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Tex. Government Code § 2054.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2054 / Section 2054.008
§ 2054.008. CONTRACT NOTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section "major information system" includes:

(1) one or more computers that in the aggregate cost more than $100,000;

(2) a service related to computers, including computer software, that costs more than $100,000; and

(3) a telecommunications apparatus or device that serves as a voice, data, or video communications network for transmitting, switching, routing, multiplexing, modulating, amplifying, or receiving signals on the network and costs more than $100,000.

(b) A state agency shall provide written notice to the Legislative Budget Board of a contract for a major information system. The notice must be on a form prescribed by the Legislative Budget Board and filed not later than the 30th day after the date the agency enters into the contract.

(c) A university system or institution of higher education must provide written notice to the Legislative Budget Board under Subsection (b) only if the cost of the major information system exceeds $1 million. In this subsection, "university system" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 81.4012 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 81 / Section 81.4012
§ 81.4012. APPLICABILITY TO STATE PARK LAND.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a state park only:

(1) on public hunting land in the park; and

(2) on specific dates designated by the department for public hunting activities.
Tex. Labor Code § 207.041 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.041
§ 207.041. SERVICES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Benefits are not payable to an individual based on services performed in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution for a week beginning during the period between two successive academic years or terms or under an agreement providing for a similar period between two regular but not successive terms if:

(1) the individual performed the services in the first of the academic years or terms; and

(2) there is a contract or reasonable assurance that the individual will perform services in that capacity for any educational institution in the second of the academic years or terms.

(b) Benefits are not payable to an individual based on services performed for an educational institution in a capacity other than a capacity described by Subsection (a) for a week that begins during a period between two successive academic years or terms if:

(1) the individual performed the services in the first of the academic years or terms; and

(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the second of the academic years or terms.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if benefits are denied to an individual for any week under Subsection (b) and the individual is not offered an opportunity to perform services for the educational institution for the second of the academic years or terms, the individual is entitled to a retroactive payment of the benefits for each week that:

(1) the individual filed a timely claim for benefits; and

(2) the benefits were denied solely because of Subsection (b).

(d) Benefits are not payable to an individual based on services performed for an educational institution for a week that begins during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if:

(1) the individual performed the services in the period immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess; and

(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the period immediately following the vacation period or holiday recess.

(e) Benefits are not payable as provided under this section to an individual based on services performed in an educational institution if the individual performed the services while employed by an educational service agency. For the purposes of this subsection, "educational service agency" means a governmental agency or other governmental entity that is established and operated exclusively to provide services to one or more educational institutions.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1088.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1088 / Section 1088.102
§ 1088.102. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TAXATION AND DEBT.
Status: in_force

A political subdivision of this state, other than the district, may not impose a tax or issue bonds or other obligations for hospital purposes or to provide hospital service or medical care in the district.
Tex. Estates Code § 33.002 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 33 / Section 33.002
§ 33.002. ACTION RELATED TO PROBATE PROCEEDING IN STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.
Status: in_force

Except as provided by Section 33.003, venue for any cause of action related to a probate proceeding pending in a statutory probate court is proper in the statutory probate court in which the decedent's estate is pending.
Tex. Government Code § 501.027 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.027
§ 501.027. ACCESS TO PROGRAMS BY FEMALE INMATES.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall develop and implement policies that increase and promote a female inmate's access to programs offered to inmates in the custody of the department, including educational, vocational, substance use treatment, rehabilitation, life skills training, and prerelease programs. The department may not reduce or limit a male inmate's access to a program to meet the requirements of this section.

(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the department shall:

(1) prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, each standing committee of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over the department, and the reentry task force described by Section 501.098 a written report that includes:

(A) a description of any department policies that were created, modified, or eliminated during the preceding year to meet the requirements of this section; and

(B) a list of programs available to female inmates in the custody of the department during the preceding year; and

(2) publish the report on the department's Internet website.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7949A.0101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7949A / Section 7949A.0101
§ 7949A.0101. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.

