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Tex. Education Code § 54.5312 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.5312
§ 54.5312. STUDENT SERVICES BUILDINGS FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas a student services buildings fee for the sole purpose of financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving student services buildings at the university.

(b) A fee imposed under this section may not exceed:

(1) $71 per student for each regular semester or summer term of 12 weeks or longer;

(2) $47.33 per student for each summer term of eight weeks or longer but less than 12 weeks; or

(3) $35 per student for each summer term of less than eight weeks.

(c) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the students of the university who participate in a general student election held for that purpose.

(d) The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as last approved by a student vote under Subsection (c) or this subsection unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the university who participate in a general student election held for that purpose.

(e) Revenue from the fee must be deposited in an account known as The University of Texas at Dallas Student Services Building Fee Account.

(f) A fee imposed under this section may not be considered in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section 54.503.

(g) The board may pledge revenue from the fee imposed under this section for the payment of obligations issued for authorized purposes pursuant to the revenue financing system of The University of Texas System.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.110
§ 1065.110. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into an operating or management contract relating to a district facility.
Tex. Election Code § 162.005 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 162 / Section 162.005
§ 162.005.
Status: in_force

Sec. 162.005. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: EARLY VOTING BY MAIL. Subject to Section 162.004(a-1), the early voting clerk in a general primary election shall provide an affiliation certificate with each early voting or limited ballot to be voted by mail. The certificate is not required to be provided to an applicant for a runoff primary ballot unless the applicant requests it.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.956 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 21 / Section 21.956
§ 21.956. DUTIES OF DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors of a public benefit corporation shall manage or direct the business and affairs of the corporation in a manner that balances:

(1) the pecuniary interests of the shareholders;

(2) the best interests of those persons materially affected by the corporation's conduct; and

(3) the specific public benefit or benefits specified in the corporation's certificate of formation.

(b) A director of a public benefit corporation does not, by virtue of the public benefit provisions included in the certificate of formation or by virtue of the purpose and requirements of Sections 21.953(a) and (b), owe any duty to any person because of:

(1) any interest the person has in the public benefit or benefits specified in the certificate of formation; or

(2) any interest materially affected by the corporation's conduct.

(c) With respect to a decision implicating the balance requirement of Subsection (a), a director of a public benefit corporation is considered to have satisfied the director's duties to shareholders and the corporation if the director's decision is both informed and disinterested and is not a decision that no person of ordinary, sound judgment would approve.

(d) The certificate of formation of a public benefit corporation may include a provision that any disinterested failure of a director to satisfy the requirements of this section does not, for the purposes of the applicable provisions of this code, constitute an act or omission not in good faith or a breach of the duty of loyalty.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 102.170 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 102 / Section 102.170
§ 102.170. ATTORNEY'S FEES; VENUE; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.
Status: in_force

(a) In an action brought under Section 102.168 or 102.169 of this code, the judgment, if in favor of the plaintiff, shall provide that the defendant pay to the plaintiff a reasonable attorney's fee and all costs of suit. An action under those sections may be brought in the county where the defendant resides or where the act, omission, or part of the act or omission occurred.

(b) The remedies and penalties of this subchapter are cumulative and action or prosecution under a section of this subchapter does not prohibit action or prosecution under another section of this subchapter or any other civil or criminal law.
Tex. Local Government Code § 253.006 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 253 / Section 253.006
§ 253.006. LEASE OF MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL OR SWIMMING POOL.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality with a population of 65,000 or less may lease all or part of a hospital owned by the municipality, to be operated by the lessee as a public hospital.

(b) The governing body of any municipality may lease a swimming pool owned by the municipality, to be operated by the lessee as a public swimming pool.

(c) A lease under this section must:

(1) be authorized by ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body;

(2) be executed on behalf of the municipality by the mayor and the municipal secretary or clerk;

(3) be impressed with the municipal seal; and

(4) cover a period of not more than 50 years.

