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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.106
§ 1121.106. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine:

(1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate health care district; and

(2) the type of equipment necessary to provide medical care in the district.

(b) The board may:

(1) acquire property, facilities, and equipment for use by the district;

(2) mortgage or pledge the property, facilities, or equipment as security for payment of the purchase price;

(3) sell or otherwise dispose of property, facilities, or equipment for the district; or

(4) lease hospital facilities for the district.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.74 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.74
§ 61.74.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.74. GROUNDS FOR CANCELLATION OR SUSPENSION: DISTRIBUTOR.

(a) The commission or administrator may suspend for not more than 60 days or cancel an original or renewal general or branch distributor's license if it is found, after notice and hearing, that the licensee:

(1) violated a provision of this code or a rule of the commission during the existence of the license sought to be cancelled or suspended or during the immediately preceding license period;

(2) was finally convicted for violating a penal provision of this code;

(3) was finally convicted of a felony while holding an original or renewal license;

(4) violated Section 101.41-101.43, 101.68, 102.11-102.15, 104.04, 108.01, or 108.04-108.06, or a rule or regulation promulgated under Section 5.40;

(5) failed to comply with a requirement of the commission relating to the keeping of records or making of reports;

(6) failed to pay any tax due the state on any malt beverages the licensee sold, stored, or transported;

(7) refused to permit or interfered with an inspection of the licensee's premises, vehicles, books, or records by an authorized representative of the commission;

(8) consummated a sale of malt beverages outside the county or counties in which the licensee was authorized to sell malt beverages under the license;

(9) purchased, sold, offered for sale, distributed, or delivered malt beverages while the license was under suspension;

(10) permitted the use of the licensee's license in the operation of a business conducted for the benefit of a person not authorized by law to have an interest in the business;

(11) made a false or misleading representation or statement in the licensee's original application or a renewal application;

(12) has developed an incapacity that prevents or could prevent the license holder from managing the license holder's establishment with reasonable skill, competence, and safety to the public;

(13) misrepresented any malt beverages sold by the licensee to a retailer or to the public;

(14) with criminal negligence sold or delivered malt beverages to a minor; or

(15) purchased, possessed, stored, sold, or offered for sale malt beverages in an original package bearing a brand or trade name of a brewer other than the brand or trade name of the brewer shown on the container.

(b) Each ground specified in Subsection (a) of this section also applies to each member of a partnership or association and, as to a corporation, to the president, manager, and owner of the majority of the corporate stock. The grounds specified in Subdivisions (7)-(9) and (13)-(15) also apply to an agent, servant, or employee of the licensee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9305.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9305 / Section 9305.0203
§ 9305.0203. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Notice of a directors' election must be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least 30 days before the election date.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.043 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 17 / Section 17.043
§ 17.043. SERVICE ON PERSON IN CHARGE OF BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

In an action arising from a nonresident's business in this state, process may be served on the person in charge, at the time of service, of any business in which the nonresident is engaged in this state if the nonresident is not required by statute to designate or maintain a resident agent for service of process.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.002
§ 1055.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The district operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.170 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.170
§ 39.170. LARGE LOAD DEMAND MANAGEMENT SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall require the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region to ensure that each electric cooperative, transmission and distribution utility, and municipally owned utility serving a transmission-voltage customer develops a protocol, including the installation of any necessary equipment or technology before the customer is interconnected, to allow the load to be curtailed during firm load shed. The electric cooperative, transmission and distribution utility, or municipally owned utility shall confer with the customer to the extent feasible to shed load in a coordinated manner. This subsection applies only to a load interconnected after December 31, 2025, that is not:

(1) load operated by a critical load industrial customer, as defined by Section 17.002; or

(2) designated as a critical natural gas facility under Section 38.074.

(b) The commission shall require the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region to develop a reliability service to competitively procure demand reductions from large load customers with a demand of at least 75 megawatts to be deployed in the event of an anticipated emergency condition. The rules governing this service must:

(1) specify the periods when the service may be used to assist with maintaining reliability during extreme weather events;

(2) ensure that the independent organization provides at least a 24-hour notice to large load customers and requires each large load to remain curtailed for the duration of the energy emergency alert event or until the load can be recalled safely; and

(3) prohibit participation by any large load customer that curtails in response to the wholesale price of electricity, as determined by the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region, or that otherwise participates in a different reliability or ancillary service.

