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Tex. Election Code § 31.016 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.016
§ 31.016. VOTING INFORMATION ON SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures requiring the county officer responsible for administering elections to submit contact information of the county election office to the secretary of state for inclusion on the secretary of state's Internet website, including:

(1) the street address and zip code;

(2) the mailing address if different from the address provided in Subdivision (1);

(3) telephone number;

(4) facsimile number; and

(5) e-mail address.

(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures requiring each entity designating the location of a polling place, including an early voting polling place, to submit information on the location to the secretary of state for inclusion on the secretary of state's Internet website.

(c) For each polling place the information submitted must include:

(1) the name of the building in which the polling place is located, if available;

(2) the street address and zip code of the polling place; and

(3) the days and hours of voting at each location.

(d) The polling information under Subsection (c) shall be posted on the secretary of state's Internet website in a downloadable format.

(e) The secretary of state:

(1) may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source for the creation and maintenance of the Internet website; and

(2) shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.001
§ 52.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the General Land Office.

(2) "Land office" means the General Land Office.

(3) "Board" means the school land board.
Tex. Tax Code § 152.1222 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1222
§ 152.1222. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN TAX REVENUE TO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 152.122, the comptroller shall deposit to the credit of the property tax relief fund under Section 403.109, Government Code, the amount of money received under Section 152.121 that is estimated to have been derived from the computation of the tax imposed by this chapter on the standard presumptive values of motor vehicles or on percentages of those values as provided by Section 152.0412.

(b) The comptroller shall determine the amount described by Subsection (a) using available statistical data. If satisfactory data are not available, the comptroller may require county tax assessor-collectors to report additional information to the comptroller as necessary to make the allocation required by Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 317.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 317 / Section 317.008
§ 317.008. EFFECTIVE AND EXPIRATION DATES OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) An order adopted by the governor or the Legislative Budget Board under this chapter, other than a contingent order adopted under Section 317.005(d), takes effect on the date of adoption, unless the order specifies a later date. A contingent order adopted under Section 317.005(d) and approved under this chapter takes effect on the date of approval, unless the order specifies a later date.

(b) An order adopted under this chapter expires at the end of the fiscal year to which by its terms it applies, except that an order may specify an earlier expiration date or a later date that does not extend beyond the end of the biennium containing each fiscal year to which the order applies.
Tex. Family Code § 264.0145 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.0145
§ 264.0145. RELEASE OF CASE RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "case record" means those files, reports, records, communications, audio recordings, video recordings, or working papers under the custody and control of the department that are collected, developed, or used:

(1) in a child abuse or neglect investigation; or

(2) in providing services as a result of an investigation, including substitute care services for a child.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish guidelines that prioritize requests to release case records, including those made by an adult previously in the department's managing conservatorship.

(c) The department is not required to release a copy of the case record except as provided by law and department rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.003
§ 1005.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.152 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.152
§ 201.152. CONTRACTS FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A county, city, water control and improvement district, drainage district, or other political subdivision may contract with a conservation district for the joint acquisition of rights-of-way or for joint construction or maintenance of dams, flood retention structures, canals, drains, levees, or other improvements for flood control and drainage related to flood control or for making the necessary outlets and maintaining them. The contracts and agreements may contain terms, provisions, and details that the governing bodies of the respective political subdivisions determine to be necessary under the facts and circumstances.

(b) A county, city, water control and improvement district, drainage district, or other political subdivision may contribute funds to a conservation district for the construction or maintenance of canals, dams, flood retention structures, drains, levees, and other improvements for flood control and drainage related to flood control or for making the necessary outlets and maintaining them. The political subdivision may contribute the funds regardless of whether title to the property is vested in the State of Texas or a conservation district if the work to be accomplished is for the mutual benefit of the donor and the agency or political subdivision having title to the property on which the improvements are located.

(c) A county, city, water control and improvement district, drainage district, or other political subdivision may contribute funds to a conservation district for a specific purpose authorized by this chapter or for use in the exercise of any power or duty conferred on a conservation district by this chapter that will benefit the contributing district or political subdivision. All or part of any funds contributed by a county, city, water control and improvement district, drainage district, or other political subdivision to a conservation district may be used by the conservation district to match funds received from the state.

(d) For the purposes of this section, a county may expend permanent improvement funds or flood control funds levied in accordance with Article VIII, Section 1-a, of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 464, Acts of the 51st Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 7048a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). A political subdivision other than a county may expend the appropriate funds of the subdivision for the purposes of this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.334 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.334
§ 601.334.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.334. RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: CONSENT OF JUDGMENT CREDITOR. (a) The department may allow a judgment debtor's driver's license and vehicle registrations or nonresident's operating privilege to continue, notwithstanding Section 601.332, if:

(1) the judgment creditor consents to the continuation in writing in the form prescribed by the department; and

(2) the judgment debtor provides evidence of financial responsibility to the department.

