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Tex. Government Code § 2054.063 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.063
§ 2054.063. ELECTRONIC REPORTING TO STATE AGENCIES.
Status: in_force

The department shall advise and consult with state agencies to assess opportunities for allowing persons to electronically file with an agency information that the agency requires a person to report. The department shall identify the cost of implementing an electronic reporting procedure and any barriers to electronic reporting. The department may:

(1) survey state agencies to identify:

(A) electronic reporting efforts currently being used by an agency;

(B) common needs among agencies; and

(C) opportunities to use a standardized approach to electronic reporting;

(2) identify the costs associated with electronic reporting;

(3) identify reports that may be filed electronically;

(4) advise an agency regarding ways the agency may effectively and economically allow electronic reporting to the agency; and

(5) develop and implement a plan to adopt electronic reporting in state government, whenever it is effective and efficient to do so.
Tex. Utilities Code § 53.302 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 53 / Section 53.302
§ 53.302. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

This subchapter does not apply to an incumbent local exchange company that is a cooperative corporation partially deregulated under Subchapter H.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.101 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.101
§ 363.101. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Status: repealed

(a) A district is governed by a board of seven directors appointed in the same manner as provided for the selection of temporary directors under Section 363.052(a).

(b) Board members serve staggered two-year terms that expire September 1, except that the initial appointees under this section shall draw lots to determine:

(1) the three directors to serve terms that expire on September 1 of the first year following creation of the district; and

(2) the four directors to serve terms that expire on September 1 of the second year following creation of the district.

(c) Repealed by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1219, Sec. 7(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

(d) A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner that the vacant position was originally filled.

(e) A member of the board is not liable for civil damages or criminal prosecution for any act performed in good faith in the execution of duties as a board member or for an action taken by the board.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 125.067 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 125 / Section 125.067
§ 125.067. CONTINUATION OF ACTIVITIES PENDING TRIAL OR APPEAL; APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not continue the enjoined activity pending trial or appeal on the merits of an injunctive order in a suit brought under this subchapter.

(b) Not later than the 90th day after the date of the injunctive order, an appropriate court of appeals shall hear and decide an appeal taken by a person enjoined under this subchapter.

(c) If an appeal is not taken by a person temporarily enjoined under this subchapter, the person is entitled to a trial on the merits not later than the 90th day after the date of the temporary injunctive order, unless otherwise ordered by the court.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.041 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.041
§ 11.041. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may transfer tangible property, other than money or real estate held for limited purposes, from one division of the department to another division.

(b) If the property to be transferred was acquired with funds the use of which is limited by law or dedicated in any other manner, and the prospective use of the property is different from the use allowed by law, the department shall transfer from available funds to the fund or account from which the property was acquired the value of the property at the time of the transfer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3885.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3885 / Section 3885.053
§ 3885.053. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city shall appoint a director to fill a vacancy on the board for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7887.0403 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7887 / Section 7887.0403
§ 7887.0403. CONTRACT TAXES.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) A contract approved by the district voters may contain a provision stating that the contract may be modified or amended by the board without further voter approval.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 32.006 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 32 / Section 32.006
§ 32.006. ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter, and the department shall administer the program in accordance with those rules.

(b) The department shall prescribe the design and content of all necessary forms used in the program.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1024.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1024 / Section 1024.201
§ 1024.201. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
Status: in_force

The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds authorized by an election in the name and on the faith and credit of the district to:

(1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, or renovate buildings or improvements;

(2) equip buildings or improvements for hospital purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical service.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1028.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1028 / Section 1028.101
§ 1028.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district has full responsibility for:

(1) operating hospital facilities; and

(2) providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1008.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1008 / Section 1008.154
§ 1008.154. ELECTION RESULTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a majority of the votes in an election under this subchapter favor dissolution, the board shall find that the district is dissolved.

(b) If a majority of the votes in the election do not favor dissolution, the board shall continue to administer the district and another election on the question of dissolution may not be held before the first anniversary of the date of the most recent election to dissolve the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.251
§ 1087.251. IMPOSITION OF AD VALOREM TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) On final approval of the annual budget, the board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to district taxation.

