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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8198.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8198 / Section 8198.151
§ 8198.151. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
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 projects under Section 8198.051.

(b) The district may not issue bonds or other obligations secured wholly or partly by ad valorem taxation to finance projects authorized by Section 8198.051 unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the voters in the district or of the defined areas to be benefited by the project as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code, voting at an election called for that purpose.

(c) Bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance projects authorized by Section 8198.051 may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district or the defined area as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2 / Section 2.104
§ 2.104. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Any citizen residing in the jurisdiction of an entity described by Section 2.101 may file a complaint with the attorney general if the citizen offers evidence to support an allegation that the entity has adopted a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces a federal law described by Section 2.102(a) or that the entity, by consistent action, allows the enforcement of a federal law described by Section 2.102(a). The citizen must include with the complaint any evidence the citizen has in support of the complaint.

(b) If the attorney general determines that a complaint filed under Subsection (a) against an entity described by Section 2.101 is valid, to compel the entity's compliance with this subchapter the attorney general may file a petition for a writ of mandamus or apply for other appropriate equitable relief in a district court in Travis County or in a county in which the principal office of the entity is located. The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred obtaining relief under this subsection, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition costs.

(c) An appeal of a suit brought under Subsection (b) is governed by the procedures for accelerated appeals in civil cases under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. The appellate court shall render its final order or judgment with the least possible delay.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.324 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.324
§ 2.324.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.324. "NO ARRIVAL, NO SALE" TERM. Under a term "no arrival, no sale" or terms of like meaning, unless otherwise agreed,

(1) the seller must properly ship conforming goods and if they arrive by any means he must tender them on arrival but he assumes no obligation that the goods will arrive unless he has caused the non-arrival; and

(2) where without fault of the seller the goods are in part lost or have so deteriorated as no longer to conform to the contract or arrive after the contract time, the buyer may proceed as if there had been casualty to identified goods (Section 2.613).
Tex. Finance Code § 182.202 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 182 / Section 182.202
§ 182.202. HOME OFFICE.
Status: repealed

(a) Each state trust company must have and continuously maintain in this state a home office. The home office must be a location at which the state trust company does business and keeps its corporate books and records. At least one executive officer must maintain an office at the home office.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 244, Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.

(c) A state trust company may change its home office to any location in this state, if the location that is the home office before the change remains an office of the state trust company at which the state trust company does business. To change the location of its home office, the state trust company must file a written notice with the banking commissioner setting forth the name of the state trust company, the street address of its home office before the change, the street address to which the home office is to be changed, and a copy of the resolution adopted by the board authorizing the change. The change of home office takes effect on the 31st day after the date the banking commissioner receives the notice.

(d) A relocation of a state trust company's home office may not be made, and another action that would effect an abandonment of the state trust company's initial home office may not be taken, without the prior written approval of the banking commissioner. The state trust company must establish to the satisfaction of the banking commissioner that the abandonment is consistent with the original determination of public convenience and advantage for the establishment of a state trust company at that location.
Tex. Property Code § 115.013 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 115 / Section 115.013
§ 115.013. PLEADINGS AND JUDGMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Actions and proceedings involving trusts are governed by this section.

(b) An affected interest shall be described in pleadings that give reasonable information to an owner by name or class, by reference to the instrument creating the interest, or in other appropriate manner.

(c) A person is bound by an order binding another in the following cases:

(1) an order binding the sole holder or all coholders of a power of revocation or a presently exercisable general power of appointment, including one in the form of a power of amendment, binds other persons to the extent their interests, as objects, takers in default, or otherwise are subject to the power;

(2) to the extent there is no conflict of interest between them or among persons represented:

(A) an order binding a guardian of the estate or a guardian ad litem binds the ward; and

(B) an order binding a trustee binds beneficiaries of the trust in proceedings to review the acts or accounts of a prior fiduciary and in proceedings involving creditors or other third parties;

(3) if there is no conflict of interest and no guardian of the estate or guardian ad litem has been appointed, a parent may represent his minor child as guardian ad litem or as next friend; and

(4) an unborn or unascertained person who is not otherwise represented is bound by an order to the extent his interest is adequately represented by another party having a substantially identical interest in the proceeding.

(d) Notice under Section 115.015 shall be given either to a person who will be bound by the judgment or to one who can bind that person under this section, and notice may be given to both. Notice may be given to unborn or unascertained persons who are not represented under Subdivision (1) or (2) of Subsection (c) by giving notice to all known persons whose interests in the proceedings are substantially identical to those of the unborn or unascertained persons.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 98.106 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 98 / Section 98.106
§ 98.106. DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall compile and make available to the public a summary, by health care facility, of:

(1) the infections reported by facilities under Section 98.103, including whether the infections resulted in the death of the patient while hospitalized; and

(2) the preventable adverse events reported by facilities under Section 98.1045.

