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Tex. Insurance Code - Not Codified § 5.96A — TX Code / Code i1 / Chapter 5 / Section 5.96A
§ 5.96A. HEARING ON POLICY FORMS AND ENDORSEMENTS.
Status: repealed

(a) This article applies to any policy or endorsement form for commercial automobile insurance or commercial multiperil insurance.

(b) If a hearing is requested by at least 25 persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency, or by an association that has at least 25 members and if the persons, subdivision, agency, or association is affected by the policy or endorsement form, the board must hold a public hearing before a policy or endorsement form is prescribed, adopted, amended, approved, or repealed.

(c) The provisions of Article 5.96 of this code that are not inconsistent with this article apply to the policy or endorsement.

(d) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) through (c) of this article, on or after September 1, 1992, policy or endorsement forms for commercial motor vehicle insurance are adopted as provided by Article 5.06 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9094.0401 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9094 / Section 9094.0401
§ 9094.0401. 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 9094.0403.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 51, 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. Utilities Code § 36.006 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.006
§ 36.006. BURDEN OF PROOF.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding involving a proposed rate change, the electric utility has the burden of proving that:

(1) the rate change is just and reasonable, if the utility proposes the change; or

(2) an existing rate is just and reasonable, if the proposal is to reduce the rate.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.0832 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.0832
§ 841.0832. HOUSING FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall operate, or contract with a vendor to operate, one or more facilities provided for the purpose of housing committed persons.

(b) The office shall designate all or part of a facility under Subsection (a) to serve as an intake and orientation facility for committed persons on release from a secure correctional facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7974.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7974 / Section 7974.004
§ 7974.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7974.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Penal Code § 9.61 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 9 / Section 9.61
§ 9.61. PARENT-CHILD.
Status: in_force

(a) The use of force, but not deadly force, against a child younger than 18 years is justified:

(1) if the actor is the child's parent or stepparent or is acting in loco parentis to the child; and

(2) when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is necessary to discipline the child or to safeguard or promote his welfare.

(b) For purposes of this section, "in loco parentis" includes grandparent and guardian, any person acting by, through, or under the direction of a court with jurisdiction over the child, and anyone who has express or implied consent of the parent or parents.
Tex. Family Code § 6.302 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.302
§ 6.302. SUIT FOR DIVORCE BY NONRESIDENT SPOUSE.
Status: in_force

If one spouse has been a domiciliary of this state for at least the last six months, a spouse domiciled in another state or nation may file a suit for divorce in the county in which the domiciliary spouse resides at the time the petition is filed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.460 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.460
§ 1551.460. SINGLE UNDIVIDED RISK POOL.
Status: in_force

In implementing and administering the state consumer-directed health plan established under this subchapter, the board of trustees may not divide the self-funded risk pool of the group benefits program provided under this chapter or create a separate self-funded risk pool for that program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9072.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9072 / Section 9072.106
§ 9072.106. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

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

(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and

(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes.

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

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

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

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 9072.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name each new district;

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

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

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

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

(h) Any new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 9072.003.

(i) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Education Code § 51.702 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.702
§ 51.702. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature that Texas accept the challenge of becoming the nation's centerpoint for advanced manufacturing technology development by aggressively pursuing the siting in Texas of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, proposed by the National Academy of Sciences and the Manufacturing Science Board, and initiated by the National Machine Tool Industry. With this centerpiece for advanced research and technology transfer in the area of manufacturing sciences, Texas could become a primary producer of high value-added products, with enormous benefits for the entire economy.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 252.005 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 252 / Section 252.005
§ 252.005. AGENT ISSUING ORDER BILL OF LADING IN DUPLICATE OR SET OF PARTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except where customary in overseas transportation, an agent of a common carrier may not knowingly issue or aid in issuing an order bill of lading in duplicate or in a set of parts.

(b) An agent who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony punishable by:

(1) imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than five years; and

(2) a fine not to exceed $5,000.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7982.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7982 / Section 7982.103
§ 7982.103. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.074 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.074
§ 1001.074. INFORMATION REGARDING COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the department. The file must include:

(1) the name of the person who filed the complaint;

(2) the date the complaint is received by the department;

(3) the subject matter of the complaint;

(4) the name of each person contacted in relation to the complaint;

(5) a summary of the results of the review or investigation of the complaint; and

(6) an explanation of the reason the file was closed, if the department closed the file without taking action other than to investigate the complaint.

