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Tex. Government Code § 411.0421 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0421
§ 411.0421. INFORMATION REGARDING FRAUDULENT USE OF IDENTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall create a record of each individual who:

(1) in conjunction with the attorney representing the state in the prosecution of felonies in the county in which the individual resides and the sheriff of that county or, if the individual is not a resident of a county in this state, the attorney and sheriff in a county that the individual frequents, signs a declaration that the individual's identity has been used by another person to frustrate proper law enforcement without the individual's consent; and

(2) files that declaration with the department.

(b) A declaration filed under this section must include:

(1) the individual's name, social security number, driver's license number, date of birth, and other identifying data requested by the department;

(2) a statement that the individual's name, social security number, driver's license number, date of birth, or other data has been used by another person to frustrate proper law enforcement; and

(3) a name, word, number, letter, or combination of 30 or fewer characters designated by the individual as a unique password to verify the individual's identity.

(c) On receipt of a declaration under this section, the department shall create a record of the individual's identity, including a record of the individual's unique password, in the criminal history record information maintained by the department under Subchapter F. The department shall ensure that this record, including the unique password, is available online to any entity authorized to receive information from the department under Subchapter F.
Tex. Government Code § 441.0011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.0011
§ 441.0011. TRAINING FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the commission until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing commission operations;

(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the commission;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the commission;

(4) the results of the most recent formal audit of the commission;

(5) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts of interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of a state policymaking body in performing their duties; and

(6) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the commission is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The director and librarian shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The director and librarian shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each member of the commission. Each member of the commission shall sign and submit to the director and librarian a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8018.0003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8018 / Section 8018.0003
§ 8018.0003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2054.456 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.456
§ 2054.456. IMMUNITY FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

The company, the board, and company employees are not liable in a civil action for an action taken in good faith in executing a duty under this subchapter, including identifying or referring a person for investigation of or prosecution for a possible administrative violation or criminal offense.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6907.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6907 / Section 6907.203
§ 6907.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.251
§ 1005.251. IMPOSITION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to hospital district taxation.

(b) The tax may be used to pay:

(1) indebtedness issued or assumed by the district; and

(2) the maintenance and operating expenses of the district and the district's hospital system.

(c) The district may not impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on a revenue bond issued under this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.152 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.152
§ 63.152. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not produce, store, transfer, offer for sale, or sell ammonium nitrate or ammonium nitrate material unless the person holds a certificate of registration issued by the service under this subchapter.

(b) An application for a registration submitted by an applicant who owns an ammonium nitrate facility must be:

(1) submitted on a form prescribed by the service that includes:

(A) the name, address, and telephone number of each ammonium nitrate facility owned by the applicant; and

(B) the name of the person designated by the applicant as the point of contact for each facility owned by the applicant; and

(2) accompanied by a fee in an amount sufficient to cover the service's costs to administer this subchapter.

(c) A person who engages in the sale of ammonium nitrate or ammonium nitrate material must display the person's registration in conspicuous public view in the person's place of business.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8385.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8385 / Section 8385.203
§ 8385.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Water Code § 57.201 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 57 / Section 57.201
§ 57.201. POWER TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds, but it may not issue bonds nor incur any debt unless an election is held in the district and the proposition is approved by a majority vote of the electors of the district who vote in the election.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 36.04 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 36 / Section 36.04
§ 36.04. INELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS AN AGENT.
Status: in_force

A person acting as a nonresident seller's agent may not act as an agent under Chapter 35.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7895.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7895 / Section 7895.0306
§ 7895.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 7895.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district must:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 7895.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 7895.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1603.2107 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1603 / Section 1603.2107
§ 1603.2107. DISPLAY OF LICENSE OR PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a license issued under this subchapter shall:

(1) display the original license and an attached photograph of the license holder in a conspicuous place near the license holder's work chair in the establishment in which the holder is working; or

(2) make available at the reception desk of the establishment in which the holder is working, in the manner prescribed by the department:

(A) the original license and an attached photograph of the license holder; or

(B) a digital image of the license and photograph of the license holder.

