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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3852.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3852 / Section 3852.152
§ 3852.152. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Local Government Code § 580.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 580 / Section 580.002
§ 580.002. CONSIDERATION OF XERISCAPE ORDINANCES.
Status: in_force

The governing body of each municipality and county may consider enacting orders or ordinances, as appropriate, requiring the use of xeriscape to conserve water. If the governing body determines that the water conservation benefits of the required use of xeriscape would be significant relative to the cost of implementing that use, the governing body may adopt a xeriscape order or ordinance, as appropriate.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 271.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 271 / Section 271.001
§ 271.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "qualified transaction" means a transaction under which a party:

(1) pays or receives, or is obligated to pay or is entitled to receive, consideration with an aggregate value of at least $1 million; or

(2) lends, advances, borrows, or receives, or is obligated to lend or advance or is entitled to borrow or receive, money or credit with an aggregate value of at least $1 million.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.055 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.055
§ 502.055. DETERMINATION OF WEIGHT AND SEATING CAPACITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The weight, net weight, or gross weight of a vehicle, as determined by the department, is the correct weight for registration purposes, regardless of any other purported weight of the vehicle.

(b) The department may require an applicant for registration under this chapter to provide the department with evidence of:

(1) the manufacturer's rated carrying capacity for the vehicle; or

(2) the gross vehicle weight rating.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the seating capacity of a bus is:

(1) the manufacturer's rated seating capacity, excluding the operator's seat; or

(2) if the manufacturer has not rated the vehicle for seating capacity, a number computed by allowing one passenger for each 16 inches of seating on the bus, excluding the operator's seat.

(d) For registration purposes:

(1) the weight of a passenger car is the shipping weight of the car plus 100 pounds; and

(2) the weight of a municipal bus or private bus is calculated by adding the following and rounding to the next highest 100 pounds:

(A) the shipping weight of the bus; and

(B) the seating capacity multiplied by 150 pounds.
Tex. Government Code § 659.308 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.308
§ 659.308. ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0932 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0932
§ 25.0932. GRAYSON COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Grayson County has:

(1) original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice court in all civil and criminal matters over which the justice court has jurisdiction; and

(2) concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases and proceedings.

(b) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in family law cases and proceedings, and the county clerk serves as clerk of the court in all other cases.

(c) An appeal or writ of error may not be taken to a court of appeals from a final judgment of a county court at law if:

(1) the judgment or amount in controversy does not exceed $100, excluding interest and costs; and

(2) the case is a civil case over which the court at law has appellate or original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice court.

(d) Appeals from the justice court and other inferior courts in the county must be made directly to a county court at law.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(38), eff. January 1, 2012.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(38), eff. January 1, 2012.

(g) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(h) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an annual salary that does not exceed the total annual salary received by the county attorney. The salary shall be paid out of the county treasury on order of the commissioners court.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(38), eff. January 1, 2012.

(j) If the judge of a county court at law is disqualified or recused in a pending case, the county judge or the judge of another court at law may sit in the case.

(k) The official court reporter of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Grayson County is entitled to receive, in addition to transcript fees, fees for statements of facts, and other fees, a salary set by the commissioners court at an amount that does not exceed the salary paid to the official court reporters of the district courts in the county. The salary shall be paid monthly in the same manner as other county employees' salaries are paid.

(l) Section 25.0006(a) does not apply to a county court at law in Grayson County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.152
§ 1103.152. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The district shall operate on a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.068 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.068
§ 371.068. MULTIPLE PLACES OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A separate pawnshop license is required for each place of business operated under this chapter.

(b) The commissioner may issue more than one license to a person if the person complies with this chapter for each license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.002
§ 1069.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The Nacogdoches County Hospital District operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 58.320 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.320
§ 58.320. LOANS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

The board may borrow money to pay maintenance and operating expenses at an interest rate of not more than 10 percent a year and may pledge as security any of its notes or contracts with water users or accounts against them.
Tex. Property Code § 181.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 181 / Section 181.003
§ 181.003. CHAPTER NOT EXCLUSIVE.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter concerning the release of a power are not exclusive.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8186.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8186 / Section 8186.103
§ 8186.103. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by this section only if the district submits a letter to the comptroller not later than December 31, 2015, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, other than the requirement that the letter be submitted by the date specified by that section.

(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's authority to exercise the power of eminent domain under Section 2206.101(c), Government Code, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by law applicable to the district on or after the 90th day after the date the district submits a letter in accordance with Subsection (a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 392.035 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 392 / Section 392.035
§ 392.035. REMOVAL COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of a sign removed by the department under Section 392.033 is liable to the department for removal costs.

