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Tex. Utilities Code § 104.252 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.252
§ 104.252. AUTHORITY OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY CONCERNING STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

A regulatory authority, on its own motion or on complaint and after reasonable notice and hearing, may:

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

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

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

(4) adopt or approve reasonable rules, regulations, specifications, and standards to ensure the accuracy of equipment, including meters and instruments, used to measure a service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1092.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1092 / Section 1092.051
§ 1092.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of five directors.

(b) One director is elected from each county commissioners precinct and one director is elected from the district at large.

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

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms;

(2) a directors' election shall be held each year to elect the appropriate number of directors; and

(3) the terms of directors elected from county commissioners precincts one and three expire in even-numbered years and the terms of directors elected from county commissioners precincts two and four and from the district at large expire in odd-numbered years.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1102.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.001
§ 1102.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Apprentice inspector" means a person who is in training under the direct supervision of a professional inspector or a real estate inspector to become qualified to perform real estate inspections.

(2) "Broker" has the meaning assigned by Section 1101.002.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Real Estate Commission.

(4) "Committee" means the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee.

(5) "Core real estate inspection course" means an educational course approved by the commission that relates to real estate inspection, including a course on structural items, electrical items, mechanical systems, plumbing systems, roofing, business, law, standards of practice, report writing, appliances, or ethics.

(6) "Inspector" means a person who holds a license under this chapter.

(7) "License" means an apprentice inspector license, real estate inspector license, or professional inspector license.

(8) "Professional inspector" means a person who represents to the public that the person is trained and qualified to perform a real estate inspection and who accepts employment to perform a real estate inspection for a buyer or seller of real property.

(9) "Real estate inspection" means a written or oral opinion as to the condition of the improvements to real property, including structural items, electrical items, mechanical systems, plumbing systems, or equipment.

(10) "Real estate inspector" means a person who represents to the public that the person is trained and qualified to perform a real estate inspection under the indirect supervision of a professional inspector and who accepts employment to perform a real estate inspection for a buyer or seller of real property.

(11) "Salesperson" has the meaning assigned by Section 1101.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8328.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8328 / Section 8328.153
§ 8328.153. 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 § 8447.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8447 / Section 8447.051
§ 8447.051. 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. Occupations Code § 1956.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1956 / Section 1956.058
§ 1956.058.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1956.058. EXCEPTION: CRAFTED PRECIOUS METAL ACQUIRED AS PAYMENT FOR OTHER CRAFTED PRECIOUS METAL BY PERSON IN BUSINESS OF SELLING TO CONSUMERS. This subchapter does not apply to crafted precious metal acquired in good faith as part or complete payment for other crafted precious metal by a person whose principal business is primarily that of selling directly to the consumer crafted precious metal that has not been subject to a prior sale.
Tex. Transportation Code § 647.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 647 / Section 647.004
§ 647.004. COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) A carrier shall comply with the requirements and specifications of this chapter.

(b) An officer, agent, representative, or employee of a carrier who operates a motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers or who hires, supervises, trains, assigns, or dispatches operators of those motor vehicles shall comply with the requirements of Sections 647.006, 647.007, and 647.008.

(c) An officer, agent, representative, operator, or employee of a carrier who is directly involved in the management, maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers shall comply with the requirements of Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017. The carrier shall instruct its officers, agents, representatives, and operators with the requirements of those sections and shall take necessary measures to ensure compliance with those requirements.

(d) An officer, agent, representative, operator, or employee of a carrier who is directly involved with the installation or maintenance of equipment and accessories of a motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers shall comply with the requirements and specifications of Sections 647.012, 647.013, 647.014, 647.015, and 647.016. A carrier may not operate a motor vehicle transporting migrant agricultural workers or cause or permit the vehicle to be operated unless the vehicle is equipped as required by those sections.

