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Tex. Water Code § 54.0163 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.0163
§ 54.0163. OPTION OF SELECTION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
Status: repealed

(a) The board of a district that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdictions of more than one municipality by resolution may select the municipality that may exercise authority within the district as a whole. The resolution must state the effective date.

(b) As soon as practicable, the board shall file with each affected municipality and in the real property records of each county in which the district is located a certified copy of the resolution.

(c) On the effective date of the resolution, the district is contained wholly in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality selected by the resolution for all purposes. No action or approval by a municipality not selected is required.

(d) A board that has made a selection of extraterritorial jurisdiction under Section 54.0162 may confirm the selection by the adoption of a resolution under this section. If the selection under Section 54.0162 is confirmed under this subsection, the selection is effective from the date of the original selection.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 57.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1252.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1252 / Section 1252.205
§ 1252.205. WAITING PERIOD.
Status: in_force

If the benefits that were available under a previous carrier's health benefit plan are similar to the benefits available under a succeeding carrier's health benefit plan, the succeeding carrier shall give credit for the satisfaction or partial satisfaction of any waiting period or similar provision that has been satisfied under the previous carrier's plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1062.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1062 / Section 1062.151
§ 1062.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8189.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8189 / Section 8189.107
§ 8189.107. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

The original district and any new district created by the division of the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth that consents to the creation of the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.357 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.357
§ 884.357. FORM APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

The approval of a form of an insurance policy issued by a stipulated premium company is governed by Chapter 1701.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3825.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3825 / Section 3825.101
§ 3825.101. POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district has all powers provided by the general laws on road districts and road utility districts created under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, and conservation and reclamation districts and municipal management districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including:

(1) Chapters 257 and 441, Transportation Code;

(2) Chapter 375, Local Government Code; and

(3) Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 1160.057 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1160 / Section 1160.057
§ 1160.057. MAKING OF LEASE ON GRANTING OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If on the hearing of a lease application filed under Section 1160.052 the court grants the application, the guardian of the estate may make the lease, as evidenced by the exhibit copies, in accordance with the order.

(b) The lease must be made not later than the 30th day after the date of the order unless an extension is granted by the court on a sworn application showing good cause.

(c) It is not necessary for the judge to make an order confirming the lease.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 436.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 436 / Section 436.003
§ 436.003. HEALTH AUTHORITY POWER TO DELEGATE.
Status: in_force

A health authority may delegate any power or duty imposed on the health authority in this chapter to an employee of the local health department, the local health unit, or the public health district in which the health authority serves, unless otherwise restricted by law.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.502 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.502
§ 2166.502. CONTRACTS WITH TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The commission may negotiate and contract with the Texas Historical Commission to assist and advise the commission with regard to the:

(1) proper monuments and memorials to be erected, repaired, or moved to new locations;

(2) selection of sites for those monuments and memorials; and

(3) locating and marking of graves.
Tex. Education Code § 8.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.104
§ 8.104. SANCTIONS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall develop a system of corrective actions to require of a regional education service center that the commissioner determines to be deficient in an accountability measure under Section 8.103. The actions must include, in increasing order of severity:

(1) conducting an on-site investigation of the center;

(2) requiring the center to send notice of each deficiency to each school district and campus in the center's region or served by the center the previous year;

(3) requiring the center to prepare for the commissioner's approval a plan to address each area of deficiency;

(4) appointing a master to oversee the operations of the center;

(5) replacing the executive director or board of directors; and

(6) in the case of deficient performance in two consecutive years, closing the center.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.268 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.268
§ 46C.268. ADVANCE DISCHARGE OF ACQUITTED PERSON AND TERMINATION OF JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An acquitted person, the head of the facility to which the acquitted person is committed, the person responsible for providing the outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision, or the state may request that the court discharge an acquitted person from inpatient commitment or outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.

(b) Not later than the 14th day after the date of the request, the court shall hold a hearing on a request made by the head of the facility to which the acquitted person is committed or the person responsible for providing the outpatient or community-based treatment and supervision.

(c) If a request is made by an acquitted person, the court must act on the request not later than the 14th day after the date of the request. A hearing under this subsection is at the discretion of the court, except that the court shall hold a hearing if the request and any accompanying material indicate that modification of the order may be appropriate.

