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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.204
§ 1062.204. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes;

(2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical or air ambulance service to assist the district in carrying out its hospital purposes.

(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenue derived from the operation of the district's hospital system.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of district property.

(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner provided by Sections 264.042, 264.043, and 264.046-264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital authority.
Tex. Government Code § 81.0872 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0872
§ 81.0872. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee consists of nine members, including:

(1) three attorneys appointed by the president of the state bar;

(2) one nonattorney public member appointed by the president of the state bar;

(3) four attorneys appointed by the supreme court; and

(4) one nonattorney public member appointed by the supreme court.

(b) The president of the state bar and the chief justice of the supreme court shall alternate designating an attorney member of the committee to serve as the presiding officer of the committee for a term of one year.

(c) Committee members serve staggered three-year terms, with one-third of the members' terms expiring each year.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.0695 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.0695
§ 242.0695. USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

Money from an administrative penalty collected under this subchapter may be appropriated for the purpose of funding the grant program established under Section 161.074, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379C.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379C / Section 379C.004
§ 379C.004. URBAN LAND BANK DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt an urban land bank demonstration program in which the officer charged with selling real property ordered sold pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien may sell certain eligible real property by private sale for affordable housing development or other purposes as provided by this chapter.

(b) The governing body of a municipality that adopts an urban land bank demonstration program shall establish or approve a land bank for the purpose of acquiring, holding, and transferring unimproved real property under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.352 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.352
§ 823.352. LIMITATION ON POWER.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may exercise power under Section 823.351 only if:

(1) examination of the insurer under another provision of this code is inadequate; or

(2) the interests of the insurer's policyholders may be adversely affected.
Tex. Government Code § 411.387 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.387
§ 411.387. ACTIVATION OF SILVER ALERT.
Status: in_force

(a) When a local law enforcement agency notifies the department under Section 411.386, the department shall confirm the accuracy of the information and, if confirmed, immediately issue an alert under this subchapter in accordance with department rules.

(b) In issuing the alert, the department shall send the alert to designated media outlets in Texas. Following receipt of the alert, participating radio stations and television stations and other participating media outlets may issue the alert at designated intervals to assist in locating the missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.108 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.108
§ 21.108. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION.
Status: in_force

A provision in this chapter referring to discrimination because of religion or on the basis of religion applies to discrimination because of or on the basis of any aspect of religious observance, practice, or belief, unless an employer demonstrates that the employer is unable reasonably to accommodate the religious observance or practice of an employee or applicant without undue hardship to the conduct of the employer's business.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.059 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.059
§ 2A.059. NATIONALITY OR IMMIGRATION STATUS INQUIRY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), in the course of investigating an alleged criminal offense, a peace officer may inquire as to the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to the offense only if the officer determines that the inquiry is necessary to:

(1) investigate the offense; or

(2) provide the victim or witness with information about federal visas designed to protect individuals providing assistance to law enforcement.

(b) Subsection (a) does not prevent a peace officer from:

(1) conducting a separate investigation of any other alleged criminal offense; or

(2) inquiring as to the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense if the officer has probable cause to believe that the victim or witness has engaged in specific conduct constituting a separate criminal offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.211 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.211
§ 1070.211. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money for district operating expenses in an amount not to exceed the amount of tax or other revenue the district expects to receive during the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed.

(b) To repay the debt, the board may pledge all or part of the tax or other revenue received during the fiscal year in which the board borrows money under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 388.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 388 / Section 388.012
§ 388.012. DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY-SAVING METHODS.
Status: in_force

The laboratory shall develop at least three alternative methods for achieving a 15 percent greater potential energy savings in residential, commercial, and industrial construction than the potential energy savings of construction that is in minimum compliance with Section 388.003. The alternative methods:

(1) may include both prescriptive and performance-based approaches, such as the approach of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star qualified new home labeling program; and

(2) must include an estimate of:

(A) the implementation costs and energy savings to consumers; and

(B) the related emissions reductions.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.066 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.066
§ 341.066. TOURIST COURTS, HOTELS, INNS, AND ROOMING HOUSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person operating a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house in this state shall:

(1) provide a safe and ample water supply for the general conduct of the tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house; and

(2) submit samples of the water at least once a year before May 1 to the department for bacteriological analysis.

(b) A tourist court, hotel, inn, and rooming house must be equipped with an approved system of sewage disposal maintained in a sanitary condition.

(c) An owner or operator of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house shall keep the premises sanitary and shall provide every practical facility essential for that purpose.