(b) Removal costs received by the department under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.
Tex. Property Code § 114.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 114 / Section 114.002
§ 114.002. LIABILITY OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE FOR BREACH OF TRUST BY PREDECESSOR.
Status: in_force

A successor trustee is liable for a breach of trust of a predecessor only if he knows or should know of a situation constituting a breach of trust committed by the predecessor and the successor trustee:

(1) improperly permits it to continue;

(2) fails to make a reasonable effort to compel the predecessor trustee to deliver the trust property; or

(3) fails to make a reasonable effort to compel a redress of a breach of trust committed by the predecessor trustee.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0811 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0811
§ 25.0811. FORT BEND COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Fort Bend County has the following statutory county courts:

(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Fort Bend County;

(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Fort Bend County;

(3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Fort Bend County;

(4) County Court at Law No. 4 of Fort Bend County;

(5) County Court at Law No. 5 of Fort Bend County; and

(6) County Court at Law No. 6 of Fort Bend County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1039 / Section 1039.154
§ 1039.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Education Code § 29.089 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.089
§ 29.089. MENTORING SERVICES PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Each school district may provide a mentoring services program to students at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081.

(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives, by rule shall determine accountability standards under this section for a school district providing a mentoring services program using funds allocated under Section 48.104.

(c) The board of trustees of the district shall obtain the consent of a student's parent or guardian before allowing the student to participate in the program.

(d) The board of trustees of the district may arrange for any public or nonprofit community-based organization to come to the district's schools and implement the program.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.119 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.119
§ 1451.119. SELECTION OF OPTOMETRIST.
Status: in_force

An insured may select an optometrist to provide the services or procedures scheduled in the health insurance policy that are within the scope of the optometrist's license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7806.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7806 / Section 7806.053
§ 7806.053. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

A vacancy on the board shall be filled by the remaining directors for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9028.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9028 / Section 9028.003
§ 9028.003. 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 boundaries of the district will benefit from the district and the improvements, works, and measures constructed and accomplished by the district.

(c) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1031.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1031 / Section 1031.302
§ 1031.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7960.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7960 / Section 7960.0201
§ 7960.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 7960.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Education Code § 51.401 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.401
§ 51.401. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature that all public higher education institutions of this state shall manage their institutions and institutional resources to achieve maximum effectiveness and to provide the greatest attainable educational benefit from the expenditure of public funds.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.602 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.602
§ 42A.602. MAXIMUM TERM OR TERMS OF CONFINEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a judge requires as a condition of community supervision or participation in a pretrial intervention program operated under Section 76.011, Government Code, or a drug court program established under Chapter 123, Government Code, or former law that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a community corrections facility, the term may not exceed 24 months.

(b) A judge who requires as a condition of community supervision that the defendant serve a term of confinement in a community corrections facility may not impose a subsequent term of confinement in a community corrections facility or jail during the same supervision period that, if added to the terms previously imposed, exceeds 36 months.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298C.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298C / Section 298C.053
§ 298C.053. INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER REPORTING.
Status: in_force

If the board authorizes the district to participate in a program under this chapter, the board shall require each institutional health care provider located in the district to submit to the district a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those sections.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8214.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8214 / Section 8214.103
§ 8214.103. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of the City of Houston.
Tex. Government Code § 43.126 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.126
§ 43.126.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.126. 46TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of the 46th Judicial District elect a district attorney.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.251
§ 1002.251. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

The board shall by resolution designate a bank within the county as the district's depository, and all funds of the district shall be secured in the manner provided for the security of county funds. Such depository shall serve for a period of five years and until a successor has been selected.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.360 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.360
§ 162.360. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the comptroller approves a license application, the comptroller shall issue a license to the applicant. A license holder shall post the license in a conspicuous place or keep the license available for inspection at the license holder's principal place of business. A license holder shall keep a copy of the license at each place of business or other place of storage from which compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas is sold or delivered.

