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Tex. Insurance Code § 464.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 464 / Section 464.052
§ 464.052. DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The fund account shall be established with the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company in accordance with procedures adopted by the comptroller. The comptroller shall account for the deposited money separately from all other money.

(b) The commissioner may identify collected penalties to be deposited into the fund account from:

(1) administrative penalties assessed by the commissioner for violations of Chapter 101 or penalties under Section 861.702, including amounts collected through state warrant holds;

(2) civil penalties assessed under Chapter 101 when the commissioner is the party requesting penalties;

(3) administrative penalties assessed by the commissioner against a person holding a certificate of authority, license, registration, or other authorization to engage in the business of insurance that is issued or recognized by the commissioner for engaging in conduct outside the scope of the person's certificate, license, registration, or authorization;

(4) administrative penalties assessed by the commissioner against a person holding a certificate of authority, license, registration, or authorization issued or recognized by the commissioner for using unapproved forms, rates, or advertisements if the forms, rates, or advertisements are required to be approved by the commissioner before being used in this state; and

(5) forfeitures of bonds issued under Section 101.353 or 101.354.

(c) In determining the amounts to be deposited into the fund account, the commissioner shall consider:

(1) the amount existing in the fund account;

(2) the anticipated penalties described by Subsection (b) that have been or may be collected;

(3) the estimated assets, administrative expenses, and claims of any unauthorized insurers subject to a delinquency proceeding; and

(4) any anticipated delinquency proceedings of unauthorized insurers.

(d) If the commissioner determines that the amounts on deposit in the fund account exceed the amount required to pay administrative expenses and claims of existing and anticipated delinquency proceedings of unauthorized insurers, the commissioner may transfer the excess amount from the fund to the comptroller for deposit into the general revenue fund.

(e) The commissioner shall notify the comptroller of the existence of money under Subsection (c) to be credited to the fund account. The commissioner must enter an order to transfer amounts from the fund account.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7999A.0503 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7999A / Section 7999A.0503
§ 7999A.0503. BONDS FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

At the time of issuance, the total principal amount of bonds or other obligations issued or incurred to finance road projects and payable from ad valorem taxes may not exceed one-fourth of the assessed value of the real property in the district.
Tex. Property Code § 2.001 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 2 / Section 2.001
§ 2.001. MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a manufactured home is personal property.

(b) A manufactured home is real property if:

(1) the statement of ownership and location for the home issued under Section 1201.207, Occupations Code, reflects that the owner has elected to treat the home as real property; and

(2) a certified copy of the statement of ownership and location has been filed in the real property records in the county in which the home is located.

(c) In this section, "consumer," "document of title," "first retail sale," "manufactured home," and "mobile home" have the meanings assigned by Chapter 1201, Occupations Code.

(d) to (h) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 52(2).

(i) This section does not require a retailer or retailer's agent to obtain a license under Chapter 1101, Occupations Code.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 621.051 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 621 / Section 621.051
§ 621.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies to a person who uses a gift as part of an advertising plan or program.
Tex. Government Code § 76.007 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 76 / Section 76.007
§ 76.007. PUBLIC FUNDS, GRANTS, AND GIFTS.
Status: in_force

A department may accept public funds and grants and gifts from any source for the purpose of financing programs and facilities. A municipality, county, or other political subdivision may make grants to a department for those purposes.
Tex. Education Code § 21.0489 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 21 / Section 21.0489
§ 21.0489. EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) To ensure that there are teachers with special training in early childhood education focusing on prekindergarten through grade three, the board shall establish an early childhood certificate.

(b) A person is not required to hold a certificate established under this section to be employed by a school district to provide instruction in prekindergarten through grade three.

