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Tex. Government Code § 763.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 763 / Section 763.002
§ 763.002. AGREEMENT BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

A border municipality may agree with an adjoining municipality to:

(1) furnish to, or receive from, the adjoining municipality services or facilities;

(2) jointly or cooperatively furnish a governmental service or facility; or

(3) exercise any authority of the border municipality, to the extent that the adjoining municipality may cooperate or act jointly.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 8.511 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 8 / Section 8.511
§ 8.511. PRIORITY AMONG SECURITY INTERESTS AND ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (b) and (c), if a securities intermediary does not have sufficient interests in a particular financial asset to satisfy both its obligations to entitlement holders who have security entitlements to that financial asset and its obligation to a creditor of the securities intermediary who has a security interest in that financial asset, the claims of entitlement holders, other than the creditor, have priority over the claim of the creditor.

(b) A claim of a creditor of a securities intermediary who has a security interest in a financial asset held by a securities intermediary has priority over claims of the securities intermediary's entitlement holders who have security entitlements with respect to that financial asset if the creditor has control over the financial asset.

(c) If a clearing corporation does not have sufficient financial assets to satisfy both its obligations to entitlement holders who have security entitlements with respect to a financial asset and its obligation to a creditor of the clearing corporation who has a security interest in that financial asset, the claim of the creditor has priority over the claims of entitlement holders.
Tex. Property Code § 64.053 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 64 / Section 64.053
§ 64.053. ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN RENTS GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

(a) An assignee may enforce an assignment of rents using one or more of the methods provided by Section 64.054 or 64.055 or any other method sufficient to enforce an assignment of rents under a law of this state other than this chapter.

(b) On and after the date on which an assignee begins to enforce an assignment of rents, the assignee is entitled to collect all rents that:

(1) have accrued but remain unpaid on that date; and

(2) accrue on or after that date.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 258 / Section 258.001
§ 258.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(1-a) "Hospital" means:

(A) a general hospital or special hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 241.003, including a hospital maintained or operated by this state; or

(B) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577.

(2) "Nurse" means a registered nurse or vocational nurse licensed under Chapter 301, Occupations Code.

(3) "On-call time" means time spent by a nurse who is not working but who is compensated for availability.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3901.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3901 / Section 3901.001
§ 3901.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Houston, Texas.

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

(4) "County" means Harris County.

(5) "Director" means a board member.

(6) "District" means the Bridgeland Management District.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.14 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.14
§ 6.14. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

(a) On the written request of the Texas Legislative Council, an appraisal district that maintains its appraisal records in electronic format shall provide a copy of the information or data maintained in the district's appraisal records to the council without charge.

(b) The appraisal district shall provide the requested information or data to the council as soon as practicable but not later than the 30th day after the date the request is received by the district.

(c) The information or data shall be provided in a form approved by the council.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56C.002 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56C / Section 56C.002
§ 56C.002. ADMINISTRATION; RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall adopt rules to administer this chapter.

(b) Subchapters A and B, Chapter 2001, Government Code, except Sections 2001.004(3) and 2001.005, apply to the attorney general.

(c) The attorney general may delegate to a person in the attorney general's office a power or duty given to the attorney general under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1101.010 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.010
§ 1101.010. NONFORFEITURE BENEFITS AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES IN GENERAL.
Status: in_force

A life insurance policy must provide nonforfeiture benefits, including cash surrender values, in accordance with:

(1) Subchapter D; or

(2) Chapter 1105, for a policy issued on or after the date determined under Section 1105.002(a) or (b), as applicable.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.153 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.153
§ 11.153.
Status: repealed

Sec. 11.153. DEPARTMENT PLAN: OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES. (a) The department shall develop an agency-wide business plan to guide its overall operational strategies for statewide commercial projects. The plan must:

(1) use the plans prepared under Section 11.154 for each project;

(2) evaluate the efficiency of existing projects;

(3) consider or propose changes to any project necessary to meet the department's overall goals;

(4) compare each project's services and products to similar services and products available from the private sector;

(5) seek to increase savings and improve customer service on each project;

(6) coordinate existing projects to avoid duplication and focus resources on the most efficient and effective projects; and

(7) assess the potential for contracting with a private entity or individual to perform department functions relating to specific projects.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 24 (S.B. 706), Sec. 7(7), eff. September 1, 2017.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.104
§ 1028.104. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing:

(1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and

(2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff and employees.
Tex. Government Code § 1473.231 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.231
§ 1473.231. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of more than 1.5 million.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3934.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3934 / Section 3934.107
§ 3934.107. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8313.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8313 / Section 8313.102
§ 8313.102. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 9074.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9074 / Section 9074.006
§ 9074.006. 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. Insurance Code § 1355.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1355 / Section 1355.202
§ 1355.202. PROHIBITION OF EXCLUSION OF MENTAL HEALTH OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR TREATMENT BY TAX-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual or group accident and health insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery to a person in this state that provides coverage for mental illness or intellectual disability may not exclude benefits under that coverage for support, maintenance, and treatment provided by a tax-supported institution of this state, or by a community center for mental health services or intellectual disability services, that regularly and customarily charges patients who are not indigent for those services.

