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Tex. Government Code § 25.1042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1042
§ 25.1042. HARRISON COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Harrison County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, on assignment of a district judge presiding in Harrison County, in:

(1) family law cases and proceedings;

(2) felony cases other than capital murder cases; and

(3) civil cases.

(b) Assignment and transfer of cases under Subsection (a) is at the discretion of the judge of the district court making the assignment. Assignment or transfer from a county court at law to a district court is governed by Section 74.121(b)(1).

(c) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in cases assigned under Subsection (a), and the county clerk serves as clerk of the court in all other cases.

(d) A party to a case assigned under Subsection (a) may request a jury of 12 persons if the party makes the request not later than the 30th day before the trial date. Except as provided by Subsection (h), a party who does not make a timely request under this subsection waives the right to request a 12-person jury and the case will proceed with a six-person jury.

(e) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid a salary that is equal to the amount paid the criminal district attorney of Harrison County. The salary shall be paid out of the county treasury on orders of the commissioners court.

(f) In matters of concurrent jurisdiction, a district judge presiding in Harrison County may transfer cases from the district court to a county court at law in Harrison County in the same manner judges of district courts transfer cases under Section 24.003.

(g) The criminal district attorney is entitled to the same fees prescribed by law for prosecutions in the county court, except that in cases assigned under Subsection (a), the criminal district attorney is entitled to the same fees prescribed by law for prosecutions in a district court.

(h) A jury must be composed of 12 members in any felony case.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(44), eff. January 1, 2012.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.105 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.105
§ 11.105. COORDINATION OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION OPERATIONS.
Status: in_force

The department shall:

(1) consider all resources listed in the inventory prepared under Section 11.103 in conjunction with each other;

(2) coordinate department activities related to those resources internally and with similar activities of other governmental or nonprofit entities; and

(3) set priorities for department activities related to those resources according to the most vital existing and future needs for conservation and recreation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.158 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.158
§ 501.158. SEIZURE OF STOLEN VEHICLE OR VEHICLE WITH ALTERED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer may seize a vehicle or part of a vehicle without a warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that the vehicle or part:

(1) is stolen; or

(2) has had the serial number removed, altered, or obliterated.

(b) A vehicle or part seized under this section may be treated as stolen property for purposes of custody and disposition of the vehicle or part.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8512.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8512 / Section 8512.0505
§ 8512.0505. TERMS OF ISSUANCE.
Status: in_force

Authority bonds may be:

(1) sold for cash;

(2) issued on terms the board determines in exchange for property of any kind, or any property interest, that the board considers necessary or convenient for the corporate purpose for which the bonds are issued; or

(3) issued in exchange for like principal amounts of other matured or unmatured authority obligations.
Tex. Transportation Code § 282.009 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 282 / Section 282.009
§ 282.009. CROSSING UNDER NAVIGABLE BODY OF WATER.
Status: in_force

The franchise must provide that the underpass or tunnel be constructed so that, where it crosses a navigable body of water, the tunnel or underpass is at a depth below the fixed navigable depth of the body of water adequate to comply with law and the rules and regulations of a state authority or department of the United States government in charge of the body of water.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.057
§ 1103.057. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to compensation at a rate determined by the board. The rate may not exceed $10 for each board meeting.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01098 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01098
§ 30.01098. CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Status: repealed

(a) The city manager shall appoint a clerk of the municipal court of record who shall be known as the municipal court clerk. The clerk may hire, direct, and remove the personnel authorized in the city's annual budget for the clerk's office.

(b), (c) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(28), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(d) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 26.3445 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.3445
§ 26.3445. LOCATION OF INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINER RECYCLING FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Intermediate bulk container" means a rigid or flexible portable packaging, other than a cylinder or portable tank, that is designed for mechanical handling, with a volume of at least 275 gallons.

(2) "Intermediate bulk container recycling facility" means a site that accepts intermediate bulk containers for purposes of reconditioning the containers for reuse or disposal.

(b) This section applies only to an intermediate bulk container regulated by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

(c) A person may not install or operate an intermediate bulk container recycling facility within 2,000 feet of a private residence.

(d) An owner of an intermediate bulk container recycling facility shall register the facility with the commission not later than the 30th day before the date the facility begins receiving intermediate bulk containers.

(e) At least once every three years, the commission shall conduct on-site inspections of intermediate bulk container recycling facilities registered under this section to determine compliance with laws under the jurisdiction of the commission.

