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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3870.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3870 / Section 3870.103
§ 3870.103. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, improve, operate, and maintain macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads, and may convey those roads or improvements to this state, a county, or a municipality to operate and maintain.
Tex. Government Code § 480.0106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 480 / Section 480.0106
§ 480.0106. MODEL EVENT SUPPORT CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The office may adopt a model event support contract and make the contract available on the office's Internet website.

(b) The office's adoption of a model event support contract under this section does not require use of the model event support contract for purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.209 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.209
§ 1201.209. GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL TO ISSUE OR FOR SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

The department may not refuse to issue a statement of ownership and may not suspend or revoke a statement of ownership unless:

(1) the application for issuance of the statement of ownership contains a false or fraudulent statement, the applicant failed to provide information required by the director, or the applicant is not entitled to issuance of the statement of ownership;

(2) the director has reason to believe that the manufactured home is stolen or unlawfully converted, or the issuance of a statement of ownership would defraud the owner or a lienholder of the manufactured home;

(3) the director has reason to believe that the manufactured home is salvaged, and an application for the issuance of a new statement of ownership that indicates that the home is salvaged has not been filed;

(4) the required fee has not been paid;

(5) the state sales and use tax has not been paid in accordance with Chapter 158, Tax Code, and Section 1201.208; or

(6) a tax lien was filed and recorded under Section 1201.219 and the lien has not been extinguished.
Tex. Insurance Code § 551.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 551 / Section 551.201
§ 551.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "customer," "portable electronic devices," and "vendor" have the meanings assigned by Section 4055.251.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.016 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.016
§ 118.016. BOND APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

The fee for "Bond Approval" under Section 118.011 is for approving bonds other than notarial bonds and bonds required to be approved in a county civil or criminal court or in a probate court. The fee must be paid at the time of approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.201
§ 3873.201. 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 the district's money.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.052
§ 401.052. FREQUENCY OF EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b) and except as provided by the rules adopted under that subsection, the department shall visit and examine a carrier as frequently as the department considers necessary. At a minimum, the department shall examine a carrier not less frequently than once every five years.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules governing the frequency of examinations of carriers that have been organized or incorporated for less than five years.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.049 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.049
§ 62.049. EMPLOYEES OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ temporary or permanent secretaries, stenographers, bookkeepers, accountants, technical experts, and other agents and employees it requires.

(b) The board shall determine the qualifications, duties, and compensation of its employees.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2025.106 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2025 / Section 2025.106
§ 2025.106. COMMISSION REVIEW OF ACTIVE RACETRACK LICENSE; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall review the ownership and management of an active license issued under this chapter every five years beginning on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance of the license.

(b) In performing the review, the commission may require the license holder to provide any information that would be required to be provided in connection with an original license application under this chapter.

(c) The commission shall charge fees for the review in amounts sufficient to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7917A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7917A / Section 7917A.0402
§ 7917A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7917A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 112.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 112 / Section 112.001
§ 112.001. CERTAIN ACTIONS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, TACTICAL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "First responder" and "volunteer emergency services personnel" have the meanings assigned by Section 46.01, Penal Code.

(2) "Governmental unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.001.

(3) "Tactical medical professional" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.1884, Government Code.

(b) A governmental unit is not liable in a civil action arising from the discharge of a handgun by an individual who is a first responder, tactical medical professional, or volunteer emergency services personnel and licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.

(c) The discharge of a handgun by an individual who is a first responder, tactical medical professional, or volunteer emergency services personnel and licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is outside the course and scope of the individual's duties as a first responder, tactical medical professional, or volunteer emergency services personnel, as applicable.

(d) This section may not be construed to waive the immunity from suit or liability of a governmental unit under Chapter 101 or any other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8363.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8363 / Section 8363.153
§ 8363.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Insurance Code § 982.255 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 982 / Section 982.255
§ 982.255. EXAMINATION OF ALIEN INSURANCE COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) The books, records, accounting, and verification relating to an authorized alien insurance company's trusteed assets are subject to examination by the department or the department's appointed representative at the United States branch office of the company, in the same manner and to the same extent that applies under Subchapter A, Chapter 86, and Sections 401.051, 401.052, 401.054-401.062, 401.151, 401.152, 401.155, and 401.156 to domestic and foreign insurance companies authorized to engage in the same kind of insurance.

(b) The books, records, and accounting for trusteed assets of an alien insurance company that enters the United States through this state shall be maintained in English in the company's branch office in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8318.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8318 / Section 8318.152
§ 8318.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8318.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Local Government Code § 193.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 193 / Section 193.004
§ 193.004. INDEX TO JUDGMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county clerk shall maintain a well-bound alphabetical index to all suits filed in the county court. The index must be a cross-index that states in full and in alphabetical order the names of the parties to a filed suit. The index must state opposite each name the specific location in the records at which the judgment in the case is recorded.

