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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7996.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7996 / Section 7996.0401
§ 7996.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7996.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) 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.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.351 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 85 / Section 85.351
§ 85.351. SUIT FOR INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears that a person is violating or threatening to violate the provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part of Chapter 76, General Laws, Acts of the 44th Legislature, Regular Session, 1935, as amended, or Title 102, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, including provisions of this code formerly included in that title, or any rule or order of the commission adopted under those laws, the commission, through the attorney general, shall bring suit in the name of the state to restrain the violation or threatened violation.

(b) The suit shall be brought against the person violating or threatening to violate the law, rule, or order in a court of competent jurisdiction in Travis County, in the county in which the violation occurred, or in the county of residence of any defendant.
Tex. Education Code § 51.785 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.785
§ 51.785. CERTAIN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The board of an institution may not enter into a contract with a person relating to a permanent improvement project at the institution under which the institution makes contractual payments to the person that are not reflected on the institution's financial statement unless the board:

(1) is specifically authorized to enter into the contract by other law; or

(2) receives prior approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Tex. Education Code § 89.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 89 / Section 89.003
§ 89.003. MANDATORY VENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Venue for a suit filed against the health science center, any component institution, agency, or program of the health science center, or any officer or employee of the health science center is in Brazos County.

(b) This section does not waive any defense to or immunity from suit or liability that may be asserted by an entity or individual described by this section.

(c) In case of a conflict between this section and any other law, this section controls.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4007.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.0104
§ 4007.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

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

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and

(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational facilities for the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.605 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.605
§ 2001.605. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person timely requests a hearing or does not respond to the notice in the time provided by Section 2001.604(a), the director shall set a hearing and give notice of the hearing to the person.

(b) The hearings examiner shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and promptly issue to the commission a proposal for decision as to the occurrence of the violation and the amount of the proposed penalty, if a penalty is warranted.

(c) A hearing under this section must be conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings and is subject to Section 2001.058(e), Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 418.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.005
§ 418.005. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to:

(1) an elected law enforcement officer or county judge, or an appointed public officer of the state or of a political subdivision, who has management or supervisory responsibilities and:

(A) whose position description, job duties, or assignment includes emergency management responsibilities; or

(B) who plays a role in emergency preparedness, response, or recovery; and

(2) an emergency management coordinator designated under Section 418.1015(c) by the emergency management director of a county with a population of 500,000 or more.

(b) Each person described by Subsection (a) shall complete a course of training provided or approved by the division of not less than three hours regarding the responsibilities of state and local governments under this chapter not later than the 180th day after the date the person:

(1) takes the oath of office, if the person is required to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties as a public officer;

(2) otherwise assumes responsibilities as a public officer, if the person is not required to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties; or

(3) is designated as an emergency management coordinator under Section 418.1015(c).

(c) The division shall develop and provide a training course related to the emergency management responsibilities of state-level officers and a training course related to the emergency management responsibilities of officers and emergency management coordinators of political subdivisions. The division shall ensure that the training courses satisfy the requirements of Subsection (b).

(c-1) The training course provided under this section related to the emergency management responsibilities of officers of political subdivisions must include training based on the disaster response guide as required by Section 418.054(b).

(d) The division may provide the training and may also approve any acceptable course of training offered by a governmental body or other entity. The division shall ensure that at least one course of training approved or provided by the division is available on videotape or a functionally similar and widely available medium at no cost.

(e) The division or other entity providing the training shall provide a certificate of course completion to a person who completes the training required by this section. A person who completes the training required by this section shall maintain and make available for public inspection the record of the person's completion of the training.

(f) The failure of one or more public officers of the state or a political subdivision to complete the training required by this section does not affect the validity of an action taken by the state or the political subdivision.

