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2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.153. Authority for Economic Development Program

Sec. 152.153.  AUTHORITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.  (a)  A river authority may sponsor and participate in an economic development program intended to strengthen the economic base and further the economic development of this state.
(b)  A determination by the board of directors of a river authority that an economic development program is intended and expected to accomplish the program's stated purposes is conclusive with respect to whether the program serves the purposes of this subchapter.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.154. Program Area

Sec. 152.154.  PROGRAM AREA.  An economic development program must be within:
(1)  the territorial boundaries of the sponsoring or participating river authority;  or
(2)  the river authority's electric or water service area.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.155. Establishment of Program

Sec. 152.155.  ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.  (a)  An economic development program may be established only by formal action of the board of directors of a river authority.
(b)  The board of directors shall:
(1)  establish the goals of the program;
(2)  impose requirements on persons participating in or receiving a benefit from the program;  and
(3)  provide restrictions, procedures, and budget limits the board of directors determines are necessary to ensure that the governmental purposes of this subchapter and the program are achieved.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.156. Participation in Program by Person Other Than River Authority

Sec. 152.156.  PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM BY PERSON OTHER THAN RIVER AUTHORITY.  An economic development program may involve the granting or lending of money, services, or property to a person engaged in an economic development activity.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1064, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.157. Staffing and Funding of Program

Sec. 152.157.  STAFFING AND FUNDING OF PROGRAM.  (a)  A river authority may employ staff and spend its resources, other than money received from an ad valorem tax or a general appropriation, to further an economic development program.
(b)  A river authority may apply for and receive money, grants, or other assistance from any source to implement an economic development program.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.158. Agreement

Sec. 152.158.  AGREEMENT.  A river authority and any public or private person may enter into an agreement with respect to an economic development program.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.159. Guidelines for Assistance to Public Fire-Fighting Organizations

Sec. 152.159.  GUIDELINES FOR ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC FIRE-FIGHTING ORGANIZATIONS.  A river authority that proposes to provide scholarships, grants, loans, or financial assistance to a public fire-fighting organization shall adopt guidelines for determining:
(1)  eligibility for the assistance;
(2)  the amount of any loan, grant, or other assistance the river authority may provide;  and
(3)  the types of equipment, facilities, education, or training for which the assistance may be used.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.160. Receipt of Electric Service as Condition for Participation in Program

Sec. 152.160.  RECEIPT OF ELECTRIC SERVICE AS CONDITION FOR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.  A river authority may not condition participation in or the receipt of a benefit from an economic development program on the receipt of electric service from the authority.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter D. Economic Development Programs › Section 152.161. Limitations on Use of Program

Sec. 152.161.  LIMITATIONS ON USE OF PROGRAM.  (a)  A river authority may not use an economic development program to:
(1)  promote fuel switching or the substitution of electric power for another fuel or energy source;  or
(2)  provide an economic or other incentive to use electric power to preferentially market the use of electric power over another fuel or energy source.
(b)  This section does not limit a power granted to a river authority by other law.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter E. Debt Obligations of River Authority › Section 152.201. Authority to Issue Obligations

Sec. 152.201.  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE OBLIGATIONS.  (a)  A river authority may issue revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations for a purpose authorized by:
(1)  this chapter;  or
(2)  another law, if the purpose relates to the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity.
(b)  This chapter constitutes full authority for a river authority to issue revenue bonds and other obligations without reference to any other law.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1064, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter E. Debt Obligations of River Authority › Section 152.202. Sale or Exchange of Obligations

Sec. 152.202.  SALE OR EXCHANGE OF OBLIGATIONS.  Revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under this subchapter may be:
(1)  sold for cash at a public or private sale;
(2)  issued on terms determined by the board of directors of the river authority in exchange for property or an interest in property the board of directors considers necessary or convenient for a purpose described by Section 152.201;
(3)  issued in exchange for other matured or unmatured obligations of the river authority in the same principal amounts;  or
(4)  sold for cash in the amount equal to the principal amount of the obligations to:
(A)  this state or an agency of this state;
(B)  the United States;  or
(C)  an agency or corporation created or designated by this state or the United States.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter E. Debt Obligations of River Authority › Section 152.203. Independent Appraisal

