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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3800.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3800 / Section 3800.0305
§ 3800.0305. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
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 provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 411.035 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.035
§ 411.035. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Oil and gas equipment" means machinery, drilling equipment, welding equipment, pipe, fittings, pumps, vehicles, or other equipment used in the drilling or maintenance of oil and gas wells, in the production of oil and gas, or to transport petroleum products.

(2) "Petroleum product" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.19(a), Penal Code.

(3) "Unit" means the organized oilfield theft prevention unit established under this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 61.003 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 61 / Section 61.003
§ 61.003. CONTROL; SUBSIDIARY.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subtitle, a person controls an association if the person has the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the association directly or indirectly. A person is considered to control an association if the person, individually or acting with others, directly or indirectly holds with the power to vote, owns, or controls, or holds irrevocable proxies representing, at least 25 percent of the voting rights of the association.

(b) For the purposes of this subtitle, a company is a subsidiary of an association if the association or another company directly or indirectly controlled by the association controls the company. An association is considered to control a company if the association, directly or indirectly or acting with one or more other individuals or entities or through one or more subsidiaries:

(1) holds with the power to vote, owns, or controls, or holds proxies representing, more than 25 percent of the voting shares of the company;

(2) controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors of the company;

(3) is a general partner in the company; or

(4) has contributed more than 25 percent of the equity capital of the company.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1951.205 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1951 / Section 1951.205
§ 1951.205. ENVIRONMENTAL RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, with the advice of the committee, shall adopt rules as authorized under this chapter governing the methods and practices of structural pest control that the department determines are necessary to protect the public's health and welfare and prevent adverse effects on human life and the environment. Each rule adopted must cite the section of this chapter that authorizes the rule.

(b) A rule relating to the use of economic poisons must comply with applicable standards of the federal government and the commissioner governing the use of such substances.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.404 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.404
§ 501.404. DELIVERY AND FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF TERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Three originals of the certificate of termination shall be delivered to the secretary of state.

(b) If the secretary of state determines that the certificate of termination conforms to this subtitle and on receipt of a $25 fee, the secretary of state shall:

(1) endorse the word "Filed" and the date of the filing on each original of the certificate of termination;

(2) file one of the original certificates of termination in the secretary of state's office;

(3) issue two certificates evidencing the filing of the certificate of termination;

(4) attach to each certificate evidencing the filing of the certificate of termination an original of the certificate of termination; and

(5) deliver a certificate evidencing the filing of the certificate of termination and the attached certificate of termination to:

(A) the representative of the terminated corporation; and

(B) the governing body of the terminated corporation's authorizing unit.
Tex. Insurance Code § 847.010 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 847 / Section 847.010
§ 847.010. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

This chapter may not be construed to prohibit the commissioner or the commission from enforcing laws or rules relating to:

(1) the operation of a health benefit plan; or

(2) violation of a contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8828.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8828 / Section 8828.051
§ 8828.051. 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 § 3926.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.153
§ 3926.153. LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
Status: in_force

An improvement project may be located or provide service inside or outside the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.0277 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.0277
§ 225.0277.
Status: in_force

Sec. 225.0277. 95TH DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway 71 between the eastern municipal boundary of Bastrop and its intersection with County Road 329 is designated as the 95th Division Memorial Highway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the 95th Division 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. Health and Safety Code § 263.072 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.072
§ 263.072. ROLE OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The superintendent is the chief executive officer of the hospital.

(b) The superintendent is subject to the bylaws and rules of the hospital and to the board of managers.

(c) The board of managers shall determine the amount of time that a superintendent must spend at the hospital in the performance of the superintendent's duties.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 72.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 72 / Section 72.001
§ 72.001. LIMITED LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A person who is related to the owner or operator of a motor vehicle within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, and who is being transported in the motor vehicle over a public highway of this state as a guest without payment for the transportation has a cause of action against the owner or operator of the motor vehicle for injury, death, or loss in a collision only if the collision was intentional on the part of the owner or operator or was caused by the owner's or operator's heedlessness or reckless disregard of the rights of others.
Tex. Government Code § 2167.054 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2167 / Section 2167.054
§ 2167.054. LEASING SPACE THROUGH COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may lease space using competitive sealed proposals.

(b) The commission shall solicit proposals by publishing a notice of request for proposals in:

(1) the Texas Register; and

(2) a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the space is to be leased.

