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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3900.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3900 / Section 3900.201
§ 3900.201. 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, including revenue from a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, 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. Occupations Code § 1301.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.401
§ 1301.401. ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A license, registration, or endorsement under this chapter is valid for one year. Except as provided by Subsection (d), on payment of the required fee, a license, registration, or endorsement may be renewed annually.

(b) The board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses, endorsements, and registrations expire on various dates during the year.

(c) An endorsement issued under Section 1301.356, 1301.3565, or 1301.357 expires on the date the master plumber or journeyman plumber license of the endorsement holder expires. The board shall adopt rules to provide for the license holder to renew the endorsement in the same transaction as the license if the license holder:

(1) has completed any continuing education requirement established by rule and applicable to the endorsement; and

(2) complies with other requirements prescribed by board rule.

(d) A person who is employed by, under contract with, or engaged as a volunteer by a school or institution of higher education to provide instruction in a career and technology education program described by Section 1301.3542 and provides meaningful course instruction in the program, as determined under rules adopted under Section 1301.407, is not required to pay a fee to renew the person's license.
Tex. Water Code § 152.103 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.103
§ 152.103. PUBLIC PURPOSE AND GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

Each conservation program is a public purpose and governmental function of a river authority to conserve the natural resources of this state, including the air and the waters of the rivers and streams of this state, electricity, and fuels used in the generation of electricity, in accordance with Section 59(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.559 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.559
§ 1101.559. BROKER ACTING AS INTERMEDIARY.
Status: in_force

(a) A broker may act as an intermediary between parties to a real estate transaction if:

(1) the broker obtains written consent from each party for the broker to act as an intermediary in the transaction; and

(2) the written consent of the parties states the source of any expected compensation to the broker.

(b) A written listing agreement to represent a seller or landlord or a written agreement to represent a buyer or tenant that authorizes a broker to act as an intermediary in a real estate transaction is sufficient to establish written consent of the party to the transaction if the written agreement specifies in conspicuous bold or underlined print the conduct that is prohibited under Section 1101.651(d).

(c) An intermediary shall act fairly and impartially. Appointment by a broker acting as an intermediary of an associated license holder under Section 1101.560 to communicate with, carry out the instructions of, and provide opinions and advice to the parties to whom that associated license holder is appointed is a fair and impartial act.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.0535 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1704 / Section 1704.0535
§ 1704.0535. ELECTION OF CERTAIN BAIL BOND BOARD MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall annually conduct a secret ballot election to elect the members of the board who serve as the representative of licensed bail bond sureties and the representative of the criminal defense attorneys by electing:

(1) a licensed bail bond surety or agent for a corporate surety board member; and

(2) a criminal defense attorney who is practicing in the county.

(b) Each individual licensed in the county as a bail bond surety or agent for a corporate surety is entitled to cast one vote for each license held to elect the board member who is a surety or agent for a corporate surety.

(c) Each attorney who has a principal place of business located in the county and who is not legally prohibited from representing criminal defendants in the county is entitled to cast one vote to elect the board member who is a criminal defense attorney.

(d) Each elected justice of the peace in the county who is not legally prohibited from voting in an election for the purpose is entitled to cast one vote to elect the board member who is a justice of the peace.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.2303 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.2303
§ 1603.2303. SCHOOL LICENSES; INSTRUCTORS; ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a public secondary school license, public postsecondary school license, or private postsecondary school license:

(1) may provide instruction in the barbering or cosmetology services for which the license holder has been approved by the department; and

(2) may only employ to provide the instruction described by Subdivision (1) a person who holds a license issued under Subchapter E-1 to perform the acts of barbering or cosmetology for which the person will provide instruction.

(b) The department may take any disciplinary or other enforcement action against a person who violates Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8124.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8124 / Section 8124.103
§ 8124.103. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city council of the City of Houston, including an ordinance or resolution adopted before September 1, 2005, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 15 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 21 / Section 15
§ 15. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person insured or applying for insurance under this article or his authorized representative or an affected insurer who may be aggrieved by an act, ruling, or decision of the association may appeal the act, ruling, or decision to the board of directors not later than the 30th day after the date on which the act took place or the ruling or decision was issued.

(b) The board of directors shall hold a hearing on the appeal not later than the 30th day after the date the appeal is filed and shall give at least 10 days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing to the person filing the appeal or his authorized representative.

(c) Not later than the 10th day after the date the hearing ends, the board of directors shall issue an order affirming, reversing, or modifying the appealed act, ruling, or decision.

(d) A person or entity that is a party to an appeal under Subsection (a) of this section may appeal the board of directors' decision to the board.

(e) The board shall hold a hearing on an appeal filed under Subsection (d) of this section not later than the 30th day after the date on which the appeal is filed with the board and shall give written notice to any person or entity filing the appeal or his authorized representative not later than the 10th day before the date on which the appeal is to be heard.

