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Tex. Education Code § 61.9644 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.9644
§ 61.9644.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.9644. NURSING FACULTY GRANT PROGRAM: PART-TIME POSITIONS. (a) The board shall award grants under a nursing faculty grant program to eligible institutions of higher education to provide funding for qualified nursing staff working at clinical sites who serve as part-time nursing faculty at those institutions.

(b) The amount of a grant and the number of grants to be awarded must be based on the total number of nursing staff serving as part-time faculty in institutions of higher education throughout the state in the year for which the grant is awarded.

(c) A grant received under this section must be expended to support the applicable nursing faculty positions, including the faculty stipend.

(d) An institution of higher education must certify in the grant application the number of unfilled faculty positions to which the application applies and, after a grant is awarded, must certify which of those positions have been filled before receipt of the grant funds.

(e) The board shall prescribe the dates for the submission of applications and the award of grants under this section to ensure that a grant recipient has sufficient time to prepare for receipt and effective use of the grant funds before the academic period for which the grant is awarded.

(f) Grant amounts are awarded under this section for two consecutive state fiscal years. The board may distribute a grant amount for nursing faculty only on receiving the certification from the institution of higher education that the applicable nurse faculty position has been filled. For each first-year nursing faculty position for which a clinical site receives an initial grant amount in a state fiscal year, the board shall make available an equal grant amount for the subsequent state fiscal year contingent on filling the part-time nursing faculty positions funded by the grant in that second year.
Tex. Family Code § 159.901 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 159 / Section 159.901
§ 159.901. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Tex. Government Code § 411.508 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.508
§ 411.508. RIGHT TO NOTICE AND HEARING; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) For each program subject to this subchapter, a person is entitled to notice and a hearing if the commission proposes to:

(1) deny an application for, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license;

(2) reprimand a license holder; or

(3) place a license holder on probation.

(b) A proceeding to impose an administrative sanction as described by Subsection (a) is a contested case under Chapter 2001.

(c) Unless otherwise provided by law, judicial review of an administrative sanction or penalty imposed by the commission is under the substantial evidence rule as provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 2001.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9013.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9013 / Section 9013.153
§ 9013.153. CONTROL OF WATER AND FLOODWATER; RECLAMATION.
Status: in_force

The district has the power to:

(1) control, store, preserve, and distribute the water and floodwater in the district for the irrigation of arid land, conservation, preservation, reclamation, and drainage of the lands in the district;

(2) carry out flood prevention measures to prevent damage to the property in the district; and

(3) reclaim lands heretofore damaged because of the failure to provide the facilities authorized to be constructed under this chapter.
Tex. Estates Code § 351.103 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.103
§ 351.103. POSSESSION OF PROPERTY HELD IN COMMON OWNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

If an estate holds or owns any property in common or as part owner with another, the personal representative of the estate is entitled to possession of the property in common with the other part owner or owners in the same manner as other owners in common or joint owners are entitled to possession of the property.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.401 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.401
§ 1369.401. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "pharmacy benefit manager" has the meaning assigned by Section 4151.151.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.515 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.515
§ 161.515. CERTAIN RIGHTS, BENEFITS, CONDITIONS, AND OBLIGATIONS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

In making rules and administering this subchapter, the board may not impose on or grant a loan recipient or a transferee under Section 161.511 a right, benefit, condition, or obligation that, in any way, may impair:

(1) the ability of the board to sell a loan made under this subchapter; or

(2) the market value of a loan made under this subchapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.341 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.341
§ 151.341. ITEMS SOLD TO OR USED BY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A taxable item sold, leased, or rented to or stored, used, or consumed by a nonprofit corporation formed under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code), is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter if the item is for the exclusive use and benefit of the nonprofit corporation.

