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Tex. Insurance Code § 401.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 401 / Section 401.102
§ 401.102. LEGISLATIVE INTENT AS TO APPOINTMENT OR EMPLOYMENT OF EXAMINERS AND ACTUARIES.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislature recognizes that experienced, highly qualified examiners and actuaries are necessary for the department to effectively monitor and regulate the solvency of insurers in this state. It is the intent of the legislature that the department, in appointing or employing an examiner or actuary, select a person who:

(1) has substantial experience in financial matters relating to insurance or other areas of financial activity that are compatible with the business of insurance; and

(2) is recognized for the outstanding quality of the person's work in relation to areas of responsibility typically assigned to an examiner or actuary in the insurance field.

(b) The legislature pledges to provide to the department the necessary funding to implement this section and to support the department in the department's efforts to attract the highly qualified persons necessary to fulfill regulatory responsibilities relating to insurer solvency assigned to those persons under the insurance laws of this state.
Tex. Family Code § 107.304 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 107 / Section 107.304
§ 107.304. PLAN FOR PROGRAM REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The commissioners court or commissioners courts shall require a written plan of operation from an entity operating a program under this subchapter. The plan of operation must include:

(1) a budget for the program, including salaries;

(2) a description of each personnel position, including the program's director;

(3) the maximum allowable caseload for each attorney appointed under the program;

(4) provisions for training personnel of the program and attorneys appointed under the program;

(5) a description of anticipated overhead costs for the program;

(6) a policy regarding licensed investigators and expert witnesses used by attorneys appointed under the program;

(7) a policy to ensure that appointments are reasonably and impartially allocated among qualified attorneys; and

(8) a policy to ensure that an attorney appointed under the program does not accept appointment in a case that involves a conflict of interest for the attorney.
Tex. Occupations Code § 204.151 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 204 / Section 204.151
§ 204.151. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not practice as a physician assistant in this state unless the person holds a physician assistant license issued under this chapter.
Tex. Estates Code § 1054.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1054 / Section 1054.102
§ 1054.102. OPERATION OF COURT VISITOR PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) Each statutory probate court shall operate a court visitor program to assess the conditions of wards and proposed wards.

(b) A court, other than a statutory probate court, that has jurisdiction of a guardianship proceeding may operate a court visitor program in accordance with the population needs and financial abilities of the area the court serves.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3808.158 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3808 / Section 3808.158
§ 3808.158. OBLIGATIONS; APPROVAL BY CITY OF HOUSTON.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable in whole or in part from ad valorem taxes, assessments, impact fees, revenue, grants, or other money of the district, or any combination of those sources of money, to pay for any authorized purpose of the district.

(b) In exercising the district's borrowing power, the district may issue a bond or other obligation in the form of a bond, note, certificate of participation or other instrument evidencing a proportionate interest in payments to be made by the district, or other type of obligation.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the district must obtain the approval of the City of Houston:

(1) for the issuance of a bond for each improvement project;

(2) of the plans and specifications of the improvement project to be financed by the bond; and

(3) of the plans and specifications of a district improvement project related to:

(A) the use of land owned by the City of Houston;

(B) an easement granted by the City of Houston; or

(C) a right-of-way of a street, road, or highway.

(d) If the district obtains the approval of the City of Houston of a capital improvements budget for a specified period not to exceed five years, the district may finance the capital improvements and issue bonds specified in the budget without further approval from the City of Houston.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 58.301 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 58 / Section 58.301
§ 58.301. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Child" means a person who is younger than 18 years of age.

(2) "Medical records" means any information used or generated by health care providers, including records relating to emergency room treatment, rehabilitation therapy, or counseling.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 51.0001 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 51 / Section 51.0001
§ 51.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Cancer clinical trial" means a research study that subjects an individual to a new cancer treatment, including a medication, chemotherapy, adult stem cell therapy, or other treatment.

(2) "Inducement" means the payment of money, including a lump-sum or salary payment, to an individual for the individual's participation in a cancer clinical trial.

