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Tex. Local Government Code § 250.007 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 250 / Section 250.007
§ 250.007. REGULATION OF RENTAL OR LEASING OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, a municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation that prohibits an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, managing agent, or other person having the right to lease, sublease, or rent a housing accommodation from refusing to lease or rent the housing accommodation to a person because the person's lawful source of income to pay rent includes funding from a federal housing assistance program.

(b) This section does not affect an ordinance or regulation that prohibits the refusal to lease or rent a housing accommodation to a military veteran because of the veteran's lawful source of income to pay rent.

(c) This section does not affect any authority of a municipality or county or decree to create or implement an incentive, contract commitment, density bonus, or other voluntary program designed to encourage the acceptance of a housing voucher directly or indirectly funded by the federal government, including a federal housing choice voucher.
Tex. Government Code § 81.0201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 81 / Section 81.0201
§ 81.0201. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is elected or appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board of directors may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the board until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing state bar operations;

(2) the programs operated by the state bar;

(3) the role and functions of the state bar;

(4) the rules of the state bar, with an emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;

(4-a) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the state bar;

(5) the current budget for the state bar;

(6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the state bar;

(7) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and the disclosure of conflicts of interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of a state policymaking body in performing their duties; and

(8) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the state bar or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) The executive director shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each member of the board of directors. On receipt of the training manual, each member of the board shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging receipt of the training manual.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7997A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7997A / Section 7997A.0302
§ 7997A.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6610.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6610 / Section 6610.002
§ 6610.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, to provide drainage for the district and reclamation and drainage of the district's overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.065 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.065
§ 887.065. MERGER.
Status: in_force

(a) An association may not merge with another association without the advance approval of the department.

(b) The department may grant approval under Subsection (a) only after the department:

(1) completely investigates the facts; and

(2) determines that the proposed merger is to the advantage of the members.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8277.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8277 / Section 8277.101
§ 8277.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8883.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8883 / Section 8883.004
§ 8883.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district includes the territory in Reagan County unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J or K, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.

(b) The district does not include any territory that was annexed into the Glasscock County Underground Water Conservation District under the then applicable annexation provisions of Chapter 51, Water Code, before June 14, 1989.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 76.007 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 76 / Section 76.007
§ 76.007. MAXIMUM ACREAGE UNDER LOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may not issue a certificate of location for a location that includes more than 100 acres of land covered by water.

(b) A person may not own, lease, or control more than 300 acres of land covered by water under certificates of location. A person who does not own, lease, or control more than 300 acres of land may act as an agent for persons who, in the aggregate, own, lease, or control more than 300 acres of land.
Tex. Local Government Code § 62.045 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 62 / Section 62.045
§ 62.045. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) After the receiver gives the required bond, and after the bond is filed and recorded, the receiver shall:

(1) take control of all real and personal property of the abolished municipality, including money, minute books, ordinances, and similar property, but not including property that pertains to the public schools or that is devoted exclusively to public use; and

(2) in the next term of the court in which the receivership is pending, return to the court an inventory of the property taken by the receiver.

(b) Under a court order, or an order of the judge if the court is in vacation, the receiver may bring suit against any person in possession of the property of an abolished municipality or who is indebted to it in the same manner as the municipality could if it were still incorporated.
Tex. Election Code § 277.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 277 / Section 277.005
§ 277.005. OBSTRUCTION OF PETITION-INITIATED ELECTION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A political subdivision may not propose a measure, including a charter amendment, that will appear on the same ballot as a petition-initiated measure if:

(1) the two measures generally address the same subject matter; or

(2) a provision of a proposed measure would invalidate or conflict with any portion of a petition-initiated measure.

(b) A measure proposed by a political subdivision in violation of this section is void if the measure is proposed not earlier than the 180th day before the date the political subdivision's secretary receives the petition under this chapter. A political subdivision may be enjoined from proposing the measure.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0152 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0152
§ 547.0152. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The council is established to ensure a strategic statewide approach to behavioral health services.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 114 / Section 114.0103
§ 114.0103. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the operator of a commercial lodging establishment fails to cure a violation of this chapter before the 30th day after the date the operator receives notice of the violation under Section 114.0102, the establishment is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for each violation. Each day a violation continues is a separate violation for purposes of imposing the civil penalty.

(b) In determining the amount of a civil penalty to impose under this section, a court must consider:

(1) the seriousness of a violation;

(2) a history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(4) efforts made to correct a violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Water Code § 17.887 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.887
§ 17.887. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued under this chapter and accrued interest on those bonds.

