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Tex. Local Government Code § 89.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 89 / Section 89.001
§ 89.001. SPECIAL COUNSEL IN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than two million may employ an attorney as special counsel.

(b) The special counsel may be employed to:

(1) represent the county in any suit brought by or against the county;

(2) prepare necessary documents and otherwise assist the court, the county engineer, and other county employees in the acquisition of rights-of-way for the county and for state highways; or

(3) represent the county in condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of rights-of-way for highways and other purposes for which the county has the right of eminent domain.

(c) The county attorney shall select the special counsel. If the county does not have a county attorney, the district attorney or criminal district attorney shall select the special counsel. The selecting officer shall determine the terms and duration of employment of the special counsel, subject to the court's approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1010.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1010 / Section 1010.154
§ 1010.154. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall have an independent certified public accountant audit all transactions relating to the district for each fiscal year.

(b) The accountant's audit report shall be submitted to the board not later than the 90th day after the date the fiscal year ends.
Tex. Government Code § 403.552 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.552
§ 403.552. BROADBAND POLE REPLACEMENT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The broadband pole replacement fund is created as a fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by federal law, the comptroller shall make a one-time transfer from money received by this state from the federal government from the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund established under Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) to the credit of the pole replacement fund. The comptroller shall make the transfer described by this subsection as soon as practicable following receipt by this state of money from the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund.

(b-1) In addition to the money transferred under Subsection (b), the comptroller may transfer to the credit of the pole replacement fund an available amount from the broadband infrastructure fund established under Section 49-d-16, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(c) Money deposited to the credit of the pole replacement fund may be used only for the purpose of supporting the pole replacement program under Section 403.553, including the costs of program administration and operation. Money in the pole replacement fund must be used in a manner consistent with federal law.

(d) Interest earned on money deposited to the credit of the pole replacement fund is exempt from Section 404.071. Interest earned on money in the fund shall be retained in the pole replacement fund.

(e) The comptroller may issue guidelines for state agencies regarding the implementation of this section.
Tex. Government Code § 490F.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 490F / Section 490F.002
§ 490F.002. CREATION OF COMMISSION; COMPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas 2036 Commission is created.

(b) The commission is composed of the following members:

(1) the presiding officer of the legislative standing committee in each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over higher education;

(2) the commissioner of higher education;

(3) the chair of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;

(4) the chair of the Texas Workforce Commission;

(5) the chair of a governing board of an institution of higher education appointed by the governor;

(6) a trustee of a public junior college district appointed by the governor;

(7) two persons appointed by the lieutenant governor, one of whom must possess experience in the field of education; and

(8) two persons appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom must possess experience in the field of education.

(c) Appointed members of the commission serve for two years and may be reappointed.

(d) Appointments to the commission shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.

(e) A vacancy in an appointed office of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1047.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1047 / Section 1047.208
§ 1047.208. BOND ELECTION EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

All expenses incident to holding a bond election shall be paid out of any district funds except the interest and sinking funds for bonds.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1.04 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 1 / Section 1.04
§ 1.04. DUE COURSE OF LAW.
Status: in_force

No citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.
Tex. Water Code § 15.402 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.402
§ 15.402. RESEARCH AND PLANNING FUND.
Status: in_force

The research and planning fund is created in the state treasury to be funded by direct appropriation and at the discretion of the board from the money in the fund.
Tex. Government Code § 54.811 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.811
§ 54.811. EFFECT ON TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The referral of a case or a portion of a case to a master does not affect a party's right to have a court grant or extend a temporary restraining order and does not prevent the expiration of a temporary restraining order.

(b) Until a judge signs an order concerning the findings and recommendations of a master, the findings and recommendations do not affect an existing temporary restraining order or the expiration or extension of that order.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2033.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2033 / Section 2033.006
§ 2033.006. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OR USE OF CREDENTIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly possesses or displays a credential or false credential that identifies the person as the holder of the credential and the person knows that:

(1) the credential is not issued to the person; or

(2) the person is not a license holder.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3827.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3827 / Section 3827.153
§ 3827.153. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district, including improvements constructed or acquired by the district; or

(2) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7904.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7904 / Section 7904.004
§ 7904.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7904.003 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.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 142.004 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 142 / Section 142.004
§ 142.004. JUVENILE PROBATION PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) A juvenile probation officer or an employee of a juvenile probation community service restitution program is not liable for damages arising from an act or failure to act in connection with manual labor performed by a child who has been placed on informal adjustment or who has been adjudicated a delinquent child or a child in need of supervision and the labor was performed as a condition to probation ordered under Section 54.04(d)(1), Family Code, and the act or failure to act was not intentional, wilfully or wantonly negligent, or performed with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others.

