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Tex. Water Code § 26.0461 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.0461
§ 26.0461. FEES FOR EDWARDS AQUIFER PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may impose fees for processing plans or amendments to plans that are subject to review and approval under the commission's rules for the protection of the Edwards Aquifer and for inspecting the construction and maintenance of projects covered by those plans.

(b) The plans for which fees may be imposed are:

(1) water pollution abatement plans;

(2) plans for sewage collection systems;

(3) plans for hydrocarbon storage facilities or hazardous substance storage facilities; and

(4) contributing zone plans.

(c) The commission by rule shall adopt a fee schedule for fees that it may impose under this section.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), a fee imposed under this section may not be less than $100 or more than $6,500.

(d-1) A fee imposed under this section may not be more than $13,000 if the fee is for a water pollution abatement or contributing zone plan for a development of more than 40 acres.

(e) A fee charged under this section must be based on the following criteria:

(1) if a pollution abatement or contributing zone plan, the area or acreage covered by the plan;

(2) if a sewage collection systems plan, the number of linear feet of pipe or line;

(3) if a hydrocarbon storage facility or hazardous substance storage facility plan, the number of tanks; and

(4) the type of activity subject to regulation.

(f) The executive director shall charge and collect a fee imposed under this section and shall record the time at which the fee is due and render an account to the person charged with the fee.

(g) A fee imposed under this section is a separate charge in addition to any other fee that may be provided by law or rules of the commission.

(h) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a special program to be used only for administering the commission's Edwards Aquifer program, including:

(1) monitoring surface water, stormwater, and groundwater quality in the Edwards Aquifer program area; and

(2) developing geographic information systems (GIS) data layers for the Edwards Aquifer program.
Tex. Education Code § 21.609 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.609
§ 21.609. REIMBURSEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A participant in the program who fails to obtain certification or employment as required by the agreement under Section 21.607 or who voluntarily leaves or is terminated for cause from employment after teaching in a public elementary or secondary school in this state for less than two school years shall reimburse the agency for the portion of the stipend that bears the same ratio to the amount of the stipend as the unserved portion of required service bears to the two school years of required service.

(b) The obligation to reimburse the agency under this section is, for all purposes, a debt to the state. A discharge in bankruptcy under Title 11, United States Code, does not release a participant from the obligation to reimburse the agency. The amount owed bears interest at the rate equal to the highest rate being paid by the United States on the day the reimbursement is determined to be due for securities that have maturities of 90 days or less, and the interest accrues from the day the participant receives notice of the amount due.

(c) For purposes of this section, a participant in the program is not considered to be in violation of an agreement under Section 21.607 during any period in which the participant:

(1) is pursuing a full-time course of study related to the field of teaching at an institution of higher education approved by the State Board for Educator Certification;

(2) is serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States;

(3) is temporarily totally disabled for a period not to exceed three years as established by affidavit of a qualified physician;

(4) is unable to secure employment for a period not to exceed one year because of care required by a disabled spouse;

(5) is seeking and unable to find full-time employment as a teacher in a public elementary or secondary school for a single period not to exceed 27 months; or

(6) satisfies the provisions of any additional reimbursement exception adopted by the agency.

(d) A participant is excused from reimbursement under Subsection (a) if the participant becomes permanently totally disabled as established by affidavit of a qualified physician. The agency may waive reimbursement for some or all of the amount owed in the case of extreme hardship to the participant.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3935.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3935 / Section 3935.151
§ 3935.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.0012 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248A / Section 248A.0012
§ 248A.0012. CONTROLLING PERSON.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is a controlling person if the person has the ability, acting alone or in concert with others, to directly or indirectly influence, direct, or cause the direction of the management of, expenditure of money for, or policies of a center or other person.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, "controlling person" includes:

(1) a management company, landlord, or other business entity that operates or contracts with another person for the operation of a center;

(2) any person who is a controlling person of a management company or other business entity that operates a center or that contracts with another person for the operation of a center; and

(3) any other person who, because of a personal, familial, or other relationship with the owner, manager, landlord, tenant, or provider of a center, is in a position of actual control of or authority with respect to the center, regardless of whether the person is formally named as an owner, manager, director, officer, provider, consultant, contractor, or employee of the center.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for purposes of this chapter, a controlling person of a center or of a management company or other business entity described by Subsection (b)(1) that is a publicly traded corporation or is controlled by a publicly traded corporation means an officer or director of the corporation. The term does not include a shareholder or lender of the publicly traded corporation.

