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Tex. Occupations Code § 560.004 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 560 / Section 560.004
§ 560.004. EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The board may grant an exemption from the licensing requirements of this chapter on the application of a pharmacy located in another state that restricts to isolated transactions the pharmacy's dispensing of a prescription drug or device to a resident of this state.
Tex. Education Code § 26.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 26 / Section 26.003
§ 26.003. RIGHTS CONCERNING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) A parent is entitled to:

(1) petition the board of trustees designating the school in the district that the parent's child will attend, as provided by Section 25.033;

(2) reasonable access to the school principal, or to a designated administrator with the authority to reassign a student, to request a change in the class or teacher to which the parent's child has been assigned, if the reassignment or change would not affect the assignment or reassignment of another student;

(3) request, with the expectation that the request will not be unreasonably denied:

(A) the addition of a specific academic class in the course of study of the parent's child in keeping with the required curriculum if sufficient interest is shown in the addition of the class to make it economically practical to offer the class;

(B) that the parent's child be permitted to attend a class for credit above the child's grade level, whether in the child's school or another school, unless the board or its designated representative expects that the child cannot perform satisfactorily in the class; or

(C) that the parent's child be permitted to graduate from high school earlier than the child would normally graduate, if the child completes each course required for graduation; and

(4) have a child who graduates early as provided by Subdivision (3)(C) participate in graduation ceremonies at the time the child graduates.

(b) The decision of the board of trustees concerning a request described by Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is final and may not be appealed.
Tex. Government Code § 524.0101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 524 / Section 524.0101
§ 524.0101. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner and each health and human services agency commissioner shall enter into a memorandum of understanding in the manner prescribed by Section 524.0102 that:

(1) clearly defines the responsibilities of the executive commissioner and the commissioner, including:

(A) the responsibility of the commissioner to:

(i) report to the governor; and

(ii) report to and implement policies of the executive commissioner; and

(B) the extent to which the commissioner acts as a liaison between the health and human services agency the commissioner serves and the commission;

(2) establishes the program to evaluate and supervise daily operations required by Section 524.0004;

(3) describes each power or duty delegated to a commissioner; and

(4) ensures the commission and each health and human services agency has access to databases or other information each other agency maintains or keeps that is necessary for the operation of a function the commission or the health and human services agency performs, to the extent not prohibited by other law.

(b) The memorandum of understanding must also outline specific performance objectives, as the executive commissioner defines, to be fulfilled by the health and human services agency commissioner with whom the executive commissioner enters into the memorandum of understanding, including the performance objectives required by Section 524.0004.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1006.058 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1006 / Section 1006.058
§ 1006.058. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

A member of the authority is not entitled to compensation for service on the authority but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing the member's duties at the rate provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Education Code § 85.71 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.71
§ 85.71. FORMS; CONTRACTS; REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt forms and contracts and shall promulgate rules and regulations that in its best judgment will protect the income from lands leased under this subchapter. A majority of the board may act in all cases, except where otherwise provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 441.212 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 441 / Section 441.212
§ 441.212. BOARD DECISION.
Status: in_force

The board shall hear and consider the petition and may annex the real property to the district if the board considers the annexation to be to the district's advantage.
Tex. Water Code § 60.105 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 60 / Section 60.105
§ 60.105. EXPENSES TO BE PAID FROM CURRENT REVENUES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall pay from revenue raised under Section 60.103 of this code:

(1) all expenses necessary to the operation and maintenance of the improvements and facilities, including the cost of the acquisition of properties and materials necessary to maintain the improvements and facilities in good condition and operate them efficiently, the wages and salaries paid to the employees of the district, and other expenses necessary to the efficient operation of the improvements and facilities;

(2) the annual or semiannual interest on any obligations issued under this subchapter and payable out of the revenue of the improvements and facilities; and

(3) the amount required to be paid annually into the sinking fund for the payment of any obligations issued under this subchapter and payable out of the revenue of the improvements and facilities.

(b) No expenses other than those authorized by Subsection (a) of this section may be paid from the revenue of the improvements and facilities as long as the principal and interest on any obligations issued under this subchapter remain outstanding and unpaid. Any revenue received in excess of that required for the purposes stated in Subsection (a) of this section may be used by the commission to pay the cost of improvements and replacements which are not listed and may establish a depreciation fund.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.056 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.056
§ 1103.056. OFFICERS; EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a board member who is an appraiser to serve as presiding officer of the board.

(b) At a regular meeting in February of each year, the board shall elect from its members an assistant presiding officer and a secretary.

(c) The presiding officer, assistant presiding officer, and secretary constitute the executive committee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.151
§ 1085.151. BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The district administrator shall prepare an annual budget for approval by the board.
Tex. Government Code § 2058.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2058 / Section 2058.002
§ 2058.002. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature or the Legislative Redistricting Board under Article III, Section 28, of the Texas Constitution may officially recognize or act on a federal decennial census before September 1 of the year after the calendar year during which the census was taken.

