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Tex. Education Code § 48.107 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.107
§ 48.107. PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANT ALLOTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), for each student in average daily attendance who is using a public education grant under Subchapter G, Chapter 29, to attend school in a district other than the district in which the student resides, the district in which the student attends school is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by a weight of 0.1.

(b) The total number of allotments under this section to which a district is entitled may not exceed the number by which the number of students using public education grants to attend school in the district exceeds the number of students who reside in the district and use public education grants to attend school in another district.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 607A.102 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 607A / Section 607A.102
§ 607A.102. CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person refuses to allow an inspection of an electronic terminal at the merchant's place of business in violation of Section 607A.053. An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person negligently or recklessly disposes of a skimmer that was installed on an electronic terminal by another person. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) A person commits an offense if, knowing that an investigation is ongoing or that a criminal proceeding has been commenced and is pending, the person disposes of a skimmer installed on an electronic terminal by another person. An offense under this subsection is a felony of the third degree.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01257 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01257
§ 30.01257. COURT REPORTER.
Status: repealed

(a) The presiding judge shall appoint the court reporter under Section 30.00010.

(b) to (d) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 139(32), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Tex. Government Code § 839.102 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 839 / Section 839.102
§ 839.102. SERVICE RETIREMENT ANNUITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f), the standard service retirement annuity is an amount equal to 50 percent of the state annual salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 being paid to a judge of a court of the same classification as the last court to which the retiring member held judicial office who has the same number of years of contributing service credit as the member on the member's last day of service on the court.

(b) The retirement system shall increase by 10 percent of the amount of the applicable state salary under Subsection (a) or (c) the annuity of a member who on the effective date of retirement:

(1) has not been out of judicial office for more than one year; or

(2) has served as a visiting judge in this state and the first anniversary of the last day of that service has not occurred.

(c) The standard service retirement annuity of a person qualifying for retirement under Section 839.101(b) is an amount computed, according to the following schedule, as a percentage of the state annual salary as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012 being paid to a judge of a court of the same classification as the last court to which the retiring member held judicial office who has the same number of years of contributing service credit as the member on the member's last day of service on the court:

(d) The service retirement annuity of a member qualifying for retirement under Section 839.101(a) is the applicable state salary under Subsection (a) multiplied by a percentage amount that is the sum of 50 percent plus the product of 2.3 percent multiplied by the number of years of subsequent service credit the member accrues under Section 840.1025(a). After including any increase under Subsection (b), the service retirement annuity under this subsection may not be an amount that is greater than 90 percent of the applicable salary under Subsection (a).

(f) The service retirement annuity of a member qualifying for retirement under Section 839.101(a)(4) is the applicable state salary under Subsection (a) multiplied by a percentage amount that is the sum of 50 percent plus the product of 2.3 percent multiplied by the number of years of subsequent service credit the member accrues under Section 840.1027. After including any increase under Subsection (b), the service retirement annuity under this subsection may not be an amount that is greater than 90 percent of the applicable salary under Subsection (a).

(g) The salary earned by a person as a visiting judge under Chapter 74 may not be used to determine the person's service retirement annuity under this section.

(h) For purposes of this section, "contributing service credit" has the meaning assigned by Section 659.012(f).
Tex. Government Code § 523.0110 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 523 / Section 523.0110
§ 523.0110. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 522.0204, Chapters 551 and 2110 do not apply to the executive council.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2651.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2651 / Section 2651.202
§ 2651.202. TRUST FUND ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A title insurance company, title insurance agent, or direct operation may not disburse funds from a trust fund account until good funds related to the transaction have been received and deposited in the account in amounts sufficient to fund any disbursements from the transaction.

