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Tex. Family Code § 264.1261 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.1261
§ 264.1261. FOSTER CARE CAPACITY NEEDS PLAN.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "community-based care" has the meaning assigned by Section 264.152.

(b) Appropriate department management personnel from a child protective services region in which community-based care has not been implemented, in collaboration with foster care providers, faith-based organizations, and child advocates in that region, shall use data collected by the department on foster care capacity needs and availability of each type of foster care and kinship placement in the region to create a plan to address the substitute care capacity needs in the region. The plan must identify both short-term and long-term goals and strategies for addressing those capacity needs.

(b-1) Notwithstanding Section 264.0011, the Health and Human Services Commission, in collaboration with the department and each single source continuum contractor in this state, shall develop a plan to increase the placement capacity in each catchment area of the state with the goal of eliminating the need to place a child outside of the child's community. In developing the plan, the commission shall:

(1) evaluate whether contracting for additional capacity at residential treatment centers, facilities that provide mental inpatient or outpatient beds for crisis intervention and stabilization purposes only for children with severe behavioral health or mental health needs, and other potential temporary placement options provides the best methods for meeting capacity shortages; and

(2) make a recommendation to the department regarding contracting for additional capacity.

(b-2) A plan developed under Subsection (b-1) that includes the use of an inpatient or outpatient mental health facility must require the facility to discharge a child placed in the facility not later than 72 hours after the treating health care provider determines it is not medically necessary for the child to remain in the facility.

(b-3) The plan developed under Subsection (b-1) must include information and contingency plans to ensure adequate capacity in other facilities to meet placement needs when a facility is placed on probation.

(b-4) The department and each single source continuum contractor shall contract with facilities for reserve beds to ensure the department may place each child in a facility if capacity is otherwise unavailable.

(c) A foster care capacity needs plan developed under Subsection (b) must be:

(1) submitted to and approved by the commissioner; and

(2) updated annually.

(d) The department shall publish each initial foster care capacity needs plan and each annual update to a plan on the department's Internet website.
Tex. Estates Code § 112.207 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 112 / Section 112.207
§ 112.207. DEBTORS AND OTHER PERSONS WITHOUT NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF AGREEMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a person or entity who:

(1) owes money to a deceased spouse; or

(2) has custody of property or acts as registrar or transfer agent of any evidence of interest, indebtedness, property, or right owned by a deceased spouse before that spouse's death.

(b) If a person or entity is presented with the original or a certified copy of an agreement creating a right of survivorship in property described by Subsection (a) in the surviving spouse, purportedly signed by both spouses, and if the person or entity has no actual knowledge that the agreement was revoked, the person or entity may pay or transfer that property to the surviving spouse and shall be discharged from all claims for those amounts or property paid or transferred.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3902.160 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3902 / Section 3902.160
§ 3902.160. CITY ORDINANCE, ORDER, OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the district and city agree otherwise, the city may by ordinance, order, or resolution:

(1) require that title to all or any portion of an improvement project vest in the city; or

(2) authorize the district to:

(A) own, encumber, maintain, or operate an improvement project; or

(B) convey the project to the city at a later date.

(b) The district shall immediately comply with a city ordinance, order, or resolution described by this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1066.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1066 / Section 1066.205
§ 1066.205. REFUNDING BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district.

(b) A refunding bond may be:

(1) sold, with the proceeds of the refunding bond applied to the payment of the outstanding indebtedness; or

(2) exchanged wholly or partly for not less than a similar principal amount of outstanding indebtedness.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8257.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8257 / Section 8257.0304
§ 8257.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Transportation Code § 622.134 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 622 / Section 622.134
§ 622.134. SURETY BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the owner of a vehicle covered by this subchapter with a tandem axle weight heavier than 34,000 pounds shall before operating the vehicle on a public highway of this state file with the department a surety bond subject to the approval of the Texas Department of Transportation in the principal amount set by the Texas Department of Transportation not to exceed $15,000 for each vehicle.

(b) The bond must be conditioned that the owner of the vehicle will pay, within the limits of the bond, to the Texas Department of Transportation any damage to a highway, to a county any damage to a county road, and to a municipality any damage to a municipal street caused by the operation of the vehicle.

