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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 52A.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 52A / Section 52A.002
§ 52A.002. EMERGENCY AND PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRICULUM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "graduate medical education program" and "medical school" have the meanings assigned by Section 58A.001, Education Code.

(b) A medical school or graduate medical education program in this state that offers an emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics, or pediatrics residency program shall examine and, to the extent possible, incorporate in the curriculum requirements for the program education focused on sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait. The medical school or graduate medical education program may enter into agreements as necessary for the purposes of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3906.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3906 / Section 3906.205
§ 3906.205. STORM WATER USER CHARGES.
Status: in_force

The district may establish user charges related to the operation of storm water facilities, including the regulation of storm water for the protection of water quality in the district.
Tex. Property Code § 27.007 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 27 / Section 27.007
§ 27.007. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT REQUIRED.
Status: repealed

(a) A written contract subject to this chapter, other than a contract between a developer of a condominium and a contractor for the construction or repair of a residence or appurtenance to a residence in a condominium, must contain in the contract a notice printed or typed in 10-point boldface type or the computer equivalent that reads substantially similar to the following:

"This contract is subject to Chapter 27 of the Texas Property Code. The provisions of that chapter may affect your right to recover damages arising from a construction defect. If you have a complaint concerning a construction defect and that defect has not been corrected as may be required by law or by contract, you must provide the notice required by Chapter 27 of the Texas Property Code to the contractor by certified mail, return receipt requested, not later than the 60th day before the date you file suit to recover damages in a court of law or initiate arbitration. The notice must refer to Chapter 27 of the Texas Property Code and must describe the construction defect. If requested by the contractor, you must provide the contractor an opportunity to inspect and cure the defect as provided by Section 27.004 of the Texas Property Code."

(b) If a contract does not contain the notice required by this section, the claimant may recover from the contractor a civil penalty of $500 in addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 291 (S.B. 1768), Sec. 13(4), eff. May 29, 2023, and Ch. 441 (H.B. 2022), Sec. 8(3), eff. September 1, 2023.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.001
§ 601.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.158 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.158
§ 361.158. LICENSE FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A county may charge a license fee not to exceed $100, as set by the commissioners court of the county.

(b) The fees shall be deposited to the credit of the county's general fund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.1461 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.1461
§ 841.1461. CERTAIN EXPERT TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED FOR CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.
Status: in_force

A person who suffers from a behavioral abnormality as determined under this chapter is not because of that abnormality a person of unsound mind for purposes of Section 15-a, Article I, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.002
§ 8325.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Education Code § 54.9085 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.9085
§ 54.9085. ENCUMBRANCE OR TRANSFER OF ACCOUNT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) An ABLE account may not be assigned for the benefit of creditors, used as security or collateral for any loan, or otherwise subject to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the state is a permissible creditor upon the death of a designated beneficiary for the purposes set forth in Section 529A, Internal Revenue Code.
Tex. Election Code § 18.061 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 18 / Section 18.061
§ 18.061. STATEWIDE COMPUTERIZED VOTER REGISTRATION LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall implement and maintain a statewide computerized voter registration list that serves as the single system for storing and managing the official list of registered voters in the state.

(b) The statewide computerized voter registration list must:

(1) contain the name and registration information of each voter registered in the state;

(2) assign a unique identifier to each registered voter; and

(3) be available to any county election official in the state through immediate electronic access.

(c) Under procedures prescribed by the secretary of state, each voter registrar shall provide to the secretary of state on an expedited basis the information necessary to maintain the registration list established under Subsection (a). The procedures shall provide for the electronic submission of the information and ensure that each voter registrar collects and reports the correct month, day, and year of birth for each registered voter.

(d) The secretary of state may contract with counties to provide them with electronic data services to facilitate the implementation and maintenance of the statewide computerized voter registration list. The secretary shall use funds collected under the contracts to defray expenses incurred in implementing and maintaining the statewide computerized voter registration list.

(e) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to ensure that when a voter registers in another county, as determined under Section 16.031(a)(6), the statewide computerized voter registration list is updated to reflect the voter's registration in the new county.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0941 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0941
§ 25.0941. GREGG COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Gregg County has the statutory county courts provided by this section.

(b) Gregg County has a statutory county court, the County Court at Law No. 1 of Gregg County.

(c) Gregg County has an additional statutory county court, the County Court at Law No. 2 of Gregg County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1101.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1101 / Section 1101.061
§ 1101.061. APPOINTMENT AND RECRUITMENT OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as considered necessary.

