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Tex. Government Code § 30.01276 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01276
§ 30.01276.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.01276. JOINT COURT: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. A municipality that contracts under Section 30.01273 may provide its own prosecuting attorney or the contracting municipalities may agree on the selection of one or more prosecuting attorneys.
Tex. Water Code § 152.102 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 152 / Section 152.102
§ 152.102. PARTICIPATION IN CONSERVATION PROGRAM BY PERSON OTHER THAN RIVER AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A conservation program may involve a grant or loan of money, services, or equipment to a person or entity other than the river authority engaged in the program.

(b) Any person, including an individual or any public or private entity, may enter into an agreement with a river authority with respect to a conservation program.

(c) A person participating in or receiving a benefit from a conservation program shall comply with the requirements of the program.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.515 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.515
§ 42A.515. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN PROSTITUTION OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), on a defendant's conviction of a Class B misdemeanor under Section 43.02(a), Penal Code, the judge shall suspend imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community supervision.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), on a defendant's conviction of a state jail felony under Section 43.02(c)(2), Penal Code, that is punished under Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, the judge shall suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community supervision. This subsection does not apply to a defendant who has previously been convicted of any other state jail felony under Section 43.02(c)(2), Penal Code, that is punished under Section 12.35, Penal Code.

(c) A judge who places a defendant on community supervision under Subsection (a) or (b) shall require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant participate in a commercially sexually exploited persons court program established under Chapter 126, Government Code, if a program has been established for the county or municipality where the defendant resides. Sections 126.002(b) and (c), Government Code, do not apply with respect to a defendant required to participate in the court program under this subsection.

(d) A judge who requires a defendant to participate in a commercially sexually exploited persons court program under Subsection (c) may suspend in whole or in part the imposition of the program fee described by Section 126.006, Government Code.

(e) In any case in which the jury assesses punishment, the judge must follow the recommendations of the jury in suspending the imposition of a sentence or ordering a sentence to be executed. If a jury assessing punishment does not recommend community supervision, the judge must order the sentence to be executed in whole.

(f) The judge may suspend in whole or in part the imposition of any fine imposed on conviction.
Tex. Family Code § 262.013 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.013
§ 262.013. VOLUNTARY TEMPORARY MANAGING CONSERVATORSHIP.
Status: in_force

In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services, the existence of a parent's voluntary agreement to temporarily place the parent's child in the managing conservatorship of the department is not an admission by the parent that the parent engaged in conduct that endangered the child.
Tex. Government Code § 508.0481 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.0481
§ 508.0481. VICTIM'S RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a victim, close relative of a deceased victim, or guardian of a victim is required by a subpoena issued under Section 508.048 to appear at a hearing, the victim, relative, or guardian is entitled to representation by counsel at the hearing.

(b) This section does not require the state to provide representation by counsel to a victim, close relative of a deceased victim, or guardian of a victim.

(c) In this section, "victim," "close relative of a deceased victim," and "guardian of a victim" have the meanings assigned by Section 508.117.
Tex. Government Code § 824.309 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 824 / Section 824.309
§ 824.309. CHANGE OF DISABILITY RETIREMENT PAYMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A retiree may change the retiree's choice of disability retirement payment plans after the retiree's effective date of retirement by filing written notice with the board of trustees before the later of the date on which the retirement system makes the first annuity payment or the date the first payment becomes due. After the first payment has been made by the retirement system or has become due, a retiree may not change the annuity payment plan selected.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term "makes payment" includes the depositing in the mail of a payment warrant or the crediting of an account with payment through electronic funds transfer.

(c) The retirement system may adopt rules to administer this section.
Tex. Water Code § 62.123 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.123
§ 62.123. FRANCHISES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may grant franchises for purposes consistent with this chapter to any person on property owned or controlled by the district by restrictive covenant or otherwise.

(b) No franchise shall be granted for longer than 50 years nor shall a franchise be granted except on the affirmative vote of a majority of the commissioners present at a meeting of the commission.

(c) No franchise shall be granted until notice of the franchise is published at the expense of the applicant, once a week for three consecutive weeks in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the district. For the purposes of this subsection, notice consists of:

(1) the text of the franchise in final form in all material respects; or

(2) a descriptive caption stating the purpose of the franchise and the location at which a complete copy of the franchise in all material respects may be obtained.

(d) The franchise shall require the grantee to file the grantee's written acceptance of the franchise within 30 days after the franchise is granted by the commission.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the district from granting revocable licenses or permits for the use of limited portions of waterfront or facilities for purposes consistent with this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 53.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 53 / Section 53.057
§ 53.057. DUTIES.
Status: in_force

A bailiff shall perform the duties imposed on bailiffs under the general laws of this state and the other duties required by the judge of the court served.
Tex. Tax Code § 160.045 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 160 / Section 160.045
§ 160.045. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who fails to pay a tax imposed by this chapter when due forfeits five percent of the amount due as a penalty, and if the person fails to pay the tax before the 31st day after the date on which the tax is due, the person forfeits an additional five percent.

(b) The minimum penalty imposed by this section is $1.
Tex. Utilities Code § 40.060 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 40 / Section 40.060
§ 40.060. NO POWER TO AMEND CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter empowers a municipal governing body or a body vested with the power to manage and operate a municipally owned utility to issue, amend, or rescind a certificate of public convenience and necessity granted by the commission. This subsection does not affect the ability of a municipal governing body or a body vested with the power to manage and operate the municipally owned utility to pass a resolution under Section 40.051(b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1113.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1113 / Section 1113.060
§ 1113.060. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A board meeting may be called by the presiding officer or any four directors.

(b) Notice of the time and place of a board meeting must be given to each director not later than the seventh day before the time of the meeting.

(c) This section does not prevent the board from establishing by resolution a regular time and place for meetings for which special notice is not required.
Tex. Local Government Code § 216.012 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 216 / Section 216.012
§ 216.012.
Status: in_force

Sec. 216.012. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SIGNS UNDER SIGN ORDINANCE IN EFFECT ON JUNE 1, 1985. (a) This section applies to compensation for the required relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign under a municipal ordinance in effect on June 1, 1985, that provided for compensation to the sign owner under an amortization plan.

(b) For a nonconforming sign erected after September 1, 1985, or for a sign in place on that date that later is made nonconforming by an extension of or strengthening of an ordinance that was in effect on June 1, 1985, and that provided an amortization plan, the amortization period is the entire useful life of the sign. If it has not already done so, the board shall determine the entire useful life of signs by type or category, such as mono-pole signs, metal signs, and wood signs. The useful life may not be solely determined by the natural life expectancy of a sign.

(c) Compensation for the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign that, on September 1, 1985, was not in compliance with the sign ordinance shall be made in accordance with the applicable procedures of Section 6, Chapter 221, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985 (Article 1015o, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), and that law is continued in effect for this purpose.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.211 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.211
§ 2001.211. AMENDMENT OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a manufacturer's or distributor's license shall, during pendency of the application, notify the commission immediately of any change relating to a fact stated in the application.

(b) If a change occurs after issuance of a manufacturer's or distributor's license, the license holder shall report the change to the commission not later than the 14th day after the date of the change.

(c) Not later than the 14th day after the date of the change, a license holder shall notify the commission of a change in:

(1) the license holder's organization, structure, or mode of operation;

(2) the identity of persons named or required to be named in the application and the nature or extent of those persons' interest; or

(3) any other facts stated in the application.

(d) Failure to give a notice required under this section is cause for:

(1) denial, suspension, or revocation of a license; or

(2) imposition of an administrative penalty or other administrative action.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 55A.301 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 55A / Section 55A.301
§ 55A.301. REQUIRED CONTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An expunction order entered by a court under Subchapter E or F must have attached and incorporate by reference a copy of the judgment of acquittal, if any, and must include:

(1) the following information on the person who is the subject of the expunction order:

(A) full name;

(B) sex;

(C) race;

(D) date of birth;

(E) driver's license number; and

(F) social security number;

(2) the offense charged against the person who is the subject of the expunction order, if any;

(3) the date of the applicable arrest;

(4) the case number and court of offense, if any; and

(5) the incident number assigned to the individual incident of arrest under Article 66.251(b)(1) by the Department of Public Safety.