(b) Juvenile probation personnel employed by a political subdivision of the state are state employees for the purposes of Chapter 104, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(c) A juvenile probation officer or an employee of a juvenile probation community service restitution program is not liable for damages arising from an act or failure to act by a juvenile probation officer or an employee of a juvenile probation community service restitution program in connection with manual labor performed as a condition of probation ordered under Section 54.04(d)(1), Family Code, if the act or failure to act:

(1) was performed in an official capacity; and

(2) was not intentional, wilfully or wantonly negligent, or performed with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3823.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3823 / Section 3823.051
§ 3823.051. COMPOSITION; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of nine directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with four or five directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Occupations Code § 170.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 170 / Section 170.001
§ 170.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "opioid antagonist" and "opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.027 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.027
§ 191.027. REVIEW OF CERTIFICATE BY LOCAL REGISTRAR.
Status: in_force

(a) The local registrar shall carefully examine each birth or death certificate when presented for registration to determine if it is completed as required by this title and by the state registrar's instructions.

(b) If a death certificate is incomplete or unsatisfactory, the local registrar shall call attention to the defects in the return.

(c) If a birth certificate is incomplete, the local registrar shall immediately notify the informant and require the informant to supply the missing information if it can be obtained.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11020.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11020 / Section 11020.0302
§ 11020.0302. ALLIANCE POLICIES, RULES, AND BYLAWS.
Status: in_force

The alliance may adopt and enforce policies, rules, and bylaws reasonably required to implement this chapter, including rules governing procedures before the board and rules regarding implementation, enforcement, and any other matters related to the exercise of the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred on the alliance by this chapter for the provision of water and wastewater service.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 403.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 403 / Section 403.004
§ 403.004. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A host state commissioner is not entitled to compensation for performing the duties of host state commissioner but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of host state commissioner.
Tex. Water Code § 11.306 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.306
§ 11.306. NOTICE OF ADJUDICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall prepare a notice of adjudication which describes the stream or segment to be adjudicated and the date by which all claims of water rights in the stream or segment shall be filed with the commission. The date shall not be less than 90 days after the date the notice is issued.

(b) The notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers having general circulation in the counties in which the stream or segment is located.

(c) The notice shall also be sent by first-class mail to each claimant of water rights whose diversion is within the stream or segment to be adjudicated, to the extent that the claimants can reasonably be ascertained from the records of the commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 289.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 289 / Section 289.152
§ 289.152. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

Each district's fiscal year begins on September 1 and ends on August 31 of each year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8175.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8175 / Section 8175.103
§ 8175.103. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) The division procedure is prescribed by Sections 53.030 through 53.041, Water Code.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(d) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 551A.055 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 551A / Section 551A.055
§ 551A.055. OPERATION AUTHORIZED IN CERTAIN AREAS.
Status: in_force

An operator may operate an unregistered off-highway vehicle:

(1) in a master planned community:

(A) that has in place a uniform set of restrictive covenants; and

(B) for which a county or municipality has approved a plat; or

(2) on a highway for which the posted speed limit is not more than 35 miles per hour, if the off-highway vehicle is operated:

(A) during the daytime; and

(B) not more than two miles from the location where the off-highway vehicle is usually parked and for transportation to or from a golf course.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8318.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8318 / Section 8318.202
§ 8318.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 505.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 505 / Section 505.016
§ 505.016. RULES; FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may adopt rules and administrative procedures reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The commission by rule may authorize the collection of annual fees from facility operators for the filing of tier two forms required by this chapter. Except as provided by Subsection (d), fees may be used only to fund activities under this chapter. The fee for facilities may not exceed:

(1) $100 for each required submission having no more than 25 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;

(2) $200 for each required submission having no more than 50 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;

(3) $300 for each required submission having no more than 75 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories;

(4) $400 for each required submission having no more than 100 hazardous chemicals or hazardous chemical categories; or

(5) $500 for each required submission having more than 100 hazardous chemicals or chemical categories.

(c) To minimize the fees, the commission by rule shall provide for consolidated filings of multiple tier two forms for facility operators covered by Subsection (b) if each of the tier two forms contains fewer than 25 items.

