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Tex. Water Code § 58.811 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.811
§ 58.811. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF DISSOLUTION BONDS.
Status: in_force

After the dissolution bonds are issued by the board and before they are put in circulation, the bonds, at the option of the board, shall either be submitted to and approved by the attorney general and registered by the comptroller as provided in Sections 58.446-58.448 of this code or be validated by suit as provided in Sections 58.453-58.461 of this code. The provisions of these sections of this code which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter are applicable to the dissolution bonds provided for in this subchapter.
Tex. Election Code § 61.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 61 / Section 61.005
§ 61.005. SECURITY OF BALLOTS, BALLOT BOXES, AND ENVELOPES.
Status: in_force

(a) From the time a presiding judge receives the official ballots for an election until the precinct returns for that election have been certified, the presiding judge shall take the precautions necessary to prevent access to the ballots, ballot boxes, and envelopes used for provisional ballots in a manner not authorized by law.

(b) The ballots, ballot boxes, and envelopes used for provisional ballots at a polling place shall be in plain view of at least one election officer from the time the polls open for voting until the precinct returns have been certified.

(c) A presiding election judge commits an offense if the judge fails to prevent another person from handling a ballot box containing voters' marked ballots or an envelope containing a voter's provisional ballot in an unauthorized manner or from making an unauthorized entry into the ballot box or envelope. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6905.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6905 / Section 6905.203
§ 6905.203. INVESTMENT OF DISTRICT MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board may invest district money in obligations and make time deposits of district money in a manner determined by the board or in the manner permitted or required in a resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing district bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8849.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8849 / Section 8849.104
§ 8849.104. MEMBERSHIP ON CENTRAL CARRIZO-WILCOX COORDINATING COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

The district is a member of the Central Carrizo-Wilcox Coordinating Council.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.034 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 143 / Section 143.034
§ 143.034. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1) turns out or causes to be turned out on land that does not belong to or is not under the control of the person an animal that is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter;

(2) fails or refuses to keep up an animal that is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter;

(3) allows an animal to trespass on the land of another in an area or county in which the animal is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter; or

(4) as owner, agent, or person in control of the animal, permits an animal to run at large in an area or county in which the animal is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7914.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7914 / Section 7914.002
§ 7914.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 26.3467 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.3467
§ 26.3467. DUTY TO ENSURE CERTIFICATION OF TANK BEFORE DELIVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner or operator of an underground storage tank into which a regulated substance is to be deposited shall provide the common carrier a copy of the certificate of compliance for the specific underground storage tank into which the regulated substance is to be deposited before accepting delivery of the regulated substance into the underground storage tank. The owner or operator of an underground storage tank may comply with this subsection by obtaining a current copy of the certificate from the commission's Internet website.

(b) An owner or operator of an underground storage tank who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense that is punishable as provided by Section 7.156 for an offense under that section.

(c) A person who sells a regulated substance to a common carrier who delivers the regulated substance to the owner or operator of an underground storage tank into which the regulated substance is deposited, and who does not deliver the regulated substance into the underground storage tank, is not liable under this chapter with respect to that tank.

(d) A person may not deliver any regulated substance into an underground storage tank regulated under this chapter unless the underground storage tank has been issued a valid, current underground storage tank registration and certificate of compliance under Section 26.346. The commission may impose an administrative penalty against a person who violates this subsection. The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to enforce this subsection.

(e) It is an affirmative defense to the imposition of an administrative penalty for a violation of Subsection (d) that the person delivering a regulated substance into an underground storage tank relied on:

(1) a valid paper delivery certificate presented by the owner or operator of the underground storage tank or displayed at the facility associated with the underground storage tank;

(2) a temporary delivery authorization presented by the owner or operator of the underground storage tank or displayed at the facility associated with the underground storage tank; or

(3) registration and self-certification information for the underground storage tank obtained from the commission's Internet website not more than 30 days before the date of delivery.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.309 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.309
§ 200.309. NOTICE OF MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) Regular meetings of the trust managers of a real estate investment trust may be held with or without notice as prescribed by the real estate investment trust's bylaws.

(b) Special meetings of the trust managers shall be held with notice as prescribed by the bylaws.

(c) A notice of a board meeting is not required to specify the business to be transacted at the meeting or the purpose of the meeting, unless required by the bylaws.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974 / Section 7974.001
§ 7974.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 154.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 301.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 301 / Section 301.009
§ 301.009. BONDS, NOTES, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A hospital laundry cooperative association may borrow money from public or private sources or issue bonds, notes, or other obligations in amounts necessary to create, enlarge, maintain, or operate a laundry system.

(b) The association shall pay bonds, notes, or other obligations of the association solely from revenue received from the operation of a laundry system or from funds specifically provided for that purpose from other sources. An association may pledge its revenues or funds to secure payment of the bonds, notes, or other obligations.

(c) Bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by an association do not constitute indebtedness of the state or of any eligible institution that is a member of the association. Holders of bonds, notes, or other obligations may not demand or enforce payment of principal of or interest on the bonds, notes, or other obligations out of funds other than those specifically pledged to secure payment of those bonds, notes, or other obligations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 289.153 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 289 / Section 289.153
§ 289.153. ANNUAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) For each fiscal year, each commission shall have an independent audit made of the district's books and records.

(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the audit made for a district shall be filed with the comptroller and at the office of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 604.006 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 604 / Section 604.006
§ 604.006. BOND INURES TO PERSONS AGGRIEVED.
Status: in_force

In a suit arising from the defalcation of a public officer or the misapplication or misappropriation of money by a public officer, the official bond of the officer inures to the benefit of a person aggrieved by the defalcation or misapplication or misappropriation occurring in the period covered by the bond.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0001
§ 532.0001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "recipient" means a Medicaid recipient.
Tex. Finance Code § 183.206 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 183 / Section 183.206
§ 183.206. INTEREST IN LIMITED TRUST ASSOCIATION; TRANSFERABILITY OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) The interest of a participant or participant-transferee in a limited trust association is the personal property of the participant or the participant-transferee and may be transferred as provided by the bylaws or the participation agreement.

(b) A transferee of a participant's interest has the status of a participant-transferee and does not by the transfer become a participant or obtain a right to participate in the management of the limited trust association.

(c) A participant-transferee is entitled to receive only a share of profits, return of contribution, or other distributive benefit in respect to the interest transferred to which the participant who transferred the interest would have been entitled.

(d) A participant-transferee may become a participant only as provided by the bylaws or the participation agreement.

(e) A limited trust association may add additional participants in the same manner as participant-transferees after payment in full of the capital contribution to the limited trust association payable for the issuance of additional participation interests.
Tex. Election Code § 144.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 144 / Section 144.004
§ 144.004. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, an application for a place on the ballot must be filed with the secretary of the political subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, with the governing body's presiding officer.
Tex. Finance Code § 95.003 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 95 / Section 95.003
§ 95.003. INVESTMENT IN ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may be the holder of a deposit account.

(b) An investment in a deposit account may be made only in cash.

(c) A person may invest in a deposit account in the person's own right or in a trust or other fiduciary capacity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8415.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8415 / Section 8415.003
§ 8415.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of 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. Government Code § 2054.038 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.038
§ 2054.038. INTERNAL AUDITOR; POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall:

(1) appoint an internal auditor who reports directly to the board and serves at the will of the board; and

(2) provide staff and other resources to the internal auditor as appropriate.

(b) The internal auditor shall prepare an annual audit plan using risk assessment techniques to rank high-risk functions in the department. The internal auditor shall submit the annual audit plan to the board for consideration and approval. The board may change the plan as necessary or advisable.

(c) The internal auditor may bring before the board an issue outside of the annual audit plan that requires the immediate attention of the board.

(d) The internal auditor may not be assigned any operational or management responsibilities that impair the ability of the internal auditor to make an independent examination of the department's operations. The internal auditor may provide guidance or other advice before an operational or management decision is made but may not make the decision, approve the decision, or otherwise violate this subsection.

(e) The department shall give the internal auditor unrestricted access to the activities and records of the department unless restricted by other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.206
§ 11002.206. ELECTRIC UTILITY PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, facilities, or improvements, of an electric cooperative as defined by Section 161.002, Utilities Code.
Tex. Water Code § 36.206 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.206
§ 36.206. DISTRICT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A temporary board may set fees authorized by this chapter to pay for the creation and initial operation of a district, until such time as the district creation has been confirmed and a permanent board has been elected by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting in the district in an election called for those purposes.

(b) The rate of fees set for agricultural uses shall be no more than 20 percent of the rate applied to municipal uses.

(c) District fees may not be used to purchase groundwater rights unless the purchased rights are acquired for conservation purposes and are permanently held in trust not to be produced.
Tex. Government Code § 552.125 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.125
§ 552.125.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.125. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN AUDITS. Any documents or information privileged under Chapter 1101, Health and Safety Code, are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1115.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.004
§ 1115.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Wilson County, Texas.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.352 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.352
§ 3952.352. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the dissolved district has bonds or other obligations outstanding secured by and payable from assessments or other revenue, the city shall succeed to the rights and obligations of the district regarding enforcement and collection of the assessments or other revenue.

(b) The city shall have and exercise all district powers to enforce and collect the assessments or other revenue to pay:

(1) the bonds or other obligations when due and payable according to their terms; or

(2) special revenue or assessment bonds or other obligations issued by the city to refund the outstanding bonds or obligations.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.401 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.401
§ 81.401. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "task force" means the Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response.
Tex. Insurance Code § 493.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 493 / Section 493.106
§ 493.106.
Status: in_force

Sec. 493.106. CREDIT FOR REINSURANCE: DIRECT PAYMENT ON LIABILITY REQUIRED. (a) A ceding insurer may not be given credit for reinsurance ceded, as an asset or as a deduction from liability, in an accounting or financial statement unless the reinsurance is payable by the assuming insurer:

(1) on the liability of the ceding insurer under the contracts reinsured, without diminution because of the ceding insurer's insolvency; and

(2) directly to the ceding insurer or to the ceding insurer's domiciliary liquidator or receiver.

