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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.209
§ 1004.209. DEBT LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Chapter 1207, Government Code, and Sections 1004.116, 1004.251, and 1004.254, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other than revenue available in the current fiscal year and the immediately following fiscal year of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.101
§ 1036.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for:

(1) operating hospital facilities; and

(2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1102.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.252
§ 1102.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 21.026 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 21 / Section 21.026
§ 21.026. PETITION FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A proceeding for the removal of an officer is begun by filing a written petition for removal in a district court of the county in which the officer resides.

(b) Any resident of the municipality who has lived for at least six months in the municipality and who is not currently under indictment in the county in which the municipality is located may file the petition. At least one of the parties who files the petition must swear to it at or before the filing.

(c) The petition must be addressed to the district judge of the court in which it is filed. The petition must specify the grounds alleged for the removal of the officer in plain and intelligible language and must cite the time and place of the occurrence of each act alleged as a ground for removal with as much certainty as the nature of the case permits.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.36 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.36
§ 44.36. HEARING HABEAS CORPUS.
Status: repealed

By order of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dated December 18, 1985, effective September 1, 1986, adopting the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 685 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, this article was repealed.
Tex. Election Code § 172.089 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.089
§ 172.089. ORDER OF PARTY OFFICES ON BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The party offices of county chair and precinct chair shall be listed on the primary election ballot after the public offices with the office of county chair listed first.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1068.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1068 / Section 1068.105
§ 1068.105. 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. Tax Code § 32.014 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 32 / Section 32.014
§ 32.014. TAX LIEN ON MANUFACTURED HOME.
Status: in_force

(a) If the owner of a manufactured home has elected to treat the home as real property under Section 25.08, the tax lien shall be attached to the land on which the manufactured home is located.

(b) If the owner of a manufactured home does not elect to treat the home as real property with the land on which the manufactured home is located, the tax lien on the manufactured home does not attach to the land on which the home is located.

(c) In this section, "manufactured home" has the meaning assigned by Section 1201.003, Occupations Code.

(d) This section prevails over Chapter 1201, Occupations Code, to the extent of any conflict.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7991.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7991 / Section 7991.103
§ 7991.103. 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, 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. Occupations Code § 2051.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.101
§ 2051.101. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an individual may not act as an athlete agent in this state or represent that the individual is an athlete agent in this state unless the individual holds a certificate of registration under this chapter as:

(1) a professional athlete agent; or

(2) a limited athlete agent.

(a-1) An individual may not register as a professional athlete agent under this chapter unless the individual is certified as an agent by a national professional sports association.

(a-2) An individual who is not certified as an agent by a national professional sports association may register only as a limited athlete agent. A limited athlete agent may only represent an athlete in a sport that does not have a national professional sports association.

(b) Before the issuance of a certificate of registration under this chapter, an individual may act as an athlete agent in this state for all purposes except signing an agent contract, if:

(1) an athlete or a person acting on behalf of the athlete initiates communication with the individual; and

(2) within seven days after the date of the initial act as an athlete agent, the individual submits an application for registration under this chapter.

(c) An agent contract negotiated by an unregistered athlete agent is void.

(d) An agent contract with an athlete in a sport for which there is a national professional sports association is void if the contract is negotiated by an athlete agent holding a limited certificate of registration.

(e) A person who is not an individual may not register as an athlete agent in this state.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.050 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.050
§ 71.050. CERTIFICATE TO ACCOMPANY SHIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Nursery products or florist items offered for sale or lease, consigned for shipment, or shipped by freight, express, or other means of transportation shall be accompanied by a copy of the certificate of inspection issued by the department when required by foreign countries or other states for agricultural products exported from this state.

(b) A copy of the certificate of inspection shall be attached to each car, box, bale, package, or item. If the car, box, bale, package, or item is delivered to more than one person, each portion shall also bear a copy of the certificate.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0351 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0351
§ 523.0351. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(2) "Ombudsman" means the individual appointed as the ombudsman for an ombudsman program.

(3) "Ombudsman program" means an ombudsman program administered by the commission under this subchapter.
Tex. Estates Code § 356.651 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.651
§ 356.651. GENERAL PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the personal representative of an estate may not purchase, directly or indirectly, any estate property sold by the representative or any co-representative of the estate.
Tex. Local Government Code § 211.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 211 / Section 211.008
§ 211.008. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment. In the regulations adopted under this subchapter, the governing body may authorize the board of adjustment, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, to make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning ordinance that are consistent with the general purpose and intent of the ordinance and in accordance with any applicable rules contained in the ordinance.

(b) A board of adjustment must consist of at least five members to be appointed for terms of two years. The governing body must provide the procedure for appointment. The governing body may authorize each member of the governing body, including the mayor, to appoint one member to the board. The appointing authority may remove a board member for cause, as found by the appointing authority, on a written charge after a public hearing. A vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term.

