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Tex. Government Code § 54A.313 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54A / Section 54A.313
§ 54A.313. SUPERVISION, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The office of court administration shall assist the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions in:

(1) monitoring associate judges' compliance with job performance standards, uniform practices adopted by the presiding judges, and federal and state laws and policies;

(2) addressing the training needs and resource requirements of associate judges;

(3) conducting annual performance evaluations for associate judges and other personnel appointed under this subchapter based on written personnel performance standards adopted by the presiding judges and performance information solicited from the referring courts and other relevant persons; and

(4) receiving, investigating, and resolving complaints about an individual associate judge or the associate judge program under this subchapter based on a uniform process adopted by the presiding judges.

(b) The office of court administration shall develop procedures and a written evaluation form to be used by the presiding judges in conducting the annual performance evaluations under Subsection (a)(3).

(c) The office of court administration shall develop caseload standards for associate judges to ensure adequate staffing.

(d) Each judge of a court that refers guardianship proceedings or protective services proceedings to an associate judge under this subchapter may submit to the appropriate presiding judges or the office of court administration information on the associate judge's performance during the preceding year based on a uniform process adopted by the presiding judges.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8833.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8833 / Section 8833.051
§ 8833.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors elected from single-member districts determined by the Guadalupe County Commissioners Court.

(b) Section 36.059(b), Water Code, does not apply to the district.

(c) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Education Code § 61.062 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.062
§ 61.062. POWERS RESPECTING JUNIOR COLLEGES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may authorize the creation of public junior college districts as provided in the applicable laws. In the exercise of this authority the board shall give particular attention to the need for a public junior college in the proposed district, and the ability of the district to provide adequate local financial support.

(b) The board may dissolve any public junior college district which has failed to establish and maintain a junior college in the district within three years from the date of its authorization.

(c) The board may adopt standards for the operation of public junior colleges and prescribe rules and regulations for them.

(d) The board may require of each public junior college whatever reports it deems necessary in accordance with its rules and regulations.

(e) The board may establish advisory commissions composed of representatives of public junior colleges and other citizens of the state to provide advice and counsel to the board with respect to public junior colleges.
Tex. Water Code § 51.407 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.407
§ 51.407. TAX TO PAY PRELIMINARY BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time preliminary bonds are issued, a tax shall be levied to pay principal and interest as the bonds mature and to pay the cost of assessing and collecting the taxes.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.061 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.061
§ 134.061. WRITTEN OBJECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date of the last publication of notice under Section 134.058, an affected person or a federal, state, or local governmental agency or authority is entitled to file with the commission written objections to a proposed initial or revised application for a surface coal mining and reclamation operation permit.

(b) The commission shall immediately send the objections to the applicant.

(c) The objections shall be made available to the public.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 38.17 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 38 / Section 38.17
§ 38.17. TWO WITNESSES REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

In all cases where, by law, two witnesses, or one with corroborating circumstances, are required to authorize a conviction, if the requirement be not fulfilled, the court shall instruct the jury to render a verdict of acquittal, and they are bound by the instruction.
Tex. Government Code § 2105.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2105 / Section 2105.201
§ 2105.201. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies if:

(1) an agency reduces a provider's block grant funding by 25 percent or more; and

(2) the agency provides the block grant funds to another provider in the same geographic area to provide similar services.

(b) This subchapter does not apply if a provider's block grant funding becomes subject to the agency's competitive bidding rules requiring the agency to invite bids for competitive evaluation.
Tex. Education Code § 109.158 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 109 / Section 109.158
§ 109.158. ACCEPTANCE AND FILING OF BIDS; TERMINATION OF LEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board determines that a satisfactory bid has been received for the oil, gas, sulphur, or other mineral lands, it shall accept the bid and reject all others and shall file the accepted bid in the general land office.

(b) If before the expiration of five years oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals have not been produced in paying quantities, the lease shall terminate unless extended as provided in Sections 109.160 and 109.161.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.054
§ 1104.054. SELECTION OF GUARDIAN BY MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, if an application is filed for the guardianship of the person or estate, or both, of a minor at least 12 years of age, the minor may select the guardian by a writing filed with the clerk, if the court finds that the selection is in the minor's best interest and approves the selection.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a minor at least 12 years of age may select another guardian of the minor's person or estate, or both, if the minor has a guardian appointed by the court, by will of the minor's parent, or by written declaration of the minor's parent, and that guardian dies, resigns, or is removed from guardianship. The minor must make the selection by filing an application in open court in person or by an attorney. The court shall make the appointment and revoke the letters of guardianship of the former guardian if the court is satisfied that:

