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Tex. Election Code § 213.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 213 / Section 213.003
§ 213.003. ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), to be eligible for appointment as a member of a recount committee, a person must be a qualified voter of the political subdivision served by the recount supervisor and must otherwise meet the eligibility requirements prescribed by this code for precinct election judges and clerks. A person who served as an election judge or as judge of the early voting ballot board in the election is ineligible to serve as a member of the recount committee. An officer of a political party is eligible to serve as a member of the committee.

(b) A tabulation supervisor, assistant tabulation supervisor, or manager of a central counting station appointed in a recount using automatic tabulating equipment to recount ballots originally counted at a central counting station is not subject to Subsection (a).

(c) A person who is appointed as a member of a recount committee by the secretary of state or a state party chair and who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements prescribed by this code for precinct election judges and clerks is eligible for appointment regardless of whether the person is a qualified voter of the political subdivision served by the recount supervisor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8350.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8350 / Section 8350.152
§ 8350.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8350.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 1064.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1064 / Section 1064.007
§ 1064.007. RESTRICTION ON STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility.
Tex. Government Code § 487.304 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.304
§ 487.304. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT, LOAN, OR LOAN GUARANTEE; INTEREST RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall adopt rules that establish eligibility criteria for receiving a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this subchapter.

(b) The rules must state generally the factors the department will consider in determining whether an applicant should receive a grant, loan, or loan guarantee. The rules must consider at least the financial need of the applicant, the health care needs of the rural area served by the applicant, and the probability that the applicant will effectively and efficiently use the money obtained through the grant, loan, or loan guarantee to meet the health care needs of the rural area served by the applicant.

(c) The rules must state generally the factors the department will consider in determining the extent to which the interest rate on a loan should be below market rates.
Tex. Government Code § 834.305 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 834 / Section 834.305
§ 834.305. BENEFICIARY CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBER OR ANNUITANT.
Status: in_force

(a) Any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a member or annuitant may not be paid to a person convicted of or adjudicated as having caused that death but instead are payable as if the convicted person had predeceased the decedent.

(b) A person who becomes eligible under this section to select death or survivor benefits may select benefits as if the person were the designated beneficiary.

(c) The retirement system shall reduce any annuity computed in part on the age of the convicted or adjudicated person to a lump sum equal to the present value of the remainder of the annuity. The reduced amount is payable to a person entitled as provided by this section to receive the benefit.

(d) The retirement system is not required to change the recipient of any benefits, funds, or account balances under this section unless it receives actual notice of the conviction or adjudication of a beneficiary. However, the retirement system may delay payment of any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a member or annuitant pending the results of a criminal investigation or civil proceeding and other legal proceedings relating to the cause of death.

(e) For the purposes of this section, a person has been convicted of or adjudicated as having caused the death of a member or annuitant if the person:

(1) pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty by a court or jury in a criminal proceeding of, causing the death of the member or annuitant, regardless of whether sentence is imposed or probated, and no appeal of the conviction is pending and the time provided for appeal has expired; or

(2) is found liable by a court or jury in a civil proceeding for causing the death of the member or annuitant and no appeal of the judgment is pending and the time provided for appeal has expired.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2702.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2702 / Section 2702.053
§ 2702.053. CONTENT OF CLOSING AND SETTLEMENT STATEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each closing and settlement statement provided to a party to a transaction described by Section 2702.052(a) must state the name of any person receiving any amount from that party.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the title insurance company or title insurance agent is required to include in the closing and settlement statement only those items of disbursement that are actually disbursed by the company or agent.

(c) If an attorney, other than a full-time employee of the title insurance company or title insurance agent, examines a title or provides any closing or settlement services, the closing and settlement statement must include:

(1) the amount of the fee for the services, shown as included in the premium; and

(2) the name of the attorney or, if applicable, the name of the firm to which the fee was paid.

(d) The closing and settlement statement must conspicuously and clearly itemize the charges imposed on the party in connection with the closing and settlement.

