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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 822.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 822 / Section 822.002
§ 822.002. SEIZURE OF A DOG CAUSING DEATH OF OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO A PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) A justice court, county court, or municipal court shall order the animal control authority to seize a dog and shall issue a warrant authorizing the seizure:

(1) on the sworn complaint of any person, including the county attorney, the city attorney, or a peace officer, that the dog has caused the death of or serious bodily injury to a person by attacking, biting, or mauling the person; and

(2) on a showing of probable cause to believe that the dog caused the death of or serious bodily injury to the person as stated in the complaint.

(b) The animal control authority shall seize the dog or order its seizure and shall provide for the impoundment of the dog in secure and humane conditions until the court orders the disposition of the dog.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.976 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.976
§ 361.976. MANUFACTURERS' REGISTRATION AND REPORTING.
Status: in_force

(a) A television manufacturer of covered television equipment shall register with the commission and, except as provided by Section 361.979, pay a registration fee of $2,500. A registered television manufacturer shall renew the registration and, except as provided by Section 361.979, pay the fee on or before January 31 of each year. The registration or registration renewal must include:

(1) a list of all brands the television manufacturer uses in this state on covered television equipment regardless of whether the television manufacturer owns or is licensed to use the brand; and

(2) contact information for the person the commission may contact regarding the television manufacturer's activities to comply with this subchapter.

(b) Except as provided by Section 361.979, not later than January 31 of each year, each registered television manufacturer of covered television equipment shall report to the commission:

(1) the total weight of covered television equipment for which the television manufacturer is responsible that was sold in this state during the preceding calendar year or, if the manufacturer does not track the weight of covered television equipment it sells by state, the television manufacturer may report the total amount of covered television equipment the television manufacturer sold nationally in the preceding calendar year; and

(2) the total weight of covered television equipment the television manufacturer collected and recycled in this state during the preceding calendar year.

(c) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the television recycling account created under Section 361.977.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0481 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0481
§ 25.0481. COMAL COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Comal County has the following statutory county courts:

(1) County Court at Law No. 1 of Comal County;

(2) County Court at Law No. 2 of Comal County; and

(3) County Court at Law No. 3 of Comal County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3846.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3846 / Section 3846.055
§ 3846.055. LAW GOVERNING ADMINISTRATION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

Sections 375.066, 375.067, 375.069, and 375.070, Local Government Code, apply to the board as if the board were established under Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 54.626 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.626
§ 54.626. CONTRACT PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may provide for the receipt of payments under prepaid tuition contracts in lump sums or installment payments. If the board allows payments under a contract to be made in installments over a period longer than one year, it must provide for those payments to be made in single annual installments in addition to any other permitted installment plans.

(b) A purchaser may make payments under a prepaid tuition contract by electronic funds transfer.

(c) An employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state may make payments under a prepaid tuition contract by payroll deductions made by the appropriate officer of the state or political subdivision.

(d) The board may impose a fee for a late payment under a prepaid tuition contract.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.017 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.017
§ 43.017. PROHIBITION AGAINST ANNEXATION TO SURROUND MUNICIPALITY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

A municipality with a population of more than 175,000 located in a county that contains an international border and borders the Gulf of Mexico may not annex an area that would cause another municipality to be entirely surrounded by the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the annexing municipality.
Tex. Family Code § 107.0161 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.0161
§ 107.0161. AD LITEM APPOINTMENTS FOR CHILD COMMITTED TO TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

If an order appointing the Department of Family and Protective Services as managing conservator of a child does not continue the appointment of the child's guardian ad litem or attorney ad litem and the child is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or released under supervision by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem or attorney ad litem for the child.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.211 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.211
§ 11.211. REAL PROPERTY LEASED TO CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

The portion of real property that is leased to an independent school district, community college district, or open-enrollment charter school authorized by Subchapter C, D, or E, Chapter 12, Education Code, is qualified and exempt from taxation pursuant to Sections 11.11 and 11.21 of this code if the portion of the real property that is leased to the public school is:

(1) used exclusively by the public school for the operation or administration of the school or the performance of other educational functions of the school; and

(2) reasonably necessary for a purpose described in Subdivision (1) as found by the school's governing body.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7892.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7892 / Section 7892.0303
§ 7892.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.075 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.075
§ 263.075. EQUIPPING THE HOSPITAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The superintendent shall, with the consent of the board of managers, equip the hospital with furniture, appliances, fixtures, and other facilities necessary for the care and treatment of patients and the use of officers and employees.

