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Tex. Labor Code § 411.101 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 411 / Section 411.101
§ 411.101. LEGISLATIVE POLICY; PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state to protect the health and welfare of its people and to reduce and, to every reasonable extent, eliminate the causes of loss of production, reduction of work hours, temporary and permanent incapacity of workers, and increases in certain insurance rates by:

(1) promoting the adoption, application, and implementation of safety measures in industry and enterprise;

(2) protecting workers against unsafe and hazardous working conditions; and

(3) encouraging correction of any unsafe and hazardous working conditions in industry and enterprise.
Tex. Water Code § 8.055 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.055
§ 8.055. REPORTS.
Status: in_force

The commission shall make recommendations to the governor and to the legislature relating to potential water source areas and the necessary methods to bring the water to those areas in this state that need water.
Tex. Education Code § 43.060 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 43 / Section 43.060
§ 43.060. EXCEPTION TO OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN CONSULTATIONS CONCERNING INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "private investment fund," "reinvestment," and "restricted securities" have the meanings assigned by Section 552.143, Government Code.

(b) The board of directors may conduct a closed meeting in accordance with Subchapter E, Chapter 551, Government Code, to deliberate or confer with one or more employees, consultants, or legal counsel of the corporation or with a third party if the only purpose of the meeting is to receive information from or question the employees, consultants, or legal counsel or third party relating to:

(1) investment transactions or potential investment transactions if, before conducting the closed meeting, a majority of the board of directors in an open meeting vote that deliberating or conferring in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the corporation's position in negotiations with third parties or put the corporation at a competitive disadvantage in the market;

(2) the purchase, holding, or disposal of restricted securities or a private investment fund's investment in restricted securities if, under Section 552.143, Government Code, the information discussed would be confidential and excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021, Government Code, if the information were included in the records of a governmental body; or

(3) a procurement proposed to be awarded by the board of directors if, before conducting the closed meeting, a majority of the board of directors in an open meeting vote that deliberating or conferring in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the corporation's position in negotiations with third parties.

(c) Any vote or final action taken on a procurement described by Subsection (b)(3) must be conducted in an open meeting.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 121 / Section 121.001
§ 121.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Local Public Health Reorganization Act.
Tex. Water Code § 11.158 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 11 / Section 11.158
§ 11.158. AMENDMENT TO CONVERT USE FROM RESERVOIR STORAGE TO AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "aquifer storage and recovery project" has the meaning assigned by Section 27.151.

(b) A holder of a water right that authorizes the storage of water for a beneficial use in a reservoir that has not been constructed may file an application to amend the water right to remove the authorization for storage in a reservoir provided that the water diverted under the right will be stored in an aquifer storage and recovery project authorized under Section 27.153 for later retrieval and use as authorized by the original water right.

(c) An application for an amendment to a water right described by Subsection (b) may request an increase in the amount of water that may be diverted or the rate of diversion on the basis of an evaporation credit that takes into account the amount of water that would have evaporated if the storage reservoir had been constructed.

(d) A holder of a water right authorizing an appropriation of water for storage in a storage reservoir that has lost storage because of sedimentation, as determined by a survey performed by the board, may file an application for an amendment to the water right to change the use or purpose for which the appropriation is to be made from storage by diversion to storage as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project for later retrieval and use as authorized by the original water right in an amount equal to all or part of the amount of water yield lost to sedimentation.

(e) An application for an amendment to a water right described by Subsection (b) is exempt from any notice and hearing requirements of a statute, commission rule, or permit condition and may not be referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings for a contested case hearing if the requested change will not cause a negative effect on other water rights holders or the environment that is greater than the effect that the original permit would have had were the permit rights exercised to the full extent of the original permit.

(f) An application for an amendment to a water right described by Subsection (c) or (d) is subject to the notice and hearing requirements of this chapter.

(g) If the commission grants an application for an amendment to a water right described by Subsection (c) or (d), the commission shall include in the amendment any special conditions the commission considers necessary to:

(1) protect existing water rights; and

(2) comply with any applicable requirements established under Section 11.147 or 11.1471.