(e) If a charge for title insurance is made to the party, the closing and settlement statement must state whether the title insurance premium included in the charge covers the mortgagee's interest in the real property, the borrower's interest, or both.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.211 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4151 / Section 4151.211
§ 4151.211. RESTRICTIONS ON ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not acquire an ownership interest in an entity that holds a certificate of authority under this chapter if the person is, or after the acquisition would be, directly or indirectly in control of the certificate holder, or otherwise acquire control of or exercise any control over the certificate holder, unless the person has filed with the department under oath:

(1) a biographical form for each person by whom or on whose behalf the acquisition of control is to be effected;

(2) a statement certifying that no person who is acquiring an ownership interest in or control of the certificate holder has been the subject of a disciplinary action taken by a financial or insurance regulator of this state, another state, or the United States;

(3) a statement certifying that, immediately on the change of control, the certificate holder will be able to satisfy the requirements for the issuance of a certificate of authority; and

(4) any additional information that the commissioner by rule may prescribe as necessary or appropriate to the public interest and the protection of the insurance consumers of this state.

(b) The department may require a partnership, syndicate, or other group that is required to file a statement under Subsection (a) to provide the information required under that subsection for each partner of the partnership, each member of the syndicate or group, and each person who controls the partner or member. If the partner, member, or person is a corporation or the person required to file the statement under Subsection (a) is a corporation, the department may require that the information required under that subsection be provided regarding:

(1) the corporation;

(2) each individual who is an executive officer or director of the corporation; and

(3) each person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation.

(c) The department may disapprove an acquisition of control if, after notice and opportunity for hearing, the commissioner determines that:

(1) immediately on the change of control the certificate holder would not be able to satisfy the requirements for the certificate of authority;

(2) the competence, trustworthiness, experience, and integrity of the persons who would control the operation of the certificate holder are such that it would not be in the interest of the insurance consumers of this state to permit the acquisition of control; or

(3) the acquisition of control would violate this code or another law of this state, another state, or the United States.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a change in control is considered approved if the commissioner has not proposed to deny the requested change before the 61st day after the date on which the department receives all information required by this section.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.003
§ 4201.003. RULES.
Status: repealed

(a) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this chapter.

(b) A rule adopted under this chapter relates only to a person or entity subject to this chapter.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1147, Sec. 2.008(11), eff. September 1, 2011.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1147, Sec. 2.008(11), eff. September 1, 2011.
Tex. Election Code § 127.1301 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.1301
§ 127.1301. CENTRALLY COUNTED OPTICAL SCAN BALLOTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In an election using centrally counted optical scan ballots, the undervotes and overvotes on those ballots shall be tallied, tabulated, and reported by race and by election precinct in the form and manner prescribed by the secretary of state.

(b) An authority operating a central counting station under this chapter may only purchase or use a ballot scan system if the system is only capable of using a data transfer media device that:

(1) once a cast vote record is written, is incapable of being modified without automatic:

(A) detection of the modification; and

(B) rejection of the cast vote record; and

(2) does not allow for the process under Subdivision (1) to be overridden or circumvented.

(c) An authority that purchases system components in order to comply with this section is eligible to have 100 percent of the cost of those system components reimbursed.

(d) Subsection (b) applies starting on the earlier of:

(1) the date on which the state certifies the first centrally counted optical ballot scan system under this section; or

(2) September 1, 2026.

(e) This subsection and Subsection (d) expire October 1, 2026.
Tex. Finance Code § 122.102 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 122 / Section 122.102
§ 122.102. FINANCIAL REPORTING; AUDITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A credit union shall use the financial reporting forms and observe the accounting principles prescribed by the commission.

(b) The board shall:

(1) make a comprehensive annual audit of the credit union's books and affairs, in accordance with established principles and commission rules;

(2) submit a summary of the audit report to the credit union's members at the next annual meeting; and

(3) make a supplementary audit or examination as the board considers necessary or the commissioner requires.

(c) The commission by rule may require a verification of members' accounts with the credit union's records.

