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Tex. Government Code § 24.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.012
§ 24.012. TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and Section 24.0125, notwithstanding any other law, each district court holds in each county in the judicial district terms that commence on the first Mondays in January and July of each year. To the extent of a conflict between this subsection and a specific provision relating to a particular judicial district, this section controls.

(a-1) The term of the 47th District Court in Armstrong County begins on the first Monday in January.

(a-2) In Harris County each district court holds terms that commence on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and November of each year.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the terms of each district, family district, and criminal district court are continuous. Each term begins on a day fixed by law and continues until the day fixed by law for the beginning of the next succeeding term.

(c) The commencement of a term of court is not affected by the fact that the first day of the term falls on a legal holiday or the judge is absent from the county on the first day of the term.

(d) A district judge may hold as many sessions of court in a county as he considers proper and expedient for the dispatch of business and may adopt rules for that purpose as authorized by the statutes of this state and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

(e) A district judge may hear a nonjury matter relating to a civil or criminal case at a correctional facility in the county in which the case is filed or prosecuted if a party to the case or the criminal defendant is confined in the correctional facility. For purposes of this subsection, "correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
Tex. Government Code § 1503.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1503 / Section 1503.002
§ 1503.002. BONDS PAYABLE FROM REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under this subchapter must be payable from all or a designated part of the revenue from the airport for which the bonds are issued, as provided in the ordinance authorizing the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.202
§ 1108.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax imposed for the district may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district subject to hospital district taxation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8095.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8095 / Section 8095.0106
§ 8095.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting 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. Insurance Code § 981.220 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.220
§ 981.220. MANAGING GENERAL AGENTS; LIMITED AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN AGENTS.
Status: in_force

A surplus lines license granted to a managing general agent who is not also licensed under Chapter 4051 is limited to the acceptance of business originating through a licensed general property and casualty agent. The license does not authorize the agent to engage in business directly with the insurance applicant.
Tex. Government Code § 2113.301 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2113 / Section 2113.301
§ 2113.301. PREFERENCE FOR FINANCING CERTAIN CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WITH MONEY GENERATED BY UTILITY COST SAVINGS CONTRACT.
Status: repealed

(a) In this section:

(1) "State facility purpose" means a purpose related to:

(A) the maintenance of a state-owned or state-leased building or facility; or

(B) a project as defined by Section 2166.001, including a project described by Section 2166.003.

(2) "Utility cost savings contract" means a contract under Subchapter I, Chapter 2166, or other law that guarantees utility cost savings for energy conservation measures to reduce energy or water consumption or to reduce operating costs of governmental facilities.

(b) Before a state agency may use appropriated money to make a capital expenditure for a state facility purpose, the state agency must determine whether the expenditure could be financed with money generated by a utility cost savings contract.

(c) If it is practicable to do so, a state agency that is using appropriated money must finance a capital expenditure for a state facility purpose with money generated by a utility cost savings contract.

(d) If it is not practicable for a state agency that is using appropriated money to finance a capital expenditure for a state facility purpose with money generated by a utility cost savings contract, the state agency must provide justification to the comptroller for the capital expenditure.

(e) In determining under Subsection (b) whether a capital expenditure could be financed by a utility cost savings contract, a state agency must consider whether utility cost savings generated by any department of that agency could be a potential means of financing a capital expenditure for any department of that agency. Money generated by a utility cost savings in one department of a state agency may be used to finance capital expenditures for a state facility purpose in any department of that agency.

(f) This section does not apply to an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(g) This section does not apply to a capital expenditure for a state facility purpose that requires expeditious action to:

(1) prevent a hazard to life, health, safety, welfare, or property; or

(2) avoid undue additional cost to the state.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 553 (S.B. 526), Sec. 3(b) and Ch. 755 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 13(b), eff. September 1, 2017.
Tex. Education Code § 66.23 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 66 / Section 66.23
§ 66.23.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66.23. REFUNDING BONDS AND NOTES: APPROVAL; REGISTRATION. All refunding bonds or notes authorized to be issued under this subchapter and the records relating to their issuance, including any proceedings relating to the redemption of any outstanding bonds or notes, shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination, and if he finds that they have been issued in accordance with law, he shall approve them, and then they shall be registered by the comptroller of public accounts, and after such approval and registration they shall be incontestable. When any such refunding bonds or notes are issued to be exchanged for any outstanding bonds or notes, the comptroller of public accounts shall register and deliver such refunding bonds on surrender for cancellation of the bonds or notes being refunded. When any such refunding bonds or notes are sold, with the proceeds to be used for redeeming any outstanding bonds or notes, the comptroller of public accounts shall register such refunding bonds or notes, even though the bonds or notes to be redeemed shall not have been surrendered for redemption or cancellation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 549.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 549 / Section 549.052
§ 549.052. REQUIRING POLICY FROM PARTICULAR SOURCE.
Status: in_force

