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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 43.001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 43 / Section 43.001
§ 43.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Oral Health Improvement Act.
Tex. Election Code § 501.031 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 501 / Section 501.031
§ 501.031. VERIFICATION OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The voter registrar of the county shall check the names of the signers of petitions and the voting precincts in which the signers reside to determine whether the signers were qualified voters of the county, justice precinct, or municipality at the time the petition was issued. The political subdivision may use a statistical sampling method to verify the signatures, except that on written request from a citizen of the political subdivision for which an election is sought, the political subdivision shall verify each signature on the petition. The citizen making the request shall pay the reasonable cost of the verification. The registrar shall certify to the commissioners court the number of qualified voters signing the petition.

(b) A petition signature may not be counted unless the signature is the actual signature of the purported signer and the petition:

(1) contains in addition to the signature:

(A) the signer's printed name;

(B) the signer's date of birth;

(C) if the territory from which signatures must be obtained is situated in more than one county, the county of registration;

(D) the signer's residence address; and

(E) the date of signing; and

(2) complies with any other applicable requirements prescribed by law.

(c) The use of ditto marks or abbreviations does not invalidate a signature if the required information is reasonably ascertainable.

(d) The omission of the state from the signer's residence address does not invalidate a signature unless the political subdivision from which the signature is obtained is situated in more than one state. The omission of the zip code from the address does not invalidate a signature.

(e) The signature is the only entry on the petition that is required to be in the signer's handwriting.

(f) A signer may withdraw the signer's signature by deleting the signature from the petition or by filing with the voter registrar an affidavit requesting that the signature be withdrawn from the petition. A signer may not withdraw the signature from a petition on or after the date the petition is received by the registrar. A withdrawal affidavit filed by mail is considered to be filed at the time of its receipt by the registrar. The withdrawal of a signature nullifies the signature on the petition and places the signer in the same position as if the signer had not signed the petition.
Tex. Local Government Code § 152.075 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 152 / Section 152.075
§ 152.075. COMPENSATION FOR RESERVE DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court of a county may compensate a reserve deputy sheriff as provided by law for the compensation of a deputy sheriff.

(b) The commissioners court may reimburse a reserve deputy sheriff for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
Tex. Transportation Code § 316.003 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 316 / Section 316.003
§ 316.003. FINDING REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

An improvement or facility described by Section 316.002(a) may not be established unless the governing body of the municipality, or a municipal official who is designated by ordinance to make the finding, finds that:

(1) the improvement or facility will not be located on, extend onto, or intrude on:

(A) the roadway; or

(B) a part of the sidewalk needed for pedestrian use;

(2) the improvement or facility will not create a hazardous condition or obstruction of vehicular or pedestrian travel on the municipal street; and

(3) the design and location of the improvement or facility includes all reasonable planning to minimize potential injury or interference to the public in the use of the municipal street.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1086.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1086 / Section 1086.111
§ 1086.111. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district.

(b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves the expenditure of more than the amount provided by Section 271.024, Local Government Code, only after competitive bidding as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 271, Local Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 432.141 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 432 / Section 432.141
§ 432.141. RELEASING PRISONER WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

A person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority, releases a prisoner committed to his charge, or who through neglect or design permits the prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial directs, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.
Tex. Water Code § 26.366 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.366
§ 26.366. LICENSURE OF PERSONS WHO SUPERVISE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may implement a program under Chapter 37 to license persons who supervise a corrective action under this subchapter.

(b) The commission, on the request of an engineer licensed by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, shall license the engineer in the program.

(c) An engineer licensed in the program may supervise a corrective action under this subchapter unless the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors determines the engineer is not qualified to supervise a corrective action.

(d) An engineer licensed under this section is not subject to the commission's examination or continuing education requirements, fees, or disciplinary procedures.

(e) The commission may not adopt minimum qualifications for an engineer licensed by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to supervise a corrective action under this subchapter.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 125.012 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 125 / Section 125.012
§ 125.012. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
Status: in_force

An employer covered by this chapter shall provide any protective clothing or device that is recommended by the MSDS, crop sheet, or department rule and that is in addition to the standard long-sleeved shirt, long pants, boots or shoes, and socks normally provided by the agricultural laborer.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8234.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8234 / Section 8234.203
§ 8234.203. TAXES FOR BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

At the time bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes are issued:

(1) the board shall impose a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding; and

(2) the district annually shall impose an ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the district in an amount sufficient to:

(A) pay the interest on the bonds or other obligations as the interest becomes due;

(B) create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of the bonds or other obligations when due or the redemption price at any earlier required redemption date; and

(C) pay the expenses of imposing the taxes.
Tex. Government Code § 540.0283 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 540 / Section 540.0283
§ 540.0283.
Status: in_force

Sec. 540.0283. NURSING FACILITY PROVIDER AGREEMENTS: COMPLIANCE WITH PATIENT CARE EXPENSE RATIO. (a) A contract to which this subchapter applies must require that each provider agreement between the contracting Medicaid managed care organization and a nursing facility include a requirement that the facility comply with the patient care expense ratio adopted under Section 32.0286, Human Resources Code.