(3) "Program" means the cancer clinical trial participation program established under this chapter.

(4) "Subject" means an individual who participates in the program.
Tex. Government Code § 1432.015 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1432 / Section 1432.015
§ 1432.015. CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY WITH OTHER LAW.
Status: in_force

When bonds are issued under this subchapter, to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between this chapter and another law, this chapter controls.
Tex. Estates Code § 309.0575 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 309 / Section 309.0575
§ 309.0575. PENALTY FOR MISREPRESENTATION IN AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND LIST OF CLAIMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The court, on its own motion or on motion of any person interested in the estate, and after an independent executor has been cited to answer at a time and place fixed in the notice, may fine an independent executor in an amount not to exceed $1,000 if the court finds that the executor misrepresented in an affidavit in lieu of the inventory, appraisement, and list of claims filed by the executor that all beneficiaries, other than those described by Section 309.056(b-1), received a verified, full, and detailed inventory and appraisement as required by Section 309.056(b).

(b) The independent executor and the executor's sureties, if any, are liable for any fine imposed under this section and for all damages and costs sustained by the executor's misrepresentation. The fine, damages, and costs may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Tex. Government Code § 842.109 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 842 / Section 842.109
§ 842.109. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP.
Status: repealed

(a) A person terminates membership in the retirement system by:

(1) retirement from all participating subdivisions with which the person has service credit; or

(2) withdrawal of all of the person's accumulated contributions.

(b) Unless terminated under Subsection (a), a person's membership in the retirement system terminates on the earlier of the date of the person's death or the last day of the month ending before the person's required beginning date determined in accordance with Section 841.010.

(c) A member of the retirement system who leaves employment with a participating subdivision to perform and does perform qualified military service in the uniformed services, as that term is defined in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq.), that meets the requirements of that Act is not absent from service and continues to accumulate credited service with that subdivision if:

(1) the person applies for reemployment with the same subdivision not later than the 90th day after the date the person is discharged from military service under honorable conditions or released from hospitalization continuing after being discharged under honorable conditions for a period of not more than two years; and

(2) the person is reemployed by the same participating subdivision.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 873, Sec. 92(4), eff. January 1, 2008.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 45.003 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 45 / Section 45.003
§ 45.003. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to any ordinance, rule, order, decision, practice, or other exercise of governmental authority.

(b) This chapter applies to an act of a governmental entity, in the exercise of governmental authority, granting or refusing to grant a government benefit to a child welfare services provider.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 103.154 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 103 / Section 103.154
§ 103.154. TERMINATION OF PAYMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), compensation payments under this chapter terminate if, after the date the claimant becomes eligible for compensation under Section 103.001, the claimant is convicted of a crime punishable as a felony. Annuity payments to a claimant's spouse or designated beneficiary under this chapter terminate if, after the date the spouse or designated beneficiary begins receiving annuity payments, the spouse or designated beneficiary is convicted of a crime punishable as a felony. Payments terminate under this subsection on the date of the felony conviction. If annuity payments to a designated beneficiary are terminated under this subsection, the remainder of the annuity payments are payable under Section 103.0536 as if the beneficiary died on the date of termination.

(b) Except as provided by Sections 103.0535 and 103.0536:

(1) annuity payments to a person under this chapter terminate on the date of the person's death; and

(2) payments scheduled to be paid after that date are credited to the state and may not be paid to any other person, including the person's surviving spouse, heirs, devisees, or beneficiaries under the person's will, or to the person's estate.

(c) This section does not apply to compensation for child support payments and interest on child support arrearages to be paid on a person's behalf under this chapter to the state disbursement unit, as defined by Section 101.0302, Family Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1117.005 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1117 / Section 1117.005
§ 1117.005. CORRECTION OF INVALID PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

If a court holds that any procedure under this chapter violates the constitution of this state or of the United States, the district by resolution may provide an alternative procedure that conforms with the constitution.
Tex. Family Code § 8.255 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 8 / Section 8.255
§ 8.255. DELIVERY OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF WITHHOLDING; TIME OF DELIVERY.
Status: in_force

(a) The party who files a notice of application for a writ of withholding shall deliver the notice to the obligor by:

(1) first-class or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the obligor's last known address or place of employment; or

(2) service of citation as in civil cases generally.

