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Tex. Local Government Code § 133.053 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 133 / Section 133.053
§ 133.053. INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) The treasurer may deposit fees in an interest-bearing account.

(b) The municipality or county may retain any interest accrued on the money the treasurer deposited in the treasury if the treasurer remits the funds to the comptroller within the period prescribed by Section 133.055(a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.021 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.021
§ 431.021. PURPOSE OF CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

The purpose of a corporation is limited to the promotion and development of public transportation facilities and systems.
Tex. Water Code § 68.104 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.104
§ 68.104. NOTICE OF HEARING; CONTENTS OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of the county in which a district is proposed to be created shall set a date, time, and place for a hearing to consider the petition received by the commissioners court.

(b) The commissioners court shall issue public notice of the hearing. The notice must state:

(1) the date, time, and place of the hearing; and

(2) that any person may appear, present evidence, and testify for or against the creation of the proposed district.

(c) The commissioners court shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least one time at least 30 days before the hearing date.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 94.036 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 94 / Section 94.036
§ 94.036. DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

A department inspector may not issue a certificate of inspection and maturity to a packing house that has not complied with Section 94.011, 94.012, or 94.025 of this code.
Tex. Property Code § 114.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 114 / Section 114.005
§ 114.005. RELEASE OF LIABILITY BY BENEFICIARY.
Status: in_force

(a) A beneficiary who has full legal capacity and is acting on full information may relieve a trustee from any duty, responsibility, restriction, or liability as to the beneficiary that would otherwise be imposed on the trustee by this subtitle, including liability for past violations.

(b) The release must be in writing and delivered to the trustee.
Tex. Government Code § 500.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 500 / Section 500.001
§ 500.001. SUPERVISORY OR DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY OF INMATES.
Status: in_force

(a) An inmate housed in a facility operated by the department or under contract with the department may not act in a supervisory or administrative capacity over another inmate.

(b) An inmate housed in a facility operated by the department or under contract with the department may not administer disciplinary action over another inmate.
Tex. Insurance Code § 961.306 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 961 / Section 961.306
§ 961.306. PAYMENT ONLY FOR SERVICES PROVIDED.
Status: in_force

A nonprofit legal services corporation may not pay any of the claim funds collected from participants to an attorney except for legal services that the attorney provided to participants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.252
§ 3948.252. PROCEDURE FOR ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes of the defined area or designated property, the board shall hold an election in the defined area or in the designated property only.

(b) The board may submit the issues to the voters on the same ballot to be used in another election.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.123 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 60 / Section 60.123
§ 60.123. HEARING AND PETITION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A district may impose an assessment only if:

(1) a written petition has been filed with the board that:

(A) requests the assessment;

(B) states the specific purpose of the assessment; and

(C) is signed by each owner of the real property to be assessed or, for an assessment on an agricultural product, by each owner of real property on which the agricultural product subject to the assessment may be produced;

(2) two-thirds of the members of the board vote to impose the assessment;

(3) the board provides notice of a hearing on the proposal under Section 60.129; and

(4) the board holds a hearing on the advisability of the assessment under Section 60.130.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3823.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3823 / Section 3823.151
§ 3823.151. DISBURSEMENTS OR TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.005
§ 52.005. ASSOCIATIONS NOT IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE.
Status: in_force

(a) A marketing association is not a combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly.

(b) Organizing under this chapter is not an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices arbitrarily.

(c) Marketing contracts or agreements authorized by this chapter are not illegal or in restraint of trade.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0449 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0449
§ 42.0449. REQUIRED ACTIONS AFTER NOTICE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE CALL.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules specifying the actions that the department, a child-placing agency, and a continuum-of-care residential operation that includes a child-placing agency shall take after receiving notice of a family violence report under Article 5.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Section 42.0448 to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of each child residing in the verified agency foster home.The executive commissioner shall adopt rules specifying the actions that the department, a child-placing agency, and a continuum-of-care residential operation that includes a child-placing agency shall take after receiving notice of a family violence report under Article 5A.009, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Section 42.0448 to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of each child residing in the verified agency foster home.
Tex. Government Code § 438.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 438 / Section 438.103
§ 438.103. TERMS; VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the appointed advisory committee members shall serve for a term of two years.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the advisory committee members described by Sections 438.102(a)(5), (6), and (7).

