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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.0049 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.0049
§ 191.0049. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH OR HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH.
Status: in_force

On request of a child or youth described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, without fee or parental consent, a certified copy of the child's or youth's birth record to:

(1) a homeless child or youth as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a;

(2) a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services; and

(3) a young adult who:

(A) is at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years of age; and

(B) resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2028.103 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2028 / Section 2028.103
§ 2028.103. SET-ASIDE FOR TEXAS-BRED PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A horse racetrack association shall set aside for the Texas-bred program and pay to the commission an amount equal to one percent of a live multiple two wagering pool and a live multiple three wagering pool. From the set-aside amounts:

(1) two percent shall be set aside for purposes of Subchapter F, Chapter 88, Education Code; and

(2) the remaining amount shall be allocated as follows:

(A) 10 percent may be used by the appropriate state horse breed registry for administration; and

(B) the remainder shall be used for awards.

(a-1) The commission shall deposit money paid to the commission under Subsection (a) into the Texas-bred incentive fund established under Section 2028.301. The commission shall distribute the money collected under this section and deposited into the fund to the appropriate state horse breed registries for the Texas-bred program in accordance with rules adopted under Subsection (c).

(b) The amount set aside under Subsection (a) is in addition to any money received from the breakage.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules relating to the deposit, accounting, auditing, and distribution of all amounts set aside for the Texas-bred program under this subchapter and for the use of those amounts by the state breed registries under that program.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.215 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.215
§ 172.215. CONCILIATOR IMMUNE.
Status: in_force

A conciliator is not liable in an action for damages resulting from an act or omission in the performance of the person's role as a conciliator in a proceeding subject to this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.711 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.711
§ 151.711. LIMITATIONS ON PROSECUTIONS.
Status: in_force

An indictment or information for a criminal offense brought under this chapter must be presented within four years after the commission of the offense or it is barred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7971.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7971 / Section 7971.151
§ 7971.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7971.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.318 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.318
§ 161.318. RESALE OF LAND.
Status: in_force

Land included in a forfeited contract is subject to resale under Section 161.319 of this code.
Tex. Government Code § 423.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 423 / Section 423.005
§ 423.005. ILLEGALLY OR INCIDENTALLY CAPTURED IMAGES NOT SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), an image captured in violation of Section 423.003, or an image captured by an unmanned aircraft that was incidental to the lawful capturing of an image:

(1) may not be used as evidence in any criminal or juvenile proceeding, civil action, or administrative proceeding;

(2) is not subject to disclosure, inspection, or copying under Chapter 552; and

(3) is not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release.

(b) An image described by Subsection (a) may be disclosed and used as evidence to prove a violation of this chapter and is subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for that purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0501
§ 3967.0501. TAX ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapter 49, Water Code, or, if applicable, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax.
Tex. Water Code § 62.0725 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.0725
§ 62.0725. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may employ an executive director of the district. If the commission employs an executive director, the commission must prescribe the duties and compensation of the executive director.

(b) By rule, order, or resolution, the commission may delegate to an executive director the full authority necessary to manage the affairs of the district subject only to orders of the commission, including the authority to:

(1) employ persons necessary for the operation of the district and to determine the compensation of those persons; or

(2) perform any act on behalf of the district, as authorized by the commission.

(c) The duties of an executive director may be performed by a general manager or chief executive officer.
Tex. Election Code § 87.103 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.103
§ 87.103. COUNTING BALLOTS AND PREPARING RETURNS.
Status: in_force

(a) The early voting electronic system ballots counted at a central counting station, the ballots cast at precinct polling places, and the ballots voted by mail shall be tabulated separately and shall be separately reported on the returns.

(b) The early voting returns prepared at the central counting station must include any early voting results obtained by the early voting ballot board under Subchapter D.(a) The ballots cast by personal appearance and the ballots voted by mail shall be tabulated separately and shall be separately reported on the returns.

(b) The returns prepared at the central counting station must include any results obtained by the early voting ballot board under Subchapter D.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.153 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.153
§ 1301.153. CONTINUITY OF CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Life-threatening" means a disease or condition for which the likelihood of death is probable unless the course of the disease or condition is interrupted.

(2) "Special circumstances" means a condition regarding which the treating physician or health care provider reasonably believes that discontinuing care by the treating physician or provider could cause harm to the insured. Examples of an insured who has a special circumstance include an insured with a disability, acute condition, or life-threatening illness or an insured who is past the 24th week of pregnancy.

