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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7959A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7959A / Section 7959A.0301
§ 7959A.0301. 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. Business & Commerce Code § 509.054 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 509 / Section 509.054
§ 509.054. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTY TO CREATE PARENTAL TOOLS.
Status: in_force

(a) A digital service provider shall create and provide to a verified parent parental tools to allow the verified parent to supervise the verified parent's known minor's use of a digital service.

(b) Parental tools under this section must allow a verified parent to:

(1) control the known minor's privacy and account settings;

(2) alter the duties of a digital service provider under Section 509.052 with regard to the verified parent's known minor;

(3) if the verified parent alters the duty of a digital service provider under Section 509.052(2)(A), restrict the ability of the verified parent's known minor to make purchases or engage in financial transactions; and

(4) monitor and limit the amount of time the verified parent's known minor spends using the digital service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3821.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3821 / Section 3821.106
§ 3821.106. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to an organization that:

(1) enjoys tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and

(2) performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1058.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1058 / Section 1058.101
§ 1058.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.102 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.102
§ 18B.102. ORDER AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION AND USE OF TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE OR SIMILAR EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) On presentation of an application under Subchapter B, a judge may order the installation and use of a trap and trace device or similar equipment on the appropriate line by a communication common carrier or other person.

(b) The judge may direct the communication common carrier or other person, including any landlord or other custodian of equipment, to provide all information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to install or use the device or equipment unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference to the services provided by the communication common carrier, landlord, custodian, or other person.

(c) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the results of the device or equipment shall be provided to the applicant, as designated by the court, at reasonable intervals during regular business hours, for the duration of the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8282.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8282 / Section 8282.204
§ 8282.204. USE OF MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may use and pledge the proceeds received from all or any designated portion of the district's maintenance taxes for any lawful purpose, other than the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds. Bonds must be paid from taxes imposed separately to the extent that those bonds are required to be paid from taxes.

(b) The district may not use maintenance taxes for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, operating, or improving any of the works, facilities, and improvements described by Section 8282.153 until the district has complied with Sections 8282.252(a) and (b).
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.256 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.256
§ 901.256. WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to receive a certificate, a person must complete at least one year of work experience acceptable to the board, including experience providing a service or advice involving accounting, attest services, management or financial advisory or consulting services, tax services, or other services the board considers appropriate for an accountant, if the person:

(1) has completed at least 150 semester hours of college credits; or

(2) holds a graduate degree.

(a-1) To be eligible to receive a certificate with a baccalaureate degree under Section 901.252(2)(B), a person must complete two years of experience as determined by board rule.

(b) The board by rule shall define the work experience that is acceptable for purposes of this section.

(c) The board is the final authority regarding work experience. The board may not consider a petition from another entity in resolving a dispute under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.0771 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.0771
§ 481.0771. RECORDS AND REPORTS ON PSEUDOEPHEDRINE.
Status: in_force

(a) A wholesaler who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine to a retailer shall:

(1) before delivering the product, obtain from the retailer the retailer's address, area code, and telephone number; and

(2) make an accurate and legible record of the transaction and maintain the record for at least two years after the date of the transaction.

(b) The wholesaler shall make all records available to the director in accordance with department rule, including:

(1) the information required by Subsection (a)(1);

(2) the amount of the product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine delivered; and

(3) any other information required by the director.

(c) Not later than 10 business days after receipt of an order for a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine that requests delivery of a suspicious quantity of the product as determined by department rule, a wholesaler shall submit to the director a report of the order in accordance with department rule.

(d) A wholesaler who, with reckless disregard for the duty to report, fails to report as required by Subsection (c) may be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with department rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3799.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3799 / Section 3799.052
§ 3799.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The mayor and members of the governing body of the city shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body and the mayor vote to appoint that person.
Tex. Property Code § 114.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 114 / Section 114.004
§ 114.004. ACTIONS TAKEN PRIOR TO KNOWLEDGE OR NOTICE OF FACTS.
Status: in_force

A trustee is not liable for a mistake of fact made before the trustee has actual knowledge or receives written notice of the happening of any event that determines or affects the distribution of the income or principal of the trust, including marriage, divorce, attainment of a certain age, performance of education requirements, or death.
Tex. Insurance Code § 842.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 842 / Section 842.153
§ 842.153. BOARD MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of a group hospital service corporation may not meet more frequently than once a month. A meeting may not last more than five days.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.005 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.005
§ 55.005. UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE CONCERNING SERVICE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

In providing a service to persons in a classification, a public utility may not:

(1) grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to a person in the classification; or

(2) subject a person in the classification to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
Tex. Insurance Code § 7002.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 7002 / Section 7002.001
§ 7002.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Chapters 562 and 7001, Insurance Code, consideration provided to a discount health care program or a discount health care program operator includes patient information or patient prescription drug history provided by members, if the entity engages in the transfer or sale of such patient information, patient prescription drug history, or drug manufacturer rebates.
Tex. Utilities Code § 41.060 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 41 / Section 41.060
§ 41.060. CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall keep information submitted by customers and retail electric providers pertaining to the provision of electric service by electric cooperatives.

