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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8251.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8251 / Section 8251.051
§ 8251.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Property Code § 53.260 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.260
§ 53.260. CONVEYANCE TO CONTRACTOR NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

An original contractor may not require an owner of real property to convey the real property to the original contractor or an entity controlled by the original contractor as a condition to the performance of the residential construction contract for improvements to the real property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1041.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1041 / Section 1041.205
§ 1041.205. EXECUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board president shall execute the general obligation bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds.
Tex. Labor Code § 301.044 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 301 / Section 301.044
§ 301.044. CAREER LADDER.
Status: in_force

The executive director shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program for employees of the commission. The program shall require the intra-agency posting of all nonentry-level positions concurrently with any public posting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11006.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11006 / Section 11006.152
§ 11006.152. PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may obtain, through appropriate proceedings, an appropriation permit or a diversion permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(b) The authority may acquire a water appropriation permit from a permit owner by contract or otherwise.
Tex. Tax Code § 321.402 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 321 / Section 321.402
§ 321.402. DEADLINES AFTER PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) After the receipt of a petition for an election under this chapter, the governing body of a municipality shall determine the sufficiency of the petition within 30 days.

(b) If the petition is sufficient, the governing body shall pass the ordinance calling the election within 60 days after receiving the petition.
Tex. Water Code § 56.754 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.754
§ 56.754. ELECTIONS TO APPROVE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board determines the petition meets the requirements of Section 56.751, the board shall order elections to approve the annexation.

(b) Annexation of the territory must be approved by a majority vote of the voters at a separate election held in the district and by a majority vote of the voters at a separate election held in the territory proposed to be added.

(c) If the district has outstanding debts or taxes, the election to approve annexation also determines whether the territory to be added assumes its proportion of the debts or taxes if the territory is added to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3842.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3842 / Section 3842.053
§ 3842.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons serve as nonvoting directors:

(1) the presiding officer of the City of Nassau Bay's planning and zoning commission;

(2) the City of Nassau Bay's director of public works; and

(3) the City of Nassau Bay's chief of police.

(b) If a department described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a nonvoting director. If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished department.

(c) The board may appoint other nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
Tex. Government Code § 26.023 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.023
§ 26.023. APPOINTMENT FOR ABSENCE OF JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The county judge may appoint a retired judge, former constitutional county judge, or a constitutional county judge from another county as a visiting judge when the county judge is absent from the county or absent because of physical incapacity.

(b) The visiting judge shall sit in all matters that are docketed on any of the county court's dockets and has the powers of the county judge in relation to the matter involved.

(c) Without the consent of the commissioners court, visiting judges appointed under this section may not sit for more than 15 working days during a calendar year.

(d) The order appointing the visiting judge shall be noted in the docket of the court.
Tex. Education Code § 54.016 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.016
§ 54.016. FIXED TUITION RATE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN TRANSFER STUDENTS AT GENERAL ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2) "General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(3) "Lower-division institution of higher education" means a public junior college, public state college, or public technical institute.

(b) A general academic teaching institution may develop a fixed tuition rate program for qualified students who agree to transfer to the institution within 12 months after successfully earning an associate degree at a lower-division institution of higher education. Under a program developed under this section, a general academic teaching institution must:

(1) guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an associate degree program at a lower-division institution of higher education, on successful completion of the associate degree program, transfer admission to the general academic teaching institution within the period prescribed above; and

(2) notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, charge tuition to a participating student for any semester or other academic term during a period of at least 24 months following the student's initial enrollment in the institution at the same rate the general academic teaching institution would have charged to the student during the later of:

(A) the fall semester of the student's freshman year at another institution of higher education had the student entered the general academic teaching institution as a freshman student; or

(B) the fall semester of the second academic year preceding the academic year of the student's initial enrollment in the general academic teaching institution.

(c) A general academic teaching institution that develops a fixed tuition rate program under this section shall prescribe eligibility requirements for participation in the program and notify applicants for transfer admission from lower-division institutions of higher education regarding the program.
Tex. Finance Code § 64.101 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 64 / Section 64.101
§ 64.101. REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH ASSOCIATION FACILITY IS LOCATED.
Status: in_force

An association may own real property on which a facility used in connection with the operation of the association is located.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 98C.006 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 98C / Section 98C.006
§ 98C.006. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
Status: in_force

A court in which an action is brought under this chapter, on the motion of a claimant depicted in the defendant's online impersonation, may issue a temporary restraining order or a temporary or permanent injunction to restrain and prevent the online impersonation of the claimant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8004.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8004 / Section 8004.202
§ 8004.202. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8423.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8423 / Section 8423.001
§ 8423.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

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

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 135.
Tex. Education Code § 29.9017 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.9017
§ 29.9017. NOTICE REGARDING MILITARY-RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) As part of the high school registration process and annually, a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall notify the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program established under 10 U.S.C. Section 2031 regarding any early registration or scholarship program available to students in military-related training programs.

