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Tex. Utilities Code § 56.110 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 56 / Section 56.110
§ 56.110. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) An advisory committee to assist the commission in administering this subchapter is composed of the following persons appointed by the commission:

(1) two persons with disabilities that impair the ability to effectively access the telephone network other than disabilities described by Subdivisions (2)-(7);

(2) one deaf person recommended by the Texas Deaf Caucus;

(3) one deaf person recommended by the Texas Association of the Deaf;

(4) one person with a hearing impairment recommended by Self-Help for the Hard of Hearing;

(5) one person with a hearing impairment recommended by the American Association of Retired Persons;

(6) one deaf and blind person recommended by the Texas Deaf/Blind Association;

(7) one person with a speech impairment and one person with a speech and hearing impairment recommended by the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities;

(8) two representatives of telecommunications utilities, one representing a nonlocal exchange utility and one representing a local exchange company, chosen from a list of candidates provided by the Texas Telephone Association;

(9) two persons, at least one of whom is deaf, with experience in providing relay services recommended by the department; and

(10) two public members recommended by organizations representing consumers of telecommunications services.

(b) Members of the advisory committee serve two-year terms. A member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until a qualified replacement is appointed.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.121 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.121
§ 841.121. AUTHORIZED PETITION FOR RELEASE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the office determines that the committed person's behavioral abnormality has changed to the extent that the person is no longer likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence, the office shall authorize the person to petition the court for release.

(b) The petitioner shall serve a petition under this section on the court and the attorney representing the state.

(c) The judge shall set a hearing on a petition under this section not later than the 30th day after the date the judge receives the petition. The petitioner and the state are entitled to an immediate examination of the petitioner by an expert.

(d) On request of the petitioner or the attorney representing the state, the court shall conduct the hearing before a jury.

(e) The burden of proof at the hearing is on the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the petitioner's behavioral abnormality has not changed to the extent that the petitioner is no longer likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.194 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.194
§ 225.194. TROOPER JAVIER ARANA JR.
Status: in_force

MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) The portion of State Highway Loop 375 in El Paso County between mile marker 41 and mile marker 44 is designated as the Trooper Javier Arana Jr. Memorial Highway. The designation is in addition to any other designation.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Javier Arana Jr. Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8150.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8150 / Section 8150.152
§ 8150.152. JOINT ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may contract with a state agency, political subdivision, or corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, for a joint road project.

(b) The contract may:

(1) provide for joint payment of project costs; and

(2) require the state agency, political subdivision, or corporation to design, construct, or improve a project as provided by the contract.

(c) A contract may be a contract under Section 49.108, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.159 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.159
§ 504.159. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO PROVISIONAL LICENSE HOLDER.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a license under this chapter to a provisional license holder who satisfies the eligibility requirements established by Section 504.152. When issuing a license under this subsection, the department may waive the requirements established by Sections 504.152(6), (7), and (9).

(b) The department shall complete the processing of a provisional license holder's application for a license not later than the 180th day after the date the provisional license is issued. The department may extend the 180-day period if the department has not received information necessary to determine whether the applicant is eligible for a license as provided by Subsection (a).
Tex. Insurance Code § 941.156 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 941 / Section 941.156
§ 941.156. REINSURANCE PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not prevent a domestic Lloyd's plan from reinsuring:

(1) the Lloyd's plan's excess lines with a solvent foreign Lloyd's plan acceptable to the department that does not hold a certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state; or

(2) any business from a foreign Lloyd's plan described by Subdivision (1).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.109 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 167 / Section 167.109
§ 167.109. ADMISSIBILITY OF COMMISSION INSTRUMENTS; IDENTIFICATION IN COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

(a) A copy of a written instrument issued by the commission is admissible as evidence in any court of this state if the copy is certified by the presiding officer of the commission.

(b) In a prosecution for a violation of this chapter, the state is not required to include in the complaint, information, or indictment a verbatim copy of a written instrument or proclamation, but may allege the issuance and identify it by date of issuance.

(c) In the trial of a civil or criminal case under this chapter, in which a certified copy of a commission written instrument or a proclamation is to be introduced in evidence, the instrument or proclamation is not required to be filed with the papers of the cause and the party introducing it is not required to give notice of it to the other party.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.607 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.607
§ 39.607. TAX EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

The transfer and receipt of default charges are exempt from state and local sales and use, franchise, and gross receipts taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3896.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3896 / Section 3896.007
§ 3896.007. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Water Code § 16.1331 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.1331
§ 16.1331. RESERVATION AND APPROPRIATION FOR BAYS AND ESTUARIES AND INSTREAM USES.
Status: in_force

(a) Five percent of the annual firm yield of water in any reservoir and associated works constructed with state financial participation under this chapter within 200 river miles from the coast, to commence from the mouth of the river thence inland, is appropriated to the Parks and Wildlife Department for use to make releases to bays and estuaries and for instream uses, and the commission shall issue permits for this water to the Parks and Wildlife Department under procedures adopted by the commission.