(f) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the board's hearing ends, the board shall decide the appeal and shall issue an order.

(g) Pending a hearing and decision on an appeal to the board, the board may suspend or postpone the effective date of the decision appealed.

(h) A final decision of the board may be appealed as provided by Subsection (f), Article 1.04, of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3988.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3988 / Section 3988.0306
§ 3988.0306. ELECTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not enter into a contract with the city for the imposition of a fee, as described by Section 3988.0302(d), unless the imposition of the fee is approved at an election by a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at an election called for that purpose.

(b) The resolution ordering the election and the notice of the election must describe the proposed project for which the fee revenue will be used. The description must include:

(1) a complete legal description of the area included in the proposed project;

(2) a statement of the nature of the proposed project;

(3) a statement of the total amount of fee revenue anticipated to be spent on the proposed project; and

(4) the amount of the fee to be imposed.

(c) The ballot proposition at the election need not contain a complete legal description of the area included in the proposed project, but the proposition must contain a general description of the area that is sufficient to give notice to the voters of the location of the proposed project. The ballot proposition must also contain the information described by Subsections (b)(2), (3), and (4).

(d) If the ballot proposition is approved, the district may not exceed any limitations imposed on the project by the resolution ordering the election with respect to the area, nature, or amount of fee revenue spent on the project. If the district desires to expand the project beyond those limitations, the proposed expansion must be approved at an election in the manner provided for the original project.

(e) If a majority of the voters voting at the election do not approve the ballot proposition, the district may not call a subsequent election under this section on the imposition of a fee for the same proposed project before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election held under this section on the imposition of a fee for the same proposed project.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.214 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.214
§ 186.214. SUBPOENA.
Status: in_force

(a) The receiver may request the court ex parte to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance and testimony of a witness before the receiver and the production of a record relating to the receivership estate. For that purpose the receiver or the receiver's designated representative may administer an oath or affirmation, examine a witness, or receive evidence. The court has statewide subpoena power and may compel attendance and production of a record before the receiver at the state trust company, the office of the receiver, or another location.

(b) A person served with a subpoena under this section may file a motion with the court for a protective order as provided by Rule 166b, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. In a case of disobedience of a subpoena or the contumacy of a witness appearing before the receiver or the receiver's designated representative, the receiver may request and the court may issue an order requiring the person subpoenaed to obey the subpoena, give evidence, or produce a record relating to the matter in question.

(c) A witness who is required to appear before the receiver is entitled to receive:

(1) reimbursement for mileage, in the amount for travel by a state employee, for traveling to or returning from a proceeding that is more than 25 miles from the witness's residence; and

(2) a fee for each day or part of a day the witness is necessarily present as a witness in an amount set by the receiver with the approval of the court of not less than $10 a day and not more than an amount equal to the per diem travel allowance of a state employee.

(d) A payment of fees under Subsection (c) is an administrative expense.

(e) The receiver may serve the subpoena or have it served by the receiver's authorized agent, a sheriff, or a constable. The sheriff's or constable's fee for serving a subpoena must be the same as the fee paid the sheriff or constable for similar services.

(f) A subpoena issued under this section to a financial institution is not subject to Section 59.006.

(g) On certification by the receiver under official seal, a record produced or testimony taken as provided by this section and held by the receiver is admissible in evidence in any case without proof of its correctness or other proof, except the certificate of the receiver that the record or testimony was received from the person producing the record or testifying. The certified record or a certified copy of the record is prima facie evidence of the facts it contains. This section does not limit another provision of this subchapter, Subchapter D, or another law that provides for the admission of evidence or its evidentiary value.
Tex. Government Code § 2155.091 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.091
§ 2155.091.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2155.091. CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER: POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The comptroller shall employ a chief procurement officer to serve as the chief procurement officer for this state.

(b) The chief procurement officer has authority over state agency procurement, including the authority to:

(1) analyze state purchasing data to leverage state purchasing power;

(2) provide functional support to state agencies;

(3) provide training on state purchasing and contract management;

(4) review major contract solicitations for information technology projects monitored by the quality assurance team under Section 2054.158;

(5) review solicitations for major contracts reviewed by the Contract Advisory Team under Section 2262.101;

(6) delegate to a state agency authority to contract for the purchase of a good or service valued in an amount specified by comptroller rule; and

(7) provide leadership on procurement issues.

(c) A state agency shall comply with any request for information from the chief procurement officer necessary to conduct the analysis authorized by Subsection (b)(1).

(d) The chief procurement officer shall coordinate with the Department of Information Resources and the quality assurance team to conduct a contract solicitation review required by Subsection (a)(4) and make appropriate recommendations to the comptroller and legislature based on the review. This section grants the chief procurement officer authority only to review a contract solicitation. The Department of Information Resources or the appropriate state agency retains the authority to award a statewide information resources contract as authorized by law.

