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Tex. Local Government Code § 87.043 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 87 / Section 87.043
§ 87.043. TEMPORARY ABSENCE IN OFFICE OF COUNTY JUDGE IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In a county with a population of less than 150,000, a temporary absence occurs in the office of county judge if:

(1) the county judge is located outside the county for 30 consecutive full days as a direct result of:

(A) being a reservist or a member of the national guard who was ordered to duty under the authority of federal law;

(B) enlisting in the armed forces or the national guard as a volunteer; or

(C) being inducted into the armed forces under federal draft laws; and

(2) the commissioners court determines in writing that the absence prevents the county judge from satisfactorily discharging the duties of the office.

(b) If a temporary absence exists in the office of county judge, before the 30th day after the date the absence begins, the absent county judge may appoint a resident of the county to fill the office until the next term of that office or until the temporary absence ends, whichever event occurs first. If the absent county judge does not appoint a resident of the county within the 30-day period, the commissioners court shall appoint a resident of the county to fill the office until the next term of that office or until the temporary absence ends, whichever event occurs first.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.076 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.076
§ 2054.076. TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The department periodically shall analyze the training needs of information resources managers and adjust its initial training and continuing education guidelines based on its analyses. The department's analyses must take into account the different training needs of information resources managers at both large and small state agencies.

(b) The department shall provide mandatory guidelines to state agencies regarding the initial and continuing education requirements needed for information resources managers and require information resources managers to report their compliance with the requirements to the department.

(b-1) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 331 (H.B. 150), Sec. 49(2), eff. September 1, 2025.

(c) The department's initial training and continuing education guidelines must require information resources managers to receive training and continuing education in:

(1) implementing quality assurance programs;

(2) training the people who use the agency's information resources and information resources technologies; and

(3) balancing the technical aspects of information resources and information resources technologies with the agency's business needs.

(d) An individual who is appointed the information resources manager of a state agency before September 1, 1992, is exempt from the requirements of the department regarding initial education needed for that position.

(e) The department may provide educational materials and seminars for state agencies and information resources managers.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 188.018 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 188 / Section 188.018
§ 188.018. RECOGNITION OF NOTICE AS FINANCING STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall recognize a notice of claim of lien under this subchapter as a financing statement under Subchapter E, Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Government Code § 601.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 601 / Section 601.007
§ 601.007. EVIDENCE OF QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

On demand of a citizen of this state, the comptroller, a commissioners court, a county treasurer, or any other officer of the state or of a municipality who is authorized by law to make, order, or audit payment to an officer of the state, of a county, or of a municipality of compensation, fees, or perquisites for official services shall, before making, ordering, or auditing the payment, require the officer to produce:

(1) the certificate of election or of appointment to the office that is required by law to be issued to the officer; or

(2) a certified copy of the judgment or decree that:

(A) was issued by a court of competent jurisdiction; and

(B) determined the officer's claim to the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.001
§ 1061.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Midland County Hospital District of Midland County, Texas.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.251
§ 4051.251. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer that holds a valid certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state and whose authority in this state and each other jurisdiction in which the insurer is authorized to engage in the business of insurance is limited to the business of insuring risks on growing crops may, subject to this subchapter, appoint and act through an agent licensed under Subchapter B, C, or E.

(b) An agent appointed under Subsection (a) may act as an agent for more than one insurer but may act as an agent under this subchapter only with respect to the business of insuring risks on growing crops.

(c) This title applies to the licensing and regulation of an agent appointed under this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 7.178 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.178
§ 7.178. FAILURE TO PAY FEES UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly does not pay a fee required by Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, or by a rule adopted or an order issued under that chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(H) or Section 7.187(2)(B) or both.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(H).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6905.262 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6905 / Section 6905.262
§ 6905.262. APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) On default or a threatened default in the payment of principal of or interest on bonds issued under this subchapter that are payable wholly or partly from revenue, a court may, on petition of the holders of outstanding bonds, appoint a receiver for the district.

(b) The receiver may collect and receive all district income, except taxes, employ and discharge district agents and employees, take charge of money on hand, except money received from taxes, unless commingled, and manage the proprietary affairs of the district without consent or hindrance by the board.

(c) The receiver may be authorized to sell or contract for the sale of water or to renew those contracts with the approval of the court that appointed the receiver.

(d) The court may vest the receiver with any other power or duty the court finds necessary to protect the bondholders.
Tex. Government Code § 411.0162 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0162
§ 411.0162. SALARIES FOR CERTAIN TROOPERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the availability of money appropriated for that purpose, the department may pay its employees classified as Trooper Trainee, Probationary Trooper, and Trooper I at rates that exceed the maximum rates designated in Salary Schedule C of the position classification schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for that position by up to 10 percent.
Tex. Government Code § 22.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.001
§ 22.001. JURISDICTION.
Status: repealed

(a) The supreme court has appellate jurisdiction, except in criminal law matters, of an appealable order or judgment of the trial courts if the court determines that the appeal presents a question of law that is important to the jurisprudence of the state. The supreme court's jurisdiction does not include cases in which the jurisdiction of the court of appeals is made final by statute.

