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Tex. Local Government Code § 326.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 326 / Section 326.025
§ 326.025. FILING OF PETITION; HEARING; ORDERING ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) At the next regular or special session of the commissioners court held after the petition is filed with the commissioners court, the commissioners court shall consider the petition.

(b) The commissioners court shall grant the petition if the court finds that the petition is in proper form and conforms to the requirements of Section 326.023 and that the requirement of Section 326.024 is met.

(c) If a petition is granted, the commissioners court shall order an election to confirm the district's creation and to authorize the imposition of a sales and use tax.

(d) The election shall be held on the first authorized uniform election date under Chapter 41, Election Code, that occurs on or after the 45th day after the date the election is ordered.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.005
§ 1087.005. CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICT AND MCCAMEY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The McCamey County Hospital District may be consolidated into the Rankin County Hospital District as provided by this section.

(b) On the request of 25 percent or more of the taxpaying voters of each hospital district, the Upton County Commissioners Court shall submit the consolidation proposal for vote.

(c) Consolidation of the district and the McCamey County Hospital District must be separately approved by a two-thirds majority of the voters voting in each hospital district at an election ordered and held for that purpose.

(d) At the consolidation election, five directors shall be elected to serve the consolidated district.

(e) Not more than one consolidation election may be held after each general election.

(f) Refunding bonds may be issued by the consolidated district to refund any outstanding bonds, including bonds issued by the district on consolidation, original bonds, and refunding bonds. Additional funding may be provided as authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.0505 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.0505
§ 40.0505. DIVISIONS OF DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall establish the following divisions and offices within the department:

(1) an investigations division;

(2) a consolidated data division;

(3) a legal division that oversees the following:

(A) legal matters relating to human resources, as necessary to manage the department's workforce and establish the department's hiring and termination policies;

(B) open records;

(C) privacy and confidentiality;

(D) litigation; and

(E) contract compliance;

(4) an operations division that oversees department operations and human resources functions of the department; and

(5) a financial management and accounting services division.

(b) The commissioner may establish additional divisions within the department as the commissioner determines appropriate.

(c) The commissioner may assign department functions among the department's divisions.
Tex. Estates Code § 116.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 116 / Section 116.005
§ 116.005. EFFECT OF BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION DURING OWNER'S LIFE.
Status: in_force

During a manufactured home owner's life, a beneficiary designation does not:

(1) affect an interest or right of the owner or owners making the designation, including the right to transfer or encumber the home that is the subject of the designation;

(2) create a legal or equitable interest in favor of a designated beneficiary in the home that is the subject of the designation, even if the beneficiary has actual or constructive notice of the designation;

(3) affect an interest or right of a secured or unsecured creditor or future creditor of the owner or owners making the designation, even if the creditor has actual or constructive notice of the designation; or

(4) affect an owner's or any designated beneficiary's eligibility for any form of public assistance, subject to applicable federal law.
Tex. Local Government Code § 361.028 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 361 / Section 361.028
§ 361.028. EXTENT TO WHICH EACH STATE'S LAW APPLIES AT JUSTICE CENTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the law of both states that relates to the rights, duties, liabilities, privileges, and immunities arising from conduct applies to conduct that occurs in any part of the justice center. If it is impossible for a person in the center to conform the person's conduct to the law of both states, the person may choose which state's law governs the conduct. If the person elects to follow the law of the other state, the conflicting law of this state does not apply to the conduct.

(b) The physical plant of the justice center and the equipment and facilities used by personnel of both states who are employed at the center are constructively located in both states.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), property located in any part of the justice center that is owned by or is in the possession of a person who is in custody at, or who is summoned to appear in, the center, is constructively located in the state under the law of which the person was taken into custody or was summoned to appear.

(d) Subsection (a) applies to conduct committed in the justice center that constitutes an offense relating to the possession of property. Subsection (a) also applies to a person's exercise of a duty relating to property located in the justice center.

(e) Property that is ordered by a court to be produced in the justice center or that is in the possession of a peace officer or a party to a proceeding for use as evidence before a court holding a proceeding in the center is constructively located in the state in which the court has jurisdiction.

(f) Any property located in the justice center that is not covered by Subsection (c), (d), or (e) is constructively located in both states.

(g) The law of the state in which property is constructively located applies to that property to the same extent that that law would apply if the property were actually located in that state. If property is constructively located in only one state, the law of the state in which the property is not constructively located applies to that property only to the extent that the law of that state would apply if the property were actually located outside that state.

