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Tex. Penal Code § 22.10 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 22 / Section 22.10
§ 22.10. LEAVING A CHILD IN A VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly leaves a child in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, knowing that the child is:

(1) younger than seven years of age; and

(2) not attended by an individual in the vehicle who is 14 years of age or older.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 286.142 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 286 / Section 286.142
§ 286.142. TAXES TO PAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time the bonds are issued by the district, the board shall levy a tax.

(b) The tax must be sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as they mature.

(c) In any year, the tax together with any other tax the district levies may not exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the levy of taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8313.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8313 / Section 8313.151
§ 8313.151. 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 8313.153.

(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 § 1032.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.059
§ 1032.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator.

(c) The district administrator and any assistant administrator serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(d) On assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator shall execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.
Tex. Estates Code § 1159.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1159 / Section 1159.001
§ 1159.001. RENTING ESTATE PROPERTY WITHOUT COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The guardian of an estate, without a court order, may rent any of the estate property for one year or less, at public auction or privately, as is considered to be in the best interests of the estate.

(b) On the sworn complaint of any person interested in the estate, the court shall require a guardian of the estate who, without a court order, rents estate property to account to the estate for the reasonable value of the rent of the property, to be ascertained by the court on satisfactory evidence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8357.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8357 / Section 8357.051
§ 8357.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8357.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Transportation Code § 7.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 7 / Section 7.003
§ 7.003. CONTRACT GOVERNING TRANSPORTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the contract establishing the rights, duties, and liabilities of an initial carrier and the shipper applies to each subsequent connecting carrier.

(b) The contract between the initial carrier and the shipper does not apply to a connecting carrier that executes a new contract with the shipper supported by valuable consideration.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), valuable consideration does not include the transportation of a caretaker with the freight.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8259.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8259 / Section 8259.001
§ 8259.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Longhorn Town Utility District of Harris County, Texas.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.358 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.358
§ 51.358. RESTRICTED LICENSE TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) A restricted license issued under Section 51.357 is valid for the term provided for an unrestricted license of the same type.

(b) A restricted license may be renewed by complying with the requirements for the renewal of an unrestricted license of the same type.

(c) On the expiration of the term of a restricted license and the receipt by the department of a license renewal application, there is a rebuttable presumption that the applicant is entitled to issuance by the department of an unrestricted license.

(d) The presumption under Subsection (c) may be rebutted by the department's determination that:

(1) the applicant failed to comply with any condition imposed under Section 51.357;

(2) the applicant is not in good standing with the department; or

(3) issuing an unrestricted license to the applicant would result in an increased risk of harm to any person or property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1091.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1091 / Section 1091.303
§ 1091.303. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Rice Hospital District and the sale or transfer of its assets and liabilities in the following manner: ____________ (insert provisions for transfer)."
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.104 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.104
§ 110.104. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide, as often as necessary, to council members and employees information regarding their:

(1) qualifications for office or employment under this chapter; and

(2) responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.
Tex. Education Code § 135.23 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 135 / Section 135.23
§ 135.23. TERMS OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The term of office of each regent is six years. Any vacancy that occurs on the board is filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the governor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 155.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 155 / Section 155.042
§ 155.042. BENEFIT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county by order or resolution may establish a program to provide benefits that qualify for a cafeteria plan or a bona fide compensation reduction arrangement under the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and regulations adopted under that code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.0431 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 438 / Section 438.0431
§ 438.0431. BASIC FOOD SAFETY ACCREDITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 438.043, the department may accredit an education or training program for basic food safety for food handlers as provided by this section.

(b) The executive commissioner shall by rule define the basic food safety training or education required to be included in a course curriculum. The course curriculum must include the food allergen awareness information described by Section 437.027(b). The course length may not exceed two hours.

(c) A training or education program accredited under this section may require a participant to achieve a passing score on an examination to successfully complete the course for certification.

(d) A program accredited under this section may be delivered through the Internet.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8341.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8341 / Section 8341.051
§ 8341.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8341.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 7.207 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 7 / Section 7.207
§ 7.207. GOODS MUST BE KEPT SEPARATE; FUNGIBLE GOODS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the warehouse receipt provides otherwise, a warehouse shall keep separate the goods covered by each receipt so as to permit at all times identification and delivery of those goods. However, different lots of fungible goods may be commingled.

(b) If different lots of fungible goods are commingled, the goods are owned in common by the persons entitled thereto and the warehouse is severally liable to each owner for that owner's share. If, because of overissue, a mass of fungible goods is insufficient to meet all the receipts the warehouse has issued against it, the persons entitled include all holders to which overissued receipts have been duly negotiated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1050.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1050 / Section 1050.108
§ 1050.108. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court in this state.
Tex. Education Code § 54.510 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.510
§ 54.510. STUDENT RECREATIONAL SPORTS FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled in The University of Texas at Austin a recreational sports fee not to exceed $20 a semester or 12-week summer session or $10 a six-week summer session. The fee may be used only for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving recreational sports facilities and programs at the university.

