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Tex. Water Code § 51.021 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.021
§ 51.021.
Status: repealed

Sec. 51.021. SINGLE-COUNTY DISTRICT: GRANTING OR REFUSING PETITION. (a) The commissioners court or the commission shall grant the petition requesting the creation of a district if it appears at the hearing that:

(1) organization of the district as requested is feasible and practicable;

(2) the land to be included and the residents of the proposed district will be benefited by the creation of the district;

(3) there is a public necessity or need for the district; and

(4) the creation of the district would further the public welfare.

(b) If the commissioners court or the commission fails to make the findings required by Subsection (a) of this section, it shall refuse to grant the petition.

(c) If the commissioners court or the commission finds that any of the land sought to be included in the proposed district will not be benefited by inclusion in the district, it may exclude those lands not to be benefited and shall redefine the boundaries of the proposed district to include only the land that will receive benefits from the district.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 133.011 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 133 / Section 133.011
§ 133.011. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

To accomplish the limited purposes of this chapter, the department may:

(1) with proper notice to all parties affected, adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter and issue orders necessary to implement and enforce this chapter;

(2) conduct research necessary for the discharge of its duties under this chapter;

(3) collect and make available to the public information relating to the inventory and classification of quarries, including maps and other technical data;

(4) apply for, accept, receive, and administer grants, gifts, loans, or other funds from any source; and

(5) hold public hearings, take written sworn testimony, hear witnesses upon oath, and consider reports in regard to the classifications of pits within the definitions of hazardous proximity to a public road and unacceptable unsafe location, issuing rules and orders in relation thereto.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7915.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7915 / Section 7915.051
§ 7915.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7915.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3962.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3962 / Section 3962.0103
§ 3962.0103. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
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.

(b) By creating the district and in authorizing the county, the city, the school district, 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.

(c) 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.

(d) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the county or the city from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant county or city services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8811.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8811 / Section 8811.006
§ 8811.006. CREATION OF GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not preclude the creation of a groundwater conservation district in San Patricio County.

(b) A groundwater conservation district created in San Patricio County may not limit or restrict the district from recovering water stored by the district in a municipal aquifer storage area in the district, even if the municipal aquifer storage area is also located in the groundwater conservation district.

(c) To the extent that the boundaries of the district and a groundwater conservation district in San Patricio County overlap, the power and authority of the two districts are joint and coextensive.

(d) The district and land in the district are exempt from taxes and fees imposed by a groundwater conservation district created in San Patricio County.
Tex. Family Code § 157.315 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.315
§ 157.315. RECORDING AND INDEXING LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of a child support lien notice, the county clerk shall immediately record the notice in the county judgment records as provided in Chapter 52, Property Code.

(b) The county clerk may not charge the Title IV-D agency, a domestic relations office, a friend of the court, or any other party a fee for recording the notice of a lien. To qualify for this exemption, the lien notice must be styled "Notice of Child Support Lien" or be in the form authorized by federal law or regulation.

(c) The county clerk may not charge the Title IV-D agency, a domestic relations office, or a friend of the court a fee for recording the release of a child support lien. The lien release must be styled "Release of Child Support Lien."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7913.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7913 / Section 7913.153
§ 7913.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.252
§ 1074.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters.

(b) In setting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.402 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 12 / Section 12.402
§ 12.402. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not deprive a court of authority conferred by law to forfeit property, suspend or cancel a license or permit, cite for contempt, or impose any other civil penalty. The civil penalty may be included in the sentence.
Tex. Government Code § 2167.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2167 / Section 2167.002
§ 2167.002. PREREQUISITES FOR LEASING SPACE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may lease space for a state agency in accordance with this chapter and the agency's specifications if:

(1) state-owned space is not otherwise available to the agency; and

(2) the agency has verified it has money available to pay for the lease.

(b) In making a determination under this section that state-owned space is not available to a state agency, the commission must consider all reasonably available state-owned space in this state, regardless of whether utilizing state-owned space would require the agency to move all or part of the agency's operations to a different geographic location in this state.
Tex. Water Code § 27.201 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.201
§ 27.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Aquifer recharge project" means a project involving the intentional recharge of an aquifer by means of an injection well authorized under this chapter or other means of infiltration, including actions designed to:

(A) reduce declines in the water level of the aquifer;

(B) supplement the quantity of groundwater available;

(C) improve water quality in an aquifer;

(D) improve spring flows and other interactions between groundwater and surface water; or

(E) mitigate subsidence.