(c) The governing body, by charter or ordinance, may provide for the appointment of alternate board members to serve in the absence of one or more regular members when requested to do so by the mayor or city manager. An alternate member serves for the same period as a regular member and is subject to removal in the same manner as a regular member. A vacancy among the alternate members is filled in the same manner as a vacancy among the regular members.

(d) Each case before the board of adjustment must be heard by at least 75 percent of the members.

(e) The board by majority vote shall adopt rules in accordance with any ordinance adopted under this subchapter and with the approval of the governing body. Meetings of the board are held at the call of the presiding officer and at other times as determined by the board. The presiding officer or acting presiding officer may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public.

(f) The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings that indicate the vote of each member on each question or the fact that a member is absent or fails to vote. The board shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions. The minutes and records shall be filed immediately in the board's office and are public records.

(g) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality by ordinance may grant the members of the governing body the authority to act as a board of adjustment under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.303 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.303
§ 912.303. BOOKS AND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county mutual insurance company shall maintain the company's books and records in a form and manner that accurately reflects the condition of the company or the facts essential to the company's faithful and effective operation.

(b) The company shall use forms or systems that most effectively serve the purposes of this section.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.257 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.257
§ 39.257. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning with the 1999 calendar year, each electric utility shall file a report with the commission not later than 90 days after the end of each year during the freeze period under a schedule and a format determined by the commission.

(b) The report shall identify any positive difference between annual revenues, reduced by the amount of annual revenues under Sections 36.203 and 36.205, the revenues received under the interutility billing process as adopted by the commission to implement Sections 35.004, 35.006, and 35.007, revenues associated with transition charges as defined by Section 39.302, and annual costs.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2211.208 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2211 / Section 2211.208
§ 2211.208. SOURCE OF PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Public securities issued under this subchapter are payable only from:

(1) the service fee established under Section 2211.209; or

(2) other amounts the association is authorized to levy, charge, and collect.

(b) The public securities are obligations solely of the association and do not create a pledge, gift, or loan of the faith, credit, or taxing authority of this state.

(c) Each public security must:

(1) include a statement that the state is not obligated to pay any amount on the security and that the faith, credit, and taxing authority of this state are not pledged, given, or loaned to those payments; and

(2) state on the security's face that the security:

(A) is payable solely from the revenue pledged for that purpose; and

(B) is not a legal or moral obligation of the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.203
§ 9055.203. COLLECTION OF DISTRICT TAXES; CONTRACTS FOR PERFORMANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The City of Decatur shall collect all taxes imposed by the district.

(b) The district may enter into a contract with the City of Decatur under which municipal employees, including the tax collector and assessor of the municipality, perform administrative duties that might otherwise require the district to employ personnel.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.074 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 76 / Section 76.074
§ 76.074. DISPLAY OF DEALER LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each dealer shall prominently display the pesticide dealer license in the dealer's place of business.

(b) Failure to display a license as required by this section is a ground for revocation of the license.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.4441 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.4441
§ 2155.4441. PREFERENCE UNDER SERVICE CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

A state agency that contracts for services shall require the contractor, in performing the contract, to purchase products and materials produced in this state when they are available at a price and time comparable to products and materials produced outside this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.043 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 826 / Section 826.043
§ 826.043. RELEASE OR DISPOSITION OF QUARANTINED ANIMAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If a veterinarian determines that a quarantined animal does not show the clinical signs of rabies, the veterinarian or local rabies control authority shall release the animal to its owner when the quarantine period ends if:

(1) the owner has an unexpired rabies vaccination certificate for the animal; or

(2) the animal is vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian at the owner's expense.

(b) If a veterinarian determines that a quarantined animal shows the clinical signs of rabies, the veterinarian or local rabies control authority shall humanely destroy the animal. If an animal dies or is destroyed while in quarantine, the veterinarian or local rabies control authority shall remove the head or brain of the animal and submit it to the nearest department laboratory for testing.

(c) The owner of an animal that is quarantined under this chapter shall pay to the veterinarian or local rabies control authority the reasonable costs of the quarantine and disposition of the animal. The veterinarian or local rabies control authority may bring suit to collect those costs. The county in which the veterinarian is located may reimburse the veterinarian in a reasonable amount set by the county for the costs of the quarantine and disposition of an animal whose owner is unable to pay.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the veterinarian or local rabies control authority may sell the animal and retain the proceeds or keep, grant, or destroy an animal if the owner or custodian does not take possession of the animal before the fourth day following the final day of the quarantine period.

