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Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.201 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.201
§ 3.201. CERTIFICATED OR UNCERTIFICATED OWNERSHIP INTEREST; APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Ownership interests in a domestic entity may be certificated or uncertificated.

(b) The ownership interests in a for-profit corporation, real estate investment trust, or professional corporation must be certificated, except to the extent a governing document of the entity or a resolution adopted by the governing authority of the entity provides that some or all of the classes or series of the ownership interests are uncertificated or that some or all of the ownership interests in any class or series of the ownership interests are uncertificated. The entity may have outstanding both certificated and uncertificated ownership interests of the same class or series. If a domestic entity changes the form of its ownership interests from certificated to uncertificated, a certificated ownership interest subject to the change becomes an uncertificated ownership interest only after the certificate is surrendered to the domestic entity.

(c) Ownership interests in a domestic entity, other than a domestic entity described by Subsection (b), are uncertificated unless this code or the governing documents of the domestic entity state that the interests are certificated.

(d) Sections 3.202-3.205 do not apply to a partnership or a limited liability company except to the extent that the governing documents of the partnership or limited liability company specify.

(e) The governing documents of a partnership or a limited liability company may:

(1) provide that an owner's ownership interest may be evidenced by a certificate of ownership interest issued by the entity;

(2) provide for the assignment or transfer of ownership interests represented by certificates; and

(3) make other provisions with respect to the certificate.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.174 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.174
§ 370.174. USE OF SURPLUS REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year, if an authority determines that it has surplus revenue from transportation projects, it shall reduce tolls, spend the surplus revenue on other transportation projects in the counties of the authority in accordance with Subsection (b), or deposit the surplus revenue to the credit of the Texas Mobility Fund.

(b) Consistent with other law and commission rule, an authority may spend surplus revenue on other transportation projects by:

(1) constructing a transportation project located within the counties of the authority;

(2) assisting in the financing of a toll or toll-free transportation project of another governmental entity; or

(3) with the approval of the commission, constructing a toll or toll-free transportation project and, on completion of the project, transferring the project to another governmental entity if:

(A) the other governmental entity authorizes the authority to construct the project and agrees to assume all liability and responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the project on its transfer; and

(B) the project is constructed in compliance with all laws applicable to the governmental entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7901A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7901A / Section 7901A.0202
§ 7901A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) McCay Dickson;

(2) Joseph Taylor;

(3) Michael Foreman;

(4) Alex Brown; and

(5) Monica Bueso.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7901A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7901A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7901A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.101
§ 8813.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may:

(1) provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and for the reduction of groundwater withdrawals as necessary to develop, implement, or enforce a groundwater reduction plan, in a manner consistent with the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and facilitate compliance with Fort Bend Subsidence District or Harris-Galveston Subsidence District, as applicable, rules, orders, regulations, or requirements;

(2) acquire or develop surface water and groundwater supplies from sources inside or outside the boundaries of the authority, conserve, store, transport, treat, purify, distribute, sell, and deliver water to or among persons inside and outside the boundaries of the authority, and allocate water among persons participating in the authority's groundwater reduction plan whether they are located inside or outside the authority's boundaries;

(3) enter into contracts with persons inside or outside the authority on terms and conditions the board considers desirable, fair, and advantageous for the performance of its rights, powers, and authority under this chapter;

(4) coordinate water services provided inside, outside, or into the authority;

(5) provide wholesale and retail water services to any users or customers within the authority's boundaries without being required to execute contracts with those users or customers;

(6) adopt policies establishing whether, when, and the manner in which the authority uses requests for proposals in obtaining services, including professional services;

(7) determine whether to adopt administrative policies in addition to those required by Section 49.199, Water Code; and

(8) administer and enforce this chapter.

(b) Sections 49.451-49.455, Water Code, do not apply to the authority.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(5), the authority may not provide retail water service to a retail user within the authority's boundaries that is located within the boundaries of a district or municipality on the date the authority awards a contract for the construction or executes a contract for the acquisition of water facilities to serve that retail user, unless:

(1) the district or municipality consents in writing to the authority's provision of retail water service; or

(2) the retail user owns or operates a well.

(d) If a retail user that does not own or operate a well is added to the boundaries of a district or municipality after the date the authority awards a contract for the construction or executes a contract for the acquisition of water facilities to serve that retail user, the authority may provide retail service to that retail user without the written consent of the district or municipality.

