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Tex. Government Code § 497.094 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 497 / Section 497.094
§ 497.094. JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall implement a job training program for each job performed by an inmate confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the department or a defendant or releasee housed in a facility operated by or under contract with the department and monitor the success of those programs. The department shall also establish a permanent record for each inmate, defendant, or releasee. The record must describe the types of job training provided to the inmate, defendant, or releasee by the department. On release from imprisonment or supervision, the department shall provide the inmate, defendant, or releasee with a copy of the record. The department shall collect information relating to the employment histories of inmates released from the institutional division on parole and mandatory supervision.

(b) The department and the Texas Workforce Investment Council by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that establishes the respective responsibility of those entities to provide through local workforce development boards job training and employment assistance to persons formerly sentenced to the custody of the department and information on services available to employers or potential employers of those persons. The department shall coordinate the development of the memorandum of understanding.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 54.002 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 54 / Section 54.002
§ 54.002. POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation formed under this chapter may make loans to shareholders of its common stock for:

(1) the production, or production and marketing, of staple agricultural products;

(2) the acquisition, raising, breeding, fattening, or marketing of livestock; or

(3) the purchase of capital stock of the corporation.

(b) To obtain money for loans, the corporation may purchase, sell, endorse, or discount notes of the shareholders of its common stock if the notes are secured by:

(1) warehouse receipts or shipping documents for the shareholder's agricultural products;

(2) chattel mortgages on the livestock or crops of the shareholder; or

(3) other acceptable security.

(c) By endorsing a note under Subsection (b) of this section, a corporation becomes liable as a principal maker of the note.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8011.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8011 / Section 8011.054
§ 8011.054. 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. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.252 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.252
§ 3933.252. BORROWING MONEY; OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may borrow money for a district purpose, including the acquisition or construction of improvement projects authorized by this chapter and the reimbursement of a person who develops or owns an improvement project authorized by this chapter, without holding an election by issuing bonds, notes, time warrants, credit agreements, or other obligations, or by entering into a contract or other agreement payable wholly or partly from an assessment, a contract payment, a grant, revenue from a zone created under Chapter 311 or 312, Tax Code, sales and use taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, other district revenue, or a combination of these sources.

(b) An obligation described by Subsection (a):

(1) may bear interest at a rate determined by the board; and

(2) may include a term or condition as determined by the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1204.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1204 / Section 1204.253
§ 1204.253. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules to ensure the effective implementation of this subchapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 171.204 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 171 / Section 171.204
§ 171.204. SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.
Status: in_force

The district may not undertake a project that negatively affects a railroad's present or future ability to provide consistent service to its customers.
Tex. Local Government Code § 301.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 301 / Section 301.003
§ 301.003. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO BOARD OF MANAGERS; DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of the county and the governing body of the municipality, by resolution or other proper action, may delegate to a board of managers the authority to acquire land for a recreational or cultural facility by purchase or lease and to erect, maintain, and equip a recreational or cultural facility.

(b) The board, for the benefit of the recreational or cultural facility, may accept gifts and bequests on behalf of the county and municipality and may borrow, receive, exchange, sell, and lend property. If a donor specifies a purpose for a gift or loan, the board shall use the gift or loan for that purpose.
Tex. Education Code § 39A.903 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 39A / Section 39A.903
§ 39A.903. COSTS PAID BY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The costs of providing a monitor, conservator, management team, campus intervention team, technical assistance team, managing entity, or service provider under this chapter shall be paid by the school district. If the district fails or refuses to pay the costs in a timely manner, the commissioner may:

(1) pay the costs using amounts withheld from any funds to which the district is otherwise entitled; or

(2) recover the amount of the costs in the manner provided for recovery of an overallocation of state funds under Section 48.272.
Tex. Education Code § 130A.1012 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130A / Section 130A.1012
§ 130A.1012. STUDY ON STUDENT TRANSFERS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) The coordinating board, in consultation with the standing advisory committee established under Section 130.001, shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility and the fiscal and policy implications, including the fiscal impact to the state, of revising the requirements for subsequent transfer to a general academic teaching institution for purposes of performance tier funding under Section 130A.101(c)(2)(A) to include students who were previously enrolled at a general academic teaching institution.

(c) In conducting the study, the coordinating board shall assess:

(1) the types of postsecondary educational experience and attainment that students have before enrolling in a public junior college, including:

(A) the frequency of each type;

(B) the kinds of services and how much of those services students with each type require from the college; and

(C) the associated measures of academic or workforce success;

(2) the fiscal impact of revising the requirements for subsequent transfer to a general academic teaching institution for purposes of performance tier funding under Section 130A.101(c)(2)(A) to include students who were previously enrolled at a general academic teaching institution; and

(3) any other factors or issues the coordinating board or the standing advisory committee established under Section 130.001 determines relevant.