Sec. 152.203.  INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL.  (a)  Before a river authority may acquire property under Section 152.202(2) through the exchange of revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations, the authority must obtain a written appraisal of the property by an independent appraiser certifying that the property has a value equal to or greater than the par value of the bonds, notes, or other obligations.
(b)  The river authority shall:
(1)  maintain the appraisal on file as a public record;  and
(2)  file a copy of the appraisal with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 55, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter F. Hedging Transactions › Section 152.251. Definition

Sec. 152.251.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "hedging" means buying or selling crude oil, fuel oil, natural gas, or electric energy futures or options, or similar contracts on those commodity futures, as a protection against loss due to price fluctuations.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter F. Hedging Transactions › Section 152.252. Authority to Enter Into Hedging Contract

Sec. 152.252.  AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO HEDGING CONTRACT.  (a)  A river authority or a corporation created under Section 152.051 may enter into a hedging contract and related security and insurance agreements.
(b)  A hedging transaction must comply with the regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter F. Hedging Transactions › Section 152.253. Payment Considered Fuel Expense

Sec. 152.253.  PAYMENT CONSIDERED FUEL EXPENSE.  A payment by a river authority or a corporation created under Section 152.051 under a hedging contract or related agreement in relation to fuel supplies or fuel reserves is a fuel expense.  The authority or corporation may credit any amount it receives under the contract or agreement against fuel expenses.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter F. Hedging Transactions › Section 152.254. Investment of Money in Hedging Transaction

Sec. 152.254.  INVESTMENT OF MONEY IN HEDGING TRANSACTION.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board of directors of a river authority may determine and designate the amount of money to be invested in a hedging transaction.
(b)  The board of directors of the river authority by formal policy shall regulate the investment of money in hedging contracts.  An investment may be made only for hedging purposes.  The policy must provide restrictions and procedures for making an investment that a person of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence, exercising the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing, would follow in the management of the person's own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of the person's money, considering:
(1)  the probable income;  and
(2)  the probable safety of the person's capital.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter F. Hedging Transactions › Section 152.255. Recoverability of Costs From Ratepayers

Sec. 152.255.  RECOVERABILITY OF COSTS FROM RATEPAYERS.  This subchapter does not limit the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to determine the recoverability of costs from ratepayers.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter G. Electric Transmission Services and Facilities of River Authority › Section 152.301. Electric Transmission Services and Facilities

Sec. 152.301.  ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SERVICES AND FACILITIES.  Notwithstanding any other law, a river authority may:
(1)  provide transmission services, as defined by the Utilities Code or the Public Utility Commission of Texas, on a regional basis to any eligible transmission customer at any location within or outside the boundaries of the river authority;  and
(2)  acquire, including by lease-purchase, lease from or to any person, finance, construct, rebuild, operate, or sell electric transmission facilities at any location within or outside the boundaries of the river authority.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1064, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.108(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
2023 Texas Statutes › Water Code › Title 5 - Special Law Districts › Chapter 152 - River Authorities Engaged in Distribution and Sale of Electric Energy › Subchapter G. Electric Transmission Services and Facilities of River Authority › Section 152.302. Limitation on Electric Transmission Facilities

Sec. 152.302.  LIMITATION ON ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES.  This subchapter does not:
(1)  authorize a river authority to construct electric transmission facilities for an ultimate consumer of electricity to enable that consumer to bypass the transmission or distribution facilities of its existing provider;  or
(2)  relieve a river authority from an obligation to comply with each provision of the Utilities Code concerning a certificate of convenience and necessity for a transmission facility.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1064, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.108(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Horticulture › Chapter 11 - Cotton › Article 165-4. Cotton Research Award Fund › Section 1.

Sec. 1. By this Act it is expressly declared to be a State policy that the encouragement and stimulation of new uses for cotton shall be a matter of State-wide importance and concern and that the various agencies of the State Government, and more particularly the various State agricultural departments, agencies, schools, colleges, etc., are hereby directed to take full and sufficient notice and consideration of the policy herein established and set forth, and the activities of all agencies of the State Government, and more particularly those especially mentioned above are hereby directed to be revamped and reorganized so as to conform with the provisions of this Act.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Horticulture › Chapter 11 - Cotton › Article 165-4. Cotton Research Award Fund › Section 3.

