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Tex. Family Code § 157.263 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 157 / Section 157.263
§ 157.263. CONFIRMATION OF ARREARAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a motion requests a money judgment for child support, medical support, or dental support arrearages, the court shall confirm the amount of arrearages and render cumulative money judgments as follows:

(1) a cumulative money judgment for the amount of child support owed under Subsection (b);

(2) a cumulative money judgment for the amount of medical support owed under Subsection (b-1); and

(3) a cumulative money judgment for the amount of dental support owed under Subsection (b-2).

(b) A cumulative money judgment for the amount of child support owed includes:

(1) unpaid child support not previously confirmed;

(2) the balance owed on previously confirmed child support arrearages or lump sum or retroactive child support judgments;

(3) interest on the child support arrearages; and

(4) a statement that it is a cumulative judgment for the amount of child support owed.

(b-1) A cumulative money judgment for the amount of medical support owed includes:

(1) unpaid medical support not previously confirmed;

(2) the balance owed on previously confirmed medical support arrearages or lump sum or retroactive medical support judgments;

(3) interest on the medical support arrearages; and

(4) a statement that it is a cumulative judgment for the amount of medical support owed.

(b-2) A cumulative money judgment for the amount of dental support owed includes:

(1) unpaid dental support not previously confirmed;

(2) the balance owed on previously confirmed dental support arrearages or lump sum or retroactive dental support judgments;

(3) interest on the dental support arrearages; and

(4) a statement that it is a cumulative judgment for the amount of dental support owed.

(b-3) In rendering a money judgment under this title that includes child support, medical support, or dental support arrearages, the court may not reduce or modify the amount of arrearages but, in confirming the amount of arrearages, may allow a counterclaim or offset as provided by this title.

(c) If the amount of arrearages confirmed by the court reflects a credit to the obligor for support arrearages collected from a federal tax refund under 42 U.S.C. Section 664, and, subsequently, the amount of that credit is reduced because the refund was adjusted because of an injured spouse claim by a jointly filing spouse, the tax return was amended, the return was audited by the Internal Revenue Service, or for another reason permitted by law, the court shall render a new cumulative judgment to include as arrearages an amount equal to the amount by which the credit was reduced.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1070.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1070 / Section 1070.060
§ 1070.060. GENERAL DUTIES OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall:

(1) supervise the work and activities of the district;

(2) direct the affairs of the district; and

(3) have overall management responsibility for ancillary health care facilities.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 244.009 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 244 / Section 244.009
§ 244.009. ADOPTION OF RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules that establish different levels of licenses to operate a birthing center and that provide requirements for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of each level of license.
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.409 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.409
§ 651.409. NOTICE TO NEXT OF KIN OF DECEASED PEACE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

A funeral director who prepares a deceased peace officer for burial or other disposition shall make every effort to advise the next of kin of the officer that the next of kin of a person who at the time of death was a peace officer or an honorably retired peace officer who voluntarily terminated employment with a law enforcement agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state is eligible on request to receive a state flag from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement at no cost to the next of kin.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8175.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8175 / Section 8175.102
§ 8175.102. ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements in aid of those roads, inside the district.

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

(c) The district may not undertake a road project unless each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located consents by ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Property Code § 5.031 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.031
§ 5.031.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.031. CORRECTION INSTRUMENTS RECORDED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2011. A correction instrument recorded before September 1, 2011, that substantially complies with Section 5.028 or 5.029 and that purports to correct a recorded original instrument of conveyance is effective to the same extent as provided by Section 5.030 unless a court of competent jurisdiction renders a final judgment determining that the correction instrument does not substantially comply with Section 5.028 or 5.029.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.109 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.109
§ 452.109. EXPLANATION OF CONTRACT AWARDS IN CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A subregional board created under Subchapter O that governs an authority consisting of one subregion shall document the reasons for the award of a contract for:

(1) professional services awarded to a person other than the person proposing to deliver the services at the lowest cost; or

(2) construction, services, or property awarded to a person other than the person recommended by the staff of the authority.

(b) The documentation required by Subsection (a) must include all of the reasons for not selecting, as appropriate, the person proposing to deliver the services at the lowest cost or the person recommended by the staff.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1064.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1064 / Section 1064.152
§ 1064.152. PETITION TO ANNEX TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) A petition requesting that territory be annexed to the district may be presented to the board. The petition must:

(1) describe the tract or tracts of land to be annexed; and

(2) be signed by 100 or a majority of the registered voters who:

(A) reside in the territory to be annexed; and

(B) own property that will be subject to district taxation.

(b) This chapter does not prohibit simultaneous action on several petitions for annexation. Each ballot proposition must be submitted for each different territory proposed to be annexed, and an election held in each territory represented by a petition.

(c) If the board receives two or more petitions for annexation that include all or part of the same territory to be annexed to the district, the petition filed first with the board shall be considered and another petition that includes any of the same territory has no effect.

