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Tex. Estates Code § 1151.056 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.056
§ 1151.056. GUARDIAN'S DUTY TO INFORM CERTAIN RELATIVES ABOUT WARD'S HEALTH AND RESIDENCE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only with respect to a relative described under Sections 1101.001(b)(13)(A)-(D):

(1) against whom a protective order has not been issued to protect the ward;

(2) who has not been found by a court or other state agency to have abused, neglected, or exploited the ward; and

(3) who has elected in writing to receive the notice about a ward under this section.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the guardian of an adult ward shall as soon as practicable inform relatives if:

(1) the ward dies;

(2) the ward is admitted to a medical facility for acute care for a period of three days or more;

(3) the ward's residence has changed; or

(4) the ward is staying at a location other than the ward's residence for a period that exceeds one calendar week.

(c) In the case of the ward's death, the guardian shall inform relatives of any funeral arrangements and the location of the ward's final resting place.

(d) A relative entitled to notice about a ward under this section may elect to not receive the notice by providing a written request to that effect to the guardian. A guardian shall file any written request received by the guardian under this subsection with the court.

(e) On motion filed with the court showing good cause and after a relative is provided an opportunity to present evidence to the court under Subsection (f), the court, subject to Subsection (g), may relieve the guardian of the duty to provide notice about a ward to a relative under this section.

(f) A copy of the motion required under Subsection (e) shall be provided to the relative specifically named in the motion unless the guardian was unable to locate the relative after making reasonable efforts to discover and locate the relative. The relative provided notice under this subsection may file evidence with the court in response to the motion, and the court shall consider that evidence before making a decision on the motion.

(g) In considering a motion under Subsection (e), the court shall relieve the guardian of the duty to provide notice about a ward to a relative under this section if the court finds that:

(1) the motion includes a written request from a relative electing to not receive the notice;

(2) the guardian was unable to locate the relative after making reasonable efforts to discover and locate the relative;

(3) the guardian was able to locate the relative, but was unable to establish communication with the relative after making reasonable efforts to establish communication; or

(4) notice is not in the best interest of the ward.

(h) Unless the guardian knows the information is not correct, a guardian of a ward shall rely on the contact information contained in the affidavit required by Section 1101.003 to provide notice about the ward to a relative of the ward under this section.
Tex. Tax Code § 23.765 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 23 / Section 23.765
§ 23.765. OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS ON LAND.
Status: in_force

The eligibility of land for appraisal under this subchapter does not end because a lessee under an oil and gas lease begins conducting oil and gas operations over which the Railroad Commission of Texas has jurisdiction on the land if the portion of the land on which oil and gas operations are not being conducted otherwise continues to qualify for appraisal under this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00024 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00024
§ 30.00024. DISPOSITION ON APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) According to the law and the nature of the case, the appellate court may:

(1) affirm the judgment of the municipal court of record;

(2) reverse and remand for a new trial;

(3) reverse and dismiss the case; or

(4) reform and correct the judgment.

(b) Unless the matter was made an issue in the trial court or it affirmatively appears to the contrary from the clerk's record or reporter's record, the appellate court shall presume that:

(1) venue was proven in the trial court;

(2) the jury, if any, was properly impaneled and sworn;

(3) the defendant was arraigned and pleaded to the complaint; and

(4) the municipal judge certified the charge before it was read to the jury.

(c) In each case decided by the appellate court, the court shall deliver a written opinion or order either sustaining or overruling each assignment of error presented. The court shall set forth the reasons for its decision. The appellate court clerk shall mail copies of the decision to the parties and to the municipal judge as soon as the decision is rendered.

(d) The appellate court may determine the rules for oral argument. The parties may submit the case on the record and briefs without oral argument.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2301.707 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2301 / Section 2301.707
§ 2301.707. CONTENTS OF HEARING NOTICE.
Status: in_force

Notice of a hearing shall describe in summary form the purpose of the hearing and the date, time, and place of the hearing.
Tex. Government Code § 614.104 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 614 / Section 614.104
§ 614.104. FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The volunteer fire department assistance fund is an account in the general revenue fund and is composed of money collected under Chapter 2007, Insurance Code, and contributions to the fund from any other source.

(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), money in the fund may be used only for a purpose under this subchapter.

(c) The service may expend an amount not to exceed $5 million each year from the fund for staffing and operating costs associated with the preparation and delivery of the service's statewide wildfire protection plan.

