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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8000.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8000 / Section 8000.052
§ 8000.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Richard Dupriest;

(2) Raymond F. Wetegrove;

(3) Joseph M. Wetegrove;

(4) Jane Helm; and

(5) Steven Ray.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8000.003; 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 8000.003 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 8000.003; 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 § 8815.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8815 / Section 8815.108
§ 8815.108. WATER SUPPLY OR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS.
Status: in_force

The authority by rule may develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement, enforce, and manage comprehensive water supply or drought contingency plans for the authority, or any portion of the authority.
Tex. Government Code § 659.203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.203
§ 659.203. FORM AND MANNER.
Status: in_force

A deduction under this subchapter must be made in a form and manner prescribed by the appropriate financial officer of the institution of higher education.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1101 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1101
§ 152.1101. HASKELL COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Haskell County is included in the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board. The juvenile board is composed of:

(1) the county judge of Haskell County;

(2) the county judge of Kent County;

(3) the county judge of Stonewall County;

(4) the county judge of Throckmorton County; and

(5) the 39th Judicial District judge.

(b) The juvenile court judge may appoint two public members to serve on the board for a term set by the judge.

(c) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning of each year.

(d) The commissioners court of each county shall pay the county judge of that county and the 39th Judicial District judge additional annual compensation of not more than $6,000, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county, for the added duties imposed on the judges under this section. The public members serve without compensation.

(e) If approved by the juvenile board, the commissioners court shall reimburse the juvenile court judge for the judge's actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending seminars and other educational or instructional meetings related to juvenile problems. The counties shall prorate the expenses allowed for the members of the juvenile board and for the juvenile court judge.

(f) The commissioners court of each county shall jointly provide the necessary funds to pay the salaries of the juvenile probation personnel in the amount set by the juvenile board.

(g) The commissioners court of each county shall jointly pay the expenses of the juvenile probation officers that are certified as necessary by the juvenile board chairman from the general fund and in the amount set by the juvenile board.

(h) Sections 152.0004 and 152.0005(b) do not apply to the juvenile board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.153
§ 21.153. EMPLOYEE AND GENERAL MANAGER FIDELITY BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The general manager and each district employee charged with the collection, custody, or payment of any district money shall execute a fidelity bond. The board shall approve the form, amount, and surety of the bond.

(b) The district shall pay the premiums on employee bonds under this section.
Tex. Estates Code § 1201.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.052
§ 1201.052. ANNUAL DETERMINATION; HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) To determine whether a guardianship should be continued, modified, or terminated, the court in which the guardianship proceeding is pending:

(1) shall review annually each guardianship in which the application to create the guardianship was filed after September 1, 1993; and

(2) may review annually any other guardianship.

(b) A court in which the guardianship proceeding is pending may conduct a hearing under this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.21 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.21
§ 21.21. REQUISITES OF AN INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

An information is sufficient if it has the following requisites:

1. It shall commence, "In the name and by authority of the State of Texas";

2. That it appear to have been presented in a court having jurisdiction of the offense set forth;

3. That it appear to have been presented by the proper officer;

4. That it contain the name of the accused, or state that his name is unknown and give a reasonably accurate description of him;

5. It must appear that the place where the offense is charged to have been committed is within the jurisdiction of the court where the information is filed;

6. That the time mentioned be some date anterior to the filing of the information, and that the offense does not appear to be barred by limitation;

7. That the offense be set forth in plain and intelligible words;

8. That it conclude, "Against the peace and dignity of the State"; and

9. It must be signed by the district or county attorney, officially.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.153 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.153
§ 501.153. LEASE OR SALE OF PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may:

(1) lease all or any part of a project to a user, for the rental and on the terms that the corporation's board of directors considers advisable and not in conflict with this subtitle; or

(2) sell, by installment payments or otherwise, and convey all or any part of a project to a user for the purchase price and on the terms the corporation's board of directors considers advisable and not in conflict with this subtitle.

(b) A corporation may grant a lessee an option to purchase all or any part of a project when all bonds of the corporation delivered to provide those facilities have been paid or provision has been made for the bonds' final payment. This subsection is procedurally exclusive for authority to convey or grant an option to purchase all or part of a project, and reference to another law is not required.
Tex. Education Code § 53B.31 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53B / Section 53B.31
§ 53B.31. NO TAXING POWER.
Status: in_force

An authority has no power to tax.
Tex. Government Code § 476.0054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 476 / Section 476.0054
§ 476.0054. ESTIMATE OF TAX REVENUE CREDITED TO TRUST FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than September 1 of the year that is eight years before the year the games would be held in this state, the office shall provide an estimate of the total amount of municipal and state tax revenue that would be transferred or deposited to the trust fund before January 1 of the year following the year the games would be held if the games were held in this state at a site selected in accordance with an application by a local organizing committee.