(b) Continuation of a judgment debtor's driver's license and vehicle registrations or nonresident's operating privilege expires on the later of:

(1) the date the consent of the judgment creditor is revoked in writing; or

(2) the expiration of six months after the effective date of the consent.

(c) Subsection (b) applies notwithstanding default in the payment of the judgment or any installments to be made under Section 601.335.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3988.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3988 / Section 3988.0302
§ 3988.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, using any money available to the district for the purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).

(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.

(d) The district may enter into a contract with the city to allow the city to provide to the district revenue from fees collected by the city from municipally owned utility customers in the district in exchange for the district providing an improvement project or service that provides a public benefit to the city. The district may not enter into a contract described by this subsection unless the district enters into an agreement before May 31, 2027, with the owner of the land used for the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course that provides for the purchase of the land or a method of preserving the land as a public golf course, publicly available parkland, or a combination of those uses.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.106 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.106
§ 1001.106. INFORMATION RELATING TO RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING SAFETY.
Status: in_force

(a) A driving safety course must include information on railroad and highway grade crossing safety.

(b) The commission by rule shall provide minimum standards of curriculum relating to operation of vehicles at railroad and highway grade crossings.

(c) Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, and Section 51.353, Occupations Code, do not apply to a violation of this section or a rule adopted under this section.

(d) Section 51.352, Occupations Code, and Sections 1001.455(a)(6) and 1001.554 of this code do not apply to a violation of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8836.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8836 / Section 8836.001
§ 8836.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.015 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.015
§ 33.015. SPECIAL ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) A dedicated account is created, and money received by the board for the grant of permits under this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of this dedicated account.

(b) Sections 403.094(h) and 403.095(b), Government Code, do not apply to the dedicated account created under this section.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.206 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.206
§ 152.206. PARTNER'S DUTY OF CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) A partner's duty of care to the partnership and the other partners is to act in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business with the care an ordinarily prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances.

(b) An error in judgment does not by itself constitute a breach of the duty of care.

(c) A partner is presumed to satisfy the duty of care if the partner acts on an informed basis and in compliance with Section 152.204(b).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 74.129 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 74 / Section 74.129
§ 74.129. EXEMPTION FROM LAWSUITS, LIABILITY, TAXATION, AND LEGAL PROCESS.
Status: in_force

The legislature recognizes that the foundation, acting under the supervision and control of the commissioner, is carrying out an important governmental function and that therefore the foundation, as a quasi-governmental entity, must be immune from lawsuits and liability except to the extent provided in Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and as provided by this section. Therefore, no claims may be brought or continued against the foundation except: (1) claims allowed by Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and (2) claims pending against the foundation on April 30, 1997, plus attorney's fees and costs of court. With the exception of finally adjudicated claims arising from Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and claims for assessments, attorney's fees, and costs of court paid by named plaintiffs in lawsuits pending on or before April 30, 1997, all payments, contributions, funds, and assessments received or held by the foundation under this subchapter are exempt from garnishment, attachment, execution, or other seizure and from state and local taxation, levies, sales, and any other process and are unassignable. Nothing in this section shall affect or impair any existing or future indebtedness or any existing or future security interest created under a note, security agreement, assignment, or other loan agreement between the foundation and a lender or any judgment, to the extent such judgment allows recovery against the foundation pursuant to a note, security agreement, loan agreement, or other document.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8420.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8420 / Section 8420.003
§ 8420.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.202
§ 174.202. STRIKES, SLOWDOWNS, AND LOCKOUTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A fire fighter or police officer may not engage in a strike or slowdown.

(b) A lockout of fire fighters or police officers is prohibited.
Tex. Family Code § 101.0010 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.0010
§ 101.0010. ACKNOWLEDGED FATHER.
Status: in_force

"Acknowledged father" means a man who has established a father-child relationship under Chapter 160.
Tex. Tax Code § 31.033 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 31 / Section 31.033
§ 31.033. INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF TAXES ON PROPERTY IN DISASTER AREA OR EMERGENCY AREA THAT HAS NOT BEEN DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF DISASTER OR EMERGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "disaster," "disaster area," "emergency," and "emergency area" have the meanings assigned by Section 31.032(g).

