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Tex. Local Government Code § 143.0052 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.0052
§ 143.0052. FEE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to a municipality that:

(1) has a population of more than 220,000 and less than 275,000;

(2) is located in a county in which another municipality that has a population of more than one million is predominately located; and

(3) whose emergency medical services are administered by a fire department.

(b) By resolution of its governing body, a municipality may establish a monthly fee for the costs of emergency medical services, including salary and overtime related to medical personnel. This fee is applicable to each and every customer served by a municipal water account and may be collected in conjunction with the bill for water services.

(c) A municipality acting under this section supersedes any authority established under Chapter 286, Health and Safety Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11006.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11006 / Section 11006.203
§ 11006.203. AUTHORITY ACCOUNTS.
Status: in_force

The authority shall maintain a complete system of the authority's accounts.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7807.207 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7807 / Section 7807.207
§ 7807.207. BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND PRELIMINARY BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may issue either bond anticipation notes or preliminary bonds, which need not be designated as such, to provide a fund to pay:

(1) the cost of making surveys and investigations, attorneys' fees, and engineers' work;

(2) the cost of issuing bonds; and

(3) all other costs and expenses incident to the organization of the district and the district's operation in investigating and determining plans for the district's plant and improvements.

(b) Preliminary bonds shall be voted and authorized in the manner and under the same provisions applicable to the district's construction bonds and shall be of equal dignity with those construction bonds.

(c) The district may issue bond anticipation notes as provided by Section 49.154(c), Water Code. These notes shall be sold on the best terms and for the best price possible.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2304.055 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2304 / Section 2304.055
§ 2304.055. REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

(a) If a certificate of registration is lost or destroyed, the certificate holder may apply to the executive director for a replacement certificate of registration.

(b) The certificate holder must submit:

(1) an affidavit verifying that the certificate of registration was lost or destroyed; and

(2) a $25 replacement fee.

(c) The executive director shall issue a replacement certificate of registration on receipt of the affidavit and replacement fee.

(d) A replacement certificate of registration must be clearly identified as a replacement certificate on the certificate and in the records of the commission.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1661.003 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1661 / Section 1661.003
§ 1661.003. EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) a health benefit plan that provides coverage only:

(A) for a specified disease or diseases or under a limited benefit policy;

(B) for accidental death or dismemberment;

(C) as a supplement to a liability insurance policy; or

(D) for dental or vision care;

(2) disability income insurance coverage;

(3) credit insurance coverage;

(4) a hospital confinement indemnity policy;

(5) a Medicare supplemental policy as defined by Section 1882(g)(1), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1395ss);

(6) a workers' compensation insurance policy;

(7) medical payment insurance coverage provided under a motor vehicle insurance policy;

(8) a long-term care insurance policy, including a nursing home fixed indemnity policy, unless the commissioner determines that the policy provides benefits so comprehensive that the policy is a health benefit plan and should not be subject to the exemption provided under this section;

(9) the child health plan program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code, or the health benefits plan for children under Chapter 63, Health and Safety Code; or

(10) a Medicaid managed care program operated under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code, as applicable, or a Medicaid program operated under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7908A.0305 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7908A / Section 7908A.0305
§ 7908A.0305. COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CONSENT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
Status: in_force

The district shall comply with all applicable requirements of any ordinance or resolution that is adopted under Section 54.016 or 54.0165, Water Code, and that consents to the creation of the district or to the inclusion of land in the district.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2211.001 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2211 / Section 2211.001
§ 2211.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Association" means the FAIR Plan Association established under this chapter.

(2) "FAIR Plan" means a Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan established under Section 2211.051.

(3) "Governing committee" means the governing committee of the association.

(4) "Inspection bureau" means the organization or organizations designated by the association under Section 2211.153.

(5) "Insurer" means an authorized insurer writing property insurance in this state, including:

(A) a Lloyd's plan; and

(B) a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange.

(6) "Net direct premiums" means gross direct written premiums less return premiums on canceled contracts, regardless of reinsurance assumed or ceded, written on residential property under this chapter.

(6-a) "Property owners' association insurance" means property and liability insurance covering:

(A) common areas and facilities of a homeowners' association; or

(B) common elements of a condominium owners' association.

