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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8862.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8862 / Section 8862.055
§ 8862.055. COMPOSITION OF BOARD AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOLLOWING ANNEXATION OF ONE OR TWO COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only following the annexation by the district under Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code, of the territory of one or two additional counties.

(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date of an election in which the annexation of a county to the district is ratified by a majority vote of the voters of that county, the commissioners court of the annexed county shall appoint three temporary directors to the board. Temporary directors serve until initial permanent directors are elected under Subsection (c).

(c) In the first odd-numbered year following the election in which annexation of a county is ratified, on the uniform election date in May or another date authorized by law, initial permanent directors shall be elected from that county. The initial permanent directors from the county shall draw lots to determine who will serve a four-year term and who will serve a two-year term.

(d) In each odd-numbered year following the election of initial permanent directors under Subsection (c), on the uniform election date in May or another date authorized by law, the appropriate number of directors from the annexed county shall be elected.
Tex. Government Code § 824.1012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 824 / Section 824.1012
§ 824.1012. POST-RETIREMENT CHANGE IN RETIREMENT PAYMENT PLAN FOR CERTAIN RETIREMENT BENEFIT OPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) As an exception to Section 824.101(c), a retiree who selected an optional service retirement annuity under Section 824.204(c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5) or an optional disability retirement annuity under Section 824.308(c)(1), (c)(2), or (c)(5) and who has received at least one payment under the plan selected may change the optional annuity selection made by the retiree to a standard service or disability retirement annuity as provided for in this section. If the beneficiary of the optional annuity was the spouse of the retiree when the retiree designated the spouse as beneficiary of the optional annuity, to change from the optional annuity to a standard retirement annuity under this subsection, the spouse or former spouse, as applicable, who was designated the beneficiary of the optional annuity must sign a notarized consent to the change or a court with jurisdiction over the marriage of the retiree and beneficiary must approve or order the change. The change in plan selection takes effect when the retirement system receives the request to change the plan, provided the signed consent form or court order, as applicable, is subsequently received by the retirement system.

(a-1) The executive director or the executive director's designee has exclusive authority to determine whether the language in a court order described by Subsection (a) is sufficient to indicate that the court has approved or ordered the change in plan selection. A determination by the executive director or the executive director's designee under this subsection may be appealed only to the board of trustees, except that the board by rule may waive the requirement that an appeal be to the board. An appeal to the board is a contested case under Chapter 2001. The standard of review of an appeal brought under this subsection is by substantial evidence.

(b) A change described by Subsection (a) cancels the optional annuity selection made by the retiree, effective with the beginning of payments of the annuity as recomputed under this subsection. The retiree is entitled to receive payments of a standard service or disability retirement annuity, as applicable, reduced for early retirement, if applicable, beginning with the payment for the month after the month in which the retirement system receives the notice of change and ending on the death of the retiree. The change also cancels the designation of beneficiary with respect to the optional annuity benefit but does not cancel a designation with respect to any other benefit payable by the retirement system on the death of the retiree.

(c) The retirement system by rule may establish requirements for forms, documentation, and procedures necessary for the administration of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2257.114 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2257 / Section 2257.114
§ 2257.114. USE OF COLLECTED PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

Money collected as penalties under this subchapter may be appropriated only for the purposes of administering this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8354.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8354 / Section 8354.004
§ 8354.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8354.003 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.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.217 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.217
§ 225.217. TROOPER RUSSELL LYNN BOYD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Waller County between its intersection with the Waller-Harris county line and its intersection with State Highway 6 is designated as the Trooper Russell Lynn Boyd Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Russell Lynn Boyd 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. Occupations Code § 2301.652 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.652
§ 2301.652.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2301.652. DENIAL OF LICENSE APPLICATION: DEALERSHIP. (a) The board may deny an application for a license to establish a dealership if, following a protest, the applicant fails to establish good cause for establishing the dealership. In determining good cause, the board shall consider:

(1) whether the manufacturer or distributor of the same line-make of new motor vehicle is being adequately represented as to sales and service;

(2) whether the protesting franchised dealer representing the same line-make of new motor vehicle is in substantial compliance with the dealer's franchise, to the extent that the franchise is not in conflict with this chapter;

(3) the desirability of a competitive marketplace;

(4) any harm to the protesting franchised dealer;

(5) the public interest;

(6) any harm to the applicant; and

(7) current and reasonably foreseeable projections of economic conditions, financial expectations, and the market for new motor vehicles in the relevant market area.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and Sections 2301.6521 and 2301.6522, a person has standing under this section to protest an application to establish or relocate a dealership if the person filing the protest is a franchised dealer of the same line-make whose dealership is located:

(1) in the county in which the proposed dealership is to be located; or

(2) within a 15-mile radius of the proposed dealership.

