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Tex. Government Code § 2306.6717 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6717
§ 2306.6717. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 2306.67041, the department shall make the following items available on the department's website:

(1) as soon as practicable, any proposed application submitted through the preapplication process established by this subchapter;

(2) before the 30th day preceding the date of the relevant board allocation decision, except as provided by Subdivision (3), the entire application, including all supporting documents and exhibits, the application log, a scoring sheet providing details of the application score, and any other document relating to the processing of the application;

(3) not later than the third working day after the date of the relevant determination, the results of each stage of the application process, including the results of the application scoring and underwriting phases and the allocation phase;

(4) before the 15th day preceding the date of board action on the amendment, notice of an amendment under Section 2306.6712 and the recommendation of the director and monitor regarding the amendment; and

(5) an appeal filed with the department or board under Section 2306.0504 or 2306.6715 and any other document relating to the processing of the appeal.

(b) The department shall make available on the department's website information regarding the low income housing tax credit program, including notice regarding public hearings, meetings, the opening and closing dates for applications, submitted applications, and applications approved for underwriting and recommended to the board, and shall provide that information to:

(1) locally affected community groups;

(2) local and state elected officials;

(3) local housing departments;

(4) any appropriate newspapers of general or limited circulation that serve the community in which the development is to be located;

(5) nonprofit and for-profit organizations;

(6) on-site property managers of occupied developments that are the subject of applications for posting in prominent locations in those developments; and

(7) any other interested persons and community groups that request the information.

(c) The department shall hold at least three public hearings in different regions of the state to receive public comments on applications and on other issues relating to the low income housing tax credit program.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the department may treat the financial statements of any applicant as confidential and may elect not to disclose those statements to the public.
Tex. Estates Code § 1157.151 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1157 / Section 1157.151
§ 1157.151. OPTION TO TREAT CLAIM AS MATURED SECURED CLAIM OR PREFERRED DEBT AND LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) If a secured claim against a ward is presented, the claimant shall specify in the claim, in addition to all other matters required to be specified in the claim, whether the claim shall be:

(1) allowed and approved as a matured secured claim to be paid in due course of administration, in which case the claim shall be paid in that manner if allowed and approved; or

(2) allowed, approved, and fixed as a preferred debt and lien against the specific property securing the indebtedness and paid according to the terms of the contract that secured the lien, in which case the claim shall be so allowed and approved if it is a valid lien.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), the guardian of the estate may pay a claim that the claimant specified as a claim to be allowed, approved, and fixed as a preferred debt and lien as described by Subsection (a)(2) before maturity if that payment is in the best interests of the estate.

(c) If a secured claim is not presented within the time provided by law, the claim shall be treated as a claim to be paid in accordance with Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Local Government Code § 326.049 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 326 / Section 326.049
§ 326.049. MANAGEMENT OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board has control over and shall manage the affairs of the district.

(b) The board shall employ any person, firm, partnership, or corporation the board considers necessary for conducting the affairs of the district.

(c) The board shall determine the term of office and compensation of any employee and consultant by contract or by resolution of the board.

(d) The board may remove any employee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 254.204 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 254 / Section 254.204
§ 254.204. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 254.051.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(c) Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate offense.
Tex. Family Code § 6.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.004
§ 6.004. CONVICTION OF FELONY.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if during the marriage the other spouse:

(1) has been convicted of a felony;

(2) has been imprisoned for at least one year in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a federal penitentiary, or the penitentiary of another state; and

(3) has not been pardoned.

(b) The court may not grant a divorce under this section against a spouse who was convicted on the testimony of the other spouse.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.024 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.024
§ 1702.024. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interests.

(b) A person may not be a committee member, and may not be a department employee whose primary duties include private security regulation and who is employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), and its subsequent amendments, if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of private investigation or private security; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of private investigation or private security.