(d) The board may consider all petitions for annexation presented to it and may approve or reject each petition. The board may not partly approve or partly reject any petition.
Tex. Utilities Code § 53.058 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 53 / Section 53.058
§ 53.058. CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENT TO AFFILIATE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission may not allow as capital cost or as expense a payment to an affiliate for:

(1) cost of a service, property, right, or other item; or

(2) interest expense.

(b) The commission may allow a payment described by Subsection (a) only to the extent that the commission finds the payment is reasonable and necessary for each item or class of items as determined by the commission.

(c) A finding under Subsection (b) must include:

(1) a specific finding of the reasonableness and necessity of each item or class of items allowed; and

(2) except as provided by Subsection (d), a finding that the price to the utility is not higher than the prices charged by the supplying affiliate to:

(A) its other affiliates or divisions for the same item or class of items; or

(B) a nonaffiliated person within the same market area or having the same market conditions.

(d) A finding under this section is not required as to the prices charged by the supplying affiliate to its other affiliates or divisions if the supplying affiliate computed its charges to the utility in a manner consistent with Federal Communications Commission rules.

(e) If the commission finds that the affiliate expense for the test period is unreasonable, the commission shall:

(1) determine the reasonable level of the expense; and

(2) include that expense in determining the utility's cost of service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8013.305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8013 / Section 8013.305
§ 8013.305. ABOLITION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may abolish the tax imposed under this subchapter without an election.

(b) If the board abolishes the tax, the board shall notify the comptroller of that action in the same manner the municipal secretary provides notice to the comptroller under Section 321.405(b), Tax Code.

(c) If the board abolishes the tax or decreases the tax rate to zero, a new election to authorize a sales and use tax must be held under Section 8013.302 before the district may subsequently impose the tax.
Tex. Government Code § 413.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 413 / Section 413.005
§ 413.005. STAFF.
Status: repealed

(a) The executive director may employ personnel necessary to administer the responsibilities of the policy council.

(b) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to policy council employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualification for employment under this chapter and their responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state employees.

(c) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for mobility and advancement for employees within the policy council. The program shall require intra-agency posting of all positions concurrently with any public posting.

(d) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations that are based on documented employee performance. All merit pay for policy council employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.

(e) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must include:

(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with requirements of Chapter 21, Labor Code;

(2) a comprehensive analysis of the policy council work force that meets federal and state guidelines;

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made about the extent of underuse in the policy council work force of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and

(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of underuse.

(f) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (e) must cover an annual period, be updated annually and reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (e)(1), and be filed with the governor's office.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(32), eff. June 17, 2011.
Tex. Transportation Code § 431.183 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 431 / Section 431.183
§ 431.183. EXECUTION OF ARTICLES OF DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

Articles of dissolution shall be executed by:

(1) the president or vice-president of the corporation and the secretary or assistant secretary of the corporation; or

(2) any two members of the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1118.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1118 / Section 1118.110
§ 1118.110. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.

(b) A construction contract awarded by the district that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, must be competitively bid as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 546.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 546 / Section 546.103
§ 546.103. EXCEPTIONS TO CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, genetic information may be disclosed without an authorization under Section 546.104 if the disclosure is:

(1) authorized under a state or federal criminal law relating to:

(A) the identification of individuals; or

(B) a criminal or juvenile proceeding, an inquest, or a child fatality review by a multidisciplinary child-abuse team;

(2) required under a specific order of a state or federal court;

(3) for the purpose of establishing paternity as authorized under a state or federal law;

(4) made to provide genetic information relating to a decedent and the disclosure is made to the blood relatives of the decedent for medical diagnosis; or

(5) made to identify a decedent.

(b) A health benefit plan issuer may redisclose genetic information without an authorization under Section 546.104:

(1) for actuarial or research studies if:

(A) a tested individual could not be identified in any actuarial or research report; and

(B) any materials that identify a tested individual are returned or destroyed as soon as reasonably practicable;

(2) to the department for the purpose of enforcing this chapter; or

(3) for a purpose directly related to enabling a business decision to be made about:

(A) purchasing, transferring, merging, or selling all or part of an insurance business; or

(B) obtaining reinsurance affecting that insurance business.

(c) A redisclosure authorized under Subsection (b) may contain only information reasonably necessary to accomplish the purpose for which the information is disclosed.
Tex. Finance Code § 159.101 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 159 / Section 159.101
§ 159.101. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT; OPTION TO RESCIND.
Status: in_force

(a) A wrap lender must, on or before the seventh day before the wrap mortgage loan agreement is entered into, provide to the wrap borrower a separate written disclosure statement in at least 12-point type that:

(1) contains the information required for a written disclosure statement under Section 5.016, Property Code; and

(2) includes a statement in a form substantially similar to the following:

(b) The disclosure statement required under Subsection (a) must be dated and signed by the wrap borrower when the wrap borrower receives the statement.

(c) The finance commission by rule shall adopt a model disclosure statement that satisfies the requirements of Subsection (a).