(c) A franchised dealer may not protest an application to relocate a dealership under this section if the proposed relocation site is not:

(1) more than two miles from the site where the dealership is currently located; or

(2) closer to the franchised dealer than the site from which the dealership is being relocated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7906A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7906A / Section 7906A.0102
§ 7906A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8134.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8134 / Section 8134.005
§ 8134.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapters 30, 49, and 54, Water Code, apply to the district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.117 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.117
§ 13.117. REFUSING TO ALLOW TEST OF WEIGHING OR MEASURING DEVICE.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person refuses to allow a weighing or measuring device under the person's control or in the person's possession to be inspected, tested, or examined by the department, and the inspection, test, or examination is required or authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.004
§ 1074.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Comanche County, except that portion of Comanche County within the boundaries of the South Eastland County Hospital District, as those boundaries existed on June 15, 2001, is not included in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3885.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3885 / Section 3885.007
§ 3885.007. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Education Code § 8.103 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.103
§ 8.103. ANNUAL EVALUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall conduct an annual evaluation of each executive director and regional education service center. Each evaluation must include:

(1) an audit of the center's finances;

(2) a review of the center's performance on the indicators adopted under Section 8.101;

(3) a review of client satisfaction with services provided under Subchapter B; and

(4) a review of any other factor the commissioner determines to be appropriate.

(b) In conjunction with the review of client satisfaction conducted under Subsection (a)(3), the commissioner shall solicit from each school district served by a regional education service center information regarding:

(1) the reliance of the district on the center for assistance in complying with state education laws and rules; and

(2) the specific state education laws or rules with which compliance is the most burdensome and expensive.

(c) The information solicited under Subsection (b) may not be considered in the annual evaluation of a regional education service center.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1115.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.053
§ 1115.053. BALLOT PETITION.
Status: in_force

A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must:

(1) be signed by at least 15 registered voters in the district; and

(2) be filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005, Election Code.
Tex. Government Code § 46.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 46 / Section 46.004
§ 46.004. EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The state prosecuting attorney and each state prosecutor is entitled to receive not less than $22,500 a year from the state to be used by the attorney or prosecutor to help defray the salaries and expenses of the office. That money may not be used to supplement the attorney's or prosecutor's salary.

(b) The state prosecuting attorney and each state prosecutor shall submit annually to the comptroller of public accounts a sworn account showing how this money was spent during the year.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.151 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.151
§ 52.151. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a telecommunications utility that holds a certificate of operating authority or a service provider certificate of operating authority.
Tex. Government Code § 1501.251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.251
§ 1501.251. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a municipality:

(1) that has a population of more than 275,000;

(2) in which a majority of the qualified voters voting in an election have voted to authorize the municipality to contract with a river authority created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, to acquire a water supply project from that authority; and

(3) that holds a permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the municipality to use the water supply.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.052
§ 901.052. ELIGIBILITY OF PUBLIC MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

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

(1) is registered, certified, or licensed by an occupational regulatory agency in the field of public accountancy;

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

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

(4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or funds from the board, other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for board membership, attendance, or expenses.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.097 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 191 / Section 191.097
§ 191.097. REMOVING DESIGNATION AS LANDMARK.
Status: in_force

(a) Any landmark on public or private land may be determined by majority vote of the committee to be of no further historical, archeological, educational, or scientific value, or not of sufficient value to warrant its further classification as a landmark, and on this determination may be removed from the designation as a landmark.

(b) On removal of the designation on private land which was designated by instrument of record, the committee shall execute and record in the deed records of the county in which the site is located an instrument setting out the determination and releasing the site from the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 571 / Section 571.022
§ 571.022. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the department, the attorney general or the appropriate district or county attorney shall institute and conduct in the name of the state a suit for a violation of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle.

(b) On his own initiative, the attorney general or district or county attorney may maintain an action for a violation of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle in the name of the state.

(c) Venue may be maintained in Travis County or in the county in which the violation occurred.

(d) The district court may grant any prohibitory or mandatory injunctive relief warranted by the facts, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.
Tex. Government Code § 4001.154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.154
§ 4001.154. CERTIFIED COPIES OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS OR INSTRUMENTS AS EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a copy of a paper, document, or instrument filed in the office of the commissioner and certified by the commissioner must be admitted in evidence in a court and elsewhere in this state in any case in which the original would be admitted in evidence.

(b) In any proceeding in a court, the court may, on cause shown, require the production of the original paper, document, or instrument.

(c) In a prosecution, suit, or other action or proceeding in a court of this state that arises under this title, a certificate showing compliance or noncompliance with a provision of this title by a dealer, agent, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative constitutes prima facie evidence of the person's compliance or noncompliance with that provision if the certificate:

(1) is under the state seal; and

(2) is signed by the commissioner.