(d) Money in the fund may be appropriated for a contribution to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 533.015 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 533 / Section 533.015
§ 533.015. UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The department may make any inspection of a department facility or program under the department's jurisdiction under this title without announcing the inspection.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.201 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.201
§ 228.201. LIMITATION ON TOLL FACILITY DESIGNATION.
Status: repealed

(a) The department may not operate a nontolled state highway or a segment of a nontolled state highway as a toll project, and may not transfer a highway or segment to another entity for operation as a toll project, unless:

(1) the commission by order designated the highway or segment as a toll project before the contract to construct the highway or segment was awarded;

(2) the project was designated as a toll project in a plan or program of a metropolitan planning organization on or before September 1, 2005;

(3) the highway or segment is reconstructed so that the number of nontolled lanes on the highway or segment is greater than or equal to the number in existence before the reconstruction; or

(4) a facility is constructed adjacent to the highway or segment so that the number of nontolled lanes on the converted highway or segment and the adjacent facility together is greater than or equal to the number in existence on the converted highway or segment before the conversion.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 74(2), eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) In determining the number of nontolled lanes required to comply with Subsection (a)(3), the department:

(1) may consider only a general-purpose lane that is part of the highway; and

(2) may not consider a lane of a frontage road to be a nontolled lane before or after reconstruction of the highway.

(d) The department may not operate any part of State Highway 255 in Webb County as a toll project.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8462.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8462 / Section 8462.152
§ 8462.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8462.151, 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. Insurance Code § 1501.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.003
§ 1501.003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1501.003. APPLICABILITY: SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS. An individual or group health benefit plan is a small employer health benefit plan subject to Subchapters C-H if it provides health care benefits covering two or more employees of a small employer and:

(1) the employer pays a portion of the premium or benefits;

(2) the employer or a covered individual treats the health benefit plan as part of a plan or program for purposes of Section 106 or 162, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 106 or 162); or

(3) the health benefit plan is an employee welfare benefit plan under 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-1(j).
Tex. Water Code § 54.505 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 54 / Section 54.505
§ 54.505. ELECTION ON TAX BONDS.
Status: in_force

Bonds payable solely from revenues may be issued by resolution or order of the board without an election, but no bonds, except refunding bonds, payable wholly or partially from ad valorem taxes shall be issued until authorized by a majority vote of the resident electors of the district voting in an election called and held for that purpose. An election is not required to pledge revenues to the payment of bonds.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.3541 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.3541
§ 205.3541. INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The acupuncture board by rule shall adopt procedures governing:

(1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and

(2) informal proceedings held in compliance with Section 2001.054, Government Code.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must require that:

(1) an informal meeting in compliance with Section 2001.054, Government Code, be scheduled not later than the 180th day after the date the complaint is filed with the acupuncture board, unless good cause is shown by the acupuncture board for scheduling the informal meeting after that date;

(2) the acupuncture board give notice to the license holder of the time and place of the meeting not later than the 30th day before the date the meeting is held;

(3) the complainant and the license holder be provided an opportunity to be heard;

(4) at least one of the acupuncture board members participating in the informal meeting as a panelist be a member who represents the public;

(5) the acupuncture board's legal counsel or a representative of the attorney general be present to advise the acupuncture board or the medical board's staff; and

(6) an employee of the medical board be at the meeting to present to the acupuncture board's representative the facts the medical board staff reasonably believes it could prove by competent evidence or qualified witnesses at a hearing.

(c) An affected acupuncturist is entitled, orally or in writing, to:

(1) reply to the staff's presentation; and

(2) present the facts the acupuncturist reasonably believes the acupuncturist could prove by competent evidence or qualified witnesses at a hearing.

(d) After ample time is given for the presentations, the acupuncture board panel shall recommend that the investigation be closed or shall attempt to mediate the disputed matters and make a recommendation regarding the disposition of the case in the absence of a hearing under applicable law concerning contested cases.

(e) If the license holder has previously been the subject of disciplinary action by the acupuncture board, the acupuncture board shall schedule the informal meeting as soon as practicable but not later than the deadline prescribed by Subsection (b)(1).
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.246 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.246
§ 225.246. TROOPER KEVIN RAMIREZ VASQUEZ MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of State Highway 302 in Ector County between its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 2019 and the Ector-Winkler County line is designated as the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez Memorial Highway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.(a) The portion of State Highway 345 in the municipal limits of San Benito is designated as the Lieutenant Milton Resendez Memorial Highway.

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

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Lieutenant Milton Resendez Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.455 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.455
§ 2210.455. CATASTROPHE PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than June 1 of each year, the board shall submit to the commissioner, the legislative oversight board established under Subchapter N, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives a catastrophe plan covering the period beginning on the date the plan is submitted and ending on the following May 31.

