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Tex. Education Code § 53B.35 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53B / Section 53B.35
§ 53B.35. ISSUANCE OF BONDS; PROCEDURE; ETC.
Status: in_force

The bonds shall be authorized by resolution adopted by a majority vote of a quorum of the board. Bonds authorized under this section shall be issued in accordance with Chapter 1201, Government Code. The bonds shall mature serially or otherwise in not to exceed 50 years. The rate of interest to be borne by the bonds shall not exceed the maximum rate prescribed by Chapter 1204, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 411.200 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.200
§ 411.200. APPLICATION TO LICENSED SECURITY OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not exempt a license holder who is also employed as a security officer and licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, from the duty to comply with Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, or Section 46.02, Penal Code.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.2035 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.2035
§ 41.2035. FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The grain producer indemnity fund is a trust fund outside the state treasury to be held and administered by the board, without appropriation, for the payment of claims against a grain buyer who has experienced a financial failure.

(b) The board shall deposit assessments remitted under Section 41.206 in the fund.

(c) Interest or other income from investment of the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.

(d) As a part of the annual budget proposal procedure described by Section 41.059, the board shall set a minimum balance for the fund to be held in reserve to pay for administrative costs in the event that claims against the fund exceed the total balance of the fund. The board shall post the minimum balance set under this subsection on the board's Internet website.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 101A.204 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.204
§ 101A.204. TRUSTS FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) An area agency on aging may contract with one or more private attorneys to establish trusts described by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396p(d)(4)(B) for the benefit of recipients of medical assistance under Chapter 32 who, without the establishment of these trusts, would become ineligible for medical assistance.

(b) The department shall allocate available state funds to the area agencies on aging for use in contracting for the establishment of trusts under Subsection (a).
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.202 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.202
§ 49A.202. INFORMED CONSENT TO POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION OR AUTOPSY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a physician may not perform, or assist in the performance of, a postmortem examination or autopsy on the body of a deceased person unless the physician obtains the written informed consent of a person authorized to provide consent under Article 49A.203. The consent must be provided on the form prescribed under Article 49A.204.

(b) If, after exercising due diligence, a physician is unable to identify or contact a person authorized under Article 49A.203 to give consent to a postmortem examination or autopsy on the body of a deceased person, the physician may perform the examination or autopsy. The physician must:

(1) be authorized by a medical examiner, justice of the peace, or county judge, as appropriate, to perform the postmortem examination or autopsy; and

(2) perform the postmortem examination or autopsy not less than 24 hours and not more than 48 hours from the time:

(A) of the deceased person's death; or

(B) the physician or other person took possession of the body.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.103
§ 1101.103. CODE OF ETHICS; STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

Each member, officer, employee, and agent of the commission is subject to the code of ethics and standards of conduct imposed by Chapter 572, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1109.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.054
§ 1109.054. NONATTENDANCE.
Status: in_force

The failure of a manager to attend three consecutive regular board meetings causes a vacancy in the manager's office unless the absence is excused by formal action of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4016.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4016 / Section 4016.0104
§ 4016.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(b) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and

(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational facilities for the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8049.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8049 / Section 8049.0202
§ 8049.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Barrett Von Blon;

(2) Randall Hancock;

(3) Robert Derrick III;

(4) Jess Arnold; and

(5) Jock Naponic.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8049.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8049.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8049.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.041 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.041
§ 392.041. REMOVAL OF A COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The mayor may remove a commissioner of a municipal housing authority for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office.

(b) The commissioners court may remove a commissioner of a county housing authority for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office.

(c) For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, the commissioners court may remove a commissioner of a regional housing authority who was appointed by the commissioners court.

(d) For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, the commissioners of a regional housing authority consisting of only two counties may remove the additional commissioner appointed by the commissioners.

(e) Before a commissioner may be removed, the commissioner must be given:

(1) a copy of the charges before the 10th day before the date of a hearing on the charges; and

(2) an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel at the hearing.

(f) If a commissioner of a municipal housing authority is removed, a record of the proceedings with the charges and findings shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the municipality.

(g) If a commissioner of a county housing authority is removed, a record of the proceedings with the charges and findings shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.