(b) The board shall impose the tax to:

(1) pay the interest on and create a sinking fund for bonds issued or assumed by the district for hospital purposes as provided by this chapter;

(2) provide for the operation and maintenance of the hospital or hospital system;

(3) make improvements and additions to the district's hospital system; and

(4) acquire necessary sites for improvements or additions by purchase, lease, or condemnation.
Tex. Water Code § 65.021 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 65 / Section 65.021
§ 65.021. GRANTING OR REFUSING CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the commission finds that the resolution conforms to the requirements of Section 65.015, the request for conversion is feasible and practicable, and each purpose for which the district is created is necessary and would be a benefit to the land proposed to be included in the district, the commission shall make these findings in an order and shall authorize the creation of the district for the purpose or purposes specified in the resolution, as required by Section 65.015, on approval at the confirmation and directors' election called and held under this subchapter.

(b) In determining if the request for conversion is feasible and practicable and if each purpose for which the district is created is necessary and would be a benefit to the land included in the district, the commission shall consider:

(1) the availability of comparable service from other systems, including water districts, municipalities, and regional authorities;

(2) the reasonableness of projected construction costs, if any, tax rates, and water and sewer rates; and

(3) whether or not the district and its system and subsequent development within the district will have an unreasonable effect on the following:

(A) land elevation;

(B) subsidence;

(C) groundwater level within the region;

(D) recharge capability of a groundwater source;

(E) natural runoff rates and drainage; and

(F) water quality.

(c) If the commission finds that not all of the land proposed to be included in the district will be benefited by the creation of the district, the commission shall formally make this finding and shall exclude all land that is not benefited from the proposed district and shall redefine the proposed district's boundaries accordingly.

(d) If the commission finds that the resolution does not conform to the requirements of Section 65.015 of this code, the request for conversion is not feasible or practicable, or a purpose for which the district is created is not necessary or a benefit to the land in the district, the commission shall make this finding in its order and shall deny the creation of the district.

(e) A copy of the order of the commission granting or denying the request for conversion stated in the resolution must be mailed to each city that has extraterritorial jurisdiction in a county in which the proposed district is located and that requested notice of hearing as provided by Section 65.019 of this code.
Tex. Government Code § 74.058 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 74 / Section 74.058
§ 74.058. DUTY TO SERVE WHEN ASSIGNED.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by this chapter, a judge assigned by the presiding judge to a court in the same administrative region, or to a court in another administrative region at the request of the presiding judge of the other administrative region, shall serve in the court or administrative region to which he is assigned.

(b) The presiding judge of a judge's administrative region may relieve the judge of an assignment on presentation of good cause in writing by the assigned judge to the presiding judge.

(c) If the presiding judge refuses to relieve a judge from assignment after receiving from the judge a written statement declining the assignment for good cause, the judge may, not later than the fifth day after refusal by the presiding judge, petition the chief justice for relief from the assignment for good cause. The chief justice may grant or refuse a petition for relief from assignment at his discretion.
Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.024 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.024
§ 1001.024. BOARD MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The board shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly and special meetings at the call of the chair. Board members shall attend the meetings of the board. The chair shall oversee the preparation of an agenda for each meeting and ensure that a copy is provided to each board member at least seven days before the meeting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3861.156 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3861 / Section 3861.156
§ 3861.156. USE OF SURPLUS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION MONEY.
Status: in_force

If the district has surplus maintenance and operation tax money that is not needed for the purposes for which it was collected, the money may be used for any authorized purpose.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.144 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.144
§ 841.144. COUNSEL.
Status: in_force

(a) Immediately after the filing of a petition under Section 841.041, a person subject to a civil commitment proceeding under this chapter is entitled to the assistance of counsel at all stages of the proceeding.

(b) If the person is indigent, the court shall appoint counsel as appropriate under Section 841.005 to assist the person.
Tex. Government Code § 571.1231 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.1231
§ 571.1231. DESIGNATION OF AGENT BY CERTAIN RESPONDENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a respondent who is a candidate or officeholder.

(b) A respondent to a complaint filed against the respondent may by writing submitted to the commission designate an agent with whom the commission staff may communicate regarding the complaint.

