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TX Civ Stat § 14 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 103 - Parks|Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas|Section 14. Filing Papers; Payments; Appropriation and Expenditure

Sec. 14. FILING PAPERS;  PAYMENTS;  APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURE.  All surveys, files, records, copies of sale and lease contracts and all other records pertaining to the sales and leases hereby authorized on State Park Land under the control of State Parks Board, shall be filed in the General Land Office and constitute archives thereof.  Payment hereunder shall be made to the Commissioner of the General Land Office at Austin, Texas, who shall transmit to the Comptroller all bonus payments and royalty for deposit to the credit of the State Park Development Fund, and all rentals for delay in drilling and all other payments, including all filing assignments and relinquishment fees hereunder to the credit of the State Park Development Fund.  All moneys or sums so deposited to the State Park Development Fund shall be appropriated and expended by the Legislature for the development, improvement and maintenance of State Parks.
TX Civ Stat § 14a (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 103 - Parks|Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas|Section 14a. Park Lands Operated by Local Park Commissions

Sec. 14a. PARK LANDS OPERATED BY LOCAL PARK COMMISSIONS.  Provided, however, that all bonus payments, royalty payments, delay rentals and all other payments paid in connection with park lands operated by local park commissions with the advice and consent of the Board of Control shall be paid to the State Park Development Fund.
TX Civ Stat § 15 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 103 - Parks|Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas|Section 15. Payment of Expenses

Sec. 15. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.  The expenses of executing the provisions of this Act shall be paid monthly by warrants drawn by the Comptroller on the State Treasury, and for that purpose the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated until September 1, 1951.
TX Civ Stat § 16 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 103 - Parks|Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas|Section 16. Partial Unconstitutionality

Sec. 16. PARTIAL UNCONSTITUTIONALITY.  If any provision hereof should be held unconstitutional, the balance of the Act shall not be affected thereby.
TX Civ Stat § 17 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 103 - Parks|Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas|Section 17. Powers of Board

Sec. 17. POWERS OF BOARD.  The Board shall adopt proper forms and regulations, rules and contracts as will in its best judgment protect the income from lands leased hereunder.  A majority of the Board shall have power to act in all cases, except where otherwise herein provided.  The Board may reject any and all bids and shall have the further right to withdraw any lands advertised for lease prior to receiving and opening bids.  Any and all or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.|Acts 1949, 51st Leg., p. 773, ch. 416.  Amended by Acts 1963, 58th Leg., p. 1138, ch. 442, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 23, 1963;  Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 914, ch. 400, Sec. 8, eff. June 8, 1967.|Sec. 14 amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 21.58, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|Sec. 15 amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 21.58, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Stat art 6133 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 105 - Partnerships and Joint Stock Companies|Chapter 2 - Unincorporated Joint Stock Companies|Article 6133. Suit in Company Name

Any unincorporated joint stock company or association, whether foreign or domestic, doing business in this State, may sue or be sued in any court of this State having jurisdiction of the subject matter in its company or distinguishing name;  and it shall not be necessary to make the individual stockholders or members thereof parties to the suit.|Acts 1907, p. 240.|
TX Civ Stat art 6134 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 105 - Partnerships and Joint Stock Companies|Chapter 2 - Unincorporated Joint Stock Companies|Article 6134. Service of Citation

In suits against such companies or associations, service of citation may be had on the president, secretary, treasurer or general agent of such unincorporated companies.|Acts 1907, p. 240.|
TX Civ Stat art 6135 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 105 - Partnerships and Joint Stock Companies|Chapter 2 - Unincorporated Joint Stock Companies|Article 6135. Judgment

In suits by or against such unincorporated companies, whatever judgment shall be rendered shall be as conclusive on the individual stockholders and members thereof as if they were individually parties to such suits.|Acts 1907, p. 240.|
TX Civ Stat art 6136 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 105 - Partnerships and Joint Stock Companies|Chapter 2 - Unincorporated Joint Stock Companies|Article 6136. Joint Liability

Where suit shall be brought against such company or association, and the only service had shall be upon the president, secretary, treasurer or general agent of such company or association, and judgment shall be rendered against the defendant company, such judgment shall be binding on the joint property of all the stockholders or members thereof, and may be enforced by execution against the joint property;  but such judgment shall not be binding on the individual property of the stockholders or members, nor authorize execution against it.|Acts 1907, p. 240.|
TX Civ Stat art 6137 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 105 - Partnerships and Joint Stock Companies|Chapter 2 - Unincorporated Joint Stock Companies|Article 6137. Individual Liability