(b) In determining whether a patient is not indigent, as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Health and Safety Code, a tax-supported institution of this state or a community center for mental health services or intellectual disability services shall consider any insurance policy or policies that provide coverage to the patient for mental illness or intellectual disability.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.409 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.409
§ 15.409. CONSUMER INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall:

(1) supervise the preparation of public interest information describing:

(A) functions of the department;

(B) procedures for filing and resolving complaints; and

(C) other matters of general interest relating to credit unions; and

(2) make the information prepared under Subdivision (1) available to the public and appropriate state agencies.

(b) Redesignated by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (S.B. 707), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.

(c) Redesignated by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (S.B. 707), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.

(d) Redesignated by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (S.B. 707), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.

(e) The commission by rule shall establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, telephone number, and Internet website of the department for the purpose of directing complaints to the department. The commission shall provide for that notification:

(1) on the Internet website of a credit union regulated under this chapter and Subtitle D, Title 3, if the credit union maintains a website;

(2) on a sign prominently displayed in the place of business of each credit union regulated under this chapter and Subtitle D, Title 3; and

(3) in any newsletter distributed by a credit union regulated under this chapter and Subtitle D, Title 3, if the credit union distributes a newsletter.

(f) The commission by rule may establish other methods by which credit unions that do not have an Internet website or do not distribute a newsletter may make the information described by Subsection (e) more readily available to credit unions' customers and service recipients.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.109
§ 8845.109. IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may construct or acquire and improve and maintain works, facilities, and improvements necessary to carry out the purpose, powers, and plans of the district.

(b) The district shall construct and acquire works, facilities, and improvements in the manner provided by Subchapters H and I, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 15.20 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 15 / Section 15.20
§ 15.20. DUTY OF SHERIFF RECEIVING NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the sheriff receiving the notice of arrest and commitment under Article 15.19 shall forthwith go or send for the arrested person and have the arrested person brought before the proper court or magistrate.

(b) A sheriff who receives notice under Article 15.19(a)(2) of a warrant issued under Section 508.251, Government Code, shall have the arrested person brought before the proper magistrate or court before the 11th day after the date the person is committed to the jail of the county in which the person was arrested.
Tex. Local Government Code § 25.071 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 25 / Section 25.071
§ 25.071. ABANDONING CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may abandon the city manager form of government at any time as provided by this section.

(b) A petition requesting the mayor of the municipality to order a special election to abandon the city manager form of government must be filed with the clerk of the municipality and signed by a number of qualified voters equal to at least 20 percent of the total number of qualified voters who voted for mayor at the most recent municipal election at which the office of mayor was to be filled.

(c) Within 10 days after the date a petition is filed under Subsection (b), the mayor shall issue a proclamation ordering the special election. The proclamation must state that the election is ordered to determine whether the municipality will abandon the city manager form of government and notice of the election must be as for an election to consider the adoption of the city manager form of government.

(d) The election must be held on the first authorized uniform election date prescribed by the Election Code that occurs after the date the petition is filed under Subsection (b) and that affords enough time to hold the election in the manner required by law.

(e) The ballots at the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: Abandoning the city manager form of government in the municipality of ____________________ (name of the municipality).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.060
§ 3831.060. EMPLOYEES; PERSONS HIRED BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall employ any person the board considers necessary to conduct district affairs, including:

(1) engineers;

(2) attorneys;

(3) financial advisors;

(4) economists;

(5) a general manager;

(6) a utility operator;

(7) bookkeepers;

(8) auditors; and

(9) clerical workers.

(b) The board by resolution shall determine the compensation and terms of service of any person employed or hired by the district.

(c) The board may remove any employee.

(d) The board may require an employee to execute a bond payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of the person's duties.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 23.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 23 / Section 23.004
§ 23.004. FOOD SYSTEM SECURITY PLANNING FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "planning fund" means the food system security planning fund.

(b) The planning fund is a dedicated account in the general revenue fund and consists of:

(1) appropriations of money to the planning fund by the legislature;

(2) gifts, grants, including federal grants, and other donations received for the planning fund; and

(3) interest earned on the investment of money in the planning fund.

(c) The planning fund may be used only to administer the council under Section 23.002.

(d) The office may accept gifts, grants, or donations from any source that are made for the purposes of this section. Money received under this subsection shall be deposited in the planning fund.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 9.152 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 9 / Section 9.152
§ 9.152. NOTIFICATION OF CAUSE BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall provide to the attorney general:

(1) the name of a foreign filing entity that has given cause under Section 9.151 for revocation of its registration; and

(2) the facts relating to the cause for revocation.

