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Tex. Government Code § 2306.057 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.057
§ 2306.057. COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT REQUIRED FOR PROJECT APPROVAL BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the board approves any project application submitted under this chapter, the department, through the division with responsibility for compliance matters, shall:

(1) assess:

(A) the compliance history in this state of the applicant and any affiliate of the applicant with respect to all applicable requirements; and

(B) the compliance issues associated with the proposed project; and

(2) provide to the board a written report regarding the results of the assessments described by Subdivision (1).

(b) The written report described by Subsection (a)(2) must be included in the appropriate project file for board and department review.

(c) The board shall fully document and disclose any instances in which the board approves a project application despite any noncompliance associated with the project, applicant, or affiliate that is reported by the department under Subsection (a)(2).

(d) In assessing the compliance of the project, applicant, or affiliate, the board shall consider any relevant compliance information in the department's database created under Section 2306.081, including compliance information provided to the department by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.

(e) For a project application seeking financial assistance administered through the department's multifamily housing programs, the department may not include in the report provided under Subsection (a)(2) any instance of noncompliance associated with a project of the applicant or affiliate of the applicant if the applicant or affiliate has submitted documentation, in a format acceptable to the department, demonstrating that the responsibility for project compliance was delegated to another participant in the project, including, if applicable, a related party as defined by Section 2306.6702.
Tex. Finance Code § 393.224 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 393 / Section 393.224
§ 393.224. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

The consumer credit commissioner, in accordance with rules adopted by the Finance Commission of Texas, may assess an administrative penalty against a credit access business that knowingly and wilfully violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter in the manner provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 14.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.521 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.521
§ 401.521. PROHIBITED PRACTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not operate a laser or pulsed light device with the intent to treat an illness, disease, injury, or physical defect or deformity unless the person is:

(1) a physician;

(2) acting under a physician's order; or

(3) authorized under other law to treat the illness, disease, injury, or physical defect or deformity in that manner.

(b) A person who violates Subsection (a) is practicing medicine in violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, and is subject to the penalties under that subtitle and Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Occupations Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3882.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3882 / Section 3882.101
§ 3882.101. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project described by that chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 61.154 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 61 / Section 61.154
§ 61.154. ELECTION ORDER.
Status: in_force

After the hearing, if the board determines that the election should be held, the commissioners court shall order an election to determine whether or not the district should adopt the rights, powers, and authority provided in this subchapter. The order shall include the date on which the election will be held.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.021 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.021
§ 134.021. INTEGRATION WITH LAND USE PLANNING AND REGULATION PROCESSES.
Status: in_force

Determinations of the unsuitability of land for surface coal mining under Sections 134.016 through 134.020 shall be integrated as closely as possible with present and future land use planning and regulation processes at the federal, state, and local levels.
Tex. Finance Code § 64.063 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 64 / Section 64.063
§ 64.063. PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED CHARGES BY BORROWER.
Status: in_force

(a) To enable the association to pay charges as they become due, an association may require a borrower to pay monthly in advance, in addition to interest or interest and principal, an amount equal to one-twelfth of the estimated annual taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, and other charges on the real property securing a loan.

(b) An association may increase or decrease the amount of the loan payment as necessary to meet the charges.

(c) An association may:

(1) carry payments in trust in an account; or

(2) credit the payments to the indebtedness and advance the money for charges as the charges become due.
Tex. Labor Code § 308.002 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 308 / Section 308.002
§ 308.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Division" means the division of workforce development of the commission.

(2) "Employer" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.001.

(3) "JOBS training program" means the job opportunities and basic skills (JOBS) training program under Part F, Subchapter IV, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 682).

(4) "Local workforce development board" means a board created under Subchapter F, Chapter 2308, Government Code.

(5) "Program" means the Texans Work program established under this chapter.

(6) "Trainee" means a recipient of food stamps under the food stamp program administered under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, and financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, who:

(A) is eligible to participate in the JOBS training program; and

(B) receives on-the-job training through a training course offered under the program.

(7) "Training course" means a course for the development of practical employment skills that is:

(A) offered to trainees by an employer who participates in the program; and

(B) approved as required by this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.107
§ 1053.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subchapter D and to approval by the commissioners court, the board may:

(1) construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain, operate, develop, regulate, sell, exchange, and convey any land, property, property rights, equipment, hospital facilities and systems for the maintenance of hospitals, buildings, structures, and any other facility or service the district requires or has available to sell, lease, or exchange;

(2) cooperate and contract with any of the following to effect a power described by Subdivision (1):

(A) the United States government;

(B) this state;

(C) a municipality;

(D) a hospital district;

(E) a department of a governing body described by Subparagraphs (A)-(D); or

(F) a privately owned or operated hospital, corporate or otherwise, in the district; and

(3) provide office space, equipment, supplies, and services for the use of the Lubbock County medical examiner's office for medical, hospital, or other purposes unrelated to a criminal investigation.

