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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 300A.0151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 300A / Section 300A.0151
§ 300A.0151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING HOSPITAL NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), if the board authorizes a health care provider participation program under this chapter, the district shall require an annual mandatory payment to be assessed on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the district. The board shall provide that the mandatory payment is to be assessed at least annually, but not more often than quarterly. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider located in the district as determined by the data reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the most recent fiscal year for which that data was reported. If the institutional health care provider did not report any data under those sections, the provider's net patient revenue is the amount of that revenue as contained in the provider's Medicare cost report submitted for the previous fiscal year or for the closest subsequent fiscal year for which the provider submitted the Medicare cost report. The district shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying hospital in the district as permitted under federal law. A health care provider participation program authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) The board shall set the amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter. The aggregate amount of the mandatory payments required of all paying hospitals in the district may not exceed six percent of the aggregate net patient revenue from hospital services provided by all paying hospitals in the district.

(d) Subject to Subsection (c), the board shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the district for activities under this chapter and to fund an intergovernmental transfer described by Section 300A.0103(b)(1). The annual amount of revenue from mandatory payments that shall be paid for administrative expenses by the district for activities under this chapter may not exceed $150,000, plus the cost of collateralization of deposits, regardless of actual expenses.

(e) A paying hospital may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.

(f) For purposes of any hospital district that creates a district under this chapter, a mandatory payment assessed under this chapter is not a tax for hospital purposes for purposes of the applicable provision of Article IX, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Education Code § 49.357 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.357
§ 49.357. APPLICATION OF SPARSE ADJUSTMENT AND SMALL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENTS.
Status: in_force

The budget of the consolidated district must apply the benefit of the adjustment or allotment to the schools of the consolidating district to which Section 48.052, 48.101, or 48.151 would have applied in the event that the consolidated district still qualifies as a small or sparse district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8012A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8012A / Section 8012A.0401
§ 8012A.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8012A.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) 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.
Tex. Local Government Code § 61.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 61 / Section 61.003
§ 61.003. PETITIONS TO CONSOLIDATE; ELECTION ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) If at least 100 qualified voters of each of two or more municipalities petition the governing bodies of their respective municipalities to order a consolidation election, the governing body of each municipality may order an election on the proposition in the sequence prescribed by Section 61.004. However, if a petition is signed by the number of qualified voters that equals 15 percent or more of the total vote cast at the most recent general election for municipal officials in a municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall order an election on the proposition, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.

(b) An election under this section shall be held at the municipality's regular polling places.
Tex. Property Code § 94.102 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.102
§ 94.102. SECURITY DEPOSIT PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time the tenant executes the initial lease agreement, the landlord may require a security deposit.

(b) The landlord shall keep accurate records relating to security deposits.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3931.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3931 / Section 3931.204
§ 3931.204. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.

(b) The district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, and other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1508.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.251
§ 1508.251. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent that funds appropriated to the department are available for this purpose, the commissioner shall establish a fund from which health benefit plan issuers may receive reimbursement for claims paid by the health benefit plan issuers for individuals covered under qualifying group health plans.

(b) The fund established under this section shall be known as the healthy Texas small employer premium stabilization fund.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the fund, including rules that set out the procedures for operation of the fund and distribution of money from the fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8834 / Section 8834.153
§ 8834.153. FISCAL YEAR.
Status: in_force

The district's fiscal year is the calendar year.
Tex. Government Code § 555.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 555 / Section 555.022
§ 555.022. REMOVAL OF RECORDS FROM FILE.
Status: in_force

(a) On removal from a state agency file of information relating to the license status of one or more license holders, the agency shall:

(1) describe the content of the removed record;

(2) indicate the reason the particular record is not any longer part of the agency file; and

(3) state the date and time the record was removed.

(b) This section does not apply to a record that is removed for destruction as permitted by law.
Tex. Government Code § 657.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 657 / Section 657.010
§ 657.010. COMPLAINT REGARDING EMPLOYMENT DECISION OF STATE AGENCY.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual entitled to a military employment preference under this chapter who is aggrieved by a decision of a state agency to which this chapter applies relating to hiring or appointing the individual, or relating to retaining the individual if the state agency reduces its workforce, may appeal the decision by filing a written complaint with the executive director of the state agency under this section.

