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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8326.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8326 / Section 8326.003
§ 8326.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.206 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.206
§ 1501.206.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1501.206. PREMIUM RATES: ADJUSTMENTS. (a) The percentage increase in the premium rate charged to a small employer for a new rating period may not exceed the sum of:

(1) the percentage change in the new business premium rate, measured from the first day of the preceding rating period to the first day of the new rating period;

(2) any adjustment, not to exceed 15 percent annually and adjusted pro rata for a rating period of less than one year, due to the claims experience, health status, or duration of coverage of the employees or dependents of employees of the small employer, as determined under the small employer health benefit plan issuer's rate manual for the class of business; and

(3) any adjustment due to change in coverage or change in the case characteristics of the small employer, as determined under the issuer's rate manual for the class of business.

(b) An adjustment in the premium rate for claims experience, health status, or duration of coverage:

(1) may not be charged to individual employees or dependents; and

(2) must be applied uniformly to the rates charged for all employees and dependents of employees of the small employer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7958A.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7958A / Section 7958A.0403
§ 7958A.0403. 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. Health and Safety Code § 437.0075 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437 / Section 437.0075
§ 437.0075. FOOD MANAGERS IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A county with a population of at least four million may require a certified or trained food manager to be on duty during the operating hours of a food establishment.

(b) The training required of food managers can be no more extensive than that specified under Subchapter D, Chapter 438.

(c) A food establishment that handles only prepackaged food and does not prepare or package food may not be required to have a certified food manager under this section.
Tex. Finance Code § 124.002 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 124 / Section 124.002
§ 124.002. LIMITATIONS ON INTEREST RATES.
Status: in_force

The interest rate on a loan to a member may not exceed:

(1) 1-1/2 percent per month on the unpaid balance;

(2) 28 percent a year to the extent that federal credit unions are permitted to charge that rate; or

(3) a higher rate authorized by law, including a rate authorized by Chapter 303.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8022A.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8022A / Section 8022A.0306
§ 8022A.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district under Section 49.316, Water Code, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.
Tex. Utilities Code § 161.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 161 / Section 161.002
§ 161.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Acquire" means and includes construct, acquire by purchase, lease, devise, or gift, or other mode of acquisition.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors of an electric cooperative.

(3) "Central station service" means electric service provided by a municipally owned electric system or by an electric corporation described by Subchapter A, Chapter 181.

(4) "Electric cooperative" means a corporation that is organized under this chapter or that becomes subject to this chapter as provided by this chapter.

(5) "Member" means:

(A) an incorporator of an electric cooperative; or

(B) a person admitted to membership in the electric cooperative as provided by Section 161.065.

(6) "Obligation" includes a bond, note, debenture, interim certificate or receipt, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by an electric cooperative.

(7) "Rural area" means an area, including both farm and nonfarm population of the area, that is not located in:

(A) a municipality having a population greater than 1,500; or

(B) an unincorporated city, town, village, or borough having a population greater than 1,500.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3848.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3848 / Section 3848.006
§ 3848.006. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 291.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 291 / Section 291.053
§ 291.053. RULES AND PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

After the commissioners court has voted to require a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter, the commissioners court may adopt rules relating to the administration of the mandatory payment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8486.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8486 / Section 8486.002
§ 8486.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district in Williamson County, created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 4.205 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 4 / Section 4.205
§ 4.205. DEPOSITORY BANK HOLDER OF UNINDORSED ITEM.
Status: in_force

If a customer delivers an item to a depositary bank for collection, the depositary bank:

(1) becomes a holder of the item at the time it receives the item for collection if the customer at the time of delivery was a holder of the item, whether or not the customer indorses the item, and, if the bank satisfies the other requirements of Section 3.302, the bank is a holder in due course; and

(2) warrants to collecting banks, the payor bank or other payor, and the drawer that the amount of the item was paid to the customer or deposited to the customer's account.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.47 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.47
§ 23.47. LOAN SECURED BY LIEN ON AGRICULTURAL-USE LAND.
Status: in_force

(a) A lender may not require as a condition to granting or amending the terms of a loan secured by a lien in favor of the lender on land appraised according to this subchapter that the borrower waive the right to the appraisal or agree not to apply for or receive the appraisal.

