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Tex. Local Government Code § 43.130 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.130
§ 43.130. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION ON VOTING RIGHTS, ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE, AND TAXING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The qualified voters of an area annexed for limited purposes are entitled to vote in municipal elections regarding the election or recall of members of the governing body of the municipality, the election or recall of the controller, if the office of controller is an elective position of the municipality, and the amendment of the municipal charter. The voters may not vote in any bond election. On or after the 15th day but before the fifth day before the date of the first election held in which the residents of an area annexed for limited purposes are entitled to vote, the municipality shall publish notice in the form of a quarter-page advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality notifying the residents that they are eligible to vote in the election and stating the location of all polling places for the residents.

(b) A resident of an area annexed for limited purposes is not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office.

(c) The municipality may not impose a tax on any property in an area annexed for limited purposes or on any resident of the area for an activity occurring in the area. The municipality may impose reasonable charges, such as building inspection and permit fees, on residents or landowners for actions or procedures performed by the municipality in connection with the limited purposes for which the area is annexed.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 147.084 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 147 / Section 147.084
§ 147.084.
Status: in_force

Sec. 147.084. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE: RELIANCE. (a) In an action for fraud, misrepresentation, disparagement, libel, or other similar action based on the alleged falsity or misleading character of a computer date statement or an express warranty, it is an affirmative defense to liability that:

(1) the defendant reasonably relied on the computer date statement or express warranty of an independent, upstream manufacturer or seller of the computer product or computer service product that the computer product or computer service product would not manifest computer date failure;

(2) the statement was false or misleading; and

(3) the defendant did not have actual knowledge that the statement or warranty was false or misleading.

(b) In this section, "computer date statement" means a material statement about a computer product or computer service product regarding the present or future ability of a computer product in relation to avoiding computer date failure, including a statement that a computer product or computer service product:

(1) is "Year 2000 Compliant" or a similar representation; or

(2) complies with a computer date standard established by a state or federal regulatory agency or by a national or international standards organization.
Tex. Election Code § 181.032 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 181 / Section 181.032
§ 181.032. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for nomination by a convention must be filed with:

(1) the state chair, for a statewide or district office; or

(2) the county chair, for a county or precinct office.

(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date of the filing deadline prescribed by Section 181.033, the authority with whom an application is filed shall deliver to the secretary of state a list containing:

(1) each candidate's name;

(2) each candidate's residence address;

(3) the office sought by the candidate;

(4) the date on which the candidate filed the application; and

(5) any additional information required by the secretary of state.

(c) A list delivered under Subsection (b) must be in a format prescribed by the secretary of state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 160.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 160 / Section 160.101
§ 160.101. REPORT BY COURT TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a person known to be a physician who is licensed or otherwise lawfully practicing in this state or applying to be licensed and who is convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for:

(1) a felony;

(2) a Class A or Class B misdemeanor;

(3) a Class C misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;

(4) a violation of a state or federal narcotics or controlled substances law; or

(5) an offense involving fraud or abuse under the Medicare or Medicaid program.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a person described by Subsection (a) is convicted of an offense listed in that subsection or is placed on deferred adjudication for an offense listed in that subsection, the clerk of the court in which the person is convicted or placed on deferred adjudication shall prepare and forward to the Department of Public Safety the information required by Chapter 66, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(c) The duty of a clerk to prepare and forward information under Subsection (b) is not affected by:

(1) any subsequent appeal of the conviction for the offense reported; or

(2) any subsequent dismissal of proceedings related to the placement on deferred adjudication for the offense reported.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8288.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8288 / Section 8288.104
§ 8288.104. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING GARBAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL.
Status: in_force

The district has all rights, powers, and privileges necessary or useful to enable it to provide for garbage collection and disposal in all or part of the district on terms and at rates and charges the board considers just and reasonable to:

(1) preserve the water of rivers and streams in this state; and

(2) aid in the preservation and conservation of the natural resources of this state.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.014 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 71 / Section 71.014
§ 71.014. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The holder of a wholesale fur dealer's, retail fur buyer's, or fur-bearing animal propagation license shall submit reports to the department as required by proclamation of the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8485.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8485 / Section 8485.151
§ 8485.151. ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

A municipality may annex the district on the earlier of:

(1) the date of installation of 90 percent of all works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances necessary and adequate to:

(A) provide service to the proposed development in the district;

(B) accomplish the purposes for which the district was created; and

(C) exercise the powers provided by general law and this chapter; or

(2) the 20th anniversary of the date the district was confirmed.
Tex. Government Code § 501.0155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.0155
§ 501.0155. PROVIDING DISCHARGED OR RELEASED INMATE WITH DOCUMENTATION FOR EMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

When an inmate who is able to work, as determined by the department based on the inmate's age or mental or physical condition, is discharged or released on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon and the intended residence designated by the inmate is in this state, the department shall provide the inmate with relevant documentation to assist the inmate in obtaining post-release employment, including:

(1) as applicable, a copy of the inmate's job training record described by Section 497.094 and the inmate's work record described by Section 497.095; and

(2) for an inmate who completed a prerelease program required by a parole panel as a condition of release:

(A) a resume that includes any trade learned by the inmate and the inmate's proficiency at that trade; and

(B) documentation that the inmate has completed a practice job interview.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3799.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3799 / Section 3799.201
§ 3799.201. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 3799.203.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Education Code § 56.221 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.221
§ 56.221. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2) "Eligible institution" means an institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003.

