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Tex. Water Code § 58.505 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.505
§ 58.505. ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt the plan of taxation which will, in its judgment under the evidence, be most conducive to the equitable distribution of the district's tax.

(b) If the plan adopted by the board is made under the provisions of Section 58.512 of this code, the order shall specify the proportion of the tax which falls under each designated classification.

(c) The order of the board is final and cannot be reviewed or questioned in any court except on the ground of fraud or palpable and arbitrary abuse of discretion.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.158
§ 1108.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and

(2) a complete account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Government Code § 2056.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2056 / Section 2056.001
§ 2056.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "state agency" means a department, board, commission, or other entity of state government, other than a university system or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, that:

(1) has authority that is not limited to a geographical portion of the state;

(2) was created by the constitution or a state statute with an ongoing mission and responsibilities;

(3) is not the office of the governor or lieutenant governor;

(4) is not within the judicial or legislative branch of government; and

(5) is not a committee created under state law whose primary function is to advise an agency.
Tex. Occupations Code § 454.204 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 454 / Section 454.204
§ 454.204. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

To satisfy Section 454.203(1):

(1) an applicant applying for an occupational therapist license must have, from an educational program approved by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, its predecessor organization, or another national credentialing agency approved by the board:

(A) an entry-level degree in occupational therapy, or a degree that exceeds the requirements for an entry-level degree in occupational therapy, from an educational program that prepares a person for entry into the field as an occupational therapist; or

(B) a certificate evidencing successful completion of required undergraduate occupational therapy course work awarded to persons with a baccalaureate degree that is not in occupational therapy, if the applicant graduated before January 1, 2007; and

(2) an applicant applying for an occupational therapy assistant license must have, from an educational program approved by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, its predecessor organization, or another national credentialing agency approved by the board:

(A) an entry-level degree in occupational therapy, or a degree that exceeds the requirements for an entry-level degree in occupational therapy, from an educational program that prepares a person for entry into the field as an occupational therapy assistant; or

(B) an entry-level certificate in occupational therapy, or a certificate that exceeds the requirements for an entry-level certificate in occupational therapy, from an educational program that prepares a person for entry into the field as an occupational therapy assistant.
Tex. Government Code § 24.219 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.219
§ 24.219.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.219. 117TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NUECES COUNTY). (a) The 117th Judicial District is composed of Nueces County.

(b) The terms of the 117th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. The terms are designated the January-July and July-January terms.

(c) Section 24.130, relating to the 28th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 117th District Court.

(d) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 117th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts at law in Nueces County to receive a guilty plea in a misdemeanor case pending in a county court at law in Nueces County and dispose of the case, regardless of whether the case is transferred to the district court. The judgment, order, or action of the district court is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the district court.
Tex. Labor Code § 501.029 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 501 / Section 501.029
§ 501.029. INTENT OF EXPEDITED PROVISION OF MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN INJURIES SUSTAINED BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF TEXAS MILITARY FORCES.
Status: in_force

The purpose of Section 501.028 is to ensure that a claim for medical benefits by an injured member of the Texas military forces to which this section applies is accelerated by an insurance carrier to the full extent authorized by current law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 91.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 91 / Section 91.051
§ 91.051. AWARDING OF CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

Except for a contract entered into under Section 91.052, 91.054, or 91.102, a contract made by the department for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a rail facility must be let by a competitive bidding procedure in which the contract is awarded to the lowest responsible bidder that complies with the department's criteria.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8141.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8141 / Section 8141.0305
§ 8141.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 434.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.206
§ 434.206. COLLABORATION.
Status: in_force

The program shall collaborate with federal, state, county, municipal, and private agencies that provide services to women veterans.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.991 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.991
§ 201.991. UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop a unified transportation program covering a period of 10 years to guide the development of and authorize construction of transportation projects. The program must:

(1) annually identify target funding levels; and

(2) list all projects that the department intends to develop or begin construction of during the program period.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules that:

(1) specify the criteria for selecting projects to be included in the program;

(2) define program funding categories, including categories for safety, maintenance, and mobility; and

(3) define each phase of a major transportation project, including the planning, programming, implementation, and construction phases.

(b-1) The commission by rule shall:

(1) adopt a policy comprehensively explaining the department's approach to public involvement and transparency related to the unified transportation program; and

(2) require the department to, at a minimum, make a report on any change to the unified transportation program available on the department's Internet website and provide the report to the commission in a public meeting, regardless of any rules adopted for public hearings and approvals.

(c) The department shall publish the entire unified transportation program and summary documents highlighting project benchmarks, priorities, and forecasts in appropriate media and on the department's Internet website in a format that is easily understandable by the public.

(d) In developing the rules required by Subsection (b), the commission shall collaborate with local transportation entities.