(b) If the notice is delivered by mail, the party who filed the notice shall file with the court a certificate stating the name, address, and date the party mailed the notice.

(c) The notice is considered to have been received by the obligor:

(1) on the date of receipt, if the notice was mailed by certified mail;

(2) on the 10th day after the date the notice was mailed, if the notice was mailed by first-class mail; or

(3) on the date of service, if the notice was delivered by service of citation.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1508.253 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1508 / Section 1508.253
§ 1508.253. REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST SUBMISSION.
Status: in_force

(a) A health benefit plan issuer seeking reimbursement from the fund shall submit a request for reimbursement in the form prescribed by the commissioner by rule.

(b) A health benefit plan issuer must request reimbursement from the fund annually, not later than the date determined by the commissioner, following the end of the calendar year for which the reimbursement requests are made.

(c) The commissioner may require a health benefit plan issuer participating in the program to submit claims data in connection with reimbursement requests as the commissioner determines to be necessary to ensure appropriate distribution of reimbursement funds and oversee the operation of the fund. The commissioner may require that the data be submitted on a per covered individual, aggregate, or categorical basis.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1955.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1955 / Section 1955.101
§ 1955.101. DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY DEPARTMENT.
Status: in_force

The department shall revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a certification or accreditation or shall reprimand a certified or accredited person for a violation of this chapter or a department rule.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.363 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.363
§ 143.363. PROTECTED RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of any disciplinary appeal to either the civil service commission or a hearing examiner, all police officers have the right to choose to be represented by any person of their choice or by the police employee group selected as the bargaining agent.

(b) An agreement may not interfere with the right of a member of a police employee group to pursue allegations of discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, or disability with the Commission on Human Rights or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or to pursue affirmative action litigation.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 321.051 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 321 / Section 321.051
§ 321.051. TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "Internet domain name" means a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an Internet host or service that is:

(1) assigned through a centralized Internet naming authority; and

(2) composed of a series of character strings separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying the top of the hierarchy.

(b) A person may not intentionally transmit a commercial electronic mail message that:

(1) is an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message and falsifies the electronic mail transmission or routing information;

(2) contains false, deceptive, or misleading information in the subject line; or

(3) uses another person's Internet domain name without the other person's consent.
Tex. Occupations Code § 205.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 205 / Section 205.252
§ 205.252. NOTICE OF LICENSE EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 30th day before the expiration date of a person's license, the medical board shall send written notice of the impending license expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the records of the medical board.
Tex. Government Code § 1474.002 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 1474 / Section 1474.002
§ 1474.002. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL BONDS FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court may order additional bonds to be issued in accordance with this chapter if:

(1) bonds have been authorized or issued under this chapter;

(2) the commissioners court considers it necessary to issue additional bonds to change the proposed improvement, to purchase or construct further improvements, to purchase additional property to implement the purposes of the project, or to best serve the interests of the county; and

(3) the additional bonds are approved at an election.

(b) The commissioners court shall enter its findings under Subsection (a) in the record of the court's proceedings.

(c) The commissioners court shall hold the election on the additional bonds in accordance with this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7920.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7920 / Section 7920.151
§ 7920.151. 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 7920.153.

(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. Finance Code § 15.304 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 15 / Section 15.304
§ 15.304. EXAMINERS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall appoint a sufficient number of credit union examiners to perform fully the duties imposed by the laws of this state.

(b) Appointment of an examiner is subject to recruitment specifications and qualifications approved by the commission.