(b) An expunction order issued by a court under Subchapter E or F must require any state agency that sent information concerning the arrest to a central federal depository to request the depository to return all records and files subject to the order.
Tex. Tax Code § 24.38 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 24 / Section 24.38
§ 24.38. CERTIFICATION OF APPORTIONED VALUE.
Status: in_force

Before July 26, the comptroller shall certify to the county assessor-collector for each county in which a railroad operates:

(1) the county's apportioned amount of the market value of each owner's rolling stock; and

(2) the name and business address of each owner.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 31.007 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 31 / Section 31.007
§ 31.007. PARTIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOUNTING OF OWN COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each party to a suit shall be responsible for accurately recording all costs and fees incurred during the course of a lawsuit, if the judgment is to provide for the adjudication of such costs. If the judgment provides that costs are to be borne by the party by whom such costs were incurred, it shall not be necessary for any of the parties to present a record of court costs to the court in connection with the entry of a judgment.

(b) A judge of any court may include in any order or judgment all costs, including the following:

(1) fees of the clerk and service fees due the county;

(2) fees of the court reporter for the original of stenographic transcripts necessarily obtained for use in the suit;

(3) masters, interpreters, and guardians ad litem appointed pursuant to these rules and state statutes; and

(4) such other costs and fees as may be permitted by these rules and state statutes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8492.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8492 / Section 8492.051
§ 8492.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8492.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Education Code § 49.203 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.203
§ 49.203. WADA COUNT.
Status: in_force

For purposes of Chapter 48, students served under an agreement under this subchapter are counted only in the weighted average daily attendance of the district providing the services, except that students served under an agreement authorized by Section 49.205 are counted in a manner determined by the commissioner.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5007.212 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5007 / Section 5007.212
§ 5007.212. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The port commission shall appoint an executive director of the authority. The port commission shall prescribe the duties and compensation of the executive director. The port commission may delegate to the executive director full authority to manage and operate the affairs of the authority subject only to orders of the port commission.

(b) The port commission shall delegate to the executive director the authority to employ all persons necessary for the proper handling of the business and operation of the authority and to determine the compensation to be paid to all employees, other than the executive director or the chief audit executive employed under Section 5007.226(c).

(c) The executive director shall execute a bond for $10,000 conditioned on the faithful performance of the executive director's duties and other conditions as required by the authority. The bond must be recorded in a record kept for that purpose in the authority's office.

(d) The port commission by general or special rule, regulation, order, resolution, or other direction may authorize the executive director or another person authorized to act instead of the executive director to perform any act on behalf of the port commission.
Tex. Finance Code § 156.552 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 156 / Section 156.552
§ 156.552. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

The mortgage grant fund consists of:

(1) penalties collected by the commissioner and deposited to the credit of the fund in accordance with Section 156.551(b); and

(2) excess amounts transferred from the recovery fund under Section 156.502(b).
Tex. Insurance Code § 2204.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2204 / Section 2204.103
§ 2204.103. COVERAGE BY GUARANTY FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The performance of a contractual obligation of the exchange or a member entered into under this chapter is not covered by an insurance guaranty fund provided by the laws of this state.

(b) This section does not apply to the security fund established under Section 2204.053(b)(4).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.005
§ 1120.005. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The state may not be obligated for the support or maintenance of the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4005.107 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.107
§ 4005.107. DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING FOR CONDUCT COMMITTED BEFORE SURRENDER OR FORFEITURE OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may institute a disciplinary proceeding against a former license holder for conduct committed before the effective date of a voluntary surrender or automatic forfeiture of the license.

(b) In a proceeding under this section, the fact that the license holder has surrendered or forfeited the license does not affect the former license holder's culpability for the conduct that is the subject of the proceeding.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.502 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.502
§ 201.502. RETENTION OF DEED.
Status: in_force

A deed that conveys any interest in real property to the state for a highway purpose shall be deposited and retained in the Austin office of the department.
Tex. Family Code § 263.603 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 263 / Section 263.603
§ 263.603. EXTENDED JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE GUARDIANSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 263.6021, if the court believes that a young adult may be incapacitated as defined by Section 1002.017(2), Estates Code, the court may extend its jurisdiction on its own motion without the young adult's consent to allow the department to refer the young adult to the Department of Aging and Disability Services for guardianship services as required by Section 48.209, Human Resources Code.