(e) A carrier shall systematically inspect and maintain each motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers and their accessories subject to its control to ensure that the vehicle and its accessories are in safe and proper operating condition.
Tex. Government Code § 825.520 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.520
§ 825.520. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

The trustees, executive director, and employees of the retirement system are not liable for any action taken or omission made or suffered by them in good faith in the performance of any duty in connection with any program or system administered by the retirement system.
Tex. Government Code § 2054.273 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.273
§ 2054.273. COLLECTION AND FORWARDING OF FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency or a vendor, as determined by the department, shall collect all fees charged to use the project. If a state agency collects the fees charged to use the project, the state agency shall forward the fees to the vendor, if the state has contracted with a vendor under Section 2054.252(d). If the state has not contracted with a vendor, the state agency shall forward to the state an amount equal to the state's share of the fees. If a vendor collects or receives the fees charged for use of the project, it shall forward to the state an amount equal to the state's share of the fees as provided by the vendor's contract with the department.

(b) A person that pays a fee for using the project may recover the fee in the ordinary course of business.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.113 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.113
§ 167.113. CIVIL SUIT AGAINST CORPORATE OFFENDER.
Status: in_force

If a corporation or an agent of the corporation acting within the agent's scope of authority commits an offense under this chapter, the county attorney of the county in which the violation occurs shall institute a civil suit on behalf of the state in a court of competent jurisdiction for collection of the fine.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9039.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9039 / Section 9039.108
§ 9039.108. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 9039.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between or among the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 9039.003. If the voters of a new district do not confirm the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, territory, and governance of the new district revert to the original district.

(i) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 9039.004 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3867.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3867 / Section 3867.110
§ 3867.110. ANNEXATION OF LAND.
Status: in_force

The district may annex land as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.304 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.304
§ 823.304. USE OF DIFFERENT BASES.
Status: in_force

An insurer is not required to value the stock of all of its affiliates on the same basis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8153A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8153A / Section 8153A.0502
§ 8153A.0502. 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. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.356 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 43 / Section 43.356
§ 43.356. SERIAL NUMBER.
Status: in_force

The department shall issue a serial number to a permittee when the department issues the permittee a deer breeder's permit. The same serial number shall be assigned to the permittee if the department issues the permittee a subsequent deer breeder's permit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3828.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3828 / Section 3828.153
§ 3828.153. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TAX; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose a tax for maintenance and operation purposes, including for funds for:

(1) planning, constructing, acquiring, maintaining, repairing, and operating all necessary land, plants, works, facilities, improvements, appliances, and equipment of the district; and

(2) paying costs of services, engineering and legal fees, and organization and administrative expenses.

(b) The district may not impose a maintenance and operation tax unless the tax is approved by a majority of the voters voting at an election held for that purpose. If the tax is approved, the board may have the tax assessed and collected in the same manner as other district ad valorem taxes.

(c) A maintenance and operation tax election may be held at the same time and in conjunction with any other district election. The election may be called by a separate election order or as part of any other election order.

(d) The proposition in a maintenance and operation tax election may be for a specific maximum rate or for an unlimited rate.
Tex. Estates Code § 501.005 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 501 / Section 501.005
§ 501.005. EFFECT OF FILING AND RECORDING FOREIGN WILL.
Status: in_force

On filing and recording a foreign will in accordance with this chapter, the foreign will:

(1) is considered to be admitted to probate; and

(2) has the same effect for all purposes as if the original will had been admitted to probate by order of a court of this state, subject to contest in the manner and to the extent provided by Chapter 504.
Tex. Education Code § 61.07762 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.07762
§ 61.07762. APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL AID.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt procedures to allow a person to complete and submit the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) or a similar application for state student financial assistance by electronic submission through the Internet website through which the board provides the common admission application form required by Section 51.762.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the board shall continuously maintain an online database of institutions of higher education to which state student financial assistance may be applied.

(c) The personal information of an individual maintained by the board for the purposes of this section is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(d) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.253
§ 6904.253. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance.
Tex. Education Code § 29.191 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.191
§ 29.191. ACCIDENT, LIABILITY, AND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may obtain accident, liability, or automobile insurance coverage to protect:

(1) a business or entity that participates with the district or school to provide district or school students a career and technology program; and

(2) a district or school student who participates in a district or school career and technology program.

(b) The coverage authorized by this section must be:

(1) obtained from a reliable insurer authorized to engage in business in this state; or

(2) for a district, provided through the district's self-funded risk pool.

