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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6915.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6915 / Section 6915.053
§ 6915.053. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

A supervisor must be a resident of Willacy County. A supervisor is not required to reside in or own land in the district.
Tex. Election Code § 4.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 4 / Section 4.005
§ 4.005. RECORD OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) If notice of an election is given by publication, the authority responsible for giving the notice shall retain a copy of the published notice that contains the name of the newspaper and the date of publication.

(b) For each notice posted under Section 4.003(a)(2) or (b), the person posting the notice shall make a record at the time of posting stating the date and place of posting. The person shall sign the record and deliver it to the authority responsible for giving the election notice after the last posting is made.

(c) If notice of an election is given under Section 4.003(a)(3), the authority responsible for giving the notice shall:

(1) retain a copy of the notice and enter on the copy the date or dates the mailing occurred; and

(2) prepare a list of the names and addresses of the persons to whom the notice was mailed.

(d) The authority responsible for giving the election notice shall preserve the records required by this section for the period for preserving the precinct election records.

(e) If other law prescribes the method of preserving the notice of an election, that law supersedes this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.002
§ 8813.002. NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The authority is a regional water authority in Fort Bend and Harris Counties created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the acquisition and provision of surface water and groundwater for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and other uses, the reduction of groundwater withdrawals, the conservation, preservation, protection, and recharge of groundwater and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, the prevention of waste of groundwater, the control of subsidence caused by the withdrawal of water from groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. The authority is a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Finance Code § 204.108 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 204 / Section 204.108
§ 204.108. AMENDED LICENSE FOR BRANCH OR AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign bank licensed to establish and maintain a Texas state branch or agency shall apply to the commissioner for an amended license if it changes its corporate name, changes the duration of its corporate existence, or desires to pursue in this state other or additional purposes than those set forth in its prior application for the foreign bank's license or amended license then in effect.

(b) The requirements with respect to the form and contents of an application under Subsection (a), the manner of its execution, the issuance of an amended license, and the effect of the amended license are the same as in the case of an initial application for a license to establish and maintain a Texas state branch or agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7983.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7983 / Section 7983.201
§ 7983.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.005
§ 212.005. APPROVAL BY MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipal authority responsible for approving plats must approve a plat or replat that is required to be prepared under this subchapter and that satisfies the requirements of this subchapter.

(b) This subchapter may not be construed to convey any authority to a municipality regarding the completeness of an application or the approval of a plat or replat that is not explicitly granted by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9031.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9031 / Section 9031.0501
§ 9031.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.055
§ 3883.055. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

For purposes of determining the requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not counted:

(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including death, resignation, or disqualification;

(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in a vote because of a conflict of interest; or

(3) a nonvoting director.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.306 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.306
§ 39.306. NO BYPASS.
Status: in_force

A financing order shall include terms ensuring that the imposition and collection of transition charges authorized in the order shall be nonbypassable.
Tex. Local Government Code § 551.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 551 / Section 551.005
§ 551.005. RESTRICTION ON PUMPING, EXTRACTION, OR USE OF GROUNDWATER.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of establishing and enforcing a municipal setting designation, the governing body of a municipality may regulate the pumping, extraction, or use of groundwater by persons other than retail public utilities, as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code, to prevent the use of or contact with groundwater that presents an actual or potential threat to human health.

(b) For the purpose of establishing and enforcing a municipal setting designation, the governing body of a municipality by ordinance may extend to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality the application of municipal ordinances adopted under this section.
Tex. Water Code § 55.405 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.405
§ 55.405. APPROVAL; REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

After bonds are authorized under this subchapter but before they are issued, the bonds, the resolution of the board authorizing the bonds to be issued, and other certificates and records relating to the issuance of the bonds shall be submitted to the Attorney General of Texas for his examination. The attorney general shall approve the bonds if they are issued in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter and the constitution, and the bonds shall be registered with the comptroller.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.201 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.201
§ 521.201. LICENSE INELIGIBILITY IN GENERAL.
Status: in_force

The department may not issue any license to a person who:

(1) is under 15 years of age;

(2) is under 18 years of age unless the person complies with the requirements imposed by Section 521.204;

(3) is shown to be addicted to the use of alcohol, a controlled substance, or another drug that renders a person incapable of driving;

(4) holds a driver's license issued by this state or another state or country that is revoked, canceled, or under suspension;

(5) has been determined by a judgment of a court to be totally incapacitated or incapacitated to act as the operator of a motor vehicle unless the person has, by the date of the license application, been:

(A) restored to capacity by judicial decree; or

(B) released from a hospital for the mentally incapacitated on a certificate by the superintendent or administrator of the hospital that the person has regained capacity;

