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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7959.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7959 / Section 7959.104
§ 7959.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.

(d) The district shall convey the public roads constructed by or on behalf of the district under Section 7959.103 to Williamson County for ownership, operation, and maintenance by the county. After the 12th anniversary of the date the county accepts conveyance of the roads, the district shall maintain the public roads located in the district, except that the county shall maintain the east-west arterial roadway located in the district north of the San Gabriel River and south of State Highway 29. The district's obligation to maintain the public roads located in the district ceases if all of the territory of the district is annexed by a municipality.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.204
§ 2306.204. INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF HOUSING TRUST FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) An independent auditor shall annually conduct an audit of the housing trust fund to determine the amount of unencumbered fund balances that is greater than the amount required for the reserve fund.

(b) The independent auditor shall submit the audit report to the board not later than December 31 of each year.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 107.02 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 107 / Section 107.02
§ 107.02.
Status: in_force

Sec. 107.02. TRANSPORTATION OF MALT BEVERAGES: STATEMENT REQUIRED. (a) It is lawful for a person to transport malt beverages from any place where its sale, manufacture, or distribution is authorized to another place in the state where its sale, manufacture, or distribution is authorized, or from the state boundary to a place where its sale, manufacture, or distribution is authorized, even though the route of transportation may cross a dry area.

(a-1) A person transporting malt beverages to the premises of a distributor, including to a location from which the distributor is temporarily conducting business under Section 109.62, shall provide to the consignee a shipping invoice that clearly states:

(1) the name and address of the consignor and consignee;

(2) the origin and destination of the shipment; and

(3) any other information required by this code or commission rule, including the brands, sizes of containers, and quantities of malt beverages contained in the shipment.

(b) A shipment of malt beverages must be accompanied by a written statement furnished and signed by the shipper showing:

(1) the name and address of the consignor and consignee;

(2) the origin and destination of the shipment; and

(3) any other information required by the commission or administrator.

(c) The person in charge of the shipment while it is being transported shall exhibit the written statement to any representative of the commission or peace officer who demands to see it. The statement shall be accepted by the representative or peace officer as prima facie evidence of the legal right to transport the malt beverages.

(d) A person who transports malt beverages not accompanied by the required statement, or who fails to exhibit the statement after a lawful demand, violates this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1040.209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1040 / Section 1040.209
§ 1040.209. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

The district may use the proceeds of bonds issued under this subchapter to pay:

(1) any expense the board determines is reasonable and necessary to issue, sell, and deliver the bonds;

(2) interest payments on the bonds during a period of acquisition or construction of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds, not to exceed five years;

(3) costs related to the operation and maintenance of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds:

(A) during an estimated period of acquisition or construction, not to exceed five years; and

(B) for one year after the project or facility is acquired or constructed;

(4) costs related to the financing of the bond funds, including debt service reserve and contingency funds;

(5) costs related to the bond issuance;

(6) costs related to the acquisition of land or interests in land for a project or facility to be provided through the bonds; and

(7) construction costs of a project or facility to be provided through the bonds, including the payment of related professional services and expenses.
Tex. Government Code § 4004.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.057
§ 4004.057. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A dealer or investment adviser shall immediately certify under oath to the commissioner any change in the personnel of a partnership or in the principals, officers, directors, or managing agents of the dealer or investment adviser.

(b) A change in the registration certificate required as the result of a change described by Subsection (a) may be made at any time by submitting to the commissioner a written application that specifies the reason for the change.

(c) On the issuance of an amended registration certificate, the dealer or investment adviser shall promptly surrender the original certificate and any outstanding certified copies of the original certificate to the commissioner.
Tex. Transportation Code § 254.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 254 / Section 254.007
§ 254.007. PRIVATE DITCHES.
Status: in_force

An owner of real property abutting a road or ditch or the owner of a tract of property that is located wholly or partly within one mile of a road or ditch may construct at the owner's cost lateral drainage ditches and may connect those ditches with a main ditch constructed under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8887.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8887 / Section 8887.004
§ 8887.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 498, Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J or K, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 101.001 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 101 / Section 101.001
§ 101.001. PURPOSE OF TITLE.
Status: repealed

(a) This title is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in Chapter 448, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 (Article 5429b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this title is to make the law encompassed by this title more accessible and understandable by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.
Tex. Occupations Code § 154.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 154 / Section 154.002
§ 154.002. INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prepare:

(1) an alphabetical list of the names of the license holders;

(2) an alphabetical list of the names of the license holders by the county in which the license holder's principal place of practice is located;

(3) a summary of the board's functions;

(4) a copy of this subtitle and a list of other laws relating to the practice of medicine;

(5) a copy of the board's rules;

(6) a statistical report each fiscal year to the legislature and the public that provides aggregate information about all complaints received by the board categorized by type of complaint, including administrative, quality of care, medical error, substance abuse, other criminal behavior, and the disposition of those complaints by category; and

(7) other information considered appropriate by the board.

(b) The board shall provide:

(1) a copy of the information prepared under Subsection (a) to each person who requests a copy; and

(2) copies of the information prepared under Subsection (a) to each public library in this state that requests the copies.

(c) The board shall make available on the board's Internet website a consumer guide to health care. The board shall include information in the guide concerning the billing and reimbursement of health care services provided by physicians, including information that advises consumers that:

(1) the charge for a health care service or supply will vary based on:

(A) the person's medical condition;

(B) any unknown medical conditions of the person;

(C) the person's diagnosis and recommended treatment protocols; and

(D) other factors associated with performance of the health care service;

(2) the charge for a health care service or supply may differ from the amount to be paid by the consumer or the consumer's third-party payor;

(3) the consumer may be personally liable for payment for the health care service or supply depending on the consumer's health benefit plan coverage; and

(4) the consumer should contact the consumer's health benefit plan for accurate information regarding the plan structure, benefit coverage, deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and other plan provisions that may impact the consumer's liability for payment for the health care services or supplies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7918.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7918 / Section 7918.203
§ 7918.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

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.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 39.152 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 39 / Section 39.152
§ 39.152.
Status: in_force

Art. 39.152. DISCOVERY OF EVIDENCE DEPICTING INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING OF PERSON 14 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. (a) In the manner provided by this article, a court shall allow discovery of property or material that constitutes or contains a visual image, as described by Section 21.15(b), Penal Code, of a person 14 years of age or older and that was seized by law enforcement based on a reasonable suspicion that an offense under that subsection has been committed.

(b) The court shall enter a protective order that prohibits copying or dissemination of property or material described by Subsection (a) that is produced to the defendant or the defendant's attorney under Article 39.14.

(c) Any property or material described by Subsection (a) that is produced under Article 39.14 and not offered as and admitted to evidence must either be returned to the state or destroyed at the time of the final disposition of the case.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957 / Section 7957.001
§ 7957.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Legacy Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Education Code § 59.26 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 59 / Section 59.26
§ 59.26. LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATED FUNDS.
Status: in_force

Funds appropriated by the legislature to the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory from the General Revenue Fund may not be used to establish or maintain the fund, to purchase insurance, or to employ private legal counsel.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8819.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8819 / Section 8819.105
§ 8819.105. REGIONAL COOPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "designated groundwater management area" means an area designated as a groundwater management area under Section 35.004, Water Code.

(b) To provide for regional continuity, the district shall comply with the requirements of Section 36.108, Water Code, and:

(1) participate as needed in coordination meetings with other groundwater conservation districts in its designated groundwater management area;

(2) coordinate the collection of data with other groundwater conservation districts in its designated groundwater management area in such a way as to achieve relative uniformity of data type and quality;

(3) coordinate efforts to monitor water quality with other groundwater conservation districts in its designated groundwater management area, local governments, and state agencies;

(4) provide groundwater level data to other groundwater conservation districts in its designated groundwater management area;

(5) investigate any groundwater or aquifer pollution with the intention of locating its source;

(6) notify other groundwater conservation districts in its designated groundwater management area and all appropriate agencies of any groundwater pollution detected;

(7) annually provide to other groundwater conservation districts in its designated groundwater management area an inventory of water wells and an estimate of groundwater production in the district; and

(8) include other groundwater conservation districts in its designated groundwater management area on the mailing lists for district newsletters, seminars, public education events, news articles, and field days.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.060 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.060
§ 344.060. DISSOLUTION OF TEMPORARY BOARD.
Status: in_force

If a district has not been created under this chapter before the fifth anniversary of the date a district is first proposed by the governing body or mayor, as appropriate, under Section 344.051:

(1) the temporary board is dissolved on that date; and

(2) the proposed district may not be created under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3503.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3503 / Section 3503.110
§ 3503.110. ASSUMED NAME.
Status: in_force

The authority may conduct business under an assumed name by filing an assumed name certificate under Subchapter C, Chapter 71, Business & Commerce Code, and complying with that chapter in the same manner as an incorporated business.
Tex. Education Code § 54.604 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.604
§ 54.604. TERMINATION OR MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

If the comptroller determines the program is financially infeasible, the comptroller shall notify the governor and the legislature and recommend that the program be modified or terminated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8013.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8013 / Section 8013.106
§ 8013.106. CONTRACT TO FURTHER REGIONAL COOPERATION.
Status: in_force

The district and city may contract on terms that the board and governing body of the city agree will further regional cooperation between the district and city.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1082.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1082 / Section 1082.113
§ 1082.113. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of:

(1) the patient; or

(2) a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support.

