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Tex. Education Code § 62.073 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.073
§ 62.073. RULES.
Status: in_force

The coordinating board shall adopt rules for the administration of this subchapter, including any rules the coordinating board considers necessary regarding the submission to the coordinating board by eligible institutions of any student data required for the coordinating board to carry out its duties under this subchapter.
Tex. Education Code § 30B.105 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30B / Section 30B.105
§ 30B.105. CAMPUS DESIGNATIONS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall determine and assign a unique campus designation number to each full-time hybrid campus or full-time virtual campus authorized under this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 522.0225 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0225
§ 522.0225. VERIFICATION OF DOMICILE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall adopt rules for determining whether a domicile has been established under Section 522.022, including rules prescribing the types of documentation the department may require from the applicant to determine the validity of the claimed domicile.

(b) The department may contract with a third-party personal data verification service to assist the department in verifying a claim of domicile, including whether the physical address provided by the applicant is the applicant's actual residence.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.207 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.207
§ 101.207. CREDITOR STATUS WITH RESPECT TO DISTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

Subject to Sections 11.053 and 101.206, when a member of a limited liability company is entitled to receive a distribution from the company, the member, with respect to the distribution, has the same status as a creditor of the company and is entitled to any remedy available to a creditor of the company.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.005
§ 2054.005. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

The Department of Information Resources is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the department is abolished September 1, 2037.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.363 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.363
§ 1702.363. APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 1702.364, a person regulated under this chapter against whom the commission has taken action is entitled to a hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A proceeding under this section is a contested case that is governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 609.513 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.513
§ 609.513. DISCRETIONARY TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees may transfer an employee's deferred amounts and investment income from a qualified investment product to the trust fund of the deferred compensation plan in which the employee participates if the board of trustees determines that the transfer is in the best interest of the plan and the employee.

(b) The board of trustees is not required to give notice of a transfer under Subsection (a) to the employee before the transfer occurs.

(c) Promptly after a transfer under Subsection (a) occurs, the board of trustees shall give to the employee a notice that:

(1) states the reason for the transfer; and

(2) requests that the employee promptly designate another qualified investment product to receive the transferred amount.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1050.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1050 / Section 1050.204
§ 1050.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.062 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.062
§ 375.062. TERMS OF INITIAL DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The initial directors shall be divided into two groups that are as equal in number as possible; one group serves four-year terms and one group serves two-year terms. The grouping of initial directors and terms for the directors in each group shall be determined by the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3913.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3913 / Section 3913.107
§ 3913.107. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Penal Code § 42.14 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 42 / Section 42.14
§ 42.14. ILLUMINATION OF AIRCRAFT BY INTENSE LIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person intentionally directs a light from a laser pointer or other light source at an aircraft; and

(2) the light has an intensity sufficient to impair the operator's ability to control the aircraft.

(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the actor was using the light to send an emergency distress signal.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless the intensity of the light impairs the operator's ability to control the aircraft, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section or the other law.

(e) In this section, "laser pointer" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.13.
Tex. Finance Code § 152.052 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 152 / Section 152.052
§ 152.052. RULES; FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may adopt rules to administer and enforce this chapter, including rules necessary or appropriate to implement and clarify this chapter.

(b) The commission may by rule impose and collect proportionate and equitable fees and costs for notices, applications, examinations, investigations, and other actions required to:

(1) recover the cost of:

(A) maintaining and operating the department; and

(B) administering and enforcing this chapter and other applicable law; and

(2) achieve the purposes of this chapter.

(c) The presence or absence of a specific reference in this chapter to a rule regarding a particular subject is not intended to and does not limit the general rulemaking authority granted to the commission by this section.
Tex. Election Code § 102.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 102 / Section 102.006
§ 102.006. METHOD OF RETURNING MARKED BALLOT; DEADLINE.
Status: in_force

(a) A marked late ballot must be delivered to the early voting clerk in person by the representative who submitted the voter's application. The ballot must be delivered in the official carrier envelope. A ballot returned by any other method may not be counted.

(b) The clerk shall enter the representative's name and residence address on a returned carrier envelope and secure the representative's signature beside the name.

(c) The deadline for returning a marked late ballot is the same as that for an early voting ballot voted by mail.
Tex. Local Government Code § 192.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 192 / Section 192.005
§ 192.005. CERTAIN PROBATE RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county may require the county clerk to record any previously unrecorded probate records if the commissioners court determines that the recording is necessary.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.190 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.190
§ 2175.190. REPORTING SALE; PROPERTY ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) On the sale by the commission of surplus or salvage property, the commission shall report the property sold and the sale price to the state agency that owned the property and to the comptroller.

