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Tex. Local Government Code § 158.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 158 / Section 158.012
§ 158.012. APPEALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A county employee who, on a final decision by the commission, is demoted, suspended, or removed from the employee's position may appeal the decision by filing a petition in a district court in the county within 30 days after the date of the decision.

(b) An appeal under this section is under the substantial evidence rule, and the judgment of the district court is appealable as in other civil cases.

(c) If the district court renders judgment for the petitioner, the court may order reinstatement of the employee, payment of back pay, or other appropriate relief.
Tex. Local Government Code § 301.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 301 / Section 301.008
§ 301.008. PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The board may employ a superintendent or manager of the recreational or cultural facility. The superintendent or manager, with the consent of the board, may employ permanent or temporary personnel that are necessary for the maintenance and operation of the recreational or cultural facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1032.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1032 / Section 1032.156
§ 1032.156. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The board annually shall have an audit made of the district's financial condition.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 123.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 123 / Section 123.002
§ 123.002. CAUSE OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A party to a communication may sue a person who:

(1) intercepts, attempts to intercept, or employs or obtains another to intercept or attempt to intercept the communication;

(2) uses or divulges information that he knows or reasonably should know was obtained by interception of the communication; or

(3) as a landlord, building operator, or communication common carrier, either personally or through an agent or employee, aids or knowingly permits interception or attempted interception of the communication.

(b) This section does not apply to a party to a communication if an interception or attempted interception of the communication is authorized by Title 18, United States Code, Section 2516.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1704 / Section 1704.103
§ 1704.103. DISBURSEMENTS FROM COUNTY FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Fees deposited in the general fund of a county or in a separate county fund under Section 1704.101(2) may be used only to administer and enforce this chapter, including reimbursement for:

(1) reasonable expenses incurred by the board in enforcing this chapter; and

(2) actual expenses incurred by a board member in serving on the board.

(b) For purposes of this section, serving on a board is an additional duty of a board member's office. A board member may not receive compensation for serving on a board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.168 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.168
§ 225.168. MASTER SERGEANT JONATHAN J.
Status: in_force

DUNBAR MEMORIAL PARKWAY. (a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 734 (Parmer Lane) in the city of Austin between its intersection with Metric Boulevard and its intersection with Lamar Boulevard is designated as the Master Sergeant Jonathan J. Dunbar Memorial Parkway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Master Sergeant Jonathan J. Dunbar Memorial Parkway 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. Family Code § 264.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.002
§ 264.002. SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION REQUIRED.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(22), eff. September 1, 2015.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(22), eff. September 1, 2015.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(22), eff. September 1, 2015.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 , Sec. 86(22), eff. September 1, 2015.

(e) The department may not spend state funds to accomplish the purposes of this subtitle unless the funds have been specifically appropriated for those purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1083.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1083 / Section 1083.057
§ 1083.057. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall elect from among its members a president, a vice president, and a secretary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1093.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1093 / Section 1093.104
§ 1093.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:

(1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;

(2) equipping the buildings; and

(3) administering the buildings and equipment for hospital purposes.

(b) The hospital system may include:

(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;

(2) facilities for outpatient clinics;

(3) dispensaries;

(4) convalescent home facilities;

(5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training centers;

(6) blood banks;

(7) community mental health centers;

(8) research centers or laboratories; and

(9) any other facilities the board considers necessary for hospital care.
Tex. Utilities Code § 163.072 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 163 / Section 163.072
§ 163.072. CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall be liberally construed to carry out its purpose.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 18.062 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 18 / Section 18.062
§ 18.062. CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO IDENTITY THEFT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a business record is not admissible in a civil action if the business record is provided to law enforcement personnel in connection with an investigation of an alleged violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code (fraudulent use or possession of identifying information).

(b) A business record described by Subsection (a) is admissible if the party offering the record has obtained the record from a source other than law enforcement personnel.
Tex. Labor Code § 51.0341 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0341
§ 51.0341. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD LABOR APPEAL TRIBUNALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall establish one or more impartial child labor appeal tribunals to hear and decide disputed preliminary determination orders if the commission determines that establishment of those tribunals is necessary to ensure prompt disposal of child labor cases on appeal.

(b) Each child labor appeal tribunal shall be composed of a salaried examiner appointed by the commission.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.303 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.303
§ 823.303. ADJUSTMENT TO DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

If an affiliate is valued using a method other than the method provided by Section 823.302(2)(C), the valuation of the investment is computed by subtracting from the determined value an amount equal to the value claimed for any of the affiliate's assets that would not be admitted assets for the insurer if held directly by the insurer and that:

(1) are held by the affiliate but are used, including use under a lease agreement, significantly in the conduct of the insurer's business; or

(2) were acquired from or purchased for the benefit or use of the insurer by the affiliate under specific circumstances that, in the commissioner's opinion, support a reasonable finding that the primary purpose of the acquisition or purchase was to evade or avoid application of this code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 114.002 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 114 / Section 114.002
§ 114.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a common carrier as defined by and regulated under Chapter 111 of the Natural Resources Code; or

(2) the movement by a person or entity by motor vehicle of salt water, brine, sludge, drilling mud, and other liquid or semiliquid material arising out of or incidental to drilling for or producing oil or gas if:

(A) the commission has authorized the person or entity to move or transport the material and the material being moved or transported contains less than seven percent liquid hydrocarbons by volume; or

(B) the person or entity is not moving or transporting the material for hire and the material being moved or transported contains less than seven percent liquid hydrocarbons by volume.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.354 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.354
§ 21.354. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall name one or more banks to serve as depository for the district's money.

