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Tex. Utilities Code § 39.3555 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.3555
§ 39.3555. REGISTRATION OF BROKERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "brokerage services" means providing advice or procurement services to, or acting on behalf of, a retail electric customer regarding the selection of a retail electric provider, or a product or service offered by a retail electric provider.

(b) A person may not provide brokerage services, including brokerage services offered online, in this state for compensation or other consideration unless the person is registered with the commission as a broker.

(c) A retail electric provider may not register as a broker. A broker may not sell or take title to electric energy.

(d) A retail electric provider may not knowingly provide bids or offers to a person who:

(1) provides brokerage services in this state for compensation or other consideration; and

(2) has not registered as a broker with the commission.

(e) A person who registers under this section shall comply with customer protection provisions, disclosure requirements, and marketing guidelines established by the commission and by this chapter and Chapter 17.

(f) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

(g) The commission shall process a person's application for registration as a broker not later than the 60th day after the date the person files the application.
Tex. Local Government Code § 504.257 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 504 / Section 504.257
§ 504.257. LIMITATION ON DURATION OF TAX.
Status: repealed

(a) At an election held under Section 504.251 or 504.258, the authorizing municipality may also allow the voters to vote on a ballot proposition to limit the period for imposition of a sales and use tax. If an authorizing municipality elects to limit the period for imposition of the tax, the following phrase shall be added to the end of the ballot proposition prescribed by Section 504.256: "to be imposed for __________ years" (the number of years to be inserted as appropriate). The governing body of the municipality shall set the expiration date of the proposed tax to occur on the appropriate anniversary of the effective date of the tax.

(b) A sales and use tax imposed for a limited period under this section expires on the date set by the governing body of the authorizing municipality under Subsection (a) unless the tax is repealed on an earlier date by a majority of the voters voting in an election held in the municipality. If an election to abolish the tax is held, Sections 321.102(a) and 321.402(b), Tax Code, apply to the date of repeal.

(c) If an authorizing municipality reduces the rate of an additional sales and use tax under Chapter 321, Tax Code, to impose a tax under this chapter for a limited period as provided by this section, and the municipality does not have an election to change the rate of the additional sales and use tax before the tax under this chapter expires, on the date the tax under this chapter expires, the rate of the municipality's additional sales and use tax returns to the rate in effect immediately before the tax under this chapter was adopted. The municipality is not required to hold an election under Chapter 321, Tax Code, to impose the additional sales and use tax at that rate.

(d) A sales and use tax that is approved without limiting the period during which the tax is imposed remains in effect until repealed by election.

(e) An authorizing municipality that has imposed a tax under this chapter may extend the period of the tax's imposition or reimpose the tax only if the extension or reimposition is approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 865.018 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 865 / Section 865.018
§ 865.018. CERTIFICATION OF FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "qualified actuary" means a fellow of the Society of Actuaries or a member of the American Academy of Actuaries who has at least five years of experience with public retirement systems.

(b) The executive director and the state board shall certify the actuarial and financial soundness of the fund every two years with the assistance of a qualified actuary.

(c) An actuarial valuation conducted under this section must include:

(1) an analysis clearly shown in the valuation based on each of the following assumptions:

(A) no state contribution to the fund, including no state funding of administrative expenses; and

(B) a maximum state contribution to the fund, including state funding of administrative expenses; and

(2) the number of years required to amortize the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the pension system under each assumption under Subdivision (1).

(d) At least once every five years, the state board, with the assistance of the actuary, shall:

(1) audit the actuarial valuation required under this section; and

(2) conduct an actuarial experience study, the contents of which are determined by the state board in consultation with the actuary.

(e) The actuarial valuation and experience study required under Subsection (d) are not required to be conducted concurrently.
Tex. Transportation Code § 394.027 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 394 / Section 394.027
§ 394.027. DENIAL OF PERMIT; APPEAL.
Status: in_force

The commission may create a process by which an applicant may appeal a denial of a permit under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9502.0311 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9502 / Section 9502.0311
§ 9502.0311. ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district shall annually submit a report to the legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, the General Land Office, and the commissioners court of each county in which the district is located. The report must:

(1) describe the district's financial condition and operations during the preceding year;

(2) propose a budget for the following year; and

(3) describe generally the work proposed for the following year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8390.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8390 / Section 8390.051
§ 8390.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Local Government Code § 379C.010 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 379C / Section 379C.010
§ 379C.010. RESTRICTIONS ON OCCUPANCY AND USE OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The land bank shall impose deed restrictions on property sold to qualified participating developers requiring the development and sale, rental, or lease-purchase of the property to low income households.

(b) Each land bank property sold during any given fiscal year to be developed for sale must be deed restricted for sale to low income households, and:

(1) at least 25 percent of those land bank properties must be deed restricted for sale to households with gross household incomes not greater than 60 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for household size; and

(2) not more than 30 percent of those land bank properties may be deed restricted for sale to households with gross household incomes greater than 80 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for household size.

