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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.302
§ 1067.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7981A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7981A / Section 7981A.0103
§ 7981A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2305.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2305 / Section 2305.051
§ 2305.051. REPLACEMENT OF CYLINDER BLOCK.
Status: in_force

The owner of a motor vehicle registered under Chapter 502, Transportation Code, that has a damaged cylinder block replaced shall have the original engine number of the motor vehicle stamped with a steel die on the replacement cylinder block.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8492.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8492 / Section 8492.252
§ 8492.252. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3872.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3872 / Section 3872.202
§ 3872.202. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes of the defined area or designated property, the board shall call and hold an election in the defined area or within the boundaries of the designated property only.

(b) The election shall be conducted as provided by Section 3872.161.

(c) The board may submit the issues to the voters on the same ballot to be used in another election.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.338 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.338
§ 9.338. PRIORITY OF SECURITY INTEREST OR AGRICULTURAL LIEN PERFECTED BY FILED FINANCING STATEMENT PROVIDING CERTAIN INCORRECT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in Section 9.516(b)(5) that is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed:

(1) the security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security interest in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest gives value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information; and

(2) a purchaser, other than a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security interest or agricultural lien to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information, the purchaser gives value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral.
Tex. Government Code § 418.302 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.302
§ 418.302. COUNCIL ESTABLISHED.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Energy Reliability Council is established to:

(1) ensure that the energy and electric industries in this state meet high priority human needs and address critical infrastructure concerns; and

(2) enhance coordination and communication in the energy and electric industries in this state.

(b) Chapter 2110 does not apply to the council.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 36.103 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.103
§ 36.103. ANSWER BY DEFENDANT.
Status: in_force

A defendant is not required to file in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure an answer to a petition filed under this subchapter until the petition is unsealed and served on the defendant.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.302 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.302
§ 285.302. COMPLIANCE BY NONPROFIT CORPORATION WITH CERTAIN LAWS.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit corporation created or formed under this subchapter or other law by a hospital district that is created under general or special law shall comply with Chapter 2258, Government Code, in the same manner and to the same extent that the hospital district that created or formed the corporation is required to comply with that chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 142.003 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.003
§ 142.003. TERMS AND OATH OF COMMISSIONERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each commissioner serves a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and has qualified.

(b) Each commissioner shall take the constitutional oath of office and shall also take an oath to faithfully perform his duties as commissioner.

(c) If a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner, the original appointing officer shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired portion of the term.
Tex. Local Government Code § 386.036 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 386 / Section 386.036
§ 386.036. AMENDING BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A creating body by ordinance or order may amend the boundary of a development zone after a public hearing on the issue.

(b) The amended boundary:

(1) must be continuous;

(2) may not exceed the original size requirement of Section 386.031; and

(3) may not exclude any area originally included within the boundary of the development zone.

(c) The entire development zone with the amended boundary must continue to meet the unemployment or economic distress requirements of Section 386.031.

(d) A creating body may not make more than one boundary amendment for a development zone in a calendar year.

(e) If more than one body created the development zone, each body must agree on the amendment by ordinance or order.
Tex. Water Code § 11.333 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.333
§ 11.333. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSION RULES.
Status: in_force

If the owner of waterworks using state water refuses or neglects to comply with the rules adopted pursuant to Section 11.330, 11.331, or 11.332 of this code, the executive director, after 10 days notice or after a period of additional time that is reasonable under the circumstances, may direct the watermaster to make adjustments of the control works to prevent the owner of the works from diverting, taking, storing, or distributing any water until he has fully complied with the rules.
Tex. Occupations Code § 506.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 506 / Section 506.154
§ 506.154. FEES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall set fees in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 317.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.002
§ 317.002. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "facility" means property that the governing body of a municipality considers necessary for the elimination of a grade-level crossing by a railroad line from a street of the municipality or for the relocation of a railroad line within the municipality, including:

(1) land;

(2) a right-of-way;

(3) an elevated structure;

(4) a grade separation;

(5) an underpass or overpass;

(6) a passenger station, depot, or other building;

(7) an interchange yard;

(8) a railroad track; and

(9) any other improvement.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.033 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.033
§ 17.033. RELEASE ON BOND OF CERTAIN PERSONS ARRESTED WITHOUT A WARRANT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who is arrested without a warrant and who is detained in jail must be released on bond, in an amount not to exceed $5,000, not later than the 24th hour after the person's arrest if the person was arrested for a misdemeanor and a magistrate has not determined whether probable cause exists to believe that the person committed the offense. If the person is unable to obtain a surety for the bond or unable to deposit money in the amount of the bond, the person must be released on personal bond.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who is arrested without a warrant and who is detained in jail must be released on bond, in an amount not to exceed $10,000, not later than the 48th hour after the person's arrest if the person was arrested for a felony and a magistrate has not determined whether probable cause exists to believe that the person committed the offense. If the person is unable to obtain a surety for the bond or unable to deposit money in the amount of the bond, the person must be released on personal bond.