(b) A title insurance company, title insurance agent, or direct operation is not liable for a violation of this section if the violation:

(1) was not intentional; and

(2) resulted from a bona fide error despite the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid the error.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules and definitions to implement this section.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.004 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 2A / Section 2A.004
§ 2A.004. PEACE OFFICERS FROM ADJOINING STATES.
Status: in_force

(a) A commissioned peace officer of a state adjoining this state, while the officer is in this state, has the same powers, duties, and immunities as a peace officer of this state who is acting in the discharge of an official duty, but:

(1) only:

(A) during a time in which the officer has physical custody of an inmate or criminal defendant and is:

(i) transporting the inmate or defendant from a county in the adjoining state that is on the border between the two states to a hospital or other medical facility in a county in this state that is on the border between the two states; or

(ii) returning the inmate or defendant from the hospital or facility described by Subparagraph (i) to the county in the adjoining state from which the inmate or defendant was transported under that subparagraph; and

(B) to the extent necessary to:

(i) maintain physical custody of an inmate or criminal defendant while transporting the inmate or defendant; or

(ii) regain physical custody of an inmate or criminal defendant if the inmate or defendant escapes while being transported; or

(2) only while the officer is:

(A) in a municipality some part of the municipal limits of which are within one mile of the boundary between this state and the adjoining state; and

(B) regularly assigned to duty in a county, parish, or municipality that adjoins this state.

(b) A peace officer described by Subsection (a)(2) may also enforce the ordinances of a municipality in this state described by that subdivision if the governing body of the municipality authorizes that enforcement by majority vote at an open meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1061.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1061 / Section 1061.102
§ 1061.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision of this state, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide medical care in the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 31.008 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 31 / Section 31.008
§ 31.008. COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission believes that financial assistance to a family with a dependent child is not being, or may not be, used in the best interest of the child, the commission may provide counseling and guidance services to the relative receiving financial assistance with respect to the use of the funds and the management of other funds in the child's best interest.

(b) The commission may advise the relative that continued failure to use the funds in the child's best interest will result in the funds being paid to a substitute payee. If the commission determines that protective payments are required to safeguard the best interest of the child, the commission may pay the funds to a substitute payee on a temporary basis in accordance with the commission's rules.

(c) If the situation in the home which made the protective payments necessary does not improve, and if the commission determines that the relative with whom the child is living is unable or does not have the capacity to use the funds for the best interest of the child, then the commission, with the assistance of other appropriate state agencies, may make arrangements with the family for other plans for the care of the child. The other plans may include:

(1) removing the child to the home of another relative;

(2) appointment of a guardian or legal representative for the relative with whom the child is living;

(3) imposition of criminal or civil penalties if a court determines that the relative is not using, or has not used, the payments for the benefit of the child; or

(4) referral of the case to a court for the removal of the child and the placement of the child in a foster home.

(d) The commission may make payments on behalf of a dependent child residing in a residential child-care facility in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and commission rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987A / Section 7987A.0105
§ 7987A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.104 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.104
§ 39A.104. PREPARATION OF CAMPUS TURNAROUND PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The school district, in consultation with the campus intervention team, shall prepare the campus turnaround plan and allow parents, the community, and stakeholders an opportunity to review the plan before it is submitted for approval to the board of trustees of the district.

(b) The campus turnaround plan must assist the campus in implementing procedures to satisfy all performance standards required under Section 39.054(e).
Tex. Education Code § 29.0112 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 29 / Section 29.0112
§ 29.0112. TRANSITION AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDE.
Status: in_force

(a) The agency, with assistance from the Health and Human Services Commission, shall develop a transition and employment guide for students enrolled in special education programs and their parents to provide information on statewide services and programs that assist in the transition to life outside the public school system. The agency may contract with a private entity to prepare the guide.

(b) The transition and employment guide must be written in plain language and contain information specific to this state regarding:

(1) transition services;

(2) employment and supported employment services;

(3) social security programs;

(4) community and long-term services and support, including the option to place the student on a waiting list with a governmental agency for public benefits available to the student, such as a waiver program established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c));

(5) postsecondary educational programs and services, including the inventory maintained by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 61.0663;

(6) information sharing with health and human services agencies and providers;

(7) guardianship and alternatives to guardianship, including a supported decision-making agreement under Chapter 1357, Estates Code;

(8) self-advocacy, person-directed planning, and self-determination; and

(9) contact information for all relevant state agencies.