(c) A person may not be a committee member or act as general counsel to the committee or department if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the committee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8469.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8469 / Section 8469.203
§ 8469.203. 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 § 7991A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7991A / Section 7991A.0202
§ 7991A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Micah Burson;

(2) Cullen Weishuhn;

(3) Nick Tirey;

(4) Chris Beckendorff; and

(5) Mills Duncan.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7991A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7991A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7991A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8052.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8052 / Section 8052.0102
§ 8052.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0112 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0112
§ 544.0112.
Status: in_force

Sec. 544.0112. HOSPITAL UTILIZATION REVIEWS AND AUDITS: PROVIDER EDUCATION PROCESS. The executive commissioner, in consultation with the office of inspector general, shall develop by rule a process for the office, including office staff and any third party with which the office contracts to perform coding services, to communicate with and educate providers about the diagnosis-related group (DRG) validation criteria that the office uses in conducting hospital utilization reviews and audits.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3956.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3956 / Section 3956.006
§ 3956.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code;

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
Tex. Election Code § 202.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 202 / Section 202.002
§ 202.002. VACANCY FILLED AT GENERAL ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a vacancy occurs on or before the 74th day before the general election for state and county officers held in the next-to-last even-numbered year of a term of office, the remainder of the unexpired term shall be filled at the next general election for state and county officers, as provided by this chapter.

(b) If a vacancy occurs after the 74th day before a general election day, an election for the unexpired term may not be held at that general election. The appointment to fill the vacancy continues until the next succeeding general election and until a successor has been elected and has qualified for the office.
Tex. Government Code § 43.179 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.179
§ 43.179.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.179. 355TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of the 355th Judicial District elect a district attorney who represents the state in all cases before that district court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8499.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8499 / Section 8499.0104
§ 8499.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8499.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 251.011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 251 / Section 251.011
§ 251.011. DETOUR ROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county shall establish detour roads for the convenience of the public when a county road that is not part of the state highway system must be closed to traffic for road construction. When a county detour road is in use, the county has the same authority over the road as over an established public road.

(b) The commissioners court shall:

(1) post all signs necessary for the convenience and guidance of the public at each end of a county detour road; and

(2) maintain a county detour road so that it is reasonably adequate for normal traffic requirements.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.605 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.605
§ 101.605. GENERAL POWERS OF PROTECTED SERIES OR REGISTERED SERIES.
Status: in_force

A protected series or registered series established under this subchapter has the power and capacity, in the name of the protected series or registered series, to:

(1) sue and be sued;

(2) contract;

(3) acquire, sell, and hold title to assets of the protected series or registered series, including real property, personal property, and intangible property;

(4) grant liens and security interests in assets of the protected series or registered series;

(5) be a promoter, organizer, partner, owner, member, associate, or manager of an organization; and

(6) exercise any power or privilege as necessary or appropriate to the conduct, promotion, or attainment of the business, purposes, or activities of the protected series or registered series.
Tex. Estates Code § 204.103 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 204 / Section 204.103
§ 204.103. CONTESTING RESULTS OF GENETIC TESTING.
Status: in_force

(a) A party to a proceeding to declare heirship who contests the results of genetic testing may call one or more genetic testing experts to testify in person or by telephone, videoconference, deposition, or another method approved by the court.

(b) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the party offering the testimony under Subsection (a) bears the expense for the expert testifying.
Tex. Property Code § 58.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.002
§ 58.002. LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) A worker has a lien as provided by this chapter if, under the contract with the employer, the worker:

(1) labors or performs a service in an office, store, hotel, rooming house or boardinghouse, restaurant, shop, factory, mine, quarry, or mill or on a farm; or

(2) performs a service:

(A) in cutting, preparing, hauling, or transporting logs or timber to a place of disposition;

(B) on a means of transportation of logs or timber; or

(C) in constructing or maintaining a tram or railroad constructed or used for transporting logs or timber to their owner or a point of disposition.

(b) The amount of the lien is the amount owed under the contract.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1304 / Section 1304.002
§ 1304.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Administrator" means a person, other than the provider of the service contract or an employee of the provider, who is responsible for the third-party administration of a service contract.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 13.010(1); Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.337(a).

(4) "Consumer" means an individual who, for a purpose other than resale, buys tangible personal property that is:

(A) distributed in commerce; and

(B) normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and not for business or research purposes.

(5) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(5-a) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.

(6) "Person" means an individual or an association, company, corporation, partnership, or other group.

(7) "Provider" means a person who is contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract.

(8) "Reimbursement insurance policy" means a policy of insurance issued to a provider to:

(A) reimburse the provider under a service contract the provider issued or sold; or

(B) pay on behalf of the provider all covered contractual obligations that are incurred by the provider under a service contract the provider issued or sold and that the provider does not perform.

(8-a) "Seller" means a person, other than the provider or administrator of a service contract, who markets, sells, offers to sell, negotiates, or issues a service contract to a consumer on behalf of a provider, but who is not contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract.