(b) Each contract between an insurer and a physician or health care provider must provide that the termination of the physician's or provider's participation in a preferred provider benefit plan, except for reason of medical competence or professional behavior, does not:

(1) release the physician or health care provider from the generally recognized obligation to:

(A) treat an insured whom the physician or provider is currently treating; and

(B) cooperate in arranging for appropriate referrals; or

(2) release the insurer from the obligation to reimburse the physician or health care provider or, if applicable, the insured, at the same preferred provider rate if, at the time a physician's or provider's participation is terminated, an insured whom the physician or provider is currently treating has special circumstances in accordance with the dictates of medical prudence.

(c) The treating physician or health care provider shall identify a special circumstance. The treating physician or health care provider shall:

(1) request that the insured be permitted to continue treatment under the physician's or provider's care; and

(2) agree not to seek payment from the insured of any amount for which the insured would not be responsible if the physician or provider were still a preferred provider.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3941.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3941 / Section 3941.003
§ 3941.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the county and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant county services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.051
§ 1095.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of seven directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) a directors' election shall be held on the uniform election date in May of each year.
Tex. Finance Code § 371.303 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 371 / Section 371.303
§ 371.303. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may assess an administrative penalty against a person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.

(b) The commissioner may assess the administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000.

(c) Each day a violation continues or occurs may be considered a separate violation for purposes of this section. The aggregate amount of penalties that may be assessed under this section against a person during one calendar year may not exceed $10,000 for violations an element of which occurred at the same business location.

(d) In determining the amount of a penalty, the commissioner shall consider:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the prohibited act;

(2) the history of previous violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter future violations;

(4) efforts to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.

(e) If, after investigation of a possible violation and the facts relating to that possible violation, the commissioner determines that a violation has occurred, the commissioner shall issue a preliminary report that states:

(1) the facts on which the conclusion is based;

(2) the fact that an administrative penalty is to be imposed; and

(3) the amount to be assessed.

(f) Not later than the 10th day after the date on which the commissioner issues the preliminary report, the commissioner shall send to the person charged with the violation a copy of the report and a statement that the person has a right to a hearing on the alleged violation and the amount of the penalty.

(g) Not later than the 20th day after the date on which the report is sent, the person charged may make a written request for a hearing or may pay to the commissioner the amount of the administrative penalty. A person who does not request a hearing or pay the amount of the penalty within the prescribed time waives the right to a hearing.

(h) If the person charged accepts the commissioner's determination, the commissioner shall issue an order approving the determination and ordering payment of the recommended penalty.

(i) If it is determined after a hearing that the person has committed the alleged violation, the commissioner shall give written notice to the person of each finding established by the hearing and the amount of the penalty and shall enter an order requiring the person to pay the penalty.

(j) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the notice is received, the person charged shall pay the administrative penalty in full.
Tex. Water Code § 17.898 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.898
§ 17.898. CONSERVATION PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) A conservation project is a project that:

(1) improves water use efficiency of water delivery and application on existing irrigation systems;

(2) prepares irrigated land for conversion to dryland conditions;

(3) prepares dryland for more efficient use of natural precipitation;

(4) purchases and installs on public or private property devices designed to indicate the amount of water withdrawn for irrigation purposes;

(5) prepares and maintains land to be used for brush control activities in areas of the state where those activities in the board's judgment would be most effective, including activities conducted under Chapter 203, Agriculture Code; or

(6) implements any other agricultural water conservation project defined by board rule.

(b) The costs of a conservation project eligible for financial assistance under Section 17.899 are the costs of the capital equipment, materials, labor, preparation, installation, or administration directly associated with implementing and completing the project.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.230 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.230
§ 1551.230. OUT-OF-NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING PROVIDER OR LABORATORY SERVICE PROVIDER PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "diagnostic imaging provider" and "laboratory service provider" have the meanings assigned by Section 1467.001.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the administrator of a managed care plan provided under the group benefits program shall pay for a covered health care or medical service performed for or a covered supply related to that service provided to a participant by an out-of-network provider who is a diagnostic imaging provider or laboratory service provider at the usual and customary rate or at an agreed rate if the provider performed the service in connection with a health care or medical service performed by a participating provider. The administrator shall make a payment required by this subsection 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.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an out-of-network provider who is a diagnostic imaging provider or laboratory service provider or a person asserting a claim as an agent or assignee of the provider may not bill a participant receiving a health care or medical service or supply described by Subsection (b) in, and the participant does not have financial responsibility for, an amount greater than an applicable copayment, coinsurance, and deductible under the participant's managed care plan that:

(1) is based on:

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

(B) if applicable, the modified amount as determined under the administrator's internal appeal process; and

(2) is not based on any additional amount determined to be owed to the provider under Chapter 1467.