(b) The office shall provide the estimate on request to a local organizing committee.

(c) A local organizing committee may submit the office's estimate to a site selection organization.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.102 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56A / Section 56A.102
§ 56A.102. VICTIM OR WITNESS DISCOVERY ATTENDANCE.
Status: in_force

Unless absolutely necessary, a victim or witness who is not confined may not be required to attend a deposition in a correctional facility.
Tex. Estates Code § 122.205 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 122 / Section 122.205
§ 122.205. GIFT.
Status: in_force

An assignment under this subchapter is a gift to the assignee and is not a disclaimer under Chapter 240, Property Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1023.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.101
§ 1023.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for:

(1) operating hospital facilities; and

(2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0533 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 32 / Section 32.0533
§ 32.0533.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.0533. DATA COLLECTION: PACE AND STAR + PLUS MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS. The commission, in collaboration with the Department of Aging and Disability Services and appropriate stakeholder groups, shall modify the methods by which the commission and the department collect data for evaluation of the PACE and STAR + PLUS Medicaid managed care programs to allow comparison of recipient outcomes between the programs. The modification to data collection methods must include changes to:

(1) survey instruments that measure recipient experience;

(2) compilation of the same or similar complaint, disenrollment, and appeals data; and

(3) compilation of the same or similar hospital admissions and readmissions data.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1010 / Section 1010.202
§ 1010.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1010.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation at a rate sufficient to:

(1) pay the interest on the bonds as the interest comes due; and

(2) provide and maintain a sinking fund adequate to pay the principal on the bonds as the principal matures.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 32.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 32 / Section 32.007
§ 32.007. DEADLINE TO BEGIN BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

If the state bank does not open and engage in the business of banking within six months after the date of the granting of its charter, the banking commissioner may forfeit the charter or cancel the conditional approval of application for charter without judicial action.
Tex. Local Government Code § 342.020 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 342 / Section 342.020
§ 342.020. MUTUAL FIRE-PROTECTION AGREEMENTS IN BORDER MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality in this state that is located on the border between this state and the Republic of Mexico may make a mutual fire-protection agreement with its corresponding border municipality in the Republic of Mexico.

(b) Any fire fighter from a border municipality in this state who responds to a call for fire-fighting assistance from the corresponding border municipality in the Republic of Mexico under the terms of an agreement authorized by this section is performing the fire fighter's official duty for the purposes of Article III, Section 51-d, of the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 223.038 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 223 / Section 223.038
§ 223.038. COST OF CERTAIN REQUIRED ALTERATIONS.
Status: in_force

The relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing of grade, or altering of construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telegraph or telephone property or facility, or pipeline made necessary by the actions of an issuer shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the issuer or nonprofit organization, which shall pay the cost of the required activity as necessary to provide comparable replacement, minus the net salvage value of any replaced facility. The issuer shall pay that amount from the proceeds of the bonds.
Tex. Education Code § 48.2556 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.2556
§ 48.2556. POSTING ON AGENCY WEBSITE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO REDUCTION OF LIMITATION OF TAX ON HOMESTEADS OF ELDERLY OR DISABLED.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of allowing the chief appraiser of each appraisal district and the assessor for each school district to make the calculations required by Section 11.26(a-10), Tax Code, the agency shall post on the agency's Internet website each school district's maximum compressed rate, as determined under Section 48.2551, for the current tax year and the preceding tax year.

(b) The agency shall post each school district's maximum compressed rate for the current tax year, as determined under Section 48.2551, promptly after calculating the rate. If, for the 2023 or a subsequent tax year, the agency calculates a preliminary rate before calculating a final rate, the agency shall post the preliminary rate, and the chief appraiser of each appraisal district and the assessor for each school district shall use the preliminary rate to make the calculations described by Subsection (a).

(c) The agency shall notify the chief appraiser of each appraisal district and the assessor for each school district when the agency has complied with Subsection (b). The notice must include the location on the agency's Internet website at which the information required by this section to be posted may be found.
Tex. Transportation Code § 254.011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 254 / Section 254.011
§ 254.011. OATH OF JURY.
Status: in_force

Members of the jury of view must take the following oath before assuming their duties: "I do solemnly swear that I am not directly interested in the construction of the proposed ditch, either as the owner or otherwise, or in adjacent land lying within one mile of the proposed ditch, and that I am not related to any person who is so interested. I further swear that I have no bias or prejudice toward any person directly interested in the ditch, and that I will assess the amount of expense due on and by all adjacent lands lying within one mile of the ditch, according to law, without fear, favor, hatred, or hope of reward, to the best of my knowledge and ability. So help me God."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.004
§ 3933.004. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare and for other similar purposes in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the county from providing the level of services provided to the area in the district as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9043.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9043 / Section 9043.101
§ 9043.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road project authorized by Section 9043.053.

(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(c) 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 real property in the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 160.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 160 / Section 160.008
§ 160.008. USE OF CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a person participating in peer review, a medical peer review committee, or a health care entity named as a defendant in a civil action filed as a result of participation in peer review.

(b) A defendant subject to this section may use otherwise confidential information obtained for legitimate internal business and professional purposes, including use in the defendant's own defense. Use of confidential information under this subsection does not constitute a waiver of the confidential and privileged nature of medical peer review committee proceedings.

(c) A defendant subject to this section may file a counterclaim in a pending action or may prove a cause of action in a subsequent action to recover defense costs, including court costs, attorney's fees, and damages incurred as a result of the civil action, if the plaintiff's original action is determined to be frivolous or brought in bad faith.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8057.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8057 / Section 8057.0104
§ 8057.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8057.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.258 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.258
§ 85.258. AUTHORITY OF COURT OF APPEALS TO ISSUE WRITS.
Status: in_force

The court of appeals and its judges have the jurisdiction to issue writs of prohibition, mandamus, and injunction to prevent the enforcement of any order or judgment of a trial court or judge who grants any type of injunctive relief without notice and hearing in violation of the requirements of Sections 85.244 and 85.245 of this code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.663 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.663
§ 33.663. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes of mitigation of coastal erosion and improvement of public access to public beaches.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.057
§ 1101.057. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the commission that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 1101.051(a) or (b) or 1101.052;

(2) does not maintain during service on the commission the qualifications required by Section 1101.051(a) or (b) or 1101.052;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 1101.053;

(4) cannot discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled commission meetings that the member is eligible to attend during each calendar year, unless the absence is excused by majority vote of the commission.

(b) The validity of an action of the commission is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a commission member exists.

(c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the commission of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the commission, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 21.24 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.24
§ 21.24. JOINDER OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Two or more offenses may be joined in a single indictment, information, or complaint, with each offense stated in a separate count, if the offenses arise out of the same criminal episode, as defined in Chapter 3 of the Penal Code.

(b) A count may contain as many separate paragraphs charging the same offense as necessary, but no paragraph may charge more than one offense.

(c) A count is sufficient if any one of its paragraphs is sufficient. An indictment, information, or complaint is sufficient if any one of its counts is sufficient.
Tex. Property Code § 24.007 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.007
§ 24.007. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

A final judgment of a county court in an eviction suit may not be appealed on the issue of possession unless the premises in question are being used for residential purposes only. A judgment of a county court may not under any circumstances be stayed pending appeal unless, within 10 days of the signing of the judgment, the appellant files a supersedeas bond in an amount set by the county court. In setting the supersedeas bond the county court shall provide protection for the appellee to the same extent as in any other appeal, taking into consideration the value of rents likely to accrue during appeal, damages which may occur as a result of the stay during appeal, and other damages or amounts as the court may deem appropriate.
Tex. Government Code § 24.539 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.539
§ 24.539.
Status: repealed

Sec. 24.539. 394TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BREWSTER, CULBERSON, HUDSPETH, JEFF DAVIS, AND PRESIDIO COUNTIES). (a) The 394th Judicial District is composed of Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and Presidio counties.

(b) The terms of the 394th District Court begin:

(1) in Brewster County on the first Monday in March and the third Monday in September;

(2) in Culberson County on the third Monday in October and the first Monday in April;

(3) in Hudspeth County on the third Monday in March and the first Monday in September;

(4) in Jeff Davis County on the second Mondays in January and July; and

(5) in Presidio County on the third Monday after the first Mondays in January and July.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 780, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.403 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.403
§ 81.403. TASK FORCE; DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response is created as an advisory panel to the governor.

(b) The task force shall:

(1) provide expert, evidence-based assessments, protocols, and recommendations related to state responses to infectious diseases, including Ebola; and

(2) serve as a reliable and transparent source of information and education for Texas leadership and citizens.