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Tex. Tax Code § 351.162 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 351 / Section 351.162
§ 351.162. RECAPTURE OF LOST STATE TAX REVENUE FROM CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section:

(1) applies only to a qualified project that is first commenced on or after:

(A) January 1, 2024, unless Paragraph (B) applies to the qualified project; or

(B) January 1, 2027, if the qualified project was authorized before January 1, 2023, by a municipality with a population of 175,000 or more; and

(2) notwithstanding Subdivision (1), does not apply to a qualified project that is the subject of an economic development agreement authorized by Chapter 380, Local Government Code, entered into on or before January 1, 2022.

(b) On the 20th anniversary of the date a hotel designated as a qualified hotel by a municipality as part of a qualified project to which this section applies is open for initial occupancy, the comptroller shall determine:

(1) the total amount of state tax revenue received under Section 351.156 and, if applicable, under Section 351.157 by the municipality from the qualified project during the period for which the municipality was entitled to receive that revenue; and

(2) the total amount of state tax revenue described by Subdivision (1) received by the state during the period beginning on the 10th anniversary of the date the qualified hotel opened for initial occupancy and ending on the 20th anniversary of that date from the same sources from which the municipality received the revenue described by Subdivision (1).

(c) If the amount determined under Subsection (b)(1) exceeds the amount determined under Subsection (b)(2), the comptroller shall promptly provide written notice to the municipality stating that the municipality must remit to the comptroller the difference between those two amounts in the manner provided by this subsection. The municipality shall, using money lawfully available to the municipality for the purpose, remit monthly payments to the comptroller in an amount equal to the total amount of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue received by the municipality from the qualified hotel in the preceding month until the amount remitted to the comptroller equals the total amount due as stated in the notice. The first payment required under this subsection must be made not later than the 30th day after the date the municipality receives the notice from the comptroller. Subsequent payments are due on the 20th day of each month until the total amount stated in the notice is paid. The comptroller shall prescribe the procedure a municipality must use to remit a payment required by this subsection to the comptroller.

(d) The comptroller shall deposit revenue received under this section in the manner prescribed by Section 156.251.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3869.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3869 / Section 3869.001
§ 3869.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "City" means the City of Corpus Christi.

(3) "District" means the Padre Island Gateway Municipal Management District.

(4) "Improvement project" means any program or project authorized by Sections 3869.102 and 3869.160 inside or outside the district.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.058 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 49A / Section 49A.058
§ 49A.058. TIME AND PLACE OF INQUEST.
Status: in_force

(a) A justice of the peace shall conduct an inquest as soon as practicable after the justice receives notice of the death.

(b) A justice of the peace may conduct an inquest:

(1) at the place where the death occurred;

(2) at the place where the body was found;

(3) by videoconference with a person who is:

(A) designated by the justice of the peace; and

(B) present with the body for a death described by Article 49A.053(a)(6) or (7); or

(4) at any other place the justice determines is reasonable.
Tex. Occupations Code § 506.256 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 506 / Section 506.256
§ 506.256. RECIPROCITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a license to a person who is currently licensed as a behavior analyst or as an assistant behavior analyst from another state or jurisdiction that imposes licensure requirements similar to those specified in this chapter.

(b) An applicant for a reciprocal license shall:

(1) submit evidence to the department that the applicant:

(A) is in good standing as determined by the department;

(B) holds a valid license from another state or jurisdiction; and

(C) is in compliance with other requirements established by Section 506.252, 506.253, 506.254, or 506.255, as appropriate; and

(2) pay the required fees.
Tex. Government Code § 864.010 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 864 / Section 864.010
§ 864.010. BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS AND RETIREES OF DEPARTMENT THAT WITHDRAWS FROM PARTICIPATION OR CEASES TO EXIST.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall continue to administer benefits of the pension system for members and retirees who performed emergency services or support services for a formerly participating department that has withdrawn from participation in the pension system or has ceased to exist.

