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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8208.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8208 / Section 8208.004
§ 8208.004. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 9.02 of the article creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 9.02 of the article creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the organization, existence, or validity of the district;

(2) the right of the district to impose taxes;

(3) the validity of the district's bonds, notes, or other indebtedness; or

(4) the legality or operation of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5010.0209 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5010 / Section 5010.0209
§ 5010.0209. SURETY BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Each officer, agent, or employee of the district who is charged with the collection, custody, or payment of district money shall give bond conditioned on:

(1) the faithful performance of the person's duties; and

(2) an accounting of all money and property of the district coming into the person's possession.

(b) The bond must be in a form and manner and with a surety approved by the board, and the surety on the bond must be a surety company authorized to do business in this state.

(c) The district shall pay the premium on the bond and charge the premium as an operating expense.
Tex. Government Code § 482.403 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 482 / Section 482.403
§ 482.403. EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING PARTICIPATION; INVESTIGATION OF UNREPORTED CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules governing the waiver of the conflict-of-interest requirements of this subchapter under exceptional circumstances for a board member or commission employee. The rules must:

(1) authorize the executive director or a board member to propose granting a waiver by submitting to the presiding officer of the board a written statement about the conflict of interest, the exceptional circumstance requiring the waiver, and any proposed limitations to the waiver;

(2) require a proposed waiver to be publicly reported at a meeting of the board;

(3) require a majority vote of the board members present and voting to grant a waiver; and

(4) require the commission to retain documentation of each waiver granted.

(b) The board shall adopt rules governing the investigation and consequences of unreported conflicts of interest.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.155
§ 1002.155. RECOGNITION OF USE OF DESIGNATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by rule may recognize the use of the designations used by a professional organization, society, or association that maintains a certification program in a discipline of geoscience if:

(1) the requirements for that certification are acceptable to the board;

(2) the full name or recognized abbreviation of the organization, society, or association granting the certification is stated following or in conjunction with the use of the designation or abbreviation; and

(3) the designation or abbreviation is not used in a manner that is misleading or that creates an impression that the person is licensed to practice geoscience for the public unless the person is licensed under this chapter.

(b) The board by rule shall recognize the title "geological engineer," "geotechnical engineer," "hydraulic engineer," or "agricultural engineer" or another legitimate engineering title as a legitimate engineering title separate from geoscience, the use of which requires licensure as an engineer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8268.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8268 / Section 8268.002
§ 8268.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Montgomery County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 11.146 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.146
§ 11.146. FORFEITURES AND CANCELLATION OF PERMIT FOR INACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a permittee fails to begin construction within the time specified in Section 11.145 of this code, he forfeits all rights to the permit, subject to notice and hearing as prescribed by this section.

(b) After beginning construction if the appropriator fails to work diligently and continuously to the completion of the work, the appropriation is subject to cancellation in whole or part, subject to notice and hearing as prescribed by this section.

(c) If the commission believes that an appropriation or permit should be declared forfeited under this section or any other sections of this code, it should give the appropriator or permittee 30 days notice and provide him with an opportunity to be heard.

(d) After the hearing, the commission by entering an order of record may cancel the appropriation in whole or part. The commission shall immediately transmit a certified copy of the cancellation order by certified mail to the county clerk of the county in which the permit is recorded. The county clerk shall record the cancellation order.

(e) Except as provided by Section 11.1381 of this code, if a permit has been issued for the use of water, the water is not subject to a new appropriation until the permit has been cancelled in whole or part as provided by this section.

(f) Except as provided by Subchapter E of this chapter, none of the provisions of this code may be construed as intended to impair, cause, or authorize or may impair, cause, or authorize the forfeiture of any rights acquired by any declaration of appropriation or by any permit if the appropriator has begun or begins the work and development contemplated by his declaration of appropriation or permit within the time provided by the law under which the declaration of appropriation was made or the permit was granted and has prosecuted or continues to prosecute it with all reasonable diligence toward completion.

(g) This section does not apply to a permit for construction of a reservoir designed for the storage of more than 50,000 acre-feet of water.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 162.052 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 162 / Section 162.052
§ 162.052. BOND ENHANCEMENT AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may at any time and from time to time enter into one or more bond enhancement agreements that the board determines to be necessary or appropriate to place the obligation of the board, as represented by the bonds, in whole or in part, on the interest rate, currency, cash flow, or other basis desired by the board. Bond enhancement agreements may include, on terms and conditions approved by the board, interest rate swap agreements, currency swap agreements, forward payment conversion agreements, agreements providing for payments based on levels of or changes in interest rates or currency exchange rates, agreements to exchange cash flows or a series of payments, or agreements, including options, puts, or calls, to hedge payment, currency, rate, spread, or other exposure. A bond enhancement agreement is an agreement for professional services and shall contain the terms and conditions and be for the period that the board approves. The fees and expenses of the board in connection with the issuance of bonds and the making of loans may be paid from money in the related fund, provided that any payments due from the board under a bond enhancement agreement, other than fees and expenses, that relate to the payment of debt service on bonds constitute payments of principal of and interest on the bonds.

