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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4008.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.0302
§ 4008.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, using any money available to the district for the purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).

(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.3161 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.3161
§ 504.3161. MILITARY SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES FOR RECIPIENTS OF CERTAIN MILITARY CAMPAIGN AND SERVICE AWARDS.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of the following military awards that include the name of the award:

(1) the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal;

(2) the Armed Forces Service Medal;

(3) the Navy Expeditionary Medal;

(4) the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal;

(5) the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal;

(6) the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal;

(7) the Merchant Marine Expeditionary Medal;

(8) the Kosovo Campaign Medal;

(9) the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal;

(10) the China Service Medal; and

(11) the Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8090.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8090 / Section 8090.0101
§ 8090.0101. 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 Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 162.
Tex. Government Code § 1371.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1371 / Section 1371.151
§ 1371.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Advice" means the advice provided by an adviser regarding activities described by Sections 1371.154(b)(2)(A)-(C).

(2) "Adviser" means a person who provides advice regarding activities described by Sections 1371.154(b)(2)(A)-(C).

(3) "Interest rate management agreement" means an agreement that provides for an interest rate transaction, including:

(A) a swap, basis, forward, option, cap, collar, floor, lock, or hedge; or

(B) any combination of these types of agreements or transactions.

(4) "Municipal finance professional" means an individual, other than an individual whose functions are solely clerical or ministerial, whose activities include:

(A) underwriting, trading, or the sale of municipal securities;

(B) financial advisory or consultant services for issuers in connection with the issuance of public securities, the execution and delivery of interest rate management agreements, or the investment of the proceeds of public securities;

(C) research or investment advice with respect to municipal securities, provided that the research or advice relates to an activity described by Paragraph (A) or (B); or

(D) any other activity that involves direct or indirect communication with public investors regarding public securities, provided that the activity relates to an activity described by Paragraph (A) or (B).

(5) "Public security" has the meaning assigned by Section 1202.001.
Tex. Estates Code § 1155.202 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1155 / Section 1155.202
§ 1155.202. COMPENSATION AND COSTS PAYABLE UNDER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title and to the extent permitted by federal law, a court that appoints a guardian for a recipient of medical assistance who has applied income may order the following to be deducted as an additional personal needs allowance in the computation of the recipient's applied income in accordance with Section 32.02451, Human Resources Code:

(1) compensation to the guardian in an amount not to exceed $250 per month;

(2) costs directly related to establishing or terminating the guardianship, not to exceed $1,000 except as provided by Subsection (b); and

(3) other administrative costs related to the guardianship, not to exceed $1,000 during any three-year period.

(b) Costs ordered to be deducted under Subsection (a)(2) may include compensation and expenses for an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem and reasonable attorney's fees for an attorney representing the guardian. The costs ordered to be paid may exceed $1,000 if the costs in excess of that amount are supported by documentation acceptable to the court and the costs are approved by the court.

(c) A court may not order:

(1) that the deduction for compensation and costs under Subsection (a) take effect before the later of:

(A) the month in which the court order issued under that subsection is signed; or

(B) the first month of medical assistance eligibility for which the recipient is subject to a copayment; or

(2) a deduction for services provided before the effective date of the deduction as provided by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.044 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.044
§ 171.044.
Status: in_force

Sec. 171.044. ABORTION OF UNBORN CHILD OF 20 OR MORE WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION AGE PROHIBITED. Except as otherwise provided by Section 171.046, a person may not perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a woman if it has been determined, by the physician performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce the abortion or by another physician on whose determination that physician relies, that the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 or more weeks.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8175.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8175 / Section 8175.003
§ 8175.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8175.024 before September 1, 2011:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2011, except that:

(A) any debts incurred shall be paid;

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

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

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2014.
Tex. Water Code § 51.528 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.528
§ 51.528. CONTRACT TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES TO DESIGNATED PROPERTY OR AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) Property or areas inside or outside the district may, by contract, be designated to obtain improvements, facilities, or service for the designated area or property.

(b) The designation shall be based on a written petition in conformity with the laws authorizing contracts by a petitioner or person owning, controlling, or governing the property or area to be designated.

(c) The board may make the designation in a contract to provide, administer, maintain, and operate the desired improvements, facilities, or service for the designated area or property, and the designated area or property shall be subject to being made the basis of the bonds and may be subject to a tax lien in amount to retire the obligations incurred by the district to provide the facilities, improvements, or service and to cover the expenses necessary to administer, maintain, and operate the improvements and facilities under the contract.

(d) The contract may not violate the law of this state or the United States and may not result in impairing a vested right or causing the district to fail to serve fully and permanently water demands in the district in the order of preference of uses.

(e) The contract may provide that one governing body may establish the contractual and statutory tax lien in behalf of the district and may levy, assess and collect the tax for and on behalf of the district.