(b) Information included in the departmental summary with respect to infections reported by facilities under Section 98.103 must be risk adjusted and include a comparison of the risk-adjusted infection rates for each health care facility in this state that is required to submit a report under Section 98.103.

(c) The department shall publish the departmental summary in a format that is easy to read.

(d) The department shall publish the departmental summary at least annually and may publish the summary more frequently as the department considers appropriate. Data made available to the public must include aggregate data covering a period of at least a full calendar quarter.

(e) The executive commissioner by rule shall allow a health care facility to submit concise written comments regarding information contained in the departmental summary that relates to the facility. The department shall attach the facility's comments to the public report and the comments must be in the same format as the summary.

(f) The disclosure of written comments to the department by a health care facility as provided by Subsection (e) does not constitute a waiver of a privilege or protection under Section 98.109.

(g) The department shall make the departmental summary available on an Internet website administered by the department and may make the summary available through other formats accessible to the public. The website must contain a statement informing the public of the option to report suspected health care-associated infections and preventable adverse events to the department.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.180 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.180
§ 51.180. ATTORNEY AD LITEM.
Status: in_force

(a) If the applicant cannot provide evidence to the commissioner to establish the applicant's ownership of all interests as defined by Section 51.172 in the land surrounding the land claimed to be vacant, the commissioner shall investigate the ownership interests of the land claimed to be vacant and the surrounding land to ensure that all necessary parties have been identified and located.

(b) The investigation must conclude not later than the 60th day after the application commencement date. If the investigation yields any evidence that a necessary party may not have been identified and located, as determined by the commissioner, the commissioner shall, not later than the 30th day after the conclusion of the investigation, appoint an attorney ad litem to identify and locate all necessary parties.

(c) The commissioner shall provide the attorney ad litem with all documents submitted by the applicant and the results of the investigation to identify necessary parties, and the attorney ad litem shall search public land records and other available records to identify and locate necessary parties.

(d) If any necessary party cannot be located, the attorney ad litem shall represent the interests of that necessary party.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0104
§ 550.0104. COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES REGARDING ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall:

(1) contract with the State Commission on National and Community Service to administer funds appropriated from the account in a manner that:

(A) consolidates the capacity of and strengthens national service and community and faith- and community-based initiatives; and

(B) leverages public and private funds to benefit this state;

(2) develop a competitive process for awarding grants from funds in the account that is consistent with state law and includes objective selection criteria;

(3) oversee the delivery of training and other assistance activities under this subchapter;

(4) develop criteria limiting grant awards under Section 550.0106(a)(1)(A) to small and medium-sized faith- and community-based organizations that provide charitable services to persons in this state;

(5) establish general state priorities for the account;

(6) establish and monitor performance and outcome measures for persons who are awarded grants under this subchapter; and

(7) establish policies and procedures to ensure that any money appropriated from the account to the commission that is allocated to build the capacity of a faith-based organization or for a faith-based initiative is not used to advance a sectarian purpose or to engage in any form of proselytization.

(b) The commission may award money in the account appropriated to the commission to the State Commission on National and Community Service in the form of a grant instead of contracting with that entity under Subsection (a)(1).
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.902 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.902
§ 10.902. NONEXCLUSIVITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not limit the power of a domestic entity or non-code organization to acquire all or part of the ownership or membership interests of one or more classes or series of a domestic entity through a voluntary exchange or otherwise.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2211.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2211 / Section 2211.204
§ 2211.204. ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC SECURITIES AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

At the request of the association and subject to Section 2211.205, the Texas Public Finance Authority shall issue public securities to:

(1) fund the association, including to:

(A) establish and maintain reserves to pay claims;

(B) pay operating expenses; and

(C) purchase reinsurance;

(2) pay costs related to issuing the public securities; and

(3) pay other costs related to the public securities as determined by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3809.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3809 / Section 3809.201
§ 3809.201. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 767.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 767 / Section 767.001
§ 767.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "group home" means an establishment that:

(1) provides, in one or more buildings, lodging to three or more residents who are unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner of the establishment; and

(2) provides those residents with community meals, light housework, meal preparation, transportation, grocery shopping, money management, laundry services, or assistance with self-administration of medication but does not provide personal care services as defined by Section 247.002.
Tex. Tax Code § 202.001 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 202 / Section 202.001
§ 202.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Carrier" means a person who owns, operates, or manages a means of transporting oil.

(2) "First purchaser" means a person who purchases crude oil from a producer.

(3) "Oil" means crude oil or other oil taken from the earth, regardless of the gravity of the oil.

(4) "Producer" means a person who takes oil from the earth or water in any manner, a person who owns, controls, manages, or leases an oil well, or a person who owns an interest, including a royalty interest, in oil or its value, whether the oil is produced by the person owning the interest or by another on his behalf by lease, contract, or any other arrangement.

(5) "Royalty interest" means an interest in mineral rights in a producing leasehold in the state, but does not include the interest of a person having the management and operation of a well.

