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Tex. Education Code § 54.5241 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5241
§ 54.5241. STUDENT UNION FEES; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may impose a fee in a fixed amount on each student enrolled in a component institution of the Texas Tech University System for the purpose of providing revenue for financing, operating, maintaining, improving, and equipping student union facilities or for acquiring or constructing additions to those facilities.

(b) The board of regents may change the amount of the fee imposed at an institution as necessary to provide sufficient funds for the student union but may not increase the amount of the fee by more than 10 percent unless the amount of the increase is approved by:

(1) a majority of the students of the institution voting in a general student election held for that purpose; or

(2) a majority vote of the legislative body of the student government of the institution.

(c) The board of regents may prorate the amount of the fee imposed at an institution based on the length of the semester or term for which a student enrolls.

(d) The fiscal officer of each institution shall collect the fees imposed under this section at the institution and shall credit the money received from the fees to an account known as the student union account. The money in the account may be used only for the purposes provided by Subsection (a) and shall be placed under the control of and subject to the order of the advisory board of the institution's student union. The advisory board shall annually submit a complete and itemized budget accompanied by a full and complete report of all activities conducted during the year and all expenditures made in connection with those activities. The board of regents shall make the changes in the budget as the board of regents considers necessary before approving the budget and shall impose the fees in an amount sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the student union, subject to Subsection (b).

(e) The board of regents may pledge the fees imposed under this section to pay obligations issued for authorized purposes pursuant to the revenue financing system of the Texas Tech University System.

(f) Student union fees imposed under this section are in addition to any other fee the board of regents is authorized by law to impose and may not be considered in determining the maximum student services fee that may be imposed under Section 54.503(b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8363.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8363 / Section 8363.101
§ 8363.101. 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. Government Code § 508.2525 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.2525
§ 508.2525. WARRANT FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF SUPER-INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

A law enforcement agency shall execute, as soon as practicable, a warrant that is directed to the agency and issued for the return of a releasee in the super-intensive supervision program based on a violation of a condition of parole or mandatory supervision related to the electronic monitoring of the releasee.
Tex. Labor Code § 213.057 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 213 / Section 213.057
§ 213.057. TAX LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount due from an employing unit under this subtitle is secured by a lien on property belonging to the employing unit or to any individual indebted for the sum.

(b) The lien attaches at the time the contribution, penalty, interest, or other charge becomes overdue.

(c) The lien may be recorded in a "State Tax Liens" book kept by a county clerk under Section 113.004, Tax Code.

(d) The lien may be released in the manner provided for other state tax liens under Chapter 113, Tax Code.

(e) The commission shall pay by warrant drawn by the comptroller to the county clerk of the county in which the notice of lien is filed the fee for filing and recording similar instruments. The fee shall be added to the amount due from the employer.

(f) When the liability secured by the lien is fully paid, the commission shall mail to the employer a release of the lien. The employer is responsible for filing the release with the appropriate county clerk and to pay the county clerk's fee for recording the release.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.151 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74 / Section 74.151
§ 74.151. LIABILITY FOR EMERGENCY CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who in good faith administers emergency care is not liable in civil damages for an act performed during the emergency unless the act is wilfully or wantonly negligent, including a person who:

(1) administers emergency care using an automated external defibrillator; or

(2) administers emergency care as a volunteer who is a first responder as the term is defined under Section 421.095, Government Code.

(b) This section does not apply to care administered:

(1) for or in expectation of remuneration, provided that being legally entitled to receive remuneration for the emergency care rendered shall not determine whether or not the care was administered for or in anticipation of remuneration; or

(2) by a person who was at the scene of the emergency because he or a person he represents as an agent was soliciting business or seeking to perform a service for remuneration.

(c), (d) Deleted by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 10.01.

(e) Except as provided by this subsection, this section does not apply to a person whose negligent act or omission was a producing cause of the emergency for which care is being administered. This subsection does not apply to liability of a school district or district school officer or employee arising from an act or omission under a program or practice or procedure developed under Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Education Code, other than liability arising from wilful or intentional misconduct.
Tex. Property Code § 21.013 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.013
§ 21.013. VENUE; FEES AND PROCESSING FOR SUIT FILED IN DISTRICT COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) The venue of a condemnation proceeding is the county in which the owner of the property being condemned resides if the owner resides in a county in which part of the property is located. Otherwise, the venue of a condemnation proceeding is any county in which at least part of the property is located.

(b) Except where otherwise provided by law, a party initiating a condemnation proceeding in a county in which there is one or more county courts at law with jurisdiction shall file the petition with any clerk authorized to handle such filings for that court or courts.

(c) A party initiating a condemnation proceeding in a county in which there is not a county court at law must file the condemnation petition with the district clerk. The filing fee shall be due at the time of filing.

(d) District and county clerks shall assign an equal number of eminent domain cases in rotation to each court with jurisdiction that the clerk serves.
Tex. Occupations Code § 51.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.105
§ 51.105. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the commission and the management responsibilities of the executive director and the staff of the department.
Tex. Water Code § 66.014 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 66 / Section 66.014
§ 66.014. PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) To create a district, a person or the commissioners courts in the counties in which all or part of the district is to be located shall file a petition with the executive director requesting creation of the district.