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

(3) "Director" means a board member.

(4) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 210.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.0335 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 242 / Section 242.0335
§ 242.0335. EXPEDITED ISSUANCE OF CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP LICENSE TO CERTAIN CURRENT LICENSE HOLDERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall maintain, and keep current, a list of license holders that operate an institution in this state and that have excellent operating records according to the information available to the department. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish specific criteria for the department to designate a license holder as eligible for the list.

(b) The department shall establish a procedure under which a listed license holder may be granted expedited approval in obtaining a change of ownership license to operate another existing institution in this state. The procedure may involve allowing a listed license holder to submit an affidavit demonstrating that the license holder continues to meet the criteria for being listed and continues to meet the requirements described by Subsection (c).

(c) An applicant for a change of ownership license must meet all applicable requirements that an applicant for renewal of a license must meet under this subchapter, including under Section 242.032(d), and under rules adopted under this subchapter. Any requirement relating to inspections or to an accreditation review applies only to institutions operated by the license holder at the time the application is made for the change of ownership license.

(d) Subsection (c) applies only to a license holder designated as eligible for and placed on the list maintained under Subsection (a).
Tex. Education Code § 53B.11 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 53B / Section 53B.11
§ 53B.11. CREATION OF AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

When the governing body of a city finds that it is to the best interest of the city and its inhabitants to create a higher education loan authority, it shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be known. If the governing bodies of two or more cities find that it is to the best interest of the cities to create an authority to include those cities, each governing body shall pass an ordinance creating the authority and designating the name by which it shall be known.
Tex. Water Code § 30.054 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 30 / Section 30.054
§ 30.054. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

A district may sell bonds issued under this chapter at public or private sale at the price or prices and on the terms determined by the governing body, or it may exchange the bonds for property or any interest in property of any kind considered necessary or convenient to the purposes authorized in this chapter.
Tex. Transportation Code § 454.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 454 / Section 454.006
§ 454.006. FARES.
Status: in_force

(a) Fares charged by a mass transportation system may be set according to a zone system or other classification that the municipality determines to be reasonable.

(b) Unless otherwise considered necessary by the governing body of the municipality to maintain the level and quality of service desired, a mass transportation system shall charge and collect fares that are sufficient to:

(1) pay all operating, maintenance, depreciation, and replacement charges;

(2) provide for extensions to the extent permitted by this chapter; and

(3) provide and maintain in the time and manner prescribed by the applicable ordinances, deeds of trust, and indentures money sufficient to pay for debt service and reserves for the security and orderly payment of bonds or notes.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2203.402 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2203 / Section 2203.402
§ 2203.402. APPEAL TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS; HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person insured or applying for insurance under this chapter, the person's authorized representative, or an affected insurer that may be aggrieved by an act of the association may appeal to the board of directors not later than the 30th day after the date the act occurs. At the time the person is notified of the act, the association shall provide to the person written notice of the person's right to appeal under this subsection.

(b) The board of directors shall:

(1) hear an appeal brought under Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date the board of directors receives the appeal; and

(2) give not less than 10 days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing to the person bringing the appeal or the person's authorized representative.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 593.052 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 593 / Section 593.052
§ 593.052. ORDER FOR COMMITMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A proposed resident may not be committed to a residential care facility unless:

(1) the proposed resident is a person with an intellectual disability;

(2) a petition to the court to issue a commitment order by the guardian of the proposed resident or, if the proposed resident is a minor, the parent of the proposed resident or the current interdisciplinary team report and recommendations, if applicable, show that because of the proposed resident's intellectual disability, the proposed resident:

(A) represents a substantial risk of physical impairment or injury to the proposed resident or others; or

(B) is unable to provide for and is not providing for the proposed resident's most basic personal physical needs;

(3) the proposed resident cannot be adequately and appropriately habilitated in an available, less restrictive setting; and

(4) the residential care facility provides habilitative services, care, training, and treatment appropriate to the proposed resident's needs.

