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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9092.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9092 / Section 9092.0202
§ 9092.0202. QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A candidate for:

(1) the at-large director position must be a qualified voter who resides in the district; and

(2) a precinct director position must be a qualified voter who resides in that precinct.

(b) A director must:

(1) be at least 18 years of age; and

(2) reside in and own land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.0041 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.0041
§ 1301.0041. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter, this chapter applies to each preferred provider benefit plan in which an insurer provides, through the insurer's health insurance policy, for the payment of a level of coverage that is different depending on whether an insured uses a preferred provider or a nonpreferred provider.

(b) Unless otherwise specified, an exclusive provider benefit plan is subject to this chapter in the same manner as a preferred provider benefit plan.

(c) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; or

(2) a Medicaid managed care program under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code, as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8302.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8302 / Section 8302.051
§ 8302.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of directors is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Government Code § 864.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 864 / Section 864.013
§ 864.013. COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE.
Status: in_force

The state board by rule may provide a cost-of-living increase for any benefit provided by the pension system. If benefits are increased, the state board shall require an increase in monthly contributions if necessary to maintain an actuarially sound pension system.
Tex. Government Code § 311.034 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 311 / Section 311.034
§ 311.034. WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

In order to preserve the legislature's interest in managing state fiscal matters through the appropriations process, a statute shall not be construed as a waiver of sovereign immunity unless the waiver is effected by clear and unambiguous language. In a statute, the use of "person," as defined by Section 311.005 to include governmental entities, does not indicate legislative intent to waive sovereign immunity unless the context of the statute indicates no other reasonable construction. Statutory prerequisites to a suit, including the provision of notice, are jurisdictional requirements in all suits against a governmental entity.
Tex. Education Code § 54.538 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.538
§ 54.538. RECREATIONAL SPORTS FEE; TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) If approved by student vote at a system institution, the Board of Regents, Texas State University System, may charge each student enrolled at such institution a recreational sports fee not to exceed $100 per semester or summer session of 10 weeks or longer or $50 per summer session of less than 10 weeks. The fee may be used to purchase equipment for and to construct, operate, and maintain recreational sports facilities and programs at the designated institution.

(b) The recreation fee authorized by this section may not be increased more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of those students at the affected institution participating in a general student election called for that purpose. The fee may not exceed the amounts provided by Subsection (a).

(c) Each system institution shall collect any student recreational sports fee imposed under this section and shall deposit the money collected in an account to be known as the student recreational sports account.

(d) A student recreational sports fee imposed under this section is not counted in determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged under Section 54.513 of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.103
§ 1046.103. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision other than the district may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 497.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.051
§ 497.051. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall approve, certify, and supervise the operation of private sector prison industries programs in the department, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and in county correctional facilities in compliance with the federal prison enhancement certification program established under 18 U.S.C. Section 1761. The board may use board and department employees to provide the clerical and technical support necessary for the board to perform the board's duties under this subchapter and shall ensure that the department implements the policies adopted by the board that relate to the operation of private sector prison industries programs.

(a-1) The board shall ensure that private sector prison industries programs are operated under this subchapter in a manner that is designed to avoid the loss of existing jobs for employees in this state who are not incarcerated or imprisoned.

(b) In this subchapter:

(1) "Governmental entity" means the department, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and any county that operates a private sector prison industries program under this subchapter.

(2) "Participant" means a participant in a private sector prison industries program.

(c) This subchapter does not authorize the board to direct the general operations of or to govern the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or county correctional facilities in any manner not specifically described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 141 / Section 141.005
§ 141.005. LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person holding a license issued under this chapter must:

(1) renew the license annually by submitting a renewal application on a date determined by department rule on a form provided by the department; and

(2) submit a renewal application not later than the 30th day after the date the person:

(A) alters the boundaries of a youth camp operated by the person;

(B) completes construction of one or more new cabins located on the premises of the camp; or

(C) completes any renovation to one or more existing cabins located on the premises of the camp that:

(i) increases or decreases the number of beds in an affected cabin; or

(ii) alters the method of ingress or egress to an affected cabin.

(b) The application must be accompanied by a renewal fee in an amount set by the executive commissioner by rule.

(c) The department may not renew the license of a youth camp which has not corrected deficiencies before the application for renewal is submitted. The executive commissioner shall adopt substantive and procedural rules for the submission by a youth camp operator of evidence that a deficiency or deficiencies have been corrected.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2303.201 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.201
§ 2303.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "lessor" and "self-service storage facility" have the meanings assigned by Section 59.001, Property Code.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9955 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9955
§ 61.9955. AWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, an eligible person is entitled to receive an annual amount of loan repayment assistance payments under this subchapter payable to the holders of the eligible person's eligible loans for each year of eligibility approved by the board under Section 61.9953 or 61.9954 in an amount equal to the lesser of $4,000 or 20 percent of the total amount stated in the person's application under Section 61.9953, subject to the amount of available funding.

