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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.011
§ 382.011. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall:

(1) administer this chapter;

(2) establish the level of quality to be maintained in the state's air; and

(3) control the quality of the state's air.

(b) The commission shall seek to accomplish the purposes of this chapter through the control of air contaminants by all practical and economically feasible methods.

(c) The commission has the powers necessary or convenient to carry out its responsibilities.
Tex. Estates Code § 351.353 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.353
§ 351.353. ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN ESTATES; BOND OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

For each estate administered under orders of a county or probate court, the judge shall, if the judge considers it necessary, annually examine the condition of the estate and the solvency of the bond of the estate's personal representative. If the judge finds the representative's bond is not sufficient to protect the estate, the judge shall require the representative to execute a new bond in accordance with law. In each case, the judge, as provided by law, shall notify the representative and the sureties on the representative's bond.
Tex. Education Code § 130.040 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.040
§ 130.040.
Status: in_force

Sec. 130.040. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: UNION, COUNTY, OR JOINT-COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE. A union junior college, a county junior college, or a joint-county junior college shall be governed, administered, and controlled by and under the direction of a board of trustees of seven members unless the number of members is increased as authorized by Section 130.082(d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3884.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3884 / Section 3884.156
§ 3884.156. USE OF SURPLUS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION MONEY.
Status: in_force

If the district has surplus maintenance and operation tax money that is not needed for the purposes for which it was collected, the money may be used for any authorized purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3900.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3900 / Section 3900.205
§ 3900.205. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may make payments under a contract from taxes other than operation and maintenance taxes after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11007.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11007 / Section 11007.003
§ 11007.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property in the district will benefit from the works and projects to be accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter will benefit the people of this state and improve their properties and industries. The district, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, will be performing an essential public function under the constitution of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.204
§ 1055.204. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 501.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 501 / Section 501.104
§ 501.104. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY; REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The public counsel or the public counsel's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure implementation of an equal employment opportunity program under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must include:

(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 21, Labor Code;

(2) a comprehensive analysis of the office workforce that meets federal and state guidelines;

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made about areas of significant underuse in the office workforce of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and

(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of significant underuse.

(b) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must:

(1) cover an annual period;

(2) be updated at least annually;

(3) be reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (a)(1); and

(4) be filed with the governor.

(c) The governor shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports to the legislature.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.036 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.036
§ 382.036. COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall:

(1) encourage voluntary cooperation by persons or affected groups in restoring and preserving the purity of the state's air;

(2) encourage and conduct studies, investigations, and research concerning air quality control;

(3) collect and disseminate information on air quality control;

(4) advise, consult, and cooperate with other state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, industries, other states, the federal government, and interested persons or groups concerning matters of common interest in air quality control; and

(5) represent the state in all matters relating to air quality plans, procedures, or negotiations for interstate compacts.
Tex. Estates Code § 122.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 122 / Section 122.001
§ 122.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Beneficiary" includes a person who would have been entitled, if the person had not made a disclaimer, to receive property as a result of the death of another person:

(A) by inheritance;

(B) under a will;

(C) by an agreement between spouses for community property with a right of survivorship;

(D) by a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship;

(E) by a survivorship agreement, account, or interest in which the interest of the decedent passes to a surviving beneficiary;

(F) by an insurance, annuity, endowment, employment, deferred compensation, or other contract or arrangement;

(G) under a pension, profit sharing, thrift, stock bonus, life insurance, survivor income, incentive, or other plan or program providing retirement, welfare, or fringe benefits with respect to an employee or a self-employed individual;

(H) by a transfer on death deed;

(I) by a beneficiary designation, as defined by Section 115.001, made for a motor vehicle; or

(J) by a beneficiary designation, as defined by Section 116.001, made for a manufactured home.

(2) "Disclaim" and "disclaimer" have the meanings assigned by Section 240.002, Property Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1045.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1045 / Section 1045.058
§ 1045.058. ADMINISTRATORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint qualified persons to serve as:

(1) district administrator; and

(2) ancillary health care facilities administrator.

(b) The administrators serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(c) Before assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator must execute a bond in the amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the administrator's duties under this chapter.