(1) the person selected is suitable and competent; and

(2) the appointment of the person is in the minor's best interest.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3981.0701 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3981 / Section 3981.0701
§ 3981.0701. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; PREREQUISITES.
Status: in_force

The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has never issued any bonds; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Government Code § 418.063 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.063
§ 418.063. DISASTER RECOVERY LOAN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The division by rule shall establish a loan program to use money from the account to provide short-term loans for disaster recovery projects to eligible political subdivisions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.056
§ 3883.056. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9050.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9050 / Section 9050.004
§ 9050.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 605, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(3) Section 9050.005 of this chapter or its predecessor statute, former Section 16, Chapter 605, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965; or

(4) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type or kind of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.105
§ 1603.105. RETENTION OF STUDENT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The department may not retain student records, including student transcripts, beyond the time required by state law.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.161 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.161
§ 53.161. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Mineral(s)" means coal, lignite, sulphur, salt, and potash.

(2) "Geophysical exploration" means a survey or investigation conducted to discover or locate mineral prospects using magnetic, gravity, seismic, and/or electrical techniques.

(3) "Geochemical exploration" means a survey or investigation conducted to discover or locate mineral prospects using techniques involving soil sampling and analysis.

(4) "Public school land" means land dedicated by the constitution or laws of this state to the permanent free school fund, but does not include land with a mineral classification described in Section 53.061 of this chapter in which the state has retained the minerals, nor does it include areas within tidewater limits.

(5) "Permit" means a license issued by the commissioner authorizing geophysical and/or geochemical exploration on public school land.

(6) "Permittee" means the holder of a permit.

(7) "Areas within tidewater limits" means islands, saltwater lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, and reefs within tidewater limits and that portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of Texas.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 79.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 79 / Section 79.006
§ 79.006. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN MONEY.
Status: in_force

A department or agency that expends or becomes liable for an expenditure due to a control or eradication program undertaken or intensified under the compact shall have credited to the department or agency account in the state treasury the amount of any payment made to the state to defray the cost of the program or to reimburse the state.
Tex. Utilities Code § 58.004 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.004
§ 58.004. PACKAGING, TERM AND VOLUME DISCOUNTS, AND PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an electing company that has more than five million access lines in this state may not offer in an exchange a service listed in Sections 58.151(1)-(4) as a component of a package of services or as a promotional offering until the company makes the reduction in switched access service rates required by Section 58.301(2) unless the customer of one of the pricing flexibility offerings described in this subsection is a federal, state, or local governmental entity.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an electing company that has more than five million access lines in this state may not offer a volume or term discount on any service listed in Sections 58.151(1)-(4) until September 1, 2000, unless the customer of one of the pricing flexibility offerings described in this subsection is a federal, state, or local governmental entity.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an electing company that has more than five million access lines in this state may offer in an exchange a service listed in Sections 58.051(a)(1)-(4) as a component of a package of services, as a promotional offering, or with a volume or term discount on and after September 1, 1999.
Tex. Government Code § 432.106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.106
§ 432.106. APPROVAL BY CONVENING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

In acting on the findings and sentence of a court-martial, the convening authority may approve only findings of guilty and the sentence or part or amount of the sentence that the authority finds correct in law and fact and that the authority in his discretion determines should be approved. Unless the authority indicates otherwise, approval of the sentence is approval of the findings and sentence.
Tex. Family Code § 160.607 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.607
§ 160.607.
Status: in_force

Sec. 160.607. TIME LIMITATION: CHILD HAVING PRESUMED FATHER. (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), a proceeding brought by a presumed father, the mother, or another individual to adjudicate the parentage of a child having a presumed father shall be commenced not later than the fourth anniversary of the date of the birth of the child.

(b) A proceeding seeking to adjudicate the parentage of a child having a presumed father may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:

(1) the presumed father and the mother of the child did not live together or engage in sexual intercourse with each other during the probable time of conception; or

(2) the presumed father was precluded from commencing a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of the child before the expiration of the time prescribed by Subsection (a) because of the mistaken belief that he was the child's biological father based on misrepresentations that led him to that conclusion.
Tex. Government Code § 4007.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.203
§ 4007.203. FRAUDULENT CONDUCT; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person directly or indirectly:

(A) engages in any fraud or fraudulent practice;

(B) employs any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;

(C) knowingly makes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or

(D) engages in any act, practice, or course of business that operates or will operate as a fraud or deceit on any person; and

(2) the applicable conduct is committed in connection with:

(A) the sale of, the offering for sale or delivery of, the purchase of, the offer to purchase, invitation of offers to purchase, invitations of offers to sell, or dealing in any other manner in any security, regardless of whether the transaction or security is exempt under Chapter 4005; or

(B) the rendering of services as an investment adviser or an investment adviser representative.

