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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8404.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8404 / Section 8404.004
§ 8404.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 668, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in copying the field notes in the legislative process or another mistake in the field notes does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Government Code § 1202.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.008
§ 1202.008. COLLECTION AND REPORT OF INFORMATION ON PUBLIC SECURITIES OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In reviewing public securities under this chapter, the attorney general may collect, in the form required by the Bond Review Board, information on public securities issued by a municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state.

(b) The information must include:

(1) the terms of the public securities;

(2) the debt service payable on the public securities; and

(3) other information required by the Bond Review Board.

(c) The attorney general shall send the information to the Bond Review Board for inclusion in the reports required by Sections 1231.062 and 1231.065.
Tex. Family Code § 58.257 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.257
§ 58.257. HEARING REGARDING SEALING OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A hearing regarding the sealing of a person's records must be held not later than the 60th day after the date the court receives the person's application under Section 58.256.

(b) The court shall give reasonable notice of a hearing under this section to:

(1) the person who is the subject of the records;

(2) the person's attorney who made the application for sealing on behalf of the person, if any;

(3) the prosecuting attorney for the juvenile court;

(4) all entities named in the application that the person believes possess eligible records related to the person; and

(5) any individual or entity whose presence at the hearing is requested by the person or prosecutor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 31.022 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 31 / Section 31.022
§ 31.022. APPOINTMENT; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the commissioner. The commissioner serves a two-year term that expires on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The governor shall appoint the commissioner without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1105.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.054
§ 1105.054. COMPUTATION OF AMOUNTS FOR POLICY ISSUED ON SUBSTANDARD BASIS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a policy issued on a substandard basis that provides reduced graded amounts of insurance so that, in each policy year, the policy has the same tabular mortality cost as an otherwise similar policy issued on the standard basis that provides higher uniform amounts of insurance. This section applies notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter to the contrary.

(b) Adjusted premiums and present values as to a policy to which this section applies may be computed as if the policy were issued to provide the higher uniform amounts of insurance of an otherwise similar policy issued on the standard basis.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.205 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 61 / Section 61.205
§ 61.205. BIGHORN SHEEP HUNTING PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) No person may hunt a bighorn sheep without first having acquired a bighorn sheep hunting permit issued by the department on a form provided by the department. A holder of a bighorn sheep hunting permit may hunt only on those lands for which the permit is valid.

(b) The permit may be distributed by the department or by a party to a cooperative agreement with the department for the restoration, protection, and management of bighorn sheep. A party to a cooperative agreement may distribute permits only for land that he owns or is in charge of or that is designated in the cooperative agreement.

(c) Permits distributed by the department shall be distributed to parties to a cooperative agreement and other members of the public by means of a fair method, subject to the limitations of the maximum number of permits to be issued.

(d) The department may authorize the sale, trade, auction, or donation of a bighorn sheep hunting permit if the proceeds of the sale, trade, auction, or donation are used to restore, protect, or manage bighorn sheep.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.2551 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.2551
§ 104.2551. ELECTRONIC BILLING.
Status: in_force

A gas utility or municipally owned utility may transmit the utility's bill for services through the Internet or by other electronic means instead of through the United States mail on the request of a customer of the gas utility or municipally owned utility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8297.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8297 / Section 8297.002
§ 8297.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Hays County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Family Code § 159.315 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.315
§ 159.315. NONPARENTAGE AS DEFENSE.
Status: in_force

A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or under law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1113.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1113 / Section 1113.204
§ 1113.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.5037 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.5037
§ 1302.5037. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION; INSTRUCTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Career and technology education program" means:

(A) a career and technology education program under Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code; or

(B) a program determined by the department to be similar to that described by Paragraph (A) and offered by:

(i) an institution of higher education; or

(ii) a private school, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code.

(2) "Institution of higher education" means an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) The department shall recognize a career and technology education program as a certification training program for purposes of Section 1302.5036.

(c) The commission by rule shall establish standards for the essential knowledge and skills of a career and technology education program described by Subsection (a), subject to the approval of the State Board of Education if the courses are to be offered in a high school. The rules must:

(1) require the program to consist of an appropriate number of hours of classroom instruction and a practical component; and

(2) provide for crediting appropriate on-the-job training toward meeting the requirements of the practical component.

(d) A person may not provide instruction in a career and technology education program unless the person is:

(1) a licensed air conditioning and refrigeration contractor; or

(2) a certified air conditioning and refrigeration technician whose certification was issued on or after September 1, 2018.

