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Tex. Insurance Code § 4008.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.003
§ 4008.003. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) In adopting rules under this chapter, the commissioner shall:

(1) designate the products or product lines that may not be sold without certification under this chapter; and

(2) specify the reasons why it is necessary that the sale of a designated product or product line requires education, experience, or examination.

(b) By rule, the commissioner may specify:

(1) any precertification education or experience that must be completed before a designated product or product line may be sold by an agent;

(2) whether an agent must complete a precertification examination concerning the designated product or product line the agent intends to sell;

(3) whether an agent certified under this chapter must complete specific continuing education to maintain the certificate; and

(4) whether, and if so, how frequently, an agent certified under this chapter must periodically retake the examination to maintain the certificate.
Tex. Water Code § 30.034 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 30 / Section 30.034
§ 30.034. COST OF RELOCATING, ALTERING, ETC.
Status: in_force

If a district makes necessary the relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of any highway, railroad, electric transmission line, pipeline, or telephone or telegraph properties or facilities in the exercise of powers granted under this chapter, the district shall pay all of the actual cost of the relocating, raising, rerouting, changing in grade, or altering of construction and shall pay all of the actual cost of providing comparable replacement of facilities without enhancement, less the net salvage value of the facilities.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.119 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 363 / Section 363.119
§ 363.119. FUNDING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A public agency may establish a solid waste management fund to make payments for solid waste management services covered by contracts entered into by the public agency.

(b) A public agency may agree to make sufficient provision in its annual budget to make payments under its contracts.

(c) Payments to be made by a public agency under a contract may also be made from revenues of the public agency's solid waste, water, sewer, electric, or gas system or any combination of utility systems.

(d) As a source of payment or as the sole source of payment, a public agency may use and pledge available revenues or resources for and to the payment of amounts due under contracts and may enter into covenants concerning those sources of payment to assure their availability if required.

(e) A public agency may establish, charge, and collect fees, rates, charges, rentals, and other amounts for services or facilities provided under or in connection with a contract. Those fees, rates, charges, rentals, and other amounts may be charged to and collected from the residents of the public agency, if any, or from users or beneficiaries of the services or facilities and may include water charges, sewage charges, and solid waste disposal fees and charges, including solid waste collection or handling fees. The public agency may use and pledge those fees, rates, charges, rentals, and other amounts to make payments required under a contract and may enter into a covenant to do so in amounts sufficient to make all or any part of the payments when due.

(f) A public agency that has taxing power, and that at the time of entering into a contract is using its general funds, including its tax revenues, to pay all or part of the costs of providing solid waste collection, transportation, and disposal services, may agree and pledge that the contract is an obligation against the taxing power of the public agency.
Tex. Insurance Code § 6001.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 6001 / Section 6001.056
§ 6001.056. DEPOSIT IN OPERATING ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

All money collected under this chapter, other than penalties and monetary forfeitures, shall be paid to the department and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas Department of Insurance operating account for use in administering this chapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 41.061 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 41 / Section 41.061
§ 41.061. MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, a board or a committee established by a board may hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call if the convening at one location of a quorum of the board or committee is inconvenient for any member of the board or committee.

(b) The meeting is subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings.

(c) The notice of the meeting must specify as the location of the meeting the location where meetings of the board or committee, as applicable, are usually held.

(d) Each part of the meeting that is required to be open to the public shall be audible to the public at the location specified in the notice of the meeting as the location of the meeting and the audio shall be recorded. The audio recording shall be made available to the public.
Tex. Government Code § 2257.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2257 / Section 2257.102
§ 2257.102. POOLED COLLATERAL PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) As an alternative to collateralization under Subchapter B, the comptroller by rule shall establish a program for centralized pooled collateralization of deposits of public funds and for monitoring collateral maintained by participating institutions. The rules must provide that deposits of public funds of a county are not eligible for collateralization under the program. The comptroller shall provide for a separate collateral pool for any single participating institution's deposits of public funds.

(b) Under the pooled collateral program, the collateral of a participating institution pledged for a public deposit may not be combined with, cross-collateralized with, aggregated with, or pledged to another participating institution's collateral pools for pledging purposes.

(c) A participating institution may pledge its pooled securities to more than one participating depositor under contract with that participating institution.

(d) The pooled collateral program must provide for:

(1) participation in the program by a participating institution and each affected public entity to be voluntary;

(2) uniform procedures for processing all collateral transactions that are subject to an approved security agreement described by Section 2257.103; and

(3) the pledging of a participating institution's collateral securities using a single custodial account instead of an account for each depositor of public funds.
Tex. Family Code § 6.503 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.503
§ 6.503. AFFIDAVIT, VERIFIED PLEADING, AND BOND NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A temporary restraining order or temporary injunction under this subchapter:

(1) may be granted without an affidavit or a verified pleading stating specific facts showing that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result before notice can be served and a hearing can be held; and

(2) need not:

(A) define the injury or state why it is irreparable;

(B) state why the order was granted without notice; or

(C) include an order setting the suit for trial on the merits with respect to the ultimate relief sought.

