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Tex. Government Code § 497.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.026
§ 497.026. PRICES.
Status: in_force

The office and the comptroller shall determine the sales price of articles and products produced under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8262.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8262 / Section 8262.006
§ 8262.006. STATE POLICY REGARDING WASTE DISPOSAL.
Status: in_force

The district's powers and duties are subject to the state policy of encouraging the development and use of integrated area-wide waste collection, treatment, and disposal systems to serve the waste disposal needs of this state's residents, if integrated systems can reasonably be provided for an area, so as to avoid the economic burden on residents and the effect on state water quality caused by the construction and operation of numerous small waste collection, treatment, and disposal facilities.
Tex. Water Code § 36.201 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.201
§ 36.201. LEVY OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may annually levy taxes to pay the bonds issued by the district that are payable in whole or in part by taxes.

(b) The board may annually levy taxes to pay the maintenance and operating expenses of the district at a rate not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.

(c) The board may not levy a tax to pay the maintenance and operating expenses of the district under this section until the tax is approved by a majority of the electors voting at an election in the district held for that purpose. The district may:

(1) hold an election for approval of the tax at the same time and in conjunction with an election to authorize bonds, following the procedures applicable to a bond election; or

(2) hold a separate election for approval of the tax in accordance with Subsection (d).

(d) An order calling a separate election for approval of a tax under this section must be issued at least 15 days before the date of the election, and the election notice must be published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. The first publication of the notice must be at least 14 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3830.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3830 / Section 3830.153
§ 3830.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments or bonds under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.

(b) A petition requesting a project financed by assessment must be signed by:

(1) the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district subject to assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County; or

(2) at least 50 owners of real property in the district that will be subject to the assessment, if more than 50 persons own real property subject to the assessment in the district according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County.

(c) A petition requesting a project financed by bonds must be signed by the owners of a majority of the assessed value of real property in the district that will be subject to the assessment according to the most recent certified tax appraisal roll for Harris County.
Tex. Occupations Code § 603.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 603 / Section 603.051
§ 603.051. ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory committee is an informal advisory committee to the medical board. The advisory committee has no independent rulemaking authority.

(a-1) The advisory committee consists of seven members appointed by the president of the medical board as follows:

(1) four perfusionists licensed in this state who each have at least five years of experience as a perfusionist;

(2) two physicians licensed in this state who supervise perfusionists; and

(3) one member who represents the public.

(b) Appointments to the advisory committee shall reflect the historical and cultural diversity of the inhabitants of this state.

(c) Appointments to the advisory committee shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.
Tex. Government Code § 524.0201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 524 / Section 524.0201
§ 524.0201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "administrative support services" includes strategic planning and evaluation, audit, legal, human resources, information resources, purchasing, contracting, financial management, and accounting services.
Tex. Government Code § 548.0002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0002
§ 548.0002. RULES AND PROCEDURES REGARDING REIMBURSING CERTAIN TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the authority granted by other law regarding telemedicine medical services, the executive commissioner may review rules and procedures applicable to reimbursement of a telemedicine medical service provided through any government-funded health program subject to the commission's oversight. The executive commissioner may modify the rules and procedures as necessary to ensure that reimbursement for a telemedicine medical service is provided:

(1) in a cost-effective manner; and

(2) only in circumstances in which providing the service is clinically effective.

(b) This section does not affect the commission's authority or duties under other law regarding reimbursing a telemedicine medical service under Medicaid.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.127 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.127
§ 143.127. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a fire fighter or police officer may file a grievance as provided by this subchapter that relates to any aspect of the fire fighter's or police officer's employment covered by this chapter. The fire fighter or police officer may not file a grievance relating to:

(1) a disciplinary suspension, indefinite suspension, promotional pass over, or demotion or other action or decision for which a hearing, review, or appeal is otherwise provided by this chapter; or

(2) an allegation of discrimination based, in whole or in part, on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

(b) The director shall monitor and assist the operation of the grievance procedure. The director's duties include:

(1) aiding the departments and departmental grievance counselors;

(2) notifying the parties of meetings;

(3) docketing cases before the grievance examiner; and

(4) ensuring that the grievance procedure operates timely and effectively.

(c) The department head shall appoint from among the members of the department a grievance counselor whose duties include:

(1) providing appropriate grievance forms to a fire fighter or police officer;

(2) accepting, on behalf of the department head, a step I or II grievance;

(3) assisting the fire fighter or police officer in handling the grievance;

(4) forwarding a copy of a step I or II grievance form to the director and notifying the department head;

(5) arranging a meeting between the fire fighter or police officer and that person's immediate supervisor as prescribed by Section 143.128(b);

(6) arranging the meeting of the fire fighter or police officer and that person's department head or the department head's designated representative as prescribed by Section 143.129(b); and

(7) performing duties that the department head may assign.

