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Tex. Labor Code § 414.007 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 414 / Section 414.007
§ 414.007. MEDICAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

The division shall review information concerning alleged violations of this subtitle regarding the provision of medical benefits, commissioner rules, or a commissioner order or decision, and, under Sections 414.005 and 414.006 and Chapters 415 and 416, may conduct investigations, make referrals to other authorities, and initiate administrative violation proceedings.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.309 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.309
§ 201.309. STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

The state board shall establish standards and specifications for soil and water conservation land improvement measures eligible for cost-share assistance.
Tex. Government Code § 844.501 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.501
§ 844.501. COVERAGE IN OPTIONAL GROUP TERM LIFE PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee of a participating subdivision is included within the coverage of the optional group term life program on that day in the first month in which:

(1) the employing subdivision is participating in the program for coverage of all members it employs;

(2) the employee is a member of the retirement system; and

(3) the employee is required to make a contribution to the retirement system.

(b) Once established, coverage of a person in the program continues until the last day of a month in which a requirement of Subsection (a) is not met.

(c) The optional group term life program constitutes "group term life insurance purchased for employees" as described by Section 79, Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9030.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9030 / Section 9030.051
§ 9030.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Education Code § 110.02 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 110 / Section 110.02
§ 110.02. CONCURRENT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The board of regents has the same powers of governance, control, jurisdiction, and management over the Health Sciences Center as it exercises over the Texas Tech University System and its components.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 521.151 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 521 / Section 521.151
§ 521.151. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates this chapter is liable to this state for a civil penalty of at least $2,000 but not more than $50,000 for each violation. The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty imposed under this subsection.

(a-1) In addition to penalties assessed under Subsection (a), a person who fails to take reasonable action to comply with Section 521.053(b) is liable to this state for a civil penalty of not more than $100 for each individual to whom notification is due under that subsection for each consecutive day that the person fails to take reasonable action to comply with that subsection. Civil penalties under this section may not exceed $250,000 for all individuals to whom notification is due after a single breach. The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalties imposed under this subsection.

(b) If it appears to the attorney general that a person is engaging in, has engaged in, or is about to engage in conduct that violates this chapter, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state against the person to restrain the violation by a temporary restraining order or by a permanent or temporary injunction.

(c) An action brought under Subsection (b) must be filed in a district court in Travis County or:

(1) in any county in which the violation occurred; or

(2) in the county in which the victim resides, regardless of whether the alleged violator has resided, worked, or transacted business in the county in which the victim resides.

(d) The attorney general is not required to give a bond in an action under this section.

(e) In an action under this section, the court may grant any other equitable relief that the court considers appropriate to:

(1) prevent any additional harm to a victim of identity theft or a further violation of this chapter; or

(2) satisfy any judgment entered against the defendant, including issuing an order to appoint a receiver, sequester assets, correct a public or private record, or prevent the dissipation of a victim's assets.

(f) The attorney general is entitled to recover reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and investigatory costs, incurred in obtaining injunctive relief or civil penalties, or both, under this section. Amounts collected by the attorney general under this section shall be deposited in the general revenue fund and may be appropriated only for the investigation and prosecution of other cases under this chapter.

(g) The fees associated with an action under this section are the same as in a civil case, but the fees may be assessed only against the defendant.
Tex. Education Code § 49.008 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.008
§ 49.008. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of a school district that results from consolidation under this chapter, including a consolidated taxing district under Subchapter F, for the tax year in which the consolidation occurs may determine whether to adopt a homestead exemption provided by Section 11.13, Tax Code, and may set the amount of the exemption, if adopted, at any time before the school district adopts a tax rate for that tax year. This section applies only to an exemption that the governing board of a school district is authorized to adopt or change in amount under Section 11.13, Tax Code.

(b) This section prevails over any inconsistent provision of Section 11.13, Tax Code, or other law.
Tex. Family Code § 264.5032 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.5032
§ 264.5032. REPORT ON CHILD FATALITY AND NEAR FATALITY DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall produce an aggregated report relating to child fatality and near fatality cases resulting from child abuse or neglect containing the following information:

(1) any prior contact the department had with the child's family and the manner in which the case was disposed, including cases in which the department made the following dispositions:

(A) priority none or administrative closure;

(B) call screened out;

(C) alternative or differential response provided;

(D) unable to complete the investigation;

(E) unable to determine whether abuse or neglect occurred;

(F) reason to believe abuse or neglect occurred; or

(G) child removed and placed into substitute care;

(2) for any case investigated by the department involving the child or the child's family:

(A) the number of caseworkers assigned to the case before the fatality or near fatality occurred; and

(B) the caseworker's caseload at the time the case was opened and at the time the case was closed;

(3) for any case in which the department investigation concluded that there was reason to believe that abuse or neglect occurred, and the family was referred to family-based safety services:

(A) the safety plan provided to the family;

(B) the services offered to the family; and

(C) the level of compliance with the safety plan or completion of the services by the family;

(4) the number of contacts the department made with children and families in family-based safety services cases; and

(5) the initial and attempted contacts the department made with child abuse and neglect victims.

