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Tex. Education Code § 45.2541 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.2541
§ 45.2541. INTERCEPT OF FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS AS CREDIT ENHANCEMENT.
Status: reserved

(a) Money appropriated for the Foundation School Program that may be used for the purpose under this subchapter and under any other law, rule, or regulation shall be used to provide credit enhancement for eligible bonds as provided by this subchapter, the General Appropriations Act, and board rule if using the permanent school fund to guarantee particular bonds would result in:

(1) a total amount of outstanding bonds guaranteed by the permanent school fund exceeding the amount authorized under:

(A) Section 45.053; or

(B) federal law or regulations; or

(2) the use of a portion of the cost value of the permanent school fund reserved under Section 45.0531, as determined by the board.

(b) If Foundation School Program appropriations are not sufficient in any year to pay principal or interest that becomes due on bonds for which credit enhancement is provided under this subchapter, the payment shall be made from the following year's Foundation School Program appropriations that may be used for the purpose under this subchapter before those appropriations are used for any other Foundation School Program purpose.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.071 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.071
§ 49A.071. INQUEST RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) A justice of the peace or other person authorized under this subchapter to conduct an inquest shall make an inquest record for each inquest the justice or person conducts. The inquest record must include:

(1) a report of the events, proceedings, findings, and conclusions of the inquest;

(2) any autopsy report prepared in the case; and

(3) all other papers of the case.

(b) As part of the inquest record, the justice of the peace shall make and keep a complete and permanent record of each inquest hearing. The inquest hearing record must include:

(1) the name of the deceased person or, if the person is unidentified, a description of the body;

(2) the time, date, and place where the body was found;

(3) the time, date, and place where the inquest was held;

(4) the name of each witness who testified at the inquest;

(5) the name of each person who provided to the justice information relevant to the inquest;

(6) the amount of bail set for each witness and for each person charged in the death;

(7) a transcript of the testimony given by each witness at the inquest hearing;

(8) the autopsy report, if an autopsy was performed; and

(9) the name of each person arrested as a suspect in the death who appeared at the inquest and the details of that person's arrest.

(c) All papers of the inquest record must be:

(1) marked with the case number;

(2) clearly indexed;

(3) maintained in the office of the justice of the peace; and

(4) made available to the appropriate officials on request.

(d) The commissioners court shall pay a reasonable fee to a person who records or transcribes sworn testimony during an inquest hearing.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.255 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.255
§ 22.255. CONVEYANCE BY CORPORATION.
Status: in_force

A corporation may convey real property of the corporation when authorized by appropriate resolution of the board of directors or members.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2023.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2023 / Section 2023.053
§ 2023.053. TEXAS RACING COMMISSION FUND; ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission shall deposit the money it collects under this subtitle in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund to be known as the Texas Racing Commission fund.

(b) The Texas Racing Commission fund may be appropriated only for the administration and enforcement of this subtitle.

(c) Any unappropriated money exceeding $2 million that remains in the fund at the close of each state fiscal biennium shall be transferred to the general revenue fund and may be appropriated for any purpose.

(d) The legislature may appropriate money from the general revenue fund for the administration and enforcement of this subtitle.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1120 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 9(1), eff. September 1, 2023.

(f) This section does not apply to money deposited into the Texas-bred incentive fund established under Section 2028.301.
Tex. Utilities Code § 58.251 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 58 / Section 58.251
§ 58.251. INTENT AND GOAL OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of this subchapter to establish a telecommunications infrastructure that interconnects the public entities described in this subchapter. The interconnection of these entities requires ubiquitous, broadband, digital services for voice, video, and data in the local serving area. The ubiquitous nature of these connections must allow individual networks of these entities to interconnect and interoperate across the broadband digital service infrastructure. The delivery of these advanced telecommunications services requires collaborations and partnerships of public, private, and commercial telecommunications service network providers.

