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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8502.017 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8502 / Section 8502.017
§ 8502.017. USE OF BRAZOS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.
Status: in_force

In the prosecution of the plans for which the authority has been created for the storing, controlling, conserving, and distributing for useful purposes of the storm waters, floodwaters, and unappropriated flow waters of the Brazos River watershed and developed groundwater from the Brazos River basin for the use of its customers, the authority may use the bed and banks of the Brazos River and its tributary streams for any and all purposes necessary to the accomplishment of the plans of the authority.
Tex. Local Government Code § 392.039 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 392 / Section 392.039
§ 392.039. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF A REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners of a regional housing authority shall elect a chairman from among the commissioners.

(b) The commissioners of a regional housing authority may select or employ other officers and employees the commissioners consider necessary.
Tex. Utilities Code § 121.403 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 121 / Section 121.403
§ 121.403. APPEAL FROM TRIAL COURT.
Status: in_force

An appeal from an action under Section 121.402:

(1) is at once returnable to the appellate court; and

(2) has precedence in the appellate court over each other pending cause of a different character.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7898.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7898 / Section 7898.0302
§ 7898.0302. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2311.0202 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2311 / Section 2311.0202
§ 2311.0202. FEES.
Status: in_force

The commission by rule shall set fees in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering this chapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8810.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8810 / Section 8810.151
§ 8810.151. ELECTION FOR DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) If the district has no outstanding bond or other long-term indebtedness, the district may be dissolved by a favorable vote of a majority of the registered voters of the district at an election called for that purpose.

(b) The board shall call a dissolution election if the board receives a petition for dissolution signed by at least 50 percent of the registered voters in the district as computed by using the list of registered voters for Burnet County.

(c) If the district is dissolved under this section, the board shall:

(1) notify the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the secretary of state of the dissolution; and

(2) transfer title to any assets of the district to Burnet County.
Tex. Education Code § 61.05821 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 61 / Section 61.05821
§ 61.05821. CONDITION OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES; ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Each institution of higher education, excluding each public junior college and excluding other agencies of higher education, annually shall report to the governing board of the institution information regarding the condition of the buildings and facilities of the institution, including information concerning deferred maintenance with respect to those buildings and facilities as defined by the board.
Tex. Insurance Code § 541.265 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 541 / Section 541.265
§ 541.265. LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

In a class action under this subchapter, damages may not include any damages incurred more than two years before the date the action is commenced.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7976.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7976 / Section 7976.053
§ 7976.053. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3899.112 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3899 / Section 3899.112
§ 3899.112. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.
Status: in_force

The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.029 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 262 / Section 262.029
§ 262.029. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept gifts and endowments to hold and administer as required by the respective donors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7937A.0501 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7937A / Section 7937A.0501
§ 7937A.0501. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8426.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8426 / Section 8426.002
§ 8426.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 31.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 31 / Section 31.016
§ 31.016. PROGRAM PLANS.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall have a long-range plan, covering at least six years, that includes at least the following elements:

(1) quantifiable indicators of effort and success;

(2) identification of priority client population and the minimum types of services necessary for that population;

(3) a description of the appropriate use of providers, including the role of providers, and considering the type, location, and specialization of the providers;

(4) criteria for phasing out unnecessary services;

(5) a comprehensive assessment of needs and inventory of resources; and

(6) coordination of administration and service delivery with federal, state, and local public and private programs that provide similar services.

(b) The department shall revise the plan by January 1 of each even-numbered year.

(c) The department shall develop a short-range plan that is derived from the long-range plan and that identifies and projects the costs relating to implementing the short-range plan.

(d) As part of the department's budget preparation process, the department shall biennially assess its achievement of the goals identified in each plan. The department's biennial budget shall be made according to the results of the assessment and the short-range plan. The department shall make its requests for new program funding and for continued funding according to demonstrated need.

(e) The department shall use the information collected under Section 31.015 to develop the long-range and short-range plans.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1369.251 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.251
§ 1369.251. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Desk audit" means an audit conducted by a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager at a location other than the location of the pharmacist or pharmacy. The term includes an audit performed at the offices of the plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager during which the pharmacist or pharmacy provides requested documents for review by hard copy or by microfiche, disk, or other electronic media. The term does not include a review conducted not later than the third business day after the date a claim is adjudicated provided recoupment is not demanded.

(2) "Extrapolation" means a mathematical process or technique used by a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager that administers pharmacy claims for a health benefit plan issuer in the audit of a pharmacy or pharmacist to estimate audit results or findings for a larger batch or group of claims not reviewed by the plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.

