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Tex. Water Code § 67.006 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 67 / Section 67.006
§ 67.006. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president, a vice president, and a secretary-treasurer following the issuance of a charter and after each annual meeting of the membership or shareholders. At the meeting, each member or stockholder may be allowed only one vote regardless of the number of memberships or stock certificates held by the person.

(b) The board may require a bond of an officer for faithful performance of the officer's duties.

(c) The salary of an officer of the corporation other than secretary-treasurer or a manager employed under Section 67.012 may not exceed $5,000 a year. The board shall set the secretary-treasurer's salary at an amount commensurate with the secretary-treasurer's duties.
Tex. Family Code § 157.268 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.268
§ 157.268. APPLICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

Child support collected shall be applied in the following order of priority:

(1) current child support;

(2) non-delinquent child support owed;

(3) the principal amount of child support that has not been confirmed and reduced to money judgment;

(4) the principal amount of child support that has been confirmed and reduced to money judgment;

(5) interest on the principal amounts specified in Subdivisions (3) and (4); and

(6) the amount of any ordered reasonable and necessary attorney's fees, court costs, expenses, or Title IV-D service fees authorized under Section 231.103 for which the obligor is responsible.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1051.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.003
§ 1051.003. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT.
Status: in_force

The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this subtitle expires September 1, 2033.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9033.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9033 / Section 9033.004
§ 9033.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 598, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(3) Section 9033.005 of this chapter or its predecessor statute, former Section 16, Chapter 598, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965; or

(4) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bond or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 141.013 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 141 / Section 141.013
§ 141.013. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person violates provisions of this title which pertain to safety or the prevention or control of pollution or the provisions of a rule, order, license, permit, or certificate which pertain to safety or the prevention or control of pollution and are issued under this title, the person may be assessed a civil penalty by the commission.

(b) The penalty may not exceed $10,000 a day for each violation. Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments.

(c) In determining the amount of the penalty, the commission shall consider the person's history of previous violations of this subchapter or the rules, the seriousness of the violation, any hazard to the health or safety of the public, and the demonstrated good faith of the person.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 577A / Section 577A.001
§ 577A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the commission.

(3) "Psychiatric residential youth treatment facility" means a private facility that provides psychiatric health treatments and services in a residential, nonhospital setting exclusively to individuals who are 21 years of age or younger and is licensed as a general residential operation under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code. The term includes a facility that provides room and board.

(4) "Severe emotional disturbance" means a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder of sufficient duration to result in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits an individual's role or ability to function in family, school, or community activities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8221.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8221 / Section 8221.151
§ 8221.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by revenue or contract payments from a source other than ad valorem taxation.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) An ad valorem tax rate imposed by the district may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 226.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 226 / Section 226.005
§ 226.005. TAX PAYMENT; DUE DATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The tax imposed by this subchapter is due and payable not later than:

(1) March 1 after the end of the calendar year in which the insurance was effectuated, continued, or renewed; or

(2) another date prescribed by the comptroller.

(b) An insurer shall pay the tax imposed by this subchapter using a form prescribed by the comptroller.

(c) The tax imposed by this subchapter, if not paid when due, is a liability of the insurer, the insurer agent, and the insured.
Tex. Water Code § 54.022 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.022
§ 54.022. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission grants the petition, it shall appoint five temporary directors to serve until permanent directors are elected.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a majority of temporary directors appointed under Subsection (a) must be residents of:

(1) the county in which the district is located;

(2) a county adjacent to the county described by Subdivision (1); or

(3) if the district is located in a county that is in a metropolitan statistical area designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget or its successor agency, a county in the same metropolitan statistical area as the county in which the district is located.

(c) The commission may appoint temporary directors who do not meet the requirements of Subsection (b) if the petition or the application accompanying the petition provides that the petitioner made reasonable efforts but failed to identify candidates meeting those requirements who were willing to serve as temporary directors.
Tex. Tax Code § 312.0021 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 312 / Section 312.0021
§ 312.0021. PROHIBITION ON ABATEMENT OF TAXES ON CERTAIN PROPERTY NEAR MILITARY AVIATION FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Military aviation facility" means a base, station, fort, or camp at which fixed-wing aviation operations or training is conducted by the United States Air Force, the United States Air Force Reserve, the United States Army, the United States Army Reserve, the United States Navy, the United States Navy Reserve, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Marine Corps Reserve, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Coast Guard Reserve, or the Texas National Guard.

(2) "Wind-powered energy device" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.27.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an owner or lessee of a parcel of real property that is located wholly or partly in a reinvestment zone may not receive an exemption from taxation of any portion of the value of the parcel of real property or of tangible personal property located on the parcel of real property under a tax abatement agreement under this chapter that is entered into on or after September 1, 2017, if, on or after that date, a wind-powered energy device is installed or constructed on the same parcel of real property at a location that is within 25 nautical miles of the boundaries of a military aviation facility located in this state. The prohibition provided by this section applies regardless of whether the wind-powered energy device is installed or constructed at a location that is in the reinvestment zone.

