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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 7.021 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 7 / Section 7.021
§ 7.021. SUIT ON OFFICIAL BONDS.
Status: in_force

Suit may be brought in the name of this state alone on an official bond for the benefit of all the parties entitled to recover on the bond if:

(1) the bond is made payable to this state or to an officer of this state; and

(2) a recovery on the bond is authorized by or would inure to the benefit of parties other than this state.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.234 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.234
§ 225.234. OFFICER RICHARD HOUSTON II MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of Interstate Highway 635 in the municipal limits of Mesquite is designated as the Officer Richard Houston II Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Officer Richard Houston II Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Government Code § 661.025 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.025
§ 661.025. WITHDRAWAL OF TIME FROM POOL.
Status: in_force

(a) A state employee may apply to the pool administrator for permission to withdraw time from the family leave pool.

(b) If the state employee is seeking permission to withdraw time because of a serious illness, including a pandemic-related illness, of an immediate family member or the employee and does not qualify for or has exhausted time available in the sick leave pool, the employee must provide the pool administrator with a written statement from the licensed practitioner who is treating the employee or the employee's immediate family member.

(c) If the state employee is seeking permission to withdraw time because of an extenuating circumstance created by an ongoing pandemic, including providing essential care to a family member, the employee must provide any applicable documentation, including an essential caregiver designation, proof of closure of a school or daycare, or other appropriate documentation.

(d) If the pool administrator determines the state employee is eligible, the administrator shall:

(1) approve the transfer of time from the pool to the employee; and

(2) credit the time to the employee.
Tex. Water Code § 49.2125 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.2125
§ 49.2125. FEES AND OTHER CHARGES OF CERTAIN REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITIES AFTER ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a regional water authority that:

(1) was established after January 1, 1999;

(2) is located entirely within a county with a population greater than 3.4 million according to the 2000 federal decennial census; and

(3) has a population greater than 375,000 according to the 2000 federal decennial census.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, except to the extent an authority to which this section applies agrees in writing, a municipality's annexation of territory within the authority has no effect on the authority's ability to assess and collect inside the territory annexed by the municipality the types of fees, rates, charges, or special assessments that the authority was assessing and collecting at the time the municipality initiated the annexation; provided, however, that the authority's ability to assess and collect such fees, rates, charges, or special assessments shall terminate on the later to occur of (i) the date of final payment or defeasance of any bonds or other indebtedness, including any refunding bonds, that are secured by such fees, rates, charges, or special assessments or (ii) the date that the authority no longer provides services inside the annexed territory. An authority to which this section applies shall continue to provide services to the annexed territory in accordance with contracts in effect at the time of the annexation unless a written agreement between the governing body of the authority and the governing body of the municipality provides otherwise.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1363.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1363 / Section 1363.001
§ 1363.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to a health benefit plan, including a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501 or coverage that is provided by a health group cooperative under Subchapter B of that chapter, that:

(1) provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including:

(A) an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage that is offered by:

(i) an insurance company;

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

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

(iv) a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941;

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

(vi) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843; or

(vii) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange operating under Chapter 942; and

(B) to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.), a health benefit plan that is offered by:

(i) a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined by Section 3 of that Act; or

(ii) another analogous benefit arrangement;

(2) is offered by an approved nonprofit health corporation operating under Chapter 844; or

(3) provides health and accident coverage through a risk pool created under Chapter 172, Local Government Code, notwithstanding Section 172.014, Local Government Code, or any other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8182.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8182 / Section 8182.004
§ 8182.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 576, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 8280-515, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

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

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, and validity;

(2) the district's 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) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8853.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8853 / Section 8853.055
§ 8853.055. APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT ON BALLOT.
Status: in_force

A person shall indicate on the application for a place on the ballot the single-member district the person seeks to represent.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9045.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9045 / Section 9045.104
§ 9045.104. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "sole expense" means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a facility described by Subsection (b) in providing comparable replacement without enhancement of the facility, after deducting from that cost the net salvage value derived from the old facility.

