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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3804.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3804 / Section 3804.201
§ 3804.201. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be dissolved as provided by Subchapter M, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, except that the dissolution must be approved by:

(1) a three-fourths vote of the board; and

(2) a two-thirds vote of the City of Sugar Land's governing body.

(b) Despite this section and Section 375.264, Local Government Code, the district may be dissolved as provided by Subchapter M, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, if the district has debt. If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its bonds or other obligations according to their terms.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.158 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.158
§ 200.158. JOINT OWNERSHIP OF SHARES.
Status: in_force

(a) If shares are registered on the books of a real estate investment trust in the names of two or more persons as joint owners with the right of survivorship and one of the owners dies, the real estate investment trust may record on its books and effect the transfer of the shares to a person, including the surviving joint owner, and pay any distributions made with respect to the shares, as if the surviving joint owner was the sole owner of the shares. The recording and distribution authorized by this subsection must be made after the death of a joint owner and before the real estate investment trust receives actual written notice that a party other than a surviving joint owner is claiming an interest in the shares or distribution.

(b) The discharge of a real estate investment trust from liability under Section 200.160 and the transfer of full legal and equitable title of the shares does not affect, reduce, or limit any cause of action existing in favor of an owner of an interest in the shares or distribution against the surviving owner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.202
§ 1088.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1088.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9502.0312 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9502 / Section 9502.0312
§ 9502.0312. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in any type of property if the interest is necessary or convenient for the exercise of the district's functions. The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.

(b) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property owned or operated by a port authority, navigation district, drainage district, or common carrier railroad.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.073 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 483 / Section 483.073
§ 483.073. SEARCH WARRANT.
Status: in_force

A peace officer may apply for a search warrant to search for dangerous drugs possessed in violation of this chapter. The peace officer must apply for and execute the search warrant in the manner prescribed by the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1202.157 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.157
§ 1202.157. COUNCIL DECISIONS BINDING.
Status: in_force

The decisions, actions, and interpretations of the council are binding on the department, third-party inspectors, design review agencies, and municipalities and other political subdivisions.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.374 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.374
§ 2306.374. FACSIMILE SIGNATURES AND SEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may state in a resolution authorizing the issuance of an installment or series of bonds the extent to which the presiding officer of the board or any other officer may use a facsimile signature or facsimile seal instead of a manual signature or manually impressed seal to execute or attest the bonds and appurtenant coupons.

(b) An interest coupon may be signed by the facsimile signature of the presiding officer of the board.
Tex. Government Code § 434.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.005
§ 434.005. REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the commission if a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office, or does not maintain during the service on the commission, the qualifications required by Section 434.003 for appointment to the commission;

(2) violates a prohibition under Section 434.004;

(3) fails to attend at least half of the regularly scheduled commission meetings held in a calendar year, excluding meetings held while the person was not a member of the commission without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the commission; or

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term.

(b) The validity of an action of the commission is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a commission member exists.

(c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the commission of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the commission, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.059 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.059
§ 33.059. STUDIES.
Status: in_force

The board may study various coastal engineering problems, including the protection of the shoreline against erosion, the design and use of piers, groins, seawalls, and jetties, and the effects of various structures, works, and improvements on the physical and biological systems of the coastal public land.
Tex. Election Code § 101.056 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 101 / Section 101.056
§ 101.056. METHOD OF PROVIDING BALLOT; REQUIRED ADDRESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The balloting materials provided under this subchapter shall be airmailed to the voter free of United States postage, as provided by the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. Sections 20301 through 20311), in an envelope labeled "Official Election Balloting Material - via Airmail." The secretary of state shall provide early voting clerks with instructions on compliance with this subsection.

(b) The address to which the balloting materials are sent to a voter must be:

(1) an address outside the county of the voter's residence; or

(2) an address in the United States for forwarding or delivery to the voter at a location outside the United States.

(c) If the address to which the balloting materials are to be sent is within the county served by the early voting clerk, the federal postcard application must indicate that the balloting materials will be forwarded or delivered to the voter at a location outside the United States.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0509 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0509
§ 8510.0509. ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Authority bonds, including refunding bonds, may be additionally secured by a deed of trust lien on the authority's physical property and all franchises, easements, water rights and appropriation permits, leases, and contracts, and all rights related to the property, vesting in the trustee power to:

(1) sell the property for payment of the debt;

(2) operate the property; and

(3) take other action to further secure the bonds.

(b) The deed of trust may:

(1) contain any provision the board prescribes to secure the bonds and preserve the trust estate;

(2) provide for amendment or modification of the deed of trust; and

(3) provide for the issuance of bonds to replace lost or mutilated bonds.

(c) A purchaser under a sale under the deed of trust is the owner of the dam and other property and facilities purchased and is entitled to maintain and operate the property and facilities, if the authority forfeits or defaults.
Tex. Property Code § 62.026 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.026
§ 62.026. NOTICE OF FILING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "business day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday recognized by this state.