(1-a) "Fluid oil and gas waste" has the meaning assigned by Section 122.001, Natural Resources Code.

(2) "Native groundwater" means the groundwater naturally occurring in a geologic formation.

(3) "Project operator" means a person holding an authorization under this subchapter to undertake an aquifer recharge project.

(4) "Recharge injection well" means a Class V injection well used for the injection of water into a geologic formation for an aquifer recharge project, including an improved sinkhole or cave connected to an aquifer.
Tex. Government Code § 2051.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.042
§ 2051.042. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to the extent that the general or special law requiring or authorizing the publication of a notice in a newspaper by a governmental entity or representative does not specify the manner of the publication, including the number of times that the notice is required to be published and the period during which the notice is required to be published.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to the publication of a citation that relates to a civil suit and to which the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure apply.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8050.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8050 / Section 8050.0101
§ 8050.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 175.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 283 / Section 283.021
§ 283.021. DISTRICT BOARD; OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county in which a district is created under this chapter serves as the district board of hospital managers.

(b) The county judge of the county in which the district is located serves as the district board chairman.

(c) The county clerk serves as the district board secretary.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.038 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.038
§ 22.038. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this subchapter are negotiable instruments under the laws of this state.
Tex. Government Code § 751.016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 751 / Section 751.016
§ 751.016. CONTRACTS BY STATE AGENCIES OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "political subdivision" includes a river authority.

(b) An agency or political subdivision of the state shall report to the office on any contract between the agency or subdivision and a federal-level government relations consultant. A state agency or political subdivision shall submit one report under this section not later than the 30th day after the date the contract is executed and a second report not later than the 30th day after the date the contract is terminated. The report must include:

(1) the name of the consultant or consulting firm;

(2) the issue on which the consultant was hired to consult; and

(3) the amount of compensation paid or to be paid to the consultant under the contract.

(c) If a state agency contracts with a federal-level government relations consultant and the consultant subcontracts the work to another firm or individual, the state agency shall report the subcontract to the office.

(d) This section does not apply to a political subdivision whose federal-level government relations consultant is required by other law to disclose, report, and make available the information required by Subsection (b) to:

(1) the public; and

(2) a federal or state entity.
Tex. Education Code § 51.784 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.784
§ 51.784. JOB ORDER CONTRACTS FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution may award job order contracts for the minor construction, repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of a facility if the work is of a recurring nature but the delivery times are indefinite and indefinite quantities and orders are awarded substantially on the basis of predescribed and prepriced tasks.

(b) The institution may establish contractual unit prices for a job order contract by:

(1) specifying one or more published construction unit price books and the applicable divisions or line items; or

(2) providing a list of work items and requiring the offerors to bid or propose one or more coefficients or multipliers to be applied to the price book or work items as the price proposal.

(c) The board shall advertise for, receive, and publicly open sealed proposals for job order contracts.

(d) The board may require offerors to submit additional information besides rates, including experience, past performance, and proposed personnel and methodology.

(e) The board may award job order contracts to one or more job order contractors in connection with each solicitation of bids or proposals.

(f) An order for a job or project under the job order contract must be signed by the board's representative and the contractor. The order may be a fixed price, lump-sum contract based substantially on contractual unit pricing applied to estimated quantities or may be a unit price order based on the quantities and line items delivered.

(g) The contractor shall provide payment and performance bonds, if required by law, based on the amount or estimated amount of any order.

(h) The base term of a job order contract is for the period and with any renewal options that the institution sets forth in the request for proposals. If the institution fails to advertise that term, the base term may not exceed two years and is not renewable without further advertisement and solicitation of proposals.

(i) If a job order contract or an order issued under the contract requires engineering or architectural services that constitute the practice of engineering within the meaning of Chapter 1001, Occupations Code, or the practice of architecture within the meaning of Chapter 1051, Occupations Code, the board shall select or designate an architect or engineer to prepare the construction documents for the facility. If the architect or engineer is not a full-time employee of the institution, the board shall select the architect or engineer on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications as provided by Section 2254.004, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3910.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3910 / Section 3910.156
§ 3910.156. NOTICE TO EAST END DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district shall send to the board of directors of the East End district notice of a hearing regarding an improvement project or service that is to be financed with assessments under this chapter. The district shall send the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by another method determined by the board to provide adequate proof that the notice was timely mailed, not later than the 30th day before the date of the hearing. The notice must contain the information required by Section 375.115(b), Local Government Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.470 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.470
§ 151.470. AUDIT; INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may audit, inspect, or otherwise verify a brewer's, brewpub's, wholesaler's, distributor's, or package store local distributor's compliance with this subchapter.
Tex. Estates Code § 121.151 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 121 / Section 121.151
§ 121.151. DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to community property, including the proceeds of life or accident insurance that are community property and become payable to the estate of either the husband or wife.