Sec. 3. In order to assist in carrying out the policy set forth in this Act, there is hereby created the "Cotton Research Award Fund", and there is hereby appropriated to this fund out of any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars.  The President of the University of Texas, the President of the A. & M. College, and the President of Texas Technological College are hereby designated as a Board of Trustees of said fund.  Said Board of Trustees are hereby appointed and empowered to dispense said fund in keeping with rules and regulations which a majority of said Board may adopt, provided that the same are not in conflict with the provisions of this Act.  Said rules and regulations shall be drawn up and published within ninety days from the effective date of this Act, and among other things, they shall provide for:
(a) An award of not less than Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, nor more than Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars to any resident Texas citizen, who, by chemical research or other invention or device, discovers any process or method which hereafter brings about an increase in the consumption of cotton annually in an amount equal to or greater than three hundred thousand (300,000) bales of five hundred (500) pounds net weight;
(b) The persons mentioned above are to be the sole judges as to whether the required increase in consumption of cotton above mentioned has actually taken place, and the Comptroller of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to pay warrants drawn on the "Cotton Research Award Fund" when said warrants are signed by a majority of the three persons above mentioned.
Acts 1939, 46th Leg., p. 1.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 6 - Amusements--Public Houses Of › Article 179e. Texas Racing Act › Article 2. Texas Racing Commission › Section 2.02. Membership

Sec. 2.02.  MEMBERSHIP.  (a)  The commission consists of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and two ex officio members who shall have the right to vote.  The ex officio members are:
(1)  the chairman of the Public Safety Commission or a member of the Public Safety Commission designated by the chairman of the Public Safety Commission; and
(2)  the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 22 - Bonds--County, Municipal, Etc. › Chapter 8 - Sinking Funds--Investments, Etc. › Article 842. Federal Farm Loan Bonds

All bonds issued under and by virtue of the Federal Farm Loan Act, approved by the President of the United States, July 17, 1916, and all consolidated bonds, bonds, debentures, and other similar obligations issued by virtue of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, P.L. 92-181, approved by the President of the United States, December 10, 1971, and as thereafter amended, shall be a lawful investment for all fiduciary and trust funds in this State, and may be accepted as security for all public deposits where deposits of bonds or mortgages are authorized by law to be accepted.  Such bonds shall be lawful investments for all funds which may be lawfully invested by guardians, administrators, trustees and receivers, for saving departments of banks incorporated under the laws of Texas, for banks, savings banks and trust companies chartered under the laws of Texas, and for all insurance companies chartered or transacting business under the laws of Texas, where investments are required or permitted by the laws of this State.
Acts 1917, p. 122.
Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1252, ch. 455, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 1973.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 22 - Bonds--County, Municipal, Etc. › Chapter 8 - Sinking Funds--Investments, Etc. › Article 842a-1. Obligations Wholly or Partly Insured by United States or State, Investment In

Savings and loan associations, banks, insurance companies, and other corporations or other organizations, similar or dissimilar, are hereby authorized to lend, and to buy and sell for their own account, obligations in which except as to value of property and dignity of lien thereon securing the obligation it is otherwise lawful for such investor to invest its own funds, (by direct loan or by purchase), if the entire amount of the indebtedness is insured or guaranteed in any manner by the United States or by this State;  or, if not so wholly insured or guaranteed, the difference between the entire amount of the indebtedness and that portion thereof insured or guaranteed by the United States or by this State, does not exceed the amount permissible under the law of this State, and meets the requirements thereof as to value of property and dignity of lien thereon, provided;  further authorizing that any such lender may make an unsecured loan not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500), if at least one-half thereof is guaranteed pursuant to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.
Acts 1945, 49th Leg., p. 315, ch. 230, Sec. 1.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 28 - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 1 - Cities and Towns › Article 974d-41. Validation of Governmental Acts and Proceedings of Municipalities of More Than 1 › Section 2. Proceedings Validated

Sec. 2. PROCEEDINGS VALIDATED.  The governmental acts and proceedings of a municipality relating to a bond election that was held before December 1, 1991, and at which the ballot proposition was approved by more than 60 percent of the voters voting on the proposition are validated as of the dates they occurred.  The validation includes the preparation and wording of the ballot proposition, any action taken by the municipality in calling and holding the bond election, and any other action taken by the municipality before the effective date of this article in connection with the issuance of any bonds approved in the bond election.  The acts and proceedings may not be held invalid because they were not performed in accordance with law.  A municipality may take any further action or conduct any further proceeding necessary to complete the issuance of the bonds approved at the bond election, and, when issued, the bonds are valid and binding obligations of the municipality in accordance with the terms of the bonds.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 28 - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 1 - Cities and Towns › Article 974d-41. Validation of Governmental Acts and Proceedings of Municipalities of More Than 1 › Section 3. Effect on Litigation

