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Tex. Water Code § 51.401 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.401
§ 51.401.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.401. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS OF DISTRICTS OPERATING UNDER ARTICLE III, SECTION 52, OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. A district which is operating under Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, may issue bonds and lend its credit in an amount of not more than one-fourth of the assessed valuation of the real property in the district. However, the total indebtedness of any city or town may never be more than the limits imposed by the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Utilities Code § 51.006 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 51 / Section 51.006
§ 51.006. MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN RATEMAKING PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality participating in a ratemaking proceeding may engage rate consultants, accountants, auditors, attorneys, and engineers to:

(1) conduct investigations, present evidence, and advise and represent the governing body; and

(2) assist the governing body with litigation before the commission or a court.

(b) The public utility in the ratemaking proceeding shall reimburse the governing body of the municipality for the reasonable cost of the services of a person engaged under Subsection (a) to the extent the commission determines is reasonable.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.014 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.014
§ 521.014.
Status: in_force

Sec. 521.014. TEXAS 1836 PROJECT PAMPHLET. (a) The department shall provide the pamphlet described by Section 451.005, Government Code, to persons who receive a driver's license:

(1) after applying under Section 521.144; or

(2) with an expiration provided by Section 521.271(a-2) or (a-3).

(b) The department shall make the pamphlet described by Section 451.005, Government Code, available to the public on the department's Internet website.
Tex. Water Code § 68.106 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.106
§ 68.106. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

After the hearing, the commissioners court shall consider whether to create the proposed district. The commissioners court must make the following findings before approving a petition requesting creation of a district:

(1) the district will serve a public use and benefit;

(2) facilities in the district will benefit from the security projects and security services proposed to be provided by the district;

(3) the creation of the district is in the public interest and useful for the protection of facilities in the district against the threat posed by terrorism; and

(4) the creation of the district is necessary to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1051 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1051
§ 152.1051. HARDEMAN COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Hardeman County is included in the 46th Judicial District Juvenile Board.

(b) Section 152.0841 applies to the 46th Judicial District Juvenile Board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1091.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1091 / Section 1091.003
§ 1091.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district is a public entity performing an essential public function.
Tex. Government Code § 550.0058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 550 / Section 550.0058
§ 550.0058. DUTIES OF TEXAS NONPROFIT COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

The council, in coordination with the interagency coordinating group, shall:

(1) make recommendations for improving contracting relationships between state agencies and faith- and community-based organizations;

(2) develop best practices for cooperating and collaborating with faith- and community-based organizations; and

(3) identify and address:

(A) duplication of services provided by this state and faith- and community-based organizations; and

(B) gaps in state services that faith- and community-based organizations could fill.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 77.114 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 77 / Section 77.114
§ 77.114. LIMIT ON NUMBER OF LICENSES HELD; DESIGNATED LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), no person may hold or directly or indirectly control more than four commercial bay and four commercial bait shrimp boat licenses.

(b) A person who qualifies to renew a license under Section 77.112 on September 1, 1995, may hold each license renewed and after that date may retain and renew the licenses until the licenses are transferred, not renewed, or revoked. A person may not hold or renew more than four commercial bay and four commercial bait shrimp boat licenses under this subsection after August 31, 2002.

(c) A commercial bay or bait shrimp boat license must be issued to an individual. A person other than an individual who wishes to retain or seeks to renew a license of either type must designate an individual to whom the license will be issued.
Tex. Education Code § 75.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 75 / Section 75.003
§ 75.003. GIFTS OF LAND.
Status: in_force

The board may accept gifts of land for the benefit of the institute.
Tex. Water Code § 152.158 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.158
§ 152.158. AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

A river authority and any public or private person may enter into an agreement with respect to an economic development program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3963.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3963 / Section 3963.0504
§ 3963.0504. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not issue bonds until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.

(b) This section applies only to the district's first issuance of bonds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.065 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.065
§ 383.065. PURPOSES FOR BORROWING MONEY.
Status: in_force

The district may borrow money for any corporate purpose or combination of corporate purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8454.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8454 / Section 8454.001
§ 8454.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 126.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0269 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0269
§ 540.0269. USE OF ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract to which this subchapter applies must require the contracting Medicaid managed care organization, notwithstanding any other law, including Sections 843.312 and 1301.052, Insurance Code, to:

(1) use advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants as primary care providers in addition to physicians to increase the availability of primary care providers in the organization's provider network; and

(2) treat advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants in the same manner as primary care physicians with regard to:

(A) selection and assignment as primary care providers;

(B) inclusion as primary care providers in the organization's provider network; and

(C) inclusion as primary care providers in any provider network directory the organization maintains.

(b) For purposes of this section, an advanced practice registered nurse may be included as a primary care provider in a Medicaid managed care organization's provider network regardless of whether the physician supervising the advanced practice registered nurse is in the provider network. This subsection may not be construed as authorizing a Medicaid managed care organization to supervise or control the practice of medicine as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2211.157 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2211 / Section 2211.157
§ 2211.157. COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN WINDSTORM AND HAIL DAMAGE; COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED OVER WATER.
Status: in_force

(a) A policy issued by the association may include coverage against loss or damage by windstorm or hail for:

(1) a building or other structure that is built wholly or partially over water; and

(2) the corporeal movable property contained in a building or structure described by Subdivision (1).

(b) The association may impose appropriate limits of coverage and deductibles for coverage described by Subsection (a).

(c) The governing committee of the association shall submit any proposed changes to the plan of operation necessary to implement Subsections (a) and (b) to the commissioner for the approval of the commissioner in the manner provided by Section 2211.053.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section, including any rules necessary to implement changes in the plan of operation proposed under Subsections (a) and (b).
Tex. Water Code § 29.049 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 29 / Section 29.049
§ 29.049. PAYMENT OF PENALTY; REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) On the issuance of an order finding that a violation has occurred, the railroad commission shall inform the permittee and any other person charged within 30 days of the amount of the penalty.

(b) Within the 30-day period immediately following the day on which the decision or order is final as provided in Subchapter F, Chapter 2001, Government Code, the person charged with the penalty shall:

(1) pay the penalty in full; or

(2) if the person seeks judicial review of either the amount of the penalty or the fact of the violation, or both:

(A) forward the amount to the railroad commission for placement in an escrow account; or

(B) in lieu of payment into escrow, post a supersedeas bond with the railroad commission under the following conditions. If the decision or order being appealed is the first final railroad commission decision or order assessing any administrative penalty against the person, the railroad commission shall accept a supersedeas bond. In the case of appeal of any subsequent decision or order assessing any administrative penalty against the person, regardless of the finality of judicial review of any previous decision or order, the railroad commission may accept a supersedeas bond. Each supersedeas bond shall be for the amount of the penalty and in a form approved by the railroad commission and shall stay the collection of the penalty until all judicial review of the decision or order is final.

(c) If through judicial review of the decision or order it is determined that no violation occurred or that the amount of the penalty should be reduced or not assessed, the railroad commission shall, within the 30-day period immediately following that determination, if the penalty has been paid to the railroad commission, remit the appropriate amount to the person, with accrued interest, or where a supersedeas bond has been posted, the railroad commission shall execute a release of such bond.

(d) Failure to forward the money to the railroad commission within the time provided by Subsection (b) of this section results in a waiver of all legal rights to contest the violation or the amount of the penalty.

(e) Judicial review of the order or decision of the railroad commission assessing the penalty shall be under the substantial evidence rule and shall be instituted by filing a petition with the district court of Travis County, Texas, and not elsewhere, as provided for in Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.102
§ 1251.102. PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

A group accident and health insurance policy must provide that premiums due under the policy must be remitted by the premium payor as designated in the policy:

(1) on or before the due date; or

(2) within any grace period specified in the policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4022.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4022 / Section 4022.0301
§ 4022.0301. 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.
Tex. Property Code § 61.003 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.003
§ 61.003. PROPERTY TO WHICH LIEN ATTACHES.
Status: in_force

The lien attaches to:

(1) a cause of action for damages arising from property damage to a motor vehicle on which the mortgagee has perfected a lien caused by an accident that is attributable to the negligence of another person;

(2) a judgment of a court in favor of a mortgagor arising from property damage to a motor vehicle on which the mortgagee has perfected a lien caused by an accident that is attributable to the negligence of another person;

(3) the proceeds of a settlement of a cause of action or a claim by the mortgagor for property damage to a motor vehicle on which the mortgagee has perfected a lien caused by an accident that is attributable to the negligence of another person; and

(4) the proceeds of a property damage liability insurance policy carried by another person that protects the other person against property damage loss caused by accident or collision.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9833 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9833
§ 61.9833. AWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 61.9834, the board shall determine the annual amount of loan assistance payments provided under this subchapter in any year to an eligible person, taking into consideration the amount of available funding and other relevant considerations.

(b) The board shall reduce the amount of a single assistance payment or refrain from making a loan assistance payment to an eligible person as necessary to avoid making total payments under this subchapter to the person in an amount greater than the total amount of principal and interest due on the person's eligible loans.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.069 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.069
§ 31.069. VENTILATORS.
Status: in_force

Each motorboat and vessel, except an open boat, using as fuel any liquid of a volatile nature must have the equipment prescribed by the commandant of the Coast Guard designed to ventilate properly and efficiently the bilges of the engine and fuel tank compartments so as to remove any explosive or inflammable gases.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 12A.151 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 12A / Section 12A.151
§ 12A.151. EXAMINATION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

For each licensing examination administered by the department, the department shall:

(1) adopt policies and guidelines detailing the procedures for the testing process, including test admission and internal test administration procedures; and

(2) post on the department's Internet website the policies that reference the testing procedures.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.017 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.017
§ 122.017. PROCUREMENT FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
Status: in_force