(c) If property is developed for rental housing, the deed restrictions must be for a period of not less than 15 years and must require that:

(1) 100 percent of the rental units be occupied by households with incomes not greater than 60 percent of area median family income, based on gross household income, adjusted for household size, for the metropolitan statistical area in which the municipality is located, as determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(2) 40 percent of the units be occupied by households with incomes not greater than 50 percent of area median family income, based on gross household income, adjusted for household size, for the metropolitan statistical area in which the municipality is located, as determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or

(3) 20 percent of the units be occupied by households with incomes not greater than 30 percent of area median family income, based on gross household income, adjusted for household size, for the metropolitan statistical area in which the municipality is located, as determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(d) The deed restrictions under Subsection (c) must require the owner to file an annual occupancy report with the municipality on a reporting form provided by the municipality. The deed restrictions must also prohibit any exclusion of an individual or family from admission to the development based solely on the participation of the individual or family in the housing choice voucher program under Section 8, United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Section 1437f), as amended.

(e) Except as otherwise provided by this section, if the deed restrictions imposed under this section are for a term of years, the deed restrictions shall renew automatically.

(f) The land bank or the governing body of the municipality may modify or add to the deed restrictions imposed under this section. Any modifications or additions made by the governing body of the municipality must be adopted by the municipality as part of its plan and must comply with the restrictions set forth in Subsections (b), (c), and (d).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.108
§ 3911.108. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT; COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

The board may employ and establish the terms of employment and compensation of an executive director or general manager and any other district employees the board considers necessary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1049.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1049 / Section 1049.056
§ 1049.056. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A director serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
Tex. Transportation Code § 394.087 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 394 / Section 394.087
§ 394.087. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A sign that is erected in violation of this chapter is a public nuisance.

(b) On written notice by certified mail from the department or the county, an owner of a sign that is a public nuisance under Subsection (a), or the owner of the property on which the sign is located, shall remove the sign. If the sign is not removed within 45 days of the date of the notice, the department may direct the attorney general to apply for an injunction to require the removal of the sign or a district or county attorney may apply for an injunction to require the removal of the sign.

(c) The state or county is entitled to recover from the owner of a sign, or the owner of the property from which a sign is removed, under an action brought under Subsection (b) all administrative and legal costs and expenses incurred to remove the sign, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.058
§ 1052.058. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The board may appoint an assistant administrator.

(c) The district administrator and any assistant administrator serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.

(d) On assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator shall execute a bond payable to the district in an amount set by the board of not less than $5,000 that:

(1) is conditioned on the administrator performing the administrator's duties; and

(2) contains other conditions the board may require.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.005
§ 651.005. DEPOSIT AND USE OF FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each fee collected under this chapter:

(1) shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account; and

(2) may be used by the department to enforce this chapter.

(b) An assessment or fee associated with examination costs, as defined by Section 401.251, shall be deposited to the account described by Section 401.156(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3800.0604 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3800 / Section 3800.0604
§ 3800.0604. TAX AFTER MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to the district after a municipality annexes part of the territory in the district and imposes the municipality's sales and use tax in the annexed territory.

(b) If at the time of annexation the district has outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, Section 321.102(g), Tax Code, applies to the district.

(c) If at the time of annexation the district does not have outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, the district may:

(1) exclude the annexed territory from the district, if the district has no outstanding debt or other obligations payable from any source; or

(2) reduce the sales and use tax in the annexed territory by resolution or order of the board to a rate that, when added to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the municipality in the annexed territory, is equal to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the district in the district territory that was not annexed by the municipality.
Tex. Education Code § 86.11 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 86 / Section 86.11
§ 86.11. APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENT, OFFICERS, PROFESSORS.
Status: in_force

The board shall appoint the president, the professors, and other officers it deems proper to keep the university in successful operation. It may abolish any office it deems unnecessary.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3986.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3986 / Section 3986.0302
§ 3986.0302. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district, using any money available to the district for the purpose, may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.

(b) The district may contract with a governmental or private entity to carry out an action under Subsection (a).

(c) The implementation of a district project or service is a governmental function or service for the purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.193 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.193
§ 370.193. PRIORITY BOARDING OF FERRY.
Status: in_force

An authority may establish a system under which an owner of a motor vehicle may pay an additional fee or toll that entitles the vehicle to have priority in boarding a ferry operated by the authority.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 246.005 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 246 / Section 246.005
§ 246.005. LICENSING FOR CERTAIN TAX PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

A facility regulated under this chapter is licensed for purposes of Section 151.314, Tax Code.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 137 / Section 137.003
§ 137.003. EXECUTION AND WITNESSES; EXECUTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT BEFORE NOTARY PUBLIC.
Status: in_force

(a) A declaration for mental health treatment must be:

(1) signed by the principal in the presence of two or more subscribing witnesses; or

(2) signed by the principal and acknowledged before a notary public.