Sec. 3. EFFECT ON LITIGATION.  This article does not apply to any matter that on the effective date of this article has been held invalid by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 28 - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 1 - Cities and Towns › Article 974d-41. Validation of Governmental Acts and Proceedings of Municipalities of More Than 1 › Section 4. Recommendation

Sec. 4. RECOMMENDATION.  The legislature recommends to the governing body of a municipality that it adopt the aggregate goals for the municipality's contracting with minority and women enterprises set forth in the June 1992, report of Texas Southern University as specified for the categories of construction, procurement, and professional services.  A cause of action may not be maintained to enforce this section or to recover damages based on the failure of the municipality to follow the recommendation of this section.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 28 - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 1 - Cities and Towns › Article 974d-41. Validation of Governmental Acts and Proceedings of Municipalities of More Than 1 › Section 5. Conditions Affecting Expenditure of Bond Proceeds

Sec. 5. CONDITIONS AFFECTING EXPENDITURE OF BOND PROCEEDS.    (a)  Expenditures of the bond proceeds by the municipality shall:
(1) be made in accordance with the covenants of all ordinances enacted by the municipality before the bond election approving the bonds;
(2) benefit the residents of the municipality so that the benefits or expenditures, if feasible, reflect the demographic makeup of the municipality;  and
(3) to the extent the proceeds are designated for housing in the municipality's bond proposition, be made for construction and rehabilitation of housing and all matters incidental to housing construction and rehabilitation on-site.
(b) This section applies cumulatively to the entire bond authorization, rather than to individual bond issues or contracts for the expenditure of the proceeds, and the municipality's governing body is responsible for making decisions on individual bond issues and contracts.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 6, Sec. 2, eff. March 8, 1993.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 28 - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 21 - Housing › Article 1269k-1. Bonds or Other Obligations of Housing Authorities as Legal Investments and Security › Section 1. Authorization; Purpose

Section 1. AUTHORIZATION;  PURPOSE.  Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this State, the State and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law (Chapter 462, Regular Session of the 45th Legislature, as amended by House Bill No. 102, 2nd Called Session of the 45th Legislature, and amendments thereto)  or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States Government or any agency thereof, or secured or guaranteed by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the United States Government or any agency thereof, and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits;  it being the purpose of this Act to authorize all persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations;  provided, however, that nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 28 - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 21 - Housing › Article 1269k-1. Bonds or Other Obligations of Housing Authorities as Legal Investments and Security › Section 3. Severability

Sec. 3. SEVERABILITY.  Notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is hereby declared to be the controlling legislative intent that if any provisions of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, are held invalid the remainder of the Act and the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 28 - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 21 - Housing › Article 1269k-1. Bonds or Other Obligations of Housing Authorities as Legal Investments and Security › Section 4. Act Controlling

Sec. 4. ACT CONTROLLING.  In so far as the provisions of this Act are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this Act shall be controlling.
Acts 1939, 46th Leg., p. 427.
Sec. 1 amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 2367, ch. 729, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 1971.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 10 - Public Utilities › Article 1446a. Disruption of Gas, Electric or Water Service by Picketing, Threats or Intimidation › Section 1.

Sec. 1. Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 10 - Public Utilities › Article 1446a. Disruption of Gas, Electric or Water Service by Picketing, Threats or Intimidation › Section 2. Definitions

Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS.  When used in this Act, the term "public utility" or "utility" shall mean and include the following:
(a) Any private corporation doing business in Texas, and having the right of eminent domain, and engaged in the business of generating, transmitting or distributing electric energy to the public;  or
(b) Any private corporation doing business in Texas, and having the right of eminent domain, and engaged in the business of producing, transmitting, or distributing natural or artificial gas to the public;  or
(c) Any private corporation doing business in Texas, and having the right of eminent domain, and engaged in the business of furnishing water to the public;  or
(d) Any state agency, authority, subdivision or municipality engaged in the business of furnishing any of the above described services to the public.
Secs. 3, 4. Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 10 - Public Utilities › Article 1446a. Disruption of Gas, Electric or Water Service by Picketing, Threats or Intimidation › Section 5. Sabotage; Penalty