(b) When notice is provided under Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall send written notice of the circumstances to the foreign filing entity at its registered office in this state. The notice must state that the secretary of state has given notice under Subsection (a) and the grounds for the notification. The secretary of state must record the date a notice required by this subsection is sent.

(c) A court shall accept a certificate issued by the secretary of state as to the facts relating to the cause for judicial revocation of a foreign filing entity's registration and the sending of a notice under Subsection (b) as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate and the sending of the notice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3842.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3842 / Section 3842.251
§ 3842.251. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.702 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.702
§ 1301.702. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $5,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(b) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:

(A) the nature, circumstance, extent, and gravity of any prohibited act; and

(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;

(2) the economic harm to property or the environment caused by the violation;

(3) the history of previous violations;

(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(5) efforts made to correct the violation; and

(6) any other matter that justice may require.

(c) The board by rule or through procedures adopted by the board and published in the Texas Register shall develop a standardized penalty schedule based on the criteria listed in Subsection (b).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 283 / Section 283.041
§ 283.041. TRANSFER OF COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL PROPERTY AND FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) On the creation of a district under this chapter and the appointment and qualification of the district board, the county owning a hospital or hospital system located in the district, or the county and municipality jointly operating a hospital or hospital system located in the district, shall execute and deliver to the district board a written instrument conveying to the district the title to land, buildings, and equipment jointly or separately owned by the county or municipality and used to provide medical services or hospital care, including geriatric care, to indigent or needy persons of the county or municipality.

(b) On the creation of a district under this chapter and the appointment and qualification of the district board, the county owning the hospital or hospital system, or the county and municipality jointly operating a hospital or hospital system, shall, on the receipt of a certificate executed by the board's chairman stating that a depository for the district has been chosen and qualified, transfer to the district:

(1) the unspent proceeds of any bonds assumed by the district under Section 283.043; and

(2) all unspent joint or separate county or municipal funds that have been established or appropriated by the county or municipality to support and maintain the hospital facilities for the year in which the district is created.

(c) Funds transferred to the district under this section may be used only for a purpose for which the county or the municipality that transferred the funds could lawfully have used the funds if the funds had remained the property and funds of the county or municipality.

(d) As soon as practical after the declaration of the election results, the county or municipal board of managers shall transfer to the district board all county and municipal hospital system records, property, and affairs and shall cease to exist.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.108
§ 21.108. BYLAWS.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt bylaws. The bylaws must prescribe the powers and duties of, and procedures for removal from, a board office.
Tex. Government Code § 434.154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.154
§ 434.154. COORDINATING WORKGROUPS.
Status: repealed

(a) The council may, by majority vote, establish the following coordinating workgroups to focus on specific issues affecting veterans, servicemembers, and their families:

(1) health;

(2) mental health;

(3) employment;

(4) higher education;

(5) criminal justice;

(6) housing;

(7) transportation;

(8) women veterans;

(9) pro bono legal services for veterans, including opportunities and obstacles for providing those services; and

(10) any other coordinating workgroup considered necessary.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 502, Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 502, Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 502, Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 502, Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 502, Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.

(g) Each member of the council may invite organizations or agencies that provide services to veterans, servicemembers, and their families, but that are not otherwise members of the council, to each designate a representative to participate in a coordinating workgroup through procedures established by the council.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 6.01 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 6 / Section 6.01
§ 6.01. WHEN MAGISTRATE HEARS THREAT.
Status: in_force

It is the duty of every magistrate, when he may have heard, in any manner, that a threat has been made by one person to do some injury to himself or the person or property of another, including the person or property of his spouse, immediately to give notice to some peace officer, in order that such peace officer may use lawful means to prevent the injury.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.0123 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0123
§ 32.0123. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a statewide or national trade association in the oil and gas or mining industry may not be a member or employee of the board, nor may a person who cohabits with or is the spouse of an officer, managerial employee, or paid consultant of a statewide or national trade association in the oil and gas or mining industry be a member of the board or an employee of the board grade 17 and over, including exempt employees, according to the position classification schedule under the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.034 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.034
§ 1001.034. INVESTIGATION OF DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall investigate the conduct of the work of the department. For that purpose, the executive commissioner shall have access at any time to all department books and records and may require an officer or employee of the department to furnish written or oral information.
Tex. Water Code § 51.754 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.754
§ 51.754. EXCLUSION OF LAND FROM DISTRICT WITHOUT INDEBTEDNESS.
Status: in_force

An original district governed by the provisions of this chapter that does not have any outstanding indebtedness secured by the taxes or net revenues of the district may exclude land from the district as provided by Sections 51.754 through 51.758 of this code.