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Tex. Government Code § 490B.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 490B / Section 490B.005
§ 490B.005. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any amount appropriated by the legislature, the commission may request state agencies to apply for funds from the federal government or any other public or private entity. The commission may also solicit grants, gifts, and donations from private sources on the state's behalf. The use of a gift, grant, or donation solicited under this section must be consistent with the purposes of the commission.

(b) The commission shall review and may require reports of state agencies that receive appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, or endowments as a result of the commission's recommendations.

(c) A state agency may accept a gift, grant, donation, or endowment received as a result of the commission's recommendations.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.055
§ 2153.055. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall prepare information of consumer interest describing the regulatory functions of the comptroller relating to coin-operated machines and the procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the comptroller.

(b) The comptroller shall make the information available to the public and to appropriate state agencies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8434.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8434 / Section 8434.252
§ 8434.252. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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 ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.508 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.508
§ 353.508. LICENSE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner may suspend or revoke a license if the commissioner finds that:

(1) the license holder failed to pay the license fee, an investigation fee, or another charge imposed by the commissioner;

(2) the license holder, knowingly or without the exercise of due care, violated this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter; or

(3) a fact or condition exists that, if it had existed or had been known to exist at the time of the original application for the license, clearly would have justified the commissioner's denial of the application.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.401 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.401
§ 76.401. OYSTER LICENSE MORATORIUM PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The department shall implement an oyster license moratorium program to promote efficiency and economic stability in the oyster industry.
Tex. Government Code § 825.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.110
§ 825.110. DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall adopt rules to exclude from annual compensation all or part of salary and wages in the final years of a member's employment that reasonably can be presumed to have been derived from a conversion of fringe benefits, maintenance, or other payments not includable in annual compensation to salary and wages. The board of trustees shall adopt rules that include a percentage limitation on the amount of increases in annual compensation that may be subject to credit and deposit during a member's final years of employment.
Tex. Education Code § 51.0051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0051
§ 51.0051. ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS.
Status: in_force

The governing board of each institution shall approve on or before September 1 of each year an itemized budget covering the operation of the institution for the fiscal year beginning on September 1 of each year. The budget shall be prepared within the limits of legislatively appropriated general revenue and estimated educational and general funds. The budget shall also include estimated institutional funds. Copies of each such budget shall be furnished to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for distribution to the Governor's Budget and Planning Office, Legislative Budget Board, and Legislative Reference Library. Additional copies shall be delivered to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as required. The governing board of the institution shall retain five copies of the budget for distribution to legislators or other state officials on request.
Tex. Property Code § 216.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 216 / Section 216.005
§ 216.005. PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION ACTION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 216.008, restrictions may be extended or amended under this chapter without action by the property owners' association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3982.0309 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3982 / Section 3982.0309
§ 3982.0309. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1102.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.151
§ 1102.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have a budget prepared for the next fiscal year that includes:

(1) proposed expenditures and disbursements;

(2) estimated receipts and collections; and

(3) the amount of taxes required to be imposed for the year.
Tex. Government Code § 476.0001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 476 / Section 476.0001
§ 476.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipality that authorizes a bid by a local organizing committee for selection of the municipality as the site of the games.

(2) "Games" means the Pan American Games.

(3) "Site selection organization" means:

(A) the Pan American Sports Organization; or

(B) the United States Olympic Committee.

(4) "Trust fund" means the Pan American Games trust fund established by this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1901.404 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1901 / Section 1901.404
§ 1901.404. ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) On request, the attorney general shall represent the department in an action under Section 1901.402.

(b) At the request of the executive director, the attorney general shall bring an action in the name of the state for injunctive relief, to recover a civil penalty, or for both injunctive relief and a civil penalty, as authorized by this subchapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 205.015 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 205 / Section 205.015
§ 205.015. CONTINUED LIABILITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

An employer who has elected reimbursement under Section 205.001 or 205.002 shall pay reimbursements for benefits that are attributable to service in the employ of the employer during the period of the election, even if the employer is no longer a reimbursing employer when the benefits are paid.
Tex. Estates Code § 1023.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.001
§ 1023.001. VENUE FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for the person or estate, or both, of an incapacitated person shall be brought in the county in which the proposed ward resides or is located on the date the application is filed or in the county in which the principal estate of the proposed ward is located.

