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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.01035 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.01035
§ 161.01035. PROVIDER CHOICE SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall implement a provider choice system for the vaccines for children program operated by the department under authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s and the adult safety net vaccination program.

(b) The department shall ensure that eligible health care providers participating in the vaccines for children program or the adult safety net vaccination program may select any licensed vaccine, including combination vaccines and any dosage forms that:

(1) are recommended by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices;

(2) are made available to the department by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service; and

(3) for adult vaccines, are on the department-approved list of vaccines offered by the adult safety net vaccination program.

(c) For the purposes of this section, "equivalent vaccines" means two or more vaccines, excluding the influenza vaccine, that meet all of the following:

(1) protect a recipient of a vaccine against the same infection or infections;

(2) require the same number of doses;

(3) have similar safety and efficacy profiles; and

(4) are recommended for comparable populations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service.

(d) The department shall provide a vaccine selected by a health care provider under Subsection (b) only if the cost to the department of providing the vaccine is not more than 115 percent of the lowest-priced equivalent vaccine.

(e) This section does not apply in the event of a disaster or public health emergency, terrorist attack, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency.

(f) The department shall convene the immunization work group established under Section 161.0095 and solicit its recommendations regarding development of a plan for the implementation of the provider choice system under this section. The plan shall include the education of participating health care providers about:

(1) procedures and distribution systems of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service; and

(2) vaccine options, the enrollment process, ordering, accountability, and reporting procedures.
Tex. Finance Code § 157.02015 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 157 / Section 157.02015
§ 157.02015. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The finance commission may adopt rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by residential mortgage loan originators but may not adopt any other rules restricting competitive bidding or advertising by residential mortgage loan originators. When adopting rules under this subsection, the finance commission may not restrict:

(1) the use of any medium for an advertisement;

(2) the personal appearance of or voice of a person in an advertisement;

(3) the size or duration of an advertisement; or

(4) a residential mortgage loan originator's advertisement under a trade name.

(b) The finance commission may adopt rules regarding books and records that a residential mortgage loan originator licensed under this chapter is required to keep, including the location at which the books and records must be kept.

(c) The finance commission shall consult with the commissioner when proposing and adopting rules under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3974.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3974 / Section 3974.0204
§ 3974.0204. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.

(b) A director shall file a copy of the director's oath or affirmation with the secretary of the city.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 322.011 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 322 / Section 322.011
§ 322.011. NOTARIZATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Status: in_force

If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.052 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.052
§ 347.052. DISCLOSURE OF AMOUNT OF DELINQUENCY CHARGE.
Status: in_force

The creditor shall disclose in the credit document the amount or method of computing the amount of a charge that is payable if a payment on the credit transaction is late.
Tex. Water Code § 58.704 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.704
§ 58.704. SUBSTITUTING LAND OF EQUAL ACREAGE AND VALUE.
Status: in_force

Land which can be irrigated in a practicable manner of at least equal acreage and equal value to the land being excluded must be added to the district simultaneously with the exclusion of the nonagricultural or nonirrigable land.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.053 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 101 / Section 101.053
§ 101.053. JUDICIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to a claim based on an act or omission of a court of this state or any member of a court of this state acting in his official capacity or to a judicial function of a governmental unit. "Official capacity" means all duties of office and includes administrative decisions or actions.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a claim based on an act or omission of an employee in the execution of a lawful order of any court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3929.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3929 / Section 3929.201
§ 3929.201. DIVISION OF DISTRICT; PREREQUISITES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the district, including territory added to the district under Section 3929.110, may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district has no outstanding bonded debt. Territory previously added to the district under Section 3929.110 may be included in a new district.

