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Tex. Water Code § 11.328 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.328
§ 11.328. WATERMASTER'S NOTICE POSTED.
Status: in_force

If, in the performance of his duties, a watermaster regulates diversion works or the controlling works of reservoirs, he shall attach to the works a written notice, properly dated and signed, stating that the works have been properly regulated and are wholly under his control. The notice is legal notice to all parties interested in the diversion and distribution of the water served by the diversion works or reservoir.
Tex. Education Code § 135.53 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 135 / Section 135.53
§ 135.53. NONRESIDENT FEE EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into cooperative agreements which exempt technical students from nonresident fees when there are reciprocal privileges granted to Texas residents.
Tex. Education Code § 56.302 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.302
§ 56.302. PROGRAM NAME; PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided under Section 56.310(c), the student financial assistance program authorized by this subchapter is known as the Toward EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grant program, and an individual grant awarded under this subchapter is known as a TEXAS grant.

(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a grant of money to enable eligible students to attend eligible institutions in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8508.0057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8508 / Section 8508.0057
§ 8508.0057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a director as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.

(b) The board shall elect one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and other officers as the directors consider necessary.

(c) The presiding officer and each vice president must be a director, but other officers are not required to be directors.

(d) The offices of the secretary and treasurer may be combined, and the offices of assistant secretary and assistant treasurer may be combined.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.0048 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.0048
§ 232.0048. CONFLICT OF INTEREST; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "subdivided tract" means a tract of land, as a whole, that is subdivided. The term does not mean an individual lot in a subdivided tract of land.

(b) A person has a substantial interest in a subdivided tract if the person:

(1) has an equitable or legal ownership interest in the tract with a fair market value of $2,500 or more;

(2) acts as a developer of the tract;

(3) owns 10 percent or more of the voting stock or shares of or owns either 10 percent or more or $5,000 or more of the fair market value of a business entity that:

(A) has an equitable or legal ownership interest in the tract with a fair market value of $2,500 or more; or

(B) acts as a developer of the tract; or

(4) receives in a calendar year funds from a business entity described by Subdivision (3) that exceed 10 percent of the person's gross income for the previous year.

(c) A person also is considered to have a substantial interest in a subdivided tract if the person is related in the first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to another person who, under Subsection (b), has a substantial interest in the tract.

(d) If a member of the commissioners court of a county has a substantial interest in a subdivided tract, the member shall file, before a vote or decision regarding the approval of a plat for the tract, an affidavit stating the nature and extent of the interest and shall abstain from further participation in the matter. The affidavit must be filed with the county clerk.

(e) A member of the commissioners court of a county commits an offense if the member violates Subsection (d). An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.

(f) The finding by a court of a violation of this section does not render voidable an action of the commissioners court unless the measure would not have passed the commissioners court without the vote of the member who violated this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 462.079 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 462 / Section 462.079
§ 462.079. REVOCATION OF FURLOUGH.
Status: in_force

(a) A furlough may be revoked only after an administrative hearing held in accordance with department rules. The hearing must be held within 72 hours after the patient is returned to the facility.

(b) A hearing officer shall conduct the hearing. The hearing officer may be a mental health or chemical dependency professional if the person is not directly involved in treating the patient.

(c) The hearing is informal, and the patient is entitled to present information and argument.

(d) The hearing officer may revoke the furlough if the officer determines that the revocation is justified under Section 462.078(b)(1) or (2).

(e) A hearing officer who revokes a furlough shall place in the patient's file:

(1) a written notation of the decision; and

(2) a written explanation of the reasons for the decision and the information on which the hearing officer relied.

(f) The patient shall be permitted to leave the facility under the furlough if the hearing officer determines that the furlough should not be revoked.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8817.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8817 / Section 8817.004
§ 8817.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The initial boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of San Patricio County, Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 419.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.021
§ 419.021. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Aircraft rescue and fire protection personnel" means permanent, full-time local governmental employees who, as a permanent duty assignment, fight aircraft fires at airports, stand by for potential crash landings, and perform aircraft crash rescue.

(2) "Fire department" means a department of a local government that is staffed by permanent, full-time employees of the local government and that is organized to prevent or suppress fires.

