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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.022
§ 534.022. FINANCING OF PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To acquire or to refinance the acquisition of real and personal property, to construct improvements to property, or to finance all or part of a payment owed or to be owed on a credit agreement, a community center may contract in accordance with Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, or issue, execute, refinance, or refund bonds, notes, obligations, or contracts. The community center may secure the payment of the bonds, notes, obligations, or contracts with a security interest in or pledge of its revenues or by granting a mortgage on any of its properties.

(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), "revenues" includes the following, as those terms are defined by Section 9.102, Business & Commerce Code:

(1) an account;

(2) a chattel paper;

(3) a commercial tort claim;

(4) a deposit account;

(5) a document;

(6) a general intangible;

(7) a health care insurance receivable;

(8) an instrument;

(9) investment property;

(10) a letter-of-credit right; and

(11) proceeds.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the community center shall issue the bonds, notes, or obligations in accordance with Chapters 1201 and 1371, Government Code. The attorney general must approve before issuance:

(1) notes issued in the form of public securities, as that term is defined by Section 1201.002, Government Code;

(2) obligations, as that term is defined by Section 1371.001, Government Code; and

(3) bonds.

(c) A limitation prescribed in Subchapter A, Chapter 271, Local Government Code, relating to real property and the construction of improvements to real property, does not apply to a community center.

(e) A county or municipality acting alone or two or more counties or municipalities acting jointly pursuant to interlocal contract may create a public facility corporation to act on behalf of one or more community centers pursuant to Chapter 303, Local Government Code. Such counties or municipalities may exercise the powers of a sponsor under that chapter, and any such corporation may exercise the powers of a corporation under that chapter (including but not limited to the power to issue bonds). The corporation may exercise its powers on behalf of community centers in such manner as may be prescribed by the articles and bylaws of the corporation, provided that in no event shall one community center ever be liable to pay the debts or obligation or be liable for the acts, actions, or undertakings of another community center.

(f) The board of trustees of a community center may authorize the issuance of an anticipation note in the same manner, using the same procedure, and with the same rights under which an eligible school district may authorize issuance under Chapter 1431, Government Code, except that anticipation notes issued for the purposes described by Section 1431.004(a)(2), Government Code, may not, in the fiscal year in which the attorney general approves the notes for a community center, exceed 50 percent of the revenue anticipated to be collected in that year.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2171.009 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2171 / Section 2171.009
§ 2171.009. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 10.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 10 / Section 10.001
§ 10.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Best management practices" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.002.

(2) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(4) "Council" means the Water Conservation Advisory Council.
Tex. Government Code § 437.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.007
§ 437.007. ENLISTMENT AND APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Federal law prescribes the terms and the qualifications and requirements for enlistment and appointment in the Texas National Guard. The governor and legislature may prescribe additional terms, qualifications, and requirements that do not conflict with federal law.

(b) Enlistment in the Texas State Guard is prescribed by Subchapter G.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.3607 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.3607
§ 1603.3607. EFFECT OF PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY SCHOOL CLOSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a private postsecondary school closes, the department shall attempt to arrange for students enrolled in the closed school to attend another private postsecondary school.

(b) If a student from a closed school is placed in another private postsecondary school, the expense incurred by the school in providing training directly related to educating the student, including the applicable tuition for the period for which the student paid tuition, shall be paid from the barbering and cosmetology school tuition protection account.

(c) If a student from a closed private postsecondary school cannot be placed in another private postsecondary school, the student's tuition and fees shall be refunded as provided by Section 1603.3602. If a student from a closed private postsecondary school does not accept a place that is available and reasonable in another private postsecondary school, the student's tuition and fees shall be refunded as provided by Section 1603.3603. A refund under this subsection shall be paid from the barbering and cosmetology school tuition protection account. The amount of the refund may not exceed $35,000.

(d) If another private postsecondary school assumes responsibility for the closed school's students and there are no significant changes in the quality of the training, the student from the closed school is not entitled to a refund under Subsection (c).
Tex. Transportation Code § 453.311 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 453 / Section 453.311
§ 453.311. INTEREST EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

Interest on bonds issued by a transit department is exempt from any tax of the state or a state taxing authority.
Tex. Water Code § 59.052 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.052
§ 59.052. FILING OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

A petition requesting the annexation of a defined area that is signed by a majority in value of the owners of land in the defined area, as shown by the tax rolls of the county or counties in which that area is located, that is signed by 50 landowners if the number of landowners is more than 50, that is signed by the single landowner of 2,000 or more acres of land in the area, or that is signed by a majority of the governing body of a municipal district, a county, or a city requesting annexation shall be filed with the secretary of the board.
Tex. Water Code § 26.046 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.046
§ 26.046. HEARINGS ON PROTECTION OF EDWARDS AQUIFER FROM POLLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, "Edwards Aquifer" means that portion of an arcuate belt of porous, waterbearing limestones composed of the Comanche Peak, Edwards, and Georgetown formations trending from west to east to northeast through Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Kendall, Comal, and Hays counties, respectively, and as defined in the most recent rules of the commission for the protection of the quality of the potable underground water in those counties.