(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a vehicle owned by a municipality or a county.

(d) A copy of the bond shall be:

(1) carried on the vehicle when the vehicle is on a public highway; and

(2) presented to an officer authorized to enforce this chapter on request of the officer.
Tex. Occupations Code § 115.006 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 115 / Section 115.006
§ 115.006. RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS LICENSED IN OTHER STATES.
Status: in_force

(a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner registered with the registration system under Section 115.005 who is licensed and in good standing in another state and has an acceptable criminal history may practice in this state to the extent authorized by this chapter as if the practitioner were licensed in this state.

(b) A volunteer health practitioner qualified under Subsection (a) is not entitled to the protections of this chapter if the practitioner is licensed in more than one state and any license of the practitioner is suspended, revoked, or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
Tex. Government Code § 30.00020 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 30 / Section 30.00020
§ 30.00020. TRANSFER OF RECORD.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 60th day after the date on which the notice of appeal is given or filed, the parties must file with the municipal clerk:

(1) the reporter's record;

(2) a written description of material to be included in the clerk's record in addition to the required material; and

(3) any material to be included in the clerk's record that is not in the custody of the clerk.

(b) On completion of the record, the municipal judge shall approve the record in the manner provided for record completion, approval, and notification in the court of appeals.

(c) After the court approves the record, the clerk shall promptly send the record to the appellate court clerk for filing. The appellate court clerk shall notify the defendant and the prosecuting attorney that the record has been filed.
Tex. Government Code § 2166.5011 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2166 / Section 2166.5011
§ 2166.5011. REMOVAL, RELOCATION, OR ALTERATION OF A MONUMENT OR MEMORIAL.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "monument or memorial" means a permanent monument, memorial, or other designation, including a statue, portrait, plaque, seal, symbol, building name, or street name, that:

(1) is located on state property; and

(2) honors a citizen of this state for military or war-related service.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a monument or memorial may be removed, relocated, or altered only:

(1) by the legislature;

(2) by the Texas Historical Commission;

(3) by the State Preservation Board; or

(4) as provided by Subsection (c).

(c) A monument or memorial may be removed, relocated, or altered in a manner otherwise provided by this code as necessary to accommodate construction, repair, or improvements to the monument or memorial or to the surrounding state property on which the monument or memorial is located. Any monument or memorial that is permanently removed under this subsection must be relocated to a prominent location.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.051 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.051
§ 191.051. CERTIFIED COPIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to department rules controlling the accessibility of vital records, the state registrar shall supply to a properly qualified applicant, on request, a certified copy of a record, or part of a record, of a birth, death, or fetal death registered under this title.

(b) A certified copy issued under this subsection may be issued only in the form approved by the department.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0217 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0217
§ 8513.0217. AUTHORITY'S DOMICILE AND OFFICE.
Status: in_force

The general office and place of domicile of the authority shall be in the City of San Antonio, Bexar County.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 243.002 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 243 / Section 243.002
§ 243.002. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Ambulatory surgical center" means a facility that operates primarily to provide surgical services to patients who do not require overnight hospital care.

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.

(3) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(3-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(4) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or association.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 5.103 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 5 / Section 5.103
§ 5.103. SCOPE.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to letters of credit and to certain rights and obligations arising out of transactions involving letters of credit.

(b) The statement of a rule in this chapter does not by itself require, imply, or negate application of the same or a different rule to a situation not provided for, or to a person not specified, in this chapter.

(c) With the exception of this subsection, Subsections (a) and (d), Sections 5.102(a)(9) and (10), Section 5.106(d), Section 5.110(c), and Section 5.114(d) and except to the extent prohibited in Sections 1.302 and 5.117(d), the effect of this chapter may be varied by agreement or by a provision stated or incorporated by reference in an undertaking. A term in an agreement or undertaking generally excusing liability or generally limiting remedies for failure to perform obligations is not sufficient to vary obligations prescribed by this chapter.

