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Tex. Election Code § 127.351 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.351
§ 127.351. RANDOMIZED COUNTY AUDITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately after the uniform election date in November of an even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall conduct an audit of the elections held on the uniform election date in four counties during the previous two years.

(b) The secretary of state shall select the counties to be audited under Subsection (a) at random, except that:

(1) two of the counties selected must have a total population of less than 300,000;

(2) two of the counties selected must have a total population of 300,000 or more; and

(3) a county selected in the most recent audit cycle may not be selected in the current audit cycle.

(c) A county selected to be audited may not pay the cost of performing an audit under this section.

(d) If the secretary of state completes the audit of a county under Subsection (b)(1) before the end of a two-year period, the secretary may randomly select another county with a total population of less than 300,000 to be audited.

(e) If not later than July 31 of the first odd-numbered year following the commencement of an audit under this section, the audit findings demonstrate to the secretary of state that a recurring pattern of problems with election administration or voter registration, as described under Section 31.017(a)(3), exists in an audited county and the problems impede the free exercise of a citizen's voting rights, the secretary:

(1) shall:

(A) publicly release the preliminary findings of the audit; and

(B) recommend the county for administrative oversight under Subchapter A, Chapter 31; and

(2) may conduct an audit of other elections held in the county in the previous two years, as determined necessary by the secretary.

(f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8335.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8335 / Section 8335.107
§ 8335.107. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8335.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 156.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 156 / Section 156.052
§ 156.052. PRESUMPTION OF COMPLIANCE FOR CERTAIN LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

A license holder is presumed to be in compliance with the requirements of this subchapter if, during the 36 months preceding the date of the required registration, the license holder becomes board certified or recertified by a specialty board approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists.
Tex. Local Government Code § 386.301 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 386 / Section 386.301
§ 386.301. DISSOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT ZONE BY CREATING BODY.
Status: in_force

(a) After a hearing, a creating body may dissolve a development zone if:

(1) the area no longer meets the criteria for designation under this chapter;

(2) the best interests of the creating body and the owners of property and interests in property in the zone will be served by dissolving the zone; and

(3) each creating body agrees by ordinance or order on the:

(A) proposition that the zone should be dissolved;

(B) disposition of zone assets; and

(C) assumption of liabilities by the creating bodies.

(b) The dissolution of a development zone does not affect the validity of a:

(1) tax incentive or regulatory relief granted or accrued before the removal; or

(2) bond issued under this chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 304.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 304 / Section 304.001
§ 304.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "displaced homemaker" means a person who:

(1) has worked without pay as a homemaker for the person's family;

(2) is not gainfully employed;

(3) has had, or would have, difficulty in obtaining employment; and

(4) has depended on:

(A) the income of a family member for financial support and has lost that income; or

(B) government assistance as the parent of dependent children and is no longer eligible for that assistance.
Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 7838 — TX Code / Code wl / Chapter 3 / Section 7838
§ 7838. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

During the progress of the construction of any improvement under contract, the directors shall maintain a regular office within such district, and may in their discretion when deemed necessary, maintain a regular office in the district during any other time. The directors shall hold an annual meeting on the first day of December at ten o'clock A.M. and may provide for meetings at stated intervals by resolution duly passed, and the president or any two directors may call special meetings at any time that may be deemed proper or necessary.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 103.009 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.009
§ 103.009. LICENSE DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke the license of an applicant or holder of a license who fails to comply with the rules or standards for licensing required by this chapter or has committed an act described by Sections 103.012(a)(2)-(7).

(b) The denial, suspension, or revocation of a license and the appeal from that action are governed by the procedures for a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2211.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2211 / Section 2211.052
§ 2211.052. ADMINISTRATION OF FAIR PLAN; COMPOSITION OF GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing committee shall administer the FAIR Plan under a plan of operation.

(b) The governing committee is composed of 11 members appointed by the commissioner as follows:

(1) five members who represent the interests of insurers;

(2) four public members who reside in this state; and

(3) two members who are general property and casualty agents.

(c) The commissioner or an employee of the department designated by the commissioner serves as an ex officio member.

(d) Each member of the governing committee who represents the interests of insurers must be a full-time employee of an insurer that is a member of the association.

