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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.110
§ 3926.110. ADDING OR REMOVING TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

As provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, the board may add territory inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city to the district or remove territory inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city from the district, except that:

(1) the addition or removal of the territory must be approved by the city;

(2) the addition or removal may not occur without petition by the owners of the territory being added or removed; and

(3) territory may not be removed from the district if bonds or other obligations of the district payable wholly or partly from assessments assessed on the territory are outstanding.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.051 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.051
§ 52.051. ADOPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A marketing association shall adopt bylaws before the 31st day after the day on which the articles of incorporation are filed with the secretary of state.

(b) The initial bylaws may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the incorporating directors and then:

(1) a simple majority vote when 50 percent or more of the members vote in person or by proxy or mail;

(2) a two-thirds majority vote when less than 50 percent but 25 percent or more of the members vote in person or by proxy or mail; or

(3) a three-fourths majority vote when less than 25 percent but 10 percent or more of the members vote in person or by proxy or mail.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.082 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.082
§ 60.082. PORTABILITY GUIDELINES.
Status: in_force

(a) Because a uniform national number plan is valuable and necessary to this state, the commission by rule shall adopt guidelines governing telecommunications number portability and the assignment of telephone numbers in a competitively neutral manner.

(b) The rules may not be inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission regarding telecommunications number portability.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1211 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1211
§ 411.1211.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.1211. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION. (a) The Texas Veterans Commission is entitled to obtain from the department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Services Division, or another law enforcement agency criminal history record information maintained by the department, division, or agency that relates to a person who:

(1) is an employee or an applicant for employment with the commission;

(2) is a consultant, intern, or volunteer for the commission or an applicant to serve as a consultant, intern, or volunteer;

(3) proposes to enter into a contract with or has a contract with the commission to perform services for or supply goods to the commission; or

(4) is an employee or subcontractor, or an applicant to be an employee or subcontractor, of a contractor that provides services to the commission.

(b) Criminal history record information obtained by the Texas Veterans Commission under Subsection (a) may not be released or disclosed to any person except:

(1) on court order;

(2) with the consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information; or

(3) to a federal agency as required by federal law or executive order.

(c) The Texas Veterans Commission shall destroy criminal history record information obtained under this section after the information is used for the purposes authorized by this section.

(d) The Texas Veterans Commission may provide a copy of the criminal history record information obtained from the department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Services Division, or other law enforcement agency to the individual who is the subject of the information.

(e) The failure or refusal to provide the following on request constitutes good cause for dismissal or refusal to hire:

(1) a complete set of fingerprints;

(2) a true and complete name; or

(3) other information necessary for a law enforcement entity to provide a criminal history record.
Tex. Government Code § 54.982 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.982
§ 54.982. JUDICIAL ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A referring court may modify, correct, reject, reverse, or recommit for further information any action taken by the magistrate.

(b) If the court does not modify, correct, reject, reverse, or recommit an action of the magistrate, the action becomes the decree of the court.

(c) At the conclusion of each term during which the services of a magistrate are used, the referring court shall enter a decree on the minutes adopting the actions of the magistrate of which the court approves.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2551.354 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2551 / Section 2551.354
§ 2551.354. APPEAL OF COMMISSIONER ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A company qualified or seeking to qualify under this title and aggrieved by an action of the commissioner, including any action against the company, may file an appeal of the commissioner's action in a district court in Travis County.

(b) The appeal must be filed not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner issues the order or ruling, except that if the order or ruling is directed against the company, whether or not directed against any other party, the company has 30 days after the date of receipt of official notice of the commissioner's action to review the action.

(c) An appeal under this section is subject to the same standard of review as an appeal under this code in accordance with Section 36.203.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.503 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.503
§ 45A.503. TRANSFER TO JUVENILE COURT NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subchapter precludes:

(1) a case involving a child from being referred, adjudicated, or disposed of as conduct indicating a need for supervision under Title 3, Family Code; or

(2) a waiver of criminal jurisdiction and transfer of a child's case as provided by Section 51.08, Family Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 312.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 312 / Section 312.002
§ 312.002. APPLICABILITY AND ADOPTION OF SUBCHAPTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter and Subchapters B and C apply only to a municipality that has adopted those subchapters as provided by this section.

(b) To adopt the subchapters, the governing body of a municipality must submit the question of the adoption to voters of the municipality at a special election called for that purpose.

(c) The governing body of a municipality by resolution:

(1) may order the election; and

(2) shall order the election if the governing body is presented with a petition for an election that is signed by at least 100 of the registered voters of the municipality.

(d) If the majority of the votes cast in the election favor the adoption of the subchapters, the governing body shall enter the result in its minutes. On entry of the result, the subchapters apply to the municipality. A certified copy of the minutes is prima facie evidence of the regularity of the election and its result.

(e) The governing body of a municipality that adopts the subchapters may adopt any ordinance or resolution to implement the subchapters.
Tex. Government Code § 444.031 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 444 / Section 444.031
§ 444.031. CULTURAL AND FINE ARTS DISTRICT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop a cultural and fine arts district program to designate districts that significantly contribute to the culture and fine arts of this state.