(b) The notice required under Subsection (a) must provide the student's parent or guardian with the option to share the student's data with one or more public institutions of higher education for the purpose of learning about any opportunity to participate in an early registration or scholarship program described by Subsection (a), including:

(1) the student's directory contact information;

(2) the student's education records; or

(3) any other information prescribed by the agency, in coordination with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, that would allow the student to learn about an opportunity to participate in military-related training programs at public institutions of higher education, including financial aid or scholarship programs.
Tex. Property Code § 301.062 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 301 / Section 301.062
§ 301.062. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter, but substantive rules adopted by the commission shall impose obligations, rights, and remedies that are the same as are provided in federal fair housing regulations.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.101 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.101
§ 60.101. PRICING RULE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt a pricing rule.

(b) In adopting the pricing rule, the commission shall:

(1) ensure that each price for a monopoly service remains affordable;

(2) ensure that each price for competitive service is not:

(A) unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory;

(B) directly or indirectly subsidized by a noncompetitive service; or

(C) predatory or anticompetitive; and

(3) require that each service recover the appropriate costs, including joint and common costs, of each facility and function used to provide the service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.002
§ 8501.002. WATER RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect any existing rights, or existing priorities in the rights, to water from the source of supply. The formation of the authority or a contract for the purchase of water with the authority is not an abandonment or waiver of those rights or priorities and is not an abandonment of the original point of diversion from the source of supply. All those rights existing at the time of the formation of the authority are preserved.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.110
§ 1088.110. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2254.029 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2254 / Section 2254.029
§ 2254.029. PUBLICATION IN STATE BUSINESS DAILY BEFORE ENTERING INTO MAJOR CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day before the date it enters into a major consulting services contract, a state agency must post in the state business daily under Section 2155.083:

(1) an invitation for consultants to provide offers of consulting services;

(2) the name of the individual who should be contacted by a consultant that intends to make an offer;

(3) the closing date for the receipt of offers; and

(4) the procedure by which the state agency will award the contract.

(b) If the consulting services sought by a state agency relate to services previously provided by a consultant, the agency shall disclose that fact in the invitation required by Subsection (a). If the state agency intends to award the contract for the consulting services to a consultant that previously provided the services, unless a better offer is received, the agency shall disclose its intention in the invitation required by Subsection (a).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.039 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.039
§ 242.039. FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to specify the edition of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association that will be used to establish the life safety requirements for an institution licensed under this chapter.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt the edition of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association for fire safety as designated by federal law and regulations for an institution or portion of an institution that is constructed after September 1, 1993, and for an institution or portion of an institution that was operating or approved for construction on or before September 1, 1993.

(c) The executive commissioner may not require more stringent fire safety standards than those required by federal law and regulation. The rules adopted under this section may not prevent an institution licensed under this chapter from voluntarily conforming to fire safety standards that are compatible with, equal to, or more stringent than those adopted by the executive commissioner.

(d) Licensed health care facilities in existence at the time of the effective date of this subsection may have their existing use or occupancy continued if such facilities comply with fire safety standards and ordinances in existence at the time of the effective date of this subsection.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a municipality shall have the authority to enact additional and higher fire safety standards applicable to new construction beginning on or after the effective date of this subsection.

(g) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement an expedited inspection process that allows an applicant for a license or for a renewal of a license to obtain a life safety code and physical plant inspection not later than the 15th day after the date the request is made. The department may charge a fee to recover the cost of the expedited inspection. The rules must permit the department to charge different fee amounts based on the size and type of institution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 32.023 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 32 / Section 32.023
§ 32.023. REPORTS TO OTHER STATES.
Status: in_force

On request, the department shall provide to the insurance commissioner or other similar officer of another state information relating to a company of this state that does business in the other state if:

(1) the other state has enacted the substantial provisions of the insurance laws of this state; and

(2) the commissioner or other similar officer has a legal duty to obtain the information.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.253 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 10 / Section 10.253
§ 10.253. RECORDING INSTRUMENT CONVEYING REAL PROPERTY OF DOMESTIC ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A deed or other instrument executed by a domestic entity that conveys an interest in real property may be recorded in the same manner and with the same effect as other similar instruments if the instrument is signed and acknowledged by:

(1) an officer, authorized attorney-in-fact, or other authorized person of the entity; or

(2) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, a governing person of the entity.