(b) This section does not apply to records classified and indexed in the manner required for records on microfilm by Sections 193.008 and 193.009.
Tex. Water Code § 60.563 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.563
§ 60.563. LIMITATION ON USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A participating charitable organization may use contributions under this subchapter only to provide eligible services or to fund a charitable organization that provides eligible services.

(b) A participating charitable organization may not use contributions under this subchapter to:

(1) directly or indirectly fund litigation; or

(2) make expenditures that would require the organization to register under Chapter 305, Government Code, if the organization were not an entity exempt from registration under that chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8258.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8258 / Section 8258.106
§ 8258.106. LIMITATION ON ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not add land to the district under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, if the land is located outside the corporate limits of the city of Gunter.

(b) Section 43.075, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Property Code § 24.00511 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.00511
§ 24.00511. APPEAL BOND FOR CERTAIN EVICTION SUITS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a residential eviction suit, the justice court shall state in the court's judgment the amount of the appeal bond, taking into consideration the money required to be paid into the court registry under Section 24.0053.

(b) In addition to meeting all other requirements of law, the bond must require the surety to provide the surety's contact information, including an address, phone number, and e-mail address, if any. If any of the contact information changes, the surety shall inform the court of the surety's new contact information.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3949.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3949 / Section 3949.052
§ 3949.052. 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; or

(2) a director who is abstaining from participation in a vote because of a conflict of interest.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.358 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.358
§ 1603.358. OPERATION OF ESTABLISHMENT AND SCHOOL ON SINGLE PREMISES.
Status: in_force

A person may not operate an establishment on the same premises as a school unless the facilities are separated by walls of permanent construction without an opening between the facilities.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 74.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 74 / Section 74.004
§ 74.004. CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION; FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The registration required by Section 74.002 must include:

(1) the name and business address of the vision support organization;

(2) the name and business address of each optometrist and each entity that employs or contracts with an optometrist to provide eye care services in this state with which the vision support organization has entered into an agreement to provide two or more business support services;

(3) the name of each optometrist who owns any portion of the vision support organization;

(4) the name of each person who is not an optometrist and owns five percent or more of the vision support organization; and

(5) a list of all business support services provided to each optometrist or each entity that employs or contracts with an optometrist to provide eye care services.

(b) A registration and each corrected registration must be accompanied by a fee set by the secretary of state in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering this chapter.

(c) A registration or corrected registration is not effective until the vision support organization pays the fee required by this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.034 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.034
§ 52.034. OFFSET WELLS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Horizontal drainhole well" means a well with a horizontal drainhole that may produce oil or gas along at least 100 feet of the drainhole.

(2) "Take point" means any point in a horizontal drainhole well where oil and gas can be produced from the reservoir or field interval recognized by the Railroad Commission of Texas.

(3) "Unconventional fracture treated field" means an oil or gas field in which horizontal well development and hydraulic fracture treatment must be used to recover resources from all or part of the field.

(a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), if oil or gas is produced in commercial quantities from a well located on a privately owned area or areas of state land leased at a lesser royalty and the well is located within 1,000 feet of an area leased under this subchapter or is draining an area leased under this subchapter, the lessee of the state area shall begin in good faith and prosecute diligently the drilling of an offset well or wells on the area leased from the state within 60 days after the initial production from the draining well or the well located within 1,000 feet of the leased state area.

(a-2) If the well producing oil or gas in commercial quantities under Subsection (a-1) is a horizontal drainhole well located in an unconventional fracture treated field, a lessee of a state area is not required to drill an offset well as provided by Subsection (a-1) unless any take point in the horizontal drainhole well is located closer to the leased state area than the greater of:

(1) the minimum distance established by the applicable lease-line spacing requirement of the Railroad Commission of Texas; or

(2) a perpendicular distance of 330 feet.

(b) An offset well shall be drilled to a depth and the means shall be employed which may be necessary to prevent undue drainage of oil or gas from beneath the state area.

(c) Within 30 days after an offset well has been completed or abandoned, a log of each well shall be filed in the land office.

(d) At the determination of the commissioner and with the commissioner's written approval, the payment of a compensatory royalty shall satisfy the obligation to drill an offset well or wells required by Subsection (a-1). Such compensatory royalty shall be paid at the royalty rate provided by the state lease issued under this subchapter and shall be paid on the market value at the well of production from the well producing oil or gas in commercial quantities described by Subsection (a-1).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9011.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9011 / Section 9011.254
§ 9011.254. ELECTION FOR BONDS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds, other than refunding bonds, payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes may not be issued unless authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election.

