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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9008.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9008 / Section 9008.003
§ 9008.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 9008.024 before September 1, 2007:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2007, except that:

(A) any debts incurred shall be paid;

(B) any assets that remain after the payment of debts shall be transferred to Calhoun County; and

(C) the organization of the district shall be maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2010.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8199.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8199 / Section 8199.203
§ 8199.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) 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.

(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Penal Code § 32.01 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 32 / Section 32.01
§ 32.01. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Financial institution" means a bank, trust company, insurance company, credit union, building and loan association, savings and loan association, investment trust, investment company, or any other organization held out to the public as a place for deposit of funds or medium of savings or collective investment.

(2) "Property" means:

(A) real property;

(B) tangible or intangible personal property including anything severed from land; or

(C) a document, including money, that represents or embodies anything of value.

(3) "Service" includes:

(A) labor and professional service;

(B) telecommunication, public utility, and transportation service;

(C) lodging, restaurant service, and entertainment; and

(D) the supply of a motor vehicle or other property for use.

(4) "Steal" means to acquire property or service by theft.
Tex. Government Code § 403.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.017
§ 403.017. CUSTODY OF SECURITY FOR MONEY AND DEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A bond, note, or other security for money given to the state or an officer for the use of the state shall be deposited in the office of the comptroller.

(b) A deed conveying land or an interest in land to the state for highway purposes shall be deposited in the Austin office of the Texas Department of Transportation.
Tex. Government Code § 508.1862 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.1862
§ 508.1862. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

A parole panel shall require as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision that a releasee participate in a sex offender treatment program developed by the department if:

(1) the releasee:

(A) was serving a sentence for an offense under Chapter 21, Penal Code; or

(B) is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(2) immediately before release, the releasee is participating in a sex offender treatment program established under Section 499.054.
Tex. Family Code § 231.305 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 231 / Section 231.305
§ 231.305. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CHILD SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The Title IV-D agency and the Texas Department of Human Services by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding governing the establishment and enforcement of court-ordered child support in cases involving children who receive financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code. The memorandum shall require the agency and the department to:

(1) develop procedures to ensure that the information the department is required to collect to establish and enforce child support:

(A) is collected from the person applying to receive the financial assistance at the time the application is filed;

(B) is accurate and complete when the department forwards the information to the agency;

(C) is not information previously reported to the agency; and

(D) is forwarded to the agency in an expeditious manner;

(2) develop procedures to ensure that the agency does not duplicate the efforts of the department in gathering necessary information;

(3) clarify each agency's responsibilities in the establishment and enforcement of child support;

(4) develop guidelines for use by eligibility workers and child support enforcement officers in obtaining from an applicant the information required to establish and enforce child support for that child;

(5) develop training programs for appropriate department personnel to enhance the collection of information for child support enforcement;

(6) develop a standard time, not to exceed 30 days, for the department to initiate a sanction on request from the agency;

(7) develop procedures for agency participation in department appeal hearings relating to noncompliance sanctions;

(8) develop performance measures regarding the timeliness and the number of sanctions resulting from agency requests for noncompliance sanctions; and

(9) prescribe:

(A) the time in which the department is required to forward information under Subdivision (1)(D); and

(B) what constitutes complete information under Subdivision (1)(B).

(b) The Title IV-D agency and the Texas Department of Human Services shall review and renew or modify the memorandum not later than January 1 of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Insurance Code § 886.108 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 886 / Section 886.108
§ 886.108. SURETY BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) A local mutual aid association's officer responsible for the funds of the association shall file with the department a surety bond.

(b) The surety bond must be:

(1) executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state;

(2) satisfactory to the department; and

(3) payable in an amount and conditioned as specified by Section 887.054.

(c) This section does not apply to a local mutual aid association that:

(1) has a total membership of 1,000 or fewer members;

(2) charges $1 or less each for annual dues or assessments; and

(3) charges $2.50 or less for a membership fee.

(d) An association exempted under Subsection (c) shall file with the department a bond in the amount of $1,000 and conditioned as provided by Section 887.054.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.001 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 55A / Section 55A.001
§ 55A.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a person who has been placed under a custodial or noncustodial arrest for commission of a felony or misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0202
§ 5010.0202. ELECTIONS; WARDS; QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Two commissioners are elected by the voters of the district at large, and each ward is represented on the board by a ward resident elected as commissioner by the voters of the ward.

(b) The district is divided into four wards in accordance with a redistricting plan consistent with the most recent decennial census.

(c) The board may change the boundaries of the wards and may designate the wards by reference to county commissioners court precincts, except that:

(1) there must be four wards in the district at all times;

(2) each ward must contain as nearly as possible the same number of voters; and

(3) each ward must contain at least 20 percent of the estimated population of the district.