(d) A lease under this section is subject to the terms agreed to by the governing body and the lessee.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8868.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8868 / Section 8868.057
§ 8868.057. VOTE REQUIRED FOR BOARD ACTION.
Status: in_force

A majority vote of a quorum of the board is required for board action. If there is a tie vote, the proposed action fails.
Tex. Water Code § 32.055 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 32 / Section 32.055
§ 32.055. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OTHER PERSONS.
Status: in_force

The executive director shall submit to the department and to other persons designated by the commission copies of each permit application received in proper form. A person to whom an application is submitted may make recommendations to the commission concerning any aspect of the application not later than the 30th day after the date the application is submitted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9045.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9045 / Section 9045.005
§ 9045.005. EXPANSION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) If land is annexed to the district under Section 49.301 or 51.714, Water Code, the board may require the petitioners to:

(1) assume the petitioners' pro rata share of the voted but unissued bonds of the district; and

(2) authorize the board to impose a tax on the petitioners' property to pay for the bonds after the bonds have been issued.

(b) If land is annexed to the district under Section 49.302, Water Code, the board may submit to the voters of the area to be annexed a proposition on the question of the assumption by the area to be annexed of its part of the voted but not yet issued or sold tax or tax-revenue bonds of the district and the imposition of an ad valorem tax on taxable property in the area to be annexed along with a tax in the rest of the district for the payment of the bonds.

(c) If the petitioners consent or if the election results favorably, the district may issue its voted but unissued tax or tax-revenue bonds regardless of changes to district boundaries since the voting or authorization of those bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1087.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1087 / Section 1087.203
§ 1087.203. GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(b) The board may call the election on the board's own motion.

(c) The order calling the election must specify:

(1) the location of the polling places;

(2) the presiding election officers;

(3) the purpose of the bond issuance;

(4) the amount of the bonds to be authorized;

(5) the maximum interest rate of the bonds; and

(6) the maximum maturity of the bonds.

(d) Notice of a bond election shall be given by publishing a substantial copy of the order calling the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the district once each week for two consecutive weeks before the date of the election. The first publication must occur at least 20 days before the date of the election.
Tex. Transportation Code § 191.006 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 191 / Section 191.006
§ 191.006. CIVIL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general shall immediately bring an action against a railroad company or other corporation, firm, partnership, or individual who violates this chapter to collect a civil penalty in an amount of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for each violation. Each day that a violation continues is a separate violation.

(b) The attorney general may bring a single action for multiple violations by the same corporation, firm, partnership, or individual.
Tex. Occupations Code § 155.205 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 155 / Section 155.205
§ 155.205. SPONSORING PHYSICIAN.
Status: in_force

(a) A physician is eligible to enter into a supervising practice agreement as a sponsoring physician if the physician:

(1) holds a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine issued under this subtitle;

(2) is not currently the subject of disciplinary action by the board or the medical licensing authority of any other jurisdiction;

(3) is certified by a medical specialty member board of:

(A) the American Board of Medical Specialties;

(B) the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;

(C) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or

(D) any other medical specialty member organization the board recognizes; and

(4) practices medicine in the specialty for which the physician is certified under Subdivision (3).

(b) A sponsoring physician who enters into a supervising practice agreement with a physician graduate shall comply with all board rules related to the supervision of physician graduates.

(c) The board by rule shall establish the maximum number of physician graduates that a sponsoring physician may supervise under supervising practice agreements.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8464.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8464 / Section 8464.102
§ 8464.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 252.015 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 252 / Section 252.015
§ 252.015. TRANSITION CONCERNING REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

If, before September 1, 1995, an estate or interest in real or personal property was by the terms of the transfer purportedly transferred to a nonprofit association, but under the law the estate or interest was vested in a fiduciary such as officers of the nonprofit association to hold the estate or interest for members of the nonprofit association, on or after September 1, 1995, the fiduciary may transfer the estate or interest to the nonprofit association in its name, or the nonprofit association, by appropriate proceedings, may require that the estate or interest be transferred to it in its name.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7981.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7981 / Section 7981.051
§ 7981.051. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Government Code § 1204.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1204 / Section 1204.002
§ 1204.002. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A provision of this chapter concerning the sale price of a public security or the maximum rate of interest that a public security may bear applies to any public security without regard to a contrary provision in another law or a charter.