In a suit against such company or association, in addition to service on the president, secretary, treasurer or general agent of such companies or association, service of citation may also be had on any and all of the stockholders or members of such companies or associations;  and, in the event judgment shall be against such unincorporated company or association, it shall be equally binding upon the individual property of the stockholders or members so served, and executions may issue against the property of the individual stockholders or members, as well as against the joint property;  but executions shall not issue against the individual property of the stockholders or members until execution against the joint property has been returned without satisfaction.|Acts 1907, p. 240.|
TX Civ Stat art 6138 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 105 - Partnerships and Joint Stock Companies|Chapter 2 - Unincorporated Joint Stock Companies|Article 6138. This Chapter Cumulative

The provisions of this chapter shall not affect nor impair the right allowed unincorporated joint stock companies and associations to sue in the individual names of the stockholders or members, nor the right of any person to sue the individual stockholders or members;  but the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as cumulative merely of other remedies now existing under the law.|Acts 1907, p. 240.
TX Civ Stat § 1 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 1. Purpose of Act

Sec. 1. PURPOSE OF ACT.  The purpose of this Act is to implement the Texas constitutional provisions by preserving and perpetuating as a memorial to the history of Texas one of the most historically significant areas of Texas, being that of Old Galveston.
TX Civ Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 2. Creation of Old Galveston Quarter; Boundaries

Sec. 2. CREATION OF OLD GALVESTON QUARTER;  BOUNDARIES.    (a)  There is hereby created in the City of Galveston a district to be known as the Old Galveston Quarter, which shall be comprised of all the territory contained within the boundaries described as follows:BEGINNING 1/2 block South of the corner of Broadway and 12th Street, West parallel to Broadway to a point 1/2 block South of the corner of 19th and Broadway;THENCE North to a point 1/2 block North of Sealy;THENCE East to a point 1/2 block North of Sealy and 17th Street;THENCE North to the corner of 17th Street and Market Street;THENCE East along Market Street to the corner of Market Street and 15th Street;THENCE North along 15th Street to Avenue A;THENCE East along Avenue A to the corner of Avenue A and 12th Street;THENCE South along 12th Street to the place of beginning.(b) Property contiguous to that described above may come within said District upon petition of the property owners.
TX Civ Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 3. Old Galveston Quarter Commission; Members; Terms; Chairman and Officers

Sec. 3. OLD GALVESTON QUARTER COMMISSION;  MEMBERS;  TERMS;  CHAIRMAN AND OFFICERS.    (a)  The powers of the Old Galveston Quarter shall be exercised by the Old Galveston Quarter Commission consisting of five members all of whom shall be property owners within the Quarter.  The Governor shall appoint the five members from a list of ten property owners nominated by the membership of the Old Galveston Quarter Property Owners Association at the annual meeting or a special meeting called for this purpose, provided that all resident property owners within the Quarters are entitled to vote upon these nominations at the meeting.  The initial terms of the first five members of the Commission shall be as follows:  the Governor shall appoint two for a three year term;  two for a two year term;  and one for a one year term.  Upon the expiration of each of these terms, subsequent appointments shall be filled in a similar manner for a term of three years.(b) As the term of any such Commissioner, or of any subsequent Commissioner expires, his successor shall be appointed in like manner.  Vacancies in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired term.  Every Commissioner shall continue in office after the expiration of his term until his successor is duly appointed and has qualified.(c) The Commission shall elect one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman and another as treasurer;  and the signed authorization by two shall be necessary for operating expenditures.  Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation.  The records of the Commission shall set forth every determination made by the Commission and the vote of every member participating therein and the absence or failure to vote of every other member.
TX Civ Stat § 4 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 4. Limitation on Issuance of Building Permit

Sec. 4. LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMIT.  No permit shall be issued by the City of Galveston for the construction of any structure in the Old Galveston Quarter or the reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any structure now or hereafter in said Quarter, except in cases excluded by this Act, unless the application for such permit shall bear a certificate under Section 6 of this Act that no exterior architectural feature is involved or shall be accompanied by a certificate of appropriateness issued under this Act, or in the case of the demolition of a structure, a certificate under this Act that thirty (30) days or such lesser period as the Commission may have determined has expired after receipt by the Commission of notice of demolition.
TX Civ Stat § 5 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 5. Certificate of Nonapplicability of Statute

