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Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.012 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.012
§ 201.012. STATE DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the state is divided into five districts, each of which is composed as provided by this section.

(b) State District No. 1 is composed of the following 51 counties: Dallam, Dawson, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley, Collingsworth, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Bailey, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cottle, Hardeman, Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Dickens, King, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Kent, Stonewall, Gaines, Borden, Scurry, Fisher, and Foard.

(c) State District No. 2 is composed of the following 51 counties: Andrews, Martin, Howard, Mitchell, Nolan, Taylor, Runnels, Coke, Sterling, Glasscock, Midland, Ector, Winkler, Loving, Reeves, Culberson, Hudspeth, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Brewster, Pecos, Terrell, Ward, Crane, Upton, Reagan, Irion, Tom Green, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Mason, Llano, Blanco, Gillespie, Crockett, Schleicher, Menard, Sutton, Kimble, Val Verde, Edwards, Real, Kerr, Kendall, Bandera, Uvalde, Medina, Kinney, and Maverick.

(d) State District No. 3 is composed of the following 50 counties: Burleson, Lee, Bastrop, Travis, Hays, Comal, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Fayette, Washington, Austin, Colorado, Lavaca, Gonzales, Wilson, Bexar, DeWitt, Jackson, Wharton, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Matagorda, Calhoun, Refugio, Bee, Karnes, Live Oak, Atascosa, McMullen, LaSalle, Frio, Duval, Dimmit, Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Starr, Brooks, Hidalgo, Cameron, Willacy, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, Jim Wells, Zavala, Goliad, and Victoria.

(e) State District No. 4 is composed of the following 51 counties: Lamar, Red River, Bowie, Delta, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus, Morris, Cass, Marion, Camp, Upshur, Wood, Rains, Van Zandt, Smith, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Cherokee, Rusk, Panola, Shelby, Nacogdoches, Anderson, Freestone, Leon, Robertson, Brazos, Madison, Grimes, Waller, Houston, Walker, Trinity, Angelina, San Augustine, Sabine, Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, San Jacinto, Montgomery, Harris, Liberty, Hardin, Orange, Jefferson, Chambers, and Galveston.

(f) State District No. 5 is composed of the following 51 counties: Wilbarger, Wichita, Clay, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Hunt, Collin, Denton, Wise, Jack, Archer, Baylor, Knox, Haskell, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young, Jones, Shackelford, Palo Pinto, Rockwall, Kaufman, Ellis, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Johnson, Hood, Somervell, Erath, Eastland, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Hill, Navarro, Limestone, McLennan, Falls, Milam, Bell, Williamson, Burnet, Lampasas, and Coryell.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8018A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8018A / Section 8018A.0306
§ 8018A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district under Section 49.316, Water Code, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.160
§ 1052.160. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at the time the loan is made.

(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness;

(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district in the next 12-month period following the date of the pledge that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or

(3) a district bond that has been authorized but not sold.

(c) A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.402 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.402
§ 451.402. VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may not impose a tax or increase the rate of an existing tax unless a proposition proposing the imposition or rate increase is approved by a majority of the votes received at an election held for that purpose.

(b) Each new tax or rate increase must be expressed in a separate proposition consisting of a brief statement of the nature of the proposed tax. The board may submit propositions in the alternative with provision for the method of determining the result of the election.

(c) The notice of the election must contain a statement of the base or rate of the proposed tax.
Tex. Labor Code § 205.041 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 205 / Section 205.041
§ 205.041. STATE ELECTION TO BE REIMBURSING EMPLOYER.
Status: in_force

(a) This state is a reimbursing employer subject to this subtitle for all services performed in the employ of:

(1) this state;

(2) a branch or department of this state; or

(3) an instrumentality of this state that is not otherwise an employer.

(b) All services performed in the employ of this state, a branch or department of this state, or an instrumentality of this state are employment.

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a political subdivision of this state.

(d) The commission shall provide to each state agency an annual statement showing the benefits paid by the commission during the year that are attributable to that agency.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.144 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.144
§ 287.144. INTEREST AND MATURITY.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than the 50th anniversary of the date of their issuance and must bear interest at a rate not to exceed that provided by Chapter 1204, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 438.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 438 / Section 438.103
§ 438.103. CERTIFICATION AND RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATION; EXAMINATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who satisfies the requirements of this subchapter may receive and renew a food manager certificate by passing a state-approved examination.

(b) A state-approved examination for issuance or renewal of a food manager certificate must test an applicant on the food allergen awareness information described by Section 437.027(b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3855.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3855 / Section 3855.255
§ 3855.255. SALES AND USE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On adoption of the tax authorized by this subchapter, there is imposed a tax on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items within the district, and an excise tax on the use, storage, or other consumption within the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or rented from a retailer within the district during the period that the tax is in effect.

(b) The board shall determine the rate of the tax, which may be in one-eighth of one percent increments not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the district voters at the election. The board may lower the tax rate to the extent it does not impair any outstanding debt or obligations payable from the tax.

