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Tex. Education Code § 29.062 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.062
§ 29.062. COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature recognizes that compliance with this subchapter is an imperative public necessity. Therefore, in accordance with the policy of the state, the agency shall evaluate the effectiveness of programs under this subchapter based on the achievement indicators adopted under Section 39.053(c), including the results of assessment instruments. The agency may combine evaluations under this section with federal accountability measures concerning emergent bilingual students.

(b) The areas to be monitored shall include:

(1) program content and design;

(2) program coverage;

(3) identification procedures;

(4) classification procedures;

(5) staffing;

(6) learning materials;

(7) testing materials;

(8) reclassification of students for either entry into regular classes conducted exclusively in English or reentry into a bilingual education or special education program; and

(9) activities of the language proficiency assessment committees.

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date of an on-site monitoring inspection, the agency shall report its findings to the school district or open-enrollment charter school and to the division of accreditation.

(d) The agency shall notify a school district or open-enrollment charter school found in noncompliance in writing, not later than the 30th day after the date of the on-site monitoring. The district or open-enrollment charter school shall take immediate corrective action.

(e) If a school district or open-enrollment charter school fails to satisfy appropriate standards adopted by the commissioner for purposes of Subsection (a), the agency shall apply sanctions, which may include the removal of accreditation, loss of foundation school funds, or both.
Tex. Water Code § 51.337 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.337
§ 51.337. POWERS OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district has all the powers and rights of procedure, financing, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, operation, and administration conferred by Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, and by this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.305 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.305
§ 1501.305. BOARD MEMBER IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of the board is not liable for an act performed, or omission made, in good faith in the performance of powers and duties under this subchapter.

(b) A cause of action does not arise against a member of the board for an act or omission described by Subsection (a).
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.201 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.201
§ 457.201. PURCHASE AND PERCENT OF VEHICLES USING ALTERNATIVE FUEL.
Status: repealed

(a) An authority may not purchase or lease a motor vehicle that is not capable of using compressed natural gas or another alternative fuel the use of which results in comparably lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, or particulates or combinations of those materials.

(b) At least 50 percent of the fleet vehicles operated by an authority must be capable of using compressed natural gas or another alternative fuel.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 864, Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2005.
Tex. Estates Code § 1162.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1162 / Section 1162.053
§ 1162.053. ORDER AUTHORIZING GIFT.
Status: in_force

On the conclusion of a hearing under Section 1162.052, the court may enter an order authorizing the guardian to make a contribution from the income of the ward's estate to a particular donee designated in the application and order if the court is satisfied and finds from the evidence that:

(1) the amount of the proposed contribution stated in the application will probably not exceed 20 percent of the net income of the ward's estate for the current calendar year;

(2) the net income of the ward's estate for the current calendar year exceeds, or probably will exceed, $25,000;

(3) the full amount of the contribution, if made, will probably be deductible from the ward's gross income in determining the net income of the ward under applicable federal income tax laws and rules;

(4) the condition of the ward's estate justifies a contribution in the proposed amount; and

(5) the proposed contribution is reasonable in amount and is for a worthy cause.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8273.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8273 / Section 8273.107
§ 8273.107. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may award a construction contract that requires an expenditure of more than $12,500 only after publication of notice to bidders once each week for two consecutive weeks immediately before awarding the contract.

(b) The notice must be published in a newspaper with general circulation in the authority, as designated by the board.

(c) The notice must state:

(1) the time and place for opening the bids;

(2) the general nature of the work to be done or the material, equipment, or supplies to be purchased; and

(3) the terms on which copies of the plans and specifications may be obtained.

(d) The authority is not required to advertise work to be performed in an emergency.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.252
§ 2203.252. ASSESSMENT OF POLICYHOLDERS FOR DEFICIT RECOUPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each policyholder within the group of physicians and health care providers, other than nursing homes and assisted living facilities, or within the group of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, has contingent liability for a proportionate share of an assessment made under this chapter of policyholders in the applicable group.

(b) If a deficit, as computed under the plan of operation, is sustained with respect to a group described by Subsection (a) in a single year, the board of directors shall levy an assessment only on the policyholders in the applicable group who held policies in force at any time during the two most recently completed calendar years:

(1) before the date the assessment is levied; and

(2) in which the association was issuing policies.

(c) The aggregate amount of an assessment under Subsection (b) must be equal to the amount of the deficit not recouped under Section 2203.251(b)(1) from the applicable policyholder's stabilization reserve fund. Subject to Subsection (d), each policyholder in the applicable group shall be assessed for a portion of the deficit that reflects the proportion that the earned premium on the policies of that policyholder bears to the total earned premium for all policies of the association in the applicable group in the two most recently completed calendar years.

(d) The maximum aggregate assessment on each policyholder in the applicable group may not exceed the annual premium for the liability insurance policy most recently in effect.
Tex. Election Code § 113.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 113 / Section 113.005
§ 113.005. PERSONAL APPEARANCE VOTING; PROCESSING RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) On submission of an application for a presidential ballot to be voted by personal appearance, the early voting clerk shall review the application and verify the applicant's registration status in accordance with the procedure applicable to early voting by mail.

