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Tex. Government Code § 660.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 660 / Section 660.206
§ 660.206. REPRESENTATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A state employee who is designated by a member of the legislature, a judicial officer, a chief administrator of a state agency, the executive director of the Texas Legislative Council, the secretary of the senate, or a board member to represent the designating party at a particular meeting or conference is entitled to reimbursement for the actual expense of meals and lodging on the trip.

(b) A member of the legislature, a judicial officer, a chief administrator of a state agency, the executive director of the Texas Legislative Council, the secretary of the senate, and a board member may authorize a state employee traveling with the authorizing party to a particular meeting or conference to receive reimbursement for the actual expense of the employee's meals and lodging on the trip.
Tex. Water Code § 63.252 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 63 / Section 63.252
§ 63.252. FORM OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be issued in the name of the district and shall be signed by the chairman of the commission and attested by the secretary, with the district's seal affixed to each bond.

(b) The bonds shall be issued in the denominations and payable annually or semiannually at the time or times, not more than 40 years from their date, that the commission considers most expedient.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.101
§ 1061.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has full responsibility for providing hospital care for the district's indigent residents.

(b) The district shall provide all necessary hospital and medical care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.116 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.116
§ 1073.116. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, through the board, may sue and be sued.

(b) The district is entitled to all causes of action and defenses to which similar authorities are entitled.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1002.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1002 / Section 1002.110
§ 1002.110. PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

With respect to the construction of public works, the district has all of the powers and duties conferred on a municipality under Chapter 2269, Government Code, with respect to the construction of a facility. To the extent of any conflict, this section prevails over any other law relating to the construction of public works engaged in by the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.151
§ 1131.151. CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER DEATH OF INSURED.
Status: in_force

(a) A group life insurance policy that provides for the insurer to pay benefits for members of the family or dependents of an individual in the insured group may provide for a continuation of any part of those benefits after the death of the individual in the insured group.

(b) Any amounts of insurance provided by benefits under Subsection (a) are not considered to be life insurance for the purpose of determining the maximum amount of term insurance that may be issued on any one life.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.171 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 52 / Section 52.171
§ 52.171. SCHOOL AND ASYLUM LANDS.
Status: reserved

The state hereby constitutes the owner of the soil its agent for the purposes herein named, and in consideration therefor, relinquishes and vests in the owner of the soil an undivided fifteen-sixteenths of all oil and gas which has been undeveloped and the value of the same that may be upon and within the surveyed and unsurveyed public free school land and asylum lands and portions of such surveys sold with a mineral classification or mineral reservation, subject to the terms of this law. The remaining undivided portion of said oil and gas and its value is hereby reserved for the use of and benefit of the public school fund and the several asylum funds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1213.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1213 / Section 1213.005
§ 1213.005. CERTAIN CHARGES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan may not directly or indirectly charge or hold a health care professional, health care facility, or person enrolled in a health benefit plan responsible for a fee for the adjudication of a claim.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.060
§ 1122.060. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint qualified persons as assistant district administrator and attorney for the district.

(b) The assistant district administrator and attorney for the district serve at the will of the board.

(c) The assistant district administrator and attorney for the district are entitled to compensation determined by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6604.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6604 / Section 6604.101
§ 6604.101. GENERAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district has the powers of government and the authority to exercise the rights, privileges, and functions provided by this chapter.

(b) The district may perform any act necessary or proper to carry out a district purpose.
Tex. Education Code § 29.940 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.940
§ 29.940. FEDERAL GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

For a federal grant program under which the agency oversees and administers services to nonpublic schools, the agency shall follow federal disposition rules and procedures to dispose of equipment or supplies that are unused or no longer needed and were previously allocated to nonpublic schools participating in the grant program.
Tex. Family Code § 161.104 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.104
§ 161.104. RIGHTS OF DESIGNATED MANAGING CONSERVATOR PENDING COURT APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

A person, licensed child-placing agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services designated managing conservator of a child in an irrevocable or unrevoked affidavit of relinquishment has a right to possession of the child superior to the right of the person executing the affidavit, the right to consent to medical, surgical, dental, and psychological treatment of the child, and the rights and duties given by Chapter 153 to a possessory conservator until such time as these rights and duties are modified or terminated by court order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7925.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7925 / Section 7925.104
§ 7925.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8132.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8132 / Section 8132.153
§ 8132.153. GOVERNING NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The new districts are separate districts and shall be governed as separate districts.

(b) Until the 91st day after the date the board adopts a resolution dividing the district, the board shall continue to act on behalf of the district to wind up the affairs of the district.

