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Tex. Government Code § 509.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 509 / Section 509.006
§ 509.006. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) To establish and maintain community corrections facilities, the division may:

(1) fund division-managed facilities;

(2) fund contracts for facilities that are managed by departments, counties, or vendors;

(3) provide funds to departments for the renovation of leased or donated buildings for use as facilities;

(4) accept ownership of real property pursuant to an agreement under which the division agrees to construct a facility and offer the facility for lease;

(5) allow departments, counties, or municipalities to accept and use buildings provided by units of local governments, including rural hospital districts, for use as facilities;

(6) provide funds to departments, counties, or municipalities to lease, purchase, or construct buildings or to lease or purchase land or other real property for use as facilities, lease or purchase equipment necessary for the operation of facilities, and pay other costs as necessary for the management and operation of facilities; and

(7) be a party to a contract for correctional services or approve a contract for those services if the state, on a biennial appropriations basis, commits to fund a portion of the contract.

(b) The division may require that community corrections facilities comply with state and local safety laws and may develop standards for:

(1) the physical plant and operation of community corrections facilities;

(2) programs offered by community corrections facilities;

(3) disciplinary rules for residents of community corrections facilities; and

(4) emergency furloughs for residents of community corrections facilities.

(c) Minimum standards for community corrections facilities must include requirements that a facility:

(1) provide levels of security appropriate for the population served by the facility, including as a minimum a monitored and structured environment in which a resident's interior and exterior movements and activities can be supervised by specific destination and time; and

(2) accept only those residents who are physically and mentally capable of participating in any program offered at the facility that requires strenuous physical activity, if participation in the program is required of all residents of the facility.

(d) Standards developed by the division that relate to state jail felony facilities must meet minimum requirements adopted by the board for the operation of state jail felony facilities. The board may adopt rules and procedures for the operation of more than one type of state jail felony facility.

(e) With the consent of the department operating or contracting for the operation of the facility, the board may designate any community corrections facility that is an intermediate sanction facility as a state jail felony facility and confine state jail felons in that facility.
Tex. Election Code § 122.061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 122 / Section 122.061
§ 122.061. APPROVAL OF MODIFIED DESIGN REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Before a voting system or voting system equipment that is modified in design after its approval may be used in an election, the modified design must be approved by the secretary of state as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.004
§ 8325.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8325.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 286.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 286 / Section 286.026
§ 286.026. BALLOT PROPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The ballot for an election proposing to create a hospital district that imposes a property tax shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The creation of the __________ (name of district) Hospital District and the levy of annual property taxes for hospital purposes at a rate not to exceed __________ (insert the amount prescribed by the petition, not to exceed 75 cents) cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district."

(b) The ballot for an election proposing to create a hospital district that imposes a sales and use tax under Subchapter I shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The creation of the __________ (name of district) Hospital District and the levy of sales and use taxes for hospital purposes at a rate not to exceed __________ (insert the amount prescribed by the petition, not to exceed the amount allowed under Subchapter I) percent."

(c) If a bond proposition is submitted to the voters, the ballot for the election shall contain the proposition prescribed by Subsection (a) or (b) followed by: " and the issuance of bonds in an amount not to exceed __________ (insert the amount prescribed by the petition or the commissioners court's order) and to mature not later than __________ (insert the date prescribed by the petition or the commissioners court's order)."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.055
§ 1088.055. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect:

(1) a president and a vice president from among its members; and

(2) a secretary, who need not be a director.

(b) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.

(c) The board by vote shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
Tex. Water Code § 11.148 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.148
§ 11.148. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF PERMIT CONDITIONS AND EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO MAKE AVAILABLE WATER SET ASIDE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS.
Status: in_force

(a) Permit conditions relating to beneficial inflows to affected bays and estuaries and instream uses may be suspended by the commission if the commission finds that an emergency exists and cannot practically be resolved in other ways.

(a-1) State water that is set aside by the commission to meet the needs for freshwater inflows to affected bays and estuaries and instream uses under Section 11.1471(a)(2) may be made available temporarily for other essential beneficial uses if the commission finds that an emergency exists that cannot practically be resolved in another way.

(b) Before the commission suspends a permit condition under Subsection (a) or makes water available temporarily under Subsection (a-1), it must give written notice to the Parks and Wildlife Department of the proposed action. The commission shall give the Parks and Wildlife Department an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed action within 72 hours from such time and the commission shall consider those comments before issuing its order implementing the proposed action.

(c) The commission may suspend the permit condition under Subsection (a) or make water available temporarily under Subsection (a-1) without notice to any other interested party other than the Parks and Wildlife Department as provided by Subsection (b). However, all affected persons shall be notified immediately by publication, and a hearing to determine whether the suspension should be continued shall be held within 15 days of the date on which the order to suspend is issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1118.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1118 / Section 1118.003
§ 1118.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Government Code § 659.138 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.138
§ 659.138. TIME OF CAMPAIGN.
Status: in_force

A state employee charitable campaign shall be conducted each autumn.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1114.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1114 / Section 1114.051
§ 1114.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of nine directors elected as follows:

(1) two directors elected from each commissioners precinct; and

(2) one director elected from the district at large.