(3) "Health benefit plan" means a plan that provides benefits for medical, surgical, or other treatment expenses incurred as a result of a health condition, a mental health condition, an accident, sickness, or substance abuse, including:

(A) an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence of coverage or similar coverage document that is issued by:

(i) an insurance company;

(ii) a group hospital service corporation operating under Chapter 842;

(iii) a health maintenance organization operating under Chapter 843;

(iv) an approved nonprofit health corporation that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 844;

(v) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds a certificate of authority under Chapter 846;

(vi) a stipulated premium company operating under Chapter 884;

(vii) a fraternal benefit society operating under Chapter 885;

(viii) a Lloyd's plan operating under Chapter 941; or

(ix) an exchange operating under Chapter 942;

(B) a small employer health benefit plan written under Chapter 1501; or

(C) a health benefit plan issued under Chapter 1551, 1575, 1579, or 1601.

(4) "On-site audit" means an audit that is conducted at:

(A) the location of the pharmacist or pharmacy; or

(B) another location at which the records under review are stored.

(5) "Pharmacy benefit manager" has the meaning assigned by Section 4151.151.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.114 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.114
§ 225.114. SERGEANT MICHAEL NAYLOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) The portion of State Highway 191 in Midland County is designated as the Sergeant Michael Naylor Memorial Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall:

(1) design and construct markers indicating the designation as the Sergeant Michael Naylor Memorial Highway and any other appropriate information; and

(2) erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Water Code § 62.296 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 62 / Section 62.296
§ 62.296. NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The election shall be held not less than 20 nor more than 30 days from the day of the election order and after notice is given.

(b) Notice of the election shall be published once a week for 20 days immediately preceding the election in some newspaper published in the territory proposed to be annexed. If no newspaper is published in the territory, notice shall be posted in three public places inside the territory for at least 20 days immediately preceding the election.

(c) The notice:

(1) shall give the time and place or places for holding the election;

(2) shall give the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed; and

(3) may contain the substance of the order of the commission ordering the election.

(d) The secretary of the commission shall have the notice published or posted.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 296A.154 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 296A / Section 296A.154
§ 296A.154. PURPOSE; CORRECTION OF INVALID PROVISION OR PROCEDURE.
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to generate revenue by collecting from institutional health care providers a mandatory payment to be used to provide the nonfederal share of a Medicaid supplemental payment program.

(b) To the extent any provision or procedure under this chapter causes a mandatory payment authorized under this chapter to be ineligible for federal matching funds, the county may provide by rule for an alternative provision or procedure that conforms to the requirements of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Tex. Government Code § 51.804 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 51 / Section 51.804
§ 51.804. COMPLETION OF ELECTRONIC FILING.
Status: in_force

To complete an electronic filing:

(1) the person filing an instrument with the district or county clerk or the clerk of a court of appeals must transmit the instrument electronically;

(2) the receiving station must transmit acknowledgment to the sending party by encoding electronic receipt of the transmission;

(3) the sending station must encode validation of the encoded receipt as correct; and

(4) the receiving station must respond by encoded transcription into the computer system that validation has occurred and that the electronic transmission has been completed.
Tex. Insurance Code § 4053.105 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4053 / Section 4053.105
§ 4053.105. ESCROW ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

(a) A managing general agent shall maintain an escrow account in a bank that:

(1) is a member of the Federal Reserve System; and

(2) has its accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(b) On receipt, the managing general agent shall deposit in the escrow account all money collected for each insurer with which the agent has a contract.

(c) Except as provided by the contract required by Section 4053.102, a managing general agent may not use, take as an offset, or convert money that is or should have been deposited in the escrow account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3846.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3846 / Section 3846.161
§ 3846.161. CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY EXEMPT.
Status: in_force

The district may not impose an impact fee or assessment on a single-family residential property or a residential duplex, triplex, fourplex, or condominium.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1022.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1022 / Section 1022.103
§ 1022.103. MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the district's money and resources.
Tex. Education Code § 1.001 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 1 / Section 1.001
§ 1.001. APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) This code applies to all educational institutions supported in whole or in part by state tax funds unless specifically excluded by this code.

(b) Except as provided by Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Subchapter A of Chapter 29, or Subchapter E of Chapter 30, this code does not apply to students, facilities, or programs under the jurisdiction of the Department of Aging and Disability Services, the Department of State Health Services, the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a Job Corps program operated by or under contract with the United States Department of Labor, or any juvenile probation agency.
Tex. Occupations Code § 110.305 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 110 / Section 110.305
§ 110.305. LICENSE EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The council by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year.

(b) For the year in which the license expiration date is changed, license fees shall be prorated on a monthly basis so that each person pays only that portion of the license fee allocable to the number of months during which the license is valid.

(c) On renewal of a license on the new expiration date, the total license renewal fee is payable.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9094.0304 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9094 / Section 9094.0304
§ 9094.0304. ROAD STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A road project must meet all applicable construction standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the road project is located.

(b) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road project must meet all applicable construction standards, subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which the road project is located.

(c) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and specifications of the road project.
Tex. Education Code § 54.354 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 54 / Section 54.354
§ 54.354. EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SURVIVORS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is eligible to receive education benefits under this section if the person is one of the following eligible survivors of an individual listed under Section 615.003, Government Code:

(1) a surviving spouse; or

(2) a surviving child who:

(A) on the date of the listed individual's death is younger than 25 years of age; and

(B) if the child is not a biological or adopted child of the listed individual, was claimed as a dependent on the individual's federal income tax return for the year preceding the year of the individual's death.

