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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8347.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8347 / Section 8347.0102
§ 8347.0102. 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 § 3942.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3942 / Section 3942.0308
§ 3942.0308. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Government Code § 1503.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1503 / Section 1503.051
§ 1503.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of more than 40,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1037.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1037 / Section 1037.115
§ 1037.115. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.
Tex. Local Government Code § 130.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 130 / Section 130.006
§ 130.006. PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION OF DISHONORED CHECKS AND INVOICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A county tax assessor-collector may establish procedures for the collection of dishonored checks and credit card invoices. The procedures may include:

(1) official notification to the maker that the check or invoice has not been honored and that the receipt, registration, certificate, or other instrument issued on the receipt of the check or invoice is not valid until payment of the fee or tax is made;

(2) notification of the sheriff or other law enforcement officers that a check or credit card invoice has not been honored and that the receipt, registration, certificate, or other instrument held by the maker is not valid;

(3) notification to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the comptroller of public accounts, or the Department of Public Safety that the receipt, registration, certificate, or other instrument held by the maker is not valid; and

(4) referral of a dishonored check or credit card invoice to a private collection agency.

(b) If the county tax assessor-collector refers a dishonored check or credit card invoice to a private collection agency under Subsection (a)(4), the private collection agency may charge a fee to the person responsible for the check or invoice in an amount equal to any amount authorized for a returned check under Section 118.011.
Tex. Water Code § 53.075 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.075
§ 53.075. ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR'S SALARY.
Status: in_force

The board shall fix the salary of the assessor and collector at not more than $10,000 a year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8310.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8310 / Section 8310.006
§ 8310.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3867.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3867 / Section 3867.054
§ 3867.054. QUORUM.
Status: in_force

For purposes of determining the requirements for a quorum of the board, the following are not counted:

(1) a board position vacant for any reason, including death, resignation, or disqualification;

(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in a vote because of a conflict of interest; or

(3) a nonvoting director.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.004
§ 81.004. ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner is responsible for the general statewide administration of this chapter.

(b) The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the effective administration and implementation of this chapter.

(c) A designee of the executive commissioner may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the executive commissioner under this chapter except as otherwise required by law.

(d) A designee of the commissioner may exercise a power granted to or perform a duty imposed on the commissioner under this chapter except as otherwise required by law.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.024 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 16 / Section 16.024
§ 16.024.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.024. ADVERSE POSSESSION: THREE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. A person must bring suit to recover real property held by another in peaceable and adverse possession under title or color of title not later than three years after the day the cause of action accrues.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3935.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3935 / Section 3935.204
§ 3935.204. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, and other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2305.152 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2305 / Section 2305.152
§ 2305.152. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a person described by Section 1956.123(1)(A) through (G).
Tex. Occupations Code § 2026.012 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2026 / Section 2026.012
§ 2026.012. OTHER LAWFUL BUSINESSES AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

A racetrack association may conduct other lawful business on the racetrack association's grounds.
Tex. Labor Code § 213.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 213 / Section 213.002
§ 213.002. PROSECUTION OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

The prosecuting attorney for a county in which a criminal violation of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle is alleged to have occurred shall prosecute the criminal action.
Tex. Family Code § 161.207 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.207
§ 161.207. APPOINTMENT OF MANAGING CONSERVATOR ON TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court terminates the parent-child relationship with respect to both parents or to the only living parent, the court shall appoint a suitable, competent adult, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or a licensed child-placing agency as managing conservator of the child. An agency designated managing conservator in an unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment shall be appointed managing conservator.

(b) The order of appointment may refer to the docket number of the suit and need not refer to the parties nor be accompanied by any other papers in the record.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.2551 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.2551
§ 152.2551. WISE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Wise County is included in the juvenile board in Jack and Wise counties.

(b) Section 152.1251 applies to the juvenile board in Jack and Wise counties.
Tex. Water Code § 68.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.001
§ 68.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means a district's board of directors.

(2) "District" means a ship channel security district created under this chapter.

(3) "Security project" means a project promoting or aiding security in a district.

(4) "Security service" means a service promoting or aiding security in a district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.267 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.267
§ 651.267. REISSUANCE OF REVOKED LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) On application, the commission may reissue a license issued under this subchapter to a person whose license has been revoked. An application to reissue a license may not be made before the third anniversary of the date of the revocation.

(b) The application shall be made in the manner and form required by the commission.

(c) A hearing to determine whether to reissue a license shall be held before the commission unless the commission requires the hearing to be held before a hearings officer.

