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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8007.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8007 / Section 8007.104
§ 8007.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Government Code § 72.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 72 / Section 72.042
§ 72.042. DEMOGRAPHIC CENSUS.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall annually publish a report regarding the demographic profile of the judicial law clerks and attorneys employed by the courts of this state.

(b) The office may request that a court provide demographic information to the office.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.018 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.018
§ 341.018. RODENT CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who possesses an enclosed structure used or operated for public trade and who knows that the structure is infested with rodents shall:

(1) attempt to exterminate the rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumigating, or other appropriate means; and

(2) provide every practical means of eliminating rats in the structure.

(b) A public building that is constructed after September 4, 1945, must incorporate rat-proofing features.

(c) The department shall promote rodent control programs in rat-infested areas and in localities in which typhus fever has appeared.
Tex. Local Government Code § 551.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 551 / Section 551.003
§ 551.003. NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS APPLYING TO WATERSHEDS AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality that by resolution, ordinance, or other proceeding regulates and controls the use and development of any watersheds, flood-prone areas, and impoundment areas for flood control and preservation shall file a notice with the county clerk of each county in which the property subject to the regulation is situated.

(b) The notice required by this section must:

(1) be signed in the name of the municipality by its clerk, secretary, or mayor or other officer performing the duties of one of those officers;

(2) show that the governing body of the municipality by resolution, ordinance, or other proceeding has enacted regulations of the area; and

(3) give or attach the boundaries of the land subject to the regulation.

(c) A notice required by this section need not give details or be sworn to or acknowledged. The notice may be filed at any time.

(d) A county clerk with whom a notice is filed under this section shall record the notice in the records of deeds and shall index it in the name of the municipality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 821.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 821 / Section 821.051
§ 821.051. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND FEES; COMPLIANCE WITH LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Life, health, fire, marine, or inland marine insurance companies that associate to issue or sell insurance policies may not engage in the business of insurance in this state until each company has:

(1) paid the company's taxes and fees that are due; and

(2) complied with all requirements of law.

(b) The commissioner may not authorize to engage in the business of insurance in this state an insurance company that does not comply with Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 437.311 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.311
§ 437.311. TEXAS STATE GUARD PROFESSIONALIZATION TASK FORCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas State Guard Professionalization Task Force is created to advise the adjutant general on the professionalization of the Texas State Guard.

(b) The task force is composed of:

(1) the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee;

(2) the director of the Department of Public Safety or the director's designee;

(3) the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management or the chief's designee;

(4) the executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation or the executive director's designee;

(5) the director of the Texas A&M Forest Service or the director's designee; and

(6) the executive head of any other state agency or the executive head's designee as determined by the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee.

(c) The adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee is the chair of the task force.

(d) The task force shall meet at the call of the chair as often as necessary to perform the task force's duties.

(e) The task force shall:

(1) examine the state missions and operations of the Texas State Guard using statistical analyses and data received from focus groups and other research methods, including identifying the short- and long-term critical state missions and operations needs of the Texas State Guard;

(2) identify any existing and potential challenges and threats to the Texas State Guard's operations, including critical infrastructure;

(3) develop solutions to overcome the challenges and threats identified under Subdivision (2);

(4) develop strategies to:

(A) professionalize the Texas State Guard; and

(B) develop the capabilities of the Texas State Guard that are consistent with the findings and determinations made under this subsection;

(5) recommend to the adjutant general and the governor:

(A) policy priorities to address the long-term needs identified under Subdivision (1); and

(B) the solutions developed under Subdivision (3) and policy priorities and budgetary needs to implement those solutions; and

(6) advise the adjutant general and the governor regarding the staffing, facilities, equipment, and technology needed to implement the strategies developed under Subdivision (4).

(f) Not later than August 31, 2026, the task force shall submit a report to the adjutant general and the governor that contains the task force's findings and recommendations described by Subsection (e)(5).

(g) This section expires September 1, 2026.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.806 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.806
§ 201.806. COLLISION REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall:

(1) tabulate and analyze the vehicle collision reports it receives; and

(2) annually or more frequently publish on the department's Internet website statistical information derived from the collision reports as to the number, cause, and location of highway collisions, including information regarding the number of:

(A) collisions involving injury to, death of, or property damage to a bicyclist or pedestrian;

(B) fatalities caused by a bridge collapse, as defined by Section 550.081; and

(C) collisions involving a trailer, including the number of fatalities in those collisions.

(b) The department shall provide electronic access to the system containing the collision reports so that the Department of Public Safety can perform its duties, including the duty to make timely entries on driver records.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3963.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3963 / Section 3963.0204
§ 3963.0204. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may compensate each voting director in an amount not to exceed $150 for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation for each director in one year may not exceed $7,200.

(b) An ex officio director is not entitled to receive compensation from the district.

