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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.063 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 61 / Section 61.063
§ 61.063. PROCEDURE TO CHANGE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS OR SERVICES PROVIDED.
Status: in_force

(a) A public hospital may not change its eligibility standards to make the standards more restrictive and may not reduce the health care services it offers unless it complies with the requirements of this section.

(b) Not later than the 90th day before the date on which a change would take effect, the public hospital must publish notice of the proposed change in a newspaper of general circulation in the hospital's service area and set a date for a public hearing on the change. The published notice must include the date, time, and place of the public meeting. The notice is in addition to the notice required by Chapter 551, Government Code.

(c) Not later than the 30th day before the date on which the change would take effect, the public hospital must conduct a public meeting to discuss the change. The meeting must be held at a convenient time in a convenient location in the hospital's service area. Members of the public may testify at the meeting.

(d) If, based on the public testimony and on other relevant information, the governing body of the hospital finds that the change would not have a detrimental effect on access to health care for the residents the hospital serves, the hospital may adopt the change. That finding must be formally adopted.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7987.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7987 / Section 7987.151
§ 7987.151. ELECTIONS REGARDING TAXES OR BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue, without an election, bonds and other obligations secured by:

(1) revenue other than ad valorem taxes; or

(2) contract payments described by Section 7987.153.

(b) The district must hold an election in the manner provided by Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, to obtain voter approval before the district may impose an ad valorem tax or issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes.

(c) The district may not issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes to finance a road project unless the issuance is approved by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Tex. Transportation Code § 546.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 546 / Section 546.001
§ 546.001. PERMISSIBLE CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

In operating an authorized emergency vehicle the operator may:

(1) park or stand, irrespective of another provision of this subtitle;

(2) proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, after slowing as necessary for safe operation;

(3) exceed a maximum speed limit, except as provided by an ordinance adopted under Section 545.365, as long as the operator does not endanger life or property; and

(4) disregard a regulation governing the direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4053.151 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4053 / Section 4053.151
§ 4053.151. DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Status: in_force

A person, firm, or corporation that violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this title, including this chapter, is subject to:

(1) Subchapters B and C, Chapter 4005; and

(2) Chapter 82.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.0015 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 63 / Section 63.0015
§ 63.0015. PRESUMPTION REGARDING PARENTAGE.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, a person named as a child's mother or father in the child's birth certificate is presumed to be the child's parent.
Tex. Government Code § 661.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 661 / Section 661.008
§ 661.008. NO ENTITLEMENT TO ESTATE.
Status: in_force

The estate of a deceased employee is not entitled to payment for unused time withdrawn by the employee from the sick leave pool.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542 / Section 542.104
§ 542.104. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may by rule prescribe forms for requesting information and for providing requested information under this subchapter.
Tex. Water Code § 16.135 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 16 / Section 16.135
§ 16.135. BOARD FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

Before the board may acquire a facility or interest in a facility, the board shall find affirmatively that:

(1) it is reasonable to expect that the state will recover its investment in the facility;

(2) the cost of the facility exceeds the current financing capabilities of the area involved, and the optimum regional development of the facility cannot be reasonably financed by local interests without state participation;

(3) the public interest will be served by acquisition of the facility; and

(4) the facility to be constructed or reconstructed contemplates the optimum regional development which is reasonably required under all existing circumstances of the site.
Tex. Education Code § 111.90 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 111 / Section 111.90
§ 111.90. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN.
Status: in_force

There is established in the City of Houston a coeducational institution of higher education to be known as the University of Houston-Downtown. This institution shall be located on land currently owned by the University of Houston System.
Tex. Government Code § 825.3012 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 825 / Section 825.3012
§ 825.3012. INVESTMENT IN CERTAIN HEDGE FUNDS LIMITED.
Status: repealed

(a) For the purposes of this section, "hedge fund" means a private investment vehicle that:

(1) is not registered as an investment company;

(2) issues securities only to accredited investors or qualified purchasers under an exemption from registration; and

(3) engages primarily in the strategic trading of securities and other financial instruments.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 825.301, the board of trustees shall determine the maximum percentage of the value of the total investment portfolio of the retirement system that may be invested in hedge funds.

(b-1) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 126 (H.B. 1612), Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 2019.

