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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7886.0205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7886 / Section 7886.0205
§ 7886.0205. AGREEMENT AND ORDER RELATING TO DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may enter into an agreement with the district to:

(1) accept assignment of the district's certificate of public convenience and necessity obtained under Section 13.246, Water Code, and any right obtained under the certificate, after the utility commission determines that the corporation is capable of rendering adequate and continuous service as required by Section 13.251, Water Code;

(2) assume the district's debts, liabilities, and obligations;

(3) assume ownership of the district's assets and facilities; and

(4) perform the district's functions and provide all services previously provided by the district.

(b) If a corporation enters into an agreement described by Subsection (a), the board shall issue an order that dissolves the district.

(c) The district's dissolution becomes effective on the 30th day after the date the board issues the order dissolving the district.

(d) On the effective date of the dissolution:

(1) all of the district's property and other assets are transferred to the corporation;

(2) all of the district's debts, liabilities, and other obligations are assumed by the corporation; and

(3) the district's certificate of public convenience and necessity and any right obtained under the certificate is assigned to the corporation in the manner prescribed by Section 13.251, Water Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1111 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1111
§ 152.1111. HAYS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The juvenile board of Hays County is composed of the county judge, the district judge of the 22nd judicial district, the judges of the county court at law, the county sheriff, and the criminal district attorney.

(b) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation in an amount determined by the commissioners court. The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county.

(c) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board of Hays County.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.522 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.522
§ 23.522. TEMPORARY CESSATION OF AGRICULTURAL USE DURING DROUGHT.
Status: in_force

The eligibility of land for appraisal under this subchapter does not end because the land ceases to be devoted principally to agricultural use to the degree of intensity generally accepted in the area if:

(1) a drought declared by the governor creates an agricultural necessity to extend the normal time the land remains out of agricultural production; and

(2) the owner of the land intends that the use of the land in that manner and to that degree of intensity be resumed when the declared drought ceases.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8282.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8282 / Section 8282.157
§ 8282.157. GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may contract with the United States, this state or its agencies, the city, any other public agency or entity, or an individual, corporation, or other entity for the operation and maintenance or the construction of any facility or improvement authorized by this chapter.

(b) A contract that obligates the district to make payments in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes, other than maintenance taxes, is subject to approval at an election held under the same procedures required for the issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Occupations Code § 953.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 953 / Section 953.156
§ 953.156. FORM OF LEGAL SERVICE CONTRACT AND REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.
Status: in_force

A legal service contract marketed, sold, offered for sale, administered, or issued in this state must:

(1) be written, printed, or typed in clear, understandable language that is easy to read;

(2) include the name and full address of the company;

(3) include the purchase price of the contract and the terms under which the contract is sold;

(4) include the terms and restrictions governing cancellation of the contract by the company or the legal service contract holder;

(5) identify:

(A) any administrator, if the administrator is not the company;

(B) the sales representative; and

(C) the name of the legal service contract holder;

(6) include the amount of any deductible or copayment;

(7) specify the legal services and other benefits to be provided under the contract, and any limitation, exception, or exclusion;

(8) specify the legal services, if any, for which the company will provide reimbursement and the amount of that reimbursement;

(9) specify any restriction governing the transferability of the contract or the assignment of benefits;

(10) include the duties of the legal service contract holder;

(11) explain the method to be used in resolving the legal service contract holder's complaints and grievances;

(12) explain how legal services may be obtained under the legal service contract;

(13) include a provision stating that no change in the contract is valid until the change has been approved by an executive officer of the company and unless the approval is endorsed or attached to the contract;

(14) include any eligibility and effective date requirements, including a definition of eligible dependents and the effective date of their coverage;

(15) include the conditions under which coverage will terminate;

(16) explain any subrogation arrangements;

(17) contain a payment provision that provides for a grace period of at least 31 days; and

(18) include conditions under which contract rates may be modified.
Tex. Government Code § 401.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 401 / Section 401.042
§ 401.042. UNIFORM BUDGET ESTIMATE FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor may collaborate with the Legislative Budget Board in designing and preparing uniform budget estimate forms on which all requests for legislative appropriations must be prepared.

(b) The governor shall require that all appropriation requests be submitted to the governor on the forms.

(c) In consultation with public institutions of higher education, the offices of the governor and the Legislative Budget Board shall review the forms for higher education legislative appropriations requests to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, provide better transparency of funding sources, eliminate unnecessary or duplicative requirements, and otherwise reduce the cost or difficulty of providing information related to appropriations requests.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.153 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.153
§ 41.153. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
Status: in_force

The department may recover costs for administration of this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 133.054 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 133 / Section 133.054
§ 133.054. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer or clerk collecting a fee shall keep a record of the money collected.

