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Tex. Education Code § 61.09021 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.09021
§ 61.09021. COMPARISON TOOL.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall make available to the public on the board's Internet website a search tool that allows a person to compare general academic teaching institutions that meet certain criteria selected by the person, including offering a particular major or program of study.

(b) The comparison tool required under this section must:

(1) be accessible from the board's Internet website;

(2) allow a user to identify general academic teaching institutions according to selection criteria as determined by the board; and

(3) be accessible to the public without requiring registration or use of a user name, password, or other user identification.

(c) The comparison tool required under this section must generate a comparison chart in a grid format that:

(1) lists the general academic teaching institutions that match a user's search criteria; and

(2) provides information for each institution listed that the board has determined would aid a prospective student in evaluating the institution.

(d) The Internet page displaying the comparison chart must include a link to the Internet website of the Texas Workforce Commission.

(e) To the extent practicable, the information provided under Subsection (c) must consist of information that a general academic teaching institution is required to report to the board under another provision of law, including board rule.

(f) Each general academic teaching institution shall provide to the board the information to be provided under Subsection (c) not later than October 1, or a date determined by the board, of each year. The board shall update the comparison tool as soon as practicable after receiving information from each institution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8029.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8029 / Section 8029.0303
§ 8029.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3932.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3932 / Section 3932.001
§ 3932.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Missouri City.

(3) "County" means Fort Bend County.

(4) "Director" means a board member.

(5) "District" means the Missouri City Management District No. 2.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1078.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1078 / Section 1078.062
§ 1078.062. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint qualified persons as:

(1) the assistant district administrator; and

(2) the attorney for the district.

(b) The assistant district administrator and the attorney for the district serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1007.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1007 / Section 1007.057
§ 1007.057. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ a district administrator to manage the operations of the hospital system.

(b) The district administrator may employ necessary personnel to perform the services provided by the system.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 5 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 5
§ 5. PAYMENT BY STATE.
Status: in_force

The Comptroller of Public Accounts, upon receipt of a claim approved by the judge, shall examine it and, if he deems the claim in compliance with and authorized by this Article, draw his warrant on the State Treasury for the amount due the witness, or to any person to which the certificate has been assigned by the witness, but no warrant may issue to any assignee of a witness claim unless the assignment is made under oath and acknowledged before some person authorized to administer oaths, certified to by the officer, and under seal. If the appropriation for paying the account is exhausted, the Comptroller of Public Accounts shall file it away and issue a certificate in the name of the witness entitled to it, stating therein the amount of the claim. Each claim not filed in the office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts within twelve months from the date it became due and payable shall be forever barred.
Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 9 — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 21 / Section 9
§ 9.
Status: repealed

Sec. 9. Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 18, eff. April 1, 2007.(a) A nonprofit organization included in a category eligible for coverage by the association is entitled to submit an application to the association for coverage as provided by this article and the plan of operation.

(b) An agent authorized under Article 21.14 of this code may submit the application to the association on behalf of an applicant.

(c) If the association determines that the applicant meets the underwriting standards provided by the plan of operation and that there is no unpaid, uncontested premium, policyholder stabilization reserve fund charge, or assessment owed by the applicant for prior insurance, the association, on receipt of the premium and the policyholder stabilization reserve fund charge or the portion of that charge required by the plan of operation, shall cause a liability insurance policy to be issued to the nonprofit organization for one year.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.202
§ 363.202. AUDITS AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall have an annual audit made of the financial condition of the district by an independent auditor.

(b) The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection during regular business hours at the principal office of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8452.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8452 / Section 8452.152
§ 8452.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8452.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 1 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 11 / Section 1
§ 1.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This article establishes the procedures for an application for writ of habeas corpus in which the applicant seeks relief from a felony judgment imposing a penalty other than death.Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this article establishes the procedures for an application for a writ of habeas corpus in which the applicant seeks relief from a judgment imposing a penalty of death.Sec. 1. This article establishes the procedures for an application for a writ of habeas corpus in a felony or misdemeanor case in which the applicant seeks relief from an order or a judgment of conviction ordering community supervision.
Tex. Insurance Code § 559.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 559 / Section 559.152
§ 559.152. PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A credit scoring model filed to comply with this chapter, as of the date the filing is received by the department:

(1) is public information;

(2) is not subject to any exceptions to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code; and

(3) cannot be withheld from disclosure under any other law.
Tex. Government Code § 1205.151 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1205 / Section 1205.151
§ 1205.151. EFFECT OF JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a final judgment of a district court in an action under this chapter that holds that:

(1) the issuer had or has the authority on the terms set out in the issuer's petition to:

(A) issue the public securities; or

(B) take each public security authorization; and

(2) each public security authorization and expenditure of money relating to the public securities was legal.