(c) An examiner is an employee of the commission and is subject to the commission's orders and directions.
Tex. Occupations Code § 702.101 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 702 / Section 702.101
§ 702.101. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not operate a health spa or offer for sale, or sell, a membership in a health spa unless the person holds a health spa operator's certificate of registration.
Tex. Penal Code § 7.23 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 7 / Section 7.23
§ 7.23. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PERSON FOR CONDUCT IN BEHALF OF CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY.
Status: in_force

(a) An individual is criminally responsible for conduct that the individual performs in the name of or in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity to the same extent as if the conduct were performed in the individual's own name or behalf.

(b) An agent having primary responsibility for the discharge of a duty to act imposed by law on a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity is criminally responsible for omission to discharge the duty to the same extent as if the duty were imposed by law directly on the agent.

(c) If an individual is convicted of conduct constituting an offense performed in the name of or on behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity, the individual is subject to the sentence authorized by law for an individual convicted of the offense.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 161.059 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 161 / Section 161.059
§ 161.059. QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSISTANCE.
Status: in_force

On request of an organization representing producers of a commodity in an industry regulated by the commission, the commission may assist in the development, support, and oversight of a food safety or quality assurance program, including the provision of testing services.
Tex. Election Code § 171.071 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 171 / Section 171.071
§ 171.071. PRECINCT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED.
Status: in_force

(a) For each commissioners precinct and for each justice precinct, a precinct executive committee is established as provided by this subchapter for each political party holding a primary election.

(b) The state executive committee may by rule require a specific deadline for filling vacancies on a precinct executive committee before that committee fills a vacancy in nomination for public office, but may not set the deadline for a date later than the date that the vacancy in nomination for public office occurred. The deadline does not apply to the filling of a vacancy if the executive committee contains no members.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.025 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 148 / Section 148.025
§ 148.025. DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

A purchaser who fails to pay for livestock as provided by this subchapter or who artificially delays the collection of funds for the payment is liable to the seller of the livestock for the purchase price and:

(1) damages in an amount equal to 12 percent of the purchase price;

(2) interest on the purchase price at the highest legal rate from the transfer of possession until payment is made in accordance with this subchapter; and

(3) a reasonable attorney's fee for the prosecution of collection of the payment.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1811.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1811 / Section 1811.102
§ 1811.102. DISAPPROVAL OF FORMS; WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall disapprove a form filed under Section 1811.101 or withdraw approval of a form if the form:

(1) contains a provision or has a title or heading that is misleading, is deceptive, or violates public policy;

(2) violates any state law, including a rule adopted under this code;

(3) requires an agent to provide certification of insurance coverage that is not available in the line or type of insurance coverage referenced on the form; or

(4) directly or indirectly requires the commissioner to make a coverage determination under a policy of insurance or insurance transaction.

(b) The commissioner may not disapprove a form filed under Section 1811.101 or withdraw approval of a form based solely on the fact that the form contains language described by Section 1811.101(b).

(c) An order issued by the commissioner disapproving a form, or a notice of the commissioner's intention to withdraw approval of a form, must state the grounds for the disapproval or withdrawal of approval in sufficient detail to reasonably inform the person filing the form of those grounds and the changes to the form necessary to obtain approval.

(d) An order disapproving a form or withdrawing approval of a form takes effect on the date prescribed by the commissioner in the order. An order withdrawing approval of a form may not become effective until the 30th day after the date of the order.
Tex. Government Code § 547.0155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 547 / Section 547.0155
§ 547.0155. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The council shall meet at least once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding officer.
Tex. Education Code § 51.213 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 51 / Section 51.213
§ 51.213. ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing board of each state institution of higher education, including public junior colleges, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the disposition of abandoned and unclaimed personal property coming into the possession of the campus security personnel where the personal property is not being held as evidence to be used in any pending criminal case.

(b) The authority granted to governing boards under Subsection (a) may also be exercised by governing boards of private institutions of higher education, including private junior colleges.

(c) In this section, "private institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003(15).