(b) An interstate trucker's license holder shall reproduce the license and carry a photocopy with each motor vehicle being operated in or traveling to or from this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8046.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8046 / Section 8046.0304
§ 8046.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Education Code § 61.0331 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0331
§ 61.0331. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The board shall engage institutions of higher education in a negotiated rulemaking process as described by Chapter 2008, Government Code, when adopting a policy, procedure, or rule relating to:

(1) an admission policy regarding the common admission application under Section 51.762, a uniform admission policy under Section 51.807, graduate and professional admissions under Section 51.843, or the transfer of credit under Section 61.827;

(2) the allocation or distribution of funds, including financial aid or other trusteed funds under Section 61.07761;

(3) the reevaluation of data requests under Section 51.406;

(4) compliance monitoring under Section 61.035; or

(5) the reporting of certain incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking under Subchapter E-2, Chapter 51.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8877.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8877 / Section 8877.053
§ 8877.053. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

The district shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the uniform election date in November of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Transportation Code § 342.402 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 342 / Section 342.402
§ 342.402. FAILURE TO OBTAIN LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A person shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $200 if the person violates Section 342.101.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 302.061 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 302 / Section 302.061
§ 302.061.
Status: in_force

Sec. 302.061. EXEMPTION: PERSONS CONDUCTING CERTAIN ISOLATED TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS. This chapter does not apply to a person engaging in a telephone solicitation that:

(1) is an isolated transaction; and

(2) is not done in the course of a pattern of repeated transactions of a similar nature.
Tex. Estates Code § 124.016 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 124 / Section 124.016
§ 124.016. TIME TO INITIATE ACTIONS TO RECOVER UNPAID ESTATE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A representative required to recover unpaid amounts of estate tax apportioned to persons interested in the estate under this subchapter may not be required to initiate the necessary actions until the expiration of the 90th day after the date of the final determination by the Internal Revenue Service of the amount of the estate tax.

(b) A representative who initiates an action under this subchapter within a reasonable time after the expiration of the 90-day period is not subject to any liability or surcharge because a portion of the estate tax apportioned to a person interested in the estate was collectible during a period after the death of the decedent but thereafter became uncollectible.
Tex. Government Code § 44.205 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 44 / Section 44.205
§ 44.205. HAYS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The criminal district attorney of Hays County must be at least 25 years old and have been a practicing attorney in this state for at least five years.

(b) The criminal district attorney shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Hays County and each term and session of the inferior courts of the county held for the transaction of criminal business and shall exclusively represent the state in all criminal matters pending before those courts.

(c) The criminal district attorney shall perform the other duties that are conferred by law on county and district attorneys in the various counties and districts.

(d) The criminal district attorney shall collect the fees, commissions, and perquisites that are provided by law for similar services rendered by a district or county attorney.
Tex. Transportation Code § 372.053 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 372 / Section 372.053
§ 372.053. PEACE OFFICER AND VETERAN DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A toll project entity may establish a discount program for electronic toll collection customers.

(a-1) A program established under Subsection (a) must include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an electronic toll collection customer whose account relates to a vehicle registered under Section 504.202, 504.2025, or 504.315(f) or (g).

(a-2) A toll project entity may limit to no more than two the number of transponders issued to a participant in the entity's waiver program for which free or discounted use of the entity's toll project is provided under Subsection (a-1). A toll project entity that adopts a limit under this subsection shall allow a participant to be issued one extra transponder on a demonstration of hardship by the participant, as determined by the entity.

(b) The legislature may appropriate funds from the general revenue fund to a toll project entity to defray the cost of providing free or discounted use of the entity's toll project under this section.
Tex. Family Code § 65.051 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.051
§ 65.051. INITIAL REFERRAL TO TRUANCY COURT.
Status: in_force

When a truancy court receives a referral under Section 25.0915, Education Code, and the court is not required to dismiss the referral under that section, the court shall forward the referral to a truant conduct prosecutor who serves the court.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.071 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 58 / Section 58.071
§ 58.071. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Eligible lending institution" means a financial institution that makes commercial loans, is either a depository of state funds or an institution of the Farm Credit System, and agrees to participate in the farmer interest rate reduction program and to provide collateral equal to the amount of linked deposits placed with it.

(2) "Linked deposit" means a time deposit governed by a written deposit agreement between the state and an eligible lending institution that provides:

(A) that the eligible lending institution pay interest on the deposit at a rate that is not less than the greater of:

(i) the current market rate of a United States treasury bill or note of comparable maturity minus three percent; or

(ii) 0.5 percent;

(B) that the state not withdraw any part of the deposit before the expiration of a period set by a written advance notice of the intention to withdraw; and

(C) that the eligible lending institution agree to lend the value of the deposit to an eligible borrower at a maximum rate that is the linked deposit rate plus a maximum of one percent.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 32.106 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 32 / Section 32.106
§ 32.106. SEWAGE DISCHARGE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person may not discharge human body waste, treated or untreated, from a floating cabin into or adjacent to coastal water or state land.