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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8007A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8007A / Section 8007A.0304
§ 8007A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Estates Code § 358.053 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 358 / Section 358.053
§ 358.053. SCHEDULING OF HEARING ON APPLICATION; CONTINUANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately after the filing of a lease application under Section 358.052, the county clerk shall call the filing of the application to the court's attention, and the judge shall promptly make and enter a brief order designating the time and place for hearing the application.

(b) If the hearing is not held at the time originally designated by the court or by a timely continuance order entered, the hearing shall be continued automatically without further notice to the same time on the following day, other than Sundays and holidays on which the county courthouse is officially closed, and from day to day until the lease application is finally acted on and disposed of by court order. Notice of an automatic continuance is not required.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 64.06 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 64 / Section 64.06
§ 64.06. WAREHOUSES; DELIVERY TRUCKS.
Status: in_force

Section 62.08 of this code applies to the use of warehouses and delivery trucks by general distributor's licensees.
Tex. Government Code § 73.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 73 / Section 73.001
§ 73.001. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the supreme court may order cases transferred from one court of appeals to another at any time that, in the opinion of the supreme court, there is good cause for the transfer.

(b) The supreme court may not transfer any case or proceeding properly filed in the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District to another court of appeals for the purpose of equalizing the dockets of the courts of appeals.

(c) The supreme court shall adopt rules for:

(1) transferring an appeal inappropriately filed in the Fifteenth Court of Appeals to a court of appeals with jurisdiction over the appeal; and

(2) transferring to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals from another court of appeals the appeals over which the Fifteenth Court of Appeals has exclusive intermediate appellate jurisdiction under Section 22.220(d).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.356 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.356
§ 1501.356. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "case characteristics" has the meaning assigned by Section 1501.201.

(b) The department may require periodic reports by small employer health benefit plan issuers and agents regarding small employer health benefit plans issued by those issuers and agents. The reporting requirements must include information regarding:

(1) case characteristics; and

(2) the number of small employer health benefit plans in various categories that are marketed or issued to small employers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8223.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8223 / Section 8223.002
§ 8223.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district in Collin County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Education Code § 66.84 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 66 / Section 66.84
§ 66.84. PAYMENTS; DISPOSITION.
Status: in_force

Payments under this subchapter shall be made to the board of regents, which shall:

(1) transmit to the state comptroller for deposit to the credit of the permanent university fund all bonus, rental, and royalty payments;

(2) transmit to the state comptroller for deposit to the credit of the available university fund all filing, assignment, and relinquishment fees and all other payments except those described in Subdivision (3); and

(3) retain the one and one-half percent special fee provided for by this subchapter for disbursement by the comptroller of The University of Texas System for the purposes authorized by this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 58.513 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.513
§ 58.513. ADOPTION OF PLAN OF TAXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 58.512(b)(4) of this code, before the commission of appraisement is appointed and the construction bonds are sold, the board shall adopt a proposed plan of taxation as provided in Sections 58.502-58.505 of this code.

(b) If the tax plan is not based wholly on the ad valorem basis or on the benefit basis, the order adopting the proposed plan shall specify the portion of the tax to be based on the ad valorem basis and the portion to be based on the benefit basis. The board also shall state the physical and economic reasons, the peculiar diverse local needs, or the comparative potential benefits of different areas of designated property in the district which make it necessary or equitable to levy all or part of the tax on a defined part of the district on the ad valorem or benefit basis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8006A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8006A / Section 8006A.0305
§ 8006A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.102 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 76 / Section 76.102
§ 76.102. AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR LICENSING PESTICIDE APPLICATORS.
Status: in_force

The department shall license pesticide applicators involved in the following license use categories:

(1) agricultural pest control, including animal pest control;

(2) forest pest control;

(3) ornamental and turf pest control, except as provided by Chapter 1951, Occupations Code;

(4) seed treatments;

(5) right-of-way pest control;

(6) regulatory pest control;

(7) aquatic pest control;

(8) demonstration pest control;

(9) health-related pest control; and

(10) other license use categories as necessary to comply with federal requirements. The department may not adopt license use categories that are designated by statute for regulation by another agency.
Tex. Water Code § 6.186 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.186
§ 6.186. CAREER LADDER PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The executive administrator or his designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program, one part of which shall require the intraagency posting of all nonentry level positions concurrently with any public posting.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 162.019 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 162 / Section 162.019
§ 162.019. ENFORCEMENT OF FORFEITURE AND PROTECTION OF RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

The board may request the attorney general to take whatever action is necessary to protect the rights of the state and the veterans' housing assistance funds in any matter concerning the program, and on a request, the attorney general shall take such action.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2701.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2701 / Section 2701.001
§ 2701.001. ABSTRACT OF TITLE DISTINGUISHED; PROHIBITION ON REGULATION OF ABSTRACT OF TITLE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "commitment for title insurance" means a title insurance form under which a title insurance company offers to issue a title insurance policy subject to stated exceptions, requirements, and terms. The term includes a mortgagee title policy binder on an interim construction loan.

(b) A commitment for title insurance constitutes a statement of the terms and conditions on which a title insurance company is willing to issue its policy. A title insurance policy or other title insurance form constitutes a statement of the terms and conditions of the indemnity under the policy or form.

(c) An abstract of title prepared from an abstract plant for a chain of title to real property described in the abstract of title is not title insurance, a commitment for title insurance, or any other title insurance form. A commitment for title insurance, title insurance policy, or other title insurance form is not an abstract of title.

(d) The commissioner may not adopt rules relating to abstracts of title.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.158 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.158
§ 882.158. BYLAWS MUST COMPLY WITH LAW.
Status: in_force

The bylaws of a mutual life insurance company may not be inconsistent with this chapter or other laws of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6609.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6609 / Section 6609.0101
§ 6609.0101. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 106.07 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 106 / Section 106.07
§ 106.07. MISREPRESENTATION OF AGE BY A MINOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A minor commits an offense if he falsely states that he is 21 years of age or older or presents any document that indicates he is 21 years of age or older to a person engaged in selling or serving alcoholic beverages.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable as provided by Section 106.071.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2212.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2212 / Section 2212.053
§ 2212.053. FILING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A trust shall file with the department:

(1) all rates and forms, for informational purposes only; and

(2) the trust's independently audited annual financial statement.

(b) An audited annual financial statement filed under this section may not be considered an examination document.
Tex. Local Government Code § 112.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 112 / Section 112.002
§ 112.002.
Status: in_force

Sec. 112.002. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN COUNTY WITH COUNTY AUDITOR AND POPULATION OF 190,000 OR MORE. (a) In a county with a population of 190,000 or more, the county auditor shall prescribe the system of accounting for the county.

(b) The county auditor may adopt and enforce regulations, not inconsistent with law or with a rule adopted under Section 112.003, that the auditor considers necessary for the speedy and proper collecting, checking, and accounting of the revenues and other funds and fees that belong to the county or to a person for whom a district clerk, district attorney, county officer, or precinct officer has made a collection or for whose use or benefit the officer holds or has received funds.

(c) A regulation adopted under this section may not be inconsistent with generally accepted accounting principles as established by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1016.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1016 / Section 1016.154
§ 1016.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 154.001 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 154 / Section 154.001
§ 154.001. NATURE OF PARTNER'S PARTNERSHIP INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A partner's partnership interest is personal property for all purposes.

(b) A partner's partnership interest may be community property under applicable law.

(c) A partner is not a co-owner of partnership property.

(d) Sections 9.406 and 9.408, Business & Commerce Code, do not apply to a partnership interest in a partnership, including the rights, powers, and interests arising under the governing documents of the partnership or under this code. To the extent of any conflict between this subsection and Section 9.406 or 9.408, Business & Commerce Code, this subsection controls. It is the express intent of this subsection to permit the enforcement, as a contract among the partners of a partnership, of any provision of a partnership agreement that would otherwise be ineffective under Section 9.406 or 9.408, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3909.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3909 / Section 3909.108
§ 3909.108. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 147.004 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 147 / Section 147.004
§ 147.004. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS, RECOGNITION, AND STRIKES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not be denied local control over the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, and other terms of employment, or other state-mandated personnel issues, if the municipality and the meet and confer team recognized under Section 147.0031 or 147.0033 as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for the covered police officers and firefighters come to a mutual agreement on any of the terms of employment. If an agreement is not reached, the state laws, local ordinances, and civil service rules remain unaffected. All agreements shall be written. Nothing in this chapter requires either party to meet and confer on any issue or reach an agreement.

(b) A municipality may meet and confer only if the meet and confer team does not advocate the illegal right to strike by public employees.

(c) Firefighters and police officers of a municipality may not engage in strikes against this state or a political subdivision of this state. A firefighter or police officer who participates in a strike forfeits all civil service rights, reemployment rights, and any other rights, benefits, or privileges the firefighter or police officer enjoys as a result of employment or prior employment.

(d) In this section, "strike" means failing to report for duty in concerted action with others, wilfully being absent from an assigned position, stopping work, abstaining from the full, faithful, and proper performance of the duties of employment, or interfering with the operation of a municipality. However, this section does not prohibit a firefighter or police officer from conferring with members of the municipal governing body about conditions, compensation, rights, privileges, or obligations of employment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.153
§ 3906.153. MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

An improvement project in a municipality must comply with any applicable municipal requirements, including codes and ordinances.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 28.20 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 28 / Section 28.20
§ 28.20. TEMPORARY SALES AT CERTAIN RACING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a mixed beverage permit may temporarily sell distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages in an area of a facility with a seating capacity of more than 40,000 that is open to the public and not otherwise covered by a license or permit during a motor vehicle racing event sponsored by a professional motor racing association or another event held at the racing facility.

(b) The holder of a mixed beverage permit may, under this section, sell distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages for consumption on or off the premises where sold, but not for resale.

(c) The holder of a mixed beverage permit may temporarily sell distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages for not more than five consecutive days at an event under this section or six days if necessary to accommodate the postponement of scheduled events due to an act of nature.

(d) The holder of a mixed beverage permit who temporarily sells distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages under this section may not:

(1) sell alcoholic beverages in factory-sealed containers;

(2) sell more than two drinks to a single consumer at one time; or

(3) sell alcoholic beverages after:

(A) 75 percent of the feature race is complete on the day that race is held; or

(B) one hour before the scheduled completion of the last spectator event on a day other than the feature race day.

(e) A holder of a mixed beverage permit who sells distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages under that permit in a county other than the county in which the premises covered by the permit is located shall:

(1) purchase the beverages from a distributor or wholesaler authorized under this code to sell the beverages in the county in which the permit holder sells the beverages under this section; and

(2) report to the commission, in the manner prescribed by the commission by rule, the amount of beverages purchased and sold under this section, by type.

(f) The holder of a mixed beverage permit who temporarily sells distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages under this section, or any officer, agent, or employee of the permit holder, may allow a person to:

(1) possess and consume alcoholic beverages brought onto the premises by the person; and

(2) remove from the premises any alcoholic beverages brought onto the premises by the person.

(g) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 374.909 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 374 / Section 374.909
§ 374.909. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) An action brought to review, modify, suspend, or satisfy a rule, order, decision, or other act of the governing body of a municipality or other agency shall be trial de novo as that term is used in an appeal from a justice of the peace court to a county court. In the trial, no presumptions in favor of the order or rule apply, and evidence relating to the validity or reasonableness of the order or rule may not be heard. The determination of the action shall be made on the facts as in other civil cases, and the procedure used and the determination of orders and judgments to be entered in the trial shall be under the rules of law, evidence, and procedure prescribed under the constitution, statutes, and rules of procedure of this state applicable to civil trials.

(b) The trial of an action brought under this section shall be strictly de novo and the decision in the action shall be made on the preponderance of the evidence presented at the trial, independent of any administrative action taken by the board and free from the application of the substantial evidence rule stated by the courts relating to orders of other administrative or quasi-judicial agencies.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293C.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293C / Section 293C.152
§ 293C.152. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF MANDATORY PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

The county may collect or contract for the assessment and collection of mandatory payments authorized under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.165 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.165
§ 366.165. CONDEMNATION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (c), an authority may acquire public or private real property in the name of the authority by the exercise of the power of condemnation under the laws applicable to the exercise of that power on property for public use if:

(1) the authority and the property owner cannot agree on a reasonable price for the property; or

(2) the property owner is legally incapacitated, absent, unknown, or unable to convey title.

(b) An authority may condemn real property that the authority determines is:

(1) necessary or appropriate to construct or to efficiently operate a turnpike project;

(2) necessary to restore public or private property damaged or destroyed, including property necessary or convenient to mitigate an environmental effect that directly results from the construction, operation, or maintenance of a turnpike project;

(3) necessary for access, approach, and interchange roads;

(4) necessary to provide proper drainage and ground slope for a turnpike project; or

(5) necessary otherwise to implement this chapter.

(c) An authority may construct a supplemental facility only on real property the authority purchases.

(d) An authority shall, in a statement or petition in condemnation, exclude from the interest to be condemned all the oil, gas, and sulphur that can be removed from beneath the real property. This exclusion shall be made without providing the owner of the oil, gas, or sulphur any right of ingress or egress to or from the surface of the land to explore, develop, drill, or mine the real property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6905.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6905 / Section 6905.106
§ 6905.106. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

A director is not personally liable for any bond issued or contract executed by the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 222.053 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 222 / Section 222.053
§ 222.053. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATION OR PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may revoke or suspend a certification, or reprimand a certified officer:

(1) for a violation of this chapter or a department rule; or

(2) if, under Subsection (c), a panel determines that continued certification of the person threatens juveniles in the juvenile justice system.

(b) The department may place on probation a person whose certification is suspended. If the suspension is probated, the department may require the person to:

(1) report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation; and

(2) continue or review professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the probation.

(c) The executive director may convene, in person or telephonically, a panel of three board members to determine if a person's continued certification threatens juveniles in the juvenile justice system. If the panel determines that the person's continued certification threatens juveniles in the juvenile justice system, the person's license is temporarily suspended until an administrative hearing is held as soon as possible under Subsection (d). The executive director may convene a panel under this subsection only if the danger posed by the person's continued certification is imminent. The panel may hold a telephonic meeting only if immediate action is required and convening the panel at one location is inconvenient for any member of the panel.

(d) A person is entitled to a hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings if the department proposes to suspend or revoke the person's certification.

(e) A person may appeal a ruling or order issued under this section to a district court in the county in which the person resides or in Travis County. The standard of review is under the substantial evidence rule.

(f) In this section, "certification" includes a provisional certification.