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Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.015 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.015
§ 31.015. HEALTHY MARRIAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to available federal funding, the commission shall develop and implement a healthy marriage development program for recipients of financial assistance under this chapter.

(b) The healthy marriage development program shall promote and provide three instructional courses on the following topics:

(1) premarital counseling for engaged couples and marriage counseling for married couples that includes skill development for:

(A) anger resolution;

(B) family violence prevention;

(C) communication;

(D) honoring your spouse; and

(E) managing a budget;

(2) physical fitness and active lifestyles and nutrition and cooking, including:

(A) abstinence for all unmarried persons, including abstinence for persons who have previously been married; and

(B) nutrition on a budget; and

(3) parenting skills, including parenting skills for character development, academic success, and stepchildren.

(c) The commission shall provide to a recipient of financial assistance under this chapter additional financial assistance of not more than $20 for the recipient's participation in a course offered through the healthy marriage development program up to a maximum payment of $60 a month.

(d) The commission may provide the courses or may contract with any person, including a community or faith-based organization, for the provision of the courses. The commission must provide all participants with an option of attending courses in a non-faith-based organization.

(e) The executive commissioner shall develop rules as necessary for the administration of the healthy marriage development program.

(f) The commission must ensure that the courses provided by the commission and courses provided through contracts with other organizations will be sensitive to the needs of individuals from different religions, races, and genders.
Tex. Transportation Code § 311.904 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 311 / Section 311.904
§ 311.904. FORMER PRESIDENT'S STREET IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

A home-rule municipality, alone or in conjunction with another person, may regulate or restrict access to a street or alley in the municipality on which the dwelling of a former president of the United States is located. This authority includes the authority to install and maintain a fence, gate, or other structure.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.513 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.513
§ 161.513. FORECLOSURE AND RESALE.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules providing procedures governing foreclosure of a lien securing a loan.
Tex. Estates Code § 114.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 114 / Section 114.101
§ 114.101. EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED DURING TRANSFEROR'S LIFE.
Status: in_force

During a transferor's life, a transfer on death deed does not:

(1) affect an interest or right of the transferor or any other owner, including:

(A) the right to transfer or encumber the real property that is the subject of the deed;

(B) homestead rights in the real property, if applicable; and

(C) ad valorem tax exemptions, including exemptions for residence homestead, persons 65 years of age or older, persons with disabilities, and veterans;

(2) affect an interest or right of a transferee of the real property that is the subject of the deed, even if the transferee has actual or constructive notice of the deed;

(3) affect an interest or right of a secured or unsecured creditor or future creditor of the transferor, even if the creditor has actual or constructive notice of the deed;

(4) affect the transferor's or designated beneficiary's eligibility for any form of public assistance, subject to applicable federal law;

(5) constitute a transfer triggering a "due on sale" or similar clause;

(6) invoke statutory real estate notice or disclosure requirements;

(7) create a legal or equitable interest in favor of the designated beneficiary; or

(8) subject the real property to claims or process of a creditor of the designated beneficiary.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.401
§ 702.401. WAIVER PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A person, including a person who buys a health spa membership from a former member, may not waive a provision of this chapter by contract or other means. A purported waiver of this chapter is void.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6905.261 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6905 / Section 6905.261
§ 6905.261. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may set aside an amount of proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under this subchapter for:

(1) the payment of interest expected to accrue during construction not to exceed three years;

(2) a reserve interest and sinking fund; and

(3) other funds as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds or in the trust indenture.

(b) The district may use proceeds from the sale of the bonds to pay any expense necessarily incurred in accomplishing the purpose of the district, including:

(1) any expense of issuing and selling the bonds; and

(2) the amount needed to operate the district during construction of the improvements.
Tex. Estates Code § 306.007 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 306 / Section 306.007
§ 306.007. EFFECT OF LETTERS.
Status: in_force

Letters testamentary or of administration issued under the court's seal by the clerk of the court that granted the letters are sufficient evidence of:

(1) the appointment and qualification of the personal representative of an estate; and

(2) the date of qualification.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3829.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3829 / Section 3829.161
§ 3829.161. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.
Status: in_force

The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine the method of notice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8476.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8476 / Section 8476.151
§ 8476.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8476.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.110 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.110
§ 142.110. SELECTION OF BARGAINING AGENT; BARGAINING UNIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The public employer's chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall select one or more persons to represent the public employer as its sole and exclusive bargaining agent to meet and confer on issues related to the wages, hours of employment, and other terms and conditions of employment of firefighters by the municipality.

