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Tex. Insurance Code § 843.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 843 / Section 843.005
§ 843.005. USE OF INSURANCE-RELATED TERMS BY HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

A health maintenance organization that is not authorized as an insurer may not use in its name, contracts, or literature the word "insurance," "casualty," "surety," or "mutual," or any other words that are:

(1) descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety business; or

(2) deceptively similar to the name or description of an insurer or surety corporation engaging in business in this state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.0283 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.0283
§ 281.0283. HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of the Harris County Hospital District may appoint, contract for, or employ physicians as the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district.

(b) The term of an employment contract entered into under this section may not exceed four years.

(c) This section may not be construed as authorizing the board of the Harris County Hospital District to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.

(d) The authority granted to the board of the Harris County Hospital District under Subsection (a) to employ physicians shall apply as necessary for the district to fulfill the district's statutory mandate to provide medical care for the indigent and needy residents of the district as provided by Section 281.046.

(e) The medical executive board of the Harris County Hospital District shall adopt, maintain, and enforce policies to ensure that a physician employed by the district exercises the physician's independent medical judgment in providing care to patients.

(f) The policies adopted by the medical executive board under this section must include:

(1) policies relating to:

(A) governance of the medical executive board;

(B) credentialing;

(C) quality assurance;

(D) utilization review;

(E) peer review;

(F) medical decision-making; and

(G) due process; and

(2) rules requiring the disclosure of financial conflicts of interest by a member of the medical executive board.

(g) The medical executive board and the board of the Harris County Hospital District shall jointly develop and implement a conflict management process to resolve any conflict between a policy adopted by the medical executive board under this section and a policy of the Harris County Hospital District.

(h) A member of the medical executive board who is a physician shall provide biennially to the chair of the medical executive board a signed, verified statement indicating that the board member:

(1) is licensed by the Texas Medical Board;

(2) will exercise independent medical judgment in all medical executive board matters, including matters relating to:

(A) credentialing;

(B) quality assurance;

(C) utilization review;

(D) peer review;

(E) medical decision-making; and

(F) due process;

(3) will exercise the board member's best efforts to ensure compliance with the policies that are adopted or established by the medical executive board; and

(4) will report immediately to the Texas Medical Board any action or event that the board member reasonably and in good faith believes constitutes a compromise of the independent medical judgment of a physician in caring for a patient.

(i) For all matters relating to the practice of medicine, each physician employed by the Harris County Hospital District shall ultimately report to the chair of the medical executive board for the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 71.008 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 71 / Section 71.008
§ 71.008. GRANT OF LEASE.
Status: in_force

A lease made under this subchapter, including leases for coal and lignite, may be granted by public auction.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.0211 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 282 / Section 282.0211
§ 282.0211. OPTIONAL FOUR-YEAR TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, on its own motion, order that board members are to be elected in even-numbered years to serve staggered four-year terms.

(b) The first election of board members in an even-numbered year that occurs at least 120 days after the date on which an order is entered under Subsection (a) shall be held as previously scheduled. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes at that election serve for a term of four years. The remaining two directors elected at that election serve for a term of two years. Subsequent members shall be elected in even-numbered years and shall serve four-year terms.
Tex. Property Code § 209.012 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 209 / Section 209.012
§ 209.012. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS GRANTING EASEMENTS TO CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A property owners' association may not amend a dedicatory instrument to grant the property owners' association an easement through or over an owner's lot without the consent of the owner.

(b) This section does not prohibit a property owners' association from adopting or enforcing a restriction in a dedicatory instrument that allows the property owners' association to access an owner's lot to remedy a violation of the dedicatory instrument.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8244.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8244 / Section 8244.005
§ 8244.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act creating this chapter.

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

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

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

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

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7927.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7927 / Section 7927.152
§ 7927.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7927.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.152 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.152
§ 1369.152. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage:

(A) only for a specified disease or for another limited benefit;

(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 a liability insurance policy;

(E) for credit insurance;

(F) only for dental or vision care;

(G) only for hospital expenses; or

(H) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

(2) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501;

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

(4) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

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

(6) a long-term care insurance 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 Section 1369.151.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1021.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1021 / Section 1021.003
§ 1021.003. ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The district performs an essential public function in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.108 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 9 / Section 9.108
§ 9.108. SUFFICIENCY OF DESCRIPTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (c), (d), and (e), a description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d), a description of collateral reasonably identifies the collateral if it identifies the collateral by:

(1) specific listing;

(2) category;

(3) except as otherwise provided in Subsection (e), a type of collateral defined in this title;

(4) quantity;

(5) computational or allocational formula or procedure; or

(6) except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), any other method, if the identity of the collateral is objectively determinable.

(c) A description of collateral as "all the debtor's assets" or "all the debtor's personal property" or using words of similar import does not reasonably identify the collateral.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (e), a description of a security entitlement, securities account, or commodity account is sufficient if it describes:

(1) the collateral by those terms or as investment property; or

(2) the underlying financial asset or commodity contract.