(b) The exemption provided by this section does not apply to an item that is a project or a part of a project that is to be leased, sold, or lent by the nonprofit corporation.
Tex. Government Code § 609.711 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 609 / Section 609.711
§ 609.711. FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution of higher education or group of institutions of higher education that creates a deferred compensation plan may assess a fee for the administration of the plan against each participating employee.

(b) The institution of higher education or group of institutions of higher education shall determine the method for computing and assessing the fee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8050.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8050 / Section 8050.0103
§ 8050.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Estates Code § 113.155 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 113 / Section 113.155
§ 113.155. EFFECT OF DEATH OF PARTY ON CERTAIN ACCOUNTS WITHOUT RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP.
Status: in_force

The death of a party to a multiple-party account to which Sections 113.151, 113.152, and 113.153 do not apply has no effect on the beneficial ownership of the account, other than to transfer the rights of the deceased party as part of the deceased party's estate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8826.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8826 / Section 8826.052
§ 8826.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) Directors are elected according to the commissioners precinct method as provided by this section.

(b) One director is elected by the voters of the entire district. One director is elected from each county commissioners precinct by the voters of that precinct.

(c) A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot:

(1) the precinct that the person seeks to represent; or

(2) that the person seeks to represent the district at large.

(d) When the boundaries of the county commissioners precincts are redrawn under Section 18, Article V, Texas Constitution, a director in office on the effective date of the change, or elected or appointed before the effective date of the change to a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve the term or the remainder of the term in the precinct to which elected or appointed even though the change in boundaries places the director's residence outside the precinct for which the director was elected or appointed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.520 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.520
§ 1103.520. DECISION ON REHEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The decision made at the conclusion of the original contested case hearing may not be reversed or modified for a procedural, evidentiary, or other error that did not cause substantial injustice to the parties.

(b) The decision made on a rehearing may incorporate by reference any part of the decision made at the conclusion of the original hearing.

(c) On rehearing, the administrative law judge shall consider facts not presented in the original hearing if:

(1) the facts arose after the original hearing was concluded;

(2) the party offering the evidence could not reasonably have provided the evidence at the original hearing; or

(3) the party offering the evidence was misled by a party regarding the necessity for offering the evidence at the original hearing.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.108 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.108
§ 39A.108. IMPLEMENTATION OF CAMPUS TURNAROUND PLAN.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 39A.110(a), following approval of a campus turnaround plan by the commissioner, the school district, in consultation with the campus intervention team, shall take any actions needed to implement the plan.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1251.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1251 / Section 1251.251
§ 1251.251. CONTINUATION OF GROUP COVERAGE REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer or group hospital service corporation that issues policies that provide hospital, surgical, or major medical expense insurance coverage or any combination of those coverages on an expense incurred basis shall, as required by this subchapter, provide continuation of group coverage for employees or members and their eligible dependents, subject to the eligibility provisions prescribed by Section 1251.252.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to an insurance policy that provides benefits only for expenses incurred because of a specified disease or an accident.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 27.06 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 27 / Section 27.06
§ 27.06. SPECIAL PLEA VERIFIED.
Status: in_force

Every special plea shall be verified by the affidavit of the defendant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.305
§ 1004.305. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The increase by the Ballinger Memorial Hospital District of the rate of annual taxes for hospital purposes on all taxable property in the district to a rate not to exceed _____ (insert the amount determined by the board or stated in the petition) cents on each $100 valuation."
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.018 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 141 / Section 141.018
§ 141.018. PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date an order finding that a violation has occurred is issued, the department shall inform the person against whom the order is issued of the amount of the penalty for the violation.

(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which a decision or order charging a person with a penalty is final, the person shall:

(1) pay the penalty in full; or

(2) file a petition for judicial review of the department's order contesting the amount of the penalty, the fact of the violation, or both.

(b-1) Within the period prescribed by Subsection (b), a person who files a petition for judicial review may:

(1) stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) paying the penalty to the court for placement in an escrow account; or

(B) posting with the court a supersedeas bond for the amount of the penalty; or

(2) request that the department stay enforcement of the penalty by:

(A) filing with the court a sworn affidavit of the person stating that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and is financially unable to give the supersedeas bond; and

(B) sending a copy of the affidavit to the department.