(b) Annually, the commission shall hold a public hearing in Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Kendall, Comal, or Hays County, and a hearing in any other of those counties whose commissioners court requests that a hearing be held in its county, to receive evidence from the public on actions the commission should take to protect the Edwards Aquifer from pollution. Notice of the public hearing shall be given and the hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 571.173 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.173
§ 571.173. CIVIL PENALTY FOR DELAY OR VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

The commission may impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 or triple the amount at issue under a law administered and enforced by the commission, whichever amount is more, for a delay in complying with a commission order or for a violation of a law administered and enforced by the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7915A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7915A / Section 7915A.0501
§ 7915A.0501. 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, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Family Code § 6.703 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.703
§ 6.703. JURY.
Status: in_force

In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, either party may demand a jury trial unless the action is a suit to annul an underage marriage under Section 6.102.
Tex. Family Code § 35A.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 35A / Section 35A.004
§ 35A.004. NOTICE; HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) On receipt of the petition, the court shall set a hearing.

(b) A copy of the petition and notice of the hearing shall be delivered to the parent, conservator, or guardian of the child by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the last known address of the parent, conservator, or guardian.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 32.001 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 32 / Section 32.001
§ 32.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Coastal water" means those waters east and south of the coastal waters boundary established in 31 T.A.C. Section 65.3(10).

(2) "Floating cabin" means a structure securely moored in the coastal water of this state used for habitation or shelter and not routinely used for transportation. The term includes all mooring lines, anchors, anchor lines, spuds, and pilings and any other tethering devices. The term does not include a structure permitted by the General Land Office under Chapter 33, Natural Resources Code.
Tex. Government Code § 4003.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4003 / Section 4003.002
§ 4003.002. PERMIT APPLICATION TO QUALIFY SECURITIES FOR SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may not issue a permit qualifying securities for sale required by Section 4003.001 until the issuer of the securities or a registered dealer files with the commissioner an application for the permit in the form of a statement containing the following information:

(1) the name, residence, and post office address of each of the company's officers and directors;

(2) the location of the company's principal office and each branch office in this state;

(3) a copy of the company's certificate of formation or articles of incorporation or partnership or association and any amendments to those documents;

(4) if the company is a corporation, a copy of:

(A) all minutes of any proceedings of the company's directors, stockholders, or members relating to or affecting the issuance of the securities; and

(B) the company's bylaws and any amendments to the bylaws;

(5) if the company is a trustee, a copy of all instruments by which the trust is created and in which the trust is accepted, acknowledged, or declared;

(6) a statement showing:

(A) the amount of capital stock and, if there is no capital stock, the amount of capital of the issuer that is contemplated to be employed;

(B) the number of shares into which the stock is divided or, if not divided into shares, what division is to be made or is contemplated;

(C) the par value of each share or, if there are shares with no par value, the price at which the security is proposed to be sold; and

(D) the promotional fees or commissions to be paid for the sale of the securities, including:

(i) all compensation of every nature allowed to be paid to the promoters or allowed for the sale of the securities;

(ii) how the compensation is to be paid, whether in cash, securities, service or otherwise, or partly of either or both;

(iii) the amount of cash to be paid or securities to be issued, given, transferred, or sold to promoters for promotion or organization services and expenses; and

(iv) the amount of promotion or organization services and expenses that the issuer will assume or pay in any way;

(7) a copy of:

(A) certificates of the stock and all other securities to be sold or offered for sale, together with application blanks for the stock and securities;

(B) any contract the company proposes to make concerning the securities; and

(C) any prospectus or advertisement or other description of security prepared by or for the company for distribution or publication; and

(8) the statement of financial condition and income statement described by Section 4003.003.

(b) The statement in an application under this section must be:

(1) verified under oath by an executive officer or partner of the issuer or registered dealer filing the application; and

(2) attested by the secretary or partner of the issuer or registered dealer filing the application.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.358 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.358
§ 173.358. DUTY OF COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

The comptroller shall:

(1) administer, collect, and enforce a tax imposed under this chapter; and

(2) remit to a district the tax collected on the district's property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1040.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1040 / Section 1040.155
§ 1040.155. DEPOSITORY OR TREASURER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution shall designate a bank or banks as the district's depository.