(c) The independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region shall include a deployment under this section when calculating any price adjustments for reliability deployments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.109
§ 3914.109. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3817.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3817 / Section 3817.160
§ 3817.160. TAX INCREMENT ZONE POWERS.
Status: in_force

Upon the consent of the governing body of the City of Houston, the district may be included and participate in a reinvestment zone under Chapter 311, Tax Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 181.105 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 181 / Section 181.105
§ 181.105. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates a provision of this chapter commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000. A separate offense is committed each day a violation occurs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1017.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1017 / Section 1017.106
§ 1017.106. MOBILE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0031 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0031
§ 21.0031. FAILURE TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION; CONTRACT VOID.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee's probationary, continuing, or term contract under this chapter is void if the employee:

(1) does not hold a valid certificate or permit issued by the State Board for Educator Certification;

(2) fails to fulfill the requirements necessary to renew or extend the employee's temporary, probationary, or emergency certificate or any other certificate or permit issued under Subchapter B; or

(3) fails to comply with any requirement under Subchapter C, Chapter 22, if the failure results in suspension or revocation of the employee's certificate under Section 22.0831(f)(2).

(b) If a school district has knowledge that an employee's contract is void under Subsection (a):

(1) the district may, except as provided by Subsection (b-1):

(A) terminate the employee;

(B) suspend the employee with or without pay; or

(C) retain the employee for the remainder of the school year on an at-will employment basis in a position other than a position required to be held by an employee under a contract under Section 21.002 at the employee's existing rate of pay or at a reduced rate; and

(2) the employee is not entitled to the minimum salary prescribed by Section 21.402.

(b-1) A school district may not terminate or suspend under Subsection (b) an employee whose contract is void under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) because the employee failed to renew or extend the employee's certificate or permit if the employee:

(1) requests an extension from the State Board for Educator Certification to renew, extend, or otherwise validate the employee's certificate or permit; and

(2) not later than the 10th day after the date the contract is void, takes necessary measures to renew, extend, or otherwise validate the employee's certificate or permit, as determined by the State Board for Educator Certification.

(c) A school district's decision under Subsection (b) is not subject to appeal under this chapter, and the notice and hearing requirements of this chapter do not apply to the decision.

(d) This section does not affect the rights and remedies of a party in an at-will employment relationship.

(e) This section does not apply to a certified teacher assigned to teach a subject for which the teacher is not certified.

(f) For purposes of this section, a certificate or permit is not considered to have expired if:

(1) the employee has completed the requirements for renewal of the certificate or permit;

(2) the employee submitted the request for renewal prior to the expiration date; and

(3) the date the certificate or permit would have expired is before the date the State Board for Educator Certification takes action to approve the renewal of the certificate or permit.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.037 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.037
§ 533A.037. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND SHELTERED WORKSHOPS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may provide intellectual disability services through halfway houses, sheltered workshops, community centers, and other intellectual disability services programs.

(b) The department may operate or contract for the provision of part or all of the sheltered workshop services and may contract for the sale of goods produced and services provided by a sheltered workshop program. The goods and services may be sold for cash or on credit.

(c) An operating fund may be established for each sheltered workshop the department operates. Each operating fund must be in a national or state bank that is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(d) Money derived from gifts or grants received for sheltered workshop purposes and the proceeds from the sale of sheltered workshop goods and services shall be deposited to the credit of the operating fund. The money in the fund may be spent only in the operation of the sheltered workshop to:

(1) purchase supplies, materials, services, and equipment;

(2) pay salaries of and wages to participants and employees;

(3) construct, maintain, repair, and renovate facilities and equipment; and

(4) establish and maintain a petty cash fund of not more than $100.

(e) Money in an operating fund that is used to pay salaries of and wages to participants in the sheltered workshop program is money the department holds in trust for the participants' benefit.

(f) This section does not affect the authority or jurisdiction of a community center as prescribed by Chapter 534.
Tex. Estates Code § 1052.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.052
§ 1052.052. CASE FILES.
Status: in_force

(a) The county clerk shall maintain a case file for each person's filed guardianship proceedings.

(b) Each case file must contain each order, judgment, and proceeding of the court and any other guardianship filing with the court, including each:

(1) application for the granting of guardianship;

(2) citation and notice, whether published or posted, including the return on the citation or notice;

(3) bond and official oath or declaration;

(4) inventory, appraisement, and list of claims;

(5) exhibit and account;

(6) report of renting;

(7) application for sale or partition of real estate;

(8) report of sale;

(9) application for authority to execute a lease for mineral development, or for pooling or unitization of lands, royalty, or other interest in minerals, or to lend or invest money;

(10) report of lending or investing money; and

(11) report of guardians of the persons.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.056
§ 8801.056. VACANCIES.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs on the board, a person representing the same area as the vacating director shall be appointed as provided by Section 8801.051 to serve the unexpired term.
Tex. Finance Code § 303.201 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 303 / Section 303.201
§ 303.201. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person engaged in the business of making loans for personal, family, or household use for which the rate is authorized under this chapter must obtain a license under Chapter 342 unless the person is not required to obtain a license under Section 342.051.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.062 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.062
§ 2210.062. ADMINISTRATION BY CONTRACTED ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if determined by the commissioner to be in the best interest of the policyholders and the public, the commissioner may contract with an administrator to manage the association and administer the plan of operation.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section if the commissioner determines management of the association and administration of the plan of operation by an administrator is in the best interest of the policyholders and the public.