(b) A witness may not, at the time of execution, be:

(1) the principal's health or residential care provider or an employee of that provider;

(2) the operator of a community health care facility providing care to the principal or an employee of an operator of the facility;

(3) a person related to the principal by blood, marriage, or adoption;

(4) a person entitled to any part of the estate of the principal on the death of the principal under a will, trust, or deed in existence or who would be entitled to any part of the estate by operation of law if the principal died intestate; or

(5) a person who has a claim against the estate of the principal.

(c) For a witness's signature to be effective, the witness must sign a statement affirming that, at the time the declaration for mental health treatment was signed, the principal:

(1) appeared to be of sound mind to make a mental health treatment decision;

(2) has stated in the witness's presence that the principal was aware of the nature of the declaration for mental health treatment and that the principal was signing the document voluntarily and free from any duress; and

(3) requested that the witness serve as a witness to the principal's execution of the document.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2212.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2212 / Section 2212.054
§ 2212.054. POWERS OF TRUST.
Status: in_force

(a) A trust may:

(1) purchase, on behalf of the members of the association that created the trust, medical professional liability insurance, specific excess insurance, aggregate excess insurance, and reinsurance, as necessary in the opinion of the trustees;

(2) purchase required risk management services; and

(3) pay claims that arise under any deductible provisions.

(b) A trust's investment powers and limitations are the same as the investment powers and limitations of a state bank with trust powers.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.154
§ 2001.154. INELIGIBLE PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not issue a commercial lessor license to or renew a commercial lessor license of:

(1) a person convicted of criminal fraud or a gambling or gambling-related offense;

(2) a public officer who receives any consideration, direct or indirect, as owner or lessor of premises offered for conducting bingo;

(3) a person who loans money to an authorized organization;

(4) a distributor or manufacturer;

(5) a person in which a person covered by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) or a person married or related in the first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to one of those persons has greater than a 10 percent proprietary, equitable, or credit interest or in which one of those persons is active or employed;

(6) a foreign corporation or other foreign legal entity;

(7) an individual who is not a resident of this state;

(8) a corporation or other legal entity owned or controlled by:

(A) a foreign corporation; or

(B) an individual who is not a resident of this state; or

(9) a corporation or other legal entity:

(A) whose shares are publicly traded; or

(B) owned or controlled by a corporation whose shares are publicly traded.

(b) Subsection (a)(5) does not prevent an authorized organization or other person that is not organized for pecuniary profit and no part of the net earnings of which inure to the benefit of an individual, member, or shareholder from being licensed as a commercial lessor solely because a public officer or a person married or related in the first degree by consanguinity or affinity to a public officer is a member of, active in, or employed by the authorized organization or other person.
Tex. Finance Code § 154.3565 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.3565
§ 154.3565. ASSESSMENT ON OUTSTANDING INSURANCE-FUNDED CONTRACTS TO PAY CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) To pay a claim against the fund when the balance of the insurance-funded contract account is insufficient to pay that claim, the advisory council may assess each permit holder that has outstanding insurance-funded contracts an amount based on the permit holder's proportionate share of all outstanding insurance-funded contracts determined as of the end of the preceding calendar year.

(b) The assessments shall be deposited in the insurance-funded contract account within the fund and administered by the department and the advisory council in accordance with commission rules.

(c) An assessment made under this section is in addition to any assessment required by Section 154.3525.

(d) A seller whose permit is revoked or surrendered remains liable for any unpaid assessment made before the date of the revocation or surrender.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.2011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.2011
§ 431.2011. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to the wholesale distribution of nonprescription drugs.
Tex. Education Code § 33.201 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.201
§ 33.201. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to each public school in this state and to any other school in this state subject to University Interscholastic League rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1122.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1122 / Section 1122.002
§ 1122.002. DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

The Hidalgo County Healthcare District may be created and, if created, operates and is financed as a hospital district as provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 464.012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 464 / Section 464.012
§ 464.012. HIV INFECTION EDUCATION, TESTING, AND COUNSELING.
Status: in_force

(a) A treatment facility licensed under this chapter shall provide to employees of the facility education regarding methods of transmitting and preventing human immunodeficiency virus infection based on the model education program developed by the department and shall make the education available to facility clients.

(b) Employees of the facility who counsel clients shall provide counseling in accordance with the model protocol for counseling related to HIV infection developed by the department.

(c) A treatment facility licensed under this chapter shall make available or make referrals to voluntary, anonymous, and affordable counseling and testing services concerning human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.064 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.064
§ 70.064. BOARD ACTION ON APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) If an objection to an application for a rate change is not received by any commissioner within the period provided by Section 70.063(a), the board shall act on the application without further proceedings.

(b) If a hearing is held as provided by Section 70.063, the board shall grant, deny, or modify the application after receipt of the evidence offered by the parties and arguments and briefs requested by the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 562.159 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 562 / Section 562.159
§ 562.159. MODIFICATION OR SETTING ASIDE OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

On the notice and in the manner the department determines proper, the department may modify or set aside wholly or partly a cease and desist order issued under Section 562.158 at any time before a petition appealing the order is filed in accordance with Subchapter D, Chapter 36.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8412.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8412 / Section 8412.003
§ 8412.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.