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Tex. Government Code § 487.503 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.503
§ 487.503. RURAL PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to available funding, the department shall establish a process in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for selecting Texas medical schools to recruit students from rural communities and encourage them to return to rural communities to practice medicine.

(b) The Texas medical schools selected shall:

(1) encourage high school and college students from rural communities to pursue a career in medicine;

(2) develop a screening process to identify rural students most likely to pursue a career in medicine;

(3) establish a rural medicine curriculum;

(4) establish a mentoring program for rural students;

(5) provide rural students with information about financial aid resources available for postsecondary education; and

(6) establish a rural practice incentive program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8218.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8218 / Section 8218.152
§ 8218.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8218.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district as provided by 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. Health and Safety Code § 772.129 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.129
§ 772.129. TAX STATUS OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

Because a district created under this subchapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to the bonds, and profits made in the sale of the bonds are exempt from taxation by the state or by any municipality, county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 98C.002 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 98C / Section 98C.002
§ 98C.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement agency employee acting within the scope of employment in investigating Internet crimes.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.6003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.6003
§ 2306.6003. MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The Manufactured Housing Board is an independent entity within the department, is administratively attached to the department, and is not an advisory body to the department.

(b) The Manufactured Housing Board shall carry out the functions and duties conferred on the Manufactured Housing Board by this subchapter and by other law.
Tex. Family Code § 8.261 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.261
§ 8.261. REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.
Status: in_force

(a) If a notice of application for a writ of withholding is delivered and the obligor does not file a motion to stay within the time provided by Section 8.256, the party who filed the notice shall file with the clerk of the court a request for issuance of the writ of withholding stating the amount of current spousal maintenance, the amount of arrearages, and the amount to be withheld from the obligor's income.

(b) The party who filed the notice may not file a request for issuance before the 11th day after the date the obligor received the notice of application for a writ of withholding.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8081.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8081 / Section 8081.0503
§ 8081.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8002A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8002A / Section 8002A.0104
§ 8002A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8002A.0103 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by applicable law.
Tex. Government Code § 607.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 607 / Section 607.058
§ 607.058. PRESUMPTION REBUTTABLE.
Status: in_force

(a) A presumption under Section 607.053, 607.054, 607.0545, 607.055, or 607.056 may be rebutted through a showing by a preponderance of the evidence that a risk factor, accident, hazard, or other cause not associated with the individual's service as a detention officer, custodial officer, firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician was a substantial factor in bringing about the individual's disease or illness, without which the disease or illness would not have occurred.

(b) A rebuttal offered under this section must include a statement by the person offering the rebuttal that describes, in detail, the evidence that the person reviewed before making the determination that a cause not associated with the individual's service as a detention officer, custodial officer, firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician was a substantial factor in bringing about the individual's disease or illness, without which the disease or illness would not have occurred.

(c) In addressing an argument based on a rebuttal offered under this section, an administrative law judge shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law that consider whether a qualified expert, relying on evidence-based medicine, stated the opinion that, based on reasonable medical probability, an identified risk factor, accident, hazard, or other cause not associated with the individual's service as a detention officer, custodial officer, firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician was a substantial factor in bringing about the individual's disease or illness, without which the disease or illness would not have occurred.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.205 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.205
§ 13.205. PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who violates a regulation made by the commission under Section 13.201 of this code commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2205.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2205 / Section 2205.155
§ 2205.155. OFFICERS; MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect from the board's membership a presiding officer and other officers as provided by the plan of operation.

(b) Each officer serves a one-year term that expires as provided by the plan of operation.

(c) The board shall meet at the call of the presiding officer and at times established by the board's rules.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.402 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.402
§ 18A.402. CUSTODY OF APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS.
Status: in_force

Custody of applications and orders issued under this chapter shall be wherever the judge directs.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.401 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.401
§ 241.401. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Acute hospital care at home waiver program" means:

(A) the program established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under 42 U.S.C. Section 1320b-5 that waives the requirements of 42 C.F.R. Sections 482.23(b) and (b)(1); and

(B) a successor program to the program described by Paragraph (A) that is established by the United States Congress or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(2) "Hospital at home program" means a program operated by a hospital to provide in a home setting health care services that are considered to be acute hospital care for purposes of the acute hospital care at home waiver program.
Tex. Government Code § 3100.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3100 / Section 3100.101
§ 3100.101. PLEDGE.
Status: in_force

The pledge of allegiance to the state flag is: "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."
Tex. Labor Code § 410.111 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 410 / Section 410.111
§ 410.111. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall adopt rules for arbitration consistent with generally recognized arbitration principles and procedures.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 169.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 169 / Section 169.004
§ 169.004. OVERSIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives may assign to appropriate legislative committees duties relating to the oversight of first offender solicitation of prostitution prevention programs established under this chapter.