(b) The commission shall notify the appropriate electric cooperative of information submitted by a customer or retail electric provider, and the electric cooperative shall respond to the customer or retail electric provider. The electric cooperative shall notify the commission of its response.

(c) The commission shall prepare a report for the Sunset Advisory Commission that includes information submitted and responses by electric cooperatives in accordance with the Sunset Advisory Commission's schedule for reviewing the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 314A.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 314A / Section 314A.201
§ 314A.201. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general, at any time after an application is filed under Section 314A.052 and before the designated agency makes a determination on the application, or in connection with the agency's annual review of a certificate of public advantage under Section 314A.059, may require by civil investigative demand the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents in Travis County or the county in which the applicants are located for the purpose of investigating whether the merger agreement satisfies or, after issuance of the certificate of public advantage, continues to satisfy the standard prescribed by Section 314A.056(a)(1).

(b) All nonpublic documents produced for and testimony given to the attorney general under Subsection (a) are subject to the prohibitions on disclosure and use under Section 15.10(i), Business & Commerce Code.

(c) The attorney general may seek an order from the district court compelling compliance with a civil investigative demand issued under this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.153 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.153
§ 46C.153. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DETERMINATION OF SANITY ISSUE BY JUDGE OR JURY.
Status: in_force

(a) The judge or jury shall determine that a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity if:

(1) the prosecution has established beyond a reasonable doubt that the alleged conduct constituting the offense was committed; and

(2) the defense has established by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was insane at the time of the alleged conduct.

(b) The parties may, with the consent of the judge, agree to both:

(1) dismissal of the indictment or information on the ground that the defendant was insane; and

(2) entry of a judgment of dismissal due to the defendant's insanity.

(c) An entry of judgment under Subsection (b)(2) has the same effect as a judgment stating that the defendant has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3800.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3800 / Section 3800.0102
§ 3800.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The Montgomery County Management District No. 2 is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 489.108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 489 / Section 489.108
§ 489.108. PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND FUNDS UNDER BANK'S DIRECTION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the bank shall perform the duties and functions of the office with respect to the following programs, services, and funds:

(1) the original capital access program established under Section 481.405;

(2) the Texas leverage fund;

(3) the enterprise zone program established under Chapter 2303;

(4) the industrial revenue bond program;

(5) the defense economic readjustment zone program established under Chapter 2310;

(6) the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community grant program established under Section 481.025; and

(7) the renewal community program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9029.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9029 / Section 9029.001
§ 9029.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the Clear Lake City Water Authority.

(2) "Board" means the authority's board of directors.

(3) "Director" means a board member.
Tex. Election Code § 84.037 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 84 / Section 84.037
§ 84.037. PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The early voting clerk shall preserve each cancellation request for the period for preserving the precinct election records. If the application is canceled, the clerk shall attach it and the corresponding ballot materials, if available, to the cancellation request and preserve it with the request.

(b) The early voting clerk as defined by Subchapter A, Chapter 83, shall, not later than the 30th day after election day, deliver notice to the attorney general of cancellation requests received, including certified copies of cancellation requests, applications, and carrier envelopes, if available.

(c) The attorney general shall prescribe the form and manner of submission under Subsection (b). The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the requirements prescribed under this subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 844.505 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.505
§ 844.505. BENEFICIARY OF OPTIONAL GROUP TERM LIFE BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless a member has directed otherwise on a form prescribed by the board of trustees and filed with the retirement system:

(1) an optional group term life benefit under Section 844.503 is payable to the person entitled to receive the decedent's accumulated contributions, unless the decedent was an eligible member under Section 844.407, in which case the benefit is payable to the beneficiary designated by the decedent or, if no designation was made, to the person entitled under that section to receive a survivor annuity; and

(2) an optional group term life benefit under Section 844.504 is payable to a person entitled to receive any remaining payments of the decedent's annuity.

(b) If a person entitled under this section to receive an optional group term life benefit does not survive the member or retiree covered by the optional group term life program, the benefit is payable to the person to whom a benefit under Subchapter B or D is payable, or if no benefit is payable under those subchapters, to the person to whom a benefit under Subchapter E is or would be payable.
Tex. Education Code § 25.031 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 25 / Section 25.031
§ 25.031. ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS IN DISCRETION OF GOVERNING BOARD.
Status: in_force

In conformity with this subchapter, the board of trustees of a school district or the board of county school trustees or a school employee designated by the board may assign and transfer any student from one school facility or classroom to another within its jurisdiction.
Tex. Government Code § 1472.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1472 / Section 1472.007
§ 1472.007. CONTINUED IMPOSITION OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

