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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.111
§ 1078.111. LEASE OF DISTRICT PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may lease all or part of the district's property, including facilities or equipment, to any person on terms the board considers to be in the district's best interest. The lease period may not exceed 40 years.

(b) When leasing the property the board may delegate as it considers appropriate the board's power to manage or operate the leased property to furnish hospital care.

(c) For each leased property the board shall provide that the lessee charge rates for services rendered or goods provided at the leased premises that, together with other sources of the lessee's revenue, produce an amount sufficient to enable the lessee to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining the leased premises required of the lessee under the lease. The lease must also require the lessee to pay lease rentals to the district that will be sufficient when taken with any other sources of the district's estimated revenue that are pledged for the same purposes to:

(1) pay the interest on any revenue or special obligation bonds that are payable wholly or partly from the lease rentals;

(2) create and maintain a sinking fund to pay the principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on the bonds as they become due;

(3) create and maintain a bond reserve fund and other fund as provided for in the bond resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds; and

(4) pay all other charges, fees, costs, and expenses that the lessee is required to pay under the resolution or indenture.

(d) The lease, management agreement, bond resolution, or trust indenture may prescribe systems, methods, routines, procedures, and policies for the operation of the buildings and other facilities owned by the district. If all or part of the district's buildings or other facilities are leased, the district may delegate to the lessee the duty to establish the systems, methods, routines, procedures, and policies for the operation of the leased premises.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8251.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8251 / Section 8251.005
§ 8251.005. 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 made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes; or

(3) the legality or operation of the board.(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 5.02 of the article creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 5.02 of the article creating 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:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes; or

(3) the legality or operation of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8232.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8232 / Section 8232.204
§ 8232.204. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other obligations as the interest becomes due;

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and

(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
Tex. Government Code § 572.0252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.0252
§ 572.0252. INFORMATION ABOUT REFERRALS.
Status: in_force

A state officer who is an attorney shall report on the financial statement:

(1) making or receiving any referral for compensation for legal services; and

(2) the category of the amount of any fee accepted for making a referral for legal services.
Tex. Government Code § 1232.070 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1232 / Section 1232.070
§ 1232.070. INFORMATION ON COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall keep a file about each written complaint filed with the authority that the authority has authority to resolve. The authority shall provide to the person filing the complaint and the persons complained about the authority's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution. The authority, at least quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and the persons complained about of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.

(b) The authority shall keep information about each complaint filed with the authority. The information must include:

(1) the date the complaint is received;

(2) the name of the complainant;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) a record of all persons contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) for complaints for which the authority took no action, an explanation of the reason the complaint was closed without action.
Tex. Transportation Code § 21.070 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 21 / Section 21.070
§ 21.070. MARKING OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Cultivated field" means any open space or pasture larger than five acres in which a plant or tree nursery is located or an agricultural crop, including cotton, corn, grain, grapes, beets, peanuts, and rice, but not including grass grown for hay, is grown on a continuing basis.

(2) "Wireless communication facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 25.001.

(b) Absence of plants, seedlings, or a crop on a temporary basis due to crop rotation or other farm management techniques does not remove an open area from the definition of "cultivated field."

(c) This section applies only to an antenna structure that is used to provide commercial wireless communications services and that is located in a cultivated field or within 100 feet of a cultivated field.

(d) A person who proposes to construct a wireless communication facility that is at least 100 feet but not more than 200 feet in height above ground level shall mark the highest guy wires on the facility, if any, with two warning spheres each.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.702 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.702
§ 9.702. SAVING CLAUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, this chapter, as revised, applies to a transaction or lien within its scope, even if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before the revision takes effect.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c) and Sections 9.703-9.709:

(1) transactions and liens that were not governed by this chapter, as it existed immediately before the effective date of the revision, were validly entered into or created before the effective date of the revision, and would be subject to this chapter, as revised, if they had been entered into or created on or after the effective date of the revision, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from those transactions and liens remain valid on and after the effective date of the revision; and

(2) the transactions and liens may be terminated, completed, consummated, and enforced as required or permitted by this chapter, as revised, or by the law that otherwise would apply if the revision had not taken effect.

(c) The revision does not affect an action, case, or proceeding commenced before the effective date of the revision.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.116 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.116
§ 3.116. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY; CONTRIBUTION.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise provided in the instrument, two or more persons who have the same liability on an instrument as makers, drawers, acceptors, indorsers who indorse as joint payees, or anomalous indorsers are jointly and severally liable in the capacity in which they sign.