(c) A voting director or an ex officio director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the board.
Tex. Local Government Code § 191.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 191 / Section 191.011
§ 191.011. AUTHORITY OF CLERKS TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Biometric information" means a retina or iris scan, digital or electronic fingerprint scan, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry.

(2) "Electronic storage" has the meaning assigned by Section 205.001.

(3) "Ex officio service" has the meaning assigned by Section 118.023.

(4) "Identifying information" means information in any form, other than biometric information, that may be used to identify an individual. The term includes information derived from:

(A) a driver's license, personal identification card, or other document, regardless of the intended use of the document;

(B) a photograph;

(C) a recording of the individual's image or voice, including a video or audio recording; or

(D) any other physical or electronic source.

(5) "Public service" means a service related to an official governmental power, duty, program, or activity. The term does not include an incidental service provided only as a courtesy to a member of the public.

(b) A county clerk or district clerk in a county that allows for electronic filing or recording of documents or other instruments may require an individual to present photo identification and copy or record identifying information, including a document on which the information is viewable, if the individual:

(1) presents a document or other instrument for filing or recording to the county clerk or district clerk; or

(2) requests or obtains an ex officio service or other public service provided by the county clerk or district clerk.

(b-1) A county clerk or district clerk who requires an individual to present photo identification under Subsection (b) may not accept a document or other instrument for filing or recording if the individual presents the document or other instrument in person and does not have or refuses to provide a photo identification.

(c) A county clerk or district clerk may maintain identifying information copied or recorded under this section in an electronic storage format.

(d) Except as otherwise required or authorized by law, a county clerk or district clerk may not charge a fee to copy or record identifying information.

(e) Identifying information copied or recorded under this section is confidential except for use in a criminal investigation or prosecution or a related civil court proceeding.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 291A.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 291A / Section 291A.151
§ 291A.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING HOSPITAL NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may require an annual mandatory payment to be assessed on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the county. The commissioners court may provide for the mandatory payment to be assessed quarterly. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider as determined by the data reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the fiscal year ending in 2015 or, if the institutional health care provider did not report any data under those sections in that fiscal year, as determined by the institutional health care provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the 2015 fiscal year or for the closest subsequent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report. The county shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying hospital in the county. A mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the amount of the mandatory payment. The amount of the mandatory payment required of each paying hospital may not exceed six percent of the paying hospital's net patient revenue.

(d) Subject to the maximum amount prescribed by Subsection (c), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter, to fund an intergovernmental transfer described by Section 291A.103(c)(1), and to pay for indigent programs, except that the amount of revenue from mandatory payments used for administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter in a year may not exceed the lesser of four percent of the total revenue generated from the mandatory payment or $20,000.

(e) A paying hospital may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.502 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.502
§ 651.502. LICENSE DENIAL; EFFECT OF CRIMINAL CONVICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may, before a hearing or a waiver of a right to a hearing, refuse to issue:

(1) a license or provisional license to a person who has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(2) an establishment license to an individual, partnership, or corporation if the individual, a partner, or an officer or director of the corporation:

(A) has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;

(B) previously held an establishment license that was suspended or revoked; or

(C) attempts to avoid a revocation, suspension, or license refusal by subterfuge or other evasive means.

(b) A person to whom the commission refuses to issue a license under Subsection (a) may appeal the decision by submitting a written request for a hearing in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, not later than the 30th day after the date of the refusal.

(c) The commission and the person to whom the commission refuses to issue a license may agree to the issuance of a probationary license, or the commission may, after a hearing, order that a license be issued on a probationary basis.

(d) A person applying for a funeral director's or embalmer's license who has a criminal conviction described by Section 651.452 may request a hearing on whether the conviction prevents the commission from issuing a license or a provisional license. A hearing under this subsection must be requested before the person enters mortuary school and shall be conducted as required by Section 651.506. A decision made in a hearing under this subsection, unless modified on appeal, is binding on the commission and on the person who requests the hearing when the person applies to the commission for the license or provisional license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8499.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8499 / Section 8499.0402
§ 8499.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8499.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.156 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.156
§ 241.156. PATIENT REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A patient aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter relating to the unauthorized release of confidential health care information may bring an action for:

(1) appropriate injunctive relief; and

(2) damages resulting from the release.

(b) An action under Subsection (a) shall be brought in:

(1) the district court of the county in which the patient resides or in the case of a deceased patient the district court of the county in which the patient's legally authorized representative resides; or

(2) if the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative in the case of a deceased patient is not a resident of this state, the district court of Travis County.

(c) A petition for injunctive relief under Subsection (a)(1) takes precedence over all civil matters on the court docket except those matters to which equal precedence on the docket is granted by law.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1304 / Section 1304.004
§ 1304.004. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Maintenance agreement" means an agreement that provides only for scheduled maintenance for a limited period.