(e) The commissioner may remove a member of the governing committee without cause and may replace the member in accordance with Subsection (b).
Tex. Government Code § 469.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 469 / Section 469.002
§ 469.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Architect" means a person registered as an architect under Chapter 1051, Occupations Code.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.

(3) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(4) "Disability" means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

(5) "Engineer" means a person licensed as an engineer under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.

(6) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.

(7) "Interior designer" means a person registered as an interior designer under Chapter 1053, Occupations Code.

(8) "Landscape architect" means a person registered as a landscape architect under Chapter 1052, Occupations Code.
Tex. Penal Code § 72.05 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 72 / Section 72.05
§ 72.05. ALTERNATIVE FINE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a court, after a hearing, may impose a fine, instead of an otherwise applicable fine, on a person convicted of an offense under Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, through which the person derived pecuniary value or by which the person caused personal injury, property damage, or other loss, that does not exceed:

(1) the greater of:

(A) three times the gross value gained as a result of the offense; or

(B) three times the gross loss caused as a result of the offense; and

(2) the amount of the court costs and the reasonably incurred costs of investigation and prosecution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.211 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.211
§ 425.211.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.211. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS FOR ALL FUNDS: BONDS ISSUED, ASSUMED, OR GUARANTEED IN INTERNATIONAL MARKET. An insurer may invest any of the insurer's funds and accumulations in bonds issued, assumed, or guaranteed by:

(1) the Inter-American Development Bank;

(2) the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank);

(3) the African Development Bank;

(4) the Asian Development Bank;

(5) the International Finance Corporation; and

(6) the State of Israel.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.001
§ 336.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means a multi-jurisdictional library district created under this chapter.

(3) "Executive director" means an executive director employed under Section 336.103.

(4) "Lead governmental entity" means the county or municipality that proposes to create a district under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 540A.0051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540A / Section 540A.0051
§ 540A.0051. DELIVERY OF MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SERVICES THROUGH MANAGED TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may provide medical transportation program services on a regional basis through a managed transportation delivery model using managed transportation organizations and providers, as appropriate, that:

(1) operate under a capitated rate system;

(2) assume financial responsibility under a full-risk model;

(3) operate a call center;

(4) use fixed routes when available and appropriate; and

(5) agree to provide data to the commission if the commission determines that the data is required to receive federal matching funds.

(b) The commission shall procure managed transportation organizations under the medical transportation program through a competitive bidding process for each managed transportation region as determined by the commission.

(c) The commission may not delay providing medical transportation program services through a managed transportation delivery model in:

(1) a county with a population of one million or more:

(A) in which all or part of a municipality with a population of one million or more is located; and

(B) that is located adjacent to a county with a population of 2.5 million or more; or

(2) a county with a population of at least 60,000 but not more than 70,000 that is located adjacent to a county with a population of at least 500,000 but not more than 1.5 million.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9305.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9305 / Section 9305.0103
§ 9305.0103. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is:

(1) created to serve a public use and benefit; and

(2) essential to the accomplishment of the preservation and conservation of this state's natural resources.

(b) All land in the district will benefit from the district.

(c) All territory in the district will benefit from the works and improvements accomplished and provided by the district under the powers conferred by this chapter and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(d) This chapter addresses a subject in which this state and the general public are interested.

(e) The district performs an essential public function under the Texas Constitution in carrying out the purposes of this chapter because the accomplishment of those purposes is for the benefit of the people of this state and the improvement of their properties and industries.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8365.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8365 / Section 8365.107
§ 8365.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8365.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district, or provide that the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition;

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts; and

(5) be subject to a confirmation election in each new district.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8365.003. The results of that election must be filed as required by Sections 49.102(e) and (f), Water Code. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, liabilities, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8365.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Local Government Code § 343.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 343 / Section 343.002
§ 343.002. DESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The employment, training, equipping, and location of school crossing guards by a political subdivision is a governmental function.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.153
§ 1107.153. FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare a report that includes:

(1) a complete sworn statement of:

(A) all money and choses in action received by the administrator; and

(B) how the money and choses in action were disbursed or otherwise disposed; and

(2) the details of district operation during the preceding fiscal year.

(b) The district administrator shall make the report to:

(1) the board; and

(2) the Titus County Commissioners Court.
Tex. Education Code § 61.07771 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.07771
§ 61.07771. TRANSPARENCY IN CERTIFICATE AND DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board, in consultation with institutions of higher education, shall adopt rules requiring institutions of higher education to provide transparency in certificate and degree program requirements for students enrolling at or transferring to the institution.