(c) The amount of coverage a district or school obtains:

(1) must be reasonable considering the financial condition of the district or school; and

(2) may not exceed the amount that is reasonably necessary in the opinion of, as applicable, the board of trustees of the district or the governing body of the school.

(d) If the board of trustees of a district or the governing body of a school obtains accident, liability, or automobile insurance coverage under this section, an administrator designated by the board of trustees of the district or governing body of the school, as applicable, shall notify the parent or guardian of each student participating in the career and technology program.

(e) A district or school may not directly or indirectly charge a student or the student's parent or guardian for the cost of providing to the student insurance under this section.

(f) The failure of any board of trustees of a district or the governing body of a school to obtain coverage authorized by this section or to obtain a specific amount of coverage under this section may not be construed as placing any legal liability on, as applicable, the district or the district's officers, agents, or employees or the school or the school's officers, agents, or employees.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.306 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.306
§ 13.306. APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may apply to any appropriate agency or officer of the United States for participation in or the receipt of aid from any federal outdoor recreation program.

(b) The department may contract with the United States or any appropriate federal agency to plan, acquire, and develop outdoor recreation resources of the state in conformity with the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 or any other federal act to develop outdoor recreation resources of the state.

(c) The department shall keep financial and other records relating to the programs under this section and shall furnish to appropriate officials and agencies of the United States and of this state reports and information reasonably necessary for the administration of the programs.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.555 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.555
§ 882.555. COMMISSIONER DETERMINATION ON PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after the commissioner holds a hearing on a proposed plan under Section 882.554, the commissioner shall approve the plan unless the commissioner determines that:

(1) the plan is contrary to law; or

(2) implementation of the plan:

(A) would not be in the best interests of the policyholders of any mutual life insurance company that is a party to the plan; or

(B) would substantially reduce the security of or service to be rendered to policyholders of any mutual insurance company that is a party to the plan, regardless of whether the policyholders reside in this state or elsewhere.

(b) In determining whether to approve a proposed plan, the commissioner may consider all relevant financial or other information, including past, present, and future operations and accumulations of each company that is a party to the plan.

(c) If the commissioner approves the proposed plan, the commissioner shall notify each party to the plan of the approval.

(d) If the commissioner disapproves the proposed plan, the commissioner shall, within a reasonable time after holding a hearing under Section 882.554:

(1) specify in detail each reason for the disapproval; and

(2) notify each party to the plan.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 323.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 323 / Section 323.053
§ 323.053. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SAFE PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

A SAFE program must:

(1) operate under the active oversight of a medical director who is a physician licensed by and in good standing with the Texas Medical Board;

(2) provide medical treatment under a physician's order, standing medical order, standing delegation order, or other order or protocol as defined by Texas Medical Board rules;

(3) employ or contract with a sexual assault examiner or a sexual assault nurse examiner;

(4) provide access to a sexual assault program advocate, as required by Subchapter H, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure;

(5) ensure a sexual assault survivor has access to a private treatment room;

(6) if indicated by a survivor's history or on a survivor's request, provide:

(A) HIV testing and prophylactic medication to the survivor or a referral for the testing and medication; and

(B) counseling and prophylactic medications for exposure to sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy;

(7) provide to survivors the name and telephone number of a nearby sexual assault program that provides to survivors the minimum services described by Subchapter A, Chapter 420, Government Code;

(8) provide to survivors the information form required by Section 323.005, 323.0051, or 323.0052, as applicable;

(9) collaborate with any sexual assault program, as defined by Section 420.003, Government Code, that provides services to survivors in the county;

(10) engage in efforts to improve the quality of the program;

(11) maintain capacity for appropriate triage or have agreements with other health facilities to assure that a survivor receives the appropriate level of care indicated for the survivor's medical and mental health needs;

(12) prioritize the safety and well-being of survivors;

(13) provide a trauma-informed approach in the forensic medical care provided to survivors; and

(14) collaborate with:

(A) law enforcement agencies and attorneys representing the state with jurisdiction in the county;

(B) any available local sexual assault response team; and

(C) other interested persons in the community.