(b) If property reported under this section is on the state property accounting system, the comptroller shall remove the property from the property accounting records.

(c) The commission by rule may establish a procedure that allows a participating state agency to receive a return on small value items through the transfer of similar items.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.026 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.026
§ 232.026. WATER AND SEWER SERVICE EXTENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may extend, beyond the date specified on the plat or on the document attached to the plat, the date by which the water and sewer service facilities must be fully operable if the commissioners court finds the extension is reasonable and not contrary to the public interest.

(b) The commissioners court may not grant an extension under Subsection (a) if it would allow an occupied residence to be without water or sewer services.

(c) If the commissioners court provides an extension, the commissioners court shall notify the attorney general of the extension and the reason for the extension. The attorney general shall notify all other state agencies having enforcement power over subdivisions of the extension.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.101
§ 846.101. BOARD MEMBERS; NOTICE OF ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, the powers of a multiple employer welfare arrangement shall be exercised by a board elected to carry out the purposes established by the organizational documents of the arrangement.

(b) The member employers shall elect at least 75 percent of the board members. At least 75 percent of the board members must be individuals who are covered under the arrangement.

(c) An owner, officer, or employee of a third-party administrator who provides services to the multiple employer welfare arrangement or any other person who has received compensation from the arrangement may not serve as a board member.

(d) Each board member shall be elected for a term of at least two years.

(e) Each member employer of a multiple employer welfare arrangement shall be given notice of each election of board members and is entitled to an equal vote, either in person or by a written proxy signed by the member employer. An owner, officer, or employee of a third-party administrator who provides services to the arrangement or any other person who has received compensation from the arrangement may not serve as proxy.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.163 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.163
§ 60.163. INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules that require a local exchange company to share public switched network infrastructure and technology with a requesting local exchange company that lacks economies of scale or scope, to enable the requesting company to provide telecommunications services in each geographic area for which the requesting company is designated as the sole carrier of last resort.

(b) The rules governing the sharing:

(1) may not require a local exchange company to make a decision that is uneconomic or adverse to the public;

(2) shall permit, but may not require, joint ownership and operation of public switched network infrastructure and services by or among the local exchange companies that share infrastructure; and

(3) shall establish conditions that promote cooperation between local exchange companies.
Tex. Utilities Code § 32.0015 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0015
§ 32.0015. REGULATION OF SUCCESSOR ELECTRIC UTILITY OR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.
Status: in_force

If an electric utility purchases, acquires, merges, or consolidates with or acquires 50 percent or more of the stock of an electric utility or electric cooperative, the commission shall regulate the successor electric utility or electric cooperative in the same manner that the commission would regulate the entity that was subject to the stricter regulation before the purchase, acquisition, merger, or consolidation.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 1.011 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 1 / Section 1.011
§ 1.011. PROPERTY OF THE STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) All wild animals, fur-bearing animals, wild birds, and wild fowl inside the borders of this state are the property of the people of this state.

(b) All fish and other aquatic animal life contained in the freshwater rivers, creeks, and streams and in lakes or sloughs subject to overflow from rivers or other streams within the borders of this state are the property of the people of this state.

(c) All the beds and bottoms and the products of the beds and bottoms of the public rivers, bayous, lagoons, creeks, lakes, bays, and inlets in this state and of that part of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of this state are the property of this state. The state may permit the use of the waters and bottoms and the taking of the products of the bottoms and waters.

(d) The Parks and Wildlife Department shall regulate the taking and conservation of fish, oysters, shrimp, crabs, turtles, terrapins, mussels, lobsters, and all other kinds and forms of marine life, or sand, gravel, marl, mud shell, and all other kinds of shell in accordance with the authority vested in it by this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0318 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0318
§ 8511.0318. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a facility described by Subsection (b) in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deducting from that cost the net salvage value derived from the old facility.

(b) If the authority's exercise of the power of eminent domain, the power of relocation, or any other power makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telephone or telegraph property or facility, or pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the authority's sole expense.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.403 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.403
§ 201.403. HIRING WOMEN AND MINORITIES.
Status: repealed

(a) To provide adequate numbers of women and minority applicants for all positions in the department, the department shall:

(1) open all positions compensated at or above the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for salary group B17 of the position classification salary schedule to applicants from inside and outside the department;

(2) seek applicants from this state and, if sufficient numbers are not available from this state, from other states;

(3) coordinate recruiting efforts with college placement officers and college student organizations;

(4) develop an extensive cooperative education program with colleges; and

(5) ensure that employees are aware of continuing educational opportunities and encourage employee participation in the programs.