(3) "Program" means the Texas First Scholarship Program.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 301.037 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 301 / Section 301.037
§ 301.037. POWERS OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

To carry out the purposes of this subchapter, a cooperative association may:

(1) acquire, own, and operate a system on a cooperative basis solely for the benefit of eligible institutions, regardless of whether the eligible institution is a member of the association, and may engage in activities for the benefit of eligible institutions that are necessarily related to the acquisition, ownership, operation, and maintenance of a system;

(2) acquire by purchase, lease, or other method land and interests in land appropriate or reasonably incidental to a system and may own, hold, improve, develop, and manage any land and interests in land acquired;

(3) construct, improve, enlarge, or equip buildings or other structures on that land;

(4) encumber or dispose of any land or interests in land, buildings, or structures owned or held by the association;

(5) acquire by lease, purchase, manufacture, or other method any personal property appropriate or reasonably incidental to a system;

(6) borrow or raise money;

(7) sell, grant security interest in, pledge, or otherwise dispose of and collect on accounts receivable, contract rights, and other choses in action; and

(8) make, draw, accept, endorse, execute, and issue bonds, debentures, notes, or other obligations for money borrowed or payment of property purchased, and may secure the payment by mortgage on, creation of security interests in, or pledge of or conveyance of assignment in trust of all or part of any property held by the association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3984.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3984 / Section 3984.0308
§ 3984.0308. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Section 49.216, Water Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8359.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8359 / Section 8359.003
§ 8359.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.

(b) The temporary directors of any new district created under Section 8359.108 may not hold an election under Subsection (a) until the earlier of:

(1) the date the land in the new district has been annexed by the City of Denison; or

(2) not later than the 180th day after the date the City of Denison receives a written petition from a landowner requesting annexation that the city does not grant.

(c) The petition described by Subsection (b) must:

(1) request annexation of land that is contiguous with a boundary of the City of Denison;

(2) include all the land in the new district;

(3) include land covered by the development agreement executed under Section 8359.004;

(4) include the landowner's consent to abide by the comprehensive land use plan and development regulations as defined in the development agreement; and

(5) if the development agreement for the land included in the new district expires before a new district is created under Section 8359.108, include the landowner's consent to reinstate the comprehensive land use plan and development regulations defined in the expired development agreement.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1956.039 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1956 / Section 1956.039
§ 1956.039. HOURS FOR PURCHASING MATERIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a county, municipality, or political subdivision may establish the hours during which a metal recycling entity may purchase regulated material.

(b) A metal recycling entity may not purchase from the general public regulated material:

(1) more than 15 consecutive hours in one day; or

(2) later than 9 p.m.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7971.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7971 / Section 7971.006
§ 7971.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Tax Code § 33.56 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 33 / Section 33.56
§ 33.56. VACATION OF JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If, in a suit to collect a delinquent tax, a court renders a judgment for foreclosure of a tax lien on behalf of a taxing unit, any taxing unit that was a party to the judgment may file a petition to vacate the judgment on one or more of the following grounds:

(1) failure to join a person needed for just adjudication under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, including a taxing unit required to be joined under Section 33.44(a);

(2) failure to serve a person needed for just adjudication under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, including a taxing unit required to be joined under Section 33.44(a);

(3) failure of the judgment to adequately describe the property that is the subject of the suit; or

(4) that the property described in the judgment was subject to multiple appraisals for the tax years included in the judgment.

(b) The taxing unit must file the petition under the same cause number as the delinquent tax suit and in the same court.

(c) The taxing unit may not file a petition if a tax sale of the property has occurred unless:

(1) the tax sale has been vacated by an order of a court;

(2) the property was bid off to a taxing unit under Section 34.01(j) and has not been resold; or

(3) the tax sale or resale purchaser, or the purchaser's heirs, successors, or assigns, consents to the petition.

(d) Consent of the purchaser to a petition may be shown by:

(1) a written memorandum signed by the purchaser and filed with the court;

(2) the purchaser's joinder in the taxing unit's petition;

(3) a statement of the purchaser made in open court on the record in a hearing on the petition; or

(4) the purchaser's signature of approval to an agreed order to grant the petition.

(e) A copy of the petition must be served in a manner authorized by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, on each party to the delinquent tax suit.