(b) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage, the court may dispense with the issuance of a bond between the spouses in connection with temporary orders for the protection of the parties and their property.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 151.007 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 151 / Section 151.007
§ 151.007. REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY.
Status: in_force

A party has the right to be represented by an attorney at the trial held as provided by this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.160 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.160
§ 336.160. DONATION OF LIBRARY ASSETS BY COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

A county or municipality, including the lead governmental entity, that creates or joins the district may donate library assets to the district without compensation from the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1113.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1113 / Section 1113.055
§ 1113.055. BOND; RECORD OF BOND AND OATH.
Status: in_force

(a) Each director shall execute a good and sufficient bond for $1,000 that is:

(1) payable to the district; and

(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the director's duties.

(b) Each director's bond and constitutional oath of office shall be deposited with the district's depository bank for safekeeping.
Tex. Occupations Code § 109.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 109 / Section 109.053
§ 109.053. RELEASE BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A local law enforcement authority, on request or in the normal course of official business, shall release information concerning the treatment of a sex offender to:

(1) another local law enforcement authority;

(2) a criminal justice agency;

(3) a person described by Section 109.051(a); or

(4) the Texas Civil Commitment Office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7805.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7805 / Section 7805.051
§ 7805.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is composed of five directors appointed by the city council of the City of Irving, Texas.

(b) Directors serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of two directors expiring on the second Tuesday in January of each even-numbered year and the terms of three directors expiring on the second Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8504.0021 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8504 / Section 8504.0021
§ 8504.0021. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under that chapter. The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025, Government Code, as if the authority were a state agency scheduled to be abolished September 1, 2037, and every 12th year after that year.

(b) The authority shall pay the cost incurred by the Sunset Advisory Commission in performing the review. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine the cost, and the authority shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of a statement from the Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the cost.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 34.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 34 / Section 34.015
§ 34.015. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the review committee and the department shall submit a joint report on the findings of the review committee under this chapter to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees of the legislature.

(b) The report must include the review committee's recommendations under Section 34.005(4).

(c) The department shall disseminate the report to the state professional associations and organizations listed in Section 34.006(b) and make the report publicly available in paper or electronic form.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8311.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8311 / Section 8311.152
§ 8311.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8311.151, 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. Finance Code § 342.452 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 342 / Section 342.452
§ 342.452. RECEIPT FOR CASH PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

A lender shall give a receipt to a person making a cash payment on a loan.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8883.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8883 / Section 8883.054
§ 8883.054. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the board by resolution increases the fees of office to an amount authorized by Section 36.060(a), Water Code, each director is entitled to receive for the director's services $25 a month in compensation.

(b) Each director may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.

(c) The expenses described by Subsection (b) must be:

(1) reported in the district's records; and

(2) approved by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.064 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.064
§ 1098.064. SEAL.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt a seal for the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.355 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.355
§ 3933.355. SALES AND USE TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) On adoption of the tax authorized by this subchapter, there is imposed a tax of two percent, or the maximum rate at which the combined tax rate of all local sales and use taxes in any location in the district does not exceed two percent, on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items in the district, and an excise tax on the use, storage, or other consumption in the district of taxable items purchased, leased, or rented from a retailer in the district during the period that the tax is in effect.

(b) The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the sales tax portion of the tax and is applied to the sales price of the taxable item.
Tex. Transportation Code § 367.005 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 367 / Section 367.005
§ 367.005. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

To provide money to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, or equip a toll bridge, a part of a toll bridge, or a related building, structure, or other facility for a public purpose, the governing body of a municipality may issue revenue bonds that are payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of all or any part of the revenue, income, or receipts the municipality receives from its ownership and operation of:

(1) a portion of a toll bridge over the Rio Grande; and

(2) any other property, building, structure, activity, or facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3874.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3874 / Section 3874.103
§ 3874.103. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may:

(1) contract with any person to accomplish any district purpose, including a contract for:

(A) the payment, repayment, or reimbursement of costs incurred by that person on behalf of the district, including all or part of the costs of any improvement project and interest on the reimbursed cost; or

(B) the use, occupancy, lease, rental, operation, maintenance, or management of all or part of a proposed or existing improvement project; and

(2) apply for and contract with any person to receive, administer, and perform a duty or obligation of the district under a federal, state, local, or private gift, grant, loan, conveyance, transfer, bequest, or other financial assistance arrangement relating to the investigation, planning, analysis, study, design, acquisition, construction, improvement, completion, implementation, or operation by the district or others of a proposed or existing improvement project.

(b) A contract the district enters into to carry out a purpose of this chapter may be on any terms and for any period the board determines, including a negotiable or nonnegotiable note or warrant payable to the city, Dallas County, or any other person.

(c) Any person may contract with the district to carry out the purposes of this chapter without further statutory or other authorization.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.196 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.196
§ 225.196. TROOPER RICHARD DALE COTTLE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 35 in McLennan County between mile marker 341 and mile marker 351 is designated as the Trooper Richard Dale Cottle Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Richard Dale Cottle Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Occupations Code § 258.109 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 258 / Section 258.109
§ 258.109.
Status: in_force

Sec. 258.109. REQUEST FOR DENTAL RECORD: TIMING; EXCEPTION. (a) If disclosure of a dental record is authorized under this subchapter, a dentist shall disclose the dental record within a reasonable period after it is requested but not later than:

(1) the 30th day after the date on which it is requested from the dentist; or

(2) a date ordered by a court.

