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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3864.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3864 / Section 3864.003
§ 3864.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city or the county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services provided in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8810.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8810 / Section 8810.053
§ 8810.053. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

The district shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, in November of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Transportation Code § 372.101 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 372 / Section 372.101
§ 372.101. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to a county acting under Chapter 284.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7207.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7207 / Section 7207.106
§ 7207.106. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds to provide for improvements and the maintenance of those improvements necessary to achieve the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district shall provide for the payment of the bonds solely through revenue collected to pay the bonds as authorized by Chapter 65, Water Code.
Tex. Government Code § 4008.005 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 4008 / Section 4008.005
§ 4008.005. SURVIVABILITY OF ACTION.
Status: in_force

A cause of action under this title survives the death of a person who might have been a plaintiff or defendant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.109
§ 1090.109. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction of any railroad, electric transmission, telegraph or telephone line, conduit, pole, or facility, or pipeline, the board must bear the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction to provide comparable replacement without enhancement of facilities, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.655 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.655
§ 4201.655. DENIAL OR RESCISSION OF PREAUTHORIZATION EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A health maintenance organization or insurer may rescind an exemption from preauthorization requirements under Section 4201.653 only:

(1) during January of a year beginning on or after the first anniversary of the last day of the most recent evaluation period for the exemption;

(2) if the health maintenance organization or insurer makes a determination, on the basis of a retrospective review of a random sample of not fewer than five and no more than 20 claims submitted by the physician or provider during the most recent evaluation period described by Section 4201.653(b), that less than 90 percent of the claims for the particular health care service met the medical necessity criteria that would have been used by the health maintenance organization or insurer when conducting preauthorization review for the particular health care service during the relevant evaluation period; and

(3) if the health maintenance organization or insurer complies with other applicable requirements specified in this section, including:

(A) notifying the physician or provider not less than 25 days before the proposed rescission is to take effect; and

(B) providing with the notice under Paragraph (A):

(i) the sample information used to make the determination under Subdivision (2); and

(ii) a plain language explanation of how the physician or provider may appeal and seek an independent review of the determination.

(b) A determination made under Subsection (a)(2) must be made by an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state. For a determination made under Subsection (a)(2) with respect to a physician, the determination must be made by an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state who has the same or similar specialty as that physician. The reviewing physician may not hold a license to practice administrative medicine under Section 155.009, Occupations Code.

(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), if there are fewer than five claims submitted by the physician or provider during the most recent evaluation period described by Section 4201.653(b) for a particular health care service, the health maintenance organization or insurer shall review all the claims submitted by the physician or provider during the most recent evaluation period for that service.

(c) A health maintenance organization or insurer may deny an exemption from preauthorization requirements under Section 4201.653 only if:

(1) the physician or provider does not have the exemption at the time of the relevant evaluation period; and

(2) the health maintenance organization or insurer provides the physician or provider with actual statistics and data for the relevant preauthorization request evaluation period and detailed information sufficient to demonstrate that the physician or provider does not meet the criteria for an exemption from preauthorization requirements for the particular health care service under Section 4201.653.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.604 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.604
§ 451.604. PETITION FOR WITHDRAWAL ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) At the request of a registered voter of a unit of election in an authority, the municipal secretary or other clerk or administrator of the unit of election shall deliver to the voter, in the number requested, petition signature sheets for a petition to withdraw from the authority prepared by, numbered, and authenticated by the municipal secretary or other official. During the period that signatures on the petition may be obtained, the official shall authenticate and deliver additional petition signature sheets as requested by the voter. Only one petition for withdrawal may be in circulation at a time.

(b) Each sheet of a petition must have a heading in capital letters as follows:

(c) In addition to the requirements of Section 277.002, Election Code, to be valid a petition must:

(1) be signed on authenticated petition sheets by not less than 20 percent of the number of registered voters of the unit of election as shown on the voter registration list of each county in which the unit of election is located;

(2) be filed with the secretary, clerk, or administrator of the unit of election not later than the 60th day after the date the first sheet of the petition was received under Subsection (a);

(3) contain signatures that are signed in ink or indelible pencil by the voter; and

(4) have affixed or printed on each sheet an affidavit that is executed before a notary public by the person who circulated the sheet and that is in the following form and substance:

"I, ____________, affirm that I personally witnessed each signer affix his or her signature to this page of this petition for the dissolution of (name of authority) in the (name of unit of election). I affirm to the best of my knowledge and belief that each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name is signed and that the date entered next to each signature is the date the signature was affixed to this page.

___________________________

"Sworn to and subscribed before me this the _____ day of _____, _____.

