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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.051
§ 1021.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the district by position. To be elected, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast in the election for that position.

(b) The official ballot must indicate the position number of each office to be voted on at the election.

(c) A candidate may run for only one position at each election.

(d) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) the terms of directors elected to positions 1 through 3 expire in odd-numbered years and the terms of directors elected to positions 4 through 7 expire in even-numbered years.
Tex. Government Code § 24.579 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.579
§ 24.579.
Status: repealed

Sec. 24.579. 435TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). (a) The 435th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 845 , Sec. 39(1), eff. June 17, 2015.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law and only to the extent that the duties of those individuals relate to civil commitment proceedings under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, or to criminal cases involving offenses under Section 841.085, Health and Safety Code, and Article 62.203, Code of Criminal Procedure, the state shall pay the salaries of and other expenses related to the court reporter appointed for the 435th District Court under Section 52.041 and the court coordinator appointed for the court under Section 74.101. The salaries of the court reporter and court coordinator shall be set in amounts commensurate with the salaries paid by other district courts for those positions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.103
§ 3902.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

If approved by the governing body of the city, the district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 643.062 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 643 / Section 643.062
§ 643.062. LIMITATION ON INTERNATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER.
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign-based international motor carrier required to register under this chapter or registered under Chapter 645 may not transport persons or cargo in intrastate commerce in this state.

(b) A person may not assist a foreign-based international motor carrier in violating Subsection (a).
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.053
§ 301.053. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.

(b) A person may not be a member of the board and may not be a board employee employed in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for the purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if:

(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care; or

(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care.

(c) A person may not be a member of the board or act as the general counsel to the board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the board's operation.
Tex. Government Code § 81.074 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.074
§ 81.074. DISPOSITION OF INQUIRIES.
Status: in_force

The chief disciplinary counsel shall:

(1) dismiss a grievance classified as an inquiry; and

(2) refer each inquiry classified under Section 81.073(a)(2)(A) or (B) and dismissed under this section to the voluntary mediation and dispute resolution procedure established under Section 81.072(e).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 91.115 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 91 / Section 91.115
§ 91.115. PEAR PACKS.
Status: in_force

The standard pear packs are:

(1) four-tier, which is packed in four layers and contains a minimum of 120 pears per box;

(2) five-tier, which is packed in six layers and contains a minimum of 135 and a maximum of 180 pears per box; and

(3) six-tier, which is packed in six layers and contains 216 pears per box or is packed in five layers and contains 195 or 210 pears per box.
Tex. Insurance Code § 3502.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 3502 / Section 3502.001
§ 3502.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to mortgage guaranty insurance and does not affect any other provision of this code.
Tex. Government Code § 4001.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.057
§ 4001.057. FEDERAL COVERED INVESTMENT ADVISER.
Status: in_force

"Federal covered investment adviser" means an investment adviser who is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Section 80b-1 et seq.).
Tex. Government Code § 54.996 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.996
§ 54.996. POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A judge may refer to a magistrate any criminal case for proceedings involving:

(1) issuance of search warrants;

(2) setting of bonds;

(3) arraignment of defendants; and

(4) any other matter that is subject to the review of the judge.

(b) A magistrate may not preside over a contested trial on the merits, regardless of whether the trial is before a jury.
Tex. Insurance Code § 841.352 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 841 / Section 841.352
§ 841.352. ISSUANCE OF RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

When a domestic insurance company deposits securities under this subchapter, the comptroller shall issue to the company a receipt that:

(1) describes the deposit in a manner that identifies the securities; and

(2) states that the securities are held on deposit as capital stock investments of the company.
Tex. Transportation Code § 202.022 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 202 / Section 202.022
§ 202.022. NOTICE OF SALE.
Status: in_force

Notice of a sale to the general public must be published in the English language:

(1) once a week for three consecutive weeks, with the final publication occurring not later than the 20th day before the date of the sale; and

(2) in a newspaper in the county where the property is located.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 73.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 73 / Section 73.004
§ 73.004. CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The registration required by Section 73.002 must include:

(1) the name and business address of the dental support organization;

(2) the name and business address of each dentist in this state with which the dental support organization has entered into an agreement to provide two or more business support services;

(3) the name of each dentist who owns 10 percent or more of the dental support organization;

(4) the name of each person who is not a dentist and owns 10 percent or more of the dental support organization; and

(5) a list of all business support services provided to each dentist.

