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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8377.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8377 / Section 8377.252
§ 8377.252. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION; NOTICE.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 155 (H.B. 347), Sec. 2.01, eff. May 24, 2019.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date a municipality adopts a resolution or ordinance consenting to the creation of the district, the municipality shall file, in the real property records of the county in which the land to be included in the district is located, a notice to a purchaser of real property in the district that describes:

(1) the municipality's authority and intention to annex the district; and

(2) the anticipated date of the annexation.

(c) After the notice is filed, a person who proposes to sell or otherwise convey real property in the district must include the information contained in the municipality's notice in the Notice to Purchasers required by Section 49.452, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3976.0208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3976 / Section 3976.0208
§ 3976.0208. INITIAL DIRECTORS.
Status: repealed

(a) On or after September 1, 2019, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal rolls for the county may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as initial directors the four persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as initial directors the four persons named in the petition.

(b) The governing body of the city shall appoint one initial director.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4659), Sec. 3(2), eff. June 15, 2021.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4659), Sec. 3(2), eff. June 15, 2021.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.452 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.452
§ 1101.452. INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) To renew an active license that is not subject to the education requirements of Section 1101.454, the license holder must provide to the commission proof of compliance with the continuing education requirements of Section 1101.455.

(b) Each applicant for the renewal of a license must disclose in the license application whether the applicant has:

(1) entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony; or

(2) been convicted of a felony and the time for appeal has elapsed or the judgment or conviction has been affirmed on appeal.

(c) The disclosure under Subsection (b) must be provided even if an order has granted community supervision suspending the imposition of the sentence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3830.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3830 / Section 3830.151
§ 3830.151. DISBURSEMENTS OR TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.516 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.516
§ 772.516.
Status: in_force

Sec. 772.516. 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICE FEE. (a) The board may impose a 9-1-1 emergency service fee on service users in the district.

(b) The fee may be imposed only on the base rate charge or the charge's equivalent, excluding charges for coin-operated telephone equipment. The fee may not be imposed on:

(1) more than 100 local exchange access lines or the lines' equivalent for a single business entity at a single location, unless the lines are used by residents of the location; or

(2) any line that the Commission on State Emergency Communications has excluded from the definition of a local exchange access line or equivalent local exchange access line under Section 771.063.

(c) If a business service user provides residential facilities, each line that terminates at a residential unit and is a communication link equivalent to a residential local exchange access line shall be charged the 9-1-1 emergency service fee. The fee must have uniform application throughout the district and be imposed in each participating jurisdiction in the district.

(d) The rate of the fee may not exceed six percent of the monthly base rate the principal service supplier in the participating jurisdiction charges a service user.

(e) The board shall set the amount of the fee each year as part of the annual budget. The board shall notify each service supplier of a change in the amount of the fee not later than the 91st day before the date the change takes effect.

(f) In imposing the fee, the board shall attempt to match the district's revenues to the district's operating expenditures and to provide reasonable reserves for contingencies and for the purchase and installation of 9-1-1 emergency service equipment. If the revenue received from the fee exceeds the amount of money needed to fund the district, the board by resolution shall reduce the rate of the fee to an amount adequate to fund the district as required by this subsection or suspend the imposition of the fee. If the board suspends the imposition of the fee, the board by resolution may reinstitute the fee if money received by the district is not adequate to fund the district.

(g) For a county or municipality whose governing body at a later date votes to receive 9-1-1 service from the district, the fee is imposed beginning on the date specified by the board. The board may charge the incoming county or municipality an additional amount of money to cover the initial cost of providing 9-1-1 service to that county or municipality. The fee authorized to be charged in a district applies to new territory added to the district under Section 772.506(b) when the territory becomes part of the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 358.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 358 / Section 358.001
§ 358.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Gas" includes all liquid hydrocarbons in the gaseous phase in the reservoir.

(2) "Land" and "interest in land" include minerals or an interest in minerals in place.

(3) "Mineral development" includes exploration for, whether by geophysical or other means, drilling for, mining for, development of, operations in connection with, production of, and saving of oil, other liquid hydrocarbons, gas, gaseous elements, sulphur, metals, and all other minerals, whether solid or otherwise.

(4) "Property" includes land, minerals in place, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, and an interest of any kind in that property, including a royalty interest, owned by an estate.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.231 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.231
§ 162.231. NOTICE REGARDING DYED DIESEL FUEL.
Status: in_force

A notice stating "DYED DIESEL FUEL, NONTAXABLE USE ONLY, PENALTY FOR TAXABLE USE" must be:

(1) provided by a licensed supplier, permissive supplier, or distributor to a person who receives dyed diesel fuel;

(2) provided by a seller of dyed diesel fuel to the person's buyers; and

(3) posted by a seller on a retail pump or bulk plant at which the person sells dyed diesel fuel for use by the person's buyers.
Tex. Water Code § 36.055 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.055
§ 36.055. SWORN STATEMENT, BOND, AND OATH OF OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after a director is elected or appointed, that director shall make the sworn statement prescribed by the constitution for public office.

