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Tex. Government Code § 659.305 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.305
§ 659.305. AMOUNT OF HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (h), the amount of a full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay for a particular month is $10 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued by the employee.

(b) This subsection applies only to a state employee whose compensation for services provided to the state during any month before August 1987 included hazardous duty pay that was based on total state service performed before May 29, 1987. The amount of a full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay for a particular month is the sum of:

(1) $10 for each 12-month period of state service credit the employee finished accruing before May 29, 1987; and

(2) $10 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit that the employee accrued after the date, which must be before May 29, 1987, on which the employee finished accruing the last 12-month period of state service credit.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1234, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.

(d) For purposes of Subsections (a), (b)(2), and (h), the number of 12-month periods of lifetime service credit that the employee has accrued must be determined as of the last day of the preceding month.

(e) A state employee is considered to be a full-time state employee for purposes of Subsection (a), (b), or (h) if the employee is a full-time state employee for any portion of the first workday of the month.

(f) The amount of a part-time state employee's hazardous duty pay is proportional to the amount of a full-time state employee's pay under Subsection (a), (b), or (h).

(g) A state employee may not receive more than $10 or $12, as applicable, for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit, regardless of:

(1) the number of positions the employee holds; or

(2) the number of hours the employee works each week.

(h) The amount of hazardous duty pay for a particular month for a full-time correctional officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is the lesser of:

(1) $12 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued by the employee; or

(2) $300.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 94.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 94 / Section 94.003
§ 94.003. LIABILITY OF SPONSORING ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

A sponsoring organization cannot be held liable for an act, error, or omission of a sports official absent any new, independent, and separate act, error, or omission of the sponsoring organization that gave rise to the harm.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.123 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.123
§ 773.123. CONTROL OF EXPENDITURES FROM ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

Money distributed from the accounts established under Sections 771.072(f) and 773.006 shall be used in accordance with Section 773.122 on the authorization of the executive committee of the trauma service area regional advisory council.
Tex. Water Code § 58.309 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.309
§ 58.309. LIEN AGAINST CROPS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall have a first lien, superior to all other liens, against all crops grown on a tract of land in the district to secure the payment of an assessment imposed against the tract under Section 58.305(a), interest, and collection or attorney's fees.

(b) If the crops against which the district has a lien under this section are cultivated on a basis other than annual replanting, the owner of the crops shall record with the county clerk of the county where the land on which the crops are cultivated is located a legally sufficient description of the land, including a metes and bounds description or a plat reference.
Tex. Transportation Code § 286.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 286 / Section 286.007
§ 286.007. NOTICE AND OTHER PREHEARING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A commissioners court may make an assessment under Section 286.002 only after notice and an opportunity for a hearing is provided in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published at least three times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the assessment is to be made. The first publication of the notice must appear not later than the 21st day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Notice of the hearing must be mailed with postage prepaid to the address of the owner of the property that abuts the county road to be improved, as determined from the current rendered and unrendered county tax rolls. The notice must be mailed 14 days before the date of the hearing.

(d) The mailed notice:

(1) is not required if the county tax rolls list the owners of the property as unknown; and

(2) may be addressed to the estate if the tax rolls show the owner of the property is an estate.

(e) To be sufficient and binding on a person who owns or claims the property or an interest in the property, the mailed notice must:

(1) generally describe the nature of the improvement for which the assessment is to be made;

(2) describe the county road to be improved or the portion of the county road to which the improvement is related;

(3) state the estimated cost per front foot proposed to be assessed against the property or the property's owners;

(4) state the estimated total cost of the improvement; and

(5) state the time and place of the hearing.

(f) The mailed notice may consist of a copy of the published notice if the notice contains the information required by Subsection (e).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1023.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.001
§ 1023.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Eastland Memorial Hospital District.
Tex. Utilities Code § 15.052 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 15 / Section 15.052
§ 15.052. COMPLAINT REGARDING RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK OWNER.
Status: in_force

(a) An affected person may complain to the regulatory authority in writing setting forth an act or omission by a recreational vehicle park owner who provides metered electric service under Subchapter C, Chapter 184, in violation or claimed violation of a law that the regulatory authority has jurisdiction to administer or of an order, ordinance, or rule of the regulatory authority.

(b) The commission shall keep for a reasonable period an information file about each complaint filed with the commission relating to a recreational vehicle park owner.

(c) The commission, at least quarterly and until final disposition of the written complaint, shall notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 121.010 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 121 / Section 121.010
§ 121.010. FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR PROOF BY WITNESS.
Status: in_force

When the execution of a written instrument is proved by a witness, the certificate of the officer must be substantially as follows:

"The State of ____________,

"County of ____________.