Notary Public, State of Texas"

(d) Each sheet of the petition must be filed under Subsection (c)(2) at the same time as a single filing.
Tex. Family Code § 264.609 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.609
§ 264.609. RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3988.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3988 / Section 3988.0104
§ 3988.0104. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

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

(c) The district will provide infrastructure necessary or desirable for the use of the land preserved in accordance with the purpose of the district.

(d) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2001.353 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2001 / Section 2001.353
§ 2001.353. DISCIPLINE OF LICENSE AND REGISTRATION HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) After a hearing, the commission may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license or registration issued under this chapter for:

(1) failure to comply with this chapter or a commission rule; or

(2) a reason that would allow or require the commission to refuse to issue or renew a license or registration of the same class.

(b) The commission may place on probation a person whose license or registration is suspended. If a license or registration suspension is probated, the commission may require the person:

(1) to report regularly to the commission on the matters that are the basis of the probation;

(2) to limit the person's activities under the license or registration in the manner prescribed by the commission; or

(3) to take any other reasonable action prescribed by the commission to address the matters that are the basis of the probation.

(c) If the person fails to comply with the conditions of probation, the commission may suspend or revoke the person's license or registration.

(d) The commission by rule shall:

(1) adopt written guidelines to ensure that probation is administered consistently; and

(2) develop a system to track compliance with probation requirements.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.154 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.154
§ 301.154. RULES REGARDING DELEGATION OF CERTAIN MEDICAL ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may recommend to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners the adoption of rules relating to the delegation by physicians of medical acts to registered nurses and vocational nurses licensed by the board. In making a recommendation, the board may distinguish between nurses on the basis of special training and education.

(b) A recommendation under Subsection (a) shall be treated in the same manner as a petition for the adoption of a rule by an interested party under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(c) The board in recommending a rule and the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners in acting on a recommended rule shall, to the extent allowable under state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations, act to enable the state to obtain its fair share of the federal funds available for the delivery of health care in this state.
Tex. Education Code § 37.028 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.028
§ 37.028. PENALTIES FOR IMPOSITION OF DISCIPLINARY MEASURES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency may not withhold any state funding or impose a penalty on a school district based on the number of students in the district that have been removed from a classroom, placed into in-school or out-of-school suspension, placed in a disciplinary alternative education program or a juvenile justice alternative education program, or expelled.

(b) This section may not be construed to limit the agency from taking any action to enforce requirements under federal law related to a determination of significant disproportionality based on the race and ethnicity of students with disabilities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7913.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7913 / Section 7913.001
§ 7913.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Highway 71 Municipal Utility District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9027.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9027 / Section 9027.051
§ 9027.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1026.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1026 / Section 1026.002
§ 1026.002. AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION.
Status: in_force

The district operates in accordance with Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties provided by this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.1031 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 241 / Section 241.1031
§ 241.1031. PRESERVATION OF RECORD FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A hospital may not destroy a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.

(b) A hospital may maintain a medical record described by Subsection (a) in the same form in which the hospital maintains other medical records.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00565 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00565
§ 30.00565. CLERK; OTHER PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) The city manager of the town shall appoint a clerk of the municipal court of record who may hire, direct, and remove the personnel authorized in the town's annual budget for the clerk's office. The clerk shall perform the duties in accordance with statutes, the town charter, and town ordinances.

(b) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this subchapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 504.259 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 504 / Section 504.259
§ 504.259. REDUCTION OF TAX WITHIN REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a tax under this chapter imposed by an authorizing municipality that is located within the territorial limits of a regional transportation authority and that has been added to the territory of the authority under Section 452.6025, Transportation Code, is subject to reduction in the manner prescribed by Section 452.6025, Transportation Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.053
§ 1065.053. BALLOT PETITION.
Status: in_force

A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must be:

(1) signed by not less than five registered voters; and

(2) filed at least 25 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Government Code § 1477.119 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1477 / Section 1477.119
§ 1477.119. SALE OF GAS NOT NEEDED FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court may sell, deliver, and distribute natural gas of a natural gas system purchased or constructed under this subchapter that is not needed for county purposes to a municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state, or an individual, corporation, or company under terms that the court determines are in the best interests of the county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9084.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9084 / Section 9084.0303
§ 9084.0303. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8264.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8264 / Section 8264.051
§ 8264.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4015.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4015 / Section 4015.0201
§ 4015.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors who serve staggered terms of four years.