(b) If at the time an eligible person submits an initial application under Section 61.9953 the payoff period for the person's total outstanding balance of eligible loans is less than five years, the board shall make annual payments under this subchapter to the holders of the person's eligible loans in the amounts of the payments and accrued interest due for the applicable year.

(c) The total amount of repayment assistance provided under this subchapter to an eligible person may not exceed $20,000.

(d) If in any year the amount of money available for loan repayment assistance under this subchapter is insufficient to provide loan repayment assistance to cover all the payments for the year for all eligible loans of all eligible persons, the board shall establish criteria to determine the amount of available money to allocate to the holders of student loans of eligible persons as the board determines appropriate to further the purpose of this subchapter.

(e) An eligible person whose annual loan repayment assistance under this section is less than the amount necessary to cover the amount of principal and interest due on the person's eligible loans for that year is responsible for the payment of the remainder of the amount due and for otherwise preventing a default on the loan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.128 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 481 / Section 481.128
§ 481.128.
Status: in_force

Sec. 481.128. OFFENSE AND CIVIL PENALTY: COMMERCIAL MATTERS. (a) A registrant or dispenser commits an offense if the registrant or dispenser knowingly:

(1) distributes, delivers, administers, or dispenses a controlled substance in violation of Subchapter C;

(2) manufactures a controlled substance not authorized by the person's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration or distributes or dispenses a controlled substance not authorized by the person's registration to another registrant or other person;

(3) refuses or fails to make, keep, or furnish a record, report, notification, order form, statement, invoice, or information required by this chapter;

(4) prints, manufactures, possesses, or produces an official prescription form without the approval of the board;

(5) delivers or possesses a counterfeit official prescription form;

(6) refuses an entry into a premise for an inspection authorized by this chapter;

(7) refuses or fails to return an official prescription form as required by Section 481.0755(k);

(8) refuses or fails to make, keep, or furnish a record, report, notification, order form, statement, invoice, or information required by a rule adopted by the director or the board; or

(9) refuses or fails to maintain security required by this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.

(b) If the registrant or dispenser knowingly refuses or fails to make, keep, or furnish a record, report, notification, order form, statement, invoice, or information or maintain security required by a rule adopted by the director or the board, the registrant or dispenser is liable to the state for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each act.

(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.

(d) If a person commits an act that would otherwise be an offense under Subsection (a) except that it was committed without the requisite culpable mental state, the person is liable to the state for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each act.

(e) A district attorney of the county where the act occurred may file suit in district court in that county to collect a civil penalty under this section, or the district attorney of Travis County or the attorney general may file suit in district court in Travis County to collect the penalty.
Tex. Utilities Code § 122.202 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 122 / Section 122.202
§ 122.202. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY TAX.
Status: in_force

A person who is required to pay a tax imposed by this chapter and fails to pay the tax as required by Sections 122.101 and 122.103 shall pay:

(1) a penalty of five percent of the amount of the tax due and unpaid; and

(2) if the tax is not paid before the 31st day after the date the tax payment is initially required to be made, an additional penalty of five percent of the amount of the tax due and unpaid.
Tex. Local Government Code § 292.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 292 / Section 292.022
§ 292.022.
Status: in_force

Sec. 292.022. FACILITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES WITH POPULATIONS OVER 110,000. (a) This section applies only to a county with a population of more than 110,000.

(b) The commissioners court of a county may acquire land for a branch county office building, may purchase, construct, repair, equip, or improve the building, and may acquire the building through a lease or lease with an option to purchase, at a location in a municipality that:

(1) has a population of 10,000 or more;

(2) is not the county seat; and

(3) is not contiguous to the county seat.

(c) The commissioners court may issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness and may levy and collect taxes to implement this section. Bonds and certificates of indebtedness issued under this section are negotiable instruments and may be paid from the permanent improvement fund of the county.

(d) Bonds and certificates of indebtedness issued under this section must:

(1) be authorized by order of the commissioners court;

(2) be signed by the county judge, attested by the county clerk, and registered by the county treasurer;

(3) mature in 40 years or less;

(4) bear interest at a rate not to exceed the interest rate prescribed by Chapter 1204, Government Code; and

(5) have attached coupons evidencing the interest.

(e) Bonds under this section must be issued in compliance with Subtitles A and C, Title 9, Government Code.

(f) The commissioners court shall submit bonds and certificates issued under this section and records relating to their issuance to the attorney general. If the attorney general approves the bonds or certificates as issued in accordance with state law, the comptroller of public accounts shall register them. On approval, registration, and delivery to the purchaser, the bonds or certificates are incontestable.