(d) If the commissioner, by examination or other credible evidence, finds that the board is not complying with this section or a rule adopted under this section, the commissioner may appoint an independent person from outside the credit union and its members to perform an audit. The credit union shall pay the cost of the audit.
Tex. Family Code § 158.310 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 158 / Section 158.310
§ 158.310. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A defect in a notice of application for judicial writ of withholding is waived unless the respondent specially excepts in writing and cites with particularity the alleged defect, obscurity, or other ambiguity in the notice.

(b) A special exception under this section must be heard by the court before hearing the motion to stay issuance.

(c) If the court sustains an exception, the court shall provide the party filing the notice an opportunity to refile and the court shall continue the hearing to a date certain without the requirement of additional service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1034.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1034 / Section 1034.253
§ 1034.253. ELECTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may order an election to increase the district's maximum tax rate to 75 cents on each $100 valuation of taxable property in the district. The board shall order the election if the board receives a petition requesting an election that is signed by at least 50 qualified voters in the district.

(b) The ballot for the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The imposition of annual taxes by the district for hospital purposes at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on the $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district."

(c) If the board finds that the election results favor the proposition, the board may impose taxes as authorized by the proposition. If the board finds that the election results do not favor the proposition, another election on the question of increasing the district's maximum tax rate may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election at which voters disapproved the proposition.

(d) Section 41.001(a), Election Code, does not apply to an election ordered under this section.
Tex. Property Code § 5.067 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 5 / Section 5.067
§ 5.067. PLACEMENT OF LIEN FOR UTILITY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any terms of a contract to the contrary, the placement of a lien for the reasonable value of improvements to residential real estate for purposes of providing utility service to the property shall not constitute a default under the terms of an executory contract for the purchase of the real property.
Tex. Finance Code § 180.054 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 180 / Section 180.054
§ 180.054. CRIMINAL AND OTHER BACKGROUND CHECKS.
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with an application for a license as a residential mortgage loan originator, the applicant shall, at a minimum, furnish in the form and manner prescribed by the regulatory official and acceptable to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry information concerning the applicant's identity, including:

(1) fingerprints for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any governmental agency or entity authorized to receive the information to conduct a state, national, and international criminal background check; and

(2) personal history and experience information in a form prescribed by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry, including the submission of authorization for the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry and the appropriate regulatory official to obtain:

(A) an independent credit report obtained from a consumer reporting agency described by Section 603(p), Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1681a(p)); and

(B) information related to any administrative, civil, or criminal findings by a governmental jurisdiction.

(b) For purposes of this section and to reduce the points of contact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation may have to maintain for purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a regulatory official may use the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as a channeling agent for requesting information from and distributing information to the United States Department of Justice, any governmental agency, or any source at the regulatory official's direction.

(c) For purposes of this section and to reduce the points of contact that a regulatory official may have to maintain for purposes of Subsection (a) or (b), the regulatory official may use the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry as a channeling agent for requesting information from and distributing information to and from any source as directed by the regulatory official.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.602 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.602
§ 1501.602. COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A large employer health benefit plan issuer:

(1) may refuse to provide coverage to a large employer in accordance with the issuer's underwriting standards and criteria;

(2) shall accept or reject the entire group of individuals who meet the participation criteria and choose coverage; and

(3) may exclude only those employees or dependents who decline coverage.

(b) On issuance of a health benefit plan to a large employer, a large employer health benefit plan issuer shall provide coverage to the employees who meet the participation criteria without regard to an individual's health status related factors.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.002
§ 282.002. DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 75,000 or less and an assessed property valuation of at least $200,000,000 may create one or more hospital districts.

(b) The district may include a municipality or town, or a part of a municipality or town, but the district may not include part of another district.

(c) To be formed the proposed district must be composed of territory having property of an assessed value of more than $25,000,000.
Tex. Government Code § 532.0103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 532 / Section 532.0103
§ 532.0103. BIENNIAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall prepare a biennial Medicaid financial report covering each state agency that operates a part of Medicaid and each component of Medicaid those agencies operate.

