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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3901.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3901 / Section 3901.111
§ 3901.111. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers that:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code, provides to a municipality.
Tex. Government Code § 411.193 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.193
§ 411.193. STATISTICAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

The department shall make available, on request and payment of a reasonable fee to cover costs of copying, a statistical report that includes the number of licenses issued, denied, revoked, or suspended by the department during the preceding month, listed by age, gender, race, and zip code of the applicant or license holder.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.509 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.509
§ 56B.509. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) If the person paid the administrative penalty and the amount is reduced or is not upheld by the court, the court shall order that the appropriate amount plus accrued interest be remitted to the person.

(b) The interest accrues at the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The interest shall be paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty was paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8473.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8473 / Section 8473.051
§ 8473.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8473.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 62.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 62 / Section 62.054
§ 62.054. DUTIES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of the commission, the Texas Department of Insurance shall provide any necessary assistance with the child health plan. The department shall monitor the quality of the services provided by health plan providers and resolve grievances relating to the health plan providers.

(b) The commission and the Texas Department of Insurance may adopt a memorandum of understanding that addresses the responsibilities of each agency with respect to the plan.

(c) The Texas Department of Insurance, in consultation with the commission, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 281.075 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 281 / Section 281.075
§ 281.075. APPROVAL; REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority shall submit the bonds it issues to the attorney general for examination. If the attorney general finds that the bonds are authorized in accordance with law, the attorney general shall approve the bonds and the comptroller of public accounts shall register them.

(b) Bonds that are approved and registered under Subsection (a) are incontestable in a court or other forum and are valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms.

(c) If the bonds recite that the security for the bonds includes a pledge of the proceeds of a contract or a lease to which the authority is a party, a copy of the contract or lease and of the proceedings authorizing the contract or lease may be submitted to the attorney general with the bond records. If a contract or lease and a record of the corresponding proceedings is submitted to the attorney general, the approval of the bonds by the attorney general is also an approval of the contract or lease and the contract or lease is incontestable.
Tex. Government Code § 1475.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1475 / Section 1475.005
§ 1475.005. DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS COURT AFTER VOTER APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

If the voters approve the proposition, the commissioners court shall enter in its minutes:

(1) the date of the election, the notice of the election, the ballot proposition, and the result of the election; and

(2) an order that, as appropriate:

(A) provides for the issuance of the bonds or warrants and states the amount, dates of maturity, and rate of interest of the bonds or warrants; or

(B) authorizes the use of the county's credit, specifies the extent to which the county will lend its credit, and specifies the manner by and conditions under which the county will lend its credit.
Tex. Utilities Code § 35.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 35 / Section 35.001
§ 35.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "electric utility" includes a municipally owned utility and an electric cooperative.
Tex. Water Code § 51.190 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.190
§ 51.190. OBTAINING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND DATA.
Status: in_force

The executive director shall furnish to a district topographic maps and data concerning all projects for the control of floods undertaken by the district and all projects for the storage of water or creation of reservoirs undertaken by the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.210 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.210
§ 225.210. DEPUTY SHERIFF TONY OGBURN AND DEPUTY SHERIFF PAUL HABELT MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of State Highway 198 in Henderson County between its intersection with the Kaufman County line and its intersection with State Highway 31 is designated as the Deputy Sheriff Tony Ogburn and Deputy Sheriff Paul Habelt Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Deputy Sheriff Tony Ogburn and Deputy Sheriff Paul Habelt Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Government Code § 511.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 511 / Section 511.008
§ 511.008. DIRECTOR; STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall employ an executive director who is the chief executive officer of the commission and who serves at the will of the commission. The executive director is subject to the policy direction of the commission.

(b) The executive director may employ personnel as necessary to enforce and administer this chapter.

(c) The executive director and employees are entitled to compensation and expenses as provided by legislative appropriation.

(d) The commission shall provide to its members and employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualifications for office or employment under this chapter and their responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state officers or employees.

(e) The commission shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policymaking responsibilities of the commission and the management responsibilities of the executive director and the staff of the commission.