(b) The commission shall develop:

(1) eligibility criteria for a designation under this section; and

(2) procedures to administer the program created under this section.

(c) A designated district or, if necessary to comply with federal eligibility requirements, a municipality or county in which a designated district is located on behalf of the district may apply for state incentives, funding, grants, and loans from state agencies, including the:

(1) Department of Agriculture;

(2) Texas Department of Transportation; and

(3) office of the governor.

(d) The commission shall assist designated districts, municipalities, and counties in applying under Subsection (c).

(e) The commission may amend the boundaries of a designated district to include private sector development.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8420.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8420 / Section 8420.006
§ 8420.006. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0311 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0311
§ 4015.0311. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Local Government Code § 117.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 117 / Section 117.025
§ 117.025. DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) After a bank selected to be a depository under this subchapter qualifies under Section 117.024 and is selected by the commissioners court, the commissioners court shall by an order entered in its minutes designate the bank or banks as the depository for the registry funds.

(b) A designation under Subsection (a) is effective until the designation and qualification of a successor depository or until April 15 following the expiration of the contract, whichever is earlier. If the term of a depository ends before the designation and qualification of a successor, the depository shall pay to the clerk in whose name the account is carried all registry funds due or on deposit.

(c) A designated depository shall provide security for the funds deposited into the registry fund accounts in the same manner as Subchapter C, Chapter 116.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.044 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.044
§ 351.044. PRISONER IN ANOTHER COUNTY'S JAIL.
Status: in_force

A county to which a prisoner is sent due to the lack of a safe jail in the sending county as determined by the Commission on Jail Standards may recover by suit from the sending county the reasonable cost of keeping the prisoner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3827.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3827 / Section 3827.101
§ 3827.101. POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district has all powers provided by the general laws on road districts and road utility districts created under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, and conservation and reclamation districts and municipal management districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including:

(1) Chapters 257 and 441, Transportation Code;

(2) Chapter 375, Local Government Code; and

(3) Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.108 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.108
§ 843.108. POINT-OF-SERVICE RIDER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "point-of-service rider" means a rider under which indemnity benefits for the cost of health care services are provided by a health maintenance organization in conjunction with corresponding benefits arranged for or provided by a health maintenance organization.

(b) A health maintenance organization may offer a point-of-service rider for out-of-network coverage without obtaining a separate certificate of authority as an insurer if the expenses incurred under the point-of-service rider do not exceed 10 percent of the total medical and hospital expenses incurred for all health plan products sold by the health maintenance organization. If the expenses exceed that level, the health maintenance organization may not issue new point-of-service riders until the expenses fall below that level or until the health maintenance organization obtains a certificate of authority as an insurer.

(c) Indemnity benefits for services provided under a point-of-service rider may be limited to those services defined in the evidence of coverage and may be subject to different cost-sharing provisions. The cost-sharing provisions for indemnity benefits may be higher than the cost-sharing provisions for in-network health maintenance organization coverage. For enrollees in a limited provider network, higher cost-sharing may be imposed only when benefits or services are obtained outside the health maintenance organization delivery network.

(d) A health maintenance organization that issues a point-of-service rider under this section must meet additional net worth requirements prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall base the net worth requirements on the actuarial relation of the amount of insurance risk assumed through the point-of-service rider to the amount of solvency and reserve requirements otherwise required of the health maintenance organization.
Tex. Property Code § 23A.010 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 23A / Section 23A.010
§ 23A.010. OPEN-MARKET SALE, SEALED BIDS, OR AUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court orders a sale of heirs' property, the sale must be an open-market sale unless the court finds that a sale by sealed bids or at an auction would be more economically advantageous and in the best interest of the cotenants as a group.

(b) If the court orders an open-market sale and the parties, not later than the 10th day after the date the order is entered, agree on a real estate broker to offer the property for sale, the court shall appoint the broker and establish a reasonable commission. If the parties do not agree on a broker, the court shall appoint a disinterested real estate broker to offer the property for sale and shall establish a reasonable commission. The broker shall offer the property for sale in a commercially reasonable manner at a price no lower than the determination of value and on the terms and conditions established by the court.

(c) If the broker appointed under Subsection (b) obtains within a reasonable time an offer to purchase the property for at least the determination of value:

(1) the broker shall comply with the reporting requirements of Section 23A.011; and

(2) the sale may be completed in accordance with state law other than this chapter.

(d) If the broker appointed under Subsection (b) does not obtain within a reasonable time an offer to purchase the property for at least the determination of value, the court, after hearing, may:

(1) approve the highest outstanding offer, if any;

(2) redetermine the value of the property and order that the property continue to be offered for an additional time; or

(3) order that the property be sold by sealed bids or at an auction.

(e) If the court orders a sale by sealed bids or at an auction, the court shall set terms and conditions of the sale. If the court orders an auction, the auction must be conducted in the manner provided by law for a sale made under execution.