(b) A legislative committee or the governor may request the state auditor to perform a management, operations, or financial or accounting audit of a first offender solicitation of prostitution prevention program established under this chapter.

(c) A first offender solicitation of prostitution prevention program established under this chapter shall:

(1) notify the criminal justice division of the governor's office before or on implementation of the program; and

(2) provide information regarding the performance of the program to the division on request.
Tex. Government Code § 25.0132 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.0132
§ 25.0132. BASTROP COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Bastrop County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases and proceedings.

(b) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(c) The judge of a county court at law shall be paid an annual salary paid out of the county treasury that does not exceed 90 percent of the salary paid by the state to a district judge in the county. The judge is entitled to travel expenses and necessary office expenses, including administrative and clerical help, in the same manner as the county judge.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(4), eff. January 1, 2012.

(e) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in family law cases and proceedings, and the county clerk serves as clerk of the court in all other cases. The district clerk shall establish a separate docket for a county court at law.

(f) If a family law case or proceeding is tried before a jury, the jury shall be composed of 12 members.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(4), eff. January 1, 2012.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(4), eff. January 1, 2012.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 19.07 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 19 / Section 19.07
§ 19.07. STORAGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The holder of a wholesaler's permit may store liquor:

(1) on the permit holder's premises; or

(2) inside the county in which the permit holder's business is located in a:

(A) public bonded warehouse authorized to store liquor under Chapter 46; or

(B) private warehouse that is:

(i) owned or leased by the permit holder; and

(ii) operated by the permit holder.

(b) The holder of a wholesaler's permit may not store liquor in a dry area.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 141.020 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 141 / Section 141.020
§ 141.020. RECOVERY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

The attorney general at the request of the department may bring a civil action to recover an administrative penalty under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7952A.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7952A / Section 7952A.0304
§ 7952A.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Education Code § 61.0275 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.0275
§ 61.0275. ADOPTION BY REFERENCE.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt by reference a manual or policy document as a rule.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8048.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8048 / Section 8048.0403
§ 8048.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1089.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1089 / Section 1089.063
§ 1089.063. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

The board may provide retirement benefits for district employees by:

(1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or

(2) participating in:

(A) the Texas County and District Retirement System; or

(B) another statewide retirement system in which the district is eligible to participate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3795.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3795 / Section 3795.103
§ 3795.103. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3887.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3887 / Section 3887.052
§ 3887.052. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold elections for directors on the uniform election date in May of odd-numbered years.
Tex. Education Code § 22.002 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22 / Section 22.002
§ 22.002. ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, OR PLEDGE OF COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "school employee" means any person employed by a school district in an executive, administrative, or clerical capacity or as a superintendent, principal, teacher, or instructor.

(b) Any school employee's assignment, pledge, or transfer, as security for indebtedness, of any interest in or part of the employee's salary or wages then due or that may become due under an existing contract of employment is enforceable only:

(1) if, before or at the time of execution, delivery, or acceptance of an assignment, pledge, or transfer, written approval is obtained in accordance with the policy of the employing school district; and

(2) to the extent that the indebtedness it secures is a valid and enforceable obligation.

(c) A school district shall honor an assignment, pledge, or transfer fulfilling the conditions of Subsection (b) without incurring any liability to the school employee executing the assignment, pledge, or transfer. Payment to any assignee, pledgee, or transferee in accordance with the terms of the instrument constitutes payment to or for the account of the assignor, pledgor, or transferor. An assignment, pledge, or transfer is enforceable only to the extent of salary due or that may become due during continuation of the assignor's employment as a school employee.

(d) Venue for any suit against the employer of a school employee to enforce an assignment, pledge, or transfer of salary is in the county where the employing school is located.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3849.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3849 / Section 3849.001
§ 3849.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the International Management District.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 271.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 271 / Section 271.002
§ 271.002. SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR OR RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, two or more substantially similar or related transactions are considered a single transaction if the transactions:

(1) are entered into contemporaneously; and

(2) have at least one common party.
Tex. Education Code § 37.105 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.105
§ 37.105.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.105. UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS: REFUSAL OF ENTRY, EJECTION, IDENTIFICATION. (a) A school administrator, school resource officer, or school district peace officer of a school district may refuse to allow a person to enter on or may eject a person from property under the district's control if the person refuses to leave peaceably on request and:

(1) the person poses a substantial risk of harm to any person; or

(2) the person behaves in a manner that is inappropriate for a school setting and:

(A) the administrator, resource officer, or peace officer issues a verbal warning to the person that the person's behavior is inappropriate and may result in the person's refusal of entry or ejection; and

(B) the person persists in that behavior.

