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Tex. Water Code § 51.712 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.712
§ 51.712. DUTY TO ADVISE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

The board shall furnish the executive director a detailed description of the land excluded and a detailed description of the land included within 30 days after the exclusion and inclusion of land under the provisions of Sections 51.702-51.711 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3868.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3868 / Section 3868.110
§ 3868.110. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) As provided by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.060 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.060
§ 3.060. SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS FOR RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION FOR FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the provisions authorized or required by Section 3.059, a restated certificate of formation for a for-profit corporation or professional corporation may omit:

(1) any prior statements regarding the number of directors and the names and addresses of the individuals serving as directors and, at the corporation's election, may insert a statement regarding the current number of directors and the names and addresses of the individuals currently serving as directors; and

(2) any provisions that were necessary to effect a change, exchange, reclassification, subdivision, combination, or cancellation of shares, if the change, exchange, reclassification, subdivision, combination, or cancellation has become effective.

(b) Except as provided by Title 2 or this subsection, an officer shall sign the restated certificate of formation on behalf of the corporation. If shares of the corporation have not been issued and the restated certificate of formation is adopted by the board of directors, one or more of the directors may sign the restated certificate of formation on behalf of the corporation.

(c) Any omission or insertion under Subsection (a) or omission under Section 3.059(b) is not considered an amendment that requires shareholder approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1025.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1025 / Section 1025.006
§ 1025.006. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1093.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1093 / Section 1093.103
§ 1093.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources.
Tex. Government Code § 411.510 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.510
§ 411.510. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Status: in_force

(a) On request of the department, the attorney general shall institute an action for injunctive relief to restrain a person in violation of or threatening to violate a law or rule governing a program or person subject to this subchapter.

(b) An action filed under this section shall be filed in a district court in:

(1) Travis County; or

(2) the county in which the violation allegedly occurred or is threatened to occur.

(c) The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief under this section, including court costs, attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
Tex. Education Code § 46.034 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 46 / Section 46.034
§ 46.034. LIMITS ON ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The existing debt tax rate ("EDTR") under Section 46.032 may not exceed $0.29 per $100 of valuation, or a greater amount for any year provided by appropriation.

(b) The amount of state assistance to which a district is entitled under this subchapter may not exceed the amount to which the district would be entitled at the district's tax rate for the payment of eligible bonds for the final year of the preceding state fiscal biennium.

(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a school district is entitled to state assistance under this subchapter based on the district's tax rate for the current school year if the district demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction that the district meets the criteria under Section 46.006(c-2).

(c) If the amount required to pay the principal of and interest on eligible bonds in a school year is less than the amount of payments made by the district on the bonds during the final school year of the preceding state fiscal biennium or the district's audited debt service collections for that school year, the district may not receive aid in excess of the amount that, when added to the district's local revenue for the school year, equals the amount required to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

(d) Expired.

(e) Expired.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.252 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.252
§ 231.252. AREAS SUBJECT TO REGULATION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to the unincorporated area of counties exercising the powers of a Type A municipality located within 25,000 feet of:

(1) the project boundary line for Falcon Lake;

(2) the Rio Grande River; and

(3) tributaries and arroyos leading to Falcon Lake or to the Rio Grande River.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.153
§ 3960.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.306
§ 1121.306. IMPOSITION OF TAX AND RETURN OF SURPLUS TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) After the board determines that the district is dissolved, the board shall:

(1) determine the debt owed by the district; and

(2) impose on the property included in the district's tax rolls a tax that is in proportion of the debt to the property value.

(b) On the payment of all outstanding debts and obligations of the district, the board shall order the secretary to return to each district taxpayer the taxpayer's pro rata share of all unused tax money.

(c) A taxpayer may request that the taxpayer's share of surplus tax money be credited to the taxpayer's county taxes. If a taxpayer requests the credit, the board shall direct the secretary to transmit the funds to the tax assessor-collector for Cameron County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1035.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1035 / Section 1035.063
§ 1035.063. DOCTORS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with doctors or appoint doctors to the medical staff and may employ technicians, nurses, and other employees the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district. The board may delegate that authority to the district administrator.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.104 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.104
§ 41.104. USE OF FUNDS FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of a board commits an offense if the member:

(1) wilfully spends or assists in spending money in violation of Section 41.060(c) of this code; or

(2) without causing or attempting to cause his or her dissent to be entered in the records or minutes of the board, participates in a meeting or session of the board in which money is authorized or directed to be expended in violation of Section 41.060(c) of this code.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9061.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9061 / Section 9061.005
§ 9061.005. EXPANSION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If land is annexed by the district under Section 49.301 or 51.714, Water Code, the board may require the petitioners to:

(1) assume the petitioners' pro rata share of the voted but unissued bonds of the district; and

(2) authorize the board to impose a tax on the petitioners' property to pay for the bonds after the bonds have been issued.

(b) If land is annexed by the district under Section 49.302, Water Code, the board may submit to the voters of the area to be annexed a proposition on the question of the assumption by the area to be annexed of its part of the voted but not yet issued or sold tax or tax-revenue bonds of the district and the imposition of an ad valorem tax on taxable property in the area to be annexed along with a tax in the rest of the district for the payment of the bonds.

(c) If the petitioners consent or if the election results favorably, the district may issue its voted but unissued tax or tax-revenue bonds regardless of changes to district boundaries since the voting or authorization of those bonds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 144.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 144 / Section 144.002
§ 144.002. PAYEE REQUEST.
Status: in_force

An authorized payee must request in writing to participate in any electronic funds transfer system established and operated by the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.356 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.356
§ 1001.356. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body may issue and sell revenue bonds for and in the name of the district to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, improve, enlarge, or equip hospital facilities; or

(2) acquire real or personal property for use in connection with the hospital facilities.

(b) A revenue bond issued under this section is a special obligation of the district.

(c) A revenue bond issued under this section must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance. The total principal of revenue bonds issued and outstanding may not exceed $20 million.

(d) Under the terms prescribed in an ordinance authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds, the governing body may provide for the subsequent issuance of additional parity bonds, subordinate lien bonds, or other types of bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 855.406 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.406
§ 855.406. MUNICIPALITY PRIOR SERVICE CONTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each participating municipality shall pay to the benefit accumulation fund, as its prior service contribution, an amount equal to a percentage of the compensation of members employed by the municipality for that month.

(b) The rate of contribution is the rate determined annually by the actuary and approved by the board of trustees as being the rate required to fund all obligations charged against the municipality's account in the benefit accumulation fund within the municipality's amortization period without resulting in a probable future depletion of that account.
Tex. Occupations Code § 501.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 501 / Section 501.057
§ 501.057. OFFICERS; MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a member of the board as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor. The board shall hold an annual meeting during which the board shall select from its members an assistant presiding officer.

(b) The board may hold other regular meetings as provided by board rule. The board shall hold meetings at least twice each year. Special meetings may be called as necessary or by a majority of the board members.

(c) The board shall give reasonable notice of all meetings in the manner provided by board rule.
Tex. Water Code § 51.781 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.781
§ 51.781. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the electors of a district reject the proposal to issue construction bonds by a constitutional or statutory majority vote, the board must dissolve the district and liquidate the affairs of the district as provided in Sections 51.781-51.792 of this code.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Subchapter G of Chapter 50 of this code, if a district finds at any time before the authorization of construction bonds or the final lending of its credit in another form that the proposed undertaking for any reason is impracticable or apparently cannot be successfully and beneficially accomplished, the board may issue notice of a hearing on a proposal to dissolve the district.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Subchapter G of Chapter 50 of this code, if 20 percent of the qualified voters of a district petition the board for a hearing on a proposal to dissolve the district and deposit with the board an amount estimated to cover the actual cost of giving notice and holding the hearing, the board shall publish notice of the hearing within 10 days and shall hold the hearing within 40 days after the filing of the petition, as provided in Sections 51.782-51.785 of this code. If the finding is against the petition, the deposit shall be applied to pay the cost of giving notice and holding the hearing.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8489.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8489 / Section 8489.107
§ 8489.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8489.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8489.003.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8489.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.080 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.080
§ 345.080. OBLIGATION UNDER MORE THAN ONE CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A retail seller may not induce a person or a husband and wife to become obligated at substantially the same time under more than one retail installment contract with the same seller for the deliberate purpose of obtaining a greater amount of time price differential than is permitted under this chapter for one retail installment contract.

(b) A contract made by a retail buyer and retail seller after the 30th day after the date of a contract between that buyer and seller is presumed not to violate this section.
Tex. Government Code § 551.078 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.078
§ 551.078. MEDICAL BOARD OR MEDICAL COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not require a medical board or medical committee to conduct an open meeting to deliberate the medical or psychiatric records of an individual applicant for a disability benefit from a public retirement system.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.011
§ 118.011. FEE SCHEDULE.
Status: in_force

(a) A county clerk shall collect the following fees for services rendered to any person:

(1) Personal Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.012):

(2) Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.013):

(3) Certified Papers (Sec. 118.014):

(D) that is an electronic copy of an electronic document:

(4) Noncertified Papers (Sec. 118.0145):

(C) that is an electronic copy of an electronic document, except for real property records:

(b) The county clerk may set and collect the following fee from any person:

(1) Returned Check (Sec. 118.0215) . . . . . . not less than $15 or more than $30

(2) Records Management and Preservation Fee (Sec. 118.0216) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not more than $10

(3) Mental Health Background Check for License to Carry a Handgun (Sec. 118.0217) . . . . . not more than $2

(4) Marriage License for Out-of-State Applicants (Sec. 118.018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100

(c) The clerk shall charge reasonable fees for performing other duties prescribed or authorized by statute for which a fee is not prescribed by this subchapter.

(d) The county clerk may not charge the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service a fee for a copy of any document on file or of record in the clerk's office relating to an individual's criminal history, regardless of whether the document is certified.

(e) A county clerk who provides a copy in a format other than paper of a record maintained by the clerk, including real property records, shall provide the copy and charge a fee in accordance with Sections 552.231 and 552.262, Government Code.

(f) The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee as part of the county's annual budget, collect the following fee from any person:

(1) Records Archive Fee (Sec. 118.025) . . . . . . . not more than $10

(2) Records Technology and Infrastructure Fee (Sec. 118.026) . . . . . . . $2.00

(g) The county clerk of a county shall, if the commissioners court of the county adopts the fee, collect the following fee from any person:

Real Property Records Filing (Sec. 118.0131) . . . . . . . not more than $10
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 34.014 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 34 / Section 34.014
§ 34.014. OFFICERS OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner is the chairman of the board.

(b) Each board shall select a secretary who shall be nominated by the commissioner and approved by a majority of the board.
Tex. Education Code § 130.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.002
§ 130.002. EXTENT OF STATE AND LOCAL CONTROL.
Status: reserved

All authority not vested by this chapter or by other laws of the state in the coordinating board or in the Central Education Agency is reserved and retained locally in each of the respective public junior college districts or in the governing boards of such junior colleges as provided in the laws applicable.
Tex. Finance Code § 122.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 122 / Section 122.004
§ 122.004. INVESTIGATION BY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may conduct an investigation and obtain any information or report from any person, including a law enforcement agency, that the commissioner considers necessary.
Tex. Government Code § 421.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 421 / Section 421.003
§ 421.003. CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas is:

(1) the repository in this state for the collection of multijurisdictional criminal intelligence information that is about terrorist activities or otherwise related to homeland security activities; and

(2) the state agency that has primary responsibility to analyze and disseminate that information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8298.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8298 / Section 8298.054
§ 8298.054. DISTRICT OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, the board shall designate, establish, and maintain a district office as provided by Section 49.062, Water Code.

(b) The board may establish a second district office outside the district. If the board establishes a second district office, the board shall give notice of the location of that office by:

(1) filing a copy of the board resolution that establishes the location of the office:

(A) with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; and

(B) in the municipal utility district records of each county in which the district is located; and

(2) publishing notice of the location of the office in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the district is located.

(c) A district office that is a private residence, office, or dwelling is a public place for matters relating to district business.

(d) The board shall provide notice of any change in the location of the district office outside the district in the manner required by Subsection (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.253
§ 3879.253. DECLARING RESULT AND ISSUING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the voters voting at the election approve the proposition or propositions, the board shall declare the results and by order shall establish the defined area and describe it by metes and bounds or designate the specific property.

(b) A court may not review the board's order except on the ground of fraud, palpable error, or arbitrary and confiscatory abuse of discretion.
Tex. Finance Code § 36.304 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 36 / Section 36.304
§ 36.304. SECURED CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of a secured claim against a bank in liquidation may:

(1) surrender the security and file a claim as a general creditor; or

(2) apply the security to the claim and discharge the claim.

(b) If the owner applies the security and discharges the claim, any deficiency shall be treated as a claim against the general assets of the bank on the same basis as a claim of an unsecured creditor. The amount of the deficiency shall be determined as provided by Section 36.305, except that if the amount of the deficiency has been adjudicated by a court in a proceeding in which the receiver has had notice and an opportunity to be heard, the court's decision is conclusive as to the amount.

(c) The value of security held by a secured creditor shall be determined under supervision of the court by:

(1) converting the security into money according to the terms of the agreement under which the security was delivered to the creditor; or

(2) agreement, arbitration, compromise, or litigation between the creditor and the receiver.
Tex. Finance Code § 126.452 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 126 / Section 126.452
§ 126.452. NOTIFICATION TO COMMISSIONER OF PROPOSED LIQUIDATION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the fifth day after the date on which the board's resolution recommending voluntary dissolution is adopted, the board's presiding officer shall notify the commissioner in writing of the reasons for the proposed liquidation.