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Tex. Agriculture Code § 164.063 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 164 / Section 164.063
§ 164.063. QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED SHEEP.
Status: in_force

If the certificate for a shipment of sheep shows that the sheep were treated at the point of origin in accordance with Section 164.062(a)(2), the sheep shall be quarantined at the range on which the sheep are placed in this state for a period of 180 days.
Tex. Government Code § 44.257 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 44 / Section 44.257
§ 44.257. MADISON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The criminal district attorney of Madison County has all the powers, duties, and privileges in Madison County that are conferred by law on district and county attorneys.

(b) The criminal district attorney shall collect the fees, commissions, and perquisites provided by law for similar services rendered by a district or county attorney.
Tex. Government Code § 434.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.302
§ 434.302. VETERANS EDUCATION COUNSELORS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall employ veterans education counselors. The veterans education counselors shall:

(1) work with institutions of higher education and any existing veterans programs at those institutions to:

(A) create a hospitable and supportive environment for veterans;

(B) enhance awareness of and encourage participation in veterans educational programs and commission programs providing other services to veterans, including employment and claims assistance services;

(C) develop programs providing ancillary assistance to veterans based on the unique needs of veterans and their family members;

(D) ensure that veterans successfully complete their education; and

(E) promote the establishment of a student veterans group on each campus of those institutions;

(2) work with local, state, and national veterans groups, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, to promote educational opportunities and benefits to the veteran population;

(3) work with local workforce development boards to:

(A) ensure that the veterans education counselors are aware of available nontraditional educational opportunities, including on-the-job training programs and apprenticeships; and

(B) advise employers of potential opportunities to create on-the-job training programs for veterans;

(4) work with education services officers at military installations to encourage active duty members of the armed forces of the United States and veterans to use federal and state educational benefits;

(5) create and manage publicity campaigns in concert with the commission and institutions of higher education to promote the use of education benefits under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (38 U.S.C. Section 3301 et seq.), the tuition exemption program for veterans and their family members under Section 54.341, Education Code, and any other education benefit for veterans or their family members under federal or state law;

(6) support programs to assist students who are combat veterans in readjusting and reintegrating into a noncombat environment;

(7) maintain statistical information regarding demographics of veterans assisted, application success, program completion rates, dropout rates, and reasons for success or failure, as appropriate; and

(8) perform other activities, as assigned by the commission, to enhance the educational opportunities of veterans and their family members.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8153A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8153A / Section 8153A.0501
§ 8153A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Family Code § 155.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 155 / Section 155.001
§ 155.001. ACQUIRING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a court acquires continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the matters provided for by this title in connection with a child on the rendition of a final order.

(b) The following final orders do not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in a court:

(1) a voluntary or involuntary dismissal of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship;

(2) in a suit to determine parentage, a final order finding that an alleged or presumed father is not the father of the child, except that the jurisdiction of the court is not affected if the child was subject to the jurisdiction of the court or some other court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship before the commencement of the suit to adjudicate parentage; and

(3) a final order of adoption, after which a subsequent suit affecting the child must be commenced as though the child had not been the subject of a suit for adoption or any other suit affecting the parent-child relationship before the adoption.

(c) If a court of this state has acquired continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, no other court of this state has jurisdiction of a suit with regard to that child except as provided by this chapter, Section 103.001(b), or Chapter 262.

(d) Unless a final order has been rendered by a court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, a subsequent suit shall be commenced as an original proceeding.
Tex. Local Government Code § 217.021 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 217 / Section 217.021
§ 217.021. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a Type B general-law municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005 / Section 8005.201
§ 8005.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 572.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.052
§ 572.052. REPRESENTATION BY LEGISLATORS BEFORE STATE AGENCIES; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the legislature may not, for compensation, represent another person before a state agency in the executive branch of state government unless the representation:

(1) is pursuant to an attorney-client relationship in a criminal law matter; or

(2) involves the filing of documents that involve only ministerial acts on the part of the commission, agency, board, department, or officer.

(b) A member of the legislature commits an offense if the member violates this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Election Code § 33.058 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 33 / Section 33.058
§ 33.058. RESTRICTIONS ON WATCHER'S ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) While on duty, a watcher may not:

(1) converse with an election officer regarding the election, except to call attention to an irregularity or violation of law;

(2) converse with a voter; or

(3) communicate in any manner with a voter regarding the election.