(b) The petition must be signed by at least 50 persons who reside within the boundaries of the proposed district or by a majority of the members of the commissioners court in each county in which all or part of the district is to be located.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01550 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01550
§ 30.01550.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.01550. JOINT COURT: APPLICABLE LAW. (a) The municipalities by contract shall select one of the contracting municipality's enabling statutes as the source of applicable procedural requirements for the operation of the joint municipal court of record established under Section 30.01546.

(b) All of the provisions of the statute selected under Subsection (a) apply to the operation of the joint municipal court of record. If there is a conflict with any of the provisions in Sections 30.01546-30.01549, those sections control.

(c) Any matter that is not governed by the contracting municipalities' enabling legislation or other law shall be resolved by the contract entered into under Section 30.01546.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.252
§ 110.252. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The council shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the council and to speak on any issue under the council's jurisdiction.

(b) The executive director shall prepare and maintain a written plan describing how a person who does not speak English may be provided reasonable access to the council's programs and services.
Tex. Finance Code § 396.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 396 / Section 396.202
§ 396.202. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A private child support enforcement agency shall maintain records of all child support collections made on behalf of, and disbursed to, a client who is an obligee, including:

(1) the name of any obligor who made child support payments collected by the agency;

(2) the amount of support collected by the agency for each client, including:

(A) the date on which the amount was collected; and

(B) the date on which each amount due the client by the obligor was paid to the client;

(3) a copy of the order establishing the child support obligation under which a collection was made by the agency; and

(4) any other pertinent information relating to the child support obligation, including any case, cause, or docket number of the court having jurisdiction over the matter.

(b) The records required under this section must be updated at least monthly and must be maintained by the private child support enforcement agency for a period of four years from the date of the last support payment collected by the agency on behalf of an obligee.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 35.15 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 35.15
§ 35.15. NUMBER OF CHALLENGES.
Status: in_force

(a) In capital cases in which the State seeks the death penalty both the State and defendant shall be entitled to fifteen peremptory challenges. Where two or more defendants are tried together, the State shall be entitled to eight peremptory challenges for each defendant; and each defendant shall be entitled to eight peremptory challenges.

(b) In non-capital felony cases and in capital cases in which the State does not seek the death penalty, the State and defendant shall each be entitled to ten peremptory challenges. If two or more defendants are tried together each defendant shall be entitled to six peremptory challenges and the State to six for each defendant.

(c) The State and the defendant shall each be entitled to five peremptory challenges in a misdemeanor tried in the district court and to three in the county court, or county court at law. If two or more defendants are tried together, each defendant shall be entitled to three such challenges and the State to three for each defendant in either court.

(d) The State and the defendant shall each be entitled to one peremptory challenge in addition to those otherwise allowed by law if one or two alternate jurors are to be impaneled and two peremptory challenges if three or four alternate jurors are to be impaneled. The additional peremptory challenges provided by this subsection may be used against an alternate juror only, and the other peremptory challenges allowed by law may not be used against an alternate juror.
Tex. Estates Code § 54.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 54 / Section 54.001
§ 54.001. EFFECT OF FILING OR CONTESTING PLEADING.
Status: in_force

(a) The filing or contesting in probate court of a pleading relating to a decedent's estate does not constitute tortious interference with inheritance of the estate.

(b) This section does not abrogate any right of a person under Rule 13, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or Chapter 10, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 73.013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 73 / Section 73.013
§ 73.013. ELECTION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A relocation election must be held on the first election date that is authorized by Chapter 41, Election Code, and that occurs after the 30th day after the date of the order.

(b) The election shall be ordered to be held in each voting precinct in the county and shall be held, insofar as possible, in the same manner as an election for county officers. The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Moving the county seat from ____________________ (name of the place) to ____________________ (name of the place)."

(c) The requirements of this subsection are in addition to those imposed by Article IX, Section 2, of the Texas Constitution relating to the number of votes that are necessary to move a county seat in certain cases. A two-thirds vote of the voters voting at the election is required to move a county seat located:

(1) more than five miles from the geographic center of the county to another site more than five miles from the center; or

(2) within five miles of the geographic center of the county to another site within five miles of the center.

(d) The geographic center of the county shall be determined by a certificate from the commissioner of the General Land Office.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4004.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.001
§ 4004.001. DEPARTMENT JURISDICTION EXCLUSIVE.
Status: in_force

The department has exclusive jurisdiction of all matters relating to the continuing education of agents licensed under this code.
Tex. Finance Code § 35.010 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 35 / Section 35.010
§ 35.010. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The banking commissioner may initiate a proceeding for an administrative penalty against a bank or other person by serving on the bank or other person, as applicable, notice of the time and place of a hearing on the penalty. The hearing may not be held earlier than the 20th day after the date the notice is served. The notice must:

(1) be served by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested;

(2) contain a statement of the conduct alleged to constitute a violation; and

(3) if the alleged violation is described by Section 35.009(a)(1) or (2), identify corrective action that the bank or other person must take to avoid or reduce the amount of a penalty that would otherwise be imposed under this section.

