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Tex. Government Code § 2165.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.007
§ 2165.007. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "facilities management services" means any state agency facilities management service that is not unique to carrying out a program of the agency. The term includes services related to facilities construction, facilities management, general building and grounds maintenance, cabling, and facility reconfiguration.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall provide facilities management services in relation to all state agency facilities in Travis County or a county adjacent to Travis County. The commission's duty does not apply to:

(1) a facility owned or operated by an institution of higher education;

(2) military facilities;

(3) facilities owned or operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;

(4) facilities owned or operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;

(5) facilities owned or operated by the Texas Department of Transportation;

(6) the Capitol, including the Capitol Extension, the General Land Office building, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, any museum located on the Capitol grounds, the Governor's Mansion, and any property maintained by the Texas Historical Commission under Sections 442.0072 and 442.0073;

(7) a facility determined by the commission to be completely residential;

(8) a regional or field office of a state agency;

(9) a facility located within or on state park property;

(10) the property known as the Finance Commission Building described by deed recorded in Volume 5080, Page 1099, of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;

(11) the property known as the Credit Union Department Building described by deed recorded in Volume 6126, Page 27, of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas;

(12) the property known as the Texas State Cemetery described as 17.376 acres located at 801 Comal, Lot 5, Division B, City of Austin, Travis County, Texas; or

(13) facilities owned or operated by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Tex. Insurance Code § 844.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 844 / Section 844.054
§ 844.054. POWERS AND DUTIES OF CERTIFICATE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate holder has all the powers granted to and duties imposed on a health maintenance organization under the insurance laws of this state, including Chapter 843, and is subject to regulation and regulatory enforcement under those laws in the same manner as a health maintenance organization.

(b) A certificate holder shall maintain accreditation as described by Section 844.052(b)(2).
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 71.06 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 71 / Section 71.06
§ 71.06. STORING OR POSSESSING MALT BEVERAGES OFF PREMISES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A holder of a retail dealer's off-premise license may not own, possess, or store malt beverages for the purpose of resale except on the licensed premises.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.371 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.371
§ 104.371. SECURITY INTERESTS; ASSIGNMENT; COMMINGLING; DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

(a) Customer rate relief property does not constitute an account or general intangible under Section 9.106, Business & Commerce Code. The creation, granting, perfection, and enforcement of liens and security interests in customer rate relief property that secures customer rate relief bonds are governed by Chapter 1208, Government Code.

(b) The priority of a lien and security interest perfected under this section is not impaired by any later adjustment of customer rate relief charges under a mechanism adopted under Section 104.370 or by the commingling of funds arising from customer rate relief charges with other funds. Any other security interest that may apply to those funds is terminated when the funds are transferred to a segregated account for the issuing financing entity or a financing party. If customer rate relief property has been transferred to a trustee or another pledgee of the issuing financing entity, any proceeds of that property must be held in trust for the financing party.

(c) If a default or termination occurs under the customer rate relief bonds, a district court of Travis County, on application by or on behalf of the financing parties, shall order the sequestration and payment to the financing parties of revenue arising from the customer rate relief charges.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8219.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8219 / Section 8219.051
§ 8219.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of directors is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Education Code § 74.506 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.506
§ 74.506. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

No state funds shall be expended for physical improvements for the purpose of this Act before fiscal year 1977.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 7B.003 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 7B / Section 7B.003
§ 7B.003. REQUIRED FINDINGS; ISSUANCE OF PROTECTIVE ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) At the close of a hearing on an application for a protective order under this subchapter, the court shall find whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is the victim of an offense listed in Article 7B.001(a)(1) or (2).

(b) If the court finds that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is the victim of an offense listed in Article 7B.001(a)(1) or (2), the court shall issue a protective order that includes a statement of the required findings.

(c) An offender's conviction of or placement on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense listed in Article 7B.001(a)(1) or (2) constitutes reasonable grounds under Subsection (a).

(d) The court shall use the standardized protective order form created by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System under Section 72.039, Government Code, to issue a protective order under this article.

(e) A court's failure to use the standardized protective order form as required under Subsection (d) does not affect the validity or enforceability of the protective order issued.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 58.302 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.302
§ 58.302. SEALING OF MEDICAL RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), on a motion filed by a person described by Subsection (b), the court shall seal the medical records of a child who is a victim of an offense described by Section 1, Article 38.071.

(b) A motion under this article may be filed on the court's own motion or by:

(1) the attorney representing the state;

(2) the defendant; or

(3) the parent or guardian of the victim or, if the victim is no longer a child, the victim.

(c) The court is not required to seal the records described by this article on a finding of good cause after a hearing held under Subsection (d).

