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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8384.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8384 / Section 8384.201
§ 8384.201. 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, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8407.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8407 / Section 8407.052
§ 8407.052. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a vacancy in the office of director shall be filled in the manner provided by Section 49.105, Water Code.

(b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall appoint directors to fill all of the vacancies on the board whenever the number of qualified directors is fewer than three.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3829.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3829 / Section 3829.106
§ 3829.106. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to an organization that enjoys tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3), (4), or (6), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and perform services or provide activities consistent with the furtherance of the purposes of the district. An expenditure of public money for membership in the organization is considered to further the purposes of the district and to be for a public purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 712.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 712 / Section 712.001
§ 712.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The definitions provided by Section 711.001 apply to this chapter.

(b) In this chapter:

(1) "Banking department" or "department" means the Banking Department of Texas.

(2) "Commissioner" means the Banking Commissioner of Texas.

(3) "Corporation" means a filing entity or foreign filing entity, as those terms are defined by Section 1.002, Business Organizations Code, or an entity that is organized under this chapter, or any corresponding statute in effect before September 1, 1993, to operate one or more perpetual care cemeteries in this state.

(4) "Fund" means a perpetual care trust fund established by one or more corporations under this chapter or any corresponding statute in effect before September 1, 1993.

(4-a) "Preconstruction trust" means a trust established by a corporation under this chapter for the purpose of administering proceeds from sales of undeveloped mausoleum spaces.

(4-b) "Preconstruction trustee" means the trustee of a preconstruction trust.

(5) "Trustee" means the trustee of a cemetery perpetual care trust fund.

(6) "Undeveloped mausoleum space" means a crypt or niche in a mausoleum or mausoleum section that is designed to contain at least 10 crypt or niche interments and that is not ready for the interment of human remains or cremated remains on the date an interment right pertaining to the mausoleum space is sold. The term does not include a private mausoleum or mausoleum section in which all mausoleum spaces are intended to be sold under a single contract.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 765.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 765 / Section 765.005
§ 765.005. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

An individual who is an officer, employee, or agent of an employer and who knowingly or intentionally violates Section 765.004 or submits false information to the department commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Water Code § 36.110 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.110
§ 36.110. PUBLICATION OF PLANS AND INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A district may publish its plans and the information it develops, bring them to the attention of the users of groundwater in the district, and encourage the users to adopt and use them.
Tex. Utilities Code § 17.202 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 17 / Section 17.202
§ 17.202. NOTICE OF DISCONNECTION TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR NONSUBMETERED MASTER METERED MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A retail electric provider or a vertically integrated electric utility, not including a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative, in an area where customer choice has not been introduced shall send a written notice of service disconnection to a municipality before the retail electric provider or vertically integrated electric utility disconnects service to a nonsubmetered master metered multifamily property for nonpayment if:

(1) the property is located in the municipality; and

(2) the municipality establishes an authorized representative to receive the notice as described by Section 17.203(c).

(b) The retail electric provider or vertically integrated electric utility in an area where customer choice has not been introduced shall send the notice required by this section not later than the 10th day before the date electric service is scheduled for disconnection.
Tex. Education Code § 66.76 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 66 / Section 66.76
§ 66.76. ASSIGNMENT; RELINQUISHMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Rights acquired in a lease or contract for development issued under this subchapter may be assigned; provided, however, for an assignment to be valid and effective, the assignment must be filed in the county or counties in which the leased premises are situated and a legible copy of the recorded assignment must be filed with the board of regents within the time set by the board, accompanied by a filing fee and any applicable penalty for late filing set by the board for each lease assigned and a summary in the form adopted by the board of regents.

(b) Rights to a lease or to an assigned portion thereof may be relinquished at any time by having an instrument of relinquishment or release recorded in the county or counties in which the area relinquished is situated and a legible copy of the recorded instrument filed with the board of regents, accompanied by a filing fee set by the board.

(c) An assignment or relinquishment of a lease or a portion thereof or an interest in a lease shall not relieve the lessee of accrued obligations, including the payment of royalty, penalty, or interest, and the lessee shall remain liable therefor.

