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Tex. Estates Code § 256.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 256 / Section 256.052
§ 256.052. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OF WILL.
Status: in_force

(a) An application for the probate of a will must state and aver the following to the extent each is known to the applicant or can, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained by the applicant:

(1) each applicant's name and domicile;

(1-a) the last three numbers of each applicant's driver's license number and social security number, if the applicant has been issued one;

(2) the testator's name, domicile, and, if known, age, on the date of the testator's death;

(2-a) the last three numbers of the testator's driver's license number and social security number;

(3) the fact, date, and place of the testator's death;

(4) facts showing that the court with which the application is filed has venue;

(5) that the testator owned property, including a statement generally describing the property and the property's probable value;

(6) the date of the will;

(7) the name, state of residence, and physical address where service can be had of the executor named in the will or other person to whom the applicant desires that letters be issued;

(8) the name of each subscribing witness to the will, if any;

(9) whether one or more children born to or adopted by the testator after the testator executed the will survived the testator and, if so, the name of each of those children;

(10) whether a marriage of the testator was ever dissolved after the will was made and, if so, when and from whom;

(11) whether the state, a governmental agency of the state, or a charitable organization is named in the will as a devisee; and

(12) that the executor named in the will, the applicant, or another person to whom the applicant desires that letters be issued is not disqualified by law from accepting the letters.

(b) If an applicant does not state or aver any matter required by Subsection (a) in the application, the application must state the reason the matter is not stated and averred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.160
§ 1015.160. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Sections 1015.110, 1015.161, 1015.201, 1015.204, and 1015.205, the district may not incur a debt payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and immediately following district fiscal years.

(b) The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 307.055 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 307 / Section 307.055
§ 307.055. REFUND OF UNEARNED PREMIUMS.
Status: in_force

(a) On the date the collateral protection insurance is canceled or expires, the amount of unearned premiums, as computed by the Texas Automobile Rules and Rating Manual for collateral to which that manual applies and pro rata for all other types of collateral, shall be refunded to the creditor. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), not later than the 14th day after the date the creditor receives the refund, the creditor shall distribute a refund of unearned premiums by any method selected by the creditor, including:

(1) payment to the debtor by check; or

(2) an adjustment to a credit transaction of the debtor.

(b) If not later than the 28th day after the date the creditor receives the refund the creditor distributes the refund of the unearned premiums by an adjustment to a credit transaction of the debtor that is made effective not later than the 14th day after the date the creditor receives the refund, the creditor shall be in compliance with this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8258.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8258 / Section 8258.001
§ 8258.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Sangani Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Grayson County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8107.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8107 / Section 8107.254
§ 8107.254. CONTINUING POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NEW DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each new district may incur and pay debts and has all powers of the original district created by this chapter.

(b) If the district is divided as provided by this subchapter, the current obligations and any bond authorizations of the district are not impaired. Debts shall be paid by revenues or by taxes or assessments imposed on real property in the district as if the district had not been divided or by contributions from each new district as stated in the terms set by the board under Section 8107.251(d).

(c) Any other district obligation shall be divided pro rata among the new districts on an acreage basis or on other terms that are satisfactory to the new districts.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.323 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.323
§ 431.323. CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH DONATED DRUGS MAY BE ACCEPTED AND DISPENSED.
Status: in_force

(a) A charitable medical clinic may accept and dispense or administer donated drugs only in accordance with this subchapter.

(b) The donated drugs must be drugs that require a prescription. A donated drug may not be a controlled substance under Chapter 481.

(c) The donated drugs must be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and:

(1) be sealed in the manufacturer's unopened original tamper-evident packaging and either:

(A) individually packaged; or

(B) packaged in unit-dose packaging;

(2) be oral or parenteral medication in sealed single-dose containers approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration;

(3) be topical or inhalant drugs in sealed units-of-use containers approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration; or

(4) be parenteral medication in sealed multiple-dose containers approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration from which no doses have been withdrawn; and

(5) must not be the subject of a mandatory recall by a state or federal agency or a voluntary recall by a drug seller or manufacturer.

(d) The charitable medical clinic may dispense or administer the donated drugs only:

(1) before the expiration date or within the recommended shelf life of the donated drugs, as applicable; and

(2) after a licensed pharmacist has determined that the drugs are of an acceptable integrity.

(e) The donated drugs may be accepted and dispensed or administered by the charitable medical clinic only in accordance with department rules.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.104
§ 1451.104. NONDISCRIMINATORY PAYMENT OR REIMBURSEMENT; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may not classify, differentiate, or discriminate between scheduled services or procedures provided by a health care practitioner selected under this subchapter and performed in the scope of that practitioner's license and the same services or procedures provided by another type of health care practitioner whose services or procedures are covered by a health insurance policy, in regard to:

(1) the payment schedule or payment provisions of the policy; or

(2) the amount or manner of payment or reimbursement under the policy.