(f) The commission by rule shall impose an annual fee for registering an intermediate bulk container recycling facility under this section in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable costs of administering the registration program, including costs associated with:

(1) implementing the registration program; and

(2) inspecting registered facilities.

(g) A fee received by the commission under this section shall be deposited to the general revenue fund to the credit of the water resource management account. Fees deposited under this section may be appropriated only for purposes of this section.

(h) A facility is exempt from the application of this section if the facility does not stage, store, or process more than 50 intermediate bulk containers at any time.

(i) This section does not limit the authority of a municipality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the operation of an intermediate bulk container recycling facility within 2,000 feet of a private residence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.204
§ 1081.204. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or

(2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes.

(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenue derived from the operation of the district's hospitals.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of district property.

(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner and in accordance with the procedures and requirements prescribed by Sections 264.042, 264.043, 264.046, 264.047, 264.048, and 264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital authority.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5313 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5313
§ 54.5313. INTRAMURAL AND INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas an intramural and intercollegiate athletics fee in an amount not to exceed:

(1) $45 per student for each semester or summer term of 12 weeks or longer;

(2) $30 per student for each summer term of eight weeks or longer but less than 12 weeks; or

(3) $22.50 per student for each summer term of less than eight weeks.

(b) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the students of the university who participate in a general student election held for that purpose.

(c) The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as last approved by a student vote under Subsection (b) or this subsection unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the university who participate in a general student election held for that purpose.

(d) A fee imposed under this section may not be considered in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section 54.503.
Tex. Water Code § 15.401 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.401
§ 15.401. PROGRAM CREATION.
Status: in_force

The research and planning program is created to provide money for research into and planning of the proper conservation, management, and development of the state's water resources, for regional planning by political subdivisions, for facility engineering in economically distressed areas, and for flood control planning by political subdivisions. The program may also provide money for research and planning by Texas political subdivisions related to the proper conservation, management, and development of water resources of areas outside Texas if such research or planning will result in water being available for use in or for the benefit of Texas or will maintain and enhance the quality of water in Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8284.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8284 / Section 8284.051
§ 8284.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board consists of five elected directors.
Tex. Education Code § 61.029 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.029
§ 61.029. INTERNAL AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint an internal auditor for the board.

(b) The internal auditor shall report directly to the board on all matters, other than administrative matters, that require the decision of the commissioner of higher education.

(c) The commissioner of higher education shall advise the board regarding:

(1) the termination or discipline of the internal auditor; and

(2) the transfer or reclassification of, or other changes in, the powers or duties of the internal auditor.

(d) The internal auditor shall develop an annual audit plan, conduct audits as specified in the audit plan, and fulfill the other duties required by Chapter 2102, Government Code.

(e) The internal auditor shall review all audit reports with the board and the commissioner of higher education.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8211.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8211 / Section 8211.001
§ 8211.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 121.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 102.004 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 102 / Section 102.004
§ 102.004. APPLICATION TO PUBLIC LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to land owned by the State of Texas nor to land in which the State of Texas has an interest directly or indirectly.

(b) The provisions of this chapter do not amend, repeal, change, alter, or affect in any manner the authority or jurisdiction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office or the State of Texas with respect to any land or interest in land in which the Commissioner of the General Land Office has jurisdiction.

(c) The provisions of this chapter do not amend, repeal, change, alter, or affect in any manner the authority, jurisdiction, or consent of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the pooling of any interest now subject to the jurisdiction, authority, or consent of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.

(d) With the approval or consent first obtained, or at the instance of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, or any board or agency having jurisdiction, the land in which the State of Texas has an interest as described in this chapter may be pooled under the provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3800.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3800 / Section 3800.0106
§ 3800.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; or

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 68.009 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 68 / Section 68.009
§ 68.009. RENEWAL PROPAGATION PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person holding an original propagation permit or a renewal propagation permit is entitled to receive from the department a renewal propagation permit on application to the department and on the payment of a renewal propagation permit fee of $550 or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more, if the application and fee are received by the department during the period beginning 10 days before the expiration date of the outstanding permit and extending through the expiration date of the permit.

(b) A renewal propagation permit is valid for a period of three years beginning on the date of its issuance.

