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Tex. Education Code § 65.36 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 65 / Section 65.36
§ 65.36. DONATIONS FOR PROFESSORSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
Status: in_force

(a) Donations of property may be made and accepted by the board for the purpose of establishing or assisting in the establishment of a professorship or scholarship in the university system or any of its component institutions, or for creating in the university system or any of its component institutions any trust for any lawful, educational, or charitable purpose, either temporarily or permanently, and the donations or trusts thereby created will be governed by the rules prescribed by this section.

(b) The legal title to the property shall be vested in the board acting as an entity, or the State of Texas, to be held in trust for the purpose under any directions, limitations, and provisions that may be declared in writing in the donation or trust agreement, not inconsistent with the objectives and proper management of the system or its component institutions.

(c) The donor may declare and direct the manner in which the title to the property shall thereafter be transmitted from the trustee in continued succession, to be held for and appropriated to the declared purposes.

(d) The donor may declare and direct the person or class of persons who shall receive the benefit of the donation and the manner of their selection.

(e) The declarations, directions, and limitations shall not be inconsistent with the objects and proper management of the system or its institutions.

(f) In case of failure to transmit the title to the property or to bestow its use in the manner declared and directed in the donation, or in case the uses, or either of them, become impracticable from the change of circumstances, the title to the property, unless otherwise expressly directed by the donor, shall vest in this state to be held in trust to carry into effect the purposes of the donation as nearly as practicable by such agencies as may be provided therefor.

(g) The title to the property donated shall be received, and the trust conferred in the donation shall be assumed, subject to laws that may be passed and carried into effect from time to time which may be necessary to prevent the loss of, or damage to, the property donated, or an abuse or neglect of the trust so as to defeat, materially change, or prevent the objects of the donation.

(h) Copies of the donation shall be filed with the board or the branch to which the donation applies; and the board shall report the condition and management of the property and the manner in which the trust is being administered as part of the matters reported pertaining to the institution.
Tex. Water Code § 51.871 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.871
§ 51.871. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Dissociated municipality" means a home-rule municipality from whose extraterritorial jurisdiction a district is transferred under this subchapter.

(2) "Associated municipality" means a home-rule municipality into whose extraterritorial jurisdiction a district is transferred under this subchapter.

(3) "Home-rule municipality" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.004, Local Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 29.312 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.312
§ 29.312. PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Appropriate psychological counseling services for a student who is deaf or hard of hearing shall be made available at the student's school site in the student's primary mode of communication. In the case of a student who is hard of hearing, appropriate auditory systems to enhance oral communication shall be used if required by the student's admission, review, and dismissal committee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6002.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6002 / Section 6002.004
§ 6002.004. PROVISION OF CERTAIN SERVICES BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "monitoring" means the receipt of fire alarm or supervisory signals or retransmission or communication of those signals to a fire service communications center that is located in this state or serves property in this state.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a political subdivision may not offer alarm system sales, service, installation, or monitoring unless the political subdivision has been providing monitoring services within the boundaries of the political subdivision as of September 1, 1999. Any fee charged by the political subdivision under this subsection may not exceed the cost of the monitoring.

(c) A political subdivision may:

(1) offer service, installation, or monitoring for property owned by the political subdivision or another political subdivision;

(2) allow for the response to an alarm or detection device by:

(A) a law enforcement agency or fire department; or

(B) a law enforcement officer or firefighter acting in an official capacity; or

(3) offer monitoring to a financial institution, as defined by Section 59.301, Finance Code, that requests, in writing, that the political subdivision provide monitoring service to the financial institution.

(d) Subsection (b) does not apply to a political subdivision:

(1) in a county with a population of less than 80,000; or

(2) in which monitoring is not otherwise provided or available.

(e) This section is not intended to require a political subdivision to hold a license under this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 58.461 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.461
§ 58.461. REGISTRATION OF BONDS AND DECREE.
Status: in_force

On the presentation of the bonds together with a certified copy of the decree of the court, the comptroller shall register the bonds in a book kept for that purpose. The comptroller shall attach to each bond a certificate stating that the court's decree has been filed and recorded in his office and shall sign the certificate and attach his official seal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.206
§ 1079.206. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Local Government Code § 284.153 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 284 / Section 284.153
§ 284.153. GENERAL PROCESS RELATING TO PERMIT APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a municipality may not require an applicant to provide more information to obtain the permit than a telecommunications utility that is not a network provider is required to provide unless the information directly relates to the requirements of this chapter.

(b) As part of the standard form for a permit application, a municipality may require the applicant to include applicable construction and engineering drawings and information to confirm that the applicant will comply with the municipality's publicly disclosed public right-of-way design specifications and applicable codes.