(g) This section does not permit the establishment of a branch office away from the county seat if this establishment is forbidden by other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8484.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8484 / Section 8484.102
§ 8484.102. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 9061.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9061 / Section 9061.204
§ 9061.204. ORDER OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In an order or resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue, tax-revenue, revenue refunding, or tax-revenue refunding bonds, the board may:

(1) provide for:

(A) the flow of money; and

(B) the establishment and maintenance of the interest and sinking fund, reserve fund, or other fund;

(2) make additional covenants with respect to the bonds and the pledged revenue and the operation and maintenance of the improvements and facilities the revenue of which is pledged, including provisions for the operation or leasing of all or part of the improvements and facilities and the use or pledge of money received from the operation contract or lease as the board considers appropriate;

(3) prohibit the further issuance of bonds or other obligations payable from the pledged revenue or reserve the right to issue additional bonds to be secured by a pledge of and payable from the revenue on a parity with, or subordinate to, the lien and pledge in support of the bonds being issued, subject to any conditions set forth in the order or resolution; and

(4) include any other provision or covenant, as the board determines, that is not prohibited by the Texas Constitution or this chapter.

(b) The board may adopt and cause to be executed any other proceeding or instrument necessary or convenient in the issuance of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3001.214 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3001 / Section 3001.214
§ 3001.214. APPEAL TO COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) A property owner against whom an assessment is imposed may appeal the assessment to a district court in the county in which the property is located in the manner provided for the appeal of a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(b) The owner must file the notice of appeal with the court not later than the 30th day after the date the board decision becomes final.

(c) The court shall review the appeal by trial de novo.
Tex. Government Code § 659.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.017
§ 659.017. OVERTIME COMPENSATION FOR LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

Consistent with the requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), overtime pay and compensatory time off for employees of the legislative branch, including employees of the lieutenant governor, are determined:

(1) for employees of the house of representatives or the senate, by the presiding officer of the appropriate house of the legislature;

(2) for employees of an elected officeholder, by the employing officeholder; and

(3) for employees of a legislative agency, by the administrative head of the agency.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.213 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.213
§ 172.213. NO CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

A request for conciliation, a consent to participate or participation in the conciliation, or the entering into a conciliation agreement or settlement is not consent to the jurisdiction of a court in this state if conciliation fails.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1117.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1117 / Section 1117.110
§ 1117.110. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a patient who resides in the district has been admitted to a district facility, the board shall have an inquiry made into the circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) the patient's relatives legally liable for the patient's support.

(b) If an agent designated by the district to handle the inquiry determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay for all or part of the patient's care and treatment in the hospital, the amount that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.

(c) If the board determines that the patient or those relatives are liable to pay for all or part of the patient's care and treatment, the patient or those relatives shall be ordered to pay to the district's treasurer a specified amount each week for the patient's support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to their financial ability and may not exceed the actual per capita cost of maintenance.

(d) The district may collect the amount from the patient's estate, or from those relatives legally liable for the patient's support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district's designated agent, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:

(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and

(2) issue any appropriate order.

(f) Either party to the dispute may appeal the order to the district court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1030.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1030 / Section 1030.107
§ 1030.107. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if the interest is necessary for the district to exercise a right or authority conferred by this chapter.

(b) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code, except the district is not required to deposit in the trial court money or a bond as provided by Section 21.021(a), Property Code.

(c) In a condemnation proceeding brought by the district, the district is not required to:

(1) pay in advance or provide a bond or other security for costs in the trial court;

(2) provide a bond for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or a temporary injunction; or

(3) provide a bond for costs or a supersedeas bond on an appeal or writ of error.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6001.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6001 / Section 6001.154
§ 6001.154. REQUIRED INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may not issue a registration certificate under this chapter unless the applicant files with the department evidence of a general liability insurance policy that includes products and completed operations coverage. The policy must be conditioned to pay on behalf of the insured those amounts that the insured becomes legally obligated to pay as damages because of bodily injury and property damage caused by an occurrence involving the insured or the insured's officer, agent, or employee in the conduct of any activity that requires a registration certificate or license under this chapter.

(b) Unless the commissioner, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, increases or decreases the limits, the limits of insurance coverage required by Subsection (a) must be at least:

(1) $100,000 combined single limits for bodily injury and property damage for each occurrence; and

(2) $300,000 aggregate for all occurrences for each policy year.

(c) The evidence of insurance required by this section must be in the form of a certificate of insurance executed by an insurer authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state and countersigned by an insurance agent licensed in this state. A certificate of insurance for surplus lines coverage procured in compliance with Chapter 981 through a surplus lines agent that is licensed under Subchapter E, Chapter 981, and resident in this state may be filed with the department as evidence of the coverage required by this section.

(d) An insurance certificate executed and filed with the department under this section remains in force until the insurer has terminated future liability by the notice required by the department.

(e) Failure to maintain the liability insurance required by this section constitutes grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation, after notice and opportunity for hearing, of a registration certificate issued under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3826.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3826 / Section 3826.103
§ 3826.103. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a municipality or county to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Water Code § 62.112 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.112
§ 62.112. INTEREST IN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

No county judge or county commissioner of any county in a district, board member, or district engineer may be directly or indirectly interested for himself or as agent for another in a contract for the construction of work to be performed by the district.