(b) The board may sell the refunding bonds and use the proceeds to retire the outstanding bonds issued under this chapter, exchange the refunding bonds for the outstanding bonds, or refund the bonds in the manner provided by any other applicable statute, including Chapter 1207, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 592.039 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 592 / Section 592.039
§ 592.039. GRIEVANCES.
Status: in_force

A client, or a person acting on behalf of a person with an intellectual disability or a group of persons with an intellectual disability, has the right to submit complaints or grievances regarding the infringement of the rights of a person with an intellectual disability or the delivery of intellectual disability services against a person, group of persons, organization, or business to the Health and Human Services Commission's ombudsman for individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability as provided under Section 523.0360, Government Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 15.030 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 15 / Section 15.030
§ 15.030. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully and knowingly violates this title.

(b) This section does not apply to an offense described by Section 55.138.

(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 242.010 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 242 / Section 242.010
§ 242.010. REQUIRED BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "national criminal history record information" means criminal history record information obtained from the Department of Public Safety under Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, and from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Section 411.087, Government Code.

(b) The department shall review the national criminal history record information, state criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety, and previous and current employment references of each person who:

(1) is an employee, volunteer, ombudsman, or advocate working for the department or working in a department facility or a facility under contract with the department;

(2) is a contractor or an employee or subcontractor of a contractor who has direct access to children in department facilities;

(3) provides direct delivery of services to children in the custody of the department; or

(4) has access to records in department facilities or offices.

(b-1) The department may review criminal history record information of:

(1) a person requesting visitation access to a department facility; or

(2) any person, as necessary to conduct an evaluation of the home under Section 245.051(a).

(b-2) The department may not deny visitation access to an immediate family member of a child committed to the department based solely on a review of criminal history record information under Subsection (b-1)(1).

(b-3) If visitation access is denied or limited based in part on a review of criminal history record information under Subsection (b-1)(1), the department shall retain the criminal history record information of the person for whom access is denied or limited until the child the person requested visitation access to is released from the department.

(c) To enable the department to conduct the review, the board shall adopt rules requiring a person described by Subsection (b) to electronically provide the Department of Public Safety with a complete set of the person's fingerprints in a form and of a quality acceptable to the Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(d) For each person described by Subsection (b), the department shall review on an annual basis the person's national criminal history record information.

(e) The department shall ensure that the system used to check state criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Public Safety is capable of providing real time arrest information.

(f) The board by rule may require a person described by Subsection (b) to pay a fee related to the first national criminal history record information review conducted under this section. The amount of the fee may not exceed the administrative costs incurred by the department in conducting the initial review, including the costs of obtaining the person's fingerprints.

(g) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.208
§ 1074.208. ADDITIONAL MEANS OF SECURING PAYMENT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds and revenue bonds under this subchapter, the board may provide for the security and payment of district bonds from a pledge of a combination of ad valorem taxes as authorized by Section 1074.202 and revenue and other sources as authorized by Section 1074.203.
Tex. Local Government Code § 372.0121 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 372 / Section 372.0121
§ 372.0121. INCLUSION OF PROPERTY IN COMMON CHARACTERISTIC PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 372.012 or any other requirement in this chapter, the governing body of a municipality may include property in a public improvement district described by Section 372.0035 after the establishment of the district if:

(1) the property is a hotel; and

(2) a sufficient number of the record owners of the real property currently included and proposed to be included in the district have consented to be included in the district by signing the original petition to establish the district or by signing a petition or written consent to include property in the district.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), no newly constructed hotel property may be added to the district unless the record owner of the property consents to its inclusion.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), the number of consenting record owners is sufficient if the record owners own more than 60 percent of appraised value of taxable real property liable for assessment in the district, as determined by the current appraisal roll of the appraisal district in which the property is located, and:

(1) constitute more than 60 percent of all record owners of taxable real property liable for assessment in the district; or

(2) own, in aggregate, more than 60 percent of the area of all taxable real property liable for assessment in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1089.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1089 / Section 1089.109
§ 1089.109. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of any railroad, highway, pipeline, electric transmission and electric distribution, telegraph, or telephone line, conduit, pole, or facility, the district must bear the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction to provide comparable replacement, without enhancement of facilities, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 71.158 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 71 / Section 71.158
§ 71.158. FILING OF REPRODUCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may accept for filing a photographic, photostatic, or similar reproduction of a signed original document required or authorized to be filed in the secretary's office under this chapter.

(b) A signature on a document required or authorized to be filed in the secretary of state's office under this chapter may be a facsimile.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.301 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.301
§ 18B.301. COMPLIANCE AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may conduct an audit of a designated law enforcement office or agency to ensure compliance with this chapter.

(b) If the department determines from the audit that the designated law enforcement office or agency is not in compliance with the policy adopted by the office or agency under Article 18B.251, the department shall notify the office or agency in writing that the office or agency, as applicable, is not in compliance.