(b) In preparing the part of the report required by Subsection (a)(1), the department shall include information contained in department records retained in accordance with the department's records retention schedule.

(c) The report produced under this section must protect the identity of individuals involved in a case that is included in the report.

(d) The department may combine the report required under this section with the annual child fatality report required to be produced under Section 261.204.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.031 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.031
§ 85.031. STATE GRANT PROGRAM TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish and administer a state grant program to nonprofit community organizations for:

(1) HIV education, prevention, and risk reduction programs; and

(2) treatment, health, and social service programs for persons with HIV infection.
Tex. Local Government Code § 394.002 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 394 / Section 394.002
§ 394.002. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide a means to finance the cost of residential ownership and development that will provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing at affordable prices for residents of local governments.

(b) The legislature finds that residential ownership and development:

(1) promotes the public health, safety, morals, and welfare;

(2) relieves conditions of unemployment and encourages the increase of industry, commercial activity, and other economic development to reduce the adverse effects of unemployment;

(3) provides for efficient and well-planned urban growth and development, including the elimination and prevention of potential urban blight and the proper coordination of industrial facilities with public services, mass transportation, and residential development;

(4) assists persons of low and moderate income to acquire and own decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing; and

(5) preserves and increases the ad valorem tax bases of local governments.

(c) The legislature finds that the accomplishment of the results described by Subsection (b) is a public purpose and function and lessens the burdens of government. The legislature further finds that:

(1) the creation of a housing finance corporation is for the benefit of the people of the state, improves the public health and welfare, and promotes the economy;

(2) those purposes are public purposes; and

(3) the corporation, as a public instrumentality and nonprofit corporation, performs an essential governmental function on behalf of and for the benefit of the general public, the local government, and this state.

(d) It is the intent of the legislature to authorize local governments to create and use public nonprofit corporations to issue obligations to accomplish the results described by Subsection (b).
Tex. Government Code § 24.430 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.430
§ 24.430.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.430. 253RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CHAMBERS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES). (a) The 253rd Judicial District is composed of Chambers and Liberty counties.

(b) The terms of the 253rd District Court begin in Liberty County on the first Mondays in April and October and in Chambers County on the first Mondays in June and December.

(c) Section 24.490, relating to the 344th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 253rd District Court in Chambers County.
Tex. Government Code § 441.245 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.245
§ 441.245. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A member of the board is not entitled to compensation but is entitled to reimbursement from board funds for the travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the board, as provided in the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7811.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7811 / Section 7811.105
§ 7811.105. PROHIBITED FUNCTIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may not:

(1) engage in any park, water service, wastewater service, police, or firefighting function; or

(2) spend any district money or issue bonds for any function described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Estates Code § 1151.0525 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.0525
§ 1151.0525. ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT OF WARD'S FUNDS BY GUARDIAN OF PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to the guardian of the person of a ward for whom the court has not appointed a guardian of the estate.

(b) On application to and order from the court, the guardian of the person of a ward may access, manage, and spend the ward's funds in an amount not to exceed $20,000 per year for the ward's benefit. The court shall require the guardian to file a new bond or a rider to an existing bond that meets the surety requirements for a guardian of the estate's bond under Section 1105.160.

(c) A guardian of the person shall include any expenditures made for the benefit of the ward if authorized by court order under Subsection (b) in the annual report required by Section 1163.101.

(d) When there is no longer a need for the guardian of the person to access, manage, or spend the ward's funds, the guardian of the person shall file a sworn affidavit of fulfillment with the court. After the filing of the affidavit, the court, on motion filed with the court, may authorize the guardian to file a new bond or a rider to an existing bond that meets the requirements for a guardian of the person's bond under Section 1105.102, and may discharge the guardian of the person and the guardian's sureties on a bond required by Subsection (b).
Tex. Estates Code § 202.201 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 202 / Section 202.201
§ 202.201. REQUIRED STATEMENTS IN JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The judgment in a proceeding to declare heirship must state:

(1) the names of the heirs of the decedent who is the subject of the proceeding; and

(2) the heirs' respective shares and interests in the decedent's property.

(b) If the proof in a proceeding to declare heirship is in any respect deficient, the judgment in the proceeding must state that.
Tex. Local Government Code § 552.046 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 552 / Section 552.046
§ 552.046. INCORPORATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The municipality may incorporate existing drainage facilities, materials, and supplies into the drainage utility system.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 384.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 384 / Section 384.016
§ 384.016. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the authority to audit any organization created under this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 68.036 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 68 / Section 68.036
§ 68.036. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall carefully consider each application and shall conduct any investigation it considers necessary to determine whether an applicant is qualified for a license or certificate.