(b) The report must include:

(1) for each state agency that operates a part of Medicaid:

(A) a description of each of the Medicaid components the agency operates; and

(B) an accounting of all funds related to Medicaid the agency received and disbursed during the period the report covers, including:

(i) the amount of any federal Medicaid funds allocated to the agency for the support of each of the Medicaid components the agency operates;

(ii) the amount of any funds the legislature appropriated to the agency for each of those components; and

(iii) the amount of Medicaid payments and related expenditures made by or in connection with each of those components; and

(2) for each Medicaid component identified in the report:

(A) the amount and source of funds or other revenue received by or made available to the agency for the component;

(B) the amount spent on each type of service or benefit provided by or under the component;

(C) the amount spent on component operations, including eligibility determination, claims processing, and case management; and

(D) the amount spent on any other administrative costs.

(c) The report must cover the three-year period ending on the last day of the previous fiscal year.

(d) The commission may request from any appropriate state agency information necessary to complete the report. Each agency shall cooperate with the commission in providing information for the report.

(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit the report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the presiding officer of each standing committee of the senate and house of representatives having jurisdiction over health and human services issues, and the state auditor.
Tex. Government Code § 1507.254 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.254
§ 1507.254. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF WARRANTS AND NOTES ISSUED.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body may not issue warrants or notes under this subchapter in an amount exceeding 80 percent of the difference between:

(1) the estimated revenue of the municipality for the fiscal year; and

(2) the sum of:

(A) the interest on the bonded indebtedness of the municipality to be paid from that revenue; and

(B) any amount that the municipality is required to pay from that revenue into a sinking fund, special fund, or special trust fund of the municipality.

(b) The limitation prescribed by Subsection (a) does not apply to warrants or notes issued for refunding purposes.

(c) The aggregate principal amount of warrants or notes issued under this subchapter and outstanding at any time in a fiscal year may not exceed the greatest amount by which the proposed expenditures for the fiscal year are estimated by the governing body to exceed the estimated revenue available for payment of warrants and notes during the fiscal year, as computed under Subsection (a).
Tex. Local Government Code § 344.156 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 344 / Section 344.156
§ 344.156. PURCHASING.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the board may prescribe the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district.

(b) To the extent competitive bidding procedures in Title 8 apply, the board may not enter into a purchasing contract for more than $15,000 unless the board complies with Chapter 252.

(c) If the municipality that created the district has a purchasing agent authorized by law, that agent shall serve as purchasing agent for the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1089.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1089 / Section 1089.113
§ 1089.113. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

The board may contract with a political subdivision of this state or with a state or federal agency for the district to:

(1) furnish a mobile emergency medical service; or

(2) provide for the investigatory or welfare needs of district inhabitants.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.6521 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.6521
§ 2301.6521.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2301.6521. RIGHT TO PROTEST: CERTAIN RELOCATIONS. (a) In this section, "affected county" means:

(1) a county with a population of 1.2 million or more; or

(2) a county with a population of 800,000 or more but less than 1.1 million that is adjacent to a county with a population of 1.2 million or more.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as provided by Subsection (d), a franchised dealer may protest an application to relocate a dealership from a location in an affected county to a location within the same affected county or an adjacent affected county only if the dealer is:

(1) a dealer of the same line-make as the relocating dealership and is in the affected county where the proposed dealership is being relocated and is nearest to the proposed relocation site, if no dealership of the same line-make as the relocating dealership is located within 15 miles of the proposed relocation site; or

(2) a dealer of the same line-make as the relocating dealership whose dealership location is within 15 miles of the proposed relocation site.

(c) If more than one dealership location is an equal distance from the proposed relocation site and each dealer and dealership location satisfies the requirements of Subsection (b)(1), each dealer may protest the relocation under Subsection (b)(1).

(d) A franchised dealer may not protest an application to relocate a dealership under this section if the proposed relocation site is not:

(1) more than two miles from the site where the dealership is currently located; or

(2) closer to the franchised dealer than the site from which the dealership is being relocated.