(e) In developing the policy required by Subsection (b-1)(1), the commission shall collaborate with stakeholders.
Tex. Labor Code § 401.003 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 401 / Section 401.003
§ 401.003. ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The division is subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code. The state auditor may audit:

(1) the structure and internal controls of the division;

(2) the level and quality of service provided by the division to employers, injured employees, insurance carriers, self-insured governmental entities, and other participants;

(3) the implementation of statutory mandates by the division;

(4) employee turnover;

(5) information management systems, including public access to nonconfidential information;

(6) the adoption and implementation of administrative rules by the commissioner; and

(7) assessment of administrative violations and the penalties for those violations.

(b) Nothing in this section limits the authority of the state auditor under Chapter 321, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 51.667 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.667
§ 51.667. STATE FUNDING.
Status: in_force

The community/junior college shall receive state appropriations on the same formula basis as other community/junior colleges, and the other participating institution of higher education shall receive state appropriations on the same formula basis as other similar institutions of higher education.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.151 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.151
§ 457.151. TRANSPORTATION FOR JOBS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority shall contract with the Texas Workforce Commission to provide, in accordance with federal law, transportation services to a person who:

(1) resides in the area served by the authority;

(2) is receiving financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code; and

(3) is registered in the jobs opportunities and basic skills training program under Part F, Subchapter IV, Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 682).

(b) The contract must include provisions to ensure that:

(1) the authority is required to provide transportation services only to a location:

(A) to which the person travels in connection with participation in the jobs opportunities and basic skills training program; and

(B) that the authority serves under the authority's authorized rate structure and existing services;

(2) the authority is to provide directly to the Texas Workforce Commission trip vouchers for distribution by the workforce commission to a person who is eligible under this section to receive transportation services;

(3) the workforce commission reimburses the authority for allowable costs, at the applicable federal matching rate; and

(4) the workforce commission may return undistributed trip vouchers to the authority.

(c) An authority shall certify the amount of public funds spent by the authority under this section for the purpose of obtaining federal funds under the jobs opportunities and basic skills training program.
Tex. Education Code § 29.054 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.054
§ 29.054. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a program other than bilingual education must be used in kindergarten through the elementary grades, documentation for the exception must be filed with and approved by the agency.

(b) An application for an exception may be filed with the agency when a district is unable to hire a sufficient number of teachers with teaching certificates appropriate for bilingual education instruction to staff the required program. The application must be accompanied by:

(1) documentation showing that the district has taken all reasonable affirmative steps to secure teachers with teaching certificates appropriate for bilingual education instruction and has failed;

(2) documentation showing that the district has affirmative hiring policies and procedures consistent with the need to serve emergent bilingual students;

(3) documentation showing that, on the basis of district records, no teacher having a teaching certificate appropriate for bilingual instruction or emergency credentials has been unjustifiably denied employment by the district within the past 12 months; and

(4) a plan detailing specific measures to be used by the district to eliminate the conditions that created the need for an exception.

(c) An exception shall be granted under this section on an individual district basis and is valid for only one year. Application for an exception for a second or succeeding year must be accompanied by the documentation prescribed by Subsection (b).

(d) During the period for which a district is granted an exception under this section, the district must use alternative methods approved by the agency to meet the needs of its emergent bilingual students, including hiring teaching personnel under a bilingual emergency permit.

(e) Notwithstanding Section 29.066(c), the agency may require, for purposes of implementing Section 48.105, a school district that is granted an exception under this section to:

(1) include in the district's Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report additional information specified by the agency and relating to the alternative language education methods used by the district; and

(2) classify the alternative language education methods used by the district under the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report as specified by the agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8109.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8109 / Section 8109.207
§ 8109.207. MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

In addition to the projects and services described by Section 375.112, Local Government Code, an improvement project may include the planning, design, construction, improvement, and maintenance of:

(1) highway right-of-way or transit corridor beautification and improvement;

(2) a hiking and cycling path or trail;

(3) a garden, recreational facility, sports facility, open space, scenic area, or related exhibit or preserve; or

(4) a storm water detention improvement.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.065 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 15 / Section 15.065
§ 15.065. WATERCOURSE OR ROADWAY FORMING COUNTY BOUNDARY.
Status: in_force

If a river, watercourse, highway, road, or street forms the boundary line between two counties, the courts of each county have concurrent jurisdiction over the parts of the watercourse or roadway that form the boundary of the county in the same manner as if the watercourse or roadway were in that county.
Tex. Local Government Code § 373A.157 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 373A / Section 373A.157
§ 373A.157. ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF TAX INCREMENT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The tax increment fund is administered by the governing body of the municipality in accordance with the project and reinvestment zone financing plans. Revenue from the tax increment fund must be dedicated as provided by this section to the development, construction, and preservation of affordable housing in the zone by a political subdivision, a community housing development organization certified by the municipality, a trust created or designated by a political subdivision, or another entity as provided by this section.