(b) Not later than one business day after the date the broker files a notice of lien, the broker shall mail a copy of the notice of lien by certified mail, return receipt requested, or registered mail to:

(1) the owner of record of the commercial real estate interest on which the lien is claimed or the owner's authorized agent; and

(2) the prospective buyer or tenant and any escrow agent named in a contract for the sale or lease of the commercial real estate interest on which the lien is claimed if:

(A) a binding written contract for the sale or lease of the commercial real estate interest is in effect between the owner and the prospective buyer or tenant in a transaction that is the basis for the commission; and

(B) the binding written contract was executed by the owner and the prospective buyer or tenant before the date the notice of lien is filed.

(c) Service of the notice under Subsection (b) is complete when the notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the persons entitled to receive the notice under this section.

(d) If the broker has actual knowledge of the identity of the escrow agent named in the contract for the sale or lease of the commercial real estate interest on which the broker claims a lien or of the escrow agent otherwise closing the sale or lease of the commercial real estate interest, the broker, before the first business day before the date that the sale or lease is closed on commercial real estate for which a notice of lien is filed, shall deliver a file-stamped copy or transmit a facsimile of a file-stamped copy of the notice of lien to each escrow agent at the office in which the closing of the sale or lease will occur for use during the closing of the sale or lease. The broker shall deliver the copy or transmit the facsimile directly to the individual escrow agent responsible for closing the sale or lease if the broker knows that person's name.

(e) If the escrow agent receives the notice of lien, the escrow agent and other parties to the sale or lease may not close the transaction unless the lien is released, the prospective buyer or tenant purchases or leases the property subject to the lien, the funds are held in escrow as provided by Subchapter F, or a bond is filed as provided by Subchapter G.

(f) If the broker fails to comply with this section, the notice of lien is void.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.155
§ 1006.155. 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) All district money shall be immediately deposited on receipt with a depository bank, except that sufficient money must be remitted to the appropriate bank to pay the principal of and interest on the district's outstanding bonds on or before the maturity date of the principal and interest.

(c) To the extent that money in a depository bank is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the money must be secured in the manner provided by law for security of county funds.

(d) Membership on the district's board of an officer or director of a bank does not disqualify the bank from being designated as a depository bank.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.303
§ 1121.303. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Cameron County Healthcare District."
Tex. Education Code § 135.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 135 / Section 135.104
§ 135.104. SUPPORT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The governing boards of the participating institutions may assign the management and operation of selected services, including maintenance of buildings and grounds, operation of auxiliary enterprises, and operation of a jointly supported library, to one of the institutions in order to achieve cost-effectiveness.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.101
§ 161.101. TESTS FOR EXPOSURE TO LEAD.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of an attending physician, the department shall conduct tests for lead poisoning if the physician suspects that a person has been exposed to lead and that the person may have been harmed by that exposure.

(b) The department shall charge only for the cost to the department of conducting the test.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1116.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1116 / Section 1116.151
§ 1116.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The board shall prepare a budget that includes:

(1) proposed expenditures and disbursements;

(2) estimated receipts and collections for the next fiscal year; and

(3) the amount of taxes required to be imposed during the next fiscal year to meet the proposed budget.
Tex. Government Code § 614.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 614 / Section 614.103
§ 614.103. REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A request for assistance from the fund shall be submitted to the director.

(a-1) A volunteer fire department whose equipment is damaged or lost in responding to a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014 in an area subject to the declaration may submit a request for emergency assistance from the fund for:

(1) the replacement or repair of damaged or lost personal protective equipment or other firefighting equipment; and

(2) the purchase of a machine to clean personal protective equipment.

(b) On receiving a request for assistance, the director shall determine whether to provide assistance and the amount of the assistance to be provided, if any, based on the criteria developed under Section 614.102. A written copy of the decision shall be sent to the requestor.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.601 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.601
§ 2301.601. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Impairment of market value" means a substantial loss in market value caused by a defect specific to a motor vehicle.

(2) "Owner" means a person who is entitled to enforce a manufacturer's warranty with respect to a motor vehicle, and who:

(A) purchased the motor vehicle at retail from a license holder;

(B) is a lessor or lessee, other than a sublessee, who purchased or leased the vehicle from a license holder;

(C) is a resident of this state and has registered the vehicle in this state;

(D) purchased or leased the vehicle at retail and is an active duty member of the United States armed forces stationed in this state at the time a proceeding is commenced under this subchapter; or

(E) is:

(i) the transferee or assignee of a person described by Paragraphs (A)-(D);

(ii) a resident of this state; and

(iii) the person who registered the vehicle in this state.

(3) "Reasonable allowance for use" means the amount directly attributable to use of a motor vehicle when the vehicle is not out of service for repair.

