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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8823.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8823 / Section 8823.052
§ 8823.052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8823.052. METHOD OF ELECTING DIRECTORS: COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS. (a) The directors of the district shall be elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.

(b) One director shall be elected by the voters of the entire district, and one director shall be elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), to be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the district. To be a candidate for or to serve as director from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of that precinct.

(d) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(e) A person's eligibility to serve a term as director is not affected when the county commissioners precincts are redrawn after each federal decennial census to reflect population changes by a boundary change that:

(1) removes the person's residence from the precinct the person serves; and

(2) takes effect during the term for which the person was elected or appointed.
Tex. Water Code § 67.0075 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 67 / Section 67.0075
§ 67.0075. ANNUAL OR SPECIAL MEETING OF OTHER CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

A corporation to which Section 67.007 does not apply shall comply with the annual meeting and director election provisions prescribed by Chapter 22, Business Organizations Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 203.056 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 203 / Section 203.056
§ 203.056. CONSENT TO USE OF STATE PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may use real property owned by the state, including submerged real property, that the commission could acquire under this subchapter for highway purposes.

(b) This section does not deprive the School Land Board of authority to execute a lease authorized by law for the development of oil, gas, or another mineral on state-owned real property adjoining a state highway or in a tidewater limit and for that purpose a lease executed by the School Land Board may provide for directional drilling from real property adjoining a state highway or from a tidewater area.
Tex. Estates Code § 454.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 454 / Section 454.052
§ 454.052. LIABILITY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND OTHERS ACTING UNDER COURT ORDER; BONDS NOT VOIDED.
Status: in_force

(a) Anyone, including a personal representative, who delivered to another the estate or any part of the estate of a person who was proved by circumstantial evidence to be dead under Section 454.002 and who, in a subsequent action, is proved by direct evidence to have been living at any time after the date the court granted the letters testamentary or of administration under that section is not liable for any part of the estate delivered in accordance with the court's order.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the bond of a personal representative of the estate of a person described by Subsection (a) is not void in any event.

(c) A surety is not liable for any act of the personal representative that was done in compliance with or approved by the court's order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8097.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8097 / Section 8097.0203
§ 8097.0203. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1091.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1091 / Section 1091.204
§ 1091.204. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for hospital purposes;

(2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical service to assist the district in carrying out its hospital purposes.

(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenue derived from the operation of the district's hospital system.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of district property.

(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner provided by Sections 264.042, 264.043, 264.046, 264.047, 264.048, and 264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital authority.
Tex. Estates Code § 201.103 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 201 / Section 201.103
§ 201.103. TREATMENT OF INTESTATE'S ESTATE.
Status: in_force

All of the estate to which an intestate had title at the time of death descends and vests in the intestate's heirs in the same manner as if the intestate had been the original purchaser.
Tex. Local Government Code § 320.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 320 / Section 320.004
§ 320.004. EXERCISE OF POWERS BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a board is not created, the commissioners court shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the board, and references in this chapter to the board are considered to be references to the commissioners court.

(b) If creation of a board is declared by a court to be invalid, the commissioners court shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the board under this chapter, and the prior acts of the board are considered to have been acts of the commissioners court.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.206 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.206
§ 121.206. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PIPELINE SAFETY STANDARD OR RULE.
Status: in_force

(a) The railroad commission may assess an administrative penalty against a person who violates Section 121.201 or a safety standard or other rule prescribed or adopted under this subchapter.

(b) The penalty for each violation may not exceed $200,000. Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for the purpose of penalty assessment, provided that the maximum penalty that may be assessed for any related series of violations may not exceed $2 million.

(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the penalty for each violation may not exceed $1,000,000 for a violation of a rule adopted under Section 121.2015(a)(3). Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for the purpose of penalty assessment.

(c) In determining the amount of the penalty, the railroad commission shall consider the guidelines adopted under Subsection (d).

(d) The railroad commission by rule shall adopt guidelines to be used in determining the amount of a penalty under this subchapter. The guidelines shall include a penalty calculation worksheet that specifies the typical penalty for certain violations, circumstances justifying enhancement of a penalty and the amount of the enhancement, and circumstances justifying a reduction in a penalty and the amount of the reduction. The guidelines shall take into account:

(1) the person's history of previous violations of Section 121.201 or a safety standard or other rule prescribed or adopted under this subchapter, including the number of previous violations;

(2) the seriousness of the violation and of any pollution resulting from the violation;

(3) any hazard to the health or safety of the public;

(4) the degree of culpability;

(5) the demonstrated good faith of the person charged; and

(6) any other factor the commission considers relevant.