(c) If the department determines that the office or agency still is not in compliance with the policy on the 90th day after the date the office or agency receives written notice under Subsection (b), the office or agency loses the authority granted by this chapter until:

(1) the office or agency adopts a new written policy governing the application of this chapter to the office or agency; and

(2) the department approves that policy.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2203 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2203
§ 54.2203. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A magistrate is entitled to the compensation set by the Commissioners Court of Collin County. The compensation shall be paid from the general fund of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8233.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8233 / Section 8233.201
§ 8233.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Finance Code § 201.011 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 201 / Section 201.011
§ 201.011. SEVERABILITY.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subtitle or the applications of those provisions are severable as provided by Section 311.032(c), Government Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.555 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.555
§ 91.555. MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE OF ELECTRIC LOGS.
Status: in_force

The commission may contract with any person for the management and storage of the electric logs filed with the commission.
Tex. Local Government Code § 23.029 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 23 / Section 23.029
§ 23.029. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF MARSHAL.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality with a population of less than 5,000 by ordinance may abolish the office of marshal and, by the same ordinance, confer the duties of the office on a municipal police officer appointed as the governing body directs or on any other peace officer of the county. However, an elected marshal may not be removed from office under this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.259 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.259
§ 541.259. DETERMINATION REGARDING WHETHER CLASS ACTION MAY BE MAINTAINED.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after the commencement of an action brought as a class action, the court shall determine by order whether it is to be maintained as a class action under this subchapter.

(b) An order under this section may be altered or amended before a decision on the merits.

(c) An order determining whether the action may be maintained as a class action under this subchapter is an interlocutory order that is appealable. The procedures applicable to accelerated appeals in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure apply to the appeal.
Tex. Government Code § 667.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 667 / Section 667.001
§ 667.001. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to a person who is or may become employed by more than one state agency or institution of higher education.

(b) A person who is employed by more than one state agency or institution of higher education may not receive benefits from the state that exceed the benefits provided for one full-time employee.

(c) The person must be informed of the requirements of this chapter before the person is employed by more than one agency or institution.
Tex. Government Code § 43.004 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.004
§ 43.004. EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district attorney engaged in the discharge of official duties in a county other than the district attorney's county of residence is entitled to traveling and other necessary expenses, as provided by Chapter 660.

(b) A district attorney is entitled to receive from the state the actual and necessary postage, telegraph, and telephone expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties.

(c) The expenses shall be paid by the state on a sworn itemized account showing the expenses.
Tex. Election Code § 254.0362 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 254 / Section 254.0362
§ 254.0362. USE OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE COMPUTER TERMINAL FOR PREPARATION OF REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person who is required to file reports under this chapter may use a publicly accessible computer terminal that has Internet access and web browser software to prepare the reports.

(b) A public entity may prescribe reasonable restrictions on the use of a publicly accessible computer terminal for preparation of reports under this chapter, except that a public entity may not prohibit a person from using a computer terminal for preparation of reports during the public entity's regular business hours if the person requests to use the computer terminal less than 48 hours before a reporting deadline to which the person is subject.

(c) This section does not require a public entity to provide a person with consumable materials, including paper and computer diskettes, in conjunction with the use of a publicly accessible computer terminal.

(d) An officeholder may not use a computer issued to the officeholder for official use to prepare a report under this title.

(e) In this section:

(1) "Public entity" means a state agency, city, county, or independent school district.

(2) "Publicly accessible computer terminal" means a computer terminal that is normally available for use by members of the public and that is owned by a state agency, an independent school district, or a public library operated by a city or county.
Tex. Labor Code § 404.006 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 404 / Section 404.006
§ 404.006. RULEMAKING.
Status: in_force

(a) The public counsel shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

(b) Rulemaking under this section is subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.094 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.094
§ 232.094. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may require each member of the planning commission to file a financial disclosure report in the same manner as required for county officers under Subchapter B, Chapter 159.

(b) If the commissioners court requires a financial disclosure report but has not adopted a financial disclosure reporting system under Subchapter B, Chapter 159, the planning commission member shall file a financial disclosure report in the same manner as required for county officers under Subchapter A, Chapter 159.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 129A.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 129A / Section 129A.001
§ 129A.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "cyberbullying" has the meaning assigned by Section 37.0832(a), Education Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 597.050 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 597 / Section 597.050
§ 597.050. NOTICE OF DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee shall issue a written opinion containing each of its determinations and a separate statement of the committee's findings of fact.

(b) The ICF-IID shall send a copy of the committee's opinion to:

(1) each person notified under Section 597.045; and

(2) the department.