(d) Rights and obligations of an issuer to a beneficiary or a nominated person under a letter of credit are independent of the existence, performance, or nonperformance of a contract or arrangement out of which the letter of credit arises or which underlies it, including contracts or arrangements between the issuer and the applicant and between the applicant and the beneficiary.
Tex. Education Code § 54.616 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.616
§ 54.616. PROGRAM AND FACILITY ACCESSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall comply with federal and state laws related to program and facility accessibility.

(b) The board shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how a person who does not speak English can be provided reasonable access to the board's programs and services.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 45A.461 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 45A / Section 45A.461
§ 45A.461. FAILURE TO PAY FINE OR APPEAR.
Status: in_force

(a) In this article, "child" has the meaning assigned by Article 45A.453(a).

(b) A justice or municipal court may not order the confinement of a child for:

(1) the failure to pay all or part of a fine or cost imposed for the conviction of an offense punishable by fine only;

(2) the failure to appear for an offense committed by the child; or

(3) contempt of another order of a justice or municipal court.

(c) If a child fails to obey an order of a justice or municipal court under circumstances that would constitute contempt of court, the justice or municipal court, after providing notice and an opportunity to be heard, may:

(1) refer the child to the appropriate juvenile court for delinquent conduct for contempt of the order; or

(2) retain jurisdiction of the case, hold the child in contempt of court, and order that:

(A) the contemnor pay a fine not to exceed $500; or

(B) the Department of Public Safety suspend the contemnor's driver's license or permit or, if the contemnor does not have a license or permit, deny the issuance of a license or permit to the contemnor until the contemnor fully complies with the order.

(d) A justice or municipal court may hold a person in contempt and impose a remedy authorized by Subsection (c)(2) if:

(1) the person was convicted for an offense committed before the person's 17th birthday;

(2) the person failed to obey the order while the person was 17 years of age or older; and

(3) the failure to obey occurred under circumstances that constitute contempt of court.

(e) A justice or municipal court may hold a person in contempt and impose a remedy authorized by Subsection (c)(2) if the person, while younger than 17 years of age, engaged in conduct in contempt of an order issued by the court, but contempt proceedings could not be held before the person's 17th birthday.

(f) A justice or municipal court that orders suspension or denial of a driver's license or permit under Subsection (c)(2)(B) shall notify the Department of Public Safety on receiving proof of compliance with the orders of the justice or municipal court.

(g) A justice or municipal court may not refer a person who violates a court order while 17 years of age or older to a juvenile court for delinquency proceedings for contempt of court.
Tex. Transportation Code § 463.305 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.305
§ 463.305. RESOLUTION OR ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) After hearing the evidence presented at the hearings, but not earlier than 75 days after the date the process is initiated by the board of directors described by Section 463.301, the board may adopt a resolution or order:

(1) designating the name of the authority; and

(2) authorizing the appointment of the interim executive committee.

(b) After the hearing, the results of the hearing shall be sent to the Texas Department of Transportation and the comptroller.
Tex. Education Code § 12.105 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 12 / Section 12.105
§ 12.105. STATUS.
Status: in_force

An open-enrollment charter school is part of the public school system of this state.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.155 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.155
§ 21.155. REFERRAL TO LOCAL COMMISSION AND ACTION ON COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The Commission on Human Rights shall refer a complaint concerning discrimination in employment because of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age that is filed with that commission to a local commission with the necessary investigatory and conciliatory powers if:

(1) the complaint has been referred to the Commission on Human Rights by the federal government; or

(2) jurisdiction over the subject matter of the complaint has been deferred to the Commission on Human Rights by the federal government.

(b) The local commission shall take appropriate action to remedy the practice alleged as discriminatory in the referred complaint.

