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Tex. Insurance Code § 1807.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1807 / Section 1807.002
§ 1807.002. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS TO MARINE INSURANCE; EXCEPTION.
Status: repealed

(a) The following provisions do not apply to marine insurance:

(1) Sections 36.002, 37.051, 403.002, and 501.159;

(2) Subchapter H, Chapter 544;

(3) Chapters 5, 252, 253, 493, 494, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 2171; and

(4) Subtitles B, C, D, E, F, H, and I.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:

(1) a farm mutual insurance company operating under Chapter 911;

(2) a mutual insurance company engaged in business under Chapter 12, Title 78, Revised Statutes, before that chapter's repeal by Section 18, Chapter 40, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 60, General Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929, that retains the rights and privileges under the repealed law to the extent provided by those sections; or

(3) a county mutual insurance company operating under Chapter 912.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142.0175 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 142 / Section 142.0175
§ 142.0175. EXPENSES AND COSTS FOR COLLECTION OF CIVIL OR ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) If the attorney general brings an action against a person under Section 142.013 or 142.014 or to enforce an administrative penalty assessed under Section 142.0173 and an injunction is granted against the person or the person is found liable for a civil or administrative penalty, the attorney general may recover, on behalf of the attorney general and the department, reasonable expenses and costs.

(b) For purposes of this section, reasonable expenses and costs include expenses incurred by the department and the attorney general in the investigation, initiation, and prosecution of an action, including reasonable investigative costs, attorney's fees, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
Tex. Finance Code § 121.001 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 121 / Section 121.001
§ 121.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This subtitle may be cited as the Texas Credit Union Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.154 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.154
§ 1108.154. RESTRICTION ON EXPENDITURES.
Status: in_force

Money may be spent only for an expense included in the budget or an amendment to the budget.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8213.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8213 / Section 8213.051
§ 8213.051. 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. Government Code § 485.0225 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 485 / Section 485.0225
§ 485.0225. TEXAS MOVING IMAGE INDUSTRY INCENTIVE FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "trust company" means the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company.

(b) The Texas moving image industry incentive fund is established as a fund outside the state treasury to be held and invested by the trust company and administered by the office.

(c) Money in the incentive fund may be spent without legislative appropriation and may be used only for the purposes of awarding grants under this subchapter and paying the trust company's expenses of managing the incentive fund's assets.

(d) The incentive fund consists of:

(1) money appropriated, transferred, or deposited to the credit of the incentive fund by the legislature;

(2) money, including the proceeds of a fee or tax imposed by this state, that by statute is dedicated for deposit to the credit of the incentive fund;

(3) investment earnings and interest earned on amounts credited to the incentive fund; and

(4) gifts, grants, and donations made to the office and deposited to the credit of the incentive fund.

(e) The trust company shall hold and invest the incentive fund. The incentive fund may be invested with the state treasury pool and may be pooled with other state assets for purposes of investment.

(f) The overall objective for the investment of the incentive fund is to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet the needs of the incentive fund while striving to preserve the purchasing power of the incentive fund over a full economic cycle.

(g) The trust company may acquire, exchange, sell, supervise, manage, or retain any kind of investment that a prudent investor, exercising reasonable care, skill, and caution, would acquire or retain in light of the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the incentive fund then prevailing, taking into consideration the investment of all the assets of the incentive fund rather than a single investment.

(h) The expenses of managing the incentive fund's assets shall be paid from the incentive fund.

(i) The office annually shall provide to the trust company a forecast of the cash flows into and out of the incentive fund. The office shall provide updates to the forecast as appropriate to ensure the trust company is able to achieve the objective specified by Subsection (f).

(j) The trust company shall disburse money from the incentive fund as directed by the office.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7947A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7947A / Section 7947A.0501
§ 7947A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.052
§ 1551.052. AUTHORITY FOR RULES, PLANS, PROCEDURES, AND ORDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees may adopt rules consistent with this chapter as it considers necessary to implement this chapter and its purposes, including rules that provide standards for determining eligibility for participation in the group benefits program, including standards for determining disability.

(b) The board of trustees may adopt a plan, procedure, or order reasonably necessary to implement this chapter and its purposes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.062 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.062
§ 1015.062. APPOINTMENT AND RECRUITMENT OF STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary appointments as necessary.

(b) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees.

(c) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ persons for the district.

(d) The board may spend money to recruit physicians, nurses, and other trained medical personnel. The board may pay the tuition or other costs or expenses of a full-time medical student or nursing student who:

(1) is enrolled in and is in good standing at an accredited school, college, or university; and

(2) contractually agrees to become a district employee in return for that assistance.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 386.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 386 / Section 386.001
§ 386.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

In this chapter:

(1) "Account" means the Texas emissions reduction plan account established under Section 386.251.

(2) "Affected county" includes:

(A) Bastrop County;

(B) Bexar County;

(C) Caldwell County;

(D) Comal County;

(E) Ellis County;

(F) Gregg County;

(G) Guadalupe County;

(H) Harrison County;

(I) Hays County;

(J) Henderson County;

(K) Hood County;

(L) Hunt County;

(M) Johnson County;

(N) Kaufman County;

(O) Nueces County;

(P) Parker County;

(Q) Rockwall County;

(R) Rusk County;

(S) San Patricio County;

(T) Smith County;

(U) Travis County;

(V) Upshur County;

(W) Williamson County;

(X) Wilson County; and

(Y) any other county designated as an affected county by commission rule because of deteriorating air quality.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(4) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1125, Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2005.

(5) "Fund" means the Texas emissions reduction plan fund established under Section 386.250.

(6) "Incremental cost" means the cost of an applicant's project less a baseline cost that would otherwise be incurred by an applicant in the normal course of business. Incremental costs may include added lease or fuel costs as well as additional capital costs.

(7) "Laboratory" means the Energy Systems Laboratory at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of The Texas A&M University System.

(8) "Nonattainment area" means an area so designated under Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407), as amended.

(9) "Plan" means the Texas emissions reduction plan.

(10) "Site" means the total of all stationary sources located on one or more contiguous or adjacent properties, which are under common control of the same person or persons under common control.

(10-a) "Stationary engine" means a machine used in a nonmobile application that converts fuel into mechanical motion, including turbines and other internal combustion devices.

(11) "Utility commission" means the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Tex. Government Code § 1509.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1509 / Section 1509.207
§ 1509.207. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this subchapter must mature not later than 50 years after its date.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 4019.0306 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 4019 / Section 4019.0306
§ 4019.0306. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.

(b) The district may establish and provide for the administration of one or more programs to promote state or local economic development and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the district, including programs to:

(1) make loans and grants of public money; and

(2) provide district personnel and services.

(c) The district may create economic development programs and exercise the economic development powers provided to municipalities by:

(1) Chapter 380, Local Government Code; and

(2) Subchapter A, Chapter 1509, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1008.211 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1008 / Section 1008.211
§ 1008.211. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY; SECURITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may borrow money for district obligations at the time the loan is made.

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

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

(2) a district tax to be imposed by the district in the next 12-month period that is not 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 taxes or bonds are pledged must mature not later than the first anniversary of the date the loan is made. A loan for which district revenue is pledged must mature not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the loan is made.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1004.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1004 / Section 1004.152
§ 1004.152. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall give notice of an election under this subchapter by publishing a substantial copy of the election order in a newspaper with general circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks.

(b) The first publication must appear not later than the 35th day before the date set for the election.
Tex. Utilities Code § 52.112 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 52 / Section 52.112
§ 52.112. REDUCTION PASS-THROUGH REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) Each telecommunications utility that had more than six percent of the total intrastate access minutes of use as measured for the most recent 12-month period shall pass through to customers switched access rate reductions under this title. The residential customer class shall receive not less than a proportionate share of the reductions.

(b) Within six months following each reduction in intrastate switched access rates under this title, each telecommunications utility subject to this section shall file with the commission a sworn affidavit confirming that the utility has reduced the per minute rates it charges under its basic rate schedule to reflect the per minute reduction in intrastate switched access rates.