(b) If it is determined that the requirements of Subsection (a) have been met and that long-term placement in a residential care facility is appropriate, the court shall commit the proposed resident for care, treatment, and training to a community center or the department when space is available in a residential care facility.

(c) The court shall immediately send a copy of the commitment order to the department or community center.
Tex. Insurance Code § 551.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 551 / Section 551.006
§ 551.006. REPORT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall provide to the department at least once each quarter a written report summarizing the insurer's reasons for declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal provided to applicants for insurance or policyholders as required by this chapter. The report must be:

(1) in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner; and

(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), organized by the zip codes of the applicants and policyholders, as applicable, that received the statement.

(b) The department shall post an aggregated summary of the reports provided under this section on the department's Internet website. The aggregated summary:

(1) except as provided by Subsection (c), must be organized by the zip codes of the applicants and policyholders, as applicable; and

(2) may not identify, directly or indirectly, any insurer.

(c) A report under this section summarizing reasons for declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal provided to applicants for or policyholders of workers' compensation insurance policies must be a statewide report and not organized by the zip codes of the applicants or policyholders.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1076.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1076 / Section 1076.004
§ 1076.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The accomplishment of the purposes stated in this chapter is for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of their property and industries.

(b) The district is a governmental agency performing an essential public function under the constitution in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 298E.101 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 298E / Section 298E.101
§ 298E.101. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) In each year that the board of a district authorizes a program under this chapter, the board shall hold a public hearing on the amounts of any mandatory payments that the board intends to require during the year and how the revenue derived from those payments is to be spent.

(b) Not later than the fifth day before the date of the hearing required under Subsection (a), the board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and provide written notice of the hearing to each institutional health care provider located in the district.
Tex. Local Government Code § 318.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 318 / Section 318.005
§ 318.005. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall meet at least four times each year and may meet as often as the commission may determine under rules adopted by it for its own regulation.

(b) All meetings of the commission shall be conducted in accordance with the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 117.082 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 117 / Section 117.082
§ 117.082. CHILDREN'S AUTISM PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The department shall operate a children's autism program to provide services to children with autism spectrum disorders. The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for the program that include:

(1) a system of organization for the delivery of the autism services;

(2) eligibility requirements for the autism services;

(3) the types of services that may be provided to a client under the program; and

(4) requirements for participation by the client's family in the costs of the autism services.
Tex. Education Code § 66.62 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 66 / Section 66.62
§ 66.62. BOARD FOR LEASE OF UNIVERSITY LANDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board is composed of the commissioner, two members of the board of regents selected by that board, and one member of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System selected by that board. If a regent member is unable to attend a meeting of the board, the presiding officer of the board of regents of the applicable system may appoint another member of that board of regents as a substitute member of the board to attend the meeting that the regular regent member is unable to attend. The substitute regent member shall exercise all the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the absent regent member during the conduct of the meeting for which he was appointed. A substitute regent member is subject to the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) Members of the board, other than the commissioner, serve two-year terms expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Regent members continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.

(c) The commissioner is chairman of the board.

(d) A person who is directly or indirectly employed by, or is an officer or employee of a person or entity actively engaged in the exploration for or production of oil and gas, other than as a landowner or royalty owner, may not be a regent member.

(e) An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the oil and gas industry may not be a regent member or employee of the board, nor may a person who cohabits with or is the spouse of an officer, managerial employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the oil and gas industry be a regent member of the board or a non-classified employee of the board.

(f) A person who is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, by virtue of his activities for compensation in or on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the board, may not serve as a regent member of the board or act as the general counsel to the board.

(g) The board of regents of the university system appointing a regent member may remove the regent member from the board if that member:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by this section for appointment to the board;

(2) does not maintain during the service on the board the qualifications required by this section for appointment to the board;

(3) violates a prohibition established by Subsection (d), (e), or (f);

(4) is unable to discharge his duties for a substantial portion of the term for which he was appointed because of illness or disability; or

(5) is absent from more than one-half of the regularly scheduled board meetings which the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year, except when the absence is excused by majority vote of the board.