(b) The Parks and Wildlife Department in cooperation with the commission shall manage this water for the purposes stated in this section.

(c) The Parks and Wildlife Department shall adopt necessary rules and shall enter into necessary memoranda of understanding with the commission to provide necessary rules and procedures for managing the water and for release of the water for the purposes stated in this section.

(d) This section applies only to reservoirs and associated works on which construction begins on or after September 1, 1985.

(e) This section does not limit or repeal any other authority of or law relating to the commission.

(f) Operating and maintenance costs for the percentage of annual firm yield appropriated to the Parks and Wildlife Department shall be paid by local political subdivisions that are the project owners.
Tex. Family Code § 42.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 42 / Section 42.002
§ 42.002. LIABILITY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH POSSESSORY RIGHT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who takes or retains possession of a child or who conceals the whereabouts of a child in violation of a possessory right of another person may be liable for damages to that person.

(b) A possessory right is violated by the taking, retention, or concealment of a child at a time when another person is entitled to possession of or access to the child.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8856.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8856 / Section 8856.105
§ 8856.105. REGISTRATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN EXEMPT WELLS.
Status: in_force

The district may adopt rules that require the owner or operator of a well or class of wells exempt from permitting under Section 36.117, Water Code, to register the well with the district and, except for a well exempt from permitting under Subsection (b)(1) of that section, to report groundwater withdrawals from the well using reasonable and appropriate reporting methods and frequency.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.005
§ 1028.005. DISTRICT SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE NOT STATE OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

The state may not become obligated for the support or maintenance of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8226.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8226 / Section 8226.002
§ 8226.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is a municipal utility district created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

(b) The district, to the extent authorized by Section 8226.052 and Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, has road powers.
Tex. Transportation Code § 312.061 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 312 / Section 312.061
§ 312.061. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "improvement" means the opening, straightening, widening, paving, constructing, or grading of a street, alley, sidewalk, gutter, or public way.
Tex. Insurance Code § 882.753 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 882 / Section 882.753
§ 882.753. JURISDICTION OF COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

The commissioner retains jurisdiction over a company that converts under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.051
§ 6904.051. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of the city of Hillsboro as those boundaries existed on January 1, 1977, and as the district territory may have been modified under:

(1) Sections 6904.052 and 6904.053 or their predecessor statute, Section 6, Chapter 713, Acts of the 65th Legislature, Regular Session, 1977;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(3) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code, before September 1, 1995; or

(4) other law.

(b) An invalidity in the fixing of the boundaries of the city of Hillsboro as they existed on January 1, 1977, does not affect the boundaries of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 156.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 156 / Section 156.053
§ 156.053. PROCESS SERVER CERTIFICATION RENEWAL; FEES.
Status: in_force

Certification of a process server expires on the last day of the month in which the second anniversary of the date on which the certification was issued occurs unless it is renewed on or before that date. On renewal of certification, each process server must pay a fee to the commission in accordance with Section 152.2015.
Tex. Transportation Code § 451.205 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 451 / Section 451.205
§ 451.205.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.205. STATION OR TERMINAL COMPLEX: REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES ADDITIONAL TAX. (a) An authority may increase its sales and use tax rate, not to exceed the rate authorized by Sections 451.404 and 451.405, to provide for the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, and construction of a station or terminal complex that includes regional economic development facilities if a majority of the votes received in an election called for that purpose approve the increase.

(b) An election under Subsection (a) may be called only if both the governing body of the principal municipality and the board by resolution order the election after:

(1) a petition requesting an election is submitted to the board;

(2) the board and the governing body hold separate public hearings on the ballot proposition; and

(3) notice is given of the intent to vote on the tax rate increase.

(c) The notice provided under Subsection (b)(3) must include:

(1) a statement or description of the purpose of the tax rate increase; and

(2) a statement that after five years the revenue from the tax rate increase may be used only for mass transit purposes other than the regional economic development facilities portion of the station or terminal complex, and then only if approved by the voters at an election held at that time.

(d) To be valid, a petition under Subsection (b) must:

(1) contain signatures of at least 10 percent of the registered voters of the authority collected not earlier than the 180th day before the date the petition is submitted to the board;

(2) state that the petition is intended to initiate an election to increase the rate of the sales and use tax of the authority for the purpose of establishing and operating a regional economic development facility; and

(3) include the ballot proposition for the election.

(e) The ballot proposition must contain a specific description of the regional economic development facilities projects to be financed by the revenue from the tax rate increase.

(f) A petition is considered to be valid if the board fails to act on the petition before the 31st day after the date the petition is submitted to the board.

(g) An election under this section may not be held earlier than the first anniversary after the date of a previous election to approve a tax rate increase under this section.
Tex. Family Code § 58.307 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.307
§ 58.307. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Information that is part of a local juvenile justice information system is not public information and may not be released to the public, except as authorized by law.

(b) Information that is part of a local juvenile justice information system is for the professional use of the partner agencies that are members of the system and may be used only by authorized employees of those agencies to discharge duties of those agencies.

