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Tex. Water Code § 5.559 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.559
§ 5.559. PROCEDURES FOR PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW AND CONTESTED CASES INVOLVING PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT TERMINAL.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a permit application filed with the commission for a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal.

(b) The commission by rule shall establish an expedited permit application review process for permit applications described by Subsection (a). Rules adopted under this subsection must require an applicant who elects the expedited permit application review process to pay an additional fee in an amount the commission determines is necessary to cover the costs of the expedited review. The additional fee collected pursuant to this subsection is considered part of the application fee and shall be deposited and used in the manner provided for the application fee.

(c) The commission may authorize the use of overtime, full-time equivalent commission employees to support the expedited processing of permit applications under Subsection (b), or contract labor to process those expedited applications. The overtime, full-time equivalent commission employees, or contract labor authorized under this subsection is not included in the calculation of the number of full-time equivalent commission employees allotted under other law.

(d) The commission may pay for compensatory time, overtime, full-time equivalent commission employees supporting the expedited processing of permit applications under Subsection (b), or contract labor used to implement that subsection. The commission is authorized to set the rate for overtime compensation for full-time equivalent commission employees supporting the expedited processing of permit applications under Subsection (b).

(e) In a request for a contested case hearing involving a permit application described by Subsection (a), the party requesting the hearing must specify each reason the party is an affected person as defined by Section 5.115(a).

(f) In a contested case involving a permit application described by Subsection (a), an administrative law judge shall conduct a preliminary hearing not later than the 60th day after the date the executive director refers the application to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, provided that the judge may grant one extension of the time, not to exceed 15 days, on request of any party.

(g) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 370.009 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 370 / Section 370.009
§ 370.009. APPOINTING OR EMPLOYING CERTAIN VETERANS TO POSITION REQUIRING LICENSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "commission" means the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision that appoints or employs a person to hold a position that requires the person to be licensed by the commission may appoint or employ a legal permanent resident of the United States to hold the position if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States with at least two years of service before discharge and holds the appropriate license issued by the commission.

(c) A political subdivision may not appoint or employ a person under this section to hold a supervisory position until the person becomes a United States citizen.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.256 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 13 / Section 13.256
§ 13.256. BOND.
Status: in_force

Each public weigher shall execute a bond in accordance with rules adopted by the department. The bond must be conditioned on the accurate weight or measure of a commodity being reflected on the certificate issued by the public weigher, on the protection of a commodity that the public weigher is requested to weigh or measure, and on compliance with all laws and rules governing public weighers. The bond is not void on first recovery. A person injured by the public weigher may sue on the bond.
Tex. Government Code § 2270.0123 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2270 / Section 2270.0123
§ 2270.0123. PROHIBITION AGAINST INVESTMENT OR DEPOSIT IN CERTAIN BANKS.
Status: in_force

An investing entity may not invest or make a deposit in a bank with a principal place of business located in a country of concern.
Tex. Transportation Code § 342.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 342 / Section 342.004
§ 342.004. GALVESTON-PORT BOLIVAR FERRY AND PORT ARANSAS FERRY VEHICLE STICKERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may adopt rules to establish a system under which an owner of a motor vehicle may apply to the department for issuance of:

(1) a sticker for the vehicle that entitles the vehicle to have priority in boarding the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the department; or

(2) a sticker for the vehicle that entitles the vehicle to have priority in boarding the Port Aransas ferry operated by the department.

(b) Any rules adopted under this section must:

(1) establish a design for the sticker for each ferry;

(2) designate the place where a sticker must be affixed to the windshield of the motor vehicle for which it is issued;

(3) establish an annual fee for a ferry vehicle sticker;

(4) prescribe forms necessary for the administration of this section; and

(5) ensure that a vehicle displaying a sticker issued under this section is given priority in boarding the applicable ferry only until the ferry reaches 50 percent of its vehicle capacity.

(c) The department shall deposit each fee collected under this section to the credit of the state highway fund.
Tex. Family Code § 153.608 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.608
§ 153.608. REPORT OF PARENTING COORDINATOR.
Status: in_force

A parenting coordinator shall submit a written report to the court and to the parties as often as ordered by the court. The report must be limited to a statement of whether the parenting coordination should continue.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0153
§ 8509.0153. CONTRACTS TO SUPPLY WATER AND OPERATE FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may contract with a municipality or other entity to supply water to the municipality or entity.