(b) An offense under this section is:

(1) a felony of the third degree, if the amount involved in the offense is less than $10,000;

(2) a felony of the second degree, if the amount involved in the offense is $10,000 or more but less than $100,000; or

(3) a felony of the first degree, if the amount involved is $100,000 or more.

(c) An indictment for an offense under this section may be brought only before the fifth anniversary of the date the offense was committed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8006A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8006A / Section 8006A.0106
§ 8006A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8424.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8424 / Section 8424.006
§ 8424.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8493.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8493 / Section 8493.004
§ 8493.004. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 57.204 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 57 / Section 57.204
§ 57.204. NOTICE OF TERMINATION; CORRECTION OF DEFICIENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 57.205, a supplier shall provide a dealer with at least 90 days' written notice of termination. The notice must state all reasons constituting good cause for the termination and state that the dealer has 60 days in which to cure any claimed deficiency. If the deficiency is cured within 60 days, the notice will be void.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if the good cause reason for termination is due to the dealer's failure to meet or maintain the supplier's requirements for market penetration, a reasonable period of time has existed where the supplier has worked with the dealer to gain the desired market share.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.252
§ 1063.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district subject to district taxation.

(b) In setting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.
Tex. Government Code § 487.109 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.109
§ 487.109. LOAN FORGIVENESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The principal balance and interest for one year of a forgivable loan awarded to an outstanding rural scholar must be forgiven for each year the scholar practices as a health care professional in the sponsoring community.

(b) The sponsoring community shall report to the department the length of time the scholar practices as a health care professional in the community.

(c) If the department finds that a sponsoring community is not in need of the scholar's services and that the community is willing to forgive repayment of the principal balance and interest of the scholar's loan, the department by rule may provide for the principal balance and interest of one year of the scholar's loan to be forgiven for each year the scholar practices in another rural community in this state.

(d) Any amount of loan principal or interest that is not forgiven under this section shall be repaid to the department with reasonable collection fees in a timely manner as provided by department rule.
Tex. Government Code § 496.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 496 / Section 496.101
§ 496.101. AUTOMATED INVENTORY AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) As funds are appropriated for that purpose, the department shall establish for each facility of the department an automated inventory and maintenance system that interacts with the centralized computer system of the department.

(b) The system must maintain inventory records for parts and supplies control, monitor preventive maintenance and warranty schedules for equipment, estimate time standards for maintenance jobs, and organize a work order control process.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9054.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9054 / Section 9054.0102
§ 9054.0102. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to vote in an election in the district, a person must be:

(1) a qualified voter as defined by Section 11.002, Election Code, on the day the person offers to vote; and

(2) a person who resides on land inside the territory defined by the boundaries of the district as submitted to the commission under Section 49.455(j), Water Code, or commission rule.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.556 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.556
§ 1101.556. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO OCCUPANTS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other law, a license holder is not required to inquire about, disclose, or release information relating to whether:

(1) a previous or current occupant of real property had, may have had, has, or may have AIDS, an HIV-related illness, or an HIV infection as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service; or

(2) a death occurred on a property by natural causes, suicide, or accident unrelated to the condition of the property.
Tex. Occupations Code § 503.452 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 503 / Section 503.452
§ 503.452. CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

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

(1) engages in the practice of professional counseling without holding a license under this chapter;

(2) represents the person by the title "Licensed Professional Counselor" or "Licensed Counselor" without holding a license under this chapter;

(3) represents the person by the title "Licensed Professional Counselor -- Art Therapist," "Art Therapist," or by the initials "L.P.C. -- A.T." or "A.T." without:

(A) holding a license with a specialization in art therapy under Section 503.303; or

(B) holding a license under Section 503.309; or

(4) uses any title, words, letters, or abbreviations that imply that the person is licensed under this chapter if the person is not licensed under this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1954 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1954
§ 411.1954. WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS WHO HOLD CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the department shall waive any fee required for the issuance of an original or renewed license under this subchapter if at the time of the application the applicant for the license submits to the department satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

(1) holds a current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or another nationally recognized association; and

(2) is not required to hold the certification described by Subdivision (1) as a condition of obtaining or maintaining employment or an occupational license.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), "occupational license" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization that a person must obtain to practice or engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession.