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Tex. Estates Code § 1104.154 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.154
§ 1104.154. ALTERNATIVE TO SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) As an alternative to the self-proving affidavit authorized by Section 1104.153, a declaration of appointment of a guardian for the declarant's children in the event of the declarant's death or incapacity may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved by including the following in substantially the same form and with substantially the same contents:

I, _________________________, as declarant, after being duly sworn, declare to the undersigned witnesses and to the undersigned authority that this instrument is my Declaration of Appointment of Guardian for My Children in the Event of My Death or Incapacity, and that I willingly make and execute it for the purposes expressed in the declaration. I now sign this declaration in the presence of the attesting witnesses and the undersigned authority on this ____ day of ________, 20__.

___________________________

Declarant

The undersigned, _____________________ and ___________________, each being 14 years of age or older, after being duly sworn, declare to the declarant and to the undersigned authority that the declarant declared to us that this instrument is the declarant's Declaration of Appointment of Guardian for the Declarant's Children in the Event of Declarant's Death or Incapacity and that the declarant executed it for the purposes expressed in the declaration. The declarant then signed this declaration and we believe the declarant to be of sound mind. We now sign our names as attesting witnesses on this _____ day of ___________, 20___.

___________________________

Witness

___________________________

Witness

Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above named declarant, and affiants, this ____ day of __________________, 20__.

___________________________

Notary Public in and for the

State of Texas

My Commission expires:

___________________________

(b) A declaration that is executed as provided by Subsection (a) is considered self-proved to the same extent a declaration executed with a self-proving affidavit under Section 1104.153 is considered self-proved.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8848.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8848 / Section 8848.051
§ 8848.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9011.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9011 / Section 9011.158
§ 9011.158. PROHIBITED AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not enter into a contract or agreement that requires the district or the people in the district to lose ownership of or control over the use of any district property, real, personal, or mixed, after payment of all outstanding legal obligations of the district, including bonds and refunding bonds.

(b) A contract or agreement prohibited by this section, if entered into by the board, is void.
Tex. Local Government Code § 116.082 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 116 / Section 116.082
§ 116.082. SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) After reasonable notice to the commissioners court, a depository is entitled to substitute one type of security for another or replace particular securities with others of the same type if the substituting or replacing security meets the requirements of law and is approved by the commissioners court. Instead of approval of each substitute or replacement security by the commissioners court, the commissioners court may:

(1) adopt a procedure for approving a substitute or replacement security under this section; and

(2) designate a county employee or official, including a county judge, to approve the substitute or replacement security under the procedure adopted under Subdivision (1).

(b) The county judge shall execute the necessary instruments to transfer to the depository or its order a lien withdrawn from real property for which another security is substituted.

(c) The commissioners court may direct the manner in which securities pledged in place of personal or surety bonds are to be deposited.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1 / Section 1.001
§ 1.001. PURPOSE OF CODE.
Status: repealed

(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in the law codified as Section 323.007, Government Code. The program contemplates a topic-by-topic revision of the state's general and permanent statute law without substantive change.

(b) Consistent with the objectives of the statutory revision program, the purpose of this code is to make the law encompassed by this code more accessible and understandable by:

(1) rearranging the statutes into a more logical order;

(2) employing a format and numbering system designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate future expansion of the law;

(3) eliminating repealed, duplicative, unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective provisions; and

(4) restating the law in modern American English to the greatest extent possible.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.254
§ 1053.254. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The county judge of Lubbock County shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name.

(b) The county clerk of Lubbock County shall countersign the bonds.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.051 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.051
§ 52.051. POLICY.
Status: in_force

In adopting rules and establishing procedures under this subchapter, the commission shall:

(1) attempt to balance the public interest in a technologically advanced telecommunications system providing a wide range of new and innovative services with traditional regulatory concerns for:

(A) preserving universal service;

(B) prohibiting anticompetitive practices; and

(C) preventing the subsidization of competitive services with revenues from regulated monopoly services; and

(2) incorporate an appropriate mix of regulatory and market mechanisms reflecting the level and nature of competition in the marketplace.
Tex. Family Code § 157.215 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.215
§ 157.215. ARREST FOR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the motion to revoke community supervision alleges a prima facie case that the respondent has violated a term or condition of community supervision, the court may order the respondent's arrest by warrant.

(b) The respondent shall be brought promptly before the court ordering the arrest.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 14.071 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 14 / Section 14.071
§ 14.071. TRANSPORTING LIQUOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may transport liquor, if the transportation is for a lawful purpose, from:

(1) the place of purchase to the holder's place of business; and

(2) the place of sale or distribution to the purchaser.

(b) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may transport liquor from one wet area to another wet area across a dry area if that course of transportation is necessary or convenient.

(c) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit transporting liquor under this section shall provide to the commission:

(1) a full description of each motor vehicle used by the permit holder for transporting liquor; and

(2) any other information the commission requires.

