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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8015.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8015 / Section 8015.203
§ 8015.203. 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. Estates Code § 1101.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.002
§ 1101.002. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN ADDRESSES.
Status: in_force

An application filed under Section 1101.001 may omit the address of a person named in the application if:

(1) the application states that the person is or was protected by a protective order issued under Chapter 85, Family Code;

(2) a copy of the protective order is attached to the application as an exhibit;

(3) the application states the county in which the person resides;

(4) the application indicates the place where notice to or the issuance and service of citation on the person may be made or sent; and

(5) the application is accompanied by a request for an order under Section 1051.201 specifying the manner of issuance, service, and return of citation or notice on the person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1101.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.003
§ 1101.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Transportation Code § 394.0206 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 394 / Section 394.0206
§ 394.0206. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE; APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may revoke or suspend a license issued under this subchapter or place on probation a license holder whose license is suspended if the license holder violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. If the suspension of the license is probated, the department may require the license holder to report regularly to the commission on any matter that is the basis of the probation.

(b) The judicial appeal of the revocation or suspension of a license must be initiated not later than the 15th day after the date of the commission's action.

(c) The commission may adopt rules for the reissuance of a revoked or suspended license and may set fees for the reissuance.

(d) The commission may deny the renewal of a license holder's existing license if the license holder has not complied with the permit requirements of this chapter or Chapter 391.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.117 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.117
§ 76.117. OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS.
Status: in_force

No person may fail or refuse to obey a lawful order of a commissioned game warden of the department issued under the authority of this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 854.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 854 / Section 854.005
§ 854.005. REDUCTION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS ON REQUEST.
Status: in_force

(a) An annuitant by written request may authorize the retirement system to cease the annuitant's monthly payment or reduce the annuitant's monthly payment to an amount specified in the request. In writing, the annuitant may subsequently request the retirement system to reinitiate or increase the annuitant's monthly payment at or to any specified amount that does not exceed the amount originally payable.

(b) If the retirement system receives a request under Subsection (a), the director may cause the monthly annuity payment of the requesting annuitant to be reduced or increased as specified in the request.

(c) Any amounts by which an annuity is reduced under this section are forfeited to the retirement system and are not recoverable by any person.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.964 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.964
§ 201.964. FUND TRANSFERS; INTEREST; PAYMENT OF NOTES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department periodically shall transfer cash received in the state highway fund to the highway tax and revenue anticipation note fund to ensure the timely payment of the notes.

(b) On payment of all outstanding notes, rebates to the federal government, and costs of issuance, the department shall transfer to the state highway fund any amounts remaining in the highway tax and revenue anticipation note fund. If amounts credited to the highway tax and revenue anticipation note fund are insufficient to pay principal, any premium, interest, issuance costs, and any required rebate to the federal government, amounts in the state highway fund are available for appropriation by the legislature to make those payments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987A / Section 7987A.0106
§ 7987A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Property Code § 53.103 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.103
§ 53.103. LIEN ON RESERVED FUNDS.
Status: reserved

A claimant has a lien on the reserved funds if the claimant:

(1) sends the notices required by this chapter in the time and manner required; and

(2) except as allowed by Section 53.057(f), files an affidavit claiming a lien not later than the 30th day after the earliest of the date:

(A) the work is completed;

(B) the original contract is terminated; or

(C) the original contractor abandons performance under the original contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8446.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8446 / Section 8446.002
§ 8446.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Election Code § 67.008 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 67 / Section 67.008
§ 67.008. SEPARATE COUNTY RETURNS FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the returns required by Section 67.007, each county clerk shall prepare separate county election returns of an election for the office of governor or lieutenant governor that contain the same information as the returns for those offices prepared under Section 67.007.

(b) The returns shall be delivered to the secretary of state as provided by Section 67.007.

(c) The secretary of state shall retain the returns until the first day of the next regular legislative session, when the secretary shall deliver the returns to the speaker of the house of representatives.

(d) The county clerk shall retain a copy of the county returns for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
Tex. Government Code § 815.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.201
§ 815.201. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall elect a presiding officer from the membership of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.252
§ 1107.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board shall impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all property in the district subject to district taxation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.317 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.317
§ 843.317. EXCLUSION OF PHYSICIAN OR PROVIDER BASED ON AFFILIATION WITH HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A physician, health care provider, group of physicians or health care providers, or health care facility or institution may not exclude a physician or provider from staff privileges or a facility or institution solely because the physician or provider is associated with a health maintenance organization that holds a certificate of authority under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9037.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9037 / Section 9037.103
§ 9037.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, as limited by this chapter, 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. Government Code § 432.094 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.094
§ 432.094. EXECUTION OF CONFINEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a military court, whether or not the sentence includes discharge or dismissal, and whether or not the discharge or dismissal has been executed, may be executed by confinement in any place of confinement under the control of any of the forces of the state military forces or in any jail, penitentiary, or prison designated for that purpose. Persons confined in a jail, penitentiary, or prison are subject to the same discipline and treatment as persons confined or committed to the jail, penitentiary, or prison by the courts of the state or of a political subdivision of the state.

