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Tex. Family Code § 57.0031 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.0031
§ 57.0031. NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF JUVENILES.
Status: in_force

At the initial contact or at the earliest possible time after the initial contact between the victim of a reported crime and the juvenile probation office having the responsibility for the disposition of the juvenile, the office shall provide the victim a written notice:

(1) containing information about the availability of emergency and medical services, if applicable;

(2) stating that the victim has the right to receive information regarding compensation to victims of crime as provided by the Crime Victims' Compensation Act (Chapter 56B, Code of Criminal Procedure), including information about:

(A) the costs that may be compensated and the amount of compensation, eligibility for compensation, and procedures for application for compensation;

(B) the payment for a medical examination for a victim of a sexual assault; and

(C) referral to available social service agencies that may offer additional assistance;

(3) stating the name, address, and phone number of the victim assistance coordinator for victims of juveniles;

(4) containing the following statement: "You may call the crime victim assistance coordinator for the status of the case and information about victims' rights.";

(5) stating the rights of victims of crime under Section 57.002;

(6) summarizing each procedural stage in the processing of a juvenile case, including preliminary investigation, detention, informal adjustment of a case, disposition hearings, release proceedings, restitution, and appeals;

(7) suggesting steps the victim may take if the victim is subjected to threats or intimidation;

(8) stating the case number and assigned court for the case; and

(9) stating that the victim has the right to file a victim impact statement and to have it considered in juvenile proceedings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.052
§ 1121.052. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT TO BOARD.
Status: in_force

A person is not eligible for appointment to the board if the person is:

(1) an employee of Cameron County;

(2) an employee of a municipality located in the district;

(3) a district employee; or

(4) related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, to a member of the Commissioners Court of Cameron County, to a member of the governing body of a municipality located in the district, or to a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.132 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.132
§ 74.132. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The foundation shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the foundation. The foundation shall maintain information about parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and its disposition.

(b) The foundation shall make information available describing its procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The foundation shall periodically notify the complaint parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0491 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0491
§ 21.0491. PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

(a) To provide a continuing additional source of teachers to provide workforce training, the board shall establish a probationary trade and industrial workforce training certificate and a standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate that may be obtained through an abbreviated educator preparation program under Section 21.0442.

(b) To be eligible for a probationary certificate under this section, a person must:

(1) satisfactorily complete the course work for that certificate in an educator preparation program under Section 21.0442; and

(2) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the board.

(c) To be eligible for a standard certificate under this section, a person must:

(1) hold a probationary certificate issued under this section;

(2) be employed by:

(A) a public or private primary or secondary school; or

(B) an institution of higher education or an independent or private institution of higher education as those terms are defined by Section 61.003; and

(3) perform satisfactorily on a standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed by the board.

(d) The limitation imposed by Section 21.048(a-1) on the number of administrations of an examination does not apply to the administration of the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed by the board.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may administer the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination to a person who satisfies the requirements of Subsections (c)(1) and (2).

(f) The board shall propose rules to:

(1) specify the term of a probationary certificate and a standard certificate issued under this section; and

(2) establish the requirements for renewal of a standard certificate.
Tex. Occupations Code § 604.029 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 604 / Section 604.029
§ 604.029. MEETINGS; QUORUM REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board shall conduct regular meetings at least three times a year at the times and places the advisory board considers most convenient for applicants and advisory board members.

(b) The advisory board may hold special meetings in accordance with rules adopted by the advisory board and approved by the medical board.

(c) A majority of the advisory board members constitutes a quorum for all purposes except for an advisory board activity related to examining the credentials of applicants, acting as a panel for disciplinary action under Section 604.202, or conducting an informal meeting under Section 604.209.
Tex. Labor Code § 102.015 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 102 / Section 102.015
§ 102.015. BOARD SECRETARY.
Status: in_force

The board shall select one member to act as secretary for the board.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.153 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.153
§ 56B.153. PAYMENT FOR PECUNIARY LOSS ACCRUED AFTER TIME OF AWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the attorney general shall pay in installments the part of an award for allowable expenses that accrue after the award is made.

(b) At the request of the claimant or victim, the attorney general may pay in a lump sum an award for future pecuniary loss if the attorney general finds that:

(1) paying the award in a lump sum will promote the interests of the claimant or victim; or

(2) the present value of all future pecuniary loss does not exceed $1,000.

