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Tex. Government Code § 549.0253 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 549 / Section 549.0253
§ 549.0253. PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN NONPREFERRED ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner, in the rules and standards governing the vendor drug program, may not require prior authorization for a nonpreferred antipsychotic drug that is included on the vendor drug formulary and prescribed to an adult patient if:

(1) during the preceding year, the patient was prescribed and unsuccessfully treated with a 14-day treatment trial of an antipsychotic drug that is included on the appropriate preferred drug list adopted under Subchapter E and for which a single claim was paid;

(2) the patient has previously been prescribed and obtained prior authorization for the nonpreferred antipsychotic drug and the prescription is for the purpose of drug dosage titration; or

(3) subject to federal law on maximum dosage limits and commission rules on drug quantity limits, the patient has previously been prescribed and obtained prior authorization for the nonpreferred antipsychotic drug and the prescription modifies the dosage, dosage frequency, or both, of the drug as part of the same treatment for which the drug was previously prescribed.

(b) Subsection (a) does not affect:

(1) a pharmacist's authority to dispense the generic equivalent or interchangeable biological product of a prescription drug in accordance with Subchapter A, Chapter 562, Occupations Code;

(2) any drug utilization review requirements prescribed by state or federal law; or

(3) clinical prior authorization edits to preferred and nonpreferred antipsychotic drug prescriptions.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 84.004 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 84 / Section 84.004
§ 84.004. TERMS OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An agricultural conservation easement under this chapter must be perpetual or for a term of 30 years.

(b) The owner of qualified land and a potential purchaser of an agricultural conservation easement should consider and negotiate easement terms, including the following considerations:

(1) whether the landowner will receive a lump sum or annual payments;

(2) whether the term of the easement shall be perpetual or for a term of 30 years;

(3) whether a term easement is renewable;

(4) whether the landowner retains limited development rights; and

(5) the purchase price of the easement.

(c) An agricultural conservation easement may not be assigned to or enforced by a third party without the express written consent of the landowner.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1302.401 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1302 / Section 1302.401
§ 1302.401. DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is subject to the denial of an application, imposition of an administrative penalty under Subchapter F, Chapter 51, or disciplinary action under Section 51.353 if the person:

(1) violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(2) violates a municipal ordinance adopted under Section 1302.303.

(b) A violation of this chapter includes:

(1) failing to provide proper installation, service, or mechanical integrity;

(2) intentionally or knowingly misrepresenting a necessary service, service to be provided, or service that has been provided; or

(3) making a fraudulent promise to induce a person to contract for services.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.304 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.304
§ 1551.304. FUNDING OF VOLUNTARY COVERAGES.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may not allocate any employer contributions to fund voluntary coverages. Voluntary coverages may be funded only by participant contributions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7950.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7950 / Section 7950.152
§ 7950.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7950.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 501.0332 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 501 / Section 501.0332
§ 501.0332. APPLICATION FOR MOTOR NUMBER RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) To obtain a motor number assigned by the department, the owner of a motor vehicle that has had the original motor number removed, erased, or destroyed must file a sworn application with the department.

(b) The department shall maintain a record of each motor number assigned by the department that includes:

(1) the motor number assigned by the department;

(2) the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle; and

(3) the make, model, and year of manufacture of the motor vehicle.
Tex. Government Code § 544.0053 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 544 / Section 544.0053
§ 544.0053. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO PHARMACY SUBJECT TO AUDIT; INFORMAL HEARING ON AUDIT FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) To increase transparency, the office of inspector general shall, if the office has access to the information, provide to pharmacies that are subject to audit by the office or by an entity that contracts with the federal government to audit Medicaid providers information relating to the extrapolation methodology used as part of the audit and the methods used to determine whether the pharmacy has been overpaid under Medicaid in sufficient detail so that the audit results may be demonstrated to be statistically valid and are fully reproducible.

(b) A pharmacy has a right to request an informal hearing before the commission's appeals division to contest the findings of an audit that the office of inspector general or an entity that contracts with the federal government to audit Medicaid providers conducted if the audit findings do not include findings that the pharmacy engaged in Medicaid fraud.

(c) In an informal hearing held under this section, the commission's appeals division staff, assisted by staff responsible for the commission's vendor drug program with expertise in the law governing pharmacies' participation in Medicaid, make the final decision on whether the audit findings are accurate. Office of inspector general staff may not serve on the panel that makes the decision on the accuracy of an audit.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.454 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.454
§ 2051.454. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) If the secretary of state determines at a hearing conducted under Chapter 2001, Government Code, that a person has violated this chapter, the secretary shall:

(1) notify the person in writing of:

(A) the secretary's findings; and

(B) the amount of the administrative penalty; and

(2) enter an order requiring the person to pay the penalty.

