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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.105 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.105
§ 91.105. BOND CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

Each bond required by Section 91.103 shall be conditioned that the operator will plug and abandon all wells and control, abate, and clean up pollution associated with an operator's oil and gas activities covered under the bond in accordance with the law of the state and the permits, rules, and orders of the commission. This section does not apply to a well-specific plugging insurance policy described by Section 91.104(c).
Tex. Transportation Code § 256.009 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 256 / Section 256.009
§ 256.009. REPORT TO COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than January 30 of each year, the county auditor or, if the county does not have a county auditor, the official having the duties of the county auditor shall file a report with the comptroller that includes:

(1) an account of how:

(A) the money allocated to a county under Section 256.002 during the preceding year was spent; and

(B) if the county received an award under Subchapter C, the money was spent;

(2) a description, including location, of any new roads constructed in whole or in part with the money:

(A) allocated to a county under Section 256.002 during the preceding year; and

(B) received from any award under Subchapter C;

(3) any other information related to the administration of Sections 256.002 and 256.003 that the comptroller requires; and

(4) the total amount of expenditures for county road and bridge construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, right-of-way acquisition, and utility construction and other appropriate road expenditures of county funds in the preceding county fiscal year that are required by the constitution or other law to be spent on public roads or highways.

(b) The report must be in a form prescribed by the comptroller.

(c) The comptroller may distribute money under Section 256.002(a) to a county only if the most recent report required by Subsection (a) has been filed.

(d) A county official or employee shall provide to the comptroller on request any information necessary to determine the legality of the use of money allocated under Section 256.002.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.29 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.29
§ 6.29. BONDS FOR OTHER TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) A taxing unit, other than a county, that has its own collector shall require him to give bond conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties. To be effective, the bond must be made payable to and must be approved by the governing body of the unit in an amount determined by the governing body. The governing body may require a new bond at any time, and failure to give new bond within a reasonable time after demand is a ground for removal from office. The governing body may prescribe additional requirements for the bond.

(b) A taxing unit whose taxes are collected by the collector for another taxing unit, by an officer or employee of another taxing unit or of an appraisal district, or by any other person other than the unit's own collector may require that collector, officer, employee, or other person to give bond conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties. To be effective, the bond must be made payable to and must be approved by and paid for by the governing body of the unit requiring bond in an amount determined by the governing body. The governing body may prescribe additional requirements for the bond.

(c) A taxing unit shall pay the premium for a bond required pursuant to this section from its general fund or as provided by intergovernmental contract.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.076 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.076
§ 775.076. BONDS AND NOTES AUTHORIZED.
Status: repealed

(a) The board may issue bonds and notes as prescribed by this chapter to perform any of its powers.

(a-1) Before the board may issue bonds or notes authorized by this section, the commissioners court of each county in which the district is located must approve the issuance of the bonds or notes by a majority vote. This subsection does not apply to a district located wholly in a county with a population of more than three million.

(b) The board may issue bonds and notes in one or more issues or series that are payable from and secured by liens on and pledges of:

(1) ad valorem taxes;

(2) all or part of the district's revenues, income, or receipts; or

(3) a combination of those taxes, revenues, income, and receipts.

(c) The bonds and notes may be issued to mature in not more than 40 years from the date of their issuance.

(d) Provision may be made for the subsequent issuance of additional parity bonds or notes or subordinate lien bonds or notes under terms and conditions stated in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes.

(e) to (g) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1140, Sec. 23(2), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

(h) If provided by the resolution, the proceeds from the sale of the bonds or notes may be used for:

(1) paying interest on the bonds or notes during the period of the acquisition or construction of a facility to be provided through the issuance of the bonds or notes;

(2) paying expenses of operation and maintenance of the facility;

(3) creating a reserve fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes; and

(4) creating other funds.

(i) As provided in the resolution, proceeds from the sale of the bonds and notes may be placed on time deposit or invested until needed.

(j) If the bonds or notes are issued payable by a pledge of revenues, income, or receipts, the district may pledge all or any part of its revenues, income, or receipts from fees, rentals, rates, charges, and proceeds and payments from contracts to the payment of the bonds or notes, including the payment of principal, interest, and any other amounts required or permitted in connection with the bonds or notes. The pledged fees, rentals, rates, charges, proceeds, and payments must be established and collected in amounts that will be at least sufficient, together with any other pledged resources, to provide for:

(1) all payments of principal, interest, and any other amounts required in connection with the bonds or notes; and

(2) the payment of expenses in connection with the bonds or notes and the operation, maintenance, and other expenses in connection with the facilities to the extent required by the resolution authorizing, or the trust indenture securing, the issuance of the bonds or notes.