(b) The resolution of the board authorizing a bond enhancement agreement may authorize one or more designated officers or employees of the board to act on behalf of the board in entering into and delivering the bond enhancement agreement and in determining or setting the counterparty and terms of the bond enhancement agreement specified in the resolution, except that the resolution must set the maximum amount and term for the bond enhancement agreement.

(c) Unless the board elects otherwise in its approval of a bond enhancement agreement, the bond enhancement agreement is not a credit agreement for purposes of Chapter 1371, Government Code, regardless of whether the bonds relating to the bond enhancement agreement were issued in part under that law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5018.0207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5018 / Section 5018.0207
§ 5018.0207. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

The board may appropriate or set aside out of the proceeds from the sale of any district bonds:

(1) an amount for the payment of interest expected to accrue during the period of construction of the improvements or facilities; and

(2) an amount necessary to pay all expenses incurred and to be incurred in the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7928A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7928A / Section 7928A.0103
§ 7928A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.066 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.066
§ 1013.066. LIABILITY INSURANCE; INDEMNIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may defend or indemnify an officer, director, board appointee, medical staff member, or district employee against or from a claim, expense, or liability arising from duties performed in that capacity.

(b) The board may purchase liability insurance coverage or establish a self-insurance program to fund an indemnity obligation under this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.254 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.254
§ 334.254. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), the tax authorized by this subchapter may be imposed by a municipality or county at any rate not to exceed two percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.

(b) The ballot proposition at the election held to adopt the tax must specify:

(1) the maximum rate of the tax to be adopted; and

(2) the maximum combined hotel occupancy tax rate that would be imposed from all sources at any location in the municipality or county, as applicable, if the rate proposed in the ballot proposition is adopted.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a county with a population of more than 2.5 million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.1 million may impose the tax authorized by this subchapter at any rate not to exceed three percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.

(d) A municipality or county may not propose a hotel occupancy tax rate that would cause the combined hotel occupancy tax rate imposed from all sources at any location in the municipality or county, as applicable, to exceed 17 percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel. The following are not included in calculating the combined tax rate under this subsection:

(1) an assessment for an improvement project described by Section 372.0035;

(2) an assessment authorized by Chapter 375; or

(3) a fee collected by a hotel to recover the cost of an assessment described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.102 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.102
§ 651.102. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The commission may employ inspectors and clerical and technical assistants as the commission determines to be necessary to administer this chapter. The commission shall determine the terms and expenses of its employees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1025.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1025 / Section 1025.102
§ 1025.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision located wholly or partly within the district may not impose a tax on district residents or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care for district residents.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.375 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.375
§ 521.375. JOINT ADOPTION OF RULES.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (H.B. 4417), Sec. 3(2), eff. June 11, 2023.

(a-1) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission and the department shall jointly adopt rules for the qualification and approval of equivalent education provided in a residential treatment facility described by Section 521.374(a)(2).

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (H.B. 4417), Sec. 3(2), eff. June 11, 2023.

(c) The Health and Human Services Commission shall publish the jointly adopted rules under Subsection (a-1).
Tex. Local Government Code § 112.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 112 / Section 112.005
§ 112.005. ACCOUNTS KEPT FOR OFFICERS BY COUNTY AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The county auditor shall maintain an account for each county, district, or state officer authorized or required by law to receive or collect money or other property that is intended for the use of the county or that belongs to the county.

(b) In the account, the auditor shall detail the items of indebtedness charged against that officer and the manner of discharging the indebtedness.

(c) The auditor shall require each person who receives money that belongs to the county or who has responsibility for the disposition or management of any property of the county to render statements to the auditor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1115.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.156
§ 1115.156. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 309.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 309 / Section 309.001
§ 309.001. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality with a population of more than one million may designate a defined area in the municipality as an arts and entertainment district to develop a public and private collaboration that plays a vital role in the cultural life and development of the community in the district.

(b) The municipality shall develop the area in the district so that it contributes to the public through interpretive, educational, and recreational uses.

(c) The municipality may solicit grants and donations for the development of the district.

(d) The municipality may provide incentives to persons to develop the area in the district for public purposes.

(e) The municipality may provide tax breaks to persons in the district to develop the district for public purposes.
Tex. Election Code § 11.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 11 / Section 11.002
§ 11.002. QUALIFIED VOTER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this code, "qualified voter" means a person who:

(1) is 18 years of age or older;

(2) is a United States citizen;

(3) has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:

(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or

(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;

(4) has not been finally convicted of a felony or, if so convicted, has:

(A) fully discharged the person's sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or

(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote;

(5) is a resident of this state; and

(6) is a registered voter.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), a person is not considered to have been finally convicted of an offense for which the criminal proceedings are deferred without an adjudication of guilt.
Tex. Government Code § 855.305 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.305
§ 855.305. CREDITING SYSTEM ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement system shall immediately deposit all money received by the system with a depository designated under Section 855.109.

