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Tex. Utilities Code § 55.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.002
§ 55.002. COMMISSION AUTHORITY CONCERNING STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

The commission, on its own motion or on complaint and after reasonable notice and hearing, may:

(1) adopt just and reasonable standards, classifications, rules, or practices a public utility must follow in furnishing a service;

(2) adopt adequate and reasonable standards for measuring a condition, including quantity and quality, relating to the furnishing of a service;

(3) adopt reasonable rules for examining, testing, and measuring a service; and

(4) adopt or approve reasonable rules, specifications, and standards to ensure the accuracy of equipment, including meters and instruments, used to measure a service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7916.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7916 / Section 7916.252
§ 7916.252. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8377.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8377 / Section 8377.203
§ 8377.203. 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. Occupations Code § 205.305 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.305
§ 205.305. LICENSE HOLDER INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Each license holder shall file with the acupuncture board:

(1) the license holder's mailing address;

(2) the address of the license holder's residence;

(3) the mailing address of each office of the license holder; and

(4) the address for the location of each office of the license holder that has an address different from the office's mailing address.

(b) A license holder shall:

(1) notify the acupuncture board of a change of the license holder's residence or business address; and

(2) provide the acupuncture board with the license holder's new address not later than the 30th day after the date the address change occurs.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8233.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8233 / Section 8233.002
§ 8233.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district, to the extent authorized by Section 8233.102 and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, has road powers.
Tex. Insurance Code § 559.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 559 / Section 559.054
§ 559.054. NOTICE OF ACTION RESULTING IN ADVERSE EFFECT.
Status: in_force

(a) If, based in whole or in part on information contained in a credit report, an insurer takes an action resulting in an adverse effect with respect to an applicant for insurance coverage or insured, the insurer shall provide to the applicant or insured within 30 days:

(1) written or electronic notice of the action resulting in an adverse effect and the reasons for that action;

(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the consumer reporting agency, including a toll-free number established by the agency and the agency's Internet website, if applicable;

(3) written or electronic notice that the consumer reporting agency did not make the decision to take the action resulting in an adverse effect and will be unable to provide the applicant or insured the specific reasons why the action was taken;

(4) written or electronic notice of the applicant's or insured's right to:

(A) obtain a free copy of the consumer's credit report from the consumer reporting agency during the 60-day period after the date of the notice; and

(B) dispute with the consumer reporting agency the accuracy or completeness of any information in the consumer's credit report furnished by the agency; and

(5) if applicable, written or electronic notice of the insured's right to request the insurer re-underwrite and re-rate the insured's insurance policy under Section 559.058(b)(1).

(b) In the notice described by Subsection (a)(1), an insurer shall include a description of not more than four factors that were the primary influences of the action resulting in the adverse effect.

(c) The use by an insurer of a generalized term such as "poor credit history," "poor credit rating," or "poor credit score" does not constitute sufficient notice under this section of the action resulting in the adverse effect.

(d) Standardized credit explanations provided by a consumer reporting agency or other third-party vendor are also sufficient to comply with this section.
Tex. Estates Code § 252.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 252 / Section 252.003
§ 252.003. NUMBERING OF FILED WILLS AND CORRESPONDING CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

(a) A county clerk shall number wills deposited with the clerk in consecutive order.

(b) A certificate of deposit issued under Section 252.001(c) on receipt of a will must bear the same number as the will for which the certificate is issued.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.129 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.129
§ 21.129. COURT-ORDERED REMEDIES, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AGREEMENTS, AND CONCILIATION AGREEMENTS NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect a court-ordered remedy, affirmative action agreement, or conciliation agreement made in accordance with law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8385.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8385 / Section 8385.105
§ 8385.105. COMPLIANCE WITH AND ENFORCEABILITY OF MUNICIPAL CONSENT AGREEMENT, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.

(b) Any agreement between the district and a municipality related to the municipality's consent to the creation of the district is valid and enforceable.

(c) On the issuance of bonds by the district, the district is considered to have waived sovereign immunity to suit by a municipality for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for breach of an agreement described by this section.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.102
§ 2269.102. USE OF ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER.
Status: in_force

The governmental entity shall select or designate an architect or engineer in accordance with Chapter 1051 or 1001, Occupations Code, as applicable, to prepare the construction documents required for a project to be awarded by competitive bidding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7997A.0301 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7997A / Section 7997A.0301
§ 7997A.0301. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Family Code § 201.308 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.308
§ 201.308. POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as limited by an order of referral, an associate judge may:

(1) conduct a hearing;

(2) hear evidence;

(3) compel production of relevant evidence;

(4) rule on the admissibility of evidence;

(5) issue a summons for:

(A) the appearance of witnesses; and

(B) the appearance of a parent who has failed to appear before an agency authorized to conduct an investigation of an allegation of abuse or neglect of a child after receiving proper notice;

(6) examine a witness;

(7) swear a witness for a hearing;

(8) make findings of fact on evidence;

(9) formulate conclusions of law;

(10) recommend an order to be rendered in a case;

(11) regulate proceedings in a hearing;

(12) order the attachment of a witness or party who fails to obey a subpoena;

(13) order the detention of a witness or party found guilty of contempt, pending approval by the referring court; and

(14) take action as necessary and proper for the efficient performance of the associate judge's duties.

