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Tex. Government Code § 1473.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.008
§ 1473.008. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may issue refunding bonds to refund all or any part of its outstanding bonds issued under this subchapter, including matured but unpaid interest coupons. The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds on the surrender and cancellation of the bonds being refunded. The refunding may take place in one delivery or in installment deliveries.

(b) The refunding bonds may be payable from the same sources as the bonds to be refunded or from other additional sources.

(c) A county may, in the order authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, provide for the sale of the refunding bonds and the deposit of the proceeds in the place at which the bonds to be refunded are payable. In that case, the refunding bonds may be issued before the cancellation of the bonds to be refunded.

(d) If refunding bonds are issued before cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, the county shall deposit an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds to be refunded to their maturity dates, or to their option dates if the bonds have been called for payment before maturity according to their terms, in each place at which the bonds to be refunded are payable. The comptroller shall register the refunding bonds without the surrender and cancellation of bonds to be refunded.
Tex. Local Government Code § 382.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 382 / Section 382.051
§ 382.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

If a county elects to delegate the authority granted under this chapter, it shall appoint a board of seven directors to serve staggered two-year terms, with three or four directors' terms expiring June 1 of each year to manage the economic development project or, at the option of the county, govern the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 506.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 506 / Section 506.101
§ 506.101. ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board is composed of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the approval of the commission as follows:

(1) four licensed behavior analysts, at least one of whom must be certified as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst--Doctoral or hold an equivalent certification issued by the certifying entity;

(2) one licensed assistant behavior analyst;

(3) one physician who has experience providing mental health or behavioral health services; and

(4) three members who represent the public and who are either former recipients of applied behavior analysis services or the parent or guardian of a current or former recipient of applied behavior analysis services.

(b) To be qualified for appointment under Subsection (a)(1), a person must have at least five years of experience as a licensed behavior analyst after being certified by the certifying entity.

(c) Appointments to the advisory board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.061 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.061
§ 85.061. HIV MEDICATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas HIV medication program is established in the department.

(b) The program shall assist hospital districts, local health departments, public or nonprofit hospitals and clinics, nonprofit community organizations, and HIV-infected individuals in the purchase of medications approved by the commissioner that have been shown to be effective in reducing hospitalizations due to HIV-related conditions.
Tex. Utilities Code § 186.005 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 186 / Section 186.005
§ 186.005. RESTRAINING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A district court shall immediately inquire into the matter if a public utility presents a verified petition to the court:

(1) alleging that in the judicial district of the court a person is violating or threatening to violate Section 186.004 and that the violation or threatened violation will interfere with the maintenance of adequate water, electric, or gas service; and

(2) describing the acts committed in violation of Section 186.004, or the threatened acts that, if committed, will violate Section 186.004.

(b) If it appears that there is a violation or threatened violation of Section 186.004, the court shall immediately issue an order restraining the person, the person's agent, and any other person acting with them from committing an act prohibited by that section.

(c) A restraining order issued under this section is effective when the petitioner files with the clerk of the court a good and sufficient bond in an amount set by the court to cover court costs that may reasonably accrue in connection with the case. A judgment rendered in the case may not be superseded pending appeal.

(d) Venue for a suit under this section is in any judicial district in which the violation or threat to violate occurs.
Tex. Election Code § 172.1111 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.1111
§ 172.1111. POSTING NOTICE OF CONVENTIONS REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the opening of the polls during the early voting period and on election day, the presiding judge shall post at each outside door through which a voter may enter the building in which the polling place is located a written notice in bold print of the date, hour, and place for each precinct, county, senatorial, or state convention that a voter in the precinct may be eligible to attend during the election year.

(b) Notice posted under this section may include:

(1) the website of the county party and state party; and

(2) any other information deemed necessary by the state executive committee.

(b-1) The state chair shall develop a form for the notice that may be used statewide. The judge is not required to use an officially prescribed form for the notice, but must include any information required by this section.

(b-2) A state chair, county chair, or precinct chair shall provide the presiding judge with the necessary information respecting the chair's associated convention.