(f) If the court grants the petition, the court shall enter an order providing that:

(1) the judgment, any tax sale based on that judgment, and any subsequent resale are vacated;

(2) any applicable tax deed or applicable resale deed is canceled;

(3) the delinquent tax suit is revived; and

(4) except in a case in which judgment is vacated under Subsection (a)(4), the taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney's fees and costs, and the liens that secure each of those items, are reinstated.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.209 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.209
§ 51.209. ADVISORY BOARDS; REMOVAL OF ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to any advisory board appointed to advise the commission or department regarding a program subject to regulation by the department.

(a-1) An advisory board shall meet at the call of the executive director or the presiding officer of the commission.

(a-2) An advisory board may meet by telephone conference call, videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method, provided that each portion of the meeting that is required to be open to the public shall be audible to the public and, in the case of a meeting held by videoconference, visible to the public. If a problem occurs that causes a meeting to no longer be visible or audible to the public as required under this subsection, the meeting must be recessed until the problem is resolved. If the problem is not resolved in six hours or less, the meeting must be adjourned. The face of each participant in a meeting held by videoconference, while that participant is speaking, must be clearly visible, and the participant's voice must be audible, to each other participant and, during the open portion of the meeting, to the members of the public. A meeting held by telephone conference call, videoconference, or other similar telecommunication method is not subject to the requirements of Sections 551.127(a-3), (b), (c), (e), (f), (h), (i), and (j), Government Code.

(b) An advisory board member who was appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the commission's approval may be removed from the advisory board by the presiding officer with the commission's approval on any of the following grounds:

(1) the member does not have at the time of becoming a member of the advisory board the qualifications required by the law or rule authorizing appointment of the member;

(2) the member does not maintain during service on the advisory board the qualifications required by the law or rule authorizing appointment of the member;

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

(4) the member is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled advisory board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the advisory board; or

(5) the member is unfit to continue serving on the advisory board.

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

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to an advisory board established to advise the commission or department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8075.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8075 / Section 8075.0503
§ 8075.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7905.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7905 / Section 7905.0103
§ 7905.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.359 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.359
§ 1369.359. WAIVER PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subchapter may not be waived, voided, or nullified by contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8382.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8382 / Section 8382.251
§ 8382.251. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP; CONTINUATION OF DISTRICT AFTER ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may continue to exist as a limited district after full-purpose annexation by a municipality if the district and the annexing municipality state the terms of the limited district's existence in a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751, Local Government Code.

(b) The strategic partnership agreement may provide for a term of any number of years. The limitation in Section 43.0751(g)(2), Local Government Code, on the length of the term does not apply to a limited district created under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.102 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 101 / Section 101.102
§ 101.102. COMMENCEMENT OF SUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A suit under this chapter shall be brought in state court in the county in which the cause of action or a part of the cause of action arises.

(b) The pleadings of the suit must name as defendant the governmental unit against which liability is to be established.

(c) In a suit against the state, citation must be served on the secretary of state. In other suits, citation must be served as in other civil cases unless no method of service is provided by law, in which case service may be on the administrative head of the governmental unit being sued. If the administrative head of the governmental unit is not available, the court in which the suit is pending may authorize service in any manner that affords the governmental unit a fair opportunity to answer and defend the suit.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 64.103 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 64 / Section 64.103
§ 64.103. BOND.
Status: in_force

The bond under Section 64.023 required to be executed by a receiver for a missing person appointed under Section 64.001(d) must be set in an amount the court considers necessary to protect the estate of the missing person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.352 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.352
§ 1100.352. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for the election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the South Randall County Hospital District."
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 466.045 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 466 / Section 466.045
§ 466.045. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears that a person has violated this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or an order or permit issued under this chapter, the department may request the attorney general or the district, county, or municipal attorney of the municipality or county in which the violation occurred to institute a civil suit for the assessment and recovery of a civil penalty.

(b) The penalty may be in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each violation.

(c) In determining the amount of the penalty, the court shall consider:

(1) the person's history of previous violations;

(2) the seriousness of the violation;

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

(4) the demonstrated good faith of the person charged.

(d) A civil penalty recovered in a suit instituted by the attorney general under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund. A civil penalty recovered in a suit instituted by a local government under this chapter shall be paid to the local government.
Tex. Local Government Code § 71.035 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 71 / Section 71.035
§ 71.035. COUNTY BONDS HELD BY SCHOOL FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller of public accounts shall apportion between a county and a new county created from territory detached from the original county the bonds, and the coupons due on those bonds, that are held by the permanent school fund if the bonds were legally issued by the original county before the new county was created. The comptroller shall apportion the bonds and coupons in the manner provided by law.

(b) The commissioners courts of the original county and the new county shall levy a tax at a rate sufficient to pay each county's proportionate share of the bond debt.