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Tex. Water Code § 26.130 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.130
§ 26.130. DUTY OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
Status: in_force

The Texas Department of Health shall continue to apply the authority vested in it by Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code, in the abatement of nuisances resulting from pollution not otherwise covered by this chapter. The Texas Department of Health shall investigate and make recommendations to the commission concerning the health aspects of matters related to the quality of the water in the state.
Tex. Estates Code § 201.060 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 201 / Section 201.060
§ 201.060. ALIENAGE.
Status: in_force

A person is not disqualified to take as an heir because the person, or another person through whom the person claims, is or has been an alien.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.208 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.208
§ 501.208. BOND SECURITY; DEFAULT.
Status: in_force

(a) The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by a corporation shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues and receipts derived by the corporation from the lease or sale of the project financed by the bonds or from the loan made by the corporation with respect to the project financed or refinanced by the bonds.

(b) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds issued by a corporation and any agreements made in connection with the issuance of bonds, the corporation may:

(1) mortgage and pledge any or all of the corporation's projects or any part of a project, including the project financed or refinanced and any enlargements of and additions to the project, owned before or acquired after the time of the mortgage or pledge; and

(2) assign any mortgage and repledge any security conveyed to the corporation to secure any loan made by the corporation, and pledge the revenues and receipts from the assigned mortgage or security.

(c) The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds and any mortgage covering all or part of the project financed may include any agreement or provision that the board of directors considers advisable and not in conflict with this subtitle and that relates to:

(1) the maintenance of the project covered by the bonds or mortgage;

(2) the fixing and collection of rents;

(3) purchase price payments;

(4) loan payments;

(5) the creation and maintenance of special funds from those revenues; or

(6) the rights and remedies available in the event of a default.

(d) A mortgage to secure bonds may also provide that, in the event of a default in the payment of the bonds or a violation of another agreement contained in the mortgage, the mortgage may be foreclosed and the mortgaged property may be sold in any manner permitted by law. The mortgage may provide that a trustee under the mortgage or the holder of any of the bonds secured by the mortgage may purchase property at a foreclosure sale if the trustee or holder is the highest bidder.

(e) A pledge, agreement, or mortgage made for the benefit or security of any of the corporation's bonds continues in effect until the principal of and interest on the bonds benefited or secured by the pledge, agreement, or mortgage have been fully paid.
Tex. Transportation Code § 472.011 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 472 / Section 472.011
§ 472.011. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "personal property" includes personal property of any kind or character, including:

(1) a vehicle, as defined by Section 502.001, that is damaged or disabled;

(2) spilled cargo;

(3) a hazardous material as defined by 49 U.S.C. App. Section 1802; and

(4) a hazardous substance as defined by Section 26.263, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 1473.274 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.274
§ 1473.274. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may issue bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued under this subchapter.

(b) The refunding bonds may be issued in the manner provided by this subchapter for other bonds.

(c) The refunding bonds may be issued to be exchanged by the comptroller or to be sold, with the bond proceeds applied to the payment of outstanding bonds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 614.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 614 / Section 614.004
§ 614.004. TERMS.
Status: in_force

The at-large members of the committee serve for staggered six-year terms with the terms of approximately one-third of the at-large members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4501.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4501 / Section 4501.107
§ 4501.107. DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATIONAL LANDS; EXEMPTION FROM APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Chapter 253, Local Government Code, and Chapter 26, Parks and Wildlife Code, do not apply to the use, transfer, or other disposition of property by any method:

(1) to the authority by any person; or

(2) by the authority to any person.
Tex. Government Code § 2113.105 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2113 / Section 2113.105
§ 2113.105. INDOOR PLANTS.
Status: in_force

A state agency may not use appropriated money to purchase, lease, or maintain a live or artificial indoor plant unless the agency is an institution of higher education and the plant is to be used for educational or research purposes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 848.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 848 / Section 848.003
§ 848.003. USE OF INSURANCE-RELATED TERMS BY HEALTH CARE COLLABORATIVE.
Status: in_force

A health care collaborative that is not an insurer or health maintenance organization may not use in its name, contracts, or literature:

(1) the following words or initials:

