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TX Prop § 301.091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter E. Administrative Enforcement|Section 301.091. Dismissal

Sec. 301.091.  DISMISSAL.  (a)  If the commission determines that no reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice that is the subject of a complaint has occurred or is about to occur, the commission shall promptly dismiss the complaint.(b)  The commission shall make public disclosure of each dismissal.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.092 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter E. Administrative Enforcement|Section 301.092. Pending Civil Trial

Sec. 301.092.  PENDING CIVIL TRIAL.  The commission may not issue a charge alleging a discriminatory housing practice after the beginning of the trial of a civil action commenced by the aggrieved party under federal or state law seeking relief with respect to that discriminatory housing practice.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.093 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter E. Administrative Enforcement|Section 301.093. Election of Judicial Determination

Sec. 301.093.  ELECTION OF JUDICIAL DETERMINATION.  (a)  A complainant, a respondent, or an aggrieved person on whose behalf a complaint was filed may elect to have the claims asserted in the charge decided in a civil action as provided by Section 301.131.(b)  The election must be made not later than the 20th day after the date the person having the election receives service under Section 301.089(b) or, in the case of the commission, not later than the 20th day after the date the charge is issued.(c)  The person making the election shall give notice to the commission and to all other complainants and respondents to whom the charge relates.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter F. Administrative Hearings|Section 301.111. Administrative Hearing

Sec. 301.111.  ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.  (a)  If a timely election is not made under Section 301.093, the commission shall provide for a hearing on the charge.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), Chapter 2001, Government Code, governs a hearing and an appeal of a hearing.(c)  A hearing under this section on an alleged discriminatory housing practice may not continue after the beginning of the trial of a civil action commenced by the aggrieved person under federal or state law seeking relief with respect to the discriminatory housing practice.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter F. Administrative Hearings|Section 301.112. Administrative Penalties

Sec. 301.112.  ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.  (a)  If the commission determines at a hearing under Section 301.111 that a respondent has engaged in or is about to engage in a discriminatory housing practice, the commission may order the appropriate relief, including actual damages, reasonable attorney fees, court costs, and other injunctive or equitable relief.(b)  To vindicate the public's interest, the commission may assess a civil penalty against the respondent in an amount that does not exceed:(1)  $10,000 if the respondent has been found by order of the commission or a court to have committed a prior discriminatory housing practice;  or(2)  except as provided by Subsection (c):(A)  $25,000 if the respondent has been found by order of the commission or a court to have committed one other discriminatory housing practice during the five-year period ending on the date of the filing of the charges;  or(B)  $50,000 if the respondent has been found by the commission or a court to have committed two or more discriminatory housing practices during the seven-year period ending on the date of filing of the charge.(c)  If the acts constituting the discriminatory housing practice that is the object of the charge are committed by the same individual who has previously been found to have committed acts constituting a discriminatory housing practice, the civil penalties in Subsection (b)(2) may be imposed without regard to the period of time within which any other discriminatory housing practice occurred.(d)  At the request of the commission, the attorney general shall sue to recover a civil penalty due under this section.  Funds collected under this section shall be paid to the comptroller for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the fair housing fund.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 16.39, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Prop § 301.113 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter F. Administrative Hearings|Section 301.113. Effect of Commission Order

Sec. 301.113.  EFFECT OF COMMISSION ORDER.  A commission order under Section 301.112 does not affect a contract, sale, encumbrance, or lease that:(1)  is consummated before the commission issues the order;  and(2)  involves a bona fide purchaser, encumbrancer, or tenant who did not have actual notice of the charge filed under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.114 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter F. Administrative Hearings|Section 301.114. Licensed or Regulated Business

Sec. 301.114.  LICENSED OR REGULATED BUSINESS.  If the commission issues an order with respect to a discriminatory housing practice that occurs in the course of a business subject to a licensing or regulation by a governmental agency, the commission shall, not later than the 30th day after the date the order is issued:(1)  send copies of the findings and the order to the governmental agency;  and(2)  recommend to the governmental agency appropriate disciplinary action.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.115 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter F. Administrative Hearings|Section 301.115. Order in Preceding Five Years

Sec. 301.115.  ORDER IN PRECEDING FIVE YEARS.  If the commission issues an order against a respondent against whom another order was issued within the preceding five years under Section 301.112, the commission shall send a copy of each order to the attorney general.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.131 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter G. Enforcement by Attorney General|Section 301.131. Attorney General Action for Enforcement

Sec. 301.131.  ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION FOR ENFORCEMENT.  (a)  If a timely election is made under Section 301.093, the commission shall authorize and not later than the 30th day after the date the election is made the attorney general shall file in a district court a civil action seeking relief on behalf of the aggrieved person.(b)  Venue for an action is in the county in which the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurred or is about to occur.(c)  An aggrieved person may intervene in the action.(d)  If the court finds that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may grant as relief any relief that a court may grant in a civil action under Subchapter H.(e)  If monetary relief is sought for the benefit of an aggrieved person who does not intervene in the civil action, the court may not award the monetary relief if that aggrieved person has not complied with discovery orders entered by the court.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.132 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter G. Enforcement by Attorney General|Section 301.132. Pattern or Practice Case

Sec. 301.132.  PATTERN OR PRACTICE CASE.  (a)  On the request of the commission, the attorney general may file a civil action in district court for appropriate relief if the commission has reasonable cause to believe that:(1)  a person is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of a right granted under this chapter;  or(2)  a person has been denied a right granted by this chapter and that denial raises an issue of general public importance.(b)  In an action under this section the court may:(1)  award preventive relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order against the person responsible for a violation of this chapter as necessary to assure the full enjoyment of the rights granted by this chapter;(2)  award other appropriate relief, including monetary damages, reasonable attorney fees, and court costs;  and(3)  to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty against the respondent in an amount that does not exceed:(A)  $50,000 for a first violation;  and(B)  $100,000 for a second or subsequent violation.(c)  A person may intervene in an action under this section if the person is:(1)  a person aggrieved by the discriminatory housing practice;  or(2)  a party to a conciliation agreement concerning the discriminatory housing practice.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.133 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter G. Enforcement by Attorney General|Section 301.133. Subpoena Enforcement

Sec. 301.133.  SUBPOENA ENFORCEMENT.  The attorney general, on behalf of the commission or another party at whose request a subpoena is issued under this chapter, may enforce the subpoena in appropriate proceedings in district court.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter H. Enforcement by Private Persons|Section 301.151. Civil Action

Sec. 301.151.  CIVIL ACTION.  (a)  An aggrieved person may file a civil action in district court not later than the second year after the date of the occurrence or the termination of an alleged discriminatory housing practice or the breach of a conciliation agreement entered under this chapter, whichever occurs last, to obtain appropriate relief with respect to the discriminatory housing practice or breach.(b)  The two-year period does not include any time during which an administrative hearing under this chapter is pending with respect to a complaint or charge under this chapter based on the discriminatory housing practice.  This subsection does not apply to actions arising from the breach of a conciliation agreement.(c)  An aggrieved person may file an action whether a complaint has been filed under Section 301.081 and without regard to the status of any complaint filed under that section.(d)  If the commission has obtained a conciliation agreement with the consent of an aggrieved person, the aggrieved person may not file an action with respect to the alleged discriminatory housing practice that forms the basis of the complaint except to enforce the terms of the agreement.(e)  An aggrieved person may not file an action with respect to an alleged discriminatory housing practice that forms the basis of a charge issued by the commission if the commission has begun a hearing on the record under this chapter with respect to the charge.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter H. Enforcement by Private Persons|Section 301.152. Court-Appointed Attorney

Sec. 301.152.  COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEY.  On application by a person alleging a discriminatory housing practice or by a person against whom a discriminatory housing practice is alleged, the court may appoint an attorney for the person.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter H. Enforcement by Private Persons|Section 301.153. Relief Granted

Sec. 301.153.  RELIEF GRANTED.  If the court finds that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, the court may award to the plaintiff:(1)  actual and punitive damages;(2)  reasonable attorney fees;(3)  court costs;  and(4)  subject to Section 301.154, a permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order, including an order enjoining the defendant from engaging in the practice or ordering appropriate affirmative action.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter H. Enforcement by Private Persons|Section 301.154. Effect of Relief Granted

Sec. 301.154.  EFFECT OF RELIEF GRANTED.  Relief granted under this subchapter does not affect a contract, sale, encumbrance, or lease that:(1)  is consummated before the granting of the relief;  and(2)  involves a bona fide purchaser, encumbrancer, or tenant who did not have actual notice of the filing of a complaint or civil action under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter H. Enforcement by Private Persons|Section 301.155. Intervention by Attorney General

Sec. 301.155.  INTERVENTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.  (a)  On request of the commission, the attorney general may intervene in an action under this subchapter if the commission certifies that the case is of general public importance.(b)  The attorney general may obtain the same relief as is available to the attorney general under Section 301.132(b).|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter H. Enforcement by Private Persons|Section 301.156. Prevailing Party

Sec. 301.156.  PREVAILING PARTY.  A court in a civil action brought under this chapter or the commission in an administrative hearing under Section 301.111 may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party and assess court costs against the nonprevailing party.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Prop § 301.171 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Property Code|Title 15 - Fair Housing Practices|Chapter 301 - Texas Fair Housing Act|Subchapter I. Criminal Penalty|Section 301.171. Intimidation or Interference