(d) The board may pay for the district administrator's bond with district money.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.060 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.060
§ 401.060. STUDIES, INVESTIGATIONS, ETC.
Status: in_force

The department and commission each within its jurisdiction shall encourage, participate in, or conduct studies, investigations, training, research, and demonstrations relating to the control of sources of radiation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5004.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5004 / Section 5004.207
§ 5004.207. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds of the district to refund any outstanding district bonds and accrued interest on those bonds.

(b) Refunding bonds may:

(1) be issued to refund more than one series or issue of the outstanding bonds;

(2) combine the pledges for the outstanding bonds for the security of the refunding bonds; and

(3) be secured by other or additional revenue.

(c) Refunding under this section may not impair the contract rights of the holders of any of the outstanding bonds that are not to be refunded.

(d) Refunding bonds must be authorized by board resolution or order and be executed and mature as provided by this chapter for original bonds.

(e) The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(f) Instead of issuing bonds to be registered on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the district, in the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, may provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in the place or places at which the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds to be refunded to their option date or maturity date, and the comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.
Tex. Family Code § 160.634 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.634
§ 160.634. ORDER ON DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

The court shall issue an order adjudicating the paternity of a man who:

(1) after service of process, is in default; and

(2) is found by the court to be the father of a child.
Tex. Transportation Code § 648.102 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 648 / Section 648.102
§ 648.102. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall adopt rules that conform with 49 C.F.R. Part 387 requiring motor carriers operating foreign commercial motor vehicles in this state to maintain financial responsibility.

(b) This chapter prevails over any other requirement of state law relating to financial responsibility for operation of foreign commercial motor vehicles in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3963.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3963 / Section 3963.0307
§ 3963.0307. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, with the consent of the governing body of the city by resolution, may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 223A.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 223A / Section 223A.008
§ 223A.008. FAILURE TO PAY TAXES.
Status: in_force

A captive insurance company that fails to pay all taxes imposed by this chapter is subject to Section 203.002 of this code and Subtitles A and B, Title 2, Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9016.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9016 / Section 9016.102
§ 9016.102. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, applicable to water control and improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3856.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3856 / Section 3856.006
§ 3856.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created by a municipality under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created by a municipality under Chapter 312, Tax Code; or

(3) an enterprise zone created by a municipality under Chapter 2303, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 292.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 292 / Section 292.025
§ 292.025. FACILITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a county with a population of 35,850 to 36,000.

(b) The commissioners court of a county may construct, operate, and maintain a branch office building or a branch jail in a municipality other than the county seat in the same manner as the court may take those actions at the county seat. The commissioners court may finance those actions through the issuance of bonds as provided by Subtitles A, C, and D, Title 9, Government Code, or through the issuance of evidences of indebtedness in the same manner as evidences of indebtedness applicable to a courthouse or jail at the county seat. Taxes may be levied for the bonds or evidences of indebtedness in the same manner and subject to the same limitations applicable to a courthouse or jail at the county seat. The commissioners court has custody of and shall care for the building.

(c) The commissioners court may allow the tax assessor-collector to maintain a branch office in the building. The commissioners court may allow the maintenance of a jail and justice court in the building. The commissioners court may limit the authorization and maintenance of facilities under this subsection as it considers proper. The expenses incidental to maintaining these facilities are expenses of the county.

(d) A county officer shall keep the original records of office at the county seat.
Tex. Family Code § 157.373 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.373
§ 157.373. RELATOR RELINQUISHED POSSESSION; TEMPORARY ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the relator has by consent or acquiescence relinquished actual possession and control of the child for not less than 6 months preceding the date of the filing of the petition for the writ, the court may either compel or refuse to order return of the child.

(b) The court may disregard brief periods of possession and control by the relator during the 6-month period.

(c) In a suit in which the court does not compel return of the child, the court may issue temporary orders under Chapter 105 if a suit affecting the parent-child relationship is pending and the parties have received notice of a hearing on temporary orders set for the same time as the habeas corpus proceeding.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.003 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.003
§ 2A.003. PEACE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED BY TRIBAL COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, or of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo may employ and commission peace officers to enforce state law within the respective tribe's reservation.

