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Tex. Government Code § 543.0001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 543 / Section 543.0001
§ 543.0001. EFFECT OF CHAPTER ON COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the commission's authority, or give the commission additional authority, to:

(1) affect any individual health care treatment decision for a Medicaid recipient;

(2) replace or affect:

(A) the process of determining Medicaid benefits, including the approval process for receiving benefits for durable medical equipment; or

(B) any applicable approval process required for reimbursement for services or other equipment under Medicaid;

(3) implement a clinical initiative or associated rule or program policy that is otherwise prohibited under state or federal law; or

(4) implement any initiative that would expand eligibility for Medicaid benefits.
Tex. Water Code § 55.651 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.651
§ 55.651. ELECTION TO DETERMINE METHOD OF TAXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A district which operates under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may, at the time the district is created or before bonds are issued, submit to the voters of the district the question of whether the district will levy, assess, and collect taxes on the ad valorem basis or on the benefit basis.

(b) The question shall be presented to the voters at the time and in the manner provided by the board.

(c) The ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the following proposition: "The levy of taxes on the benefit basis instead of the ad valorem basis."

(d) The election shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.

(e) If a majority of the persons voting in the election favor the proposition, the district shall levy, assess, and collect its taxes on the benefit basis.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.208
§ 1005.208. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Refunding bonds may be:

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

(2) exchanged in whole or in part for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4020.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4020 / Section 4020.0106
§ 4020.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; or

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code.
Tex. Government Code § 499.055 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 499 / Section 499.055
§ 499.055. POPULATION MANAGEMENT BASED ON INMATE HEALTH.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt policies designed to manage inmate population based on similar health conditions suffered by inmates. The policies adopted under this section must maximize organizational efficiencies and reduce health care costs to the department by housing inmates with similar health conditions in the same unit or units that are, if possible, served by or located near one or more specialty health care providers most likely to be needed for the treatment of the health condition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 651.206 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 651 / Section 651.206
§ 651.206. SURRENDER OF LICENSE; EFFECT.
Status: in_force

(a) A license holder may surrender a license by delivering to the department written notice that the license holder surrenders the license.

(b) The surrender of a license does not affect any civil or criminal liability of the person for an act committed before the surrender.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9082.0303 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9082 / Section 9082.0303
§ 9082.0303. 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. Health and Safety Code § 61.053 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.053
§ 61.053. APPLICATION PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) A public hospital or hospital district shall adopt an application procedure.

(b) Not later than the beginning of a public hospital's or hospital district's operating year, the hospital or district shall specify the procedure it will use during the operating year to determine eligibility and the documentation required to support a request for assistance and shall make a reasonable effort to notify the public of the procedure.

(c) The public hospital or hospital district shall furnish an applicant with written application forms.

(d) On request of an applicant, the public hospital or hospital district shall assist an applicant in filling out forms and completing the application process. The hospital or district shall inform an applicant of the availability of assistance.

(e) The public hospital or hospital district shall require an applicant to sign a written statement in which the applicant swears to the truth of the information supplied.

(f) The public hospital or hospital district shall explain to the applicant that if the application is approved, the applicant must report to the hospital or district any change in income or resources that might affect the applicant's eligibility. The report must be made not later than the 14th day after the date on which the change occurs. The hospital or district shall explain the possible penalties for failure to report a change.

(g) The public hospital or hospital district shall review each application and shall accept or deny the application not later than the 14th day after the date on which the hospital or district receives the completed application.

(h) The public hospital or hospital district shall provide a procedure for reviewing applications and for allowing an applicant to appeal a denial of assistance.

(i) The public hospital or hospital district shall provide an applicant written notification of the hospital's or district's decision. If the hospital or district denies assistance, the written notification shall include the reason for the denial and an explanation of the procedure for appealing the denial.

(j) The public hospital or hospital district shall maintain the records relating to an application for at least three years after the date on which the application is submitted.

(k) If an applicant is denied assistance, the applicant may resubmit an application at any time circumstances justify a redetermination of eligibility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8436.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8436 / Section 8436.105
§ 8436.105. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8515.0213 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8515 / Section 8515.0213
§ 8515.0213. COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the authority.

(b) The authority shall maintain information about the parties to the complaint, the subject matter of the complaint, a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint, and the complaint's disposition.

(c) The authority shall periodically notify the parties to the complaint of the complaint's status until final disposition, unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation.

(d) The authority shall make information available describing the authority's procedures for complaint investigation and resolution.
Tex. Family Code § 54.0482 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.0482
§ 54.0482. TREATMENT OF RESTITUTION PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A juvenile probation department that receives a payment to a victim as the result of a juvenile court order for restitution shall immediately:

(1) deposit the payment in an interest-bearing account in the county treasury; and

(2) notify the victim that a payment has been received.