(b) The governing body of a political subdivision shall perform the duties required of a local board for the members and retirees who served for the formerly participating department. The state board may by rule:

(1) provide a procedure under which the governing body of a department may delegate its duties under this subsection to the executive director; or

(2) appoint the executive director to perform the duties of a governing body of a political subdivision if the governing body fails to perform or delegate its duties under this subsection within a prescribed period of time.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.305 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.305
§ 200.305. COMPENSATION.
Status: in_force

A trust manager or officer of a real estate investment trust is entitled to receive compensation set by or in the manner provided by the certificate of formation or bylaws of the real estate investment trust. If the certificate of formation or bylaws do not provide for compensation to trust managers and officers, the trust managers of the real estate investment trust must determine the compensation by vote at a meeting or by written consent.
Tex. Local Government Code § 157.022 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 157 / Section 157.022
§ 157.022. HOURS OF WORK OF PEACE OFFICERS IN COUNTIES OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer employed by a county with a population of more than one million may not be required to work more hours during a calendar week than the number of hours in the normal work week of the majority of other county employees.

(b) A sheriff or constable may require a peace officer to work more hours than allowed by Subsection (a) if the sheriff or constable determines an emergency exists that requires the officer to work extra hours.

(c) A peace officer who elects to work extra hours during a calendar week shall be compensated on a basis consistent with overtime provisions of the county personnel policy.
Tex. Estates Code § 751.006 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 751 / Section 751.006
§ 751.006. REMEDIES UNDER OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

The remedies under this chapter are not exclusive and do not abrogate any right or remedy under any law of this state other than this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 30.023 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 30 / Section 30.023
§ 30.023. LEASE OF FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

A district may lease to or from any person for such term and on such conditions as may be considered desirable any waste collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal facilities or systems.
Tex. Government Code § 411.1271 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 411 / Section 411.1271
§ 411.1271.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.1271. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) The office of the attorney general is entitled to obtain from the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division, or another law enforcement agency criminal history record information maintained by the department or agency that relates to a person who is an applicant for a position of employment with the office of the attorney general or an applicant to serve as a consultant, intern, or volunteer for the office.

(b) The office of the attorney general is entitled to obtain from the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division, or another law enforcement agency criminal history record information maintained by the department or agency that relates to a person who proposes to enter into a contract with or who has a contract with the office of the attorney general to supply goods or services to the office of the attorney general. The authorization under this subsection to obtain criminal history record information about a person includes information relating to an employee or subcontractor of the person or an employee of the person's subcontractor.

(b-1) The office of the attorney general is entitled to obtain from the Department of Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division, or another law enforcement agency criminal history record information maintained by the department or agency that relates to a person who owes child support in a Title IV-D case, as defined by Section 101.034, Family Code, for the purposes of locating that person and establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support obligation against that person.

(c) Criminal history record information obtained by the office of the attorney general under this section may not be released or disclosed to any person except on court order or with the consent of the person who is the subject of the criminal history record information.

(d) The office of the attorney general shall destroy criminal history record information that relates to a person after the information is used for its authorized purpose.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0426 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0426
§ 42.0426. TRAINING OF PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed facility shall provide training for staff members in:

(1) the recognition of symptoms of child abuse, neglect, and sexual molestation and the responsibility and procedure of reporting suspected occurrences of child abuse, neglect, and sexual molestation to the department or other appropriate entity;

(2) the application of first aid; and

(3) the prevention and spread of communicable diseases.

(a-1) A licensed facility shall require each employee of the facility who attends a training program required by Subsection (a)(1) to sign a statement verifying the employee's attendance at the training program. The licensed facility shall maintain the statement in the employee's personnel records.

(b) A residential child-care facility shall implement a behavior intervention program approved by the department for the benefit of a child served by the facility who needs assistance in managing the child's conduct. The program must include:

(1) behavior intervention instruction for staff members who work directly with children served by the facility, including crisis response training for emergency behavior intervention with a goal of limiting law enforcement involvement; and

(2) training for all employees regarding the risks associated with the use of prone restraints.

