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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 103.004 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.004
§ 103.004. DISPOSITION OF COLLECTED MONEY.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an officer who collects recognizances, bail bonds, fines, forfeitures, judgments, jury fees, and other obligations recovered in the name of the state under any provision of this title shall deposit the money in the county treasury not later than the next regular business day after the date that the money is collected. If it is not possible for the officer to deposit the money in the county treasury by that date, the officer shall deposit the money in the county treasury as soon as possible, but not later than the fifth regular business day after the date that the money is collected.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 606, Sec. 31(a), eff. September 1, 2011.

(c) The commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 50,000 may authorize an officer who is required to deposit money under Subsection (a) to deposit the money in the county treasury not later than the 15th day after the date that the money is collected.

(d) The custodian of the county treasury shall deposit money received from fees imposed under Article 102.012 in the special fund of the county treasury for the community supervision and corrections department serving the county.
Tex. Family Code § 152.207 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.207
§ 152.207. INCONVENIENT FORUM.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of this state which has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. The issue of inconvenient forum may be raised upon motion of a party, the court's own motion, or request of another court.

(b) Before determining whether it is an inconvenient forum, a court of this state shall consider whether it is appropriate for a court of another state to exercise jurisdiction. For this purpose, the court shall allow the parties to submit information and shall consider all relevant factors, including:

(1) whether domestic violence has occurred and is likely to continue in the future and which state could best protect the parties and the child;

(2) the length of time the child has resided outside this state;

(3) the distance between the court in this state and the court in the state that would assume jurisdiction;

(4) the relative financial circumstances of the parties;

(5) any agreement of the parties as to which state should assume jurisdiction;

(6) the nature and location of the evidence required to resolve the pending litigation, including testimony of the child;

(7) the ability of the court of each state to decide the issue expeditiously and the procedures necessary to present the evidence; and

(8) the familiarity of the court of each state with the facts and issues in the pending litigation.

(c) If a court of this state determines that it is an inconvenient forum and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum, the court shall stay the proceedings upon condition that a child custody proceeding be promptly commenced in another designated state and may impose any other condition the court considers just and proper.

(d) A court of this state may decline to exercise its jurisdiction under this chapter if a child custody determination is incidental to an action for divorce or another proceeding while still retaining jurisdiction over the divorce or other proceeding.
Tex. Tax Code § 25.08 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 25 / Section 25.08
§ 25.08. IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) through (f), an improvement may be listed in the name of the owner of the land on which the improvement is located.

(b) If a person who is not entitled to exemption owns an improvement on exempt land, the improvement shall be listed in the name of the owner of the improvement.

(c) When a person other than the owner of an improvement owns the land on which the improvement is located, the land and the improvement shall be listed separately in the name of the owner of each if either owner files with the chief appraiser before May 1 a written request for separate taxation on a form furnished for that purpose together with proof of separate ownership. After an improvement qualifies for taxation separate from land, the qualification remains effective in subsequent tax years and need not be requested again. However, the qualification ceases when ownership of the land or the improvement is transferred or either owner files a request to cancel the separate taxation.

(d) Within 30 days after an owner of land or an improvement qualifies for separate taxation or cancels a qualification, the chief appraiser shall deliver a written notice of the qualification or cancellation to the other owner.

(e) A manufactured home shall be listed together with the land on which the home is located if:

(1) the statement of ownership for the home issued under Section 1201.207, Occupations Code, reflects that the owner has elected to treat the home as real property; and

(2) a copy of the statement of ownership has been filed in the real property records in the county in which the home is located.

(f) A manufactured home shall be listed separately from the land on which the home is located if either of the conditions provided by Subsection (e) is not satisfied.

(g) The chief appraiser shall apportion a residence homestead exemption for property consisting of land and a manufactured home listed separately on the tax roll on a pro rata basis based on the appraised value of the land and the manufactured home.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8118.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8118 / Section 8118.201
§ 8118.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 254.202 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 254 / Section 254.202
§ 254.202. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may issue an emergency order to suspend a license issued under this chapter if the department has reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of a license holder creates an immediate danger to the public health and safety.

(b) An emergency suspension under this section is effective immediately without a hearing on notice to the license holder.

(c) On written request of the license holder to the department for a hearing, the department shall refer the matter to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. An administrative law judge of that office shall conduct a hearing not earlier than the 10th day or later than the 30th day after the date the hearing request is received by the department to determine if the emergency suspension is to be continued, modified, or rescinded.