(d) The holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit may transport liquor only in a vehicle that is:

(1) described by Subsection (c)(1);

(2) owned or leased in good faith by the permit holder or by the permit holder's agent; and

(3) printed or painted with the designation required by the commission.
Tex. Insurance Code § 501.205 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 501 / Section 501.205
§ 501.205. ASSESSMENT ON TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Status: in_force

Each title insurance company authorized to engage in business in this state shall pay an annual assessment of 5.7 cents for each owner and mortgage policy that is written for delivery in this state during each calendar year and for which the full basic premium is charged.
Tex. Transportation Code § 67.070 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 67 / Section 67.070
§ 67.070. EMERGENCY PILOTAGE RATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may establish emergency pilotage rates for the period of an emergency, not to exceed 30 days, if the board finds that:

(1) a natural or man-made disaster has created a substantial hazard to piloting vessels into and out of a port; and

(2) the existence of the hazard overrides the necessity to comply with normal pilotage rate-setting procedures.

(b) In adopting emergency pilotage rates, the board is not required to comply with the procedures in this chapter or in its rules relating to adoption of pilotage rates.

(c) Emergency pilotage rates may not be appealed.

(d) The board shall adopt rules to carry out this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 222.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 222 / Section 222.006
§ 222.006. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall accept, on behalf of the state, a payment of federal funds or a gift or grant made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the purpose of this subchapter, and may spend the payment, gift, or grant for that purpose.

(b) The department shall deposit the payment, gift, or grant in the state treasury to the credit of the hospital construction fund.

(c) The department shall deposit to the credit of the hospital construction fund money received from the federal government for a construction project approved by the surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service. The department shall use the money only for payments to applicants for work performed and purchases made in carrying out approved projects.
Tex. Local Government Code § 601.040 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 601 / Section 601.040
§ 601.040. ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The municipality may acquire real property for a project or for building or improving a road leading to a project.

(b) The municipality may close a road as is necessary or convenient for the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) An authority may, at its own expense, acquire real property for a project in the name of the municipality by purchase or condemnation under the laws relating to the condemnation of land by the municipality. The authority may, until it ceases to exist, use the property.

(d) If an authority determines that real property is no longer required for a project, and the property was acquired at the expense of the municipality, the authority may give the use of the property to the municipality. If the property was acquired at the expense of the authority, the authority may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the property and may use the proceeds for the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Family Code § 54.021 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.021
§ 54.021. SERVICES PROVIDED TO CHILD IN DETENTION FACILITY PENDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A child ordered to be detained in a juvenile detention facility under Section 54.02(h) shall, to the extent practicable, be provided education, programming, and other services consistent with the minimum standards adopted by the Texas Juvenile Justice Board for juvenile detention facilities under Section 221.002, Human Resources Code.

(b) The facility administrator, or the administrator's designee, of a juvenile detention facility shall:

(1) not later than the 21st day after the date on which a child is ordered to be detained in a juvenile detention facility under Section 54.02(h):

(A) complete an initial assessment of the child to evaluate the needs of the child; and

(B) develop a written plan to ensure the child has an opportunity to make progress on identified rehabilitation goals pending trial; and

(2) at least once every 90 days after the date on which the facility administrator or designee develops the written plan described by Subdivision (1), prepare a status report that documents:

(A) the education, programming, and other services provided to the child;

(B) behavioral compliance or incidents, if any;

(C) any measurable progress on identified rehabilitation goals during the preceding 90 days of detention; and

(D) any comments, observations, or recommendations related to the child's educational or rehabilitative needs.
Tex. Government Code § 417.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 417 / Section 417.006
§ 417.006. STATE FIRE MARSHAL PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The state fire marshal may:

(1) commission peace officers to act as fire and arson investigators under the state fire marshal's supervision and to perform other law enforcement duties assigned to the commissioner and the state fire marshal by law; and

(2) revoke a peace officer's commission under this section for just cause.

(b) The commissioner shall ensure that a peace officer commissioned under Subsection (a) is compensated according to Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.202
§ 1701.202. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall establish a comprehensive procedure for each phase of the commission's jurisdictional complaint enforcement process, including:

(1) complaint intake;

(2) investigation;

(3) adjudication and relevant hearings;

(4) appeals;

(5) the imposition of sanctions; and

(6) public disclosure.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), on request, a license holder is entitled to obtain information regarding a complaint made against the license holder under this chapter, including a complete copy of the complaint file. On receipt of a request under this subsection, the commission shall provide the requested information in a timely manner to allow the license holder time to respond to the complaint.

(c) The commission shall ensure that detailed information regarding the commission's complaint enforcement process described by this section is available on any publicly accessible Internet website and in any appropriate printed materials maintained by the commission.

(d) The commission is not required to provide the identity of any nontestifying complainant in response to a request under Subsection (b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1365.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1365 / Section 1365.003
§ 1365.003. OFFER OF COVERAGE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A group health benefit plan issuer shall offer and make available under the plan coverage for the necessary care and treatment of loss or impairment of speech or hearing.

(b) Coverage required under this section:

(1) may not be less favorable than coverage for physical illness generally under the plan; and

(2) must be subject to the same durational limits, dollar limits, deductibles, and coinsurance factors as coverage for physical illness generally under the plan.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.101 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.101
§ 273.101. CREATION OF AND MEMBERSHIP IN CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Savings and Loan Supplemental Fund Corporation is a nonprofit legal entity that is supervised by the commissioner.