(b) Except as provided in Section 3.419(e) or by agreement of the affected parties, a party having joint and several liability who pays the instrument is entitled to receive from any party having the same joint and several liability contribution in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 95, Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2005.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.004
§ 1579.004. DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "dependent" means:

(1) a spouse of a full-time employee or part-time employee;

(2) a child of a full-time or part-time employee if the child is younger than 26 years of age, including:

(A) an adopted child or child who is lawfully placed for adoption;

(B) a foster child, stepchild, or other child who is in a regular parent-child relationship; and

(C) a natural child;

(3) a full-time or part-time employee's natural child, adopted child, foster child, stepchild, or other child who is in a regular parent-child relationship and who lives with or has his or her care provided by the employee or the surviving spouse on a regular basis, regardless of the child's age, if the child has a mental disability or is physically incapacitated to an extent that the child is dependent on the employee or surviving spouse for care or support, as determined by the board of trustees; and

(4) notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any other dependent of a full-time or part-time employee specified by rules adopted by the board of trustees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3840.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3840 / Section 3840.204
§ 3840.204. ABOLISHING SALES AND USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board, with the consent of the governing body of the City of Pearland, may abolish the sales and use tax without an election.

(b) The board may not abolish the sales and use tax if the district has outstanding debt secured by the tax.
Tex. Government Code § 24.635 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.635
§ 24.635.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.635. 65TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). The 65th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.049 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.049
§ 55.049. EXPANSION PROHIBITED AFTER CERTAIN DATE.
Status: in_force

On or after September 1, 2011, the commission may not order an expansion of a toll-free local calling area.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.524 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.524
§ 2A.524. LESSOR'S RIGHT TO IDENTIFY GOODS TO LEASE CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A lessor aggrieved under Section 2A.523(a) may:

(1) identify to the lease contract conforming goods not already identified, if at the time the lessor learned of the default they were in the lessor's or the supplier's possession or control; and

(2) dispose of goods (Section 2A.527(a)) that demonstrably have been intended for the particular lease contract even though those goods are unfinished.

(b) If the goods are unfinished, in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization, an aggrieved lessor or the supplier may either complete manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the lease contract or cease manufacture and lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of the goods for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8369.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8369 / Section 8369.153
§ 8369.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 552.105 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 552 / Section 552.105
§ 552.105. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates this chapter and does not cure the violation under Section 552.104 is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount of:

(1) for each violation the court determines to be curable or a breach of a statement submitted to the attorney general under Section 552.104(b)(2), not less than $10,000 and not more than $12,000;

(2) for each violation the court determines to be uncurable, not less than $80,000 and not more than $200,000; and

(3) for a continued violation, not less than $2,000 and not more than $40,000 for each day the violation continues.

(b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of this state to:

(1) collect a civil penalty under this section;

(2) seek injunctive relief against further violation of this chapter; and

(3) recover attorney's fees and reasonable court costs or other investigative expenses.

(c) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person used reasonable care as required under this chapter.

(d) A defendant in an action under this section may seek an expedited hearing or other process, including a request for declaratory judgment, if the person believes in good faith that the person has not violated this chapter.

(e) A defendant in an action under this section may not be found liable if:

(1) another person uses the artificial intelligence system affiliated with the defendant in a manner prohibited by this chapter; or

(2) the defendant discovers a violation of this chapter through:

(A) feedback from a developer, deployer, or other person who believes a violation has occurred;

(B) testing, including adversarial testing or red-team testing;

(C) following guidelines set by applicable state agencies; or

(D) if the defendant substantially complies with the most recent version of the "Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile" published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology or another nationally or internationally recognized risk management framework for artificial intelligence systems, an internal review process.

(f) The attorney general may not bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section against a person for an artificial intelligence system that has not been deployed.
Tex. Election Code § 277.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 277 / Section 277.003
§ 277.003. VERIFYING SIGNATURES BY STATISTICAL SAMPLE.
Status: in_force

If a petition contains more than 1,000 signatures, the city secretary or other authority responsible for verifying the signatures may use any reasonable statistical sampling method in determining whether the petition contains the required number of valid signatures, except that the sample may not be less than 25 percent of the total number of signatures appearing on the petition or 1,000, whichever is greater. If the signatures on a petition circulated on a statewide basis are to be verified by the secretary of state, the sample prescribed by Section 141.069 applies to the petition rather than the sample prescribed by this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.054
§ 2210.054. ANNUAL STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall file annually with the department and the state auditor's office a statement covering periods designated by the department that summarizes the transactions, conditions, operations, and affairs of the association during the preceding year.

