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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.109
§ 1037.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment for hospital purposes to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.204
§ 9015.204. SURVEYS.
Status: in_force

The authority has the same rights and powers to make surveys and attend to other business of the authority in Jim Wells and Nueces Counties as provided by Section 49.221, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3958.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3958 / Section 3958.108
§ 3958.108. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1082.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1082 / Section 1082.112
§ 1082.112. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to:

(1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or

(2) provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8049.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8049 / Section 8049.0502
§ 8049.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Water Code § 63.105 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.105
§ 63.105. ENGINEER.
Status: in_force

The district may employ a competent engineer whose term of office and compensation shall be determined by the district.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0053
§ 540.0053. STATEWIDE EFFORT TO PROMOTE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and implement a statewide effort to assist recipients who satisfy Medicaid eligibility requirements and who receive Medicaid services through a Medicaid managed care organization with:

(1) maintaining eligibility; and

(2) avoiding lapses in Medicaid coverage.

(b) As part of the commission's effort under Subsection (a), the commission shall:

(1) require each Medicaid managed care organization to assist the organization's recipients with maintaining eligibility;

(2) if the commission determines it is cost-effective, develop specific strategies for assisting recipients who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under 42 U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq. with maintaining eligibility; and

(3) ensure information relevant to a recipient's eligibility status is provided to the recipient's Medicaid managed care organization.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1071.503 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.503
§ 1071.503. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,500 for each violation.

(b) At the request of the board, the attorney general shall bring an action to recover the civil penalty in the name of the state.

(c) A civil penalty recovered under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2303.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.155
§ 2303.155. CHARGES RELATED TO STORAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, "governmental vehicle storage facility" means a garage, parking lot, or other facility that is:

(1) owned by a governmental entity; and

(2) used to store or park at least 10 vehicles each year.

(b) The operator of a vehicle storage facility or governmental vehicle storage facility may charge the owner of a vehicle stored or parked at the facility:

(1) a notification fee set in a reasonable amount for providing notice under this subchapter, including notice under Section 2303.154(c);

(2) an impoundment fee of $20, subject to Section 2303.1552, for any action that:

(A) is taken by or at the direction of the owner or operator of the facility; and

(B) is necessary to preserve, protect, or service a vehicle stored or parked at the facility;

(3) a daily storage fee, subject to Section 2303.1552, of:

(A) $20 for each day or part of a day the vehicle is stored at the facility if the vehicle is not longer than 25 feet; or

(B) $35 for each day or part of a day the vehicle is stored at the facility if the vehicle is longer than 25 feet; and

(4) any fee that is required to be submitted to a law enforcement agency, the agency's authorized agent, or a governmental entity.

(c) A notification fee under Subsection (b) may not exceed $50, except that if notice by publication is required by this chapter and the cost of publication exceeds 50 percent of the notification fee, the vehicle storage facility may recover the additional amount of the cost of publication from the vehicle owner or agent.

(d) For purposes of imposing a daily storage fee, a day is considered to begin at midnight and to end at the next following midnight. A daily storage fee may be charged regardless of whether the vehicle is stored for 24 hours of the day, except that a daily storage fee may not be charged for more than one day if the vehicle remains at the facility for less than 12 hours.

(e) The operator of a vehicle storage facility or governmental vehicle storage facility may charge a daily storage fee under Subsection (b):

(1) for not more than five days before the date notice is mailed or published under this subchapter, if the vehicle is registered in this state;

(2) for not more than five days before the date the request for owner information is sent to the appropriate governmental entity as required by this subchapter, if the vehicle is registered in another state; and

(3) for each day the vehicle is in storage after the date the notice is mailed or published until the vehicle is removed and all accrued charges are paid.

(f) The operator of a vehicle storage facility or governmental vehicle storage facility may not charge an additional fee related to the storage of a vehicle other than a fee authorized by this section or a towing fee authorized by Chapter 2308.

(g) This section controls over any conflicting municipal ordinance or charter provision.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0105
§ 8511.0105. TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is composed of the territory described by Section 2.02(a), Chapter 427, Acts of the 44th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1935, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subsection (c) or its predecessor statute, Section 2.02(c), Chapter 427, Acts of the 44th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1935;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The board shall record in the authority's minutes the written description of the boundaries in Section 2.02(a), Chapter 427, Acts of the 44th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1935.

(c) If the directors find any land included in the field notes, other than land in San Patricio, Nueces, and Jim Wells Counties, that is not actually included in the watershed of the Nueces River, the board shall exclude the land from the authority and file a certificate of exclusion with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located. The certificate of exclusion must describe the boundaries of the land excluded so that the land remaining in the authority may be adequately identified.