(b) An associate judge may, in the interest of justice, refer a case back to the referring court regardless of whether a timely objection to the associate judge hearing the trial on the merits or presiding at a jury trial has been made by any party.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.511 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.511
§ 9.511. SECURED PARTY OF RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) A secured party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party in an initial financing statement that has been filed. If an initial financing statement is filed under Section 9.514(a), the assignee named in the initial financing statement is the secured party of record with respect to the financing statement.

(b) If an amendment of a financing statement that provides the name of a person as a secured party or a representative of a secured party is filed, the person named in the amendment is a secured party of record. If an amendment is filed under Section 9.514(b), the assignee named in the amendment is a secured party of record.

(c) A person remains a secured party of record until the filing of an amendment of the financing statement that deletes the person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1012.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1012 / Section 1012.160
§ 1012.160. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY IN EMERGENCY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at the time the loan is made if the board declares that:

(1) money is not available to meet authorized obligations of the district; and

(2) an emergency exists.

(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness;

(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district in the next 12-month period that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or

(3) district bonds that have been authorized but not sold.

(c) A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.

(d) The board may not spend money obtained from a loan under this section for any purpose other than:

(1) the purpose for which the board declared an emergency; and

(2) if district taxes or bonds are pledged to pay the loan, the purpose for which the pledged taxes were imposed or the pledged bonds were authorized.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.052
§ 225.052. BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE PARKWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) U.S. Highway 69 between Interstate Highway 10 in Beaumont and Loop 287 in Lufkin is designated as the Big Thicket National Preserve Parkway.

(b) The department shall design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Big Thicket National Preserve Parkway and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a marker at each end of the parkway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the parkway.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.158 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.158
§ 651.158. PREPAYMENT AND REFUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any premium finance agreement to the contrary, an insured may pay the balance due under the agreement in full at any time before the maturity of the final installment of the balance.

(b) If an insured pays a premium finance agreement in full as authorized by this section and the agreement included an amount for a charge, the insured is entitled to receive for the prepayment by cash or renewal a refund credit in accordance with Subchapter H, Chapter 342, Finance Code, and rules adopted under that subchapter. If the amount of the credit for prepayment is less than $5, the insured is not entitled to a refund credit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6610.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6610 / Section 6610.102
§ 6610.102. GENERAL RECLAMATION AND DRAINAGE POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may:

(1) devise plans and construct works to lessen and control floods and excess water;

(2) reclaim land in the district;

(3) provide drainage facilities and improvements for the reclamation and drainage of the overflowed land and other land in the district that needs drainage;

(4) acquire and construct properties, facilities, and improvements inside or outside the district that in the judgment of the board are necessary to lessen and control floods in the district or to facilitate drainage and reclamation of land in the district;

(5) remove natural or artificial obstructions from streams and watercourses; and

(6) clean, straighten, widen, and maintain streams, watercourses, and drainage ditches.
Tex. Occupations Code § 165.155 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 165 / Section 165.155
§ 165.155. SOLICITATION OF PATIENTS; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician commits an offense if the physician employs or agrees to employ, pays or promises to pay, or rewards or promises to reward any person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation for securing or soliciting a patient or patronage.

(b) Each payment, reward, or fee or agreement to pay or accept a reward or fee constitutes a separate offense.

(c) A physician commits an offense if the physician accepts or agrees to accept a payment or other thing of value for securing or soliciting patronage for another physician.

(d) This section does not prohibit advertising except that which:

(1) is false, misleading, or deceptive; or

(2) advertises professional superiority or the performance of professional service in a superior manner and which is not readily subject to verification.

(e) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8271.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8271 / Section 8271.151
§ 8271.151. TAX METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall use the ad valorem plan of taxation.

(b) The board is not required to call or hold a hearing on the adoption of a plan of taxation.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 188.046 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 188 / Section 188.046
§ 188.046. RULES.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state may adopt rules necessary to carry out the secretary's duties under this chapter, including prescribing necessary forms.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.009 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.009
§ 542.009. REVIEW OF INVESTIGATION RESULTS; HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) On receiving the results of an investigation instituted under Section 542.007 or 542.008, the department shall review those results considering the standards of this subchapter to determine whether further action is necessary.

(b) If the department determines that further action is necessary, the department shall:

(1) set a date for a hearing to review the alleged violations of this subchapter; and

(2) notify the insurer of:

(A) the date of the hearing; and

(B) the nature of the charges.

(c) The department shall provide the notice required by Subsection (b)(2) not later than the 30th day before the date of the hearing.

(d) At a hearing under this section, the insurer may present the insurer's case with the assistance of counsel.

(e) Evidence relating to the number and type of complaints or claims prepared by the department from information received or compiled under Section 542.006, 542.007, or 542.008 is admissible in evidence at:

(1) the hearing; and

(2) any related judicial proceeding.