(b) The personal appearance voting shall be conducted with the balloting materials for early voting by mail.

(c) The voter must mark and seal the ballot in the same manner as if voting by mail except that the certificate on the carrier envelope need not be completed.

(d) On sealing the carrier envelope, the voter must give it to the clerk, who shall note on the envelope that the ballot is a presidential ballot.

(e) The results of voting a presidential ballot by personal appearance shall be processed in accordance with the procedures applicable to processing early voting ballots voted by mail.
Tex. Local Government Code § 322.044 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 322 / Section 322.044
§ 322.044. LEASES AND OPERATING AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Concurrent with or at any time before the authorization for issuance of bonds secured by a pledge of the revenues of a designated facility of a park, the board may enter a contract, including a lease, with any person for the operation of the facility. The contract must specify the consideration or specify the method of determining the consideration. The contract may be for a period determined by the board.

(b) The revenues from the contract may be pledged in the resolution or indenture as security or additional security for the revenue bonds. If the contract is concurrent with the authorization for issuance of the bonds, the revenues constitute security for the bonds.

(c) The contract must require that the rentals, tolls, and charges to be enforced by the lessee for the use or services provided by the facility be sufficient to at least yield in the aggregate money necessary to pay the reasonable operation and maintenance expenses to assure proper operation and maintenance of the facility, plus an amount that will assure income to the board to permit and assure payments into the funds and accounts in the manner, at the times, and in the amounts specified in the resolution.

(d) The contract may provide that the rentals, tolls, and charges may be sufficient to yield a reasonable profit to the other party to the contract, but to be realized only after payment in full of the obligation to the board.

(e) The contract may provide for payment of the annual consideration or rental in approximately equal monthly installments, and that failure to pay any required payment when due may be declared to be a breach of contract, entitling the board under rules prescribed in the contract to declare the contract forfeited and to take over the operation and maintenance of the facility. That remedy is cumulative of all others.

(f) The board may in the resolution or trust indenture reserve the right to enter such a contract after issuance of the bonds.
Tex. Water Code § 152.252 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.252
§ 152.252. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO HEDGING CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) A river authority or a corporation created under Section 152.051 may enter into a hedging contract and related security and insurance agreements.

(b) A hedging transaction must comply with the regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.022 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 17 / Section 17.022
§ 17.022. PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A magistrate considering the release on bail of a defendant charged with an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category of offense shall order that:

(1) the personal bond office established under Article 17.42 for the county in which the defendant is being detained, if a personal bond office has been established for that county, or other suitably trained person including judicial personnel or sheriff's department personnel, use the public safety report system developed under Article 17.021 to prepare a public safety report with respect to the defendant; and

(2) the public safety report prepared under Subdivision (1) be provided to the magistrate as soon as practicable but not later than 48 hours after the defendant's arrest.

(b) A magistrate may not, without the consent of the sheriff, order a sheriff or sheriff's department personnel to prepare a public safety report under this article.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a magistrate may personally prepare a public safety report, before or while making a bail decision, using the public safety report system developed under Article 17.021.

(d) The magistrate shall:

(1) consider the public safety report before setting bail; and

(2) promptly but not later than 72 hours after the time bail is set, submit the bail form described by Section 72.038, Government Code, in accordance with that section.

(e) In the manner described by this article, a magistrate may, but is not required to, order, prepare, or consider a public safety report in setting bail for a defendant charged only with a misdemeanor punishable by fine only or a defendant who receives a citation under Article 14.06(c). If ordered, the report shall be prepared for the time and place for an appearance as indicated in the citation.

(f) A magistrate may set bail for a defendant charged only with an offense punishable as a misdemeanor without ordering, preparing, or considering a public safety report if the public safety report system is unavailable for longer than 12 hours due to a technical failure at the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.

(g) In the manner described by this article, a magistrate may order, prepare, or consider a public safety report in setting bail for a defendant who is not in custody at the time the report is ordered, prepared, or considered.
Tex. Labor Code § 301.0611 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 301 / Section 301.0611
§ 301.0611. COORDINATION OF CERTAIN AWARDS AND INCENTIVES.
Status: in_force

The commission, in cooperation with the Texas Education Agency, the comptroller, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, shall prepare and make available to the public a list of all awards and incentives available for business participation in:

(1) a school district's career and technology education program under Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code; or

(2) any other career and technology education training.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8458.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8458 / Section 8458.101
§ 8458.101. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7953.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7953 / Section 7953.203
§ 7953.203. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3805.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3805 / Section 3805.051
§ 3805.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered terms of four years.

(b) The board by resolution may increase or decrease the number of directors on the board, but only if a majority of the board finds that it is in the best interest of the district to do so. The board may not:

(1) increase the number of directors to more than nine; or

(2) decrease the number of directors to fewer than five.

(c) Sections 49.053, 49.054, 49.056, 49.057, 49.058, and 49.060, Water Code, apply to the board.