(b) The district may contract with a municipality for the rental or leasing of or for the operation of the municipality's water production, water supply, and water filtration or purification facilities on the consideration agreed to by the district and the municipality.

(c) A contract entered into under this section may:

(1) be on terms and for the time agreed to by the parties; and

(2) provide that the contract will continue in effect until bonds specified in the contract and refunding bonds issued in lieu of the bonds are paid.
Tex. Local Government Code § 303.071 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 303 / Section 303.071
§ 303.071. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE.
Status: in_force

With the specific approval by resolution of the governing body of its sponsor, a corporation may issue or incur bonds, including refunding bonds, to finance, refinance, or provide one or more public facilities.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 243.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 243 / Section 243.006
§ 243.006. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may inspect an ambulatory surgical center at reasonable times as necessary to assure compliance with this chapter.

(b) An ambulatory surgical center licensed by the department and certified under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395 et seq.) is subject to an on-site licensing inspection under this chapter once every three years while the center maintains the certification.
Tex. Government Code § 492.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 492 / Section 492.012
§ 492.012. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

The Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board and the department are abolished September 1, 2037.
Tex. Education Code § 130.173 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.173
§ 130.173. CLARENDON COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
Status: in_force

The service area of the Clarendon College District includes the territory within Gray, Donley, Wheeler, Armstrong, Collingsworth, Briscoe, Hall, and Childress counties.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 264.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 264 / Section 264.015
§ 264.015. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A director may not receive compensation for services but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing services.
Tex. Government Code § 573.082 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 573 / Section 573.082
§ 573.082. REMOVAL BY QUO WARRANTO PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

(a) A quo warranto proceeding under this chapter must be brought by the attorney general in a district court in Travis County or in a district court of the county in which the defendant resides.

(b) The district or county attorney of the county in which a suit is filed under this section shall assist the attorney general at the attorney general's discretion.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 71.004 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 71 / Section 71.004
§ 71.004. EMERGENCY QUARANTINES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may establish an emergency quarantine without notice and public hearing if the department determines that a public emergency exists in which there is the likelihood of introduction or dissemination of an insect pest or plant disease that is dangerous to the interests of horticulture and agriculture in this state.

(b) The department may establish the emergency quarantine at the boundaries of the state or in other areas within the state.

(c) The emergency quarantine and rules adopted in order to prevent the introduction or spread of the pest or disease are effective immediately on establishment or adoption.

(d) An emergency quarantine shall be established in accordance with the provisions related to emergency rulemaking in Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.0305 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.0305
§ 521.0305. AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may enter into an agreement with a foreign country under which:

(1) a person who is 18 years of age or older and who has in the person's possession a license issued to the person by that country that is similar to a Class C driver's license issued under this chapter may receive a Class C driver's license issued in a priority manner under this chapter; and

(2) a person who is 18 years of age or older and who has in the person's possession a Class C driver's license issued under this chapter may receive a license similar to a Class C driver's license issued in a priority manner from the foreign country.

(b) The department may only enter into an agreement with a country under Subsection (a) if:

(1) the foreign country and this state are both parties to a reciprocity agreement in driver licensing; and

(2) the foreign country's motor vehicle laws, ordinances, and administrative rules and regulations are similar to those of this state, as determined by the department.

