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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1084.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1084 / Section 1084.202
§ 1084.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1084.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 853.401 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 853 / Section 853.401
§ 853.401. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Section 853.0015, the governing body of a participating municipality by ordinance may authorize the crediting in the retirement system of updated service credits for service performed for the municipality by members. Beginning January 1, 2022, a member must be a contributing employee of the municipality on the date prescribed by Section 853.402(e) to be eligible to receive an updated service credit authorized under this section. An updated service credit authorized under this section replaces any updated service credit or prior service credit previously authorized for part of the same service.

(b) A municipality may not authorize updated service credits for members who had less than 36 months of credited service on the date prescribed by Section 853.402(e).

(c) In adopting an ordinance under this section, a governing body shall specify the percentage of base updated service credits to be used in computing updated service credits for employees of the municipality and shall specify the date the updated service credits will take effect. The percentage adopted may be 50 percent, 75 percent, or 100 percent of a base updated service credit. The effective date must be January 1 of a year specified by the governing body. If the governing body of a municipality has specified a different percentage in an ordinance adopted under Section 853.404(a) and in effect on December 31, 1999, the percentage used in computing updated service credits for employees of that municipality remains in effect until changed or discontinued under Section 853.404.

(d) A governing body that adopts an ordinance under this section shall send it to the retirement system, and the system must receive it before the effective date of the updated service credits authorized in the ordinance.
Tex. Government Code § 662.064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.064
§ 662.064. GOLD STAR MOTHER'S DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The last Sunday in September of each year is Gold Star Mother's Day in recognition of mothers whose sons and daughters died while serving in the United States armed forces.

(b) Gold Star Mother's Day shall be regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies.
Tex. Transportation Code § 6.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 6 / Section 6.006
§ 6.006. INFORMATION KEPT BY CARRIER.
Status: in_force

A common carrier shall keep for each sale under this chapter:

(1) an account of the sale;

(2) expenses allocated to each article sold;

(3) a copy of each notice of sale; and

(4) a copy of the bill of sale.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.170 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.170
§ 81.170. RIGHT TO JURY.
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing for temporary management must be before the court unless the person or the person's attorney requests a jury.

(b) A hearing for extended management must be before a jury unless the person or the person's attorney waives the right to a jury.

(c) A waiver of the right to a jury must be in writing, under oath, and signed by the person and the person's attorney.

(d) The court may permit a waiver of the right to a jury to be withdrawn for good cause shown. The withdrawal must be made at least seven days before the date on which the hearing is scheduled.

(e) A court may not require a jury fee.

(f) The jury shall determine if the person is infected with or is reasonably suspected of being infected with a communicable disease that presents a threat to the public health and, if the application is for inpatient treatment, has refused or failed to follow the orders of the health authority. The jury may not make a finding about the type of services to be provided to the person.
Tex. Election Code § 61.033 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 61 / Section 61.033
§ 61.033. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS INTERPRETER.
Status: in_force

To be eligible to serve as an interpreter, a person:

(1) may be any person other than the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an officer or agent of a labor union to which the voter belongs; and

(2) if appointed to serve as an interpreter by an election officer, must be a registered voter of the county in which the voter needing the interpreter resides or a registered voter of an adjacent county.
Tex. Water Code § 46.012 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 46 / Section 46.012
§ 46.012. TIME WHEN COMPACT BINDING.
Status: in_force

The compact is binding and obligatory when it is ratified by the legislatures of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma and consented to by the United States under Article XIII of the compact.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8846.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8846 / Section 8846.101
§ 8846.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to groundwater conservation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 158.010 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 158 / Section 158.010
§ 158.010. EMPLOYMENT BY DEPARTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The head of each department included in the coverage of a county civil service system may assume responsibility for selecting all persons who are to be employees of that department.

(b) A person employed by a department whose head has assumed responsibility as provided by Subsection (a) serves as a probationary employee during the first six months after selection and may not be included in the coverage of the county civil service system during that six-month period. At the end of the six-month period the person's employment may be terminated or the person may be made a permanent employee by the head of the department.

(c) On becoming a permanent employee, a person comes under the coverage of the county civil service system and is fully entitled to all benefits of and subject to all obligations imposed by the system.

(d) This section does not affect the status of any person who is an employee of a department under a county civil service system on the date the head of the department assumes responsibility for selecting persons who are to be employees of that department.

(e) The rules adopted by the commission under Section 158.009 relating to the selection and classification of county employees and to competitive examinations for selection apply to the initial hiring of personnel under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.058
§ 453.058. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a member of the board as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.

(b) After the appointment of members every two years, the members of the board shall elect from among its members a secretary and other officers required to conduct the business of the board.
Tex. Education Code § 38.033 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.033
§ 38.033. SEIZURE RECOGNITION AND RELATED FIRST AID TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A school nurse employed by a school district must complete an agency-approved online course of instruction for school nurses regarding managing students with seizure disorders that includes information about seizure recognition and related first aid.

(b) A school district employee, other than a school nurse, whose duties at the school include regular contact with students must complete an agency-approved online course of instruction for school personnel regarding awareness of students with seizure disorders that includes information about seizure recognition and related first aid.

(c) The agency may approve an online course of instruction provided by a nonprofit national foundation that supports the welfare of individuals with epilepsy and seizure disorders to satisfy the training required under Subsection (a) or (b). An online course of instruction approved by the agency under this subsection that is provided to a school district must be provided by the nonprofit entity free of charge.

(d) The agency shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.219 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.219
§ 225.219. TROOPER MILTON ALEXANDER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in the municipal limits of Hillsboro is designated as the Trooper Milton Alexander Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Milton Alexander Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Education Code § 12.060 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.060
§ 12.060. FORM.
Status: in_force

A charter shall be in the form and substance of a written contract signed by the president of the board of trustees granting the charter and the chief operating officer of the campus or program for which the charter is granted.
Tex. Government Code § 654.0156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 654 / Section 654.0156
§ 654.0156. RECLASSIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An employing state entity subject to this chapter may reclassify a position to another title in the position classification plan:

(1) in response to a classification review; or

(2) as a result of a program reorganization by the administrative head of the employing state entity.

(b) The sole purpose of a reclassification is to properly classify a position and define its duties under this chapter based on the duties currently performed by an employee holding the reclassified position. A reclassification therefore does not indicate that the employee's assigned duties should or will be changed.

(c) A reclassification may take effect at any time.
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.141 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.141
§ 431.141. AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

The articles of incorporation of a corporation created under this chapter may be amended only as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 13.248 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.248
§ 13.248. CONTRACTS VALID AND ENFORCEABLE.
Status: in_force

Contracts between retail public utilities designating areas to be served and customers to be served by those retail public utilities, when approved by the utility commission after public notice and hearing, are valid and enforceable and are incorporated into the appropriate areas of public convenience and necessity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0305
§ 8509.0305. BONDS PAYABLE FROM REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "net revenue" means the district's gross revenue and income from all sources less the amount necessary to pay the cost of maintaining and operating the district and the district's property.

(b) Bonds issued under this subchapter may be secured under board resolution by a pledge of:

(1) all or part of the district's net revenue;

(2) the net revenue of one or more contracts made before or after the issuance of the bonds; or

(3) other revenue or income specified by board resolution or in the trust indenture.

(c) The pledge may reserve the right to issue additional bonds on a parity with, or subordinate to, the bonds being issued, subject to conditions specified by the pledge.
Tex. Government Code § 492.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 492 / Section 492.010
§ 492.010. SUITS BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may sue for the collection and enforcement of demands and debts owed to the department. The venue of a suit authorized by this section is in Travis County. The attorney general shall represent the board.

(b) In a suit brought against the board or a member of the board for acts made in an official capacity other than a suit brought by the state, the board or a member of the board may not be required to supply any form of security, including:

(1) a bond for costs;

(2) an appeal bond;

(3) a supersedeas bond; and

(4) a writ of error bond.

(c) This section does not authorize a civil suit against the board or a member of the board, but does not prohibit a claim that is an offset or counterclaim to an action originally brought by the board.

(d) The executive director is the only person authorized to receive service on behalf of the board, department, or any division of the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3958.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3958 / Section 3958.204
§ 3958.204. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

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

(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, and other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.207 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.207
§ 1103.207. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM CERTAIN APPLICANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the information or documentation specified by this subchapter, the board may obtain other information or documentation from an applicant for a certificate or license under this chapter if the board determines that:

(1) a formal complaint against the applicant alleging fraud, incompetency, or malpractice is reasonable; or

(2) other just cause exists for requiring further information.

(b) The board may obtain the additional information or documentation by:

(1) requiring the applicant to complete a form prescribed by the board that includes a detailed listing of the applicant's appraisal experience and states for each appraisal claimed by the applicant:

(A) the municipality or county in which the appraisal was performed;

(B) the type and description of the building or property appraised;

(C) the approach to value used in the appraisal;

(D) the actual number of hours spent on the appraisal; and

(E) any other information determined appropriate by the board; or

(2) engaging in other investigative research determined appropriate by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.001
§ 2269.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Architect" means an individual registered as an architect under Chapter 1051, Occupations Code.

(2) "Engineer" means an individual licensed as an engineer under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.

(3) "Facility" means, unless otherwise specifically provided, an improvement to real property.

