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Tex. Local Government Code § 383.048 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.048
§ 383.048. QUORUM; OFFICERS' DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Three directors constitute a quorum and a concurrence of three is sufficient in any matter relating to the business of the district.

(b) The president presides at all board meetings and is the chief executive officer of the district. The vice president acts as president if the president is absent or disabled.

(c) The secretary acts as president if both the president and vice president are absent or disabled. The secretary acts as secretary of the board and is responsible for seeing that all records and books of the district are properly kept.

(d) The board may appoint another director, the general manager, or an employee as assistant or deputy secretary to assist the secretary. The assistant or deputy secretary may certify the authenticity of any record of the district, including a proceeding relating to a bond, contract, or indebtedness of the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 397.003 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 397 / Section 397.003
§ 397.003. RELATIONSHIP TO INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

A debt cancellation agreement to which this chapter applies is not insurance.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.079 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.079
§ 231.079. COMMISSION STUDIES; REPORTS; HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the commissioners court, a lake planning commission shall, or on its own initiative a commission may, conduct studies of the lake area over which it has jurisdiction and prepare reports to advise the commissioners court about the boundaries of the original zoned districts, other regulations for the lake area, and changes to those districts or regulations.

(b) Before the commission may prepare a report, it must hold a public hearing at which members of the public may present testimony about any subject to be included in the commission's report. The commission shall give notice of the hearing as required by the commissioners court.

(c) If a report will advise the commissioners court about proposed action regarding the zoning classification of a parcel of land, the commission shall send written notice to each landowner, as listed on the county tax rolls, whose land is directly affected by the proposed action or whose land is located within 200 feet of land directly affected. The notice must inform the landowner of the time and place of the public hearing at which the landowner may present testimony to the commission about the proposed action and must be deposited in the United States mail before the 10th day before the date of the hearing.
Tex. Finance Code § 14.206 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 14 / Section 14.206
§ 14.206. FEES AND EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The fee for serving a subpoena under this subchapter is the same as that paid a sheriff or constable for performing a similar service.

(b) A witness required to attend a hearing before the commissioner shall receive for each day's attendance a fee and a travel and transportation allowance as authorized by law or a rule adopted by the finance commission.

(c) A fee under Subsection (b) is not payable until the witness appears at the hearing.

(d) A disbursement made in payment of a fee under this section shall be included in, and paid in the same manner that is provided for, other expenses incurred in the administration and enforcement of the statutes to which this subchapter applies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3001.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3001 / Section 3001.111
§ 3001.111. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.
Status: in_force

The district may conduct or pay for research for agricultural purposes.
Tex. Property Code § 204.009 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 204 / Section 204.009
§ 204.009. TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the property owners' association is referenced in the existing, extended, added to, or modified restrictions as a Texas nonprofit corporation, the instrument contemplates the interaction of a nonprofit corporation, its articles of incorporation, and its bylaws.

(b) The property owners' association has the powers and shall promote the purposes enumerated in the articles of incorporation and bylaws. These powers and purposes necessarily modify the express provisions of the restrictions to include the referenced powers and purposes.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 52.02 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.02
§ 52.02. EVIDENCE; DEPOSITION; AFFIDAVITS.
Status: reserved

At the hearing at a Court of Inquiry, evidence may be taken orally or by deposition, or, in the discretion of the judge, by affidavit. If affidavits are admitted, any witness against whom they may bear has the right to propound written interrogatories to the affiants or to file answering affidavits. The judge in hearing such evidence, at his discretion, may conclude not to sustain objections to all or to any portion of the evidence taken nor exclude same; but any of the witnesses or attorneys engaged in taking the testimony may have any objections they make recorded with the testimony and reserved for the action of any court in which such evidence is thereafter sought to be admitted, but such court is not confined to objections made at the taking of the testimony at the Court of Inquiry. Without restricting the foregoing, the judge may allow the introduction of any documentary or real evidence which he deems reliable, and the testimony adduced before any grand jury.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.102 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.102
§ 501.102. PROJECTS RELATED TO CERTAIN JOB TRAINING.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "project" includes job training required or suitable for the promotion of development and expansion of business enterprises and other enterprises described by this subtitle, as provided by Section 501.162.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 33.017 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 33 / Section 33.017
§ 33.017. NEWBORN SCREENING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.

(b) The advisory committee consists of members appointed by the commissioner. The advisory committee must include the following members:

(1) at least four physicians licensed to practice medicine in this state, including at least two physicians specializing in neonatal-perinatal medicine;

(2) at least two hospital representatives;

(3) at least two persons who have family members affected by a condition for which newborn screening is or may be required under this subchapter; and

(4) at least two health care providers who are involved in the delivery of newborn screening services, follow-up, or treatment in this state.

(c) The advisory committee shall:

(1) advise the department regarding strategic planning, policy, rules, and services related to newborn screening and additional newborn screening tests for each disorder included in the list described by Section 33.011(a-1); and

(2) review the necessity of requiring additional screening tests, including an assessment of the test implementation costs to the department, birthing facilities, and other health care providers.