(b) If the board adds territory inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city or any other municipality to the district under Section 3929.110, the district may be divided under Subsection (a) only with the consent by ordinance or resolution of the city and any other municipality whose extraterritorial jurisdiction is included in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 2310.409 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2310 / Section 2310.409
§ 2310.409. OTHER LOCAL INCENTIVES.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality or county that is the governing body of a readjustment zone may:

(1) defer compliance in the zone with the subdivision and development ordinances or rules, other than those relating to streets and roads or sewer or water services, of the municipality or county, as appropriate;

(2) give priority to the zone for the receipt of:

(A) community development block grant money;

(B) industrial revenue bonds; or

(C) funds received for job training;

(3) adopt and implement a plan for police protection in the zone;

(4) amend the zoning ordinances of the municipality or county, as appropriate, to promote economic development in the zone;

(5) establish permitting preferences for businesses in the zone;

(6) establish simplified, accelerated, or other special permit procedures for businesses in the zone;

(7) waive development fees for projects in the zone;

(8) create a local readjustment zone fund for funding bonds or other programs or activities to develop or revitalize the zone;

(9) for qualified businesses in the zone, reduce rates charged by:

(A) a utility owned by the municipality or county, as appropriate; or

(B) a cooperative corporation or utility owned by private investors, subject to the requirements of Subsection (b);

(10) in issuing housing finance bonds, give priority to persons or projects in the zone;

(11) in providing services, give priority to local economic development, educational, job training, or transportation programs that benefit the zone; or

(12) sell real property owned by the municipality or county, as appropriate, and located in the readjustment zone in accordance with Section 2310.410.

(b) A reduction in utility rates under Subsection (a)(9)(B) is subject to the agreement of the affected utility and the approval of the appropriate regulatory authority under Title 2, Utilities Code. The rates may be reduced up to but not more than five percent below the lowest rate allowable for that customer class. In making its determination under this section, the regulatory authority shall consider revitalization goals for the readjustment zone. In setting the rates of the utility the appropriate regulatory authority shall allow the utility to recover the amount of the reduction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3820.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3820 / Section 3820.158
§ 3820.158. MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, the City of Houston is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 75.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 75 / Section 75.052
§ 75.052. GOVERNANCE OF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A regional health care program may be operated subject to the direct governance of the commissioners courts of the participating counties or, for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), a nonprofit organization. A local health care program may be operated subject to the direct governance of the commissioners court of the participating county. A regional or local health care program may be operated by a joint council, tax-exempt nonprofit entity, or other entity that:

(1) operates the program under a contract with the commissioners court or courts, as applicable;

(2) is an entity in which the county or counties participate or that is established or designated by the commissioners court or courts, as applicable, to operate the program; or

(3) for a program operating under Section 75.051(c), is a participating nonprofit organization.

(b) In selecting an entity described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) to operate a regional or local health care program, the commissioners court or courts, as applicable, shall require, to the extent possible, that the entity be authorized under federal law to accept donations on a basis that is tax-deductible or otherwise tax-advantaged for the contributor.
Tex. Education Code § 21.403 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.403
§ 21.403. PLACEMENT ON MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE.
Status: in_force

(a) A teacher, librarian, school counselor, or nurse shall advance one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, school counselor, or nurse until step 20 is reached.

(b) For each year of work experience required for certification in a career or technological field, up to a maximum of two years, a certified career or technology education teacher is entitled to salary step credit as if the work experience were teaching experience.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules for determining the experience for which a teacher, librarian, school counselor, or nurse is to be given credit in placing the teacher, librarian, school counselor, or nurse on the minimum salary schedule. A district shall credit the teacher, librarian, school counselor, or nurse for each year of experience without regard to whether the years are consecutive.