(c) The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the sales tax portion of the tax and is applied to the sales price of the taxable item.
Tex. Water Code § 42.008 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 42 / Section 42.008
§ 42.008. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner is responsible for administering the provisions of the compact, and he has all the powers and duties prescribed by the compact.

(b) The commissioner may meet and confer with the New Mexico commissioner at any place the commission considers proper.
Tex. Property Code § 15.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 15 / Section 15.001
§ 15.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.158 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.158
§ 1551.158. REINSTATEMENT OF HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN COVERAGE BY CERTAIN DEPENDENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A dependent child who is unmarried and whose coverage under this chapter ends when the child becomes 26 years of age may, on expiration of continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-272), reinstate health benefit plan coverage under this chapter if the child, or the child's participating parent, pays the full cost of the health benefit plan coverage.

(b) A state contribution is not payable for coverage under this section.

(c) Coverage under this section terminates at the end of the month in which the child marries.
Tex. Government Code § 844.401 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.401
§ 844.401. RETURN OF ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if a member dies before retirement, a lump-sum death benefit is payable from the employees saving fund in the amount of:

(1) the decedent's accumulated contributions; plus

(2) interest computed on the decedent's accumulated contributions on January 1 of the year of death from the beginning of that year through the end of the month before the month in which death occurs.

(b) The benefit provided by this section is payable to the decedent's beneficiary or, if no surviving beneficiary exists, to the decedent's spouse or, if no surviving spouse exists, to the decedent's estate.

(c) A benefit is not payable under this section if an annuity based on the same service with the subdivision is payable under this subtitle.
Tex. Government Code § 22.301 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.301
§ 22.301. SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL OF APPELLATE COURTS.
Status: in_force

The salaries of the state prosecuting attorney and the clerks, other officers, and employees of the supreme court, court of criminal appeals, and courts of appeals shall be determined by the legislature in its appropriation acts for the support of the judiciary.
Tex. Education Code § 51.169 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.169
§ 51.169. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except for Subsection (a), Section 51.153 of this Code, the provisions of this subchapter apply to any additional information network association created by the coordinating board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1014.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1014 / Section 1014.056
§ 1014.056. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director serves without compensation but may receive actual expenses incurred in attending to district business on approval of the expenses by the remainder of the board.
Tex. Finance Code § 37.008 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 37 / Section 37.008
§ 37.008. REGULATORY COORDINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To ensure effective coordination among and between the department and other state and federal agencies and the banking industry, and to further rapid restoration of banking services after an emergency, the banking commissioner may:

(1) enter into cooperative, coordinating, or information-sharing agreements with other state or federal agencies or with or through organizations affiliated with or representing one or more state or federal agencies;

(2) enter into cooperative, coordinating, or information-sharing agreements with banks or banking trade associations or other organizations affiliated with or representing one or more banks; and

(3) issue interpretive statements or opinions to temporarily waive or suspend regulatory requirements that threaten to impede recovery and restoration of financial services.

(b) Disclosure of information by or to the banking commissioner under this section does not constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect or diminish an evidentiary privilege to which the information is otherwise subject, regardless of whether the disclosure is governed by a confidentiality agreement. Notwithstanding other law, a party to an agreement described by Subsection (a) may execute, honor, and comply with an agreement to maintain confidentiality and oppose disclosure of information obtained from the banking commissioner, and shall treat as confidential any information obtained from the banking commissioner that is entitled to confidential treatment under applicable state or federal law.

(c) The banking commissioner shall coordinate and cooperate with and assist the office of the governor in the performance of duties under this chapter and other state or federal law as required by Section 421.071, Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.262 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.262
§ 46C.262. COURT-ORDERED OUTPATIENT OR COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION AFTER INPATIENT COMMITMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An acquitted person, the head of the facility to which the acquitted person is committed, or the attorney representing the state may request that the court modify an order for inpatient treatment or residential care to order outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.

(b) The court shall hold a hearing on a request made by the head of the facility to which the acquitted person is committed. A hearing under this subsection must be held not later than the 14th day after the date of the request.

(c) If a request is made by an acquitted person or the attorney representing the state, the court must act on the request not later than the 14th day after the date of the request. A hearing under this subsection is at the discretion of the court, except that the court shall hold a hearing if the request and any accompanying material provide a basis for believing modification of the order may be appropriate.

(d) If a request is made by an acquitted person not later than the 90th day after the date of a hearing on a previous request, the court is not required to act on the request except on the expiration of the order or on the expiration of the 90-day period following the date of the hearing on the previous request.

(e) The court shall rule on the request during or as soon as practicable after any hearing on the request but not later than the 14th day after the date of the request.

(f) The court shall modify the commitment order to direct outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision if at the hearing the acquitted person establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that treatment and supervision can be safely and effectively provided as outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.034 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.034
§ 51.034. PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after examination of a possible violation and the facts relating to that possible violation, the child labor investigator determines that a violation has occurred, the child labor investigator shall issue a preliminary determination order to the person charged with the violation.