(b) When securities of the retirement system are received, the system shall deposit the securities in trust with a depository designated under Section 855.109. The depository shall provide adequate safe deposit facilities for the preservation of the securities.

(c) All assets of the retirement system shall be credited, according to the purpose for which they are held, to one of the following funds:

(1) benefit accumulation fund;

(2) interest fund;

(3) endowment fund;

(4) expense fund;

(5) supplemental disability benefits fund; or

(6) supplemental death benefits fund.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.202 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.202
§ 56.202. DESIGNATION OF PROVIDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 54.001, the commission may designate a telecommunications provider under this section to provide voice-grade services to permanent residential or business premises that are not included within the certificated area of a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity.

(b) The commission may designate a provider only if the provider is otherwise eligible to receive universal service funds under Section 56.023(b).
Tex. Local Government Code § 241.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 241 / Section 241.014
§ 241.014. JOINT AIRPORT ZONING BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision to whose benefit an airport is used in the interest of the public or in which an airport owned or operated by a defense agency of the federal government or the state is located may create a joint airport zoning board with another political subdivision in which an airport hazard area or a controlled compatible land use area relating to the airport is located. The political subdivisions must act by resolution or ordinance in creating the joint board.

(b) The joint airport zoning board has the same power to adopt, administer, and enforce airport hazard area zoning regulations or airport compatible land use zoning regulations under this section as that given a political subdivision by Sections 241.011 and 241.012.

(c) The joint airport zoning board must consist of two members appointed by each of the political subdivisions creating the board and, in addition, a chairman elected by a majority of the appointed members.

(d) If an agency of the state owns and operates an airport located within an airport hazard area or controlled compatible land use area governed by a joint airport zoning board, the agency is entitled to have two members on the board.

(e) The joint airport zoning board for an airport that is owned or operated by a defense agency of the federal government and that is closed by the federal government may provide that zoning regulations adopted by the board continue in effect until the fourth anniversary of the date the airport is closed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8026.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8026 / Section 8026.0402
§ 8026.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8026.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with 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. Occupations Code § 301.502 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.502
§ 301.502. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of the administrative penalty may not exceed $5,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(b) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:

(A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited acts; and

(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;

(2) the economic harm to property or the environment caused by the violation;

(3) the history of previous violations;

(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(5) efforts made to correct the violation; and

(6) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8217.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8217 / Section 8217.102
§ 8217.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Finance Code § 342.255 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.255
§ 342.255. MAXIMUM LOAN TERM.
Status: in_force

The maximum scheduled term of a loan made under this subchapter is:

(1) for a loan of $100 or less, the lesser of:

(A) one month for each multiple of $10 of cash advance; or

(B) six months; and

(2) for a loan of more than $100, one month for each multiple of $20 of cash advance.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2310.2014 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.2014
§ 2310.2014. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO POSTING OR CERTIFICATION OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL RATINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each dealer shall keep for at least one year a copy of:

(1) each delivery ticket or letter of certification on which the dealer based a posting of the automotive fuel rating of motor fuel contained in a motor fuel pump;

(2) each delivery ticket or letter of certification that is required to be delivered to the dealer under 16 C.F.R. Part 306; and

(3) records of any automotive fuel rating determination made by the dealer under 16 C.F.R. Part 306.

(b) Each distributor, supplier, or wholesaler shall keep for at least one year at the distributor's, supplier's, or wholesaler's principal place of business a copy of each delivery ticket or letter of certification required to be delivered by the distributor, supplier, or wholesaler to a dealer in this state under 16 C.F.R. Part 306.

(c) The department or an authorized representative of the department may inspect a document required to be kept under this section. On written notice issued by the department or an authorized representative of the department to any employee at a dealer's retail motor fuel facility or mailed to the dealer's principal place of business, the dealer shall provide the department or authorized representative of the department with the documents described by this section within the period specified in the notice.

(c-1) For purposes of this section, a person is an authorized representative of the department if the person:

(1) holds a license issued under Subchapter D; and

(2) is conducting an inspection on behalf of the department under this section.

(d) The commission by rule may:

(1) require each dealer to maintain and make available to the department:

(A) invoices, receipts, or other transmittal documents or records, including electronically stored information, showing or describing the purchase, sale, delivery, or distribution of motor fuel;

(B) invoices, receipts, work orders, reports, or other documents, including electronically stored information, showing or describing the installation, maintenance, or repair of:

(i) motor fuel dispensing devices; and

(ii) any equipment used in connection with motor fuel dispensing devices to record, display, or produce receipts or audit trails concerning the purchase, sale, delivery, or distribution of motor fuel; and

(C) any record or other document related to the sampling and testing of motor fuel purchased, sold, delivered, or distributed by the dealer; and

(2) prescribe:

(A) the manner of filing documents or records required to be kept under this section or by commission rule; and

(B) the time, place, and manner of inspection of the documents or records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3919.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3919 / Section 3919.101
§ 3919.101. 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.