(b) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.

(d) The board may spend district money to recruit to the hospital staff any physicians necessary to satisfy the medical needs of district residents.
Tex. Local Government Code § 211.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 211 / Section 211.003
§ 211.003. ZONING REGULATIONS GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may regulate:

(1) the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures;

(2) the percentage of a lot that may be occupied;

(3) the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces;

(4) population density;

(5) the location and use of buildings, other structures, and land for business, industrial, residential, or other purposes; and

(6) the pumping, extraction, and use of groundwater by persons other than retail public utilities, as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code, for the purpose of preventing the use or contact with groundwater that presents an actual or potential threat to human health.

(b) In the case of designated places and areas of historical, cultural, or architectural importance and significance, the governing body of a municipality may regulate the construction, reconstruction, alteration, or razing of buildings and other structures.

(c) The governing body of a home-rule municipality may also regulate the bulk of buildings.
Tex. Election Code § 85.0091 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 85 / Section 85.0091
§ 85.0091. EARLY VOTING ELECTION OFFICERS FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The early voting clerk shall select election officers for a primary election for the main early voting polling place and any branch polling place in a manner consistent with Section 85.009, except that the early voting clerk shall prescribe the deadline by which county chairs must submit names of persons eligible to serve as election officers during early voting.

(b) This section does not apply to a joint primary governed by Section 172.126.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.402 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.402
§ 1575.402. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Retirees Advisory Committee is composed of the following seven members appointed by the trustee:

(1) one member who is an active school administrator;

(2) one member who is a retired school administrator;

(3) two members who are active teachers; and

(4) three members who are retired teachers.

(b) A person is not eligible for appointment as a member of the committee if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3940.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3940 / Section 3940.154
§ 3940.154. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or any part of the district.

(b) An assessment, a reassessment, or an assessment resulting from an addition to or correction of the assessment roll by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(c) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(d) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Occupations Code § 453.302 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 453 / Section 453.302
§ 453.302. TREATING PATIENT WITHOUT REFERRAL.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Emergency circumstance" means an instance in which emergency medical care is necessary.

(2) "Emergency medical care" means a bona fide emergency service provided after the sudden onset of a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:

(A) serious jeopardy to the patient's health;

(B) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or

(C) serious impairment to bodily functions.

(b) In an emergency circumstance, including a minor emergency, a physical therapist may provide emergency medical care to a person to the best of the therapist's ability without a referral from a referring practitioner.

(c) A physical therapist may provide physical assessments or instructions to an asymptomatic person without a referral from a referring practitioner.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2213.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2213 / Section 2213.054
§ 2213.054. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS; COMMISSIONER SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) After approval of a self-insurance trust's plan, the self-insurance trust is subject to continuing supervision by the commissioner relating to:

(1) the solvency of the self-insurance trust; and

(2) the approval of the self-insurance trust's policy forms.

(b) The commissioner may set minimum requirements to ensure that a self-insurance trust is able to satisfy the self-insurance trust's contractual obligations.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.144 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.144
§ 408.144. COMPUTATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Supplemental income benefits are calculated quarterly and paid monthly.

(b) Subject to Section 408.061, the amount of a supplemental income benefit for a week is equal to 80 percent of the amount computed by subtracting the weekly wage the employee earned during the reporting period provided by Section 408.143(b) from 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage determined under Section 408.041, 408.042, 408.043, 408.044, 408.0445, or 408.0446.

(c) For the purposes of this subchapter, if an employee is offered a bona fide position of employment that the employee is capable of performing, given the physical condition of the employee and the geographic accessibility of the position to the employee, the employee's weekly wages are considered to be equal to the weekly wages for the position offered to the employee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7913.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7913 / Section 7913.253
§ 7913.253. 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. Local Government Code § 395.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 395 / Section 395.011
§ 395.011. AUTHORIZATION OF FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise specifically authorized by state law or this chapter, a governmental entity or political subdivision may not enact or impose an impact fee.

(b) Except as provided by Section 218.204 and Subsection (b-1), political subdivisions may enact or impose impact fees on land within their corporate boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdictions only by complying with this chapter.

(b-1) A political subdivision may not enact or impose an impact fee on land within its extraterritorial jurisdiction for roadway facilities.