(4) "General conditions" in the context of a contract for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility means on-site management, administrative personnel, insurance, bonds, equipment, utilities, and incidental work, including minor field labor and materials.

(5) "General contractor" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that assumes the risk for constructing, rehabilitating, altering, or repairing all or part of a facility at the contracted price.

(6) "Public work contract" means a contract for constructing, altering, or repairing a public building or carrying out or completing any public work.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.212 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.212
§ 214.212. INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE.
Status: in_force

(a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the International Residential Code, as it existed on May 1, 2012, is adopted as a municipal residential building code in this state.

(b) The International Residential Code applies to all construction, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, and repair of residential structures in a municipality.

(c) Subject to Subsection (e), a municipality may establish procedures:

(1) to adopt local amendments to the International Residential Code that may add, modify, or remove requirements set by the code; and

(2) for the administration and enforcement of the International Residential Code.

(d) A municipality may review and consider amendments made by the International Code Council to the International Residential Code after May 1, 2012.

(e) A municipality may not adopt a local amendment under Subsection (c) unless the municipality:

(1) holds a public hearing on the local amendment before adopting the local amendment; and

(2) adopts the local amendment by ordinance.
Tex. Water Code § 63.084 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.084
§ 63.084. OATH.
Status: in_force

In addition to the constitutional oath provided for county commissioners, before beginning to perform his duties each appointed commissioner shall take and subscribe before the county judge of the county of jurisdiction an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of his office without favor or partiality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8412.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8412 / Section 8412.001
§ 8412.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Varner Creek Utility District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0325 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0325
§ 8511.0325. PLANS.
Status: in_force

The board may:

(1) make and determine plans necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority is created; and

(2) perform all actions useful and helpful in carrying out the plans described by Subdivision (1) and accomplishing the authority's purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8874.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8874 / Section 8874.101
§ 8874.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to groundwater conservation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987 / Section 7987.102
§ 7987.102. 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. Finance Code § 96.253 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 96 / Section 96.253
§ 96.253. EFFECT OF CLOSING.
Status: in_force

(a) On closing a savings bank under this subchapter, the commissioner may:

(1) liquidate the savings bank as provided by Subchapter G; or

(2) tender the savings bank's assets and all the savings bank's affairs to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and appoint the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver or liquidating agent to act in accordance with this chapter or federal law.

(b) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, on accepting the tender and appointment prescribed by Subsection (a)(2), may:

(1) act without bond or other security as to the appointment; and

(2) without court supervision, exercise any right, power, or privilege provided by the laws of this state to a receiver or liquidating agent, as applicable, and any applicable right, power, or privilege available under federal law.

(c) On acceptance of the appointment prescribed by Subsection (a)(2), possession of and title to all the assets, business, and property of the savings bank pass to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation without the execution of any instrument transferring title or right of use.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.088 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.088
§ 22.088. EXPENDITURE OF BOND REVENUE BY JOINT BOARD WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) A joint board may spend or agree to spend the proceeds of revenue bonds under its control to acquire and install furniture, fixtures, and equipment to be used at an airport operated by the joint board without inviting, advertising for, or otherwise requiring competitive bids or requiring or obtaining a payment or performance bond.

(b) This section applies to furniture, fixtures, and equipment purchased by the joint board or a private entity that will lease the furniture, fixtures, and equipment in accordance with this section.

(c) The furniture, fixtures, and equipment must be, before the delivery of the bonds, the subject of a lease from the joint board to a private entity under the terms of which the lessee is:

(1) obligated to maintain the furniture, fixtures, and equipment solely at its expense; and

(2) unconditionally obligated throughout the term of the bonds to make payments of net rent in amounts and at times sufficient to provide for the timely payment of all principal, interest, redemption premiums, and other costs and expenses arising or to arise in connection with the payment of the bonds.

(d) This section does not apply to the expenditure of the proceeds of bonds:

(1) unless the bonds provide by their own terms that:

(A) they are payable solely from the net rents required by Subsection (c)(2); and

(B) they are not payable in any circumstances from tax revenue; or

(2) that provide for the creation of a contractual mortgage lien against real property owned by the public agencies creating the joint board.

(e) A joint board may adopt rules it finds to be in the public interest to govern the method and installation of the properties to which this section relates.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1101.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.209
§ 1101.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

The district may use the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay:

(1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds;

(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds, not to exceed five years;

(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds:

(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or construction, not to exceed five years; and

(B) for one year after the project or facility is acquired or constructed;

(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds, including debt service reserve and contingency funds;

(5) costs related to the bond issuance;

(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through the bonds; and

(7) costs of construction of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds, including the payment of related professional services and expenses.