(c) The notice must remain posted continuously through the early voting period and on election day.
Tex. Estates Code § 301.153 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 301 / Section 301.153
§ 301.153. ADDITIONAL PROOF REQUIRED FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; EFFECT OF FINDING NO NECESSITY FOR ADMINISTRATION EXISTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If letters of administration are to be granted, the applicant for the letters must prove to the court's satisfaction that a necessity for an administration of the estate exists.

(b) If an application is filed for letters of administration but the court finds that no necessity for an administration of the estate exists, the court shall recite in the court's order refusing the application that no necessity for an administration exists.

(c) A court order containing a recital that no necessity for an administration of the estate exists constitutes sufficient legal authority for each person who owes money, has custody of property, or acts as registrar or transfer agent of any evidence of interest, indebtedness, property, or right belonging to the estate, and to each person purchasing or otherwise dealing with the estate, for payment or transfer to the distributees.

(d) A distributee is entitled to enforce by suit the distributee's right to payment or transfer described by Subsection (c).
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.159 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.159
§ 22.159. QUORUM OF MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws of a corporation, members of the corporation holding one-tenth of the votes entitled to be cast, in person or by proxy, constitute a quorum.

(b) The vote of the majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the members present or represented by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present is the act of the members meeting, unless the vote of a greater number is required by law or the certificate of formation or bylaws.

(c) Unless otherwise provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws, a church incorporated before May 12, 1959, is considered to have provided in the certificate of formation or bylaws that members present at a meeting for which notice has been given constitute a quorum.
Tex. Water Code § 5.129 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.129
§ 5.129. SUMMARY OF AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PUBLIC NOTICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall provide for each public notice issued or published by the commission or by a person under the jurisdiction of the commission as required by law or by commission rule to include:

(1) at the beginning of the notice a succinct statement of the subject of the notice; and

(2) to the extent applicable, the name of the permit applicant, the type of permit applied for, and the location of each proposed or existing site subject to the proposed permit.

(a-1) Rules adopted under this section must provide that a summary statement must be designed to inform the reader of the subject matter of the notice without having to read the entire text of the notice.

(b) The summary statement may not be grounds for challenging the validity of the proposed action for which the notice was published.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6607.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6607 / Section 6607.003
§ 6607.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects that are to be accomplished by the district under powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 263.105 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 263 / Section 263.105
§ 263.105. CONDITIONS OF LEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) A lease under this subchapter may initially be effective for the term of a mortgage covering the construction of the hotel and related facilities. The lease may provide to the parties constructing, owning, or operating the hotel or related facilities an option to renew the lease.

(b) The lease must be made on a competitive bid. Consideration for the lease may not be less than the fair market lease value of the property and air rights being leased.

(c) The parties to the lease mutually shall determine the other conditions of the lease.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.056
§ 1004.056. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among the directors.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director.

(c) Each officer of the board serves a one-year term.

(d) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1 / Section 1.002
§ 1.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE.
Status: in_force

Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
Tex. Government Code § 24.506 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.506
§ 24.506.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.506. 361ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZOS COUNTY). (a) The 361st Judicial District is composed of Brazos County.

(b) The 361st District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the statutory county courts of Brazos County in misdemeanor cases as well as the jurisdiction prescribed by general law for district courts.

(c) The terms of the 361st District Court begin on the first Mondays in April and October.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 825.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 825 / Section 825.002
§ 825.002. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

The director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service shall execute a cooperative agreement with the appropriate federal officers or agencies to perform the cooperative work in predatory animal and rodent control in the manner and under the regulations stated in the agreement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.0635 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.0635
§ 363.0635. SCHEDULE FOR ADOPTION OF PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish a time schedule by which each planning region existing on September 1, 1989, shall develop a regional solid waste management plan, and local governments located in those planning regions shall develop local solid waste management plans as required by this section.

(b) The time schedule shall be based on the availability of funds to provide financial assistance to planning regions and local governments as prescribed by Sections 363.091 through 363.093 for the development of those plans.

