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Tex. Government Code § 1504.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.107
§ 1504.107. OPERATING EXPENSES AS FIRST LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) If the revenue from a building or structure described by Section 1504.102 is encumbered under this subchapter, each expense of operation and maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials, interest, repairs and additions necessary to provide efficient service, and each proper item of expense, is a first lien against that revenue.

(b) An expense for a repair or addition is a first lien only if, in the judgment of the governing body of the municipality, the repair or addition is necessary to:

(1) keep the building or structure in operation and provide adequate service to the municipality and its residents; or

(2) respond to a physical accident or condition that would otherwise impair the original security.
Tex. Transportation Code § 391.094 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 391 / Section 391.094
§ 391.094. DUTY NOT TO DISCRIMINATE.
Status: in_force

A commercial establishment identified on a specific information logo sign shall conform to all applicable laws concerning the provision of public accommodations without regard to race, religion, color, sex, or national origin.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0353 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0353
§ 523.0353. OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall establish the commission's office of the ombudsman with authority and responsibility over the health and human services system in performing the following functions:

(1) providing dispute resolution services for the health and human services system;

(2) performing consumer protection and advocacy functions related to health and human services, including assisting a consumer or other interested person with:

(A) raising a matter within the health and human services system that the person feels is being ignored; and

(B) obtaining information regarding a filed complaint; and

(3) collecting inquiry and complaint data related to the health and human services system.

(b) The office of the ombudsman does not have the authority to provide a separate process for resolving complaints or appeals.

(c) The executive commissioner shall develop a standard process for tracking and reporting received inquiries and complaints within the health and human services system. The process must provide for the centralized tracking of inquiries and complaints submitted to field, regional, or other local health and human services system offices.

(d) Using the process developed under Subsection (c), the office of the ombudsman shall collect inquiry and complaint data from all offices, agencies, divisions, and other entities within the health and human services system. To assist with the collection of data under this subsection, the office may access any system or process for recording inquiries and complaints used or maintained within the health and human services system.
Tex. Election Code § 1.010 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 1 / Section 1.010
§ 1.010. AVAILABILITY OF OFFICIAL FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office, agency, or other authority with whom this code requires an application, report, or other document or paper to be submitted or filed shall make printed forms for that purpose, as officially prescribed, readily and timely available.

(b) The authority shall furnish forms in a reasonable quantity to a person requesting them for the purpose of submitting or filing the document or paper.

(c) The forms shall be furnished without charge, except as otherwise provided by this code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.067 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4102 / Section 4102.067
§ 4102.067. USE OF FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) When collected, the fees authorized by this chapter shall be deposited with the comptroller to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account.

(b) The department may use any portion of the fees collected to:

(1) enforce this chapter;

(2) employ persons as the department considers necessary to investigate and make reports regarding alleged violations of this code and misconduct on the part of public insurance adjusters; and

(3) pay the salaries and expenses of persons and office employees and other expenses necessary to enforce this chapter.

(c) A person employed by the department under this section may examine under oath any person for the purpose of gathering information and evidence and may have the information and evidence reduced to writing.

(d) All expenses incurred under this section shall be paid from the fees collected under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.711 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.711
§ 452.711. INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each subregional board shall select its representative to the interim executive committee before the confirmation election.

(b) The interim executive committee, after its organization, shall develop a service plan and determine a proposed tax rate.
Tex. Property Code § 161.052 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.052
§ 161.052. AUTHORITY OF FIDUCIARY.
Status: in_force

A fiduciary holding a security in its fiduciary capacity and a bank, trust company, or private banker holding a security as a custodian for a fiduciary, a managing agent, or a custodian may deposit or arrange for the deposit of the security with:

(1) the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas if the United States has agreed to pay or has guaranteed payment of the security's principal and interest; or

(2) a clearing corporation, either in this state or elsewhere, regardless of whether the clearing corporation conducts or is authorized to conduct business in this state.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 28.13 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 28 / Section 28.13
§ 28.13. FORMER ACQUITTAL OR CONVICTION.
Status: in_force

A former judgment of acquittal or conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be a bar to any further prosecution for the same offense, but shall not bar a prosecution for any higher grade of offense over which said court had not jurisdiction, unless such judgment was had upon indictment or information, in which case the prosecution shall be barred for all grades of the offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8269.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8269 / Section 8269.152
§ 8269.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8269.151, 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3951.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3951 / Section 3951.103
§ 3951.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8888.163 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8888 / Section 8888.163
§ 8888.163. PURCHASE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may purchase surplus property from this state, the United States, or another public entity through a negotiated contract without bids.