(b) A case over which the court has jurisdiction under Subsection (a) may be carried to the supreme court by petition for review.

(c) Except as provided by this subsection or other law, an appeal may be taken to the supreme court only if the appeal was first brought to the court of appeals. An appeal may be taken directly to the supreme court from an order of a trial court granting or denying an interlocutory or permanent injunction on the ground of the constitutionality of a statute of this state.

(d) The supreme court has the power, on affidavit or otherwise, as the court may determine, to ascertain the matters of fact that are necessary to the proper exercise of its jurisdiction.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 150 (H.B. 1761), Sec. 4(1), eff. September 1, 2017.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.032
§ 242.032. LICENSE OR RENEWAL APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for a license or renewal of a license is made to the department on a form provided by the department and must be accompanied by the license fee.

(b) The application must contain information that the department requires.

(b-1) The application must:

(1) include the name of each person with a direct or indirect ownership interest of five percent or more in:

(A) the nursing facility, including a subsidiary or parent company of the facility; and

(B) the real property on which the nursing facility is located, including any owner, common owner, tenant, or sublessee; and

(2) describe the exact ownership interest of each of those persons in relation to the facility or property.

(c) The applicant or license holder must furnish evidence to affirmatively establish the applicant's or license holder's ability to comply with:

(1) minimum standards of medical care, nursing care, and financial condition; and

(2) any other applicable state or federal standard.

(d) The department shall consider the background and qualifications of:

(1) the applicant or license holder;

(2) a partner, officer, director, or managing employee of the applicant or license holder;

(3) a person who owns or who controls the owner of the physical plant of a facility in which the institution operates or is to operate; and

(4) a controlling person with respect to the institution for which a license or license renewal is requested.

(e) In making the evaluation required by Subsection (d), the department shall require the applicant or license holder to file a sworn affidavit of a satisfactory compliance history and any other information required by the department to substantiate a satisfactory compliance history relating to each state or other jurisdiction in which the applicant or license holder and any other person described by Subsection (d) operated an institution at any time before the date on which the application is made. The executive commissioner by rule shall determine what constitutes a satisfactory compliance history. The department may consider and evaluate the compliance history of the applicant and any other person described by Subsection (d) for any period during which the applicant or other person operated an institution in this state or in another state or jurisdiction. The department may also require the applicant or license holder to file information relating to the history of the financial condition of the applicant or license holder and any other person described by Subsection (d) with respect to an institution operated in another state or jurisdiction at any time before the date on which the application is made.

(f) Information obtained under this section regarding an applicant's or license holder's financial condition is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public.
Tex. Estates Code § 1351.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1351 / Section 1351.052
§ 1351.052. AUTHORITY TO SELL WARD'S INTEREST IN PROPERTY WITHOUT APPOINTMENT AS GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE IN THIS STATE.
Status: in_force

A guardian of the person of a ward or a guardian of the person or estate of a ward appointed by a foreign court may apply to the court under this subchapter for an order to sell an interest in property in the ward's estate without being appointed guardian of the ward's estate in this state if the net value of the interest does not exceed $250,000.
Tex. Local Government Code § 394.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.041
§ 394.041. STANDARDS FOR MORTGAGES OR LOANS.
Status: in_force

A housing finance corporation may establish by rule, in resolutions or financing documents relating to the issuance of bonds, standards and requirements applicable to making or purchasing home mortgages or making loans to lending institutions as considered necessary or desirable by the corporation, including standards and requirements related to:

(1) the time within which lending institutions must make commitments and disbursements for home mortgages;

(2) the location and other characteristics of homes financed by home mortgages;

(3) the terms of home mortgages made or acquired;

(4) the amounts and types of insurance coverage required on homes, home mortgages, and bonds;

(5) the representations and warranties of lending institutions confirming compliance with the standards and requirements;

(6) restrictions as to interest rates and other terms of home mortgages or as to the return realized on those mortgages by lending institutions;

(7) the type and amount of collateral security required on a loan from the corporation and to assure repayment of bonds; and

(8) other matters regarding the making or purchasing of home mortgages or the making of loans to lending institutions as the corporation considers relevant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.353 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.353
§ 3897.353. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the dissolved district has obligations, other than bonds, outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or other revenue, other than ad valorem taxes, the municipality in which the project that generated the revenue is located shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the district regarding enforcement and collection of the assessments or other revenue.

(b) The municipality shall have and exercise all district powers to enforce and collect the assessments or other revenue to pay:

(1) the obligations when due and payable according to their terms; or

(2) special revenue or assessment bonds or other obligations issued by the municipality to refund the outstanding obligations.
Tex. Government Code § 434.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.107
§ 434.107. USE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall implement a policy requiring the commission to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the commission's ability to perform its functions. The policy must ensure that the public is able to interact with the commission on the Internet.
Tex. Water Code § 60.557 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.557
§ 60.557. REVOCATION OR CHANGE OF AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A district employee may revoke or change an authorization by giving notice to the district.

