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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.539 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.539
§ 361.539. NOTICE TO BUYERS, LESSEES, AND OCCUPANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner of land that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility shall prepare a written notice stating the former use of the facility, the legal description of the pertinent part of the land, notice of the restrictions on the development or lease of the land imposed by this subchapter, and the name of the owner. The owner shall file for record the notice in the real property records in the county where the land is located.

(b) An owner of land that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility shall notify each lessee and each occupant of a structure that overlies the site of:

(1) the land's former use as a landfill; and

(2) the structural controls in place to minimize potential future danger posed by the landfill.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8301.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8301 / Section 8301.0202
§ 8301.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Rick Jones;

(2) Steve Gottsacker;

(3) Mike Nolan;

(4) Louis Casey; and

(5) Rex Baird.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8301.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8301.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8301.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.004
§ 3906.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment;

(3) providing quality residential housing; and

(4) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a residential community; and

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, vehicle parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be an improvement project that includes a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8447.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8447 / Section 8447.102
§ 8447.102. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the district shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9062.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9062 / Section 9062.053
§ 9062.053. EXCLUSION OF LAND FROM DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) Land may be excluded from the district in the manner provided by:

(1) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code; or

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the exclusion of land or other property from the district; provided, however, that the board shall hold a hearing if an owner of land or other property located in the district files a written request for a hearing with the board secretary before the district's first bond election is called.

(c) Subsection (b) may not be construed to prevent the board on its own motion from calling and holding an exclusion hearing under general law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.053
§ 1049.053. BOND; RECORD OF BOND AND OATH OR AFFIRMATION OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall qualify for office by executing a good and sufficient commercial bond for $1,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The district shall pay for a director's bond.

(c) Each director's bond and constitutional oath or affirmation of office shall be deposited with the district's depository for safekeeping.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8010A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8010A / Section 8010A.0403
§ 8010A.0403. 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. Government Code § 411.0035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0035
§ 411.0035. MEMBER AND GENERAL COUNSEL RESTRICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not be a member of the commission and may not be a department employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of law enforcement or private security; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of law enforcement or private security.

(c) A person may not be a member of the commission or act as the general counsel to the commission if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the commission.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.051 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.051
§ 31.051. REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

The department shall provide by regulation for the replacement of certificates of title.The department shall provide by regulation for the replacement of lost, mutilated, or stolen certificates.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6903.311 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6903 / Section 6903.311
§ 6903.311. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued under this subchapter and interest on those bonds.

(b) Refunding bonds may:

(1) be issued to refund bonds of more than one series;

(2) combine the pledges for the outstanding bonds for the security of the refunding bonds; or

(3) be secured by a pledge of other or additional revenue.

(c) The provisions of this subchapter regarding the issuance of other bonds and the remedies of the holders apply to refunding bonds.

(d) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(e) Instead of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the district, in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in a bank at which the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds to be refunded to their option date or maturity date, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.127 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.127
§ 282.127. EFFECT OF CONVERSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A district converted under this subchapter is governed by Article IX, Section 9, of the Texas Constitution and by Chapter 206, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 4494q-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as if it had been originally created under that section and that Act, except that the board shall continue to be elected as provided by this chapter.

(b) The district's identity is not affected by the conversion, and the district is liable for all outstanding debts and obligations assumed or incurred by the district.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may impose taxes for the entire year in which the district is converted unless the county has imposed taxes for the benefit of the district for that year.
Tex. Occupations Code § 165.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 165 / Section 165.008
§ 165.008. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) If after judicial review, the administrative penalty is reduced or not imposed by the court, the court shall, after the judgment becomes final:

(1) order that the appropriate amount, plus accrued interest, be remitted to the person if the person paid the penalty; or

(2) order the release of the bond in full if the penalty is not imposed or order the release of the bond after the person pays the penalty imposed if the person posted a supersedeas bond.

(b) The interest paid under Subsection (a)(1) is the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The interest is paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.
Tex. Local Government Code § 115.0036 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 115 / Section 115.0036
§ 115.0036. EXAMINATION AND AUDIT OF RECORDS OF CERTAIN SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county auditor shall have continual access to and may, at the county auditor's discretion, examine the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, and any other records of:

(1) a special district if the district's budget requires the approval of the commissioners court; and

(2) any subsidiary of a special district described by Subdivision (1) that is supported wholly or partly by public funds.

(b) The county auditor, with the approval of the commissioners court, may audit the books, accounts, reports, vouchers, and any other records of an entity described by Subsection (a) if the county auditor determines an audit is necessary after conducting an examination under Subsection (a).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.458 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.458
§ 45A.458. FINDING OF ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN VISUAL MATERIAL DEPICTING MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) In this article, "parent" means a natural or adoptive parent, managing or possessory conservator, or legal guardian. The term does not include a parent whose parental rights have been terminated.

(b) If a justice or municipal court finds that a defendant has committed an offense under Section 43.261, Penal Code, the court may enter an order requiring the defendant to attend and successfully complete an educational program described by Section 37.218, Education Code, or another equivalent educational program.

(c) A court that enters an order under Subsection (b) shall require the defendant or the defendant's parent to pay the cost of attending an educational program under Subsection (b) if the court determines that the defendant or the defendant's parent is financially able to pay.
Tex. Labor Code § 403.003 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 403 / Section 403.003
§ 403.003. RATE OF SURCHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner of insurance shall set and certify to the comptroller the rate of the surcharge, taking into account:

(1) any expenditure projected as necessary for the division and the office of injured employee counsel to:

(A) administer this subtitle during the fiscal year for which the rate of assessment is set; and

(B) reimburse the general revenue fund as provided by Section 201.052, Insurance Code;

(2) projected employee benefits paid from general revenues;

(3) a surplus or deficit produced by the surcharge in the preceding year;

(4) revenue recovered from other sources, including reappropriated receipts, grants, payments, fees, gifts, and penalties recovered under this subtitle; and

(5) expenditures projected as necessary to support the prosecution of workers' compensation insurance fraud.

