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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1050.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1050 / Section 1050.203
§ 1050.203. 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 may order the election on its own motion.

(c) The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) the location of the polling places;

(3) the presiding election officers;

(4) the purpose of the bond issuance;

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

(6) the maximum interest rate of the bonds; and

(7) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(d) Notice of a bond election shall be given by publishing a substantial copy of the order calling the election in a newspaper of general circulation in Knox County once each week for two consecutive weeks before the date of the election. The first publication must occur at least 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 1.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 1 / Section 1.003
§ 1.003. INTERNAL REFERENCES.
Status: in_force

In this code:

(1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of this code; and

(2) a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit without further identification is a reference to a unit of the next larger unit of this code in which the reference appears.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.158
§ 1016.158. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board:

(1) a complete sworn statement of all district money; and

(2) a complete account of the disbursements of that money.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 251.007 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 251 / Section 251.007
§ 251.007. FAILURE TO DISCLOSE LACK OF OWNERSHIP OF GOODS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who obtains a negotiable warehouse receipt describing goods the person does not own may not, with intent to defraud, negotiate the receipt for value without disclosing the person's lack of ownership.

(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) confinement in the county jail for a term of not more than one year;

(2) a fine not to exceed $1,000; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8268.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8268 / Section 8268.104
§ 8268.104. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of the municipality that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.454 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.454
§ 347.454. DISCLOSURE IF MORE THAN ONE CONSUMER.
Status: in_force

In a credit transaction involving more than one consumer, the creditor is required to give the disclosures required by this chapter to only one of the consumers.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 164.065 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 164 / Section 164.065
§ 164.065. EXHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall provide an importer of show sheep a reasonable length of time, not to exceed 60 days after the date of importation, in which to display the sheep at county fairs or livestock exhibitions. The importer shall keep the sheep separate from all sheep other than show sheep and shall treat the sheep as required by the commission before they are distributed to the range.
Tex. Government Code § 1508.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.105
§ 1508.105. MORTGAGE.
Status: in_force

A municipality may secure the payment of funds for a purchase under this subchapter with an instrument of pledge or mortgage as desired by the municipality.
Tex. Family Code § 153.007 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.007
§ 153.007. AGREED PARENTING PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) To promote the amicable settlement of disputes between the parties to a suit, the parties may enter into a written agreed parenting plan containing provisions for conservatorship and possession of the child and for modification of the parenting plan, including variations from the standard possession order.

(b) If the court finds that the agreed parenting plan is in the child's best interest, the court shall render an order in accordance with the parenting plan.

(c) Terms of the agreed parenting plan contained in the order or incorporated by reference regarding conservatorship or support of or access to a child in an order may be enforced by all remedies available for enforcement of a judgment, including contempt, but are not enforceable as a contract.

(d) If the court finds the agreed parenting plan is not in the child's best interest, the court may request the parties to submit a revised parenting plan. If the parties do not submit a revised parenting plan satisfactory to the court, the court may, after notice and hearing, order a parenting plan that the court finds to be in the best interest of the child.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.104 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.104
§ 186.104. NOTICE OF PENDING DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A state trust company shall publish notice of its pending dissolution in a newspaper of general circulation in each community where its home office or an additional trust office is located:

(1) at least once each week for eight consecutive weeks; or

(2) at other times specified by the banking commissioner or rules adopted under this subtitle.

(b) The notice must:

(1) be in the form and include the information required by the banking commissioner; and

(2) state that:

(A) the state trust company is liquidating;

(B) clients, depositors, and creditors must present their claims for payment on or before a specific date; and

(C) all safe deposit box holders and bailors of property left with the state trust company should remove their property on or before a specified date.

(c) The dates selected by the state trust company under Subsection (b) must:

(1) be approved by the banking commissioner;

(2) allow the affairs of the state trust company to be wound up as quickly as feasible; and

(3) allow creditors, clients, and owners of property adequate time for presentation of claims, withdrawal of accounts, and redemption of property.

(d) The banking commissioner may adjust the dates under Subsection (b) with or without republication of notice if additional time appears needed for the activities to which the dates pertain.

