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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3982.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3982 / Section 3982.0305
§ 3982.0305. NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may authorize the creation of a nonprofit corporation to assist and act for the district in implementing a project or providing a service authorized by this chapter.

(b) The nonprofit corporation:

(1) has each power of and is considered to be a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code; and

(2) may implement any project and provide any service authorized by this chapter.

(c) The board shall appoint the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation. The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation shall serve in the same manner as the board of directors of a local government corporation created under Subchapter D, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, except that a board member is not required to reside in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.001
§ 21.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this Act:

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

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

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District.

(5) "Local government" means:

(A) a municipality;

(B) a county; or

(C) a water or other special district or authority acting under Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(6) "Solid waste" has the meaning assigned by Section 361.003, Health and Safety Code.

(7) "Water" means groundwater, percolating or otherwise, lakes, bays, ponds, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, and all other bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, that are wholly or partly in the district.

(8) "Water pollution" means alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological quality of water or contamination of water that:

(A) renders the water harmful, detrimental, or injurious to:

(i) humans, animal life, vegetation, or property; or

(ii) public health, safety, or welfare; or

(B) impairs the usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water for any lawful or reasonable purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 54.885 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.885
§ 54.885. CLERK.
Status: in_force

The clerk of a district court or county court at law that refers a proceeding to a magistrate under this subchapter shall perform the statutory duties necessary for the magistrate to perform the duties authorized by this subchapter.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 154.021 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 154 / Section 154.021
§ 154.021. REFERRAL OF PENDING DISPUTES FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) A court may, on its own motion or the motion of a party, refer a pending dispute for resolution by an alternative dispute resolution procedure including:

(1) an alternative dispute resolution system established under Chapter 26, Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983 (Article 2372aa, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);

(2) a dispute resolution organization; or

(3) a nonjudicial and informally conducted forum for the voluntary settlement of citizens' disputes through the intervention of an impartial third party, including those alternative dispute resolution procedures described under this subchapter.

(b) The court shall confer with the parties in the determination of the most appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedure.

(c) Except as provided by agreement of the parties, a court may not order mediation in an action that is subject to the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. Sections 1-16).
Tex. Local Government Code § 241.013 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 241 / Section 241.013
§ 241.013.
Status: in_force

Sec. 241.013. EXTRATERRITORIAL ZONING IN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS WITH POPULATION OF MORE THAN 45,000. (a) A political subdivision with a population of more than 45,000 in which an airport used in the interest of the public to the benefit of the political subdivision is located may adopt, administer, and enforce:

(1) airport hazard area zoning regulations applicable to an airport hazard area relating to the airport and located outside the political subdivision; and

(2) airport compatible land use zoning regulations applicable to a controlled compatible land use area relating to the airport and located outside the political subdivision.

(b) The political subdivision has the same power to adopt, administer, and enforce airport hazard area zoning regulations or airport compatible land use zoning regulations under this section as that given a political subdivision by Sections 241.011 and 241.012.

(c) The airport hazard area zoning regulations or airport compatible land use zoning regulations must include a statement that the airport fulfills an essential community purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7907A.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7907A / Section 7907A.0302
§ 7907A.0302. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 5008.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5008 / Section 5008.0305
§ 5008.0305. ENTRY ON PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

District commissioners, engineers, and employees may enter any land in the district to attend to any district business, including to examine the land and to make plans, surveys, maps, and profiles for improvements contemplated by the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.253
§ 1053.253. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1251, Government Code, relating to county bonds.

(b) The commissioners court:

(1) may call the election on its own motion; or

(2) shall call the election at the request of the board.

(c) The person charged with conducting and arranging countywide elections is responsible for conducting the bond election.

(d) The district must provide for the payment of the bond election costs before the commissioners court is required to order an election.
Tex. Government Code § 571.064 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.064
§ 571.064. REPORTING AND REGISTRATION THRESHOLDS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a law administered and enforced by the commission authorizes the commission to determine dollar amounts as reporting or registration thresholds, the commission shall set those thresholds in amounts that are reasonable, are in the public interest, and further the purposes of the reporting or registration law involved.

(b) If a law administered and enforced by the commission sets dollar amounts or categories of amounts as reporting thresholds or if the commission sets those amounts, the commission annually shall adjust those thresholds upward to the nearest multiple of $10 in accordance with the percentage increase for the previous year in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
Tex. Utilities Code § 12.058 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 12 / Section 12.058
§ 12.058. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall hold meetings at its office and at other convenient places in this state as expedient and necessary for the proper performance of the commission's duties.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.157 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.157
§ 441.157. INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution may provide that an authorized representative of the district may invest the district's money and provide for money to be withdrawn from the appropriate accounts of the district for investment on terms the board considers advisable.
Tex. Finance Code § 33.102 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 33 / Section 33.102
§ 33.102. BYLAWS.
Status: in_force

