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Tex. Education Code § 12.110 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.110
§ 12.110. APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt:

(1) an application form and a procedure that must be used to apply for a charter for an open-enrollment charter school; and

(2) criteria to use in selecting a program for which to grant a charter.

(b) The application form must provide for including the information required under Section 12.111 to be contained in a charter.

(c) As part of the application procedure, the commissioner may require a petition supporting a charter for a school signed by a specified number of parents or guardians of school-age children residing in the area in which a school is proposed or may hold a public hearing to determine parental support for the school.

(d) The commissioner shall approve or deny an application based on:

(1) documented evidence collected through the application review process;

(2) merit; and

(3) other criteria as adopted by the commissioner, which must include:

(A) criteria relating to the capability of the applicant to carry out the responsibilities provided by the charter and the likelihood that the applicant will operate a school of high quality;

(B) criteria relating to improving student performance and encouraging innovative programs; and

(C) a statement from any school district whose enrollment is likely to be affected by the open-enrollment charter school, including information relating to any financial difficulty that a loss in enrollment may have on the district.

(e) The commissioner shall give priority to applications that propose an open-enrollment charter school campus to be located in the attendance zone of a school district campus assigned an unacceptable performance rating under Section 39.054 for the two preceding school years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0207
§ 5010.0207. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after each election of commissioners, the board shall elect a president, vice president, and secretary and treasurer.

(b) The president and vice president must be members of the board.

(c) The office of secretary and treasurer:

(1) is one office; and

(2) may be filled by a person who is not a member of the board.

(d) If a vacancy occurs in an office, the board shall appoint a replacement for the unexpired term.

(e) Officers serve until successor officers have qualified.

(f) The board may:

(1) employ an executive director for the district and give the executive director full authority to manage and operate the affairs of the district, including the authority to employ officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties, and set their compensation, subject only to the orders of the board; and

(2) employ and set the fees of counsel to represent the district in the preparation of any contract, to conduct any proceeding in or out of court, and to be the legal advisor of the board on matters as agreed to by the board.

(g) The board shall:

(1) set the compensation of the secretary and treasurer and the executive director; and

(2) set the terms of office of all officers of the district, including the executive director.

(h) All officers and the executive director of the district, other than the commissioners, hold office subject to the will of the board.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 78.106 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 78 / Section 78.106
§ 78.106. LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

A person seeking to renew a license established by this subchapter must have held the license during the preceding license year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8807.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8807 / Section 8807.052
§ 8807.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the voters in Liberty, Polk, and San Jacinto Counties confirm the creation of the district, seven directors shall be appointed as follows:

(1) the Liberty County Commissioners Court shall appoint one director to represent the rural water utilities or the forestry or agricultural groundwater supply interests of the county;

(2) the Polk County Commissioners Court shall appoint one director to represent the rural water utilities or the large industrial groundwater supply interests of the county;

(3) the San Jacinto County Commissioners Court shall appoint one director to represent the rural water utilities or the forestry or agricultural groundwater supply interests of the county;

(4) the incorporated municipalities of Liberty County shall jointly appoint one director;

(5) the incorporated municipalities of Polk County shall jointly appoint one director;

(6) the incorporated municipalities of San Jacinto County shall jointly appoint one director; and

(7) the commissioners courts of Liberty, Polk, and San Jacinto Counties shall jointly appoint one director to represent the forestry, agricultural, or landowner groundwater interests of all three counties.

(b) If the voters in two counties confirm the creation of the district, five directors shall be appointed as follows:

(1) the commissioners court in each of those counties shall appoint a director as provided by Subsection (a);

(2) the incorporated municipalities in each of those counties shall appoint a director as provided by Subsection (a); and

(3) the commissioners courts of the two counties shall jointly appoint one director to represent the forestry, agricultural, or landowner groundwater interests of both counties.

(c) If the voters in only one county confirm the creation of the district, three directors shall be appointed as follows:

(1) the commissioners court of the county shall appoint a director as provided by Subsection (a);

(2) the incorporated municipalities in the county shall appoint a director as provided by Subsection (a); and

(3) the commissioners court of the county shall appoint an additional director to represent the forestry, agricultural, or landowner groundwater interests of the county.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.603 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.603
§ 202.603. PROSECUTION OF VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

The department shall take action to ensure the prosecution of each person who violates this chapter and may incur reasonably necessary related expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3958.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3958 / Section 3958.102
§ 3958.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using any money available to the district, or contract with a governmental or private entity to 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.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.020 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.020
§ 111.020. TAX COLLECTION ON TERMINATION OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person who is liable for the payment of an amount under this title sells the business or the stock of goods of the business or quits the business, the successor to the seller or the seller's assignee shall withhold an amount of the purchase price sufficient to pay the amount due until the seller provides a receipt from the comptroller showing that the amount has been paid or a certificate stating that no amount is due.

