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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8057.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8057 / Section 8057.0401
§ 8057.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8057.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.156 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.156
§ 2301.156. DEPOSIT OF REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all money collected by the board under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.205
§ 1015.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund an outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bonds applied to the payment of the indebtedness to be refunded; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Education Code § 19.004 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 19 / Section 19.004
§ 19.004. GOVERNANCE, LIMITATION ON POWERS, AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall be governed as provided by this chapter and policies established by the board. Unless otherwise specifically provided, a provision of this code applying to school districts does not apply to the district.

(b) The district may not impose a tax.

(c) The district shall:

(1) develop educational programs specifically designed for persons eligible under Section 19.005 and ensure that those programs, such as a high school equivalency program and an English as a second language program, are integrated with an applied career and technical context leading to employment;

(2) develop career and technical education programs specifically designed for persons eligible under Section 19.005 and prioritize the programs that result in certification or licensure, considering the impact that a previous felony conviction has on the ability to secure certification, licensure, and employment;

(3) continually assess job markets in this state and update, augment, and expand the career and technical education programs developed under Subdivision (2) as necessary to provide relevant and marketable skills to students; and

(4) coordinate educational programs and services in the department with those provided by other state agencies, by political subdivisions, and by persons who provide programs and services under contract.
Tex. Water Code § 58.807 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.807
§ 58.807. COMPUTING AMOUNT OF ADVANCE CASH PAYMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to compute the full amount of an advance cash payment, the interest rate on the bonds shall be applied on an annual basis to each unpaid installment of taxes for the number of years the installment of taxes must run before being due. The total of the items computed shall be deducted from the face amount of the unpaid installment of taxes.

(b) In order to compute the full amount of an advance cash payment, the interest rate on the bonds shall be applied on an annual basis to each unpaid past-due installment of taxes for the number of years the installment has been past due, and 10 percent of the face amount of each installment that is past due shall be added as a penalty. The total of the items computed shall be added to the unpaid installments.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.126 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.126
§ 21.126. COVERAGE OF PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.
Status: in_force

It is an unlawful employment practice for a person elected to public office in this state or a political subdivision of this state to discriminate because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability against an individual who is an employee or applicant for employment to:

(1) serve on the elected official's personal staff;

(2) serve the elected official on a policy-making level; or

(3) serve the elected official as an immediate advisor with respect to the exercise of the constitutional or legal powers of the office.
Tex. Transportation Code § 70.021 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 70 / Section 70.021
§ 70.021. RULE OR RATE CHANGE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give at least 10 days' notice as provided by this section before the board adopts a rule or changes a pilotage rate.

(b) The board shall mail the notice and a copy of the proposed rule or change by registered mail to:

(1) the designated office of the Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots; and

(2) all known consignees and all known associations of consignees operating in Nueces County.

(c) The board shall post a copy of the proposed rule or change at the Nueces County courthouse for public inspection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1079.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1079 / Section 1079.055
§ 1079.055. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director.

(c) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.

(d) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.003
§ 1013.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION; POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Status: in_force

The district is:

(1) a public entity performing an essential public function; and

(2) a political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.5035 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.5035
§ 1302.5035. REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for a technician registration under this subchapter must be at least 16 years old.

(b) An applicant for a technician registration is not required to have practical experience or to take an examination to obtain the registration.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 181.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 181 / Section 181.053
§ 181.053. NONPROFIT AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall by rule exempt from this chapter a nonprofit agency that pays for health care services or prescription drugs for an indigent person only if the agency's primary business is not the provision of health care or reimbursement for health care services.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.3076 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.3076
§ 1551.3076. EMPLOYER ENROLLMENT FEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees shall assess each employer whose employees participate in the group benefits program an employer enrollment fee in an amount not to exceed a percentage of the employer's total payroll, as determined by the General Appropriations Act.

(b) The board of trustees shall deposit the enrollment fees to the credit of the employees life, accident, and health insurance and benefits fund to be used for the purposes specified by Section 1551.401.
Tex. Government Code § 814.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 814 / Section 814.201
§ 814.201. APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) A member may apply for a disability retirement annuity by:

(1) filing an application for retirement with the board of trustees; or

(2) having an application filed with the board by the member's spouse, employer, or legal representative.

(b) An application for a disability retirement annuity may not be made:

(1) after the date the disability retirement is to become effective; or

(2) more than 90 days before the date the disability retirement is to become effective.

(c) An application for an occupational disability retirement annuity may not be made after the second anniversary of the date the injury or disease that causes the disability occurs unless the executive director permits the application after that date because of a showing of good cause for delay.