(c) The transition and employment guide must be produced in an electronic format and posted on the agency's website in a manner that permits the guide to be easily identified and accessed.

(d) The agency must update the transition and employment guide posted on the agency's website at least once every two years.

(e) A school district shall:

(1) post the transition and employment guide on the district's website if the district maintains a website;

(2) provide written information and, if necessary, assistance to a student or parent regarding how to access the electronic version of the guide at:

(A) the first meeting of the student's admission, review, and dismissal committee at which transition is discussed; and

(B) the first committee meeting at which transition is discussed that occurs after the date on which the guide is updated; and

(3) on request, provide a printed copy of the guide to a student or parent.
Tex. Water Code § 12.081 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 12 / Section 12.081
§ 12.081.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.081. CONTINUING RIGHT OF SUPERVISION OF DISTRICTS AND AUTHORITIES CREATED UNDER ARTICLE III, SECTION 52 AND ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 59 OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. (a) The powers and duties of all districts and authorities created under Article III, Section 52 and Article XVI, Section 59 of the Texas Constitution are subject to the continuing right of supervision of the State of Texas by and through the commission or its successor, and this supervision may include but is not limited to the authority to:

(1) inquire into the qualifications of the officers and directors of any district or authority;

(2) require, on its own motion or on complaint by any person, audits or other financial information, inspections, evaluations, and engineering reports;

(3) issue subpoenas for witnesses to carry out its authority under this subsection;

(4) institute investigations and hearings using examiners appointed by the commission;

(5) issue rules necessary to supervise the districts and authorities, except that such rules shall not apply to water quality ordinances adopted by any river authority which meet or exceed minimum requirements established by the commission;

(6) issue a permit under Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, notwithstanding a district's rule or objection; and

(7) the right of supervision granted herein shall not apply to matters relating to electric utility operations.

(b) The commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house a report of any findings made under this section.
Tex. Education Code § 43.069 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 43 / Section 43.069
§ 43.069. ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall annually submit to the State Board of Education and the General Land Office a report on the allocation of assets and investment performance of the portion of the permanent school fund for which the corporation is responsible.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.581 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.581
§ 2210.581. COMMISSIONER EXTENSION OF DEADLINES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commissioner, on a showing of good cause, may by rule:

(1) extend any deadline established under this subchapter; and

(2) set the length of the extension.

(b) With reference to deadlines applicable to the association only, all deadline extensions related to claims arising from an occurrence may not exceed 120 days in the aggregate. This subsection does not affect the extension of a deadline applicable to a claimant or to both the association and a claimant.

(c) For the purposes of Subsection (a), "good cause" includes military deployment.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. Section 2001.0045, Government Code, does not apply to rules adopted under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3892.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3892 / Section 3892.254
§ 3892.254. GOVERNING CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) After two districts are consolidated, they become one district and are governed as one district.

(b) During the period before the terms and conditions of the agreement under Section 3892.252 take effect, the officers of each district shall continue to act jointly as officers of the original districts to settle the affairs of their respective districts.

(c) If one of the districts consolidated into one district under this subchapter had powers at the time the districts were consolidated that the other district being consolidated did not have, the consolidated district may exercise within the original boundaries of each district only the powers that belonged to that original district. In territory annexed into a consolidated district, the district may exercise any of the powers of the original districts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3914.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3914 / Section 3914.155
§ 3914.155. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of a tax or assessment on property in the zones.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.046 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.046
§ 2306.046. DECISION BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall issue an order after receiving a proposal for decision from the State Office of Administrative Hearings under Section 2306.045.