(k) The district shall impose a tax as prescribed by Section 775.074 if the bonds or notes are payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.260 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.260
§ 54.260. PROPERTY OWNER'S CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 54.259, if a telecommunications utility holds a municipal consent, franchise, or permit as determined to be the appropriate grant of authority by the municipality and holds a certificate if required by this title, a public or private property owner may:

(1) impose a condition on the utility that is reasonably necessary to protect:

(A) the safety, security, appearance, and condition of the property; and

(B) the safety and convenience of other persons;

(2) impose a reasonable limitation on the time at which the utility may have access to the property to install a telecommunications service facility;

(3) impose a reasonable limitation on the number of such utilities that have access to the owner's property, if the owner can demonstrate a space constraint that requires the limitation;

(4) require the utility to agree to indemnify the owner for damage caused installing, operating, or removing a facility;

(5) require the tenant or the utility to bear the entire cost of installing, operating, or removing a facility; and

(6) require the utility to pay compensation that is reasonable and nondiscriminatory among such telecommunications utilities.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission has the jurisdiction to enforce this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3847.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3847 / Section 3847.107
§ 3847.107. NO EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Government Code § 609.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.201
§ 609.201. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to a hospital district created under general or special law if the district offers a deferred compensation plan to the district's employees under Subchapter B.

(b) A hospital district subject to this subchapter may, at the district's option, elect to require automatic employee participation in a deferred compensation plan under Section 609.202.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9502.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9502 / Section 9502.0101
§ 9502.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Gulf Coast Protection District.

(4) "Ecosystem restoration report" means the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas Coastal Storm Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration Final Integrated Feasibility Report—Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Galveston District, Southwestern Division, of the United States Army Corps of Engineers in May 2017.

(5) "Protection and restoration study" means the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement to be issued by the Galveston District, Southwestern Division, of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the draft version of which was issued in October 2020.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3806.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3806 / Section 3806.155
§ 3806.155. MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3806.159, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district to:

(1) maintain and operate the district and the improvements constructed or acquired by the district; or

(2) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.003
§ 3897.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
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 a municipality in which the district is located 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 district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve a municipality or county in which the district is located from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant municipal and county services provided in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 60.002 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.002
§ 60.002. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

Subchapter G, Chapter 49, related to audit of districts, shall apply to districts governed by this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 51.011 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.011
§ 51.011. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to finance the program created by this chapter, the commission is authorized to solicit and receive grants of money from either private or public sources, including appropriation by the legislature from the general revenue fund of the State of Texas, and in that regard it is hereby declared that the need for and importance of this program require priority and preferential consideration in appropriation.

(b) The commission may use not more than six percent of the annual legislative appropriation to the family violence program for administration of this chapter and not more than six percent annually for the contracts described in Section 51.003(c).
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 622.204 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 622 / Section 622.204
§ 622.204. INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF.
Status: in_force

The court may also award injunctive relief or other equitable or ancillary relief that is reasonably necessary to prevent violations of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1252.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1252 / Section 1252.201
§ 1252.201. TOTAL DISABILITY STATUS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, a reference to the total disability status of an individual means the individual's disability status immediately preceding the date on which the succeeding carrier's coverage takes effect.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 44.009 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 44 / Section 44.009
§ 44.009. STATE LIABILITY PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The state is not liable to an eligible lending institution for payment of the principal, interest, or any late charges on a loan made to an eligible borrower. A delay in payment or default on a loan by an eligible borrower does not affect the validity of the deposit agreement. Linked deposits are not an extension of the state's credit within the meaning of any state constitutional prohibition.
Tex. Penal Code § 2.04 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 2 / Section 2.04
§ 2.04. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) An affirmative defense in this code is so labeled by the phrase: "It is an affirmative defense to prosecution . . . ."

(b) The prosecuting attorney is not required to negate the existence of an affirmative defense in the accusation charging commission of the offense.

(c) The issue of the existence of an affirmative defense is not submitted to the jury unless evidence is admitted supporting the defense.

(d) If the issue of the existence of an affirmative defense is submitted to the jury, the court shall charge that the defendant must prove the affirmative defense by a preponderance of evidence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3946.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3946 / Section 3946.151
§ 3946.151. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district may provide, or contract with a governmental or private entity to provide, water, wastewater, drainage, or roadway projects, or related projects and services.
Tex. Insurance Code § 830.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 830 / Section 830.004
§ 830.004. OWN RISK AND SOLVENCY ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 830.006, an insurer, or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, shall regularly conduct, consistent with a process comparable to the guidance manual, an own risk and solvency assessment, appropriate to the nature, scale, and complexity of the insurer or insurance group, of the material and relevant risks associated with the insurer's or insurance group's current business plan and the sufficiency of capital resources to support those risks.

(b) The insurer, or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, shall conduct the own risk and solvency assessment described by Subsection (a):

(1) annually; and

(2) at any other time there are significant changes to the risk profile of the insurer or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member.
Tex. Estates Code § 306.006 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 306 / Section 306.006
§ 306.006. REPLACEMENT AND OTHER ADDITIONAL LETTERS.
Status: in_force

When letters testamentary or of administration have been destroyed or lost, the clerk shall issue other letters to replace the original letters, which have the same effect as the original letters. The clerk shall also issue any number of letters as and when requested by the person or persons who hold the letters.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.071 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.071
§ 401.071. GENERAL POWERS OF COMMISSION IN RELATION TO LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may:

(1) conduct, request, and participate in studies, investigations, and research relating to selection, preparation, construction, operation, maintenance, decommissioning, closing, and financing of disposal sites for and disposal of low-level radioactive waste; and

(2) advise, consult, and cooperate with the federal government, the state, interstate agencies, local governmental entities in this state, and private entities on matters involving the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.