(b) As part of its consideration of applications for licenses and certificates, the board may develop and administer examinations to determine an applicant's knowledge of piloting, management of vessels, and the water in the board's jurisdiction.

(c) The board may not disapprove an application for certification as a deputy branch pilot made by a person who has a written recommendation for the certification from a branch pilot unless the board, after notice to the applicant, has provided the applicant a hearing on the applicant's qualifications.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3867.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3867 / Section 3867.109
§ 3867.109. PARKING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.

(b) The district's parking facilities serve the public purposes of the district and are owned, used, and held for a public purpose even if leased or operated by a private entity for a term of years.

(c) The district's parking facilities are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(d) The development and operation of the district's parking facilities may be considered an economic development program.
Tex. Education Code § 11.166 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 11 / Section 11.166
§ 11.166. OPERATION ON CAMPUS OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district may operate a school or program or hold a class on the campus of an institution of higher education in this state if the board obtains written consent from the president or other chief executive officer of the institution.

(b) The president or other chief executive officer of an institution of higher education may provide written consent to a board of trustees of a school district under Subsection (a) regardless of whether the institution is located within the boundaries of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.352 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.352
§ 110.352. PROBATION.
Status: in_force

If the suspension of a person's license is probated, the council may require the person to:

(1) report regularly to the council on matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) limit the person's practice to the areas prescribed by the council; or

(3) continue or review professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the council in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
Tex. Education Code § 51.2825 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.2825
§ 51.2825. CERTAIN DUTIES OF CAMPUS PEACE OFFICER INVESTIGATING FAMILY VIOLENCE, STALKING, HARASSMENT, OR TERRORISTIC THREAT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Campus peace officer" means a peace officer commissioned under Section 51.203 or 51.212.

(2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.

(3) "Harassment" means any conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 42.07, Penal Code.

(4) "Stalking" means any conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code.

(5) "Terroristic threat" means any conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 22.07, Penal Code.

(b) A campus peace officer who responds to a disturbance call that may involve family violence or investigates an allegation of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat shall advise any possible adult victim of all reasonable means to prevent the occurrence of further offenses, including by providing the written notice adopted by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section 51A.003, Human Resources Code. In addition to the required notice under this subsection, a campus peace officer shall provide to the possible victim any available written information regarding campus and local resources for victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.
Tex. Government Code § 420A.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 420A / Section 420A.003
§ 420A.003. PRESIDING OFFICER; MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor shall designate a member of the board as presiding officer. The presiding officer serves at the discretion of the governor.

(a-1) The presiding officer shall select a member of the board as an assistant presiding officer and may create board committees.

(b) The board shall meet at least quarterly and at other times at the call of the presiding officer.
Tex. Education Code § 49.301 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 49 / Section 49.301
§ 49.301. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "mineral property" means a real property mineral interest that has been severed from the surface estate by a mineral lease creating a determinable fee or by a conveyance that creates an interest taxable separately from the surface estate. A mineral property includes each royalty interest, working interest, or other undivided interest in the mineral property.
Tex. Education Code § 31.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.001
§ 31.001. FREE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

Instructional materials selected for use in the public schools shall be furnished without cost to the students attending those schools. Except as provided by Section 31.104(d), a school district may not charge a student for instructional material or technological equipment purchased by the district with the district's instructional materials and technology allotment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6608.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6608 / Section 6608.0401
§ 6608.0401. DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 6608.0103 by September 1, 2027, the district is dissolved.

(b) On dissolution of the district, the board shall transfer all assets, contractual rights, and obligations of the district to the Harris County Flood Control District.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1575.358 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1575 / Section 1575.358
§ 1575.358. OPEN MEETINGS LAW NOT APPLICABLE TO CREDENTIALING COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

The proceedings of a credentialing committee are not subject to Chapter 551, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8030.0001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8030 / Section 8030.0001
§ 8030.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "District" means the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 168.
Tex. Insurance Code § 552.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 552 / Section 552.003
§ 552.003. CHARGING DIFFERENT PRICES; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person knowingly or intentionally charges two different prices for providing the same product or service; and

(2) the higher price charged is based on the fact that an insurer will pay all or part of the price of the product or service.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3813.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3813 / Section 3813.201
§ 3813.201. DISSOLUTION BY BOARD ORDER.
Status: in_force

The board by order may dissolve the district at any time unless the district has outstanding indebtedness or contractual obligations.
Tex. Local Government Code § 111.042 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 111 / Section 111.042
§ 111.042. BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURES FROM PROCEEDS OF BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

If a county bond issue is submitted at an election or other authorized obligations are to be issued against future revenues and a tax is to be levied for those obligations, the commissioners court shall adopt a budget of proposed expenditures. On receipt of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds or other obligations, the county may make expenditures from the proceeds in the manner provided by this subchapter for expenditures for general purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 2165.157 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2165 / Section 2165.157
§ 2165.157. FORMS, RULES, AND CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt proper forms, rules, and contracts that will in its best judgment protect the interest of the state.