(d) The advisory committee shall adopt bylaws governing the committee's operations.

(e) The advisory committee may appoint subcommittees.

(f) The advisory committee shall meet at least three times each year and at other times at the call of the commissioner.

(g) A member of the advisory committee is not entitled to compensation, but is entitled to reimbursement for travel or other expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the advisory committee, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.

(h) The advisory committee is not subject to Chapter 2110, Government Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 1301.155 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.155
§ 1301.155. APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

The court may appoint a successor trustee if the trustee of a management trust resigns, becomes ineligible, or is removed.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.052 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.052
§ 40.052. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES DISCHARGES.
Status: in_force

If the unauthorized discharge involves predominantly a hazardous substance, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall carry out responsibility for abatement, containment, removal, and cleanup of the hazardous substances discharged, pursuant to Subchapter G, Chapter 26, Water Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1006.055 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.055
§ 1006.055. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the authority if a member:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 1006.051(b) or is disqualified under Section 1006.052;

(2) does not maintain during service on the authority the qualifications required by Section 1006.051(b) or becomes disqualified under Section 1006.052;

(3) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(4) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled authority meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year.

(b) The validity of an action of the authority is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a member of the authority exists.

(c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the authority of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest officer of the authority, who shall notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.1911 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.1911
§ 370.1911. COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS AT INSPECTION FACILITIES AT INTERSTATE BORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 370.191, an authority may construct a border inspection facility to be used solely for the purpose of conducting commercial motor vehicle inspections by the Department of Public Safety, provided that the facility is located:

(1) at or near a border crossing from another state of the United States; and

(2) not more than 50 miles from an international border.

(b) To the extent an authority constructing a border inspection facility under this section considers appropriate to expedite commerce, the facility may include implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems for Commercial Vehicle Operations (ITS/CVO) technology.
Tex. Local Government Code § 321.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 321 / Section 321.001
§ 321.001. ELIGIBLE COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A county that borders on the Gulf of Mexico and that has within its boundaries one or more islands or parts of islands suitable for park purposes may act under this chapter for the purpose of improving, equipping, maintaining, financing, and operating one or more parks on those islands.

(b) The suitability of an island or part of an island for park purposes is conclusively established when the commissioners court of the county by order makes a finding that the island or part of an island is suitable for park purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 540A.0155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.0155
§ 540A.0155. DRIVER REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a motor vehicle operator who is part of a transportation network company's network and who satisfies the driver requirements in Section 2402.107, Occupations Code, is qualified to provide nonmedical transportation services. The commission and a Medicaid managed care organization may not impose any additional requirements on a motor vehicle operator who satisfies the driver requirements in Section 2402.107, Occupations Code, to provide nonmedical transportation services.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.131 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.131
§ 51.131. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) For each lease issued under this subchapter for agricultural or grazing purposes, the commissioner may require the lessee to implement a soil and water conservation plan approved by the commissioner. The commissioner, in reviewing a plan, and the lessee, in implementing a plan, may be assisted by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.

(b) The commissioner by rule shall adopt a procedure for reviewing and approving soil and water conservation plans required by Subsection (a) of this section.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.05 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 20 / Section 20.05
§ 20.05. REPORTING OF INFORMATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a consumer reporting agency may not furnish a consumer report containing information related to:

(1) a case under Title 11 of the United States Code or under the federal Bankruptcy Act in which the date of entry of the order for relief or the date of adjudication predates the consumer report by more than 10 years;

(2) a suit or judgment in which the date of entry predates the consumer report by more than seven years or the governing statute of limitations, whichever is longer;

(3) a tax lien in which the date of payment predates the consumer report by more than seven years;

(4) a record of arrest, indictment, or conviction of a crime in which the date of disposition, release, or parole predates the consumer report by more than seven years;

(5) a collection account with a medical industry code, if the consumer was covered by a health benefit plan at the time of the event giving rise to the collection and the collection is for an outstanding balance, after copayments, deductibles, and coinsurance, owed to an emergency care provider or a facility-based provider for an out-of-network benefit claim; or

(6) another item or event that predates the consumer report by more than seven years.

(b) A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report that contains information described by Subsection (a) if the information is provided in connection with:

(1) a credit transaction with a principal amount that is or may reasonably be expected to be $150,000 or more;

(2) the underwriting of life insurance for a face amount that is or may reasonably be expected to be $150,000 or more; or

(3) the employment of a consumer at an annual salary that is or may reasonably be expected to be $75,000 or more.

(b-1) A consumer reporting agency may furnish to a person a consumer report that contains information described by Subsection (a) if the information is needed by the person to avoid a violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1033.

