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Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.215 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.215
§ 1501.215. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Annually, each small employer health benefit plan issuer that offers a small employer health benefit plan shall file with the commissioner an actuarial certification stating that the issuer's underwriting and rating methods:

(1) comply with accepted actuarial practices;

(2) are uniformly applied to each small employer health benefit plan covering a small employer; and

(3) comply with this subchapter.

(b) Each small employer health benefit plan issuer shall maintain at its principal place of business a complete and detailed description of its rating practices and renewal underwriting practices, including information and documentation that demonstrate that its rating methods and practices are based on commonly accepted actuarial assumptions and are in accordance with sound actuarial principles.

(c) A small employer health benefit plan issuer shall make the information and documentation described in Subsection (b) available to the commissioner on request. Unless the information or documentation relates to a violation of this chapter, the information or documentation is considered proprietary and trade secret information and is not subject to disclosure by the commissioner to a person outside the department except as agreed to by the issuer or as ordered by a court.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1201.203 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.203
§ 1201.203. OTHER POLICY PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

A policy provision that is not otherwise subject to this subchapter may not make an individual accident and health insurance policy or any portion of the policy less favorable in any way to the insured or the beneficiary than the policy provisions that are subject to this chapter.
Tex. Tax Code § 162.409 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 162 / Section 162.409
§ 162.409. ISSUANCE OF BAD CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER TO LICENSED DISTRIBUTOR, LICENSED SUPPLIER, OR PERMISSIVE SUPPLIER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person issues or passes a check or similar sight order, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, for the payment of money knowing that the issuer does not have sufficient funds in or on deposit with the bank or other drawee for the payment in full of the check or order as well as all other checks or orders outstanding at the time of issuance;

(2) the payee on the check or order is a licensed distributor, licensed supplier, or permissive supplier; and

(3) the payment is for an obligation or debt that includes a tax under this chapter to be collected by the licensed distributor, licensed supplier, or permissive supplier.

(b) Sections 32.41(b), (c), (d), (e), and (g), Penal Code, apply to an offense under this section in the same manner as those provisions are applicable to the offense under Section 32.41(a), Penal Code.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(d) A person who makes payment on an obligation or debt that includes a tax under this chapter and pays with an insufficient funds check or similar sight order, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, issued to a licensed distributor, licensed supplier, or permissive supplier may be held liable for a penalty equal to the total amount of tax not paid to the licensed distributor, licensed supplier, or permissive supplier.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.207 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.207
§ 702.207. DENIAL AND REVOCATION OF EXEMPTION.
Status: in_force

After notice and opportunity for hearing, the secretary of state may deny an application for an exemption or permanently revoke a certificate holder's certificate of exemption if the secretary finds that the applicant or certificate holder:

(1) provided false information on the application for an exemption; or

(2) is no longer eligible for an exemption.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 5201.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 5201 / Section 5201.005
§ 5201.005. GENERAL POWER OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "road facility" means:

(1) a causeway, bridge, or tunnel;

(2) an immediate approach or a necessary fixture, accessory, or equipment for a facility described by Subdivision (1); or

(3) any combination of those facilities described by Subdivision (1) or (2).

(b) The district may construct, acquire, improve, operate, or maintain a road facility:

(1) in the district;

(2) from a point in the district to a point outside of the district in Galveston County; or

(3) from a point in the district in, over, through, or under the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf to a point outside of the district and located in another county.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.020 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.020
§ 53.020. ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER.
Status: in_force

A lease issued under this subchapter may be transferred or assigned at any time in the manner provided by Section 52.026 of this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.051
§ 3952.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring May 31 of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.004 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.004
§ 200.004. ULTRA VIRES ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Lack of capacity of a real estate investment trust may not be the basis of any claim or defense at law or in equity.