(c) The prohibition provided by this section does not apply if the wind-powered energy device is installed or constructed as part of an expansion or repowering of an existing project.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.058
§ 2269.058. USE OF OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) Independently of the contractor, construction manager-at-risk, or design-build firm, the governmental entity shall provide or contract for the construction materials engineering, testing, and inspection services and the verification testing services necessary for acceptance of the facility by the governmental entity.

(b) The governmental entity shall select the services for which it contracts under this section in accordance with Section 2254.004.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.104 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.104
§ 56B.104. COMPENSATION FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall award compensation for health care services according to the medical fee guidelines prescribed by Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code.

(b) The attorney general, a claimant, or a victim is not liable for health care service charges that exceed the medical fee guidelines. A health care provider shall accept compensation from the attorney general as payment in full for the charges unless an investigation of the charges by the attorney general determines that there is a reasonable health care justification for the deviation from the guidelines.

(c) The attorney general may not compensate a claimant or victim for health care services that the attorney general determines are not medically necessary.

(d) The attorney general, a claimant, or a victim is not liable for a charge that is not medically necessary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7980.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7980 / Section 7980.054
§ 7980.054. ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district by order of the board may accept any road inside the district that has been dedicated by plat or otherwise transferred to the public.

(b) On acceptance of the road by the district, the district is considered the owner of the accepted road and shall record ownership of the road in the deed records of Denton County.
Tex. Local Government Code § 327.207 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 327 / Section 327.207
§ 327.207. ADOPTION OF ANNUAL BUDGET; HEARINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 100th day before the date each fiscal year begins, the zoo board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget.

(b) The zoo board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper with general circulation in the county not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any county resident is entitled to be present and participate at the hearing.

(d) Not later than the 80th day before the date each fiscal year begins, the zoo board shall adopt a budget. The zoo board may make any changes in the proposed budget that in its judgment the interests of the taxpayers demand.

(e) Not later than the 10th day after the date the budget is adopted, the zoo board shall submit the budget, with any revisions, to the county commissioners court.

(f) The budget is not considered final until the county commissioners court has approved the budget, including any revisions, after a public hearing and a vote by the commissioners court in favor of approval.
Tex. Government Code § 54.1235 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.1235
§ 54.1235. 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 Comal County.

(b) To terminate a magistrate's employment, the local administrative judge of the district courts serving Comal 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. Insurance Code § 1153.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1153 / Section 1153.201
§ 1153.201. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF INSURANCE CHARGE TO DEBTOR.
Status: in_force

A creditor may not charge a debtor for credit life or credit accident and health insurance issued to the debtor an amount that exceeds the amount of the premium that the insurer charges the creditor for that insurance, as computed at the time the charge to the debtor is determined.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8482.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8482 / Section 8482.151
§ 8482.151. ANNEXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

A municipality may annex the district on the earlier of:

(1) the date of installation of 90 percent of all works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances necessary and adequate to:

(A) provide service to the proposed development in the district;

(B) accomplish the purposes for which the district was created; and

(C) exercise the powers provided by general law and this chapter; or

(2) the 20th anniversary of the date the district was confirmed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 257.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 257 / Section 257.001
§ 257.001. MAINTENANCE TAX IMPOSED.
Status: in_force

(a) A maintenance tax is imposed on each authorized insurer, including a group hospital service corporation, managed care organization, local mutual aid association, statewide mutual assessment company, stipulated premium company, and stock or mutual insurance company, that collects from residents of this state gross premiums or gross considerations subject to taxation under Section 257.003. The tax required by this chapter is in addition to other taxes imposed that are not in conflict with this chapter.

(b) In this section, "managed care organization" means an organization authorized under this code to engage in the business of issuing health benefit plans that is not authorized as a health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, or insurance company and the taxation of which is not preempted by federal law.
Tex. Education Code § 130.130 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.130
§ 130.130. NOTES ARE NOT TAX BONDS.
Status: in_force

Notes and refunding notes issued under this subchapter are not tax bonds under Section 130.122 of this code, and an election is not required before the governing board of a public junior college district or regional college district may issue such notes or refunding notes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8509.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8509 / Section 8509.0105
§ 8509.0105. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from the board's membership a president, a vice president, and any other officers as the board determines necessary. The president is the district's chief executive officer and the board's presiding officer. Except as provided by Section 8509.0106, the vice president shall act as president if the president is absent or fails or declines to act.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who are not required to be directors. The board may combine the offices of secretary and treasurer.
Tex. Transportation Code § 171.205 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 171 / Section 171.205
§ 171.205. USE OF DISTRICT RAIL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prohibit the district from authorizing multiple freight railroads to operate on district rail facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3835.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3835 / Section 3835.160
§ 3835.160. TAX AND BOND ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall hold an election in the manner provided by Subchapter L, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district imposes an ad valorem tax or issues bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(b) Section 375.243, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.051
§ 3926.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 3926.054, directors serve staggered four-year terms, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Property Code § 5.255 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.255
§ 5.255. INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; LAW ENFORCEMENT REFERRAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall establish procedures to examine a purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property and determine whether an investigation of a possible violation of this subchapter is warranted.

