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Tex. Insurance Code § 1111A.013 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1111A / Section 1111A.013
§ 1111A.013. DISCLOSURE TO INSURER.
Status: in_force

(a) Without limiting the ability of an insurer to assess the insurability of a policy applicant and to determine whether to issue the policy, and in addition to other questions an insurance carrier may lawfully pose to a life insurance applicant, an insurer may inquire in the application for insurance whether the proposed owner intends to pay premiums with the assistance of financing from a lender that will use the policy as collateral to support the financing.

(b) If, as described in Sections 1111A.002(11) and (11-A), the loan provides funds that can be used for a purpose other than paying for the premiums, costs, and expenses associated with obtaining and maintaining the life insurance policy and loan, and notwithstanding any other law, the application must be rejected as a violation of Section 1111A.017.

(c) If the financing does not violate Section 1111A.017, the insurance carrier:

(1) may make disclosures, not later than the date of the delivery of the policy, to the applicant and the insured, either on the application or on an amendment to the application that include the following or substantially similar statements:

(A) a change of ownership could lead to a stranger owning an interest in the insured's life;

(B) a change of ownership could in the future limit your ability to purchase future insurance on the insured's life because there is a limit to how much coverage insurers will issue on one life;

(C) should there be a change of ownership and you wish to obtain more insurance coverage on the insured's life in the future, the insured's higher issue age, a change in health status, or other factors may reduce the ability to obtain coverage or may result in significantly higher premiums; and

(D) you should consult a professional advisor, since a change in ownership in satisfaction of the loan may result in tax consequences to the owner, depending on the structure of the loan.";

(2) may require certifications, such as the following, from the applicant or the insured:

(A) "I have not entered into any agreement or arrangement providing for the future sale of this life insurance policy";

(B) "My loan arrangement for this policy provides funds sufficient to pay for some or all of the premiums, costs, and expenses associated with obtaining and maintaining my life insurance policy, but I have not entered into any agreement by which I am to receive consideration in exchange for procuring this policy"; and

(C) "The borrower has an insurable interest in the insured."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7971.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7971 / Section 7971.052
§ 7971.052. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after September 1, 2017, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7971.003; or

(2) September 1, 2021.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7971.003 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7971.003; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1366.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1366 / Section 1366.054
§ 1366.054. EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to:

(1) a 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; or

(G) only for indemnity for hospital confinement;

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

(3) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

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

(5) 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 1366.053.
Tex. Water Code § 11.501 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.501
§ 11.501. TITLE OF ACT.
Status: in_force

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wetlands Act."
Tex. Transportation Code § 504.602 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 504 / Section 504.602
§ 504.602. KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL LICENSE PLATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates including the words "Keep Texas Beautiful." The department shall design the license plates in consultation with Keep Texas Beautiful, Inc.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be used in connection with the department's litter prevention and community beautification programs.
Tex. Government Code § 418.042 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 418 / Section 418.042
§ 418.042. STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall prepare and keep current a comprehensive state emergency management plan. The plan may include:

(1) provisions for prevention and minimization of injury and damage caused by disaster;

(2) provisions for prompt and effective response to disaster;

(3) provisions for emergency relief;

(4) provisions for energy emergencies;

(5) identification of areas particularly vulnerable to disasters;

(6) recommendations for zoning, building restrictions, and other land-use controls, safety measures for securing mobile homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent structures, and other preventive and preparedness measures designed to eliminate or reduce disasters or their impact;

(7) provisions for assistance to local officials in designing local emergency management plans;

(8) authorization and procedures for the erection or other construction of temporary works designed to protect against or mitigate danger, damage, or loss from flood, fire, or other disaster;

(9) preparation and distribution to the appropriate state and local officials of state catalogs of federal, state, and private assistance programs;

(10) organization of manpower and channels of assistance;

(11) coordination of federal, state, and local emergency management activities;

(12) coordination of the state emergency management plan with the emergency management plans of the federal government;

(13) coordination of federal and state energy emergency plans;

(14) provisions for providing information to local officials on activation of the Emergency Alert System established under 47 C.F.R. Part 11;

(15) a database of public facilities that may be used under Section 418.017 to shelter individuals during a disaster, including air-conditioned facilities for shelter during an extreme heat disaster and fortified structures for shelter during a wind disaster;

(16) provisions for quickly replenishing the food supplies of area food banks or food pantries following a disaster;

(17) provisions for protecting public health; and

(18) other necessary matters relating to disasters.

(b) In preparing and revising the state emergency management plan, the division shall seek the advice and assistance of local government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic organizations, volunteer organizations, and community leaders.