(c) If a vacancy occurs on the advisory committee, the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint a successor in the same manner as the original appointment.
Tex. Government Code § 802.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 802 / Section 802.002
§ 802.002. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the Employees Retirement System of Texas, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Texas County and District Retirement System, the Texas Municipal Retirement System, and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two are exempt from Sections 802.101(a), 802.101(b), 802.101(d), 802.102, 802.103(a), 802.103(b), 802.2015, 802.2016, 802.202, 802.203, 802.204, 802.205, 802.206, and 802.207. The Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One is exempt from all of Subchapters B and C except Sections 802.104 and 802.105. The optional retirement program governed by Chapter 830 is exempt from all of Subchapters B and C except Section 802.106.

(b) If a public retirement system or program that is exempt under Subsection (a) is required by law to make an actuarial valuation of the assets of the system or program and publish actuarial information about the system or program, the actuary making the valuation and the governing body publishing the information must include the information required by Section 802.101(b).

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a defined contribution plan is exempt from Sections 802.101, 802.1012, 802.1014, 802.103, 802.104, and 802.202(d). This subsection may not be construed to exempt any plan from Section 802.105 or 802.106(h).

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a retirement system that is organized under the Texas Local Fire Fighters Retirement Act (Article 6243e, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) for a fire department consisting exclusively of volunteers as defined by that Act is exempt from Sections 802.101, 802.1012, 802.1014, 802.102, 802.103, 802.104, and 802.202(d). This subsection may not be construed to exempt any plan from Section 802.105 or 802.106(h).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8380.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8380 / Section 8380.203
§ 8380.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.011 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.011
§ 302.011. POSTEMPLOYMENT CASE MANAGEMENT AND MENTORING.
Status: in_force

The commission shall encourage local workforce development boards to provide postemployment case management services for and use mentoring techniques to assist recipients of financial assistance and nonrecipient parents who participate in employment programs under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, and have, in comparison to other recipients and nonrecipient parents, higher levels of barriers to employment. The case management services and mentoring techniques must be designed to increase the person's potential for wage growth and development of a stable employment history.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.068 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.068
§ 1702.068. APPEAL BOND NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The department is not required to give an appeal bond in any cause arising under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 853.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 853 / Section 853.001
§ 853.001. TYPES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE.
Status: in_force

The types of service creditable as credited service in the retirement system are prior service and current service.
Tex. Election Code § 129.021 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 129 / Section 129.021
§ 129.021. ACCEPTANCE TESTING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "hash validation" means a mathematical function that, when applied to a file, creates a unique string of letters and numbers that may be used to confirm that a voting system and its source code have not been altered.

(b) Immediately after receiving a voting system from a vendor, the general custodian of election records shall:

(1) verify that the system delivered is certified by the secretary of state;

(2) perform a hardware diagnostic test on the system as provided by Section 129.022(b);

(3) perform a public test of logic and accuracy on the system as provided by Section 129.023;

(4) perform a hash validation on each ballot marking device, each unit of automatic tabulating equipment, and each tabulation computer to verify that the source code of the equipment has not been altered; and

(5) perform any additional test that the secretary of state may prescribe.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.156 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.156
§ 54.156. RESALE OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate holder may obtain services under the resale tariffs approved by the commission under Subchapter C, Chapter 60, except in a certificated area of a company that serves fewer than 31,000 access lines.

(b) A certificate holder may obtain for resale the monthly recurring flat rate local exchange telephone service and associated nonrecurring charges, including any mandatory extended area service, of an incumbent local exchange company at a five percent discount to the tariffed rate.