(b) A person shall, not later than the 30th day after receiving notice under Subsection (a):

(1) pay the penalty to the secretary; or

(2) forward the penalty to the secretary for deposit in an escrow account and request judicial review of:

(A) the secretary's findings; or

(B) the amount of the penalty.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49.17 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49 / Section 49.17
§ 49.17. EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

A justice of the peace shall preserve all tangible evidence that the justice accumulates in the course of an inquest that tends to show the real cause of death or identify the person who caused the death. The justice shall deposit the evidence with the appropriate law enforcement agency to be stored in the agency's property room for safekeeping.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8025.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8025 / Section 8025.0502
§ 8025.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.407 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.407
§ 1036.407. REPORT; DISSOLUTION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) After the district has paid all district debts and has disposed of all district money and other assets as prescribed by this subchapter, the board shall file a written report with the Commissioners Court of Hamilton County summarizing the board's actions in dissolving the district.

(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date the Commissioners Court of Hamilton County receives the report and determines that the requirements of this subchapter have been fulfilled, the commissioners court shall enter an order approving dissolution of the district and releasing the board from any further duty or obligation.
Tex. Occupations Code § 351.056 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 351 / Section 351.056
§ 351.056. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Sections 351.051 and 351.052;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Sections 351.051 and 351.052;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 351.051 or 351.053;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board, is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.

(c) A board member who no longer has the qualifications required by Sections 351.051, 351.052, and 351.053 shall immediately inform the governor and the attorney general of that fact and shall resign from the board.

(d) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.202 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.202
§ 121.202. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality or a county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance that establishes a safety standard or practice applicable to a facility that is regulated under this subchapter, another state law, or a federal law.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a) and by Section 121.2025, this subchapter does not reduce, limit, or impair:

(1) a power vested by law in:

(A) a county in relation to a county road; or

(B) a municipality; or

(2) the ability of a municipality to:

(A) adopt an ordinance that establishes conditions for mapping, inventorying, locating, or relocating pipelines over, under, along, or across a public street or alley or private residential area in the boundaries of the municipality; or

(B) establish conditions for mapping or taking an inventory in an area in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8414.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8414 / Section 8414.006
§ 8414.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 364.022 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 364 / Section 364.022
§ 364.022. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF TOLL BRIDGES.
Status: in_force

(a) A county through the commissioners court of the county may own, hold, control, maintain, and operate the toll bridge and may make or provide for any repairs or improvements to the bridge. To carry out this subsection, the county may acquire property by eminent domain under general law.

(b) The county may:

(1) renew or extend an existing franchise or obtain a new or additional franchise for the toll bridge; and

(2) render services to the public and to the users of the toll bridge.

(c) To accomplish the purposes of this section, the county may enter into and carry out a contract, agreement, or undertaking of any kind required by the United States or the United Mexican States or a department, officer, governmental agency, or public authority of the United Mexican States.
Tex. Election Code § 192.004 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 192 / Section 192.004
§ 192.004. ELECTOR CANDIDATE WITHDRAWAL.
Status: in_force

An elector candidate may withdraw from the presidential election before presidential election day, by delivering written notice of the withdrawal to:

(1) the secretary of state; and

(2) the state chair of the party that nominated the elector candidate or to the independent or write-in candidate for president who named the elector candidate.
Tex. Estates Code § 356.553 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.553
§ 356.553. APPROVAL OF SALE WHEN BOND NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

If the personal representative of an estate is not required by this title to give a general bond, the court may approve the sale of estate real property in the manner provided by Section 356.556(a) if the court finds that the sale is satisfactory and made in accordance with law.
Tex. Water Code § 36.325 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 36 / Section 36.325
§ 36.325. ADDING CERTAIN TERRITORY BY PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) Landowners of a defined area of territory not already in a district may file with any district a petition requesting inclusion in that district and, subject to Section 36.331, the defined area of territory is not required to be contiguous with that district.

(b) The petition must be signed by:

(1) a majority of the landowners in the territory;

(2) at least 50 landowners if the number of landowners is more than 50; or

(3) the commissioners court of the county in which the area is located if the area is identified as a priority groundwater management area or includes the entire county.