(4) "Serious safety hazard" means a life-threatening malfunction or nonconformity that:

(A) substantially impedes a person's ability to control or operate a motor vehicle for ordinary use or intended purposes; or

(B) creates a substantial risk of fire or explosion.
Tex. Government Code § 411.355 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.355
§ 411.355. ACTIVATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the request of a local law enforcement agency regarding an abducted child, the department shall activate the alert system and notify appropriate participants in the alert system, as established by rule, if:

(1) the local law enforcement agency believes that a child has been abducted, including a child who:

(A) is younger than 14 years of age; and

(B) regardless of whether the child departed willingly with the other person, has been taken from the care and custody of the child's parent or legal guardian without the permission of the parent or legal guardian by another person who is:

(i) more than three years older than the child; and

(ii) not related to the child by any degree of consanguinity or affinity as defined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code;

(2) the local law enforcement agency believes that the abducted child is in immediate danger of serious bodily injury or death or of becoming the victim of a sexual assault;

(3) the local law enforcement agency confirms that a preliminary investigation has taken place that verifies the abduction and eliminates alternative explanations for the child's disappearance; and

(4) sufficient information is available to disseminate to the public that could assist in locating the child, a person suspected of abducting the child, or a vehicle suspected of being used in the abduction.

(b) On the request of a local law enforcement agency regarding a missing person with an intellectual disability, the department shall activate the alert system and notify appropriate participants in the alert system, as established by rule, if:

(1) the local law enforcement agency receives notice of a missing person with an intellectual disability;

(2) the local law enforcement agency verifies that at the time the person is reported missing:

(A) the person has an intellectual disability, as determined according to the procedure provided by Section 593.005, Health and Safety Code; and

(B) the person's location is unknown;

(3) the local law enforcement agency determines that the person's disappearance poses a credible threat to the person's health and safety; and

(4) sufficient information is available to disseminate to the public that could assist in locating the person.

(c) The department may modify the criteria described by Subsection (a) or (b) as necessary for the proper implementation of the alert system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1094.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1094 / Section 1094.004
§ 1094.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory in the boundaries of the Seminole Common Consolidated School District No. 1 located in Gaines County as those boundaries existed on April 29, 1971, unless the district's boundaries are expanded under Subchapter D.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.016
§ 401.016. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a member of the advisory board as the advisory board chairman to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor.

(b) The advisory board shall elect from its members a vice-chairman and secretary.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14A.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14A / Section 14A.005
§ 14A.005. RECEIPTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner or depositor of property stored in a warehouse may request from the public warehouse operator a receipt for the property stored in the warehouse.

(b) The receipt shall be signed by the public warehouse operator or the warehouse operator's agent and shall state:

(1) that the receipt is issued by a warehouse;

(2) the date of its issuance;

(3) the name and location of the warehouse in which the property is stored; and

(4) the description, quantity, number, and marks of the property stored.

(c) The public warehouse operator shall number receipts consecutively in the order of their issue and shall keep a correct record of receipts issued available for public inspection at reasonable hours.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8489.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8489 / Section 8489.252
§ 8489.252. AUTHORITY TO DIVIDE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A county in which the improvement district is located may by order divide an emergency services district located in whole or in part in the improvement district and wholly in the county in the manner provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 772.0063 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 772 / Section 772.0063
§ 772.0063. GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall establish and implement a program to provide comprehensive, individualized services to address the rehabilitation and treatment needs of child victims of an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code.

(b) The governor shall appoint a director of the program to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

(c) The director of the program shall coordinate with state and local law enforcement agencies, state agencies, and service providers to identify victims of child sex trafficking who are eligible to receive services under the program.

(d) For each victim of child sex trafficking identified by the director, the program shall immediately facilitate the assignment of a caseworker to the victim to coordinate with local service providers to create a customized package of services to fit the victim's immediate and long-term rehabilitation and treatment needs. Services provided under the program must address all aspects of the medical, psychiatric, psychological, safety, and housing needs of victims.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.205 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.205
§ 775.205. EFFECT OF ADOPTION OF AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL OF EXCLUSION.
Status: in_force

(a) After adoption and approval under Section 775.204, the district's tax on the property in the excluded territory continues until all agreed compensation has been paid in full.

(b) The district shall apply the compensation received under this section toward the payment of the obligations described by Subsection (c).

(c) The agreement must provide for the excluded territory to compensate the district in an amount equal to the excluded territory's pro rata share of the outstanding and unpaid bonds, warrants, or other direct and indirect obligations, including loans and lease-purchase agreements and written funding assistance agreements of the district and any not-for-profit fire departments and ambulance agencies or associations, for the financing and payment for firefighting, emergency medical service and emergency rescue equipment, fire and ambulance stations, or similar long-term capital assets to serve the district.

(d) The excluded territory's pro rata share is the unpaid principal balances of the outstanding loans and other obligations enumerated by Subsection (c) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the taxable value of the property in the excluded territory and the denominator of which is the taxable value of the entire district, including the excluded territory. The taxable value calculated under this subsection for property in the excluded territory, including as part of the entire district, does not include any special appraisal or exemptions for the property.

(e) The agreement to compensate the district does not include the following expenses incurred by the district after the boundaries change:

(1) expenses for district operations and maintenance; and

(2) expenses for district services.

(f) The agreement to compensate the district is required regardless of whether the loans and other obligations are subject to non-appropriation by the district or termination by either party before payment in full of the unpaid principal balance.