(b) If the district's exercise of the power of eminent domain makes necessary relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade of, or altering the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telegraph or telephone property or facility, or pipeline, the necessary action shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 500.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 500 / Section 500.003
§ 500.003. GAMBLING PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

Gambling is not permitted at any place in a facility operated by or under contract with the department where inmates are housed or worked. An employee of the department who engages in gambling or knowingly permits gambling at any place where inmates are housed or worked is subject to immediate dismissal.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 342.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 342 / Section 342.022
§ 342.022. JOINT SANITARY REGULATIONS OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY AND COUNTY.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may cooperate with the commissioner's court of the county in which the municipality is located in making improvements considered necessary by those entities to:

(1) improve the public health and promote efficient sanitary regulations; and

(2) arrange for the construction of and payment for those improvements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3870.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3870 / Section 3870.051
§ 3870.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 3870.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Government Code § 2308.313 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.313
§ 2308.313. RIGHT TO KNOW.
Status: in_force

A career development center shall provide to each person, before the person participates in a vocational or technical training program, a document that informs the person of:

(1) current employment prospects;

(2) the current wage level for a person who completes the vocational or technical training program in which the person is considering participating; and

(3) the most recent information available on the performance of institutions that provide that training in the local workforce development area.
Tex. Transportation Code § 257.111 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 257 / Section 257.111
§ 257.111. PURCHASE OF IMPROVED ROADS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road district established under this subchapter may purchase or take over an improved road previously constructed by a county or by another road district.

(b) A district may purchase or take over a road under Subsection (a) only in the manner provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 1471, Government Code, except that a petition is not required to be filed.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.047 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 131 / Section 131.047
§ 131.047. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: repealed

(a) Any party to the administrative proceedings whose interest is or may be adversely affected by a ruling, order, decision, or other act of the commission may appeal by filing a petition in a district court of Travis County or in the county in which the greater portion of the land in question is located.

(b) The plaintiff shall pursue his action with reasonable diligence, and if the plaintiff does not prosecute his action within one year after the action is filed, the court shall presume that the action has been abandoned. The court shall dismiss the suit on a motion for dismissal made by the attorney general unless the plaintiff, after receiving due notice, can show good and sufficient cause for the delay.

(c) The court shall hear the complaint solely on the record made before the commission. The findings of the commission, if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole, shall be upheld.

(d) The court may, under conditions it may prescribe, grant temporary relief that it considers appropriate pending final determination of the proceedings.

(e) The commencement of a proceeding under this section shall not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the action, order, or decision of the commission.

(f) Repealed by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2647, ch. 707, Sec. 4(48), eff. Aug. 31, 1981.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.103 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.103
§ 452.103. DEPOSITORY; DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive committee shall designate one or more banks as depositories for authority funds.

(b) All funds of an authority that are not otherwise invested shall be deposited in one or more of the authority's depository banks unless otherwise required by an order or resolution authorizing the issuance of an authority bond or note or other contractual undertaking.

(c) Funds in a depository, to the extent that those funds are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, shall be secured in the manner provided by law for the security of county funds.
Tex. Government Code § 54.860 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.860
§ 54.860. SHERIFF.
Status: in_force

On request of a criminal law hearing officer appointed under this subchapter, the sheriff, in person or by deputy, shall assist the criminal law hearing officer.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.102 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.102
§ 452.102. INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive committee may invest authority funds in:

(1) direct and indirect obligations, including treasury receipts evidencing ownership of future interest and principal payments on their receipts, of the United States and of its instrumentalities, including a Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Student Loan Marketing Association, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development;

(2) an obligation that:

(A) is of any state, or of a state agency, or of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of a state;

(B) pays the principal and interest from taxes or revenues, or both taxes and revenues; and

(C) has a rating of not less than "A" or an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating firm;

(3) direct repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements that:

(A) have defined termination dates secured by obligations described by Subdivision (1) or (2); and

(B) are executed with a bank or trust company organized under the laws of this state, any national banking association, or any government bond dealer reporting to and recognized as a primary dealer by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York;

(4) the common trust funds of a bank and money market mutual funds that consist solely of assets described by Subdivision (1) or (2);

(5) a certificate of deposit of a state or national bank guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor or secured by obligations described by Subdivision (1) or (2) with a market value of not less than the principal amount of the certificate;

(6) commercial paper rated "A1" or "P1" by a nationally recognized rating firm;

(7) a foreign currency and any currency-swap agreement to the extent necessary to pay nondollar-denominated obligations; and

(8) any other investment authorized by resolution of the executive committee of the authority.