(A) "insurance";

(B) "casualty";

(C) "surety";

(D) "mutual";

(E) "health maintenance organization"; or

(F) "HMO"; or

(2) any other words or initials that are:

(A) descriptive of the insurance, casualty, surety, or health maintenance organization business; or

(B) deceptively similar to the name or description of an insurer, surety corporation, or health maintenance organization engaging in business in this state.
Tex. Tax Code § 321.508 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.508
§ 321.508. PLEDGE OF TAX REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may call and hold an election on the issue of authorizing the municipality to pledge a percentage of the sales and use tax revenue received under Section 321.101(a) or (b), or both, to the payment of obligations issued to pay all or part of the costs of one or more sports and community venue projects located in the municipality.

(b) The ballot at the election under this section must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing the City of ______ (insert name of municipality) to pledge not more than ______ percent (insert percentage not to exceed 25 percent) of the revenue received from the _________ (insert municipal sales and use tax, additional municipal sales and use tax, or both) previously adopted in the city to the payment of obligations issued to pay all or part of the costs of _________ (insert description of each sports and community venue project)."

(c) If a majority of the voters vote in favor of the proposition, the municipality may:

(1) issue bonds, notes, or other obligations that are payable from the pledged revenues to pay for all or part of the costs of the sports and community venue project or projects described in the proposition; and

(2) set aside the portion of the revenue approved at the election that the municipality actually receives and pledge that revenue as security for the payment of the bonds, notes, or other obligations.

(d) If the municipality pledges revenue under Subsection (c), the pledge and security interest shall continue while the bonds, notes, or obligations, including refunding obligations, are outstanding and unpaid.

(e) The municipality may direct the comptroller to deposit the pledged revenue to a trust or account as may be required to obtain the financing and to protect the related security interest.

(f) Sections 321.506 and 321.507 do not apply to taxes pledged under this section.

(g) In this section, "sports and community venue project" has the meaning assigned by Section 334.001, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3994.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3994 / Section 3994.0503
§ 3994.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board.

(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 594.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 594 / Section 594.001
§ 594.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A client may not be transferred or discharged except as provided by this chapter and department rules.

(b) This chapter does not apply to the:

(1) transfer of a client for emergency medical, dental, or psychiatric care for not more than 30 consecutive days;

(2) voluntary withdrawal of a client from intellectual disability services; or

(3) discharge of a client by a director because the person is not a person with an intellectual disability according to the results of the determination of an intellectual disability.

(c) A discharge under Subsection (b)(3) is without further hearings, unless an administrative hearing under Subchapter A, Chapter 593, to contest the determination of an intellectual disability is requested.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7943A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7943A / Section 7943A.0402
§ 7943A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7943A.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.0481 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.0481
§ 155.0481. DENIAL OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may reject an application and deny a permit if the comptroller finds, after notice and opportunity for hearing, any of the following:

(1) the premises where business will be conducted are not adequate to protect the tobacco products; or

(2) the applicant or managing employee, or, if the applicant is a corporation, an officer, director, manager, or any stockholder who holds directly or through family or partner relationship 10 percent or more of the corporation's stock, or, if the applicant is a partnership, a partner or manager:

(A) has failed to disclose any information required by Sections 155.041(d), (e), and (f), including prior business experience, financial condition of the permit holder, present or previous business affiliations, prior employment, and any conviction of a felony, or has made a false statement in the application; or

(B) has previously violated provisions of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3860.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3860 / Section 3860.204
§ 3860.204. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Water Code § 51.196 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.196
§ 51.196. DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATER BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

A conservation and reclamation district created by special law under the authority of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and designated as a municipal water district to which the administrative and taxing provisions applicable to districts governed by this chapter apply, may develop or otherwise acquire underground sources of water, notwithstanding a provision in that district's special law otherwise prohibiting the development of acquisition of underground water.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1027.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1027 / Section 1027.151
§ 1027.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board.