(b) An act of a real estate investment trust or a transfer of property by or to a real estate investment trust is not invalid because the act or transfer was:

(1) beyond the scope of the purpose or purposes of the real estate investment trust as expressed in the real estate investment trust's certificate of formation; or

(2) inconsistent with a limitation on the authority of an officer or trust manager to exercise a statutory power of the real estate investment trust, as that limitation is expressed in the real estate investment trust's certificate of formation.

(c) The fact that an act or transfer is beyond the scope of the expressed purpose or purposes of the real estate investment trust or is inconsistent with an expressed limitation on the authority of an officer or trust manager may be asserted in a proceeding:

(1) by a shareholder against the real estate investment trust to enjoin the performance of an act or the transfer of property by or to the real estate investment trust; or

(2) by the real estate investment trust, acting directly or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative, or through shareholders in a representative suit, against an officer or trust manager or former officer or trust manager of the real estate investment trust for exceeding that person's authority.

(d) If the unauthorized act or transfer sought to be enjoined under Subsection (c)(1) is being or is to be performed or made under a contract to which the real estate investment trust is a party and if each party to the contract is a party to the proceeding, the court may set aside and enjoin the performance of the contract. The court may award to the real estate investment trust or to another party to the contract, as appropriate, compensation for loss or damage resulting from the action of the court in setting aside and enjoining the performance of the contract, excluding loss of anticipated profits.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4055.255 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4055 / Section 4055.255
§ 4055.255. REQUIRED TRAINING.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 4055.012, an agent who holds a license issued under Chapter 4051 or a substantially equivalent license issued under this code and who is appointed by the insurer that insures a vendor may:

(1) provide the materials for the training program required under Section 4055.012; and

(2) conduct the applicable training.

(b) An agent described by Subsection (a) shall submit the training program materials for approval as required under Section 4055.012(c).
Tex. Water Code § 58.162 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.162
§ 58.162. DISTRICT'S AUTHORITY TO SOLICIT COOPERATION, DONATIONS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

A district organized under the provisions of this chapter may solicit cooperation, donations and contributions from:

(1) the United States, the state or nation;

(2) any county, municipality, water improvement district, water control and improvement district, drainage district, or any other political subdivision of the state; or

(3) any person, copartnership, corporation, or association.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.301 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.301
§ 1501.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the Texas Health Reinsurance System.

(2) "Plan of operation" means the plan of operation of the system established under Section 1501.306.

(3) "Reinsured health benefit plan issuer" means a small employer health benefit plan issuer that participates in the system.

(4) "Risk-assuming health benefit plan issuer" means a small employer health benefit plan issuer that does not participate in the system.

(5) "System" means the Texas Health Reinsurance System established under this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8817.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8817 / Section 8817.052
§ 8817.052. ELECTION DATE.
Status: in_force

The district shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, in November of each even-numbered year.
Tex. Transportation Code § 363.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 363 / Section 363.004
§ 363.004. SURETY BOND; ACTION ON BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Before granting a license to a contractor to construct a toll bridge, the commissioners court shall require a bond in the amount of $1,000 with a good and sufficient surety. The bond shall be conditioned on:

(1) the construction of the bridge by the contractor; and

(2) the maintenance of the bridge by the contractor for the agreed term.

(b) A person who sustains damage because a contractor has not complied with the conditions of the bond may:

(1) sue the contractor on the bond; and

(2) recover any judgment for damages.

(c) A suit for damages under this section shall be brought in the county in which the license is granted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8135.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8135 / Section 8135.104
§ 8135.104. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES.
Status: in_force

The district is subject to the requirements of municipal ordinances of the City of Hutto that apply to areas within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Hutto, unless the municipality's governing body waives compliance.
Tex. Transportation Code § 683.076 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 683 / Section 683.076
§ 683.076. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of the municipality or county or a board, commission, or official designated by the governing body shall conduct hearings under the procedures adopted under this subchapter.

(b) If a hearing is requested by a person for whom notice is required under Section 683.075(a)(3), the hearing shall be held not earlier than the 11th day after the date of the service of notice.

(c) At the hearing, the junked motor vehicle is presumed, unless demonstrated otherwise by the owner, to be inoperable.