(b) The judgment, as to each adjudicated matter and each matter that could have been raised, is binding and conclusive against:

(1) the issuer;

(2) the attorney general;

(3) the comptroller; and

(4) any party to the action, whether:

(A) named and served with the notice of the proceedings; or

(B) described by Section 1205.041(a).

(c) The judgment is a permanent injunction against the filing by any person of any proceeding contesting the validity of:

(1) the public securities, a public security authorization, or an expenditure of money relating to the public securities described in the petition;

(2) each provision made for the payment of the public securities or of any interest on the public securities; and

(3) any adjudicated matter and any matter that could have been raised in the action.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.276 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.276
§ 1001.276. PROCEDURE FOR RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the board before the expiration date of the license. A person whose license has expired may not engage in activities that require a license until the license has been renewed.

(b) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license by paying to the board the required renewal fee and a late renewal fee.

(c) A person whose license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than two years may renew the license by paying to the board the required renewal fee and a late renewal fee for each delinquent year or part of a year.

(d) A person whose license has been expired for two years or more may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by complying with the requirements and procedures, including the examination requirements, for obtaining an original license.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.202
§ 504.202. NOTICE OF LICENSE EXPIRATION AND REQUIREMENTS TO RENEW.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 31st day before the expiration date of a person's license, the department shall send to the license holder at the license holder's last known address according to department records written notice of:

(1) the impending license expiration;

(2) the amount of the renewal fee; and

(3) any continuing education required to renew the license.
Tex. Education Code § 107.42 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 107 / Section 107.42
§ 107.42. STAFF.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a chief executive officer of the system and other officers and employees it deems proper and shall fix their salaries.

(b) The chief executive officer of the system shall also serve as the president of Texas Woman's University.

(c) The board shall make rules and regulations for the government of the system's staff as it deems advisable.
Tex. Family Code § 107.0125 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.0125
§ 107.0125. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY IN DUAL ROLE.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to comply with the mandatory appointment of a guardian ad litem under Section 107.011 and the mandatory appointment of an attorney ad litem under Section 107.012, the court may appoint an attorney to serve in the dual role.

(b) If the court appoints an attorney to serve in the dual role under this section, the court may at any time during the pendency of the suit appoint another person to serve as guardian ad litem for the child and restrict the attorney to acting as an attorney ad litem for the child.

(c) An attorney appointed to serve in the dual role may request the court to appoint another person to serve as guardian ad litem for the child. If the court grants the attorney's request, the attorney shall serve only as the attorney ad litem for the child.

(d) Unless the court appoints another person as guardian ad litem in a suit filed by a governmental entity, an appointment of an attorney to serve as an attorney ad litem in a suit filed by a governmental entity is an appointment to serve in the dual role regardless of the terminology used in the appointing order.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.027 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 101 / Section 101.027
§ 101.027. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) Each governmental unit other than a unit of state government may purchase insurance policies protecting the unit and the unit's employees against claims under this chapter. A unit of state government may purchase such a policy only to the extent that the unit is authorized or required to do so under other law.

(b) The policies may relinquish to the insurer the right to investigate, defend, compromise, and settle any claim under this chapter to which the insurance coverage extends.

(c) This state or a political subdivision of the state may not require an employee to purchase liability insurance as a condition of employment if the state or the political subdivision is insured by a liability insurance policy.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.348 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.348
§ 151.348. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT VENTURES.
Status: in_force

(a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter items sold in connection with a joint research and development venture as defined by 15 U.S.C. Section 4301 that are sold by the joint research and development venture to a participating entity, if the items are created, developed, or substantially modified by or for the joint research and development venture, including items developed as a result of research and/or development agreements entered into by the joint research and development venture with third parties.

(b) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter items purchased by, and to carry out the purpose of, a joint research and development venture, as defined by 15 U.S.C. Section 4301, notice of whose establishment and participants was first published in the Federal Register on January 17, 1985, or May 19, 1988, if the items have a useful life in excess of six months when placed in service by the joint research and development venture.
Tex. Government Code § 1473.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.102
§ 1473.102. ELECTION PROPOSITIONS.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court may submit one or more bond propositions at an election relating to the issuance of bonds under this subchapter. Each proposition may include one or more of the purposes provided by Section 1473.101.
Tex. Government Code § 62.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 62 / Section 62.008
§ 62.008. ENVELOPES CONTAINING JURY WHEEL CARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time that names are drawn for jury service and placed on a jury list, the jury wheel cards containing the names on the jury list shall be sealed in a separate envelope that is endorsed, "Cards containing the names of jurors on List No. ______ of the petit jurors drawn on the ______ day of __________, 19____, for the ______ Court of __________ County." The blanks in the endorsement on an envelope shall be properly filled.