Sec. 5. SABOTAGE;  PENALTY.  Any person who shall wilfully damage or destroy any building, equipment, machinery or facility used in furnishing utility service by any utility as defined in Section 2 hereof, or who interferes with, or commits any act of sabotage affecting any machinery, equipment, or facilities of any such utility for the purpose of disrupting the service provided by such utility, or for the purpose of preventing the maintenance of such service, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the state penitentiary for not less than two (2) years, nor more than five (5) years.
The word "sabotage" as used in this Act shall be construed to include any intentional tampering with, obstructing, breaking, damaging, changing or in any way interfering with any building, machinery, structure, wires, poles, towers, pumps, pipe lines, meters, switches, transformers, or any other equipment or property of any sort used by a utility as defined herein in furnishing water, gas, or electric service.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 10 - Public Utilities › Article 1446a. Disruption of Gas, Electric or Water Service by Picketing, Threats or Intimidation › Section 5-a. Conspiracy; Penalty

Sec. 5-a. CONSPIRACY;  PENALTY.  If any two or more persons shall enter into any agreement, compact, or plan to violate any of the provisions of Section 5 of this Act, or any agreement, compact, or plan to persuade, induce or employ some person to violate the provisions of said section, every person participating in such agreement, compact or plan shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the state penitentiary for not less than two (2) nor more than five (5) years.  In order that such offense be complete, it shall not be necessary that an overt act be committed pursuant to such agreement, compact or plan.  The provisions of this section shall be cumulative of other statutes relating to conspiracy.
Secs. 6 to 8. Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Acts 1947, 50th Leg., p. 142, ch. 84, eff. Sept. 5, 1947.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524b. Housing Corporations Authorized

Corporations may be formed wholly for the purpose of providing housing for families of low income and/or for reconstruction of slum areas, provided such corporations are regulated by state or municipal law, as hereinafter provided as to rents, charges, capital structure, rate of return and areas and methods of operation.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 1.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524c. Application for Incorporation

Applications for charters for corporations, the creation of which are authorized under the provisions of this Act, in addition to requirements now prescribed by law, must be accompanied by a certificate executed by the officials of the governing body of the municipality in which said corporation contemplate owning or operating any properties certifying that the capital structure thereof and the plans and specifications of the proposed building has the approval of such governing body, provided, that where said corporation contemplates the owning or operating of properties situated outside the corporate limits of any organized town, city or village, then the certification herein referred to shall be executed by the Commissioners' Court of any county in which it is contemplated to own and/or operate properties within the scope of this Act.  Such certificate shall not be binding upon the Secretary of State who shall proceed to file or refuse to file the charter in accordance with the provisions of existing laws.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 2.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524d. Powers; Fees and Taxes

Any corporation organized under the provisions of this Act shall have, except as herein provided, all the powers of private domestic corporations which have been heretofore organized under the provisions of the laws of the State of Texas, and shall pay all fees and taxes which are required to be paid by private domestic corporations organized and/or existing under the laws of the State of Texas.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 3.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524e. Regulation by Municipalities or Counties

The rents, charges, capital structure, rate of return and areas and method of operation of any corporation organized under the provisions of Section 1 hereof  shall be regulated, as hereinafter provided, by the governing body of any municipality or county where the properties to be owned or operated are situated outside the corporate limits of any organized town, city or village in which said corporation owns and operates any property.  Should any such corporation own and operate properties in more than one municipality, the governing body of each municipality or county, where the properties to be owned or operated are situated outside the corporate limits of any organized town, city or village in which property of the corporation is situated, shall regulate in the manner prescribed by this Act the rents, charges, rate of return and area and method of operation of the property located within the territorial limits of such municipality or county, where the properties to be owned or operated are situated outside the corporate limits of any organized town, city or village, provided the governing body of a county shall not have the jurisdiction of regulation of property of such corporation situated within the corporate limits of a town, village, or city.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 4.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524f. Rate of Return Restricted

The governing body fixing the rate of return for a corporation organized under the provisions of Section 1 of this Act  shall not fix such rates of return to yield a net amount in excess of eight (8%) per cent upon the invested capital of such corporation.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 5.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524g. Rules and Regulations to Be Prescribed and Plans Approved