Sec. 5. CERTIFICATE OF NONAPPLICABILITY OF STATUTE.  Except in cases excluded by Section 8 of this Act, every person about to apply to the City of Galveston for a permit to construct any structure in the Old Galveston Quarter or to reconstruct, alter or demolish any structure now or hereafter in said Quarter shall deposit with the secretary of the Commission his application for such permit together with all plans and specifications for the work involved.  Within fifteen (15) days thereafter, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, the Commission shall consider such application, plans and specifications and determine whether any exterior architectural feature is involved.  If the Commission determines that no exterior architectural feature is involved, it shall cause its secretary to endorse on the application forthwith a certificate of such determination and return the application, plans and specifications to the applicant.
TX Civ Stat § 7 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 7. Notice of Demolition

Sec. 7. NOTICE OF DEMOLITION.  No person shall demolish any exterior architectural feature now or hereafter in the Old Galveston Quarter until he shall have filed with the secretary of the Commission on such form as may be from time to time prescribed by the Commission a written notice of his intent to demolish such feature and a period of thirty (30) days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, or such lesser period as the Commission, because the feature is not historically or architecturally significant or otherwise worthy of preservation, may in a particular case determine, shall have expired following the filing of such notice of demolition.  Upon the expiration of such period the secretary of the Commission shall forthwith issue to the person filing the notice of demolition a certificate of the expiration of such period.
TX Civ Stat § 8 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 8. Exclusions

Sec. 8. EXCLUSIONS.  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior architectural feature now or hereafter in the Old Galveston Quarter;  nor shall anything in this Act be construed to prevent the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any such feature which the Commission shall certify is required by the public safety because of an unsafe or dangerous condition;  nor shall anything in this Act be construed to prevent the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any such feature under a permit issued by the City of Galveston prior to the effective date of this Act.
TX Civ Stat § 9 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 9. Appeals

Sec. 9. APPEALS.  Any applicant aggrieved by a determination of the Commission may, within thirty (30) days after the making of such determination, appeal to the District Court of Galveston County.  The Court shall hear all pertinent evidence and shall annul the determination of the Commission if it finds the reasons given by the Commission to be unwarranted by the evidence or to be insufficient in law to warrant the determination of the Commission or make such other decree as justice and equity may require.  The remedies provided by this Section shall be exclusive;  but the parties shall have all rights of appeal and exception as in other equity cases.
TX Civ Stat § 10 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 10. Powers of the Commission

Sec. 10. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.  The Commission may regulate the types and location of business as well as business hours within the Quarter where such regulation does not conflict with any state law or city ordinance and may sell or lease, for periods not to exceed twenty (20) years, real or personal property for use within the Quarter which it may acquire by purchase or gift;  provided that the Commission shall have no power of eminent domain.
TX Civ Stat § 11 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 11. Bonds

Sec. 11. BONDS.  The Commission shall have no authority to issue bonds.
TX Civ Stat § 12 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 12. Action for Declaratory Judgment

Sec. 12. ACTION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT.  The Commission may bring an action for a declaratory judgment in any District Court in Galveston or Travis Counties, Texas, in order to finally determine any question concerning this Statute.
TX Civ Stat § 13 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-4. Old Galveston Quarter|Section 13. Election; Petition; Returns

Sec. 13. ELECTION;  PETITION;  RETURNS.    (a)  The powers granted to the Old Galveston Quarter Commission under this Act shall not take effect until an election has been held within the boundaries of the proposed District, and its creation has been approved by the majority of those voting in an election.(b) A petition shall first be presented to the Commissioners Court signed by a majority of the resident property owners within the Quarter.(c) The Commissioners Court shall then order an election to be held within the boundaries of the Old Galveston Quarter at which election shall be submitted the following propositions and none other:"FOR the Old Galveston Quarter.""AGAINST the Old Galveston Quarter."(d) A majority of those voting in the Special Election shall be necessary to carry the proposition.  Only resident property owners may vote at such an election.  All such elections shall be conducted in the manner provided by the General Election Laws, unless otherwise provided.  The Commissioners Court shall name polling places within the Quarter and shall appoint the judges and other necessary election officers.(e) Immediately after the election each presiding judge shall make returns of the result as provided for in General Elections for state and county officers, and return the ballot boxes to the County Clerk, who shall keep same in a safe place and deliver them together with all returns to the Commissioners Court at its next regular or special session to canvass the vote.  If the court finds that the proposition carried, it shall so declare the result and enter the same in its minutes.|Acts 1962, 57th Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 81, ch. 30.  Amended by Acts 1963, 58th Leg., p. 1166, ch. 453, Sec. 1-5, eff. Aug. 23, 1963.|
TX Civ Stat § 1 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-11b. Sesquicentennial Fund|Section 1.