(b) The district without charge shall provide to a patient who resides in the district the care and treatment that the patient or a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support cannot pay.

(c) On determining that the patient or a relative legally responsible for the patient's support can pay for all or part of the care and treatment provided by the district, the district administrator shall report that determination to the board, and the board shall issue an order directing the patient or the relative to pay the district a specified amount each week. The amount must be based on the individual's ability to pay.

(d) The district administrator may collect money owed to the district from the estate of the patient or from that of a relative legally responsible for the patient's support in the manner provided by law for collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute relating to an individual's ability to pay or if the district administrator has any doubt concerning an individual's ability to pay, the board shall:

(1) call witnesses;

(2) hear and resolve the question; and

(3) issue a final order.

(f) A final order of the board may be appealed to a district court in Nolan County. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.
Tex. Water Code § 51.405 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.405
§ 51.405. ELECTION ON PRELIMINARY BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The proposition for the issuance of preliminary bonds shall be submitted to the electors of the district.

(b) The election may be held at the same time as the election to confirm the creation of the district or at a later time.

(c) The board shall make an estimate of the expenses to be paid with the proceeds of the preliminary bonds and shall include this estimate in the notice of election.
Tex. Government Code § 844.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.002
§ 844.002. COMPOSITION OF RETIREMENT ANNUITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each retirement annuity payable under this subtitle consists of a basic annuity and a supplemental annuity.

(b) A basic annuity is an amount payable from the subdivision accumulation fund and is actuarially determined from the sum of a member's:

(1) accumulated contributions; and

(2) current service credit.

(c) A supplemental annuity is an amount payable from the subdivision accumulation fund, subject to limitation under Section 844.008, and is actuarially determined from the sum of:

(1) a member's allocated prior service credit; and

(2) a member's multiple matching credit.

(d) Any increase in the annuity granted by a participating subdivision is payable from the subdivision accumulation fund as part of the supplemental annuity.

(e) A separate retirement annuity is payable with respect to each subdivision from which a person retires under this subtitle or is considered to have retired.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 134.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 134 / Section 134.001
§ 134.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Theft Liability Act.
Tex. Occupations Code § 701.0511 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 701 / Section 701.0511
§ 701.0511. DUTIES OF ADVISORY BOARD.
Status: in_force

The advisory board shall provide advice and recommendations to the department on technical matters relevant to the administration of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.106
§ 1090.106. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

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

(2) all accounting and control procedures.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 39.12 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 39 / Section 39.12
§ 39.12. PREDICATE TO READ OR PUBLISH DEPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A written or recorded deposition taken under Article 39.02, 39.025, or 39.026 in a criminal action may not be read or published unless oath be made that the witness resides out of the state; or that since the deposition was taken, the witness has died; or that the witness has removed beyond the limits of the state; or that the witness has been prevented from attending the court through the act or agency of the defendant; or by the act or agency of any person whose object was to deprive the state or the defendant of the benefit of the testimony; or that by reason of age or bodily infirmity, the witness cannot attend; or that the witness is a Medicaid or Medicare recipient or a caregiver or guardian of the recipient, and the recipient's Medicaid or Medicare account was charged for a product or service that was not provided or rendered to the recipient.

(b) When the deposition is sought to be used by the state, the oath may be made by any credible person. When the deposition is sought to be used by the defendant, the oath shall be made by the defendant in person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8150.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8150 / Section 8150.207
§ 8150.207. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment under Subchapter F, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, for any purpose authorized by this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300.0101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300 / Section 300.0101
§ 300.0101. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) In each year that the governing body of a local government authorizes a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the governing body intends to require during the year and how the revenue derived from those payments is to be spent.

(b) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing required under Subsection (a), the governing body shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the hospital district, county, or municipality, as applicable, and provide written notice of the hearing to the chief operating officer of each institutional health care provider located in the hospital district, county, or municipality, as applicable.

(c) A representative of a paying hospital is entitled to appear at the time and place designated in the public notice and to be heard regarding any matter related to the mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.602 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.602
§ 1051.602. ACTIVITIES OF ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not limit a drafter, clerk of the works, superintendent, or other employee of an architect or engineer from acting under the architect's or engineer's instructions, control, or supervision.