(7) "Residential property insurance" means the coverage provided by a homeowners insurance policy, residential fire and allied lines insurance policy, or farm and ranch owners insurance policy against loss incurred to real or tangible personal property at a fixed location.

(8) "Underserved area" or "underserved areas" means an area or areas designated as underserved by the commissioner by rule.
Tex. Occupations Code § 603.057 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 603 / Section 603.057
§ 603.057. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

The advisory committee shall meet as requested by the medical board. A meeting may be held by telephone conference call.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1357.055 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1357 / Section 1357.055
§ 1357.055. PROHIBITED CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

An issuer of a health benefit plan may not:

(1) deny the eligibility or continued eligibility of an individual to enroll in the plan or renew coverage under the plan solely to avoid the requirements of this subchapter;

(2) provide money payments or rebates to an enrollee to encourage the enrollee to accept less than the minimum coverage required under this subchapter;

(3) reduce or limit the amount paid to an attending physician, or otherwise penalize the physician, because the physician provided care to an enrollee in accordance with this subchapter; or

(4) provide financial or other incentives to an attending physician to encourage the physician to provide care to an enrollee in a manner inconsistent with this subchapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 203.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 203 / Section 203.001
§ 203.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Texas Midwifery Act.
Tex. Insurance Code § 228.002 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 228 / Section 228.002
§ 228.002. DEFINITION OF AFFILIATE.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, "affiliate" of another person means:

(1) a person that is an affiliate for purposes of Section 823.003;

(2) a person that directly or indirectly:

(A) beneficially owns 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting or management interests of the other person, whether through rights, options, convertible interests, or otherwise; or

(B) controls or holds power to vote 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting or management interests of the other person;

(3) a person 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting or management interests of which are directly or indirectly:

(A) beneficially owned by the other person, whether through rights, options, convertible interests, or otherwise; or

(B) controlled or held with power to vote by the other person;

(4) a partnership in which the other person is a general partner;

(5) an officer, director, employee, or agent of the other person; or

(6) an immediate family member of an officer, director, employee, or agent described by Subdivision (5).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8172.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8172 / Section 8172.102
§ 8172.102. WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "program of water conservation" means the practices, techniques, and technologies that will reduce water consumption, reduce water loss or waste, improve efficiency in water use, or increase water recycling and reuse so that a water supply is available for future or alternative uses.

(b) The district shall adopt and implement a program of water conservation consistent with rules and criteria adopted and enforceable by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for similarly situated districts in the region.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8423.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8423 / Section 8423.152
§ 8423.152. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 8423.151, the district may impose an operation and maintenance tax on taxable property in the district in accordance with Section 49.107, Water Code.

(b) The board shall determine the tax rate. The rate may not exceed the rate approved at the election.
Tex. Occupations Code § 507.058 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 507 / Section 507.058
§ 507.058. MEETINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive council shall hold at least two regular meetings each year.

(b) The executive council may hold additional meetings on the request of the presiding officer or on the written request of three members of the executive council.
Tex. Finance Code § 273.302 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 273 / Section 273.302
§ 273.302. AMOUNT OF SECURITY PURCHASE.
Status: in_force

The aggregate amount of securities of any type a member association may be required to purchase under Section 273.301 may not exceed an amount equal to two percent of the total assets of the association as shown on the association's annual statement filed with the commissioner as required by law for the calendar year preceding the date of the required purchase.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.095 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.095
§ 161.095. LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A registered nurse performing a client assessment required under Section 161.093, or a registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse training an unlicensed person or determining whether an unlicensed person is competent to perform administration of medication under Section 161.093, may be held accountable or civilly liable only in relation to whether the nurse properly:

(1) performed the assessment;

(2) conducted the training; and

(3) determined whether the unlicensed person is competent to provide administration of medication to clients.

(b) The Texas Board of Nursing may take disciplinary action against a registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse under this subchapter only in relation to whether:

(1) the registered nurse properly performed the client assessment required by Section 161.093;

(2) the registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse properly trained the unlicensed person in the administration of medication; and

(3) the registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse properly determined whether an unlicensed person is competent to provide administration of medication to clients.