(b) A registration and each corrected registration must be accompanied by a fee set by the secretary of state in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering this chapter.

(c) A registration or corrected registration is not effective until the dental support organization pays the fee required by this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.474 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.474
§ 161.474. DISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF VACCINATION STATUS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health care provider may not, solely on the basis of an individual's vaccination status:

(1) determine an individual is ineligible to receive an organ transplant;

(2) deny medical or other services related to an organ transplant, including evaluation, surgery, counseling, and postoperative treatment;

(3) refuse to refer the individual to a transplant center or other related specialist for evaluation or receipt of an organ transplant; or

(4) refuse to place the individual on an organ transplant waiting list or place the individual at a position lower in priority on the list than the position the individual would have been placed if not for the individual's vaccination status.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a health care provider may consider an individual's vaccination status when making a treatment recommendation or decision solely to the extent that a physician, following an individualized evaluation of the potential transplant recipient, determines the vaccination status is medically significant to the organ transplant. This section does not require a referral or recommendation for, or the performance of, a medically inappropriate organ transplant.

(c) This section applies to each stage of the organ transplant process.

(d) A person may not take an adverse action or impose a penalty of any kind against a health care provider based solely on the fact that the health care provider complied with Subsection (a).

(e) A physician who in good faith makes a determination that an individual's vaccination status is medically significant to the organ transplant, as described by Subsection (b), does not violate this section.

(f) A health care provider may:

(1) develop alternative risk mitigation strategies, including antibody testing, prophylactic treatments, and antiviral therapy, in lieu of requiring a vaccination; and

(2) inform patients of the risks and benefits of receiving a vaccination.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.551 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.551
§ 201.551. IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The board may impose an administrative penalty on a person licensed or regulated under this chapter if the person violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.154
§ 3948.154. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 82.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 82 / Section 82.006
§ 82.006. EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) To implement this chapter, the executive commissioner may adopt rules that the executive commissioner considers necessary.

(b) To implement this chapter, the department may:

(1) execute contracts considered necessary;

(2) receive the data from medical records of cases of cancer that are in the custody or under the control of clinical laboratories, health care facilities, and health care practitioners to record and analyze the data directly related to those diseases;

(3) compile and publish statistical and other studies derived from the patient data obtained under this chapter to provide, in an accessible form, information that is useful to physicians, other medical personnel, and the general public;

(4) comply with requirements as necessary to obtain federal funds in the maximum amounts and most advantageous proportions possible;

(5) receive and use gifts made for the purpose of this chapter; and

(6) limit cancer reporting activities under this chapter to specified geographic areas of the state to ensure optimal use of funds available for obtaining the data.
Tex. Government Code § 4003.303 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4003 / Section 4003.303
§ 4003.303. PROSPECTUS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN OFFERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commissioner shall require that, in connection with a permit qualifying securities for sale, all offers for the sale of the securities be made through a prospectus that:

(1) fairly discloses the material facts about the plan of finance and business; and

(2) must be filed with and approved by the commissioner.

(b) The prospectus requirements of this section are satisfied if the applicant files a prospectus or offering circular with the commissioner that is also filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. Section 77a et seq.) or the regulations under that law.

(c) Failure to comply with the prospectus requirements of this section violates this title.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7946.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7946 / Section 7946.051
§ 7946.051. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by this section only if the district submits a letter to the comptroller not later than December 31, 2015, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, other than the requirement that the letter be submitted by the date specified by that section.

(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's authority to exercise the power of eminent domain under Section 2206.101(c), Government Code, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by law applicable to the district on or after the 90th day after the date the district submits a letter in accordance with Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1054.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.107
§ 1054.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the establishing and equipping of a clinic as part of the hospital system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's buildings and other facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 25 years.