(b) The county or district clerk, as the case may be, shall retain unopened a sealed envelope containing jury wheel cards in a secure manner until the jurors selected from the jury list with names corresponding to those on the jury wheel cards in the envelope are impaneled for jury service.
Tex. Utilities Code § 56.031 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.031
§ 56.031.
Status: in_force

Sec. 56.031. ADJUSTMENTS: TEXAS HIGH COST UNIVERSAL SERVICE PLAN. The commission may revise the monthly per line support amounts to be made available from the Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan after notice and an opportunity for hearing. In determining appropriate monthly per line support amounts, the commission shall consider the adequacy of basic rates to support universal service.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1355.258 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1355 / Section 1355.258
§ 1355.258. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 301.033 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 301 / Section 301.033
§ 301.033. ALLOCATION OF SPACE IN LEGISLATIVE SERVICES BUILDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The space in the legislative services office building and parking facilities authorized by Chapter 168, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, is allocated to the legislature and legislative agencies for their use. The presiding officers of each house of the legislature shall jointly decide the allocation of the space in the building and facilities.

(b) The building shall be known as the Robert E. Johnson Building.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 551.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 551 / Section 551.004
§ 551.004. BENEFIT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The superintendent or director may deposit the interest or increment accruing from funds deposited or invested under Section 551.003 into a fund to be known as the benefit fund. The superintendent or director is the trustee of the fund.

(b) The superintendent or director may spend money from the benefit fund for:

(1) educating or entertaining the patients or clients;

(2) barber or cosmetology services for the patients or clients; and

(3) the actual expense incurred in maintaining the fund.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.552 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.552
§ 39.552. COST-OF-SERVICE REGULATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Until the date on which an electric utility subject to this subchapter is authorized by the commission under Section 39.553(f) to implement retail customer choice, the rates of the utility are subject to regulation under Chapter 36.

(b) Until the date on which an electric utility subject to this subchapter implements customer choice, the provisions of this chapter, other than this subchapter and Sections 39.1516 and 39.905, do not apply to that utility.
Tex. Election Code § 85.070 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 85 / Section 85.070
§ 85.070. DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS TO MAIN POLLING PLACE.
Status: in_force

Each early voting ballot application submitted at a branch polling place shall be delivered by an election officer to the main polling place not later than 1 p.m. on the day after the date the application is submitted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1031.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1031 / Section 1031.112
§ 1031.112. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state.
Tex. Estates Code § 1159.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1159 / Section 1159.002
§ 1159.002. RENTING ESTATE PROPERTY WITH COURT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The guardian of an estate may file a written application with the court setting forth the property the guardian seeks to rent. If the proposed rental period is one year or more, the guardian of the estate shall file a written application with the court setting forth the property the guardian seeks to rent.

(b) If the court finds that granting an application filed under Subsection (a) is in the interests of the estate, the court shall grant the application and issue an order that:

(1) describes the property to be rented; and

(2) states whether the property will be rented at public auction or privately, whether for cash or on credit, and if on credit, the extent of the credit and the period for which the property may be rented.

(c) If, under Subsection (b), the court orders property to be rented at public auction, the court shall prescribe whether notice of the auction shall be published or posted.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 244.012 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 244 / Section 244.012
§ 244.012. EXAMINATION BEFORE DISCHARGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish a system that identifies children with mental illness or intellectual disabilities in the department's custody.

(b) Before a child with mental illness is discharged from the department's custody under Section 244.011(b), a department psychiatrist shall examine the child. The department shall refer a child requiring outpatient psychiatric treatment to the appropriate mental health authority. For a child requiring inpatient psychiatric treatment, the department shall file a sworn application for court-ordered mental health services, as provided in Subchapter C, Chapter 574, Health and Safety Code, if:

(1) the child is not receiving court-ordered mental health services; and

(2) the psychiatrist who examined the child determines that the child is a child with mental illness and the child meets at least one of the criteria listed in Section 574.034 or 574.0345, Health and Safety Code.

(c) Before a child who is identified as having an intellectual disability under Chapter 593, Health and Safety Code, is discharged from the department's custody under Section 244.011(b), the department shall refer the child for intellectual disability services if the child is not receiving intellectual disability services.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 65.201 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 65 / Section 65.201
§ 65.201. PROGRAM BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The commission must approve program benefits offered under this chapter. The commission shall ensure the benefits comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7956.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7956 / Section 7956.003
§ 7956.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 8130.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8130 / Section 8130.051
§ 8130.051. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads or turnpikes, or improvements in aid of those roads or turnpikes, inside the district.

(b) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulatory ordinances of the municipality or county in whose jurisdiction the district is located.

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality or county in whose jurisdiction the district is located consents by ordinance or resolution.