(b) The purchaser of a business or stock of goods who fails to withhold an amount of the purchase price as required by this section is liable for the amount required to be withheld to the extent of the value of the purchase price.

(c) The purchaser of a business may request, on an affidavit or other form prescribed by the comptroller, that the comptroller issue a certificate stating that no tax is due or issue a statement of the amount required to be paid before a certificate may be issued. The comptroller shall issue the certificate or statement within 60 days after receiving the request or within 60 days after the day on which the records of the former owner of the business are made available for audit, whichever period expires later, but in either event the comptroller shall issue the certificate or statement within 90 days after the date of receiving the request.

(c-1) Section 111.006(a) does not apply to the disclosure of information under Subsection (c).

(d) If the comptroller fails to mail the certificate or statement within the applicable period provided by Subsection (c) of this section, the purchaser is released from the obligation to withhold the purchase price or pay the amount due.

(e) A period of limitation during which the obligation of a purchaser under this section may be enforced begins when the former owner of the business sells the business or stock of goods or when a determination is made against the former owner, whichever event occurs later.

(f) Compliance with Subsection (a) is not a defense to an assessment of tax liability under Section 111.024 if:

(1) the amount withheld from the purchase price is not sufficient to fully satisfy the liability of the seller of the business or stock of goods; and

(2) the purchase price paid to the seller for the business or stock of goods is not reasonably equivalent to the value of the business or stock of goods.
Tex. Water Code § 58.825 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.825
§ 58.825. DEFAULT IN PAYMENT OF TAX INSTALLMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Default in the payment of an installment of taxes levied for the payment of dissolution bonds for 60 days after the installment becomes due and payable as provided by the board shall, at the option of the board or the trustee, immediately mature the remaining installments and cause the entire amount of the taxes to immediately become due and payable.

(b) The trustee shall bring suit for the collection of the entire amount of the taxes and for the foreclosure of the lien securing the payment of the taxes.
Tex. Water Code § 57.092 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.092
§ 57.092. GENERAL POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may enter into all necessary and proper contracts and employ all persons and means necessary to purchase, acquire, build, construct, complete, carry out, maintain, protect, and, in case of necessity, add to and rebuild all works and improvements necessary or proper to fully accomplish the purposes of the district, including the reclamation of land within the district.

(b) The powers granted in this section are subject to the supervision and direction of the commission or other authority created by law.
Tex. Government Code § 552.261 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.261
§ 552.261. CHARGE FOR PROVIDING COPIES OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The charge for providing a copy of public information shall be an amount that reasonably includes all costs related to reproducing the public information, including costs of materials, labor, and overhead. If a request is for 50 or fewer pages of paper records, the charge for providing the copy of the public information may not include costs of materials, labor, or overhead, but shall be limited to the charge for each page of the paper record that is photocopied, unless the pages to be photocopied are located in:

(1) two or more separate buildings that are not physically connected with each other; or

(2) a remote storage facility.

(b) If the charge for providing a copy of public information includes costs of labor, the requestor may require the governmental body's officer for public information or the officer's agent to provide the requestor with a written statement as to the amount of time that was required to produce and provide the copy. The statement must be signed by the officer for public information or the officer's agent and the officer's or the agent's name must be typed or legibly printed below the signature. A charge may not be imposed for providing the written statement to the requestor.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (a), a connection of two buildings by a covered or open sidewalk, an elevated or underground passageway, or a similar facility is insufficient to cause the buildings to be considered separate buildings.

(d) Charges for providing a copy of public information are considered to accrue at the time the governmental body advises the requestor that the copy is available on payment of the applicable charges.

(e) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, all requests received in one calendar day from an individual may be treated as a single request for purposes of calculating costs under this chapter. A governmental body may not combine multiple requests under this subsection from separate individuals who submit requests on behalf of an organization.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7932.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7932 / Section 7932.153
§ 7932.153. 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. Local Government Code § 154.023 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 154 / Section 154.023
§ 154.023. SALARY FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) A salary fund shall be created in the county to be known as the "officers' salary fund of __________ County, Texas." The following items shall be paid from the fund:

(1) salaries of district, county, and precinct officers;

(2) salaries of the officers' deputies, assistants, and clerks; and

(3) the authorized expenses of the offices of those officers.

(b) The salary fund shall be:

(1) deposited in the county depository;

(2) kept separate from other county funds; and

(3) protected to the same extent as other county funds.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.101 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.101
§ 452.101.
Status: in_force

Sec. 452.101. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: POWERS. The executive committee may:

(1) employ and prescribe the compensation for a chief executive officer whom the committee may designate as the general manager or the executive director;

(2) appoint auditors and attorneys and prescribe their duties, compensation, and tenure;

(3) adopt a seal for the authority;

(4) set the fiscal year for the authority;

(5) establish a complete system of accounts for the authority;

(6) designate by resolution an authorized representative of the authority to, according to terms prescribed by the executive committee:

(A) invest authority funds; and

(B) withdraw money from authority accounts for investments; and

(7) designate by resolution an authorized representative of the authority to supervise the substitution of securities pledged to secure authority funds.
Tex. Education Code § 46.011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 46 / Section 46.011
§ 46.011. SALE OF INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY FINANCED WITH INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES ALLOTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If an instructional facility financed by bonds paid with state and local funds under this subchapter is sold before the bonds are fully paid, the school district shall send to the comptroller an amount equal to the district's net proceeds from the sale multiplied by a percentage determined by dividing the amount of state funds under this subchapter used to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds by the total amount of principal and interest paid on the bonds with funds other than the proceeds of the sale.