(9) "Service contract holder" means a person who purchases or otherwise holds a service contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8353.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8353 / Section 8353.005
§ 8353.005. 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. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 140 / Section 140.005
§ 140.005. PAYORS' RECOVERY LIMITED.
Status: in_force

(a) If an injured covered individual is entitled by law to seek a recovery from the third-party tortfeasor for benefits paid or provided by a subrogee as described by Section 140.004, then all payors are entitled to recover as provided by Subsection (b) or (c).

(b) This subsection applies when a covered individual is not represented by an attorney in obtaining a recovery. All payors' share under Subsection (a) of a covered individual's recovery is an amount that is equal to the lesser of:

(1) one-half of the covered individual's gross recovery; or

(2) the total cost of benefits paid, provided, or assumed by the payor as a direct result of the tortious conduct of the third party.

(c) This subsection applies when a covered individual is represented by an attorney in obtaining a recovery. All payors' share under Subsection (a) of a covered individual's recovery is an amount that is equal to the lesser of:

(1) one-half of the covered individual's gross recovery less attorney's fees and procurement costs as provided by Section 140.007; or

(2) the total cost of benefits paid, provided, or assumed by the payor as a direct result of the tortious conduct of the third party less attorney's fees and procurement costs as provided by Section 140.007.

(d) A common law doctrine that requires an injured party to be made whole before a subrogee makes a recovery does not apply to the recovery of a payor under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 502.2545 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 502 / Section 502.2545
§ 502.2545. WAIVER OF EXAMINATION FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council may waive the requirement that an applicant for a license as a licensed marriage and family therapist pass the examination required by Section 502.254 if the applicant:

(1) is a provisional license holder under Section 502.259 and the executive council determines that the applicant possesses sufficient education and professional experience to receive a license without further examination; or

(2) holds a license issued by another licensing agency in a profession related to the practice of marriage and family therapy and the executive council determines that the applicant possesses sufficient education and professional experience to receive a license without satisfying the examination requirements of this chapter.

(b) The executive council may adopt rules necessary to administer this section, including rules under Subsection (a)(2) prescribing the professions that are related to the practice of marriage and family therapy.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 366.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 366 / Section 366.016
§ 366.016. EMERGENCY ORDERS.
Status: in_force

The commission or authorized agent may issue an emergency order concerning an on-site sewage disposal system under Section 5.513, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11003.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11003 / Section 11003.108
§ 11003.108. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall have regular meetings at times specified by board resolution and shall have special meetings when called by the board president or by any three directors.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.064 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.064
§ 161.064. EFFECT OF QUARANTINE.
Status: in_force

A quarantine that is established for any location has the effect of quarantining all livestock, domestic animals, or domestic fowl of the kind mentioned in the quarantine notice that are on or enter that location during the existence of the quarantine, regardless of who owns or controls the livestock, domestic animals, or domestic fowl.
Tex. Education Code § 29.315 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.315
§ 29.315. TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
Status: in_force

The Texas Education Agency and the Texas School for the Deaf shall develop a memorandum of understanding to establish:

(1) the method for developing and reevaluating a set of indicators of the quality of learning at the Texas School for the Deaf;

(2) the process for the agency to conduct and report on an annual evaluation of the school's performance on the indicators;

(3) the requirements for the school's board to publish, discuss, and disseminate an annual report describing the educational performance of the school; and

(4) the type of information the school shall be required to provide through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
Tex. Water Code § 49.1991 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.1991
§ 49.1991. EFFICIENCY REVIEW OF RIVER AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

A district that is a river authority is subject to an efficiency review by the Legislative Budget Board.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 203.052 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 203 / Section 203.052
§ 203.052. NOTICE AND HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the board adopts the plan under Section 203.051 of this code, the board shall call and hold a hearing to consider a proposed plan.

(b) Not less than 30 days before the date the hearing is to be held, the board shall mail written notice of the hearing to each district in the state. The notice must:

(1) include the date and place for holding the hearing;

(2) state the purpose for holding the hearing; and

(3) include instructions for each district to submit written comments on the proposed plan.

(c) At the hearing, representatives of a district and any other person may appear and present testimony including information and suggestions for any changes in the proposed plan. The board shall:

(1) enter any written comments received on the proposed plan into the record of the hearing; and

(2) consider all written comments and testimony before taking final action on the proposed plan.

(d) After the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall consider the testimony, including the information and suggestions made at the hearing and in written comments, and after making any changes in the proposed plan that it finds necessary, the board shall adopt the plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.108
§ 1016.108. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property located in district territory if the interest is necessary for the district to exercise a power, right, or privilege conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.