(e) The guidelines must provide that a penalty in an amount that exceeds $5,000 for a violation of a rule adopted under Section 121.2015(a)(3) may be assessed only if circumstances justify the enhancement of the penalty.
Tex. Election Code § 181.061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 181 / Section 181.061
§ 181.061. CONVENTIONS AT WHICH NOMINATIONS MADE.
Status: in_force

(a) A political party nominating by convention must make its nominations for statewide offices at a state convention held on the second Saturday in April of the election year, except that if the Sunday after the second Saturday in April in an election year is the date of the Easter holiday, the state convention must be held on the third Saturday in April of that year. The state convention consists of delegates selected at the county conventions held under Subsection (c).

(b) A party nominating by convention must make its nominations for offices of districts situated in more than one county at district conventions held on the second Saturday after the second Tuesday in March. A district convention consists of delegates selected at the county conventions held under Subsection (c).

(c) A party nominating by convention must make its nominations for county and precinct offices and for offices of districts not situated in more than one county at county conventions held on the first Saturday after the second Tuesday in March. A county convention consists of delegates selected at precinct conventions held on the second Tuesday in March in the regular county election precincts.

(d) A party by rule may limit the delegates making nominations to those from the territory from which the office sought is elected.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.309 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.309
§ 702.309. PROOF OF PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

A receipt given to a purchaser by a health spa when the purchaser makes a payment under a contract constitutes proof of the payment.
Tex. Labor Code § 102.012 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 102 / Section 102.012
§ 102.012. EMPLOYER REPRESENTATION ON BOARD.
Status: in_force

The employer may designate two arbitrators to serve on the board.
Tex. Water Code § 20.042 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 20 / Section 20.042
§ 20.042. GIFTS, GRANTS, ETC.
Status: in_force

The board may request and accept for the authority grants, allocations, subsidies, guaranties, aid, contributions, services, labor, materials, gifts, and donations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 297.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 297 / Section 297.003
§ 297.003. COUNTY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM; PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A county health care provider participation program authorizes a county to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional health care provider located in the county to be deposited in a local provider participation fund established by the county. Money in the fund may be used by the county to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care programs as provided by this chapter.

(b) The commissioners court may adopt an order authorizing a county to participate in the program, subject to the limitations provided by this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0204
§ 532.0204. DATA REGARDING TREATMENT FOR PRENATAL ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall collect hospital discharge data for recipients regarding treatment of a newborn child for prenatal exposure to alcohol or a controlled substance.

(b) The commission shall provide the collected data to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3909.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3909 / Section 3909.106
§ 3909.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Education Code § 8.153 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.153
§ 8.153. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
Status: in_force

(a) A local mental health authority that employs a non-physician mental health professional under Section 8.152 and the regional education service center shall collaborate in carrying out this subchapter.

(b) Each regional education service center shall provide for a non-physician mental health professional employed for the region served by the center with a space for the professional to carry out the professional's duties under Section 8.155. The local mental health authority that employs the professional shall pay the center a reasonable, negotiated cost-recovery fee for providing the space and administrative support as outlined in the memorandum of understanding entered into under Subsection (c). The cost-recovery fee may not exceed $15,000 per year unless the local mental health authority and center agree to a higher amount.

(c) A local mental health authority and a regional education service center shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the administration of this section.
Tex. Property Code § 211.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 211 / Section 211.002
§ 211.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies only to a residential real estate subdivision or any unit or parcel of a subdivision:

(1) all or part of which is located within an unincorporated area of a county if the county has a population of less than 65,000;

(2) all of which is located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in a county that has a population of at least 65,000 and less than 135,000;

(3) all of which is located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in a county that borders Lake Buchanan and has a population of at least 21,000 and less than 22,000; or

(4) all or part of which is located within a county that borders Lake Livingston and has a population of less than 55,000.

(b) This chapter applies only to restrictions that affect real property within a residential real estate subdivision or any units or parcels of the subdivision and that, by the express terms of the instrument creating the restrictions:

(1) are not subject to a procedure by which the restrictions may be amended;

(2) may not be amended without the unanimous consent of:

(A) all property owners in the subdivision; or

(B) all property owners in any unit or parcel of the subdivision; or

(3) may not be amended without a written instrument that is:

(A) signed by a majority or more than a majority of the owners of the lots in the subdivision; and

(B) filed in the real property records of each county in which all or part of the subdivision is located.

(c) This chapter applies to a restriction regardless of the date on which it was created.

(d) An amendment of a restriction under this chapter is effective on the filing of an instrument reflecting the amendment in the real property records of each county in which all or part of the subdivision is located after the approval of the owners in accordance with the amendment procedure adopted under Section 211.004.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8129.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8129 / Section 8129.051
§ 8129.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 657.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 657 / Section 657.008
§ 657.008. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency shall file quarterly with the comptroller a report that states:

(1) the percentage of the total number of employees hired or appointed by the agency during the reporting period who are persons entitled to a preference under this chapter;

(2) the percentage of the total number of the agency's employees who are persons entitled to a preference under this chapter; and

(3) the number of complaints filed with the executive director of the agency under Section 657.010 during that quarter and the number of those complaints resolved by the executive director.

