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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8196.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8196 / Section 8196.052
§ 8196.052. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of any municipality in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.052
§ 3873.052. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) If a petition is filed under Section 3873.051(a)(2), the commissioners court shall set a date for a hearing on the petition that is after the 20th day but on or before the 40th day after the date the petition is filed.

(b) The commissioners court shall publish notice of the petition and the hearing date in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(c) The notice must be published once each week for a period of two weeks before the hearing date.
Tex. Transportation Code § 643.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 643 / Section 643.003
§ 643.003. RULES.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt rules to administer this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 206.308 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 206 / Section 206.308
§ 206.308. SUBPOENA.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director, the director's designee, or the secretary-treasurer of the board may issue a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum:

(1) to conduct an investigation or a contested case proceeding related to:

(A) alleged misconduct by a surgical assistant;

(B) an alleged violation of this chapter or another law related to the practice of a surgical assistant; or

(C) the provision of health care under this chapter;

(2) for purposes of determining whether to issue, suspend, restrict, or revoke a license under this chapter; or

(3) for purposes of determining whether to issue or deny a license under this chapter.

(b) Failure to timely comply with a subpoena issued under this section is a ground for:

(1) disciplinary action by the medical board or another licensing or regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the person subject to the subpoena; and

(2) denial of a license application.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.201
§ 2306.201. HOUSING TRUST FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The housing trust fund is a fund:

(1) administered by the department through the housing finance division; and

(2) placed with the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.

(b) The fund consists of:

(1) appropriations or transfers made to the fund;

(2) unencumbered fund balances;

(3) public or private gifts, grants, or donations;

(4) investment income, including all interest, dividends, capital gains, or other income from the investment of any portion of the fund;

(5) repayments received on loans made from the fund; and

(6) funds from any other source.

(c) The department may accept gifts, grants, or donations for the housing trust fund. All funds received for the housing trust fund under Subsection (b) shall be deposited or transferred into the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.174 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.174
§ 172.174. STAY OF COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) On request of a party, a court in which a pending judicial proceeding is being brought by a party to an arbitration agreement to obtain relief with respect to a matter covered by the arbitration agreement shall:

(1) stay the judicial proceeding; and

(2) refer the parties to arbitration.

(b) A party may not make a request for a stay after the time the requesting party submits the party's first statement on the substance of the dispute.

(c) The court may not stay the proceeding if it finds that the agreement is void, inoperable, or incapable of being performed.

(d) An arbitration may begin or continue, and an arbitration tribunal may make an award, while an action described in this section is pending before the court.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 692A.017 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 692A / Section 692A.017
§ 692A.017. OTHER PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(b) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both this section and the other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3921.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3921 / Section 3921.006
§ 3921.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code;

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 35.23 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 35.23
§ 35.23. JURORS MAY SEPARATE.
Status: in_force

The court may adjourn veniremen to any day of the term. When jurors have been sworn in a felony case, the court may, at its discretion, permit the jurors to separate until the court has given its charge to the jury. The court on its own motion may and on the motion of either party shall, after having given its charge to the jury, order that the jury not be allowed to separate, after which the jury shall be kept together, and not permitted to separate except to the extent of housing female jurors separate and apart from male jurors, until a verdict has been rendered or the jury finally discharged. Any person who makes known to the jury which party made the motion not to allow separation of the jury shall be punished for contempt of court. If such jurors are kept overnight, facilities shall be provided for female jurors separate and apart from the facilities provided for male jurors. In misdemeanor cases the court may, at its discretion, permit the jurors to separate at any time before the verdict. In any case in which the jury is permitted to separate, the court shall first give the jurors proper instructions with regard to their conduct as jurors when so separated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0105
§ 5010.0105. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 366.0512 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 366 / Section 366.0512
§ 366.0512. MULTIPLE TREATMENT SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

A multiple system of treatment devices and disposal facilities may be permitted as an on-site disposal system under this chapter if the system:

(1) is located on a tract of land of at least 100 acres in size;

(2) produces not more than 5,000 gallons a day on an annual average basis;

(3) is used only on a seasonal or intermittent basis; and

(4) is used only for disposal of sewage produced on the tract of land on which any part of the system is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.102
§ 1078.102. RESTRICTION ON HOUSTON COUNTY TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

Houston County may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 91.009 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 91 / Section 91.009
§ 91.009. NOTICE OF MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

For informational purposes, the department shall file with the secretary of state notice of compact meetings for publication in the Texas Register.
Tex. Local Government Code § 103.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 103 / Section 103.001
§ 103.001. ANNUAL AUDIT; FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality shall have its records and accounts audited annually and shall have an annual financial statement prepared based on the audit.