(b) As soon as practicable after a director has made the sworn statement, and before beginning to perform the duties of office, that director shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution for public officers.

(c) Before beginning to perform the duties of office, each director shall execute a bond for $10,000 payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of that director's duties. All bonds of the directors shall be approved by the board and paid for by the district.

(d) The sworn statement shall be filed as prescribed by the constitution. The bond and oath shall be filed with the district and retained in its records. A duplicate original of the oath shall also be filed with the secretary of state within 10 days after its execution and need not be filed before the new director begins to perform the duties of office.
Tex. Government Code § 2254.036 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2254 / Section 2254.036
§ 2254.036. ARCHIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) On request, a state agency shall, after the agency's contract with a consultant has ended, supply the Legislative Budget Board and the governor's Budget and Planning Office with copies of all documents, films, recordings, or reports compiled by the consultant under the contract.

(b) Copies of all documents, films, recordings, or reports compiled by the consultant shall be filed with the Texas State Library and shall be retained by the library for at least five years.

(c) The Texas State Library shall list each document, film, recording, and report given to it under Subsection (b) and shall file the list at the end of each calendar quarter with the secretary of state for publication in the Texas Register.
Tex. Utilities Code § 59.055 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 59 / Section 59.055
§ 59.055. IMPLEMENTATION COSTS; INCREASE IN RATES AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS.
Status: in_force

The commission may not consider the cost of implementing Section 59.052 in determining whether an electing company is entitled to:

(1) a rate increase under this chapter; or

(2) increased universal service funds under Subchapter B, Chapter 56.
Tex. Education Code § 51.9112 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.9112
§ 51.9112.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.9112. RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM: FEES AND COURSE CREDIT. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in consultation with institutions of higher education, shall determine a standard fee for a course offered through a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program that takes into account the average statewide cost per student to an institution of higher education in providing the program, not including any reimbursement or other amounts the institution receives from the applicable military service or other source for offering the course. Except as provided by Subsection (b), the governing board of each institution of higher education may not charge a student enrolled in an ROTC course any amount for the course in excess of the fee as determined by the coordinating board under this subsection.

(b) If the governing board of an institution of higher education offers course credit toward a student's degree for a course in which the student enrolls for the purposes of an ROTC program, the governing board may charge the student tuition for that course as otherwise provided by Chapter 54 after subtracting any reimbursement or other amount the institution receives from the applicable military service or other source for offering the course.

(c) To the extent it will not adversely affect the accreditation status of an institution of higher education with the appropriate accrediting agency, the governing board of the institution shall count courses in which a student enrolls for the purposes of an ROTC program, including courses for which the student does not receive course credit toward the student's degree, in determining whether the student is enrolled as a full-time student.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3862.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3862 / Section 3862.109
§ 3862.109. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.108 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.108
§ 2A.108. UNCONSCIONABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court as a matter of law finds a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made, the court may refuse to enforce the lease contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the lease contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.

(b) With respect to a consumer lease, if the court as a matter of law finds that a lease contract or any clause of a lease contract has been induced by unconscionable conduct or that unconscionable conduct has occurred in the collection of a claim arising from a lease contract, the court may grant appropriate relief.

(c) Before making a finding of unconscionability under Subsection (a) or (b), the court, on its own motion or that of a party, shall afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose, and effect of the lease contract or clause thereof or of the conduct.

(d) In an action in which the lessee claims unconscionability with respect to a consumer lease:

(1) if the court finds unconscionability under Subsection (a) or (b), the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the lessee;

(2) if the court does not find unconscionability and the lessee claiming unconscionability has brought or maintained an action he or she knew to be groundless, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees to the party against whom the claim is made; and

(3) in determining attorney's fees, the amount of the recovery on behalf of the claimant under Subsections (a) and (b) is not controlling.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.103
§ 1051.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3881.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3881 / Section 3881.254
§ 3881.254. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

On voter approval and adoption of the order described in Section 3881.253, the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined area or designated property to provide money to construct, administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Local Government Code § 158.031 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 158 / Section 158.031
§ 158.031. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Commission" means a sheriff's department civil service commission.

(2) "Department" means a sheriff's department.

(3) "Employee" means an employee of a sheriff's department. The term includes a deputy sheriff.
Tex. Education Code § 130.035 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.035
§ 130.035. LEGALITY OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county school board or boards or the commissioners court or courts petitioned in compliance with Section 130.033 of this code to:

(1) pass upon the legality of the petition and the genuineness of the same; and

(2) forward the petition, so approved, to the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8815.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8815 / Section 8815.052
§ 8815.052. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible to serve as a director or to be listed on a ballot as a candidate for director, an individual must:

(1) be at least 18 years of age;

(2) be a resident of this state;

(3) own land in or be a qualified voter in the authority; and

(4) have served as a director of one or more districts for a total of at least two years.

(b) To be eligible to serve as a director representing a director precinct or to be listed on a ballot as a candidate for director representing a director precinct under Section 8815.055, in addition to satisfying the requirements under Subsection (a), an individual must own land or be a qualified voter within the director precinct.

