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Tex. Utilities Code § 104.256 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.256
§ 104.256. EXAMINATION AND TEST OF INSTRUMENT OR EQUIPMENT; INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A regulatory authority may:

(1) examine and test equipment, including meters and instruments, used to measure service of a gas utility; and

(2) set up and use on the premises occupied by a gas utility an apparatus or appliance necessary for the examination or test.

(b) The gas utility is entitled to be represented at an examination, test, or inspection made under this section.

(c) The gas utility and its officers and employees shall facilitate the examination, test, or inspection by giving reasonable aid to the regulatory authority and to any person designated by the regulatory authority for the performance of those duties.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.073 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.073
§ 843.073.
Status: in_force

Sec. 843.073. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIREMENT: APPLICABILITY TO PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS. (a) A person is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under this chapter to the extent that the person is:

(1) a physician engaged in the delivery of medical care; or

(2) a provider engaged in the delivery of health care services other than medical care as part of a health maintenance organization delivery network.

(b) Except as provided by Section 843.101 or 843.318(a), a physician or provider that employs or enters into a contractual arrangement with a provider or group of providers to provide basic or limited health care services or a single health care service is subject to this chapter and the following provisions and is required to obtain a certificate of authority under this chapter:

(1) Section 1367.053;

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1452;

(3) Subchapter B, Chapter 1507;

(4) Chapters 222, 251, and 258, as applicable to a health maintenance organization; and

(5) Chapters 1271 and 1272.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 23.09 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.09
§ 23.09. CAPIAS TO SEVERAL COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

Capiases for a defendant may be issued to as many counties as the district or county attorney may direct.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1071.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.052
§ 1071.052. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

Not earlier than the 30th day or later than the 10th day before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Ochiltree County.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.203
§ 1004.203. AMENDMENT OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

After the budget is adopted, the budget may be amended on the board's approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1011.061 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1011 / Section 1011.061
§ 1011.061. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board may employ a general manager and other necessary professional and clerical personnel.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 8.102 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 8 / Section 8.102
§ 8.102. GENERAL SCOPE OF PERMISSIVE INDEMNIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), an enterprise may indemnify a governing person, former governing person, or delegate against:

(1) a judgment; and

(2) expenses, other than a judgment, that are reasonable and actually incurred by the person in connection with a proceeding.

(b) Indemnification under this subchapter of a person who is found liable to the enterprise or is found liable because the person improperly received a personal benefit:

(1) is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding;

(2) does not include a judgment, a penalty, a fine, and an excise or similar tax, including an excise tax assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and

(3) may not be made in relation to a proceeding in which the person has been found liable for:

(A) wilful or intentional misconduct in the performance of the person's duty to the enterprise;

(B) breach of the person's duty of loyalty owed to the enterprise; or

(C) an act or omission not committed in good faith that constitutes a breach of a duty owed by the person to the enterprise.

(c) A governing person, former governing person, or delegate is considered to have been found liable in relation to a claim, issue, or matter only if the liability is established by an order, including a judgment or decree of a court, and all appeals of the order are exhausted or foreclosed by law.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.123 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.123
§ 601.123. DEPOSIT OF CASH OR CASHIER'S CHECK WITH COUNTY JUDGE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may establish financial responsibility by making a deposit with the county judge of the county in which the motor vehicle is registered.

(b) The deposit must be made in cash or a cashier's check in the amount of at least $55,000.

(c) On receipt of the deposit, the county judge shall issue to the person making the deposit a certificate stating that a deposit complying with this section has been made. The certificate must be acknowledged by the sheriff of that county and filed with the department.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.251 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.251
§ 1104.251. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN GUARDIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual must be certified under Subchapter C, Chapter 155, Government Code, if the individual:

(1) is a private professional guardian;

(2) will represent the interests of a ward as a guardian on behalf of a private professional guardian;

(3) is providing guardianship services to a ward of a guardianship program on the program's behalf, except as provided by Section 1104.254; or

(4) is an employee of the Department of Aging and Disability Services providing guardianship services to a ward of the department.