Each state bank shall adopt bylaws and may amend its bylaws for the purposes and according to the procedures provided by the Business Organizations Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1452.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1452 / Section 1452.006
§ 1452.006. RULES RELATED TO SELECTION OF PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS BY HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

A rule adopted by the commissioner under Section 843.102 that relates to implementation and maintenance by a health maintenance organization of a process for selecting and retaining affiliated physicians and providers must comply with:

(1) this subchapter; and

(2) standards adopted by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, to the extent those standards do not conflict with other laws of this state.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 80.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 80 / Section 80.001
§ 80.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "sign" means an outdoor structure, sign, display, light device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or any other thing that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.303 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.303
§ 162.303. DISTRIBUTION OF NET ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

Assets of a dissolved telephone cooperative that remain after all liabilities or obligations of the cooperative have been satisfied shall be distributed as follows:

(1) first, to patrons for the pro rata return of amounts standing to their credit because of their patronage; and

(2) second, to members for the pro rata repayment of membership fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7938A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7938A / Section 7938A.0301
§ 7938A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 25A.020 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25A / Section 25A.020
§ 25A.020. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules of civil procedure as the court determines necessary, including rules providing for:

(1) the timely and efficient removal and remand of cases to and from the business court; and

(2) the assignment of cases to judges of the business court.

(b) The business court may adopt rules of practice and procedure consistent with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and the Texas Rules of Evidence.
Tex. Property Code § 64.002 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 64 / Section 64.002
§ 64.002. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may give notice under this chapter:

(1) by transmitting the notice in the manner described by Section 51.002(e);

(2) by depositing the notice with the United States Postal Service or a commercially reasonable delivery service, properly addressed to the intended recipient's address in accordance with this section, with first class postage or other cost of delivery paid; or

(3) by transmitting the notice to the intended recipient by any means agreed to by the intended recipient.

(b) The following rules determine the address for notices under Subsection (a):

(1) the address for notices to an assignee is the address of the assignee agreed in the security instrument or other document between the parties as the address for notices to the assignee, unless a more recent address for notices has been given by the assignee to the person giving the notice in accordance with Subsection (a) or as agreed in a security instrument or other document signed by the assignee;

(2) the address for notices to an assignor is the address of the assignor agreed in the security instrument or other document between the parties as the address for notices to the assignor or as provided in Section 51.002, unless a more recent address for notices has been given by the assignor to the person giving the notice in accordance with Subsection (a) or as agreed in a security instrument or other document signed by the assignor; and

(3) for notices to a tenant:

(A) if there is an address for notices to the tenant in a signed document between the tenant and the person giving the notice, the person giving the notice shall use that address unless a more recent address for notices has been given by the tenant in accordance with that document;

(B) if an address for notices described by Paragraph (A) does not exist, but the tenant's agreement with the assignor has an address for notices to the tenant and the person giving the notice has received a copy of that document or has actual knowledge of the address for notices specified in that document, the person giving the notice shall use that address; or

(C) if an address for notices described by Paragraphs (A) and (B) does not exist, the person giving the notice shall use the tenant's address at the real property covered by the security instrument.

(c) Notice given in accordance with this chapter is deemed received on the earliest of:

(1) the date the notice is received by the person to whom the notice is given;

(2) the fifth day after the date the notice is given in accordance with Subsection (a)(2); or

(3) the date on which notice is deemed received in accordance with an agreement made by the person to whom the notice is given.

(d) A notice under this chapter must be a document.
Tex. Property Code § 72.104 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 72 / Section 72.104
§ 72.104. TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY HELD BY COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Tangible personal property that is found on county land or in a county park, facility, or right-of-way is presumed abandoned if, for longer than 120 days:

(1) the personal property is held by the county;

(2) the existence and location of the owner of the personal property is unknown to the county; and

(3) according to the knowledge and records of the county, a claim to the personal property has not been asserted or an act of ownership of the personal property has not been exercised.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 242.056 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 242 / Section 242.056
§ 242.056. ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT GROUPS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall allow advocacy and support groups whose primary functions are to benefit children, inmates, girls and women, persons with mental illness, or victims of sexual assault to provide on-site information, support, and other services for children confined in department facilities.

(b) The department shall adopt security and privacy procedures for advocacy and support groups that provide on-site information, support, and other services under this section. The security and privacy procedures may not be designed to deny an advocacy or support group access to children confined in department facilities.

(c) The department shall adopt standards consistent with standards adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding the confidential correspondence of children confined in department facilities with external entities, including advocacy and support groups.
Tex. Government Code § 437.223 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.223
§ 437.223. EXEMPTION FROM ARREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the Texas military forces may not be arrested, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace, while the person is going to or coming from a place that the person was required to be for military duty.

