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Tex. Insurance Code § 831.0002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 831 / Section 831.0002
§ 831.0002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Disclosure" means the confidential corporate governance annual disclosure filed by the insurer or insurance group in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.

(2) "Insurance group" means the insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as described by Section 823.006.

(3) "Insurer" has the meaning assigned by Section 823.002. The term includes a health maintenance organization authorized to engage in business under Chapter 843.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.003
§ 2306.003. PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The duties imposed and activities authorized by this chapter serve public purposes, and public money may be borrowed, spent, advanced, loaned, granted, or appropriated for those purposes.
Tex. Government Code § 662.086 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 662 / Section 662.086
§ 662.086. ENTREPRENEURS WITH DISABILITIES DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) October 17 is Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Day to recognize entrepreneurship as a career path for all people with disabilities and bring awareness and inclusion to every aspect of the workforce.

(b) Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Day may be regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
Tex. Utilities Code § 60.126 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 60 / Section 60.126
§ 60.126. INTERCONNECTIVITY NEGOTIATIONS; DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The commission may resolve a dispute filed by a party to a negotiation under Section 60.125(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8852.022 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8852 / Section 8852.022
§ 8852.022. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after all the temporary directors have qualified under Section 36.055, Water Code, a majority of the temporary directors shall convene the organizational meeting of the district at a location within the district agreeable to a majority of the directors. If an agreement on location cannot be reached, the organizational meeting shall be at the Brooks County Courthouse.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7931A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7931A / Section 7931A.0501
§ 7931A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.104 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.104
§ 401.104. LICENSING AND REGISTRATION RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (e), the executive commissioner by rule shall provide for the general or specific licensing of:

(1) radioactive material; or

(2) devices or equipment using radioactive material.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the commission by rule shall provide for licensing for the disposal of radioactive substances.

(c) The executive commissioner or commission shall provide in rules of the appropriate agency for the issuance, amendment, suspension, and revocation of licenses.

(d) The executive commissioner or commission, within the jurisdiction of that officer or agency, may require the registration or licensing of other sources of radiation.

(e) The executive commissioner or commission may not require a license for a person that is a party to an order issued under Section 361.188 or 361.272 for sites subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 361, or an agreement entered into under Section 361.606. This subsection does not exempt the person from complying with technical standards that a holder of a license otherwise required by this chapter for the particular activity is required to meet. The exemption granted by this subsection applies only to the assessment and remediation of the contamination at the site.

(f) A separate commercial storage and processing license may be issued for a site also licensed for disposal under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9054.0002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9054 / Section 9054.0002
§ 9054.0002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a conservation and reclamation district organized to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and operating as a water control and improvement district in accordance with Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1048.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1048 / Section 1048.006
§ 1048.006. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The support and maintenance of the district may not become a charge against or obligation of this state.
Tex. Government Code § 324.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 324 / Section 324.010
§ 324.010. COPY COSTS; FORMAT.
Status: in_force

The library has exclusive authority to determine the charge for copies or reproduction of records in the custody of the library. The library may reproduce records in a format such as CD-ROM, another computer-readable format, or any other format determined by the library and provide records in that format for a charge determined by the library.
Tex. Government Code § 1507.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1507 / Section 1507.101
§ 1507.101. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may issue refunding bonds in accordance with Subchapters A and D, Chapter 1207, to refund outstanding refunding bonds:

(1) that:

(A) a federal court by decree adjudicated to be valid; or

(B) were issued under a plan for the adjustment of the municipality's debts confirmed by a bankruptcy court under Title 11, United States Code; and

(2) that were issued under the authority of an ordinance specifying a minimum fixed tax rate to be imposed in each year during which any of those bonds or interest on those bonds is outstanding.
Tex. Government Code § 791.028 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 791 / Section 791.028
§ 791.028. CONTRACTS FOR JOINT PAYMENT OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Highway project" means the acquisition, design, construction, improvement, or beautification of a state or local highway, turnpike, or road project.

(2) "Transportation corporation" means a corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.

(b) A local government may contract with another local government, a state agency, or a transportation corporation to pay jointly all or part of the costs of a highway project, including the cost of an easement or interest in land required for or beneficial to the project.

(c) A local government and a transportation corporation, in accordance with a contract executed under this section, may:

(1) jointly undertake a highway project;

(2) acquire an easement, land, or an interest in land, in or outside a right-of-way of a highway project, as necessary for or beneficial to a highway project; or

(3) adjust utilities for the project.

(d) If a contract under this section provides for payments over a term of years, a local government may levy ad valorem taxes in an amount necessary to make the payments required by the contract as they become due.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4205.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4205 / Section 4205.0104
§ 4205.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(b) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center;

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty; and

(4) provide for water, wastewater, drainage, road, and recreational facilities for the district.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0455 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0455
§ 21.0455. COMPLAINTS REGARDING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall propose rules necessary to establish a process for a candidate for teacher certification to direct a complaint against an educator preparation program to the agency.

