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Tex. Education Code § 87.106 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 87 / Section 87.106
§ 87.106. INSTITUTE FOR PRESERVATION OF HISTORY AND CULTURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System shall establish at Prairie View A&M University an institute for the preservation of Texas and American history and culture.

(b) The organization, control, and management of the institute is vested in the board of regents.

(c) The employment of personnel by and the operating budget of the institute are subject to the approval of the board of regents. An employee of the institute is an employee of Prairie View A&M University.

(d) The mission of the institute is to collect, preserve, study, and make available for research information, records, documents, artifacts, and other items relating to Texas history and culture and to the history and culture of the United States and the Americas as that history and culture relates to Texas. The institute shall give special emphasis to collecting, preserving, and studying information and items relating to the role and contributions of African Americans to Texas history and culture, including:

(1) the history of African-American education in Texas;

(2) the contributions of African Americans to military history; and

(3) the role and contributions of African Americans in the settlement, development, and culture of Texas, including in the areas of government, agriculture, science and industry, labor and demography, business, nursing and medicine, public health, architecture and engineering, the professions, sports, and the arts.

(e) Consistent with its mission, the institute may:

(1) establish and operate a museum, archives, automated systems for data access and retrieval, or similar facilities; and

(2) operate educational and awareness programs, particularly for students in public education.

(f) The board of regents or the university may solicit and accept gifts and grants from a public or private source for the benefit of the institute.
Tex. Government Code § 1433.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1433 / Section 1433.102
§ 1433.102. DEFAULT IN LEASE AGREEMENT OR MORTGAGE; ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An agreement relating to an industrial project or medical project between the issuer and the lessee or between a lessee and ultimate lessee must be for the benefit of the issuer. The agreement must provide that, in the event of a default in the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds or in the performance of any agreement contained in a proceeding, mortgage, or instrument, the payment or performance may be enforced by mandamus or by the appointment of a receiver with the power to charge rents and to apply the revenue from the project in accordance with the resolution, mortgage, or instrument.

(b) A mortgage to secure bonds issued under this chapter may also provide that, in the event of a default in the payment of the mortgage or a violation of an agreement contained in the mortgage, the mortgage may be foreclosed and the property securing the bonds may be sold in any manner permitted by law. The mortgage may provide that a trustee under the mortgage or the holder of any of the bonds secured by the mortgage may purchase the property at a foreclosure sale if the person is the highest bidder.
Tex. Family Code § 82.011 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 82 / Section 82.011
§ 82.011. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

On request by an applicant, the court shall protect the applicant's mailing address and county of residence by rendering an order:

(1) requiring the applicant to:

(A) disclose the applicant's mailing address and county of residence to the court;

(B) designate a person to receive on behalf of the applicant any notice or documents filed with the court related to the application; and

(C) disclose the designated person's mailing address to the court;

(2) requiring the court clerk to:

(A) strike the applicant's mailing address and county of residence from the public records of the court, if applicable; and

(B) maintain a confidential record of the applicant's mailing address and county of residence for use only by the court; and

(3) prohibiting the release of the information to the respondent.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.182 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.182
§ 375.182. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

Funds may not be spent, an assessment imposed, or a tax levied under this chapter to finance the opening, reopening, or maintenance of a pass, canal, or waterway across a barrier island connecting the Gulf of Mexico with inland waters.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0301 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0301
§ 546.0301. PROCEDURES TO REVIEW CONDUCT RELATED TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt procedures to review:

(1) citations or penalties assessed for a violation of a rule or law against an institution or facility licensed under Chapter 242, 247, or 252, Health and Safety Code, or certified to participate in Medicaid administered in accordance with Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, considering:

(A) the number of violations by geographic region;

(B) the patterns of violations in each region; and

(C) the outcomes following the assessment of a citation or penalty; and

(2) the performance of duties by employees and agents of a state agency responsible for licensing, inspecting, surveying, or investigating institutions and facilities licensed under Chapter 242, 247, or 252, Health and Safety Code, or certified to participate in Medicaid administered in accordance with Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, related to:

(A) complaints the commission receives; or

(B) any standards or rules violated by an employee or agent of a state agency.
Tex. Transportation Code § 252.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 252 / Section 252.004
§ 252.004. BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Before assuming the duties of an ex officio road commissioner, a county commissioner must execute a bond in the amount of $3,000 payable to the county judge for the use and benefit of the county road and bridge fund. The bond must be conditioned that the member will:

(1) perform the duties required of the ex officio road commissioner by law or by the commissioners court; and

(2) account for the money or other property belonging to the county that comes into the commissioner's possession.

