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Tex. Government Code § 2054.2606 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.2606
§ 2054.2606. REPORTING PROFILE INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The following licensing entities shall establish a profile system consisting of the specific license holder information prescribed by Subsection (c):

(1) Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, with respect to chiropractors;

(2) Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, with respect to podiatrists;

(3) State Board of Dental Examiners, with respect to dentists;

(4) Texas Optometry Board, with respect to optometrists and therapeutic optometrists;

(5) Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, with respect to physical therapists and physical therapy facilities;

(6) Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, with respect to occupational therapists and occupational therapy facilities;

(7) Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, with respect to psychologists; and

(8) Texas State Board of Pharmacy, with respect to pharmacists and pharmacies.

(b) A licensing entity other than a licensing entity listed in Subsection (a) is encouraged to establish a profile system consisting of the specific license holder information prescribed by Subsection (c).

(c) A licensing entity that establishes a profile system under this section shall determine the information to be included in the system and the manner for collecting and reporting the information. At a minimum, the entity shall include the following information in the profile system:

(1) the name of the license holder and the address and telephone number of the license holder's primary practice location;

(2) whether the license holder's patient, client, user, customer, or consumer service areas, as applicable, are accessible to persons with disabilities, as defined by federal law;

(3) the type of language translating services, including translating services for a person who is deaf or hard of hearing, that the license holder provides for patients, clients, users, customers, or consumers, as applicable;

(4) if applicable, insurance information, including whether the license holder participates in the state child health plan under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, or the Medicaid program;

(5) the education and training received by the license holder, as required by the licensing entity;

(6) any specialty certification held by the license holder;

(7) the number of years the person has practiced as a license holder; and

(8) if applicable, any hospital affiliation of the license holder.

(d) The department shall adopt rules to prescribe the amount of the fee to be collected by a state agency that establishes a profile system for its license holders.

(e) The department shall adopt additional rules as necessary to assist in the funding and administration of the profile systems established by state agencies, including rules prescribing policies for vendor contracts relating to the collection and entry of profile data.
Tex. Finance Code § 186.211 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 186 / Section 186.211
§ 186.211. NEW LAWSUIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the court in which a receivership proceeding is pending under this subchapter has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions or proceedings instituted by or against the state trust company or receiver after the receivership proceeding begins.

(b) The receiver may file in any jurisdiction an ancillary suit that may be helpful to obtain jurisdiction or venue over a person or property.

(c) Exclusive venue lies in Travis County for an action or proceeding instituted against the receiver or the receiver's employee, including an employee of the department, that asserts personal liability on the part of the receiver or employee.
Tex. Insurance Code § 31.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 31 / Section 31.006
§ 31.006. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

This code does not affect the duties imposed by law on the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 146 / Section 146.004
§ 146.004. LICENSE TERM; RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio license is valid for two years from the date of issuance. A temporary tattooing or body piercing location license is valid for a specified period not to exceed seven days.

(b) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio license may be renewed on payment of the required renewal fee.
Tex. Local Government Code § 178.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 178 / Section 178.001
§ 178.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the governing body of a special district.

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "Misconduct" means intentionally or knowingly:

(A) violating a law relating to the office of director; or

(B) misapplying any thing of value belonging to a special district that has come into the custody or possession of a director by virtue of the director's office.

(4) "Special district" means a political subdivision of this state with a limited geographic area created by local law or under general law for a special purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8146.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8146 / Section 8146.103
§ 8146.103. NAVIGATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district may purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, improve, or extend, inside and outside the district, canals, waterways, bulkheads, docks, and any other improvements or facilities necessary or convenient to accomplish the navigation purposes of the district authorized by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9043.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9043 / Section 9043.051
§ 9043.051. 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. Finance Code § 353.017 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 353 / Section 353.017
§ 353.017. TRANSACTION CONDITIONED ON PURCHASE OF VEHICLE PROTECTION PRODUCT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "vehicle protection product" has the meaning assigned by Section 17.45, Business & Commerce Code.

(b) A retail seller may not require as a condition of a retail installment transaction or the cash sale of a commercial vehicle that the buyer purchase a vehicle protection product that is not installed on the vehicle at the time of the transaction.

(c) A violation of this section is a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code, and is actionable in a public or private suit brought under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3948.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3948 / Section 3948.106
§ 3948.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the county or the city, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11010.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11010 / Section 11010.104
§ 11010.104. WATER CONSERVATION OR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS.
Status: in_force

The authority by rule may develop, prepare, revise, adopt, implement, enforce, and manage water conservation or drought contingency plans for the authority or any portion of the authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7965.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7965 / Section 7965.001
§ 7965.001. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "district" means the Wood Trace Municipal Utility District No. 3 of Montgomery County, Texas.
Tex. Water Code § 53.112 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 53 / Section 53.112
§ 53.112. USE OF ROADWAYS.
Status: in_force

In order to secure fresh water, a district may construct necessary levees, bridges, and other improvements across or under:

(1) railroad embankments, tracks, or rights-of-way;

(2) public or private roads and their rights-of-way;

(3) rivers;

(4) improvements of other districts and their rights-of-way; and

(5) other improvements and their rights-of-way.
Tex. Local Government Code § 232.229 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.229
§ 232.229.
Status: in_force

Sec. 232.229. APPLICABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS TO LOTS UNDEVELOPED FOR 25 YEARS OR MORE. (a) A commissioners court by order may implement a process:

(1) applicable to a subdivision in which 50 percent or more of the lots are undeveloped or unoccupied on or after the 25th anniversary of the date the plat for the subdivision was recorded with the county; and

(2) through which the county, to the extent practicable, may apply to the subdivision more current street, road, drainage, and other infrastructure requirements.

