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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 92.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 92 / Section 92.004
§ 92.004. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may enter into contracts or agreements as necessary to carry out this subchapter. The contracts or agreements may provide for payment by the state for materials, equipment, and services.

(b) The department may seek, receive, and spend any funds received through appropriations, grants, donations, or contributions from public or private sources for the purpose of identifying, reporting, or preventing those injuries determined by the executive commissioner to be harmful or to be a threat to the public health.

(c) Subject to the confidentiality provisions of this subchapter, the department shall evaluate the reports of injuries to establish the nature and magnitude of the hazards associated with those injuries, to reduce the occurrence of those risks, and to establish any trends involved.

(d) The department may make inspections and investigations as authorized by this subchapter and other law.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01015
§ 30.01015. CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The city manager of the city shall appoint a clerk of the municipal courts of record who may hire, direct, and remove the personnel authorized in the city's annual budget for the clerk's office. The clerk shall perform the duties in accordance with statutes, the city charter, and city ordinances.

(b) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.043 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.043
§ 375.043. ANNEXATION; NOTICE OF BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may annex land as provided by Section 49.301 and Chapter 54, Water Code, subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality.

(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date a district annexes land under Subsection (a), the district shall provide a description of the metes and bounds of the district, as of the date the annexation takes effect, to each municipality that, on the date the annexation takes effect:

(1) has territory that overlaps with the district's territory; or

(2) is adjacent to the district.

(c) The district is not required to provide the description of the metes and bounds required under Subsection (b) to a municipality that has waived in writing the municipality's right to the description.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7931A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7931A / Section 7931A.0401
§ 7931A.0401. 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 7931A.0403.

(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. Local Government Code § 379H.201 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379H / Section 379H.201
§ 379H.201. GENERAL FINANCING.
Status: in_force

(a) A land bank may receive funding through grants and loans from the municipality that created the land bank, other municipalities, this state, the federal government, and other public or private sources.

(b) A land bank may receive and retain payments for services rendered, for rents and leasehold payments received, for consideration for disposition of real and personal property, for proceeds of insurance coverage for losses incurred, for income from investments, and for any other asset or activity permitted under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 605.056 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 605 / Section 605.056
§ 605.056. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall designate a member of the advisory board to serve as the presiding officer of the advisory board for a term of two years. The presiding officer of the advisory board may vote on any matter before the advisory board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.151
§ 2308.151. LICENSE OR LOCAL AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the person holds an appropriate license under this subchapter, a person may not:

(1) perform towing operations; or

(2) operate a towing company.

(b) Unless prohibited by a local authority under Section 2308.2085, a person may:

(1) perform booting operations; and

(2) operate a booting company.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0504 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0504
§ 526.0504. PARTICIPATION BY FATHERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission and each health and human services agency shall periodically examine commission or agency policies and procedures to determine if the policies and procedures deter or encourage participation of fathers in commission or agency programs and services relating to children.

(b) Based on the examination required under Subsection (a), the commission and each health and human services agency shall modify policies and procedures as necessary to permit full participation of fathers in commission or agency programs and services relating to children in all appropriate circumstances.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7946A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7946A / Section 7946A.0401
§ 7946A.0401. 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 7946A.0403.

(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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0152
§ 8509.0152. GENERAL PROPERTY POWER.
Status: in_force

In addition to powers granted the district under other law, the district has the power to purchase, construct, maintain, or in any other manner acquire, provide, and develop all works, facilities, improvements, lands, easements, and properties that may be necessary or useful in fulfilling any district purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 411.0078 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0078
§ 411.0078. USE OF UNIFORM WHILE PERFORMING CERTAIN OFF-DUTY ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer commissioned by the department may purchase from the department at fair market value a uniform to be used by the officer while providing law enforcement services for a person or entity other than the department. If an officer who purchased a uniform under this subsection leaves the service of the department for any reason, the officer shall return the uniform to the department. The department shall pay the officer the fair market value of the uniform at the time it is returned. For purposes of this subsection:

(1) a uniform does not include a handgun or other weapon; and

(2) the fair market value of a uniform is determined by the department.

(b) An officer wearing a uniform purchased under Subsection (a) may not act in a manner that adversely affects the operations or reputation of the department.