(b) The department shall provide to the person filing the complaint and to each person who is a subject of the complaint a copy of the executive commissioner's and the department's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.

(c) The department, at least quarterly until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and each person who is a subject of the complaint of the status of the investigation unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7910.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7910 / Section 7910.104
§ 7910.104. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 294.151 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 294 / Section 294.151
§ 294.151. MANDATORY PAYMENTS BASED ON PAYING HOSPITAL NET PATIENT REVENUE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may require an annual mandatory payment to be assessed quarterly on the net patient revenue of each institutional health care provider located in the county. In the first year in which the mandatory payment is required, the mandatory payment is assessed on the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider as determined by the data reported to the Department of State Health Services under Sections 311.032 and 311.033 in the fiscal year ending in 2014. The county shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis.

(b) The amount of a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter must be uniformly proportionate with the amount of net patient revenue generated by each paying hospital in the county. A mandatory payment authorized under this chapter may not hold harmless any institutional health care provider, as required under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(w).

(c) The commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the amount of the mandatory payment. The amount of the mandatory payment required of each paying hospital may not exceed an amount that, when added to the amount of the mandatory payments required from all other paying hospitals in the county, equals an amount of revenue that exceeds six percent of the aggregate net patient revenue of all paying hospitals in the county.

(d) Subject to the maximum amount prescribed by Subsection (c), the commissioners court of a county that collects a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter shall set the mandatory payments in amounts that in the aggregate will generate sufficient revenue to cover the administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter, to fund the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program, and to pay for indigent programs, except that the amount of revenue from mandatory payments used for administrative expenses of the county for activities under this chapter in a year may not exceed the lesser of four percent of the total revenue generated from the mandatory payment or $20,000.

(e) A paying hospital may not add a mandatory payment required under this section as a surcharge to a patient.
Tex. Government Code § 419.085 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 419 / Section 419.085
§ 419.085. VOLUNTARY REGULATION OF CERTAIN NONGOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A nongovernmental entity may apply to the commission for regulation under Subchapter B if:

(1) the entity is the employing authority for persons who, if employed by a local government, would be fire protection personnel under Section 419.021; and

(2) at the time of application, those fire protection employees are employed to provide fire protection for an unincorporated area that:

(A) constitutes a rating territory established by the State Board of Insurance with a protected key rate assigned by the board; and

(B) has a population of more than 25,000.

(b) The commission shall prescribe the procedures under which a nongovernmental entity may apply for regulation under this section and the means by which it may present evidence that it is eligible for regulation under Subsection (a).

(c) The commission shall determine whether an entity that has applied for regulation under this section is eligible for regulation under Subsection (a). The commission shall approve a request for regulation if the entity meets the requirements of Subsection (a), and the commission shall notify the applying entity and the affected fire protection employees of its decision.

(d) A nongovernmental entity, department, and fire protection employee regulated under this section are subject to Subchapter B and applicable commission rules to the same extent that Subchapter B and applicable commission rules apply to a local government, a fire department, or fire protection personnel employed by a local government.

(e) A person, department, or other entity that is subject to regulation under this section is entitled to a reasonable period in which to comply with the requirements of Subchapter B and applicable commission rules. The commission by rule shall determine the time period in which a person, department, or other entity must come into compliance with each requirement.
Tex. Estates Code § 455.006 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 455 / Section 455.006
§ 455.006. PUBLIC PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR'S INITIATION OF ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The public probate administrator shall investigate a decedent's estate and circumstances to determine if the opening of an administration is necessary if the public probate administrator has reasonable cause to believe that the decedent found in the county or believed to be domiciled in the county in which the administrator is appointed does not have a personal representative appointed for the decedent's estate.

(b) The public probate administrator shall secure a decedent's estate or resolve any other circumstances related to a decedent, if, after the investigation, the public probate administrator determines that:

(1) the decedent has an estate that may be subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation; or

(2) there are other circumstances relating to the decedent that require action by the public probate administrator.

