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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3880.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3880 / Section 3880.103
§ 3880.103. AGREEMENTS; GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may make an agreement with or accept a gift, grant, or loan from any person.

(b) The implementation of a project is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7212.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7212 / Section 7212.003
§ 7212.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation and initial directors' election held before September 1, 2009:

(1) the district is dissolved on September 1, 2009, except that:

(A) any debts of the district incurred shall be paid;

(B) any assets of the district that remain after the payment of debts shall be transferred to Caldwell, Hays, or Travis County, as appropriate; and

(C) the organization of the district shall be maintained until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2012.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.0385 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 20 / Section 20.0385
§ 20.0385. APPLICABILITY OF SECURITY ALERT AND SECURITY FREEZE.
Status: in_force

(a) The requirement under this chapter to place a security alert or security freeze on a consumer file does not apply to:

(1) a check service or fraud prevention service company that issues consumer reports:

(A) to prevent or investigate fraud; or

(B) for purposes of approving or processing negotiable instruments, electronic funds transfers, or similar methods of payment; or

(2) a deposit account information service company that issues consumer reports related to account closures caused by fraud, substantial overdrafts, automated teller machine abuses, or similar negative information regarding a consumer to an inquiring financial institution for use by the financial institution only in reviewing a consumer request for a deposit account with that institution.

(b) The requirement under this chapter to place a security freeze on a consumer file does not apply to a consumer reporting agency that:

(1) acts only to resell credit information by assembling and merging information contained in a database of another consumer reporting agency or multiple consumer reporting agencies; and

(2) does not maintain a permanent database of credit information from which new consumer reports are produced.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 20.12, a violation of a requirement under this chapter to place, temporarily lift, or remove a security freeze on a consumer file is not a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 47.018 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 47 / Section 47.018
§ 47.018. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION.
Status: repealed

(a) No person may bring into this state and deliver aquatic products for commercial purposes unless the person has obtained a wholesale fish dealer's license, a retail fish dealer's license, or a bait dealer's license, as applicable, issued under this subchapter.

(b) Aquatic products lawfully taken from the waters of another state may be sold within this state by licensed dealers without regard to size limitations imposed on such products taken within this state. A record of the source and disposition of such undersize or oversize products shall be maintained by the dealer for as long as the undersize or oversize products are retained and for at least 30 days thereafter.

(c) No person may transport aquatic products out of this state for commercial purposes unless the transporter first obtains a wholesale fish dealer's license or a retail fish dealer's license.

(d) A person who delivers aquatic products for a licensed wholesale fish dealer or retail fish dealer must possess a copy of the dealer's license while making deliveries.

(e) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 862, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.1175 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.1175
§ 1063.1175. ADDITIONAL POWERS RELATED TO INDIGENT HEALTH CARE.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers otherwise provided by this chapter, the district may exercise any power granted to a county or a public hospital by Sections 61.035, 61.057, 61.058, and 61.059, Health and Safety Code, as those sections existed on September 30, 2009, including the power to require a person to comply with a corresponding duty.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.157 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.157
§ 651.157.
Status: in_force

Sec. 651.157. PERFECTION OF PREMIUM FINANCE AGREEMENT AS SECURED TRANSACTION: FILING NOT REQUIRED. Filing of a premium finance agreement or a financing statement is not necessary to perfect the agreement as a secured transaction against a creditor, subsequent purchaser, pledgee, encumbrancer, successor, or assign of the insured or any other party.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.202
§ 9015.202. EMINENT DOMAIN IN NUECES COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, the authority has the same power of eminent domain in Nueces County as it has in Jim Wells County.

(b) The power is strictly limited to an acquisition necessary to acquire:

(1) an easement or right-of-way necessary to build a pipeline from the city to a point on the Nueces River from which water will be obtained from Corpus Christi under a contract;

(2) fee simple title to any land reasonably necessary for the erection of a pumping station or stations near the pipeline to be built under Subdivision (1); or

(3) land or an interest in land located inside or outside the authority on which to place reservoirs, works, wells, plants, transmission lines, or other facilities necessary or helpful in impounding, storing, or treating water or in transporting water to the city or to others for municipal, domestic, agricultural, commercial, or other purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8264.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8264 / Section 8264.104
§ 8264.104. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF ROADS IN TERRITORY EXCLUDED FROM CITY.
Status: in_force

If the City of Gunter excludes district territory from the city's corporate limits, the district shall maintain, improve, operate, and repair any road located in that territory in accordance with the ordinances and rules of each political subdivision in whose jurisdiction the road is located.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 11.64 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 11.64
§ 11.64. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This Chapter applies to all cases of habeas corpus for the enlargement of persons illegally held in custody or in any manner restrained in their personal liberty, for the admission of prisoners to bail, and for the discharge of prisoners before indictment upon a hearing of the testimony. Instead of a writ of habeas corpus in other cases heretofore used, a simple order shall be substituted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8110.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8110 / Section 8110.052
§ 8110.052. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside or outside the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1953.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1953 / Section 1953.001
§ 1953.001. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TYPES OR CLASSES OF INSURANCE FROM CERTAIN REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to insurance against liability for damages arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle described by Article 5.01 or against loss of or damage to a motor vehicle described by Article 5.01 that, in the judgment of the commissioner, is a type or class of insurance that is also the subject of or is more properly regulated under other insurance rating laws that cover that type or class of insurance.

