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Tex. Utilities Code § 56.208 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.208
§ 56.208. DESIGNATION OF PROVIDER.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining which nominated telecommunications provider the commission will designate to provide service to the petitioning premises, the commission shall consider the relative estimated cost to be incurred by contiguous providers to serve the petitioning premises and give preference to the provider having the least cost technology that meets the quality of service standards prescribed by the commission applicable to that provider.

(b) The commission may not designate a telecommunications provider to serve the petitioning premises unless the premises are located in an area that is contiguous to an area in which the telecommunications provider has previously been designated eligible to receive universal service funding under Section 56.023(b). This subsection does not apply if the commission designates the provider after the provider voluntarily agrees to provide service to the petitioning premises.
Tex. Property Code § 75.102 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 75 / Section 75.102
§ 75.102. PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A holder of abandoned property shall preserve that property and may not by any procedure, including a deduction for service, maintenance, or other charge, transfer, convert, or reduce the property to the profits or assets of the holder.
Tex. Estates Code § 1160.254 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1160 / Section 1160.254
§ 1160.254. PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED AFTER ENTRY OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

After entry of an order under Section 1160.253, the procedures prescribed with respect to an original lease application, or with respect to an original application for authority to commit royalty or minerals to pooling or unitization, shall be followed.
Tex. Election Code § 31.159 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 31 / Section 31.159
§ 31.159. FILLING VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) A vacancy in the position of joint elections administrator is filled by appointment of the joint elections commission.

(b) An appointment to fill an anticipated vacancy arising from a resignation to take effect at a future date may be made at any time after the resignation is accepted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6603.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6603 / Section 6603.152
§ 6603.152. DISTRICT TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The assessor and collector of taxes for Waller County is the assessor and collector of taxes for the district.

(b) For services to the district in assessing and collecting taxes for the district, the assessor and collector may deduct from all taxes collected on the current year's tax rolls an amount of money to which the board agrees, not to exceed the amount provided by the general laws relating to the imposition of ad valorem taxes.

(c) For the collection of delinquent taxes, the assessor and collector may receive compensation in the same manner as the assessor and collector receives for collecting delinquent state and county taxes. The assessor and collector may not duplicate a charge made for costs of suit related to enforcement of state and county taxes.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.116 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.116
§ 228.116. VALUATION OF BONDS SECURING DEPOSIT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
Status: in_force

Bonds of the commission may secure the deposit of public funds of the state or a political subdivision of the state to the extent of the lesser of the face value of the bonds or their market value.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8451.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8451 / Section 8451.002
§ 8451.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.152
§ 1579.152. PARTICIPATION OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

Effective September 1, 2005, a school district with more than 500 employees may elect to participate in the program. A school district that elects to participate under this section shall apply for participation in the manner prescribed by the trustee by rule.
Tex. Water Code § 55.523 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.523
§ 55.523. ISSUING REFUNDING BONDS WHICH PLACE A GREATER BURDEN ON THE DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

If the district issues refunding bonds for a greater amount, for a greater rate of interest, or for a longer period of maturity than the bonds which they are to replace or if the refunding bonds in any other respect create a greater burden on the district, the district shall submit the question of whether or not it should issue the refunding bonds to the voters of the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 234.051 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 234 / Section 234.051
§ 234.051. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Day-care center" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.

(2) "Group day-care home" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.654 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.654
§ 2301.654. PROBATION.
Status: in_force

If a suspension of a license is probated, the board may:

(1) require the license holder to report regularly to the board on matters that are the basis of the probation; or

(2) limit activities to those prescribed by the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.111 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.111
§ 463.111. BOARD AND ASSOCIATION ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) On a majority vote, the board may report and make recommendations to the commissioner on any matter germane to:

(1) the solvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation of a member insurer; or

(2) the solvency of an insurer seeking to engage in the business of insurance in this state.

(b) A report or recommendation under Subsection (a) is not a public document, and Chapter 552, Government Code, does not apply to the report or recommendation until the insurer that is the subject of the report or recommendation is designated as impaired.

(c) On the commissioner's request, the association may assist and advise the commissioner concerning rehabilitation, payment of claims, continuation of coverage, or the performance of other contractual obligations of an impaired or insolvent insurer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8861.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8861 / Section 8861.002
§ 8861.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a groundwater conservation district in Menard County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Water Code § 49.314 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.314
§ 49.314. WATER ALLOCATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) After the district adopts an order excluding nonirrigated property, a city or other water supply corporation that serves the excluded land with a potable water supply may petition the district to apply to the commission to convert the proportionate irrigation water allocation of the land excluded as nonirrigated property, as determined by the district, from irrigation use to municipal use allocation.

