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Tex. Government Code § 2054.453 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.453
§ 2054.453. RULES; COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL STANDARDS AND LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall adopt rules and evaluation criteria to implement this subchapter, including rules regarding:

(1) the development, procurement, maintenance, and use of electronic and information resources by state agencies to provide access to individuals with disabilities; and

(2) a procurement accessibility policy.

(b) In adopting rules under this section, the department shall consider the provisions contained in 36 C.F.R. Part 1194.

(c) This subchapter does not require the state to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.) to the extent it is not required by federal law.
Tex. Property Code § 116.201 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 116 / Section 116.201
§ 116.201. DISBURSEMENTS FROM INCOME.
Status: in_force

A trustee shall make the following disbursements from income to the extent that they are not disbursements to which Section 116.051(2)(B) or (C) applies:

(1) one-half of the regular compensation of the trustee and of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee unless, consistent with the trustee's fiduciary duties, the trustee determines that a different portion, none, or all of the compensation should be allocated to income;

(2) one-half of all expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings, or other matters that involve both the income and remainder interests;

(3) all of the other ordinary expenses incurred in connection with the administration, management, or preservation of trust property and the distribution of income, including interest, ordinary repairs, regularly recurring taxes assessed against principal, and expenses of a proceeding or other matter that concerns primarily the income interest; and

(4) recurring premiums on insurance covering the loss of a principal asset or the loss of income from or use of the asset.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 92.004 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.004
§ 92.004. HEARING AND ORDER BY RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) The railroad commission shall adopt rules governing the contents of an application for a qualified subdivision. An application must be accompanied by a plat of the subdivision showing the applicant's proposed location of operations sites and road and pipeline easements.

(b) The railroad commission shall, on notice to the applicant and owners of possessory mineral interests, hold a hearing on the application at which the commission shall consider the adequacy of the number and location of operations sites and road and pipeline easements. At the hearing on the application, evidence may be presented by the applicant and the owners of possessory mineral interests. After considering the evidence, the commission shall approve, reject, or amend the application to ensure that the mineral resources of the subdivision are fully and effectively exploited. The applicant or the owner of the possessory mineral interest may appeal the order of the railroad commission as provided by law.
Tex. Election Code § 32.034 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 32 / Section 32.034
§ 32.034. CLERKS FOR ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY OFFICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The clerks for the general election for state and county officers or for a special election to fill a vacancy in an office regularly filled at the general election shall be selected from different political parties if possible.

(b) The county chair of a political party whose candidate for governor received the highest or second highest number of votes in the county in the most recent gubernatorial general election may, not later than the 25th day before a general election or the 10th day before a special election to which Subsection (a) applies, submit to a presiding judge a list containing the names of at least two persons who are eligible for appointment as a clerk. If a timely list is submitted, the presiding judge shall appoint at least one clerk from the list, except as provided by Subsection (c).

(c) If only one additional clerk is to be appointed for an election in which the alternate presiding judge will serve as a clerk, the clerk shall be appointed from the list of a political party with which neither the presiding judge nor the alternate judge is affiliated or aligned, if such a list is submitted. If two such lists are submitted, the presiding judge shall decide from which list the appointment will be made. If such a list is not submitted, the presiding judge is not required to make an appointment from any list.

(d) The presiding judge shall make an appointment under this section not later than the fifth day after the date the judge receives the list and shall deliver written notification of the appointment to the appropriate county chair.

(e) If a presiding judge has not been appointed at the time the county chair of a political party is required to submit a list of names for the appointment of a clerk under this section, the list of names shall be submitted to the county chair of the political party whose candidate for governor received the most votes in the precinct in the most recent gubernatorial election and to the commissioners court. The county chair, or the commissioners court in a county without a county chair, shall appoint clerks from the list in the same manner provided for a presiding judge to appoint clerks by this section.

(f) Following an oral warning to the election clerk and with the concurrence of the county chair of the same political party with which the election clerk is affiliated or aligned, the county clerk may remove, replace, or reassign an election clerk who causes a disruption in a polling location or wilfully disobeys the provisions of this code. A vacancy created under this subsection shall be filled by the presiding judge, who shall appoint a replacement election clerk who is affiliated or aligned with the same political party as the original clerk, if possible.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 485.102 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 485 / Section 485.102
§ 485.102. AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,000 for each violation, and each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. The total amount of the penalty assessed for a violation continuing or occurring on separate days under this subsection may not exceed $5,000.

(b) The amount shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;

(2) the threat to health or safety caused by the violation;

(3) the history of previous violations;

(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;

(5) whether the violator demonstrated good faith, including when applicable whether the violator made good faith efforts to correct the violation; and

(6) any other matter that justice may require.
Tex. Transportation Code § 51.005 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 51 / Section 51.005
§ 51.005. LAND ACQUISITION.
Status: repealed

(a) The commission may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation property or an interest in property that the commission considers necessary to enable it to meet its responsibilities under this chapter, including, except as provided by Subsection (b)(3), easements and rights-of-way for dredge material disposal sites or channel alteration.