(b) A provision in an instrument pertaining to a loan secured by a lien in favor of the lender on land appraised according to this subchapter is void to the extent that the provision attempts to require the borrower to waive the right to the appraisal or to prohibit the borrower from applying for or receiving the appraisal.

(c) A provision in an instrument pertaining to a loan secured by a lien in favor of the lender on land appraised according to this subchapter that requires the borrower to make a payment to protect the lender from loss because of the imposition of additional taxes and interest under Section 23.46 is void unless the provision:

(1) requires the borrower to pay into an escrow account established by the lender an amount equal to the additional taxes and interest that would be due under Section 23.46 if a sale or change of use occurred on January 1 of the year in which the loan is granted or amended;

(2) requires the escrow account to bear interest to be credited to the account monthly;

(3) permits the lender to apply money in the escrow account to the payment of a bill for additional taxes and interest under Section 23.46 before the loan is paid and requires the lender to refund the balance remaining in the escrow account after the bill is paid to the borrower; and

(4) requires the lender to refund the money in the escrow account to the borrower on the payment of the loan.

(d) On the request of the borrower or the borrower's representative, the assessor for each taxing unit shall compute the additional taxes and interest that would be due that taxing unit under Section 23.46 if a sale or change of use occurred on January 1 of the year in which the loan is granted or amended. The assessor may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the actual cost of making the computation.

(e) In this section, "lender" means a lending institution, including a bank, trust company, banking association, savings and loan association, mortgage company, investment bank, credit union, life insurance company, or governmental agency that customarily provides financing or an affiliate of any of those entities. The term does not include an agency of the United States.
Tex. Insurance Code § 823.163 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 823 / Section 823.163
§ 823.163. RETENTION OF CONTROL.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a domestic insurer that is a controlled insurer, regardless of when that control was acquired.

(b) A person violates this section if:

(1) the person is a domestic insurer, a person who controls the domestic insurer, including the insurer's holding company, or an officer or director of the insurer or controlling person who violates this chapter or otherwise demonstrates untrustworthiness affecting the domestic insurer;

(2) the person is a domestic insurer that violates Chapter 15, Business & Commerce Code, or another antitrust law of this state; or

(3) the person is a domestic insurer's affiliate that violates Chapter 15, Business & Commerce Code, or another antitrust law of this state and whose violation affects the domestic insurer.

(c) If, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner determines that a person violates this section, the commissioner shall issue written findings and an order based on those findings that directs the person to take appropriate action to cure the violation. The commissioner shall serve the order and findings on the person and the affected domestic insurer.

(d) In addition to this chapter, Subchapter C, Chapter 801, applies to a person who fails to comply with an order under this section.

(e) The commissioner may require the submission of any information the commissioner considers necessary to determine whether retention of control complies with this chapter and may require, as a condition of approval of the retention of control, that all or any part of that information be disclosed to the domestic insurer's shareholders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3912.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3912 / Section 3912.104
§ 3912.104. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Estates Code § 305.156 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 305 / Section 305.156
§ 305.156. DEPOSITS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) Instead of giving a surety or sureties on a bond, or to reduce the amount of a bond, a personal representative may deposit the representative's own cash or securities acceptable to the court with a depository described by Subsection (b), if the deposit is otherwise proper.

(b) Cash or securities must be deposited under this section in:

(1) a depository described by Section 305.154(c); or

(2) any other corporate depository approved by the court.

(c) A deposit may be in an amount or value equal to the amount of the bond required or in a lesser amount or value, in which case the amount of the bond is reduced by the amount or value of the deposit.

(d) The amount of cash or securities on deposit may be increased or decreased, by court order from time to time, as the interest of the estate requires.

(e) A deposit of cash or securities made instead of a surety or sureties on a bond may be withdrawn or released only on order of a court having jurisdiction.

(f) A creditor has the same rights against a personal representative and deposits made under this section as are provided for recovery against sureties on a bond.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 152.0551 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 152 / Section 152.0551
§ 152.0551. PARTNERSHIPS FORMED BY PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Physicians licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, and physician assistants licensed under Chapter 204, Occupations Code, may create a partnership to perform a professional service that falls within the scope of practice of those practitioners.

(b) A physician assistant may not be a general partner or participate in the management of the partnership.

(c) A physician assistant may not contract with or employ a physician to be a supervising physician of the physician assistant or of any physician in the partnership.

(d) The authority of each practitioner is limited by the scope of practice of the respective practitioner. An organizer of the entity must be a physician and ensure that a physician or physicians control and manage the entity.

(e) Nothing in this section may be construed to allow the practice of medicine by someone not licensed as a physician under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, or to allow a person not licensed as a physician to direct the activities of a physician in the practice of medicine.

(f) A physician assistant or combination of physician assistants may have only a minority ownership interest in an entity created under this section. The ownership interest of an individual physician assistant may not equal or exceed the ownership interest of any individual physician owner. A physician assistant or combination of physician assistants may not interfere with the practice of medicine by a physician owner or the supervision of physician assistants by a physician owner.

(g) The Texas Medical Board and the Texas Physician Assistant Board continue to exercise regulatory authority over their respective license holders according to applicable law. To the extent of a conflict between Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, and Chapter 204, Occupations Code, or any rules adopted under those statutes, Subtitle B, Title 3, or a rule adopted under that subtitle controls.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.432 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.432
§ 11.432. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR MANUFACTURED HOME.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), for a manufactured home to qualify as a residence homestead under Section 11.13, the application for exemption required by Section 11.43 must be accompanied by:

(1) a copy of the statement of ownership for the manufactured home issued by the manufactured housing division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs under Section 1201.207, Occupations Code, showing that the individual applying for the exemption is the owner of the manufactured home;

(2) a copy of the sales purchase agreement or other applicable contract or agreement or the payment receipt showing that the applicant is the purchaser of the manufactured home; or

(3) a sworn affidavit by the applicant stating that:

(A) the applicant is the owner of the manufactured home;

(B) the seller of the manufactured home did not provide the applicant with the applicable contract or agreement; and

(C) the applicant could not locate the seller after making a good faith effort.

(a-1) An appraisal district may rely upon the computer records of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to verify an applicant's ownership of a manufactured home. An applicant is not required to submit an accompanying document described by Subsection (a) if the appraisal district verifies the applicant's ownership under this subsection.

(b) The land on which a manufactured home is located qualifies as a residence homestead under Section 11.13 only if:

(1) the land is owned by one or more individuals, including the applicant;

(2) the applicant occupies the manufactured home as the applicant's principal residence; and

(3) the applicant demonstrates ownership of the manufactured home under Subsection (a) or the appraisal district determines the applicant's ownership under Subsection (a-1).

(c) The owner of land that qualifies as a residence homestead under this section is entitled to obtain the homestead exemptions provided by Section 11.13 and any other benefit granted under this title to the owner of a residence homestead regardless of whether the applicant has elected to treat the manufactured home as real property or personal property and regardless of whether the manufactured home is listed on the tax rolls with the real property to which it is attached or listed on the tax rolls separately.

(d) In this section, "manufactured home" has the meaning assigned by Section 1201.003, Occupations Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.152
§ 1952.152. PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION COVERAGE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer may not deliver or issue for delivery in this state an automobile liability insurance policy, including a policy provided through the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association under Chapter 2151, that covers liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle unless the insurer provides personal injury protection coverage in the policy or supplemental to the policy.

(b) The coverage required by this subchapter does not apply if any insured named in the insurance policy rejects the coverage in writing. Unless the named insured requests in writing the coverage required by this subchapter, the insurer is not required to provide that coverage in or supplemental to a reinstated insurance policy or renewal insurance policy if the named insured rejected the coverage in connection with that insurance policy or an insurance policy previously issued to the insured by the same insurer or by an affiliated insurer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1023.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1023 / Section 1023.055
§ 1023.055. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary.

(c) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.

(d) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7903.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7903 / Section 7903.052
§ 7903.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Garner P. Strickland, IV;

(2) Cameron Franz;

(3) Jacob Baker;

(4) Andrew J. Clark, IV; and

(5) William R. Murphy, Jr.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7903.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7903.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7903.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.025 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.025
§ 375.025. HEARING.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1009 (H.B. 2815), Sec. 32(2), eff. June 18, 2023.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1009 (H.B. 2815), Sec. 32(2), eff. June 18, 2023.

(c) If the commission finds that the petition is sufficient and conforms to the requirements of Section 375.022(c) and that the district is feasible and would benefit the public, the commission by order shall make that finding and grant the petition. In determining if the project is feasible and would benefit the public, the commission shall consider:

(1) the availability of comparable services from other systems, including special districts, municipalities, and regional authorities; and

(2) the reasonableness of the proposed public purpose projects and services.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9089.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9089 / Section 9089.0102
§ 9089.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 64.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 64 / Section 64.002
§ 64.002. REQUIREMENT OF ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) When a purchaser of seed designed for planting claims to have been damaged by the failure of the seed to produce or perform as represented by warranty or by the label required to be attached to the seed under this subtitle or as a result of negligence, the purchaser must submit the claim to arbitration as provided by this chapter not later than the 10th day after the date on which the purchaser discovered or reasonably should have discovered the defect as a prerequisite to the exercise of the purchaser's right to maintain a legal action against the labeler or any other seller of the seed.

(b) Any period of limitations that applies to the claim shall be tolled until the 11th day after the date of filing with the commissioner of the report of arbitration by the board of arbitration.

(c) A claim of damages due to the failure of the seed as described by Subsection (a) of this section may not be asserted as a counterclaim or defense in any action brought by a seller against a purchaser until the purchaser has submitted a claim to arbitration.

(d) When the court in which an action has been filed by a seller of seed described by Subsection (c) of this section receives from the purchaser a copy of the purchaser's complaint filed in arbitration, accompanied by a written notice of intention to use the claim as a counterclaim or defense in the action, the seller's action shall be stayed. Any period of limitations that applies to the claim is suspended until the 11th day after the date of filing with the commissioner of the report of arbitration by the board of arbitration.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1102.302 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.302
§ 1102.302. AGREEMENT FOR SPECIFIC REPORT; DISHONESTY.
Status: in_force

An inspector may not:

(1) accept an assignment for real estate inspection if the employment or a fee is contingent on the reporting of:

(A) a specific, predetermined condition of the improvements to real property; or

(B) specific findings other than those that the inspector knows to be true when the assignment is accepted; or

(2) act in a manner or engage in a practice that:

(A) is dishonest or fraudulent; or

(B) involves deceit or misrepresentation.
Tex. Education Code § 11.053 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.053
§ 11.053. OPTION TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF SINGLE-MEMBER PLAN OR REDISTRICTING.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of an independent school district that adopts a redistricting plan under Section 11.052 may provide for the trustees in office when the plan is adopted or the school district is redistricted to serve for the remainder of their terms in accordance with this section.

(b) The trustee district and any at-large positions provided by the district's plan shall be filled as the staggered terms of trustees then in office expire. Not later than the 90th day before the date of the first election from trustee districts and after each redistricting, the board shall determine the order in which the positions will be filled.