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Tex. Occupations Code § 504.1511 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.1511
§ 504.1511. OTHER CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDED ON LICENSE.
Status: in_force

A license issued under this chapter must include an area on which a license holder may apply an adhesive label issued by the Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals with the designation and expiration date of any other related certification held by the license holder that is approved by the International Certification Reciprocity Consortium or another entity approved by the department.
Tex. Government Code § 2.001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2 / Section 2.001
§ 2.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.01, Penal Code.

(2) "Firearm suppressor" means any device designed, made, or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm.

(3) "Generic and insignificant part" means an item that has manufacturing or consumer product applications other than inclusion in a firearm suppressor. The term includes a spring, screw, nut, and pin.

(4) "Manufacture" includes forging, casting, machining, or another process for working a material.
Tex. Government Code § 1232.202 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1232 / Section 1232.202
§ 1232.202. CONTRACTS CONTINGENT ON LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each lease or installment sale contract entered into under this chapter is contingent on the legislature's appropriation of sufficient funds.

(b) The board may act as necessary to ensure that the payment of the principal of and interest on obligations is continued without interruption if:

(1) sufficient appropriated funds are unavailable;

(2) the commission or another state agency fails to pay a rental or installment; or

(3) the commission or another state agency fails to renew a lease contract.

(c) Permissible actions under Subsection (b) include:

(1) the re-leasing or subleasing of buildings or equipment to any entity; and

(2) the repossession and resale of equipment to any entity.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 80.014 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 80 / Section 80.014
§ 80.014. DISCONTINUATION OF PROGRAM AND CORPORATION AND DISPOSITION OF FUNDS ON DISCONTINUANCE.
Status: in_force

(a) On the determination by the corporation that the pest suppression program has been completed in all pest management zones established under this chapter, the corporation shall provide notice of the completion to the commissioner along with a request for discontinuance of the control and suppression program and collection of the assessment. Any request under this subsection must include documentation supporting the fact that pests are no longer a threat to the state's citrus industry and a plan for discontinuance of the program and assessment.

(b) The commissioner shall determine whether or not the further suppression of pests is necessary in the pest management zones and approve or disapprove discontinuance of the corporation and the plan for dissolution.

(c) On completion of the dissolution, the corporation shall file a final report with the commissioner, including a financial report, and submit all remaining funds into the trust of the commissioner. Final books of the corporation shall be filed with the commissioner and are subject to audit by the department.

(d) The commissioner shall pay from the corporation's remaining funds all of the corporation's outstanding obligations.

(e) Funds remaining after payment under Subsection (d) shall be returned to contributing citrus producers on a pro rata basis.

(f) If 30 percent or more of the citrus producers eligible to vote within a zone participating in the program present to the commissioner a petition calling for a referendum of the qualified voters on the proposition of discontinuing the program, the commissioner shall conduct a referendum for that purpose.

(g) The commissioner shall give notice of the referendum, the referendum shall be conducted, and the results shall be declared in the manner provided by law for the original referendum and election, with any necessary exceptions provided by rule of the commissioner.

(h) The commissioner shall conduct the referendum before the 90th day after the date the petition was filed, except that a referendum may not be held before the second anniversary of any other referendum in the pest management zone pertaining to establishing or discontinuing the pest management zone.

(i) Approval of the proposition requires the same vote as required in a referendum under Section 80.016(g). If the proposition is approved, the suppression program is abolished and the pest management zone ceases to exist on payment of all debts of the pest management zone.
Tex. Labor Code § 409.0231 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 409 / Section 409.0231
§ 409.0231. PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurance carrier shall offer employees entitled to the payment of benefits for a period of sufficient duration the option of receiving the payments by electronic funds transfer. The insurance carrier shall provide the necessary forms to an employee who requests that benefits be paid by electronic funds transfer.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules in consultation with the Texas Department of Information Resources as necessary to implement this section, including rules prescribing a period of benefits that is of sufficient duration to allow payment by electronic funds transfer.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4054.356 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4054 / Section 4054.356
§ 4054.356. OFFER OF SERVICES TO ALL GROUP SIZES.
Status: in_force