(c) The department may refuse to renew any permit if it determines that it would be in the best interest of the species of fish or wildlife described in the permit.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.652 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.652
§ 91.652. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the voluntary cleanup program is to provide an incentive to remediate property by removing the liability to the state of lenders, developers, owners, and operators who did not cause or contribute to contamination released at the site covered by the certificate. The program does not replace other voluntary actions and is restricted to voluntary actions.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.0231 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.0231
§ 361.0231. PUBLIC POLICY CONCERNING ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE.
Status: in_force

(a) To protect the public health and environment taking into consideration the economic development of the state, and assure the continuation of the federal funding for abandoned facility response actions, it is the state public policy that adequate capacity should exist for the proper management of industrial and hazardous waste generated in this state.

(b) "Adequate capacity" is the capacity necessary to manage the industrial and hazardous waste that remains after application, to the maximum extent economically and technologically feasible, of waste reduction techniques.

(c) It is further the state's policy that, wherever feasible, the generation of hazardous waste is to be reduced or eliminated as expeditiously as possible.
Tex. Family Code § 152.001 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.001
§ 152.001. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be applied and construed to promote the uniformity of the law among the states that enact it.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1.03 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 1 / Section 1.03
§ 1.03. OBJECTS OF THIS CODE.
Status: in_force

This Code is intended to embrace rules applicable to the prevention and prosecution of offenses against the laws of this State, and to make the rules of procedure in respect to the prevention and punishment of offenses intelligible to the officers who are to act under them, and to all persons whose rights are to be affected by them. It seeks:

1. To adopt measures for preventing the commission of crime;

2. To exclude the offender from all hope of escape;

3. To insure a trial with as little delay as is consistent with the ends of justice;

4. To bring to the investigation of each offense on the trial all the evidence tending to produce conviction or acquittal;

5. To insure a fair and impartial trial; and

6. The certain execution of the sentence of the law when declared.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292A.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292A / Section 292A.152
§ 292A.152. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF MANDATORY PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

The county may collect or contract for the assessment and collection of mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.064 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.064
§ 85.064. ACTION AGAINST CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If he determines that the public interest requires it, the attorney general shall institute suit or other appropriate action in Travis County for forfeiture of charter rights of a domestic corporation or to enjoin a foreign corporation from doing business in this state when a corporation is deemed guilty of violating the provisions of Sections 85.059 through 85.062 of this code. The attorney general may take this action on his own motion and without leave or order of any judge or court.

(b) On judgment against a defendant for violating the provisions of Sections 85.059 through 85.062 of this code, the court may, if in its judgment the public interest requires it, forfeit the charter rights of a defendant domestic corporation or enjoin a defendant foreign corporation from doing business in this state.
Tex. Education Code § 43.010 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 43 / Section 43.010
§ 43.010. DEFAULT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SECURITIES HELD BY THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) If interest or principal has not been paid for two years or more on any bonds issued by any school district and held by the permanent school fund, the State Board of Education may:

(1) compel the district to levy a tax sufficient to meet the interest and principal payments then or later due; or

(2) if the district furnishes to the State Board of Education satisfactory proof that the district's taxing ability is insufficient, require the district to:

(A) exhaust all legal remedies in collecting delinquent taxes; and

(B) levy a tax at the maximum lawful rate on the bona fide valuation of taxable property located in the district.

(b) Revenue collected by either method specified by Subsection (a) shall be distributed proportionately to all owners of the defaulted securities in compliance with the following:

(1) the proportionate share for each owner is based on the interest and principal requirements of the original security before authorized refunding; and

(2) prior acceptance of refunding securities does not reduce an owner's proportionate share.

(c) As long as any school district is delinquent in its payments of principal or interest on any of its bonds owned by the permanent school fund, the State Board of Education may specify the method of crediting payments to the state made by the district as to principal and interest.

(d) The comptroller may not issue any warrant from the foundation school fund to or for the benefit of any district that has been for as long as two years in default in the payment of principal or interest on any security owned by the permanent school fund until the State Board of Education certifies that the district has satisfactorily complied with the appropriate provisions of this section, in which event the comptroller shall resume making payments to or for the benefit of the district, including the making of pretermitted payments.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 315.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 315 / Section 315.002
§ 315.002. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY FOR PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A local governmental entity may borrow money for purposes of a hospital owned or operated by the entity at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by the law at the time the loan is made for similar obligations of the entity.

(b) To secure a loan under this section, a local governmental entity may pledge:

(1) revenue from the hospital owned or operated by the entity that is not pledged to pay the entity's bonded indebtedness; or

(2) tax revenue to be collected by the local governmental entity during the 12-month period following the date of the pledge that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on bonds.

(c) A loan authorized by this section must mature:

(1) not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made, if taxes are pledged to repay the loan; and

(2) not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made, if hospital revenue is pledged to repay the loan.