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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 264.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 264 / Section 264.022
§ 264.022. ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND LEASE OF HOSPITALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may construct, purchase, enlarge, furnish, or equip one or more hospitals located in the county.

(b) The authority may operate and maintain one or more hospitals. The authority shall operate a hospital without the intervention of private profit for the use and benefit of the public unless the authority leases the hospital.

(c) The board may lease a hospital or part of a hospital owned by the authority for operation by the lessee as a hospital under terms that are satisfactory to the board and the lessee. The lease must:

(1) be authorized by resolution of the board;

(2) be executed on behalf of the authority by the president and secretary of the board; and

(3) have the seal of the authority impressed on the lease.

(d) The bond resolution or trust indenture may prescribe procedures and policies for the operation of a hospital. If a hospital is used, operated, or acquired by a nonprofit corporation or is leased, the authority may delegate to the nonprofit corporation or lessee the duty to establish the procedures and policies.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 12.0025 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 12 / Section 12.0025
§ 12.0025. NUTRITION PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

The department shall administer the following federal and state nutrition programs:

(1) the commodity supplemental food program under 7 U.S.C. Section 612c;

(2) the food distribution program under 7 U.S.C. Section 612c;

(3) the emergency food assistance program under 7 U.S.C. Section 7501 et seq.;

(4) the school lunch program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.;

(5) the summer food service program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1761;

(6) the child and adult care food program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1766;

(7) the special milk program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1772; and

(8) the school breakfast program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1773.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2002.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2002 / Section 2002.004
§ 2002.004. FILLING OR REFILLING OF CONTAINER BY NONOWNER.
Status: in_force

A person who is not the owner of a liquefied petroleum gas container may fill or refill the container if the person who occupies the premises where the container is located:

(1) requests the service; and

(2) signs a written request stating that:

(A) an emergency exists; and

(B) the owner is unavailable to fill or refill the container, as applicable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3828.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3828 / Section 3828.103
§ 3828.103. GENERAL POWERS REGARDING CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may:

(1) enter into a contract with any person to accomplish any district purpose, including a contract for:

(A) the payment, repayment, or reimbursement of costs incurred by that person on behalf of the district, including all or part of the costs of an improvement project and interest on the reimbursed cost; or

(B) the use, occupancy, lease, rental, operation, maintenance, or management of all or part of a proposed or existing improvement project; and

(2) apply for and contract with any person to receive, administer, and perform a duty or obligation of the district under a federal, state, local, or private gift, grant, loan, conveyance, transfer, bequest, or other financial assistance arrangement relating to the investigation, planning, analysis, study, design, acquisition, construction, improvement, completion, implementation, or operation by the district or others of a proposed or existing improvement project.

(b) A contract the district enters into to carry out a purpose of this chapter may be on any terms and for any period the board determines.

(c) Any person may contract with the district to carry out the purposes of this chapter without further statutory or other authorization.
Tex. Local Government Code § 231.137 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 231 / Section 231.137
§ 231.137. PROCEDURE GOVERNING ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A zoning regulation or zoning district boundary proposed by the zoning commission is not effective until it is adopted by the commissioners court after a public hearing. Before the 15th day before the date of the hearing, the commissioners court must publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(b) The commissioners court by a majority vote may amend or reject a regulation or boundary proposed by the zoning commission.

(c) If a proposed change to a regulation or boundary is protested in accordance with this subsection, the proposed change must receive, in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of all members of the commissioners court. The protest must be written and signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of either:

(1) the lots covered by the proposed change; or

(2) the lots immediately adjacent to the rear of the lots covered by the proposed change and extending 200 feet from those lots or from the street frontage of the opposite lots.

(d) After the commissioners court receives the protest, the court shall hold a public hearing. The court shall publish notice in the manner provided by Subsection (a).
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.004 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 74 / Section 74.004
§ 74.004. EXCEPTION FROM CERTAIN LAWS.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, Sections 17.41-17.63, Business & Commerce Code, do not apply to physicians or health care providers with respect to claims for damages for personal injury or death resulting, or alleged to have resulted, from negligence on the part of any physician or health care provider.

(b) This section does not apply to pharmacists.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9074.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9074 / Section 9074.106
§ 9074.106. 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 9074.003 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 commission 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 9074.003.

(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. Election Code § 241.001 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 241 / Section 241.001
§ 241.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to a contest of a general or special election for the office of state senator or state representative.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 55.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 55 / Section 55.002
§ 55.002. INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department, in consultation with Donate Life Texas, shall develop written and electronic informational materials, including links to Internet websites and machine-readable codes, regarding:

(1) living organ donation; and

(2) the process of registering with a living donor registry.

(b) Donate Life Texas may develop and provide the informational materials described by Subsection (a) to the department.

