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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.0611 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.0611
§ 773.0611. INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department or its representative may enter an emergency medical services vehicle or the premises of an emergency medical services provider's place of business at reasonable times to ensure compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.

(b) The department or its representative may conduct an unannounced inspection of a vehicle or a place of business if the department has reasonable cause to believe that a person is in violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for unannounced inspections authorized under this section. The department or its representative shall perform unannounced inspections in accordance with those rules. An emergency medical services provider shall pay to the department a nonrefundable fee of not more than $30 if reinspection is necessary to determine compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.

(d) The department may use an inspection performed by an entity to which the department has delegated inspection authority as a basis for a disciplinary action under Section 773.061.
Tex. Labor Code § 301.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 301 / Section 301.001
§ 301.001. PURPOSE; AGENCY GOALS; DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Workforce Commission is a state agency established to operate an integrated workforce development system in this state, in particular through the consolidation of job training, employment, and employment-related educational programs available in this state, and to administer the unemployment compensation insurance program in this state.

(b) The commission shall meet the needs of:

(1) the businesses of this state for the development of a highly skilled and productive workforce;

(2) the workers of this state for education, skills training, and labor market information to enhance their employability, earnings, and standard of living and for an efficient unemployment compensation system;

(3) the people of this state who are making a transition into the workforce, particularly persons receiving public assistance, displaced homemakers, and students making the transition from school to work;

(4) the communities of this state to provide economic incentive programs for job creation, attraction, and expansion; and

(5) the taxpayers of this state to ensure that tax revenues for workforce development are spent efficiently and effectively.

(c) A reference in this code or another law to the Texas Employment Commission means the Texas Workforce Commission.

(d) In this title:

(1) "Chair" means the chair of the commission.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission.

(3) "Council" means the Texas Workforce Investment Council.

(4) "Employment service" means the commission or the entity designated by the commission to implement duties imposed under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Section 49 et seq.).

(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.

(6) "Local workforce development board" means an entity formed under Chapter 2308, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7910.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7910 / Section 7910.105
§ 7910.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1103.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.002
§ 1103.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION.
Status: in_force

The Swisher Memorial Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this chapter.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.720 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.720
§ 21.720. PERSONS BOUND BY SHAREHOLDERS' AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A shareholders' agreement executed in accordance with Section 21.715 is:

(1) considered to be an agreement among all of the shareholders of the close corporation; and

(2) binding on and enforceable against each shareholder of the close corporation, regardless of whether:

(A) a particular shareholder acquired shares in the close corporation by purchase, gift, bequest, or otherwise; or

(B) the shareholder had actual knowledge of the existence of the shareholders' agreement at the time of acquiring shares.

(b) A transferee or assignee of shares of a close corporation in which there is a shareholders' agreement is bound by the agreement for all purposes, regardless of whether the transferee or assignee executed or was aware of the agreement.
Tex. Insurance Code § 425.201 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 425 / Section 425.201
§ 425.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "contingency funds" means an insurer's contingency funds over and above the amount of the insurer's policy reserves.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.204 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.204
§ 1104.204. FORM AND CONTENT OF DECLARATION AND SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

(a) A declaration and affidavit may be in any form adequate to clearly indicate the declarant's intention to designate a guardian.

(b) The following form may be used but is not required to be used:

I, __________, make this Declaration of Guardian, to operate if the need for a guardian for me later arises.

1. I designate __________ to serve as guardian of my person, __________ as first alternate guardian of my person, __________ as second alternate guardian of my person, and __________ as third alternate guardian of my person.

2. I designate __________ to serve as guardian of my estate, __________ as first alternate guardian of my estate, __________ as second alternate guardian of my estate, and __________ as third alternate guardian of my estate.

3. If any guardian or alternate guardian dies, does not qualify, or resigns, the next named alternate guardian becomes my guardian.

4. I expressly disqualify the following persons from serving as guardian of my person: __________, __________, and __________.

5. I expressly disqualify the following persons from serving as guardian of my estate: __________, __________, and __________.

Signed this ___ day of __________, 20__.

Before me, the undersigned authority, on this date personally appeared ______________, the declarant, and ____________ and ____________ as witnesses, and all being duly sworn, the declarant said that the above instrument was his or her Declaration of Guardian and that the declarant had made and executed it for the purposes expressed in the declaration. The witnesses declared to me that they are each 14 years of age or older, that they saw the declarant sign the declaration, that they signed the declaration as witnesses, and that the declarant appeared to them to be of sound mind.

Subscribed and sworn to before me by the above named declarant and affiants on this ____ day of __________, 20__.

