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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3947.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3947 / Section 3947.252
§ 3947.252. DISSOLUTION BY CITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The city may dissolve the district by ordinance.

(b) The city may not dissolve the district until:

(1) the district's outstanding debt or contractual obligations have been repaid or discharged; or

(2) the city agrees to succeed to the rights and obligations of the district, including an obligation described by Section 3947.254.
Tex. Government Code § 24.492 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.492
§ 24.492.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.492. 346TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). (a) The 346th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County.

(b) Section 24.136, relating to the 34th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 346th District Court.
Tex. Government Code § 24.6001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.6001
§ 24.6001.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.6001. 457TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). The 457th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.6023 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.6023
§ 1369.6023.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1369.6023. PHARMACY BENEFIT NETWORK CONTRACT: OTHER MODIFICATIONS AND ADDENDUMS. (a) A health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager must, not later than the 90th day before the date a proposed modification or addendum to a pharmacy benefit network contract, other than an adverse material change as defined by Section 1369.6022, is to take effect:

(1) post the proposed modification or addendum to the online portal described by Section 1369.6021; and

(2) provide to the pharmacist or pharmacy notice of the proposed modification or addendum by e-mail, including:

(A) a link to the online portal;

(B) the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs number or other identifier approved by the commissioner for the pharmacist or pharmacy to which the proposed modification or addendum applies; and

(C) a description of the proposed modification or addendum in a manner that allows the pharmacist or pharmacy to compare the proposed modification or addendum to the current contract.

(b) If a pharmacist or pharmacy does not respond before the 31st day after the date the pharmacist or pharmacy receives notice of a proposed modification or addendum under Subsection (a), the health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager may consider the proposed modification or addendum approved by the pharmacist or pharmacy and the modification or addendum takes effect on the date described by Subsection (a).

(c) A pharmacy benefit network contract may not incorporate by reference a document not included in a contract or contract attachment, including a provider manual described by Section 1369.6025. All financial terms, including reimbursement rates and methodology, must be set forth in the contract.

(d) This section does not apply to:

(1) a pharmacy benefit network contract:

(A) with an unspecified and indefinite duration;

(B) with no stated or automatic renewal period or event; and

(C) that may only be terminated by notice from one party to the other; or

(2) a proposed modification or addendum to a pharmacy benefit network contract that is required by state or federal law or rule.
Tex. Water Code § 58.136 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.136
§ 58.136. POWER TO CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

The district may enter into a contract for the use by another of its water, facilities, or service, either inside or outside the district, except that a contract may not be made which impairs the ability of the district to serve lawful demands for service within the district.
Tex. Water Code § 51.442 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.442
§ 51.442. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL BONDS OR CREATION OF ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may issue additional bonds or create additional indebtedness:

(1) if works, improvements, and facilities constructed under a plan provided in Section 51.410 or 51.422 of this code are inadequate to accomplish the beneficial results which the district's location and conditions demand;

(2) if it is considered necessary to make repairs, replacements, or additions to the district's improvements which cost more than $25,000; or

(3) if additional money is needed to complete the improvements as planned.

(b) The district shall provide the additional money for the particular purpose in accordance with the provisions of this chapter regulating the creation of bond obligations subject to every limitation with respect to the original proceedings and the substantial protection of the substantive rights of holders of any of the district's outstanding obligations.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1805.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1805 / Section 1805.055
§ 1805.055. SUBMISSION, RECEIPT, AND USE OF INFORMATION BY INSURER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an insurer may submit to or receive from an advisory organization the following only if the advisory organization holds a license issued under this subchapter:

(1) statistical plans;

(2) historical data;

(3) prospective loss costs;

(4) supplementary rating information;

(5) policy forms and endorsements;

(6) research;

(7) rates of individual insurers that are effective at the time the information is submitted or received or that were previously in effect; and

(8) performance of inspections.

(b) An insurer may not:

(1) accept from an advisory organization recommendations for rates; or

(2) submit to or receive from an advisory organization recommendations for profit or expenses other than loss adjustment expenses.

(c) An insurer that subscribes to an advisory organization may use prospective loss costs, supplementary rating information, and policy forms filed by the advisory organization under Section 1805.053(a) and may incorporate the information into the insurer's filings.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer that reports data under this subchapter is not relieved of the responsibility of reporting that data directly to the department at the department's request.
Tex. Education Code § 58A.0245 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 58A / Section 58A.0245
§ 58A.0245. CRITICAL SHORTAGE LEVELS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the board determines that the number of first-year residency positions proposed by eligible applicants under Sections 58A.023 and 58A.024 exceeds the number of first-year residency positions for which grant funding under those sections is appropriated, in awarding grants under those sections the board shall prioritize the awarding of new grants to medical specialties determined by the board to be at critical shortage levels.