(6) the department determines to be afflicted with a mental or physical disability or disease that prevents the person from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle while operating the vehicle on a highway, except that a person may not be refused a license because of a physical defect if common experience shows that the defect does not incapacitate a person from safely operating a motor vehicle;

(7) has been reported by a court under Section 521.3452 for failure to appear unless the court has filed an additional report on final disposition of the case; or

(8) has been reported by a court for failure to appear or default in payment of a fine for a misdemeanor that is not covered under Subdivision (7) and that is punishable by a fine only, including a misdemeanor under a municipal ordinance, committed by a person who was under 17 years of age at the time of the alleged offense, unless the court has filed an additional report on final disposition of the case.
Tex. Local Government Code § 395.056 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 395 / Section 395.056
§ 395.056. ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMENTS ON AMENDMENTS.
Status: in_force

The advisory committee created under Section 395.058 shall file its written comments on the proposed amendments to the land use assumptions, capital improvements plan, and impact fee before the fifth business day before the date of the public hearing on the amendments.
Tex. Tax Code § 112.057 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 112 / Section 112.057
§ 112.057. PROTEST PAYMENTS DURING APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If the state or the person who brought the suit appeals the judgment of a trial court in a suit authorized by this subchapter, the person who brought the suit shall continue to pay additional taxes under protest as the taxes become due during the appeal.

(b) Additional taxes that are paid under protest during the appeal of the suit shall be governed by the outcome of the suit without the necessity of the person filing an additional suit for the additional taxes.
Tex. Estates Code § 504.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 504 / Section 504.053
§ 504.053. EFFECT OF REJECTION OF TESTAMENTARY INSTRUMENT BY FOREIGN JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), final rejection of a will or other testamentary instrument from probate or establishment in a foreign jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death is conclusive in this state.

(b) A will or other testamentary instrument that is finally rejected from probate or establishment in a foreign jurisdiction in which the testator was domiciled at the time of the testator's death may be admitted to probate or continue to be effective in this state if the will or other instrument was rejected solely for a cause that is not a ground for rejection of a will of a testator who died domiciled in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 2177.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2177 / Section 2177.007
§ 2177.007. ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is administratively attached to the commission.

(b) The commission shall provide administrative support services to the board as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3853.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3853 / Section 3853.108
§ 3853.108. ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to annex territory under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, the district may by board resolution annex territory located in the City of Dickinson if the city's governing body votes in favor of the annexation.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.293 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.293
§ 2306.293. FEDERALLY ASSISTED MORTGAGE LOANS.
Status: in_force

A mortgage loan or interest in a mortgage loan purchased or sold under this subchapter may include a mortgage loan that is insured, guaranteed, or assisted by the federal government or a mortgage loan that the federal government has committed to insure, guarantee, or assist.
Tex. Education Code § 44.0041 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 44 / Section 44.0041
§ 44.0041. PUBLICATION OF SUMMARY OF PROPOSED BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) Concurrently with the publication of notice of the budget under Section 44.004, a school district shall post a summary of the proposed budget:

(1) on the school district's Internet website; or

(2) if the district has no Internet website, in the district's central administrative office.

(b) The budget summary must include:

(1) information relating to per student and aggregate spending on:

(A) instruction;

(B) instructional support;

(C) central administration;

(D) district operations;

(E) debt service; and

(F) any other category designated by the commissioner; and

(2) a comparison to the previous year's actual spending.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.1618 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.1618
§ 1305.1618. RESIDENTIAL APPLIANCE INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a license as a residential appliance installation contractor must:

(1) be licensed under this chapter as a residential appliance installer or employ a person licensed under this chapter as a residential appliance installer;

(2) establish proof of financial responsibility in the manner prescribed by the executive director; and

(3) maintain workers' compensation coverage for the contractor's employees through an insurance company authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state or through self-insurance, or elect not to obtain workers' compensation coverage, as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 406, Labor Code.

(b) A person who holds a residential appliance installer's license issued or recognized under this chapter may only be assigned to a single residential appliance installation contractor, unless the residential appliance installer owns more than 50 percent of the residential appliance installation contracting business.
Tex. Labor Code § 301.045 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 301 / Section 301.045
§ 301.045. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement that implements a program of equal employment opportunity to ensure that all personnel decisions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.

(a-1) The policy statement must include:

(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, training, and promotion of personnel, that show the intent of the commission to avoid the unlawful employment practices described by Chapter 21; and

(2) an analysis of the extent to which the composition of the commission's personnel is in accordance with state and federal law and a description of reasonable methods to achieve compliance with state and federal law.