(b) A provision of this chapter concerning the sale price of a public security does not apply to a public security whose maximum rate of interest or maximum net effective interest rate is, at the time the public security is issued, specifically set by the constitution of this state.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 101.48 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 101 / Section 101.48
§ 101.48. COMMISSION'S REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

Sections 5.39 and 5.40 relate to the commission's authority to regulate liquor containers and malt beverage container deposits.
Tex. Water Code § 6.108 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 6 / Section 6.108
§ 6.108. POWER TO PURCHASE INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

The board may purchase for its members, appointees, and employees and pay premiums on liability insurance in any amounts and from any insurers the board considers advisable.
Tex. Finance Code § 347.453 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 347 / Section 347.453
§ 347.453. EFFECT OF DISCLOSURE BY ONE OF SEVERAL CREDITORS.
Status: in_force

In a credit transaction involving more than one creditor, the disclosure of an item by a creditor satisfies the requirement to disclose that item regardless of which creditor makes the disclosure.
Tex. Water Code § 56.011 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.011
§ 56.011. CREATION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

A drainage district may be created in the manner prescribed by this subchapter, either under and subject to the limitations of Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, or under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Election Code § 145.095 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 145 / Section 145.095
§ 145.095. EFFECT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM RUNOFF.
Status: in_force

If a runoff candidate withdraws, the remaining candidate is considered to be elected and the runoff election for that office is not held.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 64.07 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 64 / Section 64.07
§ 64.07. MAY SHARE PREMISES.
Status: in_force

(a) Any number of general and branch distributors may use the same delivery vehicles, premises, location, or place of business as licensed premises if the malt beverages owned and stored by each of the distributors are segregated.

(b) If delivery vehicles are shared by any number of distributors who also hold any class of wholesaler's permits, liquor or malt beverages may be transported.

(c) The provisions of Subsections (a) and (b) that relate to shared delivery vehicles apply only to those general or branch distributors who hold a territorial designation from a brewer under Section 102.51.
Tex. Government Code § 1473.009 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1473 / Section 1473.009
§ 1473.009. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.
Status: in_force

A bond issued under this subchapter, any transaction related to the bond, and profits made in the sale of the bond are exempt from taxation by this state or by a municipality or other political subdivision of this state.
Tex. Insurance Code § 887.054 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 887 / Section 887.054
§ 887.054. FINANCIAL OFFICER; BOND.
Status: in_force

(a) An association, by resolution entered in its minutes, shall designate an officer to be responsible for handling the association's funds. The president, secretary, or general manager of the association must certify a copy of the resolution, and the association shall file the copy with the department.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), the association shall make and file a surety bond covering the officer designated under Subsection (a). The bond must:

(1) be issued by a corporate surety company authorized to issue surety bonds in this state;

(2) be satisfactory to the department and payable to the department for the use and benefit of the association;

(3) obligate the principal and surety to pay any monetary loss sustained by the association through an act of fraud, dishonesty, forgery, theft, embezzlement, or wilful misapplication by the officer, whether acting alone or with other persons, while employed as or exercising the powers of an officer designated under Subsection (a); and

(4) be in an amount of:

(A) at least $2,500; or

(B) if the association's mortuary fund exceeds $2,500, an amount equal to the lesser of:

(i) the amount of the association's mortuary fund; or

(ii) $20,000.

(c) Instead of the bond required by Subsection (b), the officer designated under Subsection (a) may deposit with the department cash or securities approved by the department in the amount and subject to the conditions applicable to the bond.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), this section does not apply to a local mutual aid association that was operating on May 12, 1939, and has never:

(1) had a total membership of more than 1,000 members;

(2) charged more than $1 each for annual dues and assessments; and

(3) charged more than $2.50 for membership fees.

(e) An association to which Subsection (d) applies must file with the department a bond in the amount of $1,000, conditioned as provided for a bond under Subsection (b).

