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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8834 / Section 8834.112
§ 8834.112. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) After notice and hearing, the board shall adopt rules designed to expeditiously and effectively implement this chapter and accomplish its purpose, including rules governing procedures before the board. The board shall enforce the rules.

(b) The board may adopt rules to prevent the waste of water or the degradation of water quality.

(c) The board shall compile its rules in a book and make the book available for use and inspection at the district's principal office. The district shall provide copies of its rules on payment of the reproduction cost.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.306 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.306
§ 2A.306. PRIORITY OF CERTAIN LIENS ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW.
Status: in_force

If a person in the ordinary course of the person's business furnishes services or materials with respect to goods subject to a lease contract, a lien upon those goods in the possession of that person given by statute or rule of law for those materials or services takes priority over any interest of the lessor or lessee under the lease contract or this chapter unless the lien is created by statute and the statute provides otherwise or unless the lien is created by rule of law and the rule of law provides otherwise.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.202 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248A / Section 248A.202
§ 248A.202. PROBATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department finds that a center is in repeated noncompliance with this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, or a corrective action plan, but that the noncompliance does not endanger a minor served by the center or the public health and safety, the department may schedule the center for probation rather than suspending or revoking the center's license.

(b) The department shall provide notice to the center of the probation and of the items of noncompliance not later than the 10th day before the date the probation period begins.

(c) The department shall designate a period of not less than 30 days during which the center will remain under probation. During the probation period, the center must correct the items that were in noncompliance and report the corrections to the department for approval.

(d) The department may suspend or revoke the license of a center that does not correct items that were in noncompliance or does not comply with this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter within the applicable probation period.
Tex. Labor Code § 503.003 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 503 / Section 503.003
§ 503.003. LEGAL BENEFICIARY OF DECEASED EMPLOYEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A reference in this chapter to an injured employee includes the legal beneficiaries of the employee if the injured employee is dead.

(b) In this section, "legal beneficiary" has the meaning assigned to that term under Section 401.011.
Tex. Utilities Code § 105.023 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 105 / Section 105.023
§ 105.023. CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST GAS UTILITY OR AFFILIATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A gas utility or affiliate is subject to a civil penalty if the gas utility or affiliate knowingly violates this subtitle, fails to perform a duty imposed on it, or fails, neglects, or refuses to obey an order, rule, direction, or requirement of the railroad commission or a decree or judgment of a court.

(b) A civil penalty under this section shall be in an amount of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 for each violation.

(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a civil penalty under this section shall be in an amount of not less than $1,000 and not more than $1,000,000 for each violation of Section 104.258(c).

(c) A gas utility or affiliate commits a separate violation each day it continues to violate Subsection (a).

(d) The attorney general shall file in the name of the railroad commission a suit on the attorney general's own initiative or at the request of the commission to recover the civil penalty under this section.

(e) The railroad commission by rule shall establish a classification system to be used by a court under this subchapter for violations of Section 104.258(c) that includes a range of penalties that may be recovered for each class of violation based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:

(A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of a prohibited act; and

(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;

(2) the history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter future violations;

(4) efforts to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.

(f) The classification system established under Subsection (e) shall provide that a penalty in an amount that exceeds $5,000 may be recovered only if the violation is included in the highest class of violations in the classification system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3962.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3962 / Section 3962.0401
§ 3962.0401. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a) must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Insurance Code § 964.067 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 964 / Section 964.067
§ 964.067. CAPTIVE MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

Before providing captive management services to a licensed captive insurance company, a captive management company shall register with the commissioner by providing the information required on a form adopted by the commissioner.
Tex. Education Code § 49.103 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.103
§ 49.103. ALLOCATION OF APPRAISED VALUE OF DIVIDED UNIT.
Status: in_force

If portions of a parcel or other item of property are located in different school districts as a result of a detachment and annexation under this subchapter, the parcel or other item of property shall be appraised for taxation as a unit, and the agreement shall allocate the taxable value of the property between the districts.
Tex. Government Code § 609.705 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.705
§ 609.705. OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution of higher education or group of institutions of higher education that creates a deferred compensation plan may direct and supervise the activities of the plan administrator through an oversight committee.

(b) The institution of higher education or group shall determine the authority, activities, and composition of an oversight committee created under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 24.384 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.384
§ 24.384.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.384. 205TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CULBERSON, EL PASO, AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES). (a) The 205th Judicial District is composed of Culberson, El Paso, and Hudspeth counties.

(b) The 205th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.

(c) Section 24.136, relating to the 34th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 205th District Court.
Tex. Education Code § 12A.009 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.009
§ 12A.009. COMMISSIONER RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.156 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.156
§ 22.156. NOTICE OF MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation other than a church shall provide written notice of the place, date, and time of a meeting of the members of the corporation and, if the meeting is a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. The notice shall be delivered to each member entitled to vote at the meeting not later than the 10th day and not earlier than the 60th day before the date of the meeting. Notice may be delivered personally or in accordance with Section 6.051(b).