(h) The board is exempt from the provisions of Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 302.0201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 302 / Section 302.0201
§ 302.0201. DISPOSITION OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS; REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) A former speaker candidate may:

(1) use unexpended campaign funds to retire debt incurred in connection with the speaker candidacy; or

(2) remit unexpended campaign funds to one or more of the following:

(A) one or more persons from whom campaign funds were received, in accordance with Subsection (c); or

(B) a recognized charitable organization formed for educational, religious, or scientific purposes that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent amendments.

(b) A former speaker candidate may not retain contributions covered by this subchapter, assets purchased with the contributions, or interest and other income earned on the contributions for more than six years after the date the person ceases to be a speaker candidate or hold the office of speaker.

(c) The amount of campaign funds disposed of under Subsection (a)(2)(A) to one person may not exceed the aggregate amount accepted from that person in connection with the former speaker candidate's most recent campaign for election to the office of speaker.

(d) Not later than January 15 of each year, a former speaker candidate who retains unexpended campaign funds shall file a sworn report with the Texas Ethics Commission that includes:

(1) the full name and address of each person to whom a payment from unexpended campaign funds is made;

(2) the date and amount of each payment reported under Subdivision (1); and

(3) the information required by Section 302.014 as to any contribution, loan, or expenditure not previously reported on a statement filed under Section 302.013.

(e) A report filed under this section covers, as applicable:

(1) the period:

(A) beginning on the date after the last day of the period covered by the most recent statement filed by the former speaker candidate under Section 302.013; and

(B) ending on December 31 of the preceding year; or

(2) the preceding calendar year.

(f) A former speaker candidate shall file the report on an official form designed by the Texas Ethics Commission. Sections 302.015 and 302.016 apply to a report filed under this section.

(g) For purposes of this section, a speaker candidate elected as speaker of the house of representatives is considered to be a former speaker candidate.
Tex. Property Code § 62.022 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 62 / Section 62.022
§ 62.022. WAIVER, RELEASE, OR DISCHARGE OF LIEN; ASSUMPTION OF COMMISSION OBLIGATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the waiver of a broker's right to a lien under this chapter, or a release given for the purpose of releasing the broker's lien before the commission is satisfied or forgiven, is void.

(b) A broker's entitlement to a lien on the interest of an owner or tenant in commercial real estate shall be automatically waived if:

(1) the commission is earned and payable for services provided relating to a lease transaction; and

(2) the commission agreement is included as a provision of the lease agreement.

(c) A lien under this chapter is discharged by:

(1) a court order discharging the lien;

(2) paying the commission to the broker named in the commission agreement; or

(3) establishing an escrow account described by Subchapter F.

(d) A person who assumes an owner's or tenant's commercial real estate interest is bound by a commission agreement included in a lease agreement unless an escrow account is established under Subchapter F or a bond is provided under Subchapter G.

(e) This section does not affect the rights of a mortgagee who forecloses on commercial real estate and does not assume the lease on which a commission agreement is based.
Tex. Education Code § 51.172 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.172
§ 51.172. APPROVAL OF BONDS; REGISTRATION.
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under this subchapter shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination. If he finds that the bonds have been authorized in accordance with law, he shall approve them, and thereupon they shall be registered by the comptroller of public accounts. After the approval and registration the bonds are incontestable for any reason and are valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms for all purposes. If the bonds recite that they are secured partially or otherwise by a pledge of the proceeds of a contract or lease made between the board and another party or parties, public agencies, or otherwise, a copy of the contract or lease and of the proceedings authorizing it may or may not be submitted to the attorney general along with the bond records. If submitted, then the approval by the attorney general of the bonds shall constitute an approval of the contract or lease, and thereafter the contract or lease shall be incontestable.