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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 35.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 35 / Section 35.004
§ 35.004. AFFIDAVIT; NOTICE OF FILING.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time a foreign judgment is filed, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney shall file with the clerk of the court an affidavit showing the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor.

(b) The judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney shall:

(1) promptly mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address provided for the judgment debtor under Subsection (a); and

(2) file proof of mailing of the notice with the clerk of the court.

(c) The notice must include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and if the judgment creditor has an attorney in this state, the attorney's name and address.

(d) On receipt of proof of mailing under Subsection (b), the clerk of the court shall note the mailing in the docket.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 576.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 576 / Section 576.026
§ 576.026. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A patient receiving inpatient mental health services under this subtitle is entitled to obtain at the patient's cost an independent psychiatric, psychological, or medical examination or evaluation by a psychiatrist, physician, or nonphysician mental health professional chosen by the patient. The facility administrator shall allow the patient to obtain the examination or evaluation at any reasonable time.

(b) If the patient is a minor, the minor and the minor's parent, legal guardian, or managing or possessory conservator is entitled to obtain the examination or evaluation. The cost of the examination or evaluation shall be billed by the professional who performed the examination or evaluation to the person responsible for payment of the minor's treatment as a cost of treatment.
Tex. Occupations Code § 353.157 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 353 / Section 353.157
§ 353.157. LIMITATIONS ON OR REFUSAL TO GIVE PRESCRIPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may exclude categories of contact lenses from a contact lens prescription if the exclusion is clinically indicated.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 353.156, a physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may refuse to give a contact lens prescription to a patient if:

(1) the patient's ocular health presents a contraindication for contact lenses;

(2) refusal is warranted due to potential harm to the patient's ocular health;

(3) the patient has a medical condition indicating that:

(A) the patient's ocular health would be damaged if the prescription were released to the patient; or

(B) further monitoring of the patient is needed;

(4) the patient has not paid for the examination and fitting or has not paid other financial obligations to the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist if the patient would have been required to make an immediate or similar payment if the examination revealed that ophthalmic goods were not required; or

(5) the request is made after the first anniversary of the date of the patient's last eye examination.

(c) If a physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist refuses to give a patient the patient's contact lens prescription for a reason permitted under Subsection (b), the physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist must:

(1) give the patient a verbal explanation of the reason for the action at the time of the action; and

(2) maintain in the patient's records a written explanation of the reason.

(d) Subsection (b) does not prohibit a physician, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist from giving a patient the patient's contact lens prescription.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.109 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.109
§ 1551.109. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Section 1551.351, on application to the board of trustees and arrangement for payment of contributions, an individual participating in the group benefits program on August 31, 2003, as a current or former member of a governing body with administrative responsibility over a state agency created under a statute of this state that has statewide jurisdiction and whose employees are covered by this chapter or as a current or former member of the State Board of Education or the governing body of an institution of higher education remains eligible for participation in a health benefit plan offered under this chapter if a lapse in coverage has not occurred.

(b) A participant described by this section may not receive a state contribution for premiums. The governing body of an institution of higher education may pay from local funds part or all of the contributions the state would pay for similar coverage of other participants in the group benefits program.

(c) The participant's contribution for coverage under a health benefit plan may not be greater than the contribution for continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-272).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7913.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7913 / Section 7913.203
§ 7913.203. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An assessment or a reassessment imposed under this subchapter by the district, penalties and interest on an assessment or reassessment, an expense of collection, and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the district:

(1) are a first and prior lien against the property assessed;

(2) are superior to any other lien or claim other than a lien or claim for county, school district, or municipal ad valorem taxes; and

(3) are the personal liability of and a charge against the owners of the property even if the owners are not named in the assessment proceedings.

(b) The lien is effective from the date of the board's resolution imposing the assessment until the date the assessment is paid. The board may enforce the lien in the same manner that the board may enforce an ad valorem tax lien against real property.

(c) The board may make a correction to or deletion from the assessment roll that does not increase the amount of assessment of any parcel of land without providing notice and holding a hearing in the manner required for additional assessments.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 772.316 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 772 / Section 772.316
§ 772.316. DISTRICT DEPOSITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall select a depository for the district in the manner provided by law for the selection of a county depository.

(b) A depository selected by the board is the district's depository for two years after the date of its selection and until a successor depository is selected and qualified.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8813.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8813 / Section 8813.059
§ 8813.059. GENERAL MANAGER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ a general manager of the authority or contract with a person to perform the duties of a general manager. The board may delegate to the general manager full authority to manage and operate the affairs of the authority subject only to orders of the board.