(b) The district shall make such application to the commission within 30 days of the filing of a petition by the city or water supply corporation that serves the land with a potable water supply, provided the city or other water supply corporation pays the district the amount the district estimates will be its reasonable expenses and attorney's fees incurred in the commission conversion proceedings and enters into an agreement with the district setting forth the basis on which the water allocation shall be delivered, or made available, to the city or water supply corporation covering such terms as the entities may agree to, and in the event the parties cannot agree, such dispute shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, or its successors, under this code but subject to resolution through alternative dispute resolution. In such commission proceeding, the city or water supply corporation shall provide evidence to the commission of the current or projected need within a five year period for the municipal-use water allocation after such conversion as a condition of such conversion of use of the district's water rights from irrigation use to municipal use.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7951A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7951A / Section 7951A.0101
§ 7951A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Creedmoor Municipal Utility District.
Tex. Estates Code § 1051.052 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.052
§ 1051.052. SERVICE BY MAIL OR QUALIFIED DELIVERY METHOD.
Status: in_force

(a) The county clerk, or the guardian if required by statute or court order, shall serve a citation or notice required or permitted to be served by regular mail by mailing the original citation or notice to the person to be cited or notified.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the county clerk shall issue a citation or notice required or permitted to be served by a qualified delivery method and shall serve the citation or notice by sending the original citation or notice by a qualified delivery method.

(c) A guardian shall issue a notice required to be given by the guardian by a qualified delivery method and shall serve the notice by sending the original notice by a qualified delivery method.

(d) The county clerk or guardian, as applicable, shall send a citation or notice under Subsection (b) or (c) with an instruction to deliver the citation or notice to the addressee only and with return receipt or other proof of delivery requiring recipient signature requested. The clerk or guardian, as applicable, shall address the envelope containing the citation or notice to:

(1) the attorney of record in the proceeding for the person to be cited or notified; or

(2) the person to be cited or notified, if the citation or notice to the attorney is returned undelivered or the person to be cited or notified has no attorney of record in the proceeding.

(e) Service by a qualified delivery method must be made at least 20 days before the return day of the citation or notice, excluding the date of service. The date of service is the date of mailing, the date of deposit with the private delivery service, or the date of delivery by courier, as applicable.

(f) A copy of a citation or notice served under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) and a certificate of the person serving the citation or notice showing that the citation or notice was sent and the date of the mailing, the date of deposit with a private delivery service, or the date of delivery by courier, as applicable, shall be filed and recorded. A returned receipt or other proof of delivery receipt for a citation or notice served under Subsection (b) or (c) shall be attached to the certificate.

(g) If a citation or notice served by mail is returned undelivered, a new citation or notice shall be issued. Service of the new citation or notice must be made by posting.

(h) The applicant or movant in a guardianship proceeding shall pay the cost of delivery of a citation or notice under this section, to be taxed as costs in the proceeding.

(h) The applicant or movant in a guardianship proceeding shall pay the cost of delivery of a citation or notice under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 245.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 245 / Section 245.023
§ 245.023. PUBLIC INFORMATION; TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER.
Status: in_force

(a) The department on request shall make the following information available to the public:

(1) the status of the license of any abortion facility;

(2) the date of the last inspection of the facility, any violation discovered during that inspection that would pose a health risk to a patient at the facility, any challenge raised by the facility to the allegation that there was a violation, and any corrective action that is acceptable to the department and that is being undertaken by the facility with respect to the violation; and

(3) an administrative or civil penalty imposed against the facility or a physician who provides services at the facility, professional discipline imposed against a physician who provides services at the facility, and any criminal conviction of the facility or a physician who provides services at the facility that is relevant to services provided at the facility.

(b) Subsection (a) does not require the department to provide information that is not in the possession of the department. The Texas Medical Board shall provide to the department information in the possession of the board that the department is required to provide under Subsection (a).

(c) The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone number that a person may call to obtain the information described by Subsection (a).

(d) An abortion facility shall provide to a woman, at the time the woman initially consults the facility, a written statement indicating the number of the toll-free telephone line maintained under Subsection (c). The written statement must be available in English and Spanish and be in substantially the following form:

"(toll-free telephone number)

You have a right to access certain information concerning this abortion facility by using the toll-free telephone number listed above. If you make a call to the number, your identity will remain anonymous. The toll-free telephone line can provide you with the following information:

(1) Whether this abortion facility is licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

(2) The date of the last inspection of this facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services and any violations of law or rules discovered during that inspection that may pose a health risk to you.

(3) Any relevant fine, penalty, or judgment rendered against this facility or a doctor who provides services at this facility."

(e) This section does not authorize the release of the name, address, or phone number of any employee or patient of an abortion facility or of a physician who provides services at an abortion facility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.032 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.032
§ 61.032. NOTIFICATION OF PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) If a nonmandated provider delivers emergency services to a patient who the provider suspects might be eligible for assistance under this subchapter, the provider shall notify the patient's county of residence that emergency services have been or will be provided to the patient. The notice shall be made:

(1) by telephone not later than the 72nd hour after the provider determines the patient's county of residence; and

(2) by mail postmarked not later than the fifth working day after the date on which the provider determines the patient's county of residence.

(b) The provider shall attempt to determine the patient's county of residence when the patient first receives services.

(c) The provider, the patient, and the patient's family shall cooperate with the county of which the patient is presumed to be a resident in determining if the patient is an eligible resident of that county.

