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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.301 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 18A / Section 18A.301
§ 18A.301. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS AND USE INTERCEPTION DEVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter and Subchapters E and F, only the department is authorized by this chapter to own, possess, install, operate, or monitor an interception device.

(b) An investigative or law enforcement officer or other person may assist the department in the operation and monitoring of an interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications if the officer or other person:

(1) is designated by the director for that purpose; and

(2) acts in the presence and under the direction of a commissioned officer of the department.

(c) The director shall designate in writing the commissioned officers of the department who are responsible for the possession, installation, operation, and monitoring of interception devices for the department.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.031 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 161 / Section 161.031
§ 161.031. MEDICAL COMMITTEE DEFINED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subchapter, "medical committee" includes any committee, including a joint committee, of:

(1) a hospital;

(2) a medical organization;

(3) a university medical school or health science center;

(4) a health maintenance organization licensed under Chapter 843, Insurance Code, including an independent practice association or other physician association whose committee or joint committee is a condition of contract with the health maintenance organization;

(5) an extended care facility;

(6) a hospital district; or

(7) a hospital authority.

(b) The term includes a committee appointed ad hoc to conduct a specific investigation or established under state or federal law or rule or under the bylaws or rules of the organization or institution.

(c) The term includes a committee, including a joint committee, of one or more health care systems if each health care system includes one or more of the entities listed in Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6906.059 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6906 / Section 6906.059
§ 6906.059. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

A director is not personally liable for any bond issued or contract executed by the district.
Tex. Government Code § 843.504 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 843 / Section 843.504
§ 843.504. NO DOUBLE CREDITING OF SERVICE.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Chapter 803, only one month of credited service may be established in the retirement system for any calendar month for all service that is creditable under this subtitle.
Tex. Occupations Code § 202.2032 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 202 / Section 202.2032
§ 202.2032. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Anonymous complaint" means a complaint that lacks sufficient information to identify the source or the name of the person who filed the complaint.

(2) "Insurance agent" means a person licensed under Chapter 4054, Insurance Code.

(3) "Insurer" means an insurance company or other entity authorized to engage in the business of insurance under Subtitle C, Title 6, Insurance Code.

(4) "Third-party administrator" means a person required to have a certificate of authority under Chapter 4151, Insurance Code.

(b) The department may not accept anonymous complaints.

(c) Notwithstanding any confidentiality requirements under Chapter 552, Government Code, Chapter 51, or this chapter, a complaint filed with the department by an insurance agent, insurer, pharmaceutical company, or third-party administrator against a license holder must include the name and address of the insurance agent, insurer, pharmaceutical company, or third-party administrator filing the complaint.

(d) The department shall notify the license holder who is the subject of the complaint of the name and address of the insurance agent, insurer, pharmaceutical company, or third-party administrator who filed the complaint, unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 62.04 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 62 / Section 62.04
§ 62.04. RENEWAL OF LICENSE DURING PRELIMINARY STAGES OF OPERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A renewal of a brewer's license may not be denied during the two-year period following the issuance of the original license on the ground that the licensee has not brewed and packaged malt beverages in this state if the licensee is engaged in good faith in constructing a brewing plant on the licensed premises or is engaged in one of the following preparatory stages of construction:

(1) preliminary engineering;

(2) preparing drawings and specifications;

(3) conducting engineering, architectural, or equipment studies; or

(4) preparing for the taking of bids from contractors.

(b) During the three-year period following the issuance of a brewer's license, as long as the licensee is engaged in construction or in a preliminary stage of construction enumerated in Subsection (a), the commission shall issue each renewal license to take effect immediately on the expiration of the expiring license and shall not require the licensee to make an original application.

(c) After two years and 11 months has expired following the issuance of an original brewer's license, the commission may not issue a renewal license if it finds that the licensee has not complied with the licensee's sworn statement filed with the original application or that the licensee has not begun construction of a plant or initiated any of the preliminary stages of construction enumerated in Subsection (a) unless the commission also finds that the licensee has been prevented from doing so by causes beyond the licensee's reasonable control. If the commission finds that the licensee has been prevented from complying by causes beyond the licensee's reasonable control, it may grant one additional renewal for the licensee to comply with the terms of the licensee's sworn statement. Otherwise, the commission shall deny the renewal application and may not grant a subsequent original application by the licensee for a period of two years following the date of the denial.