(e) The authority is not a special water authority for purposes of Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 1507.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.202
§ 1507.202. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE NOTES.
Status: in_force

A municipality may issue notes to fund or refund outstanding warrants that were drawn against the municipality's general fund for general operating expenses and issued during the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the notes are issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3892.213 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3892 / Section 3892.213
§ 3892.213. MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, a municipality is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.108
§ 3926.108. AD VALOREM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.259 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 12 / Section 12.259
§ 12.259. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES; BOND.
Status: in_force

The state has a right to a writ of attachment, garnishment, sequestration, or injunction, without bond, to aid in the enforcement of the state's rights created by this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 543.0002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 543 / Section 543.0002
§ 543.0002. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.
Tex. Property Code § 82.064 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 82 / Section 82.064
§ 82.064. EASEMENT FOR ENCROACHMENTS.
Status: in_force

To the extent that a unit or common element encroaches on another unit or common element, a valid easement for the encroachment exists. The easement does not relieve a unit owner of liability in case of the owner's wilful misconduct nor relieve a declarant or any other person of liability for failure to adhere to the plats and plans.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8871.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8871 / Section 8871.151
§ 8871.151. WELL CONSTRUCTION FEE.
Status: in_force

The district may charge and collect a new well construction fee not to exceed $1,000 for a new well.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.212 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.212
§ 1069.212. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) Pending receipt of accounts receivable, the board may borrow money for the payment of maintenance and operating expenses of the district.

(b) A loan obtained by the district under this section must be repaid not later than one year after the date on which the loan is made.
Tex. Government Code § 540A.0154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.0154
§ 540A.0154. ENROLLMENT AS MEDICAID PROVIDER BY, OR CREDENTIALING OF, MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission or a Medicaid managed care organization may not require a motor vehicle operator to enroll as a Medicaid provider to provide nonmedical transportation services.

(b) The commission may not require a Medicaid managed care organization to credential a motor vehicle operator to provide nonmedical transportation services, and the organization may not require the credentialing of a motor vehicle operator to provide those services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8099.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8099 / Section 8099.0502
§ 8099.0502. 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. Government Code § 753.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 753 / Section 753.002
§ 753.002. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller may accept gifts, grants, and donations to establish and administer the grant program established under Subchapter C.

(b) The comptroller shall make publicly available on the comptroller's Internet website the source of any gifts, grants, and donations that were given to the comptroller specifically for the implementation of the grant program established under Subchapter C.
Tex. Water Code § 11.048 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.048
§ 11.048. COST OF MAINTAINING IRRIGATION DITCH.
Status: in_force

(a) If an irrigation ditch is owned or used by two or more persons, mutual or cooperative companies, or corporations, each party who has an interest in the ditch shall pay his proportionate share of the cost of operating and maintaining the ditch.

(b) If a person who owns a joint interest in a ditch refuses to do or to pay for his proportionate share of the work that is reasonably necessary for the proper maintenance and operation of the ditch, the other owners may, after giving him 10 days written notice, proceed themselves to do his share of the necessary work and recover from him the reasonable expense or value of the work or labor performed. The action for the cost of the work may be brought in any court having jurisdiction over the amount in controversy.
Tex. Government Code § 551.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.055
§ 551.055. INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

In addition to providing any other notice required by this subchapter, the governing board of a single institution of higher education:

(1) shall post notice of each meeting at the county courthouse of the county in which the meeting will be held;

(2) shall publish notice of a meeting in a student newspaper of the institution if an issue of the newspaper is published between the time of the posting and the time of the meeting; and

(3) may post notice of a meeting at another place convenient to the public.
Tex. Education Code § 39.0232 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.0232
§ 39.0232. USE OF END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT AS PLACEMENT INSTRUMENT; CERTAIN USES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent practicable, the agency shall ensure that any high school end-of-course assessment instrument developed by the agency is developed in such a manner that the assessment instrument may be used to determine the appropriate placement of a student in a course of the same subject matter at an institution of higher education.

(b) A student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument may not be used:

(1) in determining the student's class ranking for any purpose, including entitlement to automatic college admission under Section 51.803 or 51.804; or

(2) as a sole criterion in the determination of whether to admit the student to a general academic teaching institution in this state.

(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not prohibit a general academic teaching institution from implementing an admission policy that takes into consideration a student's performance on an end-of-course assessment instrument in addition to other criteria.