(d) The boundaries and field notes of the authority form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the authority's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the authority's right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the authority is created or to pay the principal of or interest on the bond;

(3) the right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the authority or its governing body.
Tex. Government Code § 24.131 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.131
§ 24.131.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.131. 29TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (PALO PINTO COUNTY). (a) The 29th Judicial District is composed of Palo Pinto County.

(b) The terms of the 29th District Court begin on the first Monday in March, the first Monday after the third Saturday in June, and the first Monday after the fourth Saturday in October.
Tex. Property Code § 62.103 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.103
§ 62.103. COSTS OF INTERPLEADER.
Status: in_force

Related costs for any interpleader action may be deducted from the escrow account by the person maintaining the escrow account.
Tex. Family Code § 101.0201 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0201
§ 101.0201. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.
Status: in_force

"Notice of application for judicial writ of withholding" means the document delivered to an obligor and filed with the court as required by Chapter 158 for the nonjudicial determination of arrears and initiation of withholding.
Tex. Election Code § 276.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 276 / Section 276.006
§ 276.006. CHANGING ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

A change in a boundary of a territorial unit of a political subdivision other than a county from which an office of the political subdivision is elected is not effective for an election unless the date of the order or other action adopting the boundary change is more than three months before election day.
Tex. Labor Code § 411.018 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 411 / Section 411.018
§ 411.018. FEDERAL OSHA COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

In accordance with Section 7(c), Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. Section 656), the division shall:

(1) consult with employers regarding compliance with federal occupational safety laws and rules; and

(2) collect information relating to occupational safety as required by federal laws, rules, or agreements.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.979 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.979
§ 201.979.
Status: in_force

Sec. 201.979. "WELCOME TO TEXAS" SIGNS. (a) The department shall erect a "Welcome to Texas" sign to designate the state boundary on an interstate, United States, or state highway entering the state.

(b) A "Welcome to Texas" sign erected by the department must include the following elements:

(1) a depiction of the state flag; and

(2) the phrase "Drive Friendly - The Texas Way."

(c) A "Welcome to Texas" sign may also include the phrase "Welcome to Texas - Proud Home of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush."

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c) above, if the president of the United States is a resident of Texas, a "Welcome to Texas" sign erected by the department shall include the phrase "Welcome to Texas - Proud Home of President [insert name of the president of the United States]."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4013.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4013 / Section 4013.0504
§ 4013.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue, without an election, bonds secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including contract revenues; or

(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.501 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.501
§ 201.501. REPRODUCTION OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may photograph, microphotograph, or film any record that pertains to department operations.

(b) The department may create original records in micrographic form on media, such as computer output microfilm.

(c) The department shall provide an adequate number of microfilm readers and printers to allow the public convenient and inexpensive access to records created under Subsection (a). The department shall index the records alphabetically, by number, by subject matter, or by other appropriate references and shall provide the index to the public to promote convenient access.

(d) A photograph, microphotograph, or film of a record reproduced under Subsection (a) is equivalent to the original record for all purposes, including introduction as evidence in all courts and administrative agency proceedings. A certified or authenticated copy of such a photograph, microphotograph, or film is admissible as evidence equally with the original photograph, microphotograph, or film.

(e) The director or an authorized representative may certify the authenticity of a photograph, microphotograph, or film of a record reproduced under this section and shall charge a fee for the certified photograph, microphotograph, or film as provided by law.

(f) Certified records shall be furnished to any person who is authorized by law to receive them.
Tex. Education Code § 30.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 30 / Section 30.101
§ 30.101. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide the state available school fund apportionment to children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. To provide the state available school fund apportionment for educational purposes, the educational programs provided to those children are considered to be educational services provided by public schools.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1077.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1077 / Section 1077.057
§ 1077.057. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to receive actual expenses incurred in attending to district business on approval of the expenses by the remainder of the board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.207 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.207
§ 454.207. LICENSE EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule shall recognize a national testing entity to administer the examinations required to obtain an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license.

(b) The examination must test the applicant's knowledge of the basic and clinical sciences relating to occupational therapy, occupational therapy techniques and methods, and other subjects the board may require to determine the applicant's fitness to practice.

(c) If the board enters into a contract with a national testing entity under Subsection (a), the contract must include a provision requiring that the national testing entity be responsible for overseeing the examination process, including responsibility for:

(1) specifying application requirements for the examination;

(2) specifying reexamination requirements for the examination;

(3) verifying that an applicant meets the educational and supervised field work experience requirements established by the board; and

(4) notifying an applicant and the board of the applicant's examination results.

