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Tex. Education Code § 44.011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 44 / Section 44.011
§ 44.011. FINANCIAL EXIGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a resolution declaring a financial exigency for the district. The declaration expires at the end of the fiscal year during which the declaration is made unless the board adopts a resolution before the end of the fiscal year declaring continuation of the financial exigency for the following fiscal year.

(b) The board is not limited in the number of times the board may adopt a resolution declaring continuation of the financial exigency.

(c) A board may terminate a financial exigency declaration at any time if the board considers it appropriate.

(d) Each time the board adopts a resolution under this section, the board must notify the commissioner. The commissioner by rule shall prescribe the time and manner in which notice must be given to the commissioner under this subsection.

(e) The commissioner by rule shall adopt minimum standards concerning school district financial conditions that must exist for declaration of a financial exigency by the board of trustees of the district.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 109.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 109 / Section 109.002
§ 109.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies to:

(1) a business entity that:

(A) publishes criminal record information, including information:

(i) originally obtained pursuant to a request for public information under Chapter 552, Government Code; or

(ii) purchased or otherwise obtained by the entity or an affiliated business entity from the Department of Public Safety under Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code; and

(B) requires the payment:

(i) of a fee in an amount of $150 or more or other consideration of comparable value to remove criminal record information; or

(ii) of a fee or other consideration to correct or modify criminal record information; or

(2) a business entity that publishes confidential juvenile record information or confidential criminal record information of a child in a manner not permitted by Chapter 58, Family Code, Chapter 45A, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law, regardless of:

(A) the source of the information; or

(B) whether the business entity charges a fee for access to or removal or correction of the information.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a statewide juvenile information and case management system authorized by Subchapter E, Chapter 58, Family Code;

(2) a publication of general circulation or an Internet website related to such a publication that contains news or other information, including a magazine, periodical newsletter, newspaper, pamphlet, or report;

(3) a radio or television station that holds a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission;

(4) an entity that provides an information service or that is an interactive computer service; or

(5) a telecommunications provider.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.055
§ 823.055. ANNUAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT; SUMMARY OF MATERIAL CHANGES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "ultimate controlling person" means the person in an insurance holding company system who is not controlled by another person.

(b) Not later than the 120th day after the last day of each fiscal year of the ultimate controlling person, each registered insurer in the ultimate controlling person's insurance holding company system shall file an annual registration statement.

(c) An insurer required to file an annual registration statement shall also furnish a summary of material changes from the prior year's annual registration statement as specified by the commissioner by rule.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.153
§ 846.153. REQUIRED FILINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A multiple employer welfare arrangement engaging in business in this state shall file the following with the commissioner on forms approved by the commissioner:

(1) a financial statement audited by a certified public accountant;

(2) an actuarial opinion prepared and certified by an actuary who is:

(A) not an employee of the arrangement; and

(B) a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, or an enrolled actuary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.); and

(3) any modified terms of a plan document together with a certification from the trustees that the changes are in compliance with the minimum requirements of this chapter.

(b) A multiple employer welfare arrangement shall file the financial statement and the actuarial opinion required by Subsection (a) within 90 days of the end of the fiscal year.

(c) The actuarial opinion required under Subsection (a) must include:

(1) a description of the actuarial soundness of the multiple employer welfare arrangement, including any actions recommended to improve the actuarial soundness of the arrangement;

(2) the amount of cash reserves recommended to be maintained by the arrangement; and

(3) the level of specific and aggregate stop-loss insurance recommended to be maintained by the arrangement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.258 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.258
§ 3933.258. COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:

(1) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical services, and law enforcement in or adjacent to the district;

(2) for improving, enhancing, providing, or supporting tourism, recreation, housing, the arts, entertainment, or economic development; or

(3) that confers a general benefit on the entire district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 802.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 802 / Section 802.001
§ 802.001. FORM OF ANNUAL STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, as necessary to obtain an accurate indication of the company's condition and method of transacting business, may change the form of any annual statement required to be filed by any kind of insurance company.

(b) The form may require only information that relates to the business of the insurance company.
Tex. Education Code § 32.303 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 32 / Section 32.303
§ 32.303. USE OF GRANT FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may use a grant awarded under Section 32.301 or other local funds to purchase, maintain, and insure equipment for a technology lending program.

(b) Equipment purchased by a school district or open-enrollment charter school with a grant awarded under Section 32.301 is the property of the district or school.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3503.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3503 / Section 3503.002
§ 3503.002. NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is a governmental agency and a political subdivision of this state.

