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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3873.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3873 / Section 3873.051
§ 3873.051. CONFIRMATION ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may order an election on the issue of confirming the creation of a district:

(1) on the commissioners court's own motion; or

(2) after the filing of a written petition signed by a number of the registered voters who reside in the area of the proposed district equal to at least five percent of the votes received in that area in the most recent gubernatorial general election.

(b) The petition or commissioners court's motion must include:

(1) the name of the district;

(2) an accurate description of the area included in the district by any appropriate method, including by metes and bounds and by public roads or rights-of-way; and

(3) an accurate plat of the area included in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.159
§ 1036.159. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select at least one bank to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1036.160(b) and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued or assumed by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and must remain on deposit. This subsection does not limit the power of the board to place a part of district money on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.

(c) The district may not deposit money with a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unless the bank first executes a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district money that exceeds the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.0145 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 464 / Section 464.0145
§ 464.0145. DISCIPLINARY ACTION HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department proposes to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a person's license, the person is entitled to a hearing conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

(b) Procedures for a disciplinary action are governed by the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(c) Rules of practice adopted by the executive commissioner under Section 2001.004, Government Code, applicable to the proceedings for a disciplinary action may not conflict with rules adopted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.42 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.42
§ 44.42. APPEAL ON FORFEITURES.
Status: in_force

An appeal may be taken by the defendant from every final judgment rendered upon a personal bond, bail bond or bond taken for the prevention or suppression of offenses, where such judgment is for twenty dollars or more, exclusive of costs, but not otherwise.
Tex. Labor Code § 205.016 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 205 / Section 205.016
§ 205.016. COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT REIMBURSEMENT; EFFECT OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT CERTAIN REPORTS.
Status: in_force

A reimbursing employer who fails to pay a reimbursement on the date on which the reimbursement is due, or who fails to submit records and reports, as prescribed by the commission, is subject to the following in the same manner as an employer who does not pay a contribution when due:

(1) Sections 213.004, 213.005, 213.006, 213.008, and 213.009;

(2) Subchapters B, C, D, and E of Chapter 213, other than Section 213.058; and

(3) Section 204.086.
Tex. Local Government Code § 71.023 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 71 / Section 71.023
§ 71.023. ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before one month before the date of the next scheduled general election after a new county is established, the county judge of the county from which the new county is taken shall order an election for county officers to be held in the new county on the general election day. The order shall specify the number of precincts, the precinct boundaries, and the officers to be elected in the new county.

(b) The county judge shall appoint a presiding officer to hold the election at each designated place in the new county. Each presiding officer shall hold the election in accordance with the state election laws and shall make the returns to the county judge who ordered the election.

(c) The county judge shall open and examine the returns, issue certificates of election to the persons elected, and approve the bonds of the elected officers.

(d) If the office of county judge is vacant, any two of the county commissioners may perform the duties required of the county judge under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.146 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.146
§ 172.146. AWARD ON AGREED TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The arbitration tribunal shall make an award on agreed terms as provided by Section 172.117. An award on agreed terms must state that it is an arbitration award.

(b) An award on agreed terms has the same status and effect as any other arbitration award on the substance of the dispute.
Tex. Education Code § 29.030 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.030
§ 29.030. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING LOCAL INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) At the first individualized education program committee meeting during which a student's individualized education program is developed under Section 29.005, a school district shall provide the parent or legal guardian of a student who has an intellectual disability or a developmental delay with information about services and public benefits provided by the local intellectual and developmental disability authority that serves the county in which the student resides, including services under waiver programs established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)).

(b) The agency, in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission, shall develop informational materials that include the information described by Subsection (a) and make those materials available for use by school districts.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.313 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.313
§ 481.313. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

A proceeding to impose the penalty is considered to be a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.154
§ 3960.154. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Estates Code § 1163.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1163 / Section 1163.051
§ 1163.051. FILING AND CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The guardian of the estate shall file an annual account with the county clerk. The county clerk shall note the filing on the judge's docket.

(b) An annual account must remain on file for 10 days after the date the account is filed before being considered by the judge. After the expiration of that period, the judge shall consider the account and may continue the hearing on the account until fully advised on all account items.

(c) The court may not approve the annual account unless possession of cash, listed securities, or other assets held in safekeeping or on deposit under court order has been proven as required by law.

(d) If the court approves the annual account, the court shall enter an order to that effect.