(b) The omission of the words "hard labor" from a sentence or punishment of a court-martial adjudging confinement does not deprive the authority executing that sentence or punishment of the power to require hard labor as a part of the punishment.

(c) The keepers, officers, and wardens of city or county jails and other jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by the governor or by a person authorized by the governor to act under Section 432.011, shall receive persons ordered into confinement before trial and persons committed to confinement by a military court and shall confine them according to law. The keeper, officer, or warden may not require payment of a fee or charge for receiving or confining a person.
Tex. Education Code § 7.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 7 / Section 7.002
§ 7.002.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.002. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY: COMPOSITION AND PURPOSE. (a) The commissioner of education and the agency staff comprise the Texas Education Agency.

(b) The agency shall carry out the educational functions specifically delegated under Section 7.021, 7.055, or another provision of this code.
Tex. Education Code § 130.064 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.064
§ 130.064. ANNEXATION BY CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

If the annexation is by contract, a petition shall be presented to the governing board of any junior college district, executed by all property owners of all property situated in the territory proposed for annexation. The petition shall contain a legally sufficient description of the territory proposed for annexation. The governing board of the junior college district, if it deems the annexation to be in the best interest of the district, may effect the annexation by:

(1) entering its order authorizing the annexation of the territory by contract; and

(2) then entering into a written agreement duly executed and acknowledged by all persons, corporations, and entities owning property within the territory.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.223 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.223
§ 241.223. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN PRICES AND FEES DURING DECLARED DISASTER; CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A facility described by Section 241.221 that provides testing or vaccination for an infectious disease for which a state of disaster has been declared under Chapter 418, Government Code, shall disclose to each patient the prices the facility charges for the test or vaccine and any facility fees, supply costs, and other costs associated with the test or vaccine in accordance with the disclosure requirements described by Section 254.156, as added by Chapter 1093 (H.B. 2041), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019.

(b) This section may not be construed as expanding the type of health care services a facility described by Section 241.221 is authorized to provide.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7910A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7910A / Section 7910A.0302
§ 7910A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY 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 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 391.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 391 / Section 391.006
§ 391.006. COMPLAINTS; RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall establish procedures for accepting and resolving written complaints related to signs that are subject to this chapter. The rules must include:

(1) a process to make information available describing the department's procedures for complaint investigation and resolution, including making information about the procedures available on the department's Internet website;

(2) a system to prioritize complaints so that the most serious complaints receive attention before less serious complaints; and

(3) a procedure for compiling and reporting detailed annual statistics about complaints.

(b) The department shall develop and provide a simple form for filing complaints with the department.

(c) The department shall provide to each person who files a written complaint with the department, and to each person who is the subject of a complaint, information about the department's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.

(d) The department shall keep, in accordance with the department's approved records retention schedule, an information file about each written complaint filed with the department that the department has authority to resolve. The department shall keep the following information for each complaint for the purpose of enforcing this chapter:

(1) the date the complaint is filed;

(2) the name of the person filing the complaint;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) if the department does not take action on the complaint, an explanation of the reasons that action was not taken.

(e) If a written complaint is filed with the department that the department has authority to resolve, the department, at least quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an ongoing department investigation.
Tex. Family Code § 153.131 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.131
§ 153.131. PRESUMPTION THAT PARENT TO BE APPOINTED MANAGING CONSERVATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the prohibition in Section 153.004, unless the court finds that appointment of the parent or parents would not be in the best interest of the child because the appointment would significantly impair the child's physical health or emotional development, a parent shall be appointed sole managing conservator or both parents shall be appointed as joint managing conservators of the child.

(b) It is a rebuttable presumption that the appointment of the parents of a child as joint managing conservators is in the best interest of the child. A finding of a history of family violence involving the parents of a child removes the presumption under this subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 72.158 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 72 / Section 72.158
§ 72.158. REQUEST FOR GRANT OR REMOVAL OF PUBLIC ACCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall ensure that the public may access information about protective orders, other than information about vacated orders or orders under Article 7B.002 or 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Chapter 83, Family Code, through the registry, only if:

(1) a protected person requests that the office grant the public the ability to access the information described by Section 72.154(b) for the order protecting the person; and

(2) the office approves the request.

(b) A person whose request under Subsection (a) was approved by the office may request that the office remove the ability of the public to access the information that was the subject of the person's earlier approved request. Not later than the third business day after the office receives a request under this subsection, the office shall remove the ability of the public to access the information.

(c) The Supreme Court of Texas:

(1) shall prescribe a form for use by a person requesting a grant or removal of public access as described by Subsections (a) and (b); and

(2) by rule may prescribe procedures for requesting a grant or removal of public access as described by Subsections (a) and (b).
Tex. Tax Code § 171.303 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.303
§ 171.303. SUIT FOR JUDICIAL FORFEITURE.
Status: in_force

On receipt of the comptroller's certification, the attorney general shall bring suit to forfeit the charter or certificate of authority of the corporation if a ground exists for the forfeiture of the charter or certificate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3810.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3810 / Section 3810.052
§ 3810.052. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The mayor and members of the governing body of the City of Houston shall appoint directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of the members and the mayor vote to appoint the person.

(b) A person may not be appointed to the board if the appointment of that person would result in fewer than two-thirds of the directors being residents of the city of Houston.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1115.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.101
§ 1115.101. MITIGATION.
Status: in_force

An insurer is responsible for compliance with this chapter. If a violation occurs because of the action or inaction of the insurer or the insurer's agent, the commissioner may:

(1) order:

(A) the insurer to take reasonable appropriate corrective action for any consumer harmed by a failure to comply with this chapter by the insurer, the insurer's agent, or an entity contracted to perform the insurer's supervisory duties; or

(B) a general agency, independent agency, or the agent to take reasonably appropriate corrective action for any consumer harmed by the agent's violation of this chapter; and

(2) impose appropriate sanctions as provided by Section 1115.102.
Tex. Government Code § 1231.082 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1231 / Section 1231.082
§ 1231.082. REPORT OF STATE SECURITY SOLD COMPETITIVELY.
Status: in_force

A report concerning a state security that is sold competitively must state:

(1) the components of the gross spread, including:

(A) gross takedown;

(B) expenses; and

(C) syndicate profit and loss;

(2) a summary of obligation orders and allotments by maturity, firm, and order type; and

(3) each syndicate firm's gross takedown and share of syndicate profit or loss.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.301 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.301
§ 40.301. INTERSTATE COMPACTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may enter into compacts or agreements with other states consistent with and to further the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner may also participate in initiatives to develop multistate and international standards and cooperation on unauthorized discharge prevention and response.
Tex. Education Code § 43.005 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 43 / Section 43.005
§ 43.005. EXTERNAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The State Board of Education may contract with private professional investment managers to assist the board in making investments of the permanent school fund. A contract under this subsection must be approved by the board or otherwise entered into in accordance with board rules relating to contracting authority.

(b) The State Board of Education by rule may delegate a power or duty relating to the investment of the permanent school fund to a committee, officer, employee, or other agent of the board.
Tex. Estates Code § 1351.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1351 / Section 1351.054
§ 1351.054. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of an application under this subchapter, the court shall set the application for hearing on a date not earlier than five days from the date the application was filed.

(b) The court may cause citation to be issued if the court considers citation necessary.

(c) The procedures and evidentiary requirements for the hearing are the same as the procedures and evidentiary requirements for a hearing of an application filed under Subchapter A.
Tex. Transportation Code § 8.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 8 / Section 8.001
§ 8.001. ISSUANCE OF PROCLAMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall issue a proclamation under this chapter, to prevent interference with commerce, if after investigation the governor determines that:

(1) the movement of commerce by a common carrier of this state or another state is interfered with in violation of Chapter 42, Penal Code; and

(2) local authorities failed to enforce the law.

(b) The proclamation must:

(1) state that the conditions described by Subsection (a) exist; and

(2) describe the territory affected by the proclamation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 981.063 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.063
§ 981.063. COMMISSIONER OR DEPARTMENT NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING UNAUTHORIZED INSURER'S FINANCIAL CONDITION OR CLAIMS PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not impose on the commissioner or department a responsibility to determine the actual financial condition or claims practices of an unauthorized insurer as described by Chapter 101.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8113.022 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8113 / Section 8113.022
§ 8113.022. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after all the temporary directors have qualified under Section 49.055, Water Code, the temporary directors shall meet at a location in the district agreeable to a majority of the directors. If a location cannot be agreed upon, the meeting shall be at the Montgomery County Courthouse. At the meeting, the temporary directors shall elect officers from among the temporary directors and conduct any other district business.
Tex. Transportation Code § 25.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 25 / Section 25.004
§ 25.004. EFFECT ON LOCAL ORDINANCES.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not preempt a local ordinance regulating a wireless communication facility.
Tex. Local Government Code § 303.021 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 303 / Section 303.021
§ 303.021. AUTHORITY TO CREATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A sponsor may create one or more nonmember, nonstock, nonprofit public facility corporations to:

(1) issue bonds under this chapter, including bonds to purchase sponsor obligations;

(2) finance public facilities on behalf of its sponsor; or

(3) loan the proceeds of the obligations to other entities to accomplish the purposes of the sponsor.

(b) A sponsor may use the corporation to:

(1) acquire, construct, rehabilitate, renovate, repair, equip, furnish, or place in service public facilities; or

(2) issue bonds on the sponsor's behalf to finance the costs of the public facilities.

(c) A corporation created under this chapter must remain a public facility corporation under this chapter.

(d) A corporation or a sponsor may finance, own, or operate a multifamily residential development only if:

(1) the corporation or sponsor complies with all applicable provisions of this chapter; and

(2) the development is located:

(A) inside the area of operation of the sponsor, if the sponsor is a housing authority; or

(B) if the sponsor is not a housing authority, inside the boundaries of the sponsor, without regard to whether the sponsor is authorized to own property or provide services outside the boundaries of the sponsor.