(c) The district directors shall act as temporary directors of one of the new districts and shall appoint five individuals to serve as temporary directors of the other new district. A temporary director is not required to own land in either of the new districts. A temporary director shall qualify for and assume office not later than the 90th day after the date the board adopts a resolution dividing the district.

(d) Temporary directors of a new district serve until the new district elects initial permanent directors. The election of directors for each new district shall be held on the next uniform election date in May of an even-numbered year after the date the temporary directors take office that allows sufficient time to comply with the requirements of other law.

(e) The initial permanent directors elected at an election held under Subsection (d) serve staggered terms determined in the manner provided for directors of the original district under Section 8132.024.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.042
§ 171.042. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Post-fertilization age" means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.

(2) "Severe fetal abnormality" has the meaning assigned by Section 285.202.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.303
§ 1020.303. ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district.

(b) The maximum tax rate may not be increased unless the increase is approved by a majority of the district voters voting in an election held for that purpose.

(c) An election held under this section must be ordered and notice must be given in the manner provided for a bond election under Subchapter F.

(d) The election order must specify:

(1) the ballot proposition;

(2) the proposed maximum tax rate;

(3) the time of the election;

(4) the location of the polling places; and

(5) the presiding judge for each polling place.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8350.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8350 / Section 8350.052
§ 8350.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act creating this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8350.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act creating this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8350.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8350.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.0666 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.0666
§ 361.0666. PUBLIC MEETING AND NOTICE FOR SOLID WASTE FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a permit under this chapter for a new facility that accepts municipal solid wastes may hold a public meeting in the county in which the proposed facility is to be located.

(b) The applicant shall publish notice of the public meeting at least once each week during the three weeks preceding the meeting. The notice must be published in the newspaper of the largest general circulation that is published in the county in which the proposed facility is to be located. If a newspaper is not published in the county, the notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(c) The applicant shall present to the commission an affidavit certifying that the notice was published as required by Subsection (b). The commission's acceptance of the affidavit raises a presumption that the applicant has complied with Subsection (b).

(d) The published notice may not be smaller than 96.8 square centimeters or 15 square inches, with the shortest dimension not less than 7.5 centimeters or 3 inches. The notice must contain at least the following information:

(1) the permit application number;

(2) the applicant's name;

(3) the proposed location of the facility; and

(4) the location and availability of copies of the application.

(e) The applicant shall pay the cost of the notice required under this section. The commission by rule may establish a procedure for payment of those costs.
Tex. Government Code § 508.086 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.086
§ 508.086. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A former member or employee of the board or the Texas Board of Criminal Justice or a former employee of the department commits an offense if the former member or employee violates Section 508.083(b), (c), or (d).

(b) A person who represents an inmate for compensation commits an offense if the person is not an attorney licensed in this state.

(c) A person who is required to file an affidavit under Section 508.084(a) or (c) or a form or statement under Section 508.085 commits an offense if the person fails to file the affidavit, form, or statement.

(d) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (b) or (c) is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3922.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3922 / Section 3922.055
§ 3922.055. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director is entitled to receive fees of office and reimbursement for actual expenses as provided by Section 49.060, Water Code. Sections 375.069 and 375.070, Local Government Code, do not apply to the board.
Tex. Water Code § 51.307 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.307
§ 51.307. PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) All assessments imposed under Section 51.305(a) shall be paid in installments at the times fixed by the board.

(b) If a crop for which water was furnished by the district is harvested before the due date of any installment payment, the entire unpaid assessment becomes due at once and shall be paid within 10 days after the crop is harvested and before the crop is removed from the county or counties in which it was grown.
Tex. Finance Code § 35.1001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 35 / Section 35.1001
§ 35.1001. APPLICABILITY TO BANK SUBSIDIARIES.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a subsidiary of a state bank, a present or former officer, director, or employee of a subsidiary, or a controlling shareholder or other person participating in the affairs of a subsidiary in the same manner as the subchapter applies to a state bank, a present or former officer, director, or employee of a state bank, or a controlling shareholder or other person participating in the affairs of a state bank.
Tex. Government Code § 403.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 403 / Section 403.006
§ 403.006. INSPECTION OF ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

On request of a house or committee of the legislature, the comptroller shall exhibit for the house's or committee's examination any book, paper, voucher, or other matter relating to the office.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.434 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.434
§ 2001.434. CONDUCT OF BINGO.
Status: in_force

(a) Each licensed authorized organization that is a member of a unit shall conduct its bingo games separately from the bingo games of the other members of the unit.

(b) A unit may purchase or lease bingo supplies and equipment in the same manner as a licensed authorized organization.

