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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 48.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 48 / Section 48.052
§ 48.052. CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR PROMOTORAS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish and operate a certification program for persons who act as promotoras or community health workers. In establishing the program, the executive commissioner shall adopt rules that provide minimum standards and guidelines, including participation in the training and education program under Section 48.051, for issuance of a certificate to a person under this section. In adopting the minimum standards and guidelines, the executive commissioner shall consider the applicable recommendations of the advisory committee.

(b) Receipt of a certificate issued under this section may not be a requirement for a person to act as a promotora or community health worker without receiving any compensation and is a requirement for a person to act as a promotora or community health worker for compensation.

(c) The commission shall require health and human services agencies to use certified promotoras to the extent possible in health outreach and education programs for recipients of medical assistance under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Local Government Code § 334.0242 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 334 / Section 334.0242
§ 334.0242. ELECTION ON USE OF TAXES TO IMPROVE OR MAINTAIN VENUE PROJECT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), if one or more methods of financing have been approved at an election held under Section 334.024, the governing body of the municipality or county imposing the method may order an election on the question of approving the use of revenue derived from one or more approved methods to finance a related venue project.

(b) The ballot at the election held under this section must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:

"Authorizing __________ (insert name of municipality or county) to use an amount not to exceed __________ (insert percentage of tax revenue or dollar amount of revenue to be used for each type of tax) of the revenue derived from the __________ (insert each type of tax) tax, to finance the __________ (describe the related venue project and its relation to the previously approved venue project)."

(c) If a majority of the votes cast at an election held under this section approve the proposition, the municipality or county may use the revenue to finance the related venue project described in the proposition.

(d) At an election held under this section, the municipality or county may not change the rate of the tax or the method of financing previously authorized under Section 334.024.

(e) This section does not authorize the municipality or county to use revenue from a hotel occupancy tax under Subchapter H.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 102.057 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 102 / Section 102.057
§ 102.057. PROHIBITED OFFICE LOCATION.
Status: in_force

An institute employee may not have an office in a facility owned by an entity receiving or applying to receive money from the institute.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 92.034 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 92 / Section 92.034
§ 92.034. PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A packer or dealer shall pay the contribution under this subchapter to the inspector who inspects or grades the tomatoes.

(b) An inspector who renders an inspection or grading service shall withhold delivery of the inspection certificate until the contribution required under this subchapter is paid.
Tex. Occupations Code § 201.509 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 201 / Section 201.509
§ 201.509. REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may apply to the attorney general for representation by stating that the board previously requested the representation of a district or county attorney under Section 201.508 and the district or county attorney failed to prosecute or proceed against the person accused of violating this chapter.

(b) The attorney general shall institute a civil or criminal proceeding against the person in the county of the person's residence.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8254.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8254 / Section 8254.051
§ 8254.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Transportation Code § 396.044 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 396 / Section 396.044
§ 396.044. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

If a requirement, standard, or condition established under this subchapter conflicts with another law of this state, a rule adopted under state law, or a municipal ordinance, the stricter of the two provisions prevails.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3866.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3866 / Section 3866.003
§ 3866.003. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain transportation, safety, employment, commerce, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, and the public welfare in the area of the district.
Tex. Government Code § 406.026 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 406 / Section 406.026
§ 406.026. ELECTRONIC NOTARIZATION.
Status: in_force

In a proceeding filed under Title 1 or 5, Family Code, if a signature is required to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement may be satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature required to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath.
Tex. Government Code § 411.532 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.532
§ 411.532. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) If, after judicial review, the administrative penalty is reduced or not imposed, the department shall:

(1) remit to the person the appropriate amount, plus accrued interest, if the person paid the amount of the penalty; or

(2) execute a release of the bond, if the person posted a supersedeas bond.

(b) The interest paid under Subsection (a)(1) is accrued at the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The interest shall be paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid to the department and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.202
§ 1451.202. APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter applies only to an employee benefit plan or health insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or contracted for in this state to the extent that:

(1) the employee benefit plan is established or maintained to provide dental care services, through insurance or otherwise, for the plan's participants or the beneficiaries of the plan's participants; or

(2) the health insurance policy provides benefits for dental care services.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to a health maintenance organization governed by Chapter 843.

(c) The exemptions and exceptions of Sections 881.002 and 881.004 and Article 21.41 do not apply to this subchapter.

(d) This subchapter does not require an employee benefit plan or health insurance policy to provide any type of benefits for dental care expenses.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8256.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8256 / Section 8256.103
§ 8256.103. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two new districts only if:

(1) the district has no outstanding bonded debt;

(2) the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes; and

(3) each new district is within the corporate limits of the City of Gunter.

(b) The division procedure is prescribed by Sections 53.030 through 53.041, Water Code.

(c) Any new district created by the division of the district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(d) At the time of creation, any new district created by the division of the district may not contain any land outside the area described by Section 6.02 of the article creating this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1069.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1069 / Section 1069.112
§ 1069.112. CONSTRUCTION OR EQUIPMENT PURCHASE CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

A contract for construction or the purchase of equipment that involves the expenditure of more than $25,000 may be made only after advertising in the manner provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3833.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3833 / Section 3833.103
§ 3833.103. ROAD-RELATED IMPROVEMENTS; REIMBURSEMENT TO PRIVATE PARTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may acquire, construct, or maintain streets and alleys, including sidewalks, streetscapes, street signs, traffic signals, and street lights.

(b) For construction that occurs after the district's creation, the district may reimburse a private person for money spent to construct a road or related improvement that will be transferred under Subchapter D or to purchase a road or improvement constructed by the private person.
Tex. Education Code § 48.109 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.109
§ 48.109. GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENT ALLOTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) For each identified student a school district serves in a program for gifted and talented students that the district certifies to the commissioner as complying with Subchapter D, Chapter 29, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment multiplied by 0.07 for each school year or a greater amount provided by appropriation.

(b) Funds allocated under this section, other than the amount that represents the program's share of general administrative costs, must be used in providing programs for gifted and talented students under Subchapter D, Chapter 29, including programs sanctioned by International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement, or in developing programs for gifted and talented students. Each district must account for the expenditure of state funds as provided by rule of the State Board of Education. If by the end of the 12th month after receiving an allotment for developing a program a district has failed to implement a program, the district must refund the amount of the allotment to the agency within 30 days.

(c) Not more than five percent of a district's students in average daily attendance are eligible for funding under this section.

(d) If the amount of state funds for which school districts are eligible under this section exceeds the amount of state funds appropriated in any year for the programs, the commissioner shall reduce each district's tier one allotments in the same manner described for a reduction in allotments under Section 48.266.

(e) If the total amount of funds allotted under this section before a date set by rule of the State Board of Education is less than the total amount appropriated for a school year, the commissioner shall transfer the remainder to any program for which an allotment under Section 48.104 may be used.

(f) After each district has received allotted funds for this program, the State Board of Education may use up to $500,000 of the funds allocated under this section for programs such as MATHCOUNTS, Future Problem Solving, Odyssey of the Mind, and Academic Decathlon, as long as these funds are used to train personnel and provide program services. To be eligible for funding under this subsection, a program must be determined by the State Board of Education to provide services that are effective and consistent with the state plan for gifted and talented education.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.416 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.416
§ 301.416. INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a report under this subchapter shall be treated as a complaint under Section 301.457.

(b) If the board determines that the reported conduct does not indicate that the continued practice of nursing by the nurse poses a risk of harm to a client or other person, the board, with the written consent of the nurse and the person making the report, may elect not to proceed with an investigation or to file formal charges. The board shall:

(1) maintain a record of the report; and

(2) investigate the report if it receives two or more reports involving separate incidents regarding the nurse in any five-year period.