(b) A regulation or standard adopted by a county under this section must be no less stringent than the minimum standards and other requirements under the model rules for safe and sanitary water supply and sewer services adopted under Section 16.343, Water Code, and any other minimum public safety standards that would otherwise be applicable to the subdivision.

(c) A regulation or standard adopted by a county under this section applies only to a lot that is owned by an individual, firm, corporation, or other legal entity that directly or indirectly offers lots for sale or lease as part of a common promotional plan in the ordinary course of business, and each regulation or standard must expressly state that limitation. For the purposes of this subsection, "common promotional plan" means a plan or scheme of operation undertaken by a person or a group acting in concert, either personally or through an agent, to offer for sale or lease more than two lots when the land is:

(1) contiguous or part of the same area of land; or

(2) known, designated, or advertised as a common unit or by a common name.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1008.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1008 / Section 1008.153
§ 1008.153. BALLOT.
Status: in_force

The ballot for an election under this subchapter must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The dissolution of the Chillicothe Hospital District."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8101.257 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8101 / Section 8101.257
§ 8101.257. BOND SECURITY; REVENUE; TAXES; ADDITIONAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "net revenue" means the gross revenue of the authority after deducting the amount necessary to pay the cost of maintaining and operating the authority, including its properties.

(b) Bonds issued under this subchapter may be secured by:

(1) a pledge of all or part of the net revenue of the authority, including the net revenue of a past or future contract; or

(2) other revenue and income specified by resolution of the board or the trust indenture.

(c) If bonds are issued payable wholly or partly from taxes, the board shall impose taxes on all taxable property in the authority without limit as to rate or amount while those bonds are outstanding. The board shall impose the taxes in amounts:

(1) sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds annually as they mature; or

(2) required to supplement the net revenue pledged to the bonds' payment so that the principal of and interest on the bonds are paid when due.

(d) A bond security pledge under this section may reserve to the authority the right, under conditions specified by the pledge, to issue additional bonds that will be on a parity with or subordinate to the bonds then being issued.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.056
§ 1028.056. BOARD VACANCY.
Status: in_force

If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the remaining directors shall appoint a director for the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8515.0211 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8515 / Section 8515.0211
§ 8515.0211. DIRECTOR TRAINING PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a director may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a director in attendance at a board meeting until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.

(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:

(1) the law governing the authority's operations;

(2) the authority's programs, functions, rules, and budget;

(3) the scope of and limitations on the board's rulemaking authority;

(4) the results of the authority's most recent formal audit;

(5) the requirements of:

(A) laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts of interest; and

(B) other laws applicable to members of a river authority's governing body in performing their duties; and

(6) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the authority or the Texas Ethics Commission.

(c) A person appointed to the board is entitled to reimbursement for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.

(d) The general manager shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The general manager shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each director. Each director shall sign and submit to the general manager a statement acknowledging that the director has received and reviewed the training manual.
Tex. Government Code § 413.022 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 413 / Section 413.022
§ 413.022. RECIDIVISM PERFORMANCE REVIEW.
Status: repealed

(a) The policy council shall develop methods for measuring the success of each program or service determined by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice under Section 493.0053 to be designed for the primary purpose of rehabilitating inmates. On request of the policy council, the provider of a program or service or a representative of Sam Houston State University, the Texas Workforce Commission, or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assist the policy council in developing the methods required by this section. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assist the council by collecting data in accordance with those methods.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(36), eff. June 17, 2011.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7991.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7991 / Section 7991.154
§ 7991.154. WATER AND SEWER RATES.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the district shall establish the same rates for residential and commercial classes of customers for the provision of water and sewer services. For purposes of this section, the commercial class may not include apartment complexes or other multifamily dwellings.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8301.0102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8301 / Section 8301.0102
§ 8301.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8490.0204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8490 / Section 8490.0204
§ 8490.0204. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards 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 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. Occupations Code § 202.407 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.407
§ 202.407. DISCLOSURE OF RELEASED INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

A person who receives information made confidential by this subchapter may disclose the information to another person only to the extent consistent with the authorized purposes for which consent to release the information was obtained.
Tex. Government Code § 30.01882 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.01882
§ 30.01882. JUDGE.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city may determine by ordinance whether a municipal judge is appointed by the governing body or elected by the qualified voters of the city by a majority vote. A municipal judge serves for a term of three years.
Tex. Utilities Code § 66.001 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 66 / Section 66.001
§ 66.001. FRANCHISING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall be designated as the franchising authority for a state-issued franchise for the provision of cable service or video service.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.363 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.363
§ 370.363. MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may not adopt a sales and use tax rate, including a rate increase, that when combined with the rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by all political subdivisions of this state having territory in the service area of the transferred transit system exceeds two percent in any location in the service area.