(b) The holder of a student permit issued under this subchapter shall display the permit in a reasonable manner at the school in which the permit holder is enrolled.
Tex. Government Code § 418.122 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.122
§ 418.122. STATE STUDY OF LAND USE AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and other state agencies, in conjunction with the division, shall keep land uses and construction of structures and other facilities under continuing study and shall identify areas that are particularly susceptible to severe land shifting, subsidence, flooding, or other catastrophes.

(b) The studies shall concentrate on means of reducing or avoiding the dangers and consequences of a catastrophe.
Tex. Water Code § 27.054 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 27 / Section 27.054
§ 27.054. ELECTRIC OR DRILLING LOG.
Status: in_force

If an existing well is to be converted to an injection well, monitoring well, or production well, the commission or railroad commission may require the applicant to furnish an electric log or a drilling log of the existing well.
Tex. Property Code § 21.049 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 21 / Section 21.049
§ 21.049. NOTICE OF DECISION OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS.
Status: in_force

The judge of a court hearing a proceeding under this chapter shall inform the clerk of the court as to a decision by the special commissioners on the day the decision is filed or on the next working day after the day the decision is filed. Not later than the next working day after the day the decision is filed, the clerk shall send notice of the decision by a delivery method described under Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, to the parties in the proceeding, or to their attorneys of record, at their addresses of record.
Tex. Government Code § 426.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 426 / Section 426.102
§ 426.102. AWARD OF GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the availability of appropriated money, the department may award grants for the purposes of this chapter by entering into a contract with each grant recipient.

(b) A grant recipient may use grant money to:

(1) reduce payment fraud by removing skimmers;

(2) purchase or upgrade payment fraud deterrence equipment, including unique locking systems, cameras, and lights;

(3) provide training opportunities regarding payment fraud and skimmers; and

(4) conduct public outreach regarding payment fraud and motor fuel theft.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9015.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9015 / Section 9015.255
§ 9015.255. ENFORCEMENT BY PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer may make an arrest when necessary to prevent or abate the commission of an offense:

(1) in violation of an authority rule or a law of this state that occurs or threatens to occur on any land, water, or easement owned or controlled by the authority; or

(2) involving damage to any property owned or controlled by the authority.

(b) A peace officer may make an arrest under Subsection (a)(2) at any location.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0486 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0486
§ 21.0486. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

A person who holds a technology applications certificate issued under this subchapter may, in addition to teaching technology applications courses as authorized under the certificate, teach courses in:

(1) principles of arts, audio/video technology, and communications; and

(2) principles of information technology.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8815.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8815 / Section 8815.054
§ 8815.054. SINGLE-MEMBER DIRECTOR PRECINCTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is divided into three single-member director precincts as follows:

(1) Director Precinct No. 1 includes the territory that is contained in the following member districts: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 33, Fallbrook Utility District, Rankin Road West Municipal Utility District, and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 215.

(2) Director Precinct No. 2 includes the territory that is contained in the following member districts: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 150, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 217, and Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 304.

(3) Director Precinct No. 3 includes the territory that is contained in the following member districts: Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 200, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 205, Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 399, and Harris County Utility District No. 16.

(b) The board may redraw the single-member director precincts in a manner that is reasonable and equitable:

(1) after any change in the boundaries of the authority; or

(2) by a resolution redrawing the director precincts adopted by a majority of the board based on changed circumstances.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 164.006 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 164 / Section 164.006
§ 164.006. ACTIONS OF COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

The presiding officer of the commission may perform any act or duty of the commission under this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.253 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.253
§ 22.253. MEETING OF MEMBERS; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation must give to each member entitled to vote at a meeting described by Section 22.251(c) or (d) or Section 22.252(c) or (d) a written notice stating that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is to consider the plan of merger or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation. The notice must be given in the time and manner provided by Chapter 6 and this chapter for giving notice of a meeting to members.

(b) A vote of members entitled to vote at the meeting shall be taken on the plan of merger or the resolution authorizing the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation. The members must approve the plan or resolution by the vote required by Section 22.164.

(c) For a meeting to vote on a plan of merger, the notice of the meeting must contain the plan of merger or a summary of the plan of merger.