(b) The notice must be in the form and manner prescribed by the district.

(c) A revocation or change takes effect on the date designated by the district, but not later than the 45th day after the date the district employee gives notice.
Tex. Transportation Code § 643.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 643 / Section 643.103
§ 643.103. FILING; EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE; FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A motor carrier that is required to register under Subchapter B must file with the department evidence of insurance in the amounts required by Section 643.101 or 643.1015, or evidence of financial responsibility as described by Section 643.102, in a form prescribed by the department. The form must be filed:

(1) at the time of the initial registration;

(2) at the time of a subsequent registration if the motor carrier was required to be continuously registered under Subchapter B and the carrier failed to maintain continuous registration;

(3) at the time a motor carrier changes insurers; and

(4) at the time a motor carrier changes ownership, as determined by rules adopted by the department.

(b) A motor carrier shall keep evidence of insurance in a form approved by the department in the cab of each vehicle requiring registration the carrier operates.

(c) The department may charge a fee of $100 for a filing under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3805.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3805 / Section 3805.154
§ 3805.154. LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS; SUITS TO RECOVER ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An assessment imposed on property under this chapter is a personal obligation of the person who owns the property on January 1 of the year for which the assessment is imposed. If the person transfers title to the property, the person is not relieved of the obligation.

(b) On January 1 of the year for which an assessment is imposed on a property, a lien attaches to the property to secure the payment of the assessment and any interest accrued on the assessment. The lien has the same priority as a lien for district taxes.

(c) Not later than the fourth anniversary of the date on which a delinquent assessment became due, the district may file suit to foreclose the lien or to enforce the obligation for the assessment, or both, and for any interest accrued.

(d) In addition to recovering the amount of the assessment and any accrued interest, the district may recover reasonable costs, including attorney's fees, that the district incurs in foreclosing the lien or enforcing the obligation. The costs may not exceed an amount equal to 20 percent of the assessment and interest.

(e) If the district does not file a suit in connection with a delinquent assessment on or before the last date on which the district may file suit under Subsection (c), the assessment and any interest accrued is considered paid.
Tex. Government Code § 22.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.105
§ 22.105. DISQUALIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The fact that a judge of the court of criminal appeals is disqualified under the constitution and laws of this state to hear and determine a case shall be certified to the governor.

(b) The governor immediately shall commission a person who is learned in the law to act in the place of the disqualified judge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8069.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8069 / Section 8069.0101
§ 8069.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 225.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8457.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8457 / Section 8457.006
§ 8457.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made 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 a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Finance Code § 396.203 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 396 / Section 396.203
§ 396.203. CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A private child support enforcement agency shall execute a written contract for the enforcement of child support for each client of the agency that is residing in this state.

(b) The contract required under this section must:

(1) be in writing, dated, and signed by both parties to the contract; and

(2) specify its terms in clear language.
Tex. Transportation Code § 172.204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 172 / Section 172.204
§ 172.204. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may purchase, whenever the district considers the purchase expedient, land, property rights, right-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in land the district considers necessary to acquire, construct, or operate a rail facility on terms and at a price to which the district and the owner agree.

(b) The district may take title to the land or interest in the district's name.

(c) The governing body of a municipality, a county, any other political subdivision, or a public agency may convey without advertisement the title or the rights and easements to property needed by the district for its purposes in connection with the acquisition, construction, or operation of rail facilities.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.112 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.112
§ 32.112. SALE OF TAX FORECLOSURE PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) All real property or any interest in real property placed in the name of the state as a result of foreclosure of a tax lien, whether the property was sold, bid off, or otherwise transferred to the state, may be sold or leased by the board in the same manner as provided for the sale or lease of land under Chapter 51, free of any lien of a taxing unit that was a party to the judgment in the delinquent tax suit involving the property for taxes imposed on the property, penalties, or interest that are due the taxing unit.

(b) A sale of property by the board under this section vests in the purchaser of the property good and perfect title to the interest in the property owned by the person liable for the delinquent taxes. The purchaser has the right to the use and possession of the property, subject only to the person's right of redemption, a recorded restrictive covenant running with the land, and a valid easement of record as of the date the property was placed in the name of the state, if the covenant or easement was recorded before January 1 of the year in which the tax lien attached to the property.

(c) The board may retain from the proceeds of a sale or lease conducted under this section the cost of conducting the transaction, including advertising, appraisal, and administrative costs. The balance of the proceeds shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Texas capital trust fund. The board is not required to pay any portion of the proceeds to a taxing unit that was a party to the judgment in the delinquent tax suit involving the property in satisfaction of any taxes imposed on the property, penalties, or interest that are due the taxing unit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7999A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7999A / Section 7999A.0402
§ 7999A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7999A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.