(b) District money, other than money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds issued by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and shall remain on deposit.

(c) Before the district deposits money in a bank in an amount that exceeds the maximum amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the bank must execute a bond or provide other security in an amount sufficient to secure from loss the amount of the district's deposits that exceed the amount secured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(d) This section does not limit the board's power to invest the district's money as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 313.046 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 313 / Section 313.046
§ 313.046. ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BOUNDARY HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) If part of the boundary of a municipality is on or along a highway, the municipality may improve that part of the highway and assess a part of the cost of the improvement against the abutting property on both sides of the highway as provided by Section 313.048.

(b) If the highway is wholly or partly in another municipality, the improvement and assessments are subject to consent of the governing body of the other municipality.

(c) An assessment imposed under Section 313.048 against abutting property that is in a municipality other than the municipality initiating the improvement is valid only if the governing body of the other municipality by ordinance or resolution ratifies the assessment.

(d) A person who owns or claims the abutting property has, in addition to the right of appeal provided by Section 313.049, the right of appeal from an assessment for 15 days after the date the ratifying ordinance or resolution is adopted by the governing body of the other municipality.

(e) If the governing body of the other municipality does not ratify the assessment within 30 days after the date of the ordinance or resolution imposing the assessment, the municipality that initiated the improvement may repeal and annul all of the assessment proceedings, including a contract for the improvement.

(f) The failure of the governing body of the other municipality to ratify an assessment does not affect the validity of an assessment imposed against property that is in the municipality that initiated the improvement.
Tex. Family Code § 159.705 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.705
§ 159.705. DIRECT REQUEST.
Status: in_force

(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.

(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, Sections 159.706 through 159.713 apply.

(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:

(1) a security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and

(2) an obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.

(d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the office of the attorney general.

(e) This subchapter does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
Tex. Family Code § 201.013 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.013
§ 201.013. ORDER OF COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) Pending a de novo hearing before the referring court, a proposed order or judgment of the associate judge is in full force and effect and is enforceable as an order or judgment of the referring court, except for an order providing for the appointment of a receiver.

(b) Except as provided by Section 201.007(c), if a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court is not timely filed, the proposed order or judgment of the associate judge becomes the order or judgment of the referring court only on the referring court's signing the proposed order or judgment.

(c) An order by an associate judge for the temporary detention or incarceration of a witness or party shall be presented to the referring court on the day the witness or party is detained or incarcerated. The referring court, without prejudice to the right to a de novo hearing provided by Section 201.015, may approve the temporary detention or incarceration or may order the release of the party or witness, with or without bond, pending a de novo hearing. If the referring court is not immediately available, the associate judge may order the release of the party or witness, with or without bond, pending a de novo hearing or may continue the person's detention or incarceration for not more than 72 hours.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.253 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.253
§ 501.253. RULES FOR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The economic development office shall adopt rules governing programs for small businesses receiving loans guaranteed wholly or partly by the United States Small Business Administration or another federal agency.
Tex. Election Code § 174.097 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 174 / Section 174.097
§ 174.097. ATTENDANCE BY PUBLIC OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

A nominee for or holder of an office of the state or federal government is entitled to attend a state convention of the nominee's or officeholder's party but may not vote in the convention unless serving as a delegate.
Tex. Estates Code § 362.007 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 362 / Section 362.007
§ 362.007. DELIVERY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO GUARDIAN.
Status: in_force

The court may permit a resident personal representative who has possession of any of a ward's estate to deliver the estate to a qualified and acting guardian of the ward.
Tex. Education Code § 29.403 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.403
§ 29.403. FINANCING.
Status: in_force

(a) A public junior college district may receive from each partnering school district for each student from that district enrolled in a dropout recovery program under this subchapter an amount negotiated between the junior college district and that partnering district not to exceed the total average per student funding amount in that district during the preceding school year for maintenance and operations, including state and local funding, but excluding money from the available school fund.

(b) A student who is enrolled in a program under this subchapter is included in determining the average daily attendance under Section 48.005 of the partnering school district.

(c) A public technical institute may receive from a partnering public junior college for each student enrolled in a career and technology education course as provided by Section 29.402(c-1) an amount negotiated between the public technical institute and the partnering public junior college.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.205 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1304 / Section 1304.205
§ 1304.205. REMEDY FOR SERVICE CONTRACT HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission by order, including an agreed order, determines that a person has operated as a provider or administrator in this state without holding the appropriate registration under this chapter, the person shall offer to a service contract holder who holds a service contract sold or issued by the person during the period that the person was not registered under this chapter the right to:

(1) cancel the contract and obtain a refund of the full purchase price of the contract; or

(2) retain the contract.

