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Tex. Utilities Code § 55.045 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.045
§ 55.045. ELIGIBILITY TO PETITION.
Status: in_force

The telephone subscribers of an incumbent local exchange company exchange that serves not more than 10,000 access lines may petition the commission for expansion of the company's toll-free local calling area if:

(1) the petitioning exchange's central switching office is located within 22 miles, using vertical and horizontal geographic coordinates, of the central switching office of the exchange requested for expanded local calling service; or

(2) the petitioning exchange's central office is not more than 50 miles from the central office of the exchange requested for expanded local calling service and the exchanges share a community of interest.
Tex. Local Government Code § 22.039 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 22 / Section 22.039
§ 22.039. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

A majority of the number of aldermen established by Section 22.031 for the municipality constitutes a quorum. However, at a called meeting or at a meeting to consider the imposition of taxes, two-thirds of the number of aldermen established by that section constitutes a quorum unless provided otherwise.
Tex. Water Code § 41.0082 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 41 / Section 41.0082
§ 41.0082. COOPERATION OF TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Status: in_force

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall cooperate with the commissioner in the performance of his duties and shall furnish him any available data and information he needs.
Tex. Local Government Code § 506.201 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 506 / Section 506.201
§ 506.201. EFFECT OF WITHDRAWAL OF COUNTY.
Status: in_force

A county alliance corporation is not required to terminate its existence as a result of the withdrawal of a county from the county alliance if at least two counties remain in the county alliance.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8003A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8003A / Section 8003A.0503
§ 8003A.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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3920.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3920 / Section 3920.104
§ 3920.104. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Penal Code § 32.60 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 32 / Section 32.60
§ 32.60. REAL PROPERTY FRAUD.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Deception" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.01.

(2) "Disabled individual" and "elderly individual" have the meanings assigned by Section 22.04.

(3) "Document" and "effective consent" have the meanings assigned by Section 32.46.

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

(1) intentionally or knowingly makes a materially false or misleading written statement to obtain real property; or

(2) with the intent to defraud or harm any person:

(A) causes another person, without that person's effective consent, to sign or execute any document affecting real property or any person's interest in real property; or

(B) causes a public servant, without the public servant's effective consent, to file or record any purported judgment or other document purporting to memorialize or evidence:

(i) title to real property or any person's interest in real property; or

(ii) a lien or claim against real property or against any person's interest in real property.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is:

(1) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the market value of the real property or the value of the interest in the real property is less than $300,000; or

(2) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the market value of the real property or the value of the interest in the real property is $300,000 or more.

(d) An offense described for purposes of punishment by Subsection (c) is increased to the next higher category of offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that at the time of the offense:

(1) the owner of the real property was:

(A) an elderly individual;

(B) a disabled individual; or

(C) a nonprofit organization; or

(2) the real property was subject to a property tax exemption under Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Tax Code, as an individual's residence homestead as defined by Section 11.13(j), Tax Code.

(e) For purposes of Subsection (c), the market value of real property is the market value of that property for the tax year in which the offense was committed, as indicated on the appraisal roll for the appraisal district in which the property is located.
Tex. Family Code § 202.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 202 / Section 202.002
§ 202.002. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A friend of the court may coordinate nonjudicial efforts to improve compliance with a court order relating to child support or possession of or access to a child by use of:

(1) telephone communication;

(2) written communication;

(3) one or more volunteer advocates under Chapter 107;

(4) informal pretrial consultation;

(5) one or more of the alternate dispute resolution methods under Chapter 154, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;

(6) a licensed social worker;

(7) a family mediator; and

(8) employment agencies, retraining programs, and any similar resources to ensure that both parents can meet their financial obligations to the child.

(b) A friend of the court, not later than the 15th day of the month following the reporting month:

(1) shall report to the court or monitor reports made to the court on:

(A) the amount of child support collected as a percentage of the amount ordered; and

(B) efforts to ensure compliance with orders relating to possession of or access to a child; and

(2) may file an action to enforce, clarify, or modify a court order relating to child support or possession of or access to a child.

(c) A friend of the court may file a notice of delinquency and a request for a writ of income withholding under Chapter 158 in order to enforce a child support order.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293A.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293A / Section 293A.151
§ 293A.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING HOSPITAL NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may require an annual mandatory payment to be assessed on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the county. The commissioners court may provide for the mandatory payment to be assessed quarterly. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider as determined by the data reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the fiscal year ending in 2015 or, if the institutional health care provider did not report any data under those sections in that fiscal year, as determined by the institutional health care provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the 2015 fiscal year or for the closest subsequent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report. The county shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying hospital in the county. A mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the amount of the mandatory payment. The amount of the mandatory payment required of each paying hospital may not exceed six percent of the paying hospital's net patient revenue.