(b) The board by rule shall require an educator preparation program to notify candidates for teacher certification of the complaint process adopted under Subsection (a). The notice must include the name, mailing address, telephone number, and Internet website address of the agency for the purpose of directing complaints to the agency. The educator preparation program shall provide for that notification:

(1) on the Internet website of the educator preparation program, if the program maintains a website; and

(2) on a sign prominently displayed in program facilities.

(c) The board shall post the complaint process adopted under Subsection (a) on the agency's Internet website.

(d) The board has no authority to arbitrate or resolve contractual or commercial issues between an educator preparation program and a candidate for teacher certification.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7921.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7921 / Section 7921.052
§ 7921.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The temporary board consists of:

(1) Timothy P. Williamson;

(2) Keith Schoonover;

(3) Jim C. Platt;

(4) Christopher DiPaolo; and

(5) Joe Mattingly.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7921.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7921.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7921.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1213.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1213 / Section 1213.003
§ 1213.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1213.003. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF CLAIMS: WAIVER. (a) A contract between the issuer of a health benefit plan and a health care professional or health care facility must provide for a waiver of any requirement for electronic submission established under this chapter.

(b) The commissioner shall establish circumstances under which a waiver is required, including:

(1) circumstances in which no method is available for the submission of claims in electronic form;

(2) the operation of small physician practices;

(3) the operation of other small health care provider practices;

(4) undue hardship, including fiscal or operational hardship; or

(5) any other special circumstance that would justify a waiver.

(c) Any health care professional or health care facility that is denied a waiver by the issuer of a health benefit plan may appeal the denial to the commissioner. The commissioner shall determine whether a waiver must be granted.

(d) The issuer of a health benefit plan may not refuse to contract or renew a contract with a health care professional or health care facility based in whole or in part on the professional or facility requesting or receiving a waiver or appealing a waiver determination.
Tex. Education Code § 31.0252 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 31 / Section 31.0252
§ 31.0252. LOCAL REVIEW OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency shall develop standards in consultation with stakeholders, including educators, by which a school district may conduct a review of instructional materials used by a classroom teacher in a foundation curriculum course under Section 28.002(a)(1) to determine the degree to which the material:

(1) corresponds with the instructional materials adopted by the school district or district campus; and

(2) meets the level of rigor of the essential knowledge and skills adopted under Section 28.002 for the grade level in which it is being used.

(b) The agency shall develop a rubric, approved by the State Board of Education, to determine if reviewed instructional material complies with the rigor requirements described by Subsection (a)(2).

(c) The agency, in developing standards under Subsection (a):

(1) shall minimize, to the extent possible, the time a classroom teacher is required to spend complying with a review conducted under this section;

(2) may not, unless unavoidable, require a teacher to spend more than 30 minutes on a single review conducted under this section; and

(3) may not authorize the review of instructional materials used by a classroom teacher for a specific subject or grade level at a specific school district campus more than once per school year.

(d) The agency shall permit a regional education service center or a curriculum review service provider approved by the agency to conduct the review for a school district under this section and provide to approved centers and providers training relating to appropriately conducting the review.

(e) The agency shall award grants to assist school districts in conducting reviews under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 404.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 404 / Section 404.022
§ 404.022. APPLICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller, not later than the first business day in May of each odd-numbered year, shall notify eligible institutions of the conditions with which applicants for designation as a state depository must comply. The comptroller shall keep on file in the comptroller's office and make available for inspection by any person a list of institutions to which notification has been sent.

(b) The application for designation as a state depository must include a statement:

(1) of the amount of the applicant's paid capital stock and permanent surplus, if any;

(2) of the maximum amount of state time deposits the applicant will accept;

(3) of the applicant's condition according to the most recent financial statement on the date the application is submitted; and

(4) that the books and accounts of the institution, if it is designated as a state depository, will be open at all times for inspection by the comptroller or a representative of the comptroller.

(c) An application shall be mailed or electronically submitted to the comptroller at Austin and must be received before noon on the first business day of August of the year in which the notification is sent. An application received after that time may be considered at the option of the comptroller. The comptroller may charge a processing fee of $25 for each application and shall deposit the fees to the credit of the general revenue fund. The comptroller may specify the format required for electronic submissions and may adopt rules to administer this section.

(d) The comptroller shall prepare a list of the names of the applicants and the amount for which each has applied.

(e) The comptroller may approve those applicants that are acceptable and may reject those whose management or condition, in the opinion of the comptroller, does not warrant the placing of state funds in their possession.

(f) The designation as a state depository is effective for a period of not more than two years.

(g) As soon as practicable after the comptroller has made its designations, the comptroller shall inform applicants whether they have been designated as state depositories.