__________________________

Notary Public in and for the

State of Texas

My Commission expires:

__________________________

(c) A declaration that complies with the requirements of Section 1104.203(a-1) may, but is not required to, be in the form specified by Subsection (b), except that instead of having attached the self-proving affidavit prescribed by that subsection, the declaration shall have attached the following acknowledgment:

___________________________

Notary Public, in and for the

State of Texas

Notary's printed name:

___________________________

My commission expires:

___________________________

(d) A declaration that complies with the requirements of Section 1104.203(a-1) that has attached the acknowledgment provided by Subsection (c) is considered self-proved.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.507 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1701 / Section 1701.507
§ 1701.507. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to other penalties imposed by law, a law enforcement agency or governmental entity that violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is subject to an administrative penalty in an amount set by the commission not to exceed $1,000 per day per violation. The administrative penalty shall be assessed in a proceeding conducted in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(b) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:

(1) the seriousness of the violation;

(2) the respondent's history of violations;

(3) the amount necessary to deter future violations;

(4) efforts made by the respondent to correct the violation; and

(5) any other matter that justice may require.

(c) The commission by rule shall establish a written enforcement plan that provides notice of the specific ranges of penalties that apply to specific alleged violations and the criteria by which the commission determines the amount of a proposed administrative penalty.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1202.107 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1202 / Section 1202.107
§ 1202.107. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission, executive director, or department may not perform an inspection or investigation, open a complaint, or initiate an administrative or enforcement action against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of industrialized housing after the second anniversary of the date of the final on-site inspection of the industrialized housing conducted under Section 1202.203.

(b) The commission or executive director may impose a penalty or sanction in an enforcement action against a manufacturer, builder, or third-party inspector of industrialized housing only if the commission, executive director, or department initiates the enforcement action during the period prescribed by Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 411.12513 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.12513
§ 411.12513.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.12513. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EXAMINERS. (a) The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (b) that relates to a person who is:

(1) an applicant for or the holder of a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant license under Chapter 453, Occupations Code; or

(2) an applicant for or the holder of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license under Chapter 454, Occupations Code.

(b) Subject to Section 411.087 and consistent with the public policy of this state, the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person described by Subsection (a); and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal justice agency in this state criminal history record information maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by Subsection (a).

(c) The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (b)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners under Subsection (b)(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person except on court order, with the written consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information, or as provided by Subsection (d).

(d) The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners is not prohibited from disclosing criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (b)(2) in a criminal proceeding or in a hearing conducted by the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners.

(e) The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners shall destroy criminal history record information that is obtained under this section after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3940.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3940 / Section 3940.051
§ 3940.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(b) The board by resolution may change the number of voting directors on the board if the board determines that the change is in the best interest of the district. The board may not consist of fewer than five or more than nine voting directors.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 122.020 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 122 / Section 122.020
§ 122.020. CONSUMER INFORMATION; COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The workforce commission shall prepare information of consumer interest describing the activities of the workforce commission under this chapter and describing the workforce commission's procedures by which consumer complaints are filed with and resolved by the workforce commission under this chapter. The workforce commission shall make the information available to the general public and appropriate state agencies.

(b) The workforce commission shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the workforce commission. The file must include:

(1) the name of the person who filed the complaint;

(2) the date the complaint is received by the workforce commission;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) the name of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) an explanation of the reason the file was closed, if the workforce commission closed the file without taking action other than to investigate the complaint.

(c) If a written complaint is filed with the workforce commission, the workforce commission, at least as frequently as quarterly and until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the parties to the complaint of the status of the complaint unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.

(d) The workforce commission shall provide to the person filing the complaint and to each person who is a subject of the complaint a copy of the workforce commission's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.404 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.404
§ 1201.404. CONSUMER COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by Subchapter C, a payment made under the manufactured homeowner consumer claims program shall be paid directly to a consumer or, at the director's option, to a third party on behalf of a consumer to compensate a consumer who sustains actual damages resulting from an unsatisfied claim against a licensed manufacturer, retailer, broker, or installer if the unsatisfied claim results from a violation of:

(1) this chapter;

(2) a rule adopted by the director;

(3) the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Section 5401 et seq.);

(4) a rule or regulation of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or

(5) Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code.

(b) The department is not liable to the consumer if the manufactured homeowner consumer claims program does not have the money necessary to pay the actual damages determined to be payable. The director shall record the date and time of receipt of each verified complaint and, as money becomes available, pay the consumer whose claim is the earliest by date and time to have been found to be verified and properly payable.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.752 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.752
§ 451.752. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Association" means an organization in which peace officers employed by the authority participate and that exists for the purpose, wholly or partly, of dealing with the authority concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of work, or conditions of work affecting peace officers.