(d) A hearing and any appeal under this section are governed by the department's rules for a contested case hearing and Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 37.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.104
§ 37.104. COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The judge of a municipal court of a municipality in which, or any justice of the peace of a county in which, property under the control and jurisdiction of a school district is located may hear and determine criminal cases involving violations of this subchapter or rules adopted under this subchapter.
Tex. Family Code § 59.005 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.005
§ 59.005. SANCTION LEVEL TWO.
Status: in_force

(a) For a child at sanction level two, the juvenile court, the prosecuting attorney, or the probation department may, as provided by Section 53.03:

(1) place the child on deferred prosecution for not less than three months or more than six months;

(2) require the child to make restitution to the victim of the child's conduct or perform community service restitution appropriate to the nature and degree of harm caused and according to the child's ability;

(3) require the child's parents or guardians to identify restrictions the parents or guardians will impose on the child's activities and requirements the parents or guardians will set for the child's behavior;

(4) provide the information required under Sections 59.004(a)(2) and (4);

(5) require the child or the child's parents or guardians to participate in a program for services under Section 137.152, Human Resources Code, if a program under Section 137.152 is available to the child or the child's parents or guardians;

(6) refer the child to a community-based citizen intervention program approved by the juvenile court; and

(7) if appropriate, impose additional conditions of probation.

(b) The juvenile court or the probation department shall discharge the child from the custody of the probation department on the date the provisions of this section are met or on the child's 18th birthday, whichever is earlier.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7957.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7957 / Section 7957.201
§ 7957.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Utilities Code § 101.051 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 101 / Section 101.051
§ 101.051. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

The independent office of public utility counsel represents the interests of residential consumers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7928.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7928 / Section 7928.103
§ 7928.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 5 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 24 / Section 5
§ 5. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

An order to a witness and to a person having custody of the witness shall provide for the return of the witness at the conclusion of his testimony, proper safeguards on his custody, and proper financial reimbursement or prepayment by the requesting jurisdiction for all expenses incurred in the production and return of the witness. The order may prescribe any other condition the judge thinks proper or necessary. The judge shall not require prepayment of expenses if the judge directs and requires the requesting jurisdiction to accept custody of the witness at the Texas penal institution in which the witness is confined and to deliver the witness back to the same or another Texas penal institution at the conclusion of his testimony. An order does not become effective until the judge of the state requesting the witness enters an order directing compliance with the conditions prescribed.If a person comes into this State in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this State he shall not while in this State pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons.

If a person passes through this State while going to another State in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that State or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this State be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this State under the summons.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.059 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 61 / Section 61.059
§ 61.059. HUNTING OF CERTAIN MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS BY VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY ARMED FORCES MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may provide for special open seasons during which the taking and possession of ducks, geese, mergansers, coots, moorhens, and gallinules are restricted to veterans, as defined by 38 U.S.C. Section 101, and members of the armed forces of the United States on active duty, including members of the national guard and reserves on active duty other than for training.

(b) A special open season provided for by the commission under Subsection (a) may be combined with a special open season provided for by the commission under Section 61.058.

(c) The commission by rule may prescribe the proof of veteran or active duty status required of a person to participate in a special open season under this section.

(d) If the commission by rule requires that a person participating in a special open season under this section have in the person's immediate possession proof of the person's veteran or active duty status in accordance with commission rule, the rule must provide that it is a defense to prosecution under that rule that the person produces in court proof of the person's veteran or active duty status in accordance with commission rule.
Tex. Local Government Code § 262.0276 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 262 / Section 262.0276
§ 262.0276. CONTRACT WITH PERSON INDEBTED TO COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) By an order adopted and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court and after notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners court may adopt rules permitting the county to refuse to enter into a contract or other transaction with a person who owes a debt to the county.

(b) It is not a violation of this subchapter for a county, under rules adopted under Subsection (a), to refuse to award a contract to or enter into a transaction with an apparent low bidder or successful proposer that is indebted to the county.

(c) In this section, "person" includes an individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, and any other entity that proposes or otherwise seeks to enter into a contract or other transaction with the county requiring approval by the commissioners court.

(d) In this section, "debt" includes delinquent taxes, fines, fees, and delinquencies arising from written agreements with the county.
Tex. Education Code § 13.282 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 13 / Section 13.282
§ 13.282. AMOUNT; COMPUTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of incentive aid payments may not exceed the difference between:

(1) the sum of the entitlements computed under Section 48.266 that would have been paid to the districts included in the reorganized district if the districts had not been consolidated; and

(2) the amount to which the reorganized district is entitled under Section 48.266.

(b) If the reorganized district is not eligible for an entitlement under Section 48.266, the amount of the incentive aid payments may not exceed the sum of the entitlements computed under Section 48.266 for which the districts included in the reorganized district were eligible in the school year when they were consolidated.

(c) If there is a series of consolidations at intervals in compliance with this chapter, the school district last organized is eligible to receive at due times the total sum of the series of incentive aid payments as computed separately at the time of each consolidation, subject to this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 66.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 66 / Section 66.302
§ 66.302. REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT OF LIQUIDATING AGENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner, with or without cause, may remove a liquidating agent and appoint another agent.