(b) An individual employed by or contracting with a guardianship program must be certified as provided by Subsection (a) to provide guardianship services to a ward of the program.
Tex. Transportation Code § 172.053 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 172 / Section 172.053
§ 172.053. CREATION OF DISTRICT BY ONE COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may by order create a district in that county to develop, finance, maintain, and operate a new rail system under this chapter and for other purposes of this chapter.

(b) The boundaries of a district created under this section are the boundaries of the county in which the district is created.

(c) At the time the district is created, the commissioners court shall:

(1) designate the district's name; and

(2) appoint at least four residents of the county to serve as directors.

(d) The commissioners court of the county by order may provide for the district's dissolution if the commissioners court determines that the dissolution will not impair an obligation of any contract of the district. The dissolution order is effective only on the creation of another district in which the county is included.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8829.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8829 / Section 8829.004
§ 8829.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Wharton County, Texas, unless the district's territory has been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or

(2) other law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 884.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 884 / Section 884.053
§ 884.053. COMPANY'S NAME.
Status: in_force

(a) The name of a stipulated premium company must contain the words "Insurance Company."

(b) A stipulated premium company's name may not be so similar to the name of another insurance company as to likely mislead the public.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.556 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.556
§ 92.556. DENIAL OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner by order shall deny an application unless the applicant establishes that:

(1) the acquisition would not:

(A) substantially lessen competition;

(B) restrain trade in a manner that would result in a monopoly; or

(C) further a combination or conspiracy to monopolize or attempt to monopolize the financial industry in any part of this state;

(2) the financial condition of an acquiring party does not jeopardize the financial stability of the savings bank being acquired;

(3) the plan or proposal to liquidate or sell the savings bank or any assets is in the best interest of the savings bank;

(4) the experience, ability, standing, competence, trustworthiness, and integrity of the applicant are sufficient to ensure that the acquisition is in the best interest of the savings bank; and

(5) the savings bank would be solvent, have adequate capital structure, and be in compliance with the law of this state.

(b) The commissioner is not required to deny an application that does not comply with Subsection (a)(1) if the commissioner determines that:

(1) the anticompetitive effects of the acquisition are clearly outweighed in the public interest by the probable effect of the acquisition in meeting the convenience and needs of the community to be served; and

(2) the acquisition does not violate a law of this state or the United States.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the commissioner shall issue an order denying an application if the commissioner determines that the applicant:

(1) has not furnished all information pertinent to the application reasonably requested by the commissioner; or

(2) is not acting in good faith.
Tex. Government Code § 487.451 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.451
§ 487.451. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Health care professional" means:

(A) an advanced nurse practitioner;

(B) a dentist;

(C) a dental hygienist;

(D) a laboratory technician;

(E) a licensed vocational nurse;

(F) a licensed professional counselor;

(G) a medical radiological technologist;

(H) an occupational therapist;

(I) a pharmacist;

(J) a physical therapist;

(K) a physician;

(L) a physician assistant;

(M) a psychologist;

(N) a registered nurse;

(O) a social worker;

(P) a speech-language pathologist;

(Q) a veterinarian;

(R) a chiropractor; and

(S) another appropriate health care professional identified by the department.

(2) "Program" means the community healthcare awareness and mentoring program for students established under this subchapter.

(3) "Underserved urban area" means an urban area of this state with a medically underserved population, as determined in accordance with criteria adopted by the department by rule, considering relevant demographic, geographic, and environmental factors.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 164.012 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 164 / Section 164.012
§ 164.012. RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds may prohibit the further issuance of bonds or other obligations payable from the pledged revenues or may reserve the right to issue additional bonds to be secured by a pledge of and payable from the revenue on a parity with or subordinate to the lien and pledge in support of the bonds being issued.

(b) The resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of the bonds may include other provisions and covenants that the board determines necessary.

(c) In a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, the board may prescribe systems, methods, routines, and procedures under which the board will function.