(a-1) A verbal warning and persisting in inappropriate behavior are not required under Subsections (a)(2)(A) and (B) for a person serving as a referee, judge, or other official of an extracurricular athletic activity or competition sponsored or sanctioned by the school district or the University Interscholastic League to eject a spectator from the extracurricular athletic activity or competition.

(b) Identification may be required of any person on the property.

(c) Each school district shall maintain a record of each verbal warning issued under Subsection (a)(2)(A), including the name of the person to whom the warning was issued and the date of issuance.

(d) At the time a person is refused entry to or ejected from a school district's property under this section, the district shall provide to the person written information explaining the appeal process established under Subsection (h).

(e) If a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in a school district is refused entry to the district's property under this section, the district shall accommodate the parent or guardian to ensure that the parent or guardian may participate in the child's admission, review, and dismissal committee or in the child's team established under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), in accordance with federal law.

(f) The term of a person's refusal of entry to or ejection from a school district's property under this section may not exceed two years.

(g) A school district shall post on the district's Internet website and each district campus shall post on any Internet website of the campus a notice regarding the provisions of this section, including the appeal process established under Subsection (h).

(h) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules establishing a process for a person to appeal to the board of trustees of the school district the decision under Subsection (a) to refuse the person's entry to or eject the person from the district's property.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.203 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.203
§ 382.203. VEHICLES SUBJECT TO PROGRAM; EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The inspection and maintenance program applies to any gasoline-powered vehicle that is:

(1) required to be registered in and is primarily operated in an affected county; and

(2) at least two and less than 25 years old; or

(3) subject to test-on-resale requirements under Section 548.3011, Transportation Code.

(b) In addition to a vehicle described by Subsection (a), the program applies to:

(1) a vehicle with United States governmental plates primarily operated in an affected county;

(2) a vehicle operated on a federal facility in an affected county; and

(3) a vehicle primarily operated in an affected county that is exempt from motor vehicle registration requirements or eligible under Chapter 502, Transportation Code, to display an "exempt" license plate.

(c) The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas by rule may waive program requirements, in accordance with standards adopted by the commission, for certain vehicles and vehicle owners, including:

(1) the registered owner of a vehicle who cannot afford to comply with the program, based on reasonable income standards;

(2) a vehicle that cannot be brought into compliance with emissions standards by performing repairs;

(3) a vehicle:

(A) on which at least $100 has been spent to bring the vehicle into compliance; and

(B) that the department can verify is driven an average of less than 5,000 miles each year; and

(4) a vehicle for which parts are not readily available.

(d) The program does not apply to a:

(1) motorcycle;

(2) slow-moving vehicle as defined by Section 547.001, Transportation Code; or

(3) vehicle that is registered but not operated primarily in a county or group of counties subject to a motor vehicle emissions inspection program established under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.109 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.109
§ 22.109. RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may adopt a restated certificate of formation as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 3, by following the same procedure to amend its certificate of formation provided by Sections 22.104-22.107, except that:

(1) member approval is required only if the restated certificate of formation contains an amendment; and

(2) the members may consent in writing, or the organizers of a corporation may adopt a resolution, to authorize a restated certificate of formation that contains an amendment to cancel an event requiring winding up in accordance with Section 22.302(1)(B) or 22.302(2), as applicable.

(b) A person shall file a restated certificate of formation as provided by Chapter 4, and the restated certificate of formation takes effect as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 3.
Tex. Labor Code § 407A.404 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 407A / Section 407A.404
§ 407A.404. REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner may revoke a group's certificate of approval if the group:

(1) is found to be insolvent;

(2) fails to pay a tax, assessment, or special fund contribution imposed on the group; or

(3) fails to comply in a timely manner with this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or an order of the commissioner.

(b) In addition, the commissioner may revoke a group's certificate of approval if, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, the commissioner determines that:

(1) a certificate of approval issued to the group was obtained by fraud;

(2) there was a material misrepresentation in the application for the certificate of approval; or

(3) the group or its administrator has misappropriated, converted, illegally withheld, or refused to pay on proper demand any money that belongs to a member, an employee of a member, or a person otherwise entitled to the money and that has been entrusted to the group or its administrator in their fiduciary capacities.