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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1111.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1111 / Section 1111.107
§ 1111.107. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under any directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are not inconsistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 102.151 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 102 / Section 102.151
§ 102.151. SCHEDULE FILINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) A gas utility shall file with each regulatory authority schedules showing all rates that are:

(1) subject to the regulatory authority's original or appellate jurisdiction; and

(2) in effect for a gas utility service, product, or commodity offered by the gas utility.

(b) The gas utility shall file as a part of the schedules required under Subsection (a) each rule or regulation that relates to or affects:

(1) a rate of the gas utility; or

(2) a gas utility service, product, or commodity furnished by the gas utility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 384.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 384 / Section 384.002
§ 384.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of an area emission reduction credit organization shall be to promote the coexistence of the improvement of air quality and economic development within the region through the acquisition and distribution of emission reduction credits. Its activities may include the use of emission reduction credits to help meet federal reasonable further progress requirements as well as using emission reduction credits to facilitate the issuance of permits.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8478.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8478 / Section 8478.155
§ 8478.155. CONFIRMATION ELECTION FOR NEW DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8478.003.

(b) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 4005.017 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.017
§ 4005.017. GOVERNMENT ISSUANCE OR GUARANTEE.
Status: in_force

The exemption provided by Section 4005.001 applies to the sale, by the issuer itself or by a registered dealer, of any security either issued or guaranteed by:

(1) the United States;

(2) the District of Columbia, a state, territory, or insular possession of the United States;

(3) a political subdivision of a state of the United States, including a county, city, municipal corporation, district, and authority; or

(4) a public or governmental agency or instrumentality of an entity described by Subdivisions (1)-(3).
Tex. Government Code § 54B.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54B / Section 54B.013
§ 54B.013. EFFECT OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S REPORT PENDING APPEAL.
Status: in_force

Pending appeal of the associate judge's report to the referring court, the associate judge's findings, conclusions, and recommendations are in full force and effect and are enforceable as an order of the referring court, except for the orders providing for incarceration or for the appointment of a receiver.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.301 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.301
§ 336.301. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "bond" includes a note.
Tex. Water Code § 36.103 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.103
§ 36.103. IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may build, acquire, or obtain by any lawful means any property necessary for the district to carry out its purpose and the provisions of this chapter.

(b) A district may:

(1) acquire land to erect dams or to drain lakes, draws, and depressions;

(2) construct dams;

(3) drain lakes, depressions, draws, and creeks;

(4) install pumps and other equipment necessary to recharge a groundwater reservoir or its subdivision; and

(5) provide necessary facilities for water conservation purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1104.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.062
§ 1104.062. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint qualified persons as:

(1) the assistant district administrator; and

(2) the attorney for the district.

(b) The assistant district administrator and the attorney for the district serve at the will of the board and are entitled to compensation as determined by the board.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.652 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.652
§ 1158.652.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1158.652. EXCEPTION: EXECUTORY CONTRACT. The guardian of the estate of a ward may purchase estate property in compliance with the terms of a written executory contract signed by the ward before the ward became incapacitated, including:

(1) a contract for deed;

(2) an earnest money contract;

(3) a buy/sell agreement; and

(4) a stock purchase or redemption agreement.
Tex. Election Code § 20.031 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 20 / Section 20.031
§ 20.031. FORM PROVIDED.
Status: in_force

A voter registration agency shall provide a voter registration application form to each person who is of voting age and a United States citizen in connection with the person's application for initial services, and also in connection with any recertification, renewal, or change of address, unless the person declines in writing to register to vote.
Tex. Water Code § 68.402 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 68 / Section 68.402
§ 68.402. HEARING AND ACTION ON BOARD'S PETITION TO ADD TERRITORY AND FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court:

(1) shall publish notice and conduct a hearing on the petition under Sections 68.104 and 68.105; and

(2) may grant the petition if the commissioners court determines that a security project or security service in the district benefits or will benefit the facility.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.037 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.037
§ 231.037. PROCEDURE GOVERNING ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A zoning regulation or zoning district boundary proposed by the zoning commission is not effective until it is adopted by the commissioners court after a public hearing. Before the 15th day before the date of the hearing, the commissioners court must publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(b) The commissioners court by a majority vote may amend or reject a regulation or boundary proposed by the zoning commission.

(c) If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary is protested in accordance with this subsection, the proposed change must receive, in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of all members of the commissioners court. The protest must be written and signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of either:

(1) the lots covered by the proposed change; or

(2) the lots immediately adjacent to the rear of the lots covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from those lots, or from the street frontage of the opposite lots.