(c) On the filing of an application by the attorney representing the state, a magistrate may postpone the release of a person under Subsection (a) or (b) for not more than 72 hours after the person's arrest. An application filed under this subsection must state the reason a magistrate has not determined whether probable cause exists to believe that the person committed the offense for which the person was arrested.

(d) The time limits imposed by Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a person arrested without a warrant who is taken to a hospital, clinic, or other medical facility before being taken before a magistrate under Article 15.17. For a person described by this subsection, the time limits imposed by Subsections (a) and (b) begin to run at the time, as documented in the records of the hospital, clinic, or other medical facility, that a physician or other medical professional releases the person from the hospital, clinic, or other medical facility.
Tex. Estates Code § 255.351 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 255 / Section 255.351
§ 255.351. EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH WILL.
Status: in_force

A testator may not exercise a power of appointment through a residuary clause in the testator's will or through a will providing for general disposition of all of the testator's property unless:

(1) the testator makes a specific reference to the power in the will; or

(2) there is some other indication in writing that the testator intended to include the property subject to the power in the will.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.012
§ 118.012. PERSONAL PROPERTY RECORDS FILING.
Status: in_force

(a) The fee for "Personal Property Records Filing" under Section 118.011 is for filing or filing and registering, including indexing, in the personal property, chattels, or personal records in the office of the county clerk a document that is authorized or required to be filed in those records.

(b) The fee does not apply to:

(1) notary public records;

(2) marriage records;

(3) vital statistics records;

(4) documents filed in the records of county civil or criminal courts or probate courts;

(5) documents filed and recorded in the real property records in the office of the county clerk; or

(6) instruments for which the filing fee is fixed by the Business & Commerce Code.

(c) This fee is in addition to any other specific fee provided for by other statute.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8115.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8115 / Section 8115.004
§ 8115.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes;

(3) the validity of the district's bonds, notes, or indebtedness; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Education Code § 56.073 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.073
§ 56.073. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall administer the Texas college work-study program. The coordinating board shall work with eligible institutions and employers to provide eligible students with part-time jobs funded in part by the state.

(b) State support for this program may not exceed the amount specified by appropriation.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.253 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 12 / Section 12.253
§ 12.253. ACTION AGAINST INSOLVENT ENTITY.
Status: in_force

When the attorney general is convinced that a filing entity or foreign filing entity is insolvent, the attorney general shall institute quo warranto or other appropriate proceedings to terminate the certificate of formation or registration of the filing entity or foreign filing entity that is insolvent.
Tex. Government Code § 1231.085 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1231 / Section 1231.085
§ 1231.085. REPORT OF REFUNDING OR ESCROW-RELATED TRANSACTION.
Status: in_force

A report concerning a refunding or escrow-related transaction must state the spread paid on the purchase or sale of an escrow security.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.152
§ 1001.152. USE OF MONEY IN FUND.
Status: in_force

Money that is required to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used by the department only:

(1) to support the department's operations and the administration and enforcement of the department's functions; or

(2) to pay the accounting costs and related liabilities for the fund, including fringe benefits, workers' compensation, and unemployment compensation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.073 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.073
§ 441.073. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) In each year on a uniform election date as provided by Chapter 41, Election Code, an election shall be held in the district to elect the appropriate number of directors.

(b) To have a person's name printed on the ballot at a directors' election as a candidate for director, the person must file a petition with the secretary of the district not later than the 36th day before the date of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.061
§ 3952.061. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

Chapter 171, Local Government Code, governs conflicts of interest of directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.254
§ 1107.254. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY DISTRICT TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may elect to employ a tax assessor-collector to assess and collect district taxes by adopting an appropriate resolution before December 1 of any year. The election remains in effect until revoked by a resolution adopted by the board.

(b) The district tax assessor-collector must reside in the district.

(c) The board shall set the term of employment and compensation for the district tax assessor-collector.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8052.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8052 / Section 8052.0303
§ 8052.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Water Code § 17.029 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.029
§ 17.029. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued under this chapter and their accrued interest. The board may sell the refunding bonds and use the proceeds to retire the outstanding bonds issued under this chapter, exchange the refunding bonds for the outstanding bonds, or refund the bonds in the manner provided by any other applicable statute, including Chapter 1207, Government Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 41.04 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 41 / Section 41.04
§ 41.04. CHALLENGE PETITION.
Status: in_force

The appraisal review board is not required to hear or determine a challenge unless the taxing unit initiating the challenge files a petition with the board before June 1 or within 15 days after the date that the appraisal records are submitted to the appraisal review board, whichever is later. The petition must include an explanation of the grounds for the challenge.
Tex. Government Code § 441.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.104
§ 441.104. DUTIES OF TEXAS STATE LIBRARY.
Status: in_force