(c) The attorney general may not pay in installments an award for future pecuniary loss for a period for which the attorney general cannot reasonably determine the future pecuniary loss.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 21.008 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 21 / Section 21.008
§ 21.008. PRIVILEGE OF INTERPRETER FOR THE DEAF.
Status: in_force

If a deaf person communicates through an interpreter to a person under circumstances in which the communication would be privileged and the deaf person could not be required to testify about the communication, the privilege applies to the interpreter as well.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7982A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7982A / Section 7982A.0104
§ 7982A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7982A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by applicable law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9016.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9016 / Section 9016.004
§ 9016.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 9016.003 until each municipality has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7886.0207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7886 / Section 7886.0207
§ 7886.0207. FILING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall file a copy of the agreement described by Section 7886.0205(a) and a copy of the board's order dissolving the district issued under Section 7886.0205(b) not later than the 15th day after the date the board issues the order:

(1) with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(2) with the utility commission; and

(3) in the deed records of Willacy and Cameron Counties.

(b) The board shall file a copy of the agreement described by Section 7886.0206(a) and a copy of the board's order transferring the district's obligations and assets issued under Section 7886.0206(b) not later than the 15th day after the date the board issues the order:

(1) with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(2) with the utility commission; and

(3) in the deed records of Willacy and Cameron Counties.
Tex. Local Government Code § 132.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 132 / Section 132.005
§ 132.005. ENCUMBRANCE OF CREDIT CARDS; FEE.
Status: in_force

A county or municipality may contract with a company that issues credit cards to collect and seize credit cards issued by the company that are outdated or otherwise unauthorized. The county or municipality may charge the company a fee for the return of the credit cards.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9055.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9055 / Section 9055.107
§ 9055.107. DIRECTOR AND TREASURER BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall give bond in the amount of $5,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties. The district shall pay the cost of the bond.

(b) The treasurer shall give bond in the amount required by the board. The treasurer's bond shall be conditioned on the treasurer's faithful accounting for all money that comes into the treasurer's custody as treasurer of the district.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 23.08 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 23 / Section 23.08
§ 23.08. FORM AND CONTENT OF ASSIGNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) For an assignment to be valid,

(1) the assigning debtor must make the assignment in writing; and

(2) it must be proved or acknowledged and recorded in the manner provided by law for the conveyance of real estate.

(b) The assigning debtor shall attach to his assignment an inventory containing the following information:

(1) a list naming each creditor of the assigning debtor;

(2) the resident address, if known, of each creditor;

(3) the amount owed each creditor and the type of debt;

(4) the consideration for the debt and the place where the debt arose;

(5) a description of each existing judgment or security for the payment of the debt;

(6) a schedule of all the assigning debtor's real and personal estate at the date of the assignment;

(7) a description of

(A) each encumbrance on the real and personal estate; and

(B) each voucher and security relating to the estate; and

(8) the value of the estate.

(c) The assigning debtor shall sign the inventory required by Subsection (b) of this section and swear that it is just and true.
Tex. Government Code § 1476.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1476 / Section 1476.004
§ 1476.004. EXECUTION; REGISTRATION BY COUNTY TREASURER.
Status: in_force

A certificate of indebtedness issued under this chapter must be:

(1) signed by the county judge;

(2) attested by the county clerk; and

(3) registered by the county treasurer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8100.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8100 / Section 8100.0403
§ 8100.0403. 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. Water Code § 36.019 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.019
§ 36.019. CONFIRMATION ELECTION IN DISTRICT INCLUDING LAND IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A district, the major portion of which is located in one county, may not be organized to include land in another county unless the election held in the other county to confirm and ratify the creation of the district is approved by a majority of the voters of the other county voting in an election called for that purpose.

(b) This section does not apply to districts created under Section 36.0151.
Tex. Insurance Code § 822.158 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 822 / Section 822.158
§ 822.158. DETERMINATION ON APPLICATION FOR CHARTER AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 60th day after the date the application under Section 822.155 is filed, the commissioner shall determine whether:

(1) the proposed capital structure of the insurance company meets the requirements of this code;

(2) the officers, directors, and managing head of the insurance company have sufficient insurance experience, ability, standing, and good record to make success of the company probable;

(3) the applicants are acting in good faith;

(4) if the proposed amendment relates to a diminution of the insurance company's charter powers with respect to the kinds of insurance business in which the company may be engaged, all liabilities incidental to the exercise of the powers to be eliminated have been terminated or wholly reinsured; and

(5) the property involved in an increase of capital or surplus, or both, is:

(A) properly valued; and

(B) in the form authorized by the following provisions, to the extent those provisions apply:

(i) Subchapter B, Chapter 424, other than Sections 424.052, 424.072, and 424.073; and

(ii) Section 822.204.

