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Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.155 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.155
§ 1501.155. EXCEPTION TO MINIMUM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A small employer health benefit plan issuer may offer a small employer health benefit plan to a small employer with a participation level of less than 75 percent of the employer's eligible employees if the issuer permits the same qualifying participation level for each small employer health benefit plan offered by the issuer in this state.

(b) A small employer health benefit plan issuer may offer a small employer health benefit plan to a small employer even if the employer's participation level is less than the issuer's qualifying participation level established in accordance with Subsection (a) if:

(1) the employer obtains a written waiver from each eligible employee who declines coverage under a health benefit plan offered to the employer stating that the employee was not induced or pressured to decline coverage because of the employee's risk characteristics; and

(2) the issuer accepts or rejects the entire group of eligible employees who choose to participate and excludes only those employees who have declined coverage.

(c) A small employer health benefit plan issuer may underwrite the group of eligible employees who do not decline coverage under Subsection (b).

(d) A small employer health benefit plan issuer may not provide coverage to a small employer or the employer's employees under Subsection (b) if the issuer or an agent for the issuer knows that the employer has induced or pressured an eligible employee or a dependent of the employee to decline coverage because of the individual's risk characteristics.

(e) A small employer health benefit plan issuer, a small employer, or an agent may not use the exception provided by Subsection (b) to circumvent the requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3984.0702 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3984 / Section 3984.0702
§ 3984.0702. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN TAX CODE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this subchapter:

(1) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, to a county is a reference to the district; and

(2) a reference in Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, to the commissioners court is a reference to the board.

(b) Except as inconsistent with this subchapter, Subchapter A, Chapter 352, Tax Code, governs a hotel occupancy tax authorized by this subchapter, including the collection of the tax, subject to the limitations prescribed by Sections 352.002(b) and (c), Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3927.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3927 / Section 3927.106
§ 3927.106. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 522.0157 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0157
§ 522.0157. STATE-LEVEL INTERAGENCY STAFFING GROUP DUTIES; BIENNIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

The state entities to which this subchapter applies shall ensure that a state-level interagency staffing group provides:

(1) information and guidance to local-level interagency staffing groups regarding:

(A) the availability of programs and resources in the community; and

(B) best practices for addressing the needs of individuals with complex needs in the least restrictive setting appropriate; and

(2) a biennial report to the administrative head of each entity, the legislature, and the governor that includes:

(A) the number of individuals served through the local-level interagency staffing groups and the outcomes of the services provided;

(B) a description of any identified barriers to the state's ability to provide effective services to individuals needing multiagency services; and

(C) any other information relevant to improving the delivery of services to individuals needing multiagency services.
Tex. Government Code § 43.172 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.172
§ 43.172.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.172. 259TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The voters of the 259th Judicial District elect a district attorney. In addition to exercising the duties and authority provided by general law for district attorneys, the district attorney represents the state in all felony cases before the 259th District Court in Jones and Shackelford counties.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3813.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3813 / Section 3813.154
§ 3813.154. IMPOSITION, COMPUTATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND GOVERNANCE OF TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) Chapter 323, Tax Code, to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, governs the application, collection, and administration of the sales and use tax and the excise tax, except that Sections 323.401-323.406 and 323.505, Tax Code, do not apply. Subtitles A and B, Title 2, and Chapter 151, Tax Code, govern the administration and enforcement of the sales and use tax and the excise tax.

(b) Chapter 323, Tax Code, does not apply to the use and allocation of revenues under this chapter.

(c) In applying Chapter 323, Tax Code:

(1) a reference in that chapter to "the county" means the district; and

(2) a reference in that chapter to "the commissioners court" means the board.
Tex. Utilities Code § 162.124 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 162 / Section 162.124
§ 162.124. EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

A telephone cooperative may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by state law for the exercise of that power by other corporations constructing or operating communication lines, facilities, or systems.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8040.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8040 / Section 8040.0401
§ 8040.0401. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 8040.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Local Government Code § 250.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 250 / Section 250.011
§ 250.011. THIRD-PARTY FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "third-party food delivery service" has the meaning assigned by Section 118.0001, Business & Commerce Code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality or county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation to the extent that the ordinance or regulation affects the terms of agreements between third-party food delivery services and restaurants that meet the requirements of Section 118.0004(a), Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 101.614 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 101 / Section 101.614
§ 101.614. AUTHORITY TO WIND UP AND TERMINATE PROTECTED SERIES OR REGISTERED SERIES.
Status: in_force