(b) The board may delegate to the general manager the authority to employ all persons necessary for the proper handling of the business and operation of the authority and to determine the compensation to be paid to all employees, other than the general manager.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 121.002 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 121 / Section 121.002
§ 121.002. REFERRAL AGENCIES; REQUIRED DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time of a referral, a referral agency shall provide a disclosure statement to the consumer that includes:

(1) a description of the referral agency's services;

(2) a statement on whether the consumer or the senior living community to which the consumer is referred is responsible for paying the referral fee;

(3) a statement that the consumer may stop using the referral agency at any time without cause or penalty; and

(4) a statement that the list of senior living communities the referral agency provides to the consumer may not include all communities in the area that meet the consumer's stated preferences and needs.

(b) A referral agency shall provide the disclosure statement described by Subsection (a) to a consumer in the form of a written physical or electronic document.

(c) A referral agency shall consider the consumer's preferences in selecting the senior living community to which the agency refers the consumer, and a referral agency may not use cost as the sole factor in that selection.

(d) A senior living community may not be required to contract with or otherwise use a referral agency.

(e) If a consumer decides to stop using a referral agency, the referral agency shall communicate the consumer's decision to all senior living communities to which the referral agency has referred the consumer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1085.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1085 / Section 1085.202
§ 1085.202. TAX TO PAY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued under Section 1085.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a rate sufficient to create an interest and sinking fund and 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 the lesser of:

(1) the maximum tax rate approved by district voters; or

(2) 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.101 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.101
§ 225.101. SAM RAYBURN PARKWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Recreational Road 255 between State Highway 63 and U.S. Highway 96 in Jasper County is designated as Sam Rayburn Parkway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as Sam Rayburn Parkway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the road and at appropriate intermediate sites along the road.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.1025 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.1025
§ 1201.1025. EXEMPTION FROM RETAILER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, in any 12-month period a person is exempt from holding a retailer's license as required by Section 1201.101(b) if during that period the person sells or offers to sell not more than three manufactured homes.

(a-1) A person is exempt from holding a retailer's license as required by Section 1201.101(b) if all manufactured homes sold or offered for sale by the person are:

(1) located in a manufactured home community, as defined by Section 94.001, Property Code; and

(2) sold or offered for sale to the same purchaser in connection with a sale of the real property of the community.

(b) The department by rule shall develop a form necessary for a person to establish eligibility for the exemption provided by this section.

(c) A person who is eligible for an exemption under this section remains subject to the other applicable provisions of this subchapter and department rules regarding the sale or transfer of manufactured homes.
Tex. Utilities Code § 186.060 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 186 / Section 186.060
§ 186.060. CUMULATIVE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
Status: in_force

The rights, privileges, and responsibilities provided by this subchapter are in addition to and not in diminution of or substitution for those rights granted by any other state or federal law.
Tex. Water Code § 26.041 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.041
§ 26.041. HEALTH HAZARDS.
Status: in_force

The commission may use any means provided by this chapter to prevent a discharge of waste that is injurious to public health.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.003
§ 1369.003. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease or for another limited benefit;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy;

(E) for credit insurance;

(F) only for dental or vision care;

(G) only for hospital expenses; or

(H) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;

(3) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss), as amended;

(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(6) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Section 1369.002.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1051.107 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1051 / Section 1051.107
§ 1051.107. DISTRICT PROPERTY, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall determine the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system.

(b) The board may lease all or part of the district's land, buildings, and facilities on terms considered to be in the best interest of the district's inhabitants. The term of the lease may not exceed 50 years.

(b-1) A lease of the district's land to a private entity under Subsection (b) must include a provision that requires the lessee to indemnify the district for and exempt the district from any liability resulting from an act or omission of the lessee.

(c) The district may acquire equipment for use in the district's hospital system and mortgage or pledge the property as security for the payment of the purchase price. A contract entered into under this subsection must provide that the entire obligation be retired not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of the contract.

(d) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of any property, including equipment, on terms the board finds are in the best interest of the district's inhabitants.
Tex. Transportation Code § 460.053 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 460 / Section 460.053
§ 460.053. RESOLUTION OR ORDER.
Status: in_force

After the hearing, the commissioners court may adopt a resolution or order:

(1) designating the name of the authority;

(2) stating that all land within the county shall be part of the authority; and

(3) stating that the territory described in Subdivision (2) is subject to the authority based on the results of the confirmation election.
Tex. Property Code § 94.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 94 / Section 94.006
§ 94.006. TENANT MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a landlord may not interfere with meetings by tenants of the manufactured home community related to manufactured home living.

(b) Any limitations on meetings by tenants in the common area facilities must be included in the manufactured home community rules.
Tex. Education Code § 1001.053 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.053
§ 1001.053. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT, COMMISSION, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The department and executive director, as appropriate, shall:

(1) administer this chapter;

(2) enforce minimum standards for driver training providers under this chapter;

(3) enforce rules adopted by the commission that are necessary to administer this chapter; and

(4) inspect a driver training provider and reinspect the provider for compliance with this chapter.

(b) The executive director may designate a person knowledgeable in the administration of regulating driver training providers to administer this chapter.