(f) The district may not issue bonds pledging the full faith and credit of the district under this section or under Section 51.517 of this code without submitting the proposition to the electors of the whole district under the provisions of this subchapter or under the provisions authorizing the issuance of construction bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 571.0645 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.0645
§ 571.0645. FILING DEADLINE FOR ELECTRONIC REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall by rule establish that the deadline for any report filed electronically with the commission is midnight on the last day for filing the report under the law requiring the filing of the report.
Tex. Government Code § 478.00525 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 478 / Section 478.00525
§ 478.00525. SINGLE YEAR CLASSIFICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY PURPOSES FOR CERTAIN SPORTING EVENTS.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Sections 478.0051(b)(1) and (3), a sporting event listed in Section 478.0001(3) is considered to be held one time in each year if the event is held only one time in any annual season for that sport.
Tex. Education Code § 35.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 35 / Section 35.004
§ 35.004. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A school district or open-enrollment charter school or a teacher, librarian, or other staff member employed by a district or school is not liable for any claim or damage resulting from a library material vendor's violation of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.0816 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.0816
§ 431.0816. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If the attorney general believes a manufacturer has violated or is violating Section 431.0815, the attorney general may bring an action on behalf of this state to enjoin the manufacturer from violating that section.

(b) In addition to seeking an injunction under Subsection (a), the attorney general may request and the court may order any other relief that may be in the public interest, including:

(1) the imposition of a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $50,000 per day for each distinct food product in violation of Section 431.0815; and

(2) an order requiring reimbursement to this state for the reasonable value of investigating and bringing an enforcement action for a violation of Section 431.0815.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.344 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.344
§ 361.344. COST RECOVERY BY LIABLE PARTY OR THIRD PARTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who conducts a removal or remedial action that is approved by the commission and is necessary to address a release or threatened release may bring suit in a district court to recover the reasonable and necessary costs of that action and other costs as the court, in its discretion, considers reasonable. This right is in addition to the right to file an action for contribution, indemnity, or both in an appeal proceeding or in an action brought by the attorney general.

(b) Venue for the suit is:

(1) in the county in which the release or threatened release is or was located; or

(2) in any other county in which venue is proper under Chapter 15, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(c) To recover costs under this section in a proceeding that is not an appeal proceeding or an action brought by the attorney general under this subchapter, the person seeking cost recovery must have made reasonable attempts to notify the person against whom cost recovery is sought:

(1) of the existence of the release or threatened release; and

(2) that the person seeking cost recovery intended to take steps to eliminate the release or threatened release.

(d) The court shall determine the amount of cost recovery according to the criteria prescribed by Section 361.343.

(e) A fact determination or ruling by a district court in an appeal of an administrative order under Section 361.322 is not res judicata or collateral estoppel as to an issue brought in a proceeding under this section concerning a party not joined in the appeal.
Tex. Government Code § 1231.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1231 / Section 1231.021
§ 1231.021. BOND REVIEW BOARD; PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is composed of:

(1) the governor;

(2) the lieutenant governor;

(3) the speaker of the house of representatives; and

(4) the comptroller.

(b) The governor is the presiding officer of the board.

(c) A member of the board may designate another person to act on the member's behalf.

(d) If the speaker of the house of representatives is prohibited by the constitution of this state from serving as a voting member, the speaker serves as a nonvoting member.
Tex. Occupations Code § 165.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 165 / Section 165.154
§ 165.154. FALSE STATEMENT; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly makes a false statement:

(1) in the person's application for a license; or

(2) under oath to obtain a license or to secure the registration of a license to practice medicine.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the actor's intent is to defraud or harm another, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 141.075 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 141 / Section 141.075
§ 141.075. DISPOSITION AND USE OF FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The service shall deposit fees collected under this subchapter in the same manner that other local institutional fees of The Texas A&M University System are collected. The fees shall be set apart as a special fund known as the Texas feed control fund.

(b) The Texas feed control fund shall be used, with the approval and consent of the board, for administering this chapter, including paying the cost of:

(1) equipment and facilities;

(2) inspection, sampling, and analysis;

(3) licensing;

(4) salaries; and

(5) publication of bulletins and reports.

(c) Fees collected under this subchapter that, in the judgment of the board, are not needed for the administration of this chapter may be used for research relative to the value of commercial feed.
Tex. Property Code § 21.044 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.044
§ 21.044. DAMAGES FROM TEMPORARY POSSESSION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a court finally determines that a condemnor who has taken possession of property pending litigation did not have the right to condemn the property, the court may award to the property owner the damages that resulted from the temporary possession.

(b) The court may order the payment of damages awarded under this section from the award or other money deposited with the court. However, if the award paid to or appropriated by the property owner exceeds the court's final determination of the value of the property, the court shall order the property owner to return the excess to the condemnor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3976.0705 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3976 / Section 3976.0705
§ 3976.0705. REQUIREMENTS FOR BOND ISSUE.
Status: in_force

The district may not issue bonds until:

(1) the district submits to the commission:

(A) an engineer's report describing the project for which the bonds will provide funding, including data, profiles, maps, plans, and specifications related to the project; and

(B) a cash flow analysis to determine the projected rate of assessment, which includes the following assumptions:

(i) each ending balance for debt service in the analysis is not less than 25 percent of the following year's debt service requirement;

(ii) interest income is only shown on the ending balance for debt service for the first two years; and

(iii) the projected rate of assessment is level or decreasing for the life of the bonds issued by the district;

(2) the completion of at least 75 percent of the projected value of the improvements, including houses and other buildings, that are liable for district assessments and necessary to support the district bonds; and

(3) the district has obtained an independent market study from a firm recognized in the area of real estate market analysis supporting the development projects for the real property that is liable for district assessments and necessary to support the district bonds.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 191.094 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 191 / Section 191.094
§ 191.094. DESIGNATING A LANDMARK ON PRIVATE LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) Any site located on private land which is determined by majority vote of the committee to be of sufficient archeological, scientific, or historical significance to scientific study, interest, or public representation of the aboriginal or historical past of Texas may be designated a state archeological landmark by the committee.