(c) To be eligible for a certificate established under this section, a person must:

(1) either:

(A) satisfactorily complete the course work for that certificate in an educator preparation program, including a knowledge-based and skills-based course of instruction on early childhood education that includes:

(i) teaching methods for:

(a) using small group instructional formats that focus on building social, emotional, and academic skills;

(b) navigating multiple content areas; and

(c) managing a classroom environment in which small groups of students are working on different tasks; and

(ii) strategies for teaching fundamental academic skills, including reading, writing, and numeracy; or

(B) hold an early childhood through grade six certificate issued under this subchapter and satisfactorily complete a course of instruction described by Paragraph (A);

(2) perform satisfactorily on an early childhood certificate examination prescribed by the board; and

(3) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the board.

(d) The criteria for the course of instruction described by Subsection (c)(1)(A) shall be developed by the board in consultation with faculty members who provide instruction at institutions of higher education in educator preparation programs for an early childhood through grade six certificate.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3894.111 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3894 / Section 3894.111
§ 3894.111. NO TOLL ROADS.
Status: in_force

The district may not construct, acquire, maintain, or operate a toll road.
Tex. Government Code § 71.039 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 71 / Section 71.039
§ 71.039. PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF MARRIAGE LICENSE THROUGH REMOTE TECHNOLOGY.
Status: in_force

The council, in consultation with the Department of State Health Services, by rule shall develop and implement a voluntary certification process under which a county clerk may be certified to issue a marriage license to applicants through the use of remote technology in accordance with procedures adopted by the council. The procedures adopted by the council must ensure sufficient verification of each applicant's age and identity to prevent fraud.
Tex. Insurance Code § 36.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 36 / Section 36.104
§ 36.104. INFORMAL DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN CONTESTED CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may, on written agreement or stipulation of each party and any intervenor, informally dispose of a contested case in accordance with Section 2001.056, Government Code, notwithstanding any provision of this code that requires a hearing before the commissioner.

(b) This section does not apply to a contested case under Title 5, Labor Code.
Tex. Government Code § 152.201 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 152 / Section 152.201
§ 152.201. EXAMINATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a person takes an examination, the commission shall notify the person of the results of the examination.

(b) If the examination is graded or reviewed by a testing service:

(1) the commission shall notify the person of the results of the examination not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives the results from the testing service; and

(2) if notice of the examination results will be delayed for longer than 90 days after the examination date, the commission shall notify the person of the reason for the delay before the 90th day.

(c) The commission may require a testing service to:

(1) notify a person of the results of the person's examination; or

(2) collect a fee for administering an examination from a person taking the examination.

(c-1) A passing score on an applicable examination is valid for purposes of certification, registration, or licensing for a period of two years after the date of the examination. A person who does not apply to become certified, licensed, or registered before the expiration of the two-year period must repeat and pass the examination.

(d) If requested in writing by a person who fails an examination, the commission shall furnish the person with an analysis of the person's performance on the examination. A person may not view a copy of the examination.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1103.252 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1103 / Section 1103.252
§ 1103.252. TESTING SERVICE.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may contract with a testing service to administer the examination.

(b) The board or the testing service may collect an examination fee from an applicant for a certificate or license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1090.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1090 / Section 1090.058
§ 1090.058. INSURANCE FOR DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

Directors and officers may be included in the same insurance plan provided to district employees.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.405 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.405
§ 2308.405. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,500 unless it is shown on trial of the offense that the person knowingly or intentionally violated this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8379.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8379 / Section 8379.0201
§ 8379.0201. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8379.0202, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8841.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8841 / Section 8841.001
§ 8841.001. 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 Goliad County Groundwater Conservation District.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.407 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 91 / Section 91.407
§ 91.407. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF PAYOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Following a change in payor, the new payor shall give written notice to each payee to whom the payor is responsible for distributing oil or gas proceeds. The notice must be given to the payee or the payee's designee at the payee's or designee's most recent known address.

(b) Upon receipt of payee's address from the operator or lessee, the payor must provide the notice within the time permitted for payment of proceeds and in accordance with the conditions for payment provided by Section 91.402. The notice must include:

(1) the information required by Sections 91.502(1), (2), and (12) and Section 91.503; and

(2) the payor's telephone number.