(d) As long as a teacher or librarian who received a career ladder supplement is employed by the same school district, the teacher or librarian is entitled to:

(1) placement on the minimum salary schedule at the step above the step on which the teacher would otherwise be placed, if the teacher or librarian received a career ladder supplement for level two of the career ladder on August 31, 1993; or

(2) placement on the minimum salary schedule at the step two steps above the step on which the teacher would otherwise be placed, if the teacher or librarian received a career ladder supplement for level three of the career ladder on August 31, 1993.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.907 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.907
§ 43.907. EFFECT OF ANNEXATION ON COLONIAS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that consists of 11 or more dwellings that are located in close proximity to each other in an area that may be described as a community or neighborhood and that:

(1) has a majority population composed of individuals and families of low income and very low income, as defined by Section 2306.004, Government Code, and based on the federal Office of Management and Budget poverty index, and that meets the qualifications of an economically distressed area under Section 17.921, Water Code; or

(2) has the physical and economic characteristics of a colonia, as determined by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

(b) A colonia that is annexed by a municipality remains eligible for five years after the effective date of the annexation to receive any form of assistance for which the colonia would be eligible if the annexation had not occurred.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 37.10 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 37 / Section 37.10
§ 37.10. INFORMAL VERDICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the verdict of the jury is informal, its attention shall be called to it, and with its consent the verdict may, under the direction of the court, be reduced to the proper form. If the jury refuses to have the verdict altered, it shall again retire to its room to deliberate, unless it manifestly appear that the verdict is intended as an acquittal; and in that case, the judgment shall be rendered accordingly, discharging the defendant.

(b) If the jury assesses punishment in a case and in the verdict assesses both punishment that is authorized by law for the offense and punishment that is not authorized by law for the offense, the court shall reform the verdict to show the punishment authorized by law and to omit the punishment not authorized by law. If the trial court is required to reform a verdict under this subsection and fails to do so, the appellate court shall reform the verdict as provided by this subsection.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.405 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.405
§ 162.405. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An offense under Section 162.403(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) is a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) An offense under Section 162.403(8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (35), or (36) is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) An offense under Section 162.403(14), (15), or (16) is a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) An offense under Section 162.403(6), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), or (24) is a felony of the third degree.

(e) An offense under Section 162.403(25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), or (34) is a felony of the second degree.

(f) Violations of three or more separate offenses under the following sections committed pursuant to one scheme or continuous course of conduct may be considered as one offense and punished as a felony of the second degree:

(1) Section 162.403(6);

(2) Sections 162.403(8) through (11); or

(3) Sections 162.403(17) through (24).
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.115 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.115
§ 53.115. PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENT.
Status: reserved

(a) An agreement executed under this subchapter may include the following provisions:

(1) that operations incident to drilling a well on any portion of a unit shall be considered for all purposes to be conduct of the operations on each tract in the unit;

(2) that production allocated by the agreement to each tract included in the unit shall be considered for all purposes to have been production from the tract;

(3) that the interest reserved to or provided for the state or any of its funds on production from any tract included in the unit shall be paid only on that portion of the production from the unit that is allocated to the tract under the agreement; and

(4) that each lease included in the unit shall remain in effect so long as the agreement remains in effect and that on termination of the agreement each lease shall continue in effect under the terms and conditions of the lease.

(b) The agreement may include any other terms and conditions the commissioner or any board, official, agent, agency, or authority of the state that has the authority to lease or to approve a lease of the land for sulphur may consider to be in the best interest of the state.
Tex. Family Code § 261.3018 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 261 / Section 261.3018
§ 261.3018. ABBREVIATED INVESTIGATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE CLOSURE OF CERTAIN CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) A department caseworker may refer a reported case of child abuse or neglect to a department supervisor for abbreviated investigation or administrative closure at any time before the 60th day after the date the report is received if:

(1) there is no prior report of abuse or neglect of the child who is the subject of the report;

(2) the department has not received an additional report of abuse or neglect of the child following the initial report;

(3) after contacting a professional or other credible source, the caseworker determines that the child's safety can be assured without further investigation, response, services, or assistance; and

(4) the caseworker determines that no abuse or neglect occurred.

(b) A department supervisor shall review each reported case of child abuse or neglect that has remained open for more than 60 days and administratively close the case if:

(1) the supervisor determines that:

(A) the circumstances described by Subsections (a)(1)-(4) exist; and

(B) closing the case would not expose the child to an undue risk of harm; and

(2) the department director grants approval for the administrative closure of the case.