(b) The goal of this subchapter is to interconnect and aggregate the connections to every entity described in this subchapter, in the local serving area. It is further intended that the infrastructure implemented under this subchapter connect each entity that requests a service offered under this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 401.304 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 401 / Section 401.304
§ 401.304. APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) To be eligible for licensing as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, an applicant must:

(1) if the application is for a license in:

(A) speech-language pathology, possess at least a master's degree with a major in at least one of the areas of communicative sciences or disorders; or

(B) audiology, possess at least:

(i) a master's degree in audiology conferred on or before December 31, 2007; or

(ii) a doctoral degree in audiology or a related hearing science;

(2) submit a transcript from a public or private institution of higher learning showing successful completion of course work in amounts set by the commission by rule in:

(A) normal development and use of speech, language, and hearing;

(B) evaluation, habilitation, and rehabilitation of speech, language, and hearing disorders; and

(C) related fields that augment the work of clinical practitioners of speech-language pathology and audiology;

(3) have successfully completed at least 36 semester hours in courses that are acceptable toward a graduate degree by the college or university in which the courses are taken, at least 24 of which must be in the professional area for which the license is requested;

(4) have completed the minimum number of hours, established by the commission by rule, of supervised clinical experience with persons who present a variety of communication disorders; and

(5) have completed the full-time supervised professional experience, as defined by commission rule, in which clinical work has been accomplished in the major professional area for which the license is being sought.

(a-1) A degree required under Subsection (a)(1) must be obtained from a program accredited by a national accrediting organization that is approved by the commission or department and recognized by the United States secretary of education under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.) in an accredited or approved college or university.

(b) Clinical experience required under Subsection (a)(4) must be obtained:

(1) in the applicant's educational institution or in one of the institution's cooperating programs; and

(2) under the supervision of a person holding a license to practice speech-language pathology or audiology.

(c) Supervised professional experience under Subsection (a)(5) must:

(1) be under the supervision of a qualified person acceptable to the department under guidelines approved by the commission; and

(2) begin after completion of the academic and clinical experience required by this section.
Tex. Occupations Code § 563.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 563 / Section 563.053
§ 563.053. DISPENSING OF DANGEROUS DRUGS IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "reimbursement for cost" means an additional charge, separate from that imposed for the physician's professional services, that includes the cost of the drug product and all other actual costs to the physician incidental to providing the dispensing service. The term does not include a separate fee imposed for the act of dispensing the drug itself.

(b) This section applies to an area located in a county with a population of 5,000 or less, or in a municipality or an unincorporated town with a population of less than 2,500, that is within a 15-mile radius of the physician's office and in which a pharmacy is not located. This section does not apply to a municipality or an unincorporated town that is adjacent to a municipality with a population of 2,500 or more.

(c) A physician who practices medicine in an area described by Subsection (b) may:

(1) maintain a supply of dangerous drugs in the physician's office to be dispensed in the course of treating the physician's patients; and

(2) be reimbursed for the cost of supplying those drugs without obtaining a license under Chapter 558.

(d) A physician who dispenses dangerous drugs under Subsection (c) shall:

(1) comply with each labeling provision under this subtitle applicable to that class of drugs; and

(2) oversee compliance with packaging and recordkeeping provisions applicable to that class of drugs.

(e) A physician who desires to dispense dangerous drugs under this section shall notify both the board and the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners that the physician practices in an area described by Subsection (b). The physician may continue to dispense dangerous drugs in the area until the board determines, after notice and hearing, that the physician no longer practices in an area described by Subsection (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.207
§ 1087.207. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the bonds to be refunded; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar amount of outstanding bonds and the unpaid matured interest on the bonds.
Tex. Penal Code § 2.02 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 2 / Section 2.02
§ 2.02. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An exception to an offense in this code is so labeled by the phrase: "It is an exception to the application of . . . ."

(b) The prosecuting attorney must negate the existence of an exception in the accusation charging commission of the offense and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant or defendant's conduct does not fall within the exception.