(g) The hours spent in a training course required by Subsection (b) may be applied toward the continuing education requirements for county commissioners under Section 81.0025, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8165.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8165 / Section 8165.003
§ 8165.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 499.108 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 499 / Section 499.108
§ 499.108. CAPACITY FOR NEW UNITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before construction begins on a unit of the institutional division for which construction was not approved before January 1, 1991, the board shall establish a maximum capacity for the unit.

(b) Maximum capacity for a unit must be established under this section in the same manner as maximum capacity for a unit is increased under Sections 499.102, 499.104, and 499.105, except that time limits on official actions imposed by those sections do not apply.

(c) This section does not apply to a 2,250-bed (Michael-type) unit or a 1,012-bed (Daniel-type) unit, approved on or after January 1, 1991, unless the design for the unit is significantly altered or space in the unit is reduced.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0160 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0160
§ 540.0160. SECURITY OF AND PROCESSING CONTROLS OVER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall:

(1) strengthen user access controls for the commission's accounts receivable tracking system and network folders that the commission uses to manage the collection of experience rebates;

(2) document daily reconciliations of deposits recorded in the accounts receivable tracking system to the transactions processed in:

(A) the commission's cost accounting system for all health and human services agencies; and

(B) the uniform statewide accounting system; and

(3) develop, document, and implement a process to ensure that the commission formally documents:

(A) all programming changes made to the accounts receivable tracking system; and

(B) the authorization and testing of the changes described by Paragraph (A).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3901.351 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3901 / Section 3901.351
§ 3901.351. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9072.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9072 / Section 9072.052
§ 9072.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) R. Hunt Winton III;

(2) Chad H. Foster Jr.;

(3) David Sawtelle;

(4) Craig Leeder; and

(5) Zach Feller.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 9072.003; 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 9072.003 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 9072.003; 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. Government Code § 763.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 763 / Section 763.003
§ 763.003. TERMS OF AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) An agreement or contract authorized by this chapter must specify:

(1) the purpose and duration of the agreement or contract;

(2) the manner of financing the joint or cooperative undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget for the undertaking;

(3) any financial arrangement under the agreement or contract in which one municipality agrees to furnish specified services or facilities to another municipality;

(4) the precise organization, composition, nature, and powers of any separate legal or administrative entity created under the agreement or contract;

(5) appropriate methods of enforcement;

(6) the method for terminating the agreement or contract, in whole or in part, and for disposing of property on termination; and

(7) any other necessary and proper matters.

(b) A separate legal or administrative entity may not be created under an agreement or contract authorized by this chapter if the creation of the entity violates any other law.

(c) If the agreement between the municipalities does not establish a separate entity to conduct the joint or cooperative undertaking, the agreement must provide for:

(1) an administrator or joint board to administer the undertaking; and

(2) the manner of acquiring, holding, and disposing of any property used in the undertaking.

(d) If the agreement provides for a joint board, each municipality that is a party to the agreement must be represented.
Tex. Government Code § 477.0154 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 477 / Section 477.0154
§ 477.0154. PROHIBITED DISBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

The office may not make a disbursement from the trust fund that the office determines would be used to solicit the relocation of a professional sports franchise located in this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 602.1521 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 602 / Section 602.1521
§ 602.1521. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

The medical board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the medical board and to speak on any issue relating to medical physicists.
Tex. Utilities Code § 163.074 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 163 / Section 163.074
§ 163.074. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

This subchapter prevails to the extent of a conflict between this subchapter and any other law, including:

(1) a law regulating the affairs of a municipal corporation; or

(2) a home-rule charter provision.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4014.0310 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4014 / Section 4014.0310
§ 4014.0310. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district has no outstanding bonded debt.

(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 enacting 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) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

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

(3) appoint initial directors for each new district; and

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

(f) 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.

(g) A political subdivision's consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 4014.0505 acts as the political subdivision's 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.

(h) 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.901 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.901
§ 8501.901. CHAPTER AS FULL AUTHORITY; OTHER STATUTES NOT APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter, without reference to other statutes of this state, is full authority for the authorization and issuance of an obligation under this chapter and for the accomplishment of all actions authorized by this chapter. No other proceedings are necessary.

