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Tex. Tax Code § 5.044 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 5 / Section 5.044
§ 5.044. TRAINING OF APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS IN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an appraisal district established in a county with a population of 75,000 or more.

(b) A member of an appraisal district board of directors shall successfully complete a training program prescribed by this section before each anniversary of the date the member takes office.

(c) The training program must provide a member of the board of directors of an appraisal district with information regarding:

(1) the role and functions of the chief appraiser, the board of directors, the appraisal review board, and the taxpayer liaison officer;

(2) the role and functions of the comptroller regarding the property tax system;

(3) the importance of maintaining the independence of an appraisal office from political pressure;

(4) the importance of prompt, courteous, and fair treatment of the public;

(5) the finance and budgeting requirements for an appraisal district, including appropriate controls to ensure that expenditures are proper;

(6) the procurement and contracting requirements for an appraisal district, including appropriate controls to ensure there are no conflicts of interest;

(7) the requirements of:

(A) Chapter 551, Government Code;

(B) Chapter 552, Government Code;

(C) Chapter 2001, Government Code;

(D) other laws relating to public officials, including conflict-of-interest laws; and

(E) the standards of ethics imposed by the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; and

(8) the professions regulated under Chapter 1151, Occupations Code.

(d) The training required by this section for a member of the board of directors of an appraisal district that has contracted to perform duties relating to the assessment or collection of taxes must include not less than eight hours of instruction on laws relating to those functions.

(e) The training required by this section shall be provided by an accredited institution of higher education, including an institution that is a part of or associated with an accredited institution of higher education, such as the V. G. Young Institute of County Government. On completion of the training by a member of the board of directors of an appraisal district, the institution providing the training shall provide a certificate of completion to the member.

(f) A member of the board of directors of an appraisal district who completes the training required by this section shall file the certificate of completion provided to the member with the appraisal district. The appraisal district shall provide each certificate filed with the district since the comptroller completed the most recent review of the district under Section 5.102 to the comptroller as part of each review conducted under that section.

(g) For purposes of removal under Subchapter B, Chapter 87, Local Government Code, "incompetency" in the case of a member of the board of directors of an appraisal district includes the failure to timely complete the training required by this section.
Tex. Government Code § 603.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 603 / Section 603.008
§ 603.008. POSTING OF FEES REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A county judge, clerk of a district or county court, sheriff, justice of the peace, constable, or notary public shall keep posted at all times in a conspicuous place in the respective offices a complete list of fees the person may charge by law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8483.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8483 / Section 8483.0101
§ 8483.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Lakeview Point Municipal Utility District of Palo Pinto County.
Tex. Occupations Code § 402.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 402 / Section 402.103
§ 402.103. FALSE, MISLEADING, OR DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 1.222(86), eff. September 1, 2015.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 1.222(86), eff. September 1, 2015.

(c) For purposes of Section 51.204, an advertisement is false, misleading, or deceptive if the advertisement:

(1) contains a misrepresentation of fact;

(2) contains a false statement as to the license holder's professional achievements, education, skills, or qualifications in the hearing instrument dispensing profession;

(3) makes a partial disclosure of relevant fact, including the advertisement of:

(A) a discounted price of an item without identifying in the advertisement or at the location of the item:

(i) the specific product being offered at the discounted price; or

(ii) the usual price of the item; and

(B) the price of a specifically identified hearing instrument, if more than one hearing instrument appears in the same advertisement without an accompanying price;

(4) contains a representation that a product innovation is new, if the product was first offered by the manufacturer to the general public in this state not less than 12 months before the date of the advertisement;

(5) states that the license holder manufactures hearing instruments at the license holder's office location unless the next statement discloses that the instruments are manufactured by a specified manufacturer and remanufactured by the license holder; or

(6) contains any other representation, statement, or claim that is inherently misleading or deceptive.
Tex. Utilities Code § 163.071 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 163 / Section 163.071
§ 163.071. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Agency" means a municipal power agency for which concurrent ordinances are adopted under Section 163.073.

(2) "Bond" includes a note, but does not include a nonnegotiable purchase money note issued under Section 163.067 or 163.087.

(3) "Concurrent ordinance" means an ordinance or order adopted under this subchapter by all of the participating public entities of an agency.