(b) All income received by the district shall be deposited with the district depository.

(c) All district money shall be secured in the manner provided for securing county funds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 534.113 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 534 / Section 534.113
§ 534.113. ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AUDIT ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall develop protocols for an agency or department of the state to conduct additional financial audit activities of a local intellectual and developmental disability authority.

(b) An agency or department of the state may not conduct additional financial audit activities relating to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority without the approval of the executive commissioner.

(c) This section, and a protocol developed under this section, do not apply to an audit conducted under Chapter 321, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01176 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01176
§ 30.01176. COURT REPORTER.
Status: repealed

(a) The presiding judge shall appoint the court reporter under Section 30.00010.

(b) to (d) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(30), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.13 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.13
§ 6.13. DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of the records of each appraisal district is subject to the requirements of Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code, and rules adopted under that subtitle.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 51.003 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 51 / Section 51.003
§ 51.003. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

A society may be organized to enable its members to cooperate with each other for the purposes authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.260 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.260
§ 463.260. LIMITS ON AND TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATION OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The association is not liable for benefits that exceed the contractual obligations for which the insurer is liable or would have been liable if not impaired or insolvent. The association has no obligation to provide benefits outside the express written terms of the policy or contract, including:

(1) claims based on marketing materials;

(2) claims based on side letters, riders, or other documents that were issued without meeting applicable policy form filing or approval requirements;

(3) claims based on misrepresentation of or regarding policy benefits;

(4) extracontractual claims; or

(5) claims for penalties or consequential or incidental damages.

(b) The association's obligations with respect to coverage under a policy of an impaired or insolvent insurer or under a reissued or alternative policy terminate on the date the coverage or policy is replaced by another similar policy by the policyholder, the contract owner, the insured, the enrollee, or the association.

(c) If a premium is not paid before the 32nd day after the date the premium is due under a guaranteed, assumed, alternative, or reissued policy or contract or substitute coverage, the association's obligations under the policy, contract, or coverage terminate, except with respect to a claim incurred or any net cash surrender value due as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.056
§ 1095.056. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect:

(1) a president and a vice president from among its members; and

(2) a secretary, who need not be a director.

(b) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.

(c) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3791.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3791 / Section 3791.0104
§ 3791.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

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

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and

(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational facilities for the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 45.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 45 / Section 45.002
§ 45.002. CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEM PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may establish a program to distribute child passenger safety seat systems to indigent persons in this state.

(b) A program established under this section may distribute new or used child passenger safety seat systems that have been donated to the department for distribution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298E.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298E / Section 298E.102
§ 298E.102. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board of a district requires a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the board shall designate one or more banks as a depository for the district's local provider participation fund.

(b) All funds collected by a district under this chapter shall be secured in the manner provided for securing other funds of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3884.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3884 / Section 3884.107
§ 3884.107. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may create economic development and other programs under Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and may impose and collect ad valorem taxes for those purposes. The district has the economic development powers that Chapter 380, Local Government Code, provides to a municipality with a population of more than 100,000. Each economic development program and each project that will receive public funds under an economic development program must be approved by the governing body of the city by ordinance, order, or resolution.

(b) The district shall provide the city written notice not later than the 30th day before the date of a meeting at which the board will adopt terms of an economic development program. The district may not adopt an economic development program or improvement project to be funded under an economic development program unless the governing body of the city has approved the program or improvement project by ordinance, order, or resolution.
Tex. Education Code § 12.019 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.019
§ 12.019. CHARTER ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after approval of a home-rule school district charter under Section 12.018, the board of trustees of the district shall order an election on the proposed charter.

(b) The proposed charter shall be submitted to the voters of the district at an election to be held on the first uniform election date that occurs at least 45 days after the date on which the board of trustees orders the election.

(c) At least three copies of the proposed charter must be available in the office of each school campus in the district and at the district's central administrative office between the date of the election order and election day. Notice of the election must include a statement of where and how copies may be obtained or viewed. A summary of the content of the proposed charter shall be attached to each copy. The summary also shall be made available to school district employees, parents, community members, and members of the media.

(d) The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition "Whether the (name of school district) School District shall be governed under the home-rule school district charter, which is proposed by a charter commission appointed by the board of trustees and under which only certain laws and rules apply to the district."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9072.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9072 / Section 9072.101
§ 9072.101. 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. Labor Code § 302.307 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.307
§ 302.307. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over workforce development a report regarding:

(1) any grants awarded under the program during the most recent state fiscal year; and

(2) the program's effectiveness.