(d) A controlling person described by Subsection (b)(3) does not include a person, including an employee, lender, secured creditor, or landlord, who does not exercise any formal or actual influence or control over the operation of a center.

(e) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that define the ownership interests and other relationships that qualify a person as a controlling person under this section.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.105 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.105
§ 161.105. OATH.
Status: in_force

A representative of the department shall take the oath required by the Estates Code on behalf of the department if the department is appointed guardian of the person or estate, or both, of a ward under Title 3 of that code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.0516 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.0516
§ 1301.0516. CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer offering a preferred provider benefit plan that covers a service that is within the scope of a chiropractor's license may not refuse to provide reimbursement for the performance of the covered service solely because the service is provided by a chiropractor.

(b) This section does not require an insurer to cover a particular medical or health care service.

(c) This section does not affect the right of an insurer to determine whether a medical or health care service is medically necessary.

(d) An insurer that violates this section is subject to an administrative penalty as provided by Chapter 84 of not more than $1,000 for each claim that remains unpaid in violation of this section. Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate violation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 105.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 105 / Section 105.002
§ 105.002. UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

(a) A health care provider commits unprofessional conduct if the health care provider, in connection with the provider's professional activities:

(1) knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim for the payment of a loss under an insurance policy;

(2) knowingly prepares, makes, or subscribes to any writing, with intent to present or use the writing, or to allow it to be presented or used, in support of a false or fraudulent claim under an insurance policy; or

(3) knowingly directs or requires a patient to obtain health care goods or services from a niche hospital in which the health care provider or an immediate family member of the provider has a financial interest, unless the provider:

(A) discloses to the patient, in writing, that the provider or the provider's family member has a financial interest in the niche hospital; and

(B) informs the patient that the patient has the option of using an alternative health care facility.

(b) In addition to other provisions of civil or criminal law, commission of unprofessional conduct under Subsection (a) constitutes cause for the revocation or suspension of a provider's license, permit, registration, certificate, or other authority or other disciplinary action.

(c) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a financial interest in publicly available shares of a registered investment company, such as a mutual fund, that owns publicly traded equity securities or debt obligations issued by a niche hospital or an entity that owns the niche hospital.

(d) In this section:

(1) "Diagnosis-related group" means the classification system mandated by Medicare regulations for reimbursement purposes that groups patients according to principal diagnosis, presence of a surgical procedure, age, presence or absence of significant complications, and other relevant criteria.

(2) "Niche hospital" means a hospital that:

(A) classifies at least two-thirds of the hospital's Medicare patients or, if data is available, all patients:

(i) in not more than two major diagnosis-related groups; or

(ii) in surgical diagnosis-related groups;

(B) specializes in one or more of the following areas:

(i) cardiac;

(ii) orthopedics;

(iii) surgery; or

(iv) women's health; and

(C) is not:

(i) a public hospital;

(ii) a hospital for which the majority of inpatient claims are for major diagnosis-related groups relating to rehabilitation, psychiatry, alcohol and drug treatment, or children or newborns; or

(iii) a hospital with fewer than 10 claims per bed per year.
Tex. Family Code § 34.004 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 34 / Section 34.004
§ 34.004. EXECUTION OF AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The authorization agreement must be signed and sworn to before a notary public by the parent and the adult caregiver.

(b) A parent may not execute an authorization agreement without a written order by the appropriate court if:

(1) there is a court order or pending suit affecting the parent-child relationship concerning the child;

(2) there is pending litigation in any court concerning:

(A) custody, possession, or placement of the child; or

(B) access to or visitation with the child; or

(3) a court has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the child.