(b) No site may be designated on private land without the written consent of the landowner or landowners in recordable form sufficiently describing the site so that it may be located on the ground.

(c) On designation, the consent of the landowner shall be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the land is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3808.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3808 / Section 3808.001
§ 3808.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the East Downtown Management District.
Tex. Government Code § 548.0057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0057
§ 548.0057. RULES.
Status: in_force

Subject to Sections 111.004 and 153.004, Occupations Code, the executive commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter. In the rules adopted under this subchapter, the executive commissioner shall refer to:

(1) the site where the patient is physically located as the patient site; and

(2) the site where the physician, dentist, or health professional providing the telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service is physically located as the distant site.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 303.101 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 303 / Section 303.101
§ 303.101. DECEPTIVE ACT OR PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

A person may not commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice in making a telephone solicitation for a law enforcement-related charitable organization.
Tex. Government Code § 511.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 511 / Section 511.002
§ 511.002. COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The Commission on Jail Standards is an agency of the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8297.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8297 / Section 8297.101
§ 8297.101. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8244.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8244 / Section 8244.052
§ 8244.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.158 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.158
§ 166.158. DUTY OF HEALTH OR RESIDENTIAL CARE PROVIDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A principal's health or residential care provider and an employee of the provider who knows of the existence of the principal's medical power of attorney shall follow a directive of the principal's agent to the extent it is consistent with the desires of the principal, this subchapter, and the medical power of attorney.

(b) The attending physician does not have a duty to verify that the agent's directive is consistent with the principal's wishes or religious or moral beliefs.

(c) A principal's health or residential care provider who finds it impossible to follow a directive by the agent because of a conflict with this subchapter or the medical power of attorney shall inform the agent as soon as is reasonably possible. The agent may select another attending physician. The procedures established under Sections 166.045 and 166.046 apply if the agent's directive concerns providing, withholding, or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment.

(d) This subchapter may not be construed to require a health or residential care provider who is not a physician to act in a manner contrary to a physician's order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7201.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7201 / Section 7201.054
§ 7201.054. EDUCATION FOR DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall complete the education program established under Section 7201.0513 not later than the 90th day after the date on which the director takes the oath of office.

(b) The district shall reimburse a director for the reasonable expenses incurred by the director in attending the education program.

(c) A director who is elected to serve a subsequent term shall fulfill the education requirements specified by district bylaws.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 110.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 110 / Section 110.004
§ 110.004. DEFENSE.
Status: in_force

A person whose free exercise of religion has been substantially burdened in violation of Section 110.003 or 110.0031 may assert that violation as a defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding without regard to whether the proceeding is brought in the name of the state or by any other person.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.125 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.125
§ 74.125. ORGANIC COTTON GROWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop rules and procedures to:

(1) protect the eligibility of organic cotton growers to be certified by the commissioner;

(2) ensure that organic and transitional certification by the commissioner continue to meet national certification standards in order for organic cotton to maintain international marketability; and

(3) in all events maintain the effectiveness of the boll weevil or pink bollworm eradication program administered under this subchapter.

(b) The board may not treat or require treatment of organic cotton fields with chemicals that are not approved for use on certified organic cotton. Plow-up may be required as an alternative to chemicals. Rules adopted under Subsection (a) may provide indemnity for the organic cotton growers for reasonable losses that result from a prohibition of production of organic cotton or from any requirement of destruction of organic cotton. If time is reasonably available for the production of an economically feasible alternative crop, the board may require mitigation of losses with the production of an alternative crop.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7934.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7934 / Section 7934.003
§ 7934.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.402 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.402
§ 2A.402. ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION.
Status: in_force

If either party repudiates a lease contract with respect to a performance not yet due under the lease contract, the loss of which performance will substantially impair the value of the lease contract to the other, the aggrieved party may:

(1) for a commercially reasonable time, await retraction of repudiation and performance by the repudiating party;

(2) make demand pursuant to Section 2A.401 and await assurance of future performance adequate under the circumstances of the particular case; or

(3) resort to any right or remedy on default under the lease contract or this chapter, even though the aggrieved party has notified the repudiating party that the aggrieved party would await the repudiating party's performance and assurance and has urged retraction. In addition, whether or not the aggrieved party is pursuing one of the foregoing remedies, the aggrieved party may suspend performance or, if the aggrieved party is the lessor, proceed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter on the lessor's right to identify goods to the lease contract notwithstanding default or to salvage unfinished goods (Section 2A.524).