(e) A description only by type of collateral defined in this title is an insufficient description of:

(1) a commercial tort claim; or

(2) in a consumer transaction, consumer goods, a security entitlement, a securities account, or a commodity account.
Tex. Election Code § 252.010 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 252 / Section 252.010
§ 252.010. TRANSFER OF APPOINTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a candidate who has filed a campaign treasurer appointment decides to seek a different office that would require the appointment to be filed with another authority, a copy of the appointment certified by the authority with whom it was originally filed must be filed with the other authority in addition to the new campaign treasurer appointment.

(b) The original appointment terminates on the filing of the copy with the appropriate authority or on the 10th day after the date the decision to seek a different office is made, whichever is earlier.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2352.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2352 / Section 2352.001
§ 2352.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Agreement" means a written agreement between a manufacturer or distributor and a dealer for the purchase and sale of new boats or new boat motors.

(2) "Boat" means:

(A) a motorboat; or

(B) any other vessel that is more than 14 feet in length and is designed to be propelled by a sail.

(2-a) "Boat motor" means a mechanical form of propulsion for a vessel, including an inboard or outboard motor.

(3) "Dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, selling on consignment, displaying for sale, or exchanging at least five vessels, motorboats, or boat motors during a calendar year.

(4) "Distributor" means a person who:

(A) offers for sale, sells, or distributes new boats or new boat motors to dealers; or

(B) controls a person described by Paragraph (A).

(5) "Manufacturer" means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing new and unused vessels or boat motors for the purpose of sale or trade.

(5-a) "Marketing standards" means mutually agreed standards in a manufacturer's marketing or promotional activities.

(6) "Motorboat" has the meaning assigned by Section 31. 003, Parks and Wildlife Code.

(7) "New" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.003, Parks and Wildlife Code.

(8) "Outboard motor" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.003, Parks and Wildlife Code.

(8-a) "Performance standards" means reasonable standards that are mutually developed and agreed to by a manufacturer and a dealer relating to:

(A) achievement of market share by a dealer for manufacturer products sold in a territory;

(B) achievement of a level of performance in a manufacturer's certified dealer program, if any; and

(C) participation in a plan that addresses improvement, if needed, in dealer performance.

(8-b) "Territory" means:

(A) for the sale of a manufacturer's boats, a defined geographical area within which a dealer is appointed by the manufacturer as the sole authorized dealer; or

(B) for the sale of all other manufacturer products, a market area within which a dealer is appointed by the manufacturer as an authorized dealer.

(9) "Vessel" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.003, Parks and Wildlife Code.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.301 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.301
§ 39.301. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to enable utilities to use securitization financing to recover regulatory assets, all other amounts determined under Section 39.262, and any amounts being recovered under a competition transition charge determined as a result of the proceedings under Sections 39.201 and 39.262. This type of debt will lower the carrying costs of the assets relative to the costs that would be incurred using conventional utility financing methods. The proceeds of the transition bonds shall be used solely for the purposes of reducing the amount of recoverable regulatory assets and other amounts, as determined by the commission in accordance with this chapter, through the refinancing or retirement of utility debt or equity. The commission shall ensure that securitization provides tangible and quantifiable benefits to ratepayers, greater than would have been achieved absent the issuance of transition bonds. The commission shall ensure that the structuring and pricing of the transition bonds result in the lowest transition bond charges consistent with market conditions and the terms of the financing order. The amount securitized may not exceed the present value of the revenue requirement over the life of the proposed transition bond associated with the regulatory assets or other amounts sought to be securitized. The present value calculation shall use a discount rate equal to the proposed interest rate on the transition bonds.
Tex. Local Government Code § 203.046 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 203 / Section 203.046
§ 203.046. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

As the governing body may require, the records management officer shall keep accurate lists of records destroyed, their volume, and other information of records management activities.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.001
§ 541.001. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance by:

(1) defining or providing for the determination of trade practices in this state that are unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices; and

(2) prohibiting those trade practices.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9057.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9057 / Section 9057.004
§ 9057.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

The district is composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 198, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter O, Chapter 51, Water Code;

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

(3) other law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.004
§ 1551.004. DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this chapter, "dependent" with respect to an individual eligible to participate in the group benefits program means the individual's:

(1) spouse;

(2) unmarried child younger than 26 years of age;

(3) child of any age who the board of trustees determines lives with or has the child's care provided by the individual on a regular basis if the child is mentally or physically incapacitated to the extent that the child is dependent on the individual for care or support, as determined by the board of trustees;

(4) child of any age who is unmarried, for purposes of health benefit coverage under this chapter, on expiration of the child's continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-272) and its subsequent amendments; and

(5) ward, as that term is defined by Chapter 1002, Estates Code, who is 26 years of age or younger.

(b) In this section, "child" includes:

(1) a natural child, adopted child, stepchild, foster child, or child in the possession of a participant who is designated as managing conservator of the child under an irrevocable or unrevoked affidavit of relinquishment under Chapter 161, Family Code; or

(2) a child who is related by blood or marriage and was claimed as a dependent on the federal income tax return of an individual who is eligible to participate in the group benefits program under Section 1551.101 or 1551.102 for the calendar year preceding the plan year in which the child is first enrolled as a dependent under Subchapter D, and for each subsequent year in which the child is enrolled as a dependent.