(h) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the courts of both states have concurrent jurisdiction over the geographic area covered by the justice center. However, the state in which a prosecution for an offense committed in the justice center is first instituted may exercise its jurisdiction to the exclusion of the other state's jurisdiction unless the prosecution is terminated without the attachment of jeopardy under the law of the state of the initial prosecution. For the purposes of this subsection, prosecution is instituted in this state on the filing of an indictment, an information, or a complaint. The attachment of jeopardy in this state is determined by Article 27.05, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.151 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.151
§ 36.151. UNREASONABLE OR VIOLATIVE EXISTING RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the regulatory authority, on its own motion or on complaint by an affected person, after reasonable notice and hearing, finds that the existing rates of an electric utility for a service are unreasonable or in violation of law, the regulatory authority shall:

(1) enter an order establishing the just and reasonable rates to be observed thereafter, including maximum or minimum rates; and

(2) serve a copy of the order on the electric utility.

(b) The rates established under Subsection (a) constitute the legal rates of the electric utility until changed as provided by this title.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.038 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.038
§ 85.038. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may not use more than five percent of the funds appropriated for the grant program to employ sufficient staff to review and process grant applications, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of funded programs, and provide technical assistance to grantees.

(b) Not more than one-third of the funds available under this subchapter may be used for HIV education, prevention, and risk reduction.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 4 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42 / Section 4
§ 4.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. If a defendant is convicted of a felony, is eligible for release on bail pending appeal under Article 44.04(b), and gives notice of appeal, he shall be transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on a commitment pending a mandate from the Court of Appeals or the Court of Criminal Appeals upon request in open court or upon written request to the sentencing court. Upon a valid transfer to the department under this section, the defendant may not thereafter be released on bail pending his appeal.Sec. 4. The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall promulgate a standardized felony judgment form that conforms to the requirements of Section 1 of this article. A court entering a felony judgment shall use the form promulgated under this section.The nonprofit organization with which the division contracts under Section 3(1) shall:

(1) assist the division in developing and issuing requests for proposals for the programs and the educational campaign;

(2) assist the division in reviewing the submitted proposals and making recommendations for proposals to be selected for funding;

(3) develop and monitor the project in cooperation with the division;

(4) provide technical assistance to programs to:

(A) develop appropriate services for batterers;

(B) train staff;

(C) improve coordination with shelter centers, the criminal justice system, the judiciary, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and other appropriate officials and support services;

(D) implement the community educational campaign; and

(E) participate in project administered program evaluation and research activities;

(5) provide technical assistance to the division to:

(A) develop and implement standards for selection of programs for inclusion in the project; and

(B) develop standards for selection of the community educational campaign described in Section 6 of this article;

(6) submit an annual written report to the division and to the legislature with recommendations for continuation, elimination, or changes in the project;

(7) evaluate the programs and the community educational campaign, including an analysis of the effectiveness of the project and the level of public awareness relating to family violence; and

(8) assist the division in developing program guidelines and in accrediting programs and providers providing battering intervention and prevention services as conforming to those guidelines.Sec. 4. A defendant serving two or more cumulative sentences shall be allowed commutation as if the sentences were one sentence.An affidavit to perfect a restitution lien may not be filed under this article until a court has ordered restitution or entered a judgment requiring the defendant to pay a fine or costs.Sec. 4. When a defendant who has been sentenced to imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has spent time in jail pending trial and sentence or pending appeal, the judge of the sentencing court shall direct the sheriff to attach to the commitment papers a statement assessing the defendant's conduct while in jail.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3892.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3892 / Section 3892.003
§ 3892.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Harris County, the City of Houston, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the area of the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.205
§ 1065.205. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8823.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8823 / Section 8823.151
§ 8823.151. LIMITATION ON TAXES.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose ad valorem taxes at a rate that exceeds one cent on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3957.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3957 / Section 3957.153
§ 3957.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.406 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.406
§ 431.406. EFFECT OF OPERATION IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS; REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who engages in the wholesale distribution of drugs outside this state may engage in the wholesale distribution of drugs in this state if the person holds a license issued by the department.

(b) The department may accept reports from authorities in other jurisdictions to determine the extent of compliance with this subchapter and the minimum standards adopted under this subchapter.

(c) The department may issue a license to a person who engages in the wholesale distribution of drugs outside this state to engage in the wholesale distribution of drugs in this state if, after an examination of the reports of the person's compliance history and current compliance record, the department determines that the person is in compliance with this subchapter and the rules adopted under this subchapter.

(d) The department shall consider each license application and any related documents or reports filed by or in connection with a person who wishes to engage in wholesale distribution of drugs in this state on an individual basis.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 1.106 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 1 / Section 1.106
§ 1.106. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) This title applies to all domestic entities and foreign entities to the extent provided by this title.

(b) Each title of this code, other than this title, applies to a different type of entity to the extent provided by that title.