(d) If a request is made by an acquitted person not later than the 90th day after the date of a hearing on a previous request, the court is not required to act on the request except on the expiration of the order or on the expiration of the 90-day period following the date of the hearing on the previous request.

(e) The court shall rule on the request during or shortly after any hearing that is held and in any case not later than the 14th day after the date of the request.

(f) The court shall discharge the acquitted person from all court-ordered commitment and treatment and supervision and terminate the court's jurisdiction over the person if the court finds that the acquitted person has established by a preponderance of the evidence that:

(1) the acquitted person does not have a severe mental illness or an intellectual disability; or

(2) the acquitted person is not likely to cause serious harm to another because of any severe mental illness or intellectual disability.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.063 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.063
§ 53.063. FORMS.
Status: in_force

The owner of the surface may lease to any person the minerals covered by this subchapter on lease forms prepared by the land office.
Tex. Family Code § 160.312 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.312
§ 160.312. FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) To facilitate compliance with this subchapter, the vital statistics unit shall prescribe forms for the:

(1) acknowledgment of paternity;

(2) denial of paternity; and

(3) rescission of an acknowledgment or denial of paternity.

(b) A valid acknowledgment of paternity, denial of paternity, or rescission of an acknowledgment or denial of paternity is not affected by a later modification of the prescribed form.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.111
§ 1063.111. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.105
§ 1024.105. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may prescribe:

(1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) accounting and control procedures for the district.

(b) The board may act as a governmental entity under Chapter 2269, Government Code, for purposes of using the procurement procedures authorized by that chapter. For purposes of this subsection, notice under Section 2269.052(c), Government Code, must be provided by the district in the same manner as provided for a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8079.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8079 / Section 8079.0105
§ 8079.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1023.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.059
§ 1023.059. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and

(2) direct the general affairs of the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.402 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.402
§ 623.402. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue an annual permit authorizing the movement of a sealed intermodal shipping container moving in international transportation by a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination that has six total axles and is equipped with a roll stability support safety system and truck blind spot systems only if:

(1) the gross weight of the combination does not exceed 93,000 pounds;

(2) the distance between the front axle of the truck-tractor and the last axle of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is approximately 647 inches;

(3) the truck-tractor is configured as follows:

(A) one single axle that does not exceed 13,000 pounds;

(B) one two-axle group that does not exceed 37,000 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 18,500 pounds; and

(C) the distance between the individual axles on the two-axle group of the truck-tractor, measured longitudinally, is not less than 51 inches and not more than 52 inches; and

(4) the semitrailer is configured as follows:

(A) one three-axle group that does not exceed 49,195 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 16,400 pounds; and

(B) the distance between the individual axles in the three-axle group of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is 60 inches.

(b) The department may issue an annual permit authorizing the movement of a sealed intermodal shipping container moving in international transportation by a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination that has seven total axles and is equipped with a roll stability support safety system and truck blind spot systems only if:

(1) the gross weight of the combination does not exceed 100,000 pounds;

(2) the distance between the front axle of the truck-tractor and the last axle of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is approximately 612 inches;

(3) the truck-tractor is configured as follows:

(A) one single axle that does not exceed 15,000 pounds;

(B) one three-axle group that does not exceed 44,500 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 14,900 pounds; and

(C) the distance between the individual axles on the three-axle group of the truck-tractor, measured longitudinally, is not less than 51 inches and not more than 52 inches; and

(4) the semitrailer is configured as follows:

(A) one three-axle group that does not exceed 46,200 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 15,400 pounds; and

(B) the distance between the individual axles in the three-axle group of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is 60 inches.

(c) For purposes of Subsections (a) and (b), the gross weight, group weights, and axle weights listed in those subsections include all enforcement tolerances.
Tex. Property Code § 74.708 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 74 / Section 74.708
§ 74.708. PROPERTY HELD IN TRUST.
Status: in_force

A holder who on March 1 holds property presumed abandoned under Chapters 72-75 holds the property in trust for the benefit of the state on behalf of the missing owner and is liable to the state for the full value of the property, plus any accrued interest and penalty. A holder is not required by this section to segregate or establish trust accounts for the property provided the property is timely delivered to the comptroller in accordance with Section 74.301.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957A / Section 7957A.0306
§ 7957A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) 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.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 7957A.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 7957A.0103.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 7957A.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Education Code § 37.0813 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.0813
§ 37.0813.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.0813. SCHOOL MARSHALS: PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

(a) The governing body of a private school may appoint one or more school marshals.