(b) The executive director of a state agency that receives a written complaint under Subsection (a) shall respond to the complaint not later than the 15th business day after the date the executive director receives the complaint. The executive director may render a different hiring or appointment decision than the decision that is the subject of the complaint if the executive director determines that the military preference was not applied.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8022A.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8022A / Section 8022A.0202
§ 8022A.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Blake Scrivener;

(2) Lindsay Key;

(3) John Cox;

(4) Jeremy Brannon; and

(5) Joe Daly.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8022A.0103; or

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

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 8022A.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 8022A.0103; or

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

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.199 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.199
§ 214.199. EXCEPTION OF MUNICIPALITY FROM ALARM SYSTEM RESPONSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may not adopt an ordinance providing that law enforcement personnel of the municipality will not respond to any alarm signal indicated by an alarm system in the municipality unless, before adopting the ordinance, the governing body of the municipality:

(1) makes reasonable efforts to notify permit holders of its intention to adopt the ordinance; and

(2) conducts a public hearing at which persons interested in the response of the municipality to alarm systems are given the opportunity to be heard.

(b) A municipality that adopts an ordinance under this section may not impose or collect any fine, fee, or penalty otherwise authorized by this subchapter.

(c) A municipality that adopts or proposes to adopt an ordinance under this section may notify permit holders that a permit holder may contract with a security services provider licensed by the Texas Private Security Board under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, to respond to an alarm. The notice, if given, must include the board's telephone number and Internet website address.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 31.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 31 / Section 31.009
§ 31.009. DENIAL, MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department for cause may deny an application for services after notice to the applicant and an opportunity for a fair hearing.

(b) The department may modify, suspend, or terminate services to an individual eligible for or receiving services after notice to the individual and an opportunity for a fair hearing.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall provide criteria for action by the department under this section.

(d) Chapter 2001, Government Code, does not apply to the granting, denial, modification, suspension, or termination of services. The department shall conduct hearings in accordance with the department's due process hearing rules.

(e) The department shall render the final administrative decision in a due process hearing to deny, modify, suspend, or terminate the receipt of services.

(f) The notice and hearing required by this section do not apply if the department restricts program services to conform to budgetary limitations that require the executive commissioner to establish service priorities.
Tex. Utilities Code § 38.006 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 38 / Section 38.006
§ 38.006. STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY STANDARDS FOR TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION POLES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative that operates transmission or distribution assets.

(b) The commission by rule shall adopt standards for the structural integrity of transmission and distribution poles.

(c) The standards adopted under this section must:

(1) require an electric utility to:

(A) inspect, maintain, remediate, and replace transmission and distribution poles as necessary on a timeline established by the commission; and

(B) maintain records of the actions described by Paragraph (A);

(2) account for geographic and weather characteristics of this state;

(3) consider national guidelines such as the National Electrical Safety Code and guidelines developed by the Rural Utilities Service of the United States Department of Agriculture;

(4) establish a classification system to assess the serviceability of transmission and distribution poles that accounts for pole maintenance and extending the service life of transmission and distribution poles; and

(5) consider the characteristics of electric utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative transmission and distribution systems throughout this state.

(d) The governing body of a municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative shall adopt for the utility or cooperative, as applicable, the standards adopted by the commission under Subsection (b). If the commission revises the standards adopted under Subsection (b), the governing body of each municipally owned utility and electric cooperative shall adopt the revised standards not later than the 120th day after the effective date of the commission's revised standards.

(e) Not later than May 1 of each year, each electric utility, municipally owned utility, and electric cooperative shall submit to the commission a report on:

(1) the implementation of the utility's or cooperative's transmission and distribution pole maintenance schedule;

(2) the results of the utility's or cooperative's inspection of transmission and distribution poles, including the number of poles inspected and any remediation or replacement action taken; and

(3) any other information the commission requires.

(f) A municipally owned utility or electric cooperative shall include with the first report required under Subsection (e) after the utility or cooperative adopts initial or revised standards under Subsection (d) an attestation from the utility's or cooperative's highest-ranking representative, official, or officer with binding authority over the utility or cooperative stating that the utility or cooperative has adopted standards in compliance with this section.

(g) The commission may impose an administrative penalty under Section 15.023 against a municipally owned utility or electric cooperative for a violation of this section or a rule adopted under this section.
Tex. Election Code § 221.016 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 221 / Section 221.016
§ 221.016. PRESERVATION OF CONTEST PAPERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The papers of a contest in the district court shall be preserved under the rules applicable to the papers in a civil suit.

(b) The papers of a contest in a tribunal other than a court shall be preserved for 10 years after the date the contest is disposed of and shall then be transferred to the state library.
Tex. Occupations Code § 53.052 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 53 / Section 53.052
§ 53.052. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) A person whose license has been suspended or revoked or who has been denied a license or the opportunity to take an examination under Section 53.021 and who has exhausted the person's administrative appeals may file an action in the district court in the county in which the licensing authority is located for review of the evidence presented to the licensing authority and the decision of the licensing authority.