A county issuing bonds under this chapter shall continue to impose ad valorem taxes to pay the interest on those bonds and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of those bonds even if the facilities constructed with the proceeds of the bonds being refunded become a part of the state highway system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8251.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8251 / Section 8251.152
§ 8251.152. TAX TO REPAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may impose a tax to pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under Section 8251.201.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.1096 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.1096
§ 2306.1096. DUTIES; BIENNIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall:

(1) develop and implement policies to coordinate and increase state efforts to offer service-enriched housing;

(2) identify barriers preventing or slowing service-enriched housing efforts, including barriers attributable to the following factors:

(A) regulatory requirements and limitations;

(B) administrative limitations;

(C) limitations on funding; and

(D) ineffective or limited coordination;

(3) develop a system to cross-educate selected staff in state housing and health services agencies to increase the number of staff with expertise in both areas and to coordinate relevant staff activities of those agencies;

(4) identify opportunities for state housing and health services agencies to provide technical assistance and training to local housing and health services entities about:

(A) the cross-education of staff;

(B) coordination among those entities; and

(C) opportunities to increase local efforts to create service-enriched housing; and

(5) develop suggested performance measures to track progress in:

(A) the reduction or elimination of barriers in creating service-enriched housing;

(B) increasing the coordination between state housing and health services agencies;

(C) increasing the number of state housing and health services staff who are cross-educated or who have expertise in both housing and health services programs; and

(D) the provision of technical assistance to local communities by state housing and health services staff to increase the number of service-enriched housing projects.

(b) The council shall develop a biennial plan to implement the goals described by Subsection (a).

(c) Not later than August 1 of each even-numbered year, the council shall deliver a report of the council's findings and recommendations to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.203 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.203
§ 143.203. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS, RECOGNITION, AND STRIKES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, and other terms and conditions of employment, or other state-mandated personnel issues, if the public employer and the fire fighters association recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all officers covered by this subchapter come to a mutual agreement on any of the terms listed above. If no agreement is reached, the existing state laws, local ordinances, and civil service rules remain unaffected. All agreements shall be reduced to writing. Nothing in this subchapter shall require either party to meet and confer on any issue or reach an agreement.

(b) A public employer may only meet and confer if the fire fighters association recognized under this subchapter as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent does not advocate the illegal right to strike by public employees.

(c) Fire fighters of a municipality may not engage in strikes or organized work stoppages against this state or a political subdivision of this state. A fire fighter who participates in a strike forfeits all civil service rights, reemployment rights, and any other rights, benefits, or privileges the fire fighter enjoys as a result of employment or prior employment, except that the right of an individual to cease work may not be abridged if the individual is not acting in concert with others in an organized work stoppage.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1077.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1077 / Section 1077.106
§ 1077.106. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board has exclusive authority to determine the type, character, and use of facilities in the hospital system.

(b) The district may:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings and improvements;

(2) mortgage or pledge the buildings and improvements as security for the payment of the purchase price, subject to Subsection (c); and

(3) equip buildings and improvements for hospital purposes.

(c) The total amount of debt secured by the district's buildings and improvements may not exceed $2.5 million.
Tex. Transportation Code § 647.017 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 647 / Section 647.017
§ 647.017. OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle transporting migrant agricultural workers that is loaded or that has a load that is distributed or secured in a manner that prevents the vehicle's safe operation.

(b) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if:

(1) a tailgate, tailboard, tarpaulin, door, fastening device, or equipment or rigging is not securely in place;

(2) an object:

(A) obscures the operator's view in any direction;

(B) interferes with the free movement of the operator's arms or legs;

(C) obstructs the operator's access to emergency accessories; or

(D) obstructs a person's entrance or exit from the cab or operator's compartment; or

(3) property on the vehicle is stowed so that it:

(A) restricts the operator's freedom of motion in properly operating the vehicle;

(B) obstructs a person's exit from the vehicle; or

(C) does not provide adequate protection to passengers and others from injury resulting from a falling or displaced article.

(c) An operator who leaves a motor vehicle unattended shall securely set the parking brake, chock the wheels, and take all reasonable precautions to prevent the vehicle from moving.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.108
§ 1081.108. 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 or convenient 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 petition for review.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.035 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 15 / Section 15.035
§ 15.035. CONTRACT IN WRITING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a person has contracted in writing to perform an obligation in a particular county, expressly naming the county or a definite place in that county by that writing, suit on or by reason of the obligation may be brought against him either in that county or in the county in which the defendant has his domicile.

(b) In an action founded on a contractual obligation of the defendant to pay money arising out of or based on a consumer transaction for goods, services, loans, or extensions of credit intended primarily for personal, family, household, or agricultural use, suit by a creditor on or by reason of the obligation may be brought against the defendant either in the county in which the defendant in fact signed the contract or in the county in which the defendant resides when the action is commenced. No term or statement contained in an obligation described in this section shall constitute a waiver of these provisions.