(c) For purposes of this subchapter, including Section 571.140, communications with the respondent's agent designated under this section are considered communications with the respondent.
Tex. Local Government Code § 88.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 88 / Section 88.008
§ 88.008. SELF-INSURANCE INSTEAD OF BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law requiring a county officer or employee to execute a bond as a condition of office or employment, a county officer or employee is not required to execute the bond and may perform the duties of office or employment if:

(1) the commissioners court by order authorizes the county to self-insure against losses that would have been covered by the bond; and

(2) the county judge approves the order adopted under Subdivision (1), if the county judge was required to approve the bond under the other law.

(b) An order adopted by the commissioners court under Subsection (a) shall be kept and recorded by the county clerk.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 87.0021 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 87 / Section 87.0021
§ 87.0021. CERTAIN LABOR LAWS NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter affects the applicability of Chapter 406, Labor Code, or an employer's ability to refuse to subscribe to the workers' compensation system.
Tex. Insurance Code § 441.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 441 / Section 441.204
§ 441.204. REVIEW AND STAY OF CERTAIN ACTS OF SUPERVISOR OR CONSERVATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer under supervision or conservatorship may request the commissioner or, in the commissioner's absence, the commissioner's appointed deputy to review an action taken or proposed to be taken by the supervisor or conservator.

(b) A request for review under this section must specify the manner in which the action is believed to not be in the insurer's best interests.

(c) A request for review under this section stays the specified action pending review by the commissioner or the commissioner's deputy.
Tex. Insurance Code § 828.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 828 / Section 828.054
§ 828.054. APPROVAL REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A purchase, offer to purchase, tender offer, request to purchase, or invitation to purchase shares in excess of the limits imposed under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 425, may not be made until it is filed with and approved by the commissioner in accordance with Chapter 823.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2202.207 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2202 / Section 2202.207
§ 2202.207. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS; INJUNCTION.
Status: in_force

(a) An association that violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter is subject to sanctions under Chapter 82.

(b) The attorney general, a district or county attorney, or the commissioner may institute proceedings for an injunction or any other proceeding necessary to enforce this chapter.
Tex. Utilities Code § 36.112 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 36 / Section 36.112
§ 36.112. COST RECOVERY AND RATE ADJUSTMENT STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN NON-ERCOT UTILITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to an electric utility that operates solely outside of ERCOT.

(b) In establishing the base rates of the electric utility under this subchapter or Subchapter D, the regulatory authority shall determine the utility's revenue requirement based on, at the election of the utility:

(1) information submitted for a test year; or

(2) information submitted for a test year, updated to include information that reflects the most current actual or estimated information regarding increases and decreases in the utility's cost of service, including expenses, capital investment, cost of capital, and sales.

(c) An electric utility that elects to provide updated information under Subsection (b)(2) must provide the information for a period ending not later than the 30th day before the date the applicable rate proceeding is filed.

(d) An electric utility that includes estimated information in the initial filing of a proceeding shall supplement the filing with actual information not later than the 45th day after the date the initial filing was made. The regulatory authority shall extend the deadline for concluding the rate proceeding for a period of time equal to the period between the date the initial filing of the proceeding was made and the date of the supplemental filing, except that the extension period may not exceed 45 days.

(e) An electric utility that makes an election under Subsection (b) is not precluded from proposing known and measurable adjustments to the utility's historical rate information as permitted by this title and regulatory authority rules.

(f) Without limiting the availability of known and measurable adjustments described by Subsection (e), the regulatory authority shall allow an affected electric utility to make a known and measurable adjustment to include in the utility's rates the prudent capital investment, a reasonable return on such capital investment, depreciation expense, reasonable and necessary operating expenses, and all attendant impacts, including any offsetting revenue, as determined by the regulatory authority, associated with a newly constructed or acquired natural gas-fired generation facility. The regulatory authority is required to allow the adjustment only if the facility is in service before the effective date of new rates. The adjustment may be made regardless of whether the investment is less than 10 percent of the utility's rate base before the date of the adjustment.

(g) This section expires September 1, 2031.
Tex. Insurance Code § 885.056 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 885 / Section 885.056
§ 885.056. ASSEMBLY MEETINGS; DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) An assembly that is the supreme governing body of a fraternal benefit society shall:

(1) meet at least once every four years; and

(2) elect a board of directors to conduct the business of the society between meetings of the assembly.