(c) A person who is not a citizen of the United States must present to the department documentation issued by the United States agency responsible for citizenship and immigration authorizing the person to be in the United States before the person may be issued a driver's license under an agreement under this section.
Tex. Water Code § 17.023 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.023
§ 17.023. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be executed on behalf of the board as general obligations of the state in the following manner: the chairman of the board and the development fund manager shall sign the bonds; the board shall impress its seal on the bonds; the governor shall sign the bonds; and the Secretary of State shall attest the bonds and impress on them the state seal.
Tex. Government Code § 662.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.021
§ 662.021. DATES OF HOLIDAYS.
Status: in_force

A legal holiday includes only the following days:

(1) a national holiday under Section 662.003(a); and

(2) a state holiday under Sections 662.003(b)(1) through (6).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7914A.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7914A / Section 7914A.0102
§ 7914A.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7926.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7926 / Section 7926.101
§ 7926.101. 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. Insurance Code § 2003.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2003 / Section 2003.002
§ 2003.002. FIRE SUPPRESSION RATINGS FOR BORDER MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

In assigning or evaluating a fire suppression rating for a municipality at or near the border between this state and another state or the United Mexican States, the commissioner shall consider the existence and capabilities of a fire department or volunteer fire department that:

(1) serves an adjoining or nearby municipality in the other state or the United Mexican States; and

(2) by agreement or by long-standing practice provides fire suppression services to the municipality in this state.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.222 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.222
§ 111.222. APPLICATION FOR RECEIVERSHIP.
Status: in_force

If a rule or order promulgated by the commission under Subchapter C, D, or F of this chapter or Section 111.004, 111.025, 111.131 through 111.133, 111.136, 111.137, or 111.140 of this code is found by a court to be valid in whole or part in a suit to which the commission is a party, and if another party to the suit or other proceedings violates the rule, order, or judgment or allows any property owned or controlled by him to be used in violation of the rule, order, or judgment, the commission shall make application to the judge of the trial court setting out the rule, order, or judgment and that the party subsequent to the date of the judgment violated or is violating the rule, order, or judgment and requesting a receiver be appointed as provided in Section 111.223 of this code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.024 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.024
§ 61.024. EFFECT OF SUBCHAPTER ON DEFINITION OF PUBLIC BEACH.
Status: in_force

None of the provisions of this subchapter shall reduce, limit, construct, or vitiate the definition of public beaches which has been defined from time immemorial in law and custom.
Tex. Election Code § 201.053 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 201 / Section 201.053
§ 201.053. UNEXPIRED TERM AND FULL TERM FILLED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after the general election for an office for which a vacancy is filled by special election but before the succeeding full term begins, a vacancy occurs in both the unexpired portion of the current term and in the succeeding full term that was filled at the general election, the special election shall be ordered to fill only the full term.

(b) If any portion of the unexpired current term remains after the date the final canvass of the special election for the full term is completed, the person elected to the full term, if eligible to hold the unexpired current term, is considered to be elected to the remainder of the unexpired current term also and is entitled to qualify and assume office for the unexpired current term and the succeeding full term immediately on receiving a certificate of election. The certificate must recite that it is for both the unexpired current term and the full term.

(c) After qualifying for the unexpired current term, the person is not required to qualify again for the full term. If a bond is required, the amount of the bond for the unexpired current term and the full term is the same as for the full term.
Tex. Tax Code § 43.02 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 43 / Section 43.02
§ 43.02. VENUE.
Status: in_force

Venue is in the county in which the appraisal district is established.
Tex. Transportation Code § 203.067 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 203 / Section 203.067
§ 203.067. POSSESSION OF PROPERTY FOR TOLL PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately on the filing of a declaration of taking under Section 203.066, the department shall serve a copy of the declaration on each person possessing an interest in the condemned property by a method prescribed by Section 21.016(d), Property Code. The department shall file evidence of the service with the clerk of the court. On filing of that evidence, the department may take possession of the property pending the litigation.

(b) If the condemned property is a homestead or a portion of a homestead as defined by Section 41.002, Property Code, the department may not take possession sooner than the 91st day after the date of service under Subsection (a).

(c) A property owner or tenant who refuses to vacate the property or yield possession is subject to forcible entry and detainer under Chapter 24, Property Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3915.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3915 / Section 3915.111
§ 3915.111. RAIL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, finance, and operate rail facilities and improvements.
Tex. Election Code § 13.104 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 13 / Section 13.104
§ 13.104. OPTIONAL STORAGE METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) Instead of keeping the original registration applications and supporting documentation as required by this title, the registrar may record the applications and documentation on an optical disk or other computer storage medium approved by the secretary of state.

(b) The storage medium must allow for the creation of a copy of an application or supporting documentation.