(d) Subject to the maximum amount prescribed by Subsection (c), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter, to fund an intergovernmental transfer described by Section 293A.103(c)(1), and to pay for indigent programs, except that the amount of revenue from mandatory payments used for administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter in a year may not exceed the lesser of four percent of the total revenue generated from the mandatory payment or $20,000.

(e) A paying hospital may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.
Tex. Local Government Code § 372.0175 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 372 / Section 372.0175
§ 372.0175. CONTRACTS FOR COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality or county may contract with the governing body of another taxing unit, as defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code, or the board of directors of an appraisal district to perform the duties of the municipality or county relating to collection of special assessments levied under this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 711 / Section 711.042
§ 711.042. AUTHORITY OF NONPROFIT CEMETERY ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit cemetery organization organized by plot owners may:

(1) divide cemetery property into lots and subdivisions for cemetery purposes;

(2) charge assessments on the property for the purposes of general improvement and maintenance; and

(3) take any action, to the same extent and for the same purposes as a for-profit cemetery corporation, that is necessary to carry out the organization's business purposes, which include the business purposes necessarily incident to the burial and disposal of human remains, including any action necessary to:

(A) convey property or other assets of the organization;

(B) borrow money;

(C) pledge or mortgage the property or other assets of the organization to secure the organization's indebtedness or other obligations;

(D) lend money and take security for the loan in furtherance of its business purposes; and

(E) conduct any business activity or business directly or by or through one or more subsidiaries.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.208
§ 3848.208. MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, a municipality is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 11.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 11 / Section 11.001
§ 11.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The definitions provided by Section 31.002 apply to this chapter.

(b) In this chapter, "finance agency" means:

(1) the Texas Department of Banking;

(2) the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending; or

(3) the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 714.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 714 / Section 714.004
§ 714.004.
Status: in_force

Sec. 714.004. REMOVAL OF REMAINS FROM ABANDONED CEMETERY IN COUNTY OF AT LEAST 525,000. (a) If an abandoned and neglected cemetery in a county with a population of at least 525,000 for which no perpetual care and endowment fund has been regularly and legally established is abated as a nuisance, the court abating the nuisance and enjoining its continuance or the governing body of the municipality in which the cemetery is located may authorize the removal of all bodies, monuments, tombs, and other similar items from the cemetery to a perpetual care cemetery as defined by Section 711.001.

(b) If there is no perpetual care cemetery in the county that under its rules permits the interment of the bodies of the persons that are to be removed, the bodies, monuments, tombs, and other similar items may be removed to a nonperpetual care cemetery that has provided for assessments for the cemetery's future care.
Tex. Government Code § 43.165 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.165
§ 43.165.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.165. 198TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of the 198th Judicial District elect a district attorney who represents the state in all matters before that district court.

(b) The district attorney of the 198th Judicial District and the district attorneys of the other judicial districts within that district shall assist each other in the conduct of their duties.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 251.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 251 / Section 251.002
§ 251.002. WAREHOUSEMAN ISSUING FRAUDULENT WAREHOUSE RECEIPT.
Status: in_force

(a) A warehouseman may not, with intent to defraud, issue a warehouse receipt that contains a false statement.

(b) A warehouseman who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) confinement in the county jail for a term of not more than one year;

(2) a fine not to exceed $1,000; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.
Tex. Government Code § 81.0875 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0875
§ 81.0875. INITIATION OF RULE PROPOSAL PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee may initiate the process for proposing a disciplinary rule for the state bar as the committee considers necessary or in conjunction with the review of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure under Section 81.0873(1).

(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date the committee receives a request to initiate the process for proposing a disciplinary rule, the committee shall:

(1) initiate the process; or

(2) issue a written decision declining to initiate the process and the reasons for declining.

(c) A request to initiate the process for proposing a disciplinary rule under Subsection (b) may be made by:

(1) a resolution of the board of directors;

(2) a request of the supreme court;

(3) a request of the commission;

(4) a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the registered members of the state bar;

(5) a concurrent resolution of the legislature; or

(6) a petition signed by at least 20,000 people, of which at least 51 percent, or 10,200 or more, must be residents of this state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 643.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 643 / Section 643.004
§ 643.004. PAYMENT OF FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may adopt rules on the method of payment of a fee under this chapter, including:

(1) authorizing the use of:

(A) escrow accounts described by Subsection (b); and

(B) electronic funds transfer or a credit card issued by a financial institution chartered by a state or the United States or by a nationally recognized credit organization approved by the department; and

(2) requiring the payment of a discount or service charge for a credit card payment in addition to the fee.