(c) The department and the Department of Public Safety shall post the information described by Subsection (a) on each of the agency's Internet websites.

(d) Appropriate health care facilities, transplant centers, organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and driver's license offices may access the informational materials described by Subsection (a) on the Internet websites of the department and the Department of Public Safety and print the materials to place in their facilities or offices to provide to residents of this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8283.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8283 / Section 8283.106
§ 8283.106. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Under procedures adopted by board rule, the board may remove a director from office only for malfeasance in office.

(b) The procedures must be designed to guarantee due process to the director.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4201.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4201 / Section 4201.004
§ 4201.004. TELEPHONE ACCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) A utilization review agent shall:

(1) have appropriate personnel reasonably available, by toll-free telephone at least 40 hours per week during normal business hours in this state, to discuss patients' care and allow response to telephone review requests;

(2) have a telephone system capable, during hours other than normal business hours, of accepting or recording incoming telephone calls or of providing instructions to a caller; and

(3) respond to a call made during hours other than normal business hours not later than the second working day after the later of:

(A) the date the call was received; or

(B) the date the details necessary to respond have been received from the caller.

(b) A utilization review agent must provide to the commissioner a written description of the procedures to be used when responding with respect to poststabilization care subsequent to emergency treatment as requested by a treating physician or other health care provider.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.039 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.039
§ 370.039. TRANSFER OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT OR SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may transfer any of its transportation projects or systems to one or more governmental entities if:

(1) the authority has commitments from the governing bodies of the governmental entities to assume jurisdiction over the transferred projects or systems;

(2) property and contract rights in the transferred projects or systems and bonds issued for the projects or systems are not affected unfavorably;

(3) the transfer is not prohibited under the bond proceedings applicable to the transferred projects or systems;

(4) adequate provision has been made for the assumption of all debts, obligations, and liabilities of the authority relating to the transferred projects or systems by the governmental entities assuming jurisdiction over the transferred projects or systems;

(5) the governmental entities are authorized to assume jurisdiction over the transferred projects or systems and to assume the debts, obligations, and liabilities of the authority relating to the transferred projects or systems; and

(6) the transfer has been approved by the commissioners court of each county that is part of the authority.

(b) An authority may transfer to one or more governmental entities any traffic estimates, revenue estimates, plans, specifications, surveys, appraisals, and other work product developed by the authority in determining the feasibility of the construction, improvement, extension, or expansion of a transportation project or system, and the authority's rights and obligations under any related agreements, if the requirements of Subsections (a)(1) and (6) are met.

(c) A governmental entity shall, using any lawfully available funds, reimburse any expenditures made by an authority from its feasibility study fund or otherwise to pay the costs of work product transferred to the governmental entity under Subsection (b) and any other amounts expended under related agreements transferred to the governmental entity. The reimbursement may be made over time, as determined by the governmental entity and the authority.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.055 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.055
§ 171.055. EXEMPTION--OPEN-END INVESTMENT COMPANY.
Status: in_force

An open-end investment company, as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Section 80a-1 et seq.), that is subject to that Act and that is registered under The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code) is exempted from the franchise tax.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1086.208 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1086 / Section 1086.208
§ 1086.208. BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

The following are exempt from taxation by this state or a political subdivision of this state:

(1) bonds issued by the district;

(2) any transaction relating to the bonds; and

(3) profits made in the sale of the bonds.
Tex. Transportation Code § 91.094 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 91 / Section 91.094
§ 91.094. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR PUBLIC AGENCY.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality, county, political subdivision, or public agency may, without advertisement, convey the title to or a right in property determined to be necessary or convenient by the department under this subchapter.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 11.13 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 11 / Section 11.13
§ 11.13. CERTAIN APPLICATIONS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a license or permit held in connection with an establishment located in a county with a population of 1.4 million or more for which a license or permit has been issued under Chapter 25 or 69 for the on-premises consumption of malt beverages exclusively or malt beverages and wine exclusively, other than a license or permit for an establishment holding a food and beverage certificate whose primary business being operated on the premises is food service.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person who is within the fourth degree by consanguinity or affinity of the current licensee or permittee, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, may not apply for any license or permit under this code in connection with an establishment the license or permit of which is suspended under Section 11.61 or 61.71 or in connection with an establishment against whose current licensee or permittee a charge of a violation of this code is pending.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person who is within the fourth degree by consanguinity or affinity of a licensee or permittee, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, whose license or permit was canceled under Section 11.61 or 61.71 may not, for a period of three years from the date of the cancellation, apply for a license or permit in connection with an establishment at the same location as the establishment whose license or permit was canceled.