(d) An applicant must submit to medical examination and provide other pertinent information as required by the retirement system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3926.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3926 / Section 3926.109
§ 3926.109. LIMITATIONS ON EMERGENCY SERVICES POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may not establish, operate, maintain, or finance a police or fire department without the consent of the city by ordinance or resolution.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.037 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.037
§ 370.037. TRANSFER OF FERRY CONNECTING STATE HIGHWAYS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by order may transfer a ferry operated under Section 342.001 to an authority if:

(1) the commission determines that the proposed transfer is an integral part of the region's overall plan to improve mobility in the region; and

(2) the authority:

(A) agrees to the transfer; and

(B) agrees to assume all liability and responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the ferry on its transfer.

(b) An authority shall reimburse the commission for the cost of a transferred ferry unless the commission determines that the transfer will result in a substantial net benefit to the state, the department, and the traveling public that equals or exceeds that cost.

(c) In computing the cost of the ferry, the commission shall:

(1) include the total amount spent by the department for the original construction of the ferry, including the costs associated with the preliminary engineering and design engineering for plans, specifications, and estimates, the acquisition of necessary rights-of-way, and actual construction of the ferry and all necessary appurtenant facilities; and

(2) consider the anticipated future costs of expanding, improving, maintaining, or operating the ferry to be incurred by the authority and not by the department if the ferry is transferred.

(d) The commission shall, at the time the ferry is transferred, remove the ferry from the state highway system. After a transfer, the commission has no liability, responsibility, or duty for the maintenance or operation of the ferry.

(e) Before transferring a ferry that is a part of the state highway system under this section, the commission shall conduct a public hearing at which interested persons shall be allowed to speak on the proposed transfer. Notice of the hearing must be published in the Texas Register, one or more newspapers of general circulation in the counties in which the ferry is located, and a newspaper, if any, published in the counties of the applicable authority.

(f) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section. The rules must include criteria and guidelines for the approval of a transfer of a ferry.

(g) An authority shall adopt rules establishing criteria and guidelines for approval of the transfer of a ferry under this section.

(h) An authority may permanently charge a toll for use of a ferry transferred under this section. An authority may permanently charge a fee or toll for priority use of ferry facilities under Section 370.193.

(i) The commission may not transfer a ferry under this section if the ferry is located in a municipality with a population of 5,000 or less unless the city council of the municipality approves the transfer.
Tex. Labor Code § 419.004 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 419 / Section 419.004
§ 419.004. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates Section 419.002 or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each violation.

(b) The attorney general, at the request of the commissioner, shall bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section in a district court in Travis County.
Tex. Government Code § 478.0106 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 478 / Section 478.0106
§ 478.0106. ESTIMATE OF TAX REVENUE CREDITED TO FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county submits a request for a determination of the incremental increase in tax receipts under Section 478.0102, the office shall provide an estimate of the total amount of tax revenue that would be deposited to the fund under this chapter in connection with that event if the event were held in this state at a site selected in accordance with an application by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county.

(b) A local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county may submit the office's estimate to a site selection organization.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.357 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.357
§ 4201.357. EXPEDITED APPEAL FOR DENIAL OF EMERGENCY CARE, CONTINUED HOSPITALIZATION, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS OR INTRAVENOUS INFUSIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The procedures for appealing an adverse determination must include, in addition to the written appeal, a procedure for an expedited appeal of a denial of emergency care, a denial of continued hospitalization, or a denial of another service if the requesting health care provider includes a written statement with supporting documentation that the service is necessary to treat a life-threatening condition or prevent serious harm to the patient. That procedure must include a review by a health care provider who:

(1) has not previously reviewed the case; and

(2) is of the same or a similar specialty as the health care provider who would typically manage the medical or dental condition, procedure, or treatment under review in the appeal.

(a-1) The procedures for appealing an adverse determination must include, in addition to the written appeal and the appeal described by Subsection (a), a procedure for an expedited appeal of a denial of prescription drugs or intravenous infusions for which the patient is receiving benefits under the health insurance policy. That procedure must include a review by a health care provider who:

(1) has not previously reviewed the case; and

(2) is of the same or a similar specialty as the health care provider who would typically manage the medical or dental condition, procedure, or treatment under review in the appeal.

(a-2) An adverse determination under Section 1369.0546 is entitled to an expedited appeal. The physician or, if appropriate, other health care provider deciding the appeal must consider atypical diagnoses and the needs of atypical patient populations.

(b) The time for resolution of an expedited appeal under this section shall be based on the medical or dental immediacy of the condition, procedure, or treatment under review, provided that the resolution of the appeal may not exceed one working day from the date all information necessary to complete the appeal is received.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8504.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8504 / Section 8504.058
§ 8504.058. SEPARATION OF POLICYMAKING AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS.
Status: in_force

The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the board and the management responsibilities of the general manager and the staff of the authority.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.253
§ 843.253. COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION AND RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A health maintenance organization shall investigate each complaint received in accordance with the health maintenance organization's policies and in compliance with this chapter.