(b) An officer, agent, or employee of the authority who is financially interested in a contract described by Subsection (a) shall disclose the interest to the board before the board votes on the acceptance of the contract.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2101.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2101 / Section 2101.002
§ 2101.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Art" means a commonly recognized art form, including a painting, sound recording of a musical performance, sculpture, drawing, work of graphic art, pottery, weaving, batik, macrame, or quilt.

(2) "Art dealer" means a person in the business of selling works of art.

(3) "Artist" means the creator of a work of art or, if the creator is dead, the creator's estate.

(4) "Creditor" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.201, Business & Commerce Code.

(5) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association.

(6) "Recording distributor" means a person who acquires a sound recording and sells the sound recording to another person for use or resale.

(7) "Sound recording" means a tangible medium on which music or other sounds are recorded or otherwise stored, including a phonograph record, disc, tape, cassette, or other medium now existing or developed later on which music or other sounds are or can be recorded or otherwise stored or a copy or reproduction that duplicates in whole or in part the original. The term does not include a medium on which the primary recorded information is information other than music or other sound, such as a motion picture or computer program, and that contains recorded sound as an integrated part of the primary recorded information.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.057
§ 1131.057. CREDITORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A group life insurance policy may be issued to a creditor to insure the creditor's debtors.

(b) The creditor is the policyholder under a policy to which this section applies.

(c) A policy to which this section applies is subject to Subchapter J.
Tex. Local Government Code § 42.047 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 42 / Section 42.047
§ 42.047. CREATION OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN AN AREA PROPOSED FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

If the governing body of a municipality that has disannexed territory previously annexed for limited purposes refuses to designate a planned unit development district under Section 42.046 no later than 180 days after the date a request for the designation is filed with the municipality by the owner of the land to be included in the planned unit development district, the municipality shall be considered to have given the consent required by Section 42.041 to the incorporation of a proposed municipality including within its boundaries all or some of such land. If consent to incorporation is granted by this subsection, the consenting municipality waives all rights to challenge the proposed incorporation in any court.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.064 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.064
§ 161.064. BOARD AUTHORITY TO MAKE INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The board may make any investigation it considers necessary relating to transactions involving land purchases or sales under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 241.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 241 / Section 241.041
§ 241.041. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF BOARD DECISION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is aggrieved or a taxpayer who is affected by a decision of a board of adjustment, or the governing body of a political subdivision or a joint airport zoning board that believes a decision of a board of adjustment is illegal, may present to a court of record a verified petition stating that the decision of the board of adjustment is illegal in whole or in part and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be presented within 10 days after the date the decision is filed in the board's office.

(b) On the presentation of the petition, the court may grant a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment to review the board's decision. Granting of the writ does not stay the proceedings on the decision under appeal, but on application and after notice to the board the court may grant a restraining order if due cause is shown.

(c) The board's return must be verified and must concisely state any pertinent and material facts that show the grounds of the decision that is appealed. The board is not required to return the original documents on which the board acted but may return certified or sworn copies of the documents or parts of the documents as provided by the writ.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4017.0703 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4017 / Section 4017.0703
§ 4017.0703. LIMITATION ON AREA OF NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.055 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.055
§ 40.055. LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION REQUEST.
Status: in_force

The department shall submit any legislative appropriation request to the commission for comment and for incorporation into the commission's consolidated health and human services budget recommendation. The legislative appropriation request must comply with state priorities and federal requirements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8131.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8131 / Section 8131.151
§ 8131.151. TAX TO REPAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on bonds issued under Section 8131.201.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.006
§ 3916.006. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways, road facilities, transit facilities, parking facilities, conduit facilities, rail facilities and other enhanced infrastructure, recreational facilities, and public art and by landscaping and developing certain areas, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic and aesthetic beauty; and

(4) provide for water, wastewater, and drainage facilities for the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects and other improvements located in or adjacent to road rights-of-way are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Insurance Code § 101.352 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 101 / Section 101.352
§ 101.352. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a court or administrative proceeding against an unauthorized person or insurer in which the person or insurer was served under Section 804.107.
Tex. Water Code § 51.160 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.160
§ 51.160. ENGINEERING DATA UNNECESSARY.
Status: in_force

If a district contracts with the United States under the provisions of Section 51.155 of this code for use by the district of federal reclamation works, the district need not prepare or file any engineering data for the construction of the works.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8153.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8153 / Section 8153.101
§ 8153.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 6.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.001
§ 6.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board.

(2) "Executive administrator" means the executive administrator of the board.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.553 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.553
§ 42A.553. MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PERIODS OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; EXTENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The minimum period of community supervision a judge may impose under this subchapter is two years. The maximum period of community supervision a judge may impose under this subchapter is five years, except that the judge may extend the maximum period of community supervision under this subchapter to not more than 10 years.