(d) Not later than December 1, 2026, the coordinating board, in consultation with the standing advisory committee established under Section 130.001, shall submit to the legislature a report on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other action.

(e) This section expires September 1, 2027.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2051.405 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2051 / Section 2051.405
§ 2051.405. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES; INJUNCTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the secretary of state determines that a person has violated this chapter, the secretary shall:

(1) refer the violation to the attorney general for prosecution; and

(2) take appropriate disciplinary action, including:

(A) denying an application for registration; or

(B) suspending or revoking a certificate of registration.

(b) If the secretary determines that a person is violating or is threatening to violate this chapter, the secretary or the attorney general may file suit in district court in Travis County to enjoin the violation or threatened violation.

(c) Judicial review of a denial, suspension, revocation, or other disciplinary action taken under Subsection (a) is by trial de novo and is subject to Section 2001.173, Government Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 63.026 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.026
§ 63.026. COURT-ORDERED ADMISSION.
Status: in_force

A juvenile may be admitted upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction that finds that the juvenile has engaged in delinquent conduct and is in need of supervision or is experiencing a dysfunctional home environment and will benefit from placement in the facility.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.063 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 52 / Section 52.063
§ 52.063. ISSUANCE OF SHARES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to this section, a marketing association organized with capital stock may from time to time sell and issue shares of capital stock in the manner and under the terms prescribed by its bylaws.

(b) A marketing association may issue common stock only to a person who satisfies the membership requirements prescribed by Section 52.081 of this code.

(c) A marketing association may not sell and issue shares of preferred stock to a person who is not a member of the association unless the association first complies with The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code).

(d) A marketing association may not issue shares of stock to a member until the member has fully paid for the shares.

(e) A marketing association may accept promissory notes of members as full or partial payment for stock. The association shall hold the stock as security for payment of the note. The association's retention of the stock does not affect the member's right to vote.
Tex. Insurance Code § 544.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 544 / Section 544.152
§ 544.152. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to:

(1) a life insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews a life insurance contract or policy in this state, including a group contract, policy, or certificate of life insurance; and

(2) a health benefit plan issuer that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including:

(A) an insurance company;

(B) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(C) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(D) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;

(E) a health benefit plan issuer under Chapter 1501;

(F) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;

(G) an employer under a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined by Section 3, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1002), or an analogous benefit arrangement, to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.);

(H) an issuer of a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss); and

(I) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority issued under Chapter 844.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to the issuer of:

(1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease;

(B) only for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) for wages or payments in lieu of wages for a period during which an employee is absent from work because of sickness or injury;

(D) as a supplement to liability insurance;

(E) only for limited benefits; or

(F) only for dental or vision care;

(2) hospital confinement indemnity coverage;

(3) a credit insurance policy;

(4) workers' compensation insurance coverage;

(5) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy; or

(6) a long-term care policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefit coverage so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan as described by Subsection (a)(2).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1203.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.101
§ 1203.101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Eye care expenses" means expenses related to vision or medical eye care services, procedures, or products.

(2) "Health benefit plan" means a policy, agreement, contract, or evidence of coverage that provides comprehensive medical coverage.

(3) "Vision benefit plan" means a limited-scope policy, agreement, contract, or evidence of coverage that provides coverage for eye care expenses but does not provide comprehensive medical coverage.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.012 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 16 / Section 16.012
§ 16.012. PRODUCTS LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Claimant," "seller," and "manufacturer" have the meanings assigned by Section 82.001.

(2) "Products liability action" means any action against a manufacturer or seller for recovery of damages or other relief for harm allegedly caused by a defective product, whether the action is based in strict tort liability, strict products liability, negligence, misrepresentation, breach of express or implied warranty, or any other theory or combination of theories, and whether the relief sought is recovery of damages or any other legal or equitable relief, including a suit for:

(A) injury or damage to or loss of real or personal property;

(B) personal injury;

(C) wrongful death;

(D) economic loss; or

(E) declaratory, injunctive, or other equitable relief.

(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c), (d), and (d-1), a claimant must commence a products liability action against a manufacturer or seller of a product before the end of 15 years after the date of the sale of the product by the defendant.

(c) If a manufacturer or seller expressly warrants in writing that the product has a useful safe life of longer than 15 years, a claimant must commence a products liability action against that manufacturer or seller of the product before the end of the number of years warranted after the date of the sale of the product by that seller.

