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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8376.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8376 / Section 8376.105
§ 8376.105. COMPLIANCE WITH AND ENFORCEABILITY OF MUNICIPAL CONSENT AGREEMENT, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.

(b) Any agreement between the district and a municipality related to the municipality's consent to the creation of the district is valid and enforceable.

(c) On the issuance of bonds by the district, the district is considered to have waived sovereign immunity to suit by a municipality for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for breach of an agreement described by this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.379 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.379
§ 2054.379. RULES.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules and guidelines to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.068 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.068
§ 401.068. IMPOUNDING SOURCES OF RADIATION.
Status: in_force

The department or commission, in an emergency relating to a substance or activity under the agency's jurisdiction, may impound or order impounded sources of radiation that are in the possession of a person who is not equipped to observe or fails to observe this chapter or the agency's rules.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 39.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 39 / Section 39.09
§ 39.09. NON-RESIDENT WITNESSES.
Status: in_force

Depositions of a witness residing out of the State may be taken before a judge or before a commissioner of deeds and depositions for this State, who resides within the State where the deposition is to be taken, or before a notary public of the place where such deposition is to be taken, or before any commissioned officer of the armed services or before any diplomatic or consular officer. The deposition of a non-resident witness who may be temporarily within the State, may be taken under the same rules which apply to the taking of depositions of other witnesses in the State.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 137.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 137 / Section 137.002
§ 137.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "At-risk family" means a family with at least one child or a pregnant woman and at least one of the following:

(A) a child in the family has been the subject of an investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation by the Department of Family and Protective Services;

(B) the family or a pregnant woman in the family is experiencing conditions that increase the likelihood of involvement with the child welfare system, the criminal justice system, or the juvenile justice system; or

(C) the family or a pregnant woman in the family is experiencing other conditions that threaten the self-sufficiency or stability of the family or the birth or health of a baby.

(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the commission.

(4) "Family support services" means programs intended to provide intervention and promote safety and stability for children and at-risk families.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8332.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8332 / Section 8332.103
§ 8332.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.

(b) The district may exercise the powers provided by this section without submitting a petition to or obtaining approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as required by Section 54.234, Water Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 53.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 53 / Section 53.054
§ 53.054. EXEMPTION FROM PROBATE FEES FOR ESTATES OF CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND OTHERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Eligible decedent" means an individual listed in Section 615.003, Government Code.

(2) "Line of duty" and "personal injury" have the meanings assigned by Section 615.021(e), Government Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the clerk of a court may not charge, or collect from, the estate of an eligible decedent any of the following fees if the decedent died as a result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in the individual's position as described by Section 615.003, Government Code:

(1) a fee for or associated with the filing of the decedent's will for probate; and

(2) a fee for any service rendered by the court regarding the administration of the decedent's estate.
Tex. Family Code § 264.1075 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.1075
§ 264.1075. ASSESSING NEEDS OF CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) On removing a child from the child's home, the department shall use assessment services provided by a child-care facility, a child-placing agency, or the child's medical home during the initial substitute care placement. The assessment may be used to determine the most appropriate substitute care placement for the child, if needed.

(b) As soon as possible after a child is placed in the managing conservatorship of the department, the department shall assess whether the child has a developmental or intellectual disability.

(c) If the assessment required by Subsection (b) indicates that the child might have an intellectual disability, the department shall ensure that a referral for a determination of intellectual disability is made as soon as possible and that the determination is conducted by an authorized provider before the date of the child's 16th birthday, if practicable. If the child is placed in the managing conservatorship of the department after the child's 16th birthday, the determination of intellectual disability must be conducted as soon as possible after the assessment required by Subsection (b). In this subsection, "authorized provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 593.004, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8493.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8493 / Section 8493.051
§ 8493.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8493.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.253 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.253
§ 162.253. CONSOLIDATION AND CONVERSION OF CORPORATIONS INTO TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) Two or more corporations organized under the laws of this state that furnish or are authorized to furnish communication service may, if otherwise permitted to consolidate under state law, consolidate and convert into a telephone cooperative in accordance with this subchapter. On consolidation and conversion, the new cooperative is subject to this chapter as if it had been originally organized under this chapter.

(b) The proposition for the consolidation and conversion and the proposed articles of consolidation and conversion, with any amendments, must be approved by each corporation in accordance with:

(1) the law under which it was organized; and

(2) Sections 162.251 and 162.252.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.562 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.562
§ 884.562. APPROVAL OF RATE ADJUSTMENT.
Status: in_force

A stipulated premium company may not adjust a life insurance premium rate under this subchapter before:

(1) obtaining the approval of the department; and

(2) providing notice to the policyholder.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.057
§ 2166.057. COORDINATION OF MULTIAGENCY PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The commission is the coordinating authority for the construction of any multiagency state office building authorized by the legislature.
Tex. Education Code § 105.252 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 105 / Section 105.252
§ 105.252. GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept and receive gifts, donations, and collections of books, documents, stamps, coins, firearms, implements of warfare, relics, heirlooms, and collections of all kinds having historical importance and value, to be used in teaching the youth of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7879A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7879A / Section 7879A.0104
§ 7879A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7879A.0103 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. Education Code § 35.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 35 / Section 35.002
§ 35.002. RATINGS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A library material vendor may not sell library materials to a school district or open-enrollment charter school unless the vendor has issued appropriate ratings regarding sexually explicit material and sexually relevant material previously sold to a district or school.