To hold a specialty certification under this subchapter, an individual must agree to market small employer health benefit plans to small employers that satisfy the requirements of Chapter 1501 without regard to the number of employees to be covered under the plan.
Tex. Local Government Code § 155.044 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 155 / Section 155.044
§ 155.044. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court may adopt rules, consistent with this subchapter and federal requirements, for participation in and administration of the program authorized by this subchapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.038 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.038
§ 131.038. REASONS FOR UNSUITABLE DESIGNATION.
Status: in_force

After the survey is made, an area may be designated unsuitable for all or certain types of surface mining if:

(1) the commission determines that reclamation under this chapter is not feasible;

(2) the operations will result in significant damage to important areas of historic, cultural, or archaeological value or to important natural systems;

(3) the operations will affect renewable resource land that includes aquifers and aquifer recharge areas, resulting in a substantial loss or reduction of long-range productivity of water supply or food or fiber products;

(4) the operations are located in an area subject to frequent flooding or an area that is geologically unstable and may reasonably be expected to endanger life and property;

(5) the operations will adversely affect any national park, national monument, national historic landmark, property listed on the national register of historic places, national forest, national wilderness area, national wildlife refuge, national wild and scenic river area, state park, state wildlife refuge, state forest, recorded Texas historic landmark, state historic site, state archaeological landmark, or city or county park; or

(6) the operations would endanger any public road, public building, cemetery, school, church, or similar structure or existing dwelling outside the permit area.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.156 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.156
§ 174.156. SCOPE OF ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The issues to be arbitrated are all matters the parties are unable to resolve through collective bargaining and mediation procedures required by this chapter.

(b) Except as provided by Section 174.165 or Subchapter E-1, an arbitration board shall render an award in accordance with the requirements of Section 174.021. In settling disputes relating to compensation, hours, and other conditions of employment, the board shall consider:

(1) hazards of employment;

(2) physical qualifications;

(3) educational qualifications;

(4) mental qualifications;

(5) job training;

(6) skills; and

(7) other factors.
Tex. Finance Code § 154.208 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 154 / Section 154.208
§ 154.208. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee to review and make recommendations regarding the technical procedures and processes employed by the department to regulate insurance-funded prepaid funeral benefits and monitor compliance of sellers of insurance-funded contracts under this chapter, including recommendations relating to:

(1) the relevance and usefulness of records that the department requires a seller to maintain for examination purposes;

(2) the existence and identification of any specific record that an insurance company is required to maintain and produce under the Insurance Code that could be substituted as a record that meets the objectives and requirements of the department under this chapter;

(3) the scope, efficiency, and effectiveness of examination procedures employed by the department to verify compliance with this chapter; and

(4) any other matter submitted to the committee by the commissioner.

(b) The advisory committee is composed of eight members appointed by the commissioner as follows:

(1) two representatives of the department;

(2) two representatives of funeral providers that actively sell and service insurance-funded contracts in this state; and

(3) four representatives of permit holders that actively sell insurance-funded contracts in this state, provided that representation should be reasonably balanced to include permit holders that sell for domestic insurance companies, foreign insurance companies, small insurance companies, and large insurance companies.

(c) At the request of the commissioner, the commissioner of insurance may appoint a representative of the Texas Department of Insurance to serve on the advisory committee.

(d) Not later than the 30th day after the date all of the initial appointments to the advisory committee have been made, the advisory committee shall meet and select a presiding officer. After the initial meeting, the advisory committee shall meet as necessary at the call of the commissioner.

(e) A member of the advisory committee serves without compensation. If authorized by the commissioner, a member of the advisory committee is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in attending committee meetings.

(f) A recommendation of the advisory committee does not supersede the regulatory authority of the commissioner or the rulemaking authority of the commission under this chapter. The commissioner shall notify the commission of each recommendation of the advisory committee and the reasons for the recommendation.
Tex. Transportation Code § 66.045 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 66 / Section 66.045
§ 66.045. LIABILITY TO PILOT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who is not a pilot and who, in violation of this chapter, pilots a vessel and the consignee of the vessel are liable to a pilot, on written demand, for the amount of the applicable pilotage rate.

(b) In an action to recover compensation under Subsection (a), the court may include in a judgment in favor of a pilot an award of court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3984.0602 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3984 / Section 3984.0602
§ 3984.0602. ELECTION; ADOPTION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may adopt a sales and use tax if authorized by a majority of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board by order may call an election to authorize the adoption of the sales and use tax. The election may be held on any uniform election date and in conjunction with any other district election.

(c) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Authorization of a sales and use tax in the Fort Bend County Management District No. 3 at a rate not to exceed ____ percent" (insert rate of one or more increments of one-eighth of one percent).
Tex. Utilities Code § 102.101 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 102 / Section 102.101
§ 102.101. RECORDS OF GAS UTILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each gas utility shall keep and provide to the regulatory authority, in the manner and form prescribed by the railroad commission, uniform accounts of all business transacted by the gas utility.

(b) The railroad commission may prescribe the form of books, accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by a gas utility, including:

(1) the books, accounts, records, and memoranda of:

(A) the provision of and capacity for service; and

(B) the receipt and expenditure of money; and

(2) any other form, record, and memorandum that the railroad commission considers necessary to carry out this subtitle.

(c) For a gas utility subject to regulation by a federal regulatory agency, compliance with the system of accounts prescribed for the particular class of utilities by the federal agency may be considered sufficient compliance with the system prescribed by the railroad commission. The railroad commission may prescribe the form of books, accounts, records, and memoranda covering information in addition to that required by the federal agency. The system of accounts and the form of books, accounts, records, and memoranda prescribed by the railroad commission for a gas utility or class of utilities may not be inconsistent with the systems and forms established by a federal agency for that gas utility or class of utilities.

(d) Each gas utility shall:

(1) keep and provide its books, accounts, records, and memoranda accurately and faithfully in the manner and form prescribed by the railroad commission; and

(2) comply with the directions of the regulatory authority relating to the books, accounts, records, and memoranda.

(e) In this section, "gas utility" includes a municipally owned utility.
Tex. Family Code § 264.201 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.201
§ 264.201. SERVICES BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) When the department provides services directly or by contract to an abused or neglected child and the child's family, the services shall be designed to:

(1) prevent further abuse;

(2) alleviate the effects of the abuse suffered;

(3) prevent removal of the child from the home; and

(4) provide reunification services when appropriate for the return of the child to the home.

(b) The department shall emphasize ameliorative services for sexually abused children.

(c) The department shall provide or contract for necessary services to an abused or neglected child and the child's family without regard to whether the child remains in or is removed from the family home. If parental rights have been terminated, services may be provided only to the child.

(d) The services may include in-home programs, parenting skills training, youth coping skills, and individual and family counseling. If the department requires or a court orders parenting skills training services through a parenting education program or practice, the program or practice must be an evidence-based program or practice or promising program or practice that is provided in the community in which the family resides, if available.

(e) The department may not provide and a court may not order the department to provide supervision for visitation in a child custody matter unless the department is a petitioner or intervener in the underlying suit.
Tex. Property Code § 92.301 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 92 / Section 92.301
§ 92.301. LANDLORD LIABILITY TO TENANT FOR UTILITY CUTOFF.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord who has expressly or impliedly agreed in the lease to furnish and pay for water, gas, or electric service to the tenant's dwelling is liable to the tenant if the utility company has cut off utility service to the tenant's dwelling or has given written notice to the tenant that such utility service is about to be cut off because of the landlord's nonpayment of the utility bill.

(b) If a landlord is liable to the tenant under Subsection (a) of this section, the tenant may:

(1) pay the utility company money to reconnect or avert the cutoff of utilities according to this section;

(2) terminate the lease if the termination notice is in writing and move-out is to be within 30 days from the date the tenant has notice from the utility company of a future cutoff or notice of an actual cutoff, whichever is sooner;

(3) deduct from the tenant's rent, without necessity of judicial action, the amounts paid to the utility company to reconnect or avert a cutoff;

(4) if the lease is terminated by the tenant, deduct the tenant's security deposit from the tenant's rent without necessity of lawsuit or obtain a refund of the tenant's security deposit pursuant to law;

(5) if the lease is terminated by the tenant, recover a pro rata refund of any advance rentals paid from the date of termination or the date the tenant moves out, whichever is later;

(6) recover actual damages, including but not limited to moving costs, utility connection fees, storage fees, and lost wages from work; and

(7) recover court costs and attorney's fees, excluding any attorney's fees for a cause of action for damages relating to a personal injury.