(b) An authority, by contract the terms of which are appropriate and approved by the executive committee, may enter into:

(1) an investment agreement relating to any investment described by this section; and

(2) an interest-rate swap or a similar agreement.

(c) In addition to the other investments authorized by this section, the executive committee may invest authority funds in any investment authorized for an entity under Chapter 2256, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 38.210 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.210
§ 38.210. TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) Each school district, open-enrollment charter school, and private school that adopts a policy under Section 38.208(a) is responsible for training school personnel and school volunteers in the administration of an epinephrine delivery system. The training must include information on:

(1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis;

(2) administering an epinephrine delivery system;

(3) implementing emergency procedures, if necessary, after administering an epinephrine delivery system; and

(4) properly disposing of used or expired epinephrine delivery systems.

(a-1) Each school district, open-enrollment charter school, and private school that adopts a policy under Section 38.208(a-1) is responsible for training school personnel and school volunteers in the administration of medication for respiratory distress. The training must include information on:

(1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of respiratory distress;

(2) administering medication for respiratory distress;

(3) implementing emergency procedures, if necessary, after administering medication for respiratory distress; and

(4) proper sanitization, reuse, and disposal of medication for respiratory distress.

(b) Training required under this section must be provided:

(1) in a formal training session or through online education; and

(2) in accordance with the policy adopted under Section 21.4515.

(c) Each school district, open-enrollment charter school, and private school shall maintain records on the training required under this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3872.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3872 / Section 3872.205
§ 3872.205. ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR DEFINED AREA OR DESIGNATED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

After the order under Section 3872.203 is adopted, the district may issue bonds to provide for any land, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances for the defined area or designated property.
Tex. Transportation Code § 201.904 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 201 / Section 201.904
§ 201.904. SPEED SIGNS.
Status: in_force

The department shall erect and maintain on the highways and roads of this state appropriate signs that show the maximum lawful speed for commercial motor vehicles, truck tractors, truck trailers, truck semitrailers, and motor vehicles engaged in the business of transporting passengers for compensation or hire (buses).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8124.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8124 / Section 8124.104
§ 8124.104. LIMITATION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
Status: in_force

The district may exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district only to acquire an easement necessary for a pipeline that serves the district.
Tex. Election Code § 129.053 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 129 / Section 129.053
§ 129.053. ACCESS TO VOTING SYSTEM EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

The general custodian of election records shall secure access control keys or passwords to voting system equipment. Use of access control keys or passwords must be witnessed by one or more individuals authorized to use that information. The use of an access control key or password must be documented and witnessed in a log dedicated for that purpose that is retained until the political subdivision disposes of the equipment.
Tex. Government Code § 1508.204 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.204
§ 1508.204. SALE OR DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

The ordinance authorizing the issuance of certificates of indebtedness under this subchapter may include provisions for any manner of:

(1) sale of the certificates;

(2) exchange of the certificates for property or services; or

(3) delivery of the certificates.
Tex. Government Code § 441.156 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 441 / Section 441.156
§ 441.156. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may enter into contracts or agreements that it considers necessary or advisable to foster and assist in the development of local government records management programs and the preservation of local government records of permanent value and to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this subchapter and Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code.

(b) No contract or agreement made by the commission may bind the state for the payment of any funds that have not been authorized by an appropriation of the legislature or that are not available in accounts established under Section 441.154(e).

(c) The commission may sell advertising in publications developed pursuant to its duties under this subchapter and Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code, and the commission may spend proceeds from the sale only to carry out those duties. The revenue from the sale shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund and reappropriated to the commission.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8028A.0105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8028A / Section 8028A.0105
§ 8028A.0105. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of:

(1) a municipal utility district as provided by general law and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

(2) Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, that relate to the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 281.0286 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 281 / Section 281.0286
§ 281.0286. TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of the Tarrant 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 Tarrant 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 Tarrant 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 committee of the Tarrant 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 committee under this section must include:

(1) policies relating to:

(A) governance of the medical executive committee;

(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 committee.

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

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

(1) is licensed by the Texas Medical Board;

(2) will exercise independent medical judgment in all medical executive committee 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 committee member's best efforts to ensure compliance with the policies that are adopted or established by the medical executive committee; and

(4) will report immediately to the Texas Medical Board any action or event that the committee 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 Tarrant County Hospital District shall ultimately report to the chair of the medical executive committee for the district.