(c) The requirement in Subsection (b)(2) that a child must be claimed as a dependent on a federal income tax return in the calendar year preceding the child's enrollment does not apply if:

(1) the child is born in the year in which the child is first enrolled; or

(2) the participant can demonstrate good cause for not claiming the child as a dependent in the preceding calendar year.
Tex. Water Code § 26.053 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.053
§ 26.053. DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS WATER PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission by rule shall establish a program to prevent illegal dumping that affects the surface waters of this state by placing signs on major highway water crossings that notify drivers of a toll-free number to call to report illegal dumping.

(b) The commission shall establish a toll-free number hotline that will forward calls to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

(c) A local government may work with the commission to participate in the program. A local government that participates in the program may contribute to the cost of operating the toll-free number hotline.

(d) The Texas Department of Transportation shall cooperate with the commission in the placement of signs described by Subsection (a).

(e) The Texas Department of Transportation shall post a sign that complies with program requirements at a major highway water crossing at the time a previously posted sign identifying the crossing or prohibiting dumping at the crossing is scheduled to be replaced.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.055 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 23 / Section 23.055
§ 23.055. BOUND RECORDS.
Status: in_force

If the commissioners court considers it necessary, it may order that the county surveyor's record be transcribed in good and substantial books by the county surveyor or special deputies sworn to make true copies of the record. For this service, not more than 15 cents per 100 words shall be allowed to be paid out of the county treasury.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 106.117 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 106 / Section 106.117
§ 106.117. REPORT OF COURT TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Status: in_force

(a) Each court, including a justice court, municipal court, or juvenile court, shall furnish to the Department of Public Safety a notice of each:

(1) adjudication under Title 3, Family Code, for conduct that constitutes an offense under this chapter;

(2) conviction of an offense under this chapter;

(3) order of deferred disposition for an offense alleged under this chapter; and

(4) acquittal of an offense under Section 106.041.

(b) The notice must be in a form prescribed by the Department of Public Safety and must contain the driver's license number of the defendant, if the defendant holds a driver's license.

(c) The Department of Public Safety shall maintain appropriate records of information in the notices and shall provide the information to law enforcement agencies and courts as necessary to enable those agencies and courts to carry out their official duties. The information is admissible in any action in which it is relevant. A person who holds a driver's license having the same number that is contained in a record maintained under this section is presumed to be the person to whom the record relates. The presumption may be rebutted only by evidence presented under oath.

(d) The information maintained under this section is confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided by this section. A provision of Chapter 58, Family Code, or other law limiting collection or reporting of information on a juvenile or other minor or requiring destruction of that information does not apply to information reported and maintained under this section.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 85.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 85 / Section 85.003
§ 85.003. DEPARTMENT AS LEAD AGENCY AND PRIMARY RESOURCE.
Status: in_force

The department, in the discharge of its duty to protect the public health, shall act as the lead agency for AIDS and HIV policy for Texas and is the primary resource for HIV education, prevention, risk reduction materials, policies, and information in this state.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3889.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3889 / Section 3889.106
§ 3889.106. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including Harris County or the city, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.050 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 341 / Section 341.050
§ 341.050. PENALTIES CUMULATIVE.
Status: in_force

All penalties accruing under this subchapter are cumulative of all other remedies, and a suit for recovery of any penalty does not bar or affect the recovery of any other penalty or bar any criminal prosecution against a person or any officer, director, agent, or employee of that person.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3945.0106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3945 / Section 3945.0106
§ 3945.0106. ELIGIBILITY FOR INCLUSION IN SPECIAL ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in one or more of the following:

(1) a tax increment reinvestment zone created under Chapter 311, Tax Code;

(2) a tax abatement reinvestment zone created under Chapter 312, Tax Code;

(3) an enterprise zone created under Chapter 2303, Government Code; or

(4) an industrial district created under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3858.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3858 / Section 3858.001
§ 3858.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "City council" means the governing body of the City of Dripping Springs.

(3) "Commissioners court" means the Hays County Commissioners Court.

(4) "Director" means a member of the board.

(5) "District" means the Driftwood Economic Development Municipal Management District.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1045.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1045 / Section 1045.201
§ 1045.201. OBLIGATIONS AND CREDIT AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue, sell, and deliver obligations and execute credit agreements as provided by Chapters 1201 and 1371, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 526.0506 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 526 / Section 526.0506
§ 526.0506. INVESTIGATION UNIT FOR CHILD-CARE FACILITIES OPERATING ILLEGALLY.
Status: in_force

The executive commissioner shall maintain a unit within the commission's child-care licensing division consisting of investigators whose primary responsibility is to:

(1) identify child-care facilities that are operating without a license, certification, registration, or listing required by Chapter 42, Human Resources Code; and

(2) initiate appropriate enforcement actions against those facilities.
Tex. Government Code § 54.2414 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.2414
§ 54.2414. COSTS OF MAGISTRATE.
Status: in_force

The court shall determine if the nonprevailing party is able to defray the costs of the magistrate. If the court determines the nonprevailing party is able to pay those costs, the court shall assess the magistrate's costs against the nonprevailing party.