(c) This section expires on the second anniversary of the date incumbent local exchange companies doing business in the state are no longer prohibited by federal law from offering interLATA and interstate long distance service.
Tex. Property Code § 53.158 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 53 / Section 53.158
§ 53.158. PERIOD FOR BRINGING SUIT TO FORECLOSE LIEN.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), suit must be brought to foreclose the lien not later than the first anniversary of the last day a claimant may file the lien affidavit under Section 53.052.

(a-1) Notwithstanding Section 16.069, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or any other law, if suit is pursued solely to discharge a lien because limitations have expired on bringing a lien foreclosure suit, the lien claimant's rights to pursue a suit to foreclose a lien are not revived.

(a-2) The limitations period established under Subsection (a) may be extended to not later than the second anniversary of the date the claimant filed the lien affidavit under Section 53.052 if, before the expiration of the limitations period established under Subsection (a), the claimant enters into a written agreement with the then-current record owner of the property to extend the limitations period. The agreement must be recorded with the clerk of the same county where the lien was recorded and is considered to be notice of the extension to any subsequent purchaser.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 690 (H.B. 2237), Sec. 36(9), eff. January 1, 2022.
Tex. Government Code § 608.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 608 / Section 608.009
§ 608.009. RECORDS.
Status: in_force

A department administrator and disbursing officer shall keep records at all times, itemizing money deducted and disbursed by the department administrator or disbursing officer under this chapter.
Tex. Family Code § 59.002 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.002
§ 59.002. SANCTION LEVEL ASSIGNMENT BY PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The probation department may assign a sanction level of one to a child referred to the probation department under Section 53.012.

(b) The probation department may assign a sanction level of two to a child for whom deferred prosecution is authorized under Section 53.03.
Tex. Election Code § 20.002 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 20 / Section 20.002
§ 20.002. AGENCY-PRESCRIBED REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM.
Status: in_force

Instead of using the official voter registration application form prescribed by the secretary of state, a voter registration agency may use an official form prescribed by the agency, if approved by the secretary of state.
Tex. Labor Code § 352.056 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 352 / Section 352.056
§ 352.056. CONTRACTS FOR ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
Status: in_force

The commission shall include in a contract under this chapter with a supplier of adaptive technology equipment provisions that require the supplier to provide training for clients receiving the adaptive technology equipment.
Tex. Family Code § 101.009 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 101 / Section 101.009
§ 101.009. DANGER TO PHYSICAL HEALTH OR SAFETY OF CHILD.
Status: in_force

"Danger to the physical health or safety of a child" includes exposure of the child to loss or injury that jeopardizes the physical health or safety of the child without regard to whether there has been an actual prior injury to the child.
Tex. Family Code § 162.107 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.107
§ 162.107. OFFENSES; PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual, agency, corporation, or child-care facility that violates a provision of the compact commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.

(b) An individual, agency, corporation, child-care facility, or general residential operation in this state that violates Article IV of the compact commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor. On conviction, the court shall revoke any license to operate as a child-care facility or general residential operation issued by the Department of Family and Protective Services to the entity convicted and shall revoke any license or certification of the individual, agency, or corporation necessary to practice in the state.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.302 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.302
§ 242.302. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT AND EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner may adopt rules consistent with this subchapter. The executive commissioner shall adopt and publish a code of ethics for nursing facility administrators.

(b) The department shall:

(1) spend funds necessary for the proper administration of the department's assigned duties under this subchapter; and

(2) periodically assess the continuing education needs of license holders to determine whether specific course content should be required.

(c) The department is the licensing agency for the healing arts, as provided by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396g.

(d) The executive commissioner shall establish:

(1) the qualifications of applicants for licenses and the renewal of licenses issued under this subchapter;

(2) reasonable and necessary fees for the administration and implementation of this subchapter; and

(3) a minimum number of hours of continuing education required to renew a license issued under this subchapter.(a) The Texas Board of Nursing Facility Administrators is within the department.