(c) Not later than the seventh day after the date an employee begins employment at a day-care center, group day-care home, or registered family home, the employee must complete an orientation to the facility.
Tex. Local Government Code § 395.080 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 395 / Section 395.080
§ 395.080. CHAPTER NOT APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN WATER-RELATED SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to impact fees, charges, fees, assessments, or contributions:

(1) paid by or charged to a district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution to another district created under that constitutional provision if both districts are required by law to obtain approval of their bonds by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; or

(2) charged by an entity if the impact fees, charges, fees, assessments, or contributions are approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(b) Any district created under Article XVI, Section 59, or Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution may petition the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for approval of any proposed impact fees, charges, fees, assessments, or contributions. The commission shall adopt rules for reviewing the petition and may charge the petitioner fees adequate to cover the cost of processing and considering the petition. The rules shall require notice substantially the same as that required by this chapter for the adoption of impact fees and shall afford opportunity for all affected parties to participate.
Tex. Property Code § 64.061 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 64 / Section 64.061
§ 64.061. ATTACHMENT, PERFECTION, AND PRIORITY OF ASSIGNEE'S SECURITY INTEREST IN PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

(a) An assignee's security interest in rents attaches to identifiable proceeds.

(b) If an assignee's security interest in rents is perfected, the assignee's security interest in identifiable cash proceeds is perfected.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the provisions of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code, or the comparable Uniform Commercial Code provisions of another applicable jurisdiction, determine:

(1) whether an assignee's security interest in proceeds is perfected;

(2) the effect of perfection or nonperfection;

(3) the priority of an interest in proceeds; and

(4) the law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of an interest in proceeds.

(d) For purposes of this chapter, cash proceeds are identifiable if they are maintained in a segregated deposit account or, if commingled with other funds, to the extent they can be identified by a method of tracing, including application of equitable principles, that is permitted under a law of this state other than this chapter with respect to commingled funds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1015.105 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1015 / Section 1015.105
§ 1015.105. PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

The board may prescribe:

(1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and

(2) accounting and control procedures for the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 521.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 521 / Section 521.001
§ 521.001. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall prepare information of public interest describing the department's functions and the procedures by which complaints are filed with and resolved by the department.

(b) The department shall make the information available to the public and appropriate state agencies.
Tex. Labor Code § 352.001 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 352 / Section 352.001
§ 352.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Direct services" means services provided to a client by a commission employee, including counseling, facilitating the purchase of services from a source other than the commission, and purchasing equipment and other items and providing other services necessary for the client to successfully complete a commission program.

(2) "Direct services program" means a program operated by the commission through which direct services are provided.

(3) "Individual with a disability" means an individual who has a physical impairment, including a visual impairment, or mental impairment that constitutes a substantial impediment to employment, but that is of a nature that rehabilitation services may be expected to enable the individual to engage in a gainful occupation.

(4) "Maintenance" means money payments not exceeding the estimated cost of subsistence during vocational rehabilitation.

(5) "Occupational license" means a license, permit, or other written authorization required by a governmental entity as a condition for engaging in an occupation.

(6) "Physical restoration" means medical, surgical, or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially reduce a substantial impediment to employment of an individual with a disability within a reasonable period of time. The term includes medical, surgical, dental, and psychiatric treatment, nursing services, hospital care, convalescent home care, drugs, medical and surgical supplies, and prosthetic appliances. The term excludes treatment to cure acute or transitory conditions.

(7) "Prosthetic appliance" means an artificial device necessary to support or replace a part of the body or to increase the acuity of a sensory organ.

(8) "Rehabilitation training" means all necessary training provided to an individual with a disability to compensate for a substantial impediment to employment. The term includes manual, preconditioning, prevocational, vocational, and supplementary training and training to achieve broader and more lucrative skills and capacities.

(9) "Substantial impediment to employment" means a physical or mental condition that obstructs or impairs, or if not corrected will probably obstruct or impair, an individual's performance in an occupation.