(b) The petition for an action under Subsection (a) must be filed not later than the 30th day after the date the licensing authority's decision is final and appealable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8414.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8414 / Section 8414.005
§ 8414.005. 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 municipal utility 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.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 86.027 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 86 / Section 86.027
§ 86.027. CIVIL SUIT AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION PERMISSIBLE.
Status: in_force

The pendency or determination of a civil action brought under this chapter or a criminal prosecution for the same violation does not bar the other action.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.1025 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.1025
§ 204.1025. DUTIES REGARDING PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The physician assistant board shall in conjunction with the Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing perform the functions and duties relating to prescriptive authority agreements assigned to the physician assistant board in Sections 157.0512 and 157.0513.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2652.2015 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2652 / Section 2652.2015
§ 2652.2015. PROHIBITED GROUNDS FOR DELAY OR DENIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the department may not delay or deny a license application or a license renewal based wholly or partly on a department audit or complaint investigation of, or disciplinary or enforcement action against, a license holder or applicant that is pending and has not been finally closed or resolved by a final order issued by the commissioner on or before the date on which the initial or renewal application is complete.

(b) The department may delay a license application or license renewal if:

(1) the applicant or license holder is the subject of a criminal investigation or prosecution; or

(2) the deputy commissioner of the title division of the department makes a good faith determination that there is a credible suspicion that there are ongoing or continuing acts of fraud by the applicant or license holder.

(c) The department may deny a license application or license renewal if the department determines that the applicant or license holder intentionally made a material misstatement in the license application or license renewal or the applicant or license holder attempted to obtain the license or renewal by fraud or misrepresentation.
Tex. Family Code § 107.010 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.010
§ 107.010. DISCRETIONARY APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY AD LITEM FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON.
Status: in_force

The court may appoint an attorney to serve as an attorney ad litem for a person entitled to service of citation in a suit if the court finds that the person is incapacitated. The attorney ad litem shall follow the person's expressed objectives of representation and, if appropriate, refer the proceeding to the proper court for guardianship proceedings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.053
§ 1011.053. BALLOT PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must be signed by not fewer than 10 registered voters.

(b) The petition and an application for a place on the ballot that meets the requirements of the Election Code must be filed in the manner provided by Chapter 144, Election Code.
Tex. Education Code § 52.16 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 52 / Section 52.16
§ 52.16. PROCEEDS FROM BOND SALE.
Status: in_force

All proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by Sections 50b-4, 50b-5, 50b-6, and 50b-7, Article III, Texas Constitution, shall be deposited in the state treasury in the student loan auxiliary fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9056.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9056 / Section 9056.154
§ 9056.154. MAINTENANCE TAX ELECTION PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

A maintenance tax election shall be held and notice of the election shall be given in the manner required by general law for a bond election.
Tex. Government Code § 4004.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4004 / Section 4004.058
§ 4004.058. POSTING REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

On receipt of a registration certificate issued under this chapter, the dealer or investment adviser named in the certificate shall immediately post and conspicuously display the certificate at all times in the dealer's or investment adviser's principal place of business, if the dealer's or investment adviser's principal place of business is maintained in this state. The dealer or investment adviser shall similarly post and conspicuously display a duplicate copy of the dealer's or investment adviser's certificate in each branch office located in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7920.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7920 / Section 7920.201
§ 7920.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

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 any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Family Code § 8.207 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.207
§ 8.207. EMPLOYER RECEIVING MULTIPLE ORDERS OR WRITS.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer who receives more than one order or writ of withholding to withhold income from the same obligor shall withhold the combined amounts due under each order or writ unless the combined amounts due exceed the maximum total amount of allowed income withholding under Section 8.106.

(b) If the combined amounts to be withheld under multiple orders or writs for the same obligor exceed the maximum total amount of allowed income withholding under Section 8.106, the employer shall pay, until that maximum is reached, in the following order of priority:

(1) an equal amount toward current child support owed by the obligor in each order or writ until the employer has complied fully with each current child support obligation;

(2) an equal amount toward current maintenance owed by the obligor in each order or writ until the employer has complied fully with each current maintenance obligation;

(3) an equal amount toward child support arrearages owed by the obligor in each order or writ until the employer has complied fully with each order or writ for child support arrearages; and

(4) an equal amount toward maintenance arrearages owed by the obligor in each order or writ until the employer has complied fully with each order or writ for spousal maintenance arrearages.