(d) This section does not apply to the holder of a license that was in effect on January 1, 1953.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8055.0103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8055 / Section 8055.0103
§ 8055.0103. CONFIRMATION AND DIRECTOR ELECTION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors shall hold an election to confirm the creation of the district and to elect five permanent directors as provided by Section 49.102, Water Code.
Tex. Property Code § 56.045 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 56 / Section 56.045
§ 56.045. EQUITABLE OR CONTINGENT INTEREST.
Status: in_force

Failure of an equitable interest to become legal title or nonfulfillment of a condition subsequent on which a legal interest is contingent does not impair a lien on material, machinery, supplies, or an improvement located on the land covered by the equitable interest if the lien attached to the material, machinery, supplies, or improvement before the failure.
Tex. Government Code § 2303.505 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2303 / Section 2303.505
§ 2303.505. LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX REFUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) To encourage the development of areas designated as enterprise zones, the governing body of a municipality through a program may refund its local sales and use taxes paid by a qualified business on all taxable items purchased for use at the qualified business site related to the project or activity.

(b) To promote the public health, safety, or welfare, the governing body of a municipality or county through a program may refund its local sales and use taxes paid by a qualified business or qualified employee.

(c) The governing body of a municipality or county that is the governing body of an enterprise zone may provide for the partial or total refund of its local sales and use taxes paid by a person making a taxable purchase, lease, or rental for development or revitalization in the zone.

(d) A person entitled to a refund of local sales and use taxes under this section shall pay the entire amount of state and local sales and use taxes at the time the taxes would be due if an agreement for the refund did not exist.

(e) An agreement to refund local sales and use taxes under this section must:

(1) be written;

(2) contain an expiration date; and

(3) require that the person entitled to the refund provide to the municipality or county making the refund the documentation necessary to support a refund claim.

(f) The municipality or county shall make the refund directly to the person entitled to the refund in the manner provided by the agreement.
Tex. Water Code § 13.144 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.144
§ 13.144. NOTICE OF WHOLESALE WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

A district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a retail public utility, a wholesale water service, or other person providing a retail public utility with a wholesale water supply shall provide the utility commission and the commission with a certified copy of any wholesale water supply contract with a retail public utility within 30 days after the date of the execution of the contract. The submission must include the amount of water being supplied, term of the contract, consideration being given for the water, purpose of use, location of use, source of supply, point of delivery, limitations on the reuse of water, a disclosure of any affiliated interest between the parties to the contract, and any other condition or agreement relating to the contract.
Tex. Local Government Code § 174.107 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 174 / Section 174.107
§ 174.107. NOTICE TO PUBLIC EMPLOYER REGARDING CERTAIN ISSUES.
Status: in_force

If compensation or another matter that requires an appropriation of money by any governing body is included for collective bargaining under this chapter, an association shall serve on the public employer a written notice of its request for collective bargaining at least 120 days before the date on which the public employer's current fiscal operating budget ends.
Tex. Local Government Code § 43.0545 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 43 / Section 43.0545
§ 43.0545. ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN ADJACENT AREAS.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may not annex an area that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality only because the area is contiguous to municipal territory that is less than 1,000 feet in width at its narrowest point.

(b) A municipality may not annex an area that is located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality only because the area is contiguous to municipal territory that:

(1) was annexed before September 1, 1999; and

(2) was in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality at the time of annexation only because the territory was contiguous to municipal territory that was less than 1,000 feet in width at its narrowest point.

(c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to an area:

(1) completely surrounded by incorporated territory of one or more municipalities;

(2) for which the owners of the area have requested annexation by the municipality;

(3) that is owned by the municipality; or

(4) that is the subject of an industrial district contract under Section 42.044.

(d) Subsection (b) does not apply if the minimum width of the narrow territory described by Subsection (b)(2), following subsequent annexation, is no longer less than 1,000 feet in width at its narrowest point.