(10) "Vocational rehabilitation" or "vocational rehabilitation services" means services that are provided directly by the commission or through a public or private agency and that the commission determines are necessary to compensate an individual with a disability for a substantial impediment to employment so that the individual may engage in a remunerative occupation. The terms include:

(A) medical and vocational diagnosis;

(B) vocational guidance, counseling, and placement;

(C) rehabilitation training;

(D) physical restoration;

(E) transportation;

(F) occupational licenses;

(G) customary occupational tools and equipment;

(H) maintenance;

(I) training books and materials; and

(J) other goods and services for which the commission receives financial support under federal law.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 109.22 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 109 / Section 109.22
§ 109.22. DELIVERY OF HOME-PRODUCED WINE OR MALT BEVERAGES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a person who is authorized under Section 109.21(a) to produce wine or malt beverages.

(b) For the purpose of participating in an organized tasting, evaluation, competition, or literary review, a person to whom this section applies may deliver wine or malt beverages produced and manufactured by the person to locations that are not licensed under this code for the purpose of submitting those products to an evaluation at an organized tasting competition that is closed to the general public or by a reviewer whose reviews are published if:

(1) no charge of any kind is made for the wine or malt beverages, for their delivery, or for attendance at the event; and

(2) the commission consents in writing to the delivery.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize an increase in the quantity of wine or malt beverages authorized to be produced by a person under the authority of Section 109.21(a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8416.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8416 / Section 8416.006
§ 8416.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.111 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 12 / Section 12.111
§ 12.111. TEXAS VOLUNTEER HEALTH CORPS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish the Texas Volunteer Health Corps to enhance community-based public health services.

(b) The Texas Volunteer Health Corps shall connect volunteers with residents of local communities to involve those residents in preventive health care, expand the role of those residents in making decisions about their own health, and build community support for public health.
Tex. Transportation Code § 552A.0009 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 552A / Section 552A.0009
§ 552A.0009. LOCAL AUTHORITY REGULATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A local authority may regulate the operation of a personal delivery or mobile carrying device on a highway or in a pedestrian area in a manner not inconsistent with this subchapter.

(b) This section does not affect the authority of a local authority's peace officers to enforce the laws of this state relating to the operation of a personal delivery or mobile carrying device.
Tex. Water Code § 49.067 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 49 / Section 49.067
§ 49.067. CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A district shall contract, and be contracted with, in the name of the district.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a contract for technical, scientific, legal, fiscal, or other professional services must be approved by the board unless specifically delegated by board action. The terms and conditions of such a contract, including the terms for payment, are subject to the decision of the board unless specifically delegated by board action. The board through such action cannot abrogate its fiscal responsibility.
Tex. Occupations Code § 504.002 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 504 / Section 504.002
§ 504.002. EXEMPTIONS; APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is exempt from this chapter if the person does not:

(1) directly or indirectly represent to the public that the person is licensed under this chapter; and

(2) use any name, title, or designation indicating that the person is licensed under this chapter.

(b) This chapter does not apply to an activity or service of a person who:

(1) is employed as a counselor by a federal institution and is providing chemical dependency counseling within the scope of the person's employment;

(2) except as provided by Section 504.1515, is a student, intern, or trainee pursuing a supervised course of study in counseling at a regionally accredited institution of higher education or training institution, if the person:

(A) is designated as a "counselor intern"; and

(B) is engaging in the activity or providing the service as part of the course of study;

(3) is not a resident of this state, if the person:

(A) engages in the activity or provides the service in this state for not more than 30 days during any year; and

(B) is authorized to engage in the activity or provide the service under the law of the state of the person's residence;

(4) is a licensed physician, psychologist, professional counselor, or social worker;

(5) is a religious leader of a congregation providing pastoral chemical dependency counseling within the scope of the person's duties;

(6) is working for or providing counseling with a program exempt under Subchapter C, Chapter 464, Health and Safety Code;

(7) is a school counselor certified by the State Board for Educator Certification; or

(8) provides chemical dependency counseling through a program or in a facility that receives funding from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and who is credentialed as:

(A) a certified criminal justice addictions professional by the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium; or

(B) having certified criminal justice professional applicant status issued by the Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals.

(c) A person exempt under this section who obtains a license under this chapter is subject to this chapter to the same extent as any other person who obtains a license under this chapter.