(e) If the court does not approve the annual account, the court shall enter an order to that effect and require the guardian of the estate to file another annual account within a period prescribed by the order, which may not be later than the 30th day after the date the order is entered.
Tex. Estates Code § 356.105 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.105
§ 356.105. REPORT; EVIDENCE OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A successful bid or contract for the sale of estate personal property shall be reported to the court. The laws regulating the approval or disapproval of a sale of real estate apply to the sale, except that a conveyance is not required.

(b) The court's order approving the sale of estate personal property:

(1) vests the right and title of the intestate's estate in the purchaser who has complied with the terms of the sale; and

(2) is prima facie evidence that all requirements of the law in making the sale have been met.

(c) The personal representative of an estate, on request, may issue a bill of sale without warranty to the purchaser of estate personal property as evidence of title. The purchaser shall pay for the issuance of the bill of sale.
Tex. Education Code § 110.34 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 110 / Section 110.34
§ 110.34. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents may execute and carry out an affiliation or coordinating agreement with any other entity or institution.

(b) The board of regents may make joint appointments in the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso and any other component institution of the Texas Tech University System. The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment must be apportioned between the appointing institutions on the basis of services rendered.
Tex. Family Code § 233.016 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 233 / Section 233.016
§ 233.016. VACATING CHILD SUPPORT REVIEW ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The Title IV-D agency may vacate a child support review order at any time before the order is filed with the court.

(b) A new negotiation conference, with notice to all parties, may be scheduled or the Title IV-D agency may make a determination that a child support review order should not be issued and give notice of that determination as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 6 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 6
§ 6. ADVANCE BY STATE.
Status: in_force

Funds required to be tendered to an out-of-state witness pursuant to Article 24.28 of this Code shall be paid by the Comptroller of Public Accounts into the registry of the Court in which the case is to be tried upon certification by the Court such funds are necessary to obtain attendance of said witness. The court shall then cause to be issued checks drawn upon the registry of the Court to secure the attendance of such witness. In the event that such funds are not used pursuant to this Act, the Court shall return the funds to the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8063.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8063 / Section 8063.0302
§ 8063.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.009 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 76 / Section 76.009
§ 76.009. PESTICIDE DISPOSAL FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The pesticide disposal fund is a fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund consists of:

(1) money deposited to the credit of the fund under Section 76.044; and

(2) interest earned on the investment of money in the fund.

(b) The department shall administer the fund. Money in the fund may be appropriated only for the purposes of the pesticide waste and pesticide container collection activities performed under Section 76.132.
Tex. Occupations Code § 402.351 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 402 / Section 402.351
§ 402.351. DISPLAY OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A person engaged in fitting and dispensing hearing instruments shall display the person's license in a conspicuous place in the person's principal office and, when required, shall exhibit the license to the department or its authorized representative.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3808.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3808 / Section 3808.159
§ 3808.159. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the elections required under Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, the district must hold an election in the manner provided by that subchapter to obtain voter approval before the district may:

(1) impose a maintenance tax; or

(2) issue a bond payable from ad valorem taxes or assessments.

(b) The board may submit multiple purposes in a single proposition at an election.
Tex. Government Code § 24.483 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.483
§ 24.483.
Status: repealed

Sec. 24.483. 337TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (a) The 337th Judicial District is composed of Harris County.

(b) The 337th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1082 (H.B. 3481), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 571.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 571 / Section 571.009
§ 571.009. EFFECT OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON ADMISSION OR COMMITMENT.
Status: in_force

A person with mental illness may not be denied admission or commitment to a mental health facility because the person also suffers from epilepsy, dementia, substance abuse, or intellectual disability.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 503A.008 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 503A / Section 503A.008
§ 503A.008. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A direct-to-consumer genetic testing company that violates this chapter is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $2,500 for each violation.

(b) The attorney general may bring an action to recover a civil penalty imposed under Subsection (a) and to restrain and enjoin a violation of this chapter. The attorney general may recover reasonable attorney's fees and court costs incurred in bringing the action.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3882.301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3882 / Section 3882.301
§ 3882.301. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION; DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a "water or sewer district" under Section 43.071, Local Government Code.

(b) Section 43.075, Local Government Code, applies to the district.

(c) Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the dissolution of the district by a municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3502.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3502 / Section 3502.101
§ 3502.101. AUTHORITY OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, operate, and control the authority.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0005
§ 547.0005. LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY GROUP REGIONAL STRATEGIES; ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "local mental health authority group" means a group of local mental health authorities established by the commission under Chapter 963 (S.B. 633), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019.