(b) A contract under Subsection (a)(2) must, in the opinion of the board and the commissioners court, be expedient and advantageous to the district under existing circumstances, and for fair and reasonable compensation and on terms and for a length of time that furthers and assists the district in performing its duty to provide medical and hospital care to needy inhabitants of Lubbock County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6906.115 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6906 / Section 6906.115
§ 6906.115. DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

Subject to the terms of a resolution or deed of trust authorizing or securing bonds issued by the district, the district may sell, lease, rent, trade, or otherwise dispose of property under terms considered by the board to be consistent with district purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1115.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1115 / Section 1115.159
§ 1115.159. DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select one or more banks inside or outside the district to serve as a depository for district money.

(b) All district money, other than money invested as provided by Section 1115.160(b) and money transmitted to a bank for payment of bonds or obligations issued or assumed by the district, shall be deposited as received with the depository bank and shall remain on deposit.

(c) This chapter, including Subsection (b), does not limit the power of the board to:

(1) place a part of district money on time deposit; or

(2) purchase certificates of deposit.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 91.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 91 / Section 91.003
§ 91.003. INSURANCE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Section 91.002 applies only to a health care practitioner who has liability insurance coverage in effect to cover any act or omission to which this chapter applies. The health care practitioner's liability coverage must cover the acts or omissions of the health care practitioner and must be in the amount of at least $100,000 per person and $300,000 for each single occurrence of death or bodily injury and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.

(b) The coverage may be provided under a contract of insurance or other plan of insurance and may be satisfied by the purchase of a $300,000 bodily injury and property damage combined single-limit policy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.204
§ 1090.204. MATURITY OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

District general obligation bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.135 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.135
§ 225.135. LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROY LIN TISDALE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 1462 in Brazoria County between State Highway 288 and State Highway 35 is designated as the Lieutenant Colonel Roy Lin Tisdale Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Lieutenant Colonel Roy Lin Tisdale Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Tax Code § 301.002 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 301 / Section 301.002
§ 301.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE.
Status: in_force

The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision of this title, except as specifically provided by this title.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.012
§ 593.012. ABSENT WITHOUT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The director of a residential care facility to which a client has been admitted for court-ordered care and treatment may have a client who is absent without authority taken into custody, detained, and returned to the facility by issuing a certificate to a law enforcement agency of the municipality or county in which the facility is located or by obtaining a court order issued by a magistrate in the manner prescribed by Section 574.083.

(b) The client shall be returned to the residential care facility in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Section 574.083.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 264.049 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 264 / Section 264.049
§ 264.049. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall submit to the attorney general the bonds issued under this chapter and the record relating to the issuance of those bonds.

(b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds were issued in accordance with this chapter, are valid and binding obligations of the authority, and are secured as recited in the bonds:

(1) the attorney general shall approve the bonds; and

(2) the comptroller shall register the bonds and certify the registration on the bonds.

(c) Following approval and registration, the bonds are incontestable.

(d) The bonds are negotiable and must contain the following provision: "The holder hereof shall never have the right to demand payment thereof out of money raised or to be raised by taxation."
Tex. Government Code § 2166.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.055
§ 2166.055. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The commission may exercise the power of eminent domain under the general laws to obtain a building site.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9095.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9095 / Section 9095.0402
§ 9095.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 9095.0401, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Education Code § 55.1728 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1728
§ 55.1728. STEPHEN F.
Status: in_force

AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related infrastructure for Stephen F. Austin State University to be financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6 million.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of Stephen F. Austin State University, including student tuition charges required or authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at Stephen F. Austin State University. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
Tex. Election Code § 279.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 279 / Section 279.003
§ 279.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 279.003. ELECTION CYBERSECURITY: COUNTY ELECTION OFFICERS. (a) A county election officer shall annually request training on cybersecurity from the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall pay the costs associated with the training with available state funds.

(b) A county election officer shall request an assessment of the cybersecurity of the county's election system from a provider of cybersecurity assessments if the secretary of state recommends an assessment and the necessary funds are available.

(c) If a county election officer becomes aware of a breach of cybersecurity that impacts election data, the officer shall immediately notify the secretary of state.

(d) To the extent that state funds are available for the purpose, a county election officer shall implement cybersecurity measures to ensure that all devices with access to election data comply to the highest extent possible with rules adopted by the secretary of state under Section 279.002.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.023 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.023
§ 118.023. FEES FOR EX OFFICIO SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the county clerk receives fees for ex officio services or for other public services not otherwise provided for, the commissioners court shall set the fees. The fees shall be paid quarterly out of the county treasury on the order of the commissioners court.

(b) A county clerk may not be compelled to file or record any instrument or writing authorized or required to be recorded until payment for all fees has been tendered. This provision does not apply to papers or instruments filed or recorded in suits pending in county court.