(d) The grievance procedure consists of four steps. In any step of the grievance process in which the aggrieved fire fighter's or police officer's immediate supervisor is included, the department head or the departmental grievance counselor may add an appropriate supervisor who is not the fire fighter's or police officer's immediate supervisor or may designate that supervisor to replace the person's immediate supervisor, if the department head or grievance counselor determines that the other supervisor has the authority to resolve the person's grievance.
Tex. Utilities Code § 54.051 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 54 / Section 54.051
§ 54.051. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "certificate" means a certificate of convenience and necessity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 824.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 824 / Section 824.051
§ 824.051. EFFECTIVE DATE OF MERGER.
Status: in_force

A merger takes effect on the date specified in the proposed plan of merger.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.155
§ 351.155. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not adopt a rule restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the board except to prohibit a false, misleading, or deceptive practice.

(b) The board may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the board a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any advertising medium;

(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the person;

(4) restricts the person's advertisement under a trade name;

(5) restricts a truthful statement regarding:

(A) the address or telephone number of an office maintained by the person;

(B) office hours regularly maintained by the person;

(C) languages, other than English, fluently spoken in the person's office;

(D) whether the person provides services under a specified private or public insurance plan or health care plan;

(E) publications authored by the person;

(F) a teaching position held or formerly held by the person and the dates the position was held;

(G) an affiliation with a hospital or clinic;

(H) the fact that the person regularly accepts installment payment of fees;

(I) the manufacturer, designer, style, make, trade name, brand name, color, size, or type of commodities advertised; or

(J) other factual information that is not false, fraudulent, misleading, or likely to deceive; or

(6) restricts a truthful statement that relates to public health or that encourages preventive or corrective care.

(c) Subsection (b) does not prevent the board from restricting advertising that is false, fraudulent, misleading, or likely to deceive.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.3155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.3155
§ 2308.3155. TEXAS RISING STAR PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Rising Star Program is a quality-based child care rating system of child care providers participating in the commission's subsidized child care program.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules to administer the Texas Rising Star Program, including:

(1) guidelines for rating a child-care provider who provides child care to a child younger than 13 years of age, including infants and toddlers, enrolled in the subsidized program; and

(2) a timeline and process for regularly reviewing and updating the quality standards used to determine the rating system that includes the commission's consideration of input from interested parties regarding those standards.

(b-1) The rating system adopted under Subsection (b) must include an entry level rating for child care providers and a maximum length of time a provider may participate at the entry level rating. To qualify for the entry level rating a child care provider must meet the minimum quality standards that qualify the provider to receive technical assistance and support under the Texas Rising Star Program. A provider participating at the entry level rating is not eligible for increased reimbursement rates.

(b-2) The commission shall develop a process to allow a child care provider to request a waiver to extend the length of time the provider may participate at the entry level rating described by Subsection (b-1). The waiver authorized by this subsection may not exceed 36 months.

(c) The commission shall make money available to each board to hire necessary employees to provide technical assistance under Section 2308.320 from the child care and development block grant. In addition, a board may use money available from other public or private sources to hire necessary employees for the program.

(d) The commission shall, using a competitive procurement process that complies with all federal and state laws, select a single entity to oversee a statewide roster of qualified assessors to evaluate child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program during the initial certification process and at any other time during the provider's participation in the program.
Tex. Government Code § 434.034 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 434 / Section 434.034
§ 434.034. JOINT EMPLOYMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioners courts of any number of contiguous counties, by a majority vote of the full membership of each commissioners court, may agree to jointly establish an office and employ a veterans county service officer. The agreement must stipulate the amount of compensation and travel and other expenses to be paid by each county.
Tex. Government Code § 71.038 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 71 / Section 71.038
§ 71.038. REGIONAL INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The council shall collect judicial statistics and other pertinent information from the presiding judges of each administrative judicial region in this state regarding the amount and character of any business transacted by the presiding judges. As a duty of office, the presiding judges shall report monthly any information required by the council under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2114.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2114 / Section 2114.007
§ 2114.007. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor's Office of Budget and Planning may adopt rules to implement this chapter.

(b) In developing the rules, the office of budget and planning shall consult with and consider the comments of the Legislative Budget Board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.041 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.041
§ 223.041. ENGINEERING AND DESIGN CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall use private sector engineering-related services to assist in accomplishing its activities in providing transportation projects. For the purpose of this section, engineering-related services means engineering, land surveying, environmental, transportation feasibility and financial, architectural, real estate appraisal, and materials laboratory services. These engineering-related services are for highway improvements, right-of-way acquisition, and aviation improvements.