(b) The governing body of a private school may select for appointment as a school marshal under this section an applicant who is an employee of the school and certified as eligible for appointment under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code.

(c) A school marshal appointed by the governing body of a private school may carry or possess a handgun on the physical premises of a school, but only in the manner provided by written regulations adopted by the governing body.

(d) Any written regulations adopted for purposes of Subsection (c) must:

(1) provide that a school marshal may:

(A) carry a concealed handgun on the school marshal's person;

(B) if wearing a uniform identifying the marshal as a school marshal, openly carry a handgun on the school marshal's person; or

(C) possess the handgun on the physical premises of a school in a locked and secured safe or other locked and secured location; and

(2) require that a handgun carried or possessed by a school marshal be loaded only with frangible duty ammunition approved for that purpose by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(e) A school marshal may use a handgun the school marshal is authorized to carry or possess under this section only under circumstances that would justify the use of deadly force under Section 9.32 or 9.33, Penal Code.

(f) A private school employee's status as a school marshal becomes inactive on:

(1) expiration of the employee's school marshal license under Section 1701.260, Occupations Code;

(2) suspension or revocation of the employee's license to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;

(3) termination of the employee's employment with the private school; or

(4) notice from the governing body that the employee's services as school marshal are no longer required.

(g) The identity of a school marshal appointed under this section is confidential, except as provided by Section 1701.260(j), Occupations Code, and is not subject to a request under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(h) If a parent or guardian of a student enrolled at a private school inquires in writing, the school shall provide the parent or guardian written notice indicating whether any employee of the school is currently appointed a school marshal. The notice may not disclose information that is confidential under Subsection (g).

(i) This section does not apply to a school whose students meet the definition provided by Section 29.916(a)(1).
Tex. Education Code § 85.58 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.58
§ 85.58. ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS; AWARD OF LEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) If in the opinion of the board any one of the bidders has offered a reasonable and proper price for any tract and not less than the price fixed by the board, the lands advertised may be leased for oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other mineral purposes under the provisions of this subchapter and any regulations the board may prescribe which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) On acceptance of a bid, the board shall prepare a lease contract. The bid and a copy of the lease contract shall be filed in the general land office.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.452 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.452
§ 882.452. TYPE OF POLICY AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

A mutual life insurance company may issue a policy only on the participating plan with dividends payable annually as provided by Subchapter H.
Tex. Government Code § 487.602 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.602
§ 487.602. RURAL PHYSICIAN RELIEF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

Subject to available funding, the department shall create a program to provide affordable relief services to rural physicians practicing in the fields of general family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics to facilitate the ability of those physicians to take time away from their practice.
Tex. Government Code § 419.037 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.037
§ 419.037. APPOINTMENT AS MARINE FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt requirements for certification of marine fire protection personnel. A person may not be appointed to a marine fire protection personnel position, except on a probationary basis, unless the person has completed the training prescribed by the commission.

(b) Marine fire protection personnel appointed on a probationary basis must complete the prescribed training before two years after the date of appointment.

(c) Marine fire protection personnel serving under permanent appointment with five or more years' service before September 1, 1978, have satisfied the training requirements by experience.
Tex. Government Code § 495.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 495 / Section 495.022
§ 495.022. CONTRACTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with the federal government for the lease of any military base or other federal facility that is not being used by the federal government.

(b) A facility leased under this section may be used by the institutional division for the purpose of housing inmates determined by the division to be minimum security inmates.

(c) The board may not enter into a contract under this section unless funds have been appropriated specifically for the purpose of making payments on contracts authorized under this section.

(d) The board shall attempt to enter into contracts authorized by this section that will provide the institutional division with facilities located in the various parts of the state.

(e) A facility leased under this section by the board must comply with federal constitutional standards and applicable court orders.