(b) This section does not prevent a peace officer from issuing a traffic summons or citation to appear in court at a later date that does not conflict with the member's duty hours.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.351 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.351
§ 462.351. ISSUANCE OF POLICIES AFTER RELEASE FROM RECEIVERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an impaired insurer placed in receivership for which money has been advanced under this chapter may not be authorized, on release from receivership, to issue new or renewal insurance policies until the insurer repays the advances to the association.

(b) On application of the association and after hearing, the commissioner may permit the insurer to issue new insurance policies in accordance with the insurer's plan of operation for repayment of advances.

(c) The commissioner, in approving the plan of operation, may place restrictions on the issuance of new or renewal insurance policies as the commissioner considers necessary to implement the plan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 464 / Section 464.054
§ 464.054. MEDICAL SERVICES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A program exempted under this subchapter may not provide medical care, medical detoxification, or medical withdrawal services.
Tex. Finance Code § 15.414 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.414
§ 15.414. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL OR PERSONAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the department, the commissioner may negotiate, contract, or enter into an agreement for professional or personal services. The commission by rule shall adopt policies and procedures consistent with applicable state procurement practices for soliciting and awarding contracts under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1066.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1066 / Section 1066.001
§ 1066.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Moulton Community Medical Clinic District.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.519 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.519
§ 772.519. ALLOWABLE EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A district's allowable operating expenses include all costs attributable to designing a 9-1-1 system and all equipment and personnel necessary to establish and operate a public safety answering point and other related operations that the board considers necessary.
Tex. Estates Code § 308.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 308 / Section 308.001
§ 308.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "beneficiary" means a person, entity, state, governmental agency of the state, charitable organization, or trustee of a trust entitled to receive property under the terms of a decedent's will, to be determined for purposes of this subchapter with the assumption that each person who is alive on the date of the decedent's death survives any period required to receive the bequest as specified by the terms of the will. The term does not include a person, entity, state, governmental agency of the state, charitable organization, or trustee of a trust that would be entitled to receive property under the terms of a decedent's will on the occurrence of a contingency that has not occurred as of the date of the decedent's death.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.0123 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.0123
§ 171.0123. PATERNITY AND CHILD SUPPORT INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

If, after being provided with a sonogram and the information required under this subchapter, the pregnant woman chooses not to have an abortion, the physician or an agent of the physician shall provide the pregnant woman with a publication developed by the Title IV-D agency that provides information about paternity establishment and child support, including:

(1) the steps necessary for unmarried parents to establish legal paternity;

(2) the benefits of paternity establishment for children;

(3) the steps necessary to obtain a child support order;

(4) the benefits of establishing a legal parenting order; and

(5) financial and legal responsibilities of parenting.
Tex. Government Code § 432.137 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.137
§ 432.137. FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR REGULATION.
Status: in_force

A person subject to this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person:

(1) violates or fails to obey a lawful general order or regulation;

(2) having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by a member of the state military forces that it is the person's duty to obey, fails to obey the order; or

(3) is derelict in the performance of the person's duties.
Tex. Estates Code § 1202.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.053
§ 1202.053. CITATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

When an application is filed under Section 1202.051, citation shall be served on:

(1) the ward's guardian; and

(2) the ward if the ward is not the applicant.
Tex. Local Government Code § 62.046 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 62 / Section 62.046
§ 62.046. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A court appointing a receiver under this subchapter may authorize compensation for the receiver.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.058
§ 1099.058. VOTING REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

A concurrence of three directors is sufficient in any matter relating to district business.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.002
§ 1104.002. PREFERENCE OF INCAPACITATED PERSON.
Status: in_force

Before appointing a guardian, the court shall make a reasonable effort to consider the incapacitated person's preference of the person to be appointed guardian and, to the extent consistent with other provisions of this title, shall give due consideration to the preference indicated by the incapacitated person, regardless of whether the person has designated by declaration a guardian before the need arises under Subchapter E.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 5.61 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 5 / Section 5.61
§ 5.61. TRAINING PROGRAM ON OPIOID-RELATED DRUG OVERDOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "opioid antagonist" and "opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The commission shall develop a training program that provides training on:

(1) the signs and symptoms of an opioid-related drug overdose; and

(2) the administration of an opioid antagonist.

(c) The commission may make the training available online.
Tex. Property Code § 161.022 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.022
§ 161.022. SEPARATE ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) A bank holding a security under this subchapter, whether in registered or bearer form, at all times shall keep the security separate from the bank's assets. The bank may:

(1) hold separately the certificates representing securities that periodically comprise the assets of a particular fiduciary account from those of all other accounts; or

(2) without certification as to ownership attached, hold in bulk certificates representing the same class of securities of the same issuer that periodically comprise the assets of different fiduciary accounts and, to the extent feasible, merge certificates of small denomination into one or more certificates of large denomination.

(b) A bank that holds security certificates in bulk is subject to the regulations issued by the Finance Commission of Texas if the bank is chartered by this state or by the comptroller of the currency if the bank is a national banking association.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.118 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.118
§ 1078.118. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.