Sec. 1. Amounts received from the following sources shall be deposited in a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the sesquicentennial fund and are appropriated for the purposes contained herein:(1) licensing fees and royalties authorized by Paragraph (B), Subdivision (8), Section 7, Chapter 84, Acts of the 66th Legislature, 1979 (Article 6145-11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);  and(2) proceeds from the sale of medallions designated by the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission as lone stars under Article 6145-14a, Revised Statutes.
TX Civ Stat § 2 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-11b. Sesquicentennial Fund|Section 2.

Sec. 2. After the expiration of Chapter 84, Acts of the 66th Legislature, 1979 (Article 6145-11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), the comptroller of public accounts shall collect proceeds from royalties due under licenses granted by the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission.
TX Civ Stat § 3 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-11b. Sesquicentennial Fund|Section 3.

Sec. 3. As amounts from licensing fees, royalties, and the sale of medallions designated as lone stars by the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission are deposited in the fund:(1) the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts equally between an account in the fund that may be used only by the Texas Tourist Development Agency and an account in the fund that may be used only by the Texas Commission on the Arts, until the account of the Texas Commission on the Arts has received $1,261,244;  and(2) after the account for the Texas Commission on the Arts has received $1,261,244, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts only to the account of the Texas Tourist Development Agency until that account has received $2,291,996;  and(3) after the account for the Texas Tourist Development Agency has received $2,291,996, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts equally among the account of the Texas Tourist Development Agency, the account of the Texas Commission on the Arts, and an account in the fund that may be used only by the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission, until the account of the Texas Commission on the Arts has received a total of $7,095,846 from amounts allocated under this subsection and Subdivision (1) of this section;(4) after the account for the Texas Commission on the Arts has received a total of $7,095,846 from amounts allocated under Subdivisions (1) and (3) of this section, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts equally between the accounts of the Texas Tourist Development Agency and the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission until the account of the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission has received a total of $10,000,000 from amounts allocated under this subdivision and Subdivision (3) of this section or until January 31, 1987, whichever shall first occur.(5) after the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission has received a total of $10,000,000 from the amounts allocated under Subdivisions (3) and (4) of this section, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts only to the account of the Texas Tourist Development Agency until the account of the Texas Tourist Development Agency has received a total of $15,145,604;  and(6) after the Texas Tourist Development Agency has received a total of $15,145,604 from amounts allocated under this section, the Comptroller shall allocate the amounts only to the account of the State Preservation Board.
TX Civ Stat § 4 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 106 - Patriotism and the Flag|Article 6145-11b. Sesquicentennial Fund|Section 4.

Sec. 4.  (a)  Money in the fund allocated to the Texas Tourist Development Agency under Subdivisions (1) and (2) of Section 3 of this article shall be used to publish an official tour guide of the sesquicentennial or for promotional activities for the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission.(b) Money in the fund allocated to the Texas Tourist Development Agency under Subdivisions (3), (4), and (5) of Section 3 of this article shall be used to advertise and promote the sesquicentennial both in and out of the state and for other activities as provided by law.(c) Money in the fund allocated to the Texas Commission on the Arts under Section 3 of this article shall be used for funding and supporting sesquicentennial projects and programs and to perform any of the functions of the commission.(d) Not less than one-half the money in the fund allocated to the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission shall be distributed to local official sesquicentennial committees sanctioned by the commission according to procedures adopted by the commission.(e) Money in the fund allocated to the Texas 1986 Sesquicentennial Commission that is not distributed to local official sesquicentennial committees under Subsection (d) of this section or used to reimburse the comptroller of public accounts for audit services provided under Section 5 of this article shall be used to advertise and promote the sesquicentennial both in and out of state through interagency contracts with the Texas Tourist Development Agency.