(b) The department, in setting a minimum level of expenditures in these engineering-related activities that will be paid to the private sector providers, shall provide that the expenditure level for a state fiscal year in all strategies paid to private sector providers for all department engineering-related services for transportation projects is not less than 35 percent of the total funds appropriated in Strategy A.1.1. Plan/Design/Manage and Strategy A.1.2. of the General Appropriations Act for that state fiscal biennium. The department shall attempt to make expenditures for engineering-related services with private sector providers under this subsection with historically underutilized businesses, as defined by Section 2161.001, Government Code, in an amount consistent with the applicable provisions of the Government Code, any applicable state disparity study, and in accordance with the good-faith-effort procedures outlined in the rules adopted by the comptroller.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8474.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8474 / Section 8474.252
§ 8474.252. MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE.
Status: in_force

An improvement or recreational facility project may include the planning, design, construction, improvement, and maintenance of:

(1) landscaping;

(2) marinas and bridges;

(3) lighting, banners, and signs;

(4) hiking and cycling paths or trails;

(5) sidewalks, pedestrian walkways, skywalks, crosswalks, or tunnels;

(6) ponds, lakes, recreational facilities, or scenic areas;

(7) plazas or pedestrian malls;

(8) drainage or navigation improvements; or

(9) solid waste, water, sewer, or power facilities, including electrical and gas power facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8244.023 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8244 / Section 8244.023
§ 8244.023. CONFIRMATION AND INITIAL DIRECTORS' ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the second anniversary of the organizational meeting held under Section 8244.022, the temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five initial directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.405 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.405
§ 21.405. SIGNATURE.
Status: in_force

District bonds must be signed and executed as provided by the board in the resolution or order authorizing the bonds.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 691.035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 691 / Section 691.035
§ 691.035. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person has a duty imposed under this chapter and refuses, neglects, or omits to perform the duty as required by this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500.
Tex. Estates Code § 55.201 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 55 / Section 55.201
§ 55.201. COMPLAINT AND CITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person sold property and entered into a bond or other written agreement to transfer title to the property and then died without transferring the title, the owner of the bond or agreement or the owner's legal representative may:

(1) file a written complaint in the court of the county in which letters testamentary or of administration on the decedent's estate were granted; and

(2) have the personal representative of the estate cited to appear on a date stated in the citation and show cause why specific performance of the bond or agreement should not be ordered.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the bond or agreement must be filed with the complaint described by Subsection (a).

(c) If good cause under oath is shown why the bond or written agreement cannot be filed with the complaint, the bond or agreement or the substance of the bond or agreement must be stated in the complaint.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 129A.005 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 129A / Section 129A.005
§ 129A.005. CERTAIN CONDUCT EXCEPTED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a claim brought against an interactive computer service, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 230, for cyberbullying.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8015.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8015 / Section 8015.052
§ 8015.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) _________________;

(2) _________________;

(3) _________________;

(4) _________________; and

(5) _________________.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8015.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8015.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8015.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Water Code § 58.633 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.633
§ 58.633. NOTICE OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

After the board makes the record, it shall mail to each property owner whose name appears in the record notice of the amount of taxes levied on his property and the date and place at which the property owner may appear and contest the correctness and equitableness of the tax.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.051
§ 593.051. DISMISSAL AFTER HEARING.
Status: in_force

If long-term placement in a residential care facility is not found to be appropriate, the court shall enter a finding to that effect, dismiss the application, and if appropriate, recommend application for admission to voluntary services under Subchapter B.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.201 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.201
§ 46C.201.
Status: in_force

Art. 46C.201. DISPOSITION: NONDANGEROUS CONDUCT. (a) If the court determines that the offense of which the person was acquitted did not involve conduct that caused serious bodily injury to another person, placed another person in imminent danger of serious bodily injury, or consisted of a threat of serious bodily injury to another person through the use of a deadly weapon, the court shall determine whether there is evidence to support a finding that the person is a person with a mental illness or an intellectual disability.

(b) If the court determines that there is evidence to support a finding of mental illness or intellectual disability, the court shall enter an order transferring the person to the appropriate court for civil commitment proceedings to determine whether the person should receive court-ordered mental health services under Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code, or be committed to a residential care facility to receive intellectual disability services under Subtitle D, Title 7, Health and Safety Code. The court may also order the person:

(1) detained in jail or any other suitable place pending the prompt initiation and prosecution of appropriate civil proceedings by the attorney representing the state or other person designated by the court; or

(2) placed in the care of a responsible person on satisfactory security being given for the acquitted person's proper care and protection.
Tex. Government Code § 53.121 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 53 / Section 53.121
§ 53.121. OFFICE OF BAILIFF.
Status: in_force

The judges of the 231st, 233rd, 322nd, 323rd, 324th, 325th, and 360th district courts may appoint one person to serve as bailiff of that court and one person to serve as bailiff for the district court served by an associate judge of that district court. A bailiff is an officer of the court and performs the duties of the office under the direction and supervision of the judge of the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8008.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8008 / Section 8008.203
§ 8008.203. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.061 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.061
§ 161.061. LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
Status: in_force

The county attorney, or district attorney, or criminal district attorney, as appropriate, with the duty to represent the county in civil matters shall represent the commission in all legal matters.
Tex. Water Code § 51.128 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.128
§ 51.128. EFFECT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

After the required publication, rules and regulations adopted by the district under Section 51.127 of this code shall be recognized by the courts as if they were penal ordinances of a city.