(3) "Fire protection personnel" means:

(A) permanent, full-time law enforcement officers designated as fire and arson investigators by an appropriate local authority;

(B) aircraft rescue and fire protection personnel; or

(C) permanent, full-time fire department employees who are not secretaries, stenographers, clerks, budget analysts, or similar support staff persons or other administrative employees and who are assigned duties in one or more of the following categories:

(i) fire suppression;

(ii) fire inspection;

(iii) fire and arson investigation;

(iv) marine fire fighting;

(v) aircraft rescue and fire fighting;

(vi) fire training;

(vii) fire education;

(viii) fire administration; and

(ix) any other position necessarily or customarily related to fire prevention or suppression.

(4) "Local government" means a municipality, a county, a special-purpose district or authority, or any other political subdivision of the state.

(5) "Marine fire protection personnel" means permanent, full-time local governmental employees who work aboard a fireboat and fight fires that occur on or adjacent to a waterway, waterfront, channel, or turning basin.

(6) "Protective clothing" means garments, including turnout coats, bunker coats, bunker pants, boots, gloves, trousers, helmets, and protective hoods, worn by fire protection personnel in the course of performing fire-fighting operations, including wildland fire suppression.

(7) "Structure fire protection personnel" means permanent, full-time local government employees who engage in fire-fighting activities involving structures and may perform other emergency activities typically associated with fire-fighting duties such as rescue, emergency medical response, confined space rescue, hazardous materials response, and wildland fire-fighting.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.037 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.037
§ 52.037. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A marketing association may amend the articles of incorporation at any regular meeting of the association or at a special meeting for that purpose, at which at least 10 percent of the members are voting in person or by proxy or mail.

(b) An amendment must first be approved by two-thirds of the directors and then, except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, adopted by:

(1) a simple majority vote when 50 percent or more of the members vote in person or by proxy or mail;

(2) a two-thirds majority vote when less than 50 percent but 25 percent or more of the members vote in person or by proxy or mail; or

(3) a three-fourths majority vote when less than 25 percent but 10 percent or more of the members vote in person or by proxy or mail.

(c) An amendment of the rules required by Section 52.034(b) of this code for determining the property rights and interests of members of a marketing association formed without capital stock may be adopted by a vote or written consent of two-thirds of the members who are present at a meeting of the association at which a quorum is present or who are voting by proxy or mail as prescribed by an association bylaw.

(d) After an amendment is adopted, the amendment shall be filed in accordance with the general corporation laws of the state.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 252.001 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 252 / Section 252.001
§ 252.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Animal" means poultry, livestock, and other domestic and wild animals. The term does not include an animal used for illegal gaming.

(2) "Animal or crop facility" means a facility that is used in the agricultural production of animals or crops. The term includes:

(A) a tractor, trailer, farm implement of husbandry, building, greenhouse, structure, laboratory, pasture, field, paddock, pond, impoundment, or premises where animals or crops are located;

(B) a managed bee colony; and

(C) a livestock market.

(3) "Crop" includes a shrub, vine, tree, seedling, shoot, slip, or other plant capable of producing food, fiber, medicine, nursery stock, floral products, or aesthetic beauty.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.0012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.0012
§ 214.0012. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) Any owner, lienholder, or mortgagee of record of property jointly or severally aggrieved by an order of a municipality issued under Section 214.001 may file in district court a verified petition setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be filed by an owner, lienholder, or mortgagee within 30 calendar days after the respective dates a copy of the final decision of the municipality is personally delivered to them, mailed to them by first class mail with certified return receipt requested, or delivered to them by the United States Postal Service using signature confirmation service, or such decision shall become final as to each of them upon the expiration of each such 30 calendar day period.

(b) On the filing of the petition, the court may issue a writ of certiorari directed to the municipality to review the order of the municipality and shall prescribe in the writ the time within which a return on the writ must be made, which must be longer than 10 days, and served on the relator or the relator's attorney.

(c) The municipality may not be required to return the original papers acted on by it, but it is sufficient for the municipality to return certified or sworn copies of the papers or of parts of the papers as may be called for by the writ.

(d) The return must concisely set forth other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds of the decision appealed from and shall be verified.

(e) The issuance of the writ does not stay proceedings on the decision appealed from.

(f) Appeal in the district court shall be limited to a hearing under the substantial evidence rule. The court may reverse or affirm, in whole or in part, or may modify the decision brought up for review.

(g) Costs may not be allowed against the municipality.

(h) If the decision of the municipality is affirmed or not substantially reversed but only modified, the district court shall allow to the municipality all attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incurred by it and shall enter a judgment for those items, which may be entered against the property owners, lienholders, or mortgagees as well as all persons subject to the proceedings before the municipality.

(i) An appeal under this section for an action in which a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more is a party is governed by the procedures for accelerated appeals in civil cases under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. The district court shall render its final order or judgment with the least possible delay.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.321 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.321
§ 623.321. PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue a permit under this subchapter, as an alternative to a permit issued under Section 623.011, authorizing a person to operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is being used to transport unrefined timber, wood chips, or woody biomass or equipment used to load timber on a vehicle in a county identified as a timber producing county in the most recent edition of the Texas A&M Forest Service's Harvest Trends Report as of May 15, 2013, at the weight limits prescribed by Subsection (b).

(b) A person may operate over a road or highway a vehicle or combination of vehicles issued a permit under this section at a gross weight that is not heavier than 84,000 pounds, if the gross load carried on any tandem axle of the vehicle or combination of vehicles does not exceed 44,000 pounds.

(c) Section 621.508 does not apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles operated under this section.

(d) The department shall annually update the number of timber producing counties described by Subsection (a) based on the most recent edition of the Texas A&M Forest Service's Harvest Trends Report.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.151 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.151
§ 501.151. PLACEMENT OF SERIAL NUMBER WITH INTENT TO CHANGE IDENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person stamps or places a serial number on a vehicle or part of a vehicle with the intent of changing the identity of the vehicle.

(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of an offense under this section that the person acted with respect to a number assigned by:

(1) a vehicle manufacturer and the person was an employee of the manufacturer acting within the course and scope of employment; or

(2) the department, and the person was:

(A) discharging official duties as an agent of the department; or

(B) complying with department rule as an applicant for a serial number assigned by the department.

(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0054
§ 546.0054. COMMUNITY LIVING OPTIONS INFORMATION PROCESS FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "institution" means:

(1) a residential care facility the commission operates or maintains to provide 24-hour services, including residential services, to individuals with an intellectual disability; or

(2) an ICF-IID.

(b) In addition to providing information regarding care and support options as required by Section 546.0053, the commission shall implement a community living options information process in each institution to inform individuals with an intellectual disability who reside in the institution and the individuals' legally authorized representatives of alternative community living options.

(c) The commission shall:

(1) at least annually provide the information required by Subsection (b) through the community living options information process; and

(2) provide the information at any other time on request by an individual with an intellectual disability who resides in an institution or the individual's legally authorized representative.

(d) If an individual with an intellectual disability residing in an institution or the individual's legally authorized representative indicates a desire to pursue an alternative community living option after receiving the information provided under this section, the commission shall refer the individual or the individual's legally authorized representative to the local intellectual and developmental disability authority. The local authority shall place the individual:

(1) in an alternative community living option, subject to the availability of funds; or

(2) on a waiting list for those options if for any reason the options are not available to the individual on or before the 30th day after the date the individual or the individual's legally authorized representative is referred to the local authority.

(e) The commission shall document in the records of each individual with an intellectual disability who resides in an institution:

(1) the information provided to the individual or the individual's legally authorized representative through the community living options information process; and

(2) the results of that process.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.252
§ 3906.252. PROPERTY TAX AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The district may impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district to:

(1) pay for an improvement project of the types authorized by Section 52(b), Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; or

(2) secure the payment of bonds issued for a purpose described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Education Code § 21.707 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.707
§ 21.707. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.071 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.071
§ 371.071. APPLICATION FOR RELOCATION.
Status: in_force

A pawnbroker who wishes to move a pawnshop from the location provided on the license must make application to the commissioner before the 30th day preceding the date the pawnbroker moves.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.304 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.304
§ 45A.304.
Status: in_force

Art. 45A.304. DEFERRED DISPOSITION REQUIREMENTS: MOVING VIOLATION COMMITTED BY YOUNG DEFENDANT. (a) This article applies to a defendant who:

(1) is younger than 25 years of age; and

(2) committed a traffic offense classified as a moving violation.