(c) The commission shall open each proposal in a manner that does not disclose the contents of the proposal during the process of negotiating with competing offerors.

(d) As provided in a request for proposals and under rules adopted by the commission, the commission may discuss acceptable or potentially acceptable proposals with offerors to assess an offeror's ability to meet the solicitation requirements and to obtain the most advantageous lease contract for the state. The commission may invite a leasing state agency to participate in discussions and negotiations conducted under this section. After receiving a proposal but before making an award, the commission may permit the offeror to revise the proposal to obtain the best final proposal.

(e) The commission may not disclose information derived from proposals submitted from competing offerors in conducting discussions under Subsection (d).

(f) The commission shall provide each offeror whose proposal meets the minimum requirements in the request for proposals a reasonable opportunity to discuss and revise its proposal.

(g) The commission shall make a written award of a lease to the offeror whose proposal provides the best value for the state, considering price and the evaluation factors in the request for proposals. The commission shall state in writing in the contract file the reasons for which an award is made.

(h) The commission shall refuse all proposals if it determines that none of the proposals is acceptable.

(i) If the competitive sealed proposal procedure for leasing space is used by a state agency that has been delegated leasing authority under Section 2167.005, the agency shall follow the procedures outlined by this section and any rules adopted by the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3930.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3930 / Section 3930.101
§ 3930.101. HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has the powers of a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may exercise the powers to provide housing or residential development projects in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8827.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8827 / Section 8827.002
§ 8827.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a groundwater conservation district in Brewster County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.073 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.073
§ 1477.073. ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

A county, in accomplishing the purposes of this subchapter, is performing an essential governmental function.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 43.13 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 43 / Section 43.13
§ 43.13. DISCHARGE OF DEFENDANT.
Status: in_force

(a) A defendant who has remained in jail the length of time required by the judgment and sentence shall be discharged. The sheriff shall return the copy of the judgment and sentence, or the capias under which the defendant was imprisoned, to the proper court, stating how it was executed.

(b) A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor and sentenced to a term of confinement discharges the defendant's sentence at any time beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on the day of discharge.

(c) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), the sheriff or other county jail administrator shall release a defendant at any time beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on the day the defendant discharges the defendant's sentence.

(d) The sheriff or other county jail administrator may:

(1) credit a defendant with not more than 18 hours of time served; and

(2) release the defendant at any time beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on the day preceding the day on which the defendant discharges the defendant's sentence.

(e) A sheriff or other county jail administrator may release a defendant from county jail after 5 p.m. and before 6 a.m. if the defendant:

(1) agrees to or requests a release after 5 p.m. and before 6 a.m.;

(2) is subject to an arrest warrant issued by another county and is being released for purposes of executing that arrest warrant;

(3) is being transferred to the custody of another state, a unit of the federal government, or a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or

(4) is being admitted to an inpatient mental health facility or a state supported living center for court-ordered mental health or intellectual disability services.
Tex. Water Code § 68.311 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.311
§ 68.311. APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date that an assessment is adopted, a facility owner may file a notice appealing the assessment to the board.

(b) The board shall set a date to hear the appeal.

(c) Failure to file the notice in the time required by this section results in loss of the right to appeal the assessment.

(d) The board may make a reassessment or new assessment of the facility if the assessment against the facility is:

(1) set aside by a court;

(2) found excessive by the board; or

(3) determined invalid by the board.

(e) A reassessment or new assessment under Subsection (d)(1) may not violate the court order that set aside the assessment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3930.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3930 / Section 3930.153
§ 3930.153. NO AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8234.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8234 / Section 8234.201
§ 8234.201. 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, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Education Code § 54.5201 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5201
§ 54.5201. RECREATIONAL SPORTS FEE; STEPHEN F.
Status: in_force

AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may charge each student enrolled at the university a recreational sports fee not to exceed $120 per semester or summer session of longer than six weeks or $60 per summer session of six weeks or less. The fee may be used to purchase equipment for and to construct, operate, and maintain recreational sports facilities and programs.

(b) The recreation fee authorized by this section may not be increased more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general student election called for that purpose. The fee may not exceed the amounts provided by Subsection (a).

(c) The chief fiscal officer of the university shall collect any student recreational sports fee imposed under this section and shall deposit the money collected in an account to be known as the student recreational sports account.