(c) An authorization agreement obtained in violation of Subsection (b) is void.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.039 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.039
§ 225.039. CONGRESSMAN FRANK M.
Status: in_force

TEJEDA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. (a) United States Highway 281 from its intersection with Loop 410 in Bexar County to its intersection with the Atascosa-Bexar County Line is designated as the Congressman Frank M. Tejeda Memorial Highway.

(b) The department shall design and construct memorial markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Congressman Frank M. Tejeda Memorial Highway, and any other appropriate information.

(c) The department shall erect a memorial marker at each end of the memorial highway and at intermediate sites along the highway that the department determines are appropriate.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 103.006 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 103 / Section 103.006
§ 103.006. LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall issue a license to operate a day activity and health services facility to a person who has met the application requirements and received approval after an on-site inspection.

(b) The license expires three years from the date of its issuance. The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a system under which licenses expire on staggered dates during the three-year period. The commission shall prorate the license fee as appropriate if the expiration date of a license changes as a result of this subsection.

(c) An applicant for a license under this chapter who has a health care provider license is entitled to have inspections and license renewal procedures coordinated so that one inspection may fulfill various licensing requirements.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 311.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 311 / Section 311.002
§ 311.002. ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF BILLED SERVICES.
Status: repealed

(a) Each hospital shall develop, implement, and enforce a written policy for the billing of hospital services and supplies. The policy must include:

(1) a periodic review of the itemized statements required by Subsection (b); and

(2) a procedure for handling complaints relating to billed services.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 717 (H.B. 216), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 717 (H.B. 216), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 717 (H.B. 216), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.

(e) A hospital shall provide an itemized statement of billed services to a third party payor who is actually or potentially responsible for paying all or part of the billed services provided to a patient and who has received a claim for payment of those services. To be entitled to receive a statement, the third party payor must request the statement from the hospital and must have received a claim for payment. The request must be made not later than one year after the date on which the payor received the claim for payment. The hospital shall provide the statement to the payor not later than the 30th day after the date on which the payor requests the statement. If a third party payor receives a claim for payment of part but not all of the billed services, the third party payor may request an itemized statement of only the billed services for which payment is claimed or to which any deduction or copayment applies.

(f) If a person, including a third party payor, requests more than two copies of the statement, the hospital may charge a reasonable fee for the third and subsequent copies provided to that person. The fee may not exceed the hospital's cost to copy, process, and deliver the copy to the person.

(g) The Department of State Health Services or other appropriate licensing agency may enforce this section by assessing an administrative penalty, obtaining an injunction, or providing any other appropriate remedy, including suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew a hospital's license.

(h) In this section, "hospital" includes:

(1) a treatment facility licensed under Chapter 464; and

(2) a mental health facility licensed under Chapter 577.

(i) This section does not apply to a hospital maintained or operated by the federal government.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3874.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3874 / Section 3874.055
§ 3874.055. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

A director's oath or affirmation of office shall be filed with the district and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records. A copy of each director's oath or affirmation of office shall be filed with the city's secretary.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 65.016 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 65 / Section 65.016
§ 65.016. VIOLATION OF REVENUE LAW.
Status: in_force

At the instance of the county or district attorney or the attorney general, a court by injunction may prevent, prohibit, or restrain the violation of any revenue law of this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 248A / Section 248A.001
§ 248A.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Basic services" includes:

(A) the development, implementation, and monitoring of a comprehensive protocol of care that:

(i) is provided to a medically dependent or technologically dependent minor;

(ii) is developed in conjunction with the minor's parent or legal guardian; and

(iii) specifies the medical, nursing, psychosocial, therapeutic, and developmental services required by the minor served; and

(B) the caregiver training needs of the minor's parent or legal guardian.

(2) "Center" means a prescribed pediatric extended care center.

(3) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of aging and disability services.

(5) "Controlling person" has the meaning assigned by Section 248A.0012.