A lender may not directly or indirectly require as a condition of the financing or lending of money or the renewal or extension of financing or lending of money that the purchaser or borrower or the successors of the purchaser or borrower obtain an insurance policy or the renewal or extension of an insurance policy covering the property involved in the transaction from or through:

(1) a particular agent, insurer, or other person; or

(2) a particular type or class of agent, insurer, or other person.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0159 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0159
§ 546.0159. GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt guidelines for proposals.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.501 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.501
§ 161.501. PURPOSE OF SUBCHAPTER; CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the board to provide loans to veterans for the purchase of land that are secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien on the land. This subchapter shall be liberally construed to effect that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.156
§ 3938.156. STORM WATER USER CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The district may establish user charges related to the operation of storm water facilities, including the regulation of storm water for the protection of water quality in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8376.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8376 / Section 8376.201
§ 8376.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Local Government Code § 395.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 395 / Section 395.012
§ 395.012. ITEMS PAYABLE BY FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) An impact fee may be imposed only to pay the costs of constructing capital improvements or facility expansions, including and limited to the:

(1) construction contract price;

(2) surveying and engineering fees;

(3) land acquisition costs, including land purchases, court awards and costs, attorney's fees, and expert witness fees; and

(4) fees actually paid or contracted to be paid to an independent qualified engineer or financial consultant preparing or updating the capital improvements plan who is not an employee of the political subdivision.

(b) Projected interest charges and other finance costs may be included in determining the amount of impact fees only if the impact fees are used for the payment of principal and interest on bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by or on behalf of the political subdivision to finance the capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan and are not used to reimburse bond funds expended for facilities that are not identified in the capital improvements plan.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Edwards Underground Water District or a river authority that is authorized elsewhere by state law to charge fees that function as impact fees may use impact fees to pay a staff engineer who prepares or updates a capital improvements plan under this chapter.

(d) A municipality may pledge an impact fee as security for the payment of debt service on a bond, note, or other obligation issued to finance a capital improvement or public facility expansion if:

(1) the improvement or expansion is identified in a capital improvements plan; and

(2) at the time of the pledge, the governing body of the municipality certifies in a written order, ordinance, or resolution that none of the impact fee will be used or expended for an improvement or expansion not identified in the plan.

(e) A certification under Subsection (d)(2) is sufficient evidence that an impact fee pledged will not be used or expended for an improvement or expansion that is not identified in the capital improvements plan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 223.034 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 223 / Section 223.034
§ 223.034. MEMBERSHIP OF GOVERNING BODY NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The resolution authorizing the issuance of hospital project bonds, the trust agreement securing the bonds, or any other agreement relating to the bonds may not prescribe the method of selecting or the term of office of any member of the issuer's governing body.
Tex. Education Code § 21.158 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.158
§ 21.158. NOTICE UNDER CONTINUING CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) Before a teacher employed under a continuing contract may be discharged, suspended without pay, or released because of a necessary reduction of personnel, the board of trustees must notify the teacher in writing of the proposed action and the grounds for the action.

(b) A teacher who is discharged or suspended without pay for actions related to the inability or failure of the teacher to perform assigned duties is entitled, as a matter of right, to a copy of each evaluation report or any other written memorandum that concerns the fitness or conduct of the teacher, by requesting in writing a copy of those documents.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 467.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 467 / Section 467.003
§ 467.003. PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A professional association or licensing or disciplinary authority may establish a peer assistance program to identify and assist impaired professionals in accordance with the minimum criteria established by the executive commissioner and any additional criteria established by the appropriate licensing or disciplinary authority.

(b) A peer assistance program established by a professional association is not governed by or entitled to the benefits of this chapter unless the association submits evidence to the appropriate licensing or disciplinary authority showing that the association's program meets the minimum criteria established by the executive commissioner and any additional criteria established by that authority.

(c) If a licensing or disciplinary authority receives evidence showing that a peer assistance program established by a professional association meets the minimum criteria established by the executive commissioner and any additional criteria established by that authority, the authority shall approve the program.

(d) A licensing or disciplinary authority may revoke its approval of a program established by a professional association under this chapter if the authority determines that:

(1) the program does not comply with the criteria established by the executive commissioner or by that authority; and

(2) the professional association does not bring the program into compliance within a reasonable time, as determined by that authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0301
§ 8510.0301. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority has:

(1) the functions, powers, rights, and duties as may permit the authority to accomplish the purposes for which it is created;

(2) the powers of this state under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(3) all powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred on navigation districts by general law.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the authority has the rights, power, and privileges conferred by the general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapter 51, Water Code.

(c) The authority is governed by Chapters 49, 60, and 62, Water Code, but in all areas of conflict, Chapter 62 takes precedence.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.131 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.131
§ 134.131. RELEASE OF BOND OR DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may release part or all of the bond or deposit if the commission is satisfied that the reclamation covered by the bond or deposit or part of the reclamation has been accomplished as required by this chapter according to the schedule provided by this section.