(b) A fee may not be imposed under this section until the semester in which a campus recreational sports facility will be available for use.

(c) The university shall collect any student recreational sports fee imposed under this section and shall deposit the money collected in an account to be known as the student recreational sports account. A recreational sports fee may not be collected after the 20th anniversary of the date it is first collected, or after all bonded indebtedness for any campus recreational sports facility for which the fee receipts are pledged is paid, whichever is later.

(d) A student recreational sports fee imposed under this section is not counted in determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged under Section 54.513 of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8185.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8185 / Section 8185.001
§ 8185.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 5.
Tex. Water Code § 51.538 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.538
§ 51.538. ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Taxes levied, bonds issued, and indebtedness incurred by a district operating under Sections 51.533-51.538 of this code are subject to the provisions of the constitution and this chapter which require an election to authorize tax levies, bonds, and indebtedness.
Tex. Water Code § 27.103 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.103
§ 27.103. PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the railroad commission, the attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit in the name of the State of Texas for injunctive relief or to recover the civil penalty, or for both the injunctive relief and civil penalty, authorized in Sections 27.101 and 27.102 of this chapter.

(b) Any party to a suit may appeal from a final judgment as in other civil cases.
Tex. Government Code § 509.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 509 / Section 509.007
§ 509.007. DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall require as a condition to payment of state aid to a department or county under Section 509.011 that:

(1) the department submit the department's budget for the state fiscal biennium and a strategic plan to the division; and

(2) the department's budget and plan be approved by the division.

(a-1) A department shall submit a revised strategic plan to the division each even-numbered year not later than March 1.

(a-2) A department's budget or strategic plan may be amended at any time with the approval of the division.

(b) A strategic plan required under this section must include:

(1) a statement of goals and priorities and of commitment by the department and the judges described by Section 76.002 who established the department to achieve a targeted level of alternative sanctions;

(2) a description of methods for measuring the success of programs provided by the department or provided by an entity served by the department;

(3) a summary of the programs and services the department provides or intends to provide, including a separate summary of:

(A) any services the department intends to provide in relation to a specialty court program; and

(B) any programs or other services the department intends to provide to enhance public safety, reduce recidivism, strengthen the investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses, improve programs and services available to victims of crime, and increase the amount of restitution collected from persons supervised by the department; and

(4) an outline of the department's projected programmatic and budgetary needs, based on the programs and services the department both provides and intends to provide.
Tex. Election Code § 172.052 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.052
§ 172.052. WITHDRAWAL FROM GENERAL PRIMARY.
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate for nomination may not withdraw from the general primary election after the first day after the date of the regular filing deadline for the general primary election.

(b) A withdrawal request for the general primary must be filed with the authority with whom the withdrawing candidate's application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3950.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3950 / Section 3950.110
§ 3950.110. CONCURRENCE ON ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

If the territory of the district is located in the corporate boundaries or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not exercise a power granted to the district after the date the district was created unless the governing body of the municipality by resolution consents to the district's exercise of the power.
Tex. Local Government Code § 140.013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 140 / Section 140.013
§ 140.013. BALANCE BILLING FOR COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) "Balance billing" means the practice of charging an enrollee in a health benefit plan to recover from the enrollee the balance of a health care provider's fee for a service received by the enrollee from the health care provider that is not fully reimbursed by the enrollee's health benefit plan.

(b) A county or municipality may elect to consider a health benefit plan payment towards a claim for air or ground ambulance services provided by the county or municipality as payment in full for those services regardless of the amount the county or municipality charged for those services.

(c) A county or municipality may not practice balance billing for a claim for which the county or municipality makes an election under Subsection (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1080.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1080 / Section 1080.102
§ 1080.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision of this state, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations to provide hospital service or medical care in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 55.501 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.501
§ 55.501. SPECIAL INTEREST PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The maximum amount of bonds issued by a district may include a sufficient sum to pay the first one, two, or three years' interest to accrue on the bonds, and no taxes shall be levied against property located in the district for this period except for a sufficient tax to pay notes provided for in Section 55.038 of this code.

(b) The board may designate the period of interest to begin either with the date of the bonds fixed in the order which authorizes their issuance or from the date or dates of the actual sale, issuance, and delivery of the bonds or any installments.

(c) Any money left in the interest fund at the end of the designated period still may be used to pay interest on the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 316.045 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 316 / Section 316.045
§ 316.045. REDUCTION IN CERTAIN AGENCY FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency that sets the fees charged by that agency in amounts that are reasonable and necessary to cover the administrative costs of the agency shall review the amounts charged as fees on a biennial basis. The agency shall review the fees before the beginning of each state fiscal biennium and incorporate its recommendations based on that review in its budget request submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and the budget division of the governor's office.