(b) If a seller fails to process a service contract application or a payment from a consumer in accordance with this chapter and any sales agreement or contract between the provider and the seller, the commission or executive director may, by commission order, including an agreed order, require the seller to refund the full purchase price of the contract to the consumer.

(c) The remedies described in this section are in addition to any administrative penalty, administrative sanction, civil penalty, or other disciplinary or enforcement action sought under this chapter or Chapter 51.
Tex. Government Code § 2102.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2102 / Section 2102.010
§ 2102.010. CONSULTATIONS.
Status: in_force

An internal auditor may consult the state agency's governing board or the administrator of the state agency if the state agency does not have a governing board, the governor's office, the state auditor, and legislative agencies or committees about matters affecting duties or responsibilities under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1805.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1805 / Section 1805.051
§ 1805.051. REPORT OF PURCHASE.
Status: in_force

(a) A secondhand dealer shall report each business machine that the dealer purchases, takes in trade, accepts for sale on consignment, or accepts for auction.

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

(1) meet the requirements of Section 1805.052; and

(2) be made not later than 48 hours after the time the business machine is received.

(c) Before a business machine is offered for sale or exchange, a secondhand dealer shall notify each person intending to sell or exchange a business machine that, before the dealer may accept any of the person's business machines, the person must file with the secondhand dealer a list describing each of the person's machines to be accepted by the dealer.

(d) The list required by Subsection (c) must contain:

(1) the proposed seller's driver's license number or Department of Public Safety identification card number, as recorded by the dealer on physical presentation of the license or identification card by the seller;

(2) a complete and accurate description of each business machine, including its serial number or other identifying marks or symbols;

(3) the proposed seller's certification that the information is true and complete; and

(4) if the business machine is delivered to the secondhand dealer for sale or exchange at an auction, the make, year, model, color, and registration number of the vehicle in which the business machine is transported to the auction.

(e) The secondhand dealer shall:

(1) provide, on demand, the list required by Subsection (c) to any peace officer; and

(2) mail or deliver the list to the chief of police or the sheriff as provided by Section 1805.052 not later than 48 hours after the list is filed with the secondhand dealer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8487.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8487 / Section 8487.051
§ 8487.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8487.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 404.124 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.124
§ 404.124. SHORTFALL FORECAST; COMMITTEE APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Before issuing notes the comptroller shall submit to the committee a general revenue cash flow shortfall forecast, based on the comptroller's most recent anticipated revenue estimate. The forecast must contain a detailed report of estimated revenues and expenditures for each month and each major revenue and expenditure category and must demonstrate the maximum general revenue cash flow shortfall that may be predicted. The committee shall hold a public hearing to receive invited testimony on the forecast, including testimony on this state's overall economic condition, as soon as practicable after receiving the forecast.

(b) Based on the forecast and testimony provided at the hearing required by Subsection (a), the committee may approve the issuance of notes, subject to Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (c), and the maximum outstanding balance of notes in any fiscal year. The outstanding balance may not exceed the maximum temporary cash shortfall forecast by the comptroller for any period in the fiscal year. The comptroller may not issue notes in excess of the amount approved.

(b-1) Except as provided in Subsection (b-2), the committee's approval of the issuance of notes granted under Subsection (b) expires on the 91st day after the date the hearing conducted under Subsection (a) concludes. The comptroller may not issue notes on or after the 91st day unless the comptroller submits another general revenue cash flow shortfall forecast to the committee and the committee subsequently grants approval for the issuance of the notes in accordance with the procedure required by Subsections (a) and (b). Each subsequent approval expires on the 91st day after the date the hearing on which the approval was based concludes.

(b-2) The committee's approval of the issuance of commercial paper notes expires on the last day of the fiscal year for which the tax and revenue anticipation notes are approved, providing for the issuance and rollover of commercial paper notes during that fiscal year. All commercial paper notes must mature and be paid in full in accordance with Section 404.123(d).

(c) The committee may determine whether the notes will be sold on a negotiated or competitive bid basis. If the committee determines that competitive bids are appropriate, the underwriter of any notes issued under this section shall be selected by the solicitation of sealed bids and an appropriate bid notice shall be published at least one time in one or more recognized financial publications of general circulation published within the state and one or more recognized financial publications of general circulation published outside the state. Unless all bids are rejected, the underwriter shall be selected from the bids received. The comptroller may not sell the notes in a manner not approved.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.205
§ 1011.205. 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. Water Code § 58.519 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.519
§ 58.519. BOARD'S ORDER.
Status: in_force

At the hearing, if the board decides to define and serve the proposed separate tax area or separate designated property, it shall enter an order in the record, and if the proposal involves the issuance of bonds, the board shall call an election in the whole district.
Tex. Estates Code § 202.103 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 202 / Section 202.103
§ 202.103. PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO TRANSFERRED PROCEEDING TO DECLARE HEIRSHIP; CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

A proceeding to declare heirship that is transferred under Section 202.101 shall proceed as though the proceeding was originally filed in the court to which the proceeding is transferred. The court may consolidate the proceeding with the other proceeding pending in that court.