(b) A vacancy on the board of directors that occurs between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the fraternal benefit society's laws.
Tex. Estates Code § 1301.152 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.152
§ 1301.152. COURT'S AUTHORITY TO DISCHARGE GUARDIAN OF ESTATE.
Status: in_force

On or at any time after the creation of a management trust, the court may discharge the guardian of the ward's estate if the court determines that the discharge is in the ward's best interests.
Tex. Education Code § 34.003 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 34 / Section 34.003
§ 34.003. OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUSES.
Status: in_force

(a) School buses or mass transit authority motor buses shall be used for the transportation of students to and from schools on routes having 10 or more students. On those routes having fewer than 10 students, passenger cars may be used for the transportation of students to and from school.

(b) To transport students in connection with school activities other than on routes to and from school:

(1) only school buses or motor buses may be used to transport 15 or more students in any one vehicle; and

(2) passenger cars or passenger vans may be used to transport fewer than 15 students.

(c) In all circumstances in which passenger cars or passenger vans are used to transport students, the operator of the vehicle shall ensure that the number of passengers in the vehicle does not exceed the designed capacity of the vehicle and that each passenger is secured by a safety belt.

(d) In this section, "passenger van" means a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or passenger car, used to transport persons and designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver.

(e) "Motor bus" means a vehicle designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8111.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8111 / Section 8111.052
§ 8111.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

On the uniform election date in May of each even-numbered year, the appropriate number of directors shall be elected.
Tex. Estates Code § 1203.107 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1203 / Section 1203.107
§ 1203.107. APPOINTMENT ON REMOVAL OF LITIGATION CONFLICT.
Status: in_force

The court may appoint as successor guardian a spouse, parent, or child of a proposed ward who was disqualified from serving as guardian because of a litigation conflict under Section 1104.354(1) on the removal of the conflict that caused the disqualification if the spouse, parent, or child is otherwise qualified to serve as a guardian.
Tex. Water Code § 58.518 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.518
§ 58.518. NOTICE AND HEARING.
Status: in_force

The board shall give notice and hold a hearing in the same manner and for the same purpose as provided in Sections 58.514-58.515 of this code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.601 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.601
§ 1369.601. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Pharmacy benefit manager" has the meaning assigned by Section 4151.151.

(2) "Pharmacy benefit network" means a network of pharmacies that have contracted with a pharmacy benefit manager to provide pharmacist services to enrollees.

(3) "Pharmacy services administrative organization" means an entity that contracts with a pharmacist or pharmacy to conduct on behalf of the pharmacist or pharmacy the pharmacist's or pharmacy's business with a third-party payor, including a pharmacy benefit manager, in connection with pharmacy benefits and to assist the pharmacist or pharmacy by providing administrative services, including negotiating, executing, and administering a contract with a third-party payor and communicating with the third-party payor in connection with a contract or pharmacy benefits.
Tex. Government Code § 492.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 492 / Section 492.014
§ 492.014. HEADQUARTERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall maintain headquarters in Austin.

(b) The department shall maintain dual headquarters in Austin and Huntsville. The institutional division shall maintain its headquarters in Huntsville and may not assign more than 15 personnel to Austin. The board shall attempt to locate all Austin offices in one building or in buildings that are in close proximity to one another.
Tex. Tax Code § 151.203 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 151 / Section 151.203
§ 151.203. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF PERMIT.
Status: in_force

(a) If a person fails to comply with a provision of this chapter or with a rule of the comptroller adopted under this chapter and relating to the sales tax, the comptroller, after a hearing, may revoke or suspend one or more permits issued to the person.

(b) A person whose permit the comptroller proposes to revoke or suspend is entitled to 20 days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing on the revocation or suspension. At the hearing the person must show cause why each permit should not be suspended or revoked.

(c) The comptroller shall give written notice of the revocation or suspension of a permit to the holder of the permit.

(d) Notices under this section may be served on the permit holder personally or by electronic means or may be mailed to the permittee's address as shown in the records of the comptroller.

(e) Service by electronic means is complete when the comptroller transmits the notice using the contact information provided to the comptroller by the permit holder as shown in the records of the comptroller.

(f) Service by mail is complete when the notice is deposited by the comptroller in a United States Postal Service post office.