(d) This section does not apply to a products liability action seeking damages for personal injury or wrongful death in which the claimant alleges:

(1) the claimant was exposed to the product that is the subject of the action before the end of 15 years after the date the product was first sold;

(2) the claimant's exposure to the product caused the claimant's disease that is the basis of the action; and

(3) the symptoms of the claimant's disease did not, before the end of 15 years after the date of the first sale of the product by the defendant, manifest themselves to a degree and for a duration that would put a reasonable person on notice that the person suffered some injury.

(d-1) This section does not reduce a limitations period for a cause of action described by Subsection (d) that accrues before the end of the limitations period under this section.

(e) This section does not extend the limitations period within which a products liability action involving the product may be commenced under any other law.

(f) This section applies only to the sale and not to the lease of a product.

(g) This section does not apply to any claim to which the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-298, 108 Stat. 1552 (1994), reprinted in note, 49 U.S.C. Section 40101) or its exceptions are applicable.
Tex. Government Code § 35.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 35 / Section 35.007
§ 35.007. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall provide administrative support for the commission. The commission is entitled to receive staff support, meeting facilities, temporary work facilities, including computer, telephone, reproduction, and facsimile equipment, available data, and other resources from the office as necessary to carry out the commission's powers and duties.

(b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall grant all reasonable requests for staff support and resources under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3874.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3874 / Section 3874.004
§ 3874.004. 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;

(3) developing or expanding transportation and commerce; and

(4) providing quality residential housing.

(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 residential community and business center; and

(3) promote the health, safety, welfare, and enjoyment of the public by providing pedestrian ways 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, vehicle parking, and street art objects are parts of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be an improvement project that includes 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.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2211.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2211 / Section 2211.207
§ 2211.207. CONTENTS OF PUBLIC SECURITY RESOLUTION; ADMINISTRATION OF ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In a public security resolution, the board may:

(1) provide for the flow of funds and the establishment, maintenance, and investment of funds and special accounts with regard to the public securities, including an interest and sinking fund account, a reserve account, and other accounts; and

(2) make additional covenants with regard to the public securities and the designated income and receipts of the association pledged to the payment of the public securities.

(b) The association shall administer the accounts in accordance with this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 839.306 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 839 / Section 839.306
§ 839.306. BENEFICIARY CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBER OR ANNUITANT.
Status: in_force

(a) Any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a member or annuitant may not be paid to a person convicted of or adjudicated as having caused that death but instead are payable as if the convicted person had predeceased the decedent.

(b) A person who becomes eligible under this section to select death or survivor benefits may select benefits as if the person were the designated beneficiary.

(c) The retirement system shall reduce any annuity computed in part on the age of the convicted or adjudicated person to a lump sum equal to the present value of the remainder of the annuity. The reduced amount is payable to a person entitled as provided by this section to receive the benefit.

(d) The retirement system is not required to change the recipient of any benefits, funds, or account balances under this section unless it receives actual notice of the conviction or adjudication of a beneficiary. However, the retirement system may delay payment of any benefits, funds, or account balances payable on the death of a member or annuitant pending the results of a criminal investigation or civil proceeding and other legal proceedings relating to the cause of death.

(e) For the purposes of this section, a person has been convicted of or adjudicated as having caused the death of a member or annuitant if the person:

(1) pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty by a court or jury in a criminal proceeding of, causing the death of the member or annuitant, regardless of whether sentence is imposed or probated, and no appeal of the conviction is pending and the time provided for appeal has expired; or

(2) is found liable by a court or jury in a civil proceeding for causing the death of the member or annuitant and no appeal of the judgment is pending and the time provided for appeal has expired.
Tex. Finance Code § 92.305 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 92 / Section 92.305
§ 92.305. CONTINUATION OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Status: in_force

After another financial institution is converted to a savings bank:

(1) the corporate existence of the financial institution continues; and

(2) the savings bank is considered to be a continuation of the financial institution that was converted.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.256 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.256
§ 85.256. ORAL REPORTING.
Status: in_force

A service provider shall report test results from a home collection kit for HIV infection testing orally to the individual tested. Notwithstanding Section 81.109, the test results may be provided by telephone.
Tex. Transportation Code § 173.202 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 173 / Section 173.202
§ 173.202. POWERS RELATING TO DISTRICT PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A district may acquire by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, or otherwise and may hold, use, sell, lease, or dispose of property, including a license, a patent, a right, or an interest, necessary, convenient, or useful for the full exercise of its powers under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 844.3051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 844 / Section 844.3051
§ 844.3051. DISABILITY RETIREMENT CONSIDERED SERVICE RETIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The retirement annuity of a disability retiree may not be terminated under this subchapter after the earlier of:

(1) the date a disability retiree attains age 60; or

(2) the date the disability retiree would otherwise be eligible for service retirement under this subtitle.

(b) The disability retirement of a disability retiree described by Subsection (a) is considered for all purposes under this subtitle as a service retirement.