(d) The court shall grant the motion without a hearing unless the motion is contested not later than the seventh day after the date the motion is filed.
Tex. Government Code § 839.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 839 / Section 839.003
§ 839.003. INELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

An annuity that is based on service of a member who is removed from judicial office by impeachment, or otherwise for official misconduct, may not be paid under this subtitle.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.033 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.033
§ 501.033. ASSIGNMENT AND REASSIGNMENT OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the permanent identification number affixed by the manufacturer has been removed, altered, or obliterated, or a permanent identification number was never assigned, the department shall assign an identification number to a motor vehicle, semitrailer, trailer, motor, frame, or body of a motor vehicle, or an item of equipment not required to be titled but that may be registered under Chapter 502 or issued license plates under Chapter 504 on inspection under Section 501.0321 and application to the department.

(b) An application under this section must be in a manner prescribed by the department and accompanied by valid evidence of ownership in the name of, or properly assigned to, the applicant as required by the department.

(c) A fee of $2 must accompany each application under this section to be deposited in the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.

(d) The assigned identification number shall be die-stamped or otherwise affixed in the manner and location designated by the department.

(e) The department shall reassign an original manufacturer's identification number only if the person who conducts the inspection under Section 501.0321 determines that the permanent identification number affixed by the manufacturer has been removed, altered, or obliterated.

(f) If the department reassigns a manufacturer's identification number, a representative of the department shall affix the number in a manner and location designated by the department.

(g) On affixing an assigned identification number or witnessing the affixing of a reassigned identification number, the owner or the owner's representative shall certify on a form prescribed by the department that the identification number has been affixed in the manner and location designated by the department and shall submit the form in a manner prescribed by the department.

(h) Only the department may issue an identification number to a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, motor, frame, or body of a motor vehicle, or an item of equipment not required to be titled but that may be registered under Chapter 502 or issued license plates under Chapter 504. The department may not recognize an identification number assigned by any other agency or political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3892.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3892 / Section 3892.002
§ 3892.002. HARRIS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.
Status: in_force

21. The Harris County Improvement District No. 21 is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.161
§ 1054.161. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at the time the loan is made if the board declares that:

(1) money is not available to meet authorized obligations of the district; and

(2) an emergency exists.

(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness;

(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district in the next 12-month period that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or

(3) district bonds that have been authorized but not sold.

(c) A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.

(d) The board may not spend money obtained from a loan under this section for any purpose other than:

(1) the purpose for which the board declared an emergency; and

(2) if district taxes or bonds are pledged to pay the loan, the purpose for which the pledged taxes were imposed or the pledged bonds were authorized.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.026
§ 775.026. CONVERSION OF RURAL FIRE PREVENTION DISTRICTS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each rural fire prevention district created under former Chapter 794 is converted to an emergency services district operating under this chapter.

(b) The name of a district converted under this section is changed to "___ Emergency Services District No. ___," with the name of the county or counties in which the district is located and an appropriate number inserted to distinguish one district from another district.

(c) The emergency services district to which a rural fire prevention district converts assumes all obligations and outstanding indebtedness of the rural fire prevention district.

(d) A fire commissioner of a rural fire prevention district is an emergency services commissioner of the converted district on conversion of the district under this section and shall serve until the term for which the commissioner was appointed or elected expires.
Tex. Labor Code § 212.201 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 212 / Section 212.201
§ 212.201. COMMENCEMENT OF JUDICIAL REVIEW; DEFENDANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A party aggrieved by a final decision of the commission may obtain judicial review of the decision by bringing an action in a county court at law or district court for review of the decision against the commission on or after the date on which the decision is final, and not later than the 14th day after that date.

(b) Each other party to the proceeding before the commission must be made a defendant in an action under this subchapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.130 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.130
§ 74.130. USE OF BIO-INTENSIVE CONTROLS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt rules to allow a cotton grower in an eradication program to use biological, botanical, or other non-synthetic pest control methods. In developing the rules, the commissioner shall consider:

(1) scientific studies and field trials of the effectiveness of a proposed alternative control method;

(2) the feasibility of using a proposed alternative control technique within a particular region;

(3) the degree of monitoring necessary to establish the success of the use of a proposed alternative control; and

(4) methods to prevent the use of substances that would impede the use of alternative controls and the promotion of beneficial insect populations.

(b) A cotton grower that chooses to use an alternative method of control as provided in Subsection (a) shall notify the board. The board and the cotton grower shall coordinate their actions to prevent the use of substances that would impede the use of alternative controls and the promotion of beneficial insect populations.