(c) To establish reasonable cause under Subsection (a), the public probate administrator may require an information letter about the decedent that contains the following:

(1) the name, address, date of birth, and county of residence of the decedent;

(2) a description of the relationship between the interested person and the decedent;

(3) a statement of the suspected cause of death of the decedent;

(4) the names and telephone numbers of any known friends or relatives of the decedent;

(5) a description of any known property of the decedent, including the estimated value of the property; and

(6) a statement of whether the property is subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8041.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8041 / Section 8041.0403
§ 8041.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1107.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1107 / Section 1107.056
§ 1107.056. NONATTENDANCE.
Status: in_force

The failure of a manager to attend three consecutive regular board meetings causes a vacancy in the manager's office unless the absence is excused by formal action of the board.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8050.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8050 / Section 8050.0106
§ 8050.0106. 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. Property Code § 123.006 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 123 / Section 123.006
§ 123.006. ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding subject to Section 123.005, the attorney general, if successful in the proceeding, is entitled to recover from the charitable entity or fiduciary or managerial agent of the charitable trust actual costs incurred in bringing the suit and may recover reasonable attorney's fees.

(b) In a proceeding in which the attorney general intervenes under this chapter, other than a proceeding subject to Section 123.005, a court may award the attorney general court costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees as may seem equitable and just.
Tex. Family Code § 15.051 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 15 / Section 15.051
§ 15.051. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Collaborative Family Law Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1052.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1052 / Section 1052.153
§ 1052.153. AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET.
Status: in_force

The budget may be amended as required by circumstances. The board must approve all amendments.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.054
§ 3833.054. NONVOTING DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The following persons serve as nonvoting directors:

(1) the directors of the following departments of the city or a person designated by that director:

(A) finance; and

(B) public works; and

(2) the city manager of the city or a person designated by the city manager.

(b) If a department described by Subsection (a) is consolidated, renamed, or changed, the board may appoint a director of the consolidated, renamed, or changed department as a nonvoting director. If a department described by Subsection (a) is abolished, the board may appoint a representative of another department that performs duties comparable to those performed by the abolished department.
Tex. Estates Code § 355.060 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 355 / Section 355.060
§ 355.060. UNSECURED CLAIMS BARRED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Status: in_force

If a personal representative gives a notice permitted by Section 308.054 to an unsecured creditor for money and the creditor's claim is not presented before the 121st day after the date of receipt of the notice, the claim is barred.
Tex. Water Code § 5.2725 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 5 / Section 5.2725
§ 5.2725. ANNUAL REPORT; PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
Status: in_force

(a) The office of public interest counsel shall report to the commission each year in a public meeting held on a date determined by the commission to be timely for the commission to include the reported information in the commission's reports under Sections 5.178(a) and (b) and in the commission's biennial legislative appropriations requests as appropriate:

(1) an evaluation of the office's performance in representing the public interest in the preceding year;

(2) an assessment of the budget needs of the office, including the need to contract for outside expertise; and

(3) any legislative or regulatory changes recommended under Section 5.273.

(b) The commission and the office of public interest counsel shall work cooperatively to identify performance measures for the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.114
§ 1028.114. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

(a) When a person who resides in the district is admitted as a patient to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of:

(1) the patient; and

(2) a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support.

(b) To the extent that the patient or a relative of the patient who is legally responsible for the patient's support cannot pay for care and treatment provided by the district, the district shall supply the care and treatment without charging the patient or the patient's relative.

(c) On determining that the patient or a relative legally responsible for the patient's support can pay for all or part of the care and treatment provided by the district, the district administrator shall report that determination to the board, and the board shall issue an order directing the patient or the relative to pay the district a specified amount each week. The amount must be based on the person's ability to pay.

(d) The district administrator may collect money owed to the district from the patient's estate or from that of a relative who was legally responsible for the patient's support in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses in the last illness of a deceased person.

(e) If there is a dispute relating to a person's ability to pay or if the district administrator has any doubt concerning a person's ability to pay, the board shall:

(1) call witnesses;

(2) hear and resolve the question; and

(3) issue a final order.

(f) The final order of the board may be appealed to a district court in Foard County. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.