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Tex. Government Code § 661.9075 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.9075
§ 661.9075. VOLUNTEERS OF TEXAS VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A state employee who is a volunteer of an organization that is a member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster may be granted leave to participate in disaster relief services without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory time if:

(1) the employee's supervisor authorizes the leave;

(2) the services in which the employee participates are provided for a state of disaster declared by the governor under Chapter 418; and

(3) the executive director of the employee's state agency approves the leave.

(b) Leave granted to a state employee under Subsection (a) may not exceed 10 days each fiscal year.
Tex. Government Code § 22.015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.015
§ 22.015. PERMANENT PLACE DESIGNATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme court is composed of a chief justice and of eight justices holding places numbered consecutively beginning with Place 2.

(b) The designation of offices and places under this section identifies the offices and places for all purposes, including identification on official ballots for primary and general elections.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.406 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.406
§ 2A.406. PROCEDURE ON EXCUSED PERFORMANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the lessee receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under Section 2A.405, the lessee may by written notification to the lessor as to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value of the whole lease contract is substantially impaired (Section 2A.510):

(1) terminate the lease contract (Section 2A.505(b)); or

(2) except in a finance lease that is not a consumer lease, modify the lease contract by accepting the available quota in substitution, with due allowance from the rent payable for the balance of the lease term for the deficiency but without further right against the lessor.

(b) If, after receipt of a notification from the lessor under Section 2A.405, the lessee fails to modify the lease agreement within a reasonable time not exceeding 30 days, the lease contract lapses with respect to any deliveries affected.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 51.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 51 / Section 51.004
§ 51.004. POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A society may:

(1) borrow money and discount notes, not to exceed a total amount equal to five times its working capital;

(2) lend money to its members, on terms and with security as provided by its bylaws;

(3) act as an agent for its members in selling the members' agricultural products and in purchasing machinery and supplies for its members, including fire, livestock, hail, cyclone, and storm insurance;

(4) own and operate machinery and tools necessary to produce, harvest and prepare for market farm and ranch products;

(5) exercise any of the powers granted to cooperative marketing associations under Section 52.013 of this code; and

(6) deliver money to a scholarship fund for rural students.

(b) To be eligible to purchase insurance for its members, a society must be appointed and licensed as an agent of the insurance company from which the insurance is to be purchased. Commissions received by the society from the purchase of insurance for its members are corporate funds.

(c) A society may not lend money or act as an agent for any person other than a member of the society.

(d) Societies may join to establish and maintain joint agencies to accomplish the purposes for which they were incorporated.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.104
§ 401.104. APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINERS, ACTUARIES, AND OTHER PERSONS FOR CERTAIN EXAMINATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may commission a department actuary, the chief examiner, another department examiner or employee, or any other person to conduct or assist in the examination of a company that is not organized under the laws of this state.

(b) The department may compensate a person described by Subsection (a). If the department compensates the person, the person may not receive any other compensation while the person is assigned to the examination.

(c) Except as provided by this section and Section 401.152, a department actuary or examiner may not continue to serve in that capacity if the person directly or indirectly accepts employment or compensation for a service rendered or to be rendered from any insurance company for any reason.
Tex. Property Code § 141.024 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 141 / Section 141.024
§ 141.024. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effect its general purpose, to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting that law.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.260 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.260
§ 13.260. PENALTY FOR ISSUING CERTIFICATE WITHOUT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who intentionally or knowingly issues an official certificate of weight or measure of a commodity without first obtaining a certificate of authority under Section 13.255, who issues an official certificate of weight or measure of a commodity after revocation of the person's certificate of authority, or who issues an official certificate of weight or measure of a commodity without executing a bond as required under Section 13.256 commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1581.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1581 / Section 1581.052
§ 1581.052. REQUIRED MINIMUM EFFORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A school district, other educational district, participating charter school, or regional education service center shall, for each fiscal year, use to provide health coverage an amount equal to the number of participating employees of the district, school, or service center multiplied by $1,800.

(b) Amounts used as required by this section shall be deposited, as applicable, in:

(1) the Texas school employees uniform group coverage trust fund established under Subchapter G, Chapter 1579; or

(2) another fund established for the payment of employee health coverage that meets requirements for those funds prescribed by the Texas Education Agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7984A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7984A / Section 7984A.0101
§ 7984A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Austin County Municipal Utility District No. 3.
Tex. Education Code § 39.008 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.008
§ 39.008. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than September 30 of each year, the superintendent of a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall certify to the agency that the district or school is in compliance with this section and Sections 11.005 and 28.0022.

(b) The certification required by Subsection (a) must:

(1) be:

(A) approved by a majority vote of the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of the open-enrollment charter school at a public meeting that includes an opportunity for public testimony and for which notice was posted on the district's or school's Internet website at least seven days before the date on which the meeting is held; and

(B) submitted electronically to the agency; and

(2) include:

(A) a description of the policies and procedures required by Sections 11.005(c) and 28.0022(h) and the manner in which district or school employees and contractors were notified of those policies and procedures;

(B) any existing policies, programs, procedures, or trainings that were altered to ensure compliance with this section or Section 11.005 or 28.0022; and

(C) any cost savings resulting from actions taken by the school district or open-enrollment charter school to comply with this section.

