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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5007.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5007 / Section 5007.008
§ 5007.008. REFUNDING OF BONDS HERETOFORE VOTED.
Status: in_force

The Commissioners Court shall have the power to issue bonds of the authority to refund bonds of the authority which have heretofore been voted and which are outstanding at the time of the adoption of the refunding bond order, and no election therefor shall be necessary. Such refunding bonds shall mature serially or otherwise in not to exceed forty (40) years from their date, and shall bear interest at the same or lower rate than the bonds to be refunded unless it is shown mathematically that a saving will result in the total amount of interest to be paid. Such refunding bonds shall be approved by the Attorney General of Texas, and shall be registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of Texas upon surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded, but in lieu thereof, the order authorizing their issuance may provide that they shall be sold and the proceeds thereof deposited in the place or places where the bonds to be refunded are payable, in which case the refunding bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds to be refunded and the interest on such bonds to their option or maturity date, and the Comptroller shall register them without the surrender and cancellation of the bonds to be refunded. All such refunding bonds, after they have been approved by the Attorney General and registered by the Comptroller, shall be incontestable for any cause except for forgery or fraud.
Tex. Labor Code § 101.205 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 101 / Section 101.205
§ 101.205. VENUE.
Status: in_force

Venue for a suit or cause of action arising under this subchapter is in:

(1) the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred;

(2) the county in which the defendant resides; or

(3) if there are two or more defendants, a county in which any defendant resides.
Tex. Transportation Code § 203.094 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 203 / Section 203.094
§ 203.094. TIMELY RELOCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A utility that is eligible for reimbursement under Section 203.092 or that is eligible for reimbursement under applicable law and the policies of the department for the cost of relocating facilities required by improvement of a segment of the state highway system not subject to Section 203.092 shall accomplish the relocation of the facility in a timely manner as specified in its relocation agreement with the department.

(b) The department may reduce the reimbursement to the utility by 10 percent for each 30-day period or portion of a 30-day period by which the relocation exceeds the limit specified in the relocation agreement. If the department determines that a delay in relocation is the result of circumstances beyond the control of the utility, full reimbursement shall be paid.

(c) The time limit specified in the relocation agreement may not be less than 90 days.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.305 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.305
§ 2269.305. USE OF ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER AS INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

The governmental entity shall select or designate an architect or engineer independent of the design-build firm to act as the governmental entity's representative for the duration of the project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0504 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0504
§ 3967.0504. BONDS SECURED BY REVENUE OR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue, without an election, bonds secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes, including contract revenues; or

(2) contract payments, provided that the requirements of Section 49.108, Water Code, have been met.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8081.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8081 / Section 8081.0102
§ 8081.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as the Liberty Public Utility District and converted to a municipal utility district as the Liberty County Municipal Utility District No. 7.
Tex. Penal Code § 39.07 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 39 / Section 39.07
§ 39.07. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH IMMIGRATION DETAINER REQUEST.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is a sheriff, chief of police, or constable or a person who otherwise has primary authority for administering a jail commits an offense if the person:

(1) has custody of a person subject to an immigration detainer request issued by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and

(2) knowingly fails to comply with the detainer request.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) It is an exception to the application of this section that the person who was subject to an immigration detainer request described by Subsection (a)(1) had provided proof that the person is a citizen of the United States or that the person has lawful immigration status in the United States, such as a Texas driver's license or similar government-issued identification.
Tex. Education Code § 51.918 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.918
§ 51.918. RURAL HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Department of Rural Affairs, medical schools, nursing schools, and schools of allied health sciences shall cooperate to improve and expand programs for rural areas.

(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall:

(1) encourage and coordinate the creation or expansion of a rural preceptor program among medical schools, teaching hospitals, nursing schools, and schools of allied health sciences; and

(2) require family practice residency programs to provide an opportunity for residents to have a one-month rotation through:

(A) a rural setting; and

(B) a public health setting.

(c) The Texas Department of Rural Affairs shall develop relief service programs for rural physicians and allied health personnel to facilitate ready access to continuing medical education as well as to provide practice coverage for purposes other than continuing medical education.

(d) Each medical school shall:

(1) incorporate a clerkship in family practice during the third core clinical year; and

(2) report to the legislature and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on its efforts to fulfill the intent of Chapter 58, Education Code, of having at least 25 percent of their first year primary care residents in family practice.
Tex. Education Code § 11.353 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.353
§ 11.353. ADMISSION AND ATTENDANCE.
Status: in_force

A child is eligible to attend school in a military reservation school district if the child is eligible under Section 25.001 and is the child of an officer, soldier, or civilian employee residing or employed on the reservation. The board of trustees may transfer any child who cannot be provided for by the district of the child's residence to any school district maintaining adequate facilities and standards for elementary, junior, or senior high schools, as applicable.
Tex. Property Code § 62.102 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.102
§ 62.102. NAMED ESCROW AGENT.
Status: in_force

If an escrow agent is named in the contract on which the transaction or conveyance is based, the escrow account shall be established with the named escrow agent.
Tex. Finance Code § 271.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 271 / Section 271.001
§ 271.001. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR CRIMES AND SUSPECTED CRIMES AND CURRENCY AND FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A financial institution that is required to file a report with respect to a transaction in this state under the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.), 31 C.F.R. Part 103, or 12 C.F.R. Section 21.11, and their subsequent amendments, shall file a copy of the report with the attorney general.