(d) A license that has been revoked may be reinstated only after the applicant:

(1) retakes and passes the applicable examination;

(2) pays a fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee; and

(3) satisfies any other commission requirements, including any continuing education requirements under Section 651.266.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.253 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.253
§ 174.253. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ARBITRATION AWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) An award of an arbitration board may be reviewed by a district court for the judicial district in which the municipality is located only on the grounds that:

(1) the arbitration board was without jurisdiction;

(2) the arbitration board exceeded its jurisdiction;

(3) the order is not supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or

(4) the order was obtained by fraud, collusion, or similar unlawful means.

(b) The pendency of a review proceeding does not automatically stay enforcement of the arbitration board's order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1117.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1117 / Section 1117.111
§ 1117.111. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.
Tex. Government Code § 609.507 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.507
§ 609.507. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AS QUALIFIED VENDOR.
Status: in_force

Each bank or savings and loan association that is a qualified vendor is not required to comply with Chapter 404 with regard to deferrals and investment income, but shall comply with plan rules that deal with vendors and investment products.
Tex. Water Code § 58.155 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.155
§ 58.155. ELECTION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The electors of the district shall vote to approve every contract involving the payment of construction charges to the United States. The provisions of this chapter relating to the election to approve the validation of district bonds shall be followed, including the prosecution of an action in court to determine the validity of the contract.

(b) The notice of election shall state the maximum amount, exclusive of operation and maintenance charges, water rental charges, interest, and penalties, payable by the district to the United States under the contract.

(c) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The contract with the United States and levy of taxes to make payments under the contract". This is the only proposition that may appear on the ballot.
Tex. Utilities Code § 163.054 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 163 / Section 163.054
§ 163.054. CREATION OF AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Public entities may create an agency by concurrent ordinances subject to voter approval.

(b) A public entity may join in the creation of an agency under this subchapter only if on May 8, 1975, and at the time the concurrent ordinance is adopted, the entity was engaged in the authorized generation of electric energy for sale to the public. This subsection does not prohibit a public entity from disposing of its electric generating capabilities after creation of the agency.

(c) An agency is a:

(1) separate municipal corporation;

(2) political subdivision of this state; and

(3) political entity and corporate body.

(d) An agency may not impose a tax but has all the other powers relating to municipally owned utilities and provided by law to a municipality that owns a public utility.
Tex. Water Code § 61.232 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.232
§ 61.232. LIMITATION ON BOND ISSUE.
Status: in_force

Outstanding bonds and additional bonds which are authorized may not be more than one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district, as shown by the last tax roll for the district.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 541.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 541 / Section 541.004
§ 541.004. INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to the processing of personal data by a person in the course of a purely personal or household activity.
Tex. Local Government Code § 352.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 352 / Section 352.006
§ 352.006. SALE OF USED FIRE PROTECTION OR FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT TO CERTAIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "volunteer fire department" means an association that:

(1) operates fire-fighting equipment;

(2) is organized primarily to provide and actively provides fire-fighting services;

(3) does not pay its members compensation other than nominal compensation; and

(4) does not distribute any of its income to its members, officers, or governing body, other than for reimbursement of expenses.

(b) Notwithstanding Subchapter D, Chapter 263, or other law, the commissioners court of a county may sell used fire-fighting equipment, excluding equipment described in Sections 419.040 and 419.041, Government Code, to a volunteer fire department for eight percent of the original purchase value of the equipment if:

(1) the fire protection or fire-fighting equipment is at least 15 years old and met the National Fire Protection Association standards at the original time of purchase; and

(2) the volunteer fire department provides fire protection to an area within the county.
Tex. Finance Code § 34.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 34 / Section 34.002
§ 34.002. INVESTMENT IN BANK FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Without the prior written approval of the banking commissioner, a state bank may not directly or indirectly invest an amount in excess of its unimpaired capital and surplus in bank facilities, furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Except as otherwise provided by rules adopted under this subtitle, in computing this limitation the bank:

(1) shall include:

(A) its direct investment in bank facilities;

(B) an investment in equity or investment securities of a company holding title to a facility used by the bank for a purpose specified by Section 34.001;

(C) a loan made by the bank to or on the security of equity or investment securities issued by a company holding title to a facility used by the bank; and

(D) any indebtedness incurred on bank facilities by a company:

(i) that holds title to the facility;

(ii) that is an affiliate of the bank; and

(iii) in which the bank is invested in the manner described by Paragraph (B) or (C); and

(2) may exclude an amount included under Subdivisions (1)(B)-(D) to the extent a lease of a facility from the company holding title to the facility is capitalized on the books of the bank.