(c) If a provision of this title conflicts with a provision in another title of this code, the provision of the other title supersedes the provision of this title.
Tex. Utilities Code § 251.057 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 251 / Section 251.057
§ 251.057. DECLARATION OF BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may declare a director's office vacant if the director ceases to be associated with the industry or an operator the director represents.

(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date a vacancy on the board is declared, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Tex. Insurance Code § 423.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 423 / Section 423.103
§ 423.103. SECURITIES HELD UNDER CUSTODIAL OR TRUST AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

A domestic insurer's securities that are held under a custodial agreement or trust agreement with a bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, or trust company may be issued in the name of a nominee of the bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, or trust company only if the bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, or trust company:

(1) has corporate trust powers;

(2) is authorized to act as a custodian or trustee;

(3) is organized under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States; and

(4) meets one of the following requirements:

(A) is a member of the Federal Reserve System;

(B) is a member of or is eligible to receive deposits that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

(C) maintains an account with a Federal Reserve Bank and is subject to supervision and examination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; or

(D) is subject to supervision and examination by the Federal Housing Finance Board.
Tex. Government Code § 2177.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2177 / Section 2177.005
§ 2177.005. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may:

(1) develop and implement the initiative and any programs established by this chapter;

(2) establish procedures and policies for the administration of the initiative; and

(3) establish procedures to document compliance by board members and personnel with applicable laws governing conflicts of interest.

(b) To carry out the purposes of this chapter and implement the initiative, the board may:

(1) hire and employ an executive director and necessary personnel to provide administrative support;

(2) execute contracts and other instruments and conduct all activities the board determines necessary for those purposes;

(3) authorize one or more board members to execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the board; and

(4) establish a committee or other similar entity to exercise powers delegated by the board and exercise any other administrative duties or powers as the board considers necessary.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 152.022 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.022
§ 152.022. EXPENSE OF CONTROL MEASURES TAKEN BY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The landowner shall pay all charges and expenses of control measures taken by the service.

(b) The service shall charge amounts consistent with current commercial rates for control measures taken by the service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.064
§ 1107.064. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to any limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) perform the duties required by the board;

(2) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(3) direct the affairs of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6613.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6613 / Section 6613.003
§ 6613.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The conversion of the district into a conservation and reclamation district under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution:

(1) is feasible, practicable, and needed;

(2) will be a public benefit and a public utility; and

(3) will benefit all land and property included in the district.

(b) All property in the district is benefited, and no property benefited is not included in the district.

(c) No land is included in the district except land that will be benefited.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.112 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.112
§ 441.112. PROGRESS PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

A contract of the district for the construction or improvement of a road facility may include a procedure for paying for the construction or improvement as work progresses.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.52 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.52
§ 17.52. REPORTING OF CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

A chief of police or sheriff who receives a copy of an order described by Article 17.51(a), or the chief's or sheriff's designee, shall, as soon as practicable but not later than the 10th day after the date the copy is received, enter information relating to the condition of release into the appropriate database of the statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety or modify or remove information, as appropriate.
Tex. Property Code § 23A.013 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 23A / Section 23A.013
§ 23A.013. RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b)).
Tex. Estates Code § 551.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 551 / Section 551.005
§ 551.005. COMPTROLLER INDISPENSABLE PARTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller is an indispensable party to a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the disposition and handling of any share of an estate that is or may be payable to the comptroller under Section 551.001.

(b) The clerk of a court that orders an executor or administrator to pay funds to the comptroller under Section 551.001 shall provide to the comptroller, by a qualified delivery method or e-mail, a certified copy of the court order not later than the fifth day after the date the order is issued.
Tex. Local Government Code § 154.021 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 154 / Section 154.021
§ 154.021. COUNTIES COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a county with a population of 190,000 or less, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 391.205 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 391 / Section 391.205
§ 391.205. PREFERENCES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in awarding grants under this chapter the commission shall give preference to projects that:

(1) involve the transport, use, recovery for use, or prevention of the loss of natural resources originating or produced in this state;

(2) contain an energy efficiency component;

(3) include the use of solar, wind, or other renewable energy sources;

(4) recover waste heat from the combustion of natural resources and use the heat to generate electricity; or

(5) reduce flaring emissions and other site emissions.

(b) Projects that include more than one of the criteria described by Subsection (a) shall be given a greater preference in the award of grants under this chapter.

(c) The commission may give preference under Subsection (a) only if the cost-effectiveness and emission performance of the project are comparable to those of a project not claiming a preference described by that subsection.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.032 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.032
§ 52.032. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Every group of persons considering the organization of a marketing association is urged to communicate with the department.

(b) On request, the department shall inform the group of:

(1) the results of a survey of the marketing conditions affecting the commodities to be handled by the proposed association; and

(2) the probability of the association's success as determined from those results.