(b) In this section, "net proceeds" means the difference between the total amount received from the sale less:

(1) the amount necessary to fully pay the outstanding principal of and interest on the bonds; and

(2) the school district's costs of the sale, as approved by the commissioner.
Tex. Local Government Code § 147.0033 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 147 / Section 147.0033
§ 147.0033. ELECTION TO AUTHORIZE OPERATING UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality that receives a petition for recognition under Section 147.0031 may order an election to determine whether a public employer may meet and confer under this chapter.

(b) An election ordered under this section must be held as part of the next regularly scheduled general election for municipal officials that is held after the date the governing body of the municipality orders the election and that allows sufficient time to prepare the ballot in compliance with other requirements of law.

(c) The ballot for an election ordered under this section shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing __________ (name of the municipality) to operate under the state law allowing a municipality to meet and confer and make agreements with the meet and confer team representing municipal police officers and firefighters as provided by state law, preserving the prohibition against strikes and organized work stoppages, and providing penalties for strikes and organized work stoppages."

(d) An election called under this section must be held and the returns prepared and canvassed in conformity with the Election Code.

(e) If an election authorized under this section is held, the municipality may operate under the other provisions of this chapter only if a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the proposition.

(f) If an election authorized under this section is held, a meet and confer team may not submit a petition for recognition to the governing body of the municipality under Section 147.0031 before the second anniversary of the date of the election.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293 / Section 293.051
§ 293.051. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE MANDATORY PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by an institutional health care provider in the county only in the manner provided by this chapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.308 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56A / Section 56A.308
§ 56A.308. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this article, "identifying information" includes information that:

(1) reveals the identity, personal history, or background of a person; or

(2) concerns the victimization of a person.

(b) A communication or record is confidential for purposes of Section 552.101, Government Code, if the communication or record:

(1) contains identifying information regarding a victim who receives a forensic medical examination under Article 56A.303; and

(2) is created by, provided to, or in the control or possession of the department.
Tex. Family Code § 8.262 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.262
§ 8.262. ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court shall, on the filing of a request for issuance of a writ of withholding, issue and deliver the writ as provided by Subchapter D not later than the second working day after the date the request is filed. The clerk shall charge a fee in the amount of $15 for issuing the writ of withholding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4026.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4026 / Section 4026.0308
§ 4026.0308. ADDING OR EXCLUDING LAND.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 4026.0309, the district may add or exclude land in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, or by Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.
Tex. Water Code § 63.282 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.282
§ 63.282. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) With the approval of the electors of the district, the commission may levy and have assessed and collected for the maintenance, operation, and upkeep of the district and its improvements an annual tax of not more than 20 cents on the $100 valuation on all taxable property in the district.

(b) The proposition to approve the tax provided in Subsection (a) of this section may be voted on at the election to create the district or may be voted on at a separate election to be held in the manner provided for elections held under Subchapter B of this chapter.

(c) The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The levy of a tax of not more than 20 cents on the $100 valuation for maintenance, operation, and upkeep of the district and its improvements."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8441.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8441 / Section 8441.152
§ 8441.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8441.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Property Code § 115.014 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.014
§ 115.014. GUARDIAN OR ATTORNEY AD LITEM.
Status: in_force

(a) At any point in a proceeding a court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interest of a minor, an incapacitated, unborn, or unascertained person, or person whose identity or address is unknown, if the court determines that representation of the interest otherwise would be inadequate. If there is not a conflict of interests, a guardian ad litem may be appointed to represent several persons or interests.

(b) At any point in a proceeding a court may appoint an attorney ad litem to represent any interest that the court considers necessary, including an attorney ad litem to defend an action under Section 114.083 for a beneficiary of the trust who is a minor or who has been adjudged incompetent, if the court determines that representation of the interest otherwise would be inadequate.

(c) A guardian ad litem may consider general benefit accruing to the living members of a person's family.

(d) A guardian ad litem is entitled to reasonable compensation for services in the amount set by the court to be taxed as costs in the proceeding.

(e) An attorney ad litem is entitled to reasonable compensation for services in the amount set by the court in the manner provided by Section 114.064.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 118.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 118 / Section 118.007
§ 118.007. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall set a time and place for regular meetings, which must occur at least twice each year.