(b) This section applies only to:

(1) real property that:

(A) is owned or leased by a business entity that had not more than the amount calculated as provided by Section 31.032(h) in gross receipts in the entity's most recent federal tax year or state franchise tax annual period, according to the applicable federal income tax return or state franchise tax report of the entity;

(B) is located in a disaster area or emergency area; and

(C) has not been damaged as a direct result of the disaster or emergency;

(2) tangible personal property that is owned or leased by a business entity described by Subdivision (1)(A); and

(3) taxes that are imposed on the property by a taxing unit before the first anniversary of the disaster or emergency.

(c) The governing body of a taxing unit may authorize a person to pay the taxing unit's taxes imposed on property that the person owns in installments. If the governing body of a taxing unit adopts the installment-payment option under this subsection, Sections 31.032(b), (b-1), (c), and (d) apply to the payment by a person of the taxing unit's taxes imposed on property that the person owns in the same manner as those subsections apply to the payment of taxes imposed on property to which Section 31.032 applies.

(d) The comptroller shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3965.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3965 / Section 3965.0101
§ 3965.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Celina, Texas.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means the Celina Municipal Management District No. 3.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.051
§ 1049.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms.

(c) An election shall be held each year on the May uniform election day prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.0104 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0104
§ 161.0104. DISASTER PREPARATION.
Status: in_force

The department shall consult with public health departments and appropriate health care providers to identify adult immunizations that may be necessary to respond to or prepare for a disaster or public health emergency, terrorist attack, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency.
Tex. Education Code § 74.304 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 74 / Section 74.304
§ 74.304. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may execute and carry out with any entity or institution affiliation or coordinating agreements that are reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct and operation of a professional school of the first class, not in conflict with Section 74.302 of this code; and the board may make joint appointments in other institutions under its governance. The salary of any person who receives a joint appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of services rendered.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0216 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0216
§ 546.0216. REVIEW OF CERTAIN PLACEMENT DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner or the executive commissioner's designee shall conduct a semiannual review of data received from health and human services agencies regarding all children who reside in institutions in this state.

(b) The executive commissioner, the executive commissioner's designee, or a person with whom the commission contracts shall also review the recommendations of the chief executive officer of each appropriate health and human services agency or the officer's designee if the officer or the officer's designee repeatedly recommends that children continue residing in an institution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7929.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7929 / Section 7929.004
§ 7929.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7929.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Family Code § 155.206 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 155 / Section 155.206
§ 155.206. EFFECT OF TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) A court to which a transfer is made becomes the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and all proceedings in the suit are continued as if it were brought there originally.

(b) A judgment or order transferred has the same effect and shall be enforced as if originally rendered in the transferee court.

(c) The transferee court shall enforce a judgment or order of the transferring court by contempt or by any other means by which the transferring court could have enforced its judgment or order. The transferee court shall have the power to punish disobedience of the transferring court's order, whether occurring before or after the transfer, by contempt.

(d) After the transfer, the transferring court does not retain jurisdiction of the child who is the subject of the suit, nor does it have jurisdiction to enforce its order for a violation occurring before or after the transfer of jurisdiction.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1410 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1410
§ 411.1410.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.1410. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. (a) In this section, "agency of the United States armed forces" means the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, or the United States Air Force.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), an agency of the United States armed forces, including a recruiter for the agency, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who is an applicant for enlistment in the United States armed forces.

(c) An agency of the United States armed forces is entitled to criminal history record information under Subsection (b) only if the agency submits to the department a signed statement from the applicant that authorizes the agency to obtain the information.

(d) Criminal history record information obtained by an agency of the United States armed forces under Subsection (b) may not be released to any person or agency except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information.

(e) An agency of the United States armed forces shall destroy criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (b) after the purpose for which the information was obtained is accomplished.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 22.054 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 22 / Section 22.054
§ 22.054. SALE AND USE OF TIMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may use timber cut from the land in the park to repair or construct improvements.

(b) The department may sell timber from the land in the park to finance the construction or repair of improvements.

(c) Timber must be selectively cut for sale or use under the supervision of the Texas Forest Service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8444.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8444 / Section 8444.153
§ 8444.153. 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. Estates Code § 1001.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.002
§ 1001.002. LAWS APPLICABLE TO GUARDIANSHIPS.
Status: in_force

To the extent applicable and not inconsistent with other provisions of this code, the laws and rules governing estates of decedents apply to guardianships.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.159 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.159
§ 2310.159. SERVICE COMPANY LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a license to each qualified applicant who applies for a service company license.

(b) An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a license under this section must:

(1) submit to the department a certificate of insurance evidencing that the applicant has an insurance policy that meets the requirements of Section 2310.160 effective for the period for which the license is to be issued or renewed; and

(2) meet any other requirements provided by commission rule.