(b) The superintendent shall purchase all supplies necessary for the hospital.

(c) Expenditures under this section may not exceed the amount provided for them by the commissioners court.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.057 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.057
§ 345.057. TIME PRICE DIFFERENTIAL FOR OTHER CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

A retail installment contract that is payable other than in substantially equal successive monthly payments or the first installment of which is not payable one month from the date of the contract may provide for a time price differential that does not exceed an amount that provides the same effective return as if the contract were payable in substantially equal successive monthly installments beginning one month from the date of the contract.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00704 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00704
§ 30.00704. JUDGE.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(18), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(b) In addition to exercising powers under Section 30.00006(e), a municipal judge shall devote as much time to the office as it requires.

(c) to (e) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(18), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(f) Section 30.00007(b)(5) does not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 815.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.107
§ 815.107. RECORDS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Status: in_force

The board shall keep a record of all of its proceedings. Records of the board are open to public inspection.
Tex. Education Code § 13.1521 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 13 / Section 13.1521
§ 13.1521. RECEIPT OR CONSIDERATION OF PETITION REQUESTING DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION AFTER ADOPTION OF CONSOLIDATION RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

If a resolution in favor of consolidation has been adopted by the board of trustees of each school district proposed to be consolidated into a particular single district, none of those boards of trustees may receive or consider a petition requesting detachment and annexation under Subchapter B without the consent of each of the other of those boards of trustees:

(1) before consolidation; or

(2) before consolidation is disapproved at an election under Section 13.153.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8443.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8443 / Section 8443.101
§ 8443.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.005 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.005
§ 60.005. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN LARGER INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES; RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subchapters B, D, and F may be applied to an incumbent local exchange company that, as of September 1, 1995, has 31,000 or more access lines in this state but fewer than one million access lines in this state only on a bona fide request from a holder of a certificate of operating authority or a service provider certificate of operating authority.

(b) In applying the rules adopted under Subchapters B, D, and F to a company described by Subsection (a), the commission may modify the rules in the public interest.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.026
§ 1372.026. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF STATE CEILING AVAILABLE TO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS.
Status: reserved

(a) The maximum amount of the state ceiling that may be reserved before August 15 by a housing finance corporation for the issuance of qualified mortgage bonds may not exceed the amount computed as follows:

(1) if the local population of the housing finance corporation is 300,000 or more, $36 million plus the product of the amount by which the local population exceeds 300,000 multiplied by $40;

(2) if the local population of the housing finance corporation is 200,000 or more but less than 300,000, $32 million plus the product of the amount by which the local population exceeds 200,000 multiplied by $40;

(3) if the local population of the housing finance corporation is 100,000 or more but less than 200,000, $24 million plus the product of the amount by which the local population exceeds 100,000 multiplied by $80; or

(4) if the local population of the housing finance corporation is less than 100,000, the product of the local population multiplied by $240.

(b) A housing finance corporation may not receive an allocation for the issuance of qualified mortgage bonds in an amount that exceeds the greater of:

(1) $50 million; or

(2) 1.70 percent of the state ceiling.