(c) A director serves until the director's successor has qualified.
Tex. Education Code § 29.3611 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.3611
§ 29.3611. ENROLLMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Status: in_force

If a child ceases participation in the program during a school year due to the child's enrollment in a school district or open-enrollment charter school:

(1) the district or school is entitled to receive, in addition to other funding to which the district or school is entitled to receive for the child, an allotment in an amount equal to the basic allotment multiplied by 0.1 for the child's average daily attendance at the district or school for that school year; and

(2) the child may not be considered in evaluating the performance of a school district or open-enrollment charter school under the public school accountability system as prescribed by Chapters 39 and 39A for the first school year after the child ceases participation in the program.
Tex. Government Code § 81.094 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.094
§ 81.094. CERTAIN COMMITTEE DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The committee shall:

(1) periodically publish its issued opinions to the legal profession in summary or complete form;

(2) on request provide copies of its issued opinions to members of the state bar or the public;

(3) on request advise or otherwise assist state bar committees or local bar associations relating to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure; and

(4) recommend appropriate amendments or clarifications of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure that it considers advisable.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2207.404 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2207 / Section 2207.404
§ 2207.404. RATES AND LIMITS OF COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) To ensure that the pool is actuarially sound, the board shall:

(1) set the premium rates charged; and

(2) determine the maximum limits of coverage provided.

(b) The pool manager, for the board's consideration, shall:

(1) collect and compile statistical data relating to the excess liability insurance coverage provided by the pool, including relevant loss, expense, and premium data, and other information;

(2) prepare the proposed premium rate schedules for the approval of the board; and

(3) prepare the maximum limits of coverage.

(c) The board shall periodically reexamine the rate schedules and the maximum limits of coverage as conditions change.

(d) The pool manager shall make available to the public the information described by Subsection (b)(1).
Tex. Water Code § 62.307 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.307
§ 62.307. ANNEXATION OF WHOLE OF ADJACENT COUNTY.
Status: in_force

If the territory included inside the boundaries of the annexing district consists of all of a single county and the territory to be annexed consists of all of an adjacent county, the adjacent territory may be annexed in the manner provided in Sections 62.291-62.306 of this code, except the commissioners court of the county to be annexed shall:

(1) conduct the hearing;

(2) order the election;

(3) canvass the returns of the election; and

(4) perform all other duties provided by this subchapter for the commission of the annexing district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1114.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1114 / Section 1114.304
§ 1114.304. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the voters in an election favor dissolution, the commissioners court shall declare the results and order the district dissolved. A copy of the order must be placed in the minutes of the commissioners court.

(b) If the election results do not favor dissolution, the commissioners court may not order another election under this subchapter before the first anniversary of the date the election results were officially announced.

(c) A copy of the election results must be filed with the county clerk and become a public record.
Tex. Finance Code § 304.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 304 / Section 304.004
§ 304.004. PUBLICATION OF JUDGMENT INTEREST RATE.
Status: in_force

The consumer credit commissioner shall send to the secretary of state the postjudgment interest rate for publication, and the secretary shall publish the rate in the Texas Register.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.042
§ 166.042. REVOCATION OF DIRECTIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) A declarant may revoke a directive at any time without regard to the declarant's mental state or competency. A directive may be revoked by:

(1) the declarant or someone in the declarant's presence and at the declarant's direction canceling, defacing, obliterating, burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the directive;

(2) the declarant signing and dating a written revocation that expresses the declarant's intent to revoke the directive; or

(3) the declarant orally stating the declarant's intent to revoke the directive.

(b) A written revocation executed as prescribed by Subsection (a)(2) takes effect only when the declarant or a person acting on behalf of the declarant notifies the attending physician of its existence or mails the revocation to the attending physician. The attending physician or the physician's designee shall record in the patient's medical record the time and date when the physician received notice of the written revocation and shall enter the word "VOID" on each page of the copy of the directive in the patient's medical record.

(c) An oral revocation issued as prescribed by Subsection (a)(3) takes effect only when the declarant or a person acting on behalf of the declarant notifies the attending physician of the revocation. The attending physician or the physician's designee shall record in the patient's medical record the time, date, and place of the revocation, and, if different, the time, date, and place that the physician received notice of the revocation. The attending physician or the physician's designees shall also enter the word "VOID" on each page of the copy of the directive in the patient's medical record.

(d) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a person is not civilly or criminally liable for failure to act on a revocation made under this section unless the person has actual knowledge of the revocation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.003
§ 501.003. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to lessen and prevent:

(1) the theft of motor vehicles;

(2) the importation into this state of and traffic in motor vehicles that are stolen; and

(3) the sale of an encumbered motor vehicle without the enforced disclosure to the purchaser of a lien secured by the vehicle.
Tex. Family Code § 154.301 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.301
§ 154.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Adult child" means a child 18 years of age or older.

(2) "Child" means a son or daughter of any age.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 384.013 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 384 / Section 384.013
§ 384.013. PROHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

An organization created under this chapter shall have no regulatory or taxing authority.