(2) "Warranty" means an undertaking made solely by the manufacturer or importer of a product or the seller of a product or service that:

(A) guarantees indemnity for a defective part, mechanical or electrical breakdown, or labor cost or guarantees another remedial measure, including the repair or replacement of the product or the repetition of service;

(B) is made without payment of additional consideration;

(C) is not negotiated or separated from the sale of the product or service; and

(D) is incidental to the sale of the product or service.

(b) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a warranty;

(2) a maintenance agreement;

(3) a service contract sold or offered for sale to a person who is not a consumer;

(4) an agreement issued by an automobile service club that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 722, Transportation Code;

(5) a service contract sold by a motor vehicle dealer on a motor vehicle sold by that dealer, if the dealer:

(A) is the provider;

(B) is licensed as a motor vehicle dealer under Chapter 2301; and

(C) covers its obligations under the service contract with a reimbursement insurance policy; or

(6) a contract offered by a local exchange telephone company that provides for the repair of inside telephone wiring, if:

(A) the contract term does not exceed one month; and

(B) the consumer can terminate the contract before a new contract term begins without liability except for payment of charges for the term that has begun.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1074.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1074 / Section 1074.253
§ 1074.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3893.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3893 / Section 3893.201
§ 3893.201. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE ASSESSMENTS, AD VALOREM TAXES, AND IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

The district may impose, assess, charge, or collect an assessment, an ad valorem tax, an impact fee, or another fee in accordance with Chapter 49, Water Code, for a purpose specified by Chapter 375, Local Government Code, or as needed to exercise a power or function of the district or to accomplish a purpose or duty for which the district was created.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.702 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.702
§ 887.702. DIVERSION OF SPECIAL FUNDS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A director, officer, agent, employee, attorney at law, or attorney in fact of an association commits an offense if the person wilfully borrows, withholds, or diverts from its purpose all or part of a special fund that:

(1) belongs to or is under the management and control of an association; and

(2) is designated by law or by rule of the commissioner for a specific use.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years.
Tex. Government Code § 548.0104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 548 / Section 548.0104
§ 548.0104. CERTAIN TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICE REIMBURSEMENT DENIALS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A request for Medicaid reimbursement for a telemedicine medical service may not be denied solely because an in-person medical service between a physician and a patient did not occur.
Tex. Finance Code § 91.004 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 91 / Section 91.004
§ 91.004. NOTICE OF HEARING; RIGHT TO RESPOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of a hearing under this subtitle shall be given to each domestic and federal savings bank in the county in which the subject matter of the hearing is or will be located, except that notice of a hearing under an order under Chapter 96 shall be given to each party affected by the order.

(b) Each interested party is entitled to an opportunity to respond and present evidence and argument on each issue involved in a hearing under this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9029.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9029 / Section 9029.103
§ 9029.103. CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LAND AND PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The authority may enter into a contract with a political subdivision or with an owner, developer, or lessee of land and property as necessary or appropriate to a continuing and orderly plan of development of the land and property through the purchase, construction, or installation of facilities, works, or improvements that the authority is otherwise authorized to do or perform so that, to the greatest extent reasonably possible, considering sound engineering and economic practices, all of the land may, under the contract, ultimately receive the services of the facilities, works, or improvements.
Tex. Government Code § 1435.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1435 / Section 1435.003
§ 1435.003. AUTHORITY FOR PARK FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

A municipality or county may:

(1) construct, acquire, repair, improve, or enlarge a park facility; or

(2) acquire additional land, if needed, for a park facility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 371.107 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 371 / Section 371.107
§ 371.107. VARIANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may grant an individual variance to allow:

(1) a generator to store used oil filters in a greater aggregate volume than the volume prescribed by Section 371.104(b); or

(2) a person to store used oil filters for a period longer than the period prescribed for that person by Section 371.106.

(b) The commission may not grant a variance under this section for a period of longer than two years.
Tex. Government Code § 155.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 155 / Section 155.201
§ 155.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "probate court" has the meaning assigned by Section 1002.008, Estates Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.0562 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.0562
§ 382.0562. NOTICE OF DECISION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission or its designee shall send notice of a proposed final action on a federal operating permit by first-class mail or electronic communication to the applicant and all persons who comment during the public comment period or at the public hearing. The notice shall include a response to any comment submitted during the public comment period and shall identify any change in the conditions of the draft permit and the reasons for the change.

(b) The notice required by Subsection (a) shall:

(1) state that any person affected by the decision of the commission or its designee may petition the administrator in accordance with Section 382.0563 and rules adopted under that section;

(2) state the date by which the petition must be filed; and

(3) explain the petition process.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4A.107 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4A / Section 4A.107
§ 4A.107. FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATIONS AND OPERATING CIRCULARS.
Status: in_force

Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and operating circulars of the Federal Reserve Banks supersede any inconsistent provision of this chapter to the extent of the inconsistency.