(c) The incumbent local exchange company shall sell a feature service that may be provided to a customer in conjunction with local exchange service at a five percent discount to the tariffed rate, including any associated nonrecurring charge for those services, provided that the incumbent local exchange company shall make available to a certificate holder, at an additional five percent discount, any discounts made available to customers of the incumbent local exchange company who are similarly situated to the customers of the certificate holder. In this subsection "feature service" includes:

(1) toll restriction;

(2) call control options;

(3) tone dialing;

(4) custom calling; and

(5) caller identification.

(d) A certificate holder and an incumbent local exchange company may agree to a rate lower than the tariffed rate or discounted rate.

(e) The five percent discounts provided by this section do not apply in an exchange of a company that has fewer than 31,000 access lines in this state.

(f) If the tariffed rate for a resold service changes, the five percent discount prescribed by this section applies to the changed rate. The commission may not, for certificate holders, create a special class for purposes of resold services.

(g) A certificate holder:

(1) may not use a resold flat rate local exchange telephone service to avoid the rates and terms of an incumbent local exchange company's tariffs;

(2) may not terminate both flat rate local exchange telephone service and services obtained under the resale tariff approved under Section 60.041 on the same end user customer's premises;

(3) may not use resold flat rate local exchange telephone services to provide access services to another interexchange carrier, cellular carrier, competitive access provider, or retail telecommunications provider, but may permit customers to use resold local exchange telephone services to access such a carrier or provider;

(4) may sell the flat rate local exchange telephone service only to the same class of customers to which the incumbent local exchange company sells that service;

(5) may obtain services offered by or negotiated with a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity or a certificate of operating authority; and

(6) may obtain for resale single or multiple line flat rate intraLATA calling service when provided by the local exchange company at the tariffed rate for online digital communications.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.009 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.009
§ 3833.009. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER WATER DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 49, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1038.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1038 / Section 1038.112
§ 1038.112. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.058
§ 3937.058. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $50 for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation a director may receive each year may not exceed $2,000.

(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the board.
Tex. Education Code § 12.016 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.016
§ 12.016. CONTENT.
Status: in_force

Each home-rule school district charter must:

(1) describe the educational program to be offered;

(2) provide that continuation of the home-rule school district charter is contingent on:

(A) acceptable student performance on assessment instruments adopted under Subchapter B, Chapter 39; and

(B) compliance with other applicable accountability provisions under Chapters 39 and 39A;

(3) specify any basis, in addition to a basis specified by this subchapter, on which the charter may be placed on probation or revoked;

(4) describe the governing structure of the district and campuses;

(5) specify any procedure or requirement, in addition to those under Chapter 38, that the district will follow to ensure the health and safety of students and employees;

(6) describe the process by which the district will adopt an annual budget, including a description of the use of program-weight funds;

(7) describe the manner in which an annual audit of financial and programmatic operations of the district is to be conducted, including the manner in which the district will provide information necessary for the district to participate in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to the extent required by this subchapter; and

(8) include any other provision the charter commission considers necessary.
Tex. Education Code § 34.008 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 34 / Section 34.008
§ 34.008. CONTRACT WITH TRANSIT AUTHORITY, COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, OR JUVENILE BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) A board of county school trustees or school district board of trustees may contract with a mass transit authority, commercial transportation company, or juvenile board for all or any part of a district's public school transportation if the authority, company, or board:

(1) requires its school bus drivers to have the qualifications required by and to be certified in accordance with standards established by the Department of Public Safety; and

(2) uses only those school buses or mass transit authority buses in transporting 15 or more public school students that meet or exceed safety standards for school buses established under Section 34.002.

(b) This section does not prohibit the county or school district board from supplementing the state transportation cost allotment with local funds necessary to provide complete transportation services.

(c) A mass transit authority contracting under this section for daily transportation of pre-primary, primary, or secondary students to or from school shall conduct, in a manner and on a schedule approved by the county or district school board, the following education programs:

(1) a program to inform the public that public school students will be riding on the authority's or company's buses;

(2) a program to educate the drivers of the buses to be used under the contract of the special needs and problems of public school students riding on the buses; and

(3) a program to educate public school students on bus riding safety and any special considerations arising from the use of the authority's or company's buses.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.164 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.164
§ 601.164. REDUCTION IN SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may reduce the amount of security ordered in a case within six months after the date of the collision if, in the department's judgment, the amount is excessive.

