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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1066.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1066 / Section 1066.105
§ 1066.105. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

(1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) accounting and control procedures for the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.035
§ 2306.035. LOBBYIST RESTRICTION.
Status: in_force

A person may not be a member of the board or act as the director of the department or the general counsel to the board or the department if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the department.
Tex. Local Government Code § 281.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 281 / Section 281.025
§ 281.025. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After executing the bonds and taking the oaths, the directors shall elect a president, vice-president, secretary, and any other officers the board considers necessary.

(b) The president is the chief executive officer of the authority and shall preside at each meeting of the board.

(c) The vice-president shall act as president if the president is absent or disabled. The secretary shall act as president if both the president and the vice-president are absent or disabled.

(d) The secretary shall provide for the proper keeping of the books and records of the authority. The board may appoint a director, the general manager, or any other employee as assistant or deputy secretary to assist the secretary, and that person may certify the authenticity of any record of the authority.

(e) A director of a state or national bank may serve as the authority's treasurer.

(f) The treasurer shall execute a bond, in an amount set by the board, conditioned that the treasurer will faithfully account for all money of which the treasurer assumes custody in the capacity of treasurer.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298E.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298E / Section 298E.001
§ 298E.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of hospital managers of a district.

(2) "District" means a hospital district to which this chapter applies.

(3) "Institutional health care provider" means a hospital that is not owned and operated by a federal, state, or local government and provides inpatient hospital services.

(4) "Paying provider" means an institutional health care provider required to make a mandatory payment under this chapter.

(5) "Program" means a health care provider participation program authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 756.121 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 756 / Section 756.121
§ 756.121. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Construction" means a building, structure, driveway, roadway, or other construction any part of which is physically located on, across, over, or under the easement or right-of-way of a pipeline facility or that physically impacts or creates a risk to a pipeline facility.

(2) "Constructor" means a person that builds, operates, repairs, replaces, or maintains a construction or causes a construction to be built, operated, repaired, maintained, or replaced.

(3) "Pipeline facility" means a pipeline used to transmit or distribute natural gas or to gather or transmit oil, gas, or the products of oil or gas.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.161 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.161
§ 22.161. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The Eisenhower State Park, located near Lake Texoma in Grayson County, is under the jurisdiction of the department.
Tex. Election Code § 141.039 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 141 / Section 141.039
§ 141.039. OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM.
Status: in_force

In addition to the other statements and spaces for entering information that appear on an officially prescribed form for an application for a place on the ballot, each official form for an application that a candidate is required to file under this code must include:

(1) a space for indicating the form in which the candidate's name is to appear on the ballot;

(2) a space for the candidate's public mailing address;

(3) spaces for the candidate's home and office telephone numbers and e-mail address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign;

(4) a statement informing candidates that the furnishing of the telephone numbers is optional;

(5) a statement informing candidates that knowingly providing false information on the application under Section 141.031(a)(4)(G) constitutes a Class B misdemeanor; and

(6) a statement informing candidates that a candidate who indicates under Section 141.031(a)(4)(G) that the candidate has been convicted of a felony must comply with the requirements of Section 141.031(a-1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3874.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3874 / Section 3874.105
§ 3874.105. NAME CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution may change the district's name. The board shall give written notice of the change to the city.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.003
§ 3926.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.661 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.661
§ 1101.661. FINAL ORDER.
Status: in_force

The commission may issue a final order in a proceeding under this subchapter or Subchapter O regarding a person whose license has expired.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3876.215 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3876 / Section 3876.215
§ 3876.215. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may grant in the manner authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.051
§ 8325.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8325.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.109
§ 1072.109. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except that the district is not required to deposit with 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 bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9085.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9085 / Section 9085.0201
§ 9085.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 9085.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 23.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.002
§ 23.002. LICENSING AUTHORITIES SUBJECT TO CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "licensing authority" means:

(1) the Parks and Wildlife Department; and

(2) the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 2103.062 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2103 / Section 2103.062
§ 2103.062. STATE AGENCY ADMINISTERED BY ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency administered by an elected or appointed state official may approve a voucher only in accordance with this section.

(b) The elected or appointed state official who is authorized by law to administer a state agency may authorize the chief deputy of the agency to designate one or more officers or employees of the agency to approve vouchers.

(c) The chief deputy may make or revoke a designation under this section after the comptroller has received written notice from the elected or appointed official of the authorization.

