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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6912.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6912 / Section 6912.152
§ 6912.152. IMPOSITION OF TAXES; TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this section, all provisions of the general laws governing fresh water supply districts that relate to the imposition of ad valorem taxes apply to the authority.

(b) The board shall appoint a tax assessor-collector for the authority.

(c) The tax assessor-collector:

(1) shall serve at the pleasure of the board; and

(2) is not required to be a resident or voter of the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7913A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7913A / Section 7913A.0305
§ 7913A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1083.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1083 / Section 1083.102
§ 1083.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

Wheeler County or another political subdivision, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes for medical treatment of indigent persons in the district.
Tex. Education Code § 51B.301 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51B / Section 51B.301
§ 51B.301. ENFORCEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An institution of higher education may not spend money appropriated to the institution for a state fiscal year until the governing board of the institution submits to the governor, the legislature, the coordinating board, and the council a report certifying the governing board's compliance with this chapter during the preceding state fiscal year.

(b) In the interim between each regular session of the legislature, the governing board of each institution of higher education, or the board's designee, shall testify before the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education at a public hearing of the committee regarding the board's compliance with this chapter.

(c) The state auditor shall periodically conduct a compliance audit of each institution of higher education to determine whether the institution has spent state money in violation of this section. The state auditor shall adopt a schedule by which the state auditor will conduct compliance audits under this subsection. The schedule must ensure that each institution of higher education is audited at least once every four years.

(d) If the state auditor determines pursuant to a compliance audit conducted under Subsection (c) that an institution of higher education has spent state money in violation of this section, the institution:

(1) must cure the violation not later than the 180th day after the date on which the determination is made; and

(2) if the institution fails to cure the violation during the period described by Subdivision (1), is ineligible to receive formula funding increases, institutional enhancements, or exceptional items during the state fiscal biennium immediately following the state fiscal biennium in which the determination is made.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1992 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1992
§ 411.1992. FORMER RESERVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
Status: repealed

(a) A person who served as a reserve law enforcement officer, as defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code, not less than a total of 10 years of cumulative service with one or more state or local law enforcement agencies may apply for a license under this subchapter at any time.

(b) The applicant shall submit to the department two complete sets of legible and classifiable fingerprints and a sworn statement from the head of the law enforcement agency at which the applicant last served as a reserve law enforcement officer. A head of a law enforcement agency may not refuse to issue a statement under this subsection. If the applicant alleges that the statement is untrue, the department shall investigate the validity of the statement. The statement must include:

(1) the name and rank of the applicant;

(2) the status of the applicant;

(3) whether the applicant was accused of misconduct at any time during the applicant's term of service and the disposition of that accusation;

(4) a description of the physical and mental condition of the applicant;

(5) a list of the types of weapons the applicant demonstrated proficiency with during the applicant's term of service; and

(6) a recommendation from the agency head regarding the issuance of a license under this subchapter.

(c) The department may issue a license under this subchapter to an applicant under this section if the applicant was a reserve law enforcement officer for not less than a total of 10 years of cumulative service with one or more state or local law enforcement agencies and is physically and emotionally fit to possess a handgun.

(d) An applicant under this section must pay a fee of $25 for a license issued under this subchapter.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1234 (H.B. 1552), Sec. 7(1), eff. September 1, 2019.

(f) A license issued under this section expires as provided by Section 411.183.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 58.254 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.254
§ 58.254. COURT-ORDERED DISCLOSURE OF VICTIM INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A court may order the disclosure of a victim's name, address, and telephone number only if the court finds that the information is essential in the trial of the defendant for the offense or the identity of the victim is in issue.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.057 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.057
§ 1201.057. INCORPORATION OF OR REFERENCE TO OTHER DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual accident and health insurance policy that provides that a portion of the charter, rules, constitution, or bylaws of the insurer are a part of the policy must state that portion fully in the policy.