(d) In the enforcement of lease obligations, the board and the board of regents shall be entitled to rely on the state of title reflected by the records of the board of regents.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8339.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8339 / Section 8339.055
§ 8339.055. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for a road project authorized by Section 8339.053.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.0048 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.0048
§ 191.0048. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO TEXAS HOME VISITING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person requesting a copy or certified copy of a birth, marriage, or divorce record may make a voluntary contribution of $5 to promote healthy early childhood by supporting the Texas Home Visiting Program administered by the Office of Early Childhood Coordination of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(b) On each paper or electronic application form for a copy or certified copy of a birth, marriage, or divorce record, the department shall include a printed box for the applicant to check indicating that the applicant wishes to make a voluntary contribution of $5 to promote healthy early childhood by supporting the Texas Home Visiting Program administered by the Office of Early Childhood Coordination of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 191.0045, a local registrar or county clerk may collect the additional voluntary contribution under this section.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 191.005, the local registrar or county clerk who collects the voluntary contribution under this section shall send the voluntary contribution to the comptroller, who shall deposit the voluntary contribution in the Texas Home Visiting Program trust fund under Section 523.0306, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8355.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8355 / Section 8355.005
§ 8355.005. 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. Agriculture Code § 122.404 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 122 / Section 122.404
§ 122.404. OTHER VIOLATIONS BY LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

If the department suspects or determines that a license holder violated this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter with a culpable mental state greater than negligence, the department shall immediately report the license holder to:

(1) the United States attorney general; and

(2) the attorney general of this state, who may:

(A) investigate the violation;

(B) institute proceedings for injunctive or other appropriate relief on behalf of the department; or

(C) report the matter to the Department of Public Safety and any other appropriate law enforcement agency.
Tex. Labor Code § 62.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 62 / Section 62.002
§ 62.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506, Sec. 5.35(10), eff. September 1, 2009.

(2) "Agriculture" includes:

(A) farming in all its branches;

(B) cultivating and tilling the soil;

(C) dairying;

(D) producing, cultivating, growing, and harvesting an agricultural or horticultural commodity, including a commodity defined as an agricultural commodity by Section 15(g), Agricultural Marketing Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1141j(g));

(E) raising livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry; and

(F) any practice performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations, including:

(i) forestry or lumber operations;

(ii) preparation for market; and

(iii) delivery to storage, market, or a carrier for transportation to market.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Employment Commission.

(4) "Employ" includes to permit to work.

(5) "Employee" includes any individual employed by an employer.

(6) "Employer" includes a person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee.

(7) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.404 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.404
§ 241.404. APPLICATION; APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for approval to operate a hospital at home program under this subchapter must:

(1) submit an application to the commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission; and

(2) pay a fee in the amount set by the commission under Section 241.405.

(b) The commission shall approve an application submitted by an applicant under Subsection (a) of this section if the applicant meets the standards established under Section 241.403 and satisfies the requirements of this section.

(c) The commission may request that an applicant provide additional information necessary to determine whether the applicant meets the standards established under Section 241.403 after the applicant has submitted an application.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7956A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7956A / Section 7956A.0304
§ 7956A.0304. 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. Education Code § 132.063 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 132 / Section 132.063
§ 132.063. APPROVED DEGREES.
Status: in_force

A career school or college may offer a degree approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 458.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 458 / Section 458.006
§ 458.006. GOVERNING BODY OF RURAL TRANSIT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 60th day after the date the boundaries of a rural transit district are established, the commissioners court of each county and one elected representative from the governing body of each municipality in the territory of the district shall provide for the selection of the governing body of the district.

(b) The governing body of the district consists of elected officers who are selected by and serve at the pleasure of the governing bodies of the component municipalities in the district and the commissioners court of each county in the district.

(c) The number of members of the governing body of a single-county rural transit district may not exceed nine. The number of members of the governing body of a multicounty district may not exceed 15, except that each member county is entitled to at least one representative on the governing body.
Tex. Water Code § 7.180 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.180
§ 7.180. FAILURE TO NOTIFY UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly does not notify or report to the commission as required by Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, or by a rule adopted or a permit or order issued under that chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(C) or Section 7.187(2)(D) or both.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(D).
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.502 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.502
§ 451.502. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The five board members under Section 451.501(a)(1) are appointed by the governing body of the principal municipality, except in an authority having a principal municipality with a population of more than 1.9 million, the five board members are appointed by the mayor of the principal municipality and are subject to confirmation by the governing body of the principal municipality.

(b) In an authority created by an alternate municipality, the board members are appointed by the mayor of the alternate municipality and are subject to confirmation by the governing body of the alternate municipality.

(c) In an authority having two additional members, the additional members are appointed as follows:

(1) one member appointed by a panel composed of:

(A) the mayors of the municipalities in the authority, excluding the mayor of the principal municipality; and

(B) the county judges of the counties having unincorporated area in the authority, excluding the county judge of the principal county; and

(2) one member appointed by the commissioners court of the principal county.

(d) In an authority having four additional members, the additional members are appointed as follows:

(1) two members appointed by a panel composed of:

(A) the mayors of the municipalities in the authority, excluding the mayor of the principal municipality; and

(B) the county judges of the counties having unincorporated area in the authority, excluding the county judge of the principal county; and

(2) two members appointed by the commissioners court of the principal county.