(b) A municipality subject to Section 16.356, Water Code, must include in its financial statement a specific report on compliance with that section.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0362 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0362
§ 25.0362. CASS COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law and except as limited by Subsection (b), a county court at law in Cass County has the jurisdiction provided by the constitution and by general law for district courts, including concurrent jurisdiction in:

(1) misdemeanor cases;

(2) arraignments, pleas, and pre-trial motions for felony cases;

(3) trials for felony cases transferred from a district court in Cass County to the county court at law on agreement of the county court at law judge;

(4) family law cases and proceedings, including juvenile matters; and

(5) appeals from justice courts and from the county court in misdemeanor cases.

(b) A county court at law does not have jurisdiction of:

(1) misdemeanors involving official misconduct;

(2) suits on behalf of the state to recover penalties or escheated property;

(3) contested elections;

(4) suits in which the county is a party; or

(5) felony cases involving capital murder.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(18), eff. January 1, 2012.

(d) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law except that the county clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in probate matters.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1301, Sec. 13(4), eff. October 1, 2007.

(f) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a jury in a county court at law shall be composed of six members except as provided by the constitution, Section 25.0007(c), or other law. Failure to object before a six-member jury is seated and sworn constitutes a waiver of a 12-member jury. In matters in which the constitution or other law does not require a 12-member jury and the county court at law has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, the jury may be composed of 12 members if a party to the suit requests a 12-member jury. In a civil case tried in a county court at law, the parties may, by mutual agreement, agree to try the case with any number of jurors and have a verdict rendered and returned by the vote of any number of those jurors that is less than the total number of jurors.

(g) In matters of concurrent jurisdiction, a judge of a county court at law and a judge of a district court in Cass County may transfer cases between the courts in the same manner that judges of district courts may transfer cases under Section 24.003.

(h) The judge of a county court at law in Cass County is entitled to a budget for travel and continuing education in an amount that is at least equal to the amount budgeted to the county judge for travel and continuing education.
Tex. Government Code § 483.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 483 / Section 483.206
§ 483.206. GRANT APPLICATION EVALUATION.
Status: in_force

The office shall evaluate each application for a grant under this subchapter based on:

(1) the grant applicant's:

(A) quality of services and management;

(B) efficiency of operations;

(C) access to resources essential for operating the project for which the grant is requested, such as land, water, and reliable infrastructure, as applicable;

(D) application for or docketing of a permit or license with the regulatory commission; and

(E) ability to repay the grant if project benchmarks are not met; and

(2) the project's potential benefit to this state.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 54.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 54 / Section 54.005
§ 54.005. CAPITAL STOCK.
Status: in_force

(a) The incorporators or the board of directors of a corporation formed under this chapter may divide the corporation's capital stock into preferred and common stock.

(b) If preferred stock is to be issued, the articles of incorporation must state:

(1) the amount of preferred stock that the corporation may issue;

(2) the conditions and procedure for the payment of dividends on preferred stock;

(3) the rate at which preferred stock dividends are paid; and

(4) the conditions and procedure for the retirement of preferred and common stock.

(c) A corporation may not pay dividends on its common stock until it has fully paid dividends on its preferred stock at the rate provided by its articles of incorporation.
Tex. Tax Code § 202.302 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 202 / Section 202.302
§ 202.302. TAX LIEN.
Status: in_force

The state has a prior and preferred lien for the amount of the taxes, penalties, and interest imposed by this chapter on:

(1) the oil to which the tax applies that is possessed by the producer, first purchaser, or subsequent purchaser;

(2) the leasehold interest, oil rights, the value of oil rights, and other interests, including oil produced and oil runs, owned by a person liable for the tax;

(3) equipment, tools, tanks, and other implements used on the lease from which the oil is produced; and

(4) any other property not exempt from forced sale owned by the person liable for the tax.
Tex. Election Code § 1.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 1 / Section 1.001
§ 1.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This code may be cited as the Election Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3956.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3956 / Section 3956.101
§ 3956.101. 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. Parks and Wildlife Code § 1.001 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 1 / Section 1.001
§ 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE.
Status: repealed

(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in Chapter 488, Acts of the 58th Legislature, 1963 (Article 5429b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the general and permanent parks and wildlife law more accessible and understandable by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.
Tex. Local Government Code § 9.0015 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 9 / Section 9.0015
§ 9.0015. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "climate charter" means a charter provision or charter amendment establishing a comprehensive rule or policy statement that purports to address climate change or the municipality's environmental impact, including water and energy use and air pollution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 323.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 323 / Section 323.022
§ 323.022. GIFTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court may receive any gift or bequest to the law library. Title to a gift or bequest vests in the county. A conditional gift or bequest shall be administered as designated by the donor.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.351 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.351
§ 204.351. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The physician assistant board by order may impose an administrative penalty against a person licensed under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter.