(b) In setting the rate of assessment, the commissioner of insurance may not consider revenue or expenditures related to:

(1) the State Office of Risk Management;

(2) the workers' compensation research functions of the department under Chapter 405; or

(3) any other revenue or expenditure excluded from consideration by law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 912.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 912 / Section 912.051
§ 912.051. APPLICABILITY OF TEXAS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except to the extent of any conflict with this code, the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) applies to a county mutual insurance company. The commissioner has each power and duty of, and shall perform each act to be performed by, the secretary of state under that Act with respect to county mutual insurance companies.

(b) On advance approval of the commissioner, a county mutual insurance company may pay dividends to its members.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.051
§ 1100.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the number of directors is increased or decreased in accordance with Section 1100.060, the board consists of seven directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) an election shall be held annually on the May uniform election date, or another date authorized by law, to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Water Code § 60.409 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.409
§ 60.409. PRICING METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) A purchase may be proposed on a lump-sum or unit-price basis or a combination of a lump-sum basis and a unit-price basis.

(b) If a district uses unit pricing in its notice, the information furnished proposers or bidders shall specify the approximate quantities estimated on the best available information or other quantities reasonably specified to permit comparison of proposals or bids, and the total contract amount may be based on estimated maximum quantities, but the compensation paid the bidder must be based on the actual quantities purchased.
Tex. Education Code § 7.057 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 7 / Section 7.057
§ 7.057. APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person may appeal in writing to the commissioner if the person is aggrieved by:

(1) the school laws of this state; or

(2) actions or decisions of any school district board of trustees that violate:

(A) the school laws of this state; or

(B) a provision of a written employment contract between the school district and a school district employee, if a violation causes or would cause monetary harm to the employee.

(a-1) A person is not required to appeal to the commissioner before pursuing a remedy under a law outside of Title 1 or this title to which Title 1 or this title makes reference or with which Title 1 or this title requires compliance.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the commissioner after due notice to the parties interested shall, not later than the 180th day after the date an appeal under Subsection (a) is filed, hold a hearing and issue a decision without cost to the parties involved. In conducting a hearing under this subsection, the commissioner has the same authority relating to discovery and conduct of a hearing as a hearing examiner has under Subchapter F, Chapter 21. This section does not deprive any party of any legal remedy.

(c) In an appeal against a school district, the commissioner shall, not later than the 240th day after the date the appeal is filed, issue a decision based on a review of the record developed at the district level under a substantial evidence standard of review. The parties to the appeal may agree in writing to extend, by not more than 60 days, the date by which the commissioner must issue a decision under this subsection. A school district's disclosure of the record to the commissioner under this subsection is not an offense under Section 551.146, Government Code.

(d) A person aggrieved by an action of the agency or decision of the commissioner under this section may appeal to a district court in Travis County. An appeal must be made by serving the commissioner with citation issued and served in the manner provided by law for civil suits. The petition must state the action or decision from which the appeal is taken. At trial, the court shall determine all issues of law and fact, except as provided by Section 33.081(g).

(e) This section does not apply to:

(1) a case to which Subchapter G, Chapter 21, applies; or

(2) a student disciplinary action under Chapter 37.

(f) In this section:

(1) "Record" includes, at a minimum, an audible electronic recording or written transcript of all oral testimony or argument.

(2) "School laws of this state" means Title 1 and this title and rules adopted under those titles.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 61.018 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 61 / Section 61.018
§ 61.018. PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person sells or offers, exposes, or transports for sale agricultural or vegetable seed within this state that:

(1) has not been tested for germination in accordance with Section 61.009 of this code;

(2) is not labeled in accordance with Section 61.004, 61.005, or 61.006 of this code, as applicable;

(3) has false or misleading labeling;

(4) is represented by a false or misleading advertisement;

(5) contains noxious weed seeds in excess of the limitations per pound, allowing for tolerances, prescribed under Section 61.008 of this code;

(6) has labeling or advertising subject to this chapter that represents the seed to be certified in violation of Section 61.007 of this code; or

(7) is labeled by variety name in violation of Section 61.007(b) of this code.

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

(1) detaches, alters, defaces, or destroys any label provided for in this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter;

(2) alters or substitutes seed in a manner that may defeat the purposes of this chapter;

(3) disseminates a false or misleading advertisement concerning agricultural or vegetable seed;

(4) fails to comply with a stop-sale order issued under Section 61.014 of this code;

(5) hinders or obstructs an authorized person in the performance of duties under this chapter;

(6) uses the word "type" in violation of Section 61.004(b) of this code; or

(7) violates any other provision of this chapter.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(d) If a person is prosecuted under this section for selling or offering or exposing for sale in this state agricultural or vegetable seed that is incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind, variety, type, treatment, or origin and that cannot be identified by examination, it is a defense to prosecution that the defendant obtained an invoice or grower's declaration giving kind, kind and variety, or kind and type, treatment, and origin, if required.
Tex. Family Code § 158.311 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.311
§ 158.311. ARREARAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) Payment of arrearages after receipt of notice of application for judicial writ of withholding may not be the sole basis for the court to refuse to order withholding.

(b) The court shall order that a reasonable amount of income be withheld to be applied toward the liquidation of arrearages, even though a judgment confirming arrearages has been rendered against the obligor.