(4) "Obligations" means revenue bonds or notes.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 40.043 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.043
§ 40.043. CHILD SAFETY AND RUNAWAY PREVENTION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner by rule shall establish the department's strategy to:

(1) develop trauma-informed protocols for reducing the number of incidents in which a child in the conservatorship of the department runs away from a residential treatment center; and

(2) balance measures aimed at protecting child safety with federal and state requirements related to normalcy and decision making under the reasonable and prudent parent standard prescribed by 42 U.S.C. Section 675 and Sections 264.001 and 264.125, Family Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8243.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8243 / Section 8243.101
§ 8243.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred and imposed by general law applicable to a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8356.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8356 / Section 8356.103
§ 8356.103. 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 § 3926.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.006
§ 3926.006. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

(a) All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code; or

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code.

(b) If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the city and the board of directors of the zone, by contract with the district, may grant money deposited in the tax increment fund to the district to be used by the district for:

(1) the purposes permitted for money granted to a corporation under Section 380.002(b), Local Government Code; and

(2) any other district purpose, including the right to pledge the money as security for any bonds or other obligations issued by the district under Section 3926.253.

(c) If the city creates a tax increment reinvestment zone described by Subsection (a), the city may determine the percentage of the property in the zone that may be used for residential purposes and is not subject to the limitations provided by Section 311.006, Tax Code.
Tex. Water Code § 55.201 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.201
§ 55.201. USE OF EXCESS DISTRICT MONEY.
Status: in_force

After all district improvements are completed and all expenses are paid, the board may use any remaining money to preserve, maintain, and repair district improvements.
Tex. Government Code § 805.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 805 / Section 805.001
§ 805.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Employees retirement system" means the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

(2) "Member" means a person having membership in the employees retirement system or the teacher retirement system under statutes and rules governing membership in the respective systems.

(3) "Service credit" has the meaning assigned, as applicable, by Section 811.001 or Section 821.001.

(4) "System" means the employees retirement system or the teacher retirement system.

(5) "Teacher retirement system" means the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.305
§ 1038.305. TRANSFER OR ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in the election held under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall:

(1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets that belong to the district to Hardeman County or another governmental agency in Hardeman County; or

(2) administer the property, assets, and debts until all money has been disposed of and all district debts have been paid or settled.

(b) If the board makes the transfer under Subsection (a)(1), the county or agency assumes all debts and obligations of the district at the time of the transfer and the district is dissolved.
Tex. Government Code § 26.226 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.226
§ 26.226. JOHNSON COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The County Court of Johnson County has:

(1) the general jurisdiction of a probate court;

(2) juvenile jurisdiction as provided by Section 26.042(b); and

(3) original and appellate jurisdiction over all matters over which county courts have jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8871.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8871 / Section 8871.101
§ 8871.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to groundwater conservation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Utilities Code § 58.055 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.055
§ 58.055. RATE ADJUSTMENT BY COMPANY.
Status: in_force

(a) An electing company may increase a rate for a basic network service during the election period prescribed by Section 58.054 only:

(1) with commission approval that the proposed change is included in Section 58.056, 58.057, or 58.058; and

(2) as provided by Sections 58.056, 58.057, 58.058, and 58.059.

(b) Notwithstanding Subchapter F, Chapter 60, an electing company may, on its own initiative, decrease a rate for a basic network service during the electing period.

(c) The company may decrease the rate for a basic local telecommunications service to an amount above the service's appropriate cost. If the company has been required to perform or has elected to perform a long run incremental cost study, the appropriate cost for the service is the service's long run incremental cost.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3814.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3814 / Section 3814.004
§ 3814.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to:

(1) further the public purposes of developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminate unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) develop or expand transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district as a community and business center; and

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 18.033 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 18 / Section 18.033
§ 18.033. STATE LAND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a dispute between the State of Texas and an upland owner of property fronting on the Gulf of Mexico and the arms of the Gulf of Mexico within the boundaries of the State of Texas, the maps, surveys, and property descriptions filed in the General Land Office in connection with any conveyance by the state or any predecessor government by patent, deed, lease, or other authorized forms of grant shall be presumed to accurately depict the boundary between adjacent upland owners and the state-owned submerged lands.

(b) This presumption applies only to those surveys conducted by a surveyor duly appointed, elected, or licensed, and qualified.

(c) This presumption may be overcome only on a showing of clear and convincing evidence that the boundary as described and depicted in the archives of the General Land Office is erroneous.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8473.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8473 / Section 8473.251
§ 8473.251. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING IMPROVEMENTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this subchapter, the board may finance the construction or maintenance of a recreational facility or improvement with assessments on property under this subchapter only if:

(1) a written petition requesting that facility or improvement has been filed with the board; and

(2) the board holds a hearing on the proposed assessments.