(c) The district may acquire equipment for use in the district's hospital system and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price.

(d) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8183.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8183 / Section 8183.154
§ 8183.154. SURPLUS PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Subject to the terms of a deed of trust issued by the district, the district may sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of property the board considers not needed for district purposes.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.709 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.709
§ 152.709. CANCELLATION OR REVOCATION OF EVENT REQUIRING WINDING UP; CONTINUATION OF PARTNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) If a partnership has a period of duration, is for a particular undertaking, or is required under its partnership agreement to wind up the partnership on occurrence of a specified event, all of the partners in the partnership may cancel under Section 11.152 an event requiring a winding up specified in Section 11.051(1) or (3), or Section 11.057(c)(1), by agreeing to continue the partnership business notwithstanding the expiration of the partnership's period of duration, the completion of the undertaking, or the occurrence of the event, as appropriate, other than the withdrawal of a partner. On reaching that agreement, the event requiring a winding up is canceled, the partnership is continued, and the partnership agreement is considered amended to provide that the expiration, the completion, or the occurrence of the event did not result in an event requiring winding up of the partnership.

(b) A continuation of the business for 90 days by the partners or those who habitually acted in the business during the partnership's period of duration or the undertaking or preceding the event, without a settlement or liquidation of the partnership business and without objection from a partner, is prima facie evidence of agreement by all partners to continue the business under Subsection (a).

(c) All of the partners of a partnership, by agreeing to continue the partnership, may cancel under Section 11.152 an event requiring winding up specified in Section 11.057(d) that arises from a request to wind up from a partner.

(d) To approve a revocation under Section 11.151 by a partnership of a voluntary decision to wind up pursuant to the express will of all the partners as specified in Section 11.057(b), prior to completion of the winding up process, all the partners must agree in writing to revoke the voluntary decision to wind up and to continue the business of the partnership.

(e) To approve a revocation under Section 11.151 by a partnership of a voluntary decision to wind up pursuant to the express will of a majority-in-interest of the partners as specified in Section 11.057(a), prior to completion of the winding up process, a majority-in-interest of the partners must agree in writing to revoke the voluntary decision to wind up and to continue the business of the partnership.

(f) All of the partners of a partnership, by agreeing to continue the partnership, may cancel under Section 11.152 an event requiring winding up specified in Section 11.057(c)(3) that arises from the sale of all or substantially all of the property of the partnership.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.004 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.004
§ 56B.004. ADMINISTRATION; RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall adopt rules consistent with this chapter governing its administration, including rules relating to the method of filing claims and the proof of entitlement to compensation and the review of health care services subject to compensation under this chapter, Chapter 56A, and Subchapter B, Chapter 58.

(b) Subchapters A and B, Chapter 2001, Government Code, except Sections 2001.004(3) and 2001.005, apply to the attorney general.

(c) The attorney general may delegate to a person in the attorney general's office a power or duty given to the attorney general under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1031.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1031 / Section 1031.155
§ 1031.155. DEPOSITORY OR TREASURER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank or banks as the district's depository or treasurer. A designated bank serves for two years and until a successor is designated.

(b) All district money shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8416.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8416 / Section 8416.103
§ 8416.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 712 / Section 712.042
§ 712.042. FEES.
Status: in_force

On filing a statement of funds under Section 712.041, a corporation shall pay the commissioner a reasonable and necessary fee set by rule adopted by the Finance Commission of Texas under Section 712.008 to defray the cost of administering this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.7101 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.7101
§ 151.7101. ELECTION OF OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

If a violation of a criminal provision of this chapter by a taxpayer constitutes another offense under the laws of this state, the state may elect the offense for which it will prosecute the taxpayer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7927.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7927 / Section 7927.151
§ 7927.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7927.153.

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

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.053
§ 287.053. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for employees of the district by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) electing to participate in the Texas County and District Retirement System or in any other statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.