(b) An individual accident and health insurance policy may incorporate or refer to:

(1) a statement of rates or classification of risks; or

(2) a short-rate table filed with the department.
Tex. Occupations Code § 601.309 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 601 / Section 601.309
§ 601.309. PROTECTION OF PATIENT IDENTITY.
Status: in_force

In a disciplinary investigation or proceeding conducted under this chapter, the advisory board shall protect the identity of each patient whose medical records are examined and used in a public proceeding unless the patient:

(1) testifies in the public proceeding; or

(2) submits a written release in regard to the patient's records or identity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8306.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8306 / Section 8306.003
§ 8306.003. 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. Insurance Code § 1223.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1223 / Section 1223.002
§ 1223.002. INTERNET WEBSITE FOR VERIFICATION REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer shall maintain and make available a secure system on the issuer's Internet website that allows a physician or health care provider for a hospital or freestanding emergency medical care facility to determine at any time:

(1) whether the physician's or provider's patient is covered by the issuer's health benefit plan; and

(2) the deductible, copayment, or coinsurance for which the patient is responsible.

(b) A health benefit plan issuer may provide the information described by Subsection (a) through:

(1) an existing Internet portal that is available at all times; or

(2) an Internet portal that is:

(A) provided by a third party contracting with the issuer; and

(B) available at all times.
Tex. Transportation Code § 457.152 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 457 / Section 457.152
§ 457.152. WAIVER OF FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

If, before implementing Section 457.151, the Texas Workforce Commission determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation, the workforce commission shall request the waiver or authorization, and the workforce commission and an authority may delay implementing Section 457.151 until the waiver or authorization is granted.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.0045 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.0045
§ 151.0045.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.0045. "PERSONAL SERVICES". "Personal services" means those personal services listed as personal services under Group 721, Major Group 72 of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, and includes massage parlors, escort services, and Turkish baths under Group 729 of said manual but does not include any other services listed under Group 729 unless otherwise covered under this chapter, prepared by the statistical policy division of the office on management and budget, office of the president of the United States. The term does not include services provided through coin-operated machines that are operated by the consumer.
Tex. Occupations Code § 558.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 558 / Section 558.058
§ 558.058. ACCESSIBILITY OF EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

The board by rule shall ensure that an examination under this subchapter is administered to applicants with disabilities in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.).
Tex. Water Code § 15.501 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.501
§ 15.501. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "fund" means the Texas water fund.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8093.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8093 / Section 8093.0302
§ 8093.0302. 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.
Tex. Government Code § 572.061 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 572 / Section 572.061
§ 572.061. CERTAIN GRATUITIES AUTHORIZED.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not prohibit the acceptance of a gratuity that is accepted and reported in accordance with Section 11.0262, Parks and Wildlife Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 843.262 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.262
§ 843.262. CERTAIN DECISIONS BINDING.
Status: in_force

(a) If an enrollee, a person acting on behalf of an enrollee, or an enrollee's provider of record appeals an adverse determination as provided under Section 843.261 and the health maintenance organization or utilization review agent, as applicable, resolves the claim in favor of the enrollee, the decision is binding on the health maintenance organization.

(b) After a binding decision in favor of an enrollee relating to a proposed health care service, the health maintenance organization shall provide or arrange for the health care service within a time frame that is appropriate for the treatment of the medical condition that was the subject of the appeal.

(c) After a binding decision in favor of an enrollee relating to a health care service already provided, the health maintenance organization shall pay the cost of the service, if not already paid by the health maintenance organization, not later than the 45th day after the date the health maintenance organization receives notice of the binding decision. A health maintenance organization that fails to pay the cost of service as required by this subsection is subject to penalties provided under Section 843.342.