(d) If the information is available at the location of the nuisance, a resolution or order requiring removal of the nuisance must include:

(1) for a motor vehicle, the vehicle's:

(A) description;

(B) vehicle identification number; and

(C) license plate number;

(2) for an aircraft, the aircraft's:

(A) description; and

(B) federal aircraft identification number as described by Federal Aviation Administration aircraft registration regulations in 14 C.F.R. Part 47; and

(3) for a watercraft, the watercraft's:

(A) description; and

(B) identification number as set forth in the watercraft's certificate of number.
Tex. Election Code § 122.003 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 122 / Section 122.003
§ 122.003. ACTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the secretary of state determines after inspecting a voting system or voting system equipment that the system or equipment does not comply with applicable standards or deviates from an approved system or equipment, the secretary by written order may:

(1) prohibit the use of the system or equipment or any part of the system or equipment by an authority that adopted the system or equipment for use in an election; or

(2) limit the use of the system or equipment or any part of the system or equipment to circumstances or conditions stated in the order.

(b) The secretary shall amend or rescind an order issued under this section if the secretary determines that the system or equipment has been modified to comply with applicable standards or to not deviate from an approved system or equipment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0403
§ 8513.0403. NOTICE OF RULE PROVIDING PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the authority adopts a rule that provides a penalty, the authority must publish a substantive statement of the rule and the penalty once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the rule applies.

(b) The substantive statement must be as condensed as possible so that the act prohibited by the rule can be easily understood.

(c) The substantive statement may include notice of any number of rules.

(d) The notice must state that:

(1) a person who violates the rule is subject to a penalty; and

(2) the rule is on file in the authority's principal office, where the rule may be read by any interested person.

(e) A rule takes effect on the fifth day after the date of the second publication of the statement under this section.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.085 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 51 / Section 51.085
§ 51.085. TIME FOR PURCHASE OF LAND.
Status: in_force

Each purchaser of land has the option of paying the purchase price in full at any time, together with all fees, and obtaining a patent for the land.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3937.159 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3937 / Section 3937.159
§ 3937.159. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of a tax or assessment on property in the zones.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1955.105 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1955 / Section 1955.105
§ 1955.105. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person knowingly violates this chapter or a rule adopted or certification issued under this chapter; and

(2) the violation endangers the public health and safety.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine not to exceed $10,000;

(2) confinement for a term not to exceed six months; or

(3) both the fine and the confinement.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.503 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.503
§ 200.503. TAX LAW REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

In connection with a real estate investment trust qualifying or attempting to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations adopted under the Internal Revenue Code, a provision of this chapter is subject to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations relating to or governing real estate investment trusts adopted under those provisions if:

(1) the provision of this chapter is contrary to or inconsistent with the federal provisions or regulations;

(2) the federal provisions or regulations require a real estate investment trust to take any action required to secure or maintain its status as a real estate investment trust under the federal provisions or regulations; or

(3) the federal provisions or regulations prohibit the real estate investment trust from taking any action required to secure or maintain its status as a real estate investment trust under the federal provision or regulation.
Tex. Education Code § 55.1738 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 55 / Section 55.1738
§ 55.1738. STEPHEN F.
Status: in_force

AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may issue in accordance with this subchapter bonds not to exceed $14,070,000 to finance campus infrastructure improvements, the construction of a telecommunications building, the renovation of power plant facilities, and the replacement or renovation of the Birdwell Building at Stephen F. Austin State University.

(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of Stephen F. Austin State University, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.

(c) Any portion of the proceeds of bonds authorized by this section for one or more specified projects that is not required for the specified projects may be used to renovate existing structures and facilities at the institution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.026
§ 191.026. LOCAL RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The local registrar shall secure a complete record of each birth, death, and fetal death that occurs in the local registrar's jurisdiction.

(b) The local registrar shall consecutively number birth and death certificates in separate series, beginning with the number "1" for the first birth and the first death in each calendar year. The local registrar shall sign each certificate to attest to the date the certificate is filed in the local registrar's office.