(b) The preliminary determination order shall state the facts on which the preliminary determination order is based, the occurrence of a violation, the fact that an administrative penalty is to be imposed, and the amount of the penalty.

(c) The preliminary determination order must inform the person that the person has a right to a hearing on the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both the occurrence of the violation and the amount of the penalty.

(d) The child labor investigator shall mail notice of the preliminary determination order to the person's last known address, as reflected by commission records.
Tex. Government Code § 2161.062 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2161 / Section 2161.062
§ 2161.062. ASSISTANCE TO HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall seek the advice of the governor, legislature, and state agencies in identifying and developing opportunities for historically underutilized businesses.

(b) The comptroller shall offer historically underutilized businesses assistance and training regarding state procurement procedures.

(c) The comptroller shall advise historically underutilized businesses of available state contracts and shall advise historically underutilized businesses to apply for registration on the comptroller's master bidders list.

(d) The comptroller shall send historically underutilized businesses an orientation package on certification or recertification. The package shall include:

(1) a certificate issued in the historically underutilized business's name;

(2) a description of the significance and value of certification;

(3) a list of state purchasing personnel;

(4) information regarding electronic commerce opportunities;

(5) information regarding the Texas Marketplace website; and

(6) additional information about the state procurement process.

(e) A state agency with a biennial budget that exceeds $10 million shall designate a staff member to serve as the historically underutilized businesses coordinator for the agency during the fiscal year. The procurement director may serve as the coordinator. In agencies that employ a historically underutilized businesses coordinator, the position of coordinator, within the agency's structure, must be at least equal to the position of procurement director. In addition to any other responsibilities, the coordinator shall:

(1) coordinate training programs for the recruitment and retention of historically underutilized businesses;

(2) report required information to the comptroller; and

(3) match historically underutilized businesses with key staff within the agency.
Tex. Estates Code § 1351.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1351 / Section 1351.005
§ 1351.005. WITHDRAWAL OF SALE PROCEEDS FROM REGISTRY NOT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prevent the sale proceeds deposited into the court registry under Section 1351.004 from being withdrawn from the court registry under Chapter 1355.
Tex. Education Code § 85.25 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.25
§ 85.25. LANDS AND MINERAL INTERESTS.
Status: repealed

(a) The board is vested with the sole and exclusive management and control of lands and mineral interests under its jurisdiction and that may be acquired by it.

(b) The board may grant, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the lands and mineral interests under its jurisdiction to other units or agencies of government, or to any individual, group of individuals, corporation, or other entity, under terms and conditions the board considers best in the public interest.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1366, Sec. 6, and Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 369, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1366, Sec. 6, and Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 369, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.

(e) Proceeds received from the grant, sale, lease, or other disposition of surface interests covered by this section may be retained in local funds subject to disposition by the board for any lawful purpose.

(f) This section is cumulative of existing statutes relating to the authority of the board to lease for oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other mineral developments, and otherwise to buy, sell, and lease certain lands under its jurisdiction and supervision.

(g) This section does not cover any lands or minerals held by the general land office.
Tex. Finance Code § 181.304 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 181 / Section 181.304
§ 181.304. OTHER DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Confidential information that is provided to a state trust company, affiliate, or service provider of the state trust company, whether in the form of a report of examination or otherwise, is the confidential property of the department. The information may not be made public or disclosed by the recipient or by an officer, director, manager, employee, or agent of the recipient to a person not officially connected to the recipient as officer, director, employee, attorney, auditor, independent auditor, or bonding company, except as authorized by rules adopted under this subtitle.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person discloses or uses the confidential information in violation of this section. An offense under this subsection is punishable as if it were an offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.452 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.452
§ 121.452. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) an extension of an existing sour gas pipeline facility that is in compliance with the railroad commission's rules for oil, gas, or geothermal resource operation in a hydrogen sulfide area if:

(A) the extension is not longer than five miles;

(B) the nominal pipe size is not larger than six inches in diameter; and

(C) the railroad commission is given notice of the construction of the extension not later than 24 hours before the start of construction;

(2) a new or an extension of a low-pressure gathering system; or

(3) an interstate gas pipeline facility, as defined by 49 U.S.C. Section 60101 and its subsequent amendments or a succeeding law, that is used for the transportation of sour gas.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 101.017 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 101 / Section 101.017
§ 101.017. PROHIBITED PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) No agreement authorized by this chapter may attempt to contain the field rules for the area or field, or provide for or limit the amount of production of oil or gas from the unit properties, those provisions being solely the province of the commission.

(b) No agreement authorized by this chapter may provide directly or indirectly for the cooperative refining of crude petroleum, distillate, condensate, or gas, or any by-product of crude petroleum, distillate, condensate, or gas. The extraction of liquid hydrocarbons from gas, and the separation of the liquid hydrocarbons into propanes, butanes, ethanes, distillate, condensate, and natural gasoline, without any additional processing of any of them, is not considered to be refining.

(c) No agreement authorized by this chapter may provide for the cooperative marketing of crude petroleum, condensate, distillate, or gas, or any by-products of them.