(c) The board is not required to investigate a report filed by an insurer under Section 301.408, but shall:

(1) maintain a record of the report; and

(2) investigate the report if it receives two or more reports involving separate incidents regarding the nurse in any five-year period.
Tex. Utilities Code § 55.016 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 55 / Section 55.016
§ 55.016. TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILLING.
Status: in_force

(a) The proliferation of charges for separate services, products, surcharges, fees, and taxes on a bill for telecommunications products or services has increased the complexity of those bills to such an extent that in some cases the bills have become difficult for customers to understand.

(b) A bill from a local exchange company for telecommunications products or services should be consistent with providing customers sufficient information about the charges included in the bill to understand the basis and source of the charges.

(c) To the extent permitted by law, a monthly bill from a local exchange company for local exchange telephone service shall clearly identify all charges including basic local service charges, fees, carrier's charges, assessments, surcharges, optional services, and taxes.

(d) Local exchange carriers shall annually file a copy of that portion of their bill that has not been previously approved by the commission for compliance review with this section.

(e) The commission shall have all necessary authority to enforce this section.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.0162 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.0162
§ 392.0162. AREA OF OPERATION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to the operation of a municipal housing authority operating in a municipality that:

(1) has a population of more than 600,000; and

(2) is located in a county that has a population of 800,000 or more, the territorial boundary of which is contiguous to the international border.

(b) Notwithstanding Sections 392.014 and 392.017(b), a municipal housing authority may operate in:

(1) the municipality for which the authority is created; and

(2) the county described by Subsection (a)(2), other than the parts of the county:

(A) that are within the territorial boundaries of a municipality other than the municipality for which the authority is created; and

(B) in which another housing authority operates under this chapter.

(c) A municipal housing authority may begin operations in the area authorized under Subsection (b)(2) only if:

(1) the authority has completed and presented to the commissioners court of the county described by Subsection (a)(2) a needs assessment relating to the operation of the authority in the county; and

(2) after a public hearing considering the needs assessment provided under Subdivision (1), the commissioners court votes to approve the operation of the authority in the applicable area.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 46C.102 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 46C / Section 46C.102
§ 46C.102.
Status: in_force

Art. 46C.102. EXPERTS: QUALIFICATIONS. (a) The court may appoint qualified psychiatrists or psychologists as experts under this chapter. To qualify for appointment under this subchapter as an expert, a psychiatrist or psychologist must:

(1) as appropriate, be a physician licensed in this state or be a psychologist licensed in this state who has a doctoral degree in psychology; and

(2) have the following certification or training:

(A) as appropriate, certification by:

(i) the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with added or special qualifications in forensic psychiatry; or

(ii) the American Board of Professional Psychology in forensic psychology; or

(B) training consisting of:

(i) at least 24 hours of specialized forensic training relating to incompetency or insanity evaluations; and

(ii) at least eight hours of continuing education relating to forensic evaluations, completed in the 12 months preceding the appointment.

(b) In addition to meeting qualifications required by Subsection (a), to be appointed as an expert a psychiatrist or psychologist must have completed six hours of required continuing education in courses in forensic psychiatry or psychology, as appropriate, in the 24 months preceding the appointment.

(c) A court may appoint as an expert a psychiatrist or psychologist who does not meet the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b) only if exigent circumstances require the court to base the appointment on professional training or experience of the expert that directly provides the expert with a specialized expertise to examine the defendant that would not ordinarily be possessed by a psychiatrist or psychologist who meets the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b).
Tex. Utilities Code § 122.203 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 122 / Section 122.203
§ 122.203. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REPORT AND PAY TAX.
Status: in_force

If a person fails to make the report and to pay the tax for a reporting period, only the penalty and additional penalty under Section 122.201, as applicable, for failure to make the report is imposed.
Tex. Finance Code § 180.203 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 180 / Section 180.203
§ 180.203. CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.
Status: in_force

A regulatory official may:

(1) order or direct a person subject to regulation under this chapter to cease and desist from conducting business, including issuing an immediate temporary order to cease and desist from conducting business;

(2) order or direct a person subject to regulation under this chapter to cease a violation of this chapter or a harmful activity in violation of this chapter, including issuing an immediate temporary order to cease and desist;

(3) enter immediate temporary orders against a person subject to regulation under this chapter to cease engaging in business under a license if the regulatory official determines that the license was erroneously granted or the license holder is in violation of this chapter; and

(4) order or direct other affirmative action as the regulatory official considers necessary.
Tex. Estates Code § 1158.401 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1158 / Section 1158.401
§ 1158.401. REQUIRED NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) A public sale of real estate of an estate shall be made at public auction. Except as otherwise provided by Section 1158.403(c), the guardian of the estate shall advertise a public auction of real estate of the estate by a notice published in the county in which the estate is pending, as provided by this title for publication of notices or citations. The notice must:

(1) include a reference to the order of sale;

(2) include the time, place, and required terms of sale; and

(3) briefly describe the real estate to be sold.

(b) The reference described by Subsection (a)(1) is not required to contain field notes, but if the real estate to be sold is rural property, the reference must include:

(1) the name of the original survey of the real estate;

(2) the number of acres the real estate consists of;

(3) the location of the real estate in the county; and

(4) the name by which the real estate is generally known.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4151.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4151 / Section 4151.101
§ 4151.101. WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH INSURER OR PLAN SPONSOR REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An administrator may provide services only under a written agreement with an insurer or plan sponsor.

(b) The commissioner by rule may prescribe provisions that must be included in the written agreement.
Tex. Utilities Code § 39.453 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 39 / Section 39.453
§ 39.453. CUSTOMER CHOICE AND RELEVANT MARKET AND RELATED MATTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may not authorize customer choice until the commission certifies the applicable power region as a qualifying power region under Section 39.152(a). Sections 39.152(b)-(d) also apply to the electric utility and commission in determining whether to certify the applicable power region.

(b) The commission shall certify that the requirement of Section 39.152(a)(3) is met for an electric utility subject to this subchapter only if the commission finds that the total capacity owned and controlled by the electric utility and the utility's affiliates does not exceed 20 percent of the total installed generation capacity within the power region of that utility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3840.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3840 / Section 3840.251
§ 3840.251. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may dissolve the district regardless of whether the district has debt. Section 375.264, Local Government Code, does not apply to the district.

(b) If the district has debt when it is dissolved, the district shall remain in existence solely for the purpose of discharging its debts. The dissolution is effective when all debts have been discharged.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577.014 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 577 / Section 577.014
§ 577.014. OATHS.
Status: in_force

The department or its agent may administer oaths, receive evidence, and examine witnesses in conducting an investigation or other proceeding under this chapter.
Tex. Government Code § 25.2382 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 25 / Section 25.2382
§ 25.2382. WALKER COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law, a county court at law in Walker County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in family law cases and proceedings.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(94), eff. January 1, 2012.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 70, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(94), eff. January 1, 2012.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (S.B. 1329), Sec. 3.05, eff. September 1, 2017.

(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(94), eff. January 1, 2012.

(g) The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in family law cases and proceedings, and the county clerk serves as clerk of the court in all other matters. The commissioners court may employ as many deputy sheriffs and bailiffs as are necessary to serve a county court at law.

(h) The judge of a county court at law shall set the official court reporter's salary at an amount that does not exceed the salary of an official court reporter for a district court.

(i) If a family law case is tried before a jury, the jury shall be composed of 12 members.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(94), eff. January 1, 2012.

(k) All cases appealed from the justice courts and other courts of inferior jurisdiction in the county shall be made directly to a county court at law, unless otherwise provided by law.

(l) Appeals in all cases from judgments and orders of the county court at law shall be to the court of appeals as provided by law for county and district courts.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 52.0006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 52 / Section 52.0006
§ 52.0006. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT; GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.
Status: in_force

A task force member is not entitled to compensation for service on the task force but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing task force duties. The task force may accept gifts, grants, and donations to pay for those expenses.