(d) A certificate described by Subsection (c) is admissible in evidence in an action to enforce this title.
Tex. Water Code § 36.207 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.207
§ 36.207. USE OF FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may use funds obtained from administrative, production, or export fees collected under a special law governing the district or this chapter for any purpose consistent with the district's approved management plan, including, without limitation, making grants, loans, or contractual payments to achieve, facilitate, or expedite reductions in groundwater pumping or the development or distribution of alternative water supplies or to maintain the operability of wells significantly affected by groundwater development to allow for the highest practicable level of groundwater production while achieving the desired future conditions established under Section 36.108.

(b) A district may use funds obtained from the amount that an export fee is increased under Section 36.122(e-1) on or after January 1, 2024, only for costs related to assessing and addressing impacts associated with groundwater development, including:

(1) maintaining operability of wells significantly affected by groundwater development, including wells located outside the district;

(2) developing or distributing alternative water supplies; and

(3) conducting aquifer monitoring, data collection, and aquifer science.

(c) A district may use funds described by Subsection (b) to maintain the operability of wells described by Subsection (b)(1) that are located in another district only if the district enters into an interlocal contract under Chapter 791, Government Code, with the other district authorizing the funds to be used for that purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0206
§ 550.0206. CASE MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual from a family that wishes to participate in the pilot program must attend an in-person intake meeting with a program case manager. During the intake meeting the case manager shall:

(1) determine whether:

(A) the individual's family meets the eligibility requirements under Section 550.0205; and

(B) the application of income or asset limit eligibility requirements for continuation of financial assistance and supplemental nutrition assistance benefits and the time limits specified by Section 31.0065, Human Resources Code, for financial assistance benefits may be waived under the program;

(2) review the family's demographic information and household financial budget;

(3) assess the family members' current financial and career situations;

(4) collaborate with the individual to develop and implement strategies for removing barriers to the family attaining self-sufficiency, including waiving the application of income and asset limit eligibility requirements and time limits described by Subdivision (1)(B) to allow for continuation of financial assistance and supplemental nutrition assistance benefits; and

(5) if the individual's family is determined eligible for and chooses to participate in the program, schedule a follow-up meeting to:

(A) further assess the family's crisis;

(B) review available referral services; and

(C) create a service plan.

(b) A participating family must be assigned a program case manager who shall:

(1) if the family is determined eligible, provide the family with a verification of the waived application of asset, income, and time limits described by Section 550.0204, allowing the family to continue receiving financial assistance and supplemental nutrition assistance benefits on a slow reduction scale;

(2) during the initial phase of the program, create medium- and long-term goals consistent with the strategies developed under Subsection (a)(4); and

(3) assess, at the follow-up meeting scheduled under Subsection (a)(5), the family's crisis, review available referral services, and create a service plan.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.6522 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.6522
§ 2301.6522.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2301.6522. RIGHT TO PROTEST: ECONOMICALLY IMPAIRED DEALER. (a) In this section, "economically impaired dealer" means a franchised dealer whose profitability has been, or is reasonably expected to be, substantially reduced at the dealer's current location, with no reasonable expectation of substantial improvement at that location, due to:

(1) a natural disaster;

(2) the exercise of eminent domain authority with respect to the dealership; or

(3) the sale of all or part of the dealership to a governmental entity under threat of the exercise of eminent domain authority.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), a dealer may not protest the relocation of an economically impaired dealer if:

(1) the relocation is reasonably expected to be completed before the first anniversary of the date of the event described by Subsection (a); and

(2) the proposed relocation site is two miles or less from the economically impaired dealer's current location.

(c) A dealer of the same line-make as an economically impaired dealer whose dealership is nearest to the proposed relocation site of the economically impaired dealer may protest the relocation if the proposed relocation site is more than two miles closer to the protesting dealer's dealership than the site of the economically impaired dealer's current location.

(d) If more than one dealership location is an equal distance from the proposed relocation site and each dealer and dealership location satisfies the requirements of Subsection (c), each dealer may protest the relocation under Subsection (c).
Tex. Transportation Code § 67.012 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 67 / Section 67.012
§ 67.012. PROHIBITED INTEREST.
Status: in_force

A person may not be a member of the board if the person has a conflict of interest or a direct or indirect interest in any business affected by or connected with the performance of the person's duties as a pilot commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7923.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7923 / Section 7923.0305
§ 7923.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.254
§ 1063.254. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY APPOINTMENT OR CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may elect to:

(1) appoint a tax assessor-collector to assess and collect district taxes; or

(2) contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code.

(b) An election under this section must be made by December 1 and governs the manner in which taxes are assessed and collected, until changed by a similar resolution.

(c) The board shall set for the appointed tax assessor-collector:

(1) the term of employment; and

(2) compensation.