(b) The commission shall require each local mental health authority group to meet at least quarterly to collaborate on planning and implementing regional strategies to reduce:

(1) costs to local governments of providing services to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis;

(2) transportation to mental health facilities of individuals served by an authority that is a member of the group;

(3) incarceration of individuals with mental illness in county jails located in an area served by an authority that is a member of the group; and

(4) visits by individuals with mental illness at hospital emergency rooms located in an area served by an authority that is a member of the group.

(c) The commission shall use federal funds in accordance with state and federal guidelines to implement this section.

(d) The commission, in coordination with each local mental health authority group, shall annually update the mental health services development plan that was initially developed by the commission and each local mental health authority group under Chapter 963 (S.B. 633), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019. The commission and each group's updated plan must include a description of:

(1) actions taken by the group to implement regional strategies in the plan; and

(2) new regional strategies identified by the group to reduce the circumstances described by Subsection (b), including the estimated number of outpatient and inpatient beds necessary to meet the goals of each group's regional strategy.

(e) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission shall produce and publish on the commission's Internet website a report containing the most recent version of each mental health services development plan developed by the commission and a local mental health authority group.
Tex. Government Code § 4007.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.202
§ 4007.202. UNAUTHORIZED RENDERING OF SERVICES AS INVESTMENT ADVISER OR INVESTMENT ADVISER REPRESENTATIVE; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) renders services as an investment adviser or investment adviser representative; and

(2) is not registered as an investment adviser or investment adviser representative as required by this title.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1025.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1025 / Section 1025.159
§ 1025.159. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks in the district to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) District money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1025.160(b), and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued or assumed by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and shall remain on deposit.

(c) This chapter, including Subsection (b), does not limit the power of the board to place a part of district money on time deposit or to purchase certificates of deposit.

(d) The district may not deposit money with a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation unless the bank first executes a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the district money that exceeds the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1380.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1380 / Section 1380.001
§ 1380.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "forced organ harvesting" means the removal of one or more organs from a living person by means of coercion, abduction, deception, fraud, or abuse of power or a position of vulnerability.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.064 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.064
§ 451.064.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.064. PARKING AREAS: CERTAIN AUTHORITIES. (a) An authority created before 1980 in which the principal municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million may, with the approval of the governing body of the principal municipality:

(1) establish, operate, and improve a public parking area or facility in the authority; and

(2) set and collect reasonable charges for the use of a parking area or facility.

(b) An authority described by Subsection (a) may regulate public parking in public parking areas or facilities in the principal municipality under an interlocal agreement with the principal municipality according to which that power is delegated to the authority.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.272 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.272
§ 2306.272. HOUSING SPONSOR INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A principal or stockholder of a housing sponsor may not earn, accept, or receive a per annum return on an investment in a housing development financed by the department greater than that allowed by department rule.

(b) A housing sponsor's equity in a housing development is the difference between the mortgage loan and the total housing development cost.

(c) The department shall establish a housing sponsor's equity when the final mortgage advance is made.

(d) For the purposes of this section, the amount established under Subsection (c) remains constant during the life of the department's mortgage on the development, except for additional equity investment made by the sponsor with the department's approval or at its order.

(e) In this section, "housing development costs" has the meaning assigned by Section 2306.271(d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9051.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9051 / Section 9051.253
§ 9051.253. FORM OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must be:

(1) signed by the president; and

(2) attested by the secretary.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.004
§ 201.004. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT.
Status: in_force

The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2033.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.021 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.021
§ 78.021. EXPENSE OF CREATING DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) After the district is created, the county clerk shall:

(1) deduct from the fee deposited under Section 78.012 of this code an amount equal to expenses incurred by the commissioners court as a result of the creation of the district, including the expense of the election; and

(2) after receiving a voucher signed by the county judge, refund the remainder of the fee to the chairman of the board of the district within 30 days after the day of the election of the chairman.

(b) The board shall refund to the petitioners out of the first money collected by the district the full amount of the fee required under Section 78.012 of this code.

(c) If the commissioners court denies a petition or if the result of an election is against the creation of the district, the county clerk shall:

(1) deduct from the fee deposited under Section 78.012 of this code an amount equal to expenses incurred by the commissioners court as a result of consideration of the formation of the proposed district, including the expense of any election held; and

(2) after receiving a voucher signed by the county judge, refund the remainder of the fee to the petitioners or their agent or attorney.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3958.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3958 / Section 3958.101
§ 3958.101. 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1009.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1009 / Section 1009.101
§ 1009.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for:

(1) operating all hospital facilities for providing medical and hospital care of indigent patients; and

(2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy and indigent residents.