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Tex. Local Government Code § 397A.053 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 397A / Section 397A.053
§ 397A.053. HEARING ON CREATION OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not earlier than the 60th day or later than the 30th day before the date the governing body of each participating governmental entity establishes a regional military sustainability commission, each governing body shall hold two public hearings to consider the creation of the proposed commission. Each governing body must, at least seven days before each public hearing, prominently post notice of the hearing in the administrative offices of the governmental entity and publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation, if any, in the proposed territory.

(b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must:

(1) state the date, time, and place for the public hearing;

(2) identify the boundaries of the proposed territory, including a map of the proposed territory; and

(3) provide a description of the proposed commission's functions.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.079 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.079
§ 134.079. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT REVISION.
Status: in_force

During the term of a permit, the permit holder may submit to the commission an application for a permit revision, together with a revised reclamation plan.
Tex. Local Government Code § 271.060 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 271 / Section 271.060
§ 271.060. CHANGE ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After performance of a construction contract begins, a governing body may approve change orders if necessary to:

(1) make changes in plans or specifications; or

(2) decrease or increase the quantity of work to be performed or materials, equipment, or supplies to be furnished.

(b) The total price of a contract may not be increased by a change order unless provision has been made for the payment of the added cost by the appropriation of current funds or bond funds for that purpose, by the authorization of the issuance of certificates, or by a combination of those procedures.

(c) A contract with an original contract price of $1 million or more may not be increased by more than 25 percent. If a change order for a contract with an original contract price of less than $1 million increases the contract amount to $1 million or more, subsequent change orders may not increase the revised contract amount by more than 25 percent.

(d) A governing body may grant authority to an official or employee responsible for purchasing or for administering a contract to approve a change order that involves an increase or decrease of $50,000 or less.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 491.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 491 / Section 491.053
§ 491.053. CONSORTIUM PROPOSAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The lead institution of higher education of a consortium shall submit to the commission a proposal and request for funding on behalf of the consortium for purposes of conducting ibogaine drug development clinical trials in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) A proposal submitted under Subsection (a) must provide:

(1) the identity of all consortium members;

(2) a detailed description of the planned strategy for obtaining approval for the drug development clinical trials from the United States Food and Drug Administration;

(3) a detailed drug development clinical trial design that includes:

(A) a description of the composition of the consortium's drug development clinical trial team and the expertise of the team members;

(B) a drug development clinical trial participant recruitment plan;

(C) patient screening criteria and cardiac safety protocols;

(D) administration protocols;

(E) an aftercare and post-acute treatment support plan; and

(F) a data integrity plan;

(4) a detailed plan to seek a breakthrough therapy designation for ibogaine from the United States Food and Drug Administration under 21 U.S.C. Section 356;

(5) a proposal to recognize this state's commercial interest in all intellectual property that may be generated over the course of the drug development clinical trials, including:

(A) the treatment that is the subject of the trials;

(B) administration protocols;

(C) treatment models or techniques; and

(D) technology used in the trials;

(6) a plan to establish a corporate presence in this state and to promote and maintain ibogaine-related biomedical research, development, treatment, manufacturing, and distribution in this state;

(7) a plan to secure third-party payor approval for ibogaine treatment following approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration through:

(A) private insurers;

(B) Medicare;

(C) Medicaid; and

(D) the TRICARE program of the United States Department of Defense;

(8) a plan to ensure ibogaine treatment access to uninsured individuals following approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration;

(9) a plan to train and credential medical providers to administer ibogaine treatment according to developed clinical standards; and

(10) financial disclosures that verify the consortium's capacity to fully match state funding with funds received from non-state sources.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.302 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.302
§ 334.302. TAX AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order may impose a facility use tax on each member of a major league team that plays a professional sports game in an approved venue project in the municipality or county for which the municipality or county has issued bonds to plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, or renovate the approved venue project.

(b) The municipality or county may not impose the facility use tax under this subchapter for a professional sports game at a venue that is not an approved venue project or for which the municipality or county has not issued bonds to plan, acquire, establish, develop, construct, or renovate the approved venue project.