Except to the extent otherwise provided in the company agreement and subject to Sections 101.617, 101.618, 101.619, and 101.620, a protected series or registered series and its business and affairs may be wound up and terminated without causing the winding up of the limited liability company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3850.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3850 / Section 3850.154
§ 3850.154. METHOD OF NOTICE FOR HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may mail the notice required by Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, by certified or first class United States mail. The board shall determine the type of notice required based on whether adequate notice is provided by the method.

(b) If the district uses first class mail to provide the notice, the district must also publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the district not later than the 20th day before the date of the event for which notice was provided.
Tex. Government Code § 317.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 317 / Section 317.002
§ 317.002. TYPES OF PROPOSALS TO AFFECT APPROPRIATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The governor or Legislative Budget Board may propose that a state agency be prohibited from spending, obligating the expenditure of, or distributing part or all of an appropriation made to the agency unless the amount is reappropriated by the legislature or is released, or expenditures are approved, as provided in the proposal.

(b) After finding that an emergency exists, the governor or Legislative Budget Board may propose that the authority to spend, obligate the expenditure of, or distribute part or all of an appropriation made to a state agency:

(1) be transferred to another state agency to be used for a specified purpose; or

(2) be retained by the agency to which the appropriation was made but used for a purpose different from or additional to the purpose for which the appropriation was made.

(c) The governor or Legislative Budget Board may propose a change in the time that an appropriation is distributed or otherwise made available to a state agency, whether the time of distribution or availability is set by appropriations act or general law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.351 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.351
§ 4051.351. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this subchapter applies to each contract between an agent and an insurer engaged in the business of property and casualty insurance in this state.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) the termination or suspension by an insurer of an agent's contract because of:

(A) insolvency;

(B) abandonment;

(C) gross and wilful misconduct;

(D) failure to pay the insurer money due to the insurer after receipt of a written demand; or

(E) revocation of the agent's license by the department; or

(2) the termination or suspension by an insurer of an agent's contract if the insurance policies and insurance business are owned by the insurer rather than the agent.
Tex. Government Code § 2104.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2104 / Section 2104.025
§ 2104.025. DURATION OF CONSERVATORSHIP.
Status: in_force

A conservatorship under this subchapter continues until the earlier of:

(1) the governor's issuing of a proclamation declaring that the condition of gross fiscal mismanagement in the state agency no longer exists and that the conservatorship is dissolved; or

(2) the legislative audit committee's finding and certifying to the governor that the condition of gross fiscal mismanagement in the agency no longer exists, in which case the conservatorship is dissolved.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.3522 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.3522
§ 205.3522. SURRENDER OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The acupuncture board may accept the voluntary surrender of a license.

(b) A surrendered license may not be returned to the license holder unless the acupuncture board determines, under acupuncture board rules, that the former holder of the license is competent to resume practice.

(c) The acupuncture board shall recommend rules to the medical board for determining the competency of a former license holder to return to practice.
Tex. Utilities Code § 123.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 123 / Section 123.001
§ 123.001. NATURAL GAS SUPPLY FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

A person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or cooperative who sells natural gas for irrigation may not reduce the supply of natural gas for an agricultural purpose, including irrigation pumping or crop drying, if that person or entity:

(1) sells and distributes natural gas in a municipality; or

(2) delivers gas to the boundary of a municipality for resale in the municipality.
Tex. Education Code § 132.303 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 132 / Section 132.303
§ 132.303. CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.
Status: in_force

After a hearing held under this subchapter, the commission may issue against the person charged with operating a career school or college without a certificate issued by the commission an order that requires that the person immediately cease and desist from violating this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8005.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8005 / Section 8005.104
§ 8005.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Insurance Code § 401.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.101
§ 401.101. USE OF DEPARTMENT EXAMINER OR OTHER QUALIFIED PERSON OR FIRM.
Status: in_force

The department may use a salaried department examiner or may appoint a qualified person or firm to perform an examination of an insurance organization as provided by law or to assist in the performance of an examination.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1702.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.003
§ 1702.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1702.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER: LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this chapter applies to an insurance company writing life insurance and annuities in this state, including:

(1) a stock life insurance company;

(2) a mutual life insurance company, including a mutual life assessment company;

(3) a stipulated premium life insurance company; and

(4) a fraternal benefit society authorized under Chapter 885.