(c) When deducting for the tenant's payment of the landlord's utility bill under this section, the tenant shall submit to the landlord a copy of a receipt from the utility company which evidences the amount of payment made by the tenant to reconnect or avert cutoff of utilities.

(d) The tenant remedies under this section are effective on the date the tenant has notice from the utility company of a future cutoff or notice of an actual cutoff, whichever is sooner. However, the tenant's remedies under this section shall cease if:

(1) the landlord provides the tenant with written evidence from the utility that all delinquent sums due the utility have been paid in full; and

(2) at the time the tenant receives such evidence, the tenant has not yet terminated the lease or filed suit under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8131.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8131 / Section 8131.104
§ 8131.104. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Section 54.016, Water Code, the district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution adopted by the city council of the City of Texas City, including an ordinance or resolution adopted before September 1, 2005, that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of lands within the district.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.106 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.106
§ 161.106. GUARDIANSHIP POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

In serving as guardian of the person or estate, or both, for an incapacitated individual, the department has all the powers granted and duties prescribed to a guardian under Title 3, Estates Code, or any other applicable law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9033.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9033 / Section 9033.051
§ 9033.051. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of five elected directors.

(b) To be appointed as a director, a person must:

(1) be at least 18 years of age; and

(2) reside in this state.

(c) Such director is not required to reside in the district.

(d) Such director is not required to own land in the district, but before the district awards any construction contracts, each director must own land in the district subject to district taxation.
Tex. Local Government Code § 141.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 141 / Section 141.001
§ 141.001. ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICERS IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 1 preceding a regular municipal election, the governing body of a Type A general-law municipality shall set:

(1) the salary and any fees of office of the mayor to be elected at that election, if the office of mayor is to be filled at the election;

(2) the compensation of each other elected officer to be elected at that election; and

(3) the compensation of each officer appointed by the governing body.

(b) An officer's compensation set under this section may not be changed during the term for which the officer is elected or appointed.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 13.0053 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 13 / Section 13.0053
§ 13.0053. REFERENCE TO HISTORICAL SITES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "publication" includes the publication of a book, magazine, photograph, poster, or bulletin.

(b) The department may not refer to a historical site as a "historical park":

(1) in a department publication; or

(2) on a department marker or sign.
Tex. Occupations Code § 253.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 253 / Section 253.001
§ 253.001. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ an executive director to assist the board in performing its duties.

(b) The board shall set the executive director's salary.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.174 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.174
§ 33.174. TIME FOR FILING PETITION.
Status: in_force

The petition for the appeal must be filed within 30 days after the date of the final action of the board or 30 days after the effective date of the action, whichever is the later date.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.003
§ 841.003. SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is a sexually violent predator for the purposes of this chapter if the person:

(1) is a repeat sexually violent offender; and

(2) suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence.

(b) A person is a repeat sexually violent offender for the purposes of this chapter if the person is convicted of more than one sexually violent offense and a sentence is imposed for at least one of the offenses, or if the person is convicted of an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code, and a sentence is imposed for the offense, or if:

(1) the person:

(A) is convicted of a sexually violent offense, regardless of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether the sentence was probated and the person was subsequently discharged from community supervision;

(B) enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for a sexually violent offense in return for a grant of deferred adjudication; or

(C) is adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in delinquent conduct constituting a sexually violent offense and is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 54.04(d)(3) or (m), Family Code; and

(2) after the date on which under Subdivision (1) the person is convicted, receives a grant of deferred adjudication, or is adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in delinquent conduct, the person commits a sexually violent offense for which the person is convicted, but only if the sentence for the offense is imposed.
Tex. Government Code § 654.041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 654 / Section 654.041
§ 654.041. EXAMINATION FOR COMPLIANCE BY STATE AUDITOR; REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The state auditor, subject to a risk assessment and to the Legislative Audit Committee's approval of including the examination in the audit plan under Section 321.013, may:

(1) examine or cause to be examined, in periodic postaudits of their expenditures and by methods the auditor considers appropriate and adequate, whether departments and agencies are in compliance with this chapter; and

(2) report the findings to the governor, the comptroller, and the Legislative Audit Committee.