(b) In determining critical shortage levels under this section, the board shall consider:

(1) the available results of research conducted by the center under Section 105.009, Health and Safety Code;

(2) other relevant research and criteria, including research and criteria related to the designation of health professional shortage areas; and

(3) research performed by other appropriate entities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8266.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8266 / Section 8266.106
§ 8266.106. LIMITATION ON ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may not add land to the district under Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code, if the land is located outside the corporate limits of the city of Gunter.

(b) Section 43.075, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Government Code § 659.024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.024
§ 659.024. COMPENSATORY TIME FOR PERSONS GOVERNING STATE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 658.001.

(b) This section does not apply to an employee who acts as the administrative head of a state agency, including an executive director.

(c) A member of the governing body of a state agency or a single state officer who governs a state agency may not accrue compensatory time under this subchapter or another state statute.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.304 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.304
§ 2153.304. MANDATORY DISCIPLINARY ACTION BASED ON NONPAYMENT.
Status: in_force

The comptroller may not issue or renew and shall revoke or suspend a license or registration certificate if the applicant or license or registration certificate holder fails to pay outstanding fees, costs, penalties, or taxes to the state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 454.007 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 454 / Section 454.007
§ 454.007. USE OF REVENUE TO PAY OTHER MUNICIPAL DEBTS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as permitted by the ordinance authorizing the bonds or notes or the deed of trust or indenture securing the bonds or notes or as provided by Subsection (b), the revenue of a mass transportation system may not be used to pay any other debt, expense, or obligation of the municipality.

(b) An acquired mass transportation system may pay the municipality that acquired the system for the loss of ad valorem taxes previously paid by the owners of the system until the indebtedness secured by the taxes is paid.
Tex. Transportation Code § 254.012 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 254 / Section 254.012
§ 254.012. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF JURY PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the meeting to determine costs of ditch construction, the jury of view shall issue notice of the time and place of the meeting to each property owner or to the agent of each property owner who owns real property adjacent to or within one mile of the proposed ditch. The notice must state that:

(1) the purpose of the meeting is to determine each property owner's share of the expense of constructing the ditch; and

(2) each property owner's share of the total expense of constructing the ditch is to be a proportional share of one-half of the total expense of constructing the ditch.

(b) The notice may be served by anyone competent to testify and shall be returned and filed with the jury's final report.

(c) Notice to a property owner who is not a resident of the county and does not have an agent or representative in the county shall be published in a newspaper in the county in the manner provided for giving notice to a nonresident defendant in a district court action. The notice must be published at least four weeks before the jury's meeting date.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.651 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.651
§ 651.651. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this subchapter:

(1) "Cremation" means the irreversible process of reducing human remains to bone fragments through direct flame, extreme heat, and evaporation. The term may include pulverization, which is the process of reducing identifiable bone fragments after cremation and processing granulated particles by manual or mechanical means.

(2) "Crematory establishment" means a business licensed under this subchapter to operate a crematory and to perform cremation services.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263, Sec. 33(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3958.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3958 / Section 3958.003
§ 3958.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant county services provided in the district.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.601 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.601
§ 9.601. RIGHTS AFTER DEFAULT; JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT; CONSIGNOR OR BUYER OF ACCOUNTS, CHATTEL PAPER, PAYMENT INTANGIBLES, OR PROMISSORY NOTES.
Status: in_force

(a) After default, a secured party has the rights provided in this subchapter and, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.602, those provided by agreement of the parties. A secured party:

(1) may reduce a claim to judgment, foreclose, or otherwise enforce the claim, security interest, or agricultural lien by any available judicial procedure; and

(2) if the collateral is documents, may proceed either as to the documents or as to the goods they cover.

(b) A secured party in possession of collateral or control of collateral under Section 7.106, 9.104, 9.105, 9.106, or 9.107 has the rights and duties provided in Section 9.207.

(c) The rights under Subsections (a) and (b) are cumulative and may be exercised simultaneously.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (g) and Section 9.605, after default, a debtor and an obligor have the rights provided in this subchapter and by agreement of the parties.

(e) If a secured party has reduced its claim to judgment, the lien of any levy that may be made upon the collateral by virtue of an execution based upon the judgment relates back to the earliest of:

(1) the date of the perfection of the security interest or agricultural lien in the collateral;

(2) the date of filing a financing statement covering the collateral; or

(3) any date specified in a statute under which the agricultural lien was created.

(f) A sale pursuant to an execution is a foreclosure of the security interest or agricultural lien by judicial procedure within the meaning of this section. A secured party may purchase at the sale and thereafter hold the collateral free of any other requirements of this chapter.

(g) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.607(c), this subchapter imposes no duties upon a secured party that is a consignor or is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18B.302 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18B / Section 18B.302
§ 18B.302. REPORT OF EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department or the inspector general's designee, or the sheriff or chief of a designated law enforcement agency, as applicable, shall submit to the director of the department a written report of expenditures made by the designated law enforcement office or agency to purchase and maintain a pen register, ESN reader, or similar equipment authorized under this chapter.

(b) The director of the department shall report the expenditures publicly on an annual basis on the department's Internet website or by other comparable means.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.403
§ 3933.403. TAX AUTHORIZED; TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may impose a hotel occupancy tax for the purposes described by Section 3933.405.

(b) The amount of the tax may not exceed seven percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
Tex. Election Code § 172.116 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 172 / Section 172.116
§ 172.116. LOCAL CANVASS RELATING TO CANDIDATES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: repealed

(a) The county chair or the county chair's designee and, if available, at least one member of the county executive committee selected by the county executive committee shall canvass the precinct election returns for the county.

(b) The county chair or the county chair's designee and any selected county executive committee member shall convene to conduct the local canvass on the second Thursday after election day at the hour specified by the county chair and posted on the county party website or the commissioners court bulletin board if the county organization of the political party does not maintain a website.

(c) The county clerk shall prepare and electronically submit to the secretary of state a report of the results of the canvass, which must include:

(1) the total number of votes cast in each precinct for each candidate or measure; and

(2) the number of counted and uncounted provisional ballots cast in each precinct.

(d) The final canvass is concluded when the chair digitally certifies the canvass report on the secretary of state's website. The posting on the site that the results are final completes the canvass report. The chair is not required to file any additional notice or report with the county clerk.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1179 (S.B. 1073), Sec. 15(2), eff. September 1, 2015.

(f) The local canvass is open to the general public.

(g) The official result of the primary election, except for offices canvassed at the state level, is determined from the local canvass of precinct returns and shall be posted to the secretary of state's website.

(h) A designee appointed by the county chair to conduct the local canvass under this section must be:

(1) a member of the county executive committee; or

(2) if no member of the county executive committee is available to conduct the canvass, a resident of the county served by the committee who is affiliated with the same political party.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.047 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 283 / Section 283.047
§ 283.047. DISTRICT RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the hospital or hospital system.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.066 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.066
§ 351.066. DUTIES IN AREA SERVED BY MUNICIPAL POLICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A deputy performing duties in an area served by a municipal police department shall promptly notify the police department of the deputy's receipt and response to a complaint constituting a felony offense and on request shall secure and preserve the scene of the offense for a reasonable time until the arrival of a representative of the municipal police department.

(b) The county and municipal departments shall cooperate in any criminal investigation to the greatest degree practical. However, this section does not prohibit a county or municipal officer from performing any duties that are required of a peace officer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.207
§ 1100.207. INSPECTION OF AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The audit and other district records shall be open to inspection at the district's principal office.
Tex. Finance Code § 183.111 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 183 / Section 183.111
§ 183.111. RECORDKEEPING.
Status: in_force

A state trust company shall keep its fiduciary records separate and distinct from other records of the state trust company in compliance with applicable rules adopted under this subtitle. The fiduciary records must contain all appropriate material information relative to each account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7904A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7904A / Section 7904A.0105
§ 7904A.0105. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 7975.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7975 / Section 7975.153
§ 7975.153. 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. Local Government Code § 505.302 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 505 / Section 505.302
§ 505.302. PAYMENT OF PROJECT COSTS, BONDS, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the sales and use tax imposed under this chapter may be used to:

(1) pay the costs of projects of the types added to the definition of "project" by Subchapter D; or

(2) pay the principal of, interest on, and other costs relating to bonds or other obligations issued by the Type B corporation to:

(A) pay the costs of the projects; or

(B) refund bonds or other obligations issued to pay the costs of projects.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 261.003 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 261 / Section 261.003
§ 261.003. INDEPENDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The independent ombudsman in the performance of its duties and powers under this chapter acts independently of the department.

(b) Funding for the independent ombudsman is appropriated separately from funding for the department.
Tex. Insurance Code § 551.254 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 551 / Section 551.254
§ 551.254. REQUIRED TYING OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND PERSONAL AUTOMOBILE POLICIES.
Status: in_force

(a) It is an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance under Chapter 541 to:

(1) make the issuance, delivery, or renewal of a residential property insurance policy contingent on the purchase of a personal automobile insurance policy from the same insurer or an affiliated insurer; or

(2) make the issuance, delivery, or renewal of a personal automobile insurance policy contingent on the purchase of a residential property insurance policy from the same insurer or an affiliated insurer.

(b) Notwithstanding Subchapter D, Chapter 541, or any other law, a person may not bring a private action against an insurer or an agent or representative of an insurer for a method, act, or practice described by this section. This subsection does not limit the authority of the attorney general to bring an action as provided by Subchapter E or F, Chapter 541.