(d) This section does not apply to a nonemergency health care or medical service:

(1) that a participant elects to receive in writing in advance of the service with respect to each out-of-network provider providing the service; and

(2) for which an out-of-network provider, before providing the service, provides a complete written disclosure to the participant that:

(A) explains that the provider does not have a contract with the participant's managed care plan;

(B) discloses projected amounts for which the participant may be responsible; and

(C) discloses the circumstances under which the participant would be responsible for those amounts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8068.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8068 / Section 8068.0403
§ 8068.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9007.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9007 / Section 9007.153
§ 9007.153. NOTICE OF HEARING; PUBLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board, by certified mail, return receipt requested, shall issue to each owner of property in the area proposed to be excluded a written notice of a hearing to be held under this subchapter. For purposes of this subsection, the board shall use the current tax rolls of the district to determine property ownership.

(b) The board shall issue a notice under Subsection (a) not earlier than the 21st day and not later than the 16th day before the date of a hearing held under this subchapter. The notice must:

(1) describe the property proposed to be excluded;

(2) describe the basis for the proposed exclusion;

(3) state the time, date, and location of the hearing; and

(4) advise that an interested property owner has the right to appear at the hearing to offer evidence to contest the proposed exclusion.

(c) The board shall publish notice of a hearing to be held under this subchapter at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the property proposed to be excluded is located. The first published notice must appear in the newspaper not earlier than the 40th day and not later than the 16th day before the date of the hearing. The notice must:

(1) describe the property proposed to be excluded;

(2) state the time, date, and location of the hearing; and

(3) advise that an interested property owner has the right to appear at the hearing and to offer evidence to contest the proposed exclusion.
Tex. Family Code § 58.265 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.265
§ 58.265. JUVENILE RECORDS NOT SUBJECT TO EXPUNCTION.
Status: in_force

Records to which this chapter applies are not subject to an order of expunction issued by any court.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.301 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1704 / Section 1704.301
§ 1704.301. RETURN OF SECURITY.
Status: in_force

A bail bond surety may not hold security for the payment of a bail bond fee or to assure the principal's appearance in court for more than 30 days after the date on which the owner of the security:

(1) requests return of the security in writing; and

(2) submits to the bail bond surety written evidence of the conclusion of:

(A) the payment agreement; or

(B) all of the criminal cases for which the security was given.
Tex. Local Government Code § 218.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 218 / Section 218.101
§ 218.101. MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES ALLOWED.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection (c), a municipality shall allow mixed-use residential use and development or multifamily residential use and development in a zoning classification that allows office, commercial, retail, warehouse, or mixed-use use or development as an allowed use under the classification.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection (c), a municipality may not require the change of a zoning district or land use classification or regulation or an approval of an amendment, exception, or variance to a zoning district or land use classification or regulation prior to allowing a mixed-use residential use or development or multifamily residential use or development in an area covered by a zoning classification described by Subsection (a). An amendment, exception, or variance to a zoning district or land use classification or regulation includes a special exception, zoning variance, site development variance, subdivision variance, conditional use approval, special use permit, comprehensive plan amendment, or other discretionary approval to allow a mixed-use residential use or development or multifamily residential use or development.

(c) This section does not apply to:

(1) a zoning classification that allows heavy industrial use;

(2) land located within:

(A) 1,000 feet of an existing heavy industrial use or development site; or

(B) 3,000 feet of an airport or military base; or

(3) an area designated by a municipality as a clear zone or accident potential zone.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.254 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.254
§ 56B.254. AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The amount of an annual payment under this subchapter is equal to the difference between:

(1) any amount received by the peace officer for the injury or disability from another source of income, including settlements related to the injury or disability, insurance benefits, federal disability benefits, workers' compensation benefits, and benefits from another governmental entity, if those amounts do not exceed the amount described by Subdivision (2); and

(2) an amount equal to the officer's average annual salary during the officer's final three years as a peace officer.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.054 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 3 / Section 3.054
§ 3.054. EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Title 2 or this section, an officer shall sign the certificate of amendment on behalf of the for-profit corporation. If shares of the for-profit corporation have not been issued and the certificate of amendment is adopted by the board of directors, one or more of the directors may sign the certificate of amendment on behalf of the for-profit corporation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1009.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1009 / Section 1009.002
§ 1009.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION.
Status: in_force

The Cochran Memorial Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution.