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Tex. Government Code § 551.071 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.071
§ 551.071. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY; CLOSED MEETING.
Status: in_force

A governmental body may not conduct a private consultation with its attorney except:

(1) when the governmental body seeks the advice of its attorney about:

(A) pending or contemplated litigation; or

(B) a settlement offer; or

(2) on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.2052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.2052
§ 801.2052. DISMISSAL OF BASELESS OR UNFOUNDED COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board determines at any time that an allegation or complaint submitted by a person is baseless, unfounded, or does not fall within the board's regulatory jurisdiction, the board shall dismiss the complaint.

(b) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section and establish criteria for determining that a complaint is baseless or unfounded.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1.21 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 1 / Section 1.21
§ 1.21. PRIVILEGE OF LEGISLATORS.
Status: in_force

Senators and Representatives shall, except in cases of treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the Legislature, and in going to and returning from the same, allowing one day for every twenty miles such member may reside from the place at which the Legislature is convened.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.254 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.254
§ 1101.254. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other delegated powers and duties, the committee shall draft and revise contract forms that are capable of being standardized to expedite real estate transactions and minimize controversy.

(b) The contract forms must contain safeguards adequate to protect the principals in the transaction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 389.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 389 / Section 389.002
§ 389.002. USE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS.
Status: in_force

The commission, using information derived from the reports to the commission under Sections 386.205, 388.003(e), and 388.006, shall take all appropriate and necessary actions so that emissions reductions achieved by means of activities under Chapters 386 and 388 are credited by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to the appropriate emissions reduction objectives in the state implementation plan.
Tex. Property Code § 161.058 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.058
§ 161.058. CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the demand of a fiduciary for whom a bank, trust company, or private banker is acting as custodian, the bank, trust company, or private banker shall identify in a written certification the securities deposited by the bank, trust company, or private banker with the federal reserve bank or in the clearing corporation for the account of the fiduciary.

(b) On the demand of a party, or the attorney of a party, to an accounting by a fiduciary or by a bank, trust company, or private banker that is acting as a fiduciary, a custodian, a custodian for a fiduciary, or a managing agent, the fiduciary, bank, trust company, or private banker shall identify in a written certification to the party the securities deposited by the fiduciary, bank, trust company, or private banker with the federal reserve bank or the clearing corporation.
Tex. Estates Code § 309.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 309 / Section 309.002
§ 309.002. APPRAISERS' FEES.
Status: in_force

An appraiser appointed by the court as herein authorized is entitled to receive compensation, payable out of the estate, of at least $5 for each day the appraiser actually serves in performing the appraiser's duties.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 5.115 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 5 / Section 5.115
§ 5.115. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

An action to enforce a right or obligation arising under this chapter must be commenced within one year after the expiration date of the relevant letter of credit or one year after the cause of action accrues, whichever occurs later. A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party's lack of knowledge of the breach.
Tex. Insurance Code § 233.0052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 233 / Section 233.0052
§ 233.0052. LENGTH OF CREDIT; LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The entity shall claim the credit in the manner provided by Section 171.556, Tax Code.

(b) The total credit claimed under this chapter for a report, including any carry forward or backward described by Subsection (c), may not exceed the amount of the entity's state premium tax liability due for the report after any other applicable credit.

(c) The entity may carry a surplus credit forward or backward as provided by Section 171.557, Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3903.132 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3903 / Section 3903.132
§ 3903.132. LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
Status: in_force

An improvement project described by Section 3903.131 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. Government Code § 2054.064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.064
§ 2054.064. BOARD APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board by rule shall establish approval requirements for all contracts, including a monetary threshold above which board approval is required before the contract may be executed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3932.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3932 / Section 3932.206
§ 3932.206. CITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, the city is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 621.511 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 621 / Section 621.511
§ 621.511. NAME ON PERMIT; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person operates or moves on a public highway a vehicle that is issued a permit under this subtitle; and

(2) the person operating or moving the vehicle is not the person named on the permit for the vehicle or an employee of that person.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(c) It is an exception to the application of this section that:

(1) the vehicle being operated or moved is a combination of a tow truck and a disabled, abandoned, or accident-damaged vehicle or vehicle combination; and

(2) the tow truck is towing the other vehicle or vehicle combination directly to the nearest terminal, vehicle storage facility, or authorized place of repair.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3928.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3928 / Section 3928.154
§ 3928.154. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.
Status: in_force

The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine the method of notice.
Tex. Family Code § 157.217 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.217
§ 157.217. DISCHARGE FROM COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) When a community supervision period has been satisfactorily completed, the court on its own motion shall discharge the respondent from community supervision.