(c) For purposes of this section, the local population of a housing finance corporation is the population of the local government or local governments on whose behalf a housing finance corporation is created. If two local governments that have a population of at least 50,000 each and that have overlapping territory have created housing finance corporations that have the power to issue bonds to provide financing for home mortgages, the population of the housing finance corporation created on behalf of the larger local government is computed by subtracting from the population of the larger local government the population of the part of the smaller local government that is located in the larger local government. The reduction of population provided by this subsection is not required if the smaller local government assigns its authority to issue bonds, based on its population, to the larger local government.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1951.402 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1951 / Section 1951.402
§ 1951.402. EXAMINATION FOR TECHNICIAN LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The department shall require an applicant for a technician license to pass an examination developed and administered by the department or a person designated by the department.
Tex. Government Code § 663.112 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 663 / Section 663.112
§ 663.112. CHILD CARE FACILITY ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature may appropriate money from the Texas capital trust fund established under Chapter 2201 to establish and operate a child care facility under this chapter.

(b) On the first day of each biennium or from the first amounts deposited to the credit of the Texas capital trust fund during each biennium, the comptroller shall set aside in a special account within the fund the amount of an appropriation for this chapter.

(c) An unexpended and unobligated portion of an appropriation made from the fund for this chapter remains in the special account at the end of the period for which it is appropriated.
Tex. Government Code § 481.174 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.174
§ 481.174. ADVERTISEMENTS IN TOURISM PROMOTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office may sell advertisements in travel promotions in any medium.

(b) The executive director shall adopt rules to implement the sale of advertisements under Subsection (a), including rules regulating:

(1) the cost of advertisements;

(2) the type of products or services that may be advertised;

(3) the size of advertisements; and

(4) refunds on advertisements that are not run.

(c) Proceeds from the sale of advertisements shall be deposited in the special account in the general revenue fund that may be used for advertising and marketing activities of the office as provided by Section 156.251, Tax Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 333.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 333 / Section 333.001
§ 333.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of managers of a joint municipal and county museum.

(2) "Governing body" means a commissioners court of a county or a governing body of a municipality.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.062 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 17 / Section 17.062
§ 17.062. SUBSTITUTED SERVICE ON CHAIRMAN OF TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission is an agent for service of process on a person who is a nonresident or an agent of a nonresident in any suit against the person or agent that grows out of a collision in which the person or the person's agent is involved while operating a motor vehicle in this state.

(b) Process may be served on the chairman in accordance with this section for a nonresident who was a resident at the time the cause of action accrued but has subsequently moved from the state.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18 / Section 18.06
§ 18.06. EXECUTION OF WARRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer to whom a search warrant is delivered shall execute the warrant without delay and shall return the warrant to the proper magistrate.

(b) On searching the place ordered to be searched, the officer executing the warrant shall present a copy of the warrant to the owner of the place, if he is present. If the owner of the place is not present but a person who is present is in possession of the place, the officer shall present a copy of the warrant to the person. Before the officer takes property from the place, he shall prepare a written inventory of the property to be taken. He shall legibly endorse his name on the inventory and present a copy of the inventory to the owner or other person in possession of the property. If neither the owner nor a person in possession of the property is present when the officer executes the warrant, the officer shall leave a copy of the warrant and the inventory at the place.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142.043 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 142 / Section 142.043
§ 142.043. EMPLOYEE TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to an employee of a license holder who is a health care professional licensed under Title 3, Occupations Code.

(b) A license holder may provide training to the employees described by Subsection (a) regarding the secure and responsible disposal of controlled substance prescription drugs in a manner that discourages abuse, misuse, or diversion.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0432 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0432
§ 42.0432. HEALTH SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD PLACED WITH CHILD-PLACING AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) A child-placing agency or general residential operation that contracts with the department to provide services must ensure that the children that are in the managing conservatorship of the department and are placed with the child-placing agency or general residential operation receive a complete early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment checkup in accordance with the requirements specified in the contract between the child-placing agency or general residential operation and the department.