(c) The department shall adopt reasonable guidelines regarding:

(1) the types of law enforcement services for which an officer may purchase and wear a uniform under Subsection (a) and the circumstances under which the officer may perform those services; and

(2) the standards of behavior to be maintained by an officer who wears a uniform purchased under Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3894.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3894 / Section 3894.112
§ 3894.112. DISTRICT EMPLOYEES; TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT; COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

The board may employ and establish the terms of employment and compensation of:

(1) an executive director or general manager; or

(2) any other district employee the board considers necessary.
Tex. Transportation Code § 662.013 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 662 / Section 662.013
§ 662.013. RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute, in consultation with the department, shall:

(1) research motorcycle safety in this state;

(2) provide advocacy on motorcycle safety issues in this state; and

(3) provide education to the public on motorcycle safety issues in this state.
Tex. Government Code § 661.037 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.037
§ 661.037. PAYMENT WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR SALARIES.
Status: in_force

A state agency shall use funds appropriated to the agency for salaries to make a payment required by Section 661.033.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8333.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8333 / Section 8333.004
§ 8333.004. 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, or improvement of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads described by Section 54.234, Water Code, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 5.30 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 5.30
§ 5.30. ANALYSIS OF RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) All schedules of rates promulgated by said Board shall be open to the public, and every local agent of any company engaging in the business of fire insurance in this state shall have and exhibit to the public copies of such schedules covering all risks upon which he is authorized to write insurance.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this article, on and after the effective date of S.B. No. 14, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, rates for homeowners and residential fire and residential allied lines insurance coverage under this subchapter are determined as provided by Subchapter Q of this chapter, and rates for other lines of insurance subject to this subchapter are determined as provided by Article 5.13-2 of this code, except that on and after December 1, 2004, rates for all lines of insurance subject to this subchapter are determined as provided by Article 5.13-2 of this code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.026
§ 246.026. MANAGEMENT BY OTHERS.
Status: in_force

A holder of a certificate of authority may not contract for management of the facility unless the commissioner is notified of the contract.
Tex. Government Code § 501.1485 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.1485
§ 501.1485. CORRECTIONS MEDICATION AIDES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, in cooperation with any contracting entity that is a medical school, shall develop and implement a training program for corrections medication aides that uses a curriculum specific to administering medication in a correctional setting.

(b) In developing the curriculum for the training program, the department and the medical school shall:

(1) consider the content of the curriculum developed by the American Correctional Association for certified corrections nurses; and

(2) modify as appropriate the content of the curriculum developed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, for medication aides administering medication in convalescent and nursing homes and related institutions to produce content suitable for administering medication in a correctional setting.

(c) The department shall submit an application for the approval of a training program developed under this section, including the curriculum, to the Department of Aging and Disability Services in the manner established by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission under Section 161.083, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Government Code § 508.251 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.251
§ 508.251. ISSUANCE OF WARRANT OR SUMMONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a case of parole or mandatory supervision, the director or a designated agent of the director or, in another case, the board on order by the governor, may issue a warrant as provided by Section 508.252 for the return of:

(1) a releasee;

(2) an inmate released although not eligible for release;

(3) a resident released to a preparole or work program;

(4) an inmate released on emergency reprieve or on emergency absence under escort; or

(5) a person released on a conditional pardon.

(b) A warrant issued under Subsection (a) must require the return of the person to the institution from which the person was paroled or released.

(c) Instead of the issuance of a warrant under this section, the division:

(1) may issue to the person a summons requiring the person to appear for a hearing under Section 508.281 if the person:

(A) is not a releasee who is:

(i) on intensive supervision or superintensive supervision;

(ii) an absconder; or

(iii) determined by the division to be a threat to public safety; or

(B) is charged only with committing a new offense that is alleged to have been committed after the first anniversary of the date the person was released on parole or to mandatory supervision if:

(i) the new offense is a Class C misdemeanor under the Penal Code, other than an offense committed against a child younger than 17 years of age or an offense involving family violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code;

(ii) the person has maintained steady employment for at least one year;

(iii) the person has maintained a stable residence for at least one year; and

(iv) the person has not previously been charged with an offense after the person was released on parole or to mandatory supervision; and

(2) shall issue to the person a summons requiring the person to appear for a hearing under Section 508.281 if the person:

(A) is charged only with committing an administrative violation of release that is alleged to have been committed after the first anniversary of the date the person was released on parole or to mandatory supervision;

(B) is not serving a sentence for, and has not been previously convicted of, an offense listed in or described by Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(C) is not a releasee with respect to whom a summons may not be issued under Subdivision (1).

(c-1) A summons issued under Subsection (c) must state the time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing.

(d) A designated agent of the director acts independently from a parole officer and must receive specialized training as determined by the director.
Tex. Local Government Code § 377.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 377 / Section 377.022
§ 377.022. POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; OPEN MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district is a political subdivision of this state and of the municipality that created the district.

(b) A district is subject to Chapter 551, Government Code.
Tex. Election Code § 32.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 32 / Section 32.005
§ 32.005. JUDGES FOR ELECTIONS OF OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than a county shall appoint the election judges for elections ordered by an authority of the political subdivision.

(b) The governing body shall determine whether appointments under Subsection (a) are for a single election or for a definite term not to exceed two years. If appointments are made for a term, the governing body shall set the duration and beginning date of the term and shall fill vacancies in unexpired terms.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.035 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.035
§ 68.035. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) To apply for a branch pilot's license or a deputy branch pilot's certificate, a person must give the board a written application in the form and manner required by board rule.