(e) For purposes of this section, roads, highways, rivers, lakes, or other bodies of water are not included in computing the 1,000-foot distance unless the area being annexed includes land in addition to a road, highway, river, lake, or other body of water.
Tex. Education Code § 7.012 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 7 / Section 7.012
§ 7.012. MODEL DATA-SHARING AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

The agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas Workforce Commission jointly shall develop and make available the following model data-sharing agreements for sharing information subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g) for purposes of system evaluation and improved support of students and workforce preparation participants:

(1) a model data-sharing agreement for public schools and public and private institutions of higher education to share that information with entities authorized to receive that information for use in ongoing system evaluation and improvement purposes or whose employees or contractors are school officials for purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974; and

(2) a model data-sharing agreement for reciprocal sharing of that information between:

(A) public schools;

(B) public or private institutions of higher education;

(C) state and local workforce entities; and

(D) entities authorized to receive that information for use in ongoing system evaluation and improvement purposes or whose employees or contractors are school officials for purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
Tex. Occupations Code § 107.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 107 / Section 107.001
§ 107.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Intractable Pain Treatment Act.
Tex. Local Government Code § 161.156 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 161 / Section 161.156
§ 161.156. PROCESSING OF COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

(a) The standing preliminary review committee shall determine whether a sworn complaint filed with the commission complies with the form requirements of Section 161.155.

(b) Not later than the 14th day after the date a complaint is filed, the standing preliminary review committee shall send written notice to the complainant and the respondent. The notice must state whether the complaint complies with the form requirements of Section 161.155 and include the information required by Section 161.158(c).

(c) If the standing preliminary review committee determines that the complaint does not comply with the form requirements, the committee shall send the complaint to the complainant with the written notice, a statement explaining how the complaint fails to comply, and a copy of the rules for filing sworn complaints. The complainant may resubmit the complaint not later than the 14th day after the date the notice under Subsection (b) is mailed. If the standing preliminary review committee determines that the complaint is not resubmitted within the 14-day period, the committee shall:

(1) dismiss the complaint; and

(2) not later than the 14th day after the date of the dismissal, send written notice to the complainant and the respondent of the dismissal and the grounds for dismissal.

(d) If the standing preliminary review committee determines that a complaint is resubmitted under Subsection (c) within the 14-day period but is not in proper form, the committee shall send the notice required under Subsection (c), and the complainant may resubmit the complaint under that subsection.

(e) If the standing preliminary review committee determines that a complaint returned to the complainant under Subsection (c) or (d) is resubmitted within the 14-day period and that the complaint complies with the form requirements, the committee shall send the written notice under Subsection (b).

(f) If a complaint filed with the commission is within the jurisdiction of the commission but may also be brought under the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement authorized by Chapter 174, a civil service rule under Section 158.0025, or a rule of the sheriff's department, the commission shall defer jurisdiction over the complaint to the sheriff for disposition. The sheriff may return a complaint deferred under this subsection to the commission for additional proceedings as the commission determines appropriate if the sheriff determines that the conduct alleged in the complaint is not within the scope of the collective bargaining agreement, civil service rule, or sheriff's department rule. The sheriff may not return a complaint deferred under this section if:

(1) the sheriff disciplines the employee under the collective bargaining agreement, civil service rule, or sheriff's department rule for the conduct alleged in the sworn complaint; or

(2) the sheriff determines that the employee did not commit the conduct alleged in the sworn complaint.
Tex. Government Code § 1471.059 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1471 / Section 1471.059
§ 1471.059. ADJUSTMENT OF VALUES FOLLOWING REASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) In making a reassessment under Section 1471.058(b), the road district shall assess the property using the property's market value for the year preceding the year in which the bonds or certificates are issued.