(d) Each commissioner must:

(1) be a qualified voter of the district; and

(2) own taxable real property located in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1151.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.003
§ 1151.003. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a county assessor-collector described by Section 14, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, or an employee of the county assessor-collector.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 111.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 111 / Section 111.006
§ 111.006. REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the attorney general shall send to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each member of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Appropriations Committee a report describing each claim or action pending as of September 1 of that year that has been or that in the opinion of the attorney general may be settled in a manner that will require prior consent or subsequent approval by the legislature under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 443.019 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 443 / Section 443.019
§ 443.019. DEPOSIT FOR USE OF CAPITOL OR CAPITOL GROUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may require and collect a standardized deposit from a person or entity that uses the Capitol or the grounds of the Capitol for an event, exhibit, or other scheduled activity. The deposit is in an amount set by the board designed to recover the estimated direct and indirect costs to the state of the event, exhibit, or activity. The board shall set the amounts of deposits required under this section in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner for similar events, exhibits, or other scheduled activities. The board may deduct from the deposit:

(1) the cost of damage to the Capitol or grounds of the Capitol that directly results from the event, exhibit, or other activity;

(2) the costs of labor, materials, and utilities directly or indirectly attributable to the event, exhibit, or other activity; and

(3) the costs of security requested by the person or entity for the event, exhibit, or other activity.

(b) The board may charge and collect the costs listed under Subsection (a) from a person or entity that uses the Capitol or the grounds of the Capitol for an event, exhibit, or other scheduled activity and that does not post a deposit under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7929A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7929A / Section 7929A.0103
§ 7929A.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. Education Code § 105.101 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 105 / Section 105.101
§ 105.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may direct, govern, operate, support, maintain, manage, and control the system.

(b) The board may:

(1) erect, equip, maintain, and repair system buildings;

(2) purchase libraries, furniture, equipment, fuel, and supplies necessary to operate the system;

(3) employ and discharge personnel, including faculty, to carry out the board's powers and duties;

(4) adopt rules and policies for the administration of the board's powers and duties;

(5) in accordance with the rules of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, prescribe for each component institution programs and courses leading to customary degrees as are offered at outstanding American universities and award those degrees, including baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents;

(6) establish admission standards for each component institution;

(7) perform other acts that contribute to the development of the system or to the welfare of students of component institutions; and

(8) delegate a power or assign a duty of the board to an officer, employee, or committee designated by the board.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.340 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.340
§ 9.340. EFFECTIVENESS OF RIGHT OF RECOUPMENT OR SET-OFF AGAINST DEPOSIT ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), a bank with which a deposit account is maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or set-off against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), the application of this chapter to a security interest in a deposit account does not affect a right of recoupment or set-off of the secured party as to a deposit account maintained with the secured party.

(c) The exercise by a bank of a set-off against a deposit account is ineffective against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account that is perfected by control under Section 9.104(a)(3), if the set-off is based on a claim against the debtor.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 792.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 792 / Section 792.002
§ 792.002. SMOKE DETECTORS IN HOTELS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who operates a hotel commits an offense if the person:

(1) does not maintain a smoke detector in good working order in every room of the hotel that is regularly used for sleeping;

(2) does not maintain smoke detectors for hearing-impaired persons as prescribed by Subsection (b); or

(3) does not comply with the requirements of Subsection (c) if a hotel patron requests a room with a smoke detector for hearing-impaired persons.

(b) A person who operates a hotel shall maintain one smoke detector for hearing-impaired persons for each 60, or fraction of 60, rooms of the hotel that are regularly used for sleeping, except that the operator is not required to maintain more than five smoke detectors for hearing-impaired persons.

(c) If a hotel patron requests a room with a smoke detector for hearing-impaired persons, the operator of the hotel shall:

(1) assign the patron to a room in which a hard-wired smoke detector for hearing-impaired persons has been properly installed; or

(2) install in the patron's room a portable smoke detector for hearing-impaired persons using a receptacle that cannot be controlled by a wall switch.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(e) A person commits a separate offense under this section on each calendar day the person commits the offense.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 87.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 87 / Section 87.005
§ 87.005. WARNING NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A farm animal professional or a farm owner or lessee shall post and maintain a sign that contains the warning contained in Subsection (c) if the professional, owner, or lessee manages or controls a farm, stable, corral, or arena where the professional, owner, or lessee conducts a farm animal activity. The professional, owner, or lessee must post the sign in a clearly visible location on or near the stable, corral, or arena.

(b) A farm animal professional or a farm owner or lessee shall include the warning contained in Subsection (c) in every written contract that the professional, owner, or lessee enters into with a participant, including an employee or independent contractor, for professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment or tack or a farm animal. The warning must be included without regard to whether the contract involves farm animal activities on or off the location or site of the business of the farm animal professional or farm owner or lessee. The warning must be clearly readable.

(c) The warning posted by a farm animal professional or a farm owner or lessee under this section must be as follows:

(d) A livestock show sponsor shall post and maintain a sign that contains the warning prescribed by Subsection (f) if the livestock show sponsor manages or controls a stable, barn, corral, or arena at which the livestock show sponsor conducts a livestock show. The livestock show sponsor must post the sign in a clearly visible location near the stable, barn, corral, or arena.

(e) A livestock show sponsor shall include the warning prescribed by Subsection (f) in every written contract that the sponsor enters into with a livestock show participant. The warning must be clearly readable.