(c) A department supervisor may reassign a reported case of child abuse or neglect that does not qualify for abbreviated investigation or administrative closure under Subsection (a) or (b) to a different department caseworker if the supervisor determines that reassignment would allow the department to make the most effective use of resources to investigate and respond to reported cases of abuse or neglect.

(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

(e) In this section, "professional" means an individual who is licensed or certified by the state or who is an employee of a facility licensed, certified, or operated by the state and who, in the normal course of official duties or duties for which a license or certification is required, has direct contact with children. The term includes teachers, nurses, doctors, day-care employees, employees of a clinic or health care facility that provides reproductive services, juvenile probation officers, and juvenile detention or correctional officers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1109.306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1109 / Section 1109.306
§ 1109.306. SALE OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the district may not be dissolved unless the board provides for the sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities to another person.

(b) The dissolution of the district and the sale or transfer of the district's assets or liabilities may not:

(1) contravene a trust indenture or bond resolution relating to the district's outstanding bonds; or

(2) diminish or impair the rights of a holder of an outstanding bond, warrant, or other obligation of the district.

(c) The sale or transfer of the district's assets and liabilities must satisfy the debt and bond obligations of the district in a manner that protects the interests of district residents, including the residents' collective property rights in the district's assets.

(d) The district may transfer or dispose of the district's assets only for due compensation, unless the transfer is made to another governmental agency embracing the district and using the transferred assets for the benefit of residents formerly in the district.

(e) A grant from federal funds is an obligation to be repaid in satisfaction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1029.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1029 / Section 1029.253
§ 1029.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the tax assessor-collector of Lipscomb County shall assess and collect taxes imposed by the district.

(b) By majority vote the board may appoint a district tax assessor-collector under Section 285.041, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.254 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248A / Section 248A.254
§ 248A.254. PENALTY TO BE PAID OR HEARING REQUESTED.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 20th day after the date the person receives the notice sent under Section 248A.253, the person in writing may:

(1) accept the determination and recommended penalty of the department; or

(2) make a request for a hearing on the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.

(b) If the person accepts the determination and recommended penalty or if the person fails to respond to the notice, the department by order shall approve the determination and impose the recommended penalty.
Tex. Tax Code § 324.001 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 324 / Section 324.001
§ 324.001. COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX ACT APPLICABLE.
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that a provision of this chapter applies, Chapter 323 applies to the tax authorized by this chapter in the same manner as that chapter applies to the tax authorized by that chapter.

(b) A county may not adopt or increase a tax under this chapter if as a result of the adoption of or increase in the tax the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the county and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the county would exceed two percent at any location in the county.

(c) If the voters of a county approve the adoption of or the increase in the tax at an election held on the same election date on which another political subdivision adopts a sales and use tax or approves the increase in the rate of its sales and use tax and as a result the combined rate of all sales and use taxes imposed by the county and other political subdivisions of this state having territory in the county would exceed two percent at any location in the county, the election to adopt a sales and use tax under this chapter or increase the tax has no effect.

(b) The rate may be reduced in one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent to a minimum of one-half of one percent or increased in one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent to a maximum of one percent, or the tax may be abolished.

(b) If the comptroller determines that an effective date provided by Subsection (a) will occur before the comptroller can reasonably take the action required to begin collecting the tax or to implement the increase, decrease, or abolition of the tax, the effective date may be extended by the comptroller until the first day of the next succeeding calendar quarter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 361.026 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 361 / Section 361.026
§ 361.026. RESPONSIBILITY FOR OPERATION OF JAIL.
Status: in_force

The contract must provide:

(1) that the sheriffs of the two counties are jointly responsible for the operation of any jail, lockup, jail annex, or other detention facility in the justice center and for the custody, care, and treatment of persons in custody in that facility; or

(2) for the employment of a jailer who shall exercise those responsibilities.