(b) The court may discharge the respondent from community supervision on the motion of the respondent if the court finds that the respondent:

(1) has satisfactorily completed one year of community supervision; and

(2) has fully complied with the community supervision order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8081.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8081 / Section 8081.0101
§ 8081.0101. 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 Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 7.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.102 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 71 / Section 71.102
§ 71.102. CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

The certificate must state:

(1) the assumed name under which the business is or is to be conducted or the professional service is or is to be rendered;

(2) the registrant's name as stated in the registrant's certificate of formation or application filed with the office of the secretary of state or other comparable document, except that:

(A) if the registrant is a limited liability company that is filing under an assumed name used by a protected series of the limited liability company, the certificate must state the name of that protected series as stated in the company agreement of the limited liability company and the name of the limited liability company as stated in the company's certificate of formation; or

(B) if the registrant is a registered series of a limited liability company, the certificate must state the registrant's name as stated in its certificate of registered series and the name of the limited liability company as stated in the company's certificate of formation;

(3) the state, country, or other jurisdiction under the laws of which the registrant was formed, incorporated, or organized;

(4) the period, not to exceed 10 years, during which the registrant will use the assumed name;

(5) a statement specifying that the registrant is:

(A) a for-profit corporation, nonprofit corporation, professional corporation, professional association, or other type of corporation;

(B) a limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or registered series of a limited liability company; or

(C) another type of incorporated business, professional or other association, or legal entity, foreign or domestic;

(6) the street or mailing address of the registrant's principal office in this state or outside this state, as applicable; and

(7) the county or counties in this state where the registrant is or will be conducting business or rendering professional services under the assumed name.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8355.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8355 / Section 8355.006
§ 8355.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2(a) of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2(a) of the Act 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 the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Education Code § 56.506 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.506
§ 56.506. SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the amount of a scholarship under this subchapter is equal to the amount of the scholarship for the preceding academic year, adjusted for inflation using the college tuition and fees index component of the consumer price index produced by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

(b) The amount of a scholarship under this subchapter may not be reduced by any other scholarship, grant, or financial aid which the scholarship recipient receives.

(c) Not later than January 31 of each year, the coordinating board shall publish the amounts of each scholarship established by the board for the academic year beginning the next fall semester.
Tex. Water Code § 26.360 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.360
§ 26.360. PRIVATIZATION OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding other provisions of this subchapter, the commission by rule may authorize the privatization of any part of the program established under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8511.0309 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8511 / Section 8511.0309
§ 8511.0309. SOLID WASTE SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The authority may acquire, construct, maintain, and provide facilities, equipment, and disposal sites to provide solid waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services inside the authority, charge for the services, and enter into a contract for the services with any person.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1357.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1357 / Section 1357.003
§ 1357.003. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease or another limited benefit, other than benefits for cancer;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) only for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) only for credit insurance;

(E) only for dental or vision care;

(F) only for indemnity for hospital confinement; or

(G) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss), as amended;

(3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(4) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(5) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1357.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9007.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9007 / Section 9007.102
§ 9007.102. ENTRY OF EXCLUSION INTO MINUTES.
Status: in_force

The secretary of the district shall enter a resolution passed under Section 9007.101 in the board's minutes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8414.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8414 / Section 8414.106
§ 8414.106. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION OR INCLUSION WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF CONROE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 54.016(f)(2), Water Code, an allocation agreement between the City of Conroe and the district that provides for the allocation of the taxes or revenues of the district and the city following the date of inclusion of all the district's territory in the corporate limits of the city may provide that the total annual ad valorem taxes collected by the city and the district from taxable property in the district may exceed the city's ad valorem tax on that property.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.050 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.050
§ 431.050. CONDEMNATION.
Status: in_force

An action for the condemnation of an article may be brought before a court in whose jurisdiction the article is located, detained, or embargoed if the article is adulterated, misbranded, or in violation of Section 431.084, 431.114, or 431.115.
Tex. Government Code § 551.122 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.122
§ 551.122.
Status: in_force

Sec. 551.122. GOVERNING BOARD OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT: QUORUM PRESENT AT ONE LOCATION. (a) This chapter does not prohibit the governing board of a junior college district from holding an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call.

(b) A meeting held by telephone conference call authorized by this section may be held only if a quorum of the governing board is physically present at the location where meetings of the board are usually held.

(c) The telephone conference call meeting is subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings.

