements for an authority into a single audit that meets the requirements of Section 534.068.

(c) Before prescribing or amending a procedure under this section, the executive commissioner must set a deadline for agencies and departments of the state that contract with local mental health authorities to submit proposals relating to the procedure.

(d) An agency or department of the state that contracts with a local mental health authority must comply with a procedure developed under this section.

(e) The department may not implement a procedure under this section without the approval of the executive commissioner.