(c) The agency shall post each certification received under Subsection (a) on the agency's Internet website.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.0341 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.0341
§ 775.0341. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS LOCATED IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a district that was authorized to have a board of emergency services commissioners appointed under former Section 776.0345 and that is located:

(1) partly in a county with a population of less than 22,000; and

(2) partly in a county with a population of more than 54,000.

(b) A five-member board of emergency services commissioners appointed under this section serves as the district's governing body. A commissioner serves a two-year term.

(c) The commissioners court of the smallest county in which the district is located shall appoint two commissioners to the board. The commissioners court of the largest county in which the district is located shall appoint three commissioners to the board.

(d) To be eligible for appointment as an emergency services commissioner under this section, a person must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the district. Two commissioners must reside in the smallest county in which the district is located, and three commissioners must reside in the largest county in which the district is located.

(e) On January 1 of each year, a commissioners court shall appoint a successor for each emergency services commissioner appointed by that commissioners court whose term has expired.

(f) The appropriate commissioners court shall fill a vacancy on the board for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.009 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.009
§ 303.009. MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM WEEKLY, MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, OR ANNUALIZED CEILING.
Status: repealed

(a) If the rate computed for the weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annualized ceiling is less than 18 percent a year, the ceiling is 18 percent a year.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if the rate computed for the weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annualized ceiling is more than 24 percent a year, the ceiling is 24 percent a year.

(c) For a contract made, extended, or renewed under which credit is extended for a business, commercial, investment, or similar purpose, the limitation on the ceilings determined by those computations is 28 percent a year.

(d) For an open-end account credit agreement that provides for credit card transactions on which a merchant discount is not imposed or received by the creditor or a retail charge agreement under Chapter 345 without a merchant discount, the ceiling is 21 percent a year.

(e) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1348, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(f) In this chapter, "weekly ceiling," "monthly ceiling," "quarterly ceiling," or "annualized ceiling" refers to that ceiling as determined after the application of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 1471.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1471 / Section 1471.051
§ 1471.051. ALTERNATE REFUNDING BONDS AND CERTIFICATES OF ASSESSMENT AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

A road district may issue refunding bonds or certificates of assessment under this subchapter to refinance any portion of any outstanding bonded indebtedness if:

(1) the district receives a petition that:

(A) requests the issuance of the bonds or certificates; and

(B) is signed by persons who own taxable real property in the district that in total is valued at an amount at least equal to 66 percent of the appraised value of all taxable real property in the district, as determined by the most recent certified appraisal roll of the appraisal district in which the property is located; and

(2) the district determines, after notice and public hearing held in accordance with this subchapter, that the property in the district will benefit from the refinancing.
Tex. Government Code § 26.315 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.315
§ 26.315. STEPHENS COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the County Court of Stephens County has original concurrent jurisdiction with the justice courts in all civil matters in which the justice courts have jurisdiction under general law.

(b) The district clerk shall maintain the records of the County Court of Stephens County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.004
§ 1120.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the Mineola Independent School District.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.013
§ 775.013. CONTENTS OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The petition prescribed by Section 775.011 or 775.012 must show:

(1) that the district is to be created and is to operate under Article III, Section 48-e, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 775;

(2) the name of the proposed district;

(3) the proposed district's boundaries as designated by metes and bounds or other sufficient legal description;

(4) the services that the proposed district will provide;

(5) that the creation of the proposed district complies with Sections 775.020 and 775.0205;

(6) the mailing address of each petitioner; and

(7) the name of each municipality whose consent must be obtained under Section 775.014.

(a-1) A statement that the boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of another political subdivision, as those boundaries exist on a particular date, is a sufficient legal description for purposes of Subsection (a)(3).

(b) The petition must contain an agreement signed by at least two petitioners that obligates them to pay not more than $150 of the costs incident to the formation of the district, including the costs of publishing notices, election costs, and other necessary and incidental expenses.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300C.0153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300C / Section 300C.0153
§ 300C.0153. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY; CORRECTION OF INVALID PROVISION OR PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not authorize the district to assess and collect mandatory payments for the purpose of raising general revenue or any amount in excess of the amount reasonably necessary to:

(1) fund the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program or Medicaid managed care rate enhancements for nonpublic hospitals; and

(2) cover the administrative expenses of the district associated with activities under this chapter and other uses of the fund described by Section 300C.0103(b).

(b) The district may assess and collect a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter only if a waiver program, uniform rate enhancement, or reimbursement described by Section 300C.0103(b)(1) is available to the district.

