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Tex. Occupations Code § 601.022 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.022
§ 601.022. APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:

(1) four medical radiologic technologists who each have at least five years of experience as a medical radiologic technologist;

(2) two physicians licensed in this state who supervise medical radiologic technologists; and

(3) three members who represent the public.

(b) Appointments to the advisory board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8329.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8329 / Section 8329.003
§ 8329.003. 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. Government Code § 411.012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.012
§ 411.012. COMMAND BY GOVERNOR.
Status: in_force

The governor may assume command and direct the activities of the commission and department during a public disaster, riot, insurrection, or formation of a dangerous resistance to enforcement of law, or to perform the governor's constitutional duty to enforce law. The governor shall use the personnel of the Texas Highway Patrol only if the other personnel of the department are unable to cope with the emergency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1048.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1048 / Section 1048.160
§ 1048.160. SPENDING AND INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 1048.107(c) and by Subchapter E, the district may not incur an obligation payable from district revenue other than the revenue on hand or to be on hand in the current and following district fiscal years.

(b) The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 655.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 655 / Section 655.001
§ 655.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a state agency that is required by federal law or regulation to use a merit system of personnel administration for the agency or for a program administered under the agency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.056
§ 3831.056. DIRECTOR'S BOND; OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as practicable after a director is elected or appointed, the director shall execute a bond for $10,000 payable to the district and conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) The bond must be approved by the board.

(c) The bond and the director's constitutional oath or affirmation of office shall be filed with the district and the district shall retain the bond and the oath or affirmation in the district's records.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 301.103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.103
§ 301.103. CIVIL PENALTY; RESTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who knowingly violates this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation.

(b) In addition to bringing an action for injunctive relief under Section 301.102, the attorney general's office may seek restitution and petition a district court for the assessment of a civil penalty as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 63.033 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 63 / Section 63.033
§ 63.033. TERM OF PERMIT AND REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

A permit or registration issued under this chapter is permanent unless:

(1) the service revokes, suspends, annuls, or amends the permit or registration;

(2) the permittee or registrant withdraws or cancels the permit or registration; or

(3) the service requires a new permit or new registration.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1274.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1274 / Section 1274.004
§ 1274.004. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

(b) Before adopting rules under this section, the commissioner shall consult and receive advice from the technical advisory committee on claims processing established under Chapter 1212.
Tex. Water Code § 62.025 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.025
§ 62.025. DATE OF HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) On presentation of the petition, the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction shall set it for a hearing at the regular term of the commissioners court or at a special session called for that purpose. The hearing shall be held not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the day the petition is presented.

(b) If the hearing is required by Section 62.026 of this code, to be held by the navigation board, the commissioners court shall set the hearing at the regular meeting place of the commissioners court not less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the day the petition is presented without reference to any term of the commissioners court.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 317.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 317 / Section 317.004
§ 317.004. DISCHARGE PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 317.002(d), before a patient's discharge from a hospital, the hospital shall provide to the patient and designated caregiver a written discharge plan that describes the patient's aftercare needs.

(b) A discharge plan must include:

(1) the name and contact information of the designated caregiver and the designated caregiver's relationship to the patient;

(2) a description of the aftercare tasks that the patient requires written in a manner that is culturally competent; and

(3) the contact information for any health care resources necessary to meet the patient's aftercare needs.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 91.001 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 91 / Section 91.001
§ 91.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Authorized driver" means:

(A) the renter;

(B) a person whom the rental company expressly designates on the rental agreement as an authorized driver;

(C) the renter's spouse if the spouse:

(i) holds a driver's license; and

(ii) satisfies any minimum age requirement established by the rental company;

(D) an employer, employee, or coworker of the renter if the person:

(i) holds a driver's license;

(ii) satisfies any minimum age requirement established by the rental company; and

(iii) is engaged in a business activity with the renter at the time of the rental; or

(E) a person who:

(i) holds a driver's license; and

(ii) is driving directly to a medical or police facility under circumstances reasonably believed to constitute an emergency.

(2) "Damage" means damage to or loss of a rented vehicle, regardless of fault involved in the damage or loss. The term includes:

(A) theft and loss of use; and

(B) any cost incident to the damage or loss, including storage, impound, towing, and administrative charges.

(3) "Damage waiver" means a rental company's agreement not to hold an authorized driver liable for all or part of any damage to a rented vehicle.

(4) "Mandatory charge" means a charge for an item or service provided in connection with a rental transaction, other than a charge imposed by law:

(A) that is in addition to the base rental rate; and

(B) that the renter may not avoid or decline.

(5) "Private passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle of the private passenger type, including a passenger van, primarily intended for private use.

(6) "Rental agreement" means an agreement for 180 days or less that states the terms governing the use of a private passenger vehicle rented by a rental company.

(7) "Rental company" means a person in the business of renting private passenger vehicles to the public for 180 days or less. The term does not include a person who holds a license under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, and whose primary business activity is not renting private passenger vehicles.

(8) "Renter" means a person who obtains use of a private passenger vehicle from a rental company under a rental agreement.
Tex. Family Code § 201.315 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.315
§ 201.315. ORDER OF COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) Pending a de novo hearing before the referring court, a proposed order or judgment of the associate judge is in full force and effect and is enforceable as an order or judgment of the referring court, except for an order providing for the appointment of a receiver.

(b) If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court is not timely filed or the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court is waived, the proposed order or judgment of the associate judge becomes the order or judgment of the referring court only on the referring court's signing the proposed order or judgment.

(c) An order by an associate judge for the temporary detention or incarceration of a witness or party shall be presented to the referring court on the day the witness or party is detained or incarcerated. The referring court, without prejudice to the right to a de novo hearing provided by Section 201.317, may approve the temporary detention or incarceration or may order the release of the party or witness, with or without bond, pending a de novo hearing. If the referring court is not immediately available, the associate judge may order the release of the party or witness, with or without bond, pending a de novo hearing or may continue the person's detention or incarceration for not more than 72 hours.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7964.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7964 / Section 7964.004
§ 7964.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7964.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8867.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8867 / Section 8867.003
§ 8867.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.803 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.803
§ 9.803. SECURITY INTEREST PERFECTED BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before July 1, 2013, is a perfected security interest under this chapter, as amended by the 2013 amendments, if, when the 2013 amendments take effect, the applicable requirements for attachment and perfection under this chapter, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied without further action.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.805, if, immediately before July 1, 2013, a security interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable requirements for perfection under this chapter, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are not satisfied when the 2013 amendments take effect, the security interest remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this chapter, as amended by the 2013 amendments, are satisfied within one year after the 2013 amendments take effect.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3879.214 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3879 / Section 3879.214
§ 3879.214. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may grant in the manner authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code, an abatement for a tax or assessment owed to the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3792.0506 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3792 / Section 3792.0506
§ 3792.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not hold an election under Section 3792.0501, issue bonds, or incur any debt until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.

(b) This section applies only to the district's first issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.016 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 62 / Section 62.016
§ 62.016. COMPETITIVE HUNTING DOG EVENTS.
Status: in_force

The department may permit a person to hold or participate in a competitive hunting dog field trial, in an area controlled by the department and designated by the commission as a public hunting area if:

(1) a participant in the event is prohibited from:

(A) using a firearm in the event; or

(B) taking the wildlife that is the object of the event; and

(2) the event does not deter other persons from hunting during a designated hunting season.
Tex. Education Code § 51.402 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.402
§ 51.402. REPORT OF INSTITUTIONAL AND ACADEMIC DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, in cooperation with governing boards, institutional officials, and faculty representatives of general academic institutions of higher education, shall develop and recommend general policies and standard reports for academic faculty workloads and services.

(b) The governing board of each institution of higher education in the state shall adopt rules and regulations concerning faculty academic workloads. In adopting rules under this subsection, each institution shall recognize that classroom teaching, basic and applied research, and professional development are important elements of faculty academic workloads by giving appropriate weight to each activity when determining the standards for faculty academic workload. An institution may give the same or different weight to each activity and to other activities recognized by the institution as important elements of faculty academic workloads.

(c) Within 30 days of the end of each academic year, the institution shall file with its governing board a report, by department, of the academic duties and services performed by each member of the faculty during the nine-month academic year, showing evidence of compliance with requirements established by the governing board. The report of academic duties and services performed by each member of the faculty shall indicate all appointments held by the faculty member in the employing institution, the salary paid to each appointment, the percent of time of each appointment, and the source of funds from which salary payments were made. Teaching responsibilities in each workload standard shall be in proportion to the portion of salary paid from funds appropriated for instructional purposes.

(d) The institutional head of each higher education institution shall designate the officer of his staff who will monitor workloads, prepare and review appropriate workload reports, and submit the reports to the institutional head for his certification or approval and comments as may be appropriate.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 501.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 501 / Section 501.032
§ 501.032. RECORDS OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE IN COMMERCE.
Status: in_force

(a) For the enforcement of this chapter, a carrier engaged in commerce, a person receiving a hazardous substance in commerce, or a person holding a hazardous substance received in commerce, on request of the department shall permit a representative of the department at reasonable times to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in commerce or the holding after movement in commerce of any hazardous substance and the quantity, consignees, and shipper of the hazardous substance.

(b) Evidence obtained under this section may not be used in the criminal prosecution of the person from whom the evidence is obtained.

(c) A carrier is not subject to the other provisions of this chapter because of the carrier's receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of a hazardous substance in the usual course of the carrier's business.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8028A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8028A / Section 8028A.0201
§ 8028A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of three elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8028A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Transportation Code § 542.201 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 542 / Section 542.201
§ 542.201. GENERAL RULE OF UNIFORMITY.
Status: in_force

This subtitle applies uniformly throughout this state. A local authority may not enact or enforce an ordinance or rule that conflicts with this subtitle unless expressly authorized by this subtitle. However, a local authority may regulate traffic in a manner that does not conflict with this subtitle.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1652.060 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1652 / Section 1652.060
§ 1652.060.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1652.060. ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS YOUNGER THAN 65. (a) In this section, "entity" means an entity that delivers or issues for delivery a Medicare supplement benefit plan in this state.

(b) An individual eligible for coverage under a Medicare supplement benefit plan under Section 1652.059 may enroll any time during the six-month period beginning the first day of the first month the individual becomes enrolled for benefits under Medicare Part B.

(c) During an enrollment period, an entity may not, with respect to an applicant who is an individual described by Subsection (b):

(1) deny or condition the issuance or effectiveness of a Medicare supplement benefit plan or certificate that the entity offers and is available for issuance in this state;

(2) subject the applicant to medical underwriting or discriminate in the price of a Medicare supplement benefit plan or certificate because of the applicant's health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition;

(3) impose a waiting period; or

(4) impose a limitation or exclusion of benefits based on the applicant's preexisting condition.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section, including rules designating enrollment periods.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7993.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7993 / Section 7993.001
§ 7993.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 50.
Tex. Education Code § 61.097 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.097
§ 61.097. CONTRACTS WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENT PHYSICIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall contract with Baylor College of Medicine for the administration, direction, and performance of services necessary or proper to the education, training, development, and preparation of resident physicians for a career in medicine.

(b) In the exercise of the authority under Subsection (a), the board shall disburse to Baylor College of Medicine the money appropriated by the legislature to the board for that purpose. The money disbursed to Baylor College of Medicine under this section shall be spent by the school exclusively for the education, training, development, and preparation of resident physicians for a career in medicine.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8840.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8840 / Section 8840.004
§ 8840.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Glasscock County, Texas, unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.104 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.104
§ 501.104. PROJECTS RELATED TO CERTAIN MILITARY BASES OR MISSIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle, "project" includes the infrastructure, improvements, land acquisition, buildings, or expenditures that:

(1) are for the creation or retention of primary jobs or jobs that are included in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sector number 926120, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, for the corresponding index entry for Coast Guard (except the Coast Guard Academy); and

(2) are found by the board of directors to be required or suitable for:

(A) promoting or supporting a military base in active use to prevent the possible future closure or realignment of the base;

(B) attracting new military missions to a military base in active use; or

(C) redeveloping a military base that has been closed or realigned, including a military base closed or realigned according to the recommendation of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687 note).
Tex. Transportation Code § 373.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 373 / Section 373.103
§ 373.103. AGREEMENT FOR USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Status: in_force

A local toll project entity and the department shall enter into an agreement for any toll project for which the entity has exercised its option to develop, finance, construct, and operate the project under Subchapter B and for which the entity intends to use state highway right-of-way. The agreement must contain provisions necessary to:

(1) ensure that the local toll project entity's construction, maintenance, and operation of the project complies with the requirements of applicable state and federal law; and

(2) protect the interests of the commission and the department in the use of right-of-way for operations of the department, including public safety and congestion mitigation on the right-of-way.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.055 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 509 / Section 509.055
§ 509.055. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTIES REGARDING ADVERTISING AND MARKETING.
Status: in_force

A digital service provider shall make a commercially reasonable effort to prevent advertisers on the digital service provider's digital service from targeting a known minor with advertisements that facilitate, promote, or offer a product, service, or activity that is unlawful for a minor in this state to use or engage in.
Tex. Transportation Code § 66.016 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 66 / Section 66.016
§ 66.016. ADMINISTRATION; RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall administer this chapter and may perform any act or function necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this chapter.

(b) The board may adopt rules to carry out this chapter.

(c) The board may adopt a rule under this chapter involving ship movement strategies, including navigation safety guidelines, for use by pilots in the navigable water in this state only on a recommendation from not less than 80 percent of the pilots authorized to operate under the board's jurisdiction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.0753 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 775 / Section 775.0753
§ 775.0753. SALES AND USE TAX EFFECTIVE DATE; BOUNDARY CHANGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The adoption or abolition of the tax or change in the tax rate takes effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter occurring after the expiration of the first complete calendar quarter occurring after the date on which the comptroller receives a notice of the results of the election.

(b) If the comptroller determines that an effective date provided by Subsection (a) will occur before the comptroller can reasonably take the action required to begin collecting the tax or to implement the abolition of the tax or the tax rate change, the effective date may be extended by the comptroller until the first day of the next succeeding calendar quarter.

(c) Except as provided by Section 775.0754, the provisions of Section 321.102, Tax Code, governing the application of a municipal sales and use tax in the event of a change in the boundaries of a municipality apply to the application of a tax imposed under this chapter in the event of a change in the district's boundaries.