Such governing body may establish rules and regulations governing its procedure for hearings in fixing or amending orders or ordinances fixing the rents, charges, rate of return and areas and methods of corporations organized under the provisions of Section 1 hereof, and before any building is erected by such corporation, the detailed plans and specifications thereof, must be approved by the governing body of the municipality or county, where the properties to be owned or operated are situated outside the corporate limits of any organized town, city or village in which such building is to be erected.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 6.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524h. Appeal From Order Fixing Rate of Return

Any corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of provisions of Section 1 hereof, which shall be dissatisfied with any rents, charges, rate of return and area and method of operation which is fixed or may be fixed or may be changed by any governing body, may, by giving to such governing body ten (10) days notice by registered mail of its intention thereof, appeal to any district court of the county wherein the property which is affected is situated.  The appeal shall be perfected by filing suit in the district court of the county in which the property is situated within ten (10) days after the giving of such notice, and the filing of such suit shall suspend the order, rule, regulation, or ordinance from which the appeal is perfected.  The municipality or county, where the properties to be owned or operated are situated outside the corporate limits of any organized town, city or village shall be defendant in said suit.  The trial shall be de novo, and Court, upon a hearing, shall, by its judgment, regulate the rents, charges, rate of return, areas and method of operation of the corporation.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 7.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524i. Loans From Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Any corporation created under the provisions of this Act, in addition to the powers herein granted, shall have full power and authority to do all things necessary to secure loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under the rules and regulations prescribed by said Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 8.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524j. Anti-Trust Laws Not Affected

Provided that nothing in this Act shall in anywise affect or nullify the Anti-trust laws of this State.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 9.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 32 - Corporations › Chapter 17 - Trust Companies and Investments › Article 1524k. Restraining Violation of Orders, Rules or Regulations; Punishment for Violation of Injunction

If any agent, servant, officer or employee of any corporation created under the provisions of this Act shall wilfully violate any order, rule, regulation or ordinance fixing rents, charges, rate of return, areas and method of operation, the District Court of the County in which the property of such corporation is situated, upon application of the governing body of the municipality or county, where the properties to be owned or operated are situated outside the corporate limits of any organized town, city or village wherein the corporation owns property, may issue during its term or in vacation a temporary writ of injunction restraining such agents, servants, officers or employees from any violation of such order, rule, regulation or ordinance and which temporary writ of injunction may be made permanent upon notice and hearing in the manner now provided by law.  No bond shall be required before issuing any such temporary or permanent injunction and if any such injunction is violated by the agents, servants, officers or employees of said corporation, the Court, in addition to its power to punish for contempt, may order that the building of such corporation shall not be used or occupied for any period not to exceed one year but the Court shall permit said building to be occupied or used if the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant thereof shall give bond with sufficient surety to be provided by the Court in the sum of not less than Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars nor more than One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars, payable to the Judge of said Court, conditioned that said corporation, its agents, servants, officers or employees will thereafter comply with the orders, rules, regulations or ordinances which have been or may be promulgated, fixing the rents, charges, or rate of return, areas and methods of operation of said corporation and that it will pay all fines and costs that may be assessed in contempt proceedings against its agents, servants, officers and employees for the violation of any writ of injunction existing, or which may thereafter be issued.
Acts 1932, 42nd Leg., 3rd C.S., p. 107, ch. 42, Sec. 10.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1039, Sec. 4.08, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676a. Auditors in Certain Counties: Duties, Powers, Reports › Section 1.

Sec. 1. In all counties having a County Auditor and containing a population of not less than seventy-five thousand (75,000), and not more than eighty thousand (80,000), as shown by the last preceding Federal Census, and in which there are Navigation Districts, Water Improvement Districts and Water Control and Improvement Districts, the County Auditor shall not exercise control over the finances and affairs of such Navigation Districts, Water Improvement Districts, and Water Control and Improvement Districts (or other districts created for improvement or conservation purposes, which are not administered by the Commissioners Court of such counties), but he shall annually, between July 1st and October 1st, carefully audit all books, accounts, records, bills and warrants of any such District for the year ending the 30th of June preceding, and file his report of such audit with the County Clerk of such county.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676a. Auditors in Certain Counties: Duties, Powers, Reports › Section 2.