(b) The operations of the authority are considered to be essential governmental functions and are not proprietary functions for any purpose, including the application of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.003
§ 1024.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.081 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.081
§ 22.081. LICENSING OF VEHICLES FOR HIRE AND PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A joint board may license taxicabs transporting passengers to or from the airport and impose fees for issuing the licenses.

(b) A joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities may:

(1) license vehicles for hire, including taxicabs, and passenger transportation services providing services to or from the airport for compensation; and

(2) impose fees for issuing the licenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8887.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8887 / Section 8887.051
§ 8887.051. TERMS.
Status: in_force

Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.002
§ 363.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of a board.

(3) "District" means a crime control and prevention district created under this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.014
§ 118.014. CERTIFIED PAPERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The fees for "Certified Papers" under Section 118.011 are for the county clerk's certificate that shall be placed on each page or part of a page, and a fee for copying each page or part of a page, of a notice, statement, license, or document that the clerk is authorized or required to issue. The fees must be paid at the time the order is placed.

(b) The fee does not apply to:

(1) a certified document for the issuance of which this subchapter prescribes another fee;

(2) a certified copy of map records or condominium records; or

(3) a license for which the fee for issuance is specifically provided by other statute.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.188 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.188
§ 370.188. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF AUTHORITY PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority shall adopt rules for environmental review of a transportation project that is not subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. Section 4321 et seq.), as amended. The rules must:

(1) specify the types of projects for which a public hearing is required;

(2) establish procedures for public comment on the environmental review, including a procedure for requesting a public hearing on an environmental review for which a public hearing is not required; and

(3) require:

(A) an evaluation of any direct or indirect environmental effect of the project;

(B) an analysis of project alternatives; and

(C) a written report that briefly explains the authority's review of the project and that specifies any mitigation measures on environmental harm on which the project is conditioned.

(b) An environmental review of a project must be conducted before the authority may approve the location or alignment of the project.

(c) The authority shall consider the results of the environmental review in executing its duties.

(d) The authority shall coordinate with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Parks and Wildlife Department in the preparation of an environmental review.

(e) This section does not prohibit an owner of a public utility facility or a proposed public utility facility from conducting any necessary environmental evaluation for the public utility facility. The authority is entitled to review and give final approval regarding the sufficiency of any environmental evaluation conducted for a facility that is part of a transportation project.
Tex. Government Code § 418.0461 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.0461
§ 418.0461. ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL AIR PATROL.
Status: in_force

The division may provide financial assistance to the Civil Air Patrol, Texas Wing, to support the wing's disaster-related activities that assist the state and state agencies and the wing's training and exercises associated with those activities.
Tex. Water Code § 49.064 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.064
§ 49.064. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold such regular and special meetings as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the district's business. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code. A meeting of a committee of the board, or a committee composed of representatives of more than one board, where less than a quorum of any one board is present is not subject to the provisions of the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8409.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8409 / Section 8409.001
§ 8409.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Port O'Connor Improvement District.
Tex. Government Code § 833.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 833 / Section 833.001
§ 833.001. TYPES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The types of service creditable in the retirement system are:

(1) membership service;

(2) military service; and

(3) equivalent membership service.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1651.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1651 / Section 1651.055
§ 1651.055. RATE STABILIZATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules to stabilize long-term care premium rates by:

(1) ensuring that:

(A) initial rates for long-term care benefit plan forms are adequate; and

(B) any rate schedule increases for long-term care benefit plans made after issuance of the plans are justified, adequate, and reasonable in relation to benefits provided to plan holders;

(2) requiring any appropriate plan terms;

(3) imposing penalties on insurers or other entities subject to this chapter that violate a rule adopted under this section; and

(4) protecting plan holders affected by a rate schedule increase.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 432 (S.B. 1492), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) In adopting rules under this section, the commissioner may exempt long-term care benefit plans from the requirements of Sections 1651.053(a), (b), and (d).
Tex. Labor Code § 410.107 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 410 / Section 410.107
§ 410.107. ASSIGNMENT OF ARBITRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall assign an arbitrator to a pending case not later than the 30th day after the date on which the election for arbitration is filed with the division.