(b) Notice of a meeting of the members of a corporation that is a church is sufficient if given by oral announcement at a regularly scheduled worship service before the meeting or as otherwise provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws of the corporation.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.2022 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.2022
§ 171.2022. EXEMPTION FROM REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

A taxable entity that does not owe any tax under this chapter for any period is not required to file a report under Section 171.201 or 171.202. The exemption applies only to a period for which no tax is due.
Tex. Government Code § 51.608 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.608
§ 51.608. IMPOSITION OF COURT COSTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law that establishes the amount of a court cost collected by the clerk of a district, county, or statutory county court from a defendant in a criminal proceeding based on the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, the amount of a court cost imposed on the defendant in a criminal proceeding must be the amount established under the law in effect on the date the defendant is convicted of the offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8323.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8323 / Section 8323.001
§ 8323.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Sienna Plantation Municipal Utility District No. 7.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.502 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.502
§ 887.502. AUTHORIZATION TO CONVERT.
Status: in_force

An association may convert to a stock legal reserve life insurance company if the association:

(1) has at least $100,000 in the association's mortuary fund at the time of conversion; and

(2) except as provided by Section 887.508, possesses:

(A) capital in an amount equal to at least $700,000 cash; and

(B) surplus in an amount equal to at least $700,000 cash.
Tex. Property Code § 21.1021 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.1021
§ 21.1021. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION REGARDING CONDEMNED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the 10th anniversary of the date on which real property was acquired by an entity through eminent domain, a property owner or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns may request that the condemning entity make a determination and provide a statement and other relevant information regarding:

(1) whether the public use for which the property was acquired was canceled before the property was used for the public use;

(2) whether any actual progress was made toward the public use between the date of acquisition and the 10th anniversary of that date, including an itemized description of the progress made, if applicable; and

(3) whether the property became unnecessary for the public use, or a substantially similar public use, before the 10th anniversary of the date of acquisition.

(a-1) If a property owner's real property was acquired by an entity that is responsible for paying ad valorem taxes on the acquired property, the property owner from whom the property was acquired or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns may request at any time after the 18-month anniversary of the acquisition, but not more than once annually, that the condemning entity make a determination and provide a statement and other relevant information regarding:

(1) whether all ad valorem taxes on the acquired property have been paid; or

(2) if any ad valorem taxes on the acquired property have not been paid:

(A) the amount of the unpaid ad valorem taxes;

(B) each due date of any unpaid ad valorem taxes; and

(C) whether the entity has a good faith intention to pay the unpaid ad valorem taxes.

(a-2) If a fee simple interest in a property owner's real property was acquired by an entity that is responsible for paying ad valorem taxes on the acquired property and the acquired property is undeveloped, the property owner from whom the property was acquired or the owner's heirs, successors, or assigns may request at any time after the 18-month anniversary of the acquisition and before the 10th anniversary of the acquisition, but not more than once annually, that the condemning entity make a determination and provide a statement and other relevant information regarding:

(1) whether all ad valorem taxes on the acquired property have been paid; or

(2) if any ad valorem taxes on the acquired property have not been paid:

(A) the amount of the unpaid ad valorem taxes;

(B) each due date of any unpaid ad valorem taxes; and

(C) whether the entity has a good faith intention to pay the unpaid ad valorem taxes.

(b) A request under this section must contain sufficient detail to allow the entity to identify the specific tract of land in relation to which the information is sought.

(c) Not later than the 90th day following the date of receipt of the request for information, the entity shall send a written response by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the requestor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.603 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.603
§ 1501.603. EXCLUSION OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE OR DEPENDENT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A large employer health benefit plan issuer may not exclude an employee who meets the participation criteria or an eligible dependent, including a late enrollee, who would otherwise be covered under a large employer group.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3979.0505 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3979 / Section 3979.0505
§ 3979.0505. BONDS SECURED BY AD VALOREM TAXES; ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election under Section 3979.0501, the district may issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(c) At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.

(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of its bonds may be submitted as a single proposition or as several propositions to be voted on at the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.117 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.117
§ 1020.117. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.