(f) The warning posted by a livestock show sponsor under this section must be as follows:
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7913.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7913 / Section 7913.051
§ 7913.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 7913.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Insurance Code § 406.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 406 / Section 406.006
§ 406.006. SUBSTITUTION OR WITHDRAWAL OF DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may file a written application with the commissioner requesting:

(1) withdrawal of all or part of the deposit held by the comptroller under this chapter; or

(2) substitution of all or part of the deposited securities held by the comptroller under this chapter.

(b) The application must state the basis for the request to withdraw the deposit or to substitute the deposited security.

(c) An insurer's application for the substitution of a deposited security must provide specific information regarding the security to be deposited as a substitute for the security held by the comptroller.

(d) The commissioner shall issue a letter approving or an order denying an application under this section not later than the 30th day after the date the department receives the application. If the commissioner does not approve or deny the application within that period, the application is denied.

(e) The commissioner may, in the commissioner's sole discretion, approve an application to withdraw a deposit or substitute a deposited security if the commissioner determines that the withdrawal or substitution will not be hazardous to the insurer's policyholders, enrollees, or creditors, or to the public.

(f) The comptroller may not release a deposit made under this chapter, or any part of the deposit, and may not accept a substitute for a deposited security unless the commissioner issues a letter approving the withdrawal or substitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 286.048 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 286 / Section 286.048
§ 286.048. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from among its members a president and a vice-president.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary who need not be a director.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9032.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9032 / Section 9032.101
§ 9032.101. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Family Code § 231.119 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 231 / Section 231.119
§ 231.119. OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Title IV-D agency shall establish an ombudsman program to process and track complaints against the Title IV-D agency. The director of the Title IV-D agency shall:

(1) designate an employee to serve as chief ombudsman to manage the ombudsman program; and

(2) designate an employee in each field office to act as the ombudsman for the office.

(b) The Title IV-D agency shall develop and implement a uniform process for receiving and resolving complaints against the Title IV-D agency throughout the state. The process shall include statewide procedures to inform the public and recipients of Title IV-D services of the right to file a complaint against the Title IV-D agency, including the mailing addresses and telephone numbers of appropriate Title IV-D agency personnel responsible for receiving complaints and providing related assistance.

(c) The ombudsman in each field office shall ensure that an employee in the field office responds to and attempts to resolve each complaint that is filed with the field office. If a complaint cannot be resolved at the field office level, the ombudsman in the field office shall refer the complaint to the chief ombudsman.

(d) The Title IV-D agency shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the Title IV-D agency. The file must include:

(1) the name of the person who filed the complaint;

(2) the date the complaint is received by the Title IV-D agency;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) the name of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) an explanation of the reason the file was closed, if the agency closed the file without taking action other than to investigate the complaint.

(e) The Title IV-D agency, at least quarterly until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and each person who is a subject of the complaint of the status of the investigation of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.

(f) The Title IV-D agency shall provide to the person filing the complaint and to each person who is a subject of the complaint a copy of the Title IV-D agency's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.311 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.311
§ 1551.311. AMOUNT OF STATE CONTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than November 1 preceding each regular session of the legislature, the board of trustees, in coordination with the Legislative Budget Board, shall certify to the budget division of the governor's office for information and review the amount necessary to pay the contributions of the state to the board for the coverages provided under this chapter during the following biennium.

(b) The governor shall include the amount in the budget that the governor submits to the legislature.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1042.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1042 / Section 1042.053
§ 1042.053. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the county judge shall appoint a director.
Tex. Election Code § 277.0022 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 277 / Section 277.0022
§ 277.0022. WITHDRAWAL OF SIGNATURE.
Status: in_force

(a) A signer may not withdraw the signature from a petition on or after the date the petition is received by the authority with whom it is required to be filed. Before that date, a signer may withdraw the signature by deleting the signature from the petition or by filing with the authority with whom the petition is required to be filed an affidavit requesting that the signature be withdrawn from the petition.

(b) A withdrawal affidavit filed by mail is considered to be filed at the time of its receipt by the appropriate authority.

(c) The withdrawal of a signature nullifies the signature on the petition and places the signer in the same position as if the signer had not signed the petition.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.405 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.405
§ 1477.405. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

A time warrant or obligation issued under this subchapter must be payable within 10 years.
Tex. Government Code § 852.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 852 / Section 852.107
§ 852.107. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTED OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality that began participation in the retirement system before January 1, 1982, by ordinance may provide that persons who hold and are regularly engaged in the performance of duties of an elective office that normally requires actual performance of services in a participating department of the municipality for not less than 1,000 hours a year are employees required to become members of the retirement system.

(b) An ordinance under this section takes effect on the first day of any calendar month after adoption that is designated by the governing body adopting the ordinance.

(c) A person required to become a member under an ordinance adopted under this section becomes a member on the effective date of the ordinance or the date the person takes office, whichever is later, unless the date the person takes office is after the effective date of the ordinance and the person is then ineligible for membership under applicable age restrictions of this subtitle.

(d) A person who becomes a member as provided by this section is entitled to prior service credit as provided by Section 853.302.