(b) Subsection (a)(2) does not apply if:

(1) the reinsurance contract specifically provides that, if the ceding insurer is insolvent, the reinsurance is payable to a payee other than one described by Subsection (a)(2); or

(2) the assuming insurer, with the direct insured's consent, has assumed the ceding insurer's policy obligations to the payee as the assuming insurer's direct obligations to the payee under the policy as a substitute for the ceding insurer's obligations.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 51.013 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 51 / Section 51.013
§ 51.013. TIME FOR TAKING WRIT OF ERROR TO COURT OF APPEALS.
Status: in_force

In a case in which a writ of error to the court of appeals is allowed, the writ of error may be taken at any time within six months after the date the final judgment is rendered.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00937 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00937
§ 30.00937. CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

The city manager of the city shall provide for the appointment of a municipal court clerk to serve as clerk of the municipal courts of record. The municipal court clerk shall perform the duties prescribed by ordinance and by applicable law and may hire, direct, and remove the personnel authorized in the annual budget for the clerk's office.
Tex. Water Code § 7.033 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.033
§ 7.033.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.033. RECOVERY OF SECURITY FOR CHAPTER 401, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, VIOLATION. The commission shall seek reimbursement, either by a commission order or by a suit filed under Subchapter D by the attorney general at the commission's request, of security from the radiation and perpetual care account used by the commission to pay for actions, including corrective measures, to remedy spills or contamination by radioactive material resulting from a violation of Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code, relating to an activity under the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted or a license, registration, or order issued by the commission under that chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2062.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2062 / Section 2062.002
§ 2062.002. CONSENT REQUIRED BEFORE ACQUIRING, RETAINING, OR DISSEMINATING CERTAIN INFORMATION; RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a state agency may not:

(1) use global positioning system technology, individual contact tracing, or technology designed to obtain biometric identifiers to acquire information that alone or in conjunction with other information identifies an individual or the individual's location without the individual's written or electronic consent;

(2) retain information with respect to an individual described by Subdivision (1) without the individual's written or electronic consent; or

(3) disseminate to a person the information described by Subdivision (1) with respect to an individual unless the state agency first obtains the individual's written or electronic consent.

(b) A state agency may acquire, retain, and disseminate information described by Subsection (a) with respect to an individual without the individual's written or electronic consent if the acquisition, retention, or dissemination is:

(1) required or permitted by a federal statute or by a state statute other than Chapter 552; or

(2) made by or to a law enforcement agency for a law enforcement purpose.

(c) A state agency shall retain the written or electronic consent of an individual obtained as required under this section in the agency's records until the contract or agreement under which the information is acquired, retained, or disseminated expires.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8022A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8022A / Section 8022A.0403
§ 8022A.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7943.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7943 / Section 7943.051
§ 7943.051. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by this section only if the district submits a letter to the comptroller not later than December 31, 2015, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2206.101(b), Government Code, other than the requirement that the letter be submitted by the date specified by that section.

(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of the district's authority to exercise the power of eminent domain under Section 2206.101(c), Government Code, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by law applicable to the district on or after the 90th day after the date the district submits a letter in accordance with Subsection (a).
Tex. Education Code § 21.908 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.908
§ 21.908. EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

The agency shall develop and maintain a program to assist educator preparation programs in implementing this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1502.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1502 / Section 1502.051
§ 1502.051. CHILDREN'S HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan issuer may offer a children's health benefit plan that provides coverage only to children younger than 18 years of age. The issuer may offer the plan only if the commissioner approves the plan's structure and the benefits offered under the plan.
Tex. Finance Code § 36.223 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 36 / Section 36.223
§ 36.223. FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon after beginning the receivership proceeding as is practicable, the receiver shall:

(1) terminate all fiduciary positions the bank holds;

(2) surrender all property held by the bank as a fiduciary; and

(3) settle the bank's fiduciary accounts.

(b) The receiver shall release all segregated and identifiable fiduciary property held by the bank to successor fiduciaries.

(c) With the approval of the court, the receiver may sell the administration of all or substantially all remaining fiduciary accounts to one or more successor fiduciaries on terms that appear to be in the best interests of the bank's estate and the persons interested in the fiduciary accounts.

(d) If commingled fiduciary money held by the bank as trustee is insufficient to satisfy all fiduciary claims to the commingled money, the receiver shall distribute commingled money pro rata to all fiduciary claimants of commingled money based on their proportionate interests after payment of administrative expenses related solely to the fiduciary claims. The fictional tracing rule does not apply. To the extent of any unsatisfied fiduciary claim to commingled money, a claimant to commingled trust money is entitled to the same priority as a depositor of the bank.

(e) Subject to Subsection (d), if the bank has lost fiduciary money or property through misappropriation or otherwise, a claimant to the missing fiduciary money or property is entitled to the same priority as a depositor of the bank.

(f) The receiver may require a fiduciary claimant to file a proof of claim if the records of the bank are insufficient to identify the claimant's interest.