(b) The board is composed of nine members appointed by the governor as follows:

(1) three licensed nursing facility administrators, at least one of whom shall represent a not-for-profit nursing facility;

(2) one physician with experience in geriatrics who is not employed by a nursing facility;

(3) one registered nurse with experience in geriatrics who is not employed by a nursing facility;

(4) one social worker with experience in geriatrics who is not employed by a nursing facility; and

(5) three public members with experience working with the chronically ill and infirm as provided by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396g.

(c) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. A person appointed to fill a vacancy on the board shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term for which the person is appointed.

(d) Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, or national origin of the person appointed.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 374.054 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 374 / Section 374.054
§ 374.054. COMPLETION CRITERIA.
Status: in_force

(a) In determining whether a corrective action is complete, the commission shall consider the factors listed under Section 374.051(b)(3) and:

(1) individual site characteristics, including natural remediation processes;

(2) state water quality standards; and

(3) additional factors the commission considers relevant.

(b) A deviation from a state water quality standard may not result in the application of a standard that is more stringent than the applicable standard.
Tex. Occupations Code § 256.1017 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 256 / Section 256.1017
§ 256.1017. MILITARY LIMITED VOLUNTEER LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall adopt rules relating to the issuance of a military limited volunteer license under this section.

(b) The board may issue a military limited volunteer license to practice dentistry to a dentist or a military limited volunteer license to practice dental hygiene to a dental hygienist who:

(1) is licensed and in good standing, or was licensed and retired in good standing, as a dentist or dental hygienist in another state;

(2) is or was authorized as a dentist or dental hygienist to treat personnel enlisted in a branch of the United States armed forces or veterans; and

(3) meets any other requirement prescribed by board rule.

(c) The board may not issue a license under this section to an applicant who:

(1) holds a dental or dental hygienist license that:

(A) is currently under active investigation; or

(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction;

(2) holds a license to prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:

(A) is currently under active investigation; or

(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or

(3) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under active investigation for the commission of:

(A) a felony; or

(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.

(d) A dentist or dental hygienist may practice dentistry or dental hygiene under a license issued under this section only at a clinic that primarily treats indigent patients. The dentist or dental hygienist may not receive compensation for dental or dental hygiene services rendered at the clinic.

(e) A military limited volunteer license holder is subject to board rules, including rules regarding disciplinary action, license registration and renewal, and continuing education.
Tex. Water Code § 59.003 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 59 / Section 59.003
§ 59.003. CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) A district may be created by:

(1) The boards of at least 20 percent of the total number of municipal districts to be included in the proposed district may jointly petition the commission for creation of a district. The petition must describe the territory to be included in the district and must include resolutions endorsing creation of the district adopted by each municipal district to be included in the district.

(2) The owner or owners of 2,000 or more contiguous acres may petition the commission for creation of a district.

(3) The commissioners courts of one or more counties may petition the commission for creation of a district in any territory within the county.

(4) The governing body of any city may petition the commission for creation of a district in any territory within the city or its extraterritorial jurisdiction.

(b) Petitions for the creation of a district must:

(1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district by metes and bounds that adequately and completely circumscribe the property so that there is complete closure of the property or by lot and block numbers if there is a recorded map or plat or subdivision survey of the area;

(2) state the general nature of the work proposed to be done, the necessity of the work, and the cost of any projects of the district as estimated by those filing the petition;

(3) state the name of each petitioner; and

(4) include a name of the district generally descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the words "Regional District."

(c) A proposed district may not have the same name as any other district in the state.

(d) Section 54.013 applies to the composition of districts created under this chapter.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 111.017 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 111 / Section 111.017
§ 111.017. EQUAL COMPENSATION FOR LIKE SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) No common carrier in its operations as a common carrier may charge, demand, collect, or receive either directly or indirectly from anyone a greater or lesser compensation for a service rendered than from another for a like and contemporaneous service.

(b) The provisions of Subsection (a) of this section do not limit the right of the commission to prescribe rules and rates from or to some places that are different from rules or rates for transportation from or to other places.