(d) The rules adopted under this section may require that an applicant authorize the national testing entity to directly provide to the board the applicant's examination results.

(e) The board may require an applicant for an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license to pass a jurisprudence examination.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6610.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6610 / Section 6610.103
§ 6610.103. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY; EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, by gift, devise, purchase, lease, or condemnation, may acquire an easement, right-of-way, or other property needed to carry on the work of the district.

(b) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain. Procedures with reference to condemnation, the assessment and estimation of damages, payment, appeal, and entrance on property pending appeal, and all other procedures prescribed by Chapter 21, Property Code, apply to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.185 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.185
§ 361.185.
Status: in_force

Sec. 361.185. INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY. (a) After the public meeting or after opportunity to request a public meeting has passed, but before any listing of the facility on the state registry, the commission shall allow all identified potentially responsible parties the opportunity to fund or conduct, if appropriate, a remedial investigation/feasibility study, or a similar study as approved by the executive director, for the facility. Not later than the 90th day after notice under Section 361.184(a) is issued, the potentially responsible parties may make a good faith offer to conduct the study. If a good faith offer from all or some of the potentially responsible parties is received by the commission within that period, those making the offer have an additional 60 days within which to negotiate an agreed administrative order from the commission, which must include a scope of work. In the agreed administrative order the commission may not require the participating potentially responsible parties to agree to perform the remedial action or admit liability for the facility remediation.

(b) If no potentially responsible party makes a good faith offer to conduct the remedial investigation/feasibility study or similar study as approved by the executive director or if the participating potentially responsible parties fail to conduct or complete an approved study, the commission may conduct or complete the study using funds from the hazardous waste disposal fee fund.

(c) To encourage potentially responsible parties to perform the remedial investigation/feasibility study or other similar study as approved by the executive director, costs for commission oversight of the study may not be assessed against those parties who fund or perform the study. Nonparticipating potentially responsible parties who are ultimately determined to be liable for remediation of the facility under this chapter or who subsequently enter into an agreed order relative to the remediation of the facility may be assessed up to the full costs for commission oversight of the study process. If all potentially responsible parties participate or agree to fund the remedial investigation/feasibility study or other similar study, all commission oversight costs shall be paid from the hazardous waste disposal fee fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8055.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8055 / Section 8055.0501
§ 8055.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Property Code § 94.155 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.155
§ 94.155. CASUALTY LOSS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a condition results from an insured casualty loss, such as fire, smoke, hail, explosion, or a similar cause, the period for repair does not begin until the landlord receives the insurance proceeds.

(b) If after a casualty loss the leased premises are as a practical matter totally unusable for the purposes for which the premises were leased and if the casualty loss is not caused by the negligence or fault of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or a guest or invitee of the tenant, either the landlord or the tenant may terminate the lease by giving written notice to the other any time before repairs are completed. If the lease is terminated, the tenant is entitled only to a pro rata refund of rent from the date the tenant moves out and to a refund of any security deposit otherwise required by law.

(c) If after a casualty loss the leased premises are partially unusable for the purposes for which the premises were leased and if the casualty loss is not caused by the negligence or fault of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or a guest or invitee of the tenant, the tenant is entitled to reduction in the rent in an amount proportionate to the extent the premises are unusable because of the casualty, but only on judgment of a county or district court. A landlord and tenant may agree otherwise in a written lease.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3915.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3915 / Section 3915.203
§ 3915.203. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3940.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3940 / Section 3940.106
§ 3940.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Estates Code § 308.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 308 / Section 308.054
§ 308.054. PERMISSIVE NOTICE TO UNSECURED CREDITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time before an estate administration is closed, a personal representative may give notice by a qualified delivery method to an unsecured creditor who has a claim for money against the estate.

(b) Notice given under Subsection (a) must:

(1) expressly state that the creditor must present the claim before the 121st day after the date of the receipt of the notice or the claim is barred, if the claim is not barred by the general statutes of limitation; and

(2) include:

(A) the date the letters testamentary or of administration held by the personal representative were issued to the representative;

(B) the address to which the claim may be presented; and

(C) an instruction of the representative's choice that the claim be addressed in care of:

(i) the representative;

(ii) the representative's attorney; or

(iii) "Representative, Estate of _______" (naming the estate).
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.301
§ 542.301. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to any insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews a private passenger automobile insurance policy in this state, including a county mutual, a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, or a Lloyd's plan.