(b) If a husband and wife die leaving community property but neither survives the other by 120 hours, one-half of all community property shall be distributed as if the husband had survived, and the other one-half shall be distributed as if the wife had survived.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004 / Section 8004.201
§ 8004.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.080 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.080
§ 287.080. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall require reimbursement from a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the boundaries of the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick, diseased, or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61.

(b) The board shall require reimbursement from the sheriff or police chief of a county or municipality for the district's care and treatment of a person confined in a jail facility of the county or municipality who is not a resident of the district, as determined in the same manner as the person's residence is determined under Chapter 61.

(c) The board may contract with a state or federal agency or political subdivision of the state to provide health care services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.054
§ 1018.054. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment in the same manner as the office was previously filled under Section 1018.051.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5002.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5002 / Section 5002.004
§ 5002.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory in Brazoria County described by Section 1, Chapter 55, Acts of the 40th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1927, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Section 3, Chapter 103, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929 (Article 8263a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), on or after May 23, 1929, and before August 30, 1971;

(2) Section 3a, Chapter 103, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929 (Article 8263a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), on or after May 16, 1951, and before August 30, 1971;

(3) Subchapter H, Chapter 62, Water Code; or

(4) other law.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.088 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.088
§ 181.088. CONSOLIDATION OF UTILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A telephone or telegraph corporation organized under the law of this state may consolidate or otherwise unite with one or more other companies organized under the law of a state or the United States if the union or consolidation:

(1) is approved, at a regular meeting of the corporation's stockholders, by a vote of persons holding a majority of the shares of stock of the corporation; and

(2) is done with the consent of each other company.

(b) The company resulting from the consolidation or other union may hold, use, and enjoy the rights and privileges given by the law of this state to, and has the same liabilities of, a company separately organized under the law of this state relating to corporations.
Tex. Water Code § 7.151 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.151
§ 7.151. FAILURE TO PAY FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly fails to pay a fee required by Chapter 26 or by a rule adopted or a permit or an order issued by the appropriate regulatory agency under Chapter 26.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(H) or Section 7.187(2)(B) or both.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(H).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1007.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1007 / Section 1007.052
§ 1007.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

At least 35 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election must be published one time in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.
Tex. Family Code § 264.855 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.855
§ 264.855.
Status: in_force

Sec. 264.855. CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE BENEFITS AFTER AGE 18. If the department first entered into a permanency care assistance agreement with a foster child's kinship provider after the child's 16th birthday, the department may continue to provide permanency care assistance payments until the last day of the month of the child's 21st birthday, provided the child is:

(1) regularly attending high school or enrolled in a program leading toward a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate;

(2) regularly attending an institution of higher education or a postsecondary vocational or technical program;

(3) participating in a program or activity that promotes, or removes barriers to, employment;

(4) employed for at least 80 hours a month; or

(5) incapable of any of the activities described by Subdivisions (1)-(4) due to a documented medical condition.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.505 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.505
§ 451.505. BOARD TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The term of board membership is two years.

(b) The terms of members of a board are staggered if the authority was created before 1980 and has a principal municipality with a population of less than 1.9 million.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3983.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3983 / Section 3983.0302
§ 3983.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, using any money available to the district for the purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).

(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.

(d) A district improvement project or service must comply with:

(1) the city charter and any city zoning and subdivision requirements; and

(2) city codes and ordinances.

(e) The district may not provide, conduct, or authorize an improvement project on any street, highway, right-of-way, or easement owned or controlled by the city unless the governing body of the city by resolution consents to the improvement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.110
§ 1074.110. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

A construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, may be made only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 101.0021 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0021
§ 101.0021. APPLICABILITY OF PENAL CODE.
Status: in_force

In addition to Section 1.03, Penal Code, Sections 15.02 and 15.04, Penal Code, and Title 11, Penal Code, apply to offenses prescribed by this code.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.029 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.029
§ 31.029. TERM OF CERTIFICATE OF NUMBER.
Status: in_force

Every certificate of number awarded pursuant to this chapter shall continue in full force and effect for a period of two years unless sooner terminated or discontinued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.