Sec. 301.171.  INTIMIDATION OR INTERFERENCE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, without regard to whether the person is acting under color of law, by force or threat of force intentionally intimidates or interferes with a person:(1)  because of the person's race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin and because the person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, or contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing, or occupation of any dwelling or applying for or participating in a service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings;  or(2)  because the person is or has been or to intimidate the person from:(A)  participating, without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin, in an activity, service, organization, or facility described by Subdivision (1);  or(B)  affording another person opportunity or protection to so participate;  or(C)  lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin, in an activity, service, organization, or facility described by Subdivision (1).(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3888.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3888 - Sales Tax Revenue Authority for Baytown Municipal Development District|Section 3888.101. Definition

Sec. 3888.101.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "district" means the Baytown Municipal Development District.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 4376), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 3888.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 4 - Development and Improvement|Subtitle C - Development, Improvement, and Management|Chapter 3888 - Sales Tax Revenue Authority for Baytown Municipal Development District|Section 3888.102. Sales Tax Revenue

Sec. 3888.102.  SALES TAX REVENUE.  Notwithstanding any other law, the district may spend sales tax revenue on the land, buildings, equipment, facilities, expenditures, targeted infrastructure, and improvements the governing body of the district finds will promote new or expanded business development in the district.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 4376), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5019.0001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5019 - Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District|Section 5019.0001. Definitions

Sec. 5019.0001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Commissioner" means a member of the district's navigation and canal commission.(2)  "District" means the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5019.0002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5019 - Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District|Section 5019.0002. Appointment of District Commissioners

Sec. 5019.0002.  APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 62.072, Water Code, commissioners are appointed as provided by this section.(b)  The commissioners court of Chambers County by majority vote shall appoint two commissioners.  The commissioners court of Liberty County by majority vote shall appoint two commissioners.  The two commissioners courts shall appoint a fifth commissioner at a joint meeting of the two commissioners courts called and presided over by the county judge of Chambers County.(c)  Each of the county judges and county commissioners composing the commissioners courts of both counties is entitled to one vote in appointing the fifth commissioner.  A majority vote of those present at the meeting is sufficient to make the appointment.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 5019.0003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 5 - Transportation|Subtitle A - Navigation Districts and Port Authorities|Chapter 5019 - Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District|Section 5019.0003. Term of Office

Sec. 5019.0003.  TERM OF OFFICE.  Notwithstanding Section 62.065, Water Code, commissioners serve staggered four-year terms.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 6918.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle B - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Chapter 6918 - Angelina County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1; Territory|Section 6918.001. Definition

Sec. 6918.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "district" means the Angelina County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 670 (S.B. 2282), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 6918.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle B - Fresh Water Supply Districts|Chapter 6918 - Angelina County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1; Territory|Section 6918.002. Additional Territory

Sec. 6918.002.  ADDITIONAL TERRITORY.  On the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the territory of the former Angelina County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3, as that territory existed on April 1, 2017, is added to the territory of the district.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 670 (S.B. 2282), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8021.0001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8021 - Lakeway Municipal Utility District|Section 8021.0001. Definitions

Sec. 8021.0001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Board" means the board of directors of the district.(2)  "District" means the Lakeway Municipal Utility District, Travis County.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8021.0002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8021 - Lakeway Municipal Utility District|Section 8021.0002. Exclusion of Land

Sec. 8021.0002.  EXCLUSION OF LAND.  (a)  The board may, at its discretion, call a hearing to consider excluding land from the district or determine not to call a hearing to exclude land from the district.(b)  If the board holds a hearing under Subsection (a), the board may by order exclude land from the district on any of the grounds for exclusion provided by Section 49.306, Water Code, provided that:(1)  the board receives a petition, signed by the owners of the land to be excluded and consented to by all lienholders, requesting exclusion of the land as described by metes and bounds; and(2)  the owners of the land pay to the district a payment and any other fees or costs required by the district.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2021.|
TX Spec Dist Code § 8021.0003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Special District Local Laws Code|Title 6 - Water and Wastewater|Subtitle F - Municipal Utility Districts|Chapter 8021 - Lakeway Municipal Utility District|Section 8021.0003. Notice of Hearing

Sec. 8021.0003.  NOTICE OF HEARING.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 8021.0004, in addition to the notice required by Section 49.304, Water Code, the district shall, not later than the 30th day before the date of the exclusion hearing under Section 8021.0002(a):(1)  publish notice of the exclusion hearing in a nationally recognized financial journal; and(2)  mail notice of the exclusion hearing by certified mail to the paying agent or registrar of the district's outstanding bonds.(b)  The notice required by Subsection (a) must advise any district bondholder, taxpayer, or other interested party that the person may appear at the exclusion hearing in support of or in opposition to the petition for exclusion.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (H.B. 4172), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2021.|