(b) To be effective, the bond must be approved by the county judge.
Tex. Election Code § 64.011 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 64 / Section 64.011
§ 64.011. UNLAWFULLY DEPOSITING BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person deposits or attempts to deposit in a ballot box a ballot that was not provided to the person who is depositing the ballot or for whom the deposit is made or attempted.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the person is convicted of an attempt. In that case, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Local Government Code § 1.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 1 / Section 1.001
§ 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE.
Status: repealed

(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in the law codified as Chapter 323 of the Government Code. The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the law encompassed by this code more accessible and understandable, by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8322.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8322 / Section 8322.053
§ 8322.053. 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. Estates Code § 309.103 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 309 / Section 309.103
§ 309.103. CORRECTION OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, OR LIST OF CLAIMS FOR ERRONEOUS OR UNJUST ITEM.
Status: in_force

(a) Any interested person who considers an inventory, appraisement, or list of claims or an affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims to be erroneous or unjust in any particular may:

(1) file a written complaint setting forth the alleged erroneous or unjust item; and

(2) have the personal representative cited to appear before the court and show cause why the item should not be corrected.

(b) On the hearing of the complaint, if the court is satisfied from the evidence that the inventory, appraisement, or list of claims or an affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims is erroneous or unjust as alleged in the complaint, the court shall enter an order:

(1) specifying the erroneous or unjust item and the corrections to be made; and

(2) if the complaint relates to an inventory, appraisement, or list of claims, appointing appraisers to make a new appraisement correcting the erroneous or unjust item and requiring the filing of the new appraisement before the 21st day after the date of the order.

(c) The court on the court's own motion or that of the personal representative may also have a new appraisement made for the purposes described by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8838.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8838 / Section 8838.101
§ 8838.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district has the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to groundwater conservation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9072.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9072 / Section 9072.102
§ 9072.102. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, applicable to water control and improvement districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 4004.254 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.254
§ 4004.254. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th day before the date a person's registration is scheduled to expire, the commissioner shall send written notice of the impending expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the board's records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7986A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7986A / Section 7986A.0101
§ 7986A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Sandow Municipal Utility District No. 1.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.159 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.159
§ 1509.159. ADOPTION AND EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the municipality may adopt and have executed any other proceeding or instrument necessary and convenient in the issuance of bonds under this subchapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 502.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 502 / Section 502.007
§ 502.007. LABEL.
Status: in_force

(a) A label on an existing container of a hazardous chemical may not be removed or defaced unless it is illegible, inaccurate, or does not conform to the OSHA standard or other applicable labeling requirement. Primary containers must be relabeled with at least the identity appearing on the SDS, the pertinent physical and health hazards, including the organs that would be affected, and the manufacturer's name and address. Except as provided by Subsection (b), secondary containers must be relabeled with at least the identity appearing on the SDS and appropriate hazard warnings.

(b) An employee may not be required to work with a hazardous chemical from an unlabeled container except for a portable container intended for the immediate use of the employee who performs the transfer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3814.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3814 / Section 3814.104
§ 3814.104. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with Harris County or the City of Houston to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Government Code § 2305.032 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2305 / Section 2305.032
§ 2305.032. LOANSTAR REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM.
Status: repealed

(a) The energy office under the loanstar revolving loan program may provide loans to finance energy and water efficiency measures for public facilities.

(b) The energy office shall determine the terms under which a loan may be made under this section and shall set the interest rate for a loan at a low rate that the energy office determines is sufficient to recover the cost of administering the loan program.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 121(16).

(d) Any borrower that receives a loan under this section shall repay the principal of and interest on the loan from the value of energy savings that accrues as the result of the energy conservation measure implemented with the borrowed money.

(e) An institution that receives a loan under this section shall repay the loan from the amount budgeted for the agency's or institution's energy costs. Until the loan is repaid, the legislature may not reduce the amount budgeted for those energy costs to reflect the value of energy savings that accrues as a result of the energy conservation measure implemented with the borrowed money.