(d) For a corporation the management of the affairs of which is vested in its members under Section 22.202, the notice of the meeting is subject to the provisions of the certificate of formation or bylaws of the corporation.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 91.002 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.002
§ 91.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(79), eff. April 2, 2015.

(2) "Blind" means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.

(3) "Child with visual impairments" means a child who is blind or visually impaired or who has a visual condition that requires treatment, psychological assistance counseling, or other assistance that the department can provide.

(3-a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of assistive and rehabilitative services.

(3-b) "Department" means the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.

(3-c) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(4) "Visual disability" includes blindness, an eye condition for which there is a medical prognosis indicating that the condition is of a progressive nature and may deteriorate either to blindness or to a substantial loss of vision, and physical or psychological disabilities that accompany or complement a disorder or imperfection of the eye.

(5) "Visually impaired" means a visual acuity of not more than 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20/70 but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 30 degrees.
Tex. Water Code § 36.056 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.056
§ 36.056. GENERAL MANAGER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ or contract with a person to perform such services as general manager for the district as the board may from time to time specify. The board may delegate to the general manager full authority to manage and operate the affairs of the district subject only to orders of the board.

(b) The board may delegate to the general manager the authority to employ all persons necessary for the proper handling of the business and operation of the district and to determine the compensation to be paid all employees other than the general manager.

(c) Except in a district that is composed of the territory of more than one county, a director may be employed as general manager of the district. The compensation of a general manager who also serves as a director shall be established by the other directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3887.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3887 / Section 3887.002
§ 3887.002. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, with all of the powers granted by this chapter.

(b) The district is a governmental unit for the purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and operations of the district are considered to be essential governmental functions and not proprietary functions for all purposes, including the application of that chapter.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 81.208 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 81 / Section 81.208
§ 81.208. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROCLAMATION.
Status: in_force

The proclamation takes effect on the day of the last publication of the notice required by Section 81.207(2) of this code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 489.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 489 / Section 489.101
§ 489.101. EFFECT ON HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR CLINICAL TRIAL ENROLLEES.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the coverage of enrollees in clinical trials under Chapter 1379, Insurance Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 53.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 53 / Section 53.001
§ 53.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a bone marrow donor recruitment program to educate residents of this state about:

(1) the need for bone marrow donors, including the particular need for donors from minority populations;

(2) the requirements for registering with the federally authorized bone marrow donor registry established and maintained as required by 42 U.S.C. Section 274k as a potential bone marrow donor, including procedures for determining an individual's tissue type;

(3) the medical procedures an individual must undergo to donate bone marrow or other sources of blood stem cells; and

(4) the availability of information about bone marrow donation in health care facilities, blood banks, and driver's license offices.

(b) The department, in consultation with the federally authorized bone marrow donor registry established and maintained as required by 42 U.S.C. Section 274k and the registry's interested contracted network partners, shall develop written and electronic informational materials, including links to Internet websites and machine-readable codes, regarding:

(1) bone marrow donation; and

(2) the process of registering with the federally authorized bone marrow donor registry.

(c) The federally authorized bone marrow donor registry, in collaboration with the registry's interested contracted network partners, may develop and provide the informational materials described by Subsection (b) to the department.

(d) The department and the Department of Public Safety shall post the information described by Subsection (b) on each agency's respective Internet websites.

(e) Appropriate health care facilities, blood banks, and driver's license offices may access the informational materials described by Subsection (b) on the Internet websites of the department and the Department of Public Safety and print the materials to place in their facilities, banks, or offices to provide to residents of this state.
Tex. Labor Code § 211.006 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 211 / Section 211.006
§ 211.006. RECIPROCAL TREATMENT BY FEDERAL AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may enter into an agreement with the proper agency under an Act of Congress establishing an unemployment compensation system to provide reciprocal treatment to an individual:

(1) who has acquired a right to unemployment compensation under the Act of Congress after acquiring a potential right to benefits under this subtitle; or

(2) who has acquired a right to benefits under this subtitle after acquiring a potential right to unemployment compensation under the Act of Congress.

(b) An agreement under this section takes effect 10 days after the date on which the agreement is published in the manner provided for a rule.