(b) An insurer may not deny payment or reimbursement for services or procedures in accordance with the policy payment schedule or payment provisions solely because the services or procedures were performed by a health care practitioner selected under this subchapter.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a health insurance policy may provide for a different amount of payment or reimbursement for scheduled services or procedures performed by an advanced practice nurse, nurse first assistant, licensed surgical assistant, or physician assistant if the methodology used to compute the amount is the same as the methodology used to compute the amount of payment or reimbursement when the services or procedures are provided by a physician.
Tex. Occupations Code § 801.3585 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 801 / Section 801.3585
§ 801.3585. LIABILITY FOR REPORTING ANIMAL CRUELTY; IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

A veterinarian who in good faith and in the normal course of business reports to the appropriate governmental entity a suspected incident of animal cruelty under Section 42.09 or 42.092, Penal Code, is immune from liability in a civil or criminal action brought against the veterinarian for reporting the incident.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4152.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4152 / Section 4152.103
§ 4152.103. CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, one or more commissioned examiners, a certified public accountant, or another person qualified to perform the examination shall conduct an examination under this subchapter as the commissioner considers necessary.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.021 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.021
§ 285.021. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Bond order" means the order authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.

(2) "Parking station" means a lot, an area, or a surface or a subsurface structure for automotive vehicle parking. The term includes the equipment used in connection with the maintenance and operation of the station and the site of the station.

(3) "Trust indenture" means the indenture pledging revenues to secure revenue bonds issued by a hospital district.
Tex. Estates Code § 255.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 255 / Section 255.152
§ 255.152. FAILURE OF DEVISE; EFFECT ON RESIDUARY ESTATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Sections 255.153 and 255.154, if a devise, other than a residuary devise, fails for any reason, the devise becomes a part of the residuary estate.

(b) Except as provided by Sections 255.153 and 255.154, if the residuary estate is devised to two or more persons and the share of one of the residuary devisees fails for any reason, that residuary devisee's share passes to the other residuary devisees, in proportion to the residuary devisee's interest in the residuary estate.

(c) Except as provided by Sections 255.153 and 255.154, the residuary estate passes as if the testator had died intestate if all residuary devisees:

(1) are deceased at the time the testator's will is executed;

(2) fail to survive the testator; or

(3) are treated as if the residuary devisees predeceased the testator.

(d) Unless the will provides otherwise, Subsections (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to a devise to a charitable trust, as defined by Section 123.001, Property Code.
Tex. Education Code § 39.086 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39 / Section 39.086
§ 39.086. SOFTWARE STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Information Resources, in cooperation with the commissioner, shall adopt performance and interoperability standards for software used by school districts for financial accounting or attendance reporting.

(b) Standards adopted under this section must ensure that the software will enable a school district to share and report information in a timely manner for purposes of financial management, operational decision-making, and transparency of district operations to the public.

(c) The Department of Information Resources:

(1) shall include compliance with standards adopted under this section as a requirement in any solicitation for software anticipated to be used for a purpose described by Subsection (a);

(2) shall require a vendor awarded a contract in response to a solicitation described by Subdivision (1) to certify that the software complies with the standards adopted under this section; and

(3) may negotiate state contract pricing for software that complies with the standards adopted under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8476.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8476 / Section 8476.005
§ 8476.005. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit.

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 130.0021 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 130 / Section 130.0021
§ 130.0021. ARCHITECT'S, ENGINEER'S, OR LAND SURVEYOR'S STANDARD OF CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) A construction contract for architectural, engineering, or land surveying services or a contract related to the construction or repair of an improvement to real property that contains architectural, engineering, or land surveying services as a component part must require that the architectural, engineering, or land surveying services be performed with the professional skill and care ordinarily provided by competent architects, engineers, or land surveyors practicing under the same or similar circumstances and professional license.

(b) If a contract described by Subsection (a) contains a provision establishing a different standard of care than the standard described by Subsection (a):

(1) the provision is void and unenforceable; and

(2) the standard of care described by Subsection (a) applies to the performance of the architectural, engineering, or land surveying services.

(c) Section 130.004 does not limit the applicability of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7981A.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7981A / Section 7981A.0303
§ 7981A.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3928.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3928 / Section 3928.203
§ 3928.203. 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 § 7922.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7922 / Section 7922.152
§ 7922.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7922.151, 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8252.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8252 / Section 8252.001
§ 8252.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

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

(3) "District" means the McKinney Municipal Utility District No. 2 of Collin County.
Tex. Occupations Code § 901.306 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 901 / Section 901.306
§ 901.306. CONTENT AND SECURITY OF EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may use or require the use of all or part of the uniform CPA examination and any related service available from:

(1) the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; or

(2) the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.

(b) The examination must test the person's knowledge of accounting, auditing, and any other subject the board determines is appropriate.

(c) If the examination is secured by the preparer, the board may not release a copy of any question or answer to any person.

