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Tex. Education Code § 54.523 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.523
§ 54.523. STUDENT CENTER FEES; TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection (b) of this section, the board of regents of the Texas State University System may charge each student enrolled in a university or educational center under its authority a student center fee not to exceed $100 per semester or $50 per summer term of six weeks or less to be used to construct, operate, maintain, improve, and program a student center at the university or educational center at which the student is enrolled.

(b) The decision to levy a student center fee, the amount of the initial fee, and an increase in the fee must be approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general election called for that purpose; provided that this requirement shall not apply to the decision to levy a student center fee or the amount of the initial fee approved by the board prior to the effective date of this section.

(c) The chief fiscal officer of each university operating a student center, either on its central campus or at an educational center of the university, shall collect the student center fee and shall deposit the money received into an account known as the student center account.

(d) The university shall hold in reserve any fee revenue that exceeds the amount necessary to construct, operate, maintain, improve, and program the student center. The university may use the fee revenue held in reserve only for future expenses of constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, or programming the student center.

(e) The board may charge a student center fee under this section at Lamar University or an educational center of Lamar University in the amount charged at the appropriate institution in the 1994-1995 academic year under former Section 54.517 or 108.361 as approved by a majority of the students of the institution voting in an election called for that purpose, as if the fee had been approved by a majority vote of the students under this section. Revenue from the fee charged under this section at an educational center of Lamar University may be used to pay the principal of and interest on revenue bonds issued under former Section 108.361 for the purpose of constructing a student center at the educational center.
Tex. Education Code § 54.536 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.536
§ 54.536. FEES FOR STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES BUILDING; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled in The University of Texas at Austin a fee not to exceed $8 a semester or 12-week summer session, $6 a nine-week summer session, or $4 a six-week summer session. The fee may be used only for financing the renovation, improvement, maintenance, or replacement of the student health center building at the university or for operating the student health center.

(b) The university shall collect the student health services building fee imposed under this section and deposit the money collected in an account to be known as the student health services building account. The money collected and placed in the account may be used only to:

(1) finance the renovation, improvement, maintenance, or replacement of the student health center building and be pledged for the payment of obligations issued for those purposes; or

(2) operate the student health center.

(c) The student health services building fee imposed under this section shall not be counted in determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged to the students of The University of Texas at Austin under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7980A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7980A / Section 7980A.0305
§ 7980A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8262.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8262 / Section 8262.005
§ 8262.005. EXPANSION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If land is annexed by the district under Section 49.301, Water Code, the board may require the petitioners to:

(1) assume the petitioners' pro rata share of the voted but unissued bonds of the district; and

(2) authorize the board to impose a tax on the petitioners' property to pay for the bonds after the bonds have been issued.

(b) If land is annexed by the district under Section 49.302, Water Code, the board may submit to the voters of the area to be annexed a proposition on the question of the assumption by the area to be annexed of its part of the voted but not yet issued or sold tax or tax-revenue bonds of the district and the imposition of an ad valorem tax on taxable property in the area to be annexed along with a tax in the rest of the district for the payment of the bonds.

(c) If the petitioners consent or if the election results favorably, the district may issue its voted but unissued tax or tax-revenue bonds regardless of changes to district boundaries since the original voting or authorization of the bonds.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.114 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.114
§ 39A.114. TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner determines that the basis for the unacceptable performance of a campus for more than two consecutive school years is limited to a specific condition that may be remedied with targeted technical assistance, the commissioner may require the school district to contract for the appropriate technical assistance.
Tex. Government Code § 433.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 433 / Section 433.005
§ 433.005. CALLING OF STATE MILITARY FORCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The chief executive officer or governing body of a county or municipality may request the governor to provide state military forces to aid in controlling conditions in the county or municipality that the officer or governing body believes cannot be controlled by the local law enforcement agencies alone. On receiving the request, the governor may order a commander of a unit of the state military forces to appear at a time and place the governor directs to aid the civil authorities.

(b) After the forces have appeared at the appointed place, the commanding officer shall obey and execute the general instructions of the civil authorities charged by law with the suppression of riot, the preservation of public peace, and the protection of life and property. The instructions must be in writing, except that if written instructions are impracticable, the instructions may be given verbally in the presence of two or more credible witnesses. The commanding officer shall exercise his discretion as to the proper method of practically accomplishing the instructions.
Tex. Government Code § 833.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 833 / Section 833.103
§ 833.103. MILITARY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) An eligible member may establish service credit in the retirement system for military service performed that is creditable in the retirement system.

(b) A member eligible to establish military service credit is one who:

(1) currently contributes to the retirement system;

(2) has at least 8 years of service credit in the retirement system; and

(3) does not receive and is not eligible to receive federal retirement payments based on 20 years or more of active federal military duty or its equivalent.