(b) The amount of security originally deposited that exceeds the reduced amount shall be returned promptly to the depositor or the depositor's personal representative.
Tex. Government Code § 22.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.006
§ 22.006. ADJOURNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The supreme court may adjourn from day to day or for the periods that it deems necessary to the ends of justice and the determination of the business before the court.

(b) A suit, process, or matter returned to or pending in the supreme court may not be discontinued because a quorum of the court is not present at the commencement or on any other day of the term. If a quorum of the court is not present on any day of the term, a justice of the court or the bailiff attending the court may adjourn the court from time to time.
Tex. Education Code § 109.206 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 109 / Section 109.206
§ 109.206. ACCESS TO DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) In exchange for membership in the consortium, a private entity may receive access to data produced as a result of investigation by the consortium in an amount proportionate to the entity's level of membership.

(b) A private entity's access to the consortium's investigation data must be governed by a membership contract between the host university and the entity that describes the data to be released to the private entity.

(c) The consortium shall make information about the work of the consortium available to the public on an Internet website maintained by the host university. Information made available under this subsection may not be privileged, proprietary, or confidential.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4002.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4002 / Section 4002.102
§ 4002.102. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may adopt rules relating to:

(1) the scope, type, and conduct of an examination;

(2) the time and location in this state at which an examination is conducted; or

(3) the designation of textbooks, manuals, and other materials to be studied by an applicant for an examination.

(b) The textbooks, manuals, or other materials designated by the commissioner under Subsection (a)(3) may consist of:

(1) material available to an applicant by purchase from the publisher; or

(2) material prepared at the direction of the commissioner and distributed to an applicant on request and on payment of the reasonable cost of the material.
Tex. Government Code § 2175.901 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2175 / Section 2175.901
§ 2175.901. PURCHASE OF CHAIRS BY CERTAIN STATE OFFICERS AND AGENCY HEADS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding other law, on vacating an office or terminating employment, an elected or appointed state officer or an executive head of a state agency in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government may purchase for fair market value the chair used by the officer or employee during the person's period of state service.

(b) The fair market value of a chair shall be determined:

(1) for an executive agency or a legislative agency other than the legislature, by the commission;

(2) for a judicial agency, by the chief justice of the supreme court;

(3) for the house of representatives, by the speaker of the house of representatives; and

(4) for the senate, by the lieutenant governor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3800.0602 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3800 / Section 3800.0602
§ 3800.0602. ELECTION; ADOPTION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board by order may call an election to authorize the adoption of the sales and use tax. The election may be held on any uniform election date and in conjunction with any other district election.

(c) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in the Montgomery County Management District No. 2 at a rate not to exceed ____ percent" (insert rate of one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3936.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3936 / Section 3936.201
§ 3936.201. TAX ABATEMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may enter into a tax abatement agreement in accordance with the general laws of this state authorizing and applicable to a tax abatement agreement by a municipality.
Tex. Transportation Code § 682.010 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 682 / Section 682.010
§ 682.010. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An order filed under Section 682.009, or a fine, cost, or fee imposed under this chapter following a failure by the person charged to appear within the time specified by a municipality's ordinance, resolution, rule, or order, may be enforced by:

(1) impounding the vehicle if the offender has committed three or more vehicle parking or stopping offenses in a calendar year;

(2) placing a device on the vehicle that prohibits movement of the motor vehicle;

(3) imposing an additional fine if the original fine is not paid within a specified time;

(4) denying issuance of or revoking a parking or operating permit, as applicable; or

(5) filing an action to collect the fine, cost, or fee in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(b) An action to collect a fine, cost, or fee under Subsection (a)(5) must be brought:

(1) in the name of the municipality served by the hearing officer; and

(2) in a county in which all or part of that municipality is located.