(b) A dentist may refuse to disclose the requested record if the dentist determines that providing the information would be harmful to the physical, mental, or emotional health of the patient, except that requests from the board may not be refused. If the dentist determines that disclosing the record would be harmful, the dentist shall notify the person requesting the record and explain why the information would be harmful. The person requesting the record may challenge in court the dentist's refusal to disclose the record. If the court finds that the dentist made the refusal in bad faith, the court may order the disclosure of the record and award costs and attorney's fees incurred by the person to obtain the information.

(c) In disclosing a dental record under this section, a dentist shall redact privileged information about another person.

(d) A dentist may charge a reasonable fee for providing a dental record under this section. For purposes of this subsection, a fee established under Section 241.154, Health and Safety Code, is a reasonable fee.
Tex. Government Code § 411.14055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.14055
§ 411.14055.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.14055. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER. The Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University is entitled to obtain from the department criminal history record information maintained by the department that relates to a person who is registering with the Texas School Safety Center to provide school safety or security consulting services under Section 37.2091, Education Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.601 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.601
§ 242.601. MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution must establish medication administration procedures.

(b) The medication administration procedures must comply with this subchapter and the rules adopted under Section 242.608.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.451 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.451
§ 101.451. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Derivative proceeding" means a civil suit in the right of a domestic limited liability company or, to the extent provided by Section 101.462, in the right of a foreign limited liability company.

(2) "Managing entity" means an entity that is either:

(A) a manager of a limited liability company that is managed by managers; or

(B) a member of a limited liability company that is managed by members who are entitled to manage the company.

(3) "Member" includes a person who is a member or is an assignee of a membership interest or a person who beneficially owns a membership interest through a voting trust or a nominee on the person's behalf.
Tex. Insurance Code § 802.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 802 / Section 802.054
§ 802.054. COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may consider a foreign insurance company to be in compliance with the requirements of Section 802.052 if the company is domiciled in a state with a law substantially similar to that section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8057.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8057 / Section 8057.0102
§ 8057.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.206 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.206
§ 841.206. FINDING THAT COMMITTED PERSON PRESENTS A DANGER.
Status: in_force

In making a finding under Section 841.205(b)(2) that the committed person presents a danger to the committed person or others in the civil commitment center in which the committed person is being treated, the court shall consider:

(1) an assessment of the committed person's present mental condition;

(2) whether the committed person has inflicted, attempted to inflict, or made a serious threat of inflicting substantial physical or emotional harm to the committed person's self or to another while in the center; and

(3) whether the committed person, in the 180-day period preceding the date the committed person was placed in the center, has inflicted, attempted to inflict, or made a serious threat of inflicting substantial physical or emotional harm to another.
Tex. Transportation Code § 21.115 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 21 / Section 21.115
§ 21.115. FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORTS.
Status: in_force

To the extent consistent with federal funding restrictions, a project involving a commercial service airport is eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter, including for inclusion in the aviation facilities capital improvement program, if the airport is located in a county along the Texas-Mexico border that has a population of less than 300,000.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 78.017 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 78 / Section 78.017
§ 78.017. ACTION AFTER HEARING.
Status: in_force

At the conclusion of a hearing required under Section 78.014 of this code, the commissioners court may:

(1) on a determination that the proposed district will provide a public benefit to a substantial portion of the land within the district, grant the petition;

(2) on a determination that certain land in the district will not benefit from the creation of the district, redefine the proposed district to exclude that land and grant the petition; or

(3) on a determination that the proposed district will not offer a public benefit or benefit to a substantial portion of the land included in the proposed district, refuse the petition.
Tex. Government Code § 493.0191 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 493 / Section 493.0191
§ 493.0191. ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The inspector general may issue an administrative subpoena to a communication common carrier or an electronic communications service provider to compel the production of the carrier's or service provider's business records that:

(1) disclose information about:

(A) the carrier's or service provider's customers; or

(B) users of the services offered by the carrier or service provider; and

(2) are material to a criminal investigation of an escape or a potential escape or a violation of Section 38.11, Penal Code.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Communication common carrier" means a person that:

(A) for a fee, provides directly to the public or to certain members of the public the ability to transmit between or among points specified by the person who uses that ability, regardless of the technology used, information of the person's choosing without change in the form or content of the information transmitted; or

(B) is a provider that bills customers for services described by Paragraph (A).

(2) "Electronic communications service provider" means a service provider that provides to users of the service the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications, as those terms are defined by Article 18A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Water Code § 11.128 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.128
§ 11.128. PAYMENT OF FEE.
Status: in_force

The applicant shall pay the filing fee prescribed by Section 5.701 at the time the application is filed. The commission may not record, file, or consider the application until the executive director certifies to the commission that the fee is paid.