(f) If a purchaser is entitled to a share of the proceeds of the sale, the purchaser is entitled to a credit against the price in an amount equal to the purchaser's share of the proceeds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1352.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1352 / Section 1352.005
§ 1352.005. NOTICE TO INSUREDS AND ENROLLEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer subject to this chapter, other than a small employer health benefit plan issuer, must annually notify each insured or enrollee under the plan in writing about the coverages described by Section 1352.003.

(b) The commissioner shall prescribe by rule the specific contents and wording of the notice required under this section.

(c) The notice required under this section must include:

(1) a description of the benefits listed under Section 1352.003;

(2) a statement that the fact that an acquired brain injury does not result in hospitalization or receipt of a specific treatment or service described by Section 1352.003 for acute care treatment does not affect the right of the insured or enrollee to receive benefits described by Section 1352.003 commensurate with the condition of the insured or enrollee; and

(3) a statement of the fact that benefits described by Section 1352.003 may be provided in a facility listed in Section 1352.007.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2035.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2035 / Section 2035.101
§ 2035.101. INITIATION OF RESCISSION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county that has approved the legalization of racing with pari-mutuel wagering in that county may hold an election on the question of rescinding that approval.

(b) The commissioners court shall order the rescission election on the presentation of a petition requesting the election.
Tex. Government Code § 825.504 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.504
§ 825.504. EMPLOYER CERTIFICATION TO BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer annually shall certify to the board of trustees the beginning date of the contract of each member whose contract year begins after June 30 and continues after August 31 of the same calendar year.

(b) For school years after the 1994-1995 school year, an employer annually shall certify to the board of trustees the beginning date of an oral or written work agreement that begins after June 30 and continues after August 31 of the same calendar year.

(c) Each reporting district shall cooperate with the retirement system in ascertaining a member's annual earnings during any year. The board of trustees by rule may prescribe the form of and procedures for filing certifications required by this section.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.160 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.160
§ 151.160. DEPOSITS.
Status: in_force

Penalties collected by the comptroller shall be deposited into general revenue. Fees and charges collected by the comptroller under this Act shall be considered reimbursements for expenses of administration and shall be available for use by the comptroller in accordance with provisions in the General Appropriations Act appropriating such revenues for use by agencies.
Tex. Penal Code § 49.04 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 49 / Section 49.04
§ 49.04. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person is intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle in a public place.

(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c), (d), and (e) and Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours.

(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that at the time of the offense the person operating the motor vehicle had an open container of alcohol in the person's immediate possession, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of six days.

(d) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that an analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, breath, or urine showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.15 or more at the time the analysis was performed, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

(e) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that at the time of the offense the person was operating the motor vehicle in a school crossing zone during the time the reduced speed limit applies to the zone, the offense is a state jail felony. In this subsection, "school crossing zone" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.302, Transportation Code.
Tex. Government Code § 2201.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2201 / Section 2201.002
§ 2201.002. USE OF FUND.
Status: in_force

The fund may be used to finance:

(1) the acquisition, construction, repair, improvement, or equipping of a building by a state agency for a state purpose;

(2) the acquisition of real or personal property necessary for a state agency to take an action described by Subdivision (1);

(3) the administration of the asset management division of the General Land Office; or

(4) any other purpose for which funds may be appropriated from general revenue.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2602.355 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2602 / Section 2602.355
§ 2602.355. REPORT TO ASSOCIATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A receiver of an impaired title insurance company or agent shall periodically submit a list of claims to the association or a similar organization in another state.

(b) Notice of a claim to the receiver is considered notice to the association.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2053.254 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2053 / Section 2053.254
§ 2053.254. ASSESSMENT OF PREMIUM SURCHARGE.
Status: in_force

A small employer who has experienced two or more compensable employee lost-time injuries during the most recent one-year period for which statistics are available shall be assessed a surcharge of 10 percent on the amount of the employer's premium.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7917A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7917A / Section 7917A.0503
§ 7917A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5004.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5004 / Section 5004.109
§ 5004.109. COOPERATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES CONCERNED WITH NAVIGATION ON BIG CYPRESS RIVER.
Status: in_force

The district shall cooperate with each commission, agency, district, or other governmental entity concerned with navigation on the Big Cypress River to all practical extent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11020.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11020 / Section 11020.0305
§ 11020.0305. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The alliance may contract with any person to carry out a power authorized by this chapter.

(b) A person who enters into a contract with the alliance may pledge to the payment of the contract any source of revenue that may be available to the person, including ad valorem taxes, if the person has the authority to impose those taxes.

(c) Payments made under a contract with the alliance constitute an operating expense of the person served under the contract, unless otherwise prohibited by a previously outstanding obligation of the person. To the extent a person pledges funds to the payment of the contract that are to be derived from the person's own water system, the payments constitute an operating expense of that system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7930A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7930A / Section 7930A.0305
§ 7930A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8199.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8199 / Section 8199.108
§ 8199.108. STREET REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) After July 1, 2017, the district, at the district's expense, shall repair and maintain any streets in the district.

(b) A district's repair and maintenance of streets under this section must meet all applicable construction standards and regulations of the City of Liberty Hill and Williamson County.