(b) The comptroller shall make each quarterly report filed under Subsection (a) available to the public on the comptroller's Internet website.

(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the comptroller shall file with the legislature a report that compiles and analyzes information that the comptroller receives from state agencies under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6912.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6912 / Section 6912.006
§ 6912.006. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.061 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.061
§ 43.061. APPLICABILITY.
Status: repealed

(a) Unless otherwise specifically provided by this chapter or another law, this subchapter applies only to an annexation under:

(1) Section 43.0115 (Enclave);

(2) Section 43.0116 (Industrial District);

(3) Section 43.012 (Area Owned by Type-A Municipality);

(4) Section 43.013 (Navigable Stream);

(5) Section 43.0751(h) (Strategic Partnership);

(6) Section 43.101 (Municipally Owned Reservoir);

(7) Section 43.102 (Municipally Owned Airport); and

(8) Section 43.1055 (Road and Right-of-Way).

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 347), Sec. 1.01(12), eff. May 24, 2019.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0391 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0391
§ 25.0391. CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Cherokee County has one statutory county court, the County Court at Law of Cherokee County.

(b) A county court at law of Cherokee County sits in Rusk.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 33.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 33 / Section 33.013
§ 33.013. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A physician, technician, or other person administering the screening tests required by this chapter is not liable or responsible because of the failure or refusal of a parent, managing conservator, or guardian to consent to the tests for which this chapter provides.
Tex. Government Code § 862.0021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 862 / Section 862.0021
§ 862.0021. WAITING PERIOD BEFORE MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) A participating department may impose a waiting period for a person who is eligible to perform or who is training to perform emergency services or, subject to Section 862.0025, support services as a volunteer or employee of the department during which time the department is not required to enroll the person as a member of the pension system.

(b) A waiting period imposed under this section must end not later than six months after the date the person begins service or training with the participating department.

(c) The governing body of a political subdivision may, but is not required to, pay contributions for the person during the waiting period.

(d) A person's membership in the pension system begins on the date that the governing body of a political subdivision begins payment of contributions for that person, without regard to whether the:

(1) person's membership in the pension system is subject to a waiting period under this section; or

(2) person is subject to a probationary period imposed by a participating department for other purposes.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.453 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.453
§ 1101.453. ADDITIONAL RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESS ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) To renew a license under this chapter, a business entity must:

(1) designate one of its managing officers as its broker for purposes of this chapter; and

(2) provide proof that the entity maintains errors and omissions insurance with a minimum annual limit of $1 million for each occurrence if the designated broker owns less than 10 percent of the business entity.

(b) A business entity may not act as a broker unless the entity's designated broker is a licensed individual broker in active status and good standing according to the commission's records.
Tex. Education Code § 29.9015 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.9015
§ 29.9015. ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY TEST.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (e), each school year each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide students in grades 10 through 12 an opportunity to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test and consult with a military recruiter.

(b) The test under Subsection (a) must be scheduled:

(1) during normal school hours; and

(2) to optimize student participation, at a time that limits conflicts with extracurricular activities.

(c) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide each student in grades 10 through 12 and the student's parent or person standing in parental relation to the student a notice of the date, time, and location of the scheduled administration of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test.

(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may elect not to provide the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test only if the district or school provides an alternative test that:

(1) assesses a student's aptitude for success in a career field other than a career field that requires postsecondary education;

(2) is free to administer;

(3) requires minimal training and support of district or school faculty and staff to administer the test; and

(4) provides the student with a professional interpretation of the test results that allows the student to:

(A) explore occupations that are consistent with the student's interests and skills; and

(B) develop strategies to attain the student's career goals.

(e) This subsection applies only to a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or high school that, before September 1, 2017, entered into a contract under which a vocational aptitude test that does not comply with the requirements for an alternative test under Subsection (d) is provided to students in grades 10 through 12. A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or high school subject to this subsection may elect not to provide the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test for the term of the contract. On the expiration of the contract term, the exemption provided by this subsection is not applicable.

(f) Not later than August 1 of each year, the agency shall publish a list of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools that elected under Subsection (d) or (e) not to provide the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test during the previous school year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0001
§ 8508.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the Sulphur River Basin Authority.

(2) "Basin" means the watersheds of the Sulphur River inside the authority's territory as defined by Section 8508.0006.

(3) "Board" means the authority's board of directors.

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

(5) "Development board" means the Texas Water Development Board.

(6) "Director" means a board member.

(7) "Public agency" means any government or governmental subdivision or agency.

(8) "State" means the State of Texas or any of its agencies, departments, boards, political subdivisions, or other entities.

(9) "Waste" means sewage, industrial waste, municipal waste, recreational waste, agricultural waste, or waste heat.