(b) This section does not apply to a state-owned facility.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.025 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 121 / Section 121.025
§ 121.025. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
Status: in_force

A health authority may be removed from office for cause under the personnel procedures applicable to the heads of departments of the local government that the health authority serves.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1702.184 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1702 / Section 1702.184
§ 1702.184. LOCAL REGULATION OF CERTAIN SECURITY SERVICES FOR PRIVATE BUSINESSES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a political subdivision of this state may not require a private business to contract with or employ a peace officer to provide security services for the business.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) a requirement that a private business contract with or employ a peace officer to:

(A) provide security services for a public event;

(B) provide security services for a private event held at a public facility that is owned or leased by a political subdivision of this state;

(C) conduct a public escort; or

(D) direct traffic on a public roadway; or

(2) an order or determination made by a court under Chapter 125, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1083.063 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1083 / Section 1083.063
§ 1083.063. RETIREMENT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

The board may enter into any contract or agreement with this state or the federal government that is required to establish or continue a retirement program for the benefit of the district's employees.
Tex. Water Code § 66.020 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 66 / Section 66.020
§ 66.020. APPEAL OF COMMISSION ORDER.
Status: in_force

The order of the commission granting or denying a petition may be appealed as provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code.
Tex. Government Code § 552.134 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 552 / Section 552.134
§ 552.134.
Status: in_force

Sec. 552.134. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INMATE OF DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or by Section 552.029, information obtained or maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information about an inmate who is confined in a facility operated by or under a contract with the department.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:

(1) statistical or other aggregated information relating to inmates confined in one or more facilities operated by or under a contract with the department; or

(2) information about an inmate sentenced to death.

(c) This section does not affect whether information is considered confidential or privileged under Section 508.313.

(d) A release of information described by Subsection (a) to an eligible entity, as defined by Section 508.313(d), for a purpose related to law enforcement, prosecution, corrections, clemency, or treatment is not considered a release of information to the public for purposes of Section 552.007 and does not waive the right to assert in the future that the information is excepted from required disclosure under this section or other law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7992.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7992 / Section 7992.106
§ 7992.106. DIVISION OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may be divided into two or more districts only if:

(1) the district has no outstanding bonded debt;

(2) the district is not imposing ad valorem taxes; and

(3) the requirements of Subsection (i), as applicable, are satisfied.

(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and duties of the district.

(c) A new district created by the division of the district may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the district.

(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district before or after the date the board holds an election under Section 7992.003 to confirm the district's creation.

(f) An order dividing the district shall:

(1) name the new district;

(2) include the metes and bounds of each new district;

(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; and

(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities between the district and each new district.

(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order with the commission and record the order in the real property records of each county in which the district is located.

(h) A new district created by the division of the district shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by Section 7992.003.

(i) If the district is located wholly or partly in the corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not divide under this section unless the municipality by resolution or ordinance consents to the division of the district. If the district is not located wholly or partly in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the district may not divide under this section unless the commissioners court of each county in which the district is wholly or partly located first adopts a resolution or order in support of the division of the district.

(j) Any new district created by the division of the district must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1076.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1076 / Section 1076.101
§ 1076.101. DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.
Status: in_force

The district shall provide medical and hospital care for the district's needy inhabitants.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 605.005 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 605 / Section 605.005
§ 605.005. CERTIFICATION AS CLASS ACTION PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

A court may not certify an action brought under this chapter as a class action.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 50D.005 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 50D / Section 50D.005
§ 50D.005. STAFF.
Status: in_force

The board is administratively attached to the department. The department shall provide the board with the staff necessary to carry out the board's duties under this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7897.0202 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7897 / Section 7897.0202
§ 7897.0202. TEMPORARY DIRECTORS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or after the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.

(b) Temporary directors serve until the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7897.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter.

(c) If permanent directors have not been elected under Section 7897.0103 and the terms of the temporary directors have expired, successor temporary directors shall be appointed or reappointed as provided by Subsection (d) to serve terms that expire on the earlier of:

(1) the date permanent directors are elected under Section 7897.0103; or

(2) the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment.

(d) If Subsection (c) applies, the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district may submit a petition to the commission requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition. The commission shall appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.055 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.055
§ 3952.055. VACANCY.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city shall fill a vacancy on the board for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8366.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8366 / Section 8366.001
§ 8366.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

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

(2) "Director" means a board member.