(b) A proceeding for the appointment of a guardian for the person or estate, or both, of a minor may be brought:

(1) in the county in which both the minor's parents reside;

(2) if the parents do not reside in the same county, in the county in which the parent who is the sole managing conservator of the minor resides, or in the county in which the parent who is the joint managing conservator with the greater period of physical possession of and access to the minor resides;

(3) if only one parent is living and the parent has custody of the minor, in the county in which that parent resides;

(4) if both parents are dead but the minor was in the custody of a deceased parent, in the county in which the last surviving parent having custody resided; or

(5) if both parents of a minor child have died in a common disaster and there is no evidence that the parents died other than simultaneously, in the county in which both deceased parents resided at the time of their simultaneous deaths if they resided in the same county.

(c) A proceeding for the appointment of a guardian who was appointed by will may be brought in the county in which the will was admitted to probate or in the county of the appointee's residence if the appointee resides in this state.

(d) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 379, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.701 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.701
§ 1301.701. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The board may impose an administrative penalty on a person who violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3001.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3001 / Section 3001.105
§ 3001.105. RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules:

(1) necessary or convenient to carry out district powers and duties;

(2) to govern its affairs;

(3) to preserve the public health and welfare concerning the agricultural products submitted to the district for harvesting, processing, distributing, or transporting; and

(4) to establish a priority on the use of district property and services, including the payment of fees.
Tex. Local Government Code § 397A.111 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 397A / Section 397A.111
§ 397A.111. EXPIRATION AFTER MILITARY INSTALLATION CLOSURE.
Status: in_force

A regional military sustainability commission that has territory around a military installation that is closed by the federal government and the regional compatible development standards for the commission's territory may continue in effect until the fourth anniversary of the date the military installation is closed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 151.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 151 / Section 151.007
§ 151.007. REQUEST FOR INSURANCE POLICY; DEADLINE TO PROVIDE.
Status: in_force

(a) A contractor may request in writing from the principal, or from the party with which the contractor has a direct contractual relationship, a complete copy of the insurance policy that provides coverage for the contractor under the consolidated insurance program.

(b) The copy described by Subsection (a) must be provided to the requesting contractor not later than the later of:

(1) the 30th day after the date the request was sent; or

(2) the 60th day after the date the contractor's work covered by the consolidated insurance program begins on the construction project.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 124.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 124 / Section 124.001
§ 124.001. SUSPECTED THEFT OF PROPERTY OR ATTEMPTED THEFT OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who reasonably believes that another has stolen or is attempting to steal property is privileged to detain that person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time to investigate ownership of the property.

(b) A person who is in the business of selling goods or services as a merchant is not precluded from offering a person who is suspected of stealing or attempting to steal property from the merchant an opportunity to complete a theft education program under Section 124.002 to deter theft and address criminal behavior instead of reporting the suspected offense to a law enforcement agency.

(c) A merchant who offers a person an opportunity to complete a theft education program shall:

(1) notify the person of that opportunity;

(2) inform the person of the civil and criminal remedies available to the merchant and the state, including informing the person that the merchant retains the right to report the suspected offense to a law enforcement agency if the person does not successfully complete the program; and

(3) maintain records for a period of not less than two years of:

(A) any criteria used by the merchant in determining whether to offer a person the opportunity to complete a theft education program;

(B) the terms of each offer made; and

(C) the name of each person to whom the merchant made an offer.

(d) A merchant shall make records maintained under Subsection (c)(3) available to a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney on request.

(e) Nothing in this section precludes a peace officer, district attorney, criminal district attorney, county attorney, or judge from offering a person a theft education program under Section 124.002 in compliance with this chapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 45.010 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 45 / Section 45.010
§ 45.010. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

An authorized employee of the department may inspect the facilities and enclosures of a person licensed under this chapter at any time during normal business hours without a warrant.
Tex. Education Code § 55.18 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.18
§ 55.18. BONDS NOT OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATE.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by a board are payable solely from the revenues, income, receipts, or other resources of the board, as provided in this subchapter, and such bonds shall never be an obligation of the State of Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 2001.084 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.084
§ 2001.084. OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

An objection to an evidentiary offer in a contested case may be made and shall be noted in the record.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.131 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.131
§ 33.131. STRUCTURES AS PROPERTY OF THE STATE.
Status: in_force

A structure presently existing or to be constructed in the future for which a permit is required under Section 33.119 of this code is the property of the state. Any construction, maintenance, or use of the structure other than as provided in this subchapter is declared to be a nuisance per se and is expressly prohibited.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2205.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2205 / Section 2205.252
§ 2205.252. CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

The board shall determine the amount of contributions necessary to meet the initial expenses of the pool. The board shall make this determination based on the information provided by the plan of operation.
Tex. Family Code § 160.512 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.512
§ 160.512.
Status: in_force

Sec. 160.512. OFFENSE: FALSIFICATION OF SPECIMEN. (a) A person commits an offense if the person alters, destroys, conceals, fabricates, or falsifies genetic evidence in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage, including inducing another person to provide a specimen with the intent to affect the outcome of the proceeding.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

(c) An order excluding a man as the biological father of a child based on genetic evidence shown to be altered, fabricated, or falsified is void and unenforceable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8148.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8148 / Section 8148.054
§ 8148.054. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city council of the City of Texas City that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.118 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.118
§ 53.118. RATIFICATIONS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may approve, by rule or order, a ratification or other agreement that includes in the benefits of production a mineral or royalty interest in land belonging to the permanent school fund or the asylum funds.