(c) A municipality or county may impose a tax under this subchapter only if:

(1) an approved venue project is or will be located in the municipality or county; and

(2) the tax is approved at an election held under Section 334.024.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 151.003 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 151 / Section 151.003
§ 151.003. NOTICE OF FACT.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this title, a person has notice of a fact if the person:

(1) has knowledge of the fact;

(2) has received a communication of the fact as provided by Subsection (c); or

(3) reasonably should have concluded, from all facts then known to that person, that the fact exists.

(b) A person notifies or gives notice to another person of a fact by taking actions reasonably required to inform the other person of the fact in the ordinary course of business, regardless of whether the other person actually has knowledge of the fact.

(c) A person is notified or receives notice of a fact when the fact is communicated to:

(1) the person;

(2) the person's place of business; or

(3) another place held out by the person as the place for receipt of communications.

(d) Receipt of notice by a general partner of a fact relating to the partnership is effective immediately as notice to the partnership unless fraud against the partnership is committed by or with the consent of the partner receiving the notice.
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.259 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.259
§ 344.259. APPLICABILITY OF ELECTION CODE.
Status: in_force

A referendum election authorized by this subchapter shall be held and the returns shall be prepared and canvassed in conformity with the Election Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2023.059 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2023 / Section 2023.059
§ 2023.059. DISTANCE LEARNING.
Status: in_force

The commission may provide assistance to members of the racing industry who are attempting to develop or implement adult, youth, or continuing education programs that use distance learning.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9032.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9032 / Section 9032.155
§ 9032.155. GENERAL PROPERTY POWER.
Status: in_force

In addition to powers granted the district under other law, the district has the power to purchase, construct, maintain, condemn, or in any other manner acquire, provide, and develop all works, facilities, improvements, lands, easements, rights, and other properties in the district that may be necessary or useful in fulfilling the purposes of the district.
Tex. Election Code § 13.007 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 13 / Section 13.007
§ 13.007. FALSE STATEMENT ON APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally:

(1) makes a false statement; or

(2) requests, commands, coerces, or attempts to induce another person to make a false statement on a registration application.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that an offense under this section is a state jail felony if the person:

(1) directly or through a third party offers or provides compensation or other benefit to a person for activity described by Subsection (a); or

(2) solicits, receives, or accepts compensation or other benefit for an activity described by Subsection (a).

(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
Tex. Tax Code § 21.03 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 21 / Section 21.03
§ 21.03. INTERSTATE ALLOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If personal property that is taxable by a taxing unit is used continually outside this state, whether regularly or irregularly, the appraisal office shall allocate to this state the portion of the total market value of the property that fairly reflects its use in this state.

(b) The comptroller shall adopt rules:

(1) identifying the kinds of property subject to this section; and

(2) establishing formulas for calculating the proportion of total market value to be allocated to this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9003.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9003 / Section 9003.105
§ 9003.105. COST OF RELOCATING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

If the district's exercise of eminent domain or of another power granted by this chapter makes necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of any highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telephone or telegraph properties and facilities, or pipeline, all the necessary relocating, raising, rerouting, changing of grade, or alteration of construction shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1006.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.103
§ 1006.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the district's hospitals and hospital system.
Tex. Education Code § 61.9997 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9997
§ 61.9997. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
Status: in_force

A reasonable amount, not to exceed five percent, of any general revenue appropriated for purposes of this subchapter may be used by the board to pay the costs of administering this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.012 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.012
§ 111.012. GENERAL JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

Particular powers granted to the commission by the provisions of this chapter do not limit the general powers conferred by other laws.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1059.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1059 / Section 1059.059
§ 1059.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board and is entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(c) Before assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator shall execute a bond in the amount determined by the board of not less than $5,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the administrator's duties under this chapter.

(d) The bond shall be kept in the district's permanent records.

(e) The district administrator shall obtain the bond from an insurer authorized to engage in business in this state.

(f) The board may pay for the bond with district money.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.115 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.115
§ 452.115. PUBLIC HEARING ON FARE AND SERVICE CHANGES IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O must hold a public hearing on:

(1) any fare change;

(2) a service change involving:

(A) 25 percent or more of the number of transit route miles of a transit route; or

(B) 25 percent or more of the number of transit revenue vehicle miles of a transit route, computed daily, for the day of the week for which the change is made; or

(3) the establishment of a new transit route.

