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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.252
§ 3831.252. FORM AND COPIES OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each petition issued under Section 3831.251 must show the date it is issued by the City of Temple and be serially numbered. Each page of the petition must bear the same date and serial number.

(b) The City of Temple shall supply as many copies of the petition as required by the applicants but not to exceed more than one page of the petition for every 10 registered voters in the city. Each copy shall bear the date, number, and seal on each page as required on the original petition.

(c) The City of Temple shall keep a copy of each petition and a record of the applicants for that petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.156
§ 1074.156. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6907.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6907 / Section 6907.104
§ 6907.104. 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 territory of the district as it existed on the date the district was created.

(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 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; and

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

(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 provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974A / Section 7974A.0101
§ 7974A.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 Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 264.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 265.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 265 / Section 265.013
§ 265.013. BOARD OF MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of managers is composed of seven members.

(b) The commissioners court and the municipal governing body shall each appoint three members to the board, and the commissioners court and the governing body shall jointly appoint one member to the board. Members are appointed for six-year terms. However, in making the initial appointments to the board, each appointing entity shall designate one of its appointees for a term expiring two years after the date of appointment, one for a term expiring four years after the date of appointment, and one for a term expiring six years after the date of appointment. The term of the initial joint appointee expires six years after the date of appointment.

(c) The entity that made an original appointment shall appoint a successor member on the expiration of a member's term or to fill, for the unexpired part of a term, a vacancy caused by death or resignation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.253
§ 1049.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The tax assessor-collector for Kimble County shall collect taxes for the district.

(b) The tax assessor-collector is entitled to a reasonable fee that is agreed to by the district as compensation for the person's services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.155
§ 1044.155. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank in Hunt County as the district's depository. A designated bank serves for five years until a successor is designated.

(b) All income received by the district shall be deposited with the district depository.

(c) All district money shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Education Code § 56.055 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.055
§ 56.055. DEFERRED REPAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the goal of this state that no resident be denied the opportunity to receive an education in a public institution of higher education due to a lack of financial ability. Accordingly, on a finding that a resident would be deprived of an education due to a lack of financial ability, an institution shall defer repayment of emergency loans under this section. The deferral provided for by this section is not a property right of the borrower.

(b) The deferred repayment must begin on the earlier of the following dates:

(1) the first day of the ninth month after the last month in which the borrower was enrolled in a public institution of higher education; or

(2) the fifth anniversary of the date on which the loan was executed.

(c) Under rules adopted by the coordinating board, an institution may extend the time for repayment of undergraduate loans made to students who later enroll in a graduate or professional program at an institution of higher education. The coordinating board shall adopt guidelines for determinations of extreme financial hardship and other instances in which the public interest is served if a loan is forgiven. Each institution shall forgive loans in accordance with those guidelines.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.062
§ 1004.062. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may employ nurses, technicians, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(b) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7980A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7980A / Section 7980A.0202
§ 7980A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7980A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7980A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7980A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8369.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8369 / Section 8369.107
§ 8369.107. WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY DESIGN APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

The district must obtain the approval of the Brazos River Authority for the design of any district wastewater treatment facility.
Tex. Labor Code § 411.013 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 411 / Section 411.013
§ 411.013. FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The division may:

(1) enter into contracts with the federal government to perform occupational safety projects; and

(2) apply for federal funds through any federal program relating to occupational safety.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3813.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3813 / Section 3813.107
§ 3813.107. ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may add or exclude territory in the manner provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.

(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date on which the district annexes or excludes territory, the board shall send to the comptroller a certified copy of any resolution, order, or ordinance relating to the annexation or exclusion.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 487.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 487 / Section 487.054
§ 487.054. COMPASSIONATE-USE REGISTRY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish and maintain a secure online compassionate-use registry that contains:

(1) the name of each physician who registers as the prescriber for a patient under Section 169.004, Occupations Code, the name and date of birth of the patient, the dosage prescribed, the means of administration ordered, and the total amount of low-THC cannabis required to fill the patient's prescription; and

(2) a record of each amount of low-THC cannabis dispensed by a dispensing organization to a patient under a prescription.

(b) The department shall ensure the registry:

(1) is designed to prevent more than one qualified physician from registering as the prescriber for a single patient;

(2) is accessible to law enforcement agencies and dispensing organizations for the purpose of verifying whether a patient is one for whom low-THC cannabis is prescribed and whether the patient's prescriptions have been filled; and

(3) allows a physician qualified to prescribe low-THC cannabis under Section 169.002, Occupations Code, to input safety and efficacy data derived from the treatment of patients for whom low-THC cannabis is prescribed under Chapter 169, Occupations Code.

(c) Information within the registry regarding patient identification, including the fact that a person is listed as a patient in the registry, is confidential and may only be accessed by the department, registered physicians, and dispensing organizations for the purposes of this chapter. Confidential information under this subsection may not be disclosed except as authorized under this chapter and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), on request by a patient, the department may release patient information contained in the registry to the patient or a person designated by the patient.
Tex. Water Code § 11.0843 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.0843
§ 11.0843. FIELD CITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon witnessing a violation of this chapter or a rule or order or a water right issued under this chapter, the executive director or a person designated by the executive director, including a watermaster or the watermaster's deputy, may issue the alleged violator a field citation alleging that a violation has occurred and providing the alleged violator the option of either:

(1) without admitting to or denying the alleged violation, paying an administrative penalty in accordance with the predetermined penalty amount established under Subsection (b) and taking remedial action as provided in the citation; or

(2) requesting a hearing on the alleged violation in accordance with Section 11.0842.