(d) This section applies only to a health care plan of a political subdivision that is exempt from application of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 21.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 21 / Section 21.201
§ 21.201. ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) The district shall:

(1) administer and enforce this chapter; and

(2) use district facilities and powers to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The district may advise, consult, contract, and cooperate with the federal government, the state, a local government, or a private entity to carry out any purpose or power under this chapter.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 221.004 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 221 / Section 221.004
§ 221.004. STANDARDS RELATING TO LOCAL PROBATION DEPARTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules that provide:

(1) standards for the collection and reporting of information about juvenile offenders by local probation departments;

(2) performance measures to determine the effectiveness of probation services provided by local probation departments; and

(3) case management standards for all probation services provided by local probation departments.

(b) The department shall monitor local probation departments for compliance with the standards and measures that the board adopts.

(c) The department shall provide technical assistance to local probation departments to aid compliance with the standards and measures that the board adopts.
Tex. Government Code § 71.0353 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 71 / Section 71.0353
§ 71.0353. TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) As a component of the official monthly report submitted to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, a district court or county court at law shall report the number of cases filed for the following offenses:

(1) trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code;

(2) prostitution under Section 43.02, Penal Code;

(3) solicitation of prostitution under Section 43.021, Penal Code;

(4) promotion of prostitution under Section 43.03, Penal Code;

(5) online promotion of prostitution under Section 43.031, Penal Code;

(6) aggravated promotion of prostitution under Section 43.04, Penal Code;

(7) aggravated online promotion of prostitution under Section 43.041, Penal Code; and

(8) compelling prostitution under Section 43.05, Penal Code.

(b) A district or county court at law shall provide a copy of the report required under Subsection (a) to the attorney general.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 755.028 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 755 / Section 755.028
§ 755.028. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

The executive director may provide a special inspection service to the owners, operators, and manufacturers of boilers. The service may include surveys required for certification to construct, assemble, or repair boilers or pressure vessels.
Tex. Family Code § 262.301 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.301
§ 262.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Designated emergency infant care provider" means:

(A) an emergency medical services provider;

(B) a hospital;

(C) a freestanding emergency medical care facility licensed under Chapter 254, Health and Safety Code;

(D) a child-placing agency licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, that:

(i) agrees to act as a designated emergency infant care provider under this subchapter; and

(ii) has on staff a person who is licensed as a registered nurse under Chapter 301, Occupations Code, or who provides emergency medical services under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code, and who will examine and provide emergency medical services to a child taken into possession by the agency under this subchapter; or

(E) a fire department.

(2) "Emergency medical services provider" has the meaning assigned that term by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code.

(3) "Fire department" means a department of a local government that is organized to prevent or suppress fires and is staffed 24 hours a day by employees of the local government.

(4) "Newborn safety device" means a device installed by a designated emergency infant care provider in compliance with Section 262.3025.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8118.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8118 / Section 8118.051
§ 8118.051. DIRECTORS; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Finance Code § 125.507 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 125 / Section 125.507
§ 125.507. EMERGENCY RELOCATION OF SAFE DEPOSIT BOX.
Status: in_force

(a) A credit union may relocate a safe deposit box or open the box to relocate its contents to another location if the security of the box is threatened or destroyed by an unforeseeable circumstance beyond the credit union's control, including a natural disaster such as a tornado, flood, or fire.

(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date on which the box is relocated, the credit union shall notify each lessee in whose name the box is held of the new box number or location. The notice must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each lessee named in the records of the credit union at the address shown in those records.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.4011 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.4011
§ 301.4011. GOOD FAITH REPORT BY NURSE.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, a report is considered to be made in good faith if:

(1) the person reporting believed that the report was required or authorized; and

(2) there was a reasonable factual or legal basis for that belief.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6904.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6904 / Section 6904.053
§ 6904.053. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY ANNEXED TO MUNICIPALITY IN DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after final passage of an ordinance or resolution annexing territory to a municipality in the district, the board may give notice of a hearing on the question of annexing that territory to the district. The notice is sufficient if it:

(1) states the date and place of the hearing; and

(2) describes the area proposed to be annexed or refers to the annexation ordinance or resolution of the municipality.