(e) A veterinarian or local rabies control authority may not destroy an animal following the final day of the quarantine period unless the veterinarian or local rabies control authority has notified the animal's owner, if available, of the animal's scheduled destruction.
Tex. Occupations Code § 603.255 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 603 / Section 603.255
§ 603.255. INVESTIGATION OF APPLICANT.
Status: in_force

(a) The medical board shall notify an applicant in writing of the receipt and investigation of the applicant's application and any other relevant evidence relating to qualifications established by rule not later than:

(1) the 45th day after the date a properly submitted and timely application is received; and

(2) the 30th day before the next examination date.

(b) The notice must state whether the applicant has qualified for examination based on the application and other submitted evidence. If the applicant is not qualified, the notice must state the reasons for the applicant's failure to qualify.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.048 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.048
§ 171.048. REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY; FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A party is entitled to representation by an attorney at a proceeding under this chapter.

(b) A waiver of the right described by Subsection (a) before the proceeding is ineffective.

(c) The arbitrators shall award attorney's fees as additional sums required to be paid under the award only if the fees are provided for:

(1) in the agreement to arbitrate; or

(2) by law for a recovery in a civil action in the district court on a cause of action on which any part of the award is based.
Tex. Education Code § 37.152 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.152
§ 37.152. PERSONAL HAZING OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

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

(1) engages in hazing;

(2) solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another in engaging in hazing;

(3) recklessly permits hazing to occur; or

(4) has firsthand knowledge of the planning of a specific hazing incident involving a student in an educational institution, or has firsthand knowledge that a specific hazing incident has occurred, and knowingly fails to report that knowledge to the dean of students or other appropriate official of the institution, a peace officer, or a law enforcement agency.

(b) The offense of failing to report is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) Any other offense under this section that does not cause serious bodily injury to another is a Class B misdemeanor.

(d) Any other offense under this section that causes serious bodily injury to another is a Class A misdemeanor.

(e) Any other offense under this section that causes the death of another is a state jail felony.

(f) Except if an offense causes the death of a student, in sentencing a person convicted of an offense under this section, the court may require the person to perform community service, subject to the same conditions imposed on a person placed on community supervision under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure, for an appropriate period of time in lieu of confinement in county jail or in lieu of a part of the time the person is sentenced to confinement in county jail.
Tex. Estates Code § 401.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 401 / Section 401.002
§ 401.002. CREATION IN TESTATE ESTATE BY AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 401.001(b), if a decedent's will names an executor but the will does not provide for independent administration as provided in Section 401.001(a), all of the distributees of the decedent may agree on the advisability of having an independent administration and collectively designate in the application for probate of the decedent's will, or in one or more separate documents consenting to the application for probate of the decedent's will, the executor named in the will to serve as independent executor and request that no other action shall be had in the probate court in relation to the settlement of the decedent's estate other than the probating and recording of the decedent's will and the return of an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims of the decedent's estate. In such case the probate court shall enter an order granting independent administration and appointing the person, firm, or corporation designated by the distributees as independent executor, unless the court finds that it would not be in the best interest of the estate to do so.

(b) Except as provided in Section 401.001(b), in situations where no executor is named in the decedent's will, or in situations where each executor named in the will is deceased or is disqualified to serve as executor or indicates by affidavit filed with the application for administration of the decedent's estate the executor's inability or unwillingness to serve as executor, all of the distributees of the decedent may agree on the advisability of having an independent administration and collectively designate in the application for probate of the decedent's will, or in one or more separate documents consenting to the application for probate of the decedent's will, a qualified person, firm, or corporation to serve as independent administrator and request that no other action shall be had in the probate court in relation to the settlement of the decedent's estate other than the probating and recording of the decedent's will and the return of an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims of the decedent's estate. In such case the probate court shall enter an order granting independent administration and appointing the person, firm, or corporation designated by the distributees as independent administrator, unless the court finds that it would not be in the best interest of the estate to do so.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8421.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8421 / Section 8421.104
§ 8421.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Government Code § 2256.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2256 / Section 2256.003
§ 2256.003. AUTHORITY TO INVEST FUNDS; ENTITIES SUBJECT TO THIS CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Each governing body of the following entities may purchase, sell, and invest its funds and funds under its control in investments authorized under this subchapter in compliance with investment policies approved by the governing body and according to the standard of care prescribed by Section 2256.006:

(1) a local government;

(2) a state agency;

(3) a nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of a local government or a state agency; or

(4) an investment pool acting on behalf of two or more local governments, state agencies, or a combination of those entities.

(b) In the exercise of its powers under Subsection (a), the governing body of an investing entity may contract with an investment management firm registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Section 80b-1 et seq.) or with the State Securities Board to provide for the investment and management of its public funds or other funds under its control. A contract made under authority of this subsection may not be for a term longer than two years. A renewal or extension of the contract must be made by the governing body of the investing entity by order, ordinance, or resolution.

(c) This chapter does not prohibit an investing entity or investment officer from using the entity's employees or the services of a contractor of the entity to aid the investment officer in the execution of the officer's duties under this chapter.