(d) An owner or operator of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house who provides a gas stove for the heating of a unit in the facility shall determine that the stove is properly installed and maintained in a properly ventilated room.

(e) An owner, operator, or manager of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house shall maintain sanitary appliances located in the facility in good repair.

(f) Food offered for sale at a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house shall be:

(1) adequately protected from flies, dust, vermin, and spoilage; and

(2) kept in a sanitary condition.

(g) An owner, manager, or agent of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house may not rent or furnish a unit to a person succeeding a previous occupant before:

(1) thoroughly cleaning the unit; and

(2) providing clean and sanitary sheets, towels, and pillowcases.

(h) An owner, operator, or manager of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house shall maintain the facility in a sanitary condition.

(i) A tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house that does not conform to this chapter is a public health nuisance.
Tex. Government Code § 434.036 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.036
§ 434.036. PROHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer may not charge a fee or permit the payment of a fee by an applicant to a third person for services the officer renders under this subchapter.

(b) An officer may not seek to influence the execution of a power of attorney to one national service organization over that of another.
Tex. Water Code § 56.018 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.018
§ 56.018. HEARING ON THE PETITION.
Status: in_force

At the hearing on the petition, any person whose land would be affected by creating the district may appear before the commissioners court and may contest the creation of the district or contend for its creation. The person may offer testimony to show that the district is or is not necessary and would or would not be a public utility and that creating the district would or would not be feasible or practicable.
Tex. Utilities Code § 186.004 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 186 / Section 186.004
§ 186.004. UNLAWFUL PICKETING, THREATS, OR INTIMIDATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not:

(1) picket the plant, premises, or other property of a public utility with intent to disrupt the service of that utility or to prevent the maintenance of that service; or

(2) engage in picketing that has the effect of disrupting the service of a public utility or preventing the maintenance of that service.

(b) A person may not:

(1) intimidate, threaten, or harass an employee of a public utility with intent to disrupt the service of the utility or prevent the maintenance of that service; or

(2) intimidate, threaten, or harass an employee of a public utility if that conduct has the effect of disrupting the service of the utility or preventing the maintenance of that service.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1152.231 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1152 / Section 1152.231
§ 1152.231. GENERAL PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person required to register under this chapter may not serve as a registered senior property tax consultant for more than 10 registered property tax consultants unless each additional tax consultant sponsored or supervised by the registered senior property tax consultant has for the previous six months:

(1) been employed and engaged as a tax consultant on a full-time basis;

(2) performed tax consultant related services as an employee of a property owner; or

(3) performed licensed appraisal services.

(b) Except for protests filed with the approval of a lessee under Section 41.413, Tax Code, a person required to register under this chapter may not file a protest under Chapter 41, Tax Code, without the approval of the property owner.

(c) A person required to register under this chapter may not falsify an agent appointment, exemption application, protest, or other legal document that is filed with or presented to an appraisal district, an appraisal review board, or a taxing unit.

(d) A person required to register under this chapter may not file a motion or protest concerning residential property on behalf of a person whom the registrant does not represent unless the registrant has authorization from:

(1) that person; or

(2) another person, other than the agent or the firm that employs the agent, who is authorized by the person to designate agents under Section 1.111, Tax Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 317.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.152
§ 317.152. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE TAX REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may issue tax bonds under this chapter to refund outstanding original or refunding bonds issued by the municipality under this chapter and the accrued interest on those bonds.

(b) Refunding bonds issued under this section may be issued to refund tax bonds of more than one series or issue.
Tex. Family Code § 301.054 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 301 / Section 301.054
§ 301.054. PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND TANGIBLE ITEMS.
Status: in_force

The responding party shall provide copies of documents and other tangible items with the response to a request served under Section 301.051 unless:

(1) the responsive documents are voluminous;

(2) the responding party states a reasonable time and place for the production of the documents;

(3) the responding party produces the documents at the time and place stated under Subdivision (2) unless otherwise agreed by the parties or ordered by the court; and

(4) the responding party provides the requesting party a reasonable opportunity to inspect the documents.
Tex. Transportation Code § 731.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 731 / Section 731.051
§ 731.051. ELIGIBILITY FOR TITLE AND REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an owner of an assembled vehicle shall apply for a title for the vehicle and register the vehicle as provided by Chapters 501 and 502, as applicable, and in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter, regardless of whether the assembled vehicle was built or assembled using a vehicle that was previously titled in this state or another jurisdiction.