(b-2) If the department receives a copy of an affidavit under Subsection (b-1)(2), the department may file with the court, within five days after the date the copy is received, a contest to the affidavit. The court shall hold a hearing on the facts alleged in the affidavit as soon as practicable and shall stay the enforcement of the penalty on finding that the alleged facts are true. The person who files an affidavit has the burden of proving that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty or to give a supersedeas bond.

(c) A bond posted under this section must be in a form approved by the court and be effective until all judicial review of the order or decision is final.

(d) A person who does not send money to, post the bond with, or file the affidavit with the court within the period prescribed by Subsection (b) waives all rights to contest the violation or the amount of the penalty.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7927A.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7927A / Section 7927A.0106
§ 7927A.0106. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Finance Code § 33.101 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 33 / Section 33.101
§ 33.101. VOTING SECURITIES HELD BY BANK.
Status: in_force

(a) Voting securities of a state bank held by the bank in a fiduciary capacity under a will or trust, whether registered in the bank's name or in the name of its nominee, may not be voted in the election of directors or on a matter affecting the compensation of directors, officers, or employees of the bank in that capacity unless:

(1) under the terms of the will or trust, the manner in which the voting securities are to be voted may be determined by a donor or beneficiary of the will or trust and the donor or beneficiary makes the determination in the matter at issue;

(2) the terms of the will or trust expressly direct the manner in which the securities must be voted so that discretion is not vested in the bank as fiduciary; or

(3) the securities are voted solely by a cofiduciary that is not an affiliate of the bank, as if the cofiduciary were the sole fiduciary.

(b) Voting securities of a state bank that cannot be voted under this section are considered to be authorized but unissued for purposes of determining the procedures for and results of the affected vote.
Tex. Water Code § 15.113 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.113
§ 15.113. INSPECTION OF PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may inspect the construction of a project any time to assure that:

(1) the contractor is substantially complying with the approved engineering plans of the project; and

(2) the contractor is constructing the project in accordance with sound engineering principles.

(b) Inspection of a project by the board does not subject the state to any civil liability.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8407.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8407 / Section 8407.101
§ 8407.101. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has the rights, powers, privileges, and functions conferred by general law applicable to a municipal utility district, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 302.00436 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 302 / Section 302.00436
§ 302.00436.
Status: in_force

Sec. 302.00436. SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM: INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Each local workforce development board shall inform the local school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in the workforce development area regarding opportunities to partner with child-care providers in the board's area to expand access to and provide facilities for prekindergarten programs.
Tex. Tax Code § 33.76 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 33 / Section 33.76
§ 33.76. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED.
Status: in_force

(a) In a trial on the merits, if a jury trial is demanded and a jury fee is paid, as prescribed by Rule 216, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the master shall refer any matters requiring a jury back to the referring court for a full trial before the referring court and jury. However, the master shall conduct all pretrial work necessary to prepare the case for a jury trial.

(b) The master may require all parties to submit a proposed jury charge or other pretrial order or sanction the parties for failure to present or prepare a proper pretrial order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3814.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3814 / Section 3814.051
§ 3814.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of:

(1) nine voting directors appointed under Section 3814.052; and

(2) nonvoting directors as provided by Section 3814.053.

(b) If the board determines that it is in the best interest of the district, the board by resolution may increase or decrease the number of directors on the board except that the board may not consist of fewer than seven or more than 15 directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4012.0311 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4012 / Section 4012.0311
§ 4012.0311. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8270.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8270 / Section 8270.052
§ 8270.052. EXPANSION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If land is added to the district under Section 49.301, Water Code, the board may require the petitioners:

(1) to assume the petitioners' pro rata share of the voted but unissued bonds of the district; and

(2) to authorize the board to impose a tax on the petitioners' property to pay for the bonds after the bonds have been issued.