(b) The district shall proportionately reduce the assessment of the other property in the district to reflect the value of the reassessed property. The district shall refund to a property owner the difference between the amount of the original assessment and a new assessment under this subsection if the property owner has paid the entire amount of the original assessment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8108.052 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8108 / Section 8108.052
§ 8108.052. 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. Insurance Code § 2211.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2211 / Section 2211.051
§ 2211.051. ESTABLISHMENT OF FAIR PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may establish a Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan to deliver residential property insurance to residents of this state in underserved areas if the commissioner determines, after a public hearing, that:

(1) in all or any part of the state, residential property insurance is not reasonably available in the voluntary market to a substantial number of insurable risks; or

(2) at least 25 percent of the applicants to the residential property market assistance program who are qualified under that program's plan of operation have not been placed with an insurer in the preceding six months.

(b) The commissioner may include in the plan established under Subsection (a) the delivery of property owners' association insurance in underserved areas as provided by Section 2211.1515 if the commissioner determines, after notice and a hearing, that in all or any part of the area designated under Section 2211.1515(a), property owners' association insurance is not reasonably available in the voluntary market to a substantial number of insurable risks.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2153.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.101
§ 2153.101. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.
Status: in_force

An insurer that writes insurance under a group marketing plan shall maintain separate experience data on the group marketing plan business, including complete records of premium income, losses, and expenses, so that the experience may be fairly ascertained.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1098.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1098 / Section 1098.161
§ 1098.161. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY IN EMERGENCY; 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 if the board determines that:

(1) money is not available to meet a lawful obligation of the district; and

(2) an emergency exists.

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

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

(2) tax revenue to be collected by the district during the 12-month period following the date of the pledge that has not been 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 tax revenue or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the third anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which other district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.

(d) The board may not spend loan proceeds obtained under this section for a purpose other than:

(1) the purpose for which the board determined the emergency existed; and

(2) if tax revenue or bonds are pledged to pay the loan, the purpose for which the taxes were imposed or the bonds were authorized.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.160 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.160
§ 1952.160. INAPPLICABILITY TO ACCIDENT OR HEALTH INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to an automobile insurance policy subject to this subtitle or Subchapter A, Chapter 5, and does not apply to any other accident or health insurance policy, regardless of whether the accident or health insurance policy provides indemnity against automobile-connected injuries.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.152
§ 3831.152. INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may invest money the district receives under this chapter.

(b) The district may hire a person to invest district money on terms the board considers advisable.
Tex. Education Code § 109.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 109 / Section 109.001
§ 109.001. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Tech University System hereby created is composed of all those institutions and entities presently under the governance, control, jurisdiction, and management of the board of regents of Texas Tech University.

(b) The Texas Tech University System shall also be composed of such other institutions and entities as from time to time may be assigned by specific legislative act to the governance, control, jurisdiction, and management of the Texas Tech University System.

(c) The governance, control, jurisdiction, organization, and management of the Texas Tech University System is hereby vested in the present board of regents of Texas Tech University, which will hereinafter be known and designated as the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System. The board by rule may delegate a power or duty of the board to an officer, employee, or other agent of the board.

(d) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may accept, retain in depositories of its choosing, and administer, on terms and conditions acceptable to the board, gifts, grants, or donations of any kind, from any source to the extent not prohibited by state or federal law, for use by the system or any of the component institutions of the system.
Tex. Transportation Code § 312.062 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 312 / Section 312.062
§ 312.062. ASSESSMENT FOLLOWING VOID OR ERRONEOUS ASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may assess property that abuts an improvement with the amount of the cost of the improvement if for any reason none of the cost of the improvement has been borne by the abutting property or its owner either because an attempted assessment and enforcement of the assessment was erroneous or void or was declared erroneous or void in a judicial proceeding and if:

(1) the municipality has spent public money on the improvement;

(2) a municipal voucher or certificate has been issued to a contractor; or

(3) the municipality has contracted for the improvement.

(b) The assessment may not exceed the special benefit the property receives in enhanced value to the property.

(c) The amount of the special benefit is to be determined on a basis of the condition of the improvement at the time of the assessment.
Tex. Local Government Code § 135.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 135 / Section 135.003
§ 135.003. CIVIL FEES.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to the civil fees imposed under Sections 135.101, 135.102, and 135.103 on civil, probate, guardianship, and mental health cases.