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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 713.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 713 / Section 713.004
§ 713.004. USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may invest and reinvest deposits under this subchapter in interest-bearing bonds or governmental securities.

(b) The principal of the funds must be kept intact as a principal trust fund, and the fund's trustee may not use those funds.

(c) The income or revenue of the fund must be used for the maintenance and care in a first-class condition of the grave, lot, or burial place for which the funds are donated. Income or revenue that is more than the amount necessary to faithfully accomplish the trust may be used, in the discretion of the trustee, to beautify the entire cemetery or burial grounds generally.
Tex. Family Code § 201.205 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.205
§ 201.205. COMPENSATION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) An associate judge appointed under this subchapter is entitled to a salary in the amount equal to 90 percent of the annual salary paid to a district judge with comparable years of service as the associate judge as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012, Government Code.

(b) The associate judge's salary shall be paid from county funds available for payment of officers' salaries subject to the approval of the commissioners court or from funds available from the state and federal governments as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 5.14 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 5 / Section 5.14
§ 5.14. INSPECTORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
Status: in_force

The commission or administrator may commission as many inspectors and representatives as are necessary to enforce this code and other laws administered by the commission. Each inspector and representative shall take the constitutional oath of office, which shall be filed in the office of the commission. Each commissioned inspector and representative has all the powers of a peace officer coextensive with the boundaries of the state.
Tex. Government Code § 419.034 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.034
§ 419.034. CERTIFICATE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A fire department or other employing entity may renew an unexpired certification by, before the expiration date of the certificate:

(1) submitting evidence satisfactory to the commission of completion of any required professional education; and

(2) paying to the commission the required renewal fee.

(b) If a person's certificate has been expired for 30 days or less, the fire department or other employing entity may renew the certificate by:

(1) submitting evidence satisfactory to the commission of completion of any required professional education; and

(2) paying to the commission the required renewal fee and a fee that is one-half of the certification fee for the certificate.

(c) If a person's certificate has been expired for longer than 30 days but less than one year, the fire department or other employing entity may renew the certificate by:

(1) submitting evidence satisfactory to the commission of completion of any required professional education; and

(2) paying to the commission all unpaid renewal fees and a fee that is equal to the certification fee.

(d) If a person's certificate has been expired for one year or longer, the person may not renew the certificate. The person may obtain a new certificate by submitting to the proficiency examination or repeating the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original certificate. The commission shall charge a fee to recover the cost of administering the proficiency examination. The fire department or other employing entity shall pay the certification fee.

(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule may establish a procedure to waive the late fees or examination required by this section if:

(1) the person's certificate expired because of the employing entity's good faith clerical error, including the failure of the employing entity to submit fees in a timely manner; or

(2) the person's certificate expired as a result of termination of the person's employment and the person has been restored to employment as a result of a disciplinary procedure or a court action.

(f) At least 30 days before the expiration of a person's certificate, the commission shall send written notice of the impending certificate expiration to the last known fire department or other employing entity employing the regulated person according to the records of the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00002
§ 30.00002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Appellate court" means:

(A) the county criminal court, the county criminal court of appeals, or the municipal court of appeals; or

(B) the county court at law if there is no county criminal court, county criminal court of appeals, or municipal court of appeals.

(2) "Governing body" means the legislative body of a municipality, without regard to the name or title given to any particular body.

(3) "Municipality" means an incorporated city, town, or village.

(4) "Presiding judge" means the presiding municipal judge, chief judge, or administrative judge.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.027 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.027
§ 143.027. PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
Status: in_force

(a) A person appointed to a beginning position in the fire or police department must serve a probationary period of one year beginning on that person's date of employment as a fire fighter, police officer, or academy trainee. In a municipality with a population of less than 1.9 million, the commission by rule may extend the probationary period by not more than six months for a person who:

(1) is not employed by a department in which a collective bargaining agreement or a meet-and-confer agreement currently exists or previously existed; and

(2) is required to attend a basic training academy for initial certification by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection or the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(b) During a fire fighter's or police officer's probationary period, the department head shall discharge the person and remove the person from the payroll if the person's appointment was not regular or was not made in accordance with this chapter or the commission rules.

(c) During a fire fighter's or police officer's probationary period, the person may not be prohibited from joining or required to join an employee organization. Joining or not joining an employee organization is not a ground for retaining or not retaining a fire fighter or police officer serving a probationary period.

(d) A fire fighter or police officer who was appointed in substantial compliance with this chapter and who serves the entire probationary period automatically becomes a full-fledged civil service employee and has full civil service protection.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 443.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 443 / Section 443.151
§ 443.151. TESTING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A consumable hemp product must be tested as provided by:

(1) Subsections (b) and (c); or

(2) Subsection (d).