(c) The petition must describe the land by legal description or by metes and bounds or by lot and block number if there is a recorded plat of the area to be included in the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 22.034 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 22 / Section 22.034
§ 22.034. WILL.
Status: in_force

"Will" includes:

(1) a codicil; and

(2) a testamentary instrument that merely:

(A) appoints an executor or guardian;

(B) directs how property may not be disposed of; or

(C) revokes another will.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8334.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8334 / Section 8334.005
§ 8334.005. 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. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.038 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 15 / Section 15.038
§ 15.038. OTHER PERMISSIVE VENUE.
Status: in_force

An action governed by any other statute prescribing permissive venue may be brought in the county allowed by that statute.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4051.401 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4051 / Section 4051.401
§ 4051.401. PERSONAL LINES PROPERTY AND CASUALTY LICENSE; LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person is required to hold a personal lines property and casualty license if the person acts as an agent who writes property and casualty insurance sold to individuals and families primarily for personal or household use for an insurer authorized to engage in the business of property and casualty insurance in this state.
Tex. Estates Code § 1054.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.002
§ 1054.002. TERM OF APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the court determines that the continued appointment of an attorney ad litem appointed under Section 1054.001 is in the ward's best interests, the attorney's term of appointment expires, without a court order, on the date the court:

(1) appoints a guardian in accordance with Subchapter D, Chapter 1101;

(2) appoints a successor guardian; or

(3) denies the application for appointment of a guardian.

(b) The term of appointment of an attorney ad litem appointed under Section 1054.001 continues after the court appoints a temporary guardian under Chapter 1251 unless a court order provides for the termination or expiration of the attorney ad litem's appointment.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.414 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 431 / Section 431.414
§ 431.414. REFUSAL TO LICENSE; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may refuse an application for a license or may suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or license holder:

(1) has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that involves moral turpitude;

(2) is an association, partnership, or corporation and the managing officer has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that involves moral turpitude;

(3) has been convicted in a state or federal court of the illegal use, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors, narcotic drugs, barbiturates, amphetamines, desoxyephedrine, their compounds or derivatives, or any other dangerous or habit-forming drugs;

(4) is an association, partnership, or corporation and the managing officer has been convicted in a state or federal court of the illegal use, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors, narcotic drugs, barbiturates, amphetamines, desoxyephedrine, their compounds or derivatives, or any other dangerous or habit-forming drugs;

(5) has not complied with this subchapter or the rules implementing this subchapter;

(6) has violated Section 431.021(l)(3), relating to the counterfeiting of a drug or the sale or holding for sale of a counterfeit drug;

(7) has violated Chapter 481 or 483; or

(8) has violated the rules of the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety, including being responsible for a significant discrepancy in the records that state law requires the applicant or license holder to maintain.

(a-1) The department may suspend or revoke a license if the license holder no longer meets the qualifications for obtaining a license under Section 431.405.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards required for the issuance or renewal of a license under this subchapter.

(c) The department shall deny a license application that is incomplete, contains false, misleading, or incorrect information, or contains information that cannot be verified by the department.

(d) The refusal to license an applicant or the suspension or revocation of a license by the department and the appeal from that action are governed by the procedures for a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Finance Code § 279.102 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 279 / Section 279.102
§ 279.102. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the Credit Union Commission shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter and Subchapter D with respect to credit unions in credit union development districts.

(b) The Credit Union Commission, in consultation with the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office, shall adopt rules regarding the criteria for the designation of credit union development districts under this subchapter. The rules must require the Credit Union Commission to consider:

(1) the location, number, and proximity of sites where services provided by a credit union are available in the proposed credit union development district;

(2) consumer needs for services provided by a credit union in the proposed district;

(3) the economic viability and local credit needs of the community in the proposed district;

(4) the existing commercial development in the proposed district; and

(5) the impact additional services provided by a credit union would have on potential economic development in the proposed district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1063 / Section 1063.202
§ 1063.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1063.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district subject to hospital district taxation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8489.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8489 / Section 8489.002
§ 8489.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 24.194 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 24 / Section 24.194
§ 24.194.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.194. 92ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). (a) The 92nd Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County.

(b) The 92nd, 93rd, and 139th district courts have concurrent jurisdiction.

(c) The terms of the 92nd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July.

(d) A party in a criminal case before the court may electronically file any required court document. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.145 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.145
§ 131.145. RIGHT TO RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

A valid surface mining permit issued under this chapter carries with it the right of successive renewal on expiration with respect to area within the boundaries of the existing permit.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8151.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8151 / Section 8151.0102
§ 8151.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8472.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8472 / Section 8472.001
§ 8472.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the LaSalle Municipal Utility District No. 1.