(f) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program. The program shall require intraagency postings of all nonentry level positions concurrently with any public posting.

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

(h) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must include:

(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel, that are in compliance with Chapter 21, Labor Code;

(2) a comprehensive analysis of the commission work force that meets federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and instructions directly adopted under those laws, rules, or regulations;

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made about the extent of underuse in the commission work force of all persons for whom federal or state laws, rules, regulations, and instructions directly adopted under those laws, rules, or regulations encourage a more equitable balance; and

(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of underuse.

(i) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (h) must cover an annual period, be updated at least annually and reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (h)(1), and be filed with the governor's office.

(j) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (i). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 108.007 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 108 / Section 108.007
§ 108.007. REVIEW POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, subject to reasonable rules and guidelines, may:

(1) inspect documents and records used by data sources that are required to compile data and reports; and

(2) compel providers to produce accurate documents and records.

(b) The department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a state agency, including the division of the commission responsible for the state Medicaid program, or with a school of public health or another institution of higher education, to share data and expertise, to obtain data for the department, or to make data available to the department. An agreement entered into under this subsection must protect patient confidentiality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 258.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 258 / Section 258.005
§ 258.005. MAINTENANCE TAX DUE DATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The health maintenance organization shall pay the maintenance tax annually or semiannually.

(b) The comptroller may require semiannual or other periodic payment only from a health maintenance organization whose maintenance tax liability under this chapter for the previous year was at least $2,000.
Tex. Local Government Code § 552.049 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.049
§ 552.049. SEGREGATION OF INCOME.
Status: in_force

The income of a drainage utility system must be segregated and completely identifiable in municipal accounts. If drainage charges are solely for the cost of service, the municipality may transfer the charges in whole or in part to the municipal general fund, except for any part collected outside municipal boundaries and except for any part pledged to retire any outstanding indebtedness or obligation incurred, or as a reserve for future construction, repair, or maintenance of the drainage system. If the governing body has levied, in the drainage charge, an amount in contribution to the funding of future system improvements, including replacement, new construction, or extension, that amount is not transferable to the general fund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 92.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 92 / Section 92.003
§ 92.003. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons shall report cases or suspected cases of reportable injuries to the department:

(1) a physician who diagnoses or treats a reportable injury; and

(2) a medical examiner or justice of the peace.

(b) The department may contact a physician attending a person with a case or suspected case of a reportable injury.

(c) The department shall prescribe the form and method of reporting. The department may require the reports to contain any information, including the person's name, address, age, sex, race, occupation, employer, and attending physician, necessary to achieve the purposes of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3921.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3921 / Section 3921.113
§ 3921.113. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Government Code § 546.0102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 546 / Section 546.0102
§ 546.0102. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSUMER DIRECTION MODELS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop and oversee the implementation of consumer direction models under which an individual with a disability or an elderly individual who is receiving certain state-funded or Medicaid-funded services, or the individual's legally authorized representative, exercises control over:

(1) developing and implementing the individual's service plan; or

(2) the persons who directly deliver the services.

(b) The consumer direction models the commission establishes under this subchapter may be implemented in appropriate and suitable commission or health and human services agency programs.
Tex. Election Code § 84.0041 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 84 / Section 84.0041
§ 84.0041. FRAUDULENT USE OF APPLICATION FOR BALLOT BY MAIL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) knowingly provides false information on an application for ballot by mail;

(2) intentionally causes false information to be provided on an application for ballot by mail;

(3) knowingly submits an application for ballot by mail without the knowledge and authorization of the voter; or

(4) knowingly and without the voter's authorization alters information provided by the voter on an application for ballot by mail.

(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.

(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(4) does not apply to an early voting clerk or deputy early voting clerk who receives and marks an application for administrative purposes only.

(d) An offense under this section is increased to the next higher category of offense if it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that:

(1) the defendant was previously convicted of an offense under this code;

(2) the offense involved a voter 65 years of age or older; or

(3) the defendant committed another offense under this section in the same election.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.205 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.205
§ 2.205. FIRM OFFERS.
Status: in_force

An offer by a merchant to buy or sell goods in a signed writing which by its terms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or if no time is stated for a reasonable time, but in no event may such period of irrevocability exceed three months; but any such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8249.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8249 / Section 8249.252
§ 8249.252. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.002
§ 751.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle:

(1) "Actual knowledge" means the knowledge of a person without that person making any due inquiry, and without any imputed knowledge, except as expressly set forth in Section 751.211(c).