(b) The treasurer shall keep a record of the money collected and on deposit in the treasury.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 75.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 75 / Section 75.151
§ 75.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "health opportunity pool trust fund" means the trust fund established under Subchapter D, Chapter 526, Government Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.101 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 58 / Section 58.101
§ 58.101. PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL AND DEPREDATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall provide financial assistance to the Texas Animal Health Commission, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, or Texas A&M AgriLife Research to implement programs to control agriculture-related pests, diseases, or depredating animals.

(b) A program implemented under this section must be designed to mitigate agricultural losses by an agricultural business through the control of agriculture-related pests, diseases, or depredating animals.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 51.003 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.003
§ 51.003. CONTRACTS.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall contract for services with family violence centers with consideration given to the plan for family violence services under Section 51.0021. These contracts are to expand existing family violence center services and may not result in reducing financial support a family violence center receives from another source. The contracts shall not provide for more than 75 percent of the cost of the family violence center program. The commission shall develop a declining scale of state financial support for family violence centers, declining over a six-year period from the initiation of each individual contract, with no more than 50 percent of a family violence center program's funding to be provided by the state after the sixth year. The balance each year shall be provided from other sources. The executive commissioner may adopt rules which will allow exceptions to the above scale in individual instances when a family violence center shall demonstrate that exigent circumstances require such a waiver.

(b) The commission may contract with family violence special projects for services. The commission shall consider the plan for family violence services under Section 51.0021 in contracting with family violence special projects.

(c) The commission shall contract statewide for activities that support and advance the work of family violence centers. Activities contracted for under this subsection must include the provision of technical assistance and training for family violence centers. The commission may contract for the provision of public education, consultation to the commission, research, evaluation, and liaison and training for other professionals who work with victims of family violence, including professionals in the criminal justice, medical, and social services fields, and for community or civic groups.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 , Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2015.
Tex. Estates Code § 355.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 355 / Section 355.152
§ 355.152. PERIOD FOR SPECIFYING TREATMENT OF SECURED CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) A secured creditor may present the creditor's claim for money and shall specify within the later of six months after the date letters testamentary or of administration are granted, or four months after the date notice required to be given under Section 308.053 is received, whether the claim is to be allowed and approved under Section 355.151(a)(1) or (2).

(b) A secured claim for money that is not presented within the period prescribed by Subsection (a) or that is presented without specifying how the claim is to be paid under Section 355.151 shall be treated as a claim to be paid in accordance with Section 355.151(a)(2).
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.409 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.409
§ 623.409. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person fails to:

(1) display the sticker described by Section 623.407(a) in the manner required by that section;

(2) carry a permit issued under this subchapter as required by Section 623.408(a); or

(3) carry or present a weight record as required by Section 623.408(b).

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Government Code § 1232.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1232 / Section 1232.052
§ 1232.052. COMPOSITION OF GOVERNING BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is governed by a board of directors composed of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.

(b) A person is not eligible for appointment as a member of the board if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization receiving funds from the authority;

(2) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization receiving funds from the authority; or

(3) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or funds from the authority, other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for board membership, attendance, or expenses.

(c) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3839.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3839 / Section 3839.107
§ 3839.107. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may negotiate and enter into a written strategic partnership agreement with the City of Houston in the same manner as a district under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 13 / Section 13.004
§ 13.004. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department or the Department of Aging and Disability Services, as appropriate, may transfer a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability who is infected with tuberculosis to a public health hospital as defined by Section 13.033.

(b) The person may be transferred without that person's consent.

(c) The cost of maintaining and treating the person at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease shall be paid from appropriations to that hospital.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3895.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3895 / Section 3895.001
§ 3895.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "City" means the City of Rowlett, Texas.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Rowlett Pecan Grove Management District.

(5) "Improvement project" means any program or project authorized by Section 3895.102, inside or outside the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 35.213 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 35 / Section 35.213
§ 35.213. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If on judicial review the court sustains the penalty order, the court shall order the person to pay the full amount of the penalty or a lower amount determined by the court. If the court does not sustain the order, a penalty is not owed.

(b) When the judgment of the court becomes final, if the person paid the amount of the penalty and if that amount is reduced or is not upheld by the court, the court shall order that the appropriate amount plus accrued interest computed at the annual rate of 10 percent be remitted by the department. The interest shall be paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty was paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted. If the person gave a supersedeas bond and if the amount of the penalty is not upheld by the court, the court shall order the release of the bond. If the person gave a supersedeas bond and if the amount of the penalty is reduced, the court shall order the release of the bond after the person pays the amount owed.