(c) A consumer reporting agency may not furnish medical information about a consumer in a consumer report that is being obtained for employment purposes or in connection with a credit, insurance, or direct marketing transaction unless the consumer consents to the furnishing of the medical information.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Emergency care provider" means a physician, health care practitioner, facility, or other health care provider who provides emergency care.

(2) "Facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 324.001, Health and Safety Code.

(3) "Facility-based provider" means a physician, health care practitioner, or other health care provider who provides health care or medical services to patients of a facility.

(4) "Health care practitioner" means an individual who is licensed to provide health care services.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.092 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.092
§ 363.092. PLANNING FUND USE; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PLANNING REGIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall administer the financial assistance program and the planning fund under the commission's direction.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules for the use and distribution to public agencies and planning regions of money in the planning fund.

(c) The commission shall use the planning fund to provide financial assistance to:

(1) local governments and planning regions to develop regional and local solid waste management plans;

(2) public agencies and planning regions to prepare screening, feasibility, and implementation studies; and

(3) local governments and planning regions for costs of developing and implementing approved household hazardous waste diversion programs, excluding costs of disposal.

(d) The commission shall use at least 90 percent of the money appropriated to it for the planning fund to provide financial assistance, and not more than 10 percent of the total funds appropriated to the commission for the planning fund may be used to administer the financial assistance program and the planning fund and to pay the expenses of the advisory council.

(e) The planning fund may not be used for construction or to prepare final design and working drawings, acquire land or an interest in land, or pay for recovered resources.

(f) The commission by rule shall allocate a specific percentage of money provided under Subsection (c)(1) to be used to develop plans for community household hazardous waste collection programs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8119.021 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8119 / Section 8119.021
§ 8119.021. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after September 1, 2005, a person who owns land in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the first petition received by the commission under Subsection (a).

(c) If a temporary director fails to qualify for office or if a vacancy occurs in the office of temporary director, the vacancy shall be filled as provided by Section 49.105, Water Code.

(d) Temporary directors serve until the date the directors are elected under Section 8119.023.

(e) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8119.023 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (f) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8119.023; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(f) If Subsection (e) 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. Health and Safety Code § 361.123 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.123
§ 361.123. LIMITATION ON LOCATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to an application for a permit for a new Type I or new Type IV municipal solid waste landfill or for a permit or permit amendment authorizing the conversion of a Type IV municipal solid waste landfill to a Type I municipal solid waste landfill only if the landfill or proposed site for the new landfill is located in a county that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million and inside the boundaries of a national forest, as designated by the United States Forest Service, on public or private land.

(b) The commission may not issue a permit for a new Type I or new Type IV municipal solid waste landfill to be located as described by Subsection (a).

(c) The commission may not issue a permit or permit amendment authorizing the conversion of a Type IV municipal solid waste landfill located as described by Subsection (a) to a Type I municipal solid waste landfill.

(d) This section does not apply to an application for a permit or permit amendment authorizing an areal expansion of an existing Type I municipal solid waste landfill.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.254 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4151 / Section 4151.254
§ 4151.254. AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ADMINISTRATORS AND EMPLOYERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the contract required by Section 4151.253, an administrator may also enter into a contract with an employer in connection with workers' compensation benefits for collecting premium or contributions, adjusting claims, or settling claims, including an employer purchasing a policy authorized under Section 2053.202(b).

(b) A contract entered into under Subsection (a) must provide that:

(1) the contract does not limit or modify in any way:

(A) the insurance carrier's authority or responsibility, including financial responsibility, to comply with each statutory or regulatory requirement; and

(B) the provisions of the contract entered into between the administrator and the insurance carrier under Section 4151.253; and

(2) the administrator shall comply with each statutory or regulatory requirement relating to a function assumed by or carried out by the administrator.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.202 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.202
§ 82.202. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.
Status: in_force

The department may accept gifts of land in Culberson and Hudspeth counties or money to be deposited in the game, fish, and water safety account. The gifts shall be used for the Texas Bighorn Sheep management unit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7985A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7985A / Section 7985A.0302
§ 7985A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY 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 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 552 / Section 552.054
§ 552.054. RISK ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS.
Status: in_force

The department shall develop risk assessment protocols for state hospital employees for use in identifying and assessing possible instances of abuse or neglect.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.452 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.452
§ 3833.452. ASSETS AND LIABILITIES TO CITY.
Status: in_force

After a dissolution under this subchapter, the city assumes all debts and assets of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8821.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8821 / Section 8821.052
§ 8821.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The McLennan County Commissioners Court shall appoint one director from each of the four commissioners precincts and one director to represent the district at large.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), to be eligible to serve as director at large, a person must be a registered voter in the district. To serve as director from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be a registered voter of that precinct.

(c) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts are redrawn after each federal decennial census to reflect population changes, a director in office on the effective date of the change, or a director appointed before the effective date of the change whose term of office begins on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve in the precinct to which appointed even though the change in boundaries places the person's residence outside the precinct for which the person was appointed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8019A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8019A / Section 8019A.0101
§ 8019A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 70.