(b) A financial institution that timely files the report described by Subsection (a) with the appropriate federal agency as required by federal law complies with that subsection unless the attorney general:

(1) notifies the financial institution that the report is not of a type that is regularly and comprehensively transmitted by the federal agency to the attorney general following the attorney general's request to that agency;

(2) requests that the financial institution provide the attorney general with a copy of the report; and

(3) reimburses the financial institution for the actual cost of duplicating and delivering the report or 25 cents for each page, whichever is less.

(c) In this section, "financial institution" has the meaning assigned by 31 U.S.C. Section 5312 and its subsequent amendments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.061
§ 1075.061. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may employ any doctors, technicians, nurses, and other employees as considered necessary for the efficient operation of the district or may provide that the district administrator has the authority to employ those persons.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1075.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1075 / Section 1075.105
§ 1075.105. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules for the operation of the district and as required to administer this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8876.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8876 / Section 8876.054
§ 8876.054. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Sections 36.060(a), (b), and (d), Water Code, do not apply to the district.

(b) A director is not entitled to receive compensation. The board may authorize a director to receive reimbursement for the director's reasonable expenses incurred while engaging in activities on behalf of the board.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.255 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.255
§ 101.255. CONTRACTS OR TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INTERESTED GOVERNING PERSONS OR OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a contract or transaction between a limited liability company and:

(1) one or more governing persons or officers, or one or more affiliates or associates of one or more governing persons or officers, of the company; or

(2) an entity or other organization in which one or more governing persons or officers, or one or more affiliates or associates of one or more governing persons or officers, of the company:

(A) is a managerial official; or

(B) has a financial interest.

(b) An otherwise valid and enforceable contract or transaction described by Subsection (a) is valid and enforceable, and is not void or voidable, notwithstanding any relationship or interest described by Subsection (a), if any one of the following conditions is satisfied:

(1) the material facts as to the relationship or interest described by Subsection (a) and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed to or known by:

(A) the company's governing authority or a committee of the governing authority and the governing authority or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the approval of the majority of the disinterested governing persons or committee members, regardless of whether the disinterested governing persons or committee members constitute a quorum; or

(B) the members of the company, and the members in good faith approve the contract or transaction by vote of the members; or

(2) the contract or transaction is fair to the company when the contract or transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified by the governing authority, a committee of the governing authority, or the members of the company.

(c) Common or interested governing persons of a limited liability company may be included in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the company's governing authority or of a committee of the governing authority that authorizes the contract or transaction.

(d) A person who has the relationship or interest described by Subsection (a) may:

(1) be present at or participate in and, if the person is a governing person or committee member, may vote at a meeting of the governing authority or of a committee of the governing authority that authorizes the contract or transaction; or

(2) sign, in the person's capacity as a governing person or committee member, a written consent of the governing persons or committee members to authorize the contract or transaction.

(e) If at least one of the conditions of Subsection (b) is satisfied, neither the company nor any of the company's members will have a cause of action against any of the persons described by Subsection (a) for breach of duty with respect to the making, authorization, or performance of the contract or transaction because the person had the relationship or interest described by Subsection (a) or took any of the actions authorized by Subsection (d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7909.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7909 / Section 7909.0306
§ 7909.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 7909.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 7909.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 7909.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 568.008 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 568 / Section 568.008
§ 568.008. PHARMACY TECHNICIANS IN HOSPITALS WITH CLINICAL PHARMACY PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "clinical pharmacy program" means a program that provides pharmaceutical care services as specified by board rule.

(b) A Class C pharmacy that has an ongoing clinical pharmacy program may allow a pharmacy technician to verify the accuracy of work performed by another pharmacy technician relating to the filling of floor stock and unit dose distribution systems for a patient admitted to the hospital if the patient's orders have previously been reviewed and approved by a pharmacist.

(c) The pharmacist-in-charge of the clinical pharmacy program shall adopt policies and procedures for the verification process authorized by this section.

(d) A hospital must notify the board before implementing the verification process authorized by this section.