(6) "Subsequent purchaser" means a person who purchases oil from a person other than the producer of the oil, or a person operating a reclamation plant, topping plant, treating plant, refinery, or processing plant.
Tex. Finance Code § 36.308 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 36 / Section 36.308
§ 36.308. OBJECTION TO APPROVED CLAIM.
Status: in_force

The receiver with court approval shall set a date for objection to an approved claim. On or before that date a depositor, creditor, other claimant, or shareholder of the bank may file an objection to an approved claim. The objection shall be heard and determined by the court. If the objection is sustained, the court shall direct an appropriate modification of the schedule of claims.
Tex. Government Code § 1207.033 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1207 / Section 1207.033
§ 1207.033. DISCHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A deposit of money made under this chapter is considered to be the making of firm banking and financial arrangements for the discharge and final payment or redemption of the obligations to be refunded or to be paid or redeemed wholly or partly without the issuance of refunding bonds if the deposit is made on or before the payment or redemption date or dates of the obligations.

(b) An issuer may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds that the refunding bonds are subordinate to the obligations to be refunded. The subordination may be made only in the manner and to the extent specifically provided by those proceedings.

(c) After firm banking and financial arrangements for the discharge and final payment or redemption of the obligations have been made under Subsection (a), all rights of an issuer to initiate proceedings to call the obligations for redemption or take any other action amending the terms of the obligations are extinguished. The right to call the obligations for redemption is not extinguished if the issuer:

(1) in the proceedings providing for the firm banking and financial arrangements, expressly reserves the right to call the obligations for redemption;

(2) gives notice of the reservation of that right to the owners of the obligations immediately following the making of the firm banking and financial arrangements; and

(3) directs that notice of the reservation be included in any redemption notices that it authorizes.

(d) Subsection (c) applies only to firm banking and financial arrangements made on or after September 1, 1999, and has no effect on the validity or legality of any such arrangements made before that date.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.102
§ 3873.102. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold elections for directors on the uniform election date in May in odd-numbered years. The elections of the first directors under this section shall be held on the first uniform election date in May that occurs in the years in which initial directors' terms expire under Section 3873.107.
Tex. Election Code § 42.0051 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0051
§ 42.0051. COMBINING CERTAIN PRECINCTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If changes in county election precinct boundaries to give effect to a redistricting plan result in county election precincts with fewer than 3,000 registered voters, a commissioners court for a general or special election, or for a primary election, the county executive committee of a political party conducting a primary election, may combine county election precincts notwithstanding Section 42.005 to avoid unreasonable expenditures for election equipment, supplies, and personnel.

(b) A combined precinct under Subsection (a) is subject to the maximum population prescribed for a precinct under Section 42.006.

(c) In a county that does not participate in the countywide polling place program described by Section 43.007, for a general or special election for which use of county election precincts is required, the commissioner's court on the recommendation of the county election board, or for a primary election for which use of county election precincts is required, the county executive committee of a political party conducting the primary election, may combine county election precincts notwithstanding Section 42.005 if:

(1) the commissioners court cannot secure a suitable polling place location under Section 43.031; and

(2) the location of the combined polling place adequately serves the voters of the combined precinct.

(d) A combined precinct under Subsection (c) may not contain more than 10,000 registered voters.

(e) A combined precinct may not be established if it:

(1) results in a dilution of voting strength of a group covered by the federal Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1973c et seq.);

(2) results in a dilution of representation of a group covered by the Voting Rights Act in any political or electoral process or procedure; or

(3) results in discouraging participation by a group covered by the Voting Rights Act in any political or electoral process or procedure because of the location of a polling place or other factors.

(f) For the purposes of appointing a presiding election judge and an alternate presiding judge to a county election precinct combined under this section, the combined precinct shall be considered a single precinct and the judges shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures provided under Chapter 32.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9053.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9053 / Section 9053.006
§ 9053.006. HEARINGS FOR EXCLUSION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the exclusion of land or other property from the district; provided, however, that the board shall hold a hearing if an owner of land or other property located in the district files a written request for a hearing with the board secretary before the district's first bond election is called.

(b) This section may not be construed to prevent the board on its own motion from calling and holding an exclusion hearing under general law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8361.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8361 / Section 8361.002
§ 8361.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9305.0208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9305 / Section 9305.0208
§ 9305.0208. DIRECTOR'S BOND.
Status: in_force

Each director shall give bond in the amount of $5,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.
Tex. Penal Code § 15.05 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 15 / Section 15.05
§ 15.05. NO OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

Attempt or conspiracy to commit, or solicitation of, a preparatory offense defined in this chapter is not an offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1097.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1097 / Section 1097.203
§ 1097.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board shall call the election. The election must be held in accordance with Chapter 1251, Government Code.

(c) The bond election order must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding election officers;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized;

(5) the maximum maturity of the bonds; and

(6) the maximum interest rate of the bonds.