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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.033 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.033
§ 534.033. LIMITATION ON DEPARTMENT CONTROL AND REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the legislature that each department limit its control over, and routine reviews of, community center programs to those programs that:

(1) use funds from that department or use required local funds that are matched with funds from that department;

(2) provide core or required services;

(3) provide services to former clients or patients of a facility of that department; or

(4) are affected by litigation in which that department is a defendant.

(b) Each appropriate department may review any community center program if the department has reason to suspect that a violation of a department rule has occurred or if the department receives an allegation of patient or client abuse.

(c) Each appropriate department may determine whether a particular program uses funds from that department or uses required local matching funds.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.414 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 11 / Section 11.414
§ 11.414. FILING OF DECREE OF INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION AGAINST FILING ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk of a court that enters a decree terminating the existence of a filing entity under this subchapter shall file a certified copy of the decree in accordance with Chapter 4.

(b) A fee may not be charged for the filing of a decree under this section.

(c) Subject to Section 11.356, the existence of the filing entity ceases when the certified copy of the decree is filed in accordance with Chapter 4.
Tex. Water Code § 36.172 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.172
§ 36.172. MANNER OF REPAYMENT OF BONDS AND NOTES.
Status: in_force

The board may provide for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds and notes in any one of the following manners:

(1) from the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes on taxable property within the district;

(2) from fees;

(3) by pledging all or any part of the designated revenues from the ownership or operation of the district's works, improvements, and facilities and from the sale, transportation, and distribution of water; or

(4) from any combination of these sources.
Tex. Water Code § 6.107 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.107
§ 6.107. POWER TO ENTER LAND.
Status: in_force

Any member or employee of the board may enter any person's land, natural waterway, or artificial waterway for the purpose of making an investigation that would, in the judgment of the executive administrator, assist the board in the discharge of its duties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8207.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8207 / Section 8207.102
§ 8207.102. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes.

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

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by resolution.
Tex. Education Code § 12.1012 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.1012
§ 12.1012. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Charter holder" means the entity to which a charter is granted under this subchapter.

(2) "Governing body of a charter holder" means the board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body of a charter holder.

(3) "Governing body of an open-enrollment charter school" means the board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body of an open-enrollment charter school. The term includes the governing body of a charter holder if that body acts as the governing body of the open-enrollment charter school.

(4) "Management company" means a person, other than a charter holder, who provides management services for an open-enrollment charter school.

(5) "Management services" means services related to the management or operation of an open-enrollment charter school, including:

(A) planning, operating, supervising, and evaluating the school's educational programs, services, and facilities;

(B) making recommendations to the governing body of the school relating to the selection of school personnel;

(C) managing the school's day-to-day operations as its administrative manager;

(D) preparing and submitting to the governing body of the school a proposed budget;

(E) recommending policies to be adopted by the governing body of the school, developing appropriate procedures to implement policies adopted by the governing body of the school, and overseeing the implementation of adopted policies; and

(F) providing leadership for the attainment of student performance at the school based on the indicators adopted under Sections 39.053 and 39.301 or by the governing body of the school.

(6) "Officer of an open-enrollment charter school" means:

(A) the principal, director, or other chief operating officer of an open-enrollment charter school;

(B) an assistant principal or assistant director of an open-enrollment charter school; or

(C) a person charged with managing the finances of an open-enrollment charter school.

(7) "Payable obligation" means a contractually obligated expenditure that was reasonably incurred for the benefit of students enrolled at an open-enrollment charter school before the open-enrollment charter school ceased operations, including a debt described by Section 12.128(e). The term does not include any amount owed to a former charter holder or officer or director of the school.

(8) "Remaining funds" means funds that are held by a former charter holder after satisfaction of all payable obligations and that were received:

(A) under Section 12.106; or

(B) from the disposition of property.
Tex. Insurance Code § 981.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.008
§ 981.008. SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX.
Status: in_force

The premiums charged for surplus lines insurance are subject to the premium tax, if applicable, imposed under Chapter 225.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 4 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49 / Section 4
§ 4. SALARIES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall establish and pay the salaries and compensations of the medical examiner and his staff.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.0525 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.0525
§ 401.0525. GROUNDWATER PROTECTION STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt and enforce groundwater protection standards compatible with federal standards adopted under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. Section 2011 et seq.).

(b) In adopting any standards relating to nonradioactive constituents the commission shall consider the compatibility of those standards with the commission's groundwater protection standards adopted under other programs.

(c) With the exception of a permit for a facility located at the site of nuclear power reactors and nuclear research and test reactors operated by a university, in accordance with Subsection (d), the commission may not under the authority given to the agency under Section 301, 304, or 401 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sections 1311, 1314, and 1341) issue a general construction permit or approve a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan under Section 26.040, Water Code, or issue a permit under the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program under Section 26.027, 26.028, or 26.121, Water Code, for the construction or operation of a facility that is licensed for the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive waste by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission under 10 C.F.R. Part 72. Section 401.005 does not apply to this subsection.

(d) A facility permitted under the exception provided by Subsection (c) may store high-level radioactive waste only at the nuclear power reactor or the nuclear research and test reactor operated by a university, at which the waste originated.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.326 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.326
§ 504.326.
Status: in_force

Sec. 504.326. 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE. The department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who have served in the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the United States Army. The license plates must include the 173rd Airborne Brigade emblem and must include the words "173rd Airborne Brigade" at the bottom of each plate.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42.019 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.019
§ 42.019. MOTOR FUEL THEFT.
Status: in_force

(a) A judge shall enter an affirmative finding in the judgment in a case if the judge or jury, whichever is the finder of fact, determines beyond a reasonable doubt in the guilt or innocence phase of the trial of an offense under Section 31.03, Penal Code, that the defendant, in committing the offense:

(1) dispensed motor fuel into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle on the premises of an establishment at which motor fuel is offered for retail sale; and

(2) after dispensing the motor fuel, left the premises of the establishment without paying the establishment for the motor fuel.

(b) If a judge enters an affirmative finding as required by Subsection (a) and determines that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense the judgment for which contains an affirmative finding under Subsection (a), the judge shall enter a special affirmative finding in the judgment in the case.
Tex. Government Code § 54B.019 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54B / Section 54B.019
§ 54B.019.
Status: in_force

Sec. 54B.019. INAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER TO MASTERS APPOINTED UNDER RULE 171. Masters appointed by the referring court under Rule 171, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, have all the duties and powers set forth in the order of appointment and are not governed by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.113
§ 3902.113. ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY; CITY APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

As provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, the board may add territory to the district, subject to Section 54.016, Water Code, or remove territory from the district, except that:

(1) the addition or removal of the territory must be approved by three-fourths of all the members of the governing body of the city; and

(2) territory may not be removed from the district if bonds or other obligations of the district payable wholly or partly from assessments levied or assessed on the territory are outstanding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6604.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6604 / Section 6604.103
§ 6604.103. DISPOSAL OR LEASE OF DISTRICT PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may dispose of property or a property right that is not needed for a district purpose.

(b) The district may lease property or a property right for a purpose that does not interfere with the district's use of the property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3839.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3839 / Section 3839.004
§ 3839.004. 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:

(1) further the public purposes of developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) develop or expand 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 community and business center; 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, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be 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 § 3933.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.103
§ 3933.103. WATER DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers provided by the general laws relating to conservation and reclamation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9056.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9056 / Section 9056.155
§ 9056.155. SPECIFICATION OF MAINTENANCE TAX RATE AND METHOD.
Status: in_force

In calling a maintenance tax election, the board shall specify:

(1) the maximum tax rate that may be imposed in any year; and

(2) that the tax will be imposed on an ad valorem basis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8279.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8279 / Section 8279.052
§ 8279.052. APPOINTMENT OF TREASURER.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint the treasurer.
Tex. Water Code § 16.453 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.453
§ 16.453. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The floodplain management account is an account of the resiliency fund.

(b) The account consists of:

(1) money deposited to the credit of the account under Section 251.004, Insurance Code;

(2) money directly appropriated to the board; and

(3) money from gifts or grants from the United States government, local or regional governments, private sources, or other sources.

(c) The board may use the account to provide financing for activities related to:

(1) the collection and analysis of flood-related information;

(2) flood planning, protection, mitigation, or adaptation;

(3) the provision of flood-related information to the public through educational or outreach programs; or

(4) evaluating the response to and mitigation of flood incidents affecting residential property, including multifamily units, located in floodplains.
Tex. Government Code § 776.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 776 / Section 776.005
§ 776.005. BYLAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee shall adopt bylaws governing the committee's operations.

(b) The bylaws:

(1) must provide a procedure to periodically elect one representative as committee chair;

(2) must provide a procedure to call committee meetings;

(3) must require the committee to meet at least annually; and

(4) may provide for the creation of subcommittees and advisory committees.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.201
§ 361.201. FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AND FUNDING PRIORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may determine whether a potentially responsible party is financially capable of conducting any necessary remediation studies or remedial action. The commission by rule shall adopt the criteria for determination of financial capability.