(c) Unless otherwise required by federal law or federal regulations, a planning region or local government is not required to develop a solid waste management plan until after the date on which funds are provided to that planning region or local government by the commission as prescribed by Sections 363.091 through 363.093 for the development of plans.

(d) Each planning region existing on September 1, 1989, shall develop a regional solid waste management plan, and local governments located in that planning region shall develop local solid waste management plans in accordance with the time schedule established by the commission and as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 312.041 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 312 / Section 312.041
§ 312.041. HEARING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An assessment against property abutting an improvement or against the owner of the property may be made under Subchapter B only after the property owner has a full hearing.

(b) Reasonable notice of the hearing shall be given to the property owner or the owner's agent or attorney.

(c) Notice of the hearing shall be published at least three times in a newspaper published in the municipality in which the assessment is to be made. If that municipality does not have a newspaper, notice shall be published in the newspaper that is published nearest to the municipality and that is of general circulation in the county in which the municipality is located.

(d) The first publication of the notice shall be made not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(e) If the owner of the property is a railway, written notice of the assessment and hearing shall be:

(1) delivered in person to the local agent of the railway; or

(2) mailed postage paid at a post office in the municipality and properly addressed to the office of the railway at the address shown on the last approved municipal tax roll.

(f) Notice required by Subsection (e) shall be mailed or delivered not later than 10 days before the date of the hearing.

(g) The governing body of the municipality may provide notice in addition to the notice required by this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 263.204 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 263 / Section 263.204
§ 263.204. CONVEYANCE FOR MILITARY INSTALLATION OR FACILITY.
Status: in_force

If a county owns and controls land, or an interest in land, near a federally owned or operated military installation or facility, the county judge of the county, on order of the commissioners court or on a request of the United States that is supported by an order of the commissioners court, may convey to the United States an easement, or other interest in the land, that is necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the installation or facility.
Tex. Estates Code § 1157.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1157 / Section 1157.052
§ 1157.052. FAILURE TO ENDORSE OR ATTACH MEMORANDUM OR ALLOW OR REJECT CLAIM.
Status: in_force

The failure of a guardian of the estate to endorse on or attach to a claim presented to the guardian the memorandum required by Section 1157.051 or, not later than the 30th day after the date a claim is presented, to allow or reject the claim or portion of the claim constitutes a rejection of the claim. If the claim is later established by suit:

(1) the costs shall be taxed against the guardian, individually; or

(2) the guardian may be removed as in other cases of removal on the written complaint of any person interested in the claim after personal service of citation, hearing, and proof.
Tex. Government Code § 2003.045 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.045
§ 2003.045. OVERSIGHT OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.
Status: in_force

The chief administrative law judge may designate senior or master administrative law judges to oversee the training, evaluation, discipline, and promotion of administrative law judges employed by the office.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.001
§ 441.001. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer delinquency, or the state's inability to properly proceed in a threatened delinquency, directly or indirectly affects other insurers by creating a lack of public confidence in insurance and insurers. Insurer delinquencies destroy public confidence in the state's ability to regulate insurers. The harmful results of insurer delinquencies, including those described by this subsection, are properly minimized by laws designed to protect and assist insureds, creditors, and owners.

(b) Placing an insurer in receivership often destroys or diminishes, or is likely to destroy or diminish, the value of the insurer's assets, including:

(1) the insurer's insurance account or in-force business;

(2) the insurer as a going concern; and

(3) the insurer's agency force.

(c) The value of the assets described by Subsection (b) should be preserved if the circumstances of the insurer's financial condition warrant an attempt to rehabilitate or conserve the insurer and the rehabilitation or conservation is otherwise feasible.

(d) It is a proper concern of this state and proper policy to attempt to correct or remedy insurer misconduct, ineptness, or misfortune.