(d) The board may adopt and have executed any other proceedings or instruments necessary or convenient in the issuance of bonds.
Tex. Insurance Code § 402.103 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 402 / Section 402.103
§ 402.103. CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH REPORT CONCERNING NONRENEWAL, CANCELLATION, OR REVISION NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

An insurer or health maintenance organization is not required to file a report under Section 402.002 if the insurer's or health maintenance organization's ceded written premium of the total reserve credit taken for business ceded is, on an annual basis, less than an amount equal to:

(1) 10 percent of direct and assumed written premiums; or

(2) 10 percent of the statutory reserve requirement before a cession.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.11 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 20 / Section 20.11
§ 20.11. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general may file a suit against a person for:

(1) injunctive relief to prevent or restrain a violation of this chapter; or

(2) a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for each violation of this chapter.

(b) If the attorney general brings an action against a person under Subsection (a) and an injunction is granted against the person or the person is found liable for a civil penalty, the attorney general may recover reasonable expenses, court costs, investigative costs, and attorney's fees.

(c) Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty under this section.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 109.003 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 109 / Section 109.003
§ 109.003. SOURCE OF APPROPRIATION.
Status: in_force

An appropriation subject to this chapter shall be made from otherwise unappropriated amounts in a special fund or account that may be appropriated to the affected state agency and that may be used for that purpose, to the extent those amounts are available. To the extent those amounts are not available, the appropriation may be made from the general revenue fund.
Tex. Government Code § 487.255 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 487 / Section 487.255
§ 487.255. STIPENDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall award stipends to physicians for one-year periods. A stipend awarded under this subchapter may not exceed $15,000 each year.

(b) The department may renew a stipend used to assist a particular physician.

(c) A physician is not eligible for a stipend under this subchapter for a period longer than is ordinarily and customarily required for the completion of residency training for first board eligibility.

(d) A physician who receives a stipend under this subchapter is not eligible to receive assistance under a state educational loan repayment program or other state incentive program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8232.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8232 / Section 8232.001
§ 8232.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 124.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 313.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 313 / Section 313.002
§ 313.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older or a person under 18 years of age who has had the disabilities of minority removed.

(2) "Attending physician" means the physician with primary responsibility for a patient's treatment and care.

(3) "Decision-making capacity" means the ability to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of a decision regarding medical treatment and the ability to reach an informed decision in the matter.

(3-a) "Home and community support services agency" means a facility licensed under Chapter 142.

(4) "Hospital" means a facility licensed under Chapter 241.

(5) "Incapacitated" means lacking the ability, based on reasonable medical judgment, to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of a treatment decision, including the significant benefits and harms of and reasonable alternatives to any proposed treatment decision.

(6) "Medical treatment" means a health care treatment, service, or procedure designed to maintain or treat a patient's physical or mental condition, as well as preventative care.

(7) "Nursing home" means a facility licensed under Chapter 242.

(8) "Patient" means a person who:

(A) is admitted to a hospital;

(B) is residing in a nursing home;

(C) is receiving services from a home and community support services agency; or

(D) is an inmate of a county or municipal jail.

(9) "Physician" means:

(A) a physician licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners; or

(B) a physician with proper credentials who holds a commission in a branch of the armed services of the United States and who is serving on active duty in this state.

(10) "Surrogate decision-maker" means an individual with decision-making capacity who is identified as the person who has authority to consent to medical treatment on behalf of an incapacitated patient in need of medical treatment.
Tex. Occupations Code § 258.157 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 258 / Section 258.157
§ 258.157. REQUESTS FOR INSPECTION AND ADVISORY OPINION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may consider a request by a dentist for an on-site inspection. The board may, in its discretion and on payment of a fee in an amount established by the board, conduct the inspection and issue an advisory opinion.

(b) An advisory opinion issued by the board under this section is not binding on the board, and the board, except as provided by Subsection (c), may take any action under this subtitle in relation to the situation addressed by the advisory opinion that the board considers appropriate.

(c) A dentist who requests and relies on an advisory opinion of the board may use the opinion as mitigating evidence in an action or proceeding to impose an administrative or civil penalty under this subtitle. The board or court, as appropriate, shall take proof of reliance on an advisory opinion into consideration and mitigate the imposition of administrative or civil penalties accordingly.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8182.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8182 / Section 8182.003
§ 8182.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

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

(b) All land and other property included in the boundaries of the district will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(c) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437B.152 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 437B / Section 437B.152
§ 437B.152. CHANGING CLASSIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

A mobile food vendor who seeks to serve food or beverages that may require the vendor's reclassification shall notify the department of the nature of the food or beverages to be sold. The department, or a local authority in a collaborative agreement with the department under Section 437B.153, may conduct a health inspection and reclassify the vendor in accordance with the rules adopted under Section 437B.151.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 18.073 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 18 / Section 18.073
§ 18.073. FEES.
Status: in_force

The department may set fees under this subchapter in amounts that do not exceed the amounts reasonably necessary to enable the department to recover the costs of administering this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 81.070 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 81 / Section 81.070
§ 81.070. ESTABLISHMENT OF SURCHARGES ON FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission by rule shall provide for the imposition of reasonable surcharges as necessary on fees imposed by the commission that are required to be deposited to the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund as provided by Section 81.067 in amounts sufficient to enable the commission to recover the costs of performing the functions specified by Section 81.068 from those fees and surcharges.

(b) The commission may not impose a surcharge on an oil-field cleanup regulatory fee on oil collected under Section 81.116 or an oil-field cleanup regulatory fee on gas collected under Section 81.117.

(c) The commission by rule shall establish a methodology for determining the amount of a surcharge that takes into account:

(1) the time required for regulatory work associated with the activity in connection with which the surcharge is imposed;

(2) the number of individuals or entities from which the commission's costs may be recovered;

(3) the effect of the surcharge on operators of all sizes, as measured by the number of oil or gas wells operated;

(4) the balance in the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund; and

(5) any other factors the commission determines to be important to the fair and equitable imposition of the surcharge.

(d) The commission shall collect a surcharge on a fee at the time the fee is collected.

(e) A surcharge collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund as provided by Section 81.067.

(f) A surcharge collected under this section shall not exceed an amount equal to 185 percent of the fee on which it is imposed.
Tex. Government Code § 43.111 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.111
§ 43.111.
Status: repealed

Sec. 43.111. 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of DeWitt, Goliad, and Refugio counties elect a district attorney for the 24th Judicial District who represents the state in that district court only in those counties.

(b) The district attorney also represents the state in all cases before the 135th Judicial District Court in DeWitt, Goliad, and Refugio counties.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 891), Sec. 15.03(2), eff. September 1, 2019.
Tex. Occupations Code § 402.003 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 402 / Section 402.003
§ 402.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and (b) and Section 402.451(a), this chapter applies only to a person who engages or offers to engage in fitting and dispensing hearing instruments.

(a-1) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a person engaged in the practice of measuring human hearing as a part of the academic curriculum of an accredited institution of higher learning if the person or the person's employees do not sell hearing instruments;

(2) a physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board;

(3) a person with a master's degree or doctorate in audiology from an accredited college or university who does not sell hearing instruments, to the extent the person engages in the measurement of human hearing by the use of an audiometer or by any other means to make selections and adaptations of or recommendations for a hearing instrument and to make impressions for earmolds to be used as part of a hearing instrument;

(4) an audiologist or an audiology intern licensed under Chapter 401, except as may otherwise be provided by the following provisions, which refer to Chapter 401:

(A) Section 402.051(a)(1);

(B) Section 402.202(b);

(C) Section 402.252; and

(D) Section 402.255(a); and

(5) a student of audiology in an accredited college or university program, if the student's activities and services are part of the student's supervised course of study or practicum experience.

(b) A student described by Subsection (a-1)(5) is subject to Chapter 401.
Tex. Finance Code § 156.206 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 156 / Section 156.206
§ 156.206. CRIMINAL AND OTHER BACKGROUND CHECKS.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 160, Sec. 87(5), eff. September 1, 2013.

(b) The commissioner shall conduct criminal background and credit history checks on a person required to be licensed under this chapter.

(c) The commissioner shall keep confidential any background information obtained under this section and may not release or disclose the information unless:

(1) the information is a public record at the time the commissioner obtains the information; or

(2) the commissioner releases the information:

(A) under order from a court; or

(B) to a governmental agency.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation may be released or disclosed only to a governmental entity or as authorized by federal statute, federal rule, or federal executive order.