(c) The administrator must hold either a managing general agent license issued under Chapter 4053 or a third-party administrator certificate of authority issued under Chapter 4151.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3859.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3859 / Section 3859.001
§ 3859.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "District" means the Harris County Improvement District No. 9.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2154.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2154 / Section 2154.002
§ 2154.002. MOTOR VEHICLE SELF-INSURANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The service shall administer a volunteer fire department self-insurance program that:

(1) identifies and evaluates risks arising from the use of motor vehicles by volunteer fire departments;

(2) maintains a loss-prevention and loss-control program to reduce risks arising from the use of motor vehicles by volunteer fire departments;

(3) consolidates and administers volunteer fire department risk management and self-insurance programs; and

(4) provides motor vehicle self-insurance coverage in accordance with Section 2154.003.

(b) The service may employ staff to administer the program.

(c) The director of the service may adopt rules to implement and administer the program.
Tex. Insurance Code § 961.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 961 / Section 961.002
§ 961.002. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.
Status: repealed

(a) The Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code, applies to a nonprofit legal services corporation to the extent provided by this chapter.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 643 (S.B. 1623), Sec. 17(2), eff. September 1, 2019.
Tex. Election Code § 52.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 52 / Section 52.002
§ 52.002. AUTHORITY PREPARING BALLOT.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, the following authority shall have the official ballot prepared:

(1) for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority, the county clerk;

(2) for a primary election, the county chair of the political party holding the primary;

(3) for an election ordered by a city authority, the city secretary; and

(4) for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county or city, the secretary of the subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, the governing body's presiding officer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.453 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.453
§ 823.453. VOIDING UNAUTHORIZED ACTION.
Status: in_force

If it appears to the commissioner that a person has entered into a transaction or performed an act before complying with the applicable provisions of this chapter or has obtained the commissioner's approval of or acquiescence in a transaction or act that is subject to this chapter based on a material fraudulent misrepresentation, misstatement, or omission, the commissioner, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, by order may void the transaction or act and return the parties to the position they would have occupied if the transaction or act had not occurred.
Tex. Property Code § 23A.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 23A / Section 23A.003
§ 23A.003. APPLICABILITY; RELATION TO OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) In an action to partition real property under Chapter 23, the court shall determine whether the property is heirs' property. If the court determines that the property is heirs' property, the property must be partitioned under this chapter unless all of the cotenants otherwise agree in a record.

(b) This chapter supplements Chapter 23 and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure governing partition of real property. If an action is governed by this chapter, this chapter supersedes provisions of Chapter 23 and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure governing partition of real property that are inconsistent with this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3973.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3973 / Section 3973.0503
§ 3973.0503. 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. Education Code § 130.179 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.179
§ 130.179. GALVESTON COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Galveston College District includes:

(1) the territory within the Galveston Independent School District;

(2) the part of Galveston and Chambers counties located on the Bolivar Peninsula, including the municipality of High Island and the High Island Independent School District; and

(3) the territory within the Sabine Pass and Hamshire-Fannett independent school districts in Jefferson County.
Tex. Estates Code § 251.105 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 251 / Section 251.105
§ 251.105. EFFECT OF SIGNATURE ON SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

A signature on a self-proving affidavit is considered a signature to the will if necessary to prove that the will was signed by the testator or witnesses or both, except that, in that case, the will may not be considered a self-proved will.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7995A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7995A / Section 7995A.0503
§ 7995A.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. Occupations Code § 455.2035 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 455 / Section 455.2035
§ 455.2035. REPORTS TO DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A massage school shall maintain a monthly progress report regarding each student attending the school. The report must certify the daily attendance record of each student and the number of credit hours earned by each student during the previous month.

(b) On a student's completion of a prescribed course of instruction, the school shall notify the department that the student has completed the required number of hours and is eligible to take the appropriate examination.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1503.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1503 / Section 1503.002
§ 1503.002. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury; or

(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;

(3) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss), as amended;

(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(6) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1503.001.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.372 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.372
§ 1702.372. RECUSAL OF COMMISSION MEMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) A commission member who participated in the investigation of a complaint of a violation of this chapter or in informal settlement negotiations regarding the complaint:

(1) may not vote on the matter at a commission meeting related to the complaint; and

(2) shall state at the meeting the reason for which the member is prohibited from voting on the matter.

(b) A statement under Subsection (a)(2) shall be entered into the minutes of the meeting.