(b) Directors are elected in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.111
§ 3914.111. RAIL FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

The district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, finance, and operate rail facilities and improvements.
Tex. Local Government Code § 562.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 562 / Section 562.003
§ 562.003. ESTABLISHMENT OF RATE.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court may determine the rate at which county surplus water is sold.
Tex. Transportation Code § 391.098 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 391 / Section 391.098
§ 391.098. VARIANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall authorize the director to grant variances, on a case-by-case basis, to the eligibility, location, or placement of specific logo signs and major shopping area guide signs, including the highways along which a sign may be located. The commission may adopt rules prescribing conditions or guidelines the director should or must consider when determining whether to grant a variance.

(b) The director may grant a variance if the director determines that:

(1) the variance would promote traffic safety;

(2) the variance would improve traffic flow;

(3) an overpass, highway sign, or other highway structure unduly obstructs the visibility of an existing commercial sign; or

(4) the variance would satisfy other conditions or guidelines prescribed by commission rules authorizing the granting of variances.

(c) The director may not grant a variance to the requirements of this subchapter regarding supports, content, or composition of signs.

(d) In this section, "director" means the director or the director's designee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4014.0901 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4014 / Section 4014.0901
§ 4014.0901. DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall dissolve the district on written petition filed with the board by the owners of:

(1) at least two-thirds of the assessed value of the property subject to assessment by the district based on the most recent certified county property tax rolls; or

(2) at least two-thirds of the surface area of the district, excluding roads, streets, highways, utility rights-of-way, other public areas, and other property exempt from assessment by the district according to the most recent certified county property tax rolls.

(b) The board by majority vote may dissolve the district at any time.

(c) The district may not be dissolved by its board under Subsection (a) or (b) if the district:

(1) has any outstanding bonded indebtedness until that bonded indebtedness has been repaid or defeased in accordance with the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds;

(2) has a contractual obligation to pay money until that obligation has been fully paid in accordance with the contract; or

(3) owns, operates, or maintains public works, facilities, or improvements unless the district contracts with another person for the ownership, operation, or maintenance of the public works, facilities, or improvements.

(d) Sections 375.261, 375.262, and 375.264, Local Government Code, do not apply to the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 245.001 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 245 / Section 245.001
§ 245.001. PAROLE OFFICERS; PAROLE MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may employ parole officers to investigate, place, supervise, and direct the activities of a parolee to ensure the parolee's adjustment to society in accordance with the rules adopted by the board.

(b) Parole officers may work with local organizations, clubs, and agencies to formulate plans and procedures for the prevention of juvenile delinquency.

(c) The department shall develop a management system for parole services that objectively measures and provides for:

(1) the systematic examination of children's needs and the development of treatment plans to address those needs;

(2) the evaluation of homes, foster homes, and public and private institutions as constructive parole placements;

(3) the classification of children based on the level of children's needs and the degree of risk presented to the public;

(4) the objective measurement of parole officer workloads; and

(5) the gathering and analysis of information related to the effectiveness of parole services and to future parole requirements.
Tex. Election Code § 141.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 141 / Section 141.003
§ 141.003. AGE AND RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME-RULE CITY OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Different age and residence requirements from those prescribed by Section 141.001 may be prescribed by a home-rule city charter, but a minimum age may not be more than 21 years and a minimum length of residence in the state or city may not be more than 12 months immediately preceding election day.

(b) A charter provision is void if it prescribes a minimum age requirement of more than 21 years or a minimum length of residence requirement of more than 12 months.
Tex. Property Code § 51.0025 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0025
§ 51.0025. ADMINISTRATION OF FORECLOSURE BY MORTGAGE SERVICER.
Status: in_force

A mortgage servicer may administer the foreclosure of property under Section 51.002 on behalf of a mortgagee if:

(1) the mortgage servicer and the mortgagee have entered into an agreement granting the current mortgage servicer authority to service the mortgage; and

(2) the notices required under Section 51.002(b) disclose that the mortgage servicer is representing the mortgagee under a servicing agreement with the mortgagee and the name of the mortgagee and:

(A) the address of the mortgagee; or

(B) the address of the mortgage servicer, if there is an agreement granting a mortgage servicer the authority to service the mortgage.
Tex. Government Code § 421.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 421 / Section 421.042
§ 421.042. PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Status: in_force

(a) The Private Sector Advisory Council is a permanent special advisory committee created to advise the governor or the governor's designee on homeland security issues relevant to the private sector.

(b) The council is composed of:

(1) one representative of a private organization or entity for each of the following sectors of the state, each appointed by the governor or the governor's designee:

(A) agriculture and food;

(B) banking and finance;

(C) chemicals and hazardous materials;

(D) the defense industry;

(E) energy;

(F) emergency services;

(G) information technology;

(H) telecommunications;

(I) postal and shipping;

(J) public health;

(K) transportation;

(L) ports and waterways; and

(M) national monuments and icons; and

(2) other members, as determined by the governor or the governor's designee.