(d) The elected or appointed official may approve a voucher after submitting a signature card to the comptroller.

(e) An officer or employee of the state agency may approve a voucher after:

(1) the elected or appointed official or the chief deputy, if authorized under Subsection (b) or (c), has designated the officer or employee to approve vouchers;

(2) the comptroller has received written notice from the elected or appointed official or the chief deputy, if authorized under Subsection (b) or (c), that the official or chief deputy has authorized the officer or employee to approve vouchers; and

(3) the comptroller has received a signature card from the officer or employee.

(f) The elected or appointed official or the chief deputy authorized under Subsection (b) or (c) shall ensure that the comptroller is notified of the revocation of the authorization of an officer or employee to approve vouchers. This notice shall be given within 10 days after the effective date of the revocation.

(g) In this section, "chief deputy" means the individual authorized by law to administer a state agency that is administered by an elected or appointed state official during the absence of the official or during the official's inability to act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7964.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7964 / Section 7964.101
§ 7964.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Election Code § 15.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 15 / Section 15.005
§ 15.005. NOTICE OF IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The voter registrar of each county shall provide notice of the identification requirements for voting prescribed by Chapter 63 and a detailed description of those requirements with each voter registration certificate issued under Section 13.142 or renewal registration certificate issued under Section 14.001.

(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe the wording of the notice to be included on the certificate under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4013.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4013 / Section 4013.0402
§ 4013.0402. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 368.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 368 / Section 368.013
§ 368.013. EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN WASTE HAULERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not apply to an entity that transports:

(1) material as part of a recycling program; or

(2) salt water, drilling fluids, or other waste associated with the exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, or geothermal resources.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a county may not require a waste hauler license to be held by a waste hauler:

(1) while transporting waste on behalf of a municipality or other governmental entity; or

(2) operating regularly in more than three counties.

(c) A county may require a waste hauler who transports waste on behalf of a municipality or other governmental entity to have a waste hauler license if the hauler deposits any part of that waste in a county other than the county in which all or part of the municipality or other governmental entity is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7907A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7907A / Section 7907A.0503
§ 7907A.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. Education Code § 28.052 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.052
§ 28.052. PROGRAM; PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of the Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program is to recognize and reward those students, teachers, and schools that demonstrate success in achieving the state's educational goals.

(b) Awards and subsidies granted under the program are for the public purpose of promoting an educated citizenry.
Tex. Local Government Code § 284.110 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 284 / Section 284.110
§ 284.110. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A municipality, in the exercise of the municipality's administrative and regulatory authority related to the management of and access to the public right-of-way, must be competitively neutral with regard to other users of the public right-of-way.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0508 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0508
§ 9092.0508. ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) District bonds, including revenue bonds, that are not payable wholly from ad valorem taxes may be additionally secured, at the board's discretion, by a deed of trust or mortgage lien on the district's physical property and on all franchises, easements, water rights and appropriation permits, leases, and contracts and rights appurtenant to the property, vesting in the trustee power to:

(1) sell the property for the payment of the debt;

(2) operate the property; and

(3) take other action to further secure the bonds.

(b) A purchaser under a sale under the deed of trust lien, if one is given:

(1) is the absolute owner of the property, facilities, and rights purchased; and

(2) is entitled to maintain and operate the property, facilities, and rights.
Tex. Government Code § 24.383 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.383
§ 24.383.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.383. 204TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). (a) The 204th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County.

(b) The 204th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.
Tex. Penal Code § 12.43 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 12 / Section 12.43
§ 12.43. PENALTIES FOR REPEAT AND HABITUAL MISDEMEANOR OFFENDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If it is shown on the trial of a Class A misdemeanor that the defendant has been before convicted of a Class A misdemeanor or any degree of felony, on conviction he shall be punished by:

(1) a fine not to exceed $4,000;

(2) confinement in jail for any term of not more than one year or less than 90 days; or

(3) both such fine and confinement.

(b) If it is shown on the trial of a Class B misdemeanor that the defendant has been before convicted of a Class A or Class B misdemeanor or any degree of felony, on conviction he shall be punished by:

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

(2) confinement in jail for any term of not more than 180 days or less than 30 days; or

(3) both such fine and confinement.

(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor under Section 42.01 or 49.02 that the defendant has been before convicted under either of those sections three times or three times for any combination of those offenses and each prior offense was committed in the 24 months preceding the date of commission of the instant offense, the defendant shall be punished by:

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

(2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days; or

(3) both such fine and confinement.