"Before me, ________ (here insert the name and character of the officer), on this day personally appeared ____________, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ____________), to be the person whose name is subscribed as a witness to the foregoing instrument of writing, and after being duly sworn by me stated on oath that he saw ____________, the grantor or person who executed the foregoing instrument, subscribe the same (or that the grantor or person who executed such instrument of writing acknowledged in his presence that he had executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed), and that he had signed the same as a witness at the request of the grantor (or person who executed the same.)

(Seal) "Given under my hand and seal of office this ______ day of ____________, A.D., ____________."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8001.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8001 / Section 8001.102
§ 8001.102. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the district 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. Transportation Code § 201.109 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.109
§ 201.109. REVENUE ENHANCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall:

(1) enhance existing sources of revenue; and

(2) create alternate sources of revenue.

(b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall provide for:

(1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing assets of the department, including real estate;

(2) increasing the role of the private sector and public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other assets in the development of highway projects;

(3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue enhancement goals;

(4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue enhancement goals in the department's annual report;

(5) contracting for an independent audit of the department's management and business operations in 2007 and each 12th year after 2007;

(6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use of materials blended or transported from other sources; and

(7) increasing private investment in the transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation facilities, in the border region, including the counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala.

(b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall provide for:

(1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing assets of the department, including real estate;

(2) increasing the role of the private sector and public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other assets in the development of highway projects;

(3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue enhancement goals;

(4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue enhancement goals in the department's annual report;

(5) contracting for an independent audit of the department's management and business operations in 2007 and each 12th year after 2007;

(6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use of materials blended or transported from other sources; and

(7) increasing private investment in the transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation facilities, in the Texas-Mexico border region, as defined by Section 2056.002, Government Code.
Tex. Family Code § 60.005 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.005
§ 60.005. JUVENILE COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Under the compact, the governor may designate an officer as the compact administrator. The administrator, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall adopt regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator serves at the pleasure of the governor. The compact administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies, and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of a supplementary agreement entered into by this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2303.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.105
§ 2303.105. TERM OF LICENSE; NOTICE OF EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A license issued under this chapter is valid for the period set by the department.

(b) Not later than the 30th day before the expiration date of a person's license, the department shall send written notice of the impending license expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the department's records.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.058 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.058
§ 1501.058. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COOPERATIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) A cooperative shall:

(1) arrange for small or large employer health benefit plan coverage for small employer groups, large employer groups, and, subject to Section 1501.0581, eligible single-employee businesses that participate in the cooperative by contracting with small or large employer health benefit plan issuers that meet the requirements established by Section 1501.061;

(2) collect premiums to cover the cost of:

(A) small or large employer health benefit plan coverage purchased through the cooperative; and

(B) the cooperative's administrative expenses;

(3) establish administrative and accounting procedures for the operation of the cooperative;

(4) establish procedures under which an applicant for or participant in coverage issued through the cooperative may have a grievance reviewed by an impartial person;

(5) contract with small or large employer health benefit plan issuers to provide services to small or large employers covered through the cooperative; and

(6) develop and implement a plan to maintain public awareness of the cooperative and publicize the eligibility requirements for, and the procedures for enrollment in, coverage through the cooperative.

(b) A cooperative may:

(1) contract with agents to market coverage issued through the cooperative;

(2) contract with a small or large employer health benefit plan issuer or third-party administrator to provide administrative services to the cooperative;

(3) negotiate the premiums paid by its members; and

(4) offer other ancillary products and services to its members that are customarily offered in conjunction with health benefit plans.

(c) A cooperative shall comply with:

(1) federal laws applicable to cooperatives and health benefit plans issued through cooperatives, to the extent required by state law or rules adopted by the commissioner; and

(2) state laws applicable to cooperatives and health benefit plans issued through cooperatives.

(d) To be eligible to exercise the authority granted under Subsection (a)(1), a health group cooperative must have at least 10 participating employers.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6720 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6720
§ 2306.6720. ENFORCEABILITY OF APPLICANT REPRESENTATIONS.
Status: in_force

Each material representation made by an applicant to secure a housing tax credit allocation is enforceable by the department and the tenants of the development supported with the allocation. Subject to modification and enforcement as provided by this chapter, a land use restriction agreement that is recorded with respect to a development is considered to state the development owner's ongoing obligations with regard to the matters addressed in the agreement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0702 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0702
§ 3965.0702. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the dissolved district has bonds or other obligations outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or other revenue, other than revenue from ad valorem taxes, the city shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the district regarding enforcement and collection of the assessments or other revenue.