(d) The board by rule may adopt a system to maintain the security and integrity of the examination process.
Tex. Transportation Code § 524.034 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 524 / Section 524.034
§ 524.034. HEARING LOCATION.
Status: in_force

A hearing under this subchapter shall be held:

(1) at a location designated by the State Office of Administrative Hearings:

(A) in the county of arrest if the arrest occurred in a county with a population of 300,000 or more; or

(B) in the county in which the person is alleged to have committed the offense for which the person was arrested or not more than 75 miles from the county seat of the county in which the person was arrested; or

(2) with the consent of the person and the department, by telephone conference call.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.151 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.151
§ 62.151. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this subchapter, a person:

(1) is employed or carries on a vocation if the person works or volunteers on a full-time or part-time basis for a consecutive period exceeding 14 days or for an aggregate period exceeding 30 days in a calendar year;

(2) works regardless of whether the person works for compensation or for governmental or educational benefit; and

(3) is a student if the person enrolls on a full-time or part-time basis in any educational facility, including:

(A) a public or private primary or secondary school, including a high school or alternative learning center; or

(B) a public or private institution of higher education.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.0075 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.0075
§ 151.0075.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.0075. "SECURITY SERVICE". "Security service" means service for which a license is required under Section 1702.101 or 1702.102, Occupations Code.
Tex. Government Code § 26.122 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 26 / Section 26.122
§ 26.122. BREWSTER COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The terms of the County Court of Brewster County begin on the third Mondays in February, May, August, and November and continue until the court has disposed of its business.

(b) The commissioners court may change the court terms under Section 26.002.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.317 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.317
§ 1701.317. LIMITATION ON INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR LICENSE RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

The requirements and procedures adopted by the commission for the renewal of a license issued under this chapter:

(1) may not require an applicant to provide unchanged criminal history information already included in one or more of the applicant's previous applications for licensure or for license renewal filed with the commission; and

(2) may require the applicant to provide only information relevant to the period occurring since the date of the applicant's last application for licensure or for license renewal, as applicable, including information relevant to any new requirement applicable to the license held by the applicant.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.511 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 56B / Section 56B.511
§ 56B.511. DISPOSITION OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

An administrative penalty collected under this subchapter shall be sent to the comptroller and deposited to the credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 48.01 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 48 / Section 48.01
§ 48.01. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

A passenger transportation permit authorizes the permit holder to sell or serve the types of alcoholic beverages specifically authorized by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8010.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8010 / Section 8010.151
§ 8010.151. 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 8010.153.

(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.

(d) Before the district may issue bonds, the district must enter into an agreement with the developer, the Cleveland Independent School District, and Liberty County for the transfer of land for use as the sites of facilities for the school district and for emergency services.
Tex. Insurance Code § 462.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 462 / Section 462.302
§ 462.302. PAYMENT OF COVERED CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The association shall pay covered claims that exist before the designation of impairment or that arise:

(1) not later than the 30th day after the date of the designation of impairment;

(2) before the insurance policy expiration date, if that date is not later than the 30th day after the date of the designation of impairment; or

(3) before the insured replaces the insurance policy or causes the policy's cancellation, if the insured does so not later than the 30th day after the date of the designation of impairment.

(b) The association satisfies the obligation to pay a covered claim by paying the claimant the full amount of a covered claim for benefits.

(c) The association's liability is limited to the payment of covered claims. The association is not liable for any other claim or damages against the insured, an impaired insurer, the association, the receiver, the special deputy receiver, the commissioner, or the liquidator, including a claim for:

(1) recovery of attorney's fees, prejudgment or postjudgment interest, or penalties;

(2) extracontractual damages, multiple damages, or exemplary damages; or

(3) any other amount sought in connection with the assertion or prosecution of a claim, without regard to whether the claim is a covered claim, by or on behalf of:

(A) an insured or claimant; or

(B) a provider of goods or services retained by an insured or claimant.

(d) The association shall pay claims in the order the association considers reasonable, including paying as claims are received from the claimants or in groups or categories of claims.

(e) This section does not exclude the payment of workers' compensation benefits or other liabilities or penalties authorized by Title 5, Labor Code, arising from the association's processing and paying workers' compensation benefits after the designation of impairment.
Tex. Government Code § 24.499 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.499
§ 24.499.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.499. 353RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). The 353rd Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.302 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.302
§ 152.302. BINDING EFFECT OF PARTNER'S ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless a partner does not have authority to act for the partnership in a particular matter and the person with whom the partner is dealing knows that the partner lacks authority, an act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership name, binds the partnership if the act is apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course:

(1) the partnership business; or

(2) business of the kind carried on by the partnership.

(b) An act of a partner that is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course a business described by Subsection (a) binds the partnership only if authorized by the other partners.

(c) A conveyance of real property by a partner on behalf of the partnership not otherwise binding on the partnership binds the partnership if the property has been conveyed by the grantee or a person claiming through the grantee to a holder for value without knowledge that the partner exceeded that partner's authority in making the conveyance.