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Tex. Government Code § 815.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.103
§ 815.103. ADMINISTERING SYSTEM ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall administer all assets of the retirement system. The board is the trustee of the system's assets. The board of trustees shall hold all retirement system assets in trust for the exclusive benefit of the members and annuitants of the system and administer all operations funded by trust assets for the same purpose.

(b) The board of trustees may acquire, hold, manage, purchase, sell, assign, trade, transfer, and dispose of any security, evidence of debt, or other investment in which the retirement system's assets may be invested.

(c) The board of trustees may authorize the executive director to acquire, hold, manage, purchase, sell, assign, trade, transfer, and dispose of any security, evidence of debt, or other investment in which assets of the law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental retirement fund may be invested.

(d) The board of trustees may accept on behalf of the retirement system gifts of money or other property from any public or private source.

(e) Subchapter C, Chapter 2260, does not apply to the retirement system. The acceptance of benefits by the retirement system under a contract does not waive immunity from suit or immunity from liability.

(f) Chapter 412, Labor Code, does not apply to the retirement system. The board of trustees may acquire services described by that chapter in any manner or amount the board considers reasonable.

(g) The retirement system shall comply with cybersecurity and information security standards established by the Department of Information Resources under Chapter 2054.

(h) Notwithstanding any other law, the retirement system has exclusive authority over all aspects of the purchase of goods and services, if the purchase is:

(1) made using money other than money appropriated from the general revenue fund; and

(2) related to the operation of home office facilities used in administering the system, including a purchase related to the administration of tenant leases in the facilities.
Tex. Election Code § 68.052 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 68 / Section 68.052
§ 68.052. CHAIR AND MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall designate a chair and vice chair of the committee from among the media organization membership.

(b) Meetings of the committee shall be held at the call of the chair.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0323 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0323
§ 526.0323. EMERGENCY HARDSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish an emergency hardship grant program.

(b) The office may award emergency hardship grants to rural hospitals, rural hospital districts, and rural hospital authorities that have experienced:

(1) a man-made or natural disaster resulting in a loss of assets; or

(2) an unforeseeable or unmitigable circumstance likely to result in:

(A) the closure of the entity's facilities during the 180-day period beginning on the date the entity submits an application for a grant under this section; or

(B) an inability to fund payroll expenditures for the entity's staff during the 180-day period beginning on the date the entity submits an application for a grant under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.0215 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0215
§ 101.0215. LIABILITY OF A MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality is liable under this chapter for damages arising from its governmental functions, which are those functions that are enjoined on a municipality by law and are given it by the state as part of the state's sovereignty, to be exercised by the municipality in the interest of the general public, including but not limited to:

(1) police and fire protection and control;

(2) health and sanitation services;

(3) street construction and design;

(4) bridge construction and maintenance and street maintenance;

(5) cemeteries and cemetery care;

(6) garbage and solid waste removal, collection, and disposal;

(7) establishment and maintenance of jails;

(8) hospitals;

(9) sanitary and storm sewers;

(10) airports, including when used for space flight activities as defined by Section 100A.001;

(11) waterworks;

(12) repair garages;

(13) parks and zoos;

(14) museums;

(15) libraries and library maintenance;

(16) civic, convention centers, or coliseums;

(17) community, neighborhood, or senior citizen centers;

(18) operation of emergency ambulance service;

(19) dams and reservoirs;

(20) warning signals;

(21) regulation of traffic;

(22) transportation systems;

(23) recreational facilities, including but not limited to swimming pools, beaches, and marinas;

(24) vehicle and motor driven equipment maintenance;

(25) parking facilities;

(26) tax collection;

(27) firework displays;

(28) building codes and inspection;

(29) zoning, planning, and plat approval;

(30) engineering functions;

(31) maintenance of traffic signals, signs, and hazards;

(32) water and sewer service;

(33) animal control;

(34) community development or urban renewal activities undertaken by municipalities and authorized under Chapters 373 and 374, Local Government Code;

(35) latchkey programs conducted exclusively on a school campus under an interlocal agreement with the school district in which the school campus is located; and

(36) enforcement of land use restrictions under Subchapter E, Chapter 212, Local Government Code.

(b) This chapter does not apply to the liability of a municipality for damages arising from its proprietary functions, which are those functions that a municipality may, in its discretion, perform in the interest of the inhabitants of the municipality, including but not limited to:

(1) the operation and maintenance of a public utility;

(2) amusements owned and operated by the municipality; and

(3) any activity that is abnormally dangerous or ultrahazardous.

(c) The proprietary functions of a municipality do not include those governmental activities listed under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8479.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8479 / Section 8479.201
§ 8479.201. 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 8479.203.

(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 § 3887.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3887 / Section 3887.109
§ 3887.109. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT; COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

The board may employ and establish the terms of employment and compensation of an executive director or general manager and any other district employees the board considers necessary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3824.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3824 / Section 3824.157
§ 3824.157. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's power to borrow, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.208
§ 1036.208. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.057
§ 2308.057. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules for permitting tow trucks and licensing towing operators, towing companies, booting companies, and boot operators. The commission may adopt different rules applicable to each type of permit or license.

(a-1) The commission shall adopt rules for denial of applications and permits if the applicant, a partner, principal, officer, or general manager of the applicant, or other license or permit holder has:

(1) a criminal conviction, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to an offense, before the date of the application, for:

(A) a felony; or

(B) a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail or by a fine in an amount that exceeds $500;

(2) violated an order of the commission or executive director, including an order for sanctions or administrative penalties;

(3) failed to submit a license or permit bond in an amount established by the commission;

(4) knowingly submitted false or incomplete information on the application; or

(5) filed an application to permit a tow truck previously permitted by a license or permit holder.

(b) The commission by rule shall adopt:

(1) standards of conduct for license and permit holders under this chapter; and

(2) requirements for a consent tow, private property tow, and incident management tow.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.072 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.072
§ 433.072. ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may recommend to the United States Secretary of Agriculture state officials or employees for appointment to advisory committees provided for by Section 301, Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 661), and Section 5, Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 454). The commissioner shall serve as the representative of the governor for consultation with the secretary of agriculture under those Acts unless the governor selects another representative.
Tex. Education Code § 54.766 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.766
§ 54.766. INVESTMENT OF FUND ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall provide for investing the assets of the fund. In investing the fund, the board has the same investment authority as that provided by Section 11b, Article VII, Texas Constitution, or other law, to the board of regents of The University of Texas System with respect to the investment of the Permanent University Fund. The board and the board of regents of The University of Texas System may contract for the board of regents to manage and invest the assets of the fund, and for that purpose the board may delegate its duties under this section to the board of regents.

(b) If the board does not contract with the board of regents of The University of Texas System under Subsection (a) to manage and invest the assets of the fund, the board shall contract with one or more private professional investment managers to serve as plan manager and to invest the assets of the fund on behalf of the board. In selecting a manager, the board must:

(1) select a person who has served as a professional investment manager for at least 10 years;

(2) evaluate each person considered for the position based on the historical net returns of the person's professional investments and the consistency of the person's professional investment returns over a period of at least five years; and

(3) comply with Section 54.704.

(c) In monitoring the manager's investments, the board shall ensure that investments are made according to the standard of investment provided by this section. The plan manager has the same duties imposed on a plan manager by Section 54.705.

(d) The board shall develop written objectives concerning the investment of the assets of the fund. The objectives may address desired rates of return, risks involved, investment time frames, and any other relevant considerations.

(e) The board may specify in a contract under this section that the plan manager is required to establish and maintain an Internet website through which a purchaser may monitor the account to which the purchaser's prepaid tuition contract money is assigned.
Tex. Property Code § 215.015 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 215 / Section 215.015
§ 215.015. FORECLOSURE.
Status: in_force

A property owners' association may not foreclose an association assessment lien unless the association first obtains a court order of sale.
Tex. Family Code § 159.311 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.311
§ 159.311. PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under Section 159.312, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

(b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
Tex. Government Code § 402.027 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 402 / Section 402.027
§ 402.027. FORMS.
Status: in_force

On request of the comptroller, the attorney general shall prepare proper forms for contracts, obligations, and other instruments needed for state use.
Tex. Government Code § 411.511 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.511
§ 411.511. STAGGERED RENEWAL; PRORATION OF LICENSE FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year.

(b) A license issued under a program governed by this subchapter may not expire later than the second anniversary of the date the license is issued.

(c) For the year in which the expiration date of a license is changed, the department shall prorate license fees on a monthly basis so that each license holder pays only that portion of the license fee that is allocable to the number of months during which the license is valid. On renewal of the license on the new expiration date, the total license renewal fee is payable.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0007
§ 547.0007. MATERNAL OPIOID MISUSE MODEL OF CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "maternal opioid misuse model of care" means the model of care implemented using federal money applied for and received under former Section 531.0738 for the purpose of improving the quality and accessibility of care for:

(1) pregnant women with opioid use disorder enrolled in Medicaid during the prenatal and postpartum periods; and

(2) their children after birth.

(b) To the extent money is available to the commission for that purpose, the commission shall continue implementing the maternal opioid misuse model of care.

(c) Money in the opioid abatement account established under Section 403.505 may be appropriated to the commission for the purpose of carrying out this section.

(d) This section expires September 1, 2029.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.054 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.054
§ 2A.054. REFUSAL TO ASSIST PEACE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

A peace officer who summons a person to assist the peace officer in performing any duty shall, if the person refuses, report the person to the proper district or county attorney for prosecution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.111
§ 3948.111. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3884.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3884 / Section 3884.005
§ 3884.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under Section 3884.106.

(b) A mistake in the field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to contract, including the right to issue any type of bond or other obligation for a purpose for which the district is created;

(3) the district's right to impose or collect an assessment, tax, or any other revenue; or

(4) the legality or operation of the board.
Tex. Education Code § 85.55 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.55
§ 85.55. PUBLIC AUCTION; BIDS; ACCEPTANCE; REJECTION; PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may sell the lease or leases to the highest bidder at public auction, at Texas A & M University, in College Station, at any hour between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

(b) The board may reject all bids. However, the highest bidder shall pay to the board on the day of the sale 25 percent of the bonus bid, and the balance of the bid shall be paid to the board within 24 hours after notification that the bid has been accepted. Payments shall be in cash, certified check, or cashier's check, as the board may direct. Failure to pay the balance of the amount bid will forfeit to the board the 25 percent paid.

(c) A separate bid shall be made for each tract or subdivision thereof. No bids shall be accepted which offer less than the fair market price per ton for the mineral ore or a royalty of less than one-eighth of the gross production of oil, gas, sulphur, and other minerals in the land bid upon, and this minimum royalty may be increased at the discretion of the board. Every bid shall carry the obligation to pay an amount not less than $1 per acre for delay in drilling or development. The amount shall be fixed by the board in advance of the advertisement and shall be paid every year for five years unless in the meantime production in paying quantities is had upon the land or the land is re-leased by the lessee.
Tex. Education Code § 28.0212 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.0212
§ 28.0212. JUNIOR HIGH OR MIDDLE SCHOOL PERSONAL GRADUATION PLAN.
Status: repealed

(a) A principal of a junior high or middle school shall designate a school counselor, teacher, or other appropriate individual to develop and administer a personal graduation plan for each student enrolled in the junior high or middle school who:

(1) does not perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39; or

(2) is not likely to receive a high school diploma before the fifth school year following the student's enrollment in grade level nine, as determined by the district.

(b) A personal graduation plan under this section must:

(1) identify educational goals for the student;

(2) include diagnostic information, appropriate monitoring and intervention, and other evaluation strategies;

(3) include an intensive instruction program described by Section 28.0213;

(4) address participation of the student's parent or guardian, including consideration of the parent's or guardian's educational expectations for the student; and

(5) provide innovative methods to promote the student's advancement, including flexible scheduling, alternative learning environments, on-line instruction, and other interventions that are proven to accelerate the learning process and have been scientifically validated to improve learning and cognitive ability.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a student's individualized education program developed under Section 29.005 may be used as the student's personal graduation plan under this section.

(d) The agency shall establish minimum standards for a personal graduation plan under this section.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211, Sec. 78(b)(2), eff. September 1, 2014.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 78(b)(2), eff. September 1, 2014.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.255 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.255
§ 21.255. COMMISSION'S INTERVENTION IN CIVIL ACTION BY COMPLAINANT.
Status: in_force

After receipt of a timely application, a court may permit the commission to intervene in a civil action filed under Section 21.254 if:

(1) the commission certifies that the case is of general public importance; and

(2) before commencement of the action the commission issued a determination of reasonable cause to believe that this chapter was violated.
Tex. Labor Code § 406.053 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 406 / Section 406.053
§ 406.053. ALL STATES COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

The Texas Department of Insurance shall coordinate with the appropriate agencies of other states to:

(1) share information regarding an employer who obtains all states coverage; and

(2) ensure that the department has knowledge of an employer who obtains all states coverage in another state but fails to file notice with the department.
Tex. Tax Code § 41.13 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 41 / Section 41.13
§ 41.13. PROTEST HEARING DATABASE.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief appraiser of each appraisal district shall create and maintain a publicly available and searchable Internet database that contains information regarding protest hearings conducted by the appraisal review board established for the district.

(b) For each protest hearing conducted by the appraisal review board, the database must contain:

(1) the name of each board member who attended the hearing;

(2) the date and time of the hearing;

(3) the account number and category for the property that was the subject of the hearing;

(4) the appraised value according to the appraisal district and the property owner's asserted value of the property that was the subject of the hearing; and

(5) the board's determination of the protest, including the board's determination of the value of the property if the hearing was to consider a protest regarding appraised value.

(c) The chief appraiser shall update the database not later than October 1 of each year.

(d) Beginning on January 1, 2025, the database shall include information for protests relating to the most recent tax year and each tax year thereafter until the database includes information for protests relating to the most recent five tax years.

(e) Beginning on January 1, 2030, the database shall include information for protests relating to the previous five tax years.