(c) A licensed distributor may sell or lease bingo supplies or equipment to a unit in the same manner as the distributor sells or leases bingo supplies and equipment to a licensed authorized organization.
Tex. Finance Code § 345.061 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 345 / Section 345.061
§ 345.061. CHARGES FOR COLLECTING DEBT.
Status: in_force

A retail installment contract may provide for the payment of:

(1) an attorney's reasonable fees if the contract is referred for collection to an attorney who is not a salaried employee of the holder; and

(2) court costs and disbursements.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6002.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6002 / Section 6002.051
§ 6002.051. ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER; RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall administer this chapter.

(b) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this chapter, including rules the commissioner considers necessary to administer this chapter through the state fire marshal.
Tex. Family Code § 155.204 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 155 / Section 155.204
§ 155.204. PROCEDURE FOR TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) A motion to transfer under Section 155.201(a) or (a-1) may be filed at any time. The motion must contain a certification that all other parties, including the attorney general, if applicable, have been informed of the filing of the motion.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a) or Section 262.203, a motion to transfer by a petitioner or movant is timely if it is made at the time the initial pleadings are filed. A motion to transfer by another party is timely if it is made on or before the first Monday after the 20th day after the date of service of citation or notice of the suit or before the commencement of the hearing, whichever is sooner.

(c) If a timely motion to transfer has been filed and no controverting affidavit is filed within the period allowed for its filing, the proceeding shall, not later than the 21st day after the final date of the period allowed for the filing of a controverting affidavit, be transferred without a hearing to the proper court.

(d) On or before the first Monday after the 20th day after the date of notice of a motion to transfer is served, a party desiring to contest the motion must file a controverting affidavit denying that grounds for the transfer exist.

(e) If a controverting affidavit contesting the motion to transfer is filed, each party is entitled to notice not less than 10 days before the date of the hearing on the motion to transfer.

(f) Only evidence pertaining to the transfer may be taken at the hearing.

(g) If the court finds after the hearing on the motion to transfer that grounds for the transfer exist, the proceeding shall be transferred to the proper court not later than the 21st day after the date the hearing is concluded.

(h) An order transferring or refusing to transfer the proceeding is not subject to interlocutory appeal.

(i) If a transfer order has been signed by a court exercising jurisdiction under Chapter 262, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall file the transfer order with the clerk of the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. On receipt and without a hearing or further order from the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, the clerk of the court of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction shall transfer the files as provided by this subchapter within the time required by Section 155.207(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1106.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1106 / Section 1106.101
§ 1106.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants and needy and indigent residents.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9045.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9045 / Section 9045.053
§ 9045.053. DIRECTOR AND TREASURER BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall qualify by giving bond in the amount of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The directors' bonds shall be recorded in a record kept for that purpose in the district's office.

(c) The treasurer shall give bond in the amount required by the board. The treasurer's bond shall be conditioned on the treasurer's faithful accounting for all money that comes into the treasurer's custody as treasurer of the district.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.023 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 101 / Section 101.023
§ 101.023. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Liability of the state government under this chapter is limited to money damages in a maximum amount of $250,000 for each person and $500,000 for each single occurrence for bodily injury or death and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), liability of a unit of local government under this chapter is limited to money damages in a maximum amount of $100,000 for each person and $300,000 for each single occurrence for bodily injury or death and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.

(c) Liability of a municipality under this chapter is limited to money damages in a maximum amount of $250,000 for each person and $500,000 for each single occurrence for bodily injury or death and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.

(d) Except as provided by Section 78.001, liability of an emergency service organization under this chapter is limited to money damages in a maximum amount of $100,000 for each person and $300,000 for each single occurrence for bodily injury or death and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.
Tex. Labor Code § 412.0111 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 412 / Section 412.0111
§ 412.0111. AFFILIATION WITH OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

The office is administratively attached to the office of the attorney general and the office of the attorney general shall provide the facilities for the office, but the office shall be independent of the office of the attorney general's direction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8098.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8098 / Section 8098.0301
§ 8098.0301. 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. Agriculture Code § 102.165 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.165
§ 102.165. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL LICENSE.
Status: in_force

After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the department may suspend or revoke the license of any person who violates a provision of the license.
Tex. Government Code § 418.252 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.252
§ 418.252. MEDICALLY FRAGILE INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

The division shall develop a process for designating individuals who are included in the emergency assistance registry as medically fragile for the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.125 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.125
§ 201.125. DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF ORDINANCE.
Status: in_force

The directors shall print copies of each ordinance prescribing land-use regulations and make those copies available to owners and occupiers of land in the conservation district.