(b) Before a hemp plant is processed or otherwise used in the manufacture of a consumable hemp product, a sample representing the plant must be tested, as required by the executive commissioner, to determine:

(1) the concentration of various cannabinoids; and

(2) the presence or quantity of heavy metals, pesticides, and any other substance prescribed by the department.

(c) Before material extracted from hemp by processing is sold as, offered for sale as, or incorporated into a consumable hemp product, the material must be tested, as required by the executive commissioner, to determine:

(1) the presence of harmful microorganisms; and

(2) the presence or quantity of:

(A) any residual solvents used in processing, if applicable; and

(B) any other substance prescribed by the department.

(d) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (e), before a consumable hemp product is sold at retail or otherwise introduced into commerce in this state, a sample representing the hemp product must be tested:

(1) by a laboratory that is accredited by an accreditation body in accordance with International Organization for Standardization ISO/IEC 17025 or a comparable or successor standard to determine the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of the product; and

(2) by an appropriate laboratory to determine that the product does not contain a substance described by Subsection (b) or (c) in a quantity prohibited for purposes of those subsections.

(e) A consumable hemp product is not required to be tested under Subsection (d) if each hemp-derived ingredient of the product:

(1) has been tested in accordance with:

(A) Subsections (b) and (c); or

(B) Subsection (d); and

(2) does not have a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than 0.3 percent.
Tex. Education Code § 130.166 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.166
§ 130.166. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Austin Community College District includes the territory within:

(1) Hays, Caldwell, and Blanco counties;

(2) Travis County, except the territory within the Marble Falls Independent School District;

(3) Williamson County, except the territory within the Florence, Granger, Hutto, Lexington, Taylor, and Thrall independent school districts;

(4) the part of the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District located in Guadalupe County;

(5) Bastrop County, except the territory within the Lexington Independent School District;

(6) the part of the Elgin Independent School District located in Lee County; and

(7) the part of the Smithville Independent School District located in Fayette County.
Tex. Local Government Code § 281.092 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 281 / Section 281.092
§ 281.092. PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality shall pay the amounts prescribed by the contract from any available funds, including property taxes.

(b) To pledge property taxes as part or all of the required payments under the contract, before it enters into a contract with an authority a municipality must obtain voter approval at an election conducted substantially according to the applicable procedures in Chapter 1251, Government Code. Each qualified voter in the municipality is entitled to vote in the election. If the voters authorize the payments from property taxes, the contract may provide that the payments are payable from and are obligations against only the taxing power of the municipality or may provide that the payments are payable from taxes and other funds and revenues specified in the contract. After the election and concurrently with, or prior to, making the contract, the municipality shall provide for the annual assessment and collection of an amount that is sufficient to make the contract payments and to create a sinking fund of at least two percent.

(c) An authority or a holder of authority bonds may not demand payment of the municipality's obligation out of funds raised by taxation if the municipality has not complied with Subsection (b).
Tex. Water Code § 58.710 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.710
§ 58.710. BOARD'S RESOLUTION TO SUBSTITUTE LAND.
Status: in_force

If the board finds that all the conditions provided for the exclusion of land and inclusion of other land in the district exist, it may adopt and enter in its minutes a resolution to exclude land which is nonagricultural or nonirrigable in a practicable manner and include land which may be irrigated from the facilities of the district in a practicable manner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1101.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.001
§ 1101.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a life insurance policy:

(1) issued or delivered in this state; or

(2) issued by a life insurance company organized under the laws of this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 605.260 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 605 / Section 605.260
§ 605.260. ACCREDITATION OF FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall establish requirements for the accreditation and the renewal of an accreditation of an orthotic or prosthetic facility in which orthotics or prosthetics are conducted. The department may issue an accreditation only to an orthotic or prosthetic facility.

(b) If a person owns more than one facility, the department may require only one application for the accreditation of each of the person's facilities. Each orthotic or prosthetic facility must meet the requirements established by commission rule.

(c) An orthotic or prosthetic facility must be under the on-site direction of an orthotist or prosthetist licensed by the department in the discipline for which accreditation is sought.

(d) The rules adopted under this section may not prohibit a licensed individual from practicing in an orthotic or prosthetic facility within the scope of the individual's license.

(e) This section does not apply to a facility licensed under Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 362.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 362 / Section 362.003
§ 362.003. VERIFIED ACCOUNT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The personal representative of an estate shall present to the court the representative's verified account for final settlement when the administration of the estate is to be settled and closed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 164.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 164 / Section 164.006
§ 164.006. SERVICE OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice to the respondent of a hearing about the charges against the person must be served:

(1) in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code; and

(2) by certified mail.

(b) If notice described by Subsection (a) is impossible or cannot be effected, the board shall publish once a week for two successive weeks a notice of the hearing in a newspaper published in the county of the last known place of practice in this state of the person, if known.