(h) The comptroller may execute a simplified version of a depository agreement with an eligible institution desiring to hold state deposits that are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.
Tex. Estates Code § 152.003 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 152 / Section 152.003
§ 152.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 152.003. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF APPLICATION: INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING DECEDENT'S FUNERAL AND REMAINS. (a) In addition to the information required under Section 152.002, if emergency intervention is requested to obtain funds needed for the payment or reimbursement of a decedent's funeral and burial expenses, the application must also state whether there are or were any written instructions from the decedent relating to the type and manner of funeral or burial preferred by the decedent. The applicant shall:

(1) attach the instructions, if available, to the application; and

(2) fully comply, or must have fully complied, as appropriate, with the instructions.

(b) If written instructions do not exist, the applicant may not permit or have permitted the decedent's remains to be cremated unless the applicant obtains or obtained the court's permission to cremate the remains.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.003
§ 70.003. APPLICATION OF ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies only to the Port of Corpus Christi.

(b) This chapter does not affect the existing laws for ports in other counties, and those laws do not apply to the Port of Corpus Christi.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1508.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.102
§ 1508.102. PREEXISTING CONDITION PROVISION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A health benefit plan offered under the program must include a preexisting condition provision that meets the requirements described by Section 1501.102.
Tex. Water Code § 7.070 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.070
§ 7.070. FINDINGS OF FACT NOT REQUIRED; RESERVATIONS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the commission is not required to make findings of fact or conclusions of law other than an uncontested finding that the commission has jurisdiction in an agreed order compromising or settling an alleged violation of a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or of a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute. An agreed administrative order may include a reservation that:

(1) the order is not an admission of a violation of a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or of a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute;

(2) the occurrence of a violation is in dispute; or

(3) the order is not intended to become a part of a party's or a facility's compliance history.
Tex. Government Code § 1506.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1506 / Section 1506.055
§ 1506.055. FORM OF BOND.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this subchapter must specify the purpose for which it is issued.
Tex. Insurance Code § 984.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 984 / Section 984.002
§ 984.002. AUTHORIZED AGENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A Mexican casualty insurance company may engage in the business of insurance in this state only through an agent licensed by the department under Subchapters A-E and G, Chapter 4051, or Chapter 4055.
Tex. Government Code § 525.0158 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 525 / Section 525.0158
§ 525.0158. STREAMLINING SERVICE DELIVERY.
Status: in_force

To integrate and streamline service delivery and facilitate access to services, the executive commissioner may:

(1) request a health and human services agency to take a specific action; and

(2) recommend the manner for accomplishing the streamlining, including requesting each agency to:

(A) simplify or automate agency procedures;

(B) coordinate service planning and management tasks between and among health and human services agencies;

(C) reallocate staff resources;

(D) waive existing rules; or

(E) take other necessary actions.
Tex. Government Code § 22.219 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.219
§ 22.219. ADJOURNMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A court of appeals may adjourn from day to day or for the periods that it considers proper.

(b) If a quorum of a court is not present on any day of the term, a justice of the court or the bailiff attending the court may adjourn the court from time to time until a quorum is present, but the court may not be finally adjourned for the term.
Tex. Local Government Code § 103.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 103 / Section 103.005
§ 103.005. ANNUAL AUDIT AND FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT; PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "No-new-revenue tax rate" means the no-new-revenue tax rate calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code.

(2) "Tax year" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.04, Tax Code.

(b) A person may submit a complaint to the attorney general of a suspected violation of Section 103.001 or 103.003.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, if the attorney general determines that a municipality has not had its records and accounts audited and an annual financial statement prepared based on the audit as required by Section 103.001 or has not filed the financial statement and the auditor's opinion on the statement in the office of the municipal secretary or clerk before the 180th day after the last day of the municipality's fiscal year as required by Section 103.003, the municipality may not adopt an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the municipality's no-new-revenue tax rate:

(1) for the tax year that begins on or after the date of the attorney general's determination; or

(2) for a subsequent tax year that begins before the date the municipality has had an annual audit completed and financial statement prepared or filed the financial statement and auditor's opinion on the financial statement with the municipal clerk, as applicable.
Tex. Government Code § 54.805 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.805
§ 54.805. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

A master appointed under this subchapter has the same judicial immunity as a district judge.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.054
§ 3897.054. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

(a) The remaining directors shall fill a vacancy on the board by appointing a person who meets the qualifications prescribed by Section 3897.053.

(b) If there are fewer than three directors, the governing body of the largest municipality in which the district is located shall appoint the necessary number of directors to fill all board vacancies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1064.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1064 / Section 1064.206
§ 1064.206. AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall have an independent audit made of the district's financial condition for the fiscal year.

(b) As soon as the audit is completed, the audit shall be filed at the district's office.