(c) A municipality may require an applicant to provide:

(1) information reasonably related to the provider's use of the public right-of-way under this chapter to ensure compliance with this chapter;

(2) a certificate that the network node complies with applicable regulations of the Federal Communications Commission; and

(3) certification that the proposed network node will be placed into active commercial service by or for a network provider not later than the 60th day after the date the construction and final testing of the network node is completed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3994.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3994 / Section 3994.0305
§ 3994.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.108
§ 3848.108. AIR RIGHTS; CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

The district may acquire air rights and may construct improvements on property on which it only owns air rights.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4205.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4205 / Section 4205.0202
§ 4205.0202. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code.

(b) Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 4.11 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 4 / Section 4.11
§ 4.11. JURISDICTION OF JUSTICE COURTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Justices of the peace shall have original jurisdiction in criminal cases:

(1) punishable by fine only or punishable by:

(A) a fine; and

(B) as authorized by statute, a sanction not consisting of confinement or imprisonment; or

(2) arising under Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, that do not include confinement as an authorized sanction.

(b) The fact that a conviction in a justice court has as a consequence the imposition of a penalty or sanction by an agency or entity other than the court, such as a denial, suspension, or revocation of a privilege, does not affect the original jurisdiction of the justice court.

(c) A justice court has concurrent jurisdiction with a municipal court in criminal cases that arise in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction and that arise under an ordinance of the municipality applicable to the extraterritorial jurisdiction under Section 216.902, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11004.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11004 / Section 11004.151
§ 11004.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 11004.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax, impose a sales or use tax, or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.205
§ 1070.205. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The district operates on a fiscal year established by the board.

(b) The fiscal year may not be changed more than once in a 24-month period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1072.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1072 / Section 1072.205
§ 1072.205. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance.
Tex. Estates Code § 202.202 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 202 / Section 202.202
§ 202.202. FINALITY AND APPEAL OF JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The judgment in a proceeding to declare heirship is a final judgment.

(b) At the request of an interested person, the judgment in a proceeding to declare heirship may be appealed or reviewed within the same time limits and in the same manner as other judgments in probate matters.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.135 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.135
§ 212.135.
Status: in_force

Sec. 212.135. JUSTIFICATION FOR MORATORIUM: SHORTAGE OF ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES; WRITTEN FINDINGS REQUIRED. (a) If a municipality adopts a moratorium on property development, the moratorium is justified by demonstrating a need to prevent a shortage of essential public facilities. The municipality must issue written findings based on reasonably available information.

(b) The written findings must include a summary of:

(1) evidence demonstrating the extent of need beyond the estimated capacity of existing essential public facilities that is expected to result from new property development, including identifying:

(A) any essential public facilities currently operating near, at, or beyond capacity;

(B) the portion of that capacity committed to the development subject to the moratorium; and

(C) the impact fee revenue allocated to address the facility need; and

(2) evidence demonstrating that the moratorium is reasonably limited to:

(A) areas of the municipality where a shortage of essential public facilities would otherwise occur; and

(B) property that has not been approved for development because of the insufficiency of existing essential public facilities.
Tex. Government Code § 495.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 495 / Section 495.023
§ 495.023. CONTRACTS FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND EVALUATION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The institutional division shall request proposals and may award one contract to a private vendor or community supervision and corrections department to screen and diagnose, either before or after adjudications of guilt, persons who may be transferred to the division. The term of the contract may not be for more than two years. The institutional division shall award the contract if the division determines that:

(1) the person proposing to enter into the contract can provide psychiatric, psychological, or social evaluations of persons who are to be transferred to the division;

(2) the services provided will reduce the chances of misdiagnosis of persons with mental illness or persons with intellectual disabilities who are to be transferred to the division, expedite the diagnostic process, and offer savings to the division;

(3) the quality of services offered equals or exceeds the quality of the same services provided by the division; and

(4) the state will assume no additional liability by entering into a contract for the services.

(b) If the institutional division enters into the contract and during or at the end of the contract period determines that the diagnostic services performed under the contract are of a sufficient quality and are cost effective, the division shall submit requests for additional proposals for contracts and award one or more contracts in the same manner as provided by Subsection (a).
Tex. Occupations Code § 167.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 167 / Section 167.002
§ 167.002. MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a medical director for the program.

(b) The medical director must:

(1) be a physician licensed by the board; and

(2) have expertise in a field of medicine relating to disorders commonly affecting physicians or physician assistants, including substance abuse disorders.