(b) The city shall have and exercise all district powers to enforce and collect the assessments or other revenue to pay:

(1) the bonds or other obligations when due and payable according to their terms; or

(2) special revenue or assessment bonds or other obligations issued by the city to refund the outstanding bonds or obligations.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.51 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.51
§ 61.51. PREMISES DEFINED; DESIGNATION OF LICENSED PREMISES.
Status: in_force

"Premises" is defined in Section 11.49 of this code. The designating of licensed premises by license applicants is also covered by that section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.207
§ 3848.207. TAX AND BOND ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district imposes a maintenance tax or issues bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) The board may not include more than one purpose in a single proposition at an election.
Tex. Education Code § 87.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 87 / Section 87.104
§ 87.104. PURPOSE OF THE UNIVERSITY.
Status: in_force

In addition to its designation as a statewide general purpose institution of higher education and its designation as a land-grant institution, Prairie View A&M University is designated as a statewide special purpose institution of higher education for instruction, research, and public service programs dedicated to:

(1) enabling students of diverse economic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds to realize their full potential;

(2) assisting small and medium-sized communities to achieve their optimal growth and development; and

(3) assisting small and medium-sized agricultural, business, and industrial enterprises to manage their growth and development effectively.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6611.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6611 / Section 6611.101
§ 6611.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

To accomplish the purpose of reclaiming and draining the district's overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage, the district has all the rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided by general law applicable to a drainage district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3887.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3887 / Section 3887.051
§ 3887.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring July 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Water Code § 58.306 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.306
§ 58.306. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Public notice of all assessments imposed under Section 58.305(a) shall be given by posting printed notice of the assessment in at least one public place in the district.

(b) Not later than the fifth day before the date on which the assessment is due, notice shall be mailed to each landowner at the address which the landowner shall furnish to the board.

(c) Notice of special assessments shall be given within 10 days after the assessment is levied.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8487.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8487 / Section 8487.152
§ 8487.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8487.151, 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3956.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3956 / Section 3956.205
§ 3956.205. 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. Local Government Code § 271.155 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.155
§ 271.155. NO WAIVER OF OTHER DEFENSES.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not waive a defense or a limitation on damages available to a party to a contract, other than a bar against suit based on sovereign immunity.
Tex. Government Code § 662.043 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.043
§ 662.043. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AWARENESS WEEK.
Status: in_force

(a) May 22 through May 26 is International Trade Awareness Week to encourage Texas businesses to engage effectively in the promotion and development of international trade.

(b) International Trade Awareness Week shall be observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.106 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.106
§ 345.106. PROCESSING FEE FOR RETURNED CHECK.
Status: in_force

A retail charge agreement may provide that the holder of the agreement may:

(1) charge the retail buyer, on return of a dishonored check given in payment under the agreement, a reasonable processing fee that does not exceed the amount prescribed by Section 3.506, Business & Commerce Code; and

(2) add the fee to the unpaid balance under the agreement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 592 / Section 592.153
§ 592.153. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO CLIENT COMMITTED TO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "ward" has the meaning assigned by Section 1002.030, Estates Code.

(b) A person may not administer a psychoactive medication to a client who refuses to take the medication voluntarily unless:

(1) the client is having a medication-related emergency;

(2) the client is under an order issued under Section 592.156 authorizing the administration of the medication regardless of the client's refusal; or

(3) the client is a ward who is 18 years of age or older and the guardian of the person of the ward consents to the administration of psychoactive medication regardless of the ward's expressed preferences regarding treatment with psychoactive medication.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0032 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0032
§ 21.0032. EMPLOYMENT OF UNCERTIFIED CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district may not employ as a teacher of record for a course in the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002 a person who does not hold an appropriate certificate or permit required by the State Board for Educator Certification under Subchapter B.

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), on the receipt and approval of a plan submitted by a school district to the commissioner that provides a reasonable timeline and strategy to comply with that subsection before the beginning of the 2029-2030 school year, the commissioner may allow the district to delay implementation of the requirement of that subsection. This subsection expires September 1, 2030.

(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and Section 12A.004, a school district that has adopted a local innovation plan under Chapter 12A for the 2026-2027 school year that exempts the district from the applicable teacher certification requirements under Section 21.003 may employ as a teacher of record for a course other than a reading language arts or mathematics course in a grade level above grade five a person who does not hold an appropriate certificate or permit required by the State Board for Educator Certification under Subchapter B. This subsection expires September 1, 2027.

(b) This section does not preclude a school district from:

(1) receiving a waiver under Section 7.056; or

(2) issuing a school district teaching permit under Section 21.055.