(c) The notice may be given by any writing, including a division order, check stub, or attachment to a payment form.

(d) A payor that is obligated to pay interest to a payee under Section 91.403 and that does not give the payee a notice required by this section is liable to the payee for interest under that section at a rate that is two percent more than the rate provided by that section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8474.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8474 / Section 8474.004
§ 8474.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8474.003 until each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction the district is located has consented by ordinance or resolution to the creation of the district and to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 542A.007 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 542A / Section 542A.007
§ 542A.007. AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the amount of attorney's fees that may be awarded to a claimant in an action to which this chapter applies is the lesser of:

(1) the amount of reasonable and necessary attorney's fees supported at trial by sufficient evidence and determined by the trier of fact to have been incurred by the claimant in bringing the action;

(2) the amount of attorney's fees that may be awarded to the claimant under other applicable law; or

(3) the amount calculated by:

(A) dividing the amount to be awarded in the judgment to the claimant for the claimant's claim under the insurance policy for damage to or loss of covered property by the amount alleged to be owed on the claim for that damage or loss in a notice given under this chapter; and

(B) multiplying the amount calculated under Paragraph (A) by the total amount of reasonable and necessary attorney's fees supported at trial by sufficient evidence and determined by the trier of fact to have been incurred by the claimant in bringing the action.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the court shall award to the claimant the full amount of reasonable and necessary attorney's fees supported at trial by sufficient evidence and determined by the trier of fact to have been incurred by the claimant in bringing the action if the amount calculated under Subsection (a)(3)(A) is:

(1) greater than or equal to 0.8;

(2) not limited by this section or another law; and

(3) otherwise recoverable under law.

(c) The court may not award attorney's fees to the claimant if the amount calculated under Subsection (a)(3)(A) is less than 0.2.

(d) If a defendant in an action to which this chapter applies pleads and proves that the defendant was entitled to but was not given a presuit notice stating the specific amount alleged to be owed by the insurer under Section 542A.003(b)(2) at least 61 days before the date the action was filed by the claimant, the court may not award to the claimant any attorney's fees incurred after the date the defendant files the pleading with the court. A pleading under this subsection must be filed not later than the 30th day after the date the defendant files an original answer in the court in which the action is pending.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8288.110 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8288 / Section 8288.110
§ 8288.110. COST OF RELOCATING OR ALTERING PROPERTY; RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) If the district's exercise of its eminent domain, police, or other power requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, or changing the grade of or altering the construction of any highway, railroad, electric, transmission, telegraph, or telephone line, conduit, pole, property, or facility or pipeline, the action shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the district. The term "sole expense" means the actual cost of the lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction to provide a comparable replacement without enhancing the facility, after deducting from the cost the net salvage value derived from the old facility.

(b) The district has all necessary or useful rights-of-way and easements along, over, under, and across all public, state, municipal, and county roads, highways, and places for any of its purposes. The district shall restore a used facility to its previous condition as nearly as possible at the sole expense of the district.
Tex. Occupations Code § 155.012 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 155 / Section 155.012
§ 155.012. LICENSING OF CERTAIN MILITARY VETERANS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "active duty" and "armed forces of the United States" have the meanings assigned by Section 55.001.

(b) The board shall issue a license to practice medicine to an applicant who:

(1) is licensed in good standing as a physician in another state;

(2) is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States who retired from or otherwise left military service not more than one year before the application date for a license under this section;

(3) was, at the time of retiring from or leaving military service:

(A) serving on active duty; and

(B) authorized as a physician to treat persons enlisted in the armed forces of the United States or veterans;

(4) was honorably discharged from military service; and

(5) has passed the Texas medical jurisprudence examination.