(c) The cotton grower shall pay any additional cost of bio-intensive control in addition to any assessment.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.183 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.183
§ 366.183. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

An authority shall have a certified public accountant audit the authority's books and accounts at least annually. The cost of the audit may be treated as part of the cost of construction or operation of a turnpike project.
Tex. Finance Code § 97.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 97 / Section 97.007
§ 97.007. AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may require a holding company or a person, other than a corporation, connected with a holding company to execute and file an irrevocable appointment of agent for service of process on a form prescribed by the commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.153
§ 3889.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) The petition must be signed by:

(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or

(2) at least 25 persons who own real property in the district subject to assessment, if more than 25 persons own real property in the district subject to assessment as determined by the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.060 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 5 / Section 5.060
§ 5.060. NAME OF PROFESSIONAL ENTITY OR FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL ENTITY; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW OR ETHICAL RULE.
Status: in_force

The name of a professional entity or foreign professional entity must not be contrary to a statute or regulation of this state that governs a person who provides a professional service through the professional entity or foreign professional entity, including a rule of professional ethics.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 1.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 1 / Section 1.101
§ 1.101. SHORT TITLES.
Status: in_force

(a) This title may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.

(b) This chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code--General Provisions.
Tex. Government Code § 656.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 656 / Section 656.054
§ 656.054. PURCHASING AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT TRAINING BY COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall develop training programs provided by the comptroller under this subchapter to meet the needs of state agencies.

(b) Each year a state agency shall estimate the number of employees requiring purchasing or contract management training and report the anticipated training needs of the state agency to the comptroller in the manner and form prescribed by the comptroller.

(c) On an annual basis the comptroller shall assess the number of employees requiring purchasing or contract management training and shall maintain a regular schedule of classes to accommodate that number.

(d) The comptroller may use staff or contract with private or public entities, including state agencies, to conduct the training.

(e) The comptroller may assess a fee for a training program, including continuing education and certification, in an amount sufficient to recover the costs incurred by the comptroller to provide the training program under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8496.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8496 / Section 8496.007
§ 8496.007. ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if all of the territory of the district is annexed by a municipality into the corporate limits of that municipality before the date of the election under Section 8496.003, the district may not be dissolved and shall continue until the district is dissolved under Section 43.074, Local Government Code.

(b) Section 54.016(f), Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 252.004 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 252 / Section 252.004
§ 252.004. INDEX.
Status: in_force

A county clerk shall keep an index of all wills deposited with the clerk under Section 252.001.
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.007 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.007
§ 407A.007. HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

A hearing required under this chapter shall be conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings in the manner provided for a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 607.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 607 / Section 607.054
§ 607.054. TUBERCULOSIS OR OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician who suffers from tuberculosis, or any other disease or illness of the lungs or respiratory tract that has a statistically positive correlation with service as a firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician, that results in death or total or partial disability is presumed to have contracted the disease or illness during the course and scope of employment as a firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician.

(b) This section does not apply to a claim that a firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician suffers from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.053
§ 1026.053. BALLOT PETITION.
Status: in_force

A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must be:

(1) signed by at least 10 qualified taxpaying voters; and

(2) filed at least 30 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Water Code § 56.213 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.213
§ 56.213. TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES; BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may borrow money by issuing negotiable tax anticipation notes or bond anticipation notes if the board finds that the district has an insufficient amount of money available to:

(1) pay the principal of or interest on any district bond payable in whole or in part by taxes; or

(2) meet any other need of the district.

(b) The district may issue tax anticipation notes or bond anticipation notes without giving notice or otherwise advertising the issuance of the notes.

(c) A tax anticipation note or bond anticipation note must mature not later than one year after the date the note is issued.

(d) The district may issue tax anticipation notes for any purpose for which the district is authorized to levy taxes. The notes must be secured with the proceeds of taxes to be levied by the district in the 12-month period following issuance of the note. The district may covenant with purchasers of the notes that the district will levy a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the notes and to pay the costs of collecting the tax.

(e) The district may issue bond anticipation notes for any purpose for which bonds of the district have been approved by voters or to refund previously issued bond anticipation notes. A district may covenant with purchasers of the notes that the district will use the proceeds of the sale of any district bonds in the process of issuance to refund the notes. A district that covenants under this subsection shall use the bond proceeds to pay the principal, interest, or redemption price on the notes.

(f) A district required to seek commission approval of bonds must have an application for approval of a bond on file with the commission before issuing bond anticipation notes secured by the bond.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3860.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3860 / Section 3860.002
§ 3860.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Utilities Code § 14.052 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 14 / Section 14.052
§ 14.052. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt and enforce rules governing practice and procedure before the commission and, as applicable, practice and procedure before the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules that authorize an administrative law judge to:

(1) limit the amount of time that a party may have to present its case;

(2) limit the number of requests for information that a party may make in a contested case;

(3) require a party to a contested case to identify contested issues and facts before the hearing begins;

(4) limit cross-examination to only those issues and facts identified before the hearing and to any new issues that may arise as a result of the discovery process; and

(5) group parties, other than the office, that have the same position on an issue to facilitate cross-examination on that issue.

(c) A rule adopted under Subsection (b)(5) must permit each party in a group to present that party's witnesses for cross-examination during the hearing.

(d) A rule adopted under this section must ensure that each party receives due process.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8436.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8436 / Section 8436.152
§ 8436.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8436.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.