(b) The statement must:

(1) be filed at times designated by the department;

(2) contain the information prescribed by the department; and

(3) be in the form prescribed by the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8094.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8094 / Section 8094.0402
§ 8094.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8094.0401, 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.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.082 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.082
§ 263.082. PAYMENT BY PATIENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A patient may not be permitted to pay an amount for the patient's maintenance in the hospital greater than the average per capita cost of maintenance in the hospital, including a reasonable allowance for the interest on the cost of the hospital.

(b) An officer or employee of a county hospital may not accept from a patient a fee, payment, or gratuity for any service.
Tex. Local Government Code § 81.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 81 / Section 81.025
§ 81.025. COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT POOL COVERAGE INSTEAD OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Instead of a bond required by law to be executed by a county officer before taking office, the commissioners court may authorize the officer to obtain coverage from a county government risk management pool created under Chapter 119.

(b) Coverage obtained under this section must:

(1) be in an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the bond that would otherwise be required by law;

(2) satisfy all other conditions applicable to the bond; and

(3) be approved, recorded, and filed in the manner required by law for the bond.

(c) An officer who obtains coverage instead of a bond under this section satisfies the bond requirements that are imposed on the individual by other law.

(d) To the extent of a conflict between this section and other law, this section controls.

(e) This section does not apply to coverage obtained under Section 43.002 or 44.002, Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 122.054 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 122 / Section 122.054
§ 122.054. QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall establish qualifications for a director. The rules must provide that a person may not serve as director if the person:

(1) has been convicted of a criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust;

(2) is not eligible for coverage under the blanket bond required by Section 122.063 and rules adopted under this subtitle; or

(3) has defaulted on payment of a voluntary obligation to the credit union or has otherwise caused the credit union to incur a financial loss.

(b) The president or an employee of a credit union may not serve as director of the credit union unless permitted by the credit union's bylaws. If the bylaws permit the president or an employee to serve on the board, the bylaws must require that persons serve on the board so that the president and employees of the credit union never constitute a majority of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8014.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8014 / Section 8014.001
§ 8014.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Willacy County Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.112 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4102 / Section 4102.112
§ 4102.112. RELOCATION TO ANOTHER STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after moving from one state to another state, a nonresident or resident public insurance adjuster licensed in this state shall file with the department:

(1) the license holder's new address; and

(2) proof of authorization to engage in the business of public insurance adjuster in the new state of residence if that state requires licensure of public insurance adjusters.

(b) The department may not charge a fee or require a license application under Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 437.0011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.0011
§ 437.0011. REFERENCE IN OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

A reference in other law to the adjutant general's department means the Texas Military Department.
Tex. Government Code § 24.232 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.232
§ 24.232.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.232. 130TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MATAGORDA COUNTY). (a) The 130th Judicial District is composed of Matagorda County.

(b) The terms of the 130th District Court begin on the first Mondays in March and September and are designated as the March-August and September-February terms.

(c) Section 24.124, relating to the 23rd District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 130th District Court.
Tex. Finance Code § 59.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 59 / Section 59.002
§ 59.002. SLANDER OR LIBEL OF BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) knowingly makes, circulates, or transmits to another person an untrue statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a bank located in this state; or

(2) with intent to injure a bank located in this state, counsels, aids, procures, or induces another person to knowingly make, circulate, or transmit to another person an untrue statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of any bank located in this state.

(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8003A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8003A / Section 8003A.0306
§ 8003A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district under Section 49.316, Water Code, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 306.039 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 306 / Section 306.039
§ 306.039. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt and enforce reasonable rules, including rules establishing a means of enforcing other rules, relating to the use of parks and facilities under the management and control of the board, including use by the public or by lessees, concessionaires, or other persons carrying on a business activity within the area of the parks and facilities.
Tex. Water Code § 15.611 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.611
§ 15.611. LINKED DEPOSIT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule may establish a nonpoint source pollution control linked deposit program in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) An eligible lending institution may participate in the program established under this section as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.052
§ 1201.052. TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS AND TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

An individual accident and health insurance policy must state the time the insurance takes effect and the time the insurance terminates.
Tex. Property Code § 56.041 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 56 / Section 56.041
§ 56.041. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A claimant must enforce the lien within the same time and in the same manner as a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien under Chapter 53.

(b) A holder of a prior encumbrance on land or a leasehold is not a necessary party to a suit to foreclose the lien.