(d) Not later than the 14th day after the date on which the patient's county of residence receives notification and sufficient information to determine eligibility, the county shall determine if the patient is eligible for assistance from that county. If the county does not determine the patient's eligibility within that period, the patient is considered to be eligible. The county shall notify the provider of its decision.

(e) If the county and the provider disagree on the patient's residence or eligibility, the county or the provider may submit the matter to the department as provided by Section 61.004.

(f) If a provider delivers emergency services to a patient who is eligible for assistance under this subchapter and fails to comply with this section, the provider is not eligible for payment for the services from the patient's county of residence.
Tex. Education Code § 45.301 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 45 / Section 45.301
§ 45.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Charter holder" has the meaning assigned by Section 12.1012.

(2) "Program" means the open-enrollment charter school facilities credit enhancement program established under this subchapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 862.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 862 / Section 862.052
§ 862.052. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO LIFE INSURANCE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurance company authorized by its charter to write fire, marine, lightning, tornado, or inland marine insurance in this state may not write life insurance.

(b) An insurance company authorized to write life insurance in this state may not write fire, marine, or inland marine insurance or any other insurance described by Section 862.051.

(c) The commissioner shall enforce this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7803.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7803 / Section 7803.107
§ 7803.107.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7803.107. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: EXECUTION AND AVAILABILITY. (a) A construction contract must be in writing and signed by the contractor and:

(1) the president and secretary of the board; or

(2) a majority of the directors.

(b) A copy of each construction contract shall be kept in the district's records and be subject to public inspection.

(c) A construction contract must contain or have attached to it the specifications for all work included in the contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.008 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.008
§ 3914.008. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533 / Section 533.014
§ 533.014. RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN MAKING TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules that:

(1) relate to the responsibility of the local mental health authorities to make recommendations relating to the most appropriate and available treatment alternatives for individuals in need of mental health services, including individuals who are in contact with the criminal justice system and individuals detained in local jails and juvenile detention facilities;

(2) govern commitments to a local mental health authority;

(3) govern transfers of patients that involve a local mental health authority; and

(4) provide for emergency admission to a department mental health facility if obtaining approval from the authority could result in a delay that might endanger the patient or others.

(b) The executive commissioner's first consideration in developing rules under this section must be to satisfy individual patient treatment needs in the most appropriate setting. The executive commissioner shall also consider reducing patient inconvenience resulting from admissions and transfers between providers.

(c) The department shall notify each judge who has probate jurisdiction in the service area and any other person the local mental health authority considers necessary of the responsibility of the local mental health authority to make recommendations relating to the most appropriate and available treatment alternatives and the procedures required in the area.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 247.0631 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 247 / Section 247.0631
§ 247.0631. ACCESS.
Status: in_force

An employee of the Department of State Health Services or an employee of a local mental health or intellectual and developmental disability authority may enter an assisted living facility as necessary to provide services to a resident of the facility.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 35.20 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 35 / Section 35.20
§ 35.20. NAMES CALLED IN ORDER.
Status: in_force

In selecting the jury from the persons summoned, the names of such persons shall be called in the order in which they appear upon the list furnished the defendant. Each juror shall be tried and passed upon separately. A person who has been summoned, but who is not present, may, upon his appearance before the jury is completed, be tried as to his qualifications and impaneled as a juror, unless challenged, but no cause shall be unreasonably delayed on account of such absence.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.504 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.504
§ 21.504. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

Not later than November 1 of each calendar year, each state agency shall report to the commission the total number of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, females, and other persons hired for each job category by the agency during the preceding state fiscal year. The commission shall compile this information and submit a report based on the information to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board not later than January 1 of the subsequent calendar year.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.202 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.202
§ 252.202. COMPUTING QUALITY ASSURANCE FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) A quality assurance fee is imposed on each facility for which a license fee must be paid under Section 252.034, on each facility owned by a community mental health and intellectual disability center, as described by Subchapter A, Chapter 534, and on each facility owned by the department. The fee:

(1) is an amount established under Subsection (b) multiplied by the number of patient days as determined in accordance with Section 252.203;

(2) is payable monthly; and

(3) is in addition to other fees imposed under this chapter.

(b) The commission or the department at the direction of the commission shall set the quality assurance fee for each day in the amount necessary to produce annual revenues equal to an amount that is not more than six percent of the facility's total annual gross receipts in this state. The fee is subject to a prospective adjustment as necessary.

(c) The amount of the quality assurance fee must be determined using patient days and gross receipts reported to the department and covering a period of at least six months.

(d) The quality assurance fee is an allowable cost for reimbursement under the Medicaid program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9051.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9051 / Section 9051.102
§ 9051.102. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

A director must:

(1) be a resident, qualified voter; and

(2) own taxable property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7910.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7910 / Section 7910.004
§ 7910.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7910.003 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.
Tex. Property Code § 59.021 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 59 / Section 59.021
§ 59.021. LIEN; PROPERTY ATTACHED.
Status: in_force

A lessor has a lien on all property in a self-service storage facility for the payment of charges that are due and unpaid by the tenant.