(b) A judge may extend a period of community supervision under this subchapter:

(1) at any time during the period of community supervision; or

(2) before the first anniversary of the date the period of community supervision ends, if a motion for revocation of community supervision is filed before the date the period of community supervision ends.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2213.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2213 / Section 2213.003
§ 2213.003. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt:

(1) necessary rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter relating to bank self-insurance trusts; and

(2) reasonable rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter relating to savings and loan self-insurance trusts.
Tex. Local Government Code § 504.103 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 504 / Section 504.103
§ 504.103. LIMITATION ON PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PROJECT; EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a Type A corporation may not undertake a project the primary purpose of which is to provide:

(1) a transportation facility;

(2) a solid waste disposal facility;

(3) a sewage facility;

(4) a facility for furnishing water to the general public; or

(5) an air or water pollution control facility.

(b) A Type A corporation may provide a facility described by Subsection (a) to benefit property acquired for a project that has another primary purpose.

(c) A Type A corporation may undertake a project the primary purpose of which is to provide:

(1) a general aviation business service airport that is an integral part of an industrial park;

(2) a port-related facility to support waterborne commerce; or

(3) an airport-related facility, if the authorizing municipality:

(A) is wholly or partly located within 25 miles of an international border; and

(B) has, at the time the project is approved by the corporation as provided by this subtitle:

(i) a population of less than 50,000; or

(ii) an average rate of unemployment that is greater than the state average rate of unemployment during the most recent 12-month period for which data is available that precedes the date the project is approved.
Tex. Utilities Code § 40.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 40 / Section 40.002
§ 40.002. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, "body vested with the power to manage and operate a municipally owned utility" means a body created in accordance with Section 1502.070, Government Code, or Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Local Government Code, or by municipal charter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.063 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.063
§ 501.063. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) After issuance of the certificate evidencing the filing of the certificate of formation, the board of directors named in the certificate of formation shall hold an organizational meeting in this state to adopt bylaws and elect officers and for other purposes.

(b) Not later than the third day before the date of the meeting, the organizers who call the meeting shall give notice by mail of the time and place of the meeting to each director named in the certificate of formation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.157 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.157
§ 1101.157. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may request and, if necessary, compel by subpoena:

(1) the attendance of witnesses for examination under oath; and

(2) the production for inspection and copying of records, documents, and other evidence relevant to the investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter.

(b) A subpoena may be issued throughout the state and may be served by any person designated by the commission.

(c) If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this section, the commission, acting through the attorney general, may file suit to enforce the subpoena in a district court in Travis County or in the county in which a hearing conducted by the commission may be held.

(d) The court shall order compliance with the subpoena if the court finds that good cause exists to issue the subpoena.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3826.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3826 / Section 3826.052
§ 3826.052. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person must meet the qualifications of Section 375.063, Local Government Code, to serve as a district director.

(b) Section 49.052, Water Code, does not apply to district directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.057
§ 3938.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among the directors a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. The offices of chair and secretary may not be held by the same person.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.203 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.203
§ 334.203. RATE INCREASE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 334.2031, a municipality or county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter at a rate of less than $3 a vehicle may by ordinance or order increase the rate of the tax to a maximum of $3 a vehicle if the increase is approved by a majority of the registered voters of that municipality or county voting at an election called and held for that purpose.

(b) The ballot for an election to increase the rate of the tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The increase of the parking tax for the purpose of financing _______ (insert description of venue project) to a maximum rate of _______ (insert new maximum rate not to exceed $3)."
Tex. Family Code § 158.215 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.215
§ 158.215. WITHHOLDING FROM LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "lump-sum payment" means income in the form of a bonus or an amount paid in lieu of vacation or other leave time. The term does not include an employee's usual earnings or an amount paid as severance pay on termination of employment.

(b) This section applies only to an employer who receives an administrative writ of withholding in a Title IV-D case.

(c) An employer to whom this section applies may not make a lump-sum payment to the obligor in the amount of $500 or more without first notifying the Title IV-D agency to determine whether all or a portion of the payment should be applied to child support arrearages owed by the obligor.

(d) After notifying the Title IV-D agency in compliance with Subsection (c), the employer may not make the lump-sum payment before the earlier of:

(1) the 10th day after the date on which the employer notified the Title IV-D agency; or

(2) the date on which the employer receives authorization from the Title IV-D agency to make the payment.

(e) If the employer receives a timely authorization from the Title IV-D agency under Subsection (d)(2), the employer may make the payment only in accordance with the terms of that authorization.