(b) If no financially capable, potentially responsible parties exist for a facility, the commission shall issue an administrative order stating its determination that the facility constitutes an imminent and substantial endangerment and that there are no financially capable, potentially responsible parties. The commission shall then conduct its own remediation study and remedial action, using federal funds if available, or, if federal funds are not available, using state funds from the hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account.

(c) Generally, the remediation of listed facilities shall be achieved first by private party funding, second with the aid of federal funds, and third, if necessary, with state funds from the hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account.

(d) The commission shall determine whether a potentially responsible party is financially capable of conducting any necessary remediation studies or remedial action if the responsible party is an individual whose homestead includes the facility subject to or affected by a remedial action.

(e) The commission by rule shall adopt criteria for determining the financial capability of an individual under Subsection (d). The rules must provide that the value of the individual's homestead may not be included in the total amount of the individual's assets if:

(1) the individual is occupying the homestead as a home; and

(2) the fair market value of the homestead is $250,000 or less.
Tex. Family Code § 162.0085 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.0085
§ 162.0085. CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which an adoption is sought, the court shall order each person seeking to adopt the child to obtain that person's own criminal history record information. The court shall accept under this section a person's criminal history record information that is provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services or by a licensed child-placing agency that received the information from the department if the information was obtained not more than one year before the date the court ordered the history to be obtained.

(b) A person required to obtain information under Subsection (a) shall obtain the information in the manner provided by Section 411.128, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.452 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.452
§ 2155.452. PREFERENCE FOR CONTRACTORS PROVIDING FOODS OF HIGHER NUTRITIONAL VALUE.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller and state agencies making purchases of food for consumption in a public cafeteria may give preference to contractors who provide foods of higher nutritional value and who do not provide foods containing trans fatty acids for consumption in the cafeteria.

(b) In complying with this section, the comptroller and state agencies shall review the Department of Agriculture's nutrition standards.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 245.024 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 245 / Section 245.024
§ 245.024. COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING SONOGRAM BEFORE ABORTION.
Status: in_force

An abortion facility shall comply with Subchapter B, Chapter 171.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3945.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3945 / Section 3945.0202
§ 3945.0202. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0502
§ 4015.0502. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election under Section 4015.0501, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in the manner provided by Section 49.107, Water Code, for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the operation and maintenance tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 71.202 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 71 / Section 71.202
§ 71.202. PILOT LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A pilot serving in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district in Cameron County is not liable directly or as a member of an organization of pilots for any claim that:

(1) arises from an act or omission of another pilot or organization of pilots; and

(2) relates directly or indirectly to pilot services.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.202 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.202
§ 1001.202. CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Chapters 2165, 2166, and 2167, Government Code, or any other law, the department may enter into a contract regarding the management, maintenance, design, construction, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, improvement, inspection, lease, pledge, encumbrance, trade, sale, transfer, or other disposition of real property, including improvements, under this subchapter.

(b) The department shall comply with the requirements and processes in Chapters 2165, 2166, and 2167, Government Code, to the extent feasible, except that the department shall comply with a requirement that expressly applies to a state agency that is exempt from Chapter 2166, Government Code, under Section 2166.003 of that code. Although the department is not required to use the services of the Texas Facilities Commission, the department may use services provided under Sections 2165.056, 2166.005, and 2167.007, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8300.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8300 / Section 8300.052
§ 8300.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.603 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.603
§ 82.603. CONDEMNATION; MANNER AND MEANS.
Status: in_force

The method of condemnation, assessment, and payment of damages is the same as is provided for railroads. Condemnation suits brought under this subchapter shall be brought in the name of the State of Texas by the attorney general at the request of the department. All costs in the proceedings shall be paid by the state or by the person against whom the proceedings are had, to be determined as in the case of railroad condemnation proceedings. All damages and pay or compensation for property awarded in the proceedings shall be paid by the state by warrant drawn by the comptroller against any account in the state treasury appropriated to the department for the use of constructing and maintaining fish hatcheries.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.102
§ 801.102. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall:

(1) perform any duties assigned by the board and other duties specified by law;

(2) administer and enforce the board's programs; and

(3) issue licenses regulated by the board.

(b) The executive director may:

(1) delegate any power or duty assigned to the executive director unless prohibited by law; and

(2) issue emergency orders and cease and desist orders as provided by this chapter.