(2) "Public employer" means an authority that is required to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours of work, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of peace officers employed by the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3938.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3938 / Section 3938.153
§ 3938.153. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING PAYMENT OF DISTRICT BONDS, OBLIGATIONS, OR OTHER COSTS.
Status: in_force

The district may provide or secure the payment or repayment of any bond, note, or other temporary or permanent obligation or reimbursement or other contract with any person and the costs and expenses of the establishment, administration, and operation of the district and the district's costs or share of the costs or revenue of an improvement project or district contractual obligation or indebtedness by:

(1) the imposition of an ad valorem tax or sales and use tax or an assessment, user fee, concession fee, or rental charge; or

(2) any other revenue or resources of the district, including revenues from a tax increment reinvestment zone.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 290.206 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 290 / Section 290.206
§ 290.206. ELECTION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PROVISIONS OR PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to amend any provision or procedure set out in this chapter, the district must obtain the approval of at least 95 percent of the institutional health care providers potentially subject to the tax.

(b) This section does not apply to rules or procedures related to the daily administrative matters of the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.207
§ 441.207. INSURER EMPLOYEES DURING SUPERVISION OR CONSERVATORSHIP.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an insurer may employ an attorney, actuary, and accountant of the insurer's choice to assist the insurer during supervision. The supervisor shall authorize payment from the insurer for the reasonable fees and expenses of the attorney, actuary, or accountant.

(b) The supervisor, conservator, or commissioner shall, to the maximum extent possible, use the insurer's employees instead of outside consultants, actuaries, attorneys, accountants, and other personnel or department employees to minimize the expense of rehabilitation or the necessity of fees to cover the cost of rehabilitation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 383.102 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 383 / Section 383.102
§ 383.102. IMPOSITION, COMPUTATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND GOVERNANCE OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 323, Tax Code, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, governs the imposition, computation, administration, and governance of the tax under this subchapter, except that Sections 323.101(b) and (e), Tax Code, and Sections 323.209, 323.401 through 323.406, and 323.505, Tax Code, do not apply.

(b) Chapter 323, Tax Code, does not apply to the use and allocation of revenues under this chapter.

(c) In applying the procedures under Chapter 323, Tax Code, the district's name shall be substituted for "the county" and "board of directors" is substituted for "commissioners court."
Tex. Occupations Code § 651.153 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 651 / Section 651.153
§ 651.153. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the commission except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by the person.

(b) The commission may not include in its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the commission a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the person; or

(4) restricts the person's advertisement under a trade name.
Tex. Transportation Code § 223.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 223 / Section 223.152
§ 223.152. DETERMINATION BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

The department may use competitive sealed proposals to obtain services under this subchapter if the department determines that competitive sealed bidding or informal competitive bidding is:

(1) not practical; or

(2) disadvantageous to the state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.251
§ 6902.251. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REFUNDING BONDS; APPLICABILITY OF LAW RELATING TO OTHER BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding bonds issued under this chapter and interest on those bonds.

(b) The provisions of this chapter relating to the issuance by the district of other bonds, their security, their approval by the attorney general, and the remedies of the bondholders apply to refunding bonds.

(c) An election is not required for refunding bonds.

(d) The district may also issue refunding bonds under any other applicable law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.251
§ 1036.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation.

(b) The tax may be used to pay:

(1) indebtedness issued or assumed by the district; and

(2) the maintenance and operating expenses of the district.

(c) The district may not impose a tax to pay the principal of or interest on revenue bonds issued under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1095.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1095 / Section 1095.054
§ 1095.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not be elected or appointed as a director unless the person is:

(1) a resident of the district; and

(2) a qualified voter.

(b) A person is not eligible to serve as a director if the person is:

(1) the district administrator; or

(2) a district employee.
Tex. Labor Code § 61.059 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 61 / Section 61.059
§ 61.059. CONSIDERATION OF PRELIMINARY WAGE DETERMINATION ORDER.
Status: in_force

The wage claim appeal tribunal may modify, affirm, or rescind a preliminary wage determination order.
Tex. Transportation Code § 131.032 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 131 / Section 131.032
§ 131.032. ACQUISITION OF RAILWAY PROPERTY AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation organized under the laws of this state that is authorized to construct, acquire, and operate an interurban railway may:

(1) acquire, lease, or purchase the physical property, rights, and franchise of any other railway corporation with similar powers; or

(2) lease or purchase physical property, rights, and franchises of any suburban or street railway corporation the railway lines of which are to be operated in connection with the interurban railway.

(b) The owner of physical property or a right or franchise described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) may sell or dispose of the property, right, or franchise to the corporation making an acquisition, lease, or purchase under Subsection (a).

(c) An acquisition or purchase under this section may be on the terms:

(1) agreed to by the board of directors of each corporation; and

(2) authorized or approved by a majority of the stockholders of each corporation.