(d) If the punishment scheme for an offense contains a specific enhancement provision increasing punishment for a defendant who has previously been convicted of the offense, the specific enhancement provision controls over this section.
Tex. Education Code § 54.758 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.758
§ 54.758. DEFERRED USE OF PREPAID CREDIT HOURS.
Status: in_force

(a) A prepaid tuition contract must permit the beneficiary to elect to pay from a source other than tuition units purchased under the contract the beneficiary's tuition and required fees for some or all of the tuition and required fees to which the beneficiary is entitled to payment under the contract, and to defer to a subsequent semester or other academic term the right to payment of the beneficiary's tuition and required fees by using tuition units remaining under the contract.

(b) This section does not affect the date on which a prepaid tuition contract terminates under this subchapter and does not give the beneficiary the right to a payment under the contract after termination of the contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.116
§ 1079.116. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.202
§ 1001.202. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt and enforce any rule or bylaw necessary to perform its duties, govern its proceedings, and regulate the practice of engineering and land surveying.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.502 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74 / Section 74.502
§ 74.502. SCOPE OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to an action on a health care liability claim against a physician or health care provider in which the present value of the award of future damages, as determined by the court, equals or exceeds $100,000.
Tex. Election Code § 276.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 276 / Section 276.001
§ 276.001. RETALIATION AGAINST VOTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if, in retaliation against a voter who has voted for or against a candidate or measure or a voter who has refused to reveal how the voter voted, the person knowingly:

(1) harms or threatens to harm the voter by an unlawful act; or

(2) with respect to a voter over whom the person has authority in the scope of employment, subjects or threatens to subject the voter to a loss or reduction of wages or another benefit of employment.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.112 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.112
§ 56.112. ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUPPORT AND COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall provide to the advisory committee:

(1) clerical and staff support; and

(2) a secretary to record committee meetings.

(b) The costs associated with the advisory committee shall be reimbursed from the universal service fund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 580.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 580 / Section 580.005
§ 580.005. ANNUAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

Not later than August 1 of each year, the commission shall prepare and submit to the legislature a written report on inpatient competency restoration services in this state for the state fiscal year preceding the year in which the report is due. The report must include:

(1) a performance evaluation of each facility to which this chapter applies;

(2) aggregated demographic data on individuals who received inpatient competency restoration services at a facility to which this chapter applies, including the criminal offenses the individuals were charged with, the individuals' countries of origin, and the individuals' diagnoses, if applicable; and

(3) the overall cost of providing inpatient competency restoration services at a facility to which this chapter applies compared to the cost of:

(A) providing forensic inpatient competency restoration services at a state hospital; and

(B) other competency restoration programs managed by the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 1503.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1503 / Section 1503.052
§ 1503.052. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "airport" includes all land and any building or other improvement necessary or convenient to establish or operate an airport, including land or an improvement necessary to:

(1) assemble or manufacture aircraft for military use or another governmental purpose; or

(2) provide housing or office space for employees necessary or incidental to such purposes.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 11.052 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 11 / Section 11.052
§ 11.052. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS ON FILING OF MOTION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing of a motion under Section 11.051, the litigation is stayed and the moving defendant is not required to plead:

(1) if the motion is denied, before the 10th day after the date it is denied; or

(2) if the motion is granted, before the 10th day after the date the moving defendant receives written notice that the plaintiff has furnished the required security.

(b) On the filing of a motion under Section 11.051 on or after the date the trial starts, the litigation is stayed for a period the court determines.
Tex. Election Code § 251.0015 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 251 / Section 251.0015
§ 251.0015. COMMUNICATION WITH CANDIDATE.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Section 251.001(8), communication between a person and a candidate, officeholder, or candidate's or officeholder's agent is not evidence that the person obtained the candidate's or officeholder's consent or approval for a campaign expenditure made after the communication by the person on behalf of the candidate or officeholder unless the communication establishes that:

(1) the expenditure is incurred at the request or suggestion of the candidate, officeholder, or candidate's or officeholder's agent;

(2) the candidate, officeholder, or candidate's or officeholder's agent is materially involved in decisions regarding the creation, production, or distribution of a campaign communication related to the expenditure; or

(3) the candidate, officeholder, or candidate's or officeholder's agent shares information about the candidate's or officeholder's plans or needs that is:

(A) material to the creation, production, or distribution of a campaign communication related to the expenditure; and

(B) not available to the public.