(b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement of:

(1) the outstanding obligations of the district;

(2) the amount of cash on hand in each district fund;

(3) the amount of money received by the district from all sources during the previous year;

(4) the amount of money available to the district from all sources during the ensuing year;

(5) the amount of the balances expected at the end of the year in which the budget is being prepared;

(6) the estimated amount of revenue and balances available to cover the proposed budget; and

(7) the estimated tax rate required.
Tex. Finance Code § 308.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 308 / Section 308.001
§ 308.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a person regularly engaged in the business of extending credit under this subtitle primarily for personal, family, or household use and not for a business, commercial, investment, or agricultural purpose. This chapter does not apply to a transaction primarily for a business, commercial, investment, or agricultural purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3799.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3799 / Section 3799.053
§ 3799.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Utilities Code § 101.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 101 / Section 101.002
§ 101.002. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) This subtitle is enacted to protect the public interest inherent in the rates and services of gas utilities. The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a comprehensive and adequate regulatory system for gas utilities to assure rates, operations, and services that are just and reasonable to the consumers and to the utilities.

(b) Gas utilities are by definition monopolies in the areas they serve. As a result, the normal forces of competition that regulate prices in a free enterprise society do not operate. Public agencies regulate utility rates, operations, and services as a substitute for competition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3877.212 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3877 / Section 3877.212
§ 3877.212. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES AND BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds, notes, and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 3877.209.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or sales and use tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(d) All or any part of any facilities or improvements that may be acquired by a district by the issuance of district bonds may be included in one single proposition to be voted on at the election or the bonds may be submitted in several propositions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6613.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6613 / Section 6613.004
§ 6613.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 45, Acts of the 41st Legislature, Regular Session, 1929, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7978.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7978 / Section 7978.003
§ 7978.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' 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. Government Code § 2306.033 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.033
§ 2306.033. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 2306.027;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 2306.027;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 2306.027(c), 2306.034, or 2306.035;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term;

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board; or

(6) engages in misconduct or unethical or criminal behavior.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.

(c) If the director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the director shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8422.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8422 / Section 8422.102
§ 8422.102. 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. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 10.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 10 / Section 10.004
§ 10.004. VIOLATION; SANCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A court that determines that a person has signed a pleading or motion in violation of Section 10.001 may impose a sanction on the person, a party represented by the person, or both.

(b) The sanction must be limited to what is sufficient to deter repetition of the conduct or comparable conduct by others similarly situated.

(c) A sanction may include any of the following:

(1) a directive to the violator to perform, or refrain from performing, an act;

(2) an order to pay a penalty into court; and

(3) an order to pay to the other party the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred by the other party because of the filing of the pleading or motion, including reasonable attorney's fees.

(d) The court may not award monetary sanctions against a represented party for a violation of Section 10.001(2).

(e) The court may not award monetary sanctions on its own initiative unless the court issues its order to show cause before a voluntary dismissal or settlement of the claims made by or against the party or the party's attorney who is to be sanctioned.

(f) The filing of a general denial under Rule 92, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, shall not be deemed a violation of this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.108 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.108
§ 1601.108. COVERAGE OPTIONS FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to the surviving spouse of:

(1) an individual eligible to participate in the uniform program under Section 1601.101 who had at least five years of service on the date of the individual's death, including at least three years of service as an eligible employee with the employing system; or

(2) an individual eligible to participate in the uniform program under Section 1601.102.

(b) A surviving spouse to whom this section applies may elect to retain any of the following coverages in effect on the date of the participant's death:

(1) the surviving spouse's authorized coverages; and

(2) authorized coverages for any eligible dependent of the deceased participant.

(c) The coverage is at the group rate for other participants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7807.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7807 / Section 7807.003
§ 7807.003. DISSOLUTION AND ABOLITION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The Cities of Carrollton and Farmers Branch, and any other municipality in which the district is located, may dissolve and abolish the district at the municipalities' discretion on written notice of the dissolution and abolition to the board, in the same manner and on the same terms and obligations as prescribed by Section 43.076, Local Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.316 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.316
§ 521.316. SUSPENDED FOREIGN LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A person whose driver's license or privilege to operate a vehicle in this state is suspended or revoked under this chapter may not operate a motor vehicle in this state under a license, permit, or registration certificate issued by any other state or Canadian province during the suspension period or after the revocation until a new license is obtained as provided by this chapter.