(b) The commission may release 60 percent of the bond or deposit for the applicable permit area if the permit holder completes the backfilling, regrading, and drainage control of a bonded area in accordance with the reclamation plan.

(c) The commission may release part of the bond after successful revegetation has been established on the regraded mined lands in accordance with the reclamation plan. In determining the amount of the bond to be released under this subsection, the commission shall retain, for the period of permit holder responsibility specified under Section 134.092(a)(20), 134.104, or 134.105, a bond amount for the revegetated area that is sufficient for a third party to establish revegetation.

(d) The commission may not release any of the bond or deposit under Subsection (c) if:

(1) the land to which the release would apply is contributing suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit area in excess of the requirements of Section 134.092(a)(10); or

(2) soil productivity for prime farmland has not returned to levels of yield equivalent to those of nonmined land of the same soil type in the surrounding area under equivalent management practices, as determined from the soil survey performed under Section 134.052(a)(16).

(e) If a silt dam will be retained as a permanent impoundment under Section 134.092(a)(8), the commission may release the part of the bond authorized by Subsection (c) after provisions for sound future maintenance have been made with the commission.

(f) The commission may release the remaining part of the bond if:

(1) the permit holder has successfully completed all surface coal mining and reclamation activities;

(2) the period of permit holder responsibility specified under Section 134.092(a)(20), 134.104, or 134.105 has expired; and

(3) all reclamation requirements of this chapter have been met.
Tex. Election Code § 106.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 106 / Section 106.001
§ 106.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a person who:

(1) is eligible to vote in this state; and

(2) is unable to vote in an election because the person is on a space flight, as defined by the secretary of state, on election day and during the early voting period for the election.
Tex. Finance Code § 67.303 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 67 / Section 67.303
§ 67.303. AGREEMENT WITH REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF OTHER STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, in exercising the supervisory and regulatory authority granted under Chapter 66, may enter into a cooperative agreement with a regulatory authority of another state to facilitate regulation of a foreign association doing business in this state.

(b) The commissioner may accept a report of examination and other records from the regulatory authority of the other state instead of conducting an examination outside this state.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.153 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.153
§ 18B.153. ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OBTAINED.
Status: in_force

The state may not use as evidence in a criminal proceeding any information gained through the use of a pen register or trap and trace device installed under this subchapter if an authorized peace officer:

(1) does not apply for authorization for the pen register or trap and trace device; or

(2) applies for but does not obtain that authorization.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.111
§ 7803.111.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7803.111. SETBACK LINES: EFFECT ON LANDOWNERS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, after the establishment of building setback lines under Section 7803.110, a structure may not be erected within the setback lines.

(b) A person intending to erect a structure within building setback lines must give written notice of the intention by certified mail not later than the 90th day before the date the person begins erecting the structure.

(c) Provided that the landowner was given actual notice by certified mail of the hearing to establish the setback lines, a person's failure to give notice under Subsection (b) constitutes a prima facie showing in any subsequent eminent domain proceeding instituted by the district to acquire the area within the setback lines that the person erecting the structure did so at the person's own risk with knowledge of:

(1) the fact that erecting the structure interfered with the district's setback provisions; and

(2) the district's right to remove the structure erected after the establishment of the setback lines without recovery of the value of the structure.

(d) If the district does not institute an eminent domain proceeding to acquire an area within building setback lines within 90 days after the date notice is mailed under Subsection (b), the setback lines may not affect damages in the eminent domain proceeding and the damages must be determined and paid as if the setback lines had not been established.

(e) An owner who believes that a structure the owner is about to erect may be within the required setback area by certified letter may petition the district to survey and mark the building setback lines on the ground. If the district fails within 90 days to make the requested survey and mark the location of the setback lines on the ground or to show the location of the setback lines in another reasonable manner, the owner may erect the structure in the same manner and with the same results as if setback lines had not been established.
Tex. Finance Code § 11.110 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 11 / Section 11.110
§ 11.110. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the finance commission may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the finance commission until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the legislation that created the finance agencies and the finance commission;

(2) the programs operated by the finance agencies;

(3) the role and functions of the finance agencies;

(4) the rules of the finance commission with an emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;

(5) the current budget for the finance agencies;

(6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the finance agencies;

(7) the requirements of:

(A) the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code;

(B) the public information law, Chapter 552, Government Code;

(C) the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code; and

(D) other laws relating to public officials, including conflict-of-interest laws; and

(8) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the finance commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the finance commission is entitled to reimbursement under Section 11.104, as if the person were a member of the finance commission, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The commissioner of each finance agency shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b) applicable to that commissioner's agency. The commissioner of each finance agency shall distribute a copy of the training manual created under this subsection annually to each member of the finance commission. Each member of the finance commission shall sign and submit to the appropriate commissioner a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the commissioner of each finance agency may collaborate and jointly create one training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b) applicable to each finance agency.