(e) The purpose of this chapter is to:

(1) provide for the rehabilitation and conservation of insurers by authorizing and requiring supervision and conservatorship by the commissioner;

(2) authorize action to determine whether an attempt should be made to rehabilitate and conserve an insurer;

(3) avoid, if possible and feasible, the necessity of placing an insurer under temporary or permanent receivership;

(4) provide for the protection of an insurer's assets pending determination of whether the insurer may be successfully rehabilitated; and

(5) alleviate concerns regarding insurance and insurers.

(f) Rehabilitation of an insurer might not be accomplished in every case, but this chapter facilitates and directs an attempt to rehabilitate an insurer without immediate resort to the harsher remedy of receivership. If receivership becomes necessary, the preliminary supervision and conservatorship may prevent a dissipation of assets, which will benefit policyholders, creditors, and owners.

(g) For the reasons stated by this section, the substance and procedures of this chapter are the public policy of this state and are necessary to the public welfare. That policy and welfare require the availability of this chapter and the application of this chapter if circumstances warrant.

(h) This chapter provides, in conjunction with other law, a generally ordered sequence, and provides for review at each step, of supervision, concurrent conservatorship and rehabilitation, including reinsurance, and cessation of the conservatorship by rehabilitation or by receivership and liquidation if at any time that cessation is indicated or determined to be appropriate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1094.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1094 / Section 1094.304
§ 1094.304. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY DISTRICT TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election under this subsection must be made by December 1 and governs the manner in which taxes are assessed and collected, until changed by a similar resolution.

(b) The district tax assessor-collector must:

(1) reside in the district; and

(2) own real property subject to district taxation.

(c) The board shall set for the district tax assessor-collector:

(1) the term of employment; and

(2) compensation.
Tex. Family Code § 104.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 104 / Section 104.004
§ 104.004. REMOTE TELEVISED BROADCAST OF TESTIMONY OF CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) If in a suit a child 12 years of age or younger is alleged to have been abused, the court may, on the motion of a party to the proceeding, order that the testimony of the child be taken in a room other than the courtroom and be televised by closed-circuit equipment in the courtroom to be viewed by the court and the parties.

(b) The procedures that apply to prerecorded videotaped testimony of a child apply to the remote broadcast of testimony of a child.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.287 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.287
§ 161.287. RULES GOVERNING SALE.
Status: in_force

The rules governing the sale of land under this subchapter are governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to sale of land generally by the board except where those provisions conflict with this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 466.153 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 466 / Section 466.153
§ 466.153. CHANGE IN APPLICATION INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an applicant or sales agent shall notify the director of any change in the information in the applicant's or sales agent's most recent application for a license or renewal of a license. The applicant or sales agent shall notify the director of the change in the information not later than the 10th day after the date of the change.

(b) A corporate applicant or sales agent is not required to notify the director under Subsection (a) of a transfer of less than 10 percent of the corporate stock unless the transfer results in a shareholder who previously held 10 percent or less of the stock holding more than 10 percent of the stock.
Tex. Occupations Code § 107.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 107 / Section 107.102
§ 107.102. AUTHORITY TO TREAT.
Status: in_force

This chapter authorizes a physician to treat a patient with an acute or chronic painful medical condition with a dangerous drug or controlled substance to relieve the patient's pain using appropriate doses, for an appropriate length of time, and for as long as the pain persists.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.407 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.407
§ 1201.407. DISAGREEMENT OF PARTIES; INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a preliminary determination is disputed, the department shall conduct an informal dispute resolution process, including a home inspection if appropriate, to resolve the dispute.

(b) For a preliminary determination that has been disputed to become final and valid, the department shall make any changes the director determines to be appropriate and issue another written preliminary determination as to the responsibility and liability of the manufacturer, retailer, broker, and installer.

(c) Before making a final determination, the department shall allow a license holder 10 days to comment on this preliminary determination.

(d) After consideration of the comments, if any, the director shall issue a final determination.

(e) The final determination may be appealed to the board on or before the 10th day after the date of its issuance by giving written notice to the director, who shall place the matter before the board at the next meeting held on a date for which the matter could be publicly posted as required by Chapter 551, Government Code.

(f) Any license holder or surety, as applicable, is bound by the department's final determination of responsibility and liability.