(h) If a commissioner of a regional housing authority is removed, a record of the proceedings with the charges and findings shall be filed in the office of the county clerk if the commissioner was appointed by a commissioners court or shall be filed with the records of the authority if the commissioner was appointed by the other commissioners of the authority.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.452 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.452
§ 541.452. POWERS IN ADDITION TO OTHER POWERS AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
Status: in_force

The powers vested in the department and the commissioner by this chapter are in addition to any other powers to enforce a penalty, fine, or forfeiture authorized by law with respect to a method of competition or act or practice defined as unfair or deceptive.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8109.351 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8109 / Section 8109.351
§ 8109.351. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, enforcement, and collection of the sales and use tax authorized by this subchapter except to the extent Chapter 321, Tax Code, is inconsistent with this chapter.

(b) A reference in Chapter 321, Tax Code, to a municipality or the governing body of a municipality is a reference to the district or the board, respectively.
Tex. Property Code § 209.017 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 209 / Section 209.017
§ 209.017. JUSTICE COURT JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

An owner of property in a subdivision may bring an action for a violation of this chapter against the property owners' association of the subdivision in the justice court of a precinct in which all or part of the subdivision is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8282.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8282 / Section 8282.156
§ 8282.156. DISTRICT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, a contract for the purchase or construction of materials, machinery, or other things used to constitute the district's works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances must be advertised, let, and awarded as provided by Section 49.273, Water Code.

(b) If the district determines, after a contract has been awarded, that additional work is needed or that the character or type of the work or facilities should be changed, the board may authorize change orders to the contract on terms the board approves, provided the change does not increase the total cost of the contract by more than 25 percent.

(c) The district must seek informal competitive bids or proposals from at least three bidders if:

(1) the estimated amount of a proposed construction contract is more than $5,000 but less than $25,000; or

(2) the duration of a proposed construction contract is more than two years.

(d) A contract must be written and awarded to the lowest and best bidder.
Tex. Penal Code § 42.0601 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0601
§ 42.0601. FALSE REPORT TO INDUCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person makes a report of a criminal offense or an emergency or causes a report of a criminal offense or an emergency to be made to a peace officer, law enforcement agency, 9-1-1 service as defined by Section 771.001, Health and Safety Code, official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies, or any other governmental employee or contractor who is authorized to receive reports of a criminal offense or emergency;

(2) the person knows that the report is false;

(3) the report causes an emergency response from a law enforcement agency or other emergency responder; and

(4) in making the report or causing the report to be made, the person is reckless with regard to whether the emergency response by a law enforcement agency or other emergency responder may directly result in bodily injury to another person.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is:

(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has previously been convicted two or more times of an offense under this section; or

(2) a felony of the third degree if:

(A) the false report was of a criminal offense to which a law enforcement agency or other emergency responder responded; and

(B) a person suffered serious bodily injury or death as a direct result of lawful conduct arising out of that response.

(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.

(d) This section may not be construed in any manner to conflict with 47 U.S.C. Section 230 or 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.162 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.162
§ 225.162. SGT.
Status: in_force

CHRIS KELLEY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of U.S. Highway 79 in Hutto is designated as the Sgt. Chris Kelley Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Sgt. Chris Kelley Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8308.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8308 / Section 8308.051
§ 8308.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five directors.
Tex. Property Code § 94.160 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.160
§ 94.160. LANDLORD REMEDY FOR TENANT VIOLATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a tenant withholds rent, causes repairs to be performed, or makes rent deductions for repairs in violation of this subchapter, the landlord may recover actual damages from the tenant. If, after a landlord has notified a tenant in writing of the illegality of the tenant's rent withholding or the tenant's proposed repair and the penalties of this subchapter, the tenant withholds rent, causes repairs to be performed, or makes rent deductions for repairs in bad faith violation of this subchapter, the landlord may recover from the tenant a civil penalty of one month's rent plus $500.

(b) Notice under this section must be in writing and may be given in person, by mail, or by delivery to the premises.

(c) The landlord has the burden of pleading and proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the landlord gave the tenant the required notice of the illegality and the penalties and that the tenant's violation was done in bad faith. In any litigation under this subsection, the prevailing party shall recover reasonable attorney's fees from the nonprevailing party.
Tex. Estates Code § 1051.153 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.153
§ 1051.153. PROOF OF SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Proof of service in each case requiring citation or notice must be filed before a hearing.