(b) The notice of the board's order given to the person must include a statement of the right of the person to judicial review of the order.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8104.313 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8104 / Section 8104.313
§ 8104.313. APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER.
Status: in_force

(a) The resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes, or the trust indenture or other instrument securing the bonds or notes, may provide that, on petition of the holders of outstanding bonds or notes, a court may appoint a receiver for the authority:

(1) on default in the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds or notes; or

(2) under the conditions stated in the resolution, trust indenture, or other instrument, on a threatened default in the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds or notes.

(b) The receiver may collect and receive pledged revenues and receipts.

(c) The resolution, trust indenture, or other instrument may limit or qualify the rights of less than all of the holders of outstanding bonds or notes payable from the same source to institute or prosecute litigation affecting the authority's properties or revenues.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 203.053 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 203 / Section 203.053
§ 203.053. CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTING AND PRIORITIZING WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules establishing:

(1) criteria for accepting project proposals; and

(2) a system to prioritize projects for each funding cycle, giving priority to projects that balance the most critical water conservation need and the highest projected water yield.

(b) The criteria required by Subsection (a)(1) must include a requirement that each proposal state the projected water yield of the proposed project, as modeled by a person with expertise in hydrology, water resources, or another technical area pertinent to the evaluation of water supply.

(c) The board shall consult with stakeholders, including hydrologists and representatives from soil and water conservation districts, to develop by rule standard methods of reporting the projected water yield under Subsection (b).

(d) In prioritizing projects under Subsection (a)(2), the board shall consider:

(1) the need for conservation of water resources within the territory of the project, based on the state water plan adopted under Section 16.051, Water Code;

(2) projected water yield of areas of the project, based on soil, slope, land use, types and distribution of trees, brush, and other vegetative matter, and proximity of trees, brush, and other vegetative matter to rivers, streams, and channels;

(3) any method the project may use to control brush;

(4) cost-sharing contract rates within the territory of the project;

(5) the location and size of the project;

(6) the budget of the project and any associated requests for grant funds submitted under this title;

(7) the implementation schedule of the project; and

(8) the administrative capacities of the board and the entity that will manage the project.

(e) In prioritizing projects under Subsection (a)(2), the board may consider:

(1) scientific research on the effects of brush removal on water supply; and

(2) any other criteria that the board considers relevant to assure that the water supply enhancement program can be most effectively, efficiently, and economically implemented.
Tex. Family Code § 201.006 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 201 / Section 201.006
§ 201.006. ORDER OF REFERRAL.
Status: in_force

(a) In referring a case to an associate judge, the judge of the referring court shall render:

(1) an individual order of referral; or

(2) a general order of referral specifying the class and type of cases to be heard by the associate judge.

(b) The order of referral may limit the power or duties of an associate judge.
Tex. Family Code § 234.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 234 / Section 234.004
§ 234.004. CONTRACTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Title IV-D agency may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements as necessary to establish and operate the state case registry and state disbursement unit authorized under this subchapter.

(b) To the extent funds are available for this purpose, the Title IV-D agency may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to process through the state disbursement unit child support collections in cases not otherwise eligible under 42 U.S.C. Section 654b.
Tex. Occupations Code § 259.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 259 / Section 259.001
§ 259.001. FALSE STATEMENTS TO PATIENTS.
Status: in_force

A dentist may not, in the practice of dentistry, make a misrepresentation or a false or misleading statement to a patient or prospective patient.
Tex. Education Code § 56.105 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 56 / Section 56.105
§ 56.105. RURAL SPONSORS; AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A community or political subdivision located in a rural county that qualifies under the rules of the committee may become a sponsor of an eligible participant and may provide financial support to the eligible participant under the program.

(b) To participate as a sponsor in the program, the community or political subdivision must enter into an agreement with the eligible participant to provide financial support to the eligible participant in an amount not less than the tuition and fees required for a full academic year for a student enrolled in a college in exchange for the eligible participant's agreement to practice veterinary medicine in the sponsoring community or political subdivision.

(c) Financial support under this section:

(1) may be provided in whole or part by a grant, scholarship, or funds provided by a private foundation; and

(2) shall be deposited in the account for distribution to the eligible participant.