(b) A type or class of insurance to which this section applies is excluded from regulation under this chapter and:

(1) Articles 5.01, 5.01B, 5.03, 5.04, 5.04-1, 5.06, 5.10, and 5.11;

(2) Chapters 251 and 254;

(3) Subchapters A and B, Chapter 1806; and

(4) Chapters 1951 and 1952.

(c) If the commissioner finds that a type or class of insurance to which this section applies is also the subject of or is more properly regulated under other insurance rating laws that cover that type or class of insurance, the commissioner shall issue an order declaring which other insurance rating laws apply to:

(1) the type or class of insurance; and

(2) any motor vehicle equipment described by Article 5.01.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1044.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1044 / Section 1044.051
§ 1044.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of nine directors elected as follows:

(1) two directors elected from each county commissioners precinct; and

(2) one director elected from the district at large.

(b) The two candidates from each county commissioners precinct receiving the highest number of votes from that precinct are elected as directors from that precinct. The candidate from the district at large receiving the highest number of votes from the district at large is elected as the director from the district at large.

(c) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.

(d) The board shall provide for clerks as in county elections.

(e) The board shall enter an order declaring the results of the election.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.152 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.152
§ 121.152. INITIATION OF REGULATORY PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

The railroad commission shall exercise power under Section 121.151:

(1) on:

(A) its own motion;

(B) the petition of a person or county commissioner's precinct showing a substantial interest in the subject;

(C) the petition of the attorney general; or

(D) the petition of a district or county attorney of a county in which any portion of a business subject to this chapter is conducted; and

(2) after notice has been given.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 33.012 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 33 / Section 33.012
§ 33.012. AMOUNT OF RECOVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the claimant is not barred from recovery under Section 33.001, the court shall reduce the amount of damages to be recovered by the claimant with respect to a cause of action by a percentage equal to the claimant's percentage of responsibility.

(b) If the claimant has settled with one or more persons, the court shall further reduce the amount of damages to be recovered by the claimant with respect to a cause of action by the sum of the dollar amounts of all settlements.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if the claimant in a health care liability claim filed under Chapter 74 has settled with one or more persons, the court shall further reduce the amount of damages to be recovered by the claimant with respect to a cause of action by an amount equal to one of the following, as elected by the defendant:

(1) the sum of the dollar amounts of all settlements; or

(2) a percentage equal to each settling person's percentage of responsibility as found by the trier of fact.

(d) An election made under Subsection (c) shall be made by any defendant filing a written election before the issues of the action are submitted to the trier of fact and when made, shall be binding on all defendants. If no defendant makes this election or if conflicting elections are made, all defendants are considered to have elected Subsection (c)(1).

(e) This section shall not apply to benefits paid by or on behalf of an employer to an employee pursuant to workers' compensation insurance coverage, as defined in Section 401.011(44), Labor Code, in effect at the time of the act, event, or occurrence made the basis of claimant's suit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1041.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1041 / Section 1041.153
§ 1041.153. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The district operates on a fiscal year that begins on October 1 and ends on September 30.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8244.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8244 / Section 8244.204
§ 8244.204. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds as the interest becomes due;

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and

(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7927.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7927 / Section 7927.104
§ 7927.104. 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. Occupations Code § 1901.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1901 / Section 1901.051
§ 1901.051. LICENSING.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall provide for the examination of license applicants.

(b) The department shall evaluate the qualifications of license applicants.

(c) The executive director shall issue licenses to applicants who qualify.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.179 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.179
§ 501.179. RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.
Status: in_force

This subchapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b)).
Tex. Transportation Code § 681.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 681 / Section 681.004
§ 681.004. ISSUANCE OF PARKING PLACARD; EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person with a permanent disability may receive:

(1) two disabled parking placards, if the person does not receive a set of special license plates under Section 504.201;

(2) one disabled parking placard, if the person receives a set of special license plates under Section 504.201; or

(3) two disabled parking placards, if the person receives two sets of special license plates under Section 504.202(b-1) or 504.2025(d).

(b) A person with a temporary disability may receive two disabled parking placards.

(c) A disabled parking placard issued to a person with a permanent disability:

(1) is valid for:

(A) four years for a resident of this state; and

(B) six months for a person who is not a resident of this state; and

(2) shall be replaced or renewed on request of the person to whom the initial card was issued without presentation of evidence of eligibility.