(c) The local registrar shall copy in the record book required under Section 191.025 each certificate that the local registrar registers, unless the local registrar keeps duplicates under Subsection (d) or makes photographic duplications as authorized by Chapter 201, Local Government Code, or the provisions of Chapter 204, Local Government Code, derived from former Chapter 181, Local Government Code. Except as provided by Subsection (e), the copies shall be permanently preserved in the local registrar's office as the local record, in the manner directed by the state registrar.

(d) The local registrar may permanently bind duplicate reports of births and deaths, if the duplicates are required by local ordinance, and index them in the manner that the state registrar indexes records under Section 191.032.

(e) The local registrar may, after the first anniversary of the date of registration of a birth, death, or fetal death, destroy the permanent record of the birth, death, or fetal death maintained by the local registrar if:

(1) the local registrar has access to electronic records of births, deaths, and fetal deaths maintained by the vital statistics unit; and

(2) before destroying the records, the local registrar certifies to the state registrar that each record maintained by the local office that is to be destroyed has been verified against the records contained in the unit's database and that each record is included in the database or otherwise accounted for.
Tex. Education Code § 51B.152 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51B / Section 51B.152
§ 51B.152.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51B.152. EMPLOYMENT: REQUIRED MATERIALS. (a) An institution of higher education must require a person subject to screening under Section 51B.151 to submit to the institution:

(1) if the person is a citizen of a foreign country, a copy of the person's passport and nonimmigrant visa application most recently submitted to the United States Department of State; and

(2) any additional information as determined by the council.

(b) An institution of higher education may destroy or return to a person subject to screening under Section 51B.151 the copy of the person's nonimmigrant visa application submitted under Subsection (a)(1) after extracting all information relevant to the requirements of this subchapter.
Tex. Government Code § 2113.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2113 / Section 2113.201
§ 2113.201. EMPLOYEE AWARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency may use appropriated money to purchase service awards, safety awards, or other similar awards to be presented to its employees for professional achievement or outstanding service under policies adopted by the agency.

(b) The cost of awards purchased under this section may not exceed $100 for an individual employee.
Tex. Government Code § 659.0155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 659 / Section 659.0155
§ 659.0155. PAYMENT TO EMPLOYEES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR OVERTIME.
Status: in_force

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall compensate a person employed by the department for any overtime accrued by the employee for which the employee is entitled to compensation under Section 659.015 in the same month the department compensates employees at the regular rate of pay for the period in which the employee accrued the overtime.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3805.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3805 / Section 3805.007
§ 3805.007. ELIGIBILITY FOR REINVESTMENT ZONES.
Status: in_force

All or any part of the area of the district is eligible to be included in a tax increment reinvestment zone created by the City of Houston under Chapter 311, Tax Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3946.259 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3946 / Section 3946.259
§ 3946.259. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NOT EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

Section 375.161, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 164.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 164 / Section 164.004
§ 164.004. EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a treatment facility:

(A) operated by the department, a federal agency, or a political subdivision; or

(B) funded by the department;

(2) a community center established under Subchapter A, Chapter 534, or a facility operated by a community center; or

(3) a facility owned and operated by a nonprofit or not-for-profit organization offering counseling concerning family violence, help for runaway children, or rape.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.023
§ 841.023. ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 60th day after the date of a recommendation under Section 841.022(c), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assess whether the person suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. To aid in the assessment, the department shall use an expert to examine the person. The department may contract for the expert services required by this subsection. The expert shall make a clinical assessment based on testing for psychopathy, a clinical interview, and other appropriate assessments and techniques to aid the department in its assessment.

(b) If as a result of the assessment the Texas Department of Criminal Justice believes that the person suffers from a behavioral abnormality, not later than the 60th day after the date of a recommendation under Section 841.022(c) the department shall give notice of that assessment and provide corresponding documentation to the attorney representing the state for the county in which the person was most recently convicted of a sexually violent offense.