(b) A political subdivision governed by a body elected from single-member districts may recognize and act on tabulations of population of a federal decennial census, for redistricting purposes, on or after the date the governor receives a report of the basic tabulations of population from the secretary of commerce under 13 U.S.C. Section 141(c). This subsection does not apply to a political subdivision that was not subject to a statute requiring certain political subdivisions, classified by population, to elect their governing bodies from single-member districts under the preceding federal census.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1121.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1121 / Section 1121.206
§ 1121.206. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board chair shall execute district bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by Chapter 618, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 24.379 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.379
§ 24.379.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.379. 200TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). The 200th Judicial District is composed of Travis County.
Tex. Government Code § 840.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 840 / Section 840.207
§ 840.207. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall compensate all persons whom it employs and shall pay all expenses necessary to operate the retirement system at rates and in amounts approved by the board. Those rates and amounts may not exceed those paid for the same or similar service for the state.

(b) The board of trustees shall pay compensation and expenses required by Subsection (a) from an appropriate account of the retirement system.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1151.062 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.062
§ 1151.062. EXCEPTION FOR POLICIES ISSUED OR GRANTED UNDER CERTAIN NONFORFEITURE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to a policy issued or granted under a nonforfeiture provision prescribed by Section 1151.058.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1046.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1046 / Section 1046.102
§ 1046.102. BOARD RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The board shall provide for the administration, maintenance, and operation of a hospital transferred to the district to furnish adequate medical and hospital care in the district and to ensure that the hospital is provided with sufficient money, personnel, and equipment for district residents to have access to quality and competent health facilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8092.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8092 / Section 8092.0101
§ 8092.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Tarrant County Municipal Utility District No. 2.
Tex. Education Code § 8.011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.011
§ 8.011. NEPOTISM PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

For purposes of all employees of each regional education service center, the executive director and each member of the board of directors are public officials subject to Chapter 573, Government Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 141.006 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 141 / Section 141.006
§ 141.006. GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL TO SERVE.
Status: in_force

(a) A distribution system retailer may refuse service to an applicant for new service or to an existing customer for continued service or reconnection if:

(1) an applicant or customer fails to pay fees, advances, contributions, or deposits required for service under the distribution system retailer's policies;

(2) an applicant or customer fails to furnish a service or meter location specified for service by the distribution system retailer;

(3) the existence or repeated creation of an unsafe condition, such as impaired meter access or a leak in the applicant's piping system, may potentially create bodily harm or endanger life or property in the distribution system retailer's opinion;

(4) an applicant, customer, or service location owner is delinquent in payment for services provided by a distribution system retailer service location owner; or

(5) a current resident or occupant of the premises to receive service is delinquent in payment for services provided by a distribution system retailer.

(b) The right to refuse service ends when the cause for the refusal to serve is corrected.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.310 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.310
§ 201.310. COST-SHARE PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The state board shall make each cost-share assistance payment directly to an eligible person.

(b) Before making a payment to an eligible person for a soil and water conservation land improvement measure, the state board may require certification by the conservation district in which the measure has been installed to determine if the measure has been completely installed and satisfies the standards and specifications established by the state board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8320.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8320 / Section 8320.101
§ 8320.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for a road project authorized by Section 8320.053.

(b) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(c) At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1357.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1357 / Section 1357.004
§ 1357.004. COVERAGE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan that provides coverage for mastectomy must provide coverage for:

(1) reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy has been performed;

(2) surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to achieve a symmetrical appearance; and

(3) prostheses and treatment of physical complications, including lymphedemas, at all stages of mastectomy.

(b) Coverage required under this section:

(1) shall be provided in a manner determined to be appropriate in consultation with the attending physician and the enrollee;

(2) may be subject to annual deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance that are consistent with annual deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance required for other coverage under the health benefit plan; and

(3) may not be subject to dollar limits other than the lifetime maximum benefits under the plan.
Tex. Government Code § 406.110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 406 / Section 406.110
§ 406.110. ONLINE NOTARIZATION PROCEDURES GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

(a) An online notary public may perform an online notarization authorized under Section 406.107 that meets the requirements of this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter regardless of whether the principal is physically located in this state at the time of the online notarization.

(b) In performing an online notarization, an online notary public shall verify the identity of a person signing a document at the time of the online notarization by using two-way video and audio conference technology that meets the requirements of this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter. Identity shall be verified by:

(1) the online notary public's personal knowledge of the person signing a document; or

(2) each of the following:

(A) remote presentation by the person signing a document of a government-issued identification credential, including a passport or driver's license, that contains the signature and a photograph of the person;

(B) credential analysis of the credential described by Paragraph (A); and

(C) identity proofing of the person described by Paragraph (A).

(c) The online notary public shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the two-way video and audio communication used in an online notarization is secure from unauthorized interception.