(b) If the commissioner determines that the applicant has not met the requirements set out by Subsection (a), the commissioner shall deny the application. On the applicant's request, the commissioner shall hold a hearing on a denial. Not later than the 30th day after the date of the applicant's request for a hearing, the commissioner shall request a hearing date.

(c) If the commissioner does not deny the application under Subsection (b), the commissioner shall approve the application and the amendment shall be filed with the department.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), when an amendment to an insurance company's charter is filed with the department, the amendment is effective.

(e) On approval of a certificate required under Section 822.156 and receipt of a fee in the amount determined under Chapter 202, the commissioner shall issue to the directors a certified copy of an amendment authorizing the issuance of shares of stock without par value that is filed under this section. The amendment is effective on issuance of the certified copy of the amendment.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.104 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.104
§ 225.104. DEPUTY JESSICA HOLLIS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 685 in Travis County that runs south from State Highway 130 to East Pecan Street is designated as Deputy Jessica Hollis Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Deputy Jessica Hollis Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Tax Code § 351.1077 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1077
§ 351.1077. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE FOR THE ARTS FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a municipality that:

(1) has a population of more than 190,000;

(2) is located in a county in which another municipality that has a population of more than one million is predominately located; and

(3) issued bonds before January 1, 2007, for the construction of a municipal arts center payable from and secured by revenue from the tax imposed under this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality to which this section applies may use an amount that is less than or equal to 15 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by the municipality for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(4).

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality to which this section applies may use an amount that is less than or equal to an additional $1.6 million in hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by the municipality for the purposes provided by Section 351.101(a)(4). The $1.6 million is in addition to the 15 percent amount allowed by Subsection (b).

(d) A municipality to which this section applies may not reduce the amount of revenue that an arts center that receives funds under Subsection (b) spends for a purpose described by Section 351.101(a)(3) to an amount that is less than the amount of revenue spent by the arts center for those purposes during the fiscal year of the arts center preceding the effective date of this section. If the municipality reduces the funding of the arts center under Subsection (b), the art center's required funding amount for purposes described by Section 351.101(a)(3) is also reduced by a proportional amount.

(e) An arts center that receives funds under Subsection (b) shall include a website address that contains a link to area hotels and lodging options in the municipality on all materials produced for the purposes of Section 351.101(a)(3).

(f) A municipality that spends more than 15 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue collected by the municipality in a fiscal year for a purpose described by Section 351.101(a)(4) may not in that fiscal year reduce the percentage of hotel occupancy tax revenue that the municipality spends for a purpose described by Section 351.101(a)(3) to a percentage that is less than the percentage of hotel occupancy tax revenue spent by the municipality for that purpose during the municipality's 2011-2012 fiscal year.

(g) This section expires September 1, 2026.
Tex. Government Code § 661.092 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.092
§ 661.092. COMPUTATION OF PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

A payment required by this subchapter shall be computed as if the member had taken vacation time, using the member's rate of compensation as of the date of retirement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1014.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1014 / Section 1014.253
§ 1014.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The tax assessor-collector of Collingsworth County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8446.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8446 / Section 8446.052
§ 8446.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, 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 temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8446.003; 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 8446.003 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 8446.003; 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 § 7897.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7897 / Section 7897.0401
§ 7897.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7897.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8016.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8016 / Section 8016.0106
§ 8016.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Education Code § 51.9431 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.9431
§ 51.9431. GRIEVANCE, HIRING, AND DISCIPLINE DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) Only the president or chief executive officer or provost of an institution of higher education, university system administration, or the president's or chief executive officer's, provost's, or administration's designee may be involved in decision-making regarding review of a faculty grievance, including under Section 51.960, or the faculty discipline process.

(c) A faculty member of an institution of higher education who does not serve in an administrative leadership position may not have final decision-making authority on the hiring of an individual for any faculty or administrative leadership position at the institution.