(c) The percentage of the value described by Subsection (b) is determined by reference to the value of the total investment portfolio of the retirement system as of the date the retirement system executes the subscription documents for each hedge fund investment.
Tex. Government Code § 573.041 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 573 / Section 573.041
§ 573.041. PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
Status: in_force

A public official may not appoint, confirm the appointment of, or vote for the appointment or confirmation of the appointment of an individual to a position that is to be directly or indirectly compensated from public funds or fees of office if:

(1) the individual is related to the public official within a degree described by Section 573.002; or

(2) the public official holds the appointment or confirmation authority as a member of a state or local board, the legislature, or a court and the individual is related to another member of that board, legislature, or court within a degree described by Section 573.002.
Tex. Transportation Code § 199.001 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 199 / Section 199.001
§ 199.001. AERIAL OR OTHER TRAMWAY TO MINE.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a person, firm, corporation, limited partnership, joint stock association, or other association that owns, constructs, operates, or manages an aerial or other tramway in this state between a mine, smelter, or railway.

(b) An entity described by Subsection (a) may hold and acquire by purchase or condemnation right-of-way. In the exercise of this right, the entity:

(1) is considered to be a common carrier;

(2) is subject to the jurisdiction and control of the department; and

(3) may exercise the power of eminent domain under which the entity may enter and condemn land, right-of-way, easements, or property of any person or corporation necessary for the construction, maintenance, or operation of the entity's aerial or other tramway.

(c) The power of eminent domain under Subsection (b) is exercised in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of land and acquisition of right-of-way by a railroad company.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1104.104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.104
§ 1104.104. RULES.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing:

(1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and

(2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff and employees.
Tex. Insurance Code § 983.051 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 983 / Section 983.051
§ 983.051.
Status: in_force

Sec. 983.051. REDOMESTICATION: FOREIGN TO DOMESTIC. (a) An insurer or health maintenance organization that is organized under the laws of another state and authorized to write insurance or provide a health care plan in this state may redomesticate to this state if:

(1) the entity amends or restates its articles of incorporation to comply with each requirement of this code relating to the organization and authorization of a domestic entity of the same type; and

(2) the commissioner approves the redomestication.

(b) An insurer or health maintenance organization that redomesticates under this section is:

(1) considered to be domiciled in this state; and

(2) entitled to a certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance or the business of a health maintenance organization in this state as a domestic insurer or health maintenance organization, as applicable, without interruption of its authority to engage in business in this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.130 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.130
§ 1702.130. USE OF CERTAIN TITLES, UNIFORMS, INSIGNIA, OR IDENTIFICATIONS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) A company license holder, or an officer, director, partner, or employee of a company license holder, may not:

(1) use a title, an insignia, or an identification card, wear a uniform, or make a statement with the intent to give an impression that the person is connected with the federal government, a state government, or a political subdivision of a state government; or

(2) use a title, an insignia, or an identification card or wear a uniform containing the designation "police."

(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a commissioned security officer employed by a political subdivision of this state from using a title, insignia, or identification card, wearing a uniform, or making a statement indicating the employment of that individual by the political subdivision.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3958.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3958 / Section 3958.103
§ 3958.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 501.070 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 501 / Section 501.070
§ 501.070. ACTION OF BOARD; QUORUM.
Status: in_force

(a) A quorum of a board of directors is the lesser of:

(1) a majority of the number of directors:

(A) established by the corporation's bylaws; or

(B) stated in the corporation's certificate of formation, if the bylaws do not establish the number of directors; or

(2) the number of directors, not less than three, established as a quorum by the certificate of formation or bylaws.

(b) The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present is an act of the board of directors, unless the act of a larger number is required by the certificate of formation or bylaws of the corporation.
Tex. Government Code § 2269.103 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2269 / Section 2269.103
§ 2269.103. PREPARATION OF REQUEST.
Status: in_force

The governmental entity shall prepare a request for competitive bids that includes construction documents, estimated budget, project scope, estimated project completion date, and other information that a contractor may require to submit a bid.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3934.007 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3934 / Section 3934.007
§ 3934.007. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 292E.103 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 292E / Section 292E.103
§ 292E.103. LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND; AUTHORIZED USES OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) The local provider participation fund established by a county under Section 292E.102 consists of:

(1) all revenue received by the county attributable to mandatory payments authorized under this chapter, including any penalties and interest attributable to delinquent payments;

(2) money received from the Health and Human Services Commission as a refund of an intergovernmental transfer described by Subsection (b)(1), provided that the intergovernmental transfer does not receive a federal matching payment; and

(3) the earnings of the fund.