(d) Each part of the telephone conference call meeting that is required to be open to the public shall be audible to the public at the location where the quorum is present and shall be recorded. The recording shall be made available to the public.

(e) The location of the meeting shall provide two-way communication during the entire telephone conference call meeting, and the identification of each party to the telephone conference shall be clearly stated before the party speaks.

(f) The authority provided by this section is in addition to the authority provided by Section 551.121.

(g) A member of a governing board of a junior college district who participates in a board meeting by telephone conference call but is not physically present at the location of the meeting is considered to be absent from the meeting for purposes of Section 130.0845, Education Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.156 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.156
§ 501.156. AGREEMENT MUST BENEFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

An agreement relating to a project must be for the benefit of the corporation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.355 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.355
§ 452.355. APPROVAL; REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority's bonds and the records relating to their issuance shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination before the bonds may be delivered.

(b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds have been issued in conformity with the constitution and this chapter and that the bonds will be a binding obligation of the issuing authority, the attorney general shall approve the bonds.

(c) After the bonds are approved by the attorney general, the comptroller shall register the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8298.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8298 / Section 8298.107
§ 8298.107. DISTRICT RULES.
Status: in_force

The district shall adopt and enforce reasonable and effective rules to secure and maintain safe, sanitary, and adequate plumbing installations, connections, and appurtenances as subsidiary parts of the district's sewerage system to preserve the quality of water within or controlled by the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 122.257 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 122 / Section 122.257
§ 122.257. CEASE AND DESIST ORDER FOR CREDIT UNIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioner makes a finding listed in Section 122.255 and determines that an order to cease and desist is necessary and in the best interest of the credit union involved and its depositors, creditors, and members, the commissioner may serve on the credit union, its board, and each offending person an order to cease and desist from a violation or practice specified in the order and to take affirmative action that the commissioner considers necessary to correct a condition resulting from a violation or unsafe or unsound practice found.

(b) The order must:

(1) be in writing;

(2) be served:

(A) at the meeting called under Section 122.256 or not later than the 30th day after the date of that meeting; and

(B) by certified or registered mail, addressed to the credit union at the last address of its principal office as shown by department records, or by delivery to an officer or director of the credit union; and

(3) unless the order is effective immediately on service as provided by Subsection (d), state the effective date of the order, which may not be before the 10th day after the date the order is served.

(c) Service by mail is complete on deposit of the paper, enclosed in a postpaid, properly addressed wrapper, in a post office or official depository under the care and custody of the United States Postal Service.

(d) A cease and desist order is effective immediately on service if the commissioner finds that:

(1) the solvency of the credit union is endangered;

(2) there is a continuing violation of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle; or

(3) there is a threat of immediate and irreparable harm to the public or the credit union or its depositors, creditors, or members.

(e) The order is final unless, not later than the 10th day after the date the order is served, the credit union files with the commissioner written notice of appeal that includes a certified copy of the board resolution.

(f) A copy of the order shall be entered in the minutes of the board meeting. The directors shall certify to the commissioner in writing that each director has read the order.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 89.048 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 89 / Section 89.048
§ 89.048. PLUGGING OF WELL BY SURFACE ESTATE OWNER.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "orphaned well" has the meaning assigned by Section 89.047.

(b) The owner of an interest in the surface estate of a tract of land on which an orphaned well is located may contract with a commission-approved well plugger to plug the well.

(c) If the surface estate owner enters into a contract under Subsection (b), the well plugger shall:

(1) not later than the 30th day before the date the well is plugged, mail notice of its intent to plug the well to the operator of the well at the operator's address as shown by the records of the commission;

(2) assume responsibility for the physical operation and control of the well as shown by a form the person files with the commission and the commission approves;

(3) file a bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit covering the well as required by Section 91.107; and

(4) plug the well in accordance with commission rules.

(d) On successful plugging of the well by the well plugger, the surface estate owner may submit documentation to the commission of the cost of the well-plugging operation. The commission shall reimburse the surface estate owner from money in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the lesser of:

(1) the documented well-plugging costs; or

(2) the average cost incurred by the commission in the preceding 24 months in plugging similar wells located in the same general area.

(e) The commission shall adopt any rules reasonably necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.009 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.009
§ 1201.009. ELECTRONIC MEANS AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

If feasible, any action required under this chapter may be accomplished by electronic means.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1104.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.058
§ 1104.058. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:

(1) reported in the district's records; and

(2) approved by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8029.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8029 / Section 8029.0201
§ 8029.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8029.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.