(b) The policy statement must:

(1) be updated annually;

(2) be reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (a-1)(1); and

(3) be filed with the governor's office.

(c) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b). The report may be made separately or as part of other biennial reports to the legislature.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.504 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.504
§ 4.504. PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING BANK TO DEAL WITH GOODS; SECURITY INTEREST FOR EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner.

(b) For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under Subsection (a) the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller's lien.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3930.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3930 / Section 3930.003
§ 3930.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city, county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city or county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city and county services provided in the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.102 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.102
§ 353.102. CONTRACT CONDITIONED ON SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A retail installment contract may not be conditioned on the subsequent assignment of the contract to a holder.

(b) A provision in violation of this section is void. This subsection does not affect the validity of other provisions of the contract that may be given effect without the voided provision, and to that extent those provisions are severable.

(c) This section does not create a private right of action.

(d) The commissioner has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 102.071 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 102 / Section 102.071
§ 102.071. COLLECTION, ALLOCATION, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The comptroller of public accounts may require state court costs and fees in criminal cases to be reported in lump-sum amounts. The comptroller shall allocate the amounts received to the appropriate fund, with each fund receiving the same amount of money the fund would have received if the costs and fees had been reported individually.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957A / Section 7957A.0503
§ 7957A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.316 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.316
§ 885.316. EXEMPTION OF BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

Money or another benefit or charity to be paid or provided by a fraternal benefit society, before or after payment is not subject to attachment, garnishment, or other process and may not be seized or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a member, a beneficiary, or any other person who may have a right under the benefit contract.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.007 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.007
§ 2301.007. TOWING VEHICLE BY LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a person licensed under this chapter does not commit an offense by employing a person to tow a disabled vehicle to or from the premises for which the person is licensed regardless of whether the person employed to tow the vehicle:

(1) holds a certificate issued by a state agency authorizing the person to engage in the business of towing vehicles for hire; or

(2) commits an offense by towing the vehicle.
Tex. Finance Code § 119.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 119 / Section 119.007
§ 119.007. EXEMPTION FROM SECURITIES LAWS.
Status: in_force

A deposit account, certificate, or other evidence of an interest in the deposit liability of a savings bank or federal savings bank is not considered a security under The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code). A security of these savings banks, other than an interest in the deposit liability of a savings bank, is not subject to the registration requirements of that Act. A person whose principal occupation is being an officer of a savings bank is exempt from the registration and licensing provisions of that Act with respect to that person's participation in a sale or other transaction involving securities of the savings bank of which the person is an officer.
Tex. Education Code § 75.301 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 75 / Section 75.301
§ 75.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of regents of The University of Texas System.

(2) "Health science center" means The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

(3) "Institute" means the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute.
Tex. Education Code § 28.020 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.020
§ 28.020. MATHEMATICS INNOVATION ZONES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may:

(1) on application of a school district or open-enrollment charter school, designate a campus of the district or school as a mathematics innovation zone; and

(2) from funds appropriated or donated for purposes of this section, award a grant to support implementation of innovative mathematics instruction at the campus in accordance with this section.

(b) A campus designated as a mathematics innovation zone must:

(1) implement with fidelity an innovative mathematics instructional program approved by the commissioner for purposes of this section that addresses the essential knowledge and skills of the mathematics curriculum required by Section 28.002;

(2) comply with objectives, metrics, and other mathematics innovation zone requirements imposed by the commissioner through rules adopted under Subsection (g); and

(3) provide all data relating to the mathematics innovation zone requested by the agency.

(c) A campus designated as a mathematics innovation zone is not subject to interventions under the state accountability system described by Section 39.107(a) or (e) for the first two years of the designation, provided that the campus implements the instructional program with fidelity and complies with each mathematics innovation zone requirement to the satisfaction of the commissioner. The period that a campus is exempt from interventions as provided by this subsection is not:

(1) included in calculating consecutive school years under Section 39.107(a) or (e); or

(2) considered a break in consecutive school years of unacceptable ratings for purposes of determining the need for intervention under Section 39.107(a) or (e).

(d) The commissioner may revoke designation of a campus as a mathematics innovation zone and suspend associated grant funding if the commissioner determines that the campus has failed to implement the instructional program with fidelity or comply with any requirement imposed under this section.

(e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may use a pay for success program approved by the commissioner under Section 44.904 to pay costs associated with designation of a campus as a mathematics innovation zone.

(f) The commissioner may accept gifts, grants, or donations from any public or private source for purposes of this section.

(g) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.

(h) A decision or determination by the commissioner under this section is final and may not be appealed.