(f) The energy office shall allocate at least $95 million, including loan commitments and cash on hand, to the loanstar program and shall administer the funds under its control in a manner that assures that funds available to the loanstar program equal or exceed $95 million at all times.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.116 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.116
§ 246.116. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally violates this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9042.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9042 / Section 9042.001
§ 9042.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Williamson-Travis Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 1F.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6021
§ 2306.6021. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

The Manufactured Housing Board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the Manufactured Housing Board and to speak on any issue under the jurisdiction of the division.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7901.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7901 / Section 7901.0301
§ 7901.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.133 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.133
§ 201.133. GRANTING OF VARIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) If, on the basis of the facts presented at a hearing on a petition for a variance, the board of adjustment determines that there are great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the manner of applying the strict letter of any land-use regulation on the land of the petitioner, the board shall record that determination and make and record findings of fact as to the specific conditions that establish the difficulties or hardships.

(b) On the basis of the board's determinations and findings under Subsection (a) of this section, the board of adjustment by order may authorize a variance from the land-use regulations that will:

(1) relieve the great practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships;

(2) not be contrary to the public interest;

(3) observe the spirit of the land-use regulations;

(4) secure the public health, safety, and welfare; and

(5) do substantial justice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.201
§ 1108.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds in the name and on the faith and credit of the district for any purpose relating to:

(1) the purchase, construction, acquisition, repair, or renovation of buildings or improvements;

(2) equipping buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; and

(3) the acquisition and operation of mobile emergency medical services to assist the district in carrying out its hospital purposes.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 29.02 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 29 / Section 29.02
§ 29.02. BY AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

A criminal action may be continued by consent of the parties thereto, in open court, at any time on a showing of good cause, but a continuance may be only for as long as is necessary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8874.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8874 / Section 8874.005
§ 8874.005. DISTRICT NAME CHANGE.
Status: in_force

The board may change the district's name when the district annexes territory.
Tex. Government Code § 507.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 507 / Section 507.006
§ 507.006. USE OF FACILITY FOR OTHER INMATES.
Status: repealed

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the department, with the approval of the board, may designate one or more state jail felony facilities to treat inmates who are eligible for confinement in a substance abuse felony punishment facility under Section 493.009 or to house inmates who are sentenced to imprisonment in the institutional division, but only if the designation does not deny placement in a state jail felony facility of defendants required to serve terms of confinement in a facility following conviction of state jail felonies. The department may not house in a state jail felony facility an inmate who:

(1) has a history of or has shown a pattern of violent or assaultive behavior in county jail or a facility operated by the department; or

(2) will increase the likelihood of harm to the public if housed in the facility.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 126 (H.B. 719), Sec. 9(2), eff. September 1, 2021.

(c) The responsibility of the department to provide substance abuse felony punishment facilities is governed by the General Appropriations Act and Section 493.009. This section does not affect the responsibility of the department to provide substance abuse felony punishment facilities.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.182 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.182
§ 521.182. SURRENDER OF LICENSE ISSUED BY OTHER JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is not entitled to receive a driver's license until the person surrenders to the department each driver's license in the person's possession that was issued by this state or another state or Canadian province.

(b) The department shall send to the state or province that issued the license:

(1) the surrendered license or a notification that the license has been surrendered; and

(2) a statement that the person holds a driver's license issued by this state.
Tex. Government Code § 480.0101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 480 / Section 480.0101
§ 480.0101. PREREQUISITES FOR OFFICE ACTION.
Status: in_force

The office may not undertake any duty imposed by this chapter unless:

(1) the municipality or county in which an event will be located submits a request; and

(2) the request is accompanied by documentation from a site selection organization selecting the site for the event.
Tex. Transportation Code § 552.0035 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 552 / Section 552.0035
§ 552.0035. SIDEWALK USER RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALK.
Status: in_force

(a) The operator of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a sidewalk user crossing a roadway in a crosswalk if:

(1) no traffic control signal is in place or in operation; and

(2) the sidewalk user is:

(A) on the half of the roadway in which the vehicle is traveling; or

(B) approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a sidewalk user may not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and proceed into a crosswalk in the path of a vehicle so close that it is impossible for the vehicle operator to stop and yield.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a sidewalk user may not approach or enter a crosswalk at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions and having regard for actual and potential existing hazards. For the purposes of this subsection, a speed greater than eight miles per hour is prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable and prudent.

(d) The operator of a vehicle approaching from the rear of a vehicle that is stopped at a crosswalk to permit a sidewalk user to cross a roadway may not pass the stopped vehicle.