(c) The board may not issue a license under this section to an applicant who:

(1) holds a medical license or a license to prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:

(A) is currently under active investigation; or

(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or

(2) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under active investigation for the commission of:

(A) a felony; or

(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.157 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.157
§ 424.157. RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules and issue reasonable orders as necessary to implement this subchapter.
Tex. Education Code § 134A.011 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 134A / Section 134A.011
§ 134A.011. GRANT USE.
Status: in_force

An entity may use grant money received under this chapter only for:

(1) curriculum development;

(2) instructor fees and certifications;

(3) training materials;

(4) work-related expenses;

(5) work-based experience stipends;

(6) related wraparound services important to help ensure success for training program participants as determined by commission rule; and

(7) administrative costs as determined by commission rule, except that the amount used by an entity for that purpose may not exceed 10 percent of the total amount of grant money received by the entity.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1005.204 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1005 / Section 1005.204
§ 1005.204. REVENUE BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may issue revenue bonds to:

(1) acquire, purchase, construct, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital system purposes;

(2) acquire sites to be used for hospital system purposes; or

(3) acquire and operate a mobile emergency medical service to assist the district in carrying out its hospital purposes.

(b) The bonds must be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or part of the revenues derived from the operation of the district's hospital system.

(c) The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of district property.

(d) The bonds must be issued in the manner provided by Sections 264.042, 264.043, and 264.046-264.049, Health and Safety Code, for issuance of revenue bonds by a county hospital authority.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8015.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8015 / Section 8015.051
§ 8015.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five elected directors.

(b) Except as provided by Section 8015.052, directors serve staggered four-year terms.
Tex. Finance Code § 348.505 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 348 / Section 348.505
§ 348.505. DISPOSITION OF FEES ON DENIAL OF APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

If the commissioner denies the application, the commissioner shall retain the investigation fee and shall return to the applicant the license fee submitted with the application.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2210.202 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2210 / Section 2210.202
§ 2210.202. APPLICATION FOR COVERAGE; DECLINATION REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who has an insurable interest in insurable property may apply to the association for insurance coverage provided under the plan of operation and an inspection of the property, subject to any rules established by the board of directors and approved by the commissioner. The association shall make insurance available to each applicant in the catastrophe area whose property is insurable property but who, after diligent efforts, is unable to obtain property insurance through the voluntary market, as evidenced by one declination from an insurer authorized to engage in the business of, and writing, property insurance providing windstorm and hail coverage in the first tier coastal counties. For purposes of this section, "declination" has the meaning assigned by the plan of operation and shall include a refusal to offer coverage for the perils of windstorm and hail and the inability to obtain substantially equivalent insurance coverage for the perils of windstorm and hail. Notwithstanding Section 2210.203(c), evidence of one declination every three calendar years is required before renewal of an association policy.

(b) A property and casualty agent must submit an application for initial insurance coverage on behalf of the applicant on forms prescribed by the association. An application for initial coverage must contain:

(1) a statement as to whether the applicant has submitted or will submit the required premium payment from personal funds or, if not, to whom a balance is or will be due; and

(2) a statement that the agent acting on behalf of the applicant possesses proof of the declination described by Subsection (a) and proof of flood insurance coverage or unavailability of that coverage as described by Section 2210.203(a-1).
Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.014 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 14 / Section 14.014
§ 14.014. RECEIVERSHIP AFFECTING WAREHOUSE ASSETS.
Status: in_force

(a) A person appointed receiver for the assets of a warehouse operator licensed under this chapter is not required to obtain a license from the department if the person:

(1) is bonded and insured as described by Subsection (b); and

(2) after being appointed, does not:

(A) receive additional grain for storing for hire, handling for hire, or shipping for hire; or

(B) purchase grain for resale.

(b) A person appointed receiver shall maintain:

(1) a bond in the same amount required for a licensed warehouse operator; and

(2) casualty insurance in the same amount and type as required for a licensed warehouse operator.

(c) A person appointed receiver shall file proof of proper bonding and verification of insurance with the department on or before the date the person is appointed to act as receiver.