(b) The commission may not:

(1) acquire oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals that may be recovered without using the surface of land acquired by the commission for exploration, drilling, or mining purposes;

(2) condemn any submerged public land under the jurisdiction of the School Land Board; or

(3) condemn private property along Reach 1, Reach 2, Reach 4, Reach 5, and Reach 6 of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway as defined by the Draft Laguna Madre GIWW Dredged Material Management Plan prepared by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Interagency Coordination Team dated October 11, 2002, for use as a disposal site for dredged material from the Laguna Madre unless the commission determines that:

(A) there is no state or federal land available that can be used for that purpose; and

(B) the state's failure to acquire the property will result in the closure of any segment of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway located in this state.

(c) An agency or political subdivision of the state may convey, without advertisement, title or rights and easements owned by the agency or political subdivision to any property the commission needs to meet its responsibilities under this chapter.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 191, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Tex. Insurance Code § 257.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 257 / Section 257.003
§ 257.003. PREMIUMS AND CONSIDERATIONS SUBJECT TO TAXATION; LIMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall pay maintenance taxes under this chapter on the correctly reported:

(1) gross premiums collected from writing life, health, and accident insurance in this state, except as provided in Subsection (b); and

(2) gross considerations collected from writing annuity or endowment contracts in this state.

(b) The gross premiums on which an assessment is based under this chapter may not include:

(1) premiums received from the United States for insurance contracted for by the United States in accordance with or in furtherance of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395c et seq.) and its subsequent amendments; or

(2) premiums paid on group health, accident, and life policies in which the group covered by the policy consists of a single nonprofit trust established to provide coverage primarily for employees of:

(A) a municipality, county, or hospital district in this state; or

(B) a county or municipal hospital, without regard to whether the employees are employees of the county or municipality or of an entity operating the hospital on behalf of the county or municipality.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.109 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.109
§ 601.109. PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) The advisory board may issue a provisional certificate to an applicant currently licensed or certified in another jurisdiction who seeks certification in this state and who:

(1) has been licensed or certified in good standing as a medical radiologic technologist for at least two years in another jurisdiction, including a foreign country, that has licensing or certification requirements substantially equivalent to the requirements of this chapter;

(2) has passed a national or other examination recognized by the advisory board relating to the practice of radiologic technology; and

(3) is sponsored by a medical radiologic technologist certified by the advisory board under this chapter with whom the provisional certificate holder will practice during the time the person holds a provisional certificate.

(b) The advisory board may waive the requirement of Subsection (a)(3) for an applicant if the advisory board determines that compliance with that subsection would be a hardship to the applicant.

(c) A provisional certificate is valid until the date the advisory board approves or denies the provisional certificate holder's application for a certificate. The advisory board shall issue a certificate under this chapter to the provisional certificate holder if:

(1) the provisional certificate holder is eligible to be certified under Section 601.107; or

(2) the provisional certificate holder passes the part of the examination under Section 601.104 that relates to the applicant's knowledge and understanding of the laws and rules relating to the practice of radiologic technology in this state and:

(A) the advisory board verifies that the provisional certificate holder meets the academic and experience requirements for a certificate under this chapter; and

(B) the provisional certificate holder satisfies any other licensing requirements under this chapter.

(d) The advisory board must approve or deny a provisional certificate holder's application for a certificate not later than the 180th day after the date the provisional certificate is issued. The advisory board may extend the 180-day period if the results of an examination have not been received by the advisory board before the end of that period.

(e) The advisory board by rule may establish a fee for a provisional certificate in an amount reasonable and necessary to cover the cost of issuing the certificate.
Tex. Government Code § 820.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 820 / Section 820.101
§ 820.101. COLLECTION OF MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each payroll period, each department or agency of the state shall cause to be deducted from the compensation of a member subject to this chapter a contribution of six percent of the compensation of the member.

(b) In addition to the contribution under Subsection (a), each department or agency of the state that employs a law enforcement or custodial officer who is a member subject to this chapter shall deduct an additional two percent contribution from the member's compensation, to be deposited in the law enforcement and custodial officer supplemental retirement fund.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 44.24 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 44 / Section 44.24
§ 44.24. PRESUMPTIONS ON APPEAL; DECISIONS BY THE APPELLATE COURT.
Status: repealed

By order of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dated December 18, 1985, effective September 1, 1986, adopting the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, pursuant to Section 4, Chapter 685 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, this article was repealed.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.053 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.053
§ 202.053. PUBLIC MEMBER ELIGIBILITY.
Status: in_force

A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the advisory board if the person or the person's spouse:

(1) is registered, certified, or licensed by an occupational regulatory agency in the field of health care;

(2) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by the department or receiving funds from the department;

(3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization regulated by the department or receiving funds from the department; or

(4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or funds from the department, other than reimbursement authorized by law for advisory board membership, attendance, or expenses.
Tex. Transportation Code § 463.066 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.066
§ 463.066. TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The property, revenue, and income of an authority are exempt from state and local taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9016.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9016 / Section 9016.104
§ 9016.104. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Any water, sanitary sewer, drainage, or other infrastructure or public facilities constructed, acquired, improved, maintained, or operated by the district shall comply with any applicable regulations of the municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the infrastructure or facilities are located.