(d) Subchapter D, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the board to the extent that subchapter does not conflict with this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 147.0035 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 147 / Section 147.0035
§ 147.0035. RECOGNITION OF MEET AND CONFER TEAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A public employer in a municipality that chooses to meet and confer under this chapter shall recognize the meet and confer team that is recognized under Section 147.0031 or 147.0033 as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for the police officers and firefighters, excluding the head of the police department, head of the fire department, and the employees exempt under Subsection (b), in accordance with this chapter and the petition.

(b) For the purposes of Subsection (a), exempt employees are employees appointed by the head of the police department or fire department in the classification immediately below that of department head or that are exempt by the mutual agreement of the meet and confer team and the municipality.

(c) The municipality shall recognize the meet and confer team until recognition of the meet and confer team is withdrawn in accordance with Section 147.0034 by a majority of the police officers and a majority of the firefighters who are eligible to sign a petition for recognition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.101
§ 3960.101. 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. Health and Safety Code § 63.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 63 / Section 63.003
§ 63.003. HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall develop and implement a program to provide health benefits plan coverage for a child who:

(1) is a qualified alien, as that term is defined by 8 U.S.C. Section 1641(b);

(2) is younger than 19 years of age;

(3) entered the United States after August 22, 1996;

(4) has resided in the United States for less than five years; and

(5) meets the income eligibility requirement of, but is not eligible for assistance under:

(A) the child health plan program under Chapter 62; or

(B) the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4152.209 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4152 / Section 4152.209
§ 4152.209. PAYMENT OF INTERIM PROFITS.
Status: in_force

If a contract entered into under Section 4152.201 provides for the sharing of interim profits by the manager, interim profits may not be paid until:

(1) the first anniversary of the end of each underwriting period for property business, the fifth anniversary of the end of each underwriting period for casualty business, or the expiration of the period set by the executive director for those or other specified kinds of insurance; and

(2) the adequacy of reserves on remaining claims has been verified under Section 4152.213.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.251 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.251
§ 11.251. MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT REVIEW SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Maintenance equipment" means personal property owned by the department that is used to administer, operate, preserve, repair, expand, or otherwise maintain real property, including improvements and fixtures, owned or operated by the department.

(2) "Outdated equipment" means equipment:

(A) that has a fair market value that is less than the annual cost of maintaining the equipment in working order;

(B) that is not operational and cannot reasonably be made operational; or

(C) that no longer serves a department purpose.

(b) The commission by rule shall establish an equipment review system through which the department annually determines whether any of the department's maintenance equipment has become outdated equipment since the last date the department conducted an equipment review under this section.

(c) The equipment review system established under Subsection (b) must require the department to sell any outdated equipment in the manner and at the time specified by the commission by rule.

(d) The department shall deposit proceeds from the sale of equipment under this section to the credit of the appropriate parks and wildlife account.
Tex. Transportation Code § 222.031 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 222 / Section 222.031
§ 222.031. USE OF FEDERAL AID FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

Money appropriated by the United States for public road construction in this state may be spent only by and under the supervision of the department.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.153
§ 166.153. PERSONS WHO MAY NOT EXERCISE AUTHORITY OF AGENT.
Status: in_force

A person may not exercise the authority of an agent while the person serves as:

(1) the principal's health care provider;

(2) an employee of the principal's health care provider unless the person is a relative of the principal;

(3) the principal's residential care provider; or

(4) an employee of the principal's residential care provider unless the person is a relative of the principal.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2005
§ 54.2005. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A magistrate may be terminated by a majority vote of all the judges of the district and statutory county courts of Guadalupe County.

(b) To terminate a magistrate's employment, the local administrative judge of the district courts serving Guadalupe County must sign a written order of termination. The order must state:

(1) the magistrate's name; and

(2) the final date of the magistrate's employment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 552.0451 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.0451
§ 552.0451. EXTENSION OF SERVICE AREA BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality with a population of more than 900,000 located in one or more counties with a population of less than 1.5 million as of the 1990 federal census may extend its service area:

(1) into the boundaries of another municipality if:

(A) before the extension water from the municipality to which the service area is to be extended regularly drains into the drainage system of the municipality extending its service area; and

(B) the extension is provided for by an interlocal agreement between the municipalities; or

(2) beyond its municipal boundaries into an unincorporated area of its extraterritorial jurisdiction if:

(A) before the extension water from the area to which the service area is to be extended regularly drains into the drainage system of the municipality extending its service area; and

(B) the extension is provided for by an interlocal agreement between the municipality extending its service area and the county containing the area to which the service area is to be extended.

(b) An interlocal agreement under Subsection (a) may:

(1) contain provisions necessary for the operation of a drainage system within the area to which the service area is extended; and

(2) provide for charges for treatment of drainage water and methods of assessment of the charges to an owner of a lot or tract of benefitted property in the area to which the service area is extended.

(c) Charges and methods of assessment agreed to under Subsection (b)(2) must comply with Section 552.047.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7964.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7964 / Section 7964.051
§ 7964.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 7964.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8453.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8453 / Section 8453.051
§ 8453.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8453.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.