(b) The commission shall include a provision in a contract with a child-placing agency or general residential operation specifying progressive monetary penalties for the child-placing agency's or general residential operation's failure to comply with Subsection (a).
Tex. Education Code § 95.22 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 95 / Section 95.22
§ 95.22. INSPECTION OF UNIVERSITIES.
Status: in_force

The board as a whole or by committee shall visit each university under its control and management at least once during each scholastic year, inspect its work, and gather information which will enable the board to perform its duties intelligently and effectively.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.0211 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0211
§ 161.0211. EPIDEMIOLOGIC OR TOXICOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under its duty to protect the public health, the department shall conduct epidemiologic or toxicologic investigations of human illnesses or conditions and of environmental exposures that are harmful or believed to be harmful to the public health.

(b) The department may conduct those investigations to determine the nature and extent of the disease or environmental exposure believed to be harmful to the public health. Any findings or determinations from such investigations that relate to environmental exposures believed to be harmful to the public shall be reported in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the two agencies shall coordinate corrective measures as appropriate. The department shall use generally accepted methods of epidemiology or toxicology in the conduct of an investigation.

(c) A person shall provide medical, demographic, epidemiologic, toxicologic, or environmental information to the department as described by Section 81.061(c).

(d) A person is not liable for damages or other relief for providing medical or other confidential information to the department during an epidemiologic or toxicologic investigation.
Tex. Government Code § 419.036 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.036
§ 419.036. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may revoke or suspend a certificate, place on probation a person whose certificate has been suspended, or reprimand a regulated person for a violation of this subchapter or a rule of the commission. If a regulated person's suspension is probated, the commission may require the practitioner:

(1) to report regularly to the commission on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) to limit practice to the areas prescribed by the commission; or

(3) to continue or renew professional education until the practitioner attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the commission in those areas that are the basis of the probation.

(b) If the commission proposes to suspend or revoke a person's certificate, the person is entitled to a hearing before the commission or a hearings officer appointed by the commission. The commission shall prescribe procedures by which all decisions to suspend or revoke are made by or are appealable to the commission.

(c) A complaint case opened by the commission based on a violation found during an inspection conducted under Section 419.027 must be opened not later than the 30th day after the date the commission provides notice of the violation to the applicable department, agency, institution, or facility.

(d) The commission by rule shall create a matrix for determining penalty amounts and disciplinary actions for fire departments, training providers, and certified personnel who commit violations of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. In developing the matrix, the commission shall consider the following factors:

(1) compliance history;

(2) seriousness of the violation;

(3) the safety threat to the public or fire personnel;

(4) any mitigating factors; and

(5) any other factors the commission considers appropriate.

(e) The commission may not take disciplinary action against a regulated person based on the person's participation in peer-to-peer support and other peer-to-peer services and may not consider the person's participation during any disciplinary proceeding under this chapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.40 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.40
§ 17.40. CONDITIONS RELATED TO VICTIM OR COMMUNITY SAFETY.
Status: in_force

(a) To secure a defendant's attendance at trial, a magistrate may impose any reasonable condition of bond related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.

(b) At a hearing limited to determining whether the defendant violated a condition of bond imposed under Subsection (a), the magistrate may revoke the defendant's bond only if the magistrate finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation occurred. If the magistrate finds that the violation occurred, the magistrate shall revoke the defendant's bond and order that the defendant be immediately returned to custody. Once the defendant is placed in custody, the revocation of the defendant's bond discharges the sureties on the bond, if any, from any future liability on the bond. A discharge under this subsection from any future liability on the bond does not discharge any surety from liability for previous forfeitures on the bond.
Tex. Local Government Code § 326.096 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 326 / Section 326.096
§ 326.096. LIMITATION ON ADOPTION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

A district may adopt a tax under this subchapter only if as a result of adoption of the tax the combined rate of all local sales and use taxes imposed by political subdivisions having territory in the district will not exceed two percent.
Tex. Water Code § 17.031 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.031
§ 17.031. BONDS NOT TAXABLE.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this chapter, the income from the bonds, and the profit made on their sale are free from taxation within the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.352 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.352
§ 3916.352. CONSOLIDATION.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other provision provided by law, including Subchapter M, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district and one or more other districts governed by Chapter 54, Water Code, may be consolidated in accordance with Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code.