(c) This section does not affect exceptions applicable to offenses enacted prior to the effective date of this code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 322.050 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 322 / Section 322.050
§ 322.050. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The board shall keep a complete account of each board meeting and proceeding and shall maintain the records of the board in a secure manner. Those records are the property of the board and are subject to inspection by either of the commissioners courts at all reasonable times during office hours on business days. The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of the records of the board is subject to the requirements of Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code, and rules adopted under that subtitle.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.104 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.104
§ 408.104. MAXIMUM MEDICAL IMPROVEMENT AFTER SPINAL SURGERY.
Status: in_force

(a) On application by either the employee or the insurance carrier, the commissioner by order may extend the 104-week period described by Section 401.011(30)(B) if the employee has had spinal surgery, or has been approved for spinal surgery under Section 408.026 and commissioner rules, within 12 weeks before the expiration of the 104-week period. If an order is issued under this section, the order shall extend the statutory period for maximum medical improvement to a date certain, based on medical evidence presented to the commissioner.

(b) Either the employee or the insurance carrier may dispute an application for extension made under this section. A dispute under this subsection is subject to Chapter 410.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules establishing procedures for requesting and disputing an extension.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8098.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8098 / Section 8098.0102
§ 8098.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1001.360 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.360
§ 1001.360. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding general obligation bonds issued or assumed by the district.

(b) Refunding bonds may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bonds applied to the payment of the bonds to be refunded; or

(2) exchanged in whole or in part for not less than a like amount of bonds to be refunded and the matured but unpaid interest on those bonds.

(c) The refunding bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of issuance.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.455 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.455
§ 882.455. TABLE OF GUARANTEED VALUES.
Status: in_force

(a) Each insurance policy issued by a mutual life insurance company must contain a table of guaranteed values. The guaranteed values become nonforfeitable not later than the date of payment of the third full annual premium.

(b) The table of guaranteed values shall be drawn in accordance with the law governing life, health, and accident insurance companies.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.151
§ 205.151. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The acupuncture board shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the acupuncture board and the procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the acupuncture board.

(b) The acupuncture board shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.
Tex. Occupations Code § 401.303 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 401 / Section 401.303
§ 401.303. LICENSE APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who desires a license under this chapter must apply to the department on a form and in the manner prescribed by the executive director.

(b) The application must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee.
Tex. Government Code § 401.011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 401 / Section 401.011
§ 401.011. INAUGURAL ENDOWMENT FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent that the balance of the inaugural fund exceeds $100,000 plus the amount necessary to cover fund obligations, on the date the inaugural committee appointed for an inauguration is dissolved that balance shall be transferred to an account in the general revenue fund to be known as the inaugural endowment fund. The fund shall be administered and expended in accordance with this section.

(b) The fund may be expended for decorating, furnishing, preserving, or improving the Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, or other state property of historical significance or for grants in support of public schools, public libraries, or other charitable causes at the discretion of the inaugural endowment fund committee.

(c) The inaugural endowment fund committee is composed of the chair of the Texas Historical Commission, a person appointed by the governor, a person appointed by the lieutenant governor, and a person appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. Notwithstanding other law, the spouse of the governor, of a member of the legislature, or of another state officer may be appointed to the committee. The governor shall designate the chair of the committee from among the members.

(d) Appointed members of the committee serve for terms of two years, expiring on the third Tuesday in January in odd-numbered years. Committee members serve without compensation or reimbursement for travel or personal expenses incurred in carrying out committee duties, except that the service of the chair of the Texas Historical Commission is considered an additional duty of that office and expenses for that person shall be reimbursed by the commission to the same extent as for performance of other commission duties.

(e) Operations of the committee may not be conducted at state expense, and committee functions may not be carried out through the use of state personnel or equipment.

(f) Not later than October 1 of each year, the committee shall file a report with the secretary of state detailing expenditures made during the 12 months ending on the August 31 preceding the report. The secretary of state shall publish the report in the Texas Register.