(b) The extended jurisdiction of the court under this section terminates on the earliest of the date:

(1) the Department of Aging and Disability Services determines a guardianship is not appropriate under Chapter 161, Human Resources Code;

(2) a court with probate jurisdiction denies the application to appoint a guardian; or

(3) a guardian is appointed and qualifies under the Estates Code.

(c) If the Department of Aging and Disability Services determines a guardianship is not appropriate, or the court with probate jurisdiction denies the application to appoint a guardian, the court under Subsection (a) may continue to extend its jurisdiction over the young adult only as provided by Section 263.602 or 263.6021.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a young adult for whom a guardian is appointed and qualifies is not considered to be in extended foster care or trial independence and the court's jurisdiction ends on the date the guardian for the young adult is appointed and qualifies unless the guardian requests the extended jurisdiction of the court under Section 263.604.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1358.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1358 / Section 1358.102
§ 1358.102. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease or for another single benefit;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(E) for credit insurance;

(F) only for dental or vision care;

(G) only for hospital expenses; or

(H) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(3) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy;

(4) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1358.101;

(5) health and accident coverage provided by a risk pool created under Chapter 172, Local Government Code; or

(6) a workers' compensation insurance policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3830.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3830 / Section 3830.106
§ 3830.106. ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, operate, or charge fees for the use of the district conduits for:

(1) another person's:

(A) telecommunications network;

(B) fiber-optic cable; or

(C) electronic transmission line; or

(2) any other type of transmission line or supporting facility.

(b) The district may not require a person to use a district conduit.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.058 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.058
§ 155.058. REVENUE.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), revenue from the sale of permits to distributors, wholesalers, bonded agents, and interstate warehouses is allocated in the same manner that other revenue is allocated by Subchapter H.

(b) Revenue from the sale of retailer's permits shall be deposited as provided by Section 161.0903, Health and Safety Code, and may be appropriated only as provided by that section.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (S.B. 248), Sec. 35(b)(4), eff. September 1, 2021.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (S.B. 248), Sec. 35(b)(4), eff. September 1, 2021.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (S.B. 248), Sec. 35(b)(4), eff. September 1, 2021.
Tex. Family Code § 153.371 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.371
§ 153.371. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NONPARENT APPOINTED AS SOLE MANAGING CONSERVATOR.
Status: in_force

Unless limited by court order or other provisions of this chapter, a nonparent, a licensed child-placing agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services appointed as a managing conservator of the child has the following rights and duties:

(1) the right to have physical possession and to direct the moral and religious training of the child;

(2) the duty of care, control, protection, and reasonable discipline of the child;

(3) the duty to provide the child with clothing, food, shelter, education, and medical, psychological, and dental care;

(4) the right to consent for the child to medical, psychiatric, psychological, dental, and surgical treatment and to have access to the child's medical records;

(5) the right to receive and give receipt for payments for the support of the child and to hold or disburse funds for the benefit of the child;

(6) the right to the services and earnings of the child;

(7) the right to consent to marriage and to enlistment in the armed forces of the United States;

(8) the right to represent the child in legal action and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance concerning the child;

(9) except when a guardian of the child's estate or a guardian or attorney ad litem has been appointed for the child, the right to act as an agent of the child in relation to the child's estate if the child's action is required by a state, the United States, or a foreign government;

(10) the right to designate the primary residence of the child and to make decisions regarding the child's education;

(11) the right to designate the school the child will attend and to enroll the child in the school, subject to any eligibility or admissions requirements;

(12) if the parent-child relationship has been terminated with respect to the parents, or only living parent, or if there is no living parent, the right to consent to the adoption of the child and to make any other decision concerning the child that a parent could make; and

(13) the right to:

(A) apply for a passport for the child;

(B) renew the child's passport; and

(C) maintain possession of the child's passport.