(b) Money deposited to a county's local provider participation fund may be used only to:

(1) fund intergovernmental transfers from the county to the state to provide the nonfederal share of Medicaid payments for:

(A) uncompensated care payments to nonpublic hospitals authorized under the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program waiver issued under Section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315), or a successor waiver program authorizing similar Medicaid supplemental payment programs;

(B) uniform rate enhancements or other directed payment programs for nonpublic hospitals;

(C) payments available under another waiver program authorizing payments that are substantially similar to Medicaid payments to nonpublic hospitals described by Paragraph (A) or (B); or

(D) any reimbursement to nonpublic hospitals, or that may benefit nonpublic hospitals as determined by the commissioners court, for which federal matching funds are available;

(2) subject to Section 292E.151(e), pay the administrative expenses of the county in administering the program, including collateralization of deposits;

(3) refund all or a portion of a mandatory payment collected in error from a paying hospital; and

(4) refund to paying hospitals a proportionate share of the money that the county:

(A) receives from the Health and Human Services Commission that is not used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments; or

(B) determines cannot be used to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid supplemental payment program payments.

(c) Money in the local provider participation fund may not be commingled with other county money.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, with respect to an intergovernmental transfer of funds described by Subsection (b)(1) made by the county, any funds received by the state, county, or other entity as a result of the transfer may not be used by the state, county, or other entity to:

(1) expand Medicaid eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152); or

(2) fund the nonfederal share of payments to nonpublic hospitals available through the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital program.
Tex. Water Code § 13.011 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 13 / Section 13.011
§ 13.011. EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The utility commission and the executive director of the commission, subject to approval, as applicable, by the utility commission or the commission, shall employ any engineering, accounting, and administrative personnel necessary to carry out each agency's powers and duties under this chapter.

(b) The executive director and the commission's staff are responsible for the gathering of information relating to all matters within the jurisdiction of the commission under this subchapter. The utility commission and the utility commission's staff are responsible for the gathering of information relating to all matters within the jurisdiction of the utility commission under this subchapter. The duties of the utility commission, the executive director, and the staff of the utility commission or commission, as appropriate, include:

(1) accumulation of evidence and other information from water and sewer utilities, from the utility commission or commission, as appropriate, and the governing body of the respective agency, and from other sources for the purposes specified by this chapter;

(2) preparation and presentation of evidence before the utility commission or commission, as appropriate, or its appointed examiner in proceedings;

(3) conducting investigations of water and sewer utilities under the jurisdiction of the utility commission or commission, as appropriate;

(4) preparation of recommendations that the utility commission or commission, as appropriate, undertake an investigation of any matter within its jurisdiction;

(5) preparation of recommendations and a report for inclusion in the annual report of the utility commission or commission, as appropriate;

(6) protection and representation of the public interest before the utility commission or commission, as appropriate; and

(7) other activities that are reasonably necessary to enable the utility commission and the executive director and the staff of the utility commission or commission, as appropriate, to perform their duties.
Tex. Tax Code § 202.102 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 202 / Section 202.102
§ 202.102. FIRST PURCHASER'S RECORDS.
Status: in_force

A first purchaser shall keep accurate records in the state. The records must show:

(1) the name and address of each producer from which the first purchaser buys oil;

(2) for each producer, the counties where the oil is produced;

(3) for each producer, the name of the lease from which the oil is produced;

(4) the number of barrels of oil purchased from each producer and the price paid each producer for the oil;

(5) the number of barrels purchased and used, refined, or processed by the first purchaser; and

(6) for each sale to a subsequent purchaser, the name and address of the subsequent purchaser, the number of barrels sold, and the price received for the oil.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 62.15 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 62 / Section 62.15
§ 62.15. IMPORTING MALT BEVERAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subtitle, "importer" means a person who imports malt beverages into the state in quantities in excess of 288 fluid ounces in any one day.