(b) When the number of changes of a type described by Subsection (a)(2) in a fiscal year would equal the percentage applicable in that subsection, the public hearing must be held before the change that would equal or exceed the percentage.

(c) In this section:

(1) "Transit route" means a route over which a transit vehicle travels and that is specifically labeled or numbered for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers at regularly scheduled stops and intervals.

(2) "Transit route mile" means one mile along a transit route regularly traveled by transit vehicles while available for the general public to carry passengers.

(3) "Transit revenue vehicle mile" means one mile traveled by a transit vehicle while the vehicle is available to the general public to carry passengers.

(4) "Service change" means any addition or deletion resulting in the physical realignment of a transit route or a change in the type or frequency of service provided in a specific, regularly scheduled transit route.

(d) The length of a transit route is the distance traversed in traveling completely over the route and returning to the starting point to begin another circuit of the route. If a route is defined in one direction only, the one-directional distance is the route length.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 78.052 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 78 / Section 78.052
§ 78.052.
Status: in_force

Sec. 78.052. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER: MARINE FIRE EMERGENCY. This subchapter applies only to damages for personal injury, death, or property damage arising from an error or omission of:

(1) a nonprofit fire department providing services to respond to marine fire emergencies under contract to a governmental unit, if the error or omission occurs in responding to a marine fire emergency:

(A) on the navigable waters of this state;

(B) in any place into which a vessel enters or from which a vessel departs the waterway leading to that place from the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway;

(C) on property owned or under the control of the governmental unit; or

(D) at the request of the governmental unit in the interest of public safety; or

(2) a fire fighter providing services described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Local Government Code § 240.044 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 240 / Section 240.044
§ 240.044. FEE.
Status: in_force

The county may impose a placement review fee in the amount of not more than $50 to be paid by the person drilling the well. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the county's general fund to be used only for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 545.359 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.359
§ 545.359. CONFLICTING DESIGNATED SPEED LIMITS.
Status: in_force

An order of the Texas Transportation Commission declaring a speed limit on a part of a designated or marked route of the state highway system made under Section 545.353 or 545.362 supersedes any conflicting designated speed established under Sections 545.356 and 545.358.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4A.105 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4A / Section 4A.105
§ 4A.105. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
Status: reserved

(a) In this chapter:

(1) "Authorized account" means a deposit account of a customer in a bank designated by the customer as a source of payment of payment orders issued by the customer to the bank. If a customer does not so designate an account, any account of the customer is an authorized account if payment of a payment order from that account is not inconsistent with a restriction on the use of that account.

(2) "Bank" means a person engaged in the business of banking and includes a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, and trust company. A branch or separate office of a bank is a separate bank for purposes of this chapter.

(3) "Customer" means a person, including a bank, having an account with a bank or from whom a bank has agreed to receive payment orders.

(4) "Funds transfer business day" of a receiving bank means the part of a day during which the receiving bank is open for the receipt, processing, and transmittal of payment orders and cancellations and amendments of payment orders.

(5) "Funds transfer system" means a wire transfer network, automated clearinghouse, or other communication system of a clearinghouse or other association of banks through which a payment order by a bank may be transmitted to the bank to which the order is addressed.

(6) Reserved.

(7) "Prove" with respect to a fact means to meet the burden of establishing the fact (Section 1.201(b)(8)).

(b) Other definitions applying to this chapter and the sections in which they appear are:

(1) "Acceptance." Section 4A.209.

(2) "Beneficiary." Section 4A.103.

(3) "Beneficiary's bank." Section 4A.103.

(4) "Executed." Section 4A.301.

(5) "Execution date." Section 4A.301.

(6) "Funds transfer." Section 4A.104.

(7) "Funds transfer system rule." Section 4A.501.

(8) "Intermediary bank." Section 4A.104.

(9) "Originator." Section 4A.104.

(10) "Originator's bank." Section 4A.104.

(11) "Payment by beneficiary's bank to beneficiary." Section 4A.405.