(d) If the disclosure statement required under Subsection (a) and any disclosure required by Section 159.102 are received by the wrap borrower on or before the closing date of the wrap mortgage loan, the wrap borrower may rescind the wrap mortgage loan agreement and any related purchase agreement or other agreement relating to the loan transaction not later than the seventh day after the date of receipt of the disclosure statement, regardless of whether the disclosure is timely made. On rescission under this subsection, the wrap borrower is entitled to a return of any earnest money, escrow amounts, down payment, or other fees or charges paid in connection with the wrap mortgage loan, the related purchase transaction, and any other related transaction.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.129 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.129
§ 425.129.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.129. RISK CONTROL TRANSACTIONS: LIMITATIONS ON INCOME GENERATION TRANSACTIONS. An insurance company may enter into an income generation transaction only if:

(1) as a result of and after making the transaction, the sum of the following amounts does not exceed 10 percent of the company's assets:

(A) the aggregate statement value of admitted assets that at the time of the transaction are subject to call or that generate the cash flows for payments the company is required to make under caps and floors sold by the company and that at the time of the transaction are outstanding under Sections 425.124-425.132;

(B) the statement value of admitted assets underlying derivative instruments that at the time of the transaction are subject to calls sold by the company and outstanding under those sections; and

(C) the purchase price of assets subject to puts that at the time of the transaction are outstanding under those sections; and

(2) the transaction is one of the following types, is covered in the manner specified by this subdivision, and meets the other requirements of this subdivision:

(A) a sale of a call option on assets, if during the entire period the option is outstanding, the company holds, or has a currently exercisable right to acquire, the underlying assets;

(B) a sale of a put option on assets, if:

(i) during the entire period the option is outstanding, the company holds sufficient cash, cash equivalents, or interests in a short-term investment pool to purchase the underlying assets on exercise of the option;

(ii) the company has the ability to hold the underlying assets in the company's portfolio; and

(iii) during the entire period the option is outstanding, when the total market value of all put options sold by the company exceeds two percent of the company's assets, the company sets aside, under a custodial or escrow agreement, cash or cash equivalents that have a market value equal to the amount of the company's put option obligations in excess of two percent of the company's assets;

(C) a sale of a call option on a derivative instrument, including a swaption, if:

(i) during the entire period the call option is outstanding, the company holds, or has a currently exercisable right to acquire, assets generating the cash flow to make any payment for which the company is liable under the underlying derivative instrument; and

(ii) the company has the ability to enter into the underlying derivative transaction for the company's portfolio; and

(D) a sale of a cap or floor, if during the entire period the cap or floor is outstanding, the company holds, or has a currently exercisable right to acquire, assets generating the cash flow to make any payment for which the company is liable under the cap or floor.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.402 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.402
§ 347.402. POSSESSORY LIEN.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of the real property on which a manufactured home is or has been located and for which rental charges have not been paid has a possessory lien that is not subject to Section 347.401 to secure rental charges described by Subsection (b) if:

(1) the creditor described by Section 347.401 repossesses the manufactured home when the charges have not been paid; and

(2) the owner of the real property has mailed to the creditor by certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice of the unpaid charges.

(b) The possessory lien secures rental charges that begin to accrue:

(1) for a manufactured home that is abandoned or voluntarily surrendered by the consumer, from and after the 15th day after the date on which the creditor receives the written notice of the unpaid charges; or

(2) for a manufactured home that is not abandoned or voluntarily surrendered by the consumer, from and after the 15th day after the first day on which both:

(A) all notice and grace periods that the creditor is required to give the consumer before repossession under any applicable contract or law have expired; and

(B) the creditor has received the written notice of the unpaid charges.

(c) The maximum daily rental charge that is secured by the possessory lien is equal to one-thirtieth of the monthly rental payment last paid by the consumer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3864.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3864 / Section 3864.254
§ 3864.254. TAXES FOR SERVICES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND FACILITIES IN DEFINED AREAS OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

On voter approval and adoption of the order described by Section 3864.253, the district may apply separately, differently, equitably, and specifically its taxing power and lien authority to the defined area or designated property to provide money to construct, administer, maintain, and operate services, improvements, and facilities that primarily benefit the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7946A.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7946A / Section 7946A.0502
§ 7946A.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3892.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3892 / Section 3892.153
§ 3892.153. RULES.
Status: in_force

The district may adopt rules covering its public transit system or its public parking facilities, except that a rule relating to or affecting the use of the public right-of-way or a requirement for off-street parking is subject to all applicable municipal charter, code, or ordinance requirements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1105.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.111
§ 1105.111. DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

The district may sell or otherwise dispose of real property on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8510.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8510 / Section 8510.0203
§ 8510.0203. REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a director:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Sections 8510.0201 and 8510.0205;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Sections 8510.0201 and 8510.0205;

(3) is ineligible for directorship under Chapter 171, Local Government Code;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the director's duties for a substantial part of the director's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the director is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board.

(b) The validity of a board action is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a director exists.

(c) If the general manager has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the general manager shall notify the board president of the potential ground. The president shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the president, the general manager shall notify the next highest ranking director, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.