(c) All or part of the state emergency management plan may be incorporated into regulations of the division or executive orders that have the force and effect of law.
Tex. Insurance Code § 202.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 202 / Section 202.052
§ 202.052. FEES IMPOSED ON CERTAIN INSURERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall impose and the comptroller shall collect a fee for the use of the state from each authorized insurer writing a class of insurance that may be written by an insurer operating under Chapter 841 for filing of the insurer's annual statement. The amount of the fee may not exceed $500.

(b) Subtitles A and B, Title 2, Tax Code, apply to a fee collected under this section.
Tex. Estates Code § 355.104 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 355 / Section 355.104
§ 355.104. PAYMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF PROPERTY SECURING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a personal representative has the proceeds of a sale made to satisfy a mortgage, lien, or security interest, and the proceeds or any part of the proceeds are not required for the payment of any debts against the estate that have a preference over the mortgage, lien, or security interest, the representative shall pay the proceeds to any holder of a mortgage, lien, or security interest. If there is more than one mortgage, lien, or security interest against the property, the representative shall pay the proceeds to the holders of the mortgages, liens, or security interests in the order of priority of the holders' mortgages, liens, or security interests.

(b) A holder of a mortgage, lien, or security interest, on proof of a personal representative's failure to pay proceeds under this section, may obtain an order from the court directing the payment to be made.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 22.022 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 22 / Section 22.022
§ 22.022. PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this subchapter is to increase the free flow of information and preserve a free and active press and, at the same time, protect the right of the public to effective law enforcement and the fair administration of justice.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3869.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3869 / Section 3869.052
§ 3869.052. APPOINTED DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city shall appoint the voting directors and shall appoint a director to fill each vacancy that occurs on the board, with the appointee to serve for the unexpired term of the former director.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1018.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1018 / Section 1018.161
§ 1018.161. GENERAL AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money at a rate not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allowed by law for district obligations at the time the loan is made.

(b) To secure a loan, the board may pledge:

(1) district revenue that is not pledged to pay the district's bonded indebtedness;

(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district during the 12-month period following the date of the pledge that is not pledged to pay the principal of or interest on district bonds; or

(3) district bonds that have been authorized but not sold.

(c) A loan for which taxes or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.
Tex. Education Code § 8.124 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 8 / Section 8.124
§ 8.124. INNOVATIVE AND EMERGENCY GRANTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature may appropriate money from the foundation school fund or other sources for grants to regional education service centers. Money appropriated under this section shall be distributed to regional education service centers as:

(1) competitive grants for developing and implementing innovative regional strategies or programs; or

(2) emergency grants for providing adequate services under Section 8.051 to small and isolated school districts or, in extreme circumstances, other school districts.

(b) The commissioner may adopt rules governing:

(1) the strategies, programs, and regions eligible for funding under this section; and

(2) the amount of money that may be distributed to a regional education service center for a specific purpose.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.0311 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.0311
§ 370.0311. CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a municipality:

(1) with a population of 5,000 or less; and

(2) in which a ferry system that is a part of the state highway system is located.

(b) A municipality has the same authority as a county under this chapter to create and participate in an authority.

(c) A municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.

(d) The governing body of a municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a commissioners court of a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.

(e) An elected member of the governing body of a municipality that creates or participates in an authority has the same powers and duties as a commissioner of a county that creates or participates in an authority under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1039.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1039 / Section 1039.205
§ 1039.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may, without an election, issue refunding bonds payable from taxes or revenue to refund outstanding indebtedness issued, incurred, or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bonds applied to the payment of the indebtedness to be refunded; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than the principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 383.011 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 383 / Section 383.011
§ 383.011. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE AND TRANSFER PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) An issuer may acquire, construct, and improve a control facility and may acquire real property as the issuer considers appropriate for the control facility.

(b) An issuer may enter into a lease or other contract under which another person uses or acquires the issuer's control facility. An issuer may sell a control facility, by installment payments or otherwise, to any person on conditions the issuer considers desirable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3974.1003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3974 / Section 3974.1003
§ 3974.1003. WRITTEN AGREEMENT REGARDING SPECIAL APPRAISALS.
Status: in_force

Before the district may issue bonds, the district and any person to whom the board intends that proceeds of the bonds be distributed, including the developer, another owner of land in the district, and any entity acting as a lender to the developer or other landowner for the purpose of a project relating to the district, must enter into a written agreement that:

(1) waives for the term of the agreement the right to a special appraisal with respect to taxation by the district under Subchapters B, C, D, E, F, and H, Chapter 23, Tax Code; and

(2) remains in effect for 30 years and is binding on the parties, on entities related to or affiliated with the parties, and on their successors and assignees.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8886.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8886 / Section 8886.153
§ 8886.153. WELL PERMITS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may:

(1) require a permit for drilling, equipping, or completing a well in a groundwater reservoir in the district; and

(2) issue a permit that imposes terms relating to drilling, equipping, or completing a well that are necessary to prevent waste or conserve, preserve, and protect groundwater.