(b) The two candidates receiving the most votes from a commissioners precinct are the directors for that precinct. The candidate receiving the most votes from the district at large is the director for the district at large.

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

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms with:

(A) the terms of the directors elected from odd-numbered precincts and the term of the director from the district at large expiring each even-numbered year; and

(B) the terms of the directors elected from even-numbered precincts expiring each odd-numbered year; and

(2) an election shall be held on an authorized uniform election date each year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1367 / Section 1367.001
§ 1367.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a health benefit plan delivered or issued for delivery in this state that is an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance, including a policy issued by a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842.
Tex. Water Code § 51.789 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.789
§ 51.789. FINAL ORDER OF DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

After all obligations are paid and the trustee is discharged, the board shall enter its final order of dissolution and record the final order in the deed records of the county or counties in which the district is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.053
§ 3919.053. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs on the board, the remaining directors shall appoint a director to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.054 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.054
§ 1603.054. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The presiding officer of the commission shall appoint one of the advisory board members to serve as the presiding officer of the advisory board for a term of two years.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.504 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.504
§ 56B.504. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person requests a hearing as provided by Article 56B.503(a) or fails to respond to the notice in a timely manner, the attorney general shall set a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, Government Code, and notify the person of the hearing.

(b) The administrative law judge shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and promptly issue to the attorney general a proposal for a decision regarding the occurrence of the violation and the amount of a proposed administrative penalty.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.056
§ 7811.056. SECRETARY'S DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The board secretary shall keep accurate minutes and shall certify any action taken by the board.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 289.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 289 / Section 289.103
§ 289.103. ELECTION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the majority vote required under Section 289.102, a district may not spend any money of the district unless the district receives the approval of at least 95 percent of the district taxpayers.

(b) This section does not apply to expenditures related to the administrative matters of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 821.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 821 / Section 821.002
§ 821.002. PURPOSE OF SUBTITLE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a program of benefits for members, retirees, and other beneficiaries of the retirement system and to establish rules for membership in and the management and operation of the retirement system.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 92 / Section 92.006
§ 92.006. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

All notices provided for by this chapter shall be in writing unless this chapter specifically provides otherwise.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.136 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.136
§ 62.136. SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS.
Status: in_force

The bonds are eligible to secure the deposit of public funds of the state and public funds of cities, towns, villages, or other political corporations or subdivisions of the state and are lawful and sufficient security for deposits to the extent of their face value when accompanied by all unmatured interest coupons appurtenant to them.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 51.160 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 51 / Section 51.160
§ 51.160.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.160. CONTENTS: SALES OR EARNINGS REPRESENTATION. If the seller makes a statement concerning sales or earnings that may be made through the business opportunity, the disclosure statement must contain a statement disclosing:

(1) the total number of purchasers of business opportunities involving the product, equipment, supplies, or services being offered who to the seller's knowledge have, not earlier than the third year before the date of the disclosure statement, actually achieved sales of or received earnings in the amount or range specified; and

(2) the total number of purchasers who, not earlier than the third year before the date of the disclosure statement, purchased business opportunities involving the product, equipment, supplies, or services being offered.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.044 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.044
§ 31.044. INACTIVE ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an account to which financial assistance provided under this chapter has been transferred under the electronic benefits transfer system for access and use by a recipient of that assistance.

(b) The commission shall close an account that has not been used by the account holder during the preceding 12 months.

(c) The comptroller shall withdraw any unused benefits remaining in the account and disburse the benefits as authorized by federal and state law.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.152 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.152
§ 54.152. LIMITATION ON GRANT OF CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

The commission may not grant a certificate to a holder of a:

(1) certificate of convenience and necessity for the same territory; or

(2) certificate of operating authority for the same territory.
Tex. Penal Code § 76.04 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 76 / Section 76.04
§ 76.04. HINDERING PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to hinder the arrest, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for an offense under Section 76.02 or 76.03, the person:

(1) harbors or conceals the other;

(2) provides or aids in providing the other with any means of avoiding arrest or effecting escape;

(3) warns the other of impending discovery or apprehension; or

(4) tampers with any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the other.

(b) An offense under this section is of the same degree as the offense under Section 76.02 or 76.03 for which the person committed the act described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Family Code § 264.205 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.205
§ 264.205. SWIFT ADOPTION TEAMS.
Status: repealed

(a) The department shall develop swift adoption teams to expedite the process of placing a child under the jurisdiction of the department for adoption. Swift adoption teams developed under this section shall, in performing their duties, attempt to place a child for adoption with an appropriate relative of the child.