(d) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.058 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.058
§ 142.058. RECOGNITION OF POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A public employer in a municipality that chooses to meet and confer under this subchapter shall recognize an association that is recognized under Section 142.053 or 142.054 as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for the covered police officers described in the petition for recognition, excluding the head of the law enforcement agency and excluding the employees exempt under Subsection (b), in accordance with this subchapter and the petition.

(b) For the purposes of Subsection (a), exempt employees are the employees appointed by the head of the law enforcement agency of the municipality under Section 143.014 or that are exempt by the mutual agreement of the recognized police officers association and the public employer.

(c) The public employer shall recognize the police officers association until recognition of the association is withdrawn, in accordance with Section 142.056, by a majority of the police officers eligible to sign a petition for recognition.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.752 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.752
§ 91.752. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to the drilling of a new oil or gas well or the reentry of a plugged and abandoned oil or gas well. This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) the plugging back, reworking, sidetracking, or deepening of an existing oil or gas well that has not been plugged and abandoned; or

(2) the use of a surface location that is the site of an existing oil or gas well that has not been plugged and abandoned to drill a horizontal oil or gas well.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.103
§ 225.103. TROOPER TERRY WAYNE MILLER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 37 in Atascosa County between mile marker 102 and mile marker 115 is designated as the Trooper Terry Wayne Miller Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Trooper Terry Wayne Miller Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 87.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 87 / Section 87.022
§ 87.022. DATA COLLECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) To ensure an accurate source of data necessary to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and trends of birth defects, the executive commissioner may require a health facility, health professional, or midwife to make available for review by the department or by an authorized agent medical records or other information that is in the facility's, professional's, or midwife's custody or control and that relates to the occurrence of a birth defect specified by the executive commissioner.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe the manner in which records and other information are made available to the department.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt procedural rules to facilitate cooperation between the health care facility, health professional, or midwife and a department employee or authorized agent, including rules for notice, requests for medical records, times for record reviews, and record management during review.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 85.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 85 / Section 85.006
§ 85.006. CAUSE OF ACTION CUMULATIVE.
Status: in_force

The cause of action created by this chapter is cumulative of any other remedy provided by common law or statute.
Tex. Local Government Code § 326.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 326 / Section 326.022
§ 326.022. TERRITORY INCLUDED IN A DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may include any contiguous territory within a single county.

(b) The district may include incorporated or unincorporated territory.

(c) If the boundaries of the proposed district include any territory that, on the date on which an election is ordered on the question of creating the district, is part of a municipality that operated a municipal public library, then the governing authority of that municipality must consent by resolution to allow the inclusion of that municipal territory in the proposed district.

(d) After a district is created, the district may not be expanded to include additional territory unless the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located calls and holds an election for that purpose in the territory to be added to the district. The commissioners court may not expand the district unless a majority of the voters voting at the expansion election approve the expansion of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 40.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 40 / Section 40.007
§ 40.007. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The department may enter into contracts or other agreements it considers necessary to facilitate the provision of services under this chapter, including contracts with other departments, agencies, boards, educational institutions, individuals, county governments, municipal governments, states, and the United States.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7888.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7888 / Section 7888.0301
§ 7888.0301. 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. Insurance Code § 882.356 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.356
§ 882.356. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not require a mutual life insurance company to pay a dividend to a policyholder if the unencumbered surplus acquired by the company is impaired.
Tex. Occupations Code § 563.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 563 / Section 563.052
§ 563.052. SUITABLE CONTAINER REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A drug or medicine provided under this subchapter must be supplied in a suitable container labeled in compliance with applicable drug laws. A qualified and trained person, acting under the supervision of a physician, may specify at the time of the provision of the drug the inclusion on the container of the date of the provision and the patient's name and address.
Tex. Labor Code § 212.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 212 / Section 212.002
§ 212.002. RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) A complete record shall be kept of proceedings in connection with a disputed claim.

(b) Testimony at any hearing on a disputed claim shall be recorded.
Tex. Occupations Code § 55.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 55 / Section 55.003
§ 55.003. EXTENSION OF LICENSE RENEWAL DEADLINES FOR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

A military service member who holds a license is entitled to two years of additional time to complete:

(1) any continuing education requirements; and

(2) any other requirement related to the renewal of the military service member's license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8265.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8265 / Section 8265.201
§ 8265.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations as provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of a project under Section 8265.101 or 8265.103.

(b) The district may not issue bonds or other obligations to finance projects authorized by Section 8265.103 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.

(c) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8265.103 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.101
§ 6902.101. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.