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Tex. Government Code § 418.0546 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.0546
§ 418.0546. EMERGENCY PLAN FOR SPECIALTY CARE POPULATIONS.
Status: in_force

The division, in consultation with the Department of State Health Services and local governmental entities that have established emergency management plans, shall develop a plan to increase the capabilities of local emergency shelters in the provision of shelter and care for specialty care populations during a disaster.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8318.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8318 / Section 8318.201
§ 8318.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

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 any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 2310.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.201
§ 2310.201. ADMINISTRATION BY GOVERNING BODY.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a readjustment zone is the governing body of the municipality or county, or the governing bodies of the combination of municipalities or counties, that applied to have the area designated as a readjustment zone.
Tex. Property Code § 94.153 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.153
§ 94.153. LANDLORD'S REPAIR OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to a condition present in or on a tenant's manufactured home.

(b) A landlord shall make a diligent effort to repair or remedy a condition if:

(1) the tenant specifies the condition in a notice to the person to whom or to the place at which rent is normally paid;

(2) the tenant is not delinquent in the payment of rent at the time notice is given; and

(3) the condition materially affects the physical health or safety of an ordinary tenant.

(c) Unless the condition was caused by normal wear and tear, the landlord does not have a duty during the lease term or a renewal or extension to repair or remedy a condition caused by:

(1) the tenant;

(2) a lawful occupant of the tenant's manufactured home lot;

(3) a member of the tenant's family; or

(4) a guest or invitee of the tenant.

(d) This subchapter does not require the landlord:

(1) to furnish utilities from a utility company if as a practical matter the utility lines of the company are not reasonably available; or

(2) to furnish security guards.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8311.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8311 / Section 8311.107
§ 8311.107. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if:

(1) the district has no outstanding bonded debt;

(2) the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes; and

(3) the City of Van Alstyne has consented by ordinance or resolution to the division of the district.

(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 creating 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) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8311.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

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

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

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

(g) 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.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8311.003.

(i) Subject to Subsection (a), municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8311.004 acts as municipal 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.

(j) 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 or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Transportation Code § 373.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 373 / Section 373.052
§ 373.052. LOCAL TOLL PROJECT ENTITY OPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The local toll project entity has the first option to develop, finance, construct, and operate a toll project. The local toll project entity must exercise its option not later than the later of:

(1) the 180th day after the date on which notification under Section 373.051(a) is provided or notification under Section 373.051(b) is received; or

(2) if the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issues a record of decision for an environmental impact statement submitted by the department under Section 373.051(b)(2) more than 60 days after the date the department provides notice under Section 373.051(b), the 120th day after the date the record of decision is issued.

(b) The option period under Subsection (a) may be extended an additional 90 days by agreement of the department and the local toll project entity.

(c) If the local toll project entity exercises the option under Subsection (a), the local toll project entity after exercising the option must:

(1) within 180 days after the later of the date of exercising its option or the date on which all environmental approvals necessary for the development of the toll project are secured and all legal challenges to development are concluded, advertise for the initial procurement of required services, including, at a minimum, design services, for the project; and

(2) within two years after the later of the date of exercising its option or the date on which all environmental approvals necessary for the development are secured and all legal challenges to development are concluded, enter into a contract for the construction of the toll project.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551.303 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551 / Section 551.303
§ 551.303. OPERATION ON ROADWAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) A neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated only on a street or highway for which the posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour or less. A neighborhood electric vehicle may cross a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of more than 45 miles per hour. A neighborhood electric vehicle may not be operated on a street or highway at a speed that exceeds the lesser of:

(1) the posted speed limit; or

(2) 35 miles per hour.

(b) A county or municipality may prohibit the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle on a street or highway if the governing body of the county or municipality determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.

(c) The Texas Department of Transportation may prohibit the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle on a highway if that department determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2022.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2022 / Section 2022.003
§ 2022.003. FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Each appointed commission member and the executive director is an "appointed officer of a major state agency" for purposes of Chapter 572, Government Code.

(b) An appointed commission member shall file a detailed financial statement with the secretary of state of the type required by the Texas Department of Banking in the application for a state bank charter. The financial statement is public information under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 452.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 452 / Section 452.001
§ 452.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Executive council" means the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners.

(2) "Occupational therapy board" means the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners.

(3) "Physical therapy board" means the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
Tex. Government Code § 54.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.104
§ 54.104. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

A master has the same judicial immunity as a district judge.
Tex. Insurance Code § 861.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 861 / Section 861.053
§ 861.053. PRELIMINARY OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The incorporators shall choose from among themselves a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and at least three directors who continue in office until:

(1) the first anniversary of the date the articles of incorporation are filed; and

(2) their successors are chosen and qualify.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7956A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7956A / Section 7956A.0303
§ 7956A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8242.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8242 / Section 8242.152
§ 8242.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 8242.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with the provisions of Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 188.047 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 188 / Section 188.047
§ 188.047. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LIENS.
Status: in_force

Not more than four liens may be enforced under this chapter against the same proceeds of a lien debtor even if the liens are filed by different lien claimants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8329.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8329 / Section 8329.106
§ 8329.106. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for:

(1) a road project authorized by Section 8329.103; or

(2) a recreational facility as defined by Section 49.462, Water Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 411.014 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 411 / Section 411.014
§ 411.014. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; COOPERATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall promote workers' health and safety through educational and other innovative programs developed by the department, the division, or other state agencies.

(b) The division shall cooperate with other entities in the development and approval of safety courses, safety plans, and safety programs.

(c) The division shall cooperate with business and industry trade associations, labor organizations, and other entities to develop means and methods of educating employees and employers concerning workplace safety.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 133.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 133 / Section 133.001
§ 133.001. SEVEN-YEAR ABSENCE.
Status: in_force

Any person absenting himself for seven successive years shall be presumed dead unless it is proved that the person was alive within the seven-year period.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8422.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8422 / Section 8422.151
§ 8422.151. 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 8422.153.