(c) If the license holder is not currently practicing in this state as evidenced by information in the board files, or if the last county of practice is unknown, the notice shall be published in a newspaper in Travis County.

(d) If publication of notice is used, the date of hearing may not be earlier than the 10th day after the date of the last publication.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3880.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3880 / Section 3880.104
§ 3880.104. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified person, including Harris County or the City of Houston, for the provision of law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Occupations Code § 565.060 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 565 / Section 565.060
§ 565.060. REMEDIAL PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint relating to this subtitle.

(b) A remedial plan may not be imposed to resolve a complaint:

(1) concerning:

(A) a death;

(B) a hospitalization;

(C) the commission of a felony; or

(D) any other matter designated by board rule; or

(2) in which the appropriate resolution may involve a restriction on the manner in which a license holder practices pharmacy.

(c) The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a complaint against a license holder if the license holder has entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding 24 months for the resolution of a different complaint relating to this subtitle.

(d) If a license holder complies with and successfully completes the terms of a remedial plan, the board shall remove all records of the remedial plan from the board's records at the end of the state fiscal year in which the fifth anniversary of the date the board issued the terms of the remedial plan occurs.

(e) The board may assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering the plan.

(f) The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.001
§ 1078.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "District" means the Houston County Hospital District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3893.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3893 / Section 3893.003
§ 3893.003. 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. Transportation Code § 317.105 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.105
§ 317.105. SIGNATURES.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this chapter must be signed by the mayor or presiding officer of the municipality and countersigned by the municipal secretary or clerk.
Tex. Insurance Code § 521.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 521 / Section 521.002
§ 521.002. COMPLAINT RESOLUTION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish a program to facilitate resolution of policyholder complaints.
Tex. Tax Code § 160.021 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 160 / Section 160.021
§ 160.021. RETAIL SALES TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A tax is imposed on every retail sale of a taxable boat or motor sold in this state. The tax is an obligation of and shall be paid by the purchaser of the taxable boat or motor. If the purchaser pays the tax to the seller, the tax is an obligation of and shall be paid by the seller.

(b) The tax rate is 6-1/4 percent of the total consideration.
Tex. Education Code § 44.0051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 44 / Section 44.0051
§ 44.0051. POSTING OF ADOPTED BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) On final approval of the budget by the board of trustees, the school district shall post on the district's Internet website a copy of the budget adopted by the board of trustees. The district's Internet website must prominently display the electronic link to the adopted budget.

(b) The district shall maintain the adopted budget on the district's Internet website until the third anniversary of the date the budget was adopted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.161
§ 8801.161. PERMIT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) When the board issues or renews a permit, the board shall collect a permit fee from the applicant. The fee shall be determined by a schedule based on the term of the permit and the maximum amount of groundwater that the board authorizes to be withdrawn from the well.

(a-1) In addition to a regular permit fee under Subsection (a), the board may establish a disincentive permit fee to serve as a regulatory tool by creating a disincentive to continued over-reliance on groundwater.

(b) The board shall determine the amount of the permit fees under Subsections (a) and (a-1) after a hearing.

(b-1) The fee under Subsection (a) may not exceed 110 percent of the highest rate that the City of Houston charges for water supplied to its customers in the district.

(c) The amount of a permit fee applicable to a well used for irrigating agricultural crops may not exceed 70 percent of the lowest amount determined under Subsection (b).

(d) The district may establish a fee for administrative acts of the district, including receiving applications for permits or permit amendments.

(e) The board shall use permit fees collected under this section to pay the cost of issuing permits and performing other regulatory functions, including making grants, loans, or contractual payments to achieve, facilitate, or expedite reductions in groundwater pumping or the development or distribution of alternative water supplies.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.155 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.155
§ 54.155. GRANT OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission must grant or deny a certificate not later than the 60th day after the date the application for the certificate is filed. The commission may extend the deadline on good cause shown.

(b) The commission shall grant each certificate on a nondiscriminatory basis after considering factors such as:

(1) the technical and financial qualifications of the applicant; and

(2) the applicant's ability to meet the commission's quality of service requirements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8837.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8837 / Section 8837.052
§ 8837.052. TERMS OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or three directors' terms expiring April 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) A director may serve consecutive terms.

(c) The commissioners court shall appoint a director to succeed a serving director on or before the date the serving director's term expires.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3791.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3791 / Section 3791.0305
§ 3791.0305. 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. Transportation Code § 463.301 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.301
§ 463.301. CREATION OF AUTHORITY AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of the regional planning commission established for the area included in the boundaries of the counties to which this chapter applies may initiate the process to create a regional transit authority to provide public transportation services in the boundaries of those counties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3942.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3942 / Section 3942.0105
§ 3942.0105. 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 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 bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.