(b) A deed or other instrument executed by a domestic entity that conveys an interest in real property and that is recorded and signed by an officer, authorized attorney-in-fact, or other authorized person of the entity constitutes prima facie evidence that the sale or conveyance that is the subject of the instrument was authorized under this code and the governing documents of the entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.063
§ 1018.063. HEALTH CARE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The board may spend district money, enter into agreements, or take other necessary action to conduct, participate in, or assist in providing health care educational programs for current or prospective staff members or employees.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.076 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 287 / Section 287.076
§ 287.076. HEALTH CARE PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine:

(1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to establish and maintain an adequate health care system; and

(2) the type of equipment necessary for health care.

(b) The board may:

(1) acquire property, facilities, and equipment for the district for use in the health care system;

(2) mortgage or pledge the property, facilities, or equipment acquired as security for the payment of the purchase price;

(3) transfer by lease to physicians, individuals, companies, corporations, or other legal entities or acquire by lease district health care facilities;

(4) sell or otherwise dispose of property, facilities, or equipment acquired by the district; and

(5) contract with a state agency or other qualified provider to provide services.
Tex. Utilities Code § 15.106 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 15 / Section 15.106
§ 15.106. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to the issuance of a cease and desist order under this subchapter without a hearing. A hearing conducted before or after issuance of an order under this subchapter is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(b) If the commission issues an order under this subchapter without a hearing, the person affected by the order may request a hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside the order. A request must be submitted not later than the 30th day after the date the person receives the order. The commission shall set the hearing for a date that is:

(1) not later than the 10th day after the date the commission receives a request for a hearing; or

(2) agreed to by the person and the commission.

(c) At or following the hearing, the commission shall wholly or partly affirm, modify, or set aside the order. If the person affected by an order does not request a hearing in the manner provided by Subsection (b) and the commission does not hold a hearing on the order, the order is affirmed without further action by the commission.

(d) The commission may hold a hearing under this subchapter or may authorize the State Office of Administrative Hearings to hold the hearing.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.111 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.111
§ 201.111. RECOMMENDATION OF ENGINEER; DETERMINATION OF FITNESS.
Status: in_force

(a) On formal application by a county, road district of a county, or municipality, the commission may recommend for appointment a competent civil engineer who is a graduate of a first-class school of civil engineering and who is skilled in highway construction and maintenance.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to determine the qualifications of engineers who apply for highway construction work.
Tex. Local Government Code § 502.103 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 502 / Section 502.103
§ 502.103. PROOF OF COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person providing a training seminar under Section 502.101 shall issue a certificate of completion, on a form approved by the comptroller, to each person who completes the seminar.

(b) A corporation shall present proof of compliance with Section 502.101 to the comptroller by presenting the certificate of completion issued under Subsection (a) for each person required to attend a training seminar. The comptroller may impose an administrative penalty, in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each violation, against a corporation that fails to present proof in accordance with this subsection.
Tex. Government Code § 662.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.042
§ 662.042. FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR RECOGNITION DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) April 9 is Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day in honor of the courage of those Americans who suffered sacrifices and tribulations as prisoners of war in the course of their military service on behalf of this nation.

(b) Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day shall be regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.1111 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.1111
§ 601.1111. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for renewal of a certificate shall submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints for purposes of performing a criminal history check of the applicant as provided by Section 601.1031.

(b) The advisory board may not renew the certificate of a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a).

(c) A certificate holder is not required to submit fingerprints under this section for the renewal of the certificate if the holder has previously submitted fingerprints under:

(1) Section 601.1031 for the initial issuance of the certificate of registration; or

(2) this section as part of a prior renewal of a certificate of registration.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.104 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.104
§ 21.104. EFFECT OF SHAREHOLDERS' AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

A shareholders' agreement that complies with this subchapter is effective among the shareholders and between the shareholders and the corporation even if the terms of the agreement are inconsistent with this code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2207.256 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2207 / Section 2207.256
§ 2207.256. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other duties provided by the plan of operation, the board shall:

(1) approve contracts other than excess liability insurance contracts issued by the pool to a county, school district, or junior college district, as applicable;

(2) adopt premium rate schedules and policy forms for the pool; and

(3) receive service of summons on behalf of the pool.

(b) The board may:

(1) adopt necessary rules, including rules to implement this chapter;

(2) delegate specific responsibilities to the pool manager; and

(3) amend the plan of operation to ensure the orderly management and operation of the pool.