(h) The commission may adopt rules providing an expedited procedure for acting on an application for an amendment to a water right described by Subsection (b) and the procedures to file and act on an application for an amendment to a water right described by Subsection (c) or (d).
Tex. Election Code § 87.127 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 87 / Section 87.127
§ 87.127. RESOLUTION OF INCORRECT DETERMINATION BY EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) If a county election officer, as defined by Section 31.091, determines a ballot was incorrectly rejected or accepted by the early voting ballot board before the time set for convening the canvassing authority, the county election officer may petition a district court for injunctive or other relief as the court determines appropriate.

(b) In an election ordered by the governor or by a county judge, the county election officer must confer with and establish the agreement of the county chair of each political party before petitioning the district court.
Tex. Labor Code § 412.012 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 412 / Section 412.012
§ 412.012. FUNDING.
Status: in_force

The office shall be administered through money appropriated by the legislature and through:

(1) interagency contracts for purchase of insurance coverage and the operation of the risk management program; and

(2) the allocation program for the financing of state workers' compensation benefits.The office shall be administered through money appropriated by the legislature and through the allocation program for the financing of state workers' compensation benefits and risk management costs.
Tex. Transportation Code § 316.004 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 316 / Section 316.004
§ 316.004. PERMIT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality by ordinance may establish a permit program under this subchapter.

(b) The governing body of the municipality shall include in the ordinance:

(1) provisions the governing body determines are necessary or desirable to protect, at the site of an applicant's proposed facility, the public, utility companies, and any person who has the right to use the municipal street;

(2) provisions that require:

(A) clearances between the facility or improvement and utility lines that comply with clearances from structures to utility lines required by a nationally recognized building code;

(B) a permit holder to provide a cash or surety bond in an amount approved by the municipality sufficient to cover the costs for the municipality or a public utility to remove the permit holder's facilities or improvements; and

(C) a permit holder to pay the costs to relocate a municipal or public utility facility or improvement in a municipal street associated with the installation of a facility or improvement of the permit holder; and

(3) a provision authorizing the municipality or a utility company or other person authorized by the municipality to remove, without liability, any part of a facility for which a permit has been issued if there is a lawful need for the site or for access to the site.

(c) The governing body may include in the ordinance:

(1) construction, maintenance, operation, and inspection requirements;

(2) public liability insurance requirements;

(3) a requirement that the applicant or permit holder pay for traffic and safety studies;

(4) provisions for conducting a public hearing on the issuance, renewal, or revocation of a permit, with notice and reporting expenses of the hearing to be paid by the applicant or permit holder;

(5) a requirement for indemnity agreements by abutting fee title land owners in the form of covenants that run with the title to the abutting land; or

(6) a provision that authorizes the governing body, at its discretion, to terminate the permit without notice to the permit holder.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3817.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3817 / Section 3817.007
§ 3817.007. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Election Code § 146.021 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 146 / Section 146.021
§ 146.021. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a write-in candidate for an office that is to be voted on at the general election for state and county officers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1073.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1073 / Section 1073.056
§ 1073.056. OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members.

(b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director.

(c) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year.

(d) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for the unexpired term.
Tex. Family Code § 153.602 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 153 / Section 153.602
§ 153.602. PARENTING PLAN NOT REQUIRED IN TEMPORARY ORDER.
Status: in_force

A temporary order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship rendered in accordance with Section 105.001 is not required to include a temporary parenting plan. The court may not require the submission of a temporary parenting plan in any case or by local rule or practice.
Tex. Property Code § 28.010 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 28 / Section 28.010
§ 28.010. EXEMPTION FOR MINERAL DEVELOPMENT AND OILFIELD SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to any agreement:

(1) to explore, produce, or develop oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, sulphur, ore, or other mineral substances, including any lease or royalty agreement, joint interest agreement, production or production-related agreement, operating agreement, farmout agreement, area of mutual interest agreement, or other related agreement;

(2) for any well or mine services; or

(3) to purchase, sell, gather, store, or transport oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, or other hydrocarbon substances by pipeline or by a fixed, associated facility.

(b) In this section:

(1) "Agreement" includes a written or oral agreement or understanding:

(A) to provide work or services, including any construction, operating, repair, or maintenance services; or

(B) to perform a part of the services covered by Paragraph (A) or an act collateral to those services, including furnishing or renting equipment, incidental transportation, or other goods and services furnished in connection with those services.