(e) A career and technology education program offered by an institution of higher education may not be more stringent than a program offered by a public high school.
Tex. Penal Code § 71.021 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 71 / Section 71.021
§ 71.021. VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER ENJOINING ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates a temporary or permanent order issued under Section 125.065(a) or (b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(b) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both sections.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.058
§ 1073.058. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The board may appoint one or more assistant administrators.

(c) The district administrator and any assistant administrator serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(d) Before assuming the duties of district administrator, the board may require the administrator to execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the faithful performance of the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.

(e) The board may pay for the bond with district money.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 16.051 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 16 / Section 16.051
§ 16.051. REGISTRABLE MARKS.
Status: in_force

(a) A mark that distinguishes an applicant's goods or services from those of others is registrable unless the mark:

(1) consists of or comprises matter that is immoral, deceptive, or scandalous;

(2) consists of or comprises matter that may disparage, falsely suggest a connection with, or bring into contempt or disrepute:

(A) a person, whether living or dead;

(B) an institution;

(C) a belief; or

(D) a national symbol;

(3) depicts, comprises, or simulates the flag, the coat of arms, the seal, the geographic outline, or other insignia of:

(A) the United States;

(B) a state;

(C) a municipality; or

(D) a foreign nation;

(4) consists of or comprises the name, signature, or portrait of a particular living individual who has not consented in writing to the mark's registration;

(5) when used on or in connection with the applicant's goods or services:

(A) is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the applicant's goods or services; or

(B) is primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the applicant's goods or services;

(6) is primarily merely a surname; or

(7) is likely to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive, because, when used on or in connection with the applicant's goods or services, it resembles:

(A) a mark registered in this state; or

(B) an unabandoned mark registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

(b) Subsection (a)(5) or (6) does not prevent the registration of a mark used by the applicant that has become distinctive as applied to the applicant's goods or services. The secretary of state may accept as evidence that a mark has become distinctive, when used on or in connection with the applicant's goods or services, proof of continuous use of the mark as such by the applicant in this state for the five years preceding the date on which the claim of distinctiveness is made.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.610 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.610
§ 1501.610. PREMIUM RATES; ADJUSTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A large employer health benefit plan issuer may charge premiums in accordance with this section to the group of employees or dependents who meet the participation criteria and do not decline coverage.

(b) A large employer health benefit plan issuer may not charge an adjustment to premium rates for individual employees or dependents for health status related factors or duration of coverage. Any adjustment must be applied uniformly to the rates charged for all employees and dependents of employees of a large employer.

(c) Subsection (b) does not restrict the amount that a large employer may be charged for coverage.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.006
§ 542.006. PERIODIC REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section, "claim" means a written claim filed by a resident of this state with an insurer engaging in business in this state.

(b) If, based on complaints of unfair claim settlement practices under this subchapter, the department finds that an insurer should be subjected to closer supervision with respect to the insurer's claim settlement practices, the department may require the insurer to file periodic reports at intervals the department determines necessary.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 42 , Sec. 3.01(4), eff. September 1, 2015.

(d) If at any time the department determines that the requirement to file a periodic report is no longer necessary to accomplish the objectives of this subchapter, the department may rescind the reporting requirement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1042.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1042 / Section 1042.108
§ 1042.108. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in real, personal, or mixed property located in district territory if the interest is necessary or convenient for the district to exercise a power or duty conferred on the district by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court; or

(2) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Water Code § 59.006 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.006
§ 59.006. CONSENT OF CITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Land in the corporate limits of a city or in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city may not be included in a district unless the city grants its written consent by resolution or ordinance to the inclusion of the land in the district.

(b) If the governing body of a city fails or refuses to grant permission for the inclusion of land in its extraterritorial jurisdiction in a district within 120 days after receipt of a written request, the person or entity desiring to create the district may petition the governing body of the city to make available the water, sewer, or drainage service contemplated to be provided by the district.

(c) Failure of the governing body of the city and the requesting district to execute a mutually agreeable contract providing for the service requested within six months after receipt of a request for consent constitutes authorization for the inclusion of land in the district under this section. Authorization for the inclusion of the land in the district under this section means only authorization to initiate proceedings to include the land in the district as otherwise provided by this chapter.

(d) Sections 54.016(e), (f), (g), and (h) apply under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8344.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8344 / Section 8344.151
§ 8344.151. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; PREREQUISITES.
Status: in_force

The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes or assessments.
Tex. Election Code § 202.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 202 / Section 202.001
§ 202.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to elective offices of the state and county governments except the offices of state senator and state representative.
Tex. Education Code § 54.526 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.526
§ 54.526. STUDENT FEES FOR UNIVERSITY CENTERS; THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $150 per student for each regular semester and not to exceed $75 per student for each term of the summer session. The sole purpose of the fee is financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and providing programming at a Student Union Building for the University of Houston. The fees herein authorized to be levied are in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter authorized to be levied.