(b) The catastrophe plan must:

(1) describe the manner in which the association will, during the period covered by the plan, evaluate losses and process claims after the following windstorms affecting an area of maximum exposure to the association:

(A) a windstorm with a four percent chance of occurring during the period covered by the plan;

(B) a windstorm with a two percent chance of occurring during the period covered by the plan; and

(C) a windstorm with a one percent chance of occurring during the period covered by the plan; and

(2) include, if the association does not purchase reinsurance under Section 2210.453 for the period covered by the plan, an actuarial plan for paying losses in the event of a catastrophe with estimated damages of $2.5 billion or more.

(c) The catastrophe plan must include a description of how losses under association policies will be paid, and how claims under association policies will be administered and adjusted, during the period covered by the plan.

(d) The catastrophe plan submitted under this section is for informational purposes only and does not bind the association to a particular course of action.
Tex. Local Government Code § 54.0155 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 54 / Section 54.0155
§ 54.0155. EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS FOR CERTAIN CIVIL ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A court shall expedite any proceeding, including an appeal in accordance with Subsection (b), related to a suit brought under this subchapter for the enforcement of an ordinance adopted by a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more relating to dangerously damaged or deteriorated structures or improvements as described by Section 54.012(6).

(b) An appeal of a suit described by Subsection (a) is governed by the procedures for accelerated appeals in civil cases under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. The appellate court shall render its final order or judgment with the least possible delay.
Tex. Water Code § 58.221 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.221
§ 58.221. LANDOWNER.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, a reference to "landowner" refers to a single landowner who is the owner of record of fee simple title to a parcel of land located within the boundaries of a district, regardless of whether the title to the parcel of land is held by:

(1) an individual landowner;

(2) two or more individual landowners; or

(3) a corporation, partnership, or other business entity.
Tex. Estates Code § 359.054 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 359 / Section 359.054
§ 359.054. ORDER FOR PRO RATA PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

After approval of an annual account as provided by Section 359.052, if it appears to the court from the account or other evidence that the funds on hand are not sufficient to pay every character of claims against the estate or if the estate is insolvent and the personal representative has any funds on hand, the court shall order the funds to be applied:

(1) first to the payment of any unpaid claims having a preference in the order of their priority; and

(2) then to the pro rata payment of the other claims allowed and approved or established by final judgment, considering:

(A) claims that were presented before the first anniversary of the date administration was granted; and

(B) claims that are in litigation or on which a lawsuit may be filed.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.202 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.202
§ 351.202. REVENUE.
Status: in_force

Money received from the operation of a county jail industries program shall be deposited in the general revenue fund of the county to be used as reimbursement for the cost of inmate confinement. The cost to a county for an inmate's participation in a county jail industries program is considered to be a part of the cost of confinement of the inmate.
Tex. Transportation Code § 22.027 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 22 / Section 22.027
§ 22.027. MUNICIPAL PERMISSION FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION; OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "ground transportation business" means the transportation by motor vehicle of persons or baggage for compensation, and includes transportation by a bus service.

(b) A person commits an offense if, within the boundaries of an airport operated by a home-rule municipality, the person:

(1) solicits ground transportation business without the permission of the municipality, if required; or

(2) engages in ground transportation business without the permission of the municipality, if required.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.004 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.004
§ 63.004. REPORT FORMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Public Safety shall distribute missing children and missing person report forms.

(b) A missing child or missing person report may be made to a law enforcement officer authorized by that department to receive reports in person or by telephone or other indirect method of communication and the officer may enter the information on the form for the reporting person. A report form may also be completed by the reporting person and delivered to a law enforcement officer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8325.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8325 / Section 8325.151
§ 8325.151. 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 8325.153.

(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. Education Code § 51.9364 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.9364
§ 51.9364. CERTAIN NOTATIONS REQUIRED ON STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "postsecondary educational institution" means an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003.

(b) If a student is ineligible to reenroll in a postsecondary educational institution for a reason other than an academic or financial reason, the institution shall include on the student's transcript a notation stating that the student is ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a reason other than an academic or financial reason.

(c) If a student withdraws from a postsecondary educational institution pending disciplinary charges that may result in the student becoming ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a reason other than an academic or financial reason, the institution may not end the disciplinary process until the institution makes a final determination of responsibility, including, if applicable, a determination of whether the student will be ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a reason other than an academic or financial reason. If, as a result of the disciplinary process, the student is ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a reason other than an academic or financial reason, the institution shall include on the student's transcript the notation required under Subsection (b).

(d) On request by the student, a postsecondary educational institution may remove from a student's transcript a notation required under this section if:

(1) the student is eligible to reenroll in the institution; or

(2) the institution determines that good cause exists to remove the notation.

(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. In adopting those rules, the coordinating board shall use the negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8035.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8035 / Section 8035.0202
§ 8035.0202. 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.