(b) The holder of a brewer's license may import malt beverages into this state only from the holder of a nonresident brewer's license and may transport those beverages into this state only:

(1) in a motor vehicle that is:

(A) owned or leased in good faith by the license holder; and

(B) printed or painted with the designation required by the commission; or

(2) by a railway carrier or by a motor carrier registered under Chapter 643, Transportation Code, or with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

(c) The holder of a brewer's license transporting malt beverages under Subsection (b)(1) shall provide to the commission:

(1) a full description of each motor vehicle used by the license holder for transporting malt beverages; and

(2) any other information the commission requires.

(d) A carrier transporting malt beverages as authorized by Subsection (b)(2) must hold a carrier permit issued under Chapter 41 and the provisions of Chapter 41 relating to the transportation of liquor apply to the transportation of the malt beverages. A carrier may not transport malt beverages into the state unless it is consigned to an importer.
Tex. Property Code § 113.012 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 113 / Section 113.012
§ 113.012. MINERALS.
Status: in_force

(a) A trustee may enter into mineral transactions, including:

(1) negotiating and making oil, gas, and other mineral leases covering any land, mineral, or royalty interest at any time forming a part of a trust;

(2) pooling and unitizing part or all of the land, mineral leasehold, mineral, royalty, or other interest of a trust estate with land, mineral leasehold, mineral, royalty, or other interest of one or more persons or entities for the purpose of developing and producing oil, gas, or other minerals, and making leases or assignments granting the right to pool and unitize;

(3) entering into contracts and agreements concerning the installation and operation of plants or other facilities for the cycling, repressuring, processing, or other treating or handling of oil, gas, or other minerals;

(4) conducting or contracting for the conducting of seismic evaluation operations;

(5) drilling or contracting for the drilling of wells for oil, gas, or other minerals;

(6) contracting for and making "dry hole" and "bottom hole" contributions of cash, leasehold interests, or other interests towards the drilling of wells;

(7) using or contracting for the use of any method of secondary or tertiary recovery of any mineral, including the injection of water, gas, air, or other substances;

(8) purchasing oil, gas, or other mineral leases, leasehold interests, or other interests for any type of consideration, including farmout agreements requiring the drilling or reworking of wells or participation therein;

(9) entering into farmout contracts or agreements committing a trust estate to assign oil, gas, or other mineral leases or interests in consideration for the drilling of wells or other oil, gas, or mineral operations;

(10) negotiating the transfer of and transferring oil, gas, or other mineral leases or interests for any consideration, such as retained overriding royalty interests of any nature, drilling or reworking commitments, or production interests; and

(11) executing and entering into contracts, conveyances, and other agreements or transfers considered necessary or desirable to carry out the powers granted in this section, whether or not the action is now or subsequently recognized or considered as a common or proper practice by those engaged in the business of prospecting for, developing, producing, processing, transporting, or marketing minerals, including entering into and executing division orders, oil, gas, or other mineral sales contracts, exploration agreements, processing agreements, and other contracts relating to the processing, handling, treating, transporting, and marketing of oil, gas, or other mineral production from or accruing to a trust and receiving and receipting for the proceeds thereof on behalf of a trust.

(b) A trustee may enter into mineral transactions that extend beyond the term of the trust.
Tex. Government Code § 1506.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1506 / Section 1506.002
§ 1506.002. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may issue revenue bonds to construct a building or other permanent improvement on a parking lot owned and operated by the municipality on January 1, 1949, for public parking or storage of motor vehicles.
Tex. Family Code § 262.112 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 262 / Section 262.112
§ 262.112. EXPEDITED HEARING AND APPEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Family and Protective Services is entitled to an expedited hearing under this chapter in any proceeding in which a hearing is required if the department determines that a child should be removed from the child's home because of an immediate danger to the physical health or safety of the child.

(b) In any proceeding in which an expedited hearing is held under Subsection (a), the department, parent, guardian, or other party to the proceeding is entitled to an expedited appeal on a ruling by a court that the child may not be removed from the child's home.

(c) If a child is returned to the child's home after a removal in which the department was entitled to an expedited hearing under this section and the child is the subject of a subsequent allegation of abuse or neglect, the department or any other interested party is entitled to an expedited hearing on the removal of the child from the child's home in the manner provided by Subsection (a) and to an expedited appeal in the manner provided by Subsection (b).