(b) Real property acquired for the purposes described by Section 34.001(3) and not improved and occupied by the bank ceases to be a bank facility on the third anniversary of the date of its acquisition unless the banking commissioner on application grants written approval to further delay in the improvement and occupation of the property by the bank.

(c) A bank shall comply with regulatory accounting principles in accounting for its investment in and depreciation of bank facilities, furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.103
§ 841.103. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) At a hearing set by the judge under Section 841.102, the person and the state are entitled to an immediate examination of the person by an expert.

(b) If the hearing is set under Section 841.102(c)(1), hearsay evidence is admissible if it is considered otherwise reliable by the judge.

(c) If the hearing is set under Section 841.102(c)(2), the committed person is entitled to be present and to have the benefit of all constitutional protections provided to the person at the initial civil commitment proceeding. On the request of the person or the attorney representing the state, the court shall conduct the hearing before a jury. The burden of proof at that hearing is on the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person's behavioral abnormality has not changed to the extent that the person is no longer likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1009.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1009 / Section 1009.252
§ 1009.252. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The tax assessor-collector of Cochran County shall collect taxes imposed by the district and promptly transfer the money collected to a district depository.

(b) The assessor-collector shall receive the compensation provided for by contract with the district, except the compensation may not exceed the amount allowed for assessment and collection of county taxes.
Tex. Water Code § 7.154 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.154
§ 7.154. RECKLESS UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE AND ENDANGERMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person, acting recklessly with respect to the person's conduct, discharges or allows the discharge of a waste or pollutant into or adjacent to water in the state and by that action places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, unless the discharge is made in strict compliance with all required permits or with a valid and currently effective order issued or rule adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(C) or Section 7.187(2)(D) or both. If an offense committed by an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the individual may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(D) or Section 7.187(2)(F) or both.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(D). If an offense committed by a person other than an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the person may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(E).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3943.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3943 / Section 3943.0303
§ 3943.0303. FIREFIGHTING AND MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not engage in firefighting activities or provide medical emergency services.

(b) Subchapter L, Chapter 49, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 152.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 152 / Section 152.101
§ 152.101. APPLICATION AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) The executor of a decedent's will or the decedent's next of kin may file an application for an order limiting the right of the decedent's surviving spouse to control the decedent's burial or cremation.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), the decedent's next of kin:

(1) is determined in accordance with order of descent, with the person nearest in order of descent first, and so on; and

(2) includes the decedent's descendants who legally adopted the decedent or who have been legally adopted by the decedent.

(c) An application under this section must be under oath and must establish:

(1) whether the decedent died intestate or testate;

(2) that the surviving spouse is alleged to be a principal or accomplice in a wilful act that resulted in the decedent's death; and

(3) that good cause exists to limit the surviving spouse's right to control the decedent's burial or cremation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1460.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1460 / Section 1460.005
§ 1460.005. RULES; STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to ensure that a health benefit plan issuer that uses a physician ranking system complies with the standards and guidelines described by Subsection (c).

(c) In adopting rules under this section for purposes of Section 1460.003(a)(1), the commissioner may only designate an organization that meets the following requirements:

(1) the organization is:

(A) a national medical specialty society; or

(B) a bona fide organization that is unbiased toward or against any medical provider or health benefit plan issuer; and

(2) the standards developed or prescribed by the organization that are to be used in rankings or classifications:

(A) emphasize quality of care and:

(i) are nationally recognized, in widely circulated peer-reviewed medical literature, expert-based physician consensus quality standards, or leading objective clinical evidence-based scholarship;

(ii) have a publicly transparent methodology; and

(iii) if based on clinical outcomes, are risk-adjusted; and

(B) are compatible with an easy-to-use process in which a physician or person acting on behalf of the physician may report data, evidentiary, factual, or mathematical discrepancies, errors, omissions, or faulty assumptions for investigation and, if appropriate, correction.

(d) In this section, "national medical specialty society" means a national organization:

(1) with a majority of members who are physicians;

(2) that represents a specific physician medical specialty; and

(3) that is represented in the house of delegates of the American Medical Association.
Tex. Property Code § 123.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 123 / Section 123.002
§ 123.002. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

For and on behalf of the interest of the general public of this state in charitable trusts, the attorney general is a proper party and may intervene in a proceeding involving a charitable trust. The attorney general may join and enter into a compromise, settlement agreement, contract, or judgment relating to a proceeding involving a charitable trust.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7915.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7915 / Section 7915.101
§ 7915.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.