(d) A disabled parking placard issued to a person with a temporary disability expires after the period set by the department and may be renewed at the end of that period if the disability remains as evidenced by a physician's statement or prescription submitted as required for a first application under Section 681.003(c).

(e) The department shall include with each disabled parking placard a document that provides:

(1) information on laws governing parking for persons with disabilities; and

(2) instructions for reporting alleged violations of this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 62.110 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.110
§ 62.110. NOTICE OF BIDS.
Status: in_force

Notice that a contract is to be awarded shall be given by publishing notice once a week for two consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the state and by posting notice for at least 14 days in five public places in the county of jurisdiction, one of which shall be the courthouse door and at least two of which shall be inside the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 362.054 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 362 / Section 362.054
§ 362.054. BONDS NOT CONSIDERED OBLIGATIONS OF STATE.
Status: in_force

Bonds or other debt obligations of a political subdivision reviewed under this subchapter are obligations of the issuing entity and are not obligations of the state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.0245 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 433 / Section 433.0245
§ 433.0245. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN LOW-VOLUME LIVESTOCK PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, the inspection and regulatory provisions of this chapter do not apply to a low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection.

(a-1) For purposes of this section, a low-volume livestock processing establishment:

(1) includes an establishment that processes fewer than 10,000 domestic rabbits or more than 1,000 but fewer than 10,000 poultry in a calendar year; and

(2) does not include an establishment that processes 1,000 or fewer poultry raised by the operator of the establishment in a calendar year.

(b) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), a low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection shall register with the department in accordance with rules adopted by the executive commissioner for registration.

(c) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), a low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection shall develop a sanitary operation procedures plan.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (f), if contaminated livestock can be reasonably traced to a low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection, the department may request the attorney general or the district or county attorney in the jurisdiction where the facility is located to institute a civil suit to enjoin the operation of the establishment until the department determines that the establishment has been sanitized and is operating safely.

(e) A low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection and processes fewer than 500 domestic rabbits in a calendar year is not required to comply with Subsection (b) or (c).

(f) An establishment described by Subsection (a-1)(2):

(1) is not subject to additional state regulation; and

(2) may sell poultry products directly to consumers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987 / Section 7987.005
§ 7987.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Education Code § 62.148 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 62 / Section 62.148
§ 62.148. DISTRIBUTION OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In each state fiscal year, the comptroller shall distribute to eligible institutions in accordance with this subchapter money appropriated from the fund for that fiscal year.

(b) The total amount appropriated from the fund for any state fiscal year may not exceed an amount equal to 7.0 percent of the average net market value of the investment assets of the fund, as determined by the comptroller, for a period set by comptroller policy.

(c) The amount appropriated from the fund for distribution in a state fiscal year must be allocated as follows:

(1) 75 percent to the permanent endowment for education and research base funding under Section 62.1481; and

(2) 25 percent to the research performance funding under Section 62.1482.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1004 (H.B. 1595), Sec. 20(5), eff. January 1, 2024.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1004 (H.B. 1595), Sec. 20(5), eff. January 1, 2024.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1004 (H.B. 1595), Sec. 20(5), eff. January 1, 2024.
Tex. Government Code § 1505.068 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.068
§ 1505.068. OPERATING EXPENSES AS FIRST LIEN.
Status: in_force

The reasonable costs of administering and operating and the reasonable expense of maintaining the project are a first lien against the revenue and income from the operation of a project, superior to the lien of any encumbrance on the project. From the revenue and income of a project, the municipality shall, monthly or more frequently if necessary, first deposit to the credit of the operation and maintenance account an amount sufficient to pay those expenses.
Tex. Government Code § 507.032 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 507 / Section 507.032
§ 507.032. IDENTIFICATION OF DEFENDANTS SUBJECT TO ARREST WARRANT.
Status: in_force

Before a defendant is released from confinement in a state jail felony facility, the department shall conduct a criminal history record check to determine whether the defendant is the subject of an arrest warrant. In conducting the criminal history record check, the department shall allow sufficient time for compliance with any requirements related to notifying the proper authorities of the defendant's release and, if necessary, processing a demand for extradition of the defendant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9031.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9031 / Section 9031.0502
§ 9031.0502. 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 Section 51.433, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3936.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3936 / Section 3936.003
§ 3936.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential 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. By creating the district and in authorizing the city and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city services provided in the district.
Tex. Finance Code § 353.502 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.502
§ 353.502. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The application for a license under this chapter must:

(1) be under oath;

(2) identify the applicant's principal parties in interest; and

(3) contain other relevant information that the commissioner requires.

(b) On the filing of a license application, the applicant shall pay to the commissioner:

(1) an investigation fee not to exceed $200; and

(2) a license fee in an amount determined as provided by Section 14.107.