(b) If the agency determines that the fees are set at a level that exceeds the administrative costs of the agency as of the date of the review, the agency shall reduce the amount of the affected fees to the appropriate level and shall charge the reduced fees during the subsequent biennium. Each agency shall give specific recognition to reductions in salary expenses resulting from statutorily directed employee attrition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3878.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3878 / Section 3878.205
§ 3878.205. MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3878.104, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district to:

(1) administer the district;

(2) maintain and operate the district;

(3) construct or acquire improvements; or

(4) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.

(c) An owner of real property in the district, except property exempt under the Texas or United States Constitution or under the Tax Code, is liable for the payment of ad valorem taxes imposed by the district on the property.
Tex. Transportation Code § 251.055 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 251 / Section 251.055
§ 251.055. EXTENDING FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD IN ADJOINING COUNTY.
Status: in_force

A county that determines that it would significantly benefit from the extension of a farm-to-market road in an adjoining county may contract with the adjoining county for the extension and agree to pay all or part of the cost that the adjoining county necessarily incurs in extending the road.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.051
§ 7803.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The board consists of seven elected directors who serve staggered terms.
Tex. Estates Code § 1160.056 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1160 / Section 1160.056
§ 1160.056. HEARING ON APPLICATION; ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time and place designated for the hearing under Section 1160.053(a), or at the time to which the hearing is continued as provided by Section 1160.053(b), the judge shall:

(1) hear a lease application filed under Section 1160.052; and

(2) require proof as to the necessity or advisability of leasing for mineral development the property described in the application and the notice.

(b) The judge shall enter an order authorizing one or more leases affecting and covering the property or portions of property described in the lease application, with or without pooling provisions or unitization clauses, and with or without cash consideration if considered by the court to be in the best interest of the estate, if the judge is satisfied that:

(1) the application is in proper form;

(2) notice has been given in the manner and for the time required by law;

(3) proof of necessity or advisability of leasing is sufficient; and

(4) the application should be granted.

(c) The order must contain:

(1) the name of the lessee;

(2) any actual cash consideration to be paid by the lessee;

(3) a finding that the requirements of Subsection (b) have been satisfied; and

(4) one of the following findings:

(A) a finding that the guardian of the estate is exempt by law from giving a bond; or

(B) if the guardian of the estate is required to give a bond, a finding as to whether the guardian's general bond on file is sufficient to protect the personal property on hand, including any cash bonus to be paid.

(d) If the court finds the general bond insufficient to meet the requirements of Subsection (c)(4)(B), the order must show the amount of increased or additional bond required to cover the deficiency.

(e) A complete exhibit copy, either written or printed, of each authorized lease must be set out in, attached to, incorporated by reference in, or made part of the order. The exhibit copy must show:

(1) the name of the lessee;

(2) the date of the lease;

(3) an adequate description of the property being leased;

(4) any delay rental to be paid to defer commencement of operations; and

(5) all other authorized terms and provisions.

(f) If the date of a lease does not appear in the exhibit copy of the lease or in the order, the date of the order is considered for all purposes to be the date of the lease.

(g) If the name or address of a depository bank for receiving rental is not shown in the exhibit copy of a lease, the guardian of the estate may insert the name or address, or cause the name or address to be inserted, in the lease at the time of the lease's execution or at any other time agreeable to the lessee or the lessee's successors or assigns.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 47.0031 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 47 / Section 47.0031
§ 47.0031. FOLLOW-UP SCREENING.
Status: in_force

(a) The program that performed the hearing screening under Section 47.003 shall provide the newborn's or infant's parents with the screening results. A birthing facility, through the program, shall offer a follow-up hearing screening to the parents of a newborn or infant who does not pass the screening, or refer the parents to another program for the follow-up hearing screening. The follow-up hearing screening should be performed not later than the 30th day after the date the newborn or infant is discharged from the facility.

(b) If a newborn or an infant does not pass the screening in a follow-up hearing screening, the program that performed the follow-up hearing screening on the newborn or infant shall:

(1) provide the screening results to:

(A) the newborn's or infant's parents; and

(B) with the prior written consent of the newborn's or infant's parents, the primary statewide resource center established under Section 30.051, Education Code;

(2) assist in scheduling a diagnostic audiological evaluation for the newborn or infant, consistent with the most current guidelines in the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Position Statement, or refer the newborn or infant to a licensed audiologist who provides diagnostic audiological evaluations for newborns or infants that are consistent with the most current guidelines in the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing Position Statement; and

(3) refer the newborn or infant to early childhood intervention services and the primary statewide resource center established under Section 30.051, Education Code.