(b) A firefighters association may designate one or more persons to negotiate or bargain on the association's behalf.

(c) A municipality's bargaining unit is composed of all the firefighters of the municipality who are not the head of the fire department or exempt under Section 142.108(b).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.072 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 247 / Section 247.072
§ 247.072. APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT; CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the prohibitions provided by Section 250.003, an assisted living facility licensed under this chapter may not employ at the facility an applicant who fails to indicate in a written statement developed by the commission and included with the submitted application that the applicant has not been convicted of an offense described by Section 250.006. For purposes of this subsection, a person who commits an offense in another state that is substantially similar to an offense described by Section 250.006 is considered to have committed the offense described by that section.

(b) If an applicant for employment at an assisted living facility states in the application that the applicant resided in another state during the five years preceding the date of the application, the facility, before employing the applicant in a permanent position, shall conduct a name-based criminal history check in each state in which the applicant previously resided.

(c) The commission shall develop the statement described by Subsection (a) and make the statement available to assisted living facilities on the commission's Internet website.

(d) If an assisted living facility employs a person pending an out-of-state criminal history check under Subsection (b), the facility shall ensure the person has no direct contact with a resident until the facility obtains the person's criminal history record information and verifies the person is not barred from employment under Section 250.006.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00016 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00016
§ 30.00016. RECORD ON APPEAL.
Status: in_force

The record on appeal must substantially conform to the provisions relating to the preparation of a record on appeal in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Finance Code § 36.209 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 36 / Section 36.209
§ 36.209. DEPOSITORIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The receiver may deposit money collected on behalf of the bank estate in:

(1) the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company in accordance with procedures established by the comptroller; or

(2) one or more state banks in this state, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor, if the receiver, using sound financial judgment, determines that it would be advantageous to do so.

(b) If receivership money deposited in an account at a state bank exceeds the maximum insured amount, the receiver shall require the excess deposit to be adequately secured through a pledge of securities or otherwise, without approval of the court. The depository bank may secure the deposits of the bank in liquidation on behalf of the receiver, notwithstanding any other provision of Chapter 11 or 12 or this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8009.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8009 / Section 8009.0403
§ 8009.0403. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7981A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7981A / Section 7981A.0202
§ 7981A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7981A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7981A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7981A.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.6024 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.6024
§ 1369.6024. PHARMACY BENEFIT NETWORK CONTRACT DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

A pharmacy benefit network contract must state that the contract is subject to this chapter and any rules adopted by the commissioner under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.051
§ 2308.051. COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The council acts as a state human resource investment council under the Job Training Reform Amendments of 1992 (29 U.S.C. Section 1792 et seq.) and as a state workforce investment board under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Pub. L. No. 105-220).

(b) The council is attached for administrative purposes to the office of the governor.
Tex. Government Code § 552.264 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.264
§ 552.264. COPY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTED BY MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE.
Status: in_force

One copy of public information that is requested from a state agency by a member, agency, or committee of the legislature under Section 552.008 shall be provided without charge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.304
§ 1085.304. USE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If the district adopts the tax under Section 1085.302, an excise tax is imposed on the use, storage, or other consumption in the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or rented from a retailer during the period that the tax is effective in the district.

(b) The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the sales tax portion of the sales and use tax and is applied to the sales price of the taxable items.
Tex. Occupations Code § 206.158 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 206 / Section 206.158
§ 206.158. PERMITTED DISCLOSURE OF INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Investigative information in the possession of the medical board, medical board employee, or agent that relates to the discipline of a license holder may be disclosed to:

(1) a licensing authority in another state or a territory or country in which the license holder is licensed or has applied for a license; or

(2) a peer review committee reviewing:

(A) an application for privileges; or

(B) the qualifications of the license holder with respect to retaining privileges.

(b) If the investigative information in the possession of the medical board or a medical board employee or agent indicates a crime may have been committed, the medical board shall report the information to the proper law enforcement agency. The medical board shall cooperate with and assist all law enforcement agencies conducting criminal investigations of a license holder by providing information relevant to the investigation. Confidential information disclosed by the medical board to a law enforcement agency remains confidential and may not be disclosed by the law enforcement agency except as necessary to further the investigation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3835.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3835 / Section 3835.002
§ 3835.002. WEST FORT BEND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The West Fort Bend Management District is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4021.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4021 / Section 4021.0307
§ 4021.0307. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Government Code § 79.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 79 / Section 79.011
§ 79.011. ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD; COMPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission is governed by a board consisting of eight ex officio members and five appointive members.