(b) The district is entitled to all causes of action and defenses to which similar authorities performing only governmental functions are entitled.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.39 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.39
§ 44.39. APPELLANT DETAINED BY OTHER THAN OFFICER.
Status: in_force

If the appellant in a case of habeas corpus be detained by any person other than an officer, the sheriff receiving the mandate of the appellate court, shall immediately cause the person so held to be discharged; and the mandate shall be sufficient authority therefor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8467.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8467 / Section 8467.053
§ 8467.053. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may acquire, construct, improve, operate, or maintain macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes inside the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8859.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8859 / Section 8859.152
§ 8859.152. DISTRICT REVENUES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district by rule, resolution, or order may establish, amend, pledge, encumber, expend the proceeds from, and assess to any person production fees based on the amount of groundwater authorized by permit to be withdrawn from a well or on the amount of water actually withdrawn, to enable the district to fulfill its purposes and regulatory functions as provided by this chapter. The district may use revenues generated by fees it assesses for any lawful purpose.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of general law to the contrary, a fee authorized by Subsection (a) may not exceed:

(1) $1 per acre-foot annually for groundwater used for agricultural purposes; or

(2) 30 cents per thousand gallons annually for groundwater used for nonagricultural purposes.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of general law or this chapter to the contrary, the district may assess a production fee under this section for groundwater produced from a well or class of wells exempt from permitting under Section 36.117, Water Code, except for a well exempt from permitting under Subsection (b)(1) of that section. A production fee assessed by the district under this subsection must be based on the amount of groundwater actually withdrawn from the well and may not exceed the amount established by the district for permitted uses under Subsection (b)(2) of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 36.1071(f), Water Code, the district by rule, resolution, or order before the adoption of its management plan may:

(1) establish, assess, and enforce the collection of production fees under this section; and

(2) establish and enforce metering and reporting requirements, except for a well exempt from permitting under Section 36.117(b)(1), Water Code.

(e) The district by rule may establish a temporary or permanent discounted fee rate for persons who prepay production fees to the district under this section on or before the dates established by district rule.

(f) The district may not assess a fee for transporting water that is produced from a well located inside the district and inside a certificated service area of a retail public utility and transported outside of the district, if the water is used in the same certificated service area of the retail public utility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.002
§ 263.002. ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL.
Status: in_force

A county may maintain more than one county hospital if considered advisable by the commissioners court of the county and approved by the executive commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8199.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8199 / Section 8199.104
§ 8199.104. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any resolution, adopted by the governing body of a municipality under Section 54.016, Water Code, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4054.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4054 / Section 4054.053
§ 4054.053. AUTHORITY TO WRITE ADDITIONAL LINES.
Status: in_force

A person who holds a general life, accident, and health license may, without obtaining an additional license, write the kinds of insurance contracts described by:

(1) Subchapter C, D, or E; or

(2) Chapter 4055.
Tex. Water Code § 11.3261 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.3261
§ 11.3261. WATERMASTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall establish a watermaster advisory committee consisting of a minimum of nine members, but no more than 15 members, who are holders of water rights or representatives of holders of water rights in the water division of a watermaster. In appointing members of the advisory committee the executive director shall consider geographic representation, amount of water rights held, different types of holders of water rights and users such as water districts, municipal suppliers, irrigators, and industrial users, and experience and knowledge in water management practices.

(b) An advisory committee member is not entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred or to compensation.

(c) An advisory committee member shall serve a term of two years from the date of initial appointment by the executive director and hold office until a successor is appointed.

(d) The advisory committee shall meet within 30 days following initial appointment by the executive director and elect a presiding officer who shall serve on an annual basis. Following the first meeting, the committee shall meet regularly as necessary.

(e) The advisory committee's duties include:

(1) providing recommendations to the executive director regarding activities of benefit to the holders of water rights in the administration and distribution of water to holders of water rights;

(2) review and comment to the executive director on the annual budget of the watermaster operations; and

(3) other duties as may be requested by the executive director with regard to the watermaster operations or as requested by holders of water rights in a water division which the committee deems of benefit to the administration of water rights in water divisions.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 283 / Section 283.051
§ 283.051. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) On behalf of the district, the board may accept gifts and endowments to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are consistent with the proper management of the district.

(b) The board may contract with the state to receive a payment or grant provided by the state for the care or treatment of hospital patients or patients in district facilities.
Tex. Election Code § 214.041 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 214 / Section 214.041
§ 214.041. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies to a recount of electronic voting system ballots on automatic tabulating equipment.

(b) In this subchapter, "electronic recount" means a recount on automatic tabulating equipment.
Tex. Government Code § 411.037 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.037
§ 411.037. JURISDICTION; HEADQUARTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The unit has statewide jurisdiction but shall operate primarily within the designated region of the department that is adjacent to the international border and contains the city of El Paso. The unit's headquarters must be located in that region.

(b) The department, subject to commission approval, may establish in any department region one or more additional regional offices of the unit to assist in the duties of the unit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8307.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8307 / Section 8307.101
§ 8307.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 24.548 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.548
§ 24.548.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.548. 403RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). (a) The 403rd Judicial District is composed of Travis County.

(b) The 403rd District Court shall give preference to criminal matters.
Tex. Local Government Code § 233.098 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 233 / Section 233.098
§ 233.098. ENFORCED COLLECTION.
Status: in_force

The appropriate attorney representing the county may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover a penalty or fee imposed by a county under this subchapter.