(3) "District" means the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 118.
Tex. Local Government Code § 363.257 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 363 / Section 363.257
§ 363.257. CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 40th day after the date a petition is filed, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, the clerk of the political subdivision shall certify to the board the number of registered voters signing the petition.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 293C.003 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 293C / Section 293C.003
§ 293C.003. COUNTY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) A county health care provider participation program authorizes a county to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional health care provider located in the county to be deposited in a local provider participation fund established by the county. Money in the fund may be used by the county to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care programs as provided by this chapter.

(b) The commissioners court of a county may adopt an order authorizing the county to participate in the program, subject to the limitations provided by this chapter.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 31.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 31 / Section 31.004
§ 31.004. ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter, and the department shall administer the program in accordance with those rules.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall:

(1) establish the administrative structure of the program;

(2) establish a plan of areawide administration to provide authorized services;

(3) designate, if possible, local public and private resources as providers; and

(4) prevent duplication by coordinating authorized primary health care services with existing federal, state, and local programs.

(c) The department shall prescribe the design and content of all necessary forms used in the program.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.077 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 1001 / Section 1001.077
§ 1001.077. ADULT DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In counties with populations of more than 100,000, the department may assist hospital districts and county hospital systems in providing an adult diabetes education program. The program must be based on a curriculum developed by the Texas Diabetes Council.

(b) A hospital district or county hospital system that participates in the program shall:

(1) make the adult diabetes education program available in English and Spanish using the curriculum developed by the Texas Diabetes Council; and

(2) make the education program available in the county, including at each rural health clinic the district or system may have.

(c) The Texas Diabetes Council shall develop for the adult diabetes education program a curriculum emphasizing life choices that enable a diabetic patient to control the disease and improve the patient's standard of living.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3831.254 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3831 / Section 3831.254
§ 3831.254. ELECTION ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the date of the second regular session of the city council convened after a petition has been verified under Section 3831.253, the city council shall order an election to be held in the district on the proposition stated in the petition if the petition contains:

(1) the signatures of a number of registered voters of the city of Temple equal to at least 10 percent of the registered voters of the city who voted in the most recent general election in the city;

(2) a notation showing the residence address of each signer;

(3) each signer's voter registration certificate number; and

(4) each signer's printed name.

(b) The following shall be entered in the city council minutes:

(1) the dates a petition is presented to and verified by the City of Temple;

(2) the names of the signers; and

(3) the action taken on the petition.

(c) The order issued under Subsection (a) must state that the district's boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of the city of Temple and that the election will be held within those boundaries.
Tex. Occupations Code § 171.017 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 171 / Section 171.017
§ 171.017. ENFORCEMENT OF INTERSTATE COMPACT.
Status: in_force

(a) The interstate commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of the compact.

(b) The interstate commission may, by majority vote of the commissioners, initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or, at the discretion of the interstate commission, in the federal district where the interstate commission has its principal offices, to enforce compliance with the provisions of the compact, and its promulgated rules and bylaws, against a member state in default. The relief sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation including reasonable attorney's fees.

(c) The remedies herein shall not be the exclusive remedies of the interstate commission. The interstate commission may avail itself of any other remedies available under state law or the regulation of a profession.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1102.153 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1102 / Section 1102.153
§ 1102.153. DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.
Status: in_force

A license applicant who does not satisfy the examination requirement before the first anniversary of the date the application is filed must submit a new application and pay another examination fee to be eligible for examination.
Tex. Water Code § 26.021 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 26 / Section 26.021
§ 26.021. DELEGATION OF HEARING POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may authorize the chief administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings to call and hold hearings on any subject on which the commission may hold a hearing.

(b) The commission may also authorize the chief administrative law judge to delegate to one or more administrative law judges the authority to hold any hearing the chief administrative law judge calls.

(c) At any hearing called under this section, the chief administrative law judge or the administrative law judge to whom a hearing is delegated may administer oaths and receive evidence.

(d) The individual or individuals holding a hearing under the authority of this section shall report the hearing in the manner prescribed by the commission.
Tex. Government Code § 54.1357 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 54 / Section 54.1357
§ 54.1357. MENTAL HEALTH JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

The judges of the statutory county courts of Cameron County may authorize a criminal law hearing officer to serve the probate courts of Cameron County as necessary to hear emergency mental health matters under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code. A criminal law hearing officer has concurrent limited jurisdiction with the probate courts of the county to hear emergency mental health matters under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code. This section does not impair the jurisdiction of the probate courts to review or alter the decision of the criminal law hearing officer.