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Tex. Property Code § 301.044 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.044
§ 301.044. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not affect a reasonable local or state restriction on the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling or a restriction relating to health or safety standards.

(b) This chapter does not affect a requirement of nondiscrimination in any other state or federal law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1022.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.062
§ 1022.062. EMPLOYEES; APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF STAFF; CONTRACT WITH DOCTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to or dismiss from the staff or contract with any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(b) The district may employ fiscal agents, accountants, architects, and attorneys the board considers proper.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to hire district employees, including technicians and nurses.
Tex. Water Code § 15.503 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.503
§ 15.503. MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT OF FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Money in the fund shall be held and invested by the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, taking into account the purposes for which money in the fund may be used.

(b) The fund and any accounts established in the fund shall be kept and maintained by or at the direction of the board.

(c) In managing the assets of the fund, the trust company may acquire, exchange, sell, supervise, manage, or retain any kind of investment that a prudent investor, exercising reasonable care, skill, and caution, would acquire or retain in light of the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the fund then prevailing, taking into consideration the investment of all the assets of the fund rather than a single investment. The reasonable expenses of managing the fund's assets shall be paid from the fund.

(d) Section 404.094(d), Government Code, applies to the fund.
Tex. Government Code § 1202.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.001
§ 1202.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Issuance" means the initial delivery by an issuer of evidence of an obligation of a public security issued by the issuer to the initial purchaser in exchange for the purchase price of the public security.

(2) "Issuer" means:

(A) an agency, authority, board, body politic, department, district, instrumentality, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public corporation, or subdivision of this state; or

(B) a nonprofit corporation acting for or on behalf of an entity described by Paragraph (A).

(3) "Public security" means an instrument, including a bond, note, certificate of obligation, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments due to be paid by an issuer, or other type of obligation that:

(A) is issued or incurred by an issuer under the issuer's borrowing power, without regard to whether it is subject to annual appropriation; and

(B) is represented by an instrument issued in bearer or registered form or is not represented by an instrument but the transfer of which is registered on books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer.

(4) "Record of proceedings" means the record of an issuer's proceedings relating to the authorization of a public security or a credit agreement relating to a public security.

(5) "Credit agreement" means a loan agreement, revolving credit agreement, agreement establishing a line of credit, letter of credit, reimbursement agreement, insurance contract, commitment to purchase a public security, purchase or sale agreement, interest rate swap agreement, or commitment or other agreement authorized by an issuer in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, resale, security, exchange, payment, purchase, remarketing, or redemption of a public security, interest on a public security, or both.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3922.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3922 / Section 3922.155
§ 3922.155. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

Section 375.162, Local Government Code, does not apply to an organization exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code, operating in the district. The organization is not exempt from paying a district assessment.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.365 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.365
§ 2269.365. COMPLETION OF DESIGN.
Status: in_force

(a) Following selection of a design-build firm under this subchapter, the firm's engineers shall submit all design elements for review and determination of scope compliance to the governmental entity before or concurrently with construction.

(b) An appropriately licensed design professional shall sign and seal construction documents before the documents are released for construction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8478.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8478 / Section 8478.104
§ 8478.104. 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. Local Government Code § 271.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.041
§ 271.041. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971.
Tex. Local Government Code § 236.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 236 / Section 236.003
§ 236.003. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR SPORT SHOOTING RANGE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 236.002, a county may regulate the discharge of a firearm or air gun at an outdoor sport shooting range as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 235.
Tex. Insurance Code § 822.211 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 822 / Section 822.211
§ 822.211. ACTION OF COMMISSIONER WHEN CAPITAL OR SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS NOT SATISFIED.
Status: in_force

If an insurance company does not comply with the capital and surplus requirements of this chapter, the commissioner may enter an order prohibiting the company from writing new business and may:

(1) place the company under state supervision or conservatorship;

(2) declare the company to be in a hazardous condition as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 404;

(3) declare the company to be impaired as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 404; or

(4) apply to the company any other applicable sanction provided by this code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 439.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 439 / Section 439.101
§ 439.101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "manufacturer" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.070, Government Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2025.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2025 / Section 2025.055
§ 2025.055. CONFIDENTIALITY OF APPLICATION DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

Documents submitted to the commission under Sections 2025.051-2025.054 by an applicant are subject to discovery in a suit brought under this subtitle but are not public records and are not subject to Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3880.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3880 / Section 3880.005
§ 3880.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Water Code § 13.3011 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.3011
§ 13.3011. INITIAL RATES FOR CERTAIN WATER OR SEWER SYSTEMS AFTER PURCHASE OR ACQUISITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who files an application described by Section 13.301(a) for the purchase or acquisition of a water or sewer system may request that the regulatory authority with original jurisdiction over the rates for water or sewer service provided by the person to the customers of the system authorize the person to charge initial rates for the service that are:

(1) shown in a tariff filed with a regulatory authority by the person for another water or sewer system; and

(2) in force for the other water or sewer system on the date the application described by Section 13.301(a) is filed.