(c) If the local commission does not act on the complaint within 60 days or a longer time that is reasonable, the Commission on Human Rights shall reassume responsibility for the complaint and take appropriate action on the complaint.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 37.13 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 37 / Section 37.13
§ 37.13. SOLICITATION FROM HOLDER OF MIXED BEVERAGE OR PRIVATE CLUB PERMIT.
Status: in_force

A holder of a nonresident seller's permit may not solicit business directly or indirectly from a holder of a mixed beverage permit or a private club registration permit unless he is accompanied by the holder of a wholesaler's permit or the wholesaler's agent.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.023 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.023
§ 11.023. CAREER LADDER PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The director or his designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program, one part of which shall require the intraagency posting of all nonentry level positions concurrently with any public posting.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8135.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8135 / Section 8135.153
§ 8135.153. NOTICE OF DIVISION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th day after the date of a division under this subchapter, the district shall provide written notice of the plan for division to:

(1) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(2) the attorney general;

(3) the commissioners court of each county in which a new district is located; and

(4) each municipality having extraterritorial jurisdiction over territory in a new district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 505.354 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 505 / Section 505.354
§ 505.354. EXAMINATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall prepare an examination to assess an applicant's qualifications for a license under this chapter. The executive council shall administer the examination at least once each calendar year.

(b) Each license examination shall be conducted in a manner that is determined by the executive council and is fair and impartial to each applicant and school or system of social work.

(c) Applicants may be known to the examiners only by numbers until after the general averages of the applicants' numbers in the class are determined and licenses are issued or denied.

(d) To maintain the highest standards in the social work profession, the scope and content of each examination must be sufficient to ensure professional efficacy and competence.

(e) The executive council shall have the written portion of the examination, if any, validated by an independent testing entity.
Tex. Water Code § 55.165 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.165
§ 55.165.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.165. DRAINAGE DITCHES: LEVEES. The board may include in the plans of the district the necessary drainage ditches, or other facilities for drainage, and levees for the protection of land in the district. The district may purchase all or part of any system belonging to a drainage district. However, the purchase contract shall provide for paying or assuming the debts of the drainage district, and the amount of the debts paid or assumed shall be considered in determining the bond-issuing capacity of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3992.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3992 / Section 3992.0201
§ 3992.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each even-numbered year.

(b) The governing body of the city, by a majority vote, shall appoint one member of the board.

(c) The commission shall appoint four members of the board in the manner provided by Section 3992.0202.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8479.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8479 / Section 8479.004
§ 8479.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8479.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Government Code § 508.111 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 508 / Section 508.111
§ 508.111. DIRECTOR.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall hire the director of the division.

(b) The director is responsible for the administration of the division.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8259.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8259 / Section 8259.004
§ 8259.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is composed of the territory described by Section 4, Chapter 659, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971, as that territory may have been modified under:

(1) Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code;

(2) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(3) other law.

(b) The boundaries and field notes of the district form a closure. A mistake in copying the field notes in the legislative process or another mistake in the field notes does not affect:

(1) the district's organization, existence, or validity;

(2) the district's right to issue any type of bonds for a purpose for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds;

(3) the district's right to impose a tax; or

(4) the legality or operation of the district or its governing body.
Tex. Local Government Code § 214.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 214 / Section 214.005
§ 214.005. PROPERTY BID OFF TO MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

A municipality may adopt an ordinance under Section 214.001(a) that applies to property that has been bid off to the municipality under Section 34.01(j), Tax Code.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.053 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1952 / Section 1952.053
§ 1952.053. WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, after notice and hearing, withdraw the commissioner's approval of a policy or endorsement form that was approved by the commissioner under Article 5.06.
Tex. Water Code § 28.011 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 28 / Section 28.011
§ 28.011.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.011. UNDERGROUND WATER: REGULATIONS. Except as otherwise provided by this code, the commission may make and enforce rules and regulations for protecting and preserving the quality of underground water.
Tex. Insurance Code § 463.163 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 463 / Section 463.163
§ 463.163. INSURED'S LIABILITY UNDER ASSESSMENT PLAN.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not reduce the liability for unpaid assessments of the insureds of an impaired or insolvent insurer operating under a plan with assessment liability.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1053.113 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1053 / Section 1053.113
§ 1053.113. EMPLOYMENT OF DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may employ and commission peace officers for the district.

(b) The jurisdiction of a peace officer commissioned under this section includes the property owned or controlled by the district.

(c) In a district peace officer's jurisdiction, the peace officer has the authority granted by Chapter 14, Code of Criminal Procedure.