A product manufactured for sale to a political subdivision of this state or an office or department thereof shall be manufactured or produced according to specifications developed by the purchaser. A political subdivision of this state may purchase products or services for its use from private businesses through its authorized purchasing procedures, but may substitute equivalent products or services produced by persons with disabilities under the provisions of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a nonprofit agency for persons with disabilities to engage in competitive bidding.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.161 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.161
§ 2054.161. DATA CLASSIFICATION, SECURITY, AND RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

On initiation of an information resources technology project, including an application development project and any information resources projects described in this subchapter, a state agency shall classify the data produced from or used in the project and determine appropriate data security and applicable retention requirements under Section 441.185 for each classification.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1305 / Section 1305.252
§ 1305.252. REQUESTED SUSPENSION BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Status: in_force

A municipality or region may request suspension for just cause of the license under this chapter of a license holder working in its jurisdiction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.613 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.613
§ 242.613. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF PERMITS TO ADMINISTER MEDICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue an order to suspend a permit issued under this subchapter if the department has reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of the permit holder creates an imminent danger to the public health or safety.

(b) An emergency suspension is effective immediately without a hearing on notice to the permit holder.

(c) If requested in writing by a permit holder whose permit is suspended, an administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall conduct a hearing to continue, modify, or rescind the emergency suspension.

(d) The hearing must be held not earlier than the 10th day or later than the 30th day after the date on which the hearing request is received.

(e) The hearing and an appeal from a disciplinary action related to the hearing are governed by the department's rules for a formal hearing and Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3874.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3874 / Section 3874.051
§ 3874.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of nine directors composed of:

(1) six directors appointed by the governing body of the city;

(2) one assistant city manager of the city, appointed by the city manager;

(3) the chief financial officer of the city; and

(4) the economic director of the city.

(b) Directors serve staggered terms of four years, with four or five directors' terms expiring July 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4007.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4007 / Section 4007.0203
§ 4007.0203. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Government Code § 499.121 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 499 / Section 499.121
§ 499.121. LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION; MANDAMUS.
Status: repealed

(a) The legislature declares that until September 1, 1995, the institutional division shall continue to perform its duty to accept inmates only as provided by the allocation formula established under Section 499.071.

(b) The legislature declares that until September 1, 1995, a county shall continue to perform its duty to confine and maintain under suitable conditions and at the county's own expense each inmate eligible for transfer from the county to the institutional division, until the date the inmate is actually accepted into custody by the institutional division. This subsection does not take effect if the County of Nueces et al. v. Texas Board of Corrections et al., in the 250th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, Cause No. 452,071 and Harris County, Texas v. the State of Texas, et al., in the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, Cause No. 475,468 are settled by written agreement on or before the 31st day after the effective date of this article.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1122 (H.B. 2620), Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 2023.

(d) The duties provided by this subchapter may be enforced by an action in mandamus.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8806.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8806 / Section 8806.110
§ 8806.110. COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The district may collect and preserve information regarding the use of groundwater and the practicability of recharge of a groundwater reservoir.
Tex. Government Code § 552.131 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.131
§ 552.131.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.131. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION. (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the information relates to economic development negotiations involving a governmental body and a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and the information relates to:

(1) a trade secret of the business prospect; or

(2) commercial or financial information for which it is demonstrated based on specific factual evidence that disclosure would cause substantial competitive harm to the person from whom the information was obtained.

(b) Unless and until an agreement is made with the business prospect, information about a financial or other incentive being offered to the business prospect by the governmental body or by another person is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.

(b-1) An economic development entity whose mission or purpose is to develop and promote the economic growth of a state agency or political subdivision with which the entity contracts may assert the exceptions under this section in the manner described by Section 552.305(b) with respect to information that is in the economic development entity's custody or control.

(c) After an agreement is made with the business prospect, this section does not except from the requirements of Section 552.021 information about a financial or other incentive being offered to the business prospect:

(1) by the governmental body; or

(2) by another person, if the financial or other incentive may directly or indirectly result in the expenditure of public funds by a governmental body or a reduction in revenue received by a governmental body from any source.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3836.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3836 / Section 3836.005
§ 3836.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(2) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 102.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 102 / Section 102.001
§ 102.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Charitable gift annuity" means an annuity:

(A) that is payable over the lives of one or two individuals;

(B) that is made in return for the transfer of cash or other property to a charitable organization; and

(C) the actuarial value of which is less than the value of the cash or other property transferred, with the difference in those values being a charitable deduction for federal tax purposes.

(2) "Charitable organization" means an entity described by:

(A) Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or

(B) Section 170(c), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 681.162 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 681 / Section 681.162
§ 681.162. HARLINGEN TRADE ZONE CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

The Harlingen Trade Zone, Inc., organized under the laws of this state, with offices at or near Harlingen, Cameron County, may apply for and accept a grant of authority to establish, operate, and maintain:

(1) a foreign trade zone adjacent to any port of entry in Cameron County; and

(2) other subzones.