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Tex. Transportation Code § 111.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 111 / Section 111.002
§ 111.002. POWER AND AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

To the extent not preempted by federal law, the department:

(1) has power and authority over:

(A) railroads, including suburban, belt, and terminal railroads;

(B) public wharves, docks, piers, elevators, warehouses, sheds, tracks, and other property used in connection with railroads; and

(C) persons, associations, and private or municipal corporations that own or operate a railroad, or a wharf, dock, pier, elevator, warehouse, shed, track, or other property used in connection with a railroad; and

(2) shall govern and regulate those railroads, persons, associations, and corporations and prevent abuses in the conduct of their business.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7938A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7938A / Section 7938A.0106
§ 7938A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 6(b) of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 6(b) of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.002
§ 78.002. LEGISLATIVE DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

The legislature has determined that:

(1) noxious weeds are present in this state to a degree that poses a threat to agriculture and is deleterious to the proper use of soil and other natural resources; and

(2) reclamation of land from noxious weeds is a public right and duty in the interest of conservation and development of the natural resources of the state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2006.0521 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2006 / Section 2006.0521
§ 2006.0521. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAW REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Any change in the amount of a premium discount provided under this subchapter must comply with the requirements of Section 551.107.
Tex. Education Code § 88.120 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.120
§ 88.120. WILDFIRE TRAINING.
Status: in_force

The Texas Forest Service is the lead agency of the state for providing and coordinating training in fighting wildfires.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 58.155 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.155
§ 58.155. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CHILD VICTIM INFORMATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Except as required or permitted by other law or by court order, a public servant or other person who has access to or obtains the name, address, telephone number, or other identifying information of a victim younger than 17 years of age may not release or disclose the identifying information to any person who is not assisting in the investigation, prosecution, or defense of the case. This article does not apply to the release or disclosure of a victim's identifying information by:

(1) the victim; or

(2) the victim's parent, conservator, or guardian, unless the victim's parent, conservator, or guardian allegedly committed the offense described by Article 58.151.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8026.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8026 / Section 8026.0305
§ 8026.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3918.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3918 / Section 3918.0202
§ 3918.0202. QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

To be qualified to serve as a director, a person must be:

(1) an owner of property in the district;

(2) an owner of stock or a partnership or membership interest, whether beneficial or otherwise, of a corporate owner of an interest in property in the district;

(3) an owner of a beneficial interest in a trust, or a trustee in a trust, that directly or indirectly owns property in the district; or

(4) an agent, employee, or tenant of a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).
Tex. Tax Code § 321.105 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.105
§ 321.105. RESIDENTIAL USE OF GAS AND ELECTRICITY.
Status: in_force

(a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by a municipality under this chapter the sale, production, distribution, lease, or rental of, and the use, storage, or other consumption within the municipality of gas and electricity for residential use in any municipality that:

(1) adopted the tax on or after October 1, 1979; or

(2) adopted the tax before that time but:

(A) failed to exempt the residential use of gas and electricity before May 1, 1979; and

(B) has not reimposed the tax as provided by Subsection (c).

(b) A governing body of a municipality that adopted the taxes under this chapter before October 1, 1979, may, by ordinance adopted by a vote of a majority of the membership of the governing body and recorded in the municipal minutes, exempt from the taxes authorized by this chapter the receipts from the sale, production, distribution, lease, or rental of, and the use, storage, or other consumption of gas and electricity for residential use.

(c) A governing body of a municipality that has adopted the taxes authorized by this chapter before May 1, 1979, and in which residential use of gas and electricity is exempted within the municipality, may reimpose the taxes on gas and electricity for residential use by ordinance adopted by a vote of the majority of the membership of the governing body and entered in the municipal minutes.

(d) The municipal secretary shall send to the comptroller by United States certified or registered mail a copy of an ordinance exempting or imposing the taxes on residential use of gas and electricity.

(e) The exemption or reimposition of taxes on residential use of gas and electricity takes effect within the municipality as provided by Section 321.104(a) after receipt of a copy of the ordinance.
Tex. Finance Code § 98.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 98 / Section 98.302
§ 98.302. EXAMINATION CHARGES.
Status: in_force

A foreign savings bank holding a certificate of authority issued under Subchapter I, Chapter 92, shall pay:

(1) an examination fee in the amount set for a domestic savings bank under Section 91.007;

(2) all travel expenses of the examination; and

(3) the amount of the examination expense that exceeds the amount of the examination fee, if any.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 74.008 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 74 / Section 74.008
§ 74.008. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not limit business support services that may be provided to an optometrist by a vision support organization, to the extent permitted under Section 351.408, Occupations Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3992.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3992 / Section 3992.0103
§ 3992.0103. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city from providing the level of services provided to the area in the district as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the city services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8883.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8883 / Section 8883.003
§ 8883.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 32.256 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.256
§ 32.256. DEDICATION OF ACQUIRED LAND TO FUND.
Status: in_force

Land acquired by the board by trade under this subchapter is dedicated to the permanent school fund.
Tex. Labor Code § 209.050 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 209 / Section 209.050
§ 209.050. INTERSTATE CLAIM.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual is ineligible for extended benefits payable for a benefit period under an interstate claim filed in any state under an interstate benefit payment plan if an extended benefit period is not in effect for the benefit period in that state.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the first two benefit periods for which extended benefits are payable under an interstate claim filed under an interstate benefit payment plan, regardless of whether an extended benefit period is in effect for the state, to the individual from the extended benefit account established for the individual with respect to the benefit year.
Tex. Local Government Code § 119.010 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 119 / Section 119.010
§ 119.010. CERTAIN COVERAGE AUTHORIZED; DISTRICT JUDGES.
Status: in_force

The pool may provide coverage against liability for the acts or omissions of a district judge whose judicial district is located, in whole or in part, within the geographic boundaries of a county participating in the pool that arise in the course and scope of the judge's official duties as a judge. A county participating in the pool, a district judge from personal funds, or both the county and the judge, may pay the additional cost of this coverage.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1043.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1043 / Section 1043.105
§ 1043.105. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district, including district facilities.

(b) On approval by the board, the rules may be published in booklet form at district expense and made available to any taxpayer on request.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3800.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3800 / Section 3800.0202
§ 3800.0202. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 14.09 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 14 / Section 14.09
§ 14.09. DISTILLED SPIRITS SAMPLING AT TEMPORARY EVENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may conduct distilled spirits samplings or tastings at a civic or distilled spirits festival, farmers' market, celebration, or similar event.

(b) The distilled spirits provided as a sample or at a tasting under Subsection (a) must be manufactured by the holder of the distiller's and rectifier's permit.

(c) Sample portions served at a distilled spirits sampling or tasting under Subsection (a) may not exceed one-half ounce.

(d) A person who receives a sample may not remove the sample from the event premises.

(e) Distilled spirits may legally be transported by the holder of the distiller's and rectifier's permit or the permit holder's agent or employee to the temporary event for the purpose of providing a sample or a tasting under this section.

(f) The cost of the distilled spirits provided for a sampling or tasting under this section is the responsibility of the holder of the distiller's and rectifier's permit providing the sampling or tasting.

(g) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules that:

(1) establish a procedure to verify the wet or dry status of the location where the permit holder intends to temporarily sample or taste distilled spirits under this section;

(2) detail the circumstances when a permit holder may temporarily sample distilled spirits under this section with just a notification to the commission and the circumstances that require the commission's preapproval before a permit holder may temporarily sample distilled spirits under this section; and

(3) require the permit holder to provide any other information the commission determines necessary.
Tex. Government Code § 2008.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2008 / Section 2008.051
§ 2008.051. AUTHORITY FOR NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

A state agency may engage in negotiated rulemaking to assist it in drafting a proposed rule by following the procedures prescribed by this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.3512 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.3512
§ 2210.3512. REQUIREMENT FOR VOTE ON RATE FILING.
Status: in_force

The board of directors may not vote on a proposed rate increase if:

(1) there is a vacancy on the board; and

(2) the vacancy has existed for at least 60 days at the time the vote is to be taken.
Tex. Tax Code § 33.475 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 33 / Section 33.475
§ 33.475. ATTORNEY AD LITEM REPORT; APPROVAL OF FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) In a suit to collect a delinquent tax, an attorney ad litem appointed by a court to represent the interests of a defendant served with process by means of citation by publication or posting shall submit to the court a report describing the actions taken by the attorney ad litem to locate and represent the interests of the defendant.

(b) The court may not approve the fees of the attorney ad litem until the attorney ad litem submits the report required by this section and the court determines that the actions taken by the attorney ad litem as described in the report were sufficient to discharge the attorney's duties to the defendant.
Tex. Government Code § 403.615 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.615
§ 403.615. AUDIT OF AGREEMENTS BY STATE AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Each year the state auditor shall select and review at least 10 percent of the agreements in effect in that year to determine whether:

(1) each agreement accomplishes the purposes of this subchapter as expressed in Section 403.601; and

(2) the terms of each agreement were executed in compliance with the terms of this subchapter.