(b) Notwithstanding Article 45A.303(b)(8), during a deferral period ordered under this subchapter, the judge shall require that a defendant described by Subsection (a):

(1) complete a driving safety course approved under Chapter 1001, Education Code; and

(2) if the defendant holds a provisional license, be examined by the Department of Public Safety as required by Section 521.161(b)(2), Transportation Code.

(c) A defendant remains subject to the examination required by Subsection (b)(2) regardless of whether the defendant was examined previously.

(d) A defendant examined as required by Subsection (b)(2) must pay a $10 reimbursement fee for the examination.

(e) The reimbursement fee collected under Subsection (d) must be deposited to the credit of a special account in the general revenue fund and may be used only by the Department of Public Safety for the administration of Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.306 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.306
§ 887.306.
Status: in_force

Sec. 887.306. ASSESSMENT-AS-NEEDED ASSOCIATIONS: PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES. (a) This section applies only to an association operating on an assessment-as-needed basis.

(b) If the members' payments on insurance certificates issued and in force before May 12, 1939, or on the reinsurance or renewals of those certificates, are not sufficient to pay matured death and disability claims in the maximum amount stated in the certificates and to provide for the creation and maintenance of the funds required by the association's bylaws, the association may, with the commissioner's approval and after proper hearing before the commissioner, provide for meeting the deficiency by additional, increased, or extra rates of payment.

(c) The association may give the members the option of agreeing to reduced maximum benefits or making increased payments.
Tex. Water Code § 26.0272 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.0272
§ 26.0272. PERMITS AUTHORIZING DISCHARGES FROM CERTAIN SEAWATER DESALINATION FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a facility that generates water treatment residuals from the desalination of seawater solely for use as part of an industrial process.

(b) The commission may issue a permit for the discharge of water treatment residuals from the desalination of seawater into the portion of the Gulf of Mexico inside the territorial limits of the state.

(c) Before issuing a permit under this section, the commission must evaluate the discharge of water treatment residuals from the desalination of seawater into the Gulf of Mexico for compliance with the state water quality standards adopted by the commission, the requirements of the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program, and applicable federal law.

(d) The commission may issue individual permits or a general permit under this section. If the commission elects to issue individual permits under this section, the commission must establish procedures for the review of an application that, at a minimum, comply with the requirements of Subchapter M, Chapter 5. If the commission elects to issue a general permit under this section, the commission must comply with the requirements of Section 26.040.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.353 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.353
§ 101.353. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

A majority of all of the governing persons, members, or committee members of a limited liability company constitutes a quorum for the purpose of transacting business at a meeting of the governing authority, members, or committee of the company, as appropriate.
Tex. Family Code § 103.003 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 103 / Section 103.003
§ 103.003. TRANSFER OF ORIGINAL SUIT WITHIN STATE WHEN PARTY OR CHILD RESIDES OUTSIDE STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state in which an original suit is filed or in which a suit for child support is filed under Chapter 159 shall transfer the suit to the county of residence of the party who is a resident of this state if all other parties and children affected by the proceedings reside outside this state.

(b) If one or more of the parties affected by the suit reside outside this state and if more than one party or one or more children affected by the proceeding reside in this state in different counties, the court shall transfer the suit according to the following priorities:

(1) to the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, if any;

(2) to the county of residence of the child, if applicable, provided that:

(A) there is no court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or

(B) the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction finds that neither a party nor a child affected by the proceeding resides in the county of the court of continuing jurisdiction; or

(3) if Subdivisions (1) and (2) are inapplicable, to the county most appropriate to serve the convenience of the resident parties, the witnesses, and the interest of justice.

(c) If a transfer of an original suit or suit for child support under Chapter 159 is sought under this section, Chapter 155 applies to the procedures for transfer of the suit.