(2) "Affiliate" means a business entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another business entity.

(3) "Agent" includes:

(A) an attorney in fact; and

(B) a co-agent, successor agent, or successor co-agent.

(4) "Durable power of attorney" means a writing or other record that complies with the requirements of Section 751.0021(a) or is described by Section 751.0021(b).

(5) "Principal" means an adult individual who signs or directs the signing of the individual's name on a power of attorney that designates an agent to act on the individual's behalf.

(6) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1047.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1047 / Section 1047.105
§ 1047.105. CONTRACT IN NAME OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district shall contract in the name of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9086.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9086 / Section 9086.0202
§ 9086.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 9086.0103; or

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

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 9086.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 9086.0103; or

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

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2155.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2155 / Section 2155.103
§ 2155.103. NOTICE REGARDING FIREARMS POLICY.
Status: in_force

(a) A hotel shall include on the hotel's Internet reservation website the hotel's policy regarding the possession, storage, and transportation of firearms.

(b) If a hotel provides a written confirmation or a written statement of terms and conditions to a consumer after accepting the consumer's hotel reservation by telephone, the hotel shall include information specifying how the consumer may review applicable guest policies. The guest policies must indicate the hotel's policy regarding the possession, storage, and transportation of firearms by guests.

(c) A hotel owner or keeper commits an offense if the person does not comply with this section. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.404 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.404
§ 21.404. DESIGNATION OF INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

If the corporation is to be managed by a board of directors, the certificate of formation of a corporation must state the name and address of each individual who will serve as director until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until a successor is elected and qualified.
Tex. Family Code § 58.254 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.254
§ 58.254. CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SEALING RECORDS WITHOUT APPLICATION FOR DELINQUENT CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Public Safety shall certify to a juvenile probation department that has submitted records to the juvenile justice information system that the records relating to a person referred to the juvenile probation department appear to be eligible for sealing under Section 58.253.

(b) The Department of Public Safety may issue the certification described by Subsection (a) by electronic means, including by electronic mail.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), not later than the 60th day after the date the juvenile probation department receives a certification under Subsection (a), the juvenile probation department shall:

(1) give notice of the receipt of the certification to the juvenile court; and

(2) provide the court with a list of all referrals received by the department relating to that person and the outcome of each referral.

(d) If a juvenile probation department has reason to believe the records of the person for whom the department received a certification under Subsection (a) are not eligible to be sealed, the juvenile probation department shall notify the Department of Public Safety not later than the 15th day after the date the juvenile probation department received the certification. If the juvenile probation department later determines that the person's records are eligible to be sealed, the juvenile probation department shall notify the juvenile court and provide the court the information described by Subsection (c) not later than the 30th day after the date of the determination.

(e) If, after receiving a certification under Subsection (a), the juvenile probation department determines that the person's records are not eligible to be sealed, the juvenile probation department and the Department of Public Safety shall update the juvenile justice information system to reflect that determination and no further action related to the records is required.

(f) Not later than the 60th day after the date a juvenile court receives notice from a juvenile probation department under Subsection (c), the juvenile court shall issue an order sealing all records relating to the person named in the certification.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8237.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8237 / Section 8237.101
§ 8237.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.060 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.060
§ 172.060. APPEAL OF UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a challenge under Sections 172.059(b) and (c) is unsuccessful, the challenging party, not later than the 30th day after the date the party receives notice of the decision rejecting the challenge, may request the district court or the division of the business court of the county in which the place of arbitration is located to decide the challenge.

(b) The court shall sustain the challenge if the facts support a finding that grounds under Section 172.057 fairly exist.

(c) The decision of the court is final and not subject to appeal.

(d) While a request under Subsection (a) is pending, the arbitration tribunal, including the challenged arbitrator, may continue the arbitration and make an award.