The Texas State Library shall:

(1) acquire, organize, retain, and provide access to state publications;

(2) collect state publications and distribute them to depository libraries;

(3) establish a program for the preservation and management of state publications and make available state publications in alternative formats to depository libraries and other libraries at a reasonable cost;

(4) periodically issue a list of all state publications that it has received in a physical format to all depository libraries and other libraries on request;

(5) catalog, classify, and index all state publications that it receives and distribute the cataloging, classification, and indexing information to depository libraries and to other libraries on request;

(6) ensure that state publications are fully represented in regional and national automated library networks;

(7) index all state publications that are available through the Internet and make the index available through the Internet; and

(8) provide other depository libraries appropriate access, at no charge, to state publications available in an electronic format.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0314 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0314
§ 8511.0314. USE OF REVENUE AND PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The use of any authority money or property for any purpose not provided by this chapter is prohibited.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2307.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2307 / Section 2307.001
§ 2307.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Arm's length transaction" means the standard of conduct under which two parties having substantially equal bargaining power, each acting in its own interest, would negotiate or carry out a particular transaction.

(2) "Claims center" means a location designated by an insurer where a claims adjuster, employee, or agent of the insurer performs an initial damage estimate on a vehicle under the terms of an insurance policy.

(3) "Favored facility agreement" means an agreement between an insurer and a repair facility under which the insurer agrees to recommend, directly or indirectly, to its policyholders or other beneficiaries under the insurer's policies, that the policyholder or other beneficiary obtain repairs at that repair facility or in any other way agrees to influence its policyholders or other beneficiaries under the insurer's policies to obtain repairs at that repair facility.

(4) "Insurer" means an insurer authorized by the Texas Department of Insurance to write motor vehicle insurance in this state, including a county mutual insurance company, a Lloyd's plan, and a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange if that insurer owns an interest in a repair facility in this state. The term includes an entity that is an affiliate of an insurer as described by Section 823.003, Insurance Code.

(5) "Repair facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 2304.001.

(6) "Support services" means basic services, provided nonspecifically, that are provided internally and to each affiliate or subsidiary, by an insurer, its parent company, or a separate affiliate created to provide basic corporate support. The term does not include a service related to the operation of a repair facility if that service would have no value, or minimal value to any other type of business.

(7) "Tied repair facility" means a repair facility in which an insurer owns an interest.
Tex. Education Code § 61.092 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.092
§ 61.092. CONTRACTS WITH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with Baylor College of Medicine for the administration, direction, and performance of all services and the provision, maintenance, operation, and repair of all buildings, facilities, structures, equipment, and materials necessary or proper to the education, training, preparation, or instruction of bona fide Texas resident undergraduate medical students.

(b) Funds received by Baylor College of Medicine under Subchapter A or B, Chapter 63, may be used only to support programs that benefit medical research, health education, or treatment programs at the institution.

(c) If Baylor College of Medicine elects to administer the fund established for the institution under Subchapter B, Chapter 63, Baylor College of Medicine and the board must enter into a contract that requires Baylor College of Medicine to administer the fund in the same manner and subject to the same regulations, including disclosure requirements, as would apply to the comptroller if the comptroller were administering a fund under Subchapter B, Chapter 63.

(d) This subchapter may not be construed to empower the board to limit, alter, modify, or in any other manner change or approve, or negotiate for changes in or approval of, the administration, direction, and performance of these services or the provision, maintenance, operation, and repair of buildings, facilities, structures, equipment, or materials.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11003.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11003 / Section 11003.051
§ 11003.051. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the city as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1975, and as the district territory may have been modified under:

(1) this subchapter or its predecessor statutes, Sections 6 and 7, Chapter 36, Acts of the 64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975;

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

(3) other law.

(b) An invalidity in the fixing of the boundaries of the city as they existed on January 1, 1975, does not affect the boundaries of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9013.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9013 / Section 9013.206
§ 9013.206. USE OF MAINTENANCE TAX PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may spend maintenance tax proceeds for:

(1) an easement or right-of-way;

(2) any purpose for which a district may spend bond proceeds; and

(3) maintenance and operation purposes.

(b) The district may place surplus maintenance tax proceeds not needed for maintenance purposes into the sinking funds for outstanding district bonds.

(c) The board's determination to spend maintenance tax proceeds is final and is not subject to judicial review, except on the grounds of fraud, palpable error, or gross abuse of discretion.
Tex. Government Code § 2063.501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2063 / Section 2063.501
§ 2063.501. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Incident response team" means the Texas volunteer incident response team established under Section 2063.502.

(2) "Participating entity" means a state agency, including an institution of higher education, or a local government that receives assistance under this subchapter during a cybersecurity incident.

(3) "Volunteer" means an individual who provides rapid response assistance during a cybersecurity incident under this subchapter.