(b) A watcher may call the attention of an election officer to any occurrence that the watcher believes to be an irregularity or violation of law and may discuss the matter with the officer. An officer may refer the watcher to the presiding officer at any point in the discussion. In that case, the watcher may not discuss the occurrence further with the subordinate officer unless the presiding officer invites the discussion.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 52.155 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 52 / Section 52.155
§ 52.155. PRESUMPTION OF INJURY.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Sections 52.152 and 52.153, a rebuttable presumption of injury is established by:

(1) a substantial violation of this chapter by an invention developer; or

(2) a customer's execution of a contract for invention development services in reliance on a false or fraudulent statement, representation, or an omission of material fact.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 102.169 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.169
§ 102.169. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The attorney general or a district or county attorney on the attorney's own initiative may, or in response to a complaint shall, investigate violations of this subchapter. If the attorney believes that a violation has occurred, the attorney may sue in the name of the state for an injunction against a person who:

(1) is violating a provision of a marketing agreement, a license, or an order or rule of the department to which the person is subject; or

(2) engages in transactions mentioned in and regulated by a license during suspension or after revocation of the person's license.
Tex. Government Code § 660.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.009
§ 660.009. INABILITY TO PERFORM OFFICIAL STATE BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

A state agency may pay or reimburse a state employee for a travel expense the employee incurs as a result of attempting to conduct official state business if:

(1) the employee is unable to conduct the business because of a natural disaster or other natural occurrence; and

(2) the expense would be payable or reimbursable had the official state business been conducted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3891.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3891 / Section 3891.152
§ 3891.152. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

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

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00007
§ 30.00007. PRESIDING JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) If there is more than one municipal judge in the municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall appoint one of the judges as the presiding judge.

(b) The presiding judge shall:

(1) maintain a central docket for cases filed within the territorial limits of the municipality over which the municipal courts of record have jurisdiction;

(2) provide for the distribution of cases from the central docket to the individual municipal judges to equalize the distribution of business in the courts;

(3) request the jurors needed for cases that are set for trial by jury;

(4) temporarily assign judges or substitute judges to exchange benches and to act for each other in a proceeding pending in a court if necessary for the expeditious disposition of business in the courts;

(5) supervise and control the operation and clerical functions of the administrative department of each court, including the court's personnel, during the proceedings of the court; and

(6) establish a court security committee to adopt security policies and procedures for the courts served by the presiding judge, including by developing a court emergency management plan, that is composed of:

(A) the presiding judge, or the presiding judge's designee, who serves as presiding officer of the committee;

(B) a representative of the law enforcement agency or other entity that provides the primary security for the court;

(C) a representative of the municipality; and

(D) any other person the committee determines necessary to assist the committee.

(c) A court security committee shall recommend to the governing body the uses of resources and expenditures of money for courthouse security, but may not direct the assignment of those resources or the expenditure of those funds.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 551.001 or 552.003, a court security committee established under this section is not a governmental body for the purposes of Chapter 551 or 552.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 12 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 12
§ 12.
Status: repealed

Sec. 12. Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730, Sec. 3B.035(c), eff. September 1, 2007.Sec. 12. Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730, Sec. 3B.036(b), eff. September 1, 2007.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0310
§ 8512.0310. DEVELOPMENT OF RECLAMATION AND DRAINAGE OF CERTAIN LAND AND RELATED FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The authority may develop the reclamation and drainage of overflowed land and other land needing drainage, other than coastal wetlands or inland marshes, in the authority and any facility in aid of that reclamation and drainage.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 201.75 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 201 / Section 201.75
§ 201.75. DELIVERY OF STAMPS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall prescribe the manner in which tax stamps are delivered to its inspectors in charge of ports of entry.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.056
§ 1053.056. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a general manager qualified by training and experience as the district administrator.

(b) The district administrator serves for a term not to exceed two years and is entitled to receive the compensation determined by the board.

(c) The board may remove the district administrator at any time.

(d) Before assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator must execute a bond payable to the district in an amount of not less than $10,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing well and faithfully the administrator's required duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0102
§ 532.0102. RETENTION OF CERTAIN MONEY TO ADMINISTER CERTAIN PROGRAMS; ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "directed payment program" means a delivery system and provider patient initiative implemented by this state under 42 C.F.R. Section 438.6(c).

(b) This section applies only to money the commission receives from a source other than the general revenue fund to operate a waiver program established under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) or a directed payment program or successor program as the commission determines.

(c) Subject to Subsection (d), the commission may retain from money to which this section applies an amount equal to the estimated costs necessary to administer the program for which the commission receives the money, but not to exceed $8 million for a state fiscal year.

(d) If the commission determines that the commission needs additional money to administer a program described by Subsection (b), the commission may retain an additional amount with the governor's and the Legislative Budget Board's approval, but not to exceed a total retained amount equal to 0.25 percent of the total estimated amount the commission receives for the program.

(e) The commission shall spend the retained money to assist in paying the costs necessary to administer the program for which the commission receives the money, except that the commission may not use the money to pay any type of administrative cost that, before June 1, 2019, was funded with general revenue.