(e) At the time of or promptly after publication of the notice, the state trust company shall mail to each of the state trust company's known clients, depositors, creditors, safe deposit box holders, and bailors of property left with the state trust company, at the mailing address shown on the state trust company's records, an individual notice containing:

(1) the information required in a notice under Subsection (b); and

(2) specific information pertinent to the account or property of the addressee.
Tex. Transportation Code § 503.030 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 503 / Section 503.030
§ 503.030. APPLICATION FOR WHOLESALE MOTOR VEHICLE AUCTION GENERAL DISTINGUISHING NUMBER.
Status: repealed

(a) An applicant for an original or renewal wholesale motor vehicle auction general distinguishing number must submit to the department an application that contains:

(1) the information required by the department;

(2) information that demonstrates the person meets the requirements prescribed by Section 503.032; and

(3) information that demonstrates the applicant has complied with all applicable state laws and municipal ordinances.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135, Sec. 140(2), eff. September 1, 2013.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.431 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.431
§ 23.431. LATE APPLICATION FOR AGRICULTURAL DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief appraiser shall accept and approve or deny an application for an agricultural designation after the deadline for filing it has passed if it is filed before approval of the appraisal records by the appraisal review board.

(b) If an application for agricultural designation is approved when the application is filed late, the owner is liable for a penalty of 10 percent of the difference between the amount of tax imposed on the property and the amount that would be imposed without the agricultural designation.

(c) The chief appraiser shall make an entry on the appraisal records indicating the person's liability for the penalty and shall deliver written notice of imposition of the penalty, explaining the reason for its imposition, to the person.

(d) The tax assessor for a taxing unit to which an agricultural designation allowed after a late application applies shall add the amount of the penalty to the owner's tax bill, and the tax collector for the unit shall collect the penalty at the time and in the manner he collects the tax. The amount of the penalty constitutes a lien against the property against which the penalty is imposed, as if it were a tax, and accrues penalty and interest in the same manner as a delinquent tax.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.036 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 16 / Section 16.036
§ 16.036. EXTENSION OF REAL PROPERTY LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) The party or parties primarily liable for a debt or obligation secured by a real property lien, as that term is defined in Section 16.035, may suspend the running of the four-year limitations period for real property liens through a written extension agreement as provided by this section.

(b) The limitations period is suspended and the lien remains in effect for four years after the extended maturity date of the debt or obligation if the extension agreement is:

(1) signed and acknowledged as provided by law for a deed conveying real property; and

(2) filed for record in the county clerk's office of the county where the real property is located.

(c) The parties may continue to extend the lien by entering, acknowledging, and recording additional extension agreements.

(d) The maturity date stated in the original instrument or in the date of the recorded renewal and extension is conclusive evidence of the maturity date of the debt or obligation.

(e) The limitations period under this section is not affected by Section 3.118, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Election Code § 278.006 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 278 / Section 278.006
§ 278.006. PREPARATION OF GUIDE.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may contract for the preparation of the voter information guide after soliciting bids for that work. The secretary may prepare the guide if the secretary determines that the costs of that preparation are less than or equal to the most reasonable bid submitted.

(b) The voter information guide must include the candidates' statements that comply with this chapter, with candidates for election and write-in candidates for election as separate groups. The order of the candidates' names within the groups is determined by a drawing conducted by the secretary of state.

(c) The secretary of state may prescribe appropriate explanatory material to be included in the voter information guide to assist the voters, including a statement that the guide may be used at the polls to assist the voters in marking their ballots.
Tex. Election Code § 52.0061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 52 / Section 52.0061
§ 52.0061. NOTICE OF CORRECTION BY AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall deliver written notice to the secretary of state not later than 24 hours after the authority's determination to prepare new ballots to make a correction on the ballot.

(b) The notice must include a statement of the nature of the correction to be made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9078.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9078 / Section 9078.0102
§ 9078.0102. MAINTENANCE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

In calling a maintenance tax election, the board must specify the maximum proposed tax rate. To impose a maintenance tax at a rate that exceeds the maximum rate approved by the voters, the board must submit the question of a tax rate increase to the voters.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.022
§ 232.022. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), this subchapter applies only to:

(1) a county any part of which is located within 50 miles of an international border; or

(2) a county:

(A) any part of which is located within 100 miles of an international border;

(B) that contains the majority of the area of a municipality with a population of more than 250,000; and

(C) to which Subdivision (1) does not apply.

(a-1) This subchapter does not apply to a county to which Subchapter G applies.

(b) This subchapter applies only to land that is subdivided into two or more lots that are intended primarily for residential use in the jurisdiction of the county. A lot is presumed to be intended for residential use if the lot is five acres or less. This subchapter does not apply if the subdivision is incident to the conveyance of the land as a gift between persons related to each other within the third degree by affinity or consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), for purposes of this section, land is considered to be in the jurisdiction of a county if the land is located in the county and outside the corporate limits of municipalities.

(c-1) Land in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction is not considered to be in the jurisdiction of a county for purposes of this section if the municipality and the county have entered into a written agreement under Section 242.001 that authorizes the municipality to regulate subdivision plats and approve related permits in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.