(b) This chapter applies to a third-party administrator acting on behalf of a life insurer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1055.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1055 / Section 1055.252
§ 1055.252. TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

The board may impose the tax at a rate not to exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.409 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.409
§ 370.409. STIPEND AMOUNT FOR UNSUCCESSFUL PROPOSERS.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the provisions of the request for detailed proposals, an authority shall pay an unsuccessful proposer that submits a responsive proposal to the request for detailed proposals a stipend for work product contained in the proposal. The stipend must be specified in the initial request for detailed proposals in an amount of at least two-tenths of one percent of the contract amount, but may not exceed the value of the work product contained in the proposal to the authority. In the event the authority determines that the value of the work product is less than the stipend amount, the authority must provide the proposer with a detailed explanation of the valuation, including the methodology and assumptions used in determining value. After payment of the stipend, the authority may make use of any work product contained in the unsuccessful proposal, including the techniques, methods, processes, and information contained in the proposal. The use by the authority of any design element contained in an unsuccessful proposal is at the sole risk and discretion of the authority and does not confer liability on the recipient of the stipend under this subsection.

(b) An authority may provide in a request for detailed proposals for the payment of a partial stipend in the event a procurement is terminated prior to securing project financing and execution of a design-build contract.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3966.0108 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3966 / Section 3966.0108
§ 3966.0108. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1368.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1368 / Section 1368.008
§ 1368.008. USE OF ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER TO COMPLY WITH CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

A group health benefit plan issuer that uses a policy form approved by the commissioner before November 10, 1981, may use an endorsement or rider to comply with this chapter if the endorsement or rider is approved by the commissioner as complying with this chapter and other provisions of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1076.253 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1076 / Section 1076.253
§ 1076.253. TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as provided by the Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3837.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3837 / Section 3837.153
§ 3837.153. AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held in accordance with Section 3837.157, the district may impose an annual ad valorem tax on taxable property in the district for any district purpose, including to:

(1) maintain and operate the district;

(2) construct or acquire improvements, sites, or appurtenances; or

(3) provide a service.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.253 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.253
§ 601.253. TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Board of Nursing shall adopt rules governing registered nurses performing radiologic procedures under Section 601.151 or 601.154, including rules:

(1) establishing mandatory training guidelines; and

(2) requiring registered nurses performing radiologic procedures under Section 601.151 to register with the Texas Board of Nursing and to identify the practitioner ordering the procedures.

(b) The Texas Board of Nursing shall notify the agency licensing the practitioner that the nurse has registered under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8358.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8358 / Section 8358.102
§ 8358.102. 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.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8319.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8319 / Section 8319.003
§ 8319.003. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTORS' ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8089.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8089 / Section 8089.0306
§ 8089.0306. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district:

(1) has never issued any bonds; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 8089.0103 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds description of the territory of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the new districts.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 8089.0103.

(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the new district shall provide the election date and results to the commission.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.

(k) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section 8089.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new district created by the division of the district and to the inclusion of land in the new district.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.115 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.115
§ 21.115. BUSINESS NECESSITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), an employer does not commit an unlawful employment practice by engaging in a practice that has a discriminatory effect and that would otherwise be prohibited by this chapter if the employer establishes that the practice:

(1) is not intentionally devised or operated to contravene the prohibitions of this chapter; and

(2) is justified by business necessity.

(b) An employer may not use a qualification standard, employment test, or other selection criterion based on an individual's uncorrected vision unless the standard, test, or criterion is consistent with business necessity and job-related for the position to which the standard, test, or criterion applies.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7940A.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7940A / Section 7940A.0103
§ 7940A.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.556 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.556
§ 351.556. DECISION BY BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Based on the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and proposal for decision, the board by order may determine that:

(1) a violation occurred and impose an administrative penalty; or

(2) a violation did not occur.

(b) The notice of the board's order given to the person under Chapter 2001, Government Code, must include a statement of the person's right to judicial review of the order.