(b) After a health maintenance organization has investigated a complaint, the health maintenance organization shall issue a response letter to the complainant within the time prescribed by Section 843.252(c) that:

(1) explains the health maintenance organization's resolution of the complaint;

(2) states the specific medical and contractual reasons for the resolution;

(3) states the specialization of any physician or other provider consulted; and

(4) contains a complete description of the process for appeal, including the deadlines for the appeals process and the deadlines for the final decision on the appeal.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0505 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0505
§ 540.0505. LIMITATIONS ON RECIPIENT DISENROLLMENT FROM MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c) and to the extent permitted by federal law, a recipient enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan may not disenroll from that plan and enroll in another Medicaid managed care plan during the 12-month period after the date the recipient initially enrolls in a plan.

(b) At any time before the 91st day after the date of a recipient's initial enrollment in a Medicaid managed care plan, the recipient may disenroll from that plan for any reason and enroll in another Medicaid managed care plan.

(c) The commission shall allow a recipient who is enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan to disenroll from that plan and enroll in another Medicaid managed care plan:

(1) at any time for cause in accordance with federal law; and

(2) once for any reason after the periods described by Subsections (a) and (b).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8377.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8377 / Section 8377.201
§ 8377.201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Family Code § 162.206 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.206
§ 162.206. PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

A person who, under a compact entered into under this subchapter, knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain or aids or abets any person in obtaining, by means of a wilfully false statement or representation or by impersonation or other fraudulent device, any assistance on behalf of a child or other person to which the child or other person is not entitled, or assistance in an amount greater than that to which the child or other person is entitled, commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. An offense under this section that also constitutes an offense under other law may be punished under either this section or the other applicable law.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 37.05 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 37 / Section 37.05
§ 37.05. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) No person may be issued a nonresident seller's permit until he shows that he has filed a certificate with the secretary of state certifying that he has appointed a resident of this state as his agent for the purposes of this section. The certificate shall contain the name, street address, and business of the agent.

(b) A notice of a hearing for the refusal, cancellation, or suspension of a permit may be served on any of the following:

(1) the agent designated in the certificate on file with the secretary of state;

(2) any person authorized to sell liquor in this state as agent of the permittee; or

(3) the permittee or, if the permittee is a corporation, any officer of the corporation.

(c) If a permittee fails to maintain a designated agent, notice of a hearing may be served on the secretary of state. In that case, the secretary of state shall forward the notice to the permittee by registered mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt shall be prima facie evidence of service on the permittee.

(d) Provisions of this code generally applicable to hearings for the refusal, cancellation, or suspension of a permit also to apply to proceedings relating to the refusal, cancellation, or suspension of a nonresident seller's permit.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.016 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.016
§ 2210.016. AGENT REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The association may establish requirements that an agent must comply with to offer or sell a Texas windstorm and hail insurance policy under this chapter.

(b) The association may audit an agent who offers or sells Texas windstorm and hail insurance policies under this chapter to determine the agent's compliance with requirements established under Subsection (a). If the association finds that an agent is not in compliance with association requirements, the association may take appropriate action to limit or prohibit the agent from offering or selling a Texas windstorm and hail insurance policy under this chapter until the agent complies with those requirements.

(c) An agent who offers or sells Texas windstorm and hail insurance policies under this chapter is not an agent of the association.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.051 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.051
§ 452.051. POWERS APPLICABLE TO CONFIRMED AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to an authority that has been confirmed.
Tex. Property Code § 92.3515 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.3515
§ 92.3515. NOTICE OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time an applicant is provided with a rental application, the landlord shall make available to the applicant printed notice of the landlord's tenant selection criteria and the grounds for which the rental application may be denied, including the applicant's:

(1) criminal history;

(2) previous rental history;

(3) current income;

(4) credit history; or

(5) failure to provide accurate or complete information on the application form.

(b) If the landlord makes the notice available under Subsection (a), the applicant shall sign an acknowledgment indicating the notice was made available. If the acknowledgment is not signed, there is a rebuttable presumption that the notice was not made available to the applicant.

(c) The acknowledgment required by Subsection (b) must include a statement substantively equivalent to the following: "Signing this acknowledgment indicates that you have had the opportunity to review the landlord's tenant selection criteria. The tenant selection criteria may include factors such as criminal history, credit history, current income, and rental history. If you do not meet the selection criteria, or if you provide inaccurate or incomplete information, your application may be rejected and your application fee will not be refunded."

(d) The acknowledgment may be part of the rental application if the notice is underlined or in bold print.

(e) If the landlord rejects an applicant and the landlord has not made the notice required by Subsection (a) available, the landlord shall return the application fee and any application deposit.

(f) If an applicant requests a landlord to mail a refund of the applicant's application fee to the applicant, the landlord shall mail the refund check to the applicant at the address furnished by the applicant.