(b) An election to approve a sales and use tax or increase the rate of an authority's sales and use tax has no effect if:

(1) the voters in the service area approve the authority's sales and use tax rate or rate increase at an election held on the same day on which a municipality or county having territory in the jurisdiction of the service area adopts a sales and use tax or an additional sales and use tax; and

(2) the combined rates of all sales and use taxes imposed by the authority and all political subdivisions of this state would exceed two percent in any part of the territory in the service area.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 36.116 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 36 / Section 36.116
§ 36.116. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY NOT WAIVED.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 36.112, this subchapter does not waive sovereign immunity.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1380.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1380 / Section 1380.003
§ 1380.003. COVERAGE PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer may not cover a human organ transplant or post-transplant care if:

(1) the transplant operation is performed in China or another country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the commissioner of state health services; or

(2) the human organ to be transplanted was procured by a sale or donation originating in China or another country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the commissioner of state health services.

(b) The commissioner of state health services may designate additional countries with governments that fund, sponsor, or otherwise facilitate forced organ harvesting and shall provide written notice to the commissioner, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Employees Retirement System of Texas, and executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission when the commissioner of state health services designates an additional country.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.359 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.359
§ 162.359. LICENSE APPLICATION PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

An applicant for a license under this subchapter must file an application using a form adopted by the comptroller that contains:

(1) the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business;

(2) the applicant's principal office, residence, or place of business in this state, or other location of the applicant;

(3) if the applicant is not an individual, the names of the principal officers of an applicant corporation, or the names of the members of an applicant partnership, and the office, street, or post office addresses of each; and

(4) other information required by the comptroller.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.251
§ 4201.251. DELEGATION OF UTILIZATION REVIEW.
Status: in_force

A utilization review agent may delegate utilization review to qualified personnel in the hospital or other health care facility in which the health care services to be reviewed were or are to be provided. The delegation does not release the agent from the full responsibility for compliance with this chapter or other applicable law, including the conduct of those to whom utilization review has been delegated.
Tex. Family Code § 161.006 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 161 / Section 161.006
§ 161.006. TERMINATION AFTER ABORTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A petition requesting termination of the parent-child relationship with respect to a parent who is not the petitioner may be granted if the child was born alive as the result of an abortion.

(b) In this code, "abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002, Health and Safety Code.

(c) The court or the jury may not terminate the parent-child relationship under this section with respect to a parent who:

(1) had no knowledge of the abortion; or

(2) participated in or consented to the abortion for the sole purpose of preventing the death of the mother.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1077.202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1077 / Section 1077.202
§ 1077.202. TAX TO PAY BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue bonds under Section 1077.201 payable from ad valorem taxes. If the bonds are payable from ad valorem taxes, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax to create an interest and sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the bonds mature.

(b) The tax required by this section together with any other ad valorem tax the district imposes may not in any year exceed 75 cents on each $100 valuation of all taxable property in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 303.124 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 303 / Section 303.124
§ 303.124. DOCUMENTS AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

A court, public office, or official body shall receive the following documents as prima facie evidence of the facts, or the existence or nonexistence of the facts, stated in the documents:

(1) a certificate issued by the secretary of state under this chapter;

(2) a copy, certified by the secretary of state, of a document filed in the office of the secretary of state under this chapter; and

(3) a certificate of the secretary of state under the state seal as to the existence or nonexistence of a fact relating to a corporation that would not appear from a document or certificate under Subdivision (1) or (2).
Tex. Local Government Code § 212.137 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 212 / Section 212.137
§ 212.137. WAIVER PROCEDURES REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A moratorium adopted under this subchapter must allow a permit applicant to apply for a waiver from the moratorium relating to the property subject to the permit by:

(1) claiming a right obtained under a development agreement; or

(2) providing the public facilities that are the subject of the moratorium at the landowner's cost.

(b) The permit applicant must submit the reasons for the request to the governing body of the municipality in writing. The governing body of the municipality must vote on whether to grant the waiver request within 10 days after the date of receiving the written request.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1579.302 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1579 / Section 1579.302
§ 1579.302. COMPOSITION OF FUND.
Status: in_force

The fund is composed of:

(1) all contributions made to the fund under this chapter from employees, participating entities, and the state;

(2) contributions made by employees or participating entities for optional coverages;

(3) investment income;

(4) any additional amounts appropriated by the legislature for contingency reserves, administrative expenses, or other expenses; and

(5) any other money required or authorized to be paid into the fund.