(d) In this section, "person" includes each member of a partnership or association and, with respect to a corporation, each officer and the owner or owners of a majority of the corporate stock.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.011
§ 341.011. NUISANCE.
Status: in_force

Each of the following is a public health nuisance:

(1) a condition or place that is a breeding place for flies and that is in a populous area;

(2) spoiled or diseased meats intended for human consumption;

(3) a restaurant, food market, bakery, other place of business, or vehicle in which food is prepared, packed, stored, transported, sold, or served to the public and that is not constantly maintained in a sanitary condition;

(4) a place, condition, or building controlled or operated by a state or local government agency that is not maintained in a sanitary condition;

(5) sewage, human excreta, wastewater, garbage, or other organic wastes deposited, stored, discharged, or exposed in such a way as to be a potential instrument or medium in disease transmission to a person or between persons;

(6) a vehicle or container that is used to transport garbage, human excreta, or other organic material and that is defective and allows leakage or spilling of contents;

(7) a collection of water in which mosquitoes are breeding in the limits of a municipality or a collection of water that is a breeding area for mosquitoes that can transmit diseases regardless of the collection's location other than a location or property where activities meeting the definition of Section 11.002(12)(A), Water Code, occur;

(8) a condition that may be proven to injuriously affect the public health and that may directly or indirectly result from the operations of a bone boiling or fat rendering plant, tallow or soap works, or other similar establishment;

(9) a place or condition harboring rats in a populous area;

(10) the presence of ectoparasites, including bedbugs, lice, and mites, suspected to be disease carriers in a place in which sleeping accommodations are offered to the public;

(11) the maintenance of an open surface privy or an overflowing septic tank so that the contents may be accessible to flies; and

(12) an object, place, or condition that is a possible and probable medium of disease transmission to or between humans.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.008
§ 1601.008. EXEMPTION FROM EXECUTION.
Status: in_force

All insurance benefits and other payments and transactions made under this chapter to a participant under this chapter are exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, or any other process.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.456 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.456
§ 201.456. AUTHORITY OF STATE AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

This subchapter or other law related to the operation of the department's compliance program does not preempt the authority of the state auditor to conduct an audit or investigation under Chapter 321, Government Code, or other law.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.176 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.176
§ 33.176. ISSUE ON APPEAL.
Status: in_force

In an appeal of a board action, the issue is whether the action is invalid, arbitrary, or unreasonable.
Tex. Government Code § 822.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 822 / Section 822.002
§ 822.002. EXCEPTIONS TO MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee of the public school system is not permitted to be a member of the retirement system if the employee:

(1) is eligible and elects to participate in the optional retirement program under Chapter 830; or

(2) has retired under the retirement system and has not been reinstated to membership pursuant to Section 824.005 or 824.307.

(b) An employee of a public institution of higher education who is required to be enrolled as a student in the institution as a condition of employment is not permitted to be a member of the retirement system based on that student employment, and compensation paid to the employee for work performed as a student employee is not compensation subject to report and deduction for member contributions or to credit in benefit computations under Section 822.201.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 17.092 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 17 / Section 17.092
§ 17.092. SERVICE ON NONRESIDENT UTILITY SUPPLIER.
Status: in_force

A nonresident individual or partnership that supplies gas, water, electricity, or other public utility service to a city, town, or village in this state may be served citation by serving the local agent, representative, superintendent, or person in charge of the nonresident's business.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3839.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3839 / Section 3839.005
§ 3839.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(2) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not in any way affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bond;

(3) right to impose or collect an assessment or tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Government Code § 808.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 808 / Section 808.002
§ 808.002. OTHER LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

With respect to actions taken in compliance with this chapter, including all good faith determinations regarding companies as required by this chapter, a state governmental entity and the comptroller are exempt from any conflicting statutory or common law obligations, including any obligations with respect to making investments, divesting from any investment, preparing or maintaining any list of companies, or choosing asset managers, investment funds, or investments for the state governmental entity's securities portfolios.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3944.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3944 / Section 3944.006
§ 3944.006. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.

(b) All land and other property included in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district under powers conferred by Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other powers granted under this chapter.

(c) The creation of the district is in the public interest and is essential to further the public purposes of:

(1) developing and diversifying the economy of the state;

(2) eliminating unemployment and underemployment; and

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce.

(d) The district will:

(1) promote the health, safety, and general welfare of residents, employers, potential employees, employees, visitors, and consumers in the district, and of the public;

(2) provide needed funding for the district to preserve, maintain, and enhance the economic health and vitality of the district territory as a community and business center; and

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways, road facilities, transit facilities, parking facilities, enhanced infrastructure, recreational facilities, public art objects, water and wastewater facilities, and drainage facilities, and by landscaping and developing certain areas in the district, which are necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.

(e) Pedestrian ways along or across a street, whether at grade or above or below the surface, and street lighting, street landscaping, parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.

(f) The district will not act as the agent or instrumentality of any private interest even though the district will benefit many private interests as well as the public.