(b) A domestic association is eligible to be a member of the corporation if the association:

(1) is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

(2) meets the membership standards adopted by the board and approved by the commissioner as part of the Texas Savings and Loan Supplemental Fund Corporation's plan of operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1067.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1067 / Section 1067.253
§ 1067.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 152.105 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.105
§ 152.105. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR LANDOWNER.
Status: in_force

If the final judgment in an action seeking relief from a notice is in favor of the landowner, the landowner may be entitled to injunctive relief against the use of any control measures on the landowner's forest land by the service until a time determined by the court.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 691.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 691 / Section 691.032
§ 691.032. COSTS OF DISTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

A person or institution receiving a body or anatomical specimen under this chapter shall pay in a manner specified by the commission, or as otherwise agreed on, all costs incurred in distributing the body or anatomical specimen so that the state, a county, a municipality, or an officer, employee, or representative of the state, a county, or a municipality does not incur any expense.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.073 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.073
§ 287.073. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the health care system and the funds and resources of the district that are transferred under Section 287.071.
Tex. Transportation Code § 317.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.004
§ 317.004. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that it conflicts or is inconsistent with this chapter, Subchapter B, Chapter 1502, Government Code, applies to revenue bonds issued under this chapter, and a municipality to which this chapter applies has, with respect to a revenue bond issued under this chapter, each power granted by that subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3823.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3823 / Section 3823.152
§ 3823.152. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5013.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5013 / Section 5013.101
§ 5013.101. TREASURER.
Status: in_force

(a) The port commission:

(1) shall hire or appoint a treasurer; and

(2) may terminate or suspend the employment or appointment of the treasurer.

(b) The treasurer has the power and duties of a treasurer under Chapters 60 and 62, Water Code.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 62.152, Water Code, the treasurer shall pay all authority expenses from authority funds.
Tex. Government Code § 21.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 21 / Section 21.013
§ 21.013. CONFIDENTIALITY OF JUDICIAL WORK PRODUCT; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Judicial work product" means written, electronic, or oral material prepared or communications made in the course of an adjudicatory proceeding before a court determining legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges. The term includes all drafts of opinions or orders and memoranda of law. The term does not include information related to a person who is required to submit to electronic monitoring of a person's location as part of an electronic monitoring program under Article 42.035, Code of Criminal Procedure, or as a condition of community supervision, parole, mandatory supervision, or release on bail.

(2) "Non-public judicial work product" means:

(A) any written or electronic judicial work product other than documents filed with the clerk of a court for release to the public; or

(B) any oral statement relating to judicial work product made in a closed session of a court or in judicial chambers.

(b) This section applies to:

(1) a court established under Section 1, Article V, Texas Constitution, other than a commissioners court; and

(2) a court subject to this subtitle.

(c) A justice or judge of a court shall comply with supreme court rules governing the confidentiality of non-public judicial work product.

(d) A person, other than a justice or judge, who is involved in crafting an opinion or decision for an adjudicatory proceeding, including a court staff attorney, court clerk, or law clerk, shall maintain the confidentiality of all non-public judicial work product in accordance with supreme court rules.

(e) A person, other than a justice or judge, with access to non-public judicial work product commits an offense if the person knowingly discloses, wholly or partly, the contents of any non-public judicial work product to a person who is not a justice, judge, court staff attorney, court clerk, law clerk, employee of an agency established under Chapter 71 or 72, or other court staff routinely involved in crafting an opinion or decision for an adjudicatory proceeding.

(f) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(g) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the disclosure of the non-public judicial work product is authorized:

(1) in writing by the justice or judge for whom the work product is prepared; or

(2) under supreme court rules.
Tex. Government Code § 54A.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54A / Section 54A.014
§ 54A.014. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

An associate judge has the same judicial immunity as a district judge.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 574.065 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 574 / Section 574.065
§ 574.065. ORDER OF MODIFICATION OF ORDER FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may modify an order for outpatient services at the modification hearing if the court determines that the patient meets the applicable criteria for court-ordered inpatient mental health services prescribed by Section 574.034(a) or 574.035(a).

(b) The court may refuse to modify the order and may direct the patient to continue to participate in outpatient mental health services in accordance with the original order even if the criteria prescribed by Subsection (a) have been met.

(c) The court's decision to modify an order must be supported by at least one certificate of medical examination for mental illness signed by a physician who examined the patient not earlier than the seventh day before the date on which the hearing is held.

(d) A modification may include:

(1) incorporating in the order a revised treatment program and providing for continued outpatient mental health services under the modified order, if a revised general program of treatment was submitted to and accepted by the court; or

(2) providing for commitment to an inpatient mental health facility.

(e) A court may not extend the provision of mental health services beyond the period prescribed in the original order.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.107 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.107
§ 301.107. CAREER LADDER PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require intra-agency posting of all nonentry level positions concurrently with any public posting.

(b) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations based on measurable job tasks. All merit pay for board employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.