(d) This subchapter does not apply if all of the lots of the subdivision are more than 10 acres.
Tex. Government Code § 1331.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1331 / Section 1331.053
§ 1331.053. BOND SALE ADVERTISEMENT BY CERTAIN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

To receive competitive bids on the interest rate paid and the amount of the premium, the governing body of a municipality the charter of which requires that municipal bonds be advertised for sale after the bonds have been authorized and issued must advertise the bonds for sale and receive bids for the sale before adopting an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 2151.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2151 / Section 2151.002
§ 2151.002. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, in this subtitle, "state agency" means:

(1) a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the state constitution or a state statute;

(2) the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or the Texas Judicial Council; or

(3) a university system or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, except a public junior college.
Tex. Government Code § 406.015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 406 / Section 406.015
§ 406.015. COPIES CERTIFIED BY COUNTY CLERK.
Status: in_force

(a) A copy of a record, declaration, protest, or other official act of a notary public may be certified by the county clerk with whom the instrument is deposited.

(b) A copy of an instrument certified by the county clerk under Subsection (a) has the same authority as if certified by the notary public by whom the record, declaration, protest, or other official act was originally made.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2704.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2704 / Section 2704.003
§ 2704.003. COPY OF POLICY OR CONTRACT TO AGENT OR DIRECT OPERATION.
Status: in_force

In a reasonable period as determined by the department, a copy of each title insurance policy or contract issued in a real property transaction shall be provided to each title insurance agent or direct operation providing the title evidence on which the policy or contract is issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8444.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8444 / Section 8444.102
§ 8444.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.353 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.353
§ 1301.353. INSPECTOR CONFLICTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The board may not issue a plumbing inspector license to a person who has a financial or advisory interest in a plumbing company.
Tex. Government Code § 509.0041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 509 / Section 509.0041
§ 509.0041. USE OF RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT.
Status: in_force

The division shall require each department to use the risk and needs assessment instrument adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 501.0921 to assess each defendant at the time of the defendant's initial placement on community supervision and at other times as required by the comprehensive reentry and reintegration plan adopted under Section 501.092.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3846.403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3846 / Section 3846.403
§ 3846.403. COLLECTION OF EVENT PARKING TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district by order may require the owner or lessee of a parking facility to collect a tax imposed under this subchapter for the benefit of the district.

(b) An owner or lessee required to collect the tax shall add the tax to the parking charge, and the tax is a part of the parking charge, a debt owed to the parking facility owner or lessee by the person parking, and recoverable at law in the same manner as the parking charge.

(c) A person required to collect the tax shall report and send the taxes to the district as provided by the district.

(d) The district by order may prescribe penalties, including interest charges, for failure to keep records required by the district, to report when required, or to pay the tax when due. The district may bring suit against a person who fails to collect the tax and to pay it over to the district as required.

(e) The district by order may permit a person who is required to collect the tax to retain a percentage of the amount collected and required to be reported as reimbursement to the person for the costs of collecting the tax. The district may provide that the person may retain the amount only if the person pays the tax and files reports as required by the district.

(f) The tax is not an occupation tax imposed on the owner or lessee of the parking facility.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.054
§ 453.054. MEMBERSHIP 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 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 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 operation of the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.204 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.204
§ 252.204. REPORTING AND COLLECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission or the department at the direction of the commission shall collect the quality assurance fee.

(b) Each facility shall:

(1) not later than the 20th day after the last day of a month file a report with the commission or the department, as appropriate, stating the total patient days for the month; and

(2) not later than the 30th day after the last day of the month pay the quality assurance fee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.120 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.120
§ 534.120. NOTICE OF DENIAL, REDUCTION, OR TERMINATION OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner by rule, in cooperation with local intellectual and developmental disability authorities, consumers, consumer advocates, and service providers, shall establish a uniform procedure that each local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall use to notify consumers in writing of the denial, involuntary reduction, or termination of services and of the right to appeal those decisions.
Tex. Property Code § 77.102 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 77 / Section 77.102
§ 77.102. PUBLICATION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 77.054, the comptroller may publish on the Internet information regarding unclaimed restitution payments received by the comptroller, except that the comptroller may not publish information that identifies a person as a victim or information that identifies a victim's address. For the purposes of this subsection, the victim's address includes information that identifies a victim's place of residence or post office box but does not include the city or county in which the victim resides.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8434.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8434 / Section 8434.007
§ 8434.007. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is eligible to be included in a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code.

(b) If the City of Martindale creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a) that includes all or part of the territory of the district, the City of Martindale and the board of directors of the zone, by contract with the district, may grant money to the district from the tax increment fund to be used for a permissible purpose of the district, including the right to pledge the money as security for a bond or other obligation issued by the district and for any permissible purpose of a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8037.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8037 / Section 8037.0101
§ 8037.0101. 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 Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 566.