(b) In determining the amount of any penalty to be imposed, the banking commissioner shall consider the following factors:

(1) the financial resources of the bank or other person;

(2) the good faith of the bank or other person, including any corrective action taken;

(3) the gravity of the violation;

(4) the history of previous violations;

(5) an offset of the amount of the penalty by the amount of any penalty imposed by another state or federal agency for the same conduct; and

(6) any other matter that justice may require.

(c) If the banking commissioner determines after the hearing that the alleged conduct occurred and that the conduct constitutes a violation, the banking commissioner may impose an administrative penalty against a bank or other person, as applicable, in an amount:

(1) if imposed against a bank, not more than $10,000 for each violation for each day the violation continues, except that the maximum administrative penalty that may be imposed is the lesser of $500,000 or one percent of the bank's assets; or

(2) if imposed against a person other than a bank, not more than $5,000 for each violation for each day the violation continues, except that the maximum administrative penalty that may be imposed is $250,000.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.008 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 65 / Section 65.008
§ 65.008. GENERAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

The following persons are immune from liability for good faith conduct under this chapter:

(1) a criminal justice official;

(2) an employee or officer of the department, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a local law enforcement authority or law enforcement agency;

(3) an employee or officer of a community supervision and corrections department or a juvenile probation department; and

(4) a member of the judiciary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8115.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8115 / Section 8115.051
§ 8115.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.057
§ 1075.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from among its members a president, vice president, secretary, and other officers as in the judgment of the board are necessary.

(b) The president is the chief executive officer of the district and has the same right to vote as any other director.

(c) If the president is absent or fails and declines to act, the vice president shall perform the president's duties and exercise the president's powers under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8016A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8016A / Section 8016A.0503
§ 8016A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.142 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.142
§ 134.142. ELIGIBILITY OF LAND AND WATER.
Status: in_force

Land and water are eligible for reclamation or abatement expenditures under this subchapter if the land and water are eligible for reclamation or abatement expenditures under the federal Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8871.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8871 / Section 8871.051
§ 8871.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of seven directors.

(b) Directors elected after the election held under Section 8871.024 serve four-year terms.

(c) The directors are elected as follows:

(1) one director must reside in the corporate limits of the City of Bee Cave and be elected by voters residing in the City of Bee Cave;

(2) one director must reside in the corporate limits of the City of Lakeway or Village of the Hills and be elected by voters residing in the City of Lakeway and Village of the Hills;

(3) one director must reside in the corporate limits of the City of West Lake Hills and be elected by voters residing in the City of West Lake Hills; and

(4) four directors must:

(A) reside inside the district and outside the corporate limits of the City of Bee Cave, City of Lakeway, Village of the Hills, and City of West Lake Hills;

(B) be elected by voters residing inside the district and outside the corporate limits of the City of Bee Cave, City of Lakeway, Village of the Hills, and City of West Lake Hills; and

(C) each use groundwater as a source of water supply for one or more beneficial uses at their respective residences.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1043.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1043 / Section 1043.253
§ 1043.253. ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.

(b) The maximum tax rate may not be increased unless the increase is approved by a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose.

(c) The board shall give notice in the manner provided for a bond election under Section 1043.203.
Tex. Insurance Code § 825.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 825 / Section 825.103
§ 825.103. DISTRIBUTION OF DIVIDENDS.
Status: in_force

After conversion, the converting company shall annually distribute among its policyholders, under terms approved by the commissioner, dividends or earnings accruing to the converting company as the result of the acquisition of shares of the converting company's stock under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.112
§ 1037.112. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a county or municipality located outside the district's boundaries for the care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county or municipality.

(b) The board may contract with this state or a federal agency for the treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1955.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1955 / Section 1955.103
§ 1955.103. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may impose an administrative penalty on a person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. The amount of the penalty may not exceed $5,000 for each day of the violation.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to the imposition and collection of an administrative penalty.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 58.0211 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 58 / Section 58.0211
§ 58.0211. LOAN LIMITS.
Status: repealed

(a) The authority may make, guarantee, insure, coinsure, or reinsure a loan up to the limits in this section and Section 58.021 for a single eligible business which already has an active loan if the action is approved by a two-thirds vote of the members present.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 1.21(3), eff. September 1, 2009.

(c) The authority may not guarantee more than 90 percent of a loan to an eligible agricultural business made by a private lender.
Tex. Transportation Code § 62.043 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 62 / Section 62.043
§ 62.043. ISSUANCE OF BRANCH PILOT LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing of the bond and the taking of the oath required by Section 62.042, a commissioner of pilots shall certify to the governor that the branch pilot has qualified.

(b) On receiving the certificate, the governor shall issue to the branch pilot, in the name of the state and under the state seal, a commission to serve as a branch pilot in the jurisdiction of the pilot board of a navigation district.
Tex. Water Code § 27.040 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.040
§ 27.040. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "offshore" means the area in the Gulf of Mexico seaward of the coast that is within three marine leagues of the coast.