(b) The board may not deny an owner of land, or the owner's heirs, assigns, and lessees, a permit to drill a well on that land or the right to produce groundwater from that well, subject to rules adopted under this chapter.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.156 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.156
§ 21.156. REFERRAL BY LOCAL COMMISSION TO STATE COMMISSION.
Status: in_force

A local commission may refer a matter under its jurisdiction to the Commission on Human Rights.
Tex. Local Government Code § 233.066 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 233 / Section 233.066
§ 233.066. INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

The appropriate attorney representing the county in the district court may seek injunctive relief to prevent the violation or threatened violation of the fire code.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 117.052 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 117 / Section 117.052
§ 117.052. ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) If it appears that a rule of the commission has been or is being violated, the commission may have a civil suit instituted in a district court for injunctive relief to restrain the person from continuing the violation or for the assessment and recovery of a civil penalty under Section 117.051 of this code, or for both the injunctive relief and the civil penalty.

(b) On application for injunctive relief and a finding that a person has violated or is violating this chapter or a rule of the commission adopted under this chapter, the district court shall grant the injunctive relief the facts so warrant.

(c) At the request of the commission, the attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit in the name of the state for injunctive relief to recover the civil penalty, or for both injunctive relief and the civil penalty.
Tex. Education Code § 111.13 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 111 / Section 111.13
§ 111.13. QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS; OATH.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the State of Texas, and each member shall take the constitutional oath of office.
Tex. Government Code § 411.12507 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.12507
§ 411.12507.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.12507. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION. (a) The Texas Funeral Service Commission is entitled to obtain criminal history record information as provided by Subsection (b) that relates to:

(1) a person who is:

(A) an applicant for a license or certificate under Sections 651.259 and 651.302, Occupations Code; or

(B) the holder of a license or certificate under Chapter 651, Occupations Code;

(2) an applicant for a license or a license holder under Chapter 651, Occupations Code;

(3) an applicant for employment at or current employee of the Texas Funeral Service Commission; or

(4) a person authorized to access vital records or the vital records electronic registration system under Chapter 191, Health and Safety Code, or a funeral director.

(b) Subject to Section 411.087 and consistent with the public policy of this state, the Texas Funeral Service Commission is entitled to:

(1) obtain through the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history record information maintained or indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person described by Subsection (a); and

(2) obtain from the department or any other criminal justice agency in this state criminal history record information maintained by the department or that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by Subsection (a).

(c) The Texas Funeral Service Commission may not release or disclose to any person criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Subsection (b)(1). Criminal history record information obtained by the Texas Funeral Service Commission under Subsection (b)(2) may not be released or disclosed to any person except on court order, with the written consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information, or as provided by Subsection (d).

(d) The Texas Funeral Service Commission is not prohibited from disclosing criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (b)(2) in a criminal proceeding or in a hearing conducted by the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

(e) The Texas Funeral Service Commission may not consider offenses described by Section 542.304, Transportation Code, to determine whether to hire or retain an employee or to contract with a person on whom criminal history record information is obtained under this section.

(f) The Texas Funeral Service Commission shall destroy criminal history record information that is obtained under this section after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 31.142 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 31 / Section 31.142
§ 31.142. BUOYS AND MARKERS.
Status: in_force

The department may provide for a standardized buoy-marking program for the inland water of the state. The department may purchase and provide the controlling agency of the water bodies with buoys and markers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7971.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7971 / Section 7971.001
§ 7971.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Trinity Lakes Municipal Utility District of Montgomery County.
Tex. Estates Code § 258.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 258 / Section 258.002
§ 258.002. CITATION ON APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OF WILL NOT PRODUCED IN COURT.
Status: in_force

(a) On the filing of an application for the probate of a written will that cannot be produced in court, the clerk shall issue a citation to all parties interested in the estate. The citation must:

(1) contain substantially the statements made in the application for probate;

(2) identify the court that will act on the application; and

(3) state the time and place of the court's action on the application.

(b) The citation required by Subsection (a) shall be served on the testator's heirs by personal service if the heirs are residents of this state and their addresses are known.

(c) Service of the citation required by Subsection (a) may be made by publication if:

(1) the heirs are not residents of this state;

(2) the names or addresses of the heirs are unknown; or

(3) the heirs are transient persons.

(d) An heir who is 16 years of age or older may waive citation required by this section to be served on the heir.

(e) The parent, managing conservator, guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem of an heir who is younger than 16 years of age may waive citation required by this section to be served on the heir.