(e) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules specifying:

(1) the duties that may be verified by another pharmacy technician;

(2) the records that must be maintained for the verification process; and

(3) the training requirements for pharmacy technicians who verify the accuracy of the work of other pharmacy technicians.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1109.012 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.012
§ 1109.012. DUTIES REGARDING DEATH MASTER FILE MATCH.
Status: in_force

(a) For each Death Master File match, the insurer shall, not later than the 90th day after the date the insurer identifies the match:

(1) complete a documented good faith effort to confirm the death of the insured or retained asset account holder against other available records and information;

(2) review the insurer's records to determine whether the deceased individual had purchased or was otherwise covered by any of the insurer's other products; and

(3) determine whether proceeds may be due in accordance with the applicable policy or contract or terms governing the applicable account.

(b) For group life insurance or a group annuity contract, an insurer is required to confirm the possible death of an insured or retained asset account holder under this section only if the insurer provides recordkeeping services for the group policy or group annuity contract.

(c) If the insurer determines under Subsection (a)(3) that proceeds may be due and a beneficiary or other authorized representative has not communicated with the insurer on or before the 90th day after the date the insurer identifies a Death Master File match, the insurer shall:

(1) complete a documented good faith effort to locate and contact each beneficiary or other authorized representative on the relevant policy, contract, or account; and

(2) provide to the beneficiary or authorized representative the appropriate claim forms, instructions, or information to make a claim, including information about any need to provide an official death certificate or show proof of death under the applicable policy or contract or terms governing the applicable account.

(d) If an insurer is unable to confirm the death of an insured or retained asset account holder after the insurer identifies a Death Master File match, the insurer may consider the relevant policy, contract, or account to remain in force according to its terms.

(e) To the extent permitted by law, the insurer may disclose minimum necessary personal information about the insured, retained asset account holder, or beneficiary to a person the insurer reasonably believes may be able to assist the insurer in locating a person entitled to payment of the claim proceeds.

(f) An insurer or the insurer's service provider may not charge an insured, retained asset account holder, beneficiary, or authorized representative any fees or costs associated with conducting a Death Master File comparison under this subchapter or verifying a Death Master File match under this subchapter.
Tex. Finance Code § 122.1531 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 122 / Section 122.1531
§ 122.1531. CONSIDERATIONS IN DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

In determining whether to approve or disapprove the merger or consolidation, the commissioner shall consider the availability and adequacy of financial services in the local community and the effect that the merger or consolidation would have on the local community. The commission by rule shall establish other appropriate criteria that the commissioner must consider in making the determination.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2004.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2004 / Section 2004.006
§ 2004.006. POLICY FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt policy forms for residential property insurance that are specifically for use in designated underserved areas. The policy forms must include a basic policy covering fire and allied lines perils with endorsements providing additional coverage at the insured's option.

(b) An insurer writing insurance in an underserved area may use the policy forms adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 607.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 607 / Section 607.002
§ 607.002. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall administer and enforce this chapter.

(b) The commission or the executive director may enforce this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or an order of the commission or executive director as provided by Subchapters F and G, Chapter 51, Occupations Code.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.014 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.014
§ 111.014.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.014. EVIDENCE: COPIES OF GRAPHIC MATTER. (a) A copy of graphic matter is admissible, without further proof, in a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the administration or enforcement of a tax imposed by this title if:

(1) the copy or information contained in the copy is relevant;

(2) the copy is a reproduction made by a photographic, photostatic, magnetic, or other process that accurately duplicates or forms a durable medium for accurately reproducing the original matter or information contained in the original matter; and

(3) the graphic matter was kept or recorded by the comptroller in the performance of official functions.

(b) "Graphic matter" means a memorandum, entry, report, or other document, a record of information contained in a memorandum, entry, report, or other document, or a record of an action taken by the comptroller.

(c) The admissibility of a copy of graphic matter as allowed under this section does not affect the admissibility of the original matter or other competent evidence offered to show the incorrectness of the copy or of information reflected in the copy.
Tex. Education Code § 88.109 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 88 / Section 88.109
§ 88.109. USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAND FOR REFORESTATION.
Status: in_force

The several tracts of land in Cherokee County near Maydelle, consisting of approximately 2,150 acres, owned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, is set aside for reforestation purposes to be used by Texas A&M University to demonstrate reforestation work.
Tex. Water Code § 58.154 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.154
§ 58.154. CONSTRUCTION CHARGES UNDER A CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

The construction charges under a contract with the United States may include the cost of drainage and flood-control works necessary to control floods or to maintain the irrigability of district land.
Tex. Estates Code § 1354.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1354 / Section 1354.001
§ 1354.001. APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) A judge of a probate court in the county in which an incapacitated person resides or in which the incapacitated person's endangered estate is located shall, with or without application, enter an order appointing a suitable person as receiver to take charge of the estate if:

(1) it appears that all or part of the estate of the incapacitated person is in danger of injury, loss, or waste and in need of a guardianship or other representative;

(2) there is no guardian of the estate who is qualified in this state; and

(3) a guardian is not needed.

(b) The court order must specify the duties and powers of the receiver the judge considers necessary for the protection, conservation, and preservation of the estate.

(c) The clerk shall enter an order issued under this section in the judge's guardianship docket.