(b) In determining which agreements to review under Subsection (a), the state auditor may consider any risk of noncompliance identified in the biennial compliance report regarding an agreement submitted to the comptroller under Section 403.616.

(c) As part of the review, the state auditor shall make recommendations relating to increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the administration of this subchapter. The state auditor shall submit the recommendations to the governor, comptroller, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives not later than December 15 of each year.
Tex. Education Code § 18.007 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 18 / Section 18.007
§ 18.007. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person enrolled in good standing in a Job Corps diploma program who is not a high school graduate is eligible for programs or services under this chapter.

(b) A person's eligibility for programs and services under this chapter does not exclude the person from being eligible for an educational program or service under any other chapter of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8472.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8472 / Section 8472.251
§ 8472.251. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING IMPROVEMENTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this subchapter, the board may finance the construction or maintenance of a recreational facility or improvement with assessments on property under this subchapter only if:

(1) a written petition requesting that facility or improvement has been filed with the board; and

(2) the board holds a hearing on the proposed assessments.

(b) The petition must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Education Code § 21.508 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.508
§ 21.508. AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

A person selected to participate in the program must enter into a written agreement with the agency under which the person agrees to:

(1) obtain, within the period the agency by rule requires, certification as an elementary or secondary school teacher in this state; and

(2) accept, during the first school year that begins after the date the person becomes certified, an offer of full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher with a school district in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 25.2606 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.2606
§ 25.2606. GENERAL LAW.
Status: in_force

Unless this subchapter contains a conflicting provision, the general law relating to county courts and statutory county courts applies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.2521 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.2521
§ 1122.2521. ELECTION REQUIRED TO INCREASE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum ad valorem tax rate to a rate greater than the maximum rate provided by Section 1122.252.

(b) The ballot for an election held under this section must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The imposition of taxes by the Hidalgo County Healthcare District for district purposes at a rate not to exceed ____ (insert amount) cents on the $100 valuation of all property in the district."

(c) The board may impose taxes at the rate authorized by the proposition if a majority of voters voting at an election held under this section favor the proposition.

(d) This section does not authorize the board to impose taxes at a rate that exceeds the maximum ad valorem tax rate authorized by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.

(e) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8150.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8150 / Section 8150.004
§ 8150.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Government Code § 437.409 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.409
§ 437.409. TEMPORARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission concludes from a preliminary investigation of an unlawful employment practice arising under Section 437.204 alleged in a complaint that prompt judicial action is necessary, the commission shall file a petition seeking appropriate temporary relief against the respondent pending final determination of a proceeding under this subchapter.

(b) The petition shall be filed in a district court in a county in which:

(1) the alleged unlawful employment practice that is the subject of the complaint occurred; or

(2) the respondent resides.

(c) A court may not issue temporary injunctive relief unless the commission shows:

(1) a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; and

(2) irreparable harm to the complainant in the absence of the preliminary relief pending final determination on the merits.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8321.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8321 / Section 8321.101
§ 8321.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road project authorized by Section 8321.053.

(b) 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.

(c) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.0183 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0183
§ 11.0183. DONATION OF ACCRUED COMPENSATORY TIME OR ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The director shall allow a peace officer commissioned by the department to voluntarily transfer to a legislative leave pool up to eight hours of compensatory time or annual leave per year earned by the peace officer.

(b) The director or the director's designee shall administer the legislative leave pool.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures relating to the operation of the legislative leave pool.

(d) The director or the director's designee shall credit the legislative leave pool with the amount of time contributed by a peace officer commissioned by the department and deduct a corresponding amount of time from the peace officer's earned compensatory time or annual leave as if the peace officer had used the time for personal purposes.

(e) A peace officer commissioned by the department is entitled to use time contributed to the legislative leave pool if the peace officer uses the time for legislative leave on behalf of a law enforcement association:

(1) related to the peace officer's employment with the department;

(2) that has at least 150 active or retired members; and

(3) that is governed by a board of directors.

(f) The director or the director's designee shall transfer time from the pool to the peace officer and credit the time to the peace officer.

(g) A peace officer commissioned by the department may only withdraw time from the legislative leave pool in coordination with and with the consent of the president or designee of the law enforcement association described in Subsection (e). A peace officer may not draw more than 80 hours from the pool in a 160-hour work cycle and may not draw more than 480 hours from the pool in a fiscal year.

(h) A peace officer commissioned by the department shall use time from the legislative leave pool in accordance with rules adopted by the commission.