(c) Information from a local juvenile justice information system may not be disclosed to persons, agencies, or organizations that are not members of the system except to the extent disclosure is authorized or mandated by this title.

(d) Information in a local juvenile justice information system is subject to destruction, sealing, or restricted access as provided by this title.

(e) Information in a local juvenile justice information system, including electronic signature systems, shall be protected from unauthorized access by a system of access security and any access to information in a local juvenile information system performed by browser software shall be at the level of at least 2048-bit encryption. A juvenile board or a regional juvenile board committee shall require all partner agencies to maintain security and restrict access in accordance with the requirements of this title.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 84.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 84 / Section 84.006
§ 84.006. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) All information and records relating to reportable conditions are confidential. That information may not be released or made public on subpoena or otherwise, except that release of information may be made:

(1) for statistical purposes, but only if a person is not identified;

(2) with the consent of each person identified in the information released; or

(3) to medical personnel in a medical emergency to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of the named person.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules establishing procedures to ensure that all information and records maintained by the department under this chapter are kept confidential and protected from release to unauthorized persons.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.314 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.314
§ 885.314. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer or member of the supreme, the grand, or any subordinate body of an incorporated fraternal benefit society is not individually liable for the payment of any disability or death benefit provided for by the fraternal benefit society's laws and contracts.

(b) Benefits are payable only out of the fraternal benefit society's funds and in the manner provided by the fraternal benefit society's laws.
Tex. Government Code § 411.0111 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.0111
§ 411.0111. PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than June 1 of every fifth year, the department shall provide to the comptroller, for the purpose of assisting the comptroller in the identification of persons entitled to unclaimed property reported to the comptroller, the name, address, social security number, date of birth, and driver's license or state identification number of each person about whom the department has such information in its records.

(b) Information provided to the comptroller under this section is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public.

(c) The department shall provide the information in the format prescribed by rule of the comptroller.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0806 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0806
§ 8513.0806. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF RESOLUTION CREATING POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A resolution of the board creating a pollution control district adopted under Section 8513.0802(e) is final and not subject to judicial review except on the basis of whether the resolution is supported by substantial evidence.

(b) An action or proceeding questioning, contesting, or denying the validity of a resolution creating a pollution control district or any related proceeding must be brought not later than the 30th day after the effective date of the resolution. If an action or proceeding is not brought within that period, the resolution and any related proceedings are valid and incontestable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3862.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3862 / Section 3862.053
§ 3862.053. APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city shall appoint directors from persons recommended by the board.
Tex. Education Code § 85.31 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 85 / Section 85.31
§ 85.31. FUNDS RECEIVED FOR TRUST SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may at its discretion charge administrative fees for services rendered in the management and administration of any trust estate under the control of the system or any component of the system.

(b) Funds received pursuant to such charges may be deposited in an appropriate system or university account and may be expended by the board for any purpose of the system.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3916.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3916 / Section 3916.252
§ 3916.252. ELECTION; ADOPTION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board by order may call an election to authorize the adoption of the sales and use tax. The election may be held on any uniform election date and in conjunction with any other district election.

(c) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in the Generation Park Management District at a rate not to exceed ____ percent" (insert rate of one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent).
Tex. Transportation Code § 463.210 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.210
§ 463.210. BONDS AS AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority's bonds are authorized investments for:

(1) a bank;

(2) a savings bank;

(3) a trust company;

(4) a savings and loan association; and

(5) an insurance company.

(b) The bonds, when accompanied by all appurtenant, unmatured coupons and to the extent of the lesser of their face value or market value, are eligible to secure the deposit of public funds of this state, a political subdivision of this state, and any other political corporation of this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.0107 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.0107
§ 161.0107. ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Electronic medical records software package or system" means an electronic system for maintaining medical records in the clinical setting.

(2) "Medical records" has the meaning assigned by Section 151.002, Occupations Code.

(b) A person who sells, leases, or otherwise provides an electronic medical records software package or system to a person who administers immunizations in this state or to an entity that manages records for the person shall provide, as part of the electronic medical records software package or system, the ability to:

(1) electronically interface with the immunization registry created under this subchapter; and

(2) generate electronic reports that contain the fields necessary to populate the immunization registry.

(c) The executive commissioner by rule shall specify:

(1) the fields necessary to populate the immunization registry, including a field that indicates the patient's consent to be listed in the immunization registry has been obtained; and

(2) the data standards that must be used for electronic submission of immunization information.

(d) The data standards specified under Subsection (b) must be compatible with the standards for immunization information transmission adopted by the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel sponsored by the American National Standards Institute and included in certification criteria by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.059
§ 1120.059. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR; ADMINISTRATOR'S BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator.

(b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board.

(c) The district administrator is entitled to compensation determined by the board.

(d) Before assuming the duties of district administrator, the administrator must execute a bond payable to the district in an amount not less than $5,000, as determined by the board, conditioned on the faithful performance of the administrator's duties.

(e) The board may pay for the bond with district money.