(b) If a liquidating agent resigns, dies, or otherwise becomes unable to serve, the commissioner shall promptly appoint another agent.
Tex. Utilities Code § 102.004 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 102 / Section 102.004
§ 102.004. REPORT OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST.
Status: in_force

The railroad commission may require disclosure of the identity and respective interests of each owner of at least one percent of the voting securities of a gas utility or its affiliate.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.12 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.12
§ 6.12. AGRICULTURAL APPRAISAL ADVISORY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief appraiser of each appraisal district shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the board of directors, an agricultural advisory board composed of three or more members as determined by the board.

(b) The agricultural advisory board members must be landowners of the district whose land qualifies for appraisal under Subchapter C, D, E, or H, Chapter 23.

(c) Members of the board serve for staggered terms of two years. In making the initial appointments of members of the agricultural advisory board the chief appraiser shall appoint for a term of one year one-half of the members, or if the number of members is an odd number, one fewer than a majority of the membership.

(d) The board shall meet at the call of the chief appraiser at least once a year.

(e) An employee or officer of an appraisal district may not be appointed and may not serve as a member of the agricultural advisory board.

(f) A member of the agricultural advisory board is not entitled to compensation.

(g) The board shall advise the chief appraiser on the valuation and use of land that may be designated for agricultural use or that may be open space agricultural or timber land within the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0117 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.0117
§ 43.0117. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ANNEX AREA NEAR MILITARY BASE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "military base" means a presently functioning federally owned or operated military installation or facility.

(b) A municipality may annex for full or limited purposes, under the annexation provisions applicable to that municipality under this chapter, any part of the area located within five miles of the boundary of a military base in which an active training program is conducted. The annexation proposition shall be stated to allow the voters of the area to be annexed to choose between either annexation or providing the municipality with the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating the land use in the area in the manner recommended by the most recent joint land use study.
Tex. Property Code § 53.151 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.151
§ 53.151. ENFORCEMENT OF REMEDIES AGAINST MONEY DUE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A creditor of an original contractor may not collect, enforce a security interest against, garnish, or levy execution on the money due the original contractor or the contractor's surety from the owner, and a creditor of a subcontractor may not collect, enforce a security interest against, garnish, or levy execution on the money due the subcontractor, to the prejudice of the subcontractors, mechanics, laborers, materialmen, or their sureties.

(b) A surety issuing a payment bond or performance bond in connection with the improvements has a priority claim over other creditors of its principal to contract funds to the extent of any loss it suffers or incurs. That priority does not excuse the surety from paying any obligations that it may have under its payment bonds.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.111 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.111
§ 1477.111. SALE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court shall determine the manner of sale of bonds issued under this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.023
§ 593.023. RULES RELATING TO PLANNING OF SERVICES OR TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall develop and adopt procedures permitting a client, a parent if the client is a minor, or a guardian of the person to participate in planning the client's treatment and habilitation, including a decision to recommend or place a client in an alternative setting.

(b) The procedures must inform clients, parents, and guardians of the due process provisions of Sections 594.015-594.017, including the right to an administrative hearing and judicial review in county court of a proposed transfer or discharge.
Tex. Insurance Code § 847.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 847 / Section 847.005
§ 847.005. PRESUMED COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer is presumed to be in compliance with state statutory and regulatory requirements if:

(1) the health benefit plan issuer has received nonconditional accreditation by a national accreditation organization; and

(2) the national accreditation organization's accreditation requirements are the same, substantially similar to, or more stringent than the department's statutory or regulatory requirements.

(b) A health benefit plan issuer that offers a Medicare Advantage coordinated care plan under a contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is presumed to be in compliance with any state statutory and regulatory requirements that are the same, substantially similar to, or more stringent than the requirements for Medicare Advantage coordinated care plans, as determined by the commissioner.

(c) If the department determines that a health benefit plan issuer is in compliance with a state statutory or regulatory requirement, the commission may presume that a Medicaid or state child health plan program managed care plan offered by a health benefit plan issuer under contract with the commission is in compliance with any contractual Medicaid or state child health plan program managed care plan requirement that is the same as, substantially similar to, or more stringent than the state statutory or regulatory requirement, as determined by the commission.

(d) The commissioner may take appropriate action, including imposition of sanctions under Chapter 82, against a health benefit plan issuer who is presumed under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) to be in compliance with state statutory and regulatory requirements but does not maintain compliance with the same, substantially similar, or more stringent requirements applicable to the issuer under Subsection (a), (b), or (c).

(e) The department shall monitor and analyze periodically as prescribed by rule by the commissioner updates and amendments made to national accreditation standards as necessary to ensure that those standards remain the same, substantially similar to, or more stringent than the department's statutory or regulatory requirements.
Tex. Government Code § 25.1931 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.1931
§ 25.1931. RANDALL COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Randall County has two statutory county courts:

(1) the County Court at Law No. 1 of Randall County; and

(2) the County Court at Law No. 2 of Randall County.

(b) A county court at law of Randall County sits in the county seat or at another location in the county as assigned by the local administrative statutory county court judge.
Tex. Transportation Code § 623.127 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.127
§ 623.127. DURATION OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

A permit issued under this subchapter is effective for a 10-day period and valid only for a single continuous movement.