(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 § 91.051 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.051
§ 91.051. TITLE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the Standard Gas Measurement Law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8834 / Section 8834.114
§ 8834.114. HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) At a regular meeting of the board, the board shall set the date, time, and location for a hearing to be held under this chapter.

(b) The board may hold a hearing at any location in the district and recess a hearing from day to day.

(c) Any person may appear at a hearing and present testimony, evidence, exhibits, or other information in person or by counsel, or both.

(d) The board may use a hearing examiner to hear a subject set for the hearing.

(e) The board shall make the final decision on a subject heard by a hearing examiner. Procedures for use of hearing examiners shall be provided by rule.
Tex. Water Code § 36.4051 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.4051
§ 36.4051. BOARD ACTION; CONTESTED CASE HEARING REQUESTS; PRELIMINARY HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may take action on any uncontested application at a properly noticed public meeting held at any time after the public hearing at which the application is scheduled to be heard. The board may issue a written order to:

(1) grant the application;

(2) grant the application with special conditions; or

(3) deny the application.

(b) The board shall schedule a preliminary hearing to hear a request for a contested case hearing filed in accordance with rules adopted under Section 36.415. The preliminary hearing may be conducted by:

(1) a quorum of the board;

(2) an individual to whom the board has delegated in writing the responsibility to preside as a hearing examiner over the hearing or matters related to the hearing; or

(3) the State Office of Administrative Hearings under Section 36.416.

(c) Following a preliminary hearing, the board shall determine whether any person requesting the contested case hearing has standing to make that request and whether a justiciable issue related to the application has been raised. If the board determines that no person who requested a contested case hearing had standing or that no justiciable issues were raised, the board may take any action authorized under Subsection (a).

(d) An applicant may, not later than the 20th day after the date the board issues an order granting the application, demand a contested case hearing if the order:

(1) includes special conditions that were not part of the application as finally submitted; or

(2) grants a maximum amount of groundwater production that is less than the amount requested in the application.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4007.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.0501
§ 4007.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.

(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7908A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7908A / Section 7908A.0403
§ 7908A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46B.083 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46B / Section 46B.083
§ 46B.083. SUPPORTING COMMITMENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY FACILITY OR PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) If the head of the facility, the jail-based competency restoration program provider, or the outpatient competency restoration program provider believes that the defendant is a person with mental illness and meets the criteria for court-ordered mental health services under Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, the head of the facility or the program provider shall have submitted to the court a certificate of medical examination for mental illness.

(b) If the head of the facility, the jail-based competency restoration program provider, or the outpatient competency restoration program provider believes that the defendant is a person with an intellectual disability, the head of the facility or the program provider shall have submitted to the court an affidavit stating the conclusions reached as a result of the examination.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.311 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.311
§ 9.311. PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CERTAIN STATUTES, REGULATIONS, AND TREATIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d), the filing of a financing statement is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in property subject to:

(1) a statute, regulation, or treaty of the United States whose requirements for a security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property preempt Section 9.310(a);

(2) the following statutes of this state: a certificate of title statute of this state or rules adopted under the statute to the extent the statute or rules provide for a security interest to be indicated on the certificate of title as a condition or result of perfection or such alternative to notation as may be prescribed by those statutes or rules of this state; or Chapter 261, relating to utility security instruments; or

(3) a statute of another jurisdiction that provides for a security interest to be indicated on a certificate of title as a condition or result of the security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property.

(b) Compliance with the requirements of a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Subsection (a) for obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor is equivalent to the filing of a financing statement under this Chapter. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d) and Sections 9.313 and 9.316(d) and (e) for goods covered by a certificate of title, a security interest in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Subsection (a) may be perfected only by compliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected remains perfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession of the collateral.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d) and Sections 9.316(d) and (e), duration and renewal of perfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the requirements prescribed by a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Subsection (a) are governed by the statute, regulation, or treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this Chapter.

(d) During any period in which collateral subject to a statute specified in Subsection (a)(2) is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling goods of that kind, this section does not apply to a security interest in that collateral created by that person.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 58.004 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 58 / Section 58.004
§ 58.004. TERRITORIAL AGREEMENT NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter affects a territorial agreement entered into under Subchapter C, Chapter 102.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1058.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1058 / Section 1058.064
§ 1058.064. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS; PUBLIC INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

All district records, including books, accounts, notices, and minutes, and all other matters of the district and the operation of its facilities shall be:

(1) maintained at the district office; and

(2) open to public inspection at the district office at all reasonable hours.
Tex. Transportation Code § 397.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 397 / Section 397.006
§ 397.006. GATE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Each opening in a fence that is necessary to permit reasonable access to an automotive wrecking and salvage yard shall be equipped with a gate. The gate shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the requirements of this chapter for a fence.

(b) A gate shall be closed and securely locked at all times except during normal daytime business hours.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8053.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8053 / Section 8053.0105
§ 8053.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Government Code § 54A.218 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54A / Section 54A.218
§ 54A.218. IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

An associate judge appointed under this subchapter has the judicial immunity of a probate judge. All existing immunity granted an associate judge by law, express or implied, continues in full force and effect.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.054 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.054
§ 22.054. APPLICATION OF AIRPORT REVENUE AND SALE PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

A local government shall deposit the revenue received by the local government from the ownership, control, or operation of an airport or air navigation facility, including proceeds from the sale of an airport or a portion of an airport or of air navigation facility property, in a fund to be designated the "__________ Airport Fund." The revenue may be used by the local government only for the purposes authorized by this chapter.