(b) A statute of this state does not apply to a proceeding or other act under this chapter if the statute:

(1) relates to:

(A) the authorization or issuance of obligations;

(B) the operation or maintenance of an improvement or facility;

(C) the grant of a franchise or permit; or

(D) the right to an election or referendum petition; or

(2) in any way impedes or restricts the implementation of the acts authorized under this chapter.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), this section does not prevent another statute from applying to the authority if the legislative intent is that the other statute supersede or operate in conjunction with this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8212.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8212 / Section 8212.104
§ 8212.104. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any resolution, adopted by the governing body of a municipality under Section 54.016, Water Code, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Family Code § 201.102 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.102
§ 201.102. APPLICATION OF LAW GOVERNING ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Status: in_force

Subchapter A applies to an associate judge appointed under this subchapter, except that, to the extent of any conflict between this subchapter and Subchapter A, this subchapter prevails.
Tex. Election Code § 63.0101 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 63 / Section 63.0101
§ 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of photo identification under this chapter:

(1) a driver's license, election identification certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;

(2) a United States military identification card that contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;

(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to the person that contains the person's photograph;

(4) a United States passport book or card issued to the person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation; or

(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation.

(b) The following documentation is acceptable as proof of identification under this chapter:

(1) a government document that shows the name and address of the voter, including the voter's voter registration certificate;

(2) one of the following documents that shows the name and address of the voter:

(A) a copy of a current utility bill;

(B) a bank statement;

(C) a government check; or

(D) a paycheck; or

(3) a certified copy of a domestic birth certificate or other document confirming birth that is admissible in a court of law and establishes the person's identity.

(c) A person 70 years of age or older may use a form of identification listed in Subsection (a) that has expired for the purposes of voting if the identification is otherwise valid.

(d) Pursuant to Section 63.001(c), proof of identification is presented only for the purpose of identifying a voter and not for verification of residence.
Tex. Family Code § 160.307 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 160 / Section 160.307
§ 160.307. PROCEDURES FOR RESCISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A signatory may rescind an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity as provided by this section before the earlier of:

(1) the 60th day after the effective date of the acknowledgment or denial, as provided by Section 160.304; or

(2) the date a proceeding to which the signatory is a party is initiated before a court to adjudicate an issue relating to the child, including a proceeding that establishes child support.

(b) A signatory seeking to rescind an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity must file with the vital statistics unit a completed rescission, on the form prescribed under Section 160.312, in which the signatory declares under penalty of perjury that:

(1) as of the date the rescission is filed, a proceeding has not been held affecting the child identified in the acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity, including a proceeding to establish child support;

(2) a copy of the completed rescission was sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to:

(A) if the rescission is of an acknowledgment of paternity, the other signatory of the acknowledgment of paternity and the signatory of any related denial of paternity; or

(B) if the rescission is of a denial of paternity, the signatories of the related acknowledgment of paternity; and

(3) if a signatory to the acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity is receiving services from the Title IV-D agency, a copy of the completed rescission was sent by certified or registered mail to the Title IV-D agency.

(c) On receipt of a completed rescission, the vital statistics unit shall void the acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity affected by the rescission and amend the birth record of the child, if appropriate.

(d) Any party affected by the rescission, including the Title IV-D agency, may contest the rescission by bringing a proceeding under Subchapter G to adjudicate the parentage of the child.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4055.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4055 / Section 4055.201
§ 4055.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Rental agreement" means a written agreement that states the terms governing the use of storage space provided by a self-service storage facility.

(2) "Renter" means a person who obtains the use of storage space from a self-service storage facility under a rental agreement.

(3) "Self-service storage facility" means a person engaged in the business of providing leased or rented storage space to the public.

(4) "Storage space" means a room, unit, locker, or open space offered for rental to the public for temporary storage of personal belongings or light commercial goods.