(c) Military service creditable in the retirement system is active duty federal military service.

(d) A member may establish one month of service credit for each month or fraction of a month of duty, but not more than 48 months of service credit in the retirement system for military service.

(e) A member may establish credit under this section by depositing with the retirement system a contribution computed for each month of military service claimed at the rate of six percent of the member's current monthly state salary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.064
§ 8845.064. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold regular meetings at the district office on dates established by the board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.068 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.068
§ 431.068. CONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may contract with the commission to:

(1) construct or improve a transportation project designated by the commission; and

(2) sell the project or improvement to the commission.

(b) For a transportation project constructed by a corporation, the corporation may contract with the commission for the commission to:

(1) supervise the construction; or

(2) provide construction management services.

(c) A corporation and a county, a home-rule municipality, a county road district created under Chapter 257, or a road utility district created under Chapter 441 may contract to pay jointly the cost of a transportation project designated by the commission. The contract may obligate the corporation to design, construct, or improve the transportation project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8313.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8313 / Section 8313.104
§ 8313.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 756.123 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 756 / Section 756.123
§ 756.123. PROHIBITION OF CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT NOTICE.
Status: in_force

A person may not build, repair, replace, or maintain a construction on, across, over, or under the easement or right-of-way for a pipeline facility unless notice of the construction is given the operator of the pipeline facility and:

(1) the operator of the pipeline facility determines that the construction will not increase a risk to the public or increase a risk of a break, leak, rupture, or other damage to the pipeline facility;

(2) if the operator of the pipeline facility determines that the construction will increase risk to the public or the pipeline facility, the constructor pays the reasonable, necessary, and documented cost of the additional fortifications, barriers, conduits, or other changes or improvements necessary to protect the public or pipeline facility from that risk before proceeding with the construction;

(3) the building, repair, replacement, or maintenance is conducted under an existing written agreement; or

(4) the building, repair, replacement, or maintenance is required to be done promptly by a regulated utility company because of the effects of a natural disaster.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.252 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.252
§ 843.252. COMPLAINT INITIATION AND INITIAL RESPONSE; DEADLINES FOR RESPONSE AND RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a complainant notifies a health maintenance organization of a complaint, the health maintenance organization, not later than the fifth business day after the date of receiving the complaint, shall send to the complainant a letter acknowledging the date of receipt of the complaint.

(b) The letter required under Subsection (a) must:

(1) include a description of the health maintenance organization's complaint procedures and time frames; and

(2) if the complaint is made orally, be accompanied by a one-page complaint form that prominently and clearly states that the form must be returned to the health maintenance organization for prompt resolution of the complaint.

(c) A health maintenance organization shall acknowledge, investigate, and resolve a complaint not later than the 30th calendar day after the date the health maintenance organization receives the written complaint or one-page complaint form from the complainant.

(d) Subsections (a)-(c) do not apply to a complaint concerning an emergency or a denial of continued hospitalization. A health maintenance organization shall investigate and resolve a complaint concerning an emergency or a denial of continued hospitalization:

(1) in accordance with the medical or dental immediacy of the case; and

(2) not later than one business day after the health maintenance organization receives the complaint.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533A.042 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533A / Section 533A.042
§ 533A.042. EVALUATION OF ELDERLY RESIDENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall evaluate each elderly resident at least annually to determine if the resident can be appropriately served in a less restrictive setting.

(b) The department shall consider the proximity to the resident of family, friends, and advocates concerned with the resident's well-being in determining whether the resident should be moved from a department facility or to a different department facility. The department shall recognize that a nursing facility may not be able to meet the special needs of an elderly resident.

(c) In evaluating an elderly resident under this section and to ensure appropriate placement, the department shall identify the special needs of the resident, the types of services that will best meet those needs, and the type of facility that will best provide those services.

(d) The appropriate interdisciplinary team shall conduct the evaluation of an elderly resident of a department facility.

(e) The department shall attempt to place an elderly resident in a less restrictive setting if the department determines that the resident can be appropriately served in that setting. The department shall coordinate the attempt with the local intellectual and developmental disability authority.

(f) A local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall provide continuing care for an elderly resident placed in the authority's service area under this section.

(g) The local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall have the right of access to all residents and records of residents who request continuing care services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3857.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3857 / Section 3857.152
§ 3857.152. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that improvement or service has been filed with the board.