(b) Such fees shall be deposited to an account known as "The University of Houston Center Fee Account" and shall be placed under the control of and subject to the order of the student fees advisory committee established under Section 54.5062. The committee shall annually submit to the president of the University of Houston a complete and itemized budget to be accompanied by a full and complete report of all activities conducted during the past year and all expenditures made incident thereto. The board of regents shall make such changes in the budget as it deems necessary before approving the budget. The board shall then levy the fees, within the limits herein fixed, in such amounts as will be sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the University Center Building. An increase in the fee from one academic year to the next must be approved by a majority vote of the students voting in an election called for that purpose or by a majority vote of the student government. Expenditures from "The University of Houston Center Fee Account" shall be made solely for the purposes set forth in this section, and in compliance with the budget approved by the board of regents.

(c) The fee may not be charged after the fifth academic year in which the fee is first charged unless, before the end of that academic year, the university has issued bonds payable in whole or in part from the fee, in which event the fee may not be charged after the academic year in which all such bonds, including refunding bonds for those bonds, have been fully paid.
Tex. Education Code § 48.1041 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.1041
§ 48.1041. COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall establish an advisory committee to advise the agency in adopting rules for the compensatory education allotment under Section 48.104, including:

(1) rules establishing the economic criteria described by Section 48.104(c)(5);

(2) rules detailing the method to count students who qualify for the allotment in:

(A) a dropout recovery school or program; or

(B) a residential treatment facility;

(3) methods for properly counting students who are homeless within the meaning of "homeless children and youths" under 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a; and

(4) rules to determine the appropriate weight by which to adjust the basic allotment in determining the compensatory allotment for students described by Subdivision (3).

(b) The advisory committee consists of members appointed by the commissioner, including:

(1) school district superintendents and chief financial officers;

(2) classroom teachers;

(3) representatives of school districts located in an area other than an urban area, as designated by the United States Census Bureau;

(4) at least one representative of an open-enrollment charter school;

(5) demographers;

(6) experts on census data;

(7) public school finance experts; and

(8) appropriate employees of the agency.

(c) Members of the advisory committee serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.

(d) A member of the advisory committee is not entitled to receive compensation for service on the committee or reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing official duties as a member of the committee.

(e) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the advisory committee.

(f) Not less than once every two years, the advisory committee shall review census and student data and provide recommendations to the agency regarding any suggested changes to the rules adopted for the compensatory education allotment under Section 48.104.
Tex. Government Code § 845.311 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 845 / Section 845.311
§ 845.311. EXPENSE FUND.
Status: in_force

The expense fund shall account for the administrative revenues and expenses of the retirement system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1092.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1092 / Section 1092.002
§ 1092.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION.
Status: in_force

The Sabine County Hospital District of Sabine County, Texas, is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8387.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8387 / Section 8387.052
§ 8387.052. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a vacancy in the office of director shall be filled in the manner provided by Section 49.105, Water Code.

(b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint directors to fill the vacancies on the board whenever the number of qualified directors is fewer than three.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 506.017 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 506 / Section 506.017
§ 506.017. RULES; FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The commission by rule may authorize the collection of annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms required by this chapter. The fee may not exceed:

(1) $50 for each required submission having no more than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or

(2) $100 for each required submission having more than 75 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.

(c) To minimize the fees, the commission by rule shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier two forms contains fewer than 25 items.

(d) The commission may use up to 20 percent of the fees collected under this section as grants to local emergency planning committees to assist them to fulfill their responsibilities under EPCRA. An amount not to exceed 15 percent of the fees collected under Chapter 505 and this chapter, or 15 percent of the amount of fees paid by the state and its political subdivisions under this chapter, whichever is greater, may be used by the Department of State Health Services to administer Chapter 502.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.201
§ 110.201. INTERAGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

The interagency advisory committee shall advise the council on administering the council's duties under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8317.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8317 / Section 8317.002
§ 8317.002. NATURE AND PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 1231.043 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1231 / Section 1231.043
§ 1231.043. APPROVAL OF ISSUANCE.
Status: in_force

The board shall approve the issuance of a state security if, after examining the application and documents or items of information required by the board, the board determines that the issuance is advisable.