(b) If the attorney general determines that an investigation of a purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property is warranted under this section, the attorney general shall investigate the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property and determine whether a violation of this subchapter occurred.

(c) If the attorney general determines that a violation of this subchapter occurred, the attorney general:

(1) may bring an in rem action against real property to enforce this subchapter in a district court in the county where all or part of the real property that is the subject of the violation is located; and

(2) may refer the matter to the appropriate local, state, or federal law enforcement agency.

(d) The attorney general shall record notice of an action brought under Subsection (c) in the real property records of each county where any part of the real property subject to the action is located.

(e) Except for an acquisition of a leasehold interest, a purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property in violation of Section 5.253 is not void because of the violation, and the validity or enforceability by any person of a purchase contract for or the conveyance of an interest in the real property is not otherwise affected by the violation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0317 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0317
§ 8513.0317. AWARD OF CERTAIN WATER SUPPLY CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to:

(1) a wholesale contract for:

(A) the sale, purchase, procurement, distribution, or supply of water or conservation storage capacity; or

(B) construction of a navigable canal or waterway; or

(2) a contract authorized under Section 561.003, Local Government Code.

(b) Before entering into a contract under this section, the manager shall publish notice describing the general nature of the contract in a newspaper of general circulation in each county within the authority where the contract is to have effect.

(c) The board may consider and act on a contract at any regular board meeting following the last date of publication of notice required under this section.

(d) The board shall confirm or ratify a contract by a majority vote.

(e) A contract may be the sole basis or a supplement to the basis for securing a bond of the authority.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.035 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.035
§ 131.035. RULES DESIGNATING UNSUITABLE LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall develop rules that adopt appropriate procedures for identifying and designating land in this state as unsuitable for all or certain types of surface mining in accordance with Sections 131.036 through 131.041 of this code.

(b) The rules shall be in sufficient detail to provide reasonable notice to prospective operators of areas that might be designated as unsuitable for surface mining.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.106 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.106
§ 173.106. BOARD MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 551, Government Code, does not prohibit the board from holding an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or videoconference.

(b) A meeting held by telephone conference call or videoconference need not have a quorum present at any one location.

(c) A telephone conference call or videoconference meeting is subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings.

(d) The notice of a telephone conference call or videoconference meeting must specify each location of the meeting where a director will participate and the physical location where the presiding officer of the board will preside. Each of those locations must be open to the public during the open portion of the meeting.

(e) Each part of a telephone conference call meeting that is required to be open to the public must be audible to the public at each meeting location specified in the notice of the meeting and shall be tape recorded. The district shall make the tape recording available to the public.

(f) Each part of a videoconference meeting that is required to be open to the public must:

(1) be visible and audible to the public at each meeting location specified in the notice of the meeting; and

(2) have two-way audio and video communications with each participant in the meeting during the entire meeting.

(g) Without regard to whether a director is participating in a meeting from a remote location by videoconference call, the board may allow a member of the public to testify at a meeting from a remote location by videoconference call. The board shall designate the location for public participation in the notice of the meeting.
Tex. Insurance Code § 464.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 464 / Section 464.004
§ 464.004. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a delinquency proceeding under Chapter 443 of an unauthorized insurer.
Tex. Water Code § 5.751 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.751
§ 5.751. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to programs under the jurisdiction of the commission under Chapters 26, 27, and 32 of this code and Chapters 361, 375, 382, and 401, Health and Safety Code. It does not apply to occupational licensing programs under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.409 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.409
§ 42A.409. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC INTOXICATION OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) On conviction of an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor under Section 49.02, Penal Code, for which punishment is enhanced under Section 12.43(c), Penal Code, based on previous convictions under Section 49.02 or 42.01, Penal Code, the court may suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community supervision if the court finds that the defendant would benefit from community supervision and enters its finding on the record. The judge may suspend in whole or in part the imposition of any fine imposed on conviction.

(b) All provisions of this chapter applying to a defendant placed on community supervision for a misdemeanor apply to a defendant placed on community supervision under Subsection (a), except that the court shall require the defendant as a condition of community supervision to:

(1) submit to diagnostic testing for addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance or drug;

(2) submit to a psychological assessment;

(3) if indicated as necessary by testing and assessment, participate in an alcohol or drug abuse treatment or education program; and

(4) pay the costs of testing, assessment, and treatment or education, either directly or as a court cost.