(d) After the commissioners court receives the protest, the court shall hold a public hearing. The court shall publish notice in the manner provided by Subsection (a).
Tex. Insurance Code § 2055.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2055 / Section 2055.001
§ 2055.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "business entity" means a business enterprise owned by a single person or a corporation, organization, business trust, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, or other business entity.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.313 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.313
§ 13.313. FISH AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The department may conduct and establish cooperative fish and wildlife restoration projects under the provisions of Public Law No. 415, Acts of the 75th Congress, and Public Law No. 681, Acts of the 81st Congress, as amended.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.112 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.112
§ 1579.112. OUT-OF-NETWORK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "emergency medical services provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code, except that the term does not include an air ambulance.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the administrator of a managed care plan provided under this chapter shall pay for a covered health care or medical service performed for, or a covered supply or covered transport related to that service provided to, an enrollee by an out-of-network provider who is an emergency medical services provider at:

(1) if the political subdivision has submitted the rate to the department under Section 38.006, the rate set, controlled, or regulated by the political subdivision in which:

(A) the service originated; or

(B) the transport originated if transport is provided; or

(2) if the political subdivision has not submitted the rate to the department, the lesser of:

(A) the provider's billed charge; or

(B) 325 percent of the current Medicare rate, including any applicable extenders and modifiers.

(c) A political subdivision may annually adjust a rate submitted under Section 38.006 by not more than the lesser of:

(1) the Medicare Ambulance Inflation Factor; or

(2) 10 percent of the provider's previous calendar year rates.

(d) The administrator shall make a payment required by this section directly to the provider not later than, as applicable:

(1) the 30th day after the date the administrator receives an electronic claim for those services that includes all information necessary for the administrator to pay the claim; or

(2) the 45th day after the date the administrator receives a nonelectronic claim for those services that includes all information necessary for the administrator to pay the claim.

(e) An out-of-network provider who is an emergency medical services provider or a person asserting a claim as an agent or assignee of the provider may not bill an enrollee receiving a health care or medical service or supply or transport described by Subsection (b) in, and the enrollee does not have financial responsibility for, an amount greater than an applicable copayment, coinsurance, and deductible under the enrollee's managed care plan that is based on:

(1) the amount initially determined payable by the administrator; or

(2) if applicable, a modified amount as determined under the administrator's internal appeal process.

(f) This section expires September 1, 2027.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3910.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3910 / Section 3910.102
§ 3910.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 3910.113, the district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using any money available to the district, or contract with a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1092.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1092 / Section 1092.109
§ 1092.109. CONTRACTS FOR HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CARE.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with another political subdivision to provide hospital and medical care for needy persons who reside outside the district.
Tex. Government Code § 77.013 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 77 / Section 77.013
§ 77.013. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A member of the committee is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the committee, as provided in the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Government Code § 431.074 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 431 / Section 431.074
§ 431.074. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A member of a county emergency board who neglects or refuses to perform a duty required by this subchapter commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 and confinement in jail for not less than six nor more than 12 months.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 76.181 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 76 / Section 76.181
§ 76.181. APPEAL OF DENIAL OR CANCELLATION OF PESTICIDE REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

A person whose application for registration of a pesticide has been denied or whose registration for a pesticide has been canceled may appeal the action in the manner provided for appeal of contested cases under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8106.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8106 / Section 8106.004
§ 8106.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2, Chapter 357, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article 8280-438, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code, before September 11, 1978;

(2) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(3) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(4) this chapter; or

(5) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained in Section 2, Chapter 357, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article 8280-438, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), form a closure. If a mistake is made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process, the mistake does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, and validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or the board.
Tex. Local Government Code § 203.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 203 / Section 203.042
§ 203.042. RETENTION PERIODS.
Status: repealed

(a) A retention period for each record on the records control schedule shall be determined by the governing body or under its direction or by the elected county officer, as applicable.

(b) A retention period may not be less than:

(1) a retention period prescribed by a state or federal law, regulation, or rule of court; or

(2) a retention period for the record established on a records retention schedule issued by the commission.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 1962), Sec. 20(b)(2), eff. September 1, 2019.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.106 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.106
§ 393.106. COPY OF DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

A credit services organization shall keep in its files a copy of a document required under Section 393.105, signed by the consumer, acknowledging receipt, until the second anniversary of the date on which the organization provides the document.
Tex. Local Government Code § 374.021 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 374 / Section 374.021
§ 374.021. EXERCISE OF URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may exercise urban renewal project powers through a board or through municipal officers selected by the governing body of the municipality by resolution. The municipality may exercise those powers through an urban renewal agency created under this subchapter if the governing body by resolution determines that the creation of an urban renewal agency is in the public interest. An urban renewal agency created under this subchapter may exercise all the urban renewal project powers of the municipality.