(b) The regulatory authority may not require a person who makes a request under Subsection (a) to initiate a new rate proceeding to establish the initial rates for service the person will provide to the customers of the purchased or acquired system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8179.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8179 / Section 8179.107
§ 8179.107. DISTRICT RULES.
Status: in_force

The district shall adopt and enforce reasonable and effective rules to secure and maintain safe, sanitary, and adequate plumbing installations, connections, and appurtenances as subsidiary parts of the district's sewerage system to preserve the quality of water within or controlled by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8307.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8307 / Section 8307.153
§ 8307.153. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Government Code § 171.0102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 171 / Section 171.0102
§ 171.0102. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM PROVIDER LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall establish eligibility requirements and criteria for the issuance of a program provider license under this chapter.

(b) The commission by rule may establish eligibility requirements based on:

(1) the type of court-ordered program the applicant seeks to provide;

(2) whether the program is offered in-person or online; and

(3) if the program is offered in-person, the location where the program will be provided.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8801.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8801 / Section 8801.156
§ 8801.156. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person must submit an application to the board to obtain a permit under this chapter.

(b) The application must state:

(1) the name and address of the person requesting the permit;

(2) the location and wellhead elevation of the well or proposed well;

(3) the amount of water being withdrawn or proposed to be withdrawn; and

(4) any other information necessary for the board to control and prevent subsidence in the district.

(c) The board shall set a reasonable fee for processing an application. The application must be accompanied by the fee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1367.206 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1367 / Section 1367.206
§ 1367.206. PROHIBITED ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

Under the coverage required to be offered under this subchapter, a health benefit plan issuer may not:

(1) apply the cost of rehabilitative and habilitative therapies described by Section 1367.205(a) to an annual or lifetime maximum plan benefit or similar provision under the plan; or

(2) use the cost of rehabilitative or habilitative therapies described by Section 1367.205(a) as the sole justification for:

(A) increasing plan premiums; or

(B) terminating the insured's or enrollee's participation in the plan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8814.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8814 / Section 8814.059
§ 8814.059. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After each directors' election, the board shall:

(1) hold a regular meeting at the district office; and

(2) organize by electing from the directors a president, a vice president, and a secretary.

(b) A person selected to serve as president, vice president, or secretary serves in that capacity for a two-year term.

(c) The president, vice president, and secretary shall perform the duties and may exercise the powers specifically provided by this chapter or by order of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8386.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8386 / Section 8386.002
§ 8386.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Harris County created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 53.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 53 / Section 53.005
§ 53.005. EFFECT OF CODIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipal code of ordinances has the force and effect of an ordinance regularly adopted in accordance with law.

(b) The record of the code in the municipality's ordinance records is a record of the codified ordinances and establishes the content of those ordinances.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3836.162 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3836 / Section 3836.162
§ 3836.162. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may grant in the manner authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 1154.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1154 / Section 1154.101
§ 1154.101. DISCOVERY OF ADDITIONAL PROPERTY OR CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

If after the filing of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims the guardian of the estate acquires possession or knowledge of property or claims of the estate not included in the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims, the guardian shall promptly file with the court clerk a verified, full, and detailed supplemental inventory, appraisement, and list of claims.
Tex. Utilities Code § 32.102 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 32 / Section 32.102
§ 32.102. DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

The commission shall require each electric or municipally owned utility to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with:

(1) the rates and methods prescribed by the commission under Section 36.056; and

(2) any other rule the commission adopts.
Tex. Family Code § 8.355 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.355
§ 8.355. AMENDMENT OF QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A court that renders a qualified domestic relations order or similar order retains continuing jurisdiction:

(1) to amend the order to correct the order, clarify the terms of the order, or add language to the order to provide for the collection of maintenance;

(2) to convert the amount or frequency of payments under the order to a formula that is in compliance with the terms of the pension, retirement plan, or employee benefit plan; or

(3) to vacate or terminate the order.