(b) The juvenile probation department shall promptly remit the payment to a victim who has been notified under Subsection (a) and makes a claim for payment.

(b-1) If the victim does not make a claim for payment on or before the 30th day after the date of being notified under Subsection (a), the juvenile probation department shall notify the victim by certified mail, sent to the last known address of the victim, that a payment has been received.

(c) On or before the fifth anniversary of the date the juvenile probation department receives a payment for a victim that is not claimed by the victim, the department shall make and document a good faith effort to locate and notify the victim that an unclaimed payment exists, including:

(1) confirming, if possible, the victim's most recent address with the Department of Public Safety; and

(2) making at least one additional certified mailing to the victim.

(d) A juvenile probation department satisfies the good faith requirement under Subsection (c) by sending by certified mail to the victim, during the period the child is required by the juvenile court order to make payments to the victim, a notice that the victim is entitled to an unclaimed payment.

(e) If a victim claims a payment on or before the fifth anniversary of the date on which the juvenile probation department mailed a notice to the victim under Subsection (b-1), the juvenile probation department shall pay the victim the amount of the original payment, less any interest earned while holding the payment.

(f) If a victim does not claim a payment on or before the fifth anniversary of the date on which the juvenile probation department mailed a notice to the victim under Subsection (b-1), the department:

(1) has no liability to the victim or anyone else in relation to the payment; and

(2) shall transfer the payment from the interest-bearing account to a special fund of the county treasury, the unclaimed juvenile restitution fund.

(g) The county may spend money in the unclaimed juvenile restitution fund only for the same purposes for which the county may spend juvenile state aid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8114.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8114 / Section 8114.051
§ 8114.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Labor Code § 404.109 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 404 / Section 404.109
§ 404.109. INJURED EMPLOYEE RIGHTS; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

The public counsel shall adopt, in the form and manner prescribed by the public counsel and after consultation with the commissioner of workers' compensation, a notice of injured employee rights and responsibilities to be distributed by the division as provided by commissioner or commissioner of insurance rules. A right or responsibility adopted under this section must be consistent with the requirements of this subtitle and division rules. This section may not be construed as establishing an entitlement to benefits to which the claimant is not otherwise entitled under this subtitle.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8008A.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8008A / Section 8008A.0201
§ 8008A.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Except as provided by Section 8008A.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.106 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 101 / Section 101.106
§ 101.106. ELECTION OF REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The filing of a suit under this chapter against a governmental unit constitutes an irrevocable election by the plaintiff and immediately and forever bars any suit or recovery by the plaintiff against any individual employee of the governmental unit regarding the same subject matter.

(b) The filing of a suit against any employee of a governmental unit constitutes an irrevocable election by the plaintiff and immediately and forever bars any suit or recovery by the plaintiff against the governmental unit regarding the same subject matter unless the governmental unit consents.

(c) The settlement of a claim arising under this chapter shall immediately and forever bar the claimant from any suit against or recovery from any employee of the same governmental unit regarding the same subject matter.

(d) A judgment against an employee of a governmental unit shall immediately and forever bar the party obtaining the judgment from any suit against or recovery from the governmental unit.

(e) If a suit is filed under this chapter against both a governmental unit and any of its employees, the employees shall immediately be dismissed on the filing of a motion by the governmental unit.

(f) If a suit is filed against an employee of a governmental unit based on conduct within the general scope of that employee's employment and if it could have been brought under this chapter against the governmental unit, the suit is considered to be against the employee in the employee's official capacity only. On the employee's motion, the suit against the employee shall be dismissed unless the plaintiff files amended pleadings dismissing the employee and naming the governmental unit as defendant on or before the 30th day after the date the motion is filed.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8827.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8827 / Section 8827.053
§ 8827.053. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If there is a vacancy on the board, the commissioners court shall appoint a director to serve the remainder of the term.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.256 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.256
§ 351.256. ADULT SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE PROTOCOL.
Status: in_force

(a) A response team shall develop a written protocol addressing the coordinated response for adult survivors in the county that includes:

(1) the procedures to be used in investigating and prosecuting cases arising from a report of sexual assault;

(2) interagency information sharing, in accordance with state and federal law, to ensure the timely exchange of relevant information and enhance the response to survivors;

(3) the location and accessibility of sexual assault forensic examinations;

(4) information on the availability of and access to medical care when the care is clinically indicated;

(5) a requirement to ensure survivors are offered access to sexual assault program advocates, as defined by Section 420.003, Government Code;

(6) information on the availability of and access to mental and behavioral health services;

(7) a requirement to ensure that relevant law enforcement agencies notify survivors in a timely manner regarding the status of any criminal case and court proceeding;

(8) an assessment of relevant community trends, including drug-facilitated sexual assault, the incidence of predatory date rape, and sex trafficking;

(9) a biennial evaluation through sexual assault case reviews of the effectiveness of individual agency and interagency protocols and systems;

(10) at least four hours of annual cross-agency training on the dynamics of sexual assault for response team members participating in the quarterly meetings as required by Section 351.254(c); and

(11) procedures for addressing conflicts within the response team and for maintaining the confidentiality of information shared among response team members as required by law.