(d) The notarial certificate for an online notarization must include a notation that the notarization is an online notarization and must indicate if the signature was a tangible symbol or an electronic signature.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7905.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7905 / Section 7905.0102
§ 7905.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Property Code § 92.060 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.060
§ 92.060. AGENTS FOR DELIVERY OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

A managing agent, leasing agent, or resident manager is the agent of the landlord for purposes of notice and other communications required or permitted by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.255 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.255
§ 1069.255. MATURITY OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Transportation Code § 252.209 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 252 / Section 252.209
§ 252.209. CONTRACTS BY ROAD SUPERINTENDENT; PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A road superintendent shall make the best contract possible for labor or machinery and in payment for the labor or machinery shall issue to the person entitled to payment a certificate showing the amount due and the purpose for which the certificate was given.

(b) The certificate shall be dated, numbered, and signed by the road superintendent.

(c) The road superintendent and the sureties on the road superintendent's official bond are liable for the damages caused by:

(1) the wrongful issuance of a certificate; or

(2) an extravagance in the amount of a certificate.

(d) On approval by the commissioners court, a warrant shall be issued to the person entitled to payment to be paid by the county treasurer out of the proper fund in the same manner as other warrants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1058.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1058 / Section 1058.103
§ 1058.103. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The management and control of the district is vested in the board.
Tex. Government Code § 812.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 812 / Section 812.202
§ 812.202. BENEFITS NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

(a) The payment of benefits to a retiree is not affected by:

(1) the retiree's taking a position included in a class of membership other than a class from which the person retired; or

(2) the retiree's serving the state as an independent contractor.

(b) The payment of benefits to a retiree for service credited in the employee class of membership is not affected by the retiree's taking a position included in the employee class.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1453.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1453 / Section 1453.001
§ 1453.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Health care provider" means:

(A) a hospital, emergency clinic, outpatient clinic, or other facility providing health care services; or

(B) an individual who is licensed in this state to provide health care services.

(2) "Managed care entity" means:

(A) a health maintenance organization;

(B) a preferred provider benefit plan issuer;

(C) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844; or

(D) another entity that offers a managed care plan, including:

(i) an insurance company;

(ii) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(iii) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(iv) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;

(v) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846; and

(vi) an entity not authorized under this code or another insurance law of this state that contracts directly for health care services on a risk-sharing basis, including a capitation basis.

(3) "Managed care plan" means a health benefit plan:

(A) under which health care services are provided through contracts with health care providers to individuals enrolled in or insured under the plan; and

(B) that provides financial incentives to individuals enrolled in or insured under the plan to use health care providers participating in the plan and procedures covered by the plan.
Tex. Labor Code § 502.062 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 502 / Section 502.062
§ 502.062. PERCENTAGE OF PAYROLL SET ASIDE FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION EXPENSES; ACCOUNT; REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution may set aside from its available appropriations, other than itemized salary appropriations, an amount not to exceed two percent of the institution's annual payroll for the payment of administrative expenses, charges, benefits, and awards under this chapter.

(b) The amount set aside under Subsection (a) shall be set up in a separate account in the institution's records. The balance of the account at any time may not exceed an amount equal to two percent of the institution's annual payroll.

(c) The account must show the disbursements authorized by this chapter. A statement of the amount set aside for the account and the disbursements from the account shall be included in the reports made to the governor and the legislature as required by law.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 144.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 144 / Section 144.003
§ 144.003. CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not affect:

(1) Chapter 141, Agriculture Code; or

(2) any state law or a rule of any public regulatory body that relates to the control of water or air pollution.

(b) This chapter does not affect a municipality's power to regulate by ordinance rendering businesses within the boundaries of the municipality. However, each rendering establishment, related station, transfer station, dead animal hauler, or renderable raw material hauler subject to a municipal ordinance shall comply with this chapter.
Tex. Property Code § 70.506 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 70 / Section 70.506
§ 70.506. REMOVAL OF VEHICLE FROM LANDOWNER'S PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A landowner whose fence is damaged by a motor vehicle that is then abandoned on the owner's property, or the landowner's agent, may:

(1) select a towing service to remove the vehicle from the landowner's property; and

(2) designate the time at which the towing service may enter the property to remove the vehicle.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 577A / Section 577A.053
§ 577A.053. FEES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner by rule shall establish a nonrefundable certificate application fee and a nonrefundable certificate renewal fee in amounts necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 722.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 722 / Section 722.003
§ 722.003. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not engage in business as an automobile club unless the person meets the requirements of this chapter and obtains an automobile club certificate of authority from the secretary of state.

(b) A person may not solicit or aid in the solicitation of another person to purchase a service contract or membership issued by an automobile club that does not hold an automobile club certificate of authority.
Tex. Labor Code § 102.021 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 102 / Section 102.021
§ 102.021. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) A board may adopt and enforce rules to be followed at board hearings.

(b) The board may set a schedule of sessions and adjournments.

(c) The board shall hear and examine witnesses who are brought before the board and consider other proof given that is relevant to the matter in dispute.
Tex. Government Code § 3000.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3000 / Section 3000.005
§ 3000.005. SEVERABILITY.
Status: in_force

If any provision of a rule, charter provision, ordinance, order, building code, or other regulation described by Section 3000.002(a) is held invalid under this chapter, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the rule, charter provision, ordinance, order, building code, or other regulation that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the rule, charter provision, ordinance, order, building code, or other regulation are severable.