(b) An amended domestic relations order or similar order under this section must be submitted to the plan administrator or other person acting in an equivalent capacity to determine whether the amended order satisfies the requirements of a qualified domestic relations order or similar order. Section 8.354 applies to an order amended under this section.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.015 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.015
§ 70.015. JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The board has exclusive jurisdiction over the piloting of vessels in the Port of Corpus Christi, including intermediate stops and landing places for vessels on navigable streams wholly or partially located in the board's jurisdiction.
Tex. Education Code § 38.251 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.251
§ 38.251. RUBRIC TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall develop a rubric for use by regional education service centers in identifying resources related to student mental health that are available to schools in their respective regions. The agency shall develop the rubric in conjunction with:

(1) the Health and Human Services Commission;

(2) the Department of Family and Protective Services;

(3) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;

(4) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;

(5) the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium;

(6) the Texas Workforce Commission; and

(7) any other state agency the agency considers appropriate.

(b) The rubric developed by the agency must provide for the identification of resources relating to:

(1) training and technical assistance on practices that support the mental health of students;

(2) school-based programs that provide prevention or intervention services to students;

(3) community-based programs that provide school-based or school-connected prevention or intervention services to students;

(4) Communities In Schools programs described by Subchapter E, Chapter 33;

(5) school-based mental health providers; and

(6) public and private funding sources available to address the mental health of students.

(c) Not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year, the agency shall revise the rubric as necessary to reflect changes in resources that may be available to schools and provide the rubric to each regional education service center.
Tex. Government Code § 487.052 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.052
§ 487.052. RULES.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3974.1001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3974 / Section 3974.1001
§ 3974.1001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to bonds payable wholly or partly from revenue derived from assessments on real property in the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 122.001 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.001
§ 122.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.

(2) "Fluid oil and gas waste" means waste containing salt or other mineralized substances, brine, hydraulic fracturing fluid, flowback water, produced water, or other fluid that arises out of or is incidental to the drilling for or production of oil or gas.
Tex. Government Code § 4001.066 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.066
§ 4001.066. REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISER.
Status: in_force

"Registered investment adviser" means an investment adviser to whom the commissioner has issued a registration certificate under Sections 4004.054 and 4004.055, or Section 4004.056.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 149.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 149 / Section 149.006
§ 149.006. SCOPE OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

The courts in this state shall apply, to the fullest extent permissible under the United States Constitution, this state's substantive law, including the limitation under this chapter, to the issue of successor asbestos-related liabilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.006
§ 1122.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Government Code § 477.0051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 477 / Section 477.0051
§ 477.0051. DETERMINATION OF INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN CERTAIN TAX RECEIPTS.
Status: in_force

(a) After a site selection organization selects a site for the games in this state in accordance with an application by a local organizing committee, the office shall determine for each subsequent calendar quarter the incremental increases in the following tax receipts that the office determines are directly attributable to the preparation for and presentation of the games and related events:

(1) the receipts to this state from the taxes imposed under Chapters 151, 152, 156, and 183, Tax Code, and under Title 5, Alcoholic Beverage Code, in the market areas designated under Section 477.0053;

(2) the receipts collected by this state for each endorsing municipality from the sales and use tax imposed by the municipality under Section 321.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed beverage tax revenue to be received by the municipality under Section 183.051(b), Tax Code;

(3) the receipts collected by this state for each endorsing county from the sales and use tax imposed by the county under Section 323.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed beverage tax revenue received by the county under Section 183.051(b), Tax Code;

(4) the receipts collected by each endorsing municipality from the hotel occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 351, Tax Code; and

(5) the receipts collected by each endorsing county from the hotel occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 352, Tax Code.

(b) The office shall make the determination required by Subsection (a) in accordance with procedures the office develops.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.001
§ 1509.001. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR LEASE TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may acquire land and may construct or acquire a building or other facility for the purpose of leasing the land, building, or other facility to:

(1) a political subdivision or state agency for public use;

(2) an individual, private corporation, or other private entity for use in manufacturing or another commercial activity; or

(3) if the municipality is a defense community as defined by Section 397.001, Local Government Code, the federal government to enhance the military value of a military facility located in or near the defense community.

(b) A municipality may not acquire land under Subsection (a) by eminent domain.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.053
§ 2054.053. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS; APPROPRIATION REQUESTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may identify, develop, and recommend to the Legislative Budget Board issues related to information resources management to be considered when developing the legislative budget instructions to state agencies. The department shall inform the governor of issues that are recommended to the Legislative Budget Board under this subsection.

(b) At the request of a state agency, the department may assist the agency in the preparation of projects to be submitted as part of the agency's legislative appropriation request and may make recommendations on any proposed projects. The recommendations under this subsection apply to a project and not to a specific procurement or set of specifications.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7944A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7944A / Section 7944A.0402
§ 7944A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7944A.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.