(12) "Payment by originator to beneficiary." Section 4A.406.

(13) "Payment by sender to receiving bank." Section 4A.403.

(14) "Payment date." Section 4A.401.

(15) "Payment order." Section 4A.103.

(16) "Receiving bank." Section 4A.103.

(17) "Security procedure." Section 4A.201.

(18) "Sender." Section 4A.103.

(c) The following definitions in Chapter 4 apply to this chapter:

(1) "Clearinghouse." Section 4.104.

(2) "Item." Section 4.104.

(3) "Suspends payments." Section 4.104.

(d) In addition, Chapter 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3869.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3869 / Section 3869.109
§ 3869.109. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT; COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

The board may employ and establish the terms of employment and compensation of an executive director or general manager and any other district employees the board considers necessary.
Tex. Government Code § 809.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 809 / Section 809.003
§ 809.003. INDEMNIFICATION OF STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHERS.
Status: in_force

In a cause of action based on an action, inaction, decision, divestment, investment, financial company communication, report, or other determination made or taken in connection with this chapter, the state shall, without regard to whether the person performed services for compensation, indemnify and hold harmless for actual damages, court costs, and attorney's fees adjudged against, and defend:

(1) an employee, a member of the governing body, or any other officer of a state governmental entity;

(2) a contractor of a state governmental entity;

(3) a former employee, a former member of the governing body, or any other former officer of a state governmental entity who was an employee, member of the governing body, or other officer when the act or omission on which the damages are based occurred;

(4) a former contractor of a state governmental entity who was a contractor when the act or omission on which the damages are based occurred; and

(5) a state governmental entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7969.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7969 / Section 7969.103
§ 7969.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Tax Code § 26.13 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 26 / Section 26.13
§ 26.13. TAXING UNIT CONSOLIDATION DURING TAX YEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) If two or more taxing units consolidate into a single taxing unit after January 1, the governing body of the consolidated unit may elect to impose taxes for the current tax year either as if the unit as consolidated had existed on January 1 or as if the consolidation had not occurred.

(b) The chief appraiser shall prepare and deliver an appraisal roll for the unit or units in accordance with the election made by the governing body.

(c) Whatever the election, the assessor and collector for the unit, as consolidated shall assess and collect taxes on property that is taxable by the unit as consolidated.
Tex. Local Government Code § 112.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 112 / Section 112.003
§ 112.003. COMPTROLLER'S AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE FORMS AND DETERMINE MANNER OF STATING ACCOUNTS; UNIFORM CHART OF ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller of public accounts shall prescribe and prepare the forms to be used by county officials in the collection of county revenue, funds, fees, and other money and in the disbursement of funds. The comptroller shall prescribe the manner of keeping and stating the accounts of the officials.

(b) A county may use the uniform chart of accounts developed and recommended by the Texas County Financial Data Advisory Committee and implemented by the comptroller in reporting financial data or other pertinent information to the state.
Tex. Government Code § 411.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.055
§ 411.055. ANNUAL REPORT ON BORDER CRIME AND OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than May 30 of each year, the department shall submit to the legislature a report on border crime and other criminal activity. The report must include:

(1) statistics for each month of the preceding calendar year and yearly totals of all border crime, as defined by Section 772.0071, and other criminal activity, including transnational criminal activity, the department determines relates to border security that occurred in each county included in a department region that is adjacent to the Texas-Mexico border; and

(2) statewide crime statistics for the crimes reported under Subdivision (1).

(b) In compiling the information for the report, the department shall use information available in the National Incident-Based Reporting System of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Incident-Based Reporting System of the department.
Tex. Local Government Code § 202.007 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 202 / Section 202.007
§ 202.007. PERSONAL LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

A custodian of local government records, records management officer, or other officer or employee of a local government may not be held personally liable for the destruction of a local government record if the destruction is in compliance with this subtitle and rules adopted under it.
Tex. Penal Code § 28.05 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 28 / Section 28.05
§ 28.05. ACTOR'S INTEREST IN PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

It is no defense to prosecution under this chapter that the actor has an interest in the property damaged or destroyed if another person also has an interest that the actor is not entitled to infringe.