(b) All revenue from the tax increment fund must be expended to benefit families that have a yearly income at or below 70 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size.

(c) At least 50 percent of the revenue from the tax increment fund expended annually must benefit families that have a yearly income at or below 50 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size.

(d) At least 25 percent of the revenue from the tax increment fund expended annually must benefit families that have a yearly income at or below 30 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for family size.

(e) The municipality must spend at least 80 percent of the revenue expended annually from the tax increment fund for project costs, including the purchase of real property, the construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing in the zone, and infrastructure improvements directly related to supporting the construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing in the zone. The municipality may spend not more than 10 percent of the revenue expended annually from the tax increment fund for administration of the zone.

(f) The municipality may provide not more than 10 percent of the revenue expended annually from the tax increment fund to designated land banks and community housing development organizations for the administration of housing-related activities in the zone.

(g) All housing created or rehabilitated with revenue from the tax increment fund must have at least a 30-year affordability period.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.295 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.295
§ 2306.295. RULES GOVERNING PURCHASE AND SALE OF MORTGAGE LOANS.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules governing the purchase and sale of mortgage loans and the application of sale proceeds, including rules governing:

(1) procedures for submitting requests or inviting proposals for the purchase and sale of mortgage loans or interest in the mortgage loans;

(2) restrictions on the number of family units, location, or other qualifications of residences to be financed by residential mortgage loans;

(3) income limits of individuals and families of low and very low income or families of moderate income occupying a residence financed by a residential mortgage loan;

(4) restrictions relating to the interest rates on mortgage loans or the return realized by mortgage lenders;

(5) requirements for commitments by mortgage lenders relating to mortgage loans;

(6) schedules of fees and charges necessary for expenses and reserves of the housing finance division;

(7) resale of the housing development; and

(8) any other matter related to the power of the department to purchase and sell mortgage loans or interests in mortgage loans.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.158 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.158
§ 504.158. PROVISIONAL LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue a provisional license to an applicant who is licensed in another state. An applicant for a provisional license under this section must:

(1) be licensed in good standing as a chemical dependency counselor at least two years in another state or country that has licensing requirements substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter;

(2) have passed a national or other examination recognized by the department relating to the practice of chemical dependency counseling; and

(3) be sponsored by a person licensed by the department under this chapter with whom the provisional license holder may practice.

(b) The department may waive the requirement of Subsection (a)(3) if the department determines that compliance with that subsection would constitute a hardship to the applicant.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule may establish a fee for a provisional license.

(d) A provisional license is valid until the date the department approves or denies the provisional license holder's application for a license under Section 504.159.
Tex. Education Code § 130.08285 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.08285
§ 130.08285. GOVERNING BOARD OF TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing board of the Trinity Valley Community College District may by resolution or order of the governing board increase the number of board members to 11.

(b) A resolution or order of the governing board under this section must:

(1) establish transition terms of office to conform to elections held in even-numbered years and staggered six-year terms; and

(2) require the initial board members to draw lots to determine the members' terms, with:

(A) five members serving terms of two years;

(B) three members serving terms of four years; and

(C) three members serving terms of six years.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01693 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01693
§ 30.01693. COURT REPORTER.
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court shall appoint the court reporter.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.045 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.045
§ 51.045. NOTICE EFFECT.
Status: in_force

A notice delivered under this subchapter is effective:

(1) at the time of delivery against all property, rights to property, credits, and debts involving the delinquent person that are not, as of the date of the notice, subject to a preexisting lien, attachment, garnishment, or execution issued through a judicial process; and

(2) against all property, rights to property, credits, or debts involving the delinquent person that come into the possession or control of the person served with the notice during the 60-day period provided by Section 51.043(a)(2).
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.3521 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.3521
§ 1301.3521. EXAMINATION FEE REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall refund the examination fee paid by an applicant who:

(1) provides advance notice of the applicant's inability to take the examination; or

(2) is unable to take the examination because of an emergency.

(b) The board shall adopt rules that establish the required notification period and the emergency situations that warrant a refund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 222.046 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 222 / Section 222.046
§ 222.046. SURVEYS OF ICF-IID FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall ensure that each survey team sent to survey an ICF-IID facility includes a qualified intellectual disabilities professional, as that term is defined by federal law.

(b) The department shall require that each survey team sent to survey an ICF-IID facility conduct a final interview with the provider to ensure that the survey team informs the provider of the survey findings and that the survey team has requested the necessary information from the provider. The survey team shall allow the provider to record the interview. The provider shall immediately give the survey team a copy of any recording.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3894.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3894 / Section 3894.051
§ 3894.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five directors appointed under Section 3894.052 and three directors serving ex officio under Section 3894.053.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8066.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8066 / Section 8066.0503
§ 8066.0503. 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.