(b) The board may require an applicant to include with an application:

(1) a certification by a medical doctor, dated not earlier than the 15th day before the date of the application, stating that in the doctor's opinion the applicant on the date of the certification possesses the mental and physical health necessary to perform competently and safely the duties of a branch pilot or deputy branch pilot, as applicable; or

(2) a certification by a medical doctor, dated not earlier than the 15th day before the date the application is filed, certifying that the applicant's body on the date of the certification is free of evidence of the presence of illegal drugs or chemicals.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 8.301 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 8 / Section 8.301
§ 8.301. DELIVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) Delivery of a certificated security to a purchaser occurs when:

(1) the purchaser acquires possession of the security certificate;

(2) another person, other than a securities intermediary, either acquires possession of the security certificate on behalf of the purchaser or, having previously acquired possession of the certificate, acknowledges that it holds for the purchaser; or

(3) a securities intermediary acting on behalf of the purchaser acquires possession of the security certificate, only if the certificate is in registered form and is (i) registered in the name of the purchaser, (ii) payable to the order of the purchaser, or (iii) specially indorsed to the purchaser by an effective indorsement and has not been indorsed to the securities intermediary or in blank.

(b) Delivery of an uncertificated security to a purchaser occurs when:

(1) the issuer registers the purchaser as the registered owner, on original issue or registration of transfer; or

(2) another person, other than a securities intermediary, either becomes the registered owner of the uncertificated security on behalf of the purchaser or, having previously become the registered owner, acknowledges that it holds for the purchaser.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 14A.059 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 14A / Section 14A.059
§ 14A.059. EFFECT ON OTHER CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), on receipt of an order assessing fees and costs under Section 14A.054 that indicates that the court made the finding described by Section 14A.055(a), a court clerk may not accept for filing another claim by the civilly committed individual until the fees and costs assessed under Section 14A.054 are paid.

(b) A court may allow a civilly committed individual who has not paid the fees and costs assessed against the individual to file a claim for injunctive relief seeking to enjoin an act or failure to act that creates a substantial threat of irreparable injury or serious physical harm to the individual.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3862.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3862 / Section 3862.051
§ 3862.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of nine directors who serve staggered terms of four years expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11020.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11020 / Section 11020.0401
§ 11020.0401. AD VALOREM TAXES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The alliance may not impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Local Government Code § 218.204 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 218 / Section 218.204
§ 218.204. IMPACT FEE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may not impose an impact fee, as defined by Section 395.001, on land where a building has been converted to mixed-use residential or multifamily residential use unless the land on which the building is located was already subject to an impact fee before a building permit related to the conversion was filed with the municipality.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1957.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1957 / Section 1957.002
§ 1957.002. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE CERTIFICATION ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this chapter, "industrial hygiene certification organization" means a nonprofit corporation established to improve the practice and educational standards of the profession of industrial hygiene by certifying individuals who meet its education, experience, and examination requirements.

(b) The organization must maintain criteria at least as stringent as those adopted by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.007
§ 463.007. CONSTRUCTION OF LONG-TERM CARE RIDER.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, benefits provided by a long-term care rider to a life insurance policy or annuity contract are considered to be the same type of benefits as the base life insurance policy or annuity contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7816.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7816 / Section 7816.0101
§ 7816.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Cameron County Flood Control District.
Tex. Election Code § 101.054 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 101 / Section 101.054
§ 101.054. APPLYING FOR MORE THAN ONE ELECTION IN SAME APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may apply with a single federal postcard application for a ballot for any one or more elections in which the person is eligible to vote as provided by this section.

(b) An application that does not identify the election for which a ballot is requested shall be treated as if it requests a ballot for:

(1) except as provided by Subdivision (3), each general election in which the clerk conducts early voting;

(2) the general primary election if the application indicates party preference and is submitted to the early voting clerk for the primary; and

(3) each general or special election held by a county, a municipality, or an independent school district in the calendar year in which the application is received and in which the person is eligible to vote.

(b-1) If an application under Subsection (b) indicates the person is eligible to vote in an election described by Subsection (b)(3) in which the early voting clerk who received the application does not conduct early voting, the clerk shall forward a copy of the application in a form prescribed by the secretary of state to each early voting clerk who conducts early voting for that election.

(c) An application shall be treated as if it requests a ballot for a runoff election that results from an election for which a ballot is requested, including a runoff election that occurs in the next calendar year.

(d) An application requesting a ballot for more than one election shall be preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election records for the last election for which the application is effective.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9011.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9011 / Section 9011.106
§ 9011.106. VOTE BY BOARD PRESIDENT.
Status: in_force

The president has the same right to vote as any other director.