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Tex. Local Government Code § 320.075 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 320 / Section 320.075
§ 320.075. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) After any bonds have been authorized by the commissioners court, the bonds and the records relating to their issuance shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination and approval. The attorney general shall approve the bonds if issued in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) After the bonds have been approved by the attorney general, they shall be registered by the comptroller of public accounts.

(c) When the bonds have been approved by the attorney general, registered by the comptroller, and delivered to the purchasers, they are incontestable.

(d) If the bonds recite that they are secured partially or otherwise by a pledge of the proceeds of or income from any contract, including a lease or other agreement, a copy of the contract and of the records of the proceedings authorizing the contract may be submitted to the attorney general with the bond record. In that event, the approval of the bonds by the attorney general constitutes an approval of the contract, and the contract is incontestable except for forgery or fraud.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 152.1072 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 152 / Section 152.1072
§ 152.1072. HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Harris County chief probation officer is the chief administrative officer of the juvenile probation department and the director of the county institutions under the jurisdiction of the juvenile board.

(b) The chief probation officer shall annually prepare under the juvenile board's direction a budget for the juvenile probation department and the county institutions under the jurisdiction of the juvenile board. The juvenile board shall approve the budget and submit the budget to the commissioners court for final approval in the same manner prescribed by law for the other county agencies and departments.

(c) The chief probation officer shall hire the employees of the juvenile probation department and of the county institutions under the jurisdiction of the juvenile board. The chief probation officer may remove an employee at any time. The appointment and removal of supervisors of the probation department and of superintendents of county institutions are subject to approval by the juvenile board. The commissioners court shall pay the salaries and expenses of the employees as determined by the budget submitted by the juvenile board and approved by the commissioners court.
Tex. Estates Code § 455.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 455 / Section 455.005
§ 455.005. INFORMING PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) If a public officer or employee knows of a decedent without known or suitable next of kin or knows of property of a decedent that is subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation, the officer or employee may inform the public probate administrator of that fact.

(b) If a person dies in a hospital, mental health facility, or board and care facility without known or suitable next of kin, the person in charge of the hospital or facility may give immediate notice of that fact to the public probate administrator of the county in which the hospital or facility is located.

(c) A funeral director in control of a decedent's remains may notify the public probate administrator if:

(1) none of the persons listed in Section 711.002, Health and Safety Code, can be found after a reasonable inquiry or contacted by reasonable means; or

(2) any of the persons listed in Section 711.002, Health and Safety Code, refuses to act.
Tex. Education Code § 130.0051 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.0051
§ 130.0051. OTHER CHANGE OF NAME BY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a junior college district by resolution may change the name of the district or a college within the district, unless the change would cause the district or college to have the same or substantially the same name as an existing district, college, or other public or private institution of higher education in this state.

(b) The board of trustees shall file with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a copy of a resolution adopted under Subsection (a) that is certified by the secretary of the board of trustees. The name change is effective on the date the resolution is filed with the coordinating board. After a name change is filed, the college or district shall use the new name in all official actions, communications, or records.
Tex. Government Code § 476.0002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 476 / Section 476.0002
§ 476.0002. ELIGIBILITY AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

Only a municipality with a population of one million or more is eligible as an endorsing municipality under this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.162 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.162
§ 823.162. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATED TO ACQUISITION OF CONTROL OR MERGER.
Status: in_force

A person may not effect or attempt to effect an acquisition of control of or merger with a domestic insurer unless the commissioner has approved the acquisition or merger.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.288 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.288
§ 1702.288. NOTICE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO RECIPIENT OF ALARM SYSTEM SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall adopt rules in accordance with this section that require a company license holder acting as an alarm systems company under this chapter to inform each of the license holder's clients that the client is entitled to receive a written contract for alarm system services that contains the client's fee arrangement and other relevant information about services to be rendered.

(b) The rules shall require that a written contract for alarm system services shall be furnished to a client in accordance with Subsection (a) not later than the seventh day after the date the client requests the written contract.

(c) The rules shall require that the written contract for services shall be dated and signed by the owner or manager of an alarm systems company or a person expressly authorized by the owner or manager to sign written contracts on behalf of the company.

(d) The rules shall require that, not later than the seventh day after the date of entering into a contract for services regulated by the department with another alarm systems company or alarm systems monitor, an alarm systems company shall:

(1) notify the recipient of those services of the name, address, and telephone number and individual to contact at the company that purchased the contract;

(2) notify the recipient of services at the time the contract is negotiated that another licensed company may provide any of the services requested by subcontracting or outsourcing those services; and

(3) if any of the services are subcontracted or outsourced to a licensed third party, notify the recipient of services, by mail, of the name, address, phone number, and license number of the company providing those services.

(e) The rules shall require that notice provided to a recipient of services under Subsection (d) shall:

(1) be mailed to the recipient in a written form that emphasizes the required information; and

(2) include stickers or other materials to be affixed to an alarm system indicating the alarm systems company's or alarm systems monitor's new telephone number.

(f) A company license holder acting as an alarm systems company does not have to provide the notice required under Subsection (d) if the contact information, including the address and the telephone numbers for the alarm systems company, has not changed.
Tex. Government Code § 1504.206 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1504 / Section 1504.206
§ 1504.206. OPERATING EXPENSES AS FIRST LIEN.
Status: in_force

If the income from an exposition or convention hall is encumbered under this subchapter, each expense of operation and maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials, interest, repairs, and additions necessary to properly maintain the exposition or convention hall, and each proper item of expense, is a first lien against that income.
Tex. Occupations Code § 562.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 562 / Section 562.155
§ 562.155. COMPOUNDING SERVICE AND COMPOUNDED DRUG PRODUCTS.
Status: in_force

A compounding pharmacist or pharmacy may advertise or promote:

(1) nonsterile prescription compounding services provided by the pharmacist or pharmacy; and

(2) specific compounded drug products that the pharmacy or pharmacist dispenses or delivers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3809.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3809 / Section 3809.104
§ 3809.104. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with Harris County or the City of Houston for the county or the city to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 443.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 443 / Section 443.101
§ 443.101. REHABILITATION ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) An order to rehabilitate the business of an insurer must appoint the commissioner and the commissioner's successors in office as the rehabilitator and must direct the rehabilitator to take possession of the property of the insurer wherever located and to administer it subject to this chapter. The rehabilitator is entitled to request the receivership court to appoint a single judge to supervise the rehabilitation and hear any cases or controversies arising out of or related to the rehabilitation. Rehabilitation proceedings are exempt from any dormancy or similar program maintained by the receivership court for the early closure of civil actions. The filing or recording of the order with the clerk of the court or recorder of deeds of the county in which the principal business of the company is conducted, or, in the case of real estate, the county in which its principal office or place of business is located, imparts the same notice as a deed, bill of sale, or other evidence of title filed or recorded with the recorder of deeds would impart. The order to rehabilitate the insurer must, by operation of law, vest title to all property of the insurer in the rehabilitator.

(b) Any order issued under this section must require accountings to the receivership court by the rehabilitator. Accountings must be at the intervals specified by the receivership court in its order, but not less frequently than semi-annually. Each accounting must include a report concerning the rehabilitator's opinion as to the likelihood that a plan under Section 443.103 will be prepared by the rehabilitator and the timetable for doing so.

(c) In recognition of the need for a prompt and final resolution for all persons affected by a plan of rehabilitation, any appeal from an order of rehabilitation or an order approving a plan of rehabilitation must be heard on an expedited basis. A stay of an order of rehabilitation or an order approving a plan of rehabilitation may not be granted unless the appellant demonstrates that extraordinary circumstances warrant delaying the recovery under the plan of rehabilitation of all other persons, including policyholders. If the plan provides an appropriate mechanism for adjustment in the event of any adverse ruling from an appeal, a stay may not be granted.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2309.153 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2309 / Section 2309.153
§ 2309.153. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

An applicant for a used automotive parts recycler license under this chapter must provide in a manner prescribed by the executive director:

(1) a federal tax identification number;

(2) proof of general liability insurance in an amount not less than $250,000; and

(3) proof of a storm water permit if the applicant is required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to obtain a permit.
Tex. Water Code § 53.177 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.177
§ 53.177. APPROVING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the board offers bonds for sale, it shall send to the attorney general a certified copy of all proceedings relating to organizing the district and issuing the bonds. They shall also provide other relevant information he requires.

(b) The attorney general shall carefully examine the bonds in connection with the record and the constitution and laws of this state governing the issuance of bonds. The attorney general shall certify the bonds if he finds that they conform to the record and the constitution and laws of this state and that they are valid and binding obligations of the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1131.806 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1131 / Section 1131.806
§ 1131.806. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

Only one certificate of insurance issued for delivery to an insured is required if the certificate includes a statement concerning any spouse's or child's coverage.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8170.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8170 / Section 8170.003
§ 8170.003. 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. Health and Safety Code § 822.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 822 / Section 822.023
§ 822.023. NOTICE.
Status: in_force

In addition to the notice required by Section 4.003, Election Code, notice of an election under this subchapter shall be published at least once in an English language newspaper of general circulation in the county. If there is no English language newspaper of general circulation in the county, the notice shall be posted at the courthouse door for at least one week before the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3903.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3903 / Section 3903.059
§ 3903.059. NO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

The board may not create an executive committee to exercise the powers of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3994.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3994 / Section 3994.0108
§ 3994.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.1025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.1025
§ 775.1025. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRICTS LOCATED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a district wholly located in a county with a population of 100,000 or more.

(b) The fire marshal shall hold the following certifications issued by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection:

(1) head of a prevention-only fire department certification not later than 12 months after the date the marshal is initially appointed;

(2) a fire marshal basic certification not later than 24 months after the date the marshal is initially appointed; and

(3) a fire protection personnel certification not later than 12 months after the date the marshal is initially appointed.

(c) If acting as a peace officer, the fire marshal and any related officer, inspector, and investigator must hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code.

(d) If acting under fire marshal authority to conduct or supervise arson investigations or fire inspections, the fire marshal or the marshal's employees must hold certifications required for fire inspection by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection under Chapter 419, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8886.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8886 / Section 8886.159
§ 8886.159. COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The district may collect and preserve information regarding the use of the groundwater and the practicability of recharge of a groundwater reservoir in the district.
Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 3 — TX Code / Code wl / Chapter 11 / Section 3
§ 3. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this Act the term:

(a) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board.

(b) "Political Subdivision" means any political subdivision or body politic and corporate of the State of Texas, and includes any county, river authority, conservation and reclamation district, water control and improvement district, water improvement district, water control and preservation district, fresh water supply district, irrigation district, and any type of district heretofore or hereafter created or organized or authorized to be created or organized pursuant to the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59 or Article III, Section 52 of the Constitution of the State of Texas; "political subdivision" also means any interstate compact commission to which the State of Texas is a party, municipal corporation or city whether operating under the Home Rule Amendment of the Constitution or under the General Law.

(c) "National Flood Insurance Act" means the United States Congressional Enactment, Title 42, United States Code, Sections 4001-4127, and the implementation and administration of the Act by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(d) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3950.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3950 / Section 3950.251
§ 3950.251. TAX ABATEMENT.
Status: in_force

The district may enter into a tax abatement agreement in accordance with the general laws of this state authorizing and applicable to a tax abatement agreement by a municipality.
Tex. Government Code § 2163.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2163 / Section 2163.002
§ 2163.002. COST COMPARISON AND CONTRACT CONSIDERATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall consider all of its direct and indirect costs in determining the cost of providing a service.

(b) In comparing the cost of providing a service, the comptroller must include the:

(1) cost of supervising the work of a private contractor; and

(2) cost to the state of the comptroller's performance of the service, including:

(A) the costs of the office of the attorney general and other support agencies; and

(B) other indirect costs related to the comptroller's performance of the service.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.757 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.757
§ 42A.757. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a defendant is placed on community supervision after receiving a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for or being convicted of an offense under Section 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, at any time during the period of community supervision, the judge may extend the period of community supervision as provided by this article.

(b) At a hearing at which the defendant is provided the same rights as are provided to a defendant at a hearing under Article 42A.751(d), the judge may extend the defendant's supervision period for a period not to exceed 10 additional years if the judge determines that:

(1) the defendant has not sufficiently demonstrated a commitment to avoid future criminal behavior; and

(2) the release of the defendant from supervision would endanger the public.

(c) A judge may extend a period of community supervision under this article only once.

(d) A judge may extend a period of community supervision for a defendant under both Article 42A.752(a)(2) and this article.

(e) The prohibition in Article 42A.753(a) against a period of community supervision in a felony case exceeding 10 years does not apply to a defendant for whom community supervision is increased under this article or under both Article 42A.752(a)(2) and this article.
Tex. Labor Code § 412.0121 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 412 / Section 412.0121
§ 412.0121. INTERAGENCY CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency shall enter into an interagency contract with the office under Chapter 771, Government Code, to pay the costs incurred by the office in administering this chapter for the benefit of that state agency.

(b) Costs payable under the contract include the cost of:

(1) services of office employees;

(2) materials; and

(3) equipment, including computer hardware and software.

(c) The costs of risk management services provided by a state agency under the interagency contract shall be allocated in the same proportion and determined in the same manner as the costs of workers' compensation.(a) Each state agency shall enter into an interagency contract with the office under Chapter 771, Government Code, to pay the costs incurred by the office in administering this chapter for the benefit of that state agency.

(b) Costs payable under the contract include the cost of:

(1) services of office employees;

(2) materials; and

(3) equipment, including computer hardware and software.

(c) The amount of the costs to be paid by a state agency under the interagency contract is based on:

(1) the number of employees of the agency compared with the total number of employees of all state agencies to which this chapter applies;

(2) the dollar value of the agency's property and asset and liability exposure compared to that of all state agencies to which this chapter applies; and

(3) the number and aggregate cost of claims and losses incurred by the state agency compared to those incurred by all state agencies to which this chapter applies.

(d) The board may by rule establish the formula for allocating the cost of this chapter in an interagency contract in a manner that gives consideration to the factors in Subsection (c) and any other factors it deems relevant, including an agency's risk management expenditures, unique risks, and established programs.
Tex. Government Code § 62.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.013
§ 62.013. SUMMONS FOR JURY SERVICE BY CLERK, SHERIFF, OR CONSTABLE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 62.014, the clerk, sheriff, or constable, on receipt of a jury list from a county or district clerk, shall immediately notify the persons whose names are on the list to appear for jury service on the date designated by the judge.

(b) The clerk, sheriff, or constable shall notify each prospective juror to appear for jury service:

(1) by an oral summons; or

(2) if the judge ordering the summons so directs, by a written summons sent by registered mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by first class mail to the address on the jury wheel card or the address on the current voter registration list of the county.

(c) Delivery of a written summons is sufficient if the mail containing the summons is received by a person authorized by the United States Postal Service to receive it.

(d) The content of an oral or written summons to appear for jury service is sufficient if it includes the time and place for the appearance of the prospective juror for jury service, the purpose for which he is to appear, and the penalty for his failure to appear as required.