(b) A swift adoption team shall consist of department personnel who shall operate under policies adopted by rule by the executive commissioner. The department shall set priorities for the allocation of department resources to enable a swift adoption team to operate successfully under the policies adopted under this subsection.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(27), eff. June 17, 2011.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.063
§ 8845.063. DISTRICT OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The board shall maintain an office in the district for conducting district business.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.011 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 47 / Section 47.011
§ 47.011. RETAIL FISH DEALER'S LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, no person may engage in business as a retail fish dealer unless he has obtained a retail fish dealer's license.

(b) The license fee for a retail fish dealer's license is $30 for each place of business or an amount set by the commission, whichever amount is more.

(c) An operator of a Texas commercial aquaculture facility as defined by Section 134.001, Agriculture Code, is not required to obtain or possess a retail fish dealer's license if the operator's business activities with regard to the sale of aquatic products involve aquatic products raised on the operator's commercial aquaculture facility only.
Tex. Government Code § 24.141 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.141
§ 24.141.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.141. 39TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HASKELL, KENT, STONEWALL, AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES). (a) The 39th Judicial District is composed of Haskell, Kent, Stonewall, and Throckmorton counties.

(b) The terms of the 39th District Court begin:

(1) in Haskell County on the first Monday in January, the 15th Monday after the first Monday in January, and the third Monday after the first Monday in September;

(2) in Kent County on the ninth Monday after the first Monday in January and the first Monday in September;

(3) in Stonewall County on the 6th and 20th Mondays after the first Monday in January and the ninth Monday after the first Monday in September; and

(4) in Throckmorton County on the 12th and 23rd Mondays after the first Monday in January and the 12th Monday after the first Monday in September.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 16.055 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 16 / Section 16.055
§ 16.055. DISCLAIMER OF UNREGISTRABLE COMPONENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may require the applicant to disclaim an unregistrable component of a mark that is otherwise registrable. An applicant may voluntarily disclaim a component of a mark sought to be registered.

(b) A disclaimer may not prejudice or affect:

(1) the rights of the applicant or registrant in the disclaimed matter; or

(2) the rights of the applicant or registrant to submit another application to register the mark if the disclaimed matter is or has become distinctive of the applicant's or registrant's goods or services.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.005 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 153 / Section 153.005
§ 153.005. WAIVER OR MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES.
Status: in_force

A provision in this title or in that part of Title 1 applicable to a limited partnership that grants a right to a person, other than a general partner, a limited partner, or assignee of a partnership interest in a limited partnership, may be waived or modified in the partnership agreement of the limited partnership only if the person consents to the waiver or modification.
Tex. Election Code § 253.103 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 253 / Section 253.103
§ 253.103. CORPORATE LOANS.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may not make a loan to a candidate, officeholder, or political committee for campaign or officeholder purposes unless:

(1) the corporation has been legally and continuously engaged in the business of lending money for at least one year before the loan is made; and

(2) the loan is made in the due course of business.

(b) This section does not apply to a loan covered by Section 253.096.

(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.002
§ 424.002. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAW.
Status: in_force

The definition of "state" assigned by Section 311.005, Government Code, does not apply to this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 772.0101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 772 / Section 772.0101
§ 772.0101. BORDER INSPECTION, TRADE, AND TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The border commerce coordinator shall establish and appoint the members of the Border Inspection, Trade, and Transportation Advisory Committee. The members must include representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the Office of State-Federal Relations, the United States Department of Transportation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and other representatives of state and federal agencies involved in border crossing issues. Chapter 2110 does not apply to the size, composition, or duration of the Border Inspection, Trade, and Transportation Advisory Committee.

(b) The coordinator shall work with the advisory committee and the interagency work group established under Section 772.011 to:

(1) identify problems involved with border truck inspections and related trade and transportation infrastructure; and

(2) develop recommendations for addressing those problems.

(c) The coordinator shall work with the advisory committee and appropriate agencies of Texas, the United States, and Mexico to develop initiatives to mitigate congestion at ports of entry at the Mexican border by conducting in Mexico inspections of trucks entering Texas. In developing the initiatives, the coordinator shall give consideration to similar initiatives proposed or implemented at the border of the United States and Canada.

(d) The coordinator shall report quarterly to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature on the findings and recommendations of the advisory committee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2006.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2006 / Section 2006.005
§ 2006.005. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter in addition to other rules adopted under this subchapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.051 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.051
§ 21.051. NO PROPERTY RIGHT IN CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION.
Status: in_force

A shareholder of a corporation does not have a vested property right resulting from the certificate of formation, including a provision in the certificate of formation relating to the management, control, capital structure, dividend entitlement, purpose, or duration of the corporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 221.104 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 221 / Section 221.104
§ 221.104. DOCUMENTS AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

The following documents shall be received by a court, public office, or official body as prima facie evidence of the facts, or the existence or nonexistence of the facts, stated in the document:

(1) a certificate issued by the secretary of state under this chapter;

(2) a copy, certified by the secretary of state, of a document filed in the office of the secretary of state under this chapter; and

(3) a certificate of the secretary of state under the state seal as to the existence or nonexistence of a fact relating to a development corporation that would not appear from a document or certificate under Subdivision (1) or (2).