(c) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter. The commission may adopt rules to ensure the integrity of approved driving safety courses and to enhance program quality.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.0613 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 773 / Section 773.0613
§ 773.0613. INFORMATION REPORT TO DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An emergency medical services provider licensed under this chapter shall annually submit a report to the department containing information relating to the number and types of runs the emergency medical services provider makes.

(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules relating to the type of information an emergency medical services provider must provide under this section and the manner in which the information must be provided.

(c) The department shall post the information the department receives under Subsection (a) in summary form on the department's Internet website. The department may not post any health information that is made confidential by another statute.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3503.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3503 / Section 3503.201
§ 3503.201. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

To exercise a power granted under this chapter, the authority may issue bonds to acquire, purchase, construct, maintain, repair, improve, or extend works, improvements, facilities, plants, buildings, structures, appliances, and property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8474.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8474 / Section 8474.101
§ 8474.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Tex. Government Code § 2102.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2102 / Section 2102.014
§ 2102.014. EVALUATION OF RISK ASSESSMENT REPORTS; AUDITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Based on risk assessment and subject to the legislative audit committee's approval of including the work described by this subsection in the audit plan under Section 321.013(c), the state auditor shall:

(1) evaluate each report submitted under Section 2102.013;

(2) identify agencies with significant financial, managerial, or compliance risk or significant risk related to the use of information technology; and

(3) recommend to the governor that the identified agencies obtain an audit to address the significant risks identified by the state auditor.

(b) The governor may order an agency identified under this section to:

(1) obtain an audit under governmental auditing standards;

(2) submit reports and corrective action plans as prescribed by Section 2102.0091; and

(3) report to the state auditor the status of the agency's implementation of audit recommendations in the form and addressing issues as prescribed by the state auditor.

(c) The governor may provide funds to agencies as necessary to pay the costs of audits ordered under this section from any funds appropriated to the governor for this purpose.
Tex. Government Code § 1232.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1232 / Section 1232.001
§ 1232.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Public Finance Authority Act.
Tex. Education Code § 51.9194 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.9194
§ 51.9194. REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR ENTERING STUDENTS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) An institution of higher education shall provide to each entering undergraduate, graduate, or professional student, including each undergraduate, graduate, or professional student who transfers to the institution, information about:

(1) available mental health and suicide prevention services offered by the institution or by any associated organizations or programs; and

(2) early warning signs that are often present in and appropriate intervention for a person who may be considering suicide.

(c) The information required under this section:

(1) may be provided through:

(A) a live presentation; or

(B) a format that allows for student interaction, such as an online program or video;

(2) may not be provided in a paper format only; and

(3) must include a campus map identifying any location at which mental health services are provided to students on campus and information regarding how to access the services.

(d) If an institution of higher education provides a tour during an on-campus orientation for entering students, the tour must identify at least one location described by Subsection (c)(3) that is available for use by all students of the institution.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.209 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.209
§ 424.209. INCLUSION OF COUNTERPARTY EXPOSURE AMOUNTS.
Status: in_force

The insurer shall include all counterparty exposure amounts in determining compliance with the limitations of this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7993A.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7993A / Section 7993A.0401
§ 7993A.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 7993A.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. Transportation Code § 623.161 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 623 / Section 623.161
§ 623.161. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "solid waste" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, except that it does not include hazardous waste.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.704 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.704
§ 2.704. SELLER'S RIGHT TO IDENTIFY GOODS TO THE CONTRACT NOTWITHSTANDING BREACH OR TO SALVAGE UNFINISHED GOODS.
Status: in_force

(a) An aggrieved seller under the preceding section may

(1) identify to the contract conforming goods not already identified if at the time he learned of the breach they are in his possession or control;

(2) treat as the subject of resale goods which have demonstrably been intended for the particular contract even though those goods are unfinished.

(b) Where the goods are unfinished an aggrieved seller may in the exercise of reasonable commercial judgment for the purposes of avoiding loss and of effective realization either complete the manufacture and wholly identify the goods to the contract or cease manufacture and resell for scrap or salvage value or proceed in any other reasonable manner.
Tex. Government Code § 55.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 55 / Section 55.001
§ 55.001. EMPLOYMENT OF SECRETARY OR STENOGRAPHER.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioners court on request of the county judge determines that a secretary or stenographer for the county judge is necessary, the court shall enter an order authorizing the county judge to employ a secretary or stenographer.

(b) The secretary or stenographer may be removed by the county judge.
Tex. Labor Code § 305.029 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 305 / Section 305.029
§ 305.029. ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

The commission shall include in the commission's supplemental annual report to the governor and the legislature under Section 301.065(c) a report regarding the grant program established under this chapter. The report shall include for the period covered by the report:

(1) the number of students who received grants under this chapter; and

(2) the number of those students who attended each eligible institution, including information on the race or ethnicity of those students attending each institution.