(f) The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with this code and rules adopted by the commissioner.

(g) An insurer may not be found to be in violation of this subchapter solely because of the number and type of complaints or claims against the insurer.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.271 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.271
§ 1701.271. TRAINING PROGRAM RELATING TO COUNTY JAILER INTERACTIONS WITH PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission and the Commission on Jail Standards shall jointly develop, with the assistance of the advisory committee established under Section 511.022, Government Code, a training program for county jailers that consists of at least four hours of education and training on interacting with a person with an intellectual or developmental disability who is confined in a county jail, including techniques to assess a person for an intellectual or developmental disability.

(b) A county jailer who completes the training program may count the hours toward the jailer's continuing education requirements under this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 245.151 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 245 / Section 245.151
§ 245.151. TERMINATION OF CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), if a person is committed to the department under a determinate sentence under Section 54.04(d)(3), Section 54.04(m), or Section 54.05(f), Family Code, the department may not discharge the person from its custody.

(b) The department shall discharge without a court hearing a person committed to the department for a determinate sentence under Section 54.04(d)(3), Section 54.04(m), or Section 54.05(f), Family Code, who has not been transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under a court order on the date that the time spent by the person in detention in connection with the committing case plus the time spent at the department under the order of commitment equals the period of the sentence.

(c) The department shall transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice a person who is the subject of an order under Section 54.11(i)(2), Family Code, transferring the person to the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the completion of the person's sentence.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the department shall discharge from its custody a person not already discharged on the person's 19th birthday.

(e) The department shall transfer a person who has been sentenced under a determinate sentence to commitment under Section 54.04(d)(3), 54.04(m), or 54.05(f), Family Code, or who has been returned to the department under Section 54.11(i)(1), Family Code, to the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on the person's 19th birthday, if the person has not already been discharged or transferred, to serve the remainder of the person's sentence on parole as provided by Section 508.156, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.509 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.509
§ 460.509. OBLIGATIONS AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

An authority may issue obligations and enter into credit agreements under Chapter 1371, Government Code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 61.221 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 61 / Section 61.221
§ 61.221. ASSIGNMENT OF PERMITS.
Status: in_force

No permit may be assigned without the approval of the commissioners court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8344.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8344 / Section 8344.003
§ 8344.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8229.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8229 / Section 8229.001
§ 8229.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Luce Bayou Public Utility District.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 440.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 440 / Section 440.002
§ 440.002. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that a statewide licensing act is needed to:

(1) regulate manufacturers of frozen desserts, imitation frozen desserts, products sold in semblance of frozen desserts, or mixes for those products;

(2) provide for uniformity of inspections of the premises of frozen dessert manufacturers;

(3) protect the health and safety of consumers by preventing the manufacture or distribution of frozen desserts, imitation frozen desserts, products sold in semblance of frozen desserts, or mixes for those products that do not meet state standards or related requirements of purity or labeling; and

(4) assist manufacturers in meeting state standards or related requirements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8189.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8189 / Section 8189.108
§ 8189.108. PAYMENT OF IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality that provides water or wastewater service to a new development located in the district or in a district created under this subchapter may impose impact fees as provided by Chapter 395, Local Government Code.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 395, Local Government Code, regarding the time and method of payment of impact fees, the fees may be paid by the district, a district created under this subchapter, the landowner, or the developer under an agreement with the municipality.
Tex. Finance Code § 182.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 182 / Section 182.007
§ 182.007. DEADLINE TO BEGIN BUSINESS.
Status: in_force

If a state trust company does not open and engage in the trust business within six months after the date it receives its charter or conditional approval of application for charter, the banking commissioner may revoke the charter or cancel the conditional approval of application for charter without judicial action.
Tex. Government Code § 830.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 830 / Section 830.101
§ 830.101. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall provide an opportunity to participate in the optional retirement program to all faculty members in the component institutions governed by the board. The State Board of Education shall provide an opportunity to participate in the optional retirement program to the commissioner of education.

(b) Eligibility to participate in the optional retirement program is subject to rules adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(c) A person who before September 1, 1987, had chosen to participate in the optional retirement program and who was participating in the program on September 1, 1987, is entitled to continue to participate in the program until the person terminates participation as provided by Section 830.105(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7807.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7807 / Section 7807.154
§ 7807.154. INVESTMENT OF DISTRICT MONEY.
Status: in_force

District money may be invested by the board, the treasurer, or another qualified representative of the district in direct or indirect obligations of the United States, the state, or any political subdivision of the state, or may be placed in certificates of deposit of state or national banks or savings and loan associations in this state, if that money is secured in the manner provided for the security of county funds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 54.014 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 54 / Section 54.014
§ 54.014. PREFERENTIAL SETTING.
Status: in_force

If the municipality submits to the court a verified motion that includes facts that demonstrate that a delay will unreasonably endanger persons or property, the court shall give a preference to the action brought by the municipality when setting cases filed under this subchapter.