(b) When an arbitrator has been assigned to a case under Subsection (a), the parties shall be notified immediately.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.253 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 13A / Section 13A.253
§ 13A.253. UNAUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

An offense under Section 31.17, Penal Code, may be prosecuted in:

(1) any county in which the offense was committed; or

(2) the county in which the victim resides.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.059
§ 1044.059. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of a majority of the directors present is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Insurance Code § 406.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 406 / Section 406.004
§ 406.004.
Status: in_force

Sec. 406.004. REQUIRED DEPOSIT: FORM OF SECURITY. A deposit required under Section 406.003 must be made with the comptroller and approved by the commissioner. The deposit must be made in:

(1) cash;

(2) securities authorized under this code to be a legal investment for the insurer that:

(A) are readily marketable over a national exchange with a maturity date of not more than one year, are listed by the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and qualify as admitted assets; or

(B) are clean, irrevocable, and unconditional letters of credit issued or confirmed by a financial institution organized and licensed under the laws of the United States or a state of the United States; or

(3) another form of security acceptable to the commissioner.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 11.011 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.011
§ 11.011. VACANT AND UNAPPROPRIATED LAND.
Status: in_force

So that the law relating to the public domain may be brought together, the following extract is taken from the joint resolutions of the Congress of the United States relating to the annexation of Texas to the United States, which was approved June 23, 1845: "Said State, when admitted into the Union, . . . shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct. . . ."
Tex. Labor Code § 21.203 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.203
§ 21.203. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The use of alternative means of dispute resolution, including settlement negotiations, conciliation, facilitation, mediation, fact-finding, minitrials, and arbitration, is encouraged to resolve disputes arising under this chapter. The settlement of a disputed claim under this chapter that results from the use of traditional or alternative means of dispute resolution is binding on the parties to the claim.

(b) The commission shall establish an office of alternative dispute resolution. At any time after a complaint is received under Section 21.201, at the request of a party or at the direction of the commission the matter may be referred to the office of alternative dispute resolution.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.201 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.201
§ 18B.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "mobile tracking device" means an electronic or mechanical device that permits tracking the movement of a person, vehicle, container, item, or object.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 555.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 555 / Section 555.152
§ 555.152. CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 16.02, Penal Code, or any other statute of this state under which it is an offense to intercept a communication or disclose or use an intercepted communication, that the communication was intercepted by an electronic monitoring device placed in a resident's room.

(b) This subchapter does not affect whether a person may be held to be civilly liable under other law in connection with placing an electronic monitoring device in a resident's room or in connection with using or disclosing a tape or recording made by the device except:

(1) as specifically provided by this subchapter; or

(2) to the extent that liability is affected by:

(A) a consent or waiver signed under this subchapter; or

(B) the fact that authorized electronic monitoring is required to be conducted with notice to persons who enter a resident's room.

(c) A communication or other sound acquired by an audio electronic monitoring device installed under the provisions of this subchapter concerning authorized electronic monitoring is not considered to be:

(1) an oral communication as defined by Article 18A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(2) a communication as defined by Section 123.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Water Code § 68.004 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.004
§ 68.004. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8443.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8443 / Section 8443.004
§ 8443.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8443.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 38.072 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 38 / Section 38.072
§ 38.072.
Status: in_force

Art. 38.072. HEARSAY STATEMENT OF CERTAIN ABUSE VICTIMS
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1008.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1008 / Section 1008.152
§ 1008.152. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3929.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3929 / Section 3929.008
§ 3929.008. DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING AGREEMENT EXECUTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The initial directors may not hold an election under Section 3929.007 until the city has entered into a development and operating agreement under Section 3929.156.

(b) The district is dissolved and this chapter expires March 1, 2018, if the development and operating agreement is not entered into before that date.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8356.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8356 / Section 8356.001
§ 8356.001. 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. 129.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3837.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3837 / Section 3837.106
§ 3837.106. NO EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Election Code § 15.053 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 15 / Section 15.053
§ 15.053. RESPONSE TO CONFIRMATION NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The voter shall submit to the registrar a written, signed response to the notice that confirms the voter's current residence. The response must contain:

(1) all of the information that a person must include in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002;

(2) a sworn affirmation of the voter's current residence as defined by Section 1.015; and

(3) if the voter's residence address is a commercial post office box or similar location that does not correspond to a residence, evidence of the voter's residence address as required by Section 15.054 or an indication that the voter is exempt from those requirements.

(b) The voter shall use an official confirmation notice response form for the response unless the voter does not have possession of the official form at the time of making the response.

(c) The registrar shall act on the response in accordance with Section 13.072 and retain the response on file with the voter's registration application.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.011
§ 501.011. REFERENCE TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) With respect to a corporation created under the Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) before January 1, 2006, a reference in any law of this state or in the corporation's governing documents to "articles of incorporation" means, for purposes of this subtitle, the corporation's certificate of formation.

(b) With respect to a corporation that is created under the Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) before January 1, 2006, and continues to operate under articles of incorporation, a reference in this subtitle or any other law of this state or in the corporation's governing documents to "certificate of formation" means the corporation's articles of incorporation.