(b) An assembled vehicle may not be titled or registered in this state if the vehicle:

(1) is built or assembled from the merging of two or more vehicle classes, provided that component parts from the following vehicle classes may be interchanged:

(A) two-axle, four-tire passenger cars;

(B) two-axle, four-tire pickups, panels, and vans; and

(C) six-tire dually pickups, of which the rear tires are dual tires;

(2) uses the frame or body of a nonrepairable motor vehicle, as defined by Section 501.091;

(3) contains any electrical or mechanical components from a flood-damaged vehicle;

(4) is designed for off-highway use only;

(5) is designed by the manufacturer for on-track racing only;

(6) has been stripped to the extent that the vehicle loses its original identity; or

(7) uses any parts that do not meet federal motor vehicle safety standards, if standards have been developed for those parts.
Tex. Local Government Code § 326.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 326 / Section 326.003
§ 326.003. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of trustees of a district.

(2) "District" means a library district created under this chapter.

(3) "Municipal public library" means a library that is:

(A) financed and operated by a municipality; and

(B) open free of charge to all members of the public under identical conditions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8241.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8241 / Section 8241.003
§ 8241.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.1031 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.1031
§ 601.1031. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board shall require that an applicant for a certificate submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the advisory board, to the advisory board or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information from the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(b) The advisory board may not issue a certificate to a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).

(c) The advisory board shall conduct a criminal history check of each applicant for a certificate using information:

(1) provided by the individual under this section; and

(2) made available to the advisory board by the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code.

(d) The advisory board may:

(1) enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Safety to administer a criminal history check required under this section; and

(2) authorize the Department of Public Safety to collect from each applicant the costs incurred by the Department of Public Safety in conducting the criminal history check.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.71 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 11 / Section 11.71
§ 11.71. SURETY MAY TERMINATE LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A surety under the bond of a permittee may terminate its liability by giving 30 days' written notice of termination, served personally or by registered mail on the principal and the commission. The surety is discharged from all liability under the bond for any act or omission of the principal occurring after the expiration of 30 days from the date the notice is served. If the principal fails to duly file a new bond in the same amount and with the same conditions as the original bond before the expiration of the 30-day period, his permit shall terminate when the 30-day period expires.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8145.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8145 / Section 8145.003
§ 8145.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.101
§ 8325.101. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 4501.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4501 / Section 4501.002
§ 4501.002. CREATION AND NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The Texas State Railroad Authority is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, for the development of parks and recreational facilities.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.367 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.367
§ 623.367. SPEED LIMIT.
Status: in_force

Movement authorized by a permit issued under this subchapter may not exceed the posted speed limit or 55 miles per hour, whichever is less. A violation of this provision constitutes a moving violation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8823.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8823 / Section 8823.003
§ 8823.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held before September 1, 2019:

(1) the district is dissolved on September 1, 2019, except that:

(A) any debts incurred shall be paid;

(B) any assets that remain after the payment of debts shall be transferred to Aransas County; and

(C) the organization of the district shall be maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires on September 1, 2021.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.007 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.007
§ 408.007. DATE OF INJURY FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subtitle, the date of injury for an occupational disease is the date on which the employee knew or should have known that the disease may be related to the employment.
Tex. Occupations Code § 203.403 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 203 / Section 203.403
§ 203.403. PROHIBITED USE OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A midwife certified by the North American Registry of Midwives who uses "certified" as part of the midwife's title in an identification statement or advertisement must include in the statement or advertisement a statement that the midwife is certified by the North American Registry of Midwives.

(b) A midwife may not use an identification statement or advertisement that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the midwife is certified by a governmental entity.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.053 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.053
§ 21.053. DISCRIMINATION BY LABOR ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

A labor organization commits an unlawful employment practice if because of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age the labor organization:

(1) excludes or expels from membership or discriminates in any other manner against an individual; or

(2) limits, segregates, or classifies a member or an applicant for membership or classifies or fails or refuses to refer for employment an individual in a manner that would:

(A) deprive or tend to deprive an individual of any employment opportunity;

(B) limit an employment opportunity or adversely affect in any other manner the status of an employee or of an applicant for employment; or

(C) cause or attempt to cause an employer to violate this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7911.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7911 / Section 7911.104
§ 7911.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Local Government Code § 87.013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 87 / Section 87.013
§ 87.013. GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer may be removed for:

(1) incompetency;

(2) official misconduct; or

(3) intoxication on or off duty caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage.

(b) Intoxication is not a ground for removal if it appears at the trial that the intoxication was caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage on the direction and prescription of a licensed physician practicing in this state.