(b) The department may establish one or more escrow accounts in the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for the prepayment of a fee under this chapter. Prepaid fees and any fees established by the department for the administration of this section shall be:

(1) administered under an agreement approved by the department; and

(2) deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund to be appropriated only to the department for the purposes of administering this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 557.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 557 / Section 557.022
§ 557.022. RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The name of a communist may not be printed on the ballot for any primary or general election in this state or a political subdivision of this state.

(b) A person may not hold a nonelected office or position with the state or any political subdivision of the state if:

(1) any of the compensation for the office or position comes from public funds of this state or a political subdivision of this state; and

(2) the employer or superior of the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is a communist.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5016.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5016 / Section 5016.0103
§ 5016.0103. SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The port commission may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce an ordinance, rule, or police regulation necessary to:

(1) protect, secure, and defend the ship channels and waterways in the authority's jurisdiction and facilities served by those ship channels and waterways;

(2) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of any person using the ship channels and waterways in the authority's jurisdiction; or

(3) comply with a federal law or regulation or implement a directive or standard of the federal government, including the United States Department of Homeland Security and the United States Coast Guard, relating to securing ship channels and waterways and facilities served by ship channels and waterways and preventing terrorist attacks on ship channels, waterways, associated maritime facilities, and other facilities served by ship channels and waterways.

(b) In the enforcement of an authority ordinance, rule, or police regulation, a sheriff, constable, or other licensed peace officer or a peace officer employed or appointed by the port commission may make arrests, serve criminal warrants, subpoenas, or writs, and perform any other service or duty that may be performed by any sheriff, constable, or other licensed peace officer in enforcing other laws of this state.

(c) In adopting an ordinance, rule, or police regulation under Subsection (a) of this section, the port commission shall comply with the procedures provided by Sections 60.074 and 60.075, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3920.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3920 / Section 3920.106
§ 3920.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 28.03 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 28 / Section 28.03
§ 28.03. INFORMATION REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the information required of applicants for permits under this code, the applicant for a mixed beverage permit must file with his original and renewal application a sworn statement in a form prescribed by the commission or administrator containing the following information:

(1) the name and residential address of the lessor of the premises;

(2) the name and address of the lessee of the premises;

(3) the amount of monthly rental on the premises and the date of expiration of the lease;

(4) whether the lease or rental agreement includes furniture and fixtures;

(5) whether the business is to be operated under a franchise and, if so, the name and address of the franchisor;

(6) the name and address of the accountant of the business;

(7) a list of all bank accounts, including account numbers, used in connection with the business; and

(8) any information required by the commission or administrator relevant to the determination of all persons having a financial interest of any kind in the granting of the mixed beverage permit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7954A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7954A / Section 7954A.0502
§ 7954A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005 / Section 8005.103
§ 8005.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.038 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.038
§ 161.038. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

The commission is subject to the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Family Code § 102.012 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 102 / Section 102.012
§ 102.012. EXERCISING PARTIAL JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court in which a suit is filed may exercise its jurisdiction over those portions of the suit for which it has authority.

(b) The court's authority to resolve all issues in controversy between the parties may be restricted because the court lacks:

(1) the required personal jurisdiction over a nonresident party;

(2) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 152; or

(3) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 159.

(c) If a provision of Chapter 152 or Chapter 159 expressly conflicts with another provision of this title and the conflict cannot be reconciled, the provision of Chapter 152 or Chapter 159 prevails.

(d) In exercising jurisdiction, the court shall seek to harmonize the provisions of this code, the federal Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (28 U.S.C. Section 1738A), and the federal Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Order Act (28 U.S.C. Section 1738B).
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 642.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 642 / Section 642.004
§ 642.004. NO FINANCIAL LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not impose financial liability on providers of an interactive computer service, communications service, commercial mobile service, or information service, including an Internet access service provider, an advertising network or exchange, a domain name registration provider, and a hosting service provider, to the extent that the providers provide the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or provide another related telecommunications service, a commercial mobile radio service, or an information service, for use by another person that violates this chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.213 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.213
§ 61.213. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Before a person excavates, takes, removes, or carries away sand, marl, gravel, or shell from land located on an exposed island or peninsula bordering on the Gulf of Mexico or from land located within 1,500 feet of a mainland public beach that is located outside the boundaries of an incorporated city, town, or village, he must submit a written application to the commissioners court of the county in which the excavation, taking, removal, or carrying away is to take place.