(c) To the extent any provision or procedure under this chapter causes a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter to be ineligible for federal matching funds, the board may provide by rule for an alternative provision or procedure that conforms to the requirements of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A rule adopted under this section may not create, impose, or materially expand the legal or financial liability or responsibility of the district or an institutional health care provider in the district beyond the provisions of this chapter. This section does not require the board to adopt a rule.
Tex. Utilities Code § 58.201 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.201
§ 58.201. STATEMENT OF STATE GOAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the goal of this state to facilitate and promote the deployment of an advanced telecommunications infrastructure to spur economic development throughout this state. This state should be among the leaders in achieving this objective.

(b) The primary means of achieving this goal is through encouraging private investment in this state's telecommunications infrastructure by creating incentives for that investment and promoting the development of competition.

(c) The best way to bring the benefits of an advanced telecommunications network infrastructure to communities in this state is through innovation and competition among all the state's communications providers. Competition will provide residents of this state with a choice of telecommunications providers and will drive technology deployment, innovation, service quality, and cost-based prices as competing firms try to satisfy customer needs.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 5.106 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 5 / Section 5.106
§ 5.106. ISSUANCE, AMENDMENT, CANCELLATION, AND DURATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A letter of credit is issued and becomes enforceable according to its terms against the issuer when the issuer sends or otherwise transmits it to the person requested to advise or to the beneficiary. A letter of credit is revocable only if it so provides.

(b) After a letter of credit is issued, rights and obligations of a beneficiary, applicant, confirmer, and issuer are not affected by an amendment or cancellation to which that person has not consented except to the extent the letter of credit provides that it is revocable or that the issuer may amend or cancel the letter of credit without that consent.

(c) If there is no stated expiration date or other provision that determines its duration, a letter of credit expires one year after its stated date of issuance or, if no date is stated, after the date on which it is issued.

(d) A letter of credit that states that it is perpetual expires five years after its stated date of issuance or, if no date is stated, after the date on which it is issued.
Tex. Election Code § 1.015 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 1 / Section 1.015
§ 1.015. RESIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this code, "residence" means domicile, that is, one's home and fixed place of habitation to which one intends to return after any temporary absence.

(b) A person may not establish residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a certain election.

(c) A person does not lose the person's residence by leaving the person's home to go to another place for temporary purposes only.

(d) A person does not acquire a residence in a place to which the person has come for temporary purposes only and without the intention of making that place the person's home.

(e) A person who is an inmate in a penal institution or who is an involuntary inmate in a hospital or eleemosynary institution does not, while an inmate, acquire residence at the place where the institution is located.

(f) A person may not establish a residence at any place the person has not inhabited. A person may not designate a previous residence as a home and fixed place of habitation unless the person inhabits the place at the time of designation and intends to remain.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2351.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2351 / Section 2351.053
§ 2351.053. APPROVAL AND RECORDING OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) The bond must be approved by the county clerk of the county in which the contracting stevedore engages in business.

(b) The county clerk shall file and record the bond.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7996.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7996 / Section 7996.0304
§ 7996.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8810.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8810 / Section 8810.003
§ 8810.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held before September 1, 2007:

(1) the district is dissolved on September 1, 2007, except that:

(A) any debts incurred shall be paid;

(B) any assets that remain after the payment of debts shall be transferred to Burnet County; and

(C) the organization of the district shall be maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires on September 1, 2010.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0352 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0352
§ 523.0352. ESTABLISHMENT OF OMBUDSMAN PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall establish the following ombudsman programs:

(1) the health and human services office of the ombudsman in accordance with Section 523.0353;

(2) the ombudsman for children and youth in foster care in accordance with Section 523.0357;

(3) the ombudsman for managed care assistance in accordance with Section 523.0358;

(4) the ombudsman for behavioral health access to care in accordance with Section 523.0359; and

(5) the ombudsman for individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability in accordance with Section 523.0360.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.159
§ 1121.159. DEBT LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by this chapter and Chapter 1207, Government Code, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other than revenue available in the current fiscal year and the immediately following fiscal year of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8399.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8399 / Section 8399.151
§ 8399.151. ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality that plans to annex all or part of the district first must adopt a resolution of intention to annex all or part of the district and transmit that resolution to the district and the following districts:

(1) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 3;

(2) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 4;

(3) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 5;

(4) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 6;

(5) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 8;

(6) Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 9; and

(7) Travis County Water Control and Improvement District No. 19.

(b) On receipt of a resolution described by Subsection (a), the district and each of the districts listed in Subsection (a) shall call an election to be held on the next uniform election date on the question of whether the annexation should be authorized.

(c) The municipality may annex the territory described in the resolution only if a majority of the total number of voters voting in all of the districts' elections vote in favor of authorizing the annexation.

(d) The municipality seeking annexation shall pay the costs of the elections held under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 552.402 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.402
§ 552.402. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to the legislature or a legislative agency created by Subtitle C, Title 3.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.301 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.301
§ 2269.301.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2269.301. CONTRACTS FOR FACILITIES: DESIGN-BUILD. In this chapter, "design-build" is a project delivery method by which a governmental entity contracts with a single entity to provide both design and construction services for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility.