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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3895.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3895 / Section 3895.005
§ 3895.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under Section 3895.109 or other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to contract, including the right to issue any type of bond or other obligation for a purpose for which the district is created;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment, tax, or any other revenue; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8331.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8331 / Section 8331.005
§ 8331.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.304
§ 1081.304. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved.

(b) If a majority of the votes in the election do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to administer the district and another election on the question of dissolution may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election to dissolve the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.103
§ 1551.103. RIGHT TO COVERAGE.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 1551.351, an individual eligible to participate in the group benefits program under Section 1551.101 or 1551.102 may not be denied any group coverage under this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.055
§ 110.055. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The governor shall designate a member of the council as the presiding officer of the council to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.052
§ 7803.052. ELIGIBILITY FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

A director must own land in the district subject to taxation at the time the director qualifies for office.
Tex. Education Code § 7.029 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 7 / Section 7.029
§ 7.029. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency and the Department of Family and Protective Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding the exchange of information as appropriate to facilitate the department's evaluation of educational outcomes of students in foster care. The memorandum of understanding must require:

(1) the department to provide the agency each year with demographic information regarding individual students who during the preceding school year were in the conservatorship of the department following an adversarial hearing under Section 262.201, Family Code; and

(2) the agency, in a manner consistent with federal law, to provide the department with aggregate information regarding educational outcomes of students for whom the agency received demographic information under Subdivision (1).

(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), information regarding educational outcomes includes information relating to student academic achievement, graduation rates, school attendance, disciplinary actions, and receipt of special education services.

(b-1) To facilitate implementation of Subsection (a)(2), the agency shall, in the manner established by commissioner rule, collect data through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) as to the foster care status of students.

(c) The department may authorize the agency to provide education research centers established under Section 1.005 with demographic information regarding individual students received by the agency in accordance with Subsection (a)(1), as appropriate to allow the centers to perform additional analysis regarding educational outcomes of students in foster care. Any use of information regarding individual students provided to a center under this subsection must be approved by the department.

(d) Nothing in this section may be construed to:

(1) require the agency or the department to collect or maintain additional information regarding students in foster care; or

(2) allow the release of information regarding an individual student in a manner not permitted under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g) or another state or federal law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.425 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.425
§ 521.425. REMITTANCE OF FEES AND CHARGES.
Status: in_force

Each fee or charge required by this chapter and collected by an officer or agent of the department shall be sent without deduction to the department in Austin.
Tex. Government Code § 24.60029 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.60029
§ 24.60029.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.60029. 484TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CAMERON COUNTY). (a) The 484th Judicial District is composed of Cameron County.

(b) The 484th District Court shall give preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.209 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.209
§ 56.209. RECOVERY OF COSTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after a hearing, the commission designates a telecommunications provider to serve the petitioning premises, the commission shall permit the designated provider to recover from the state universal service fund the provider's actual costs of providing service to the premises, including the provider's original cost of deployment and actual recurring costs.

(b) The reimbursable original cost of deploying facilities to the petitioning premises is the original cost of the telecommunications provider's facilities installed in, or upgraded to permit the provision of service to, the petitioning premises as determined by the financial accounting standards applicable to the provider, including an amount for the recovery of all costs that are typically included as capital costs for accounting purposes, that are not recovered through an aid to construction charge assessed to the petitioners. The final order permitting or requiring the designated provider to provide service to the petitioning premises shall ensure that all the original cost of the provider shall be amortized and recovered from the state universal service fund, together with interest at the prevailing commercial lending rate:

(1) not later than the third anniversary of the date of the order, for a deployment with an original cost of $1 million or less;

(2) not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the order, for a deployment with an original cost of more than $1 million, but not more than $2 million; and

(3) not later than the seventh anniversary of the date of the order, for a deployment with an original cost of more than $2 million.

(c) The designated provider shall recover the provider's actual recurring costs of service, including maintenance and the ongoing operational costs of providing service after deployment of the facilities to the petitioning premises and a reasonable operating margin, from:

(1) the monthly rate charged the customer; and

(2) a monthly per line state universal service fund payment in an amount equal to the unrecovered recurring costs incurred in providing service divided by the access lines served in the petitioning premises.

(d) The monthly per line fee established under Subsection (c) is in addition to the universal service funds associated with the recovery of the original cost of deployment and interest authorized by Subsection (b) and in addition to the universal service funds the designated provider receives to provide service in other areas of this state.

(e) The commission may not authorize or require any services to be provided to petitioning premises under this subchapter during a fiscal year if the total amount of required reimbursements of actual original cost of deployment to all approved petitioning premises under this section, together with interest, including obligations for reimbursements from preceding years, would equal an amount that exceeds 0.02 percent of the annual gross revenues reported to the state universal service fund during the preceding fiscal year.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.656 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.656
§ 4201.656. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF EXEMPTION DETERMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician or provider has a right to a review of an adverse determination regarding a preauthorization exemption, including a health maintenance organization's or insurer's determination to deny an exemption to the physician or provider under Section 4201.653, to be conducted by an independent review organization. A health maintenance organization or insurer may not require a physician or provider to engage in an internal appeal process before requesting a review by an independent review organization under this section.

(b) A health maintenance organization or insurer shall pay:

(1) for any appeal or independent review of an adverse determination regarding a preauthorization exemption requested under this section; and

(2) a reasonable fee determined by the Texas Medical Board for any copies of medical records or other documents requested from a physician or provider during an exemption rescission review requested under this section.

(c) An independent review organization must complete an expedited review of an adverse determination regarding a preauthorization exemption not later than the 30th day after the date a physician or provider files the request for a review under this section.

(d) A physician or provider may request that the independent review organization consider another random sample of not less than five and no more than 20 claims submitted to the health maintenance organization or insurer by the physician or provider during the relevant evaluation period for the relevant health care service as part of its review. If the physician or provider makes a request under this subsection, the independent review organization shall base its determination on the medical necessity of claims reviewed by the health maintenance organization or insurer under Section 4201.655 and reviewed under this subsection.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 113.0201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 113 / Section 113.0201
§ 113.0201. CHILD PSYCHIATRY WORKFORCE EXPANSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive committee may provide funding to a health-related institution of higher education listed in Section 113.0052(1) for the purpose of funding:

(1) two full-time psychiatrists who treat children and adolescents to serve as academic medical director at a facility operated by a community mental health provider; and

(2) two new resident rotation positions.

(b) An academic medical director described by Subsection (a) shall collaborate and coordinate with a community mental health provider to expand the amount and availability of mental health care resources by developing training opportunities for residents and supervising residents at a facility operated by the community mental health provider.

(c) An institution of higher education that receives funding under Subsection (a) shall require that psychiatric residents participate in rotations through the facility operated by the community mental health provider in accordance with Subsection (b).
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.502 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.502
§ 351.502. WILFUL OR REPEATED NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall consider the wilful or repeated failure or refusal of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist to comply with the requirements of Sections 351.353, 351.359, and 351.405 as prima facie evidence that the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence within the meaning of Section 351.501(a)(2) and as sufficient ground for the filing of charges to revoke or suspend a license.

(b) The board shall consider the wilful or repeated failure or refusal of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist to comply with the requirements of Sections 351.361, 351.362, 351.457, and 351.458 as prima facie evidence that the optometrist or therapeutic optometrist has violated this chapter and as sufficient ground for the filing of charges to revoke or suspend a license.

(c) Section 351.361(c) applies to Subsection (b).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 194.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 194 / Section 194.003
§ 194.003. STATE INDEX.
Status: in_force

(a) The vital statistics unit shall maintain a statewide alphabetical index, under the names of both parties, of each marriage license application or declaration of informal marriage. The statewide index does not replace the indexes required in each county.

(b) The vital statistics unit shall maintain a statewide alphabetical index, under the names of both parties, of each report of divorce or annulment of marriage.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.039 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.039
§ 131.039. PETITION AND HEARING ON DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person is entitled to petition the commission to have an area designated as unsuitable for surface mining operations or to have the designation terminated.

(b) The petition shall include allegations of facts with supporting evidence that in the opinion of the commission would tend to establish the allegations.

(c) The commission shall make a determination of the validity of the petition, and if the petition is found to be valid, it shall be kept on file by the commission and made available for public inspection.

(d) On application for a surface mining permit for which a valid petition has been filed, the commission shall hold a public hearing as provided in Section 131.163 of this code in the locality of the proposed mining operation.

(e) Any person affected may intervene before the public hearing by filing allegations of facts with supporting evidence that would tend to establish the allegations.

(f) If all the petitioners and the applicant stipulate agreement before the requested hearing, the hearing does not have to be held.
Tex. Government Code § 511.00903 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 511 / Section 511.00903
§ 511.00903. INSPECTION TREND ANALYSIS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall regularly analyze data collected during inspections or reported to the commission under this chapter to identify trends in noncompliance, inspection outcomes, serious incidents, and any other related area of jail operations.
Tex. Local Government Code § 303.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 303 / Section 303.003
§ 303.003. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board of directors" means the board of directors of a corporation.

(2) "Bonds" includes notes, interim certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness of a corporation issued or incurred under this chapter.

(3) "Corporation" means a public facility corporation created and existing under this chapter.

(4) "Credit agreement" means a loan agreement, revolving credit agreement, agreement establishing a line of credit, letter of credit, reimbursement agreement, insurance contract, commitment to purchase bonds or sponsor obligations, purchase or sale agreement, interest rate or commodities price swap agreement, cap or collar agreement, protection or management agreement, or commitment or other contract or agreement authorized and approved by the board of directors of a corporation in anticipation of, related to, or in connection with the authorization, issuance, incurrence, sale, security, exchange, payment, purchase, remarketing, or redemption of bonds or interest on bonds.

(5) "Director" means a member of a board of directors.

(6) "Housing authority" means a public corporation created under Chapter 392.

(7) "Public facility" means any real, personal, or mixed property, or an interest in property devoted or to be devoted to public use, and authorized to be financed, refinanced, or provided by sponsor obligations or bonds issued under this chapter.

(8) "Resolution" means a resolution, order, ordinance, or other official action by the governing body of a sponsor.

(9) "School district" means a political subdivision created under Section 3, Article VII, Texas Constitution.

(10) "Special district" means:

(A) a district created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;

(B) a hospital district or authority; or

(C) a junior college district authorized by Chapter 130, Education Code.

(11) "Sponsor" means a municipality, county, school district, housing authority, or special district that causes a corporation to be created to act in accordance with this chapter.

(12) "Sponsor obligation" means an evidence of indebtedness or obligation that a sponsor issues or incurs to finance, refinance, or provide a public facility, including bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of obligation, leases, and contracts authorized by Section 303.041 and Subchapter C.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.203 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.203
§ 131.203. BOND WITHOUT SURETY.
Status: in_force

The commission may accept the bond of the operator itself, without separate surety, if the operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commission the existence of a suitable agent to receive service of process and a history of financial solvency and continuous operation sufficient to self-insure or bond the amount.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8309.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8309 / Section 8309.251
§ 8309.251. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

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 any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4005.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.0306
§ 4005.0306. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 490.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 490 / Section 490.003
§ 490.003. RULES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter.
Tex. Property Code § 71.005 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 71 / Section 71.005
§ 71.005. ACT OF OWNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, an individual exercises a lawful act of ownership in property by, personally or through an agent, paying taxes to this state on the property.
Tex. Insurance Code § 3502.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 3502 / Section 3502.202
§ 3502.202. NOTICE OF BORROWER'S RIGHT TO CANCEL.
Status: in_force

(a) A lender that requires a borrower to purchase mortgage guaranty insurance shall provide annually to the borrower a copy of the following written notice printed in at least 10-point boldfaced type:

"NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CANCEL PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURANCE: If you currently pay private mortgage insurance premiums, you may have the right to cancel the insurance and cease paying premiums. This would permit you to make a lower total monthly mortgage payment and to possibly receive a refund of any unearned premiums on the policy. In most cases, you have the right to cancel private mortgage insurance if the principal balance of your loan is 80 percent or less of the current fair market appraised value of your home. If you want to learn whether you are eligible to cancel this insurance, please contact us at (address and telephone number of lender) or the Texas Department of Insurance consumer help line at (the appropriate toll-free telephone number)."

(b) If federal law requires a lender to provide a borrower with a written notice containing substantially the same information required by Subsection (a), a lender that provides the notice required by federal law within the period prescribed by federal law satisfies the notice requirement of Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 1471.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1471 / Section 1471.055
§ 1471.055. NOTICE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice of the hearing ordered under Section 1471.054 must provide:

(1) the date, time, place, and subject matter of the hearing;

(2) that refunding bonds or certificates of assessment are proposed to be issued by the road district;

(3) the purpose for which the bonds or certificates are to be issued;

(4) the amount determined under Section 1471.054(1); and

(5) the plan prepared by the district under Section 1471.054(2).

(b) Notice containing the information required by Subsection (a) must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county not later than the 30th day before the date of the hearing.

(c) Not later than the 14th day before the date of the hearing, the district shall mail to each owner of real property in the district as determined from the most recent certified appraisal roll of the appraisal district in which the property is located notice containing:

(1) the information required by Subsection (a)(1); and

(2) an estimate of the amount of the assessment to be apportioned to that owner's property.

(d) The failure of a property owner to receive notice of the hearing and of the estimated assessment does not affect the validity of the hearing or a subsequent assessment.
Tex. Family Code § 154.068 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 154 / Section 154.068
§ 154.068. WAGE AND SALARY PRESUMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) In the absence of evidence of a party's resources, as defined by Section 154.062(b), the court shall presume that the party has income equal to the federal minimum wage for a 40-hour week to which the support guidelines may be applied.

(b) The presumption required by Subsection (a) does not apply if the court finds that the party is subject to an order of confinement that exceeds 90 days and is incarcerated in a local, state, or federal jail or prison at the time the court makes the determination regarding the party's income.