(b) The rules must require each institution of higher education to:

(1) ensure that the requirements for each certificate or degree program offered by the institution:

(A) are current, accessible to students enrolled at the institution and members of the public through the following sources, as applicable, and uniform at each of the following sources:

(i) the institution's internal Internet website for students;

(ii) the institution's Internet website; and

(iii) the Internet website of the department at the institution that offers the certificate or degree program; and

(B) state:

(i) the prerequisites for each course required as part of the certificate or degree program; and

(ii) any non-course requirements for the certificate or degree program and, if the institution offers different tracks for completing the program, those requirements for each track; and

(2) post on the institution's Internet website the minimum requirements to be accepted as a transfer student at the institution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.507 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.507
§ 2A.507. PROOF OF MARKET RENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Damages based on market rent (Section 2A.519 or 2A.528) are determined according to the rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times specified in Sections 2A.519 and 2A.528.

(b) If evidence of rent for the use of the goods concerned for a lease term identical to the remaining lease term of the original lease agreement and prevailing at the times or places described in this chapter is not readily available, the rent prevailing within any reasonable time before or after the time described or at any other place or for a different lease term which in commercial judgment or under usage of trade would serve as a reasonable substitute for the one described may be used, making any proper allowance for the difference, including the cost of transporting the goods to or from the other place.

(c) Evidence of a relevant rent prevailing at a time or place or for a lease term other than the one described in this chapter offered by one party is not admissible unless and until the party has given the other party notice the court finds sufficient to prevent unfair surprise.

(d) If the prevailing rent or value of any goods regularly leased in any established market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of that market are admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of the report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 756.084 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 756 / Section 756.084
§ 756.084. RECOMMENDED RELEASE MECHANISM.
Status: in_force

(a) The state fire marshal or a testing laboratory under conditions and procedures approved by the state fire marshal may recommend an interior release mechanism that has been shown to be effective.

(b) The state fire marshal shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.204
§ 3902.204. NOTICE AND RECORDING OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th day after the date of an order dividing the district, the district shall:

(1) file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; and

(2) record the order in the real property records of the county in which the district is located.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.179 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.179
§ 51.179. DISPOSITION OF DEPOSITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall deposit all initial and supplemental deposits received under this subchapter to the credit of a separate trust account in the state treasury. The comptroller, on the commissioner's order, shall make disbursements from that account for purposes authorized by this subchapter.

(b) After proceedings on a vacancy application are concluded and all expenditures authorized under this subchapter are paid, the commissioner shall provide to the applicant a complete statement of all deposits and expenditures and shall remit to the applicant any balance remaining from the deposit or supplemental deposits made by the applicant.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 42.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 42 / Section 42.008
§ 42.008. DENIAL, MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the department for cause may deny the application of or modify, suspend, or terminate services to an applicant for or recipient of services.

(b) The program rules adopted by the executive commissioner must contain the criteria for the department's action under this section.

(c) Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to the granting, denial, modification, suspension, or termination of services provided under this chapter. Hearings under this section must be conducted in accordance with the department's hearing rules.

(d) This section does not apply if program services are restricted to conform to budgetary limitations that require the executive commissioner to adopt service priorities regarding types of services to be furnished or classes of eligible persons.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.018 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.018
§ 78.018. NOTICE OF ELECTION; ELECTION ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After granting a petition under Section 78.017 of this code, the commissioners court shall order an election to be held to determine whether a district should be created.

(b) If the proposed district is located entirely in one county, the county clerk shall post the notice at the county's courthouse door and at four public places within the proposed district. If the proposed district is located in more than one county, the county clerk shall post the notice at each county's courthouse door and at four public places within the proposed district in each county.

(c) The county clerk shall post the notice before the 30th day prior to the date of the election.

(d) The notice must contain a statement of:

(1) the purpose of the election;

(2) the time of the election;

(3) the locations at which the election will be held; and

(4) the boundaries of the proposed district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7941A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7941A / Section 7941A.0503
§ 7941A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.054
§ 1070.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not serve as a director unless the person is:

(1) a district resident; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) A person is not eligible to serve as a director if the person is:

(1) the district administrator; or

(2) a district employee.