(e) In an authority having six additional members, the additional members are appointed as follows:

(1) two members appointed by a panel composed of:

(A) the mayors of the municipalities in the authority, excluding the mayor of the principal municipality; and

(B) the county judges of the counties having unincorporated area in the authority, excluding the county judge of the principal county;

(2) three members appointed by the commissioners court of the principal county; and

(3) one member, who serves as presiding officer of the board, appointed by a majority of the board.

(f) This section does not apply to the board of an authority described by Section 451.5021(a).

(g) The principal municipality shall make its appointments to the board so that at least one of the appointees is designated to represent the interests of the transportation disadvantaged.
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.008
§ 212.008. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

A person desiring approval of a plat must apply to and file a copy of the plat with the municipal planning commission or, if the municipality has no planning commission, the governing body of the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3866.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3866 / Section 3866.001
§ 3866.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "District" means Kennedale TownCenter Development District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8347.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8347 / Section 8347.0103
§ 8347.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.602 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.602
§ 2001.602. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of the administrative penalty may not exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs may be considered a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

(b) In determining the amount of the penalty, the director shall consider:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the prohibited acts;

(2) the history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter future violations;

(4) efforts to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.506 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.506
§ 382.506. MEASURING, MONITORING, AND VERIFICATION; ROLE OF BUREAU.
Status: in_force

(a) The railroad commission by rule may establish standards for the measurement, monitoring, and verification of the permanent storage status of the carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide repository.

(b) The bureau shall review any measurement, monitoring, and verification of the permanent storage status of carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide repository performed by another person at the direction of the state.

(c) The bureau shall serve as a scientific advisor for the measuring, monitoring, and permanent storage status verification of the carbon dioxide repository.

(d) The bureau shall provide to the board data relating to the measurement, monitoring, and verification of the permanent storage status of the carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide repository, as determined by the board.

(e) The board may use revenue from the fee authorized by Section 382.505 to contract with the bureau to perform the functions described by this section.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 148 / Section 148.002
§ 148.002. SLAUGHTERER TO REGISTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Before engaging in business as a slaughterer, a person must register with the county clerk, giving the person's name and intent to engage in business as a slaughterer.

(b) This section does not apply to a person who slaughters at least 300 head of cattle a day.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.112 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.112
§ 375.112. SPECIFIC POWERS RELATING TO ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An improvement project or services provided by the district may include the construction, acquisition, improvement, relocation, operation, maintenance, or provision of:

(1) landscaping; lighting, banners, and signs; streets and sidewalks; pedestrian skywalks, crosswalks, and tunnels; seawalls; marinas; drainage and navigation improvements; pedestrian malls; solid waste, water, sewer, and power facilities, including electrical, gas, steam, cogeneration, and chilled water facilities and geothermal water conveyance facilities or improvements; parks, plazas, lakes, rivers, bayous, ponds, and recreation and scenic areas; historic areas; fountains; works of art; off-street parking facilities, bus terminals, heliports, and mass transit systems; theatres, studios, exhibition halls, production facilities and ancillary facilities in support of the foregoing; and the cost of any demolition in connection with providing any of the improvement projects;

(2) other improvements similar to those described in Subdivision (1);

(3) the acquisition of real property or any interest in real property in connection with an improvement, project, or services authorized by this chapter, Chapter 54, Water Code, or Chapter 365 or 441, Transportation Code;

(4) special supplemental services for advertising, economic development, promoting the area in the district, health and sanitation, public safety, maintenance, security, business recruitment, development, elimination or relief of traffic congestion, recreation, and cultural enhancement; and

(5) expenses incurred in the establishment, administration, maintenance, and operation of the district or any of its improvements, projects, or services.

(b) An improvement project on two or more streets or two or more types of improvements may be included in one proceeding and financed as one improvement project.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.101 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.101
§ 62.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Captivity" means the state of being held under control or kept caged or penned.

(2) "Dangerous wild animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, hyena, bear, elephant, wolf, or rhinoceros and includes any species, subspecies, or hybrid of any of those animals.

(3) "Hybrid" means an offspring of two animals of different breeds, species, or genera.

(4) "Lion" means African and Asiatic lion.

(5) "Sanctuary" means a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced dangerous wild animals are provided care for their lifetime or until released back to their natural habitat.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 301.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 301 / Section 301.006
§ 301.006. MEMBERSHIP NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A component institution of a state-supported institution is not required to be a member of a hospital laundry cooperative association created under this subchapter but may be a member of one or more associations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.257 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.257
§ 1020.257. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 1303.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1303 / Section 1303.001
§ 1303.001. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS FOR OWNER-CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

A county may use the proceeds of bonds or certificates of obligation issued to pay for a county construction project to pay for an owner-controlled insurance program under which the county establishes and administers a consolidated insurance program for the project if the county's order authorizing the issuance of the bonds or other certificates of obligation authorizes the establishment of the program.