(d) A student recreational sports fee imposed under this section is not counted in determining the maximum student services fee that may be charged under Section 54.503.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.061 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.061
§ 154.061. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) A distributor who fails to timely pay the tax when due shall pay five percent of the amount of tax then due as a penalty, and if the distributor fails to pay the tax within 30 days after the day on which the tax is due, the distributor shall pay an additional five percent.

(b) The minimum penalty imposed by this section is $50.

(c) The dishonor of a check delivered to the treasury for payment of taxes constitutes a failure to pay the tax when due.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.004
§ 370.004. CONSTRUCTION COSTS DEFINED.
Status: in_force

(a) The cost of acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, or expansion of a transportation project under this chapter includes the cost of:

(1) the actual acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, or expansion of the transportation project;

(2) the acquisition of real property, rights-of-way, property rights, easements, and other interests in real property;

(3) machinery and equipment;

(4) interest payable before, during, and for not more than three years after acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, or expansion as provided in the bond proceedings;

(5) traffic estimates, revenue estimates, engineering and legal services, plans, specifications, surveys, appraisals, construction cost estimates, and other expenses necessary or incidental to determining the feasibility of the acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, or expansion;

(6) necessary or incidental administrative, legal, and other expenses;

(7) compliance with laws, regulations, and administrative rulings, including any costs associated with necessary environmental mitigation measures;

(8) financing;

(9) the assumption of debts, obligations, and liabilities of an entity relating to a transportation project transferred to an authority by that entity;

(10) expenses related to the initial operation of the transportation project; and

(11) payment obligations of an authority under a contract or agreement authorized by this chapter in connection with the acquisition, construction, improvement, extension, expansion, or financing of the transportation project.

(b) Costs attributable to a transportation project and incurred before the issuance of bonds to finance the transportation project may be reimbursed from the proceeds of sale of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7892.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7892 / Section 7892.0307
§ 7892.0307. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

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

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(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) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 7892.0103 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 commission 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 7892.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 7892.0104 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1112.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1112 / Section 1112.153
§ 1112.153. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.

(b) The audit shall be open to inspection at all times at the district's principal office.
Tex. Education Code § 130.206 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.206
§ 130.206. TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Tyler Junior College District includes the territory within:

(1) the Chapel Hill, Grand Saline, Lindale, Tyler, Yantis, Winona, Alba-Golden, Arp, Bullard, Hawkins, Jacksonville, Mineola, New Summerfield, Quitman, Rusk, Troup, and Whitehouse independent school districts; and

(2) the Van Independent School District, except the part of the district that is located in Henderson County.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.297 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.297
§ 2306.297. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

Sections 2306.225 through 2306.229 apply to the purchase of mortgage loans.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6913.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6913 / Section 6913.156
§ 6913.156. CONTRACTS RELATED TO WATER SUPPLY AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may contract with any person to supply water to the person.

(b) The district may contract with a municipality for the rental or leasing of or for the operation of the municipality's water production, supply, or distribution facilities.

(c) The contract may provide that the contract continues in effect until bonds specified in the contract and refunding bonds issued in lieu of the bonds are paid.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.095 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.095
§ 271.095. RIGHT TO PLEDGE PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The local government may pledge payments to secure any obligation only if the amount of payments received by the local government in the fiscal year of the state preceding the proposed issuance equals or exceeds the amount required in each year to pay the sum of an amount equal to two times (i) the maximum annual principal and interest requirements for the obligation, and (ii) the maximum annual principal and interest requirements on any additional obligation for which payments have been pledged. The local government shall provide evidence that these requirements are met.

(b) A pledge of payments pursuant to this subchapter is a first priority for application of payments and the comptroller shall apply such payments as provided by this subchapter prior to applying such payments pursuant to any other authorization to withhold or intercept such payments.

(c) While obligations which are the subject of an agreement remain outstanding, the local government may not repeal the sales tax or reduce the rate of the sales tax below the rate that would provide the amount required by Subsection (a), except as provided by this subsection. If at an election duly held in accordance with law a majority of the qualified voters approve the repeal of the sales tax, the local government shall, at the earliest practicable time, refund or defease the obligations, and after such defeasance or refunding the repeal shall become effective in accordance with law. If the qualified voters vote to reduce the rate of the sales tax, if such is provided for by law, below that which is required to provide the amount required by Subsection (a), the local government shall, at the earliest practicable time, refund or defease the obligations, and after such defeasance or refunding the reduction in rate shall become effective in accordance with law.