(b) In carrying out its duties under this section the commission may:

(1) apply for, receive, accept, and administer gifts, grants, and other funds available from any source; and

(2) contract with the federal government, the state, interstate agencies, local governmental agencies, and private entities.
Tex. Family Code § 162.205 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.205
§ 162.205. PAYMENTS BY STATE.
Status: in_force

The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the chief state fiscal officer, may make or arrange for payments necessary to discharge financial obligations imposed on this state by the compact or by a supplementary agreement entered into under the compact.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.503 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.503
§ 121.503. REQUIREMENTS OF TEST.
Status: in_force

(a) The person responsible for a school facility shall perform the pressure test to determine whether the natural gas piping downstream of the school facility's meter holds at least normal operating pressure over a specified period determined by the railroad commission.

(b) During the pressure test, each system supply inlet and outlet in the school facility must be closed.

(c) At the request of a person responsible for a school facility, the railroad commission shall assist the person in developing a procedure for conducting the test.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.119 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.119
§ 143.119. INDEFINITE SUSPENSIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The head of the fire or police department may indefinitely suspend a fire fighter or police officer under the department head's supervision or jurisdiction for the violation of a civil service rule.

(b) If the department head suspends a fire fighter or police officer, the department head shall, within 120 hours after the hour of suspension, file a written statement with the commission giving the reasons for the suspension. The department head shall immediately deliver a copy of the statement in person to the suspended fire fighter or police officer.

(c) The copy of the written statement must inform the suspended fire fighter or police officer that if the person wants to appeal to the commission, the person must file a written appeal with the commission within 10 days after the date the person receives the copy of the statement.

(d) The written statement filed by the department head with the commission must point out the civil service rule alleged to have been violated by the suspended fire fighter or police officer and must describe the alleged acts of the person that the department head contends are in violation of the civil service rules. It is not sufficient for the department head merely to refer to the provisions of the rules alleged to have been violated.

(e) If the department head does not specifically point out in the written statement the act or acts of the fire fighter or police officer that allegedly violated civil service rules, the commission shall promptly reinstate the person.

(f) If the department head offers a suspension of 16 to 90 calendar days for violation of civil service rules, the fire fighter or police officer may agree in writing to voluntarily accept the suspension, with no right of appeal. The fire fighter or police officer must accept the offer within five working days after the date the offer is made. If the person refuses the offer and wants to appeal to the commission, the person must file a written appeal with the commission within 15 days after the date the person receives the copy of the written statement of suspension.

(g) In the original written statement and charges and in any hearing conducted under this chapter, the department head may not complain of an act that did not occur within the six-month period preceding the date on which the department head suspends the fire fighter or police officer.
Tex. Government Code § 2156.123 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2156 / Section 2156.123
§ 2156.123. OPENING AND FILING OF PROPOSALS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller or other state agency shall avoid disclosing the contents of each proposal on opening the proposal and during negotiations with competing offerors.

(b) The comptroller or other state agency shall file each proposal in a register of proposals, which, after a contract is awarded, is open for public inspection unless the register contains information that is excepted from required disclosure under Subchapter C, Chapter 552.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.079 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.079
§ 53.079. CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

On the land office's written request, mailed to the lessee's address as shown on its lease or otherwise properly changed in conformity with the terms of the lease, a copy of a contract for the sale or processing of minerals leased under this subchapter and any subsequent agreement or amendment to the contract shall be filed in the land office within 30 days after the date the land office mails the written request. The land office shall treat a contract, agreement, or amendment filed in the land office as confidential unless otherwise authorized by the lessee.
Tex. Water Code § 6.244 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.244
§ 6.244. VENUE.
Status: in_force

A suit instituted under Section 6.241 or 6.242 of this code must be brought in a district court in Travis County.
Tex. Tax Code § 113.103 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 113 / Section 113.103
§ 113.103. APPLICABILITY OF LIEN TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A bank or savings and loan institution is not required to recognize the claim of the state to a deposit or to withhold payment of a deposit to a depositor or to the depositor's order unless the bank or institution has been served by the comptroller with a notice of the state's claim.

(b) Notice of a state claim must be in writing and be served by certified mail to the bank or institution or served personally on the president or any vice-president, cashier, or assistant cashier of the bank or institution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.104
§ 1579.104. OPTIONAL COVERAGES.
Status: in_force

The trustee may not offer optional coverages, other than optional permanent life insurance, optional long-term care insurance, and optional disability insurance, to employees participating in the program. This section does not affect the right of a participating entity to offer optional coverages to its employees under terms and conditions established by the participating entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8333.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8333 / Section 8333.102
§ 8333.102. 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.