(b) If land is annexed in the manner provided by Section 49.302, Water Code, the board may also submit a proposition to the voters of the area to be annexed on the question of the assumption by the area to be annexed of its part of the voted but not yet issued or sold tax or tax-revenue bonds of the district and the imposition of an ad valorem tax on taxable property within the area to be annexed along with a tax on the rest of the district for the payment of the bonds.

(c) If the petitioners consent or if the election results favorably, the district may issue its voted but unissued tax or tax-revenue bonds regardless of changes to district boundaries since the original voting or authorization of the bonds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2211.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2211 / Section 2211.203
§ 2211.203. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.
Status: in_force

The following laws apply to public securities issued under this subchapter to the extent consistent with this subchapter:

(1) Chapters 1201, 1202, 1204, 1205, 1231, 1232, and 1371, Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1206, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8474.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8474 / Section 8474.102
§ 8474.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 603.056 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 603 / Section 603.056
§ 603.056. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The president of the medical board shall designate biennially an advisory committee member as the presiding officer of the advisory committee to serve in that capacity at the will of the president.

(b) The advisory committee may appoint additional officers as necessary.
Tex. Insurance Code § 422.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 422 / Section 422.004
§ 422.004. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to:

(1) the following domestic insurers:

(A) a stock life, health, or accident insurance company;

(B) a mutual life, health, or accident insurance company;

(C) a stock fire or casualty insurance company;

(D) a mutual fire or casualty insurance company;

(E) a title insurance company;

(F) a mutual assessment company;

(G) a local mutual aid association;

(H) a local mutual burial association;

(I) a statewide mutual assessment company;

(J) a stipulated premium company;

(K) a fraternal benefit society;

(L) a group hospital service corporation;

(M) a county mutual insurance company;

(N) a Lloyd's plan;

(O) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange;

(P) a farm mutual insurance company; and

(Q) a mortgage guaranty insurer; and

(2) all kinds of insurance written by an insurer to which this chapter applies.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 394.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 394 / Section 394.001
§ 394.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Certified" includes:

(A) new vehicle or new engine certification by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; or

(B) certification or approval by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of a system to convert a vehicle or engine to operate on an alternative fuel and a demonstration by the emissions data used to certify or approve the vehicle or engine, if the commission determines the testing used to obtain the emissions data is consistent with the testing required for approval of an alternative fuel conversion system for new and relatively new vehicles or engines under 40 C.F.R. Part 85.

(1-a) "Clean transportation zone" has the meaning assigned by Section 393.001.

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

(3) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(4) "Heavy-duty motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that:

(A) has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500 pounds; and

(B) is certified to or has an engine certified to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles or engines.

(5) "Incremental cost" has the meaning assigned by Section 386.001.

(6) "Medium-duty motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500 pounds that:

(A) is certified to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's light-duty emissions standard; or

(B) has an engine certified to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's light-duty emissions standard.

(7) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 386.151.

(7-a) "Natural gas engine" means an engine that operates:

(A) solely on natural gas, including compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, or liquefied petroleum gas; or

(B) on a combination of diesel fuel and natural gas, including compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, or liquefied petroleum gas, and is capable of achieving at least 60 percent displacement of diesel fuel with natural gas.

(8) "Natural gas vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is powered by a natural gas engine.

(9) "Program" means the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program established under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8265.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8265 / Section 8265.003
§ 8265.003. CONFIRMATION ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the creation of the district is not confirmed at a confirmation election held under Section 8265.023 before September 1, 2011:

(1) the district is dissolved September 1, 2011, except that the district shall:

(A) pay any debts incurred;

(B) transfer to Grayson County any assets that remain after the payment of debts; and

(C) maintain the organization of the district until all debts are paid and remaining assets are transferred; and

(2) this chapter expires September 1, 2014.