(c) The medical director shall provide clinical and policy oversight for the program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8052.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8052 / Section 8052.0201
§ 8052.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8052.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8377.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8377 / Section 8377.152
§ 8377.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8377.151, 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.

(c) If required by an agreement between the district and a municipality under Section 8377.105, the total ad valorem tax rate of the district may not be less than the total ad valorem tax rate of the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1009.065 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1009 / Section 1009.065
§ 1009.065. RETIREMENT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into a contract or agreement with this state or the federal government to establish or continue a retirement program for the benefit of the district's employees.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.231 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.231
§ 2306.231. LOAN CONDITIONS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT POWERS.
Status: in_force

As a condition of each loan, the department, acting through the housing finance division, may at any time during the construction, rehabilitation, or operation of a housing development:

(1) enter and inspect the housing development to:

(A) investigate the development's:

(i) physical and financial condition;

(ii) construction;

(iii) rehabilitation;

(iv) operation;

(v) management; and

(vi) maintenance; and

(B) examine all books and records relating to:

(i) capitalization;

(ii) income; and

(iii) other matters regarding capitalization or income;

(2) impose charges that are required to cover the cost of inspections and examinations under Subdivision (1);

(3) order alterations, changes, or repairs necessary to protect:

(A) the security of the department's investment in a housing development; or

(B) the health, safety, and welfare of the occupants of a housing development;

(4) order a managing agent, housing development manager, or housing development owner to do whatever is necessary to comply with or refrain from violating an applicable law, ordinance, department rule, or term of an agreement regarding the housing development; and

(5) file and prosecute a complaint against a managing agent, housing development manager, or housing development owner for a violation of any applicable law or ordinance.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.053
§ 1579.053. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The trustee may hire and compensate employees as necessary to implement the program.
Tex. Family Code § 107.113 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.113
§ 107.113. CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION REPORT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A child custody evaluator who conducts a child custody evaluation shall prepare a report containing the evaluator's findings, opinions, recommendations, and answers to specific questions asked by the court relating to the evaluation.

(b) The person conducting a child custody evaluation shall file with the court on a date set by the court notice that the report under this section is complete. On the earlier of the date the notice is filed or the date required under Section 107.114, the person shall provide a copy of the report to:

(1) each party's attorney;

(2) each party who is not represented by an attorney; and

(3) each attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, and amicus attorney appointed in the suit.

(c) If the suit is settled before completion of the child custody evaluation report, the report under this section is not required.

(d) A report prepared under this section must include the information required by Section 107.108(h) for each child custody evaluator who conducted any portion of the evaluation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 769.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 769 / Section 769.001
§ 769.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.03, Penal Code.

(2) "Sexually oriented performance" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.28, Penal Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.256 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.256
§ 1070.256. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of outstanding indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1086.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1086 / Section 1086.062
§ 1086.062. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint qualified persons as:

(1) the assistant district administrator; and

(2) the attorney for the district.

(b) The assistant district administrator and the attorney for the district serve at the will of the board and are entitled to compensation as determined by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3953.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3953 / Section 3953.206
§ 3953.206. 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 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.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.309 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.309
§ 481.309. COLLECTION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person does not pay the penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the penalty may be collected.

(b) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957A / Section 7957A.0301
§ 7957A.0301. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8805.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8805 / Section 8805.002
§ 8805.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, to provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste and pollution of the district's groundwater and surface water, consistent with the objectives of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 36, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 663.107 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 663 / Section 663.107
§ 663.107. NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED BY CHILD CARE FACILITY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall set the number of children a child care facility may serve.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.056
§ 3952.056. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.
Tex. Water Code § 58.302 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.302
§ 58.302. CONTRACTS WITH PERSON USING IRRIGATION WATER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may require each person who desires to use irrigation water during the year to enter into a contract with the district which states the acreage to be irrigated, the crops to be planted, the amount to be paid for the water, and the terms of payment.

(b) If a person irrigates more acreage than the person's contract specifies, the person shall pay for the additional service.

(c) The directors also may require a person using irrigation water to execute a negotiable note or notes for all or part of the amount owed under the contract.

(d) The contract is not a waiver of the lien given to the district under Section 58.309 against the crops of a person using irrigation water for the service furnished to the person.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.506 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.506
§ 9.506. EFFECT OF ERRORS OR OMISSIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this subchapter is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with Section 9.503(a) is seriously misleading.

(c) If a search of the records of the filing office under the debtor's correct name, using the filing office's standard search logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with Section 9.503(a), the name provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading.

(d) For purposes of Section 9.508(b), the "debtor's correct name" in Subsection (c) means the correct name of the new debtor.