(b) In this section, "urban renewal project powers" includes the rights, powers, functions, and duties of a municipality under this chapter. The term does not include the power to:

(1) determine an area as a slum area, blighted area, or both and to designate that area as appropriate for an urban renewal project;

(2) approve and amend urban renewal plans and hold public hearings relating to those plans;

(3) establish a general plan for the locality as a whole;

(4) establish a workable program under Section 374.013;

(5) make determinations and findings under Section 374.011(a), 374.013(b), or 374.014(d);

(6) issue general obligation bonds; and

(7) appropriate funds, levy taxes and assessments, and exercise other functions under Subdivisions (11) and (12) of Section 374.015(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.205
§ 1055.205. REVENUE BONDS; OTHER FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, without an election, issue revenue bonds or make other financial arrangements payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenue derived from the operation of the district's hospital system. The district may use the money to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or

(2) acquire sites to be used for hospital purposes.

(b) The bonds must be issued in the manner provided by Sections 264.042, 264.043, and 264.046-264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3962.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3962 / Section 3962.0305
§ 3962.0305. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3980.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3980 / Section 3980.0105
§ 3980.0105. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bonds for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 711.063 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 711 / Section 711.063
§ 711.063. CONSTRUCTION; DEFAULT.
Status: reserved

(a) A cemetery in which undeveloped lawn crypt spaces are being sold or reserved for sale shall begin construction on the lawn crypt section not later than 48 months after the date of the first sale or reservation, whichever is earlier, and must complete construction not later than 60 months after the date of the first sale or reservation, whichever is earlier.

(b) If construction of a lawn crypt section described by Subsection (a) does not begin or has not been completed by the dates specified in Subsection (a), on the buyer's written request, the cemetery shall refund the entire amount paid for the undeveloped lawn crypt space not later than the 30th day after the date of the buyer's request.
Tex. Insurance Code § 981.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 981 / Section 981.002
§ 981.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Affiliate" means, with respect to determining the home state of an insured, and solely for the purpose of determining whether an entity is another entity's affiliate, a person or entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the insured.

(2) "Affiliated group" means a group of entities whose members are all affiliated.

(3) "Control" means, with respect to determining the home state of an insured, and solely for the purpose of determining whether an entity is another entity's affiliate:

(A) to directly or indirectly, acting through one or more persons, own, control, or hold the power to vote at least 25 percent of any class of voting security of the other entity; or

(B) to control in any manner the election of the majority of directors or trustees of the other entity.

(4) "Eligible surplus lines insurer" means an insurer that is not an authorized insurer, but that is eligible under Subchapter B or B-1, in which surplus lines insurance is placed or may be placed under this chapter.

(5) "Home state" means, with respect to an insured:

(A) the state in which the insured maintains the insured's principal residence, if the insured is an individual;

(B) the state in which the insured maintains the insured's principal place of business, if the insured is not an individual;

(C) if 100 percent of the insured risk is located outside of the state in which the insured maintains the insured's principal residence or principal place of business, as applicable, the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for the insurance contract that covers the risk is allocated; or

(D) for an affiliated group, the home state of the member, as determined under Paragraphs (A)-(C), that has the largest percentage of premium attributed to it under the insurance contract.

(6) "Managing underwriter" means a surplus lines agent or agency that exercises, pursuant to a written agreement with an eligible surplus lines insurer, underwriting authority for the eligible surplus lines insurer and that derives the agent or agency's business from a surplus lines agent.

(7) "Stamping office" means the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas.

(8) "Surplus lines agent" means an agent licensed under Subchapter E to procure an insurance contract from a surplus lines insurer.

(9) "Surplus lines insurance" means insurance coverage that may be placed, in accordance with this chapter, with an eligible surplus lines insurer or the insurer's managing underwriter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.053
§ 382.053. PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR LEAD SMELTING PLANT AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not grant a construction permit for a lead smelting plant at a site:

(1) located within 3,000 feet of an individual's residence; and

(2) at which lead smelting operations have not been conducted before August 31, 1987.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) a modification of a lead smelting plant in operation on August 31, 1987;

(2) a lead smelting plant or modification of a plant with the capacity to produce not more than 200 pounds of lead each hour; or

(3) a lead smelting plant that, when the plant began operation, was located more than 3,000 feet from the nearest residence.

(c) In this section, "lead smelting plant" means a facility operated as a smeltery for processing lead.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.003
§ 8813.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

An election to confirm the creation of the authority is not required.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8831.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8831 / Section 8831.002
§ 8831.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a groundwater conservation district in Matagorda County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.211 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.211
§ 225.211. BASCOM W.
Status: in_force

BENTLEY III MEMORIAL LOOP. (a) State Loop 256 in the city of Palestine is designated as the Bascom W. Bentley III Memorial Loop.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Bascom W. Bentley III Memorial Loop and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at appropriate sites along the loop.