(b) The board may order an election under this section without a petition. The order must specify:

(1) the time and place at which the election will be held;

(2) the purpose for which the bonds will be issued;

(3) the maximum amount of the bonds;

(4) the maximum maturity of the bonds;

(5) the form of the ballot; and

(6) the presiding judge for each voting place.

(c) Notice of the election must be published:

(1) at least once in a newspaper published or having general circulation in the district; and

(2) at least 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Water Code § 51.751 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.751
§ 51.751. CURRENT OBLIGATIONS OF ORIGINAL DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

After the division of the original district into two or more districts, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of the original district are protected and are not impaired. These debts may be paid by taxes, revenues, or assessments levied on the land in the original district as if it had not divided or contributions from each of the resulting districts on terms stated in the division proposed by the board and approved by the election under Section 51.749 of this code.
Tex. Government Code § 466.308 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.308
§ 466.308. CLAIMING LOTTERY PRIZE BY FRAUD.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly:

(1) claims a lottery prize or a share of a lottery prize by means of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; or

(2) aids or agrees to aid another person or persons to claim a lottery prize or a share of a lottery prize by means of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.

(b) In this section, "claim" includes an attempt to claim, without regard to whether the attempt is successful.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that:

(1) the amount claimed is greater than $200 but not more than $10,000, in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree;

(2) the amount claimed is greater than $10,000, in which event the offense is a felony of the second degree; or

(3) the person has previously been convicted of an offense under Section 466.306, 466.307, 466.309, 466.310, or this section, in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree, unless the offense is designated as a felony of the second degree under Subdivision (2).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 826.0311 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 826 / Section 826.0311
§ 826.0311. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN DOG AND CAT REGISTRY; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Information that is contained in a municipal or county registry of dogs and cats under Section 826.031 that identifies or tends to identify the owner or an address, telephone number, or other personally identifying information of the owner of the registered dog or cat is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. The information contained in the registry may not include the social security number or the driver's license number of the owner of the registered animal.

(b) The information may be disclosed only to a governmental entity or a person that, under a contract with a governmental entity, provides animal control services or animal registration services for the governmental entity for purposes related to the protection of public health and safety. A governmental entity or person that receives the information must maintain the confidentiality of the information, may not disclose the information under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not use the information for a purpose that does not directly relate to the protection of public health and safety.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person distributes information that is confidential under this section. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not more than $1,000;

(2) confinement in the county jail for not more than 180 days; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.154
§ 1271.154. WELL-CHILD CARE FROM BIRTH.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "well-child care from birth" has the meaning used under Section 1302, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300e-1), and its subsequent amendments. The term includes administration of newborn screening required by the Department of State Health Services and the cost of the newborn screening test kit described by Section 33.019, Health and Safety Code.

(b) A health maintenance organization shall ensure that each health care plan provided by the health maintenance organization includes well-child care from birth that complies with:

(1) federal requirements adopted under Chapter XI, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300e et seq.), and its subsequent amendments; and

(2) the rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those requirements, including rules on the cost of the newborn screening test kit described by Section 33.019, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Government Code § 74.094 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.094
§ 74.094. HEARING CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district or statutory county court judge may hear and determine a matter pending in any district or statutory county court in the county regardless of whether the matter is preliminary or final or whether there is a judgment in the matter. The judge may sign a judgment or order in any of the courts regardless of whether the case is transferred. The judgment, order, or action is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the court of the judge who acts in the matter. The authority of this subsection applies to an active, former, or retired judge assigned to a court having jurisdiction as provided by Subchapter C.

(b) The judges shall try any case and hear any proceeding as assigned by the local administrative judge.

(c) The clerk shall file, docket, transfer, and assign the cases as directed by the local administrative judge in accordance with the local rules.

(d) Judges of district courts and statutory county courts may serve as masters and magistrates of courts, other than their own, subject to other provisions of law and court rules.

(e) A judge who has jurisdiction over a suit pending in one county may, unless objected to by any party, conduct any of the judicial proceedings except the trial on the merits in a different county.

(f) A pretrial judge assigned to hear pretrial matters in related cases under Rule 11, Texas Rules of Judicial Administration, may hold pretrial proceedings and hearings on pretrial matters for a case to which the judge has been assigned in:

(1) the county in which the case is pending; or

(2) a county in which there is pending a related case to which the pretrial judge has been assigned.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3886.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3886 / Section 3886.151
§ 3886.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from any source other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.