(b) Proof of service consists of:

(1) if the service is made by a sheriff or constable, the return of service;

(2) if the service is made by a private person, the person's affidavit;

(3) if the service is made by mail or by a qualified delivery method:

(A) the certificate of the county clerk making the service, or the affidavit of the guardian or other person making the service that states that the citation or notice was mailed or sent by a qualified delivery method and the date of the mailing, the date of deposit with the private delivery service, or the date of delivery by courier, as applicable; and

(B) the return receipt or other proof of delivery receipt attached to the certificate or affidavit, as applicable, if the service was made by a qualified delivery method; and

(4) if the service is made by publication:

(A) a statement that:

(i) is made by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System or an employee of the office;

(ii) contains or to which is attached a copy of the published citation or notice; and

(iii) states the date of publication on the public information Internet website maintained as required by Section 72.034, Government Code; and

(B) an affidavit that:

(i) is made by the publisher of the newspaper in which the citation or notice was published or an employee of the publisher;

(ii) contains or to which is attached a copy of the published citation or notice; and

(iii) states the date of publication printed on the newspaper in which the citation or notice was published.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8333.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8333 / Section 8333.005
§ 8333.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8003.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8003 / Section 8003.005
§ 8003.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Labor Code § 304.003 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 304 / Section 304.003
§ 304.003. PERSONNEL; OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The commission shall use its personnel, services, facilities, and equipment to operate the job counseling program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3868.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3868 / Section 3868.155
§ 3868.155. IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND SERVICE IN DEFINABLE AREA.
Status: in_force

The district may undertake an improvement project or service that confers a special benefit on a definable area in the district and levy and collect a special assessment on benefited property in the district in accordance with:

(1) Chapter 372, Local Government Code; or

(2) Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.103 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.103
§ 43.103. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Aircraft" means a mechanical or other device used for flight in the air.

(2) "Depredating animals" means bobcats, feral hogs, red foxes, coyotes, and crossbreeds between coyotes and dogs but does not include birds or fowl.

(3) "Exotic animals" includes exotic livestock and exotic fowl as defined by Section 161.001(a), Agriculture Code, wild animals that are nonindigenous to Texas, aoudad sheep, and elk.

(4) "Harass" means to disturb, worry, molest, harry, torment, rally, concentrate, drive, or herd.

(5) "Management by the use of aircraft" means counting, photographing, relocating, capturing, or hunting by the use of aircraft.

(6) "Wildlife" means any vertebrate species or their hybrids that normally live in a state of nature and are not ordinarily domesticated. This definition includes depredating animals.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.055
§ 2210.055. LEGAL COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall establish a plan in the plan of operation under which the association's legal representation before the department and the legislature is without conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest as defined by the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.

(b) The association shall adopt separate and distinct procedures for legal counsel in disputes involving policyholder claims against the association.
Tex. Water Code § 28.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 28 / Section 28.001
§ 28.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(2) "Executive Director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Shaft" means any vertically oriented excavation, whether constructed by drilling or mining techniques, where the depth of the excavation is greater than its diameter, the excavation penetrates into or through the base of the uppermost water-bearing strata, and the primary purpose of the excavation is the transport of workers and materials to and from a destination, at depth, for purposes of geological studies, access to existing and planned subsurface mine workings, or for ventilation of those workings.

(4) "Water" or "water in the state" means groundwater, percolating or otherwise, lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Gulf of Mexico inside the territorial limits of the state, and all other bodies of natural and artificial surface water that is inland or coastal, fresh or salt, and navigable or nonnavigable, and includes the beds and banks of all watercourses and bodies of surface water, that are wholly or partially inside or bordering the state or inside the jurisdiction of the state.

(5) "Surface facilities" means the on-site above-ground appurtenances, structures, equipment, and other fixtures that are or will be used for storage or processing or in conjunction with the shaft operation.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.085 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14 / Section 14.085
§ 14.085. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after notice, a warehouse operator refuses to comply with this chapter, the department may apply for an injunction in a district court in Travis County or in a district or county court in the county where the warehouse is located.

(b) The courts of this state are vested with jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction against:

(1) operation of a public grain warehouse or issuance of receipts or scale weight tickets either without a license or during a period of suspension of a warehouse operator's license or during a period when the warehouse operator is under probation;

(2) interference by any person with the carrying out by the department, or by a receiver appointed under this chapter, of duties and powers granted by this chapter; or

(3) any other violation of this chapter for which injunctive relief is an appropriate remedy.

(c) The notice provided for in Subsection (a) shall be delivered to the warehouse operator not less than 10 business days before the date the department applies for an injunction under Subsection (b)(1).

(d) The notice provided for in Subsection (a) shall be delivered to the warehouse operator not less than two business days before the date the department applies for an injunction under Subsection (b)(2) or (3).