(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.453 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.453
§ 21.453. REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the commission shall review the personnel policies and procedures of each state agency on a six-year cycle to determine whether the policies and procedures comply with this chapter.

(a-1) The commission by rule shall develop risk-assessment criteria for determining the circumstances under which the commission may conduct a review of the personnel policies and procedures of a state agency more frequently than required by Subsection (a). The risk-assessment criteria must include:

(1) data on complaints against a state agency;

(2) previous review findings; and

(3) any other related information collected and maintained by the commission.

(b) The commission by rule shall establish a system to stagger the reviews of state agency personnel policies and procedures required under this section.

(c) If the commission determines that the personnel policies and procedures of a state agency do not comply with this chapter, the commission shall recommend appropriate revisions to the personnel policies and procedures.

(d) The state agency shall take these recommendations into consideration and determine whether to revise the personnel policies and procedures.

(e) The review of a state agency's personnel policies and procedures shall be completed within one year.
Tex. Estates Code § 1164.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1164 / Section 1164.001
§ 1164.001. LIABILITY OF GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

A person is not liable to a third person solely because the person has been appointed guardian of a ward under this title.
Tex. Local Government Code § 151.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 151 / Section 151.002
§ 151.002. COMMISSIONERS COURT ADOPTS ORDER AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

After the receipt of an application under this subchapter, the commissioners court by order shall determine the number of employees that may be appointed and shall authorize their appointment.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 94.008 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 94 / Section 94.008
§ 94.008. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Status: in_force

A person injured or threatened with injury by a violation of this chapter may seek injunctive relief against the person committing or threatening to commit the violation.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 15.052 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 15 / Section 15.052
§ 15.052. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR COMPLAINTS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person making a complaint alleging the commission of an offense described by Article 17.292(a) shall include the information necessary for the issuance of a magistrate's order for emergency protection as provided by Article 17.292(d-3).

(b) The failure of a person making the complaint to provide the information under Subsection (a) does not affect the sufficiency of the complaint.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.0435 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.0435
§ 502.0435. ONLINE REGISTRATION RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

If a person is otherwise eligible to renew a vehicle registration under this chapter, the person may renew the vehicle registration through an online registration system maintained by the department.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.9206 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.9206
§ 171.9206. COMBINED REPORTING.
Status: in_force

(a) A credit under this subchapter for qualified research expenses incurred by a member of a combined group must be claimed on the combined report required by Section 171.1014 for the group, and the combined group is the taxable entity for purposes of this subchapter.

(b) An upper tier entity that includes the total revenue of a lower tier entity for purposes of computing its taxable margin as authorized by Section 171.1015 may claim the credit under this subchapter for qualified research expenses incurred by the lower tier entity to the extent of the upper tier entity's ownership interest in the lower tier entity.
Tex. Education Code § 22.0825 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.0825
§ 22.0825. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS BY TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "other charter entity" has the meaning assigned by Section 22A.001.

(b) The agency shall subscribe to the criminal history clearinghouse as provided by Section 411.0845, Government Code, and may obtain from any law enforcement or criminal justice agency all criminal history record information and all records contained in any closed criminal investigation file that relate to a specific applicant for employment or current or former employee of a school district, district of innovation, open-enrollment charter school, other charter entity, private school that is accredited by an accrediting agency that is a member of the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission, regional education service center, or shared services arrangement.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.097 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 166 / Section 166.097
§ 166.097. CRIMINAL PENALTY; PROSECUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages another person's out-of-hospital DNR order or DNR identification device without that person's consent or the consent of the person or persons authorized to execute or issue an out-of-hospital DNR order on behalf of the person under this subchapter. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.

(b) A person is subject to prosecution for criminal homicide under Chapter 19, Penal Code, if the person, with the intent to cause cardiopulmonary resuscitation or certain other life-sustaining treatment designated by department rule to be withheld from another person contrary to the other person's desires, falsifies or forges an out-of-hospital DNR order or intentionally conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation and thereby directly causes cardiopulmonary resuscitation and certain other life-sustaining treatment designated by department rule to be withheld from the other person with the result that the other person's death is hastened.