(6) "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

(7) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the commission.

(8) "Medically dependent or technologically dependent minor" means a minor who because of an acute, chronic, or intermittent medically complex or fragile condition or disability requires ongoing, technology-based skilled nursing care prescribed by the minor's physician to avert death or further disability or the routine use of a medical device to compensate for a deficit in a life-sustaining body function. The term does not include minor or occasional medical conditions that do not require continuous nursing care, including asthma or diabetes, or a condition that requires an epinephrine injection.

(9) "Minor" means an individual younger than 21 years of age.

(10) "Prescribed pediatric extended care center" means a facility operated for profit or on a nonprofit basis that provides nonresidential basic services to four or more medically dependent or technologically dependent minors who require the services of the facility and who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the owner or operator of the facility.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 93.001 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 93 / Section 93.001
§ 93.001.
Status: in_force

Sec. 93.001. ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK: AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE. (a) It is an affirmative defense to a civil action for damages for personal injury or death that the plaintiff, at the time the cause of action arose, was:

(1) committing a felony, for which the plaintiff has been finally convicted, that was the sole cause of the damages sustained by the plaintiff; or

(2) committing or attempting to commit suicide, and the plaintiff's conduct in committing or attempting to commit suicide was the sole cause of the damages sustained; provided, however, if the suicide or attempted suicide was caused in whole or in part by a failure on the part of any defendant to comply with an applicable legal standard, then such suicide or attempted suicide shall not be a defense.

(b) This section does not apply in any action brought by an employee, or the surviving beneficiaries of an employee, under the Workers' Compensation Law of Texas, or in an action against an insurer based on a contract of insurance, a statute, or common law.

(c) In an action to which this section applies, this section shall prevail over any other law.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.104 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.104
§ 22.104. ORGANIZATION MEETING.
Status: in_force

(a) After the certificate of formation is filed, the board of directors named in the certificate of formation of a corporation shall hold an organization meeting of the board, either in or out of this state, at the call of the organizers or a majority of the directors to adopt bylaws and elect officers and for other purposes determined by the board at the meeting. The organizers or directors calling the meeting shall send notice of the time and place of the meeting to each director named in the certificate of formation not later than the third day before the date of the meeting.

(b) A first meeting of the members may be held at the call of the majority of the directors on notice provided not later than the third day before the date of the meeting. The notice must state the purposes of the meeting.

(c) If the management of a corporation is vested in the corporation's members, the members shall hold the organization meeting on the call of an organizer. An organizer who calls the meeting shall:

(1) send notice of the time and place of the meeting to each member not later than the third day before the date of the meeting;

(2) if the corporation is a church, make an oral announcement of the time and place of the meeting at a regularly scheduled worship service before the meeting; or

(3) send notice of the meeting in the manner provided by the certificate of formation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3945.0308 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3945 / Section 3945.0308
§ 3945.0308. MEMBERSHIP IN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may join and pay dues to a charitable or nonprofit organization that performs a service or provides an activity consistent with the furtherance of a district purpose.
Tex. Family Code § 6.206 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.206
§ 6.206. MARRIAGE TO STEPCHILD OR STEPPARENT.
Status: in_force

A marriage is void if a party is a current or former stepchild or stepparent of the other party.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.155 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.155
§ 3833.155. TRANSFER WITHOUT DEBT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The district shall convey all improvements that it is required to transfer under this subchapter without debt or other encumbrance.
Tex. Utilities Code § 181.103 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 181 / Section 181.103
§ 181.103. NOTICE TO STATE OR COUNTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person proposing to install equipment under Section 181.102 in the right-of-way of a state highway or a county road shall give notice of the proposal to:

(1) the Texas Department of Transportation if the proposal relates to a state highway; or

(2) the commissioners court of the county if the proposal relates to a county road.

(b) On receipt of the notice, the Texas Department of Transportation or commissioners court may designate the location in the right-of-way where the person may install the equipment, if the equipment is not to be installed on an existing facility.