(b) The penalty may be in an amount not to exceed $5,000. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(c) The physician assistant board shall base the amount of the penalty on:

(1) the severity of patient harm;

(2) the severity of economic harm to any person;

(3) the severity of any environmental harm;

(4) increased potential for harm to the public;

(5) any attempted concealment of misconduct;

(6) any premeditated or intentional misconduct;

(7) the motive for the violation;

(8) prior misconduct of a similar or related nature;

(9) the license holder's disciplinary history;

(10) prior written warnings or written admonishments from any government agency or official regarding statutes or regulations relating to the misconduct;

(11) violation of a board order;

(12) failure to implement remedial measures to correct or mitigate harm from the misconduct;

(13) lack of rehabilitative potential or likelihood of future misconduct of a similar nature;

(14) relevant circumstances increasing the seriousness of the misconduct; and

(15) any other matter that justice may require.

(d) The physician assistant board by rule shall prescribe the procedure by which it may impose an administrative penalty. A proceeding under this section is subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(e) If the physician assistant board by order determines that a violation has occurred and imposes an administrative penalty, the board shall give notice to the person of the board's order. The notice must include a statement of the person's right to judicial review of the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8162.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8162 / Section 8162.252
§ 8162.252. ELECTION FOR DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) After the board has complied with Section 8162.251(e), the board shall hold an election in the district to determine whether the district should be divided as proposed.

(b) The board shall give notice of the election not later than the 35th day before the date of the election. The notice must state:

(1) the date and location of the election; and

(2) the proposition to be voted on.

(c) If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the division:

(1) the district is divided; and

(2) not later than the 30th day after the date of the election, the district shall provide written notice of the division to:

(A) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(B) the attorney general;

(C) the commissioners court of each county in which a new district is located; and

(D) any municipality having extraterritorial jurisdiction over territory in each new district.

(d) If a majority of the votes cast are not in favor of the division, the district may not be divided.
Tex. Government Code § 26.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.012
§ 26.012. ASSIGNMENT OF VISITING JUDGE FOR PROBATE, GUARDIANSHIP, AND MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the county judge is absent, incapacitated, recused, or disqualified to act in a probate, guardianship, or mental health matter, a visiting judge shall be assigned in accordance with Section 25.0022(h).

(b) Notwithstanding Section 25.0022(t)(4), a visiting judge may be assigned under this section if the judge has served as an active judge for at least 48 months in a statutory probate court.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.061 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.061
§ 181.061. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "telegraph company" includes a person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in the business of accepting and transmitting messages to and from different locations in this state through use of a telegraph.
Tex. Education Code § 48.156 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.156
§ 48.156. CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district is entitled to reimbursement for the amount of a subsidy paid by the district for not more than two certification examinations per student under Section 29.190(a), including costs paid for associated fingerprinting or criminal history record information review, as provided by Section 29.190(c).

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the total amount that may be used for reimbursement under that subsection for a school year may not exceed $20 million, of which not more than $500,000 may be used to reimburse the costs of fingerprinting or criminal history record information review. If the total amount to which school districts are entitled under Subsection (a) exceeds the amount permitted under this subsection, the commissioner shall proportionately reduce each school district's entitlement under this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.452 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.452
§ 2153.452. ZONING.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of zoning, a political subdivision of this state shall treat the exhibition of a music or skill or pleasure coin-operated machine in the same manner as the political subdivision treats the principal use of the property where the machine is exhibited.

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a municipality from restricting the exhibition of a coin-operated amusement machine within 300 feet of a church, school, or hospital.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4001.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.0304
§ 4001.0304. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3792.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3792 / Section 3792.0202
§ 3792.0202. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Family Code § 264.762 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.762
§ 264.762. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

Not later than September 1 of each year, the department shall publish a report on the relative and other designated caregiver placement program created under this subchapter. The report must include data on permanency outcomes for children placed with relative or other designated caregivers, including:

(1) the number of disruptions in a relative or other designated caregiver placement;

(2) the reasons for any disruption in a relative or other designated caregiver placement; and

(3) the length of time before a relative or other designated caregiver who receives monetary assistance from the department under this subchapter obtains permanent managing conservatorship of a child.