(c) In this section, "ex officio services" includes services in relation to roads, bridges, and ferries; issuing and taking receipts for jury scrip or county orders for payment; services in habeas corpus cases; making out bar dockets; keeping records of trust funds; filing and docketing all papers for the commissioners court; keeping road overseers' books and lists of hands; recording all collection returns of delinquent insolvents; recording county treasurer's reports; recording reports of justices of the peace; recording reports of animals slaughtered; and services in connection with elections.
Tex. Government Code § 414.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 414 / Section 414.001
§ 414.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Council" means the Texas Crime Stoppers Council.

(2) "Crime stoppers organization" means:

(A) a private, nonprofit organization that is operated on a local or statewide level, that accepts donations and expends funds for rewards to persons who submit tips under Section 414.0015(a), and that forwards the information received from tips to the appropriate law enforcement agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school as provided by Section 414.0015(b); or

(B) a public organization that is operated on a local or statewide level, that pays rewards to persons who submit tips under Section 414.0015(a), and that forwards the information received from tips to the appropriate law enforcement agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school as provided by Section 414.0015(b).

(3) "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code.

(4) "School district" means a public school district created under the laws of this state.
Tex. Government Code § 523.0155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0155
§ 523.0155. OFFICE OF POLICY AND PERFORMANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "office" means the office of policy and performance established under this section.

(b) The executive commissioner shall establish the office of policy and performance as an executive-level office designed to coordinate policy and performance efforts across the health and human services system. To coordinate those efforts, the office shall:

(1) develop a performance management system;

(2) take the lead in providing support and oversight for the implementation of major policy changes and in managing organizational changes; and

(3) act as a centralized body of experts within the commission that offers program evaluation and process improvement expertise.

(c) In developing a performance management system under Subsection (b)(1), the office shall:

(1) gather, measure, and evaluate performance measures and accountability systems the health and human services system uses;

(2) develop new and refined performance measures as appropriate; and

(3) establish targeted, high-level system metrics capable of measuring overall performance and achievement of goals by the health and human services system and of communicating that performance and achievement to both internal and public audiences through various mechanisms, including the Internet.

(d) In providing support and oversight for the implementation of policy or organizational changes within the health and human services system under Subsection (b)(2), the office shall:

(1) ensure individuals receiving services from or participating in programs administered through the health and human services system do not lose visibility or attention during the implementation of any new policy or organizational change by:

(A) establishing timelines and milestones for any transition;

(B) supporting health and human services system staff in any change between service delivery methods; and

(C) providing feedback to executive management on technical assistance and other support needed to achieve a successful transition;

(2) address cultural differences among health and human services system staff; and

(3) track and oversee changes in policy or organization mandated by legislation or administrative rule.

(e) In acting as a centralized body of experts under Subsection (b)(3), the office shall:

(1) for the health and human services system, provide program evaluation and process improvement guidance both generally and for specific projects identified with executive or stakeholder input or through risk analysis; and

(2) identify and monitor cross-functional efforts involving different administrative components within the health and human services system and the establishment of cross-functional teams when necessary to improve the coordination of services provided through the system.

(f) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the executive commissioner may develop the office's structure and duties as the executive commissioner determines appropriate.
Tex. Education Code § 61.315 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.315
§ 61.315. AGENTS AND RECORDS; ACADEMIC RECORDS REPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The authorized or certified institutions may be required to provide a list of their agents to the board, and to maintain in a manner specified by the board the academic records of enrolled or former students, including records of credits and degrees awarded, and provide those records to the board on request.

(b) The board may maintain a repository for academic records from closed institutions that were exempt or were authorized to operate under a certificate of authorization or certificate of authority. The board may discontinue its maintenance of the repository if adequate funding is not provided for that maintenance. The academic records repository is considered to be a repository of last resort. If a closed institution is part of a larger educational system or corporation, that system or corporation shall maintain the academic records. If students of the closed institution transfer to another institution through an agreement between the institutions to continue the students' degree programs, the institution responsible for accepting the transferring students shall maintain those academic records.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.014 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.014
§ 1551.014. EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

The remedies provided under this chapter are the exclusive remedies available to an employee, participant, annuitant, or dependent.
Tex. Insurance Code § 801.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 801 / Section 801.001
§ 801.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Control" has the meaning described by Section 823. 005.

(2) "Insurer" means the issuer of an insurance policy that is issued to another in consideration of a premium and that insures against a loss that may be insured against under the law. The term includes a:

(A) fraternal benefit society;

(B) Lloyd's plan;

(C) mutual company of any kind, including a:

(i) statewide mutual assessment association;

(ii) local mutual aid association or burial association; and

(iii) county or farm mutual insurance company;

(D) reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;

(E) group hospital service corporation;

(F) health maintenance organization;

(G) nonprofit legal services corporation; and

(H) stock company.

(3) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section 823.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9096.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9096 / Section 9096.0102
§ 9096.0102. 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 water control and improvement 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.