(c) A municipality may contract to provide capital improvements, except roadway facilities, to an area outside its corporate boundaries and extraterritorial jurisdiction and may charge an impact fee under the contract, but if an impact fee is charged in that area, the municipality must comply with this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 221.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 221 / Section 221.007
§ 221.007. FAILURE TO PAY TAXES.
Status: in_force

An insurer that fails to pay all taxes imposed by this chapter is subject to Section 203.002.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.205 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.205
§ 363.205. APPROVAL OF BUDGET BY GOVERNING BODY OF CREATING POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 45th day before the date each fiscal year begins, the governing body of the political subdivision that created the district shall hold a public hearing on the budget adopted by the board and submitted to the governing body.

(b) The governing body must publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper with general circulation in the district not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any resident of the district is entitled to be present and to participate at the hearing.

(d) Not later than the 30th day before the date the fiscal year begins, the governing body shall approve or reject the budget submitted by the board. The governing body may not amend the budget.

(e) If the governing body rejects the budget submitted by the board, the governing body and the board shall meet and together amend and approve the budget before the beginning of the fiscal year.

(f) The budget may be amended after the beginning of the fiscal year on approval by the board and the governing body.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.006
§ 1085.006. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Government Code § 25.2282 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.2282
§ 25.2282. TOM GREEN COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) A judge of County Court at Law No. 2 of Tom Green County may not be assigned under Chapter 74 to serve as a visiting judge in Bexar, Dallas, Ector, Fort Bend, Harris, Jefferson, Lubbock, Midland, Tarrant, or Travis County.

(b) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Tom Green County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases and proceedings.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(88), eff. January 1, 2012.

(e) The salary of a judge of a county court at law shall be paid out of the county treasury by the commissioners court. The judge of a county court at law is entitled to travel expenses and necessary office expenses, including administrative and clerical assistance, in the same manner as the county judge.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(88), eff. January 1, 2012.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(88), eff. January 1, 2012.

(h) With the approval of the judge of a county court at law, the official court reporter of a county court at law shall be available for matters being considered in the county court and the district courts in the county.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(88), eff. January 1, 2012.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(88), eff. January 1, 2012.
Tex. Water Code § 51.510 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.510
§ 51.510.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.510. PURPOSE OF SECTIONS 51.511-51.530 OF CODE. The purpose of Sections 51.511-51.530 of this code is to give a district the flexibility of taxing power which will permit and cause the tax of the district to be equitably distributed and which will give the highest practicable degree of service under the peculiar physical and economic conditions of the district. To this end, these sections shall be liberally and sympathetically construed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1008.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1008 / Section 1008.003
§ 1008.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 17.275 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 17 / Section 17.275
§ 17.275. CONSIDERATIONS IN PASSING ON APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

In passing on an application from a political subdivision for financial assistance for water quality enhancement purposes, the board shall consider:

(1) the water quality needs of the waters into which effluent from the treatment works will be discharged, the benefit of the treatment works to such water quality needs, the relationship of the treatment works to the overall, statewide water quality needs; and the relationship of the treatment works to water quality planning for the state;

(2) the availability of revenue to the political subdivision, from all sources, for the ultimate repayment of the cost of the treatment works, including interest; and

(3) whether the political subdivision has been designated, pursuant to Section 26.082 of this code, to provide a regional system to serve all or part of the waste disposal needs of a defined area, the development of such systems being the declared policy of the legislature.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.3482 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.3482
§ 843.3482. CHANGES TO PREAUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), not later than the 60th day before the date a new or amended preauthorization requirement takes effect, a health maintenance organization that uses a preauthorization process for health care services shall provide notice of the new or amended preauthorization requirement and disclose the new or amended requirement in the health maintenance organization's newsletter or network bulletin, if any, and on the health maintenance organization's Internet website.

(b) For a change in a preauthorization requirement or process that removes a service from the list of health care services requiring preauthorization or amends a preauthorization requirement in a way that is less burdensome to enrollees or participating physicians or providers, a health maintenance organization shall provide notice of the change in the preauthorization requirement and disclose the change in the health maintenance organization's newsletter or network bulletin, if any, and on the health maintenance organization's Internet website not later than the fifth day before the date the change takes effect.

(c) Not later than the fifth day before the date a new or amended preauthorization requirement takes effect, a health maintenance organization shall update its Internet website to disclose the change to the health maintenance organization's preauthorization requirements or process and the date and time the change is effective.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8087.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8087 / Section 8087.0401
§ 8087.0401. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road project authorized by Section 8087.0203.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.