(b) In developing a protocol under this section, the response team:

(1) shall consider Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure;

(2) may provide different procedures for use within a particular municipality or area of the county served by the response team; and

(3) shall prioritize the health and safety of survivors.

(c) The purpose of the protocol developed under this section is to ensure coordination between all agencies involved in sexual assault cases to increase the efficacy of response and to minimize survivor traumatization. The response team shall provide the protocol to each agency in the county that responds to disclosures of sexual assault.

(d) Failure to follow a protocol developed under this section does not:

(1) constitute the basis for a claim or defense to a civil or criminal action; or

(2) preclude the admissibility of evidence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3897.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3897 / Section 3897.055
§ 3897.055. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.
Tex. Transportation Code § 226.002 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 226 / Section 226.002
§ 226.002. APPLICABILITY; LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not:

(1) apply to a segment of a highway that the commission has designated as a farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road; or

(2) authorize the department to make an expenditure of money for the implementation, operation, or maintenance of the emergency telephone call box system out of the state highway fund.
Tex. Government Code § 552.142 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.142
§ 552.142.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.142. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS SUBJECT TO ORDER OF NONDISCLOSURE. (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information with respect to the information has been issued under Subchapter E-1, Chapter 411.

(b) A person who is the subject of information that is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 under this section may deny the occurrence of the criminal proceeding to which the information relates and the exception of the information under this section, unless the information is being used against the person in a subsequent criminal proceeding.
Tex. Local Government Code § 336.205 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 336 / Section 336.205
§ 336.205. EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

A district may disburse district money only by check, draft, money order, or another instrument that must be signed by one or more officers or employees of the district as designated by the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4001.0506 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4001 / Section 4001.0506
§ 4001.0506. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may not issue bonds until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district as required by applicable law.

(b) This section applies only to the district's first issuance of bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 595.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 595 / Section 595.003
§ 595.003. CONSENT TO DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The content of a confidential record may be disclosed in accordance with the prior written consent of:

(1) the person about whom the record is maintained;

(2) the person's parent if the person is a minor;

(3) the guardian if the person has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the person's personal affairs; or

(4) if the person is dead:

(A) the executor or administrator of the deceased's estate; or

(B) if an executor or administrator has not been appointed, the deceased's spouse or, if the deceased was not married, an adult related to the deceased within the first degree of consanguinity.

(b) Disclosure is permitted only to the extent, under the circumstances, and for the purposes allowed under department rules.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005 / Section 8005.005
§ 8005.005. 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. Local Government Code § 326.068 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 326 / Section 326.068
§ 326.068. EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

A district's money may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or another instrument that must be signed by one or more officers or employees of the district as designated by the board of trustees.
Tex. Government Code § 2268.053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2268 / Section 2268.053
§ 2268.053. PRESIDING OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The members of the commission shall elect from among the legislative members a presiding officer and an assistant presiding officer to serve two-year terms.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 555.057 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 555 / Section 555.057
§ 555.057. COMMUNICATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall allow any resident or client, authorized representative of a resident or client, family member of a resident or client, or other interested party to communicate with the independent ombudsman or an assistant ombudsman. The communication:

(1) may be in person, by mail, or by any other means; and

(2) is confidential and privileged.

(b) The records of the independent ombudsman are confidential, except that the independent ombudsman shall:

(1) share with the Department of Family and Protective Services a communication that may involve the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a resident or client;

(2) share with the inspector general a communication that may involve an alleged criminal offense;

(3) share with the regulatory services division of the department a communication that may involve a violation of an ICF-IID standard or condition of participation; and

(4) disclose the ombudsman's nonprivileged records if required by a court order on a showing of good cause.

(c) The independent ombudsman may make reports relating to an investigation by the independent ombudsman public after the investigation is complete but only if the name and any other personally identifiable information of a resident or client, legally authorized representative of a resident or client, family member of a resident or client, center, center employee, or other individual are redacted from the report and remain confidential. The independent ombudsman may provide an unredacted report to the center involved in the investigation, the department, the Department of Family and Protective Services, and the inspector general.

(d) The name, address, or other personally identifiable information of a person who files a complaint with the office of independent ombudsman, information generated by the office of independent ombudsman in the course of an investigation, and confidential records obtained by the office of independent ombudsman are confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, except as provided by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7896.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7896 / Section 7896.0302
§ 7896.0302. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.