(f) Successive recoveries may be made on a bond under this section until the amount of the bond is exhausted.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1452.156 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1452 / Section 1452.156
§ 1452.156. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO MEET CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

If, on completion of the credentialing process, the managed care plan issuer determines that the applicant podiatrist does not meet the issuer's credentialing requirements:

(1) the managed care plan issuer may recover from the applicant podiatrist or the podiatrist's professional practice an amount equal to the difference between payments for in-network benefits and out-of-network benefits; and

(2) the applicant podiatrist or the podiatrist's professional practice may retain any copayments collected or in the process of being collected as of the date of the issuer's determination.
Tex. Government Code § 436.1051 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 436 / Section 436.1051
§ 436.1051. MILITARY BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE TASK FORCE; PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) On the abolishment of the military base realignment and closure task force, the task force shall transfer all information written, produced, collected, assembled, or maintained by or for the task force to the commission and the commission shall maintain the information.

(b) Any information transferred to the commission under Subsection (a) is public information subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 181.105 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 181 / Section 181.105
§ 181.105. REQUIRED INFORMATION REGARDING CONSUMER ACCESS TO HEALTH RECORDS AND COMPLAINTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a covered entity shall prominently post on the entity's Internet website and at any entity facility detailed instructions for a consumer to:

(1) request the consumer's health care records from the entity;

(2) contact the disciplinary or licensing authority for the covered entity; and

(3) file a consumer complaint as described by Section 181.103.

(b) This section does not apply to a covered entity that conducts claims processing, data processing, data analysis, utilization review, or billing on behalf of another covered entity that provides health care services directly to consumers.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 48.154 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 48 / Section 48.154
§ 48.154. ACCESS TO RECORDS OR DOCUMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department or another state agency, as appropriate, shall have access to any records or documents, including client-identifying information, financial records, and medical and psychological records, necessary to the performance of the department's or state agency's duties under this chapter. The duties include but are not limited to the investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation or the provisions of services to an elderly person or person with a disability. A person, agency, or institution that has a record or document that the department or state agency needs to perform its duties under this chapter shall, without unnecessary delay, make the record or document available to the department or state agency that requested the record or document.

(b) The department is exempt from the payment of a fee otherwise required or authorized by law to obtain a financial record from a person, agency, or institution or a medical record, including a mental health record, from a hospital or health care provider if the request for a record is made in the course of an investigation by the department.

(c) If the department or another state agency cannot obtain access to a record or document that is necessary to properly conduct an investigation or to perform another duty under this chapter, the department or state agency may petition the probate court or the statutory or constitutional county court having probate jurisdiction for access to the record or document.

(d) On good cause shown, the court shall order the person, agency, or institution who has a requested record or document to allow the department or state agency to have access to that record or document under the terms and conditions prescribed by the court.

(e) A person, agency, or institution who has a requested record or document is entitled to notice and a hearing on a petition filed under this section.

(f) Access to a confidential record under this section does not constitute a waiver of confidentiality.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1301.005 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1301 / Section 1301.005
§ 1301.005. AVAILABILITY OF PREFERRED PROVIDERS; SERVICE AREA LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer offering a preferred provider benefit plan shall ensure that both preferred provider benefits and basic level benefits, including benefits for emergency care, as defined by Section 1301.155, and post-emergency stabilization care, are reasonably available to all insureds within a designated service area. This subsection does not apply to an exclusive provider benefit plan.

(b) If services are not available through a preferred provider within a designated service area under a preferred provider benefit plan or an exclusive provider benefit plan, an insurer shall reimburse a physician or health care provider who is not a preferred provider at the same percentage level of reimbursement as a preferred provider would have been reimbursed had the insured been treated by a preferred provider.

(c) Subsection (b) does not require reimbursement at a preferred level of coverage solely because an insured resides out of the service area and chooses to receive services from a provider other than a preferred provider for the insured's own convenience.

(d) A service area, other than a statewide service area, may include noncontiguous geographic areas but may not divide a county.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3911.257 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3911 / Section 3911.257
§ 3911.257. COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

The district may undertake separately or jointly with other persons, including the city or county, all or part of the cost of an improvement project, including an improvement project:

(1) for improving, enhancing, and supporting public safety and security, fire protection and emergency medical services, and law enforcement in and adjacent to the district; or

(2) that confers a general benefit on the entire district or a special benefit on a definable part of the district.