(c) If the judgment of the court requires payment of a penalty that has not previously been paid, the court shall order as part of its judgment that interest accrues on the penalty at the annual rate of 10 percent, beginning on the date the judgment is final and ending on the date the penalty and interest are paid.
Tex. Local Government Code § 572.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 572 / Section 572.011
§ 572.011. AUTHORITY TO JOINTLY OWN FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

Two or more public entities that have the authority to engage in the collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal of sewage or the conservation, storage, transportation, treatment, or distribution of water may join together as cotenants or co-owners to plan, finance, acquire, construct, own, operate, or maintain facilities to:

(1) achieve economies of scale in providing essential water and sewage systems to the public;

(2) promote the orderly economic development of this state; and

(3) provide environmentally sound protection of this state's future water and wastewater needs.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.065 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.065
§ 60.065. WAIVERS.
Status: in_force

If the commission determines that a waiver is in the public interest, the commission may waive an imputation requirement for a public interest service such as:

(1) 9-1-1 service; or

(2) dual party relay service.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.258 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.258
§ 1504.258. ADDITIONAL USE OF MIXED BEVERAGE TAX RECEIPTS.
Status: in_force

A municipality may spend money derived from the portion of the mixed beverage tax receipts authorized to be pledged under Section 1504.256 for:

(1) advertising and promotion of events to take place in a cultural facility described by Section 1504.252;

(2) the attraction of events to a cultural facility described by Section 1504.252, either by the municipality or through a contract with a person or organization selected by the municipality; and

(3) the encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the cultural arts, including opera, ballet, symphony, and theater, and the arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of those major art forms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.307
§ 1063.307. IMPOSITION OF TAX AND RETURN OF SURPLUS TAXES.
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) impose on the property included on 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:

(1) to each district taxpayer the taxpayer's pro rata share of all unused tax money; and

(2) to Montgomery County all unused district money from any other source.

(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 send the money to the county tax assessor-collector.

(d) Montgomery County shall use unused district money received under this section to provide medical and hospital care for needy county residents.

(e) The board may institute a suit to enforce payment of taxes under this section and to foreclose liens to secure the payment of the taxes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379B.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379B / Section 379B.005
§ 379B.005. SUITS; INDEMNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may sue and be sued.

(b) In a suit against an authority, process may be served on the president, vice president, or registered agent.

(c) An authority may not be required to give a bond on an appeal or writ of error taken in a civil case that the authority is prosecuting or defending.

(d) An authority may indemnify an authority employee or board member or a former authority employee or board member for necessary expenses and costs, including attorney's fees, incurred by that person in connection with a claim asserted against that person if:

(1) the claim relates to an act or omission of the person when acting in the scope of the person's board membership or authority employment; and

(2) the person has not been found liable or guilty on the claim.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.1183 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.1183
§ 2054.1183. ANNUAL REPORT ON MAJOR INFORMATION RESOURCES PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the quality assurance team shall report on the status of major information resources projects to the:

(1) governor;

(2) lieutenant governor;

(3) speaker of the house of representatives;

(4) presiding officer of the committee in the house of representatives with primary responsibility for appropriations; and

(5) presiding officer of the committee in the senate with primary responsibility for appropriations.

(b) The annual report must include:

(1) the current status of each major information resources project; and

(2) information regarding the performance indicators developed under Section 2054.159 for each major information resources project at each stage of the project's life cycle.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 25.003 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 25 / Section 25.003
§ 25.003. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each district shall:

(1) conserve and develop water resources in this state for public recreation purposes in compliance with the provisions of Title 2, Water Code; and

(2) acquire and improve for park purposes any lands adjacent to or in the vicinity of any public water or any other impounded water available to the public if the governing body of the district finds that the acquisition or improvement is necessary or desirable to enhance the beneficial use of such water for public recreation purposes.

(b) A finding under Subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) of this section is conclusive.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1453.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1453 / Section 1453.003
§ 1453.003. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 335.074 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 335 / Section 335.074
§ 335.074. PUBLIC PURPOSE OF VENUE PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature finds for all constitutional and statutory purposes that an approved venue project is owned, used, and held for public purposes by the district.

(b) Section 25.07(a), Tax Code, does not apply to a leasehold or other possessory interest granted by the district while the district owns the venue project.

(c) The project is exempt from taxation under Section 11.11, Tax Code, while the district owns the venue project.

(d) If approval and implementation of a resolution under this chapter results in the removal from a school district's property tax rolls of real property otherwise subject to ad valorem taxation, the operator of the approved venue project located on that real property shall pay to the school district on January 1 of each year in which the project is in operation and in which the real property is exempt from ad valorem taxation an amount equal to the ad valorem taxes that would otherwise have been levied for the preceding tax year on that real property by the school district, without including the value of any improvements. This subsection does not apply if the operator of the project is a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3913.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3913 / Section 3913.001
§ 3913.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "County" means Burnet County.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Burnet County Improvement District No. 1.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8327.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8327 / Section 8327.005
§ 8327.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, or improvement of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Tax Code § 25.20 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 25 / Section 25.20
§ 25.20. ACCESS BY TAXING UNITS.
Status: in_force

The chief appraiser shall give the assessor for a taxing unit in the district reasonable access to the appraisal records at any time.