(e) The chief procurement officer shall coordinate with the Contract Advisory Team to conduct the review required by Section 2262.101. A state agency shall comply with any request for information by the chief procurement officer that is necessary to conduct the review.
Tex. Estates Code § 1155.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1155 / Section 1155.002
§ 1155.002. COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN GUARDIANS OF THE PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may authorize compensation for a guardian serving as a guardian of the person alone from available funds of the ward's estate or other funds available for that purpose. The court may set the compensation in an amount not to exceed the greater of $3,000 per year or five percent of the ward's gross income.

(b) If the ward's estate is insufficient to pay for the services of a private professional guardian or a licensed attorney serving as a guardian of the person, the court may authorize compensation for that guardian if funds in the county treasury are budgeted for that purpose.
Tex. Water Code § 27.0321 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.0321
§ 27.0321. APPLICATION FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) With each application for an oil and gas waste disposal well permit, the applicant shall submit to the railroad commission a nonrefundable fee of $100.

(b) The fee collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund as provided by Section 81.067, Natural Resources Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 101.302 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 101 / Section 101.302
§ 101.302. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general or a district or county attorney may bring an action in district court to enjoin a violation of this subchapter.

(b) The district courts shall grant injunctive relief when a violation of this subchapter is made apparent.
Tex. Transportation Code § 226.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 226 / Section 226.001
§ 226.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "emergency response services" means:

(1) fire-fighting, law enforcement, or emergency medical services that are provided by a public agency; or

(2) motorist assistance services.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 753.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 753 / Section 753.001
§ 753.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter and in the rules adopted under this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the State Board of Insurance.

(2) "Bulk plant" means that portion of a property operated in conjunction with a retail service station where flammable liquids are received by tank vessel, tank car, or tank vehicle and are stored or blended in bulk for distribution by tank car, tank vehicle, or container.

(3) "Flammable liquid" means a liquid having a flash point below 140%A1 Fahrenheit and having a vapor pressure of not more than 40 pounds per square inch (absolute) at 100%A1 Fahrenheit. The term does not include a liquefied petroleum gas.

(4) "Mobile service unit" means a vehicle, tank truck, or other mobile device from which a flammable liquid used as motor fuel may be dispensed as an act of retail sale into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle parked on an off-street parking facility.

(5) "Person" means an individual, firm, association, corporation, or other private entity.

(6) "Retail service station" means that portion of a property where a flammable liquid used as motor fuel is stored and dispensed as an act of retail sale from fixed equipment into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle. The term does not include a marina.
Tex. Government Code § 560.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 560 / Section 560.003
§ 560.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 560.003. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 552. A biometric identifier in the possession of a governmental body is exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552.
Tex. Election Code § 201.025 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 201 / Section 201.025
§ 201.025. ACCEPTANCE OF ANOTHER OFFICE.
Status: in_force

If an officer accepts another office and the two offices may not lawfully be held simultaneously, a vacancy in the first office occurs on the date the person qualifies for the other office.
Tex. Government Code § 26.298 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.298
§ 26.298. ROBERTSON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The County Court of Robertson County has:

(1) the general jurisdiction of a probate court;

(2) juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b); and

(3) original and appellate jurisdiction in all matters over which county courts have jurisdiction under the constitution and general laws of this state.
Tex. Education Code § 11.067 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.067
§ 11.067. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIVITY BY VENDOR.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "vendor" means a company, individual, contractor, subcontractor, or professional services provider with whom a school district or open-enrollment charter school enters into an agreement, contract, memorandum of understanding, interlocal agreement, fee schedule, retainer, or similar instrument for goods or services.

(b) A vendor that bids on or receives a contract from a school district or an open-enrollment charter school commits an offense if any individual serving on the board of trustees or governing body of the district or school:

(1) has a substantial interest in the vendor or a subcontractor hired by a vendor;

(2) is related in the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to an individual who has a substantial interest in the vendor; or

(3) has received or has been promised a gift or in-kind services with a value of more than $250.

(c) An individual has a substantial interest in a vendor if the individual:

(1) owns more than 10 percent of the voting interest in the vendor; or

(2) has a direct or indirect participating interest by shares, stock, or otherwise, regardless of whether voting rights are included, in more than 10 percent of the profits, proceeds, or capital gains of the vendor.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor, except that a second offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, a third offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, and a fourth or subsequent offense under this section is a state jail felony.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), any offense under this section is a state jail felony if the vendor directly or indirectly through a third party compensated the individual serving on the board of trustees or governing body of a school district or open-enrollment charter school with money, gifts, or in-kind services as consideration for the district or school entering into a contract with the vendor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8424.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8424 / Section 8424.001
§ 8424.001. 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 Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 216.