(b) The petition must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for the county.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.1011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.1011
§ 361.1011. PROHIBITION ON PERMIT FOR FACILITY AFFECTED BY FAULT.
Status: in_force

If a fault exists within two and one-half miles from the proposed or existing wellbore of a Class I injection well or the area within the cone of influence, whichever is greater, or if a fault exists within 3,000 feet of a proposed hazardous waste management facility other than a Class I injection well or of a capacity expansion of an existing hazardous waste management facility, the burden is on the applicant, unless previously demonstrated to the commission or to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, to show:

(1) in the case of Class I injection wells, that the fault is not sufficiently transmissive or vertically extensive to allow migration of hazardous constituents out of the injection zone; or

(2) in the case of a proposed hazardous waste management facility other than a Class I injection well or for a capacity expansion of an existing hazardous waste management facility, that:

(A) the fault has not had displacement within Holocene time, or if faults have had displacement within Holocene time, that no such faults pass within 200 feet of the portion of the surface facility where treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes will be conducted; and

(B) the fault will not result in structural instability of the surface facility or provide for groundwater movement to the extent that there is endangerment to human health or the environment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1076.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1076 / Section 1076.302
§ 1076.302. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing once a week for two consecutive weeks a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district.

(b) The first publication of notice must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.110 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.110
§ 155.110. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 111.0041, each permit holder shall keep records available for inspection and copying by the comptroller and the attorney general for at least four years.

(b) If a permit holder's place of business is a vehicle or vending machine, the permit holder shall designate in the application for a permit a permanent place of business to keep the records. The permit holder shall keep the records in the designated place.

(c) Each permit holder who is required to keep records under this chapter shall provide the comptroller with copies of the records on demand.
Tex. Insurance Code § 846.154 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 846 / Section 846.154
§ 846.154. CASH RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of cash reserves recommended under Section 846.153(c)(2) may not be less than the greater of:

(1) 20 percent of the total contributions in the preceding plan year; or

(2) 20 percent of the total estimated contributions for the current plan year.

(b) Cash reserves required by this section must be:

(1) computed with proper actuarial regard for:

(A) known claims, paid and outstanding;

(B) a history of incurred but not reported claims;

(C) claims handling expenses;

(D) unearned premium;

(E) an estimate for bad debts;

(F) a trend factor; and

(G) a margin for error; and

(2) maintained in cash or federally guaranteed obligations of less than five-year maturity that have a fixed or recoverable principal amount or in other investments as the commissioner may authorize by rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.102
§ 3889.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using money available to the district, or contract with a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) An improvement project described by Subsection (a) may be located:

(1) in the district; or

(2) in an area outside but adjacent to the district if the project is for the purpose of extending a public infrastructure improvement beyond the district's boundaries to a logical terminus.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.216 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.216
§ 225.216. KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of United States Highway 54 in El Paso County between its intersection with State Highway Loop 375 and the New Mexico state border is designated as the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. This designation is in addition to any other designation.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Korean War Veterans 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.109
§ 3937.109. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) provide district personnel and services.

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

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

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code, provides to a municipality.
Tex. Education Code § 37.213 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.213
§ 37.213. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "public junior college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) The center shall research best practices regarding emergency preparedness of public junior colleges and serve as a clearinghouse for that information.

(c) The center shall provide public junior colleges with training, technical assistance, and published guidelines or templates, as appropriate, in the following areas:

(1) multihazard emergency operations plan development;

(2) drill and exercise development and implementation;

(3) mutual aid agreements;

(4) identification of equipment and funds that may be used by public junior colleges in an emergency; and

(5) reporting in accordance with 20 U.S.C. Section 1092(f).
Tex. Transportation Code § 547.604 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 547 / Section 547.604
§ 547.604. MUFFLER REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A motor vehicle shall be equipped with a muffler in good working condition that continually operates to prevent excessive or unusual noise.

(b) A person may not use a muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device on a motor vehicle.
Tex. Water Code § 26.363 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.363
§ 26.363. RELIANCE ON CLOSURE LETTER.
Status: in_force

An owner or operator to whom a closure letter for a site has been issued under Section 26.3572 may not be held liable for the owner's or operator's conduct taken in reliance on and within the scope of the closure letter.