(b) A peace officer commissioned under this article has all the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer and may:

(1) within the tribe's reservation:

(A) arrest without a warrant in accordance with Chapter 14 any person who violates a law of the state; and

(B) enforce all traffic laws on streets and highways; and

(2) outside the tribe's reservation, arrest any person who violates any law of the state if the officer:

(A) is summoned by another law enforcement agency to provide assistance; or

(B) is assisting another law enforcement agency.

(c) A peace officer commissioned under this article is not entitled to state benefits normally provided by the state to a peace officer.

(d) A peace officer commissioned under this article must meet:

(1) the minimum standards required of peace officers by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement relating to competence, reliability, education, training, morality, and physical and mental health; and

(2) all standards for licensing as a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(e) A peace officer commissioned under this article and assigned to duty shall:

(1) take and file the oath required of a peace officer; and

(2) execute and file a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $1,000, payable to the governor, with two or more good and sufficient sureties, conditioned that the officer will fairly, impartially, and faithfully perform the officer's duties as may be required by law.

(f) The bond required under Subsection (e)(2) may be sued on in the name of the person injured until the whole amount is recovered.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.0815 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0815
§ 22.0815.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.0815. OFFENSE: UNAUTHORIZED GROUND TRANSPORTATION. (a) In this section, "ground transportation business" means the transportation by motor vehicle of persons or baggage for compensation.

(b) A person commits an offense if, within the boundaries of an airport operated or controlled by a joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities, the person:

(1) solicits ground transportation business without the permission of the joint board, if required; or

(2) engages in ground transportation business without the permission of the joint board, if required.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7973A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7973A / Section 7973A.0202
§ 7973A.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 7973A.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 7973A.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 7973A.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. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.050 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.050
§ 31.050. FORM OF MANUFACTURER'S AND IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A manufacturer's certificate or an importer's certificate must include:

(1) a description of the vessel or outboard motor as required by Subdivision (2) of Subsection (b) of Section 31.047 of this code;

(2) the name and place of construction or other origin;

(3) the signature of the manufacturer or an equivalent of the signature of the manufacturer; and

(4) the endorsement of the original and each subsequent transferee, including the applicant for the original certificate of title.

(b) A lien, security interest, or other encumbrance may not be shown on a manufacturer's or importer's certificate.

(c) A security interest in a vessel or outboard motor held as inventory by a person who is in the business of selling or leasing goods of that kind may be perfected only by complying with Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code.(a) A manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin must include:

(1) a description of the vessel or outboard motor as required by Section 31.047(b)(2);

(2) the name and place of construction or other origin;

(3) the signature of the manufacturer or an equivalent of the signature of the manufacturer; and

(4) the endorsement of the original and each subsequent transferee, including the applicant for the original certificate of title.

(b) A lien, security interest, or other encumbrance may not be shown on a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin.

(c) A security interest in a vessel or outboard motor held as inventory by a person who is in the business of selling or leasing goods of that kind may be perfected only by complying with Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Education Code § 111.84 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 111 / Section 111.84
§ 111.84. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a permanent advisory committee consisting of the president, or a representative designated by him, of each tax-supported junior college and community college now existing or hereafter established in Harris, Galveston, Fort Bend, Waller, Montgomery, Liberty, Chambers, Wharton, or Brazoria County.

(b) The advisory committee shall biennially elect a chairman from among its members and may elect other officers. It shall make rules to govern the calling of meetings and the transaction of its business.

(c) The advisory committee shall periodically study the overall needs of the region mentioned in Subsection (a) of this section for the development of programs and resources in higher education, and as a result of its studies shall make recommendations to the board of regents of the University of Houston System regarding the development of the departments and degree programs of the University of Houston-Clear Lake. The board of regents shall give careful consideration to the recommendations of the advisory committee.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42.02 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.02
§ 42.02. SENTENCE.
Status: in_force

The sentence is that part of the judgment, or order revoking a suspension of the imposition of a sentence, that orders that the punishment be carried into execution in the manner prescribed by law.