(b) An eligible person who enrolls as a full-time student at an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 is exempt from tuition and fees at that institution of higher education until the student receives a bachelor's degree or 200 hours of course credit, whichever occurs first.

(c) If the student elects to reside in housing provided by the institution of higher education and qualifies to reside in that housing, the institution shall pay from the general revenue appropriated to the institution the cost of the student's contract for food and housing until the student receives a bachelor's degree or 200 hours of course credit, whichever occurs first. If there is no space available in the institution's housing, the institution shall, from the general revenue appropriated to the institution, pay to the student each month the equivalent amount that the institution would have expended had the student lived in the institution's housing. The institution is not required to pay the student the monthly payment if the student would not qualify to live in the institution's housing.

(d) The institution of higher education shall, from the general revenue appropriated to the institution, pay to the student the cost of the student's textbooks until the student receives a bachelor's degree or 200 hours of course credit, whichever occurs first.

(e) A payment under this section is in addition to any payment made under Section 615.022, Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8298.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8298 / Section 8298.002
§ 8298.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The district is a municipal utility district and a conservation and reclamation district in San Jacinto County, created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 364.057 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 364 / Section 364.057
§ 364.057. LEGAL INVESTMENTS; SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS.
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds issued under this chapter are legal and authorized investments for:

(1) a bank;

(2) a savings bank;

(3) a trust company;

(4) a savings and loan association;

(5) an insurance company;

(6) a fiduciary;

(7) a trustee; and

(8) a sinking fund of a municipality, school district, or any other political corporation or subdivision of the state.

(b) The bonds may secure the deposits of public funds of the state or of a political subdivision of the state. The bonds are lawful and sufficient security for those deposits in an amount up to their face value, if accompanied by all appurtenant unmatured coupons.
Tex. Water Code § 55.338 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.338
§ 55.338. MAPS AND DATA UNNECESSARY UNDER CONTRACT WITH UNITED STATES.
Status: in_force

None of the maps and data prescribed by this subchapter are required under a contract with the United States except for maps and data needed to make assessments and levies.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.002
§ 2210.002. SHORT TITLE; SUNSET PROVISION.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter may be cited as the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Act.

(b) The association is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The association shall be reviewed during the period in which state agencies abolished in 2031 are reviewed. The association shall pay the costs incurred by the Sunset Advisory Commission in performing the review of the association under this subsection. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine the costs of the review performed under this subsection, and the association shall pay the amount of those costs promptly on receipt of a statement from the Sunset Advisory Commission regarding those costs. This subsection expires September 1, 2031.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.206 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8834 / Section 8834.206
§ 8834.206. PERMIT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

(a) A well owner must obtain a permit from the board before:

(1) drilling, equipping, or completing the well;

(2) substantially altering the size of the well or a well pump; or

(3) operating the well.

(b) An operational well must have a permit.

(c) A well owner commits a violation if the well owner does not obtain a permit as required by Subsection (a). A violation occurs on the first day the drilling, equipping, completing, altering, or operation begins. Each day that a violation continues is a separate violation.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.222 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 11 / Section 11.222
§ 11.222. SELECTION; CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to commission approval, the department may select a for-profit entity as an official corporate partner.

(b) The department may contract with one or more official corporate partners to raise funds for state site operations and maintenance or other priority projects or programs.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.601 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.601
§ 382.601. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Aggregate production operation" has the meaning assigned by Section 28A.001, Water Code.

(2) "Portland cement kiln" means a system, including any solid, gaseous, or liquid fuel combustion equipment, used to calcine and fuse raw materials, including limestone and clay, to produce portland cement clinker.

(3) "Semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility" means a manufacturing facility that conducts any of the following processes with respect to semiconductor production:

(A) growing single-crystal ingots or boules;

(B) wafer slicing;

(C) etching and polishing;

(D) bonding;

(E) cleaning;

(F) epitaxial deposition; or

(G) metrology.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1271.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1271 / Section 1271.003
§ 1271.003. EVIDENCE OF COVERAGE NOT HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY.
Status: in_force

An evidence of coverage is not a health insurance policy as that term is defined by this code.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1201.210 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1201 / Section 1201.210
§ 1201.210. PROCEDURE FOR REFUSAL TO ISSUE OR SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP.
Status: repealed

(a) If the director refuses to issue or suspends or revokes a statement of ownership, the director shall give, by certified mail, written notice of that action to:

(1) the seller and purchaser or transferor and transferee, as applicable; and

(2) the holder of a lien or security interest of record.

(b) An action by the director under Subsection (a) is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(c) A notice of appeal and request for hearing must be filed with the director not later than the 30th day after the date of notice of the director's action. If appeal is not timely made, the revocation or suspension described in the notice of the director's action becomes final.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 408 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 85(4), eff. September 1, 2017.