(b) The petition must be signed by:

(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment as determined by the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Chambers or Liberty County; or

(2) at least 50 persons who own real property in the district, if more than 50 persons own real property in the district as determined by the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Chambers or Liberty County.
Tex. Education Code § 54.361 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.361
§ 54.361. ONE-YEAR EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN TANF STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

A student is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees authorized by this chapter for the first academic year in which the student enrolls at an institution of higher education if the student:

(1) graduated from a public high school in this state;

(2) successfully completed the attendance requirements under Section 25.085;

(3) during the student's last year of public high school in this state, was a dependent child receiving financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, for not less than six months;

(4) is younger than 22 years of age on the date of enrollment;

(5) enrolls at the institution as an undergraduate student not later than the second anniversary of the date of graduation from a public high school in this state;

(6) has met the entrance examination requirements of the institution before the date of enrollment; and

(7) is classified as a resident under Subchapter B.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3971.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3971 / Section 3971.0301
§ 3971.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Local Government Code § 142.118 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 142 / Section 142.118
§ 142.118. PREEMPTION OF OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter preempts all contrary local ordinances, executive orders, legislation, or rules adopted by a municipality.

(b) Section 617.002, Government Code, does not apply to an agreement made or an action taken under this subchapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 410.253 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 410 / Section 410.253
§ 410.253. SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A party seeking judicial review shall simultaneously:

(1) file a copy of the party's petition with the court;

(2) serve any opposing party to the suit; and

(3) provide a copy of the party's petition to the division.

(b) A party may not seek judicial review under Section 410.251 unless the party has provided the copy of the petition to the division under Subsection (a)(3).
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2A.308 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.308
§ 2A.308. SPECIAL RIGHTS OF CREDITORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A creditor of a lessor in possession of goods subject to a lease contract may treat the lease contract as void if as against the creditor retention of possession by the lessor is fraudulent or voids the lease contract under any statute or rule of law, but retention of possession in good faith and current course of trade by the lessor for a commercially reasonable time after the lease contract becomes enforceable is not fraudulent and does not void the lease contract.

(b) Nothing in this chapter impairs the rights of creditors of a lessor if the lease contract is made under circumstances which under any statute or rule of law apart from this chapter would constitute the transaction a fraudulent transfer or voidable preference.

(c) A creditor of a seller may treat a sale or an identification of goods to a contract for sale as void if as against the creditor retention of possession by the seller is fraudulent under any statute or rule of law, but retention of possession of the goods pursuant to a lease contract entered into by the seller as lessee and the buyer as lessor in connection with the sale or identification of the goods is not fraudulent if the buyer bought for value and in good faith.
Tex. Education Code § 12.131 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.131
§ 12.131. REMOVAL OF STUDENTS TO DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPULSION OF STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a code of conduct for its district or for each campus. In addition to establishing standards for behavior, the code of conduct shall outline generally the types of prohibited behaviors and their possible consequences. The code of conduct shall also outline the school's due process procedures with respect to expulsion. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a final decision of the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school with respect to actions taken under the code of conduct may not be appealed.

(b) An open-enrollment charter school may not elect to expel a student for a reason that is not authorized by Section 37.007 or specified in the school's code of conduct as conduct that may result in expulsion.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision, Section 37.002 and its provisions, wherever referenced, are not applicable to an open-enrollment charter school unless the governing body of the school so determines.
Tex. Labor Code § 52.021 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 52 / Section 52.021
§ 52.021. MINIMUM LENGTH OF HOE HANDLES.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer of agricultural laborers may not require an employee to use a hoe that has a handle shorter than four feet while performing agricultural labor in a commercial farming operation.

(b) This section does not apply to an employer engaged in the operation of a greenhouse or nursery.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.825 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.825
§ 17.825. CIVIL REMEDY.
Status: in_force

A consumer aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may maintain a cause of action for damages in accordance with Section 17.50 of this code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 62.095 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.095
§ 62.095. USE OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may accept, receive, and spend gifts of money or other things of value from any person for the purpose of performing any function, power, or authority vested in the board and funds from the county that are appropriated by the county from time to time for the purpose of improving, equipping, maintaining, operating, and promoting recreational facilities under the board's supervision and control.

(b) The board may spend money appropriated by the commissioners court for the purpose of cleaning and maintaining public beaches and land within its jurisdiction, including money appropriated to the commissioners court by the state for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1099.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1099 / Section 1099.304
§ 1099.304. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION BY DISTRICT TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board, by majority vote, may elect to have district taxes assessed and collected by a tax assessor-collector appointed by the board. An election under this subsection must be made before December 1 and governs the manner in which taxes are assessed and collected, until changed by a similar resolution.

(b) The district tax assessor-collector must:

(1) reside in the district; and

(2) own real property subject to district taxation.

(c) The board shall prescribe the district tax assessor-collector's term of employment and compensation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8323.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8323 / Section 8323.051
§ 8323.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes described by Section 8323.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.103
§ 1063.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the health care or hospital system and the district's money and resources.