(f) The commission shall submit an annual report to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board that:

(1) details the amount of money the commission retained and spent under this section during the preceding state fiscal year, including a separate detail of any increase in the amount of money the commission retained for a program under Subsection (d);

(2) contains a transparent description of how the commission used the money described by Subdivision (1); and

(3) assesses the extent to which the retained money covered the estimated costs to administer the applicable program and states whether, based on that assessment, the commission adjusted or considered adjustments to the amount retained.

(g) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1012.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1012 / Section 1012.252
§ 1012.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the imposition of the tax.

(b) The tax rate for all purposes may not exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.

(c) In setting the tax rate, the board shall consider the income of the district from sources other than taxation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.520 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.520
§ 451.520. BOARD OFFICERS AND SECRETARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from among its membership a presiding officer, an assistant presiding officer, and a secretary. This subsection does not apply to the selection of a presiding officer who is appointed under Section 451.502(e)(3).

(b) The board may appoint one or more assistant secretaries, who are not required to be members.

(c) The secretary and assistant secretaries shall keep a permanent record of the proceedings and transactions of the board and perform other duties required by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7218.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7218 / Section 7218.053
§ 7218.053. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule may provide for the election of some or all of the directors from single-member districts.

(b) In addition to the qualifications required by Section 7218.052, if the board provides for the election of some or all of the directors from single-member districts, to be eligible to be listed on the ballot as a candidate for or to serve as a director from a single-member district, a person must be a resident of that district.
Tex. Government Code § 1372.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1372 / Section 1372.025
§ 1372.025. REALLOCATION OF STATE CEILING ON FAILURE OF BONDS TO QUALIFY AS TAX-EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a type of bond listed in Section 1372.022(a) does not qualify on January 2 of any year for treatment as a tax-exempt obligation under the Internal Revenue Code:

(1) Section 1372.022(a) has no effect for that year for that type of bond; and

(2) by March 1, the portion of the state ceiling that but for Subdivision (1) would have been available exclusively for reservations by issuers of that type of bond shall be reallocated proportionately for reservation by each other category of issuer listed in that section.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to qualified mortgage bonds or qualified residential rental project bonds made available exclusively to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs under Section 1372.023 or the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation under Section 1372.0223(1).
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.287 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.287
§ 1702.287. DETECTION DEVICE CONTROL PANELS; MINIMUM STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

An alarm systems company may not install any alarm system on or after January 1, 2007, that includes a detection device control panel unless the control panel meets or exceeds the standards of the American National Standards Institute for false alarm reduction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.428 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.428
§ 361.428. COMPOSTING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall put in place incentives for a composting program that is capable of achieving at least a 15 percent reduction in the amount of the municipal solid waste stream that is disposed of in landfills by January 1, 1994.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules establishing minimum standards and guidelines for the issuance of permits for processes or facilities that produce compost that is the product of material from the typical mixed solid waste stream generated by residential, institutional, commercial, or industrial sources. A reduction in the mixed solid waste stream that occurs as a result of the beneficial reuse of compost produced by a facility permitted under this subsection shall be used in achieving the goal established under Section 361.422. The minimum standards must include end-product standards and a definition of beneficial reuse. The commission shall consider regulations issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in developing minimum standards. Beneficial reuse does not include landfilling or the use of compost as daily landfill cover.

(c) A composting facility may not accept mixed municipal solid waste from a governmental unit for composting purposes at that facility unless residents have reasonable access to household hazardous waste collection and source-separated recycling programs in the area. The commission shall establish standards for household hazardous waste collection programs and source-separated recycling programs that qualify under this section.

(d) A person may not commercially compost grease trap waste, as defined by the commission, unless the person has first obtained a permit for composting grease trap waste issued by the commission under this section on or after September 1, 2003.

(e) The permit to compost grease trap waste must meet the minimum standards of a permit issued under rules adopted under Subsection (b).
Tex. Education Code § 39A.115 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.115
§ 39A.115. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 32.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 32 / Section 32.016
§ 32.016. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The department shall enter into contracts and agreements or award grants necessary to facilitate the efficient and economical provision of services under this chapter, including contracts and grants for the purchase of services, equipment, and supplies from approved providers.
Tex. Tax Code § 323.207 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 323 / Section 323.207
§ 323.207. STATE EXEMPTIONS APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

The exemptions provided by Subchapter H, Chapter 151, apply to the taxes authorized by this chapter, except as provided by Sections 151.359(j) and 151.317(b).
Tex. Water Code § 66.315 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 66 / Section 66.315
§ 66.315. APPROVAL BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; REGISTRATION BY COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued by the district and the records relating to their issuance must be submitted to the attorney general for examination.

(b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have been authorized in accordance with law, he shall approve them, and they shall be registered by the comptroller of public accounts.

(c) After the approval and registration of bonds, the bonds are incontestable in any court or other forum for any reason and are valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms for all purposes.