(b) By rule the commission shall establish penalty amounts corresponding to types of violations of this chapter or rules or orders adopted or water rights issued under this chapter.

(c) A penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8287.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8287 / Section 8287.051
§ 8287.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The board of directors is composed of five elected directors.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.103 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.103
§ 174.103. SINGLE BARGAINING AGENT FOR FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the fire and police departments of a political subdivision are separate collective bargaining units under this chapter.

(b) Associations that represent employees in the fire and police departments of a political subdivision may voluntarily join together for collective bargaining with the public employer.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 67.152 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 67 / Section 67.152
§ 67.152. REMOVAL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) This article does not apply to information collected under this chapter by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), information collected under this chapter relating to a criminal street gang must be removed after two years from an intelligence database established under Article 67.051 and the intelligence database maintained by the department under Article 67.052 if:

(1) the information relates to the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity engaged in by a child; and

(2) the child who is the subject of the information has not been:

(A) arrested for criminal activity reported to the department under Chapter 66; or

(B) taken into custody for delinquent conduct reported to the department under Chapter 58, Family Code.

(c) The two-year period described by Subsection (b) does not include any period during which the child who is the subject of the information is:

(1) committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of felony; or

(2) confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Tex. Estates Code § 309.055 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 309 / Section 309.055
§ 309.055. FAILURE OF JOINT PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO FILE INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS OR AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) If more than one personal representative qualifies to serve, any one or more of the representatives, on the neglect of the other representatives, may make and file an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims or an affidavit in lieu of an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims.

(b) A personal representative who neglects to make or file an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims or an affidavit in lieu of an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims may not interfere with and does not have any power over the estate after another representative makes and files an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims or an affidavit in lieu of an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims.

(c) The personal representative who files the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims or the affidavit in lieu of an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims is entitled to the whole administration unless, before the 61st day after the date the representative files the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims or the affidavit in lieu of an inventory, appraisement, and list of claims, one or more delinquent representatives file with the court a written, sworn, and reasonable excuse that the court considers satisfactory. The court shall enter an order removing one or more delinquent representatives and revoking those representatives' letters if:

(1) an excuse is not filed; or

(2) the court does not consider the filed excuse sufficient.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8014A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8014A / Section 8014A.0502
§ 8014A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8099.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8099 / Section 8099.0105
§ 8099.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Water Code § 51.873 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.873
§ 51.873. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a district that:

(1) has a contiguous area of more than 1,000 acres;

(2) is within the jurisdiction of two or more counties;

(3) is within the jurisdiction of two river authorities, one of which has issued an interbasin transfer permit to the associated municipality;

(4) has not yet constructed any facilities or borrowed any money;

(5) is in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the dissociated municipality and that municipality is located principally in one of the two counties in which the district is located;

(6) is adjacent to the municipal boundary or the area subject to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the associated municipality and that municipality is located principally in the other of the two counties in which the district is located; and

(7) is subject to special storm water runoff or nonpoint source pollution rules of at least one of the two river authorities.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.401
§ 2051.401.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2051.401. INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY: SUBPOENA AND SUMMONS. (a) The secretary of state may issue a subpoena or summons to compel:

(1) the attendance and testimony of a witness; or

(2) the production of:

(A) a book;

(B) an account;

(C) a record;

(D) a magnetic or electronic recording;

(E) a paper;

(F) a contract;

(G) correspondence; or

(H) any other record that the secretary determines is relevant or material to an investigation under this chapter.

(b) If the secretary issues a subpoena or summons under Subsection (a), the secretary, or an officer designated by the secretary, may:

(1) administer an oath;

(2) examine a witness; and

(3) receive evidence.

(c) Information and evidence obtained by the secretary under this section is:

(1) confidential and not open to public inspection, except by a court order; and

(2) exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7886.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7886 / Section 7886.0203
§ 7886.0203. ELECTION RELATING TO DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall call an election as requested by a petition filed under Section 7886.0202 only if:

(1) an election has not been held previously under this section; and

(2) the board determines that the petition is signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters in the district.

(b) The board shall make the determination under Subsection (a)(2) not later than the seventh day after the date on which the board receives the petition.

(c) The board shall hold an election required by Subsection (a) on the first authorized uniform election date after the date the board determines an election is required that allows sufficient time for the board to comply with all applicable provisions of the Election Code.

(d) The board shall publish notice of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once each week for three weeks before the date the election is scheduled to be held.

(e) The ballot for an election ordered in response to a petition filed under Section 7886.0202 must be printed in English and Spanish and read as follows:

"By voting YES on this ballot, you are voting in favor of requiring the Sebastian Municipal Utility District to enter into an agreement with a qualified water supply corporation in which the district's debts, liabilities, obligations, assets, and facilities are transferred to the corporation and the district is dissolved. By voting NO on this ballot, you are voting against requiring the Sebastian Municipal Utility District to enter into such an agreement."