(b) The notice must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not later than the 10th day before the date set for the hearing.

(c) If, as a result of the hearing, the board finds that the territory will benefit from the present or contemplated improvements, works, or facilities of the district, the board shall adopt a resolution annexing the territory to the district.

(d) After the territory is annexed to the district, the board may call an election in the entire district to determine whether:

(1) the entire district will assume any tax-supported bonds then outstanding and those bonds previously voted but not yet sold; and

(2) an ad valorem tax for the payment of the bonds will be imposed on all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8441.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8441 / Section 8441.001
§ 8441.001. 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 Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 17.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.373 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.373
§ 104.373. REPAYMENT OF CUSTOMER RATE RELIEF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) As long as any customer rate relief bonds or related financing costs remain outstanding, uniform monthly volumetric customer rate relief charges must be paid by all current and future customers that receive service from a gas utility for which a regulatory asset determination has been made under Section 104.365. A gas utility and its successors, assignees, or replacements shall continue to bill and collect customer rate relief charges from the gas utility's current and future customers until all customer rate relief bonds and financing costs are paid in full.

(b) The authority shall report to the railroad commission the amount of the outstanding customer rate relief bonds issued by the issuing financing entity under this subchapter and the estimated amount of annual bond administrative expenses.

(c) All revenue collected from the customer rate relief charges shall be remitted promptly by the applicable servicers to the issuing financing entity or the bond trustee for the customer rate relief bonds to pay bond obligations and ongoing financing costs, including bond administrative expenses, to ensure timely payment of bond obligations and financing costs.

(d) Customer rate relief property, including customer rate relief charges, may be applied only as provided by this subchapter.

(e) Bond obligations are payable only from sources provided for payment by this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 542.302 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 542 / Section 542.302
§ 542.302. OFFENSE BY PERSON OWNING OR CONTROLLING VEHICLE.
Status: in_force

A person who owns a vehicle or employs or otherwise directs the operator of a vehicle commits an offense if the person requires or knowingly permits the operator of the vehicle to operate the vehicle in a manner that violates law.
Tex. Local Government Code § 386.201 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 386 / Section 386.201
§ 386.201. EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

A development zone's money may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or other instrument signed by at least three directors. The general manager, treasurer, or other employee of the development zone, if authorized by resolution of the board, may sign checks, drafts, orders, or other instruments on any development zone operation account on behalf of the board.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 3.119 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 3 / Section 3.119
§ 3.119. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DEFEND ACTION.
Status: in_force

In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third person is answerable over pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4, the defendant may give the third person notice of the litigation in a record, and the person notified may then give similar notice to any other person who is answerable over. If the notice states (i) that the person notified may come in and defend, and (ii) that failure to do so will bind the person notified in an action later brought by the person giving the notice as to any determination of fact common to the two litigations, the person notified is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of the notice the person notified does come in and defend.
Tex. Local Government Code § 351.148 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 351 / Section 351.148
§ 351.148. REPAYMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may pay all costs and expenses necessarily incurred in the creation and organization of a district, legal fees, and other incidental expenses and may reimburse any person for money advanced for those purposes.

(b) Payments may be made from money obtained from the sale of bonds first issued by the district or out of operation taxes or other revenues of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 43.134 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 43 / Section 43.134
§ 43.134.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.134. 64TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. (a) The voters of Hale County elect a district attorney for the 64th Judicial District who represents the state in that district court only in Hale County.

(b) The district attorney also represents the state in all criminal cases before the county court and the justice courts in Hale County.
Tex. Family Code § 8.264 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.264
§ 8.264. EXTENSION OF REPAYMENT SCHEDULE BY PARTY; UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP.
Status: in_force

A party who files a notice of application for a writ of withholding and who determines that the schedule for repaying arrearages would cause unreasonable hardship to the obligor or the obligor's family may extend the payment period in the writ.