(d) The commission may use up to 20 percent of the fees collected under this section as grants to local emergency planning committees to assist them to fulfill their responsibilities under EPCRA. An amount not to exceed 15 percent of the fees collected under this chapter and Chapter 506, or 15 percent of the amount of fees paid by the state and its political subdivisions under Chapter 506, whichever is greater, may be used by the Department of State Health Services to administer Chapter 502.
Tex. Transportation Code § 317.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 317 / Section 317.051
§ 317.051. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "board" means a board of trustees established under Section 317.052.
Tex. Occupations Code § 102.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 102 / Section 102.053
§ 102.053. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ADVERTISING.
Status: in_force

Section 102.051 does not prohibit:

(1) placement in a newspaper of an advertisement of the person's profession, business, or place of business; or

(2) advertisement by handbill and payment for services in distributing the handbill.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.234 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.234
§ 601.234. ISSUANCE OR CONTINUATION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

A motor vehicle may not be registered in the name of a person required to file evidence of financial responsibility unless evidence of financial responsibility is furnished for the vehicle.
Tex. Water Code § 61.162 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.162
§ 61.162. LEASE AND RENTAL OF FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

A district may acquire and take over, by lease or rental agreements, for a period of not less than 25 years, the docks, wharves, buildings, railroads, land, improvements, and other facilities already provided, constructed, or owned by any incorporated municipality situated within the district only with the consent of the lawful authorities of the municipality and on terms mutually agreed on by the district and the municipality.

(1) No agreement for the use, acquisition, or operation of the property or facilities of the municipality by the district shall be for a lease or rental value which is more than the annual net revenue derived or to be derived by the district after payment of the expenses of operation and maintenance of the property and facilities.

(2) The district shall have no supervision or control over the property or facilities owned, controlled, or constructed by the municipality until agreement for the lease and rental of the property by the district has been made.

(3) A district that is leasing land or facilities from a municipality may purchase or acquire the property in the manner provided in this subchapter.

(4) The commission and the officials of the municipality shall be authorized to enter into an agreement stating the land and facilities to be acquired, the amount agreed on as the purchase price, and the terms of the sale.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3863.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3863 / Section 3863.154
§ 3863.154. ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before development begins, the district must obtain a traffic impact analysis performed by a qualified independent traffic consultant for the purpose of determining the impact of increased traffic caused by the development of property in the district on Paleface Ranch Road or other major roads connecting the district to State Highway 71. The traffic impact analysis must identify the district's proportionate impact on the roads, based on the daily average number of trips to be generated from the district compared to the total daily average number of trips estimated to be generated from the total service area for the roads at full development.

(b) The district or a developer of land in the district shall pay the district's proportionate share of the costs or design and construct the district's proportionate share necessary to improve roads as needed to maintain the normal level of service on Paleface Ranch Road or any other connector roads. The payments or improvements shall be phased to meet the increased traffic.

(c) This section does not obligate the district to participate in the construction or financing of State Highway 71 or any other state highway.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 132.0041 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 132 / Section 132.0041
§ 132.0041. LIMITATIONS ON COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) A member or employee of the council may not be an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association for an industry that is engaged in any of the types of mining defined by Section (a), Article II of the Interstate Mining Compact.

(b) A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the council if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization related to the field of mining as defined by Section (a), Article II of the Interstate Mining Compact; or

(2) has, other than as a consumer, a financial interest in a business entity related to the field of mining as defined by Section (a), Article II of the Interstate Mining Compact.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.144 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.144
§ 155.144. COMPTROLLER'S REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the comptroller seizes property under Section 155.143, the comptroller shall immediately make a written report showing:

(1) the name of the person making the seizure;

(2) the place where the property was seized;

(3) the person from whom the property was seized; and

(4) an inventory of the property seized.

(b) The comptroller shall prepare the report in duplicate. The person who seized the property shall sign the report. The comptroller shall give the original to the person from whom the property was seized and shall file a duplicate copy open for public inspection in the comptroller's office.
Tex. Government Code § 404.0011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.0011
§ 404.0011. TRANSFER OF TREASURER'S POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The powers and duties of the state treasurer under this chapter or other law are transferred to the comptroller.

(b) A reference in law to the state treasurer is a reference to the comptroller.

(c) If the state treasurer and the comptroller or their respective designees are both ex officio members of a committee or governing body under law, the transfer of the powers and duties under this section does not give the comptroller more than one vote or position on the committee or governing body. If the state treasurer and the comptroller both have the power to appoint members to a committee under law, the transfer of the powers and duties under this section does not allow the comptroller to exercise the power of appointment given to the treasurer under law in addition to the power of appointment given to the comptroller under law. If the state treasurer and the comptroller both have the power to appoint members to a governing body under law, the comptroller may exercise the power of appointment given to the treasurer under law in addition to the power of appointment given to the comptroller under law only if the members of the governing body serve six-year terms and the composition of the governing body is subject to Section 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(d) The comptroller may contract with a private entity to perform an activity transferred under this section as long as the activity is not solely a sovereign function of the state.