(b) An agreement approved by the board under this section must be executed by the commissioner to be effective.

(c) A ratification or other agreement that commits any of the interests listed by Subsection (a) of this section in land not belonging to the permanent school fund or the asylum funds must be approved by the board, official, agent, agency, or authority of the state that has the authority to lease or to approve the lease of the land for sulphur and must be executed by the commissioner to be effective.
Tex. Election Code § 42.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 42 / Section 42.003
§ 42.003. BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION.
Status: in_force

Each county election precinct must be described by natural or artificial boundaries or by survey lines.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7924.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7924 / Section 7924.104
§ 7924.104. 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.109
§ 1002.109. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a government agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.051
§ 1120.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of nine directors elected at large.

(b) An election shall be held each year on an authorized uniform election date to elect the appropriate number of directors.

(c) Directors serve staggered two-year terms.
Tex. Occupations Code § 604.0521 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 604 / Section 604.0521
§ 604.0521. GUIDELINES FOR EARLY INVOLVEMENT IN RULEMAKING PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board shall adopt guidelines to establish procedures for receiving input during the rulemaking process from individuals and groups that have an interest in matters under the advisory board's jurisdiction. The guidelines must provide an opportunity for those individuals and groups to provide input before the advisory board submits the rule to the medical board for approval.

(b) A rule adopted under this chapter may not be challenged on the grounds that the advisory board did not comply with this section. If the advisory board was unable to solicit a significant amount of input from the public or affected persons early in the rulemaking process, the advisory board shall state in writing the reasons why it was unable to do so.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.6551 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.6551
§ 504.6551. PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include the words "Kids Shouldn't Have Cancer." The department shall design the plates in consultation with the Kids Shouldn't Have Cancer Foundation.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of the cancer prevention and research fund established by Section 102.201, Health and Safety Code. Money deposited to that account may be used only to fund pediatric cancer research.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.101
§ 2308.101. PERMIT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A tow truck may not be used for consent towing or nonconsent towing on a public roadway in this state unless an appropriate permit has been issued for the tow truck under this subchapter. Each tow truck requires a separate permit.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.021 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 143 / Section 143.021
§ 143.021. PETITION FOR ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with this section, the freeholders of a county or an area within a county may petition the commissioners court to conduct an election for the purpose of determining if horses, mules, jacks, jennets, donkeys, hogs, sheep, or goats are to be permitted to run at large in the county or area.

(b) A petition for a countywide election must be signed by at least 50 freeholders. Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c) of this section, a petition for an election in an area within a county must be signed by at least 20 freeholders.

(c) A petition for an election in an area may be signed by a majority of the freeholders in the area if the area has fewer than 50 freeholders and is between two areas of the county that have previously adopted this subchapter or is adjacent to another area, in that county or another county, that has adopted this subchapter. If the petitioning area is adjacent to an area in another county, the freeholders shall petition the commissioners court of the county in which the petitioning area is located.

(d) The petition must:

(1) clearly state each class of animal that the petitioners seek to prohibit from running at large; and

(2) describe the boundaries of the area in which the election is to be held, if the election is to be less than countywide.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 4.01 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 4.01
§ 4.01.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.01. The host state shall develop and have full administrative control over the development, management, and operation of a facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within the party states. The host state shall be entitled to unlimited use of the facility over its operating life. Use of the facility by the nonhost party states for disposal of low-level radioactive waste, including such waste resulting from decommissioning of any nuclear electric generation facilities located in the party states, is limited to the volume requirements of Section 3.04(11) of Article III.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0208
§ 8510.0208. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a director as the board president to serve as the authority's chief executive officer at the pleasure of the governor.

(b) The board shall elect one director as vice president, one director as secretary, and one director as treasurer.

(c) The vice president shall act as president if the president is absent or disabled.

(d) The secretary shall act as board secretary. The board shall select a secretary pro tem if the secretary is absent or unable to act.

(e) The authority may appoint officers, prescribe their duties, and set their compensation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8379.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8379 / Section 8379.0101
§ 8379.0101. 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 Brazoria County Municipal Utility District No. 77.