(g) The committee is a governmental body for purposes of Chapters 551 and 552 but is not subject to Chapter 2001.

(h) Section 403.095 does not apply to the inaugural endowment fund.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 101A.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 101A / Section 101A.003
§ 101A.003. SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

The Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the institute is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2035.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 576.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 576 / Section 576.006
§ 576.006. RIGHTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A patient in an inpatient mental health facility has the right to:

(1) receive visitors;

(2) communicate with a person outside the facility by telephone and by uncensored and sealed mail; and

(3) communicate by telephone and by uncensored and sealed mail with legal counsel, the department, the courts, and the state attorney general.

(b) The rights provided in Subsection (a) are subject to the general rules of the facility. The physician ultimately responsible for the patient's treatment may also restrict a right only to the extent that the restriction is necessary to the patient's welfare or to protect another person but may not restrict the right to communicate with legal counsel, the department, the courts, or the state attorney general.

(c) If a restriction is imposed under this section, the physician ultimately responsible for the patient's treatment shall document the clinical reasons for the restriction and the duration of the restriction in the patient's clinical record. That physician shall inform the patient and, if appropriate, the patient's parent, managing conservator, or guardian of the clinical reasons for the restriction and the duration of the restriction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.254
§ 3933.254. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.00566 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.00566
§ 1301.00566. EFFECT OF NETWORK ADEQUACY STANDARDS WAIVER ON BALANCE BILLING PROHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

After a network adequacy standards waiver is granted by the commissioner, an insurer may refer to the provisions prohibiting balance billing under Sections 1301.0053, 1301.155, 1301.164, or 1301.165, as applicable, in an access plan submitted to the department for the sole purpose of explaining how the insurer will coordinate care to limit the likelihood of a balance bill for services subject to those provisions and not to justify a departure from network adequacy standards.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.312 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.312
§ 1701.312.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1701.312. DISQUALIFICATION: FELONY CONVICTION OR PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a) A person who has been convicted of a felony is disqualified to be an officer, public security officer, telecommunicator, or county jailer, and the commission may not issue a license to, and a law enforcement agency may not appoint or employ, the person.

(b) For purposes of this section and Section 1701.502, a person is convicted of a felony if a court enters an adjudication of guilt against the person on a felony offense under the laws of this or another state or the United States, regardless of whether:

(1) the sentence is subsequently probated and the person is discharged from community supervision;

(2) the accusation, complaint, information, or indictment against the person is dismissed and the person is released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense; or

(3) the person is pardoned for the offense, unless the pardon is granted expressly for subsequent proof of innocence.

(c) The commission, on receipt of a certified copy of a court's judgment under Article 42.011, Code of Criminal Procedure, shall note on the person's licensing records the conviction or community supervision indicated by the judgment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.352 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.352
§ 334.352. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that is located in a county that borders the United Mexican States.
Tex. Government Code § 437.352 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 437 / Section 437.352
§ 437.352. LONE STAR MEDAL OF VALOR.
Status: in_force

The Lone Star Medal of Valor shall be awarded to a member of the military forces of this state, another state, or the United States who performs, either individually or as a member of a crew, specific acts of bravery or outstanding courage, or who performs within an exceptionally short period, either individually or as a member of a crew, a closely related series of heroic acts, if the acts involve personal hazard or danger and the voluntary risk of life and result in an accomplishment so exceptional and outstanding as to clearly set the person or crew apart from the person's or crew's comrades or from other persons in similar circumstances. Awarding of the medal requires a lesser degree of gallantry than awarding of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor, but requires that the acts be performed with marked distinction.
Tex. Transportation Code § 311.008 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 311 / Section 311.008
§ 311.008. CLOSING OF STREET OR ALLEY BY GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a general-law municipality by ordinance may vacate, abandon, or close a street or alley of the municipality if a petition signed by all the owners of real property abutting the street or alley is submitted to the governing body.