Sec. 2. The officers and directors of each such District shall, on or before the 10th of each month, make and file with the County Auditor a report in writing, authenticated by such officers and directors, showing the total amount of moneys collected for and expended from the various funds of such District for the calendar month next preceding.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676a. Auditors in Certain Counties: Duties, Powers, Reports › Section 3.

Sec. 3. The method of audit hereby provided for Navigation Districts, Water Improvement Districts, Water Control and Improvement Districts, and all other Districts created for improvement and conservation purposes in counties containing a population of not less than seventy-five thousand (75,000), nor more than eighty thousand (80,000), as shown by the last preceding Federal Census, and not directly administered by the Commissioners Court of such counties, shall supersede all other provisions for auditing the receipts and expenditures of such districts otherwise prescribed by law, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676a. Auditors in Certain Counties: Duties, Powers, Reports › Section 4.

Sec. 4. Only the provisions of this Act and of Articles 1672 and 1673 shall apply in counties having a population of not less than seventy-five thousand (75,000), and not more than eighty thousand (80,000), according to the last preceding Federal Census, which contain Navigation Districts, Water Improvement Districts, and Water Control and Improvement Districts.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676a. Auditors in Certain Counties: Duties, Powers, Reports › Section 5.

Sec. 5. If any provision of this Act is held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, same shall not affect the validity of any other provision hereof.
Acts 1933, 43rd Leg., p. 306, ch. 118.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676b. Auditors in Counties of 83,000 to 83,350 Having Navigation Districts and Other Districts › Section 1. Audit; Report

Sec. 1. AUDIT;  REPORT.  In all counties having a County Auditor and containing a population of not less than eighty-three thousand (83,000) and not more than eighty-three thousand, three hundred and fifty (83,350), as shown by the last preceding Federal Census, and in which there are Navigation Districts, Water Improvement Districts, and Water Control and Improvement Districts, the County Auditor shall not exercise control over the finances and affairs of such Navigation Districts, Water Improvement Districts, and Water Control and Improvement Districts (or other districts created for improvement or conservation purposes, which are not administered by the Commissioners Courts of such counties), but he shall annually, between July 1st and October 1st, carefully audit all books, accounts, records, bills, and warrants of any such district for the year ending the 30th of June preceding, and file his report of such audit with the County Clerk of such county.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676b. Auditors in Counties of 83,000 to 83,350 Having Navigation Districts and Other Districts › Section 2. Monthly Report

Sec. 2. MONTHLY REPORT.  The officers and directors of each such district shall, on or before the 10th of each month, make and file with the County Auditor a report in writing, authenticated by such officers and directors, showing the total amount of moneys collected for and expended from the various funds of such district for the calendar month next preceding.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676b. Auditors in Counties of 83,000 to 83,350 Having Navigation Districts and Other Districts › Section 3. Other Laws Superseded--Repeal

Sec. 3. OTHER LAWS SUPERSEDED--REPEAL.  The method of audit hereby provided for Navigation Districts, Water Improvement Districts, Water Control and Improvement Districts, and all other districts created for improvement and conservation purposes in counties containing a population of not less than eighty-three thousand (83,000), nor more than eighty-three thousand, three hundred and fifty (83,350), as shown by the last preceding Federal Census, and not directly administered by the Commissioners Courts of such counties, shall supersede all other provisions for auditing the receipts and expenditures of such districts otherwise prescribed by law, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676b. Auditors in Counties of 83,000 to 83,350 Having Navigation Districts and Other Districts › Section 4. Exclusiveness of Provisions

Sec. 4. EXCLUSIVENESS OF PROVISIONS.  Only the provisions of this Act and of Articles 1667, 1672, and 1673 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas of 1925, shall apply in counties having a population of not less than eighty-three thousand (83,000), and not more than eighty-three thousand, three hundred and fifty (83,350), according to the last preceding Federal Census, which contain Navigation Districts, Water Improvement Districts, and Water Control and Improvement Districts.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 34 - County Finances › Article 1676b. Auditors in Counties of 83,000 to 83,350 Having Navigation Districts and Other Districts › Section 5. Partial Invalidity

Sec. 5. PARTIAL INVALIDITY.  If any provision of this Act is held to be unconstitutional, or otherwise invalid, same shall not affect the validity of any other provision hereof.
Acts 1941, 47th Leg., p. 409, ch. 238.