(2) "Well or mine services" includes:

(A) drilling, deepening, reworking, repairing, improving, testing, treating, perforating, acidizing, logging, conditioning, purchasing, gathering, storing, or transporting oil or natural gas, brine water, fresh water, produced water, condensate, petroleum products, or other liquid commodities, or otherwise rendering services in connection with a well drilled to produce or dispose of oil, gas, or other minerals or water; and

(B) designing, excavating, constructing, improving, or otherwise rendering services in connection with an oil, gas, or other mineral production platform or facility, mine shaft, drift, or other structure intended directly for use in exploring for or producing a mineral.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.034 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 252 / Section 252.034
§ 252.034. LICENSE FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner by rule may adopt a fee for a license issued under this chapter. The fee may not exceed $225 plus $7.50 for each unit of capacity or bed space for which the license is sought.

(b) The license fee must be paid with each application for an initial license or for a renewal or change of ownership of a license.

(c) A facility operated by the state is not required to pay a license fee.

(d) The executive commissioner by rule may adopt an additional fee for the approval of an increase in bed space.

(e) All license fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the commission and may be appropriated to the commission to administer and enforce this chapter.

(f) An applicant who submits an application for license renewal later than the 45th day before the expiration date of a current license is subject to a late fee in accordance with commission rules.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.103 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.103
§ 155.103. MANUFACTURER'S RECORDS AND REPORTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A manufacturer who sells tobacco products to a permit holder in this state shall keep records showing:

(1) the number and kind of tobacco products sold;

(2) the date the tobacco products were sold;

(3) the name and permit number of the permit holder;

(4) the manufacturer's list price for the tobacco products;

(5) the place where the tobacco products were shipped; and

(6) the name of the common carrier.

(a-1) In addition to the information required under Subsection (a), the records for each sale of tobacco products other than cigars must show the net weight as listed by the manufacturer for each unit.

(b) A manufacturer who sells tobacco products to a permit holder in this state shall file with the comptroller, on or before the last day of each month, a report showing the information required to be listed by Subsections (a) and (a-1), if applicable, for the previous month.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8836.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8836 / Section 8836.002
§ 8836.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a groundwater conservation district in Fayette County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1059.157 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1059 / Section 1059.157
§ 1059.157. INSPECTION OF ANNUAL AUDIT AND DISTRICT RECORDS.
Status: in_force

The annual audit and other district records are open to inspection during regular business hours at the district's principal office.
Tex. Transportation Code § 370.315 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 370 / Section 370.315
§ 370.315. PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS AND SECURITY.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Chapter 2253, Government Code, an authority shall require any party to an agreement to operate or maintain a transportation project to provide performance and payment bonds or other forms of security, including corporate guarantee, in amounts considered by the authority to be adequate to protect the authority and to assure performance of all obligations to the authority and to subcontractors providing materials or labor for a transportation project.
Tex. Tax Code § 154.211 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 154 / Section 154.211
§ 154.211. FAILURE TO PRODUCE RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person's failure to produce the records required by this subchapter or a person's inability to provide other proof of tax payment, on demand by the comptroller, is prima facie evidence that cigarettes possessed by the person were received for the purpose of making a first sale without payment of the tax imposed by this chapter.

(b) This section does not apply to a person who possesses 200 or fewer cigarettes if the person uses the cigarettes and does not sell them or offer them for sale.

(c) This section does not apply to a failure to produce records or provide other proof of tax payment under Subsection (a) if the failure results from an occurrence beyond the person's control.
Tex. Water Code § 7.001 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.001
§ 7.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Permit" includes a license, certificate, registration, approval, or other form of authorization. This definition does not apply to Subchapter G.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1064.060 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1064 / Section 1064.060
§ 1064.060. APPOINTMENT OF STAFF; EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

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

(b) The board may employ physicians or other health care providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district.

(c) The district may employ fiscal agents, accountants, architects, and attorneys as the board considers proper.

(d) The board may delegate to the district administrator the authority to employ technicians, nurses, and other district employees, except physicians.