(b) Except as provided by Section 79.033(b), the board shall exercise the powers and perform the duties under this chapter independently of the council.
Tex. Education Code § 109.153 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 109 / Section 109.153
§ 109.153. SUBDIVISION OF LAND; TITLES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may have the lands surveyed or subdivided into tracts, lots, or blocks which, in its judgment, will be most conducive and convenient to an advantageous sale or lease of oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals in and under and that may be produced from the lands; and the board may make maps and plats which it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

(b) The board may obtain authentic abstracts of title to the lands from time to time as it deems necessary and may take necessary steps to perfect a merchantable title to the lands.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7892.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7892 / Section 7892.0302
§ 7892.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) 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.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the district may not act as a retail provider of water or wastewater service.

(c) The district shall make the district's water and wastewater facilities available to an entity holding the applicable certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8810.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8810 / Section 8810.051
§ 8810.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or three directors' terms expiring at the first meeting of the board after the November election in even-numbered years and after the board has canvassed the votes and the newly elected directors have qualified for office and taken the constitutional oath.

(c) A director may serve consecutive terms.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.408 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.408
§ 451.408.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.408. RATE INCREASE: SALES AND USE TAX. (a) The board may order an election to increase the authority's sales and use tax rate.

(b) The registered voters of an authority, by petition, may require an election to increase the authority's sales and use tax rate.

(c) If the board has reduced the rate of the authority's sales and use tax without election, the board, by order, may increase the rate to a rate not in excess of the rate before the ordered decrease.
Tex. Government Code § 822.0015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 822 / Section 822.0015
§ 822.0015. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) In lieu of participating in the Employees Retirement System of Texas, the commissioner of education may elect to participate in the retirement system in the same manner and under the same conditions as a member who is an employee of the public school system.

(b) An election by the commissioner of education to participate in the retirement system must be on a form prescribed by the retirement system for that purpose.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 821.001, if the commissioner of education elects to participate in the retirement system, the State Board of Education is the employer of the commissioner for purposes of this subtitle.
Tex. Education Code § 49.202 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.202
§ 49.202. VOTER APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) After first executing an agreement under this subchapter other than an agreement under Section 49.205, the board of trustees of the district that will be educating nonresident students shall order and conduct an election, in the manner provided by Sections 13.003(d)-(g), to obtain voter approval of the agreement.

(b) The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing the board of trustees of ________ School District to educate students of other school districts with local tax revenues."

(c) The proposition is approved if the proposition receives a favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast. If the proposition is approved, the agreement executed by the board is ratified, and the board has continuing authority to execute agreements under this subchapter on behalf of the district without further voter approval.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2101.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2101 / Section 2101.003
§ 2101.003. DISAPPROVAL OF POLICY FORM OR ENDORSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may disapprove the use of a policy form or endorsement filed under this chapter.

(b) After the commissioner disapproves a policy form or endorsement, an insurer may not use the form or endorsement.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.128 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.128
§ 351.128. BOND AND TAX PROPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) At an election to confirm the creation of a district, the board may include a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds and the levy of a property tax by the district.

(b) The board must include in any bond and tax proposition the maximum amount of bonds to be issued, their maximum maturity date, and the maximum rate of the tax that may be levied.

(c) The proposition to issue bonds and levy a tax must be included in the same proposition presented to the registered voters to confirm the creation of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.253
§ 1063.253. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies unless the board elects to have district taxes assessed and collected under Section 1063.254.

(b) The tax assessor-collector of Montgomery County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2302.205 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2302 / Section 2302.205
§ 2302.205. DUTY OF METAL RECYCLER.
Status: in_force

A metal recycler who purchases a motor vehicle shall submit a regular certificate of title or a nonrepairable or salvage vehicle title or comparable out-of-state ownership document to the department and comply with Subchapter E, Chapter 501, Transportation Code.
Tex. Election Code § 146.083 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 146 / Section 146.083
§ 146.083. FILING DEADLINE.
Status: in_force

A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not later than 5 p.m. on the date an application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed. A write-in candidate may not withdraw from an election after 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the deadline for filing a declaration of write-in candidacy.