(b) A library material vendor may not sell library material rated sexually explicit material and shall issue a recall for all copies of library material sold to a district or school that is:

(1) rated sexually explicit material; and

(2) in active use by the district or school.

(c) Not later than April 1, 2024, each library material vendor shall develop and submit to the agency a list of library material rated as sexually explicit material or sexually relevant material sold by the vendor to a school district or open-enrollment charter school before that date and still in active use by the district or school.

(d) Not later than September 1 of each year, each library material vendor shall submit to the agency an updated list of library material rated as sexually explicit material or sexually relevant material sold by the vendor to a school district or open-enrollment charter school during the preceding year and still in active use by the district or school.

(e) The agency shall post each list submitted under Subsection (c) or (d) in a conspicuous place on the agency's Internet website as soon as practicable.
Tex. Education Code § 29.205 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.205
§ 29.205. CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of a school district may contract under Section 11.157 for the provision of educational services to a district student eligible to receive a public education grant under Section 29.202.
Tex. Water Code § 15.403 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.403
§ 15.403. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1033.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1033 / Section 1033.103
§ 1033.103. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The board has full power to manage and control the district.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 171.081 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 171 / Section 171.081
§ 171.081. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The making of an agreement described by Section 171.001 that provides for or authorizes an arbitration in this state and to which that section applies confers jurisdiction on the court to enforce the agreement and to render judgment on an award under this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.0074 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.0074
§ 437.0074. MOBILE FOOD UNITS IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A county with a population of at least 2.8 million, or a municipality or public health district in the county, shall require a mobile food unit to:

(1) return to the food service establishment or commissary from which the unit operates within the 24-hour period preceding operation of the mobile food unit to have cleaning and other services performed on the unit; and

(2) obtain, on completion of an inspection following servicing, written documentation that the mobile food unit has been serviced daily as required by Subdivision (1).

(b) A county, municipality, or public health district that has installed an electronic tagging system shall register and record confirmation that the unit has been serviced as required by Subsection (a)(1).

(c) A municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more in a county with a population of 2.8 million or more shall require a mobile food unit, other than a mobile food unit that handles only prepackaged food and does not prepare or package food, to obtain a time and date stamp on the documentation required under Subsection (a)(2) from a time and date stamp unit that is constructed to prevent tampering and approved by the municipality's governing body. A record kept by the municipality regarding the time and date stamp on the documentation under Subsection (a)(2) by means of an electronic tagging system under Subsection (b) controls if that record is inconsistent with the record kept by the mobile food unit.
Tex. Government Code § 2002.015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2002 / Section 2002.015
§ 2002.015. DISTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) On request, the secretary of state shall make one copy of each issue of the Texas Register available without charge to:

(1) each board, commission, and department with statewide jurisdiction;

(2) the governor;

(3) the lieutenant governor;

(4) the attorney general;

(5) each member and each standing committee of the legislature;

(6) each county judge or each county clerk;

(7) each library of a public university;

(8) one public library in each municipality that has a public library; and

(9) each court of appeals.

(b) The secretary of state shall make copies of the Texas Register available to other persons for a reasonable fee to be fixed by the secretary.

(c) If the secretary of state determines that an entity requesting the Texas Register under Subsection (a) possesses computer and telecommunications equipment that allows the entity to access the Texas Register through the Internet or through an electronic bulletin board, the secretary may comply with Subsection (a) by providing the Texas Register to the entity at no charge through the Internet or through an electronic bulletin board, as applicable.

(d) The secretary of state shall determine whether making the Texas Register available without charge under Subsection (a) results in a revenue shortfall. If there is a shortfall, the secretary of state shall request an appropriation in that amount in the secretary's legislative appropriations request for the next state fiscal biennium for the purpose of complying with Subsection (a). If the secretary of state does not receive an appropriation for that next state fiscal biennium of an amount necessary to cover the secretary's costs in complying with Subsection (a), the secretary may, beginning with the first day of the biennium, charge a subscription fee to entities requesting the Texas Register under Subsection (a) in an amount that will cover the secretary's revenue shortfall in complying with Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.153
§ 7811.153. EXPIRATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE.
Status: in_force

The designation of a reinvestment zone for commercial-industrial or residential tax abatement expires five years after the date of the designation and may be renewed for periods not to exceed five years. The expiration of the designation does not affect an existing tax abatement agreement governed by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.113
§ 8845.113. DISTRICT PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall develop and implement comprehensive plans for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste and pollution of groundwater and surface water in the district.

(b) The plans must include all works, facilities, and improvements necessary to implement the plans and the specifications for those works, facilities, and improvements.
Tex. Government Code § 321.0137 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0137
§ 321.0137. INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) At a reasonable time in advance of an independent audit of a junior college district, the state auditor shall provide the presiding officer of the district's governing body and the chief executive officer of the district with written information relating to the procedures for and scope of the audit. The state auditor shall include in the materials information describing:

(1) how the appropriate representatives of the district may participate in the audit planning process; and

(2) how the district may request information or assistance in preparing for the audit from the state auditor.

(b) The state auditor shall seek the recommendations of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in preparing materials to be provided under Subsection (a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 52.009 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 52 / Section 52.009
§ 52.009. HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may hold a public hearing after receiving the reports required under Section 52.008.

(b) If the commissioner decides to hold a public hearing or if the applicant requests a hearing under Section 52.008(d)(2), the commissioner shall publish notice of the hearing in the publications described by Section 52.007.

(c) Notice of the hearing must:

(1) describe the purpose of the hearing; and

(2) provide the date, time, and place of the hearing.

(d) Notice of the hearing must be published and personal notice of the hearing, if any, must be given not later than the 10th day before the date set for the hearing.

(e) The commissioner may consolidate a hearing held under this section with the hearing that is required to be held in this state by the secretary under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1501 et seq.).

(f) A hearing held under this section must be concluded not later than the 120th day after the date the commissioner receives the application from the governor. The commissioner may hold a hearing after that date if:

(1) the required federal hearing in this state has not been held; and

(2) the commissioner decides to consolidate the hearings and gives notice of the decision.
Tex. Local Government Code § 563.061 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 563 / Section 563.061
§ 563.061. RATES AND CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The board may establish rates and charges for services, fees for connections, security deposits, and other charges required for efficient operation of each utility system for which it has responsibility.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00894 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00894
§ 30.00894. JUDGE.
Status: repealed

(a) to (f) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(23), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(g) Sections 30.00007(b)(5) and 30.00008(b) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7988.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7988 / Section 7988.104
§ 7988.104. 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. Government Code § 1473.137 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.137
§ 1473.137. BONDS NOT PAYABLE FROM TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each bond issued under this subchapter must include the following provision: "The holder of this obligation is not entitled to demand payment of this obligation from money raised by taxation."

(b) A bond may not contain the provision specified by Subsection (a) if the commissioners court has provided for the payment of the bond from tax revenue under Section 1473.136(b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0405 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0405
§ 8513.0405. RECOVERY OF LITIGATION COSTS.
Status: in_force

Section 49.004, Water Code, governs the recovery of costs incurred by the authority in any suit by the authority to enforce its rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11004.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11004 / Section 11004.152
§ 11004.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 11004.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.155
§ 846.155. ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

If the recommended cash reserves required by Section 846.154(a) exceed the greater of 40 percent of the total contributions for the preceding plan year or 40 percent of the total contributions expected for the current plan year, the contributions may be reduced to fund less than 100 percent of the aggregate retention plus all other costs of the multiple employer welfare arrangement, but not less than the level of contributions necessary to fund the minimum reserves required under Section 846.154(a).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 102.0185 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 102 / Section 102.0185
§ 102.0185.
Status: in_force

Art. 102.0185. FINE FOR INTOXICATION CONVICTIONS: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, TRAUMA FACILITIES, AND TRAUMA CARE SYSTEMS. (a) In addition to the reimbursement fee imposed by Article 102.018, a person convicted of an offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code, except for Sections 49.02 and 49.031 of that code, shall pay a fine of $100 on conviction of the offense.

(b) Fines imposed under this article are imposed without regard to whether the defendant is placed on community supervision after being convicted of the offense or receives deferred disposition or deferred adjudication for the offense.

(c) Fines imposed under this article are collected in the manner provided for the collection of court costs by Subchapter B, Chapter 133, Local Government Code.

(d) The officer collecting the fines under this article shall keep separate records of the money collected and shall pay the money to the custodian of the municipal or county treasury.

(e) The custodian of the municipal or county treasury shall:

(1) keep records of the amount of money collected under this article that is deposited with the treasury under this article; and

(2) not later than the last day of the first month following each calendar quarter:

(A) pay the money collected under this article during the preceding calendar quarter to the comptroller; or

(B) if, in the calendar quarter, the custodian of the municipal or county treasury did not receive any money attributable to fines paid under this article, file a report with the comptroller stating that fact.

(f) The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under this article to the credit of the account established under Section 773.006, Health and Safety Code.