(b) The department shall designate a central authority to set and monitor women and minority hiring goals. After consultation with appropriate persons in each division and regional office, the central authority shall set annual women and minority hiring goals in each division and regional office of the department and shall monitor progress toward those goals. The central authority shall provide recruiting and technical assistance to each division and regional office.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(160), eff. June 17, 2011.

(d) In this section, "minority" includes African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, Alaska natives, and Pacific Islanders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8431.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8431 / Section 8431.003
§ 8431.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.105
§ 7803.105. CONTRACTS FOR FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS; ELECTION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may enter into a contract with the United States, the City of Irving, another public body, or an individual, corporation, or other entity for the maintenance or construction of any facility or improvement authorized by this chapter.

(b) The district may enter into a contract under Subsection (a) without:

(1) voting for the issuance of bonds; or

(2) holding an election to approve the contract.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 294.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 294 / Section 294.102
§ 294.102. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of each county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter by resolution shall designate one or more banks located in the county as the depository for mandatory payments received by the county. A bank designated as a depository serves for two years or until a successor is designated.

(b) All income received by a county under this chapter, including the revenue from mandatory payments remaining after discounts and fees for assessing and collecting the payments are deducted, shall be deposited with the county depository in the county's local provider participation fund and may be withdrawn only as provided by this chapter.

(c) All funds under this chapter shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Water Code § 26.0271 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.0271
§ 26.0271. PERMITS AUTHORIZING REUSE WATER SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS AND DISCHARGES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to wastewater treatment facilities operated by an agency of a home-rule municipality with a population of one million or more.

(b) In any permit or amendment to a permit issued under this chapter, at the request of the applicant the commission may authorize a wastewater treatment facility to contribute treated domestic wastewater produced by the facility as reclaimed water to a reuse water system if the commission has approved the use of reclaimed water from the wastewater treatment facility.

(c) In any permit or amendment to a permit issued under this chapter, at the request of the applicant the commission shall authorize, subject to any required approval by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a wastewater treatment facility to:

(1) contribute reclaimed water into a reuse water system operated by the agency; and

(2) discharge reclaimed water contributed to a reuse water system at any outfall for which a discharge from the reuse water system is authorized in any permit issued for any wastewater treatment facility operated by the agency.

(d) For an effluent limitation violation occurring at an outfall permitted for reuse water system discharges by more than one wastewater treatment facility, the commission shall attribute the violation to the wastewater treatment facility contributing the reclaimed water causing the violation. For a violation that is not directly attributable to a specific wastewater treatment facility, the commission shall attribute the violation to the wastewater treatment facility contributing the greatest volume of reclaimed water to the reuse water system on the date of the violation.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 154.105 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 154 / Section 154.105
§ 154.105. PARTNERSHIP BOUND BY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

A partnership agreement is enforceable by or against the partnership, regardless of whether the partnership has signed or otherwise expressly adopted the agreement.
Tex. Election Code § 83.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 83 / Section 83.002
§ 83.002. COUNTY CLERK AS EARLY VOTING CLERK.
Status: in_force

The county clerk is the early voting clerk for the county in:

(1) the general election for state and county officers and any other countywide election held at county expense;

(2) a primary election; and

(3) a special election ordered by the governor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1035.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1035 / Section 1035.102
§ 1035.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision in DeWitt County, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9085.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9085 / Section 9085.0202
§ 9085.0202. 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 9085.0103; or

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

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 9085.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 9085.0103; or

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

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8218.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8218 / Section 8218.002
§ 8218.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district, to the extent authorized by Section 8218.103 and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, has road powers.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.072 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.072
§ 775.072. DEPOSITORIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall designate one or more banks to serve as depositories for district funds.

(b) The board shall deposit all district funds in a depository bank, except that the board:

(1) may deposit funds pledged to pay bonds or notes with banks named in the trust indenture or in the bond or note resolution; and

(2) shall remit funds for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and notes to the bank of payment.

(c) The district may not deposit funds in a depository or trustee bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unless the excess funds are secured in the manner provided by law for the security of county funds.

(d) The resolution or trust indenture securing the bonds or notes may require that any or all of the funds must be secured by obligations of or unconditionally guaranteed by the federal government.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379 / Section 379.005
§ 379.005. NAFTA DISPLACED WORKERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A business that operates in a zone and receives benefits as a result of a municipality's action under Section 379.004(1), (2), or (3) shall make a good faith effort to hire individuals receiving NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance under 19 U.S.C. Section 2331.

(b) A business described by Subsection (a) shall annually report to the governing body of the municipality on what percentage of the total number of individuals hired by the business during the year covered by the report is comprised of individuals described by Subsection (a).