(e) This section does not authorize the board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1065.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1065 / Section 1065.112
§ 1065.112. AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.
Status: in_force

As a governmental agency, the district may sue and be sued in its own name in any court of this state.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 22.202 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 22 / Section 22.202
§ 22.202. MANAGEMENT BY MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The certificate of formation of a corporation may vest the management of the affairs of the corporation in the members of the corporation. If the corporation has a board of directors, the corporation may limit the authority of the board to the extent provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws.

(b) A corporation is considered to have vested the management of the corporation's affairs in the board of directors of the corporation in the absence of a provision to the contrary in the certificate of formation, unless the corporation is a church organized and operating under a congregational system that:

(1) was incorporated before January 1, 1994; and

(2) has the management of its affairs vested in the corporation's members.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.701 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.701
§ 91.701. WELL OWNERS AND OPERATORS CERTIFICATES.
Status: in_force

The owner or operator of any well subject to the jurisdiction of the commission under this title, Section 26.131, Water Code, or Subchapter C, Chapter 27, Water Code, shall secure from the commission a certificate showing compliance with that title, section, or subchapter, as applicable, rules adopted and orders issued under that title, section, or subchapter, as applicable, and any license, permit, or certificate issued to the owner or operator under that title, section, or subchapter, as applicable.
Tex. Education Code § 54.706 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.706
§ 54.706. CONTRACT BETWEEN BOARD AND PLAN MANAGER.
Status: in_force

(a) A contract between the board and a financial institution to act as a plan manager under this subchapter must be for a term of at least five years and may be renewable.

(b) If the contract is not renewed, the following conditions apply at the end of the term of the contract, so long as applying the conditions does not disqualify the plan as a qualified state tuition program under Section 529, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended:

(1) the board shall continue to maintain the plan at the financial institution;

(2) accounts previously established at the financial institution may not be terminated, except as provided by Subdivision (5) or Subsection (c);

(3) additional contributions may be made to the accounts;

(4) new accounts may not be opened with that financial institution; and

(5) if the board determines that continuing the accounts at that financial institution is not in the best interest of the account owners, the accounts may be transferred to another financial institution acting as a plan manager.

(c) The board may cancel a plan manager contract with a financial institution for a violation of the contract or a provision of this subchapter by the financial institution at any time. If a contract is terminated under this subsection, the board shall take custody of accounts held at that financial institution and shall promptly seek to transfer the accounts to another financial institution acting as a plan manager and into investment instruments as similar to the original investment instruments as possible.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.2581 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.2581
§ 1369.2581. AUDIT DISCREPANCIES; WHOLESALE INVOICES.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager that audits wholesale invoices during an audit of a pharmacist or pharmacy may not audit the pharmacy claims of another health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager.

(b) A health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager shall reverse a finding of a discrepancy if:

(1) the National Drug Code for the dispensed drug is in a quantity that is a subunit or multiple of the drug purchased by the pharmacist or pharmacy as supported by a wholesale invoice;

(2) the pharmacist or pharmacy dispensed the correct quantity of the drug according to the prescription; and

(3) the drug dispensed by the pharmacist or pharmacy shares all but the last two digits of the National Drug Code of the drug reflected on the supplier invoice.

(c) A health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager must accept as evidence to support the validity of a pharmacy claim related to a dispensed drug:

(1) subject to validation, including validation by pharmacy purchase order and payment of a supplier invoice, copies of supplier invoices in the pharmacist's or pharmacy's possession, including:

(A) supplier invoices issued before the date the drug was dispensed and not earlier than 60 days before the first day of the audit period; and

(B) invoices and any supporting documents from any supplier authorized by federal or state law to transfer ownership of the drug acquired by the pharmacist or pharmacy; and

(2) reports required by any state board or agency.

(d) A health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager must provide, not later than the fifth business day after the date of a request by the pharmacist or pharmacy, any supporting documents the pharmacist's or pharmacy's suppliers provided to the health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.
Tex. Education Code § 109.052 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 109 / Section 109.052
§ 109.052. RESIDENCES FOR CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may purchase a house or may purchase land and construct a house suitable for the residence of the chancellor of the university system or a president of a component university.