(b) Any water system constructed, acquired, improved, maintained, or operated by the district shall:

(1) comply with any applicable regulations of the municipality regarding specifications for rural density; and

(2) contain distribution lines that are:

(A) four inches or more in diameter; and

(B) sufficient to provide fire hydrant service according to the municipality's specifications for rural density.
Tex. Election Code § 122.038 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 122 / Section 122.038
§ 122.038. ACTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) After reviewing the examiners' reports and considering the views expressed at the public hearing, the secretary of state shall determine whether the voting system or voting system equipment for which an application has been submitted satisfies the applicable requirements for approval.

(b) The secretary may examine the system or equipment to aid in determining whether it satisfies the requirements for approval.

(c) If the system or equipment satisfies the applicable requirements for approval, the secretary by written order shall approve the system or equipment of that design for use in elections. Otherwise, the secretary shall deny the application.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1100.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1100 / Section 1100.005
§ 1100.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution may provide an alternative procedure that conforms with the constitution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.226 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.226
§ 225.226. THE MAINES BROTHERS BAND HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Farm-to-Market Road 40 in Lubbock County between its intersection with County Road 3300 and its intersection with County Road 3800 is designated as The Maines Brothers Band Highway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as The Maines Brothers Band 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. Government Code § 840A.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 840A / Section 840A.102
§ 840A.102. STATE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The state shall contribute for military service established under Section 838.1031 an amount in the same ratio to the member's contribution for the service as the state's contribution bears to the contribution for current service required of a member of the retirement system who is subject to this chapter at the time the service is established under this subchapter.

(b) The state's contribution under Subsection (a) shall be paid from the fund from which the member receives compensation at the time the service is established or, if the member does not hold a position at the time the service is established, from the fund from which the member received compensation when the member most recently held a position.
Tex. Water Code § 51.167 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 51 / Section 51.167
§ 51.167. EXPENSE OF PROCURING COOPERATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

A district may incur reasonable expense to procure cooperation under Section 51.166 of this code in adding to the area of the district or with contributions to the cost of improvements made by the district. The contributions may be either a percentage of cost or a definite annual sum.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.254 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.254
§ 702.254. CLAIM BARRED.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state may not consider a claim filed under Section 702.251 if the claim is received later than the 90th day after the date notice of the closure or relocation is first posted on the secretary of state's Internet website under Section 702.452(c).
Tex. Education Code § 73.106 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 73 / Section 73.106
§ 73.106. PATIENTS.
Status: in_force

This subchapter governs the admission of patients to the institution and its substations, the support of patients, and other matters relating to patients.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3979.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3979 / Section 3979.0503
§ 3979.0503. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board.

(b) The district, by competitive bid or negotiated sale, may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized district purpose.

(c) The limitation on the outstanding principal amount of bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by Section 49.4645, Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 282.010 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 282 / Section 282.010
§ 282.010. TOLL BY COUNTY AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court of a county that operates an underpass or tunnel may impose a toll for use of the underpass or tunnel.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3801.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3801 / Section 3801.003
§ 3801.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing Harris County, the City of Houston, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the downtown area of the city of Houston.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of August 28, 1995, to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3992.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3992 / Section 3992.0204
§ 3992.0204. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may compensate each director in an amount not to exceed $150 for each board meeting. The total amount of compensation a director may receive each year may not exceed $7,200.

(b) A director is entitled to reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the board.
Tex. Transportation Code § 91.052 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 91 / Section 91.052
§ 91.052. AGREEMENTS TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE RAIL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The department may enter into an agreement with a public entity, including a political subdivision of this state, to permit the entity, independently or jointly with the department, to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate a rail facility or system.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.133 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.133
§ 161.133. INSERVICE TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require each inpatient mental health facility, treatment facility, or hospital that provides comprehensive medical rehabilitation services to annually provide as a condition of continued licensure a minimum of eight hours of inservice training designed to assist employees and health care professionals associated with the facility in identifying patient abuse or neglect and illegal, unprofessional, or unethical conduct by or in the facility.

(a-1) The training required under Subsection (a) may be provided:

(1) in person; or

(2) through a live, interactive, instructor-led, and electronic method that uses synchronous audiovisual interaction between the instructor and employees.

(b) The rules must prescribe:

(1) minimum standards for the training program; and

(2) a means for monitoring compliance with the requirement.

(c) The department shall review and the executive commissioner shall modify the rules as necessary not later than the last month of each state fiscal year.