(c) A registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse may not be held accountable or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of an unlicensed person performing administration of medication.
Tex. Agriculture Code § 201.101 — TX Code / Code ag / Chapter 201 / Section 201.101
§ 201.101. CORPORATE POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A conservation district is a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic. A conservation district may:

(1) sue and be sued in the name of the conservation district;

(2) have a seal, which shall be judicially noticed;

(3) make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; and

(4) adopt rules consistent with this chapter to carry into effect its purposes and powers.

(b) A conservation district may execute notes on the faith and credit of the conservation district for the purpose of making repairs, additions, or improvements to any property or equipment owned by the conservation district. The notes may be issued payable from current funds or reasonably contemplated revenues, but the conservation district may not issue notes payable from funds derived from the state.

(c) Any note issued by a conservation district may be secured by a lien on the property or equipment to which the repairs, additions, or improvements are to be made if the property or equipment was not acquired from the state or with funds derived from the state. A note executed in connection with the purchase of real property may be secured only by the purchased real property.

(d) A conservation district may not levy taxes.

(e) Debts incurred by a conservation district may not create a lien on the land of owners or occupiers of land in the district.

(f) As a condition to extending benefits to, or performing any work on, land in the conservation district not owned or controlled by the state or a state agency, a conservation district may:

(1) require contributions to the operation in services, materials, or another form; and

(2) require owners or occupiers of land to enter into and perform an agreement or covenant as to the permanent use of land that will tend to prevent or control soil erosion on that land.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.183 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.183
§ 2306.183. NEEDS OF QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN RURAL AREAS AND SMALL MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt a target strategy to ensure that the credit and housing needs of qualifying individuals and families who reside in rural areas and small municipalities are equitably served by the housing finance division.
Tex. Utilities Code § 1.002 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 1 / Section 1.002
§ 1.002. CONSTRUCTION OF CODE.
Status: in_force

Chapter 311, Government Code (Code Construction Act), applies to the construction of each provision in this code except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3811.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3811 / Section 3811.153
§ 3811.153. BOARD VOTE REQUIRED TO IMPOSE TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, OR IMPACT FEES.
Status: in_force

The imposition of a tax, assessment, or impact fee requires a vote of a majority of the directors serving.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8352.053 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8352 / Section 8352.053
§ 8352.053. 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. Tax Code § 111.004 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.004
§ 111.004. POWER TO EXAMINE RECORDS AND PERSONS.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of carrying out the terms of this title the comptroller may examine at the principal or any other office in the United States of any person, firm, agent, or corporation permitted to do business in this state, all books, records and papers and also any of their officers or employees under oath.

(b) If any person refuses to permit an examination or answer any question authorized by Subsection (a) of this section, the comptroller may certify the fact of the refusal to the secretary of state, who shall immediately forfeit the charter or the permit to do business of the person until the examination as required is completed.

(c) No charge may be made by the comptroller to examine a book, record, or paper or to question an officer or employee.

(d) The comptroller's authority to examine books, records, and papers under this chapter extends to all books, records, papers, and other objects which the comptroller determines are necessary for conducting a complete examination under this title.
Tex. Estates Code § 1105.001 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1105 / Section 1105.001
§ 1105.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Bond" means a bond required by this chapter to be given by a person appointed to serve as a guardian.

(1-a) "Declaration" means a declaration taken by a person appointed to serve as a guardian to qualify to serve.

(2) "Oath" means an oath taken by a person appointed to serve as a guardian to qualify to serve.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 191.008 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 191 / Section 191.008
§ 191.008. SORTING COLLECTED DATA.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall compile the information relating to births, deaths, and fetal deaths collected under this chapter and organize the results, to the extent possible, according to the following geographic areas:

(1) the Texas-Mexico border region;

(2) each public health region;

(3) rural areas;

(4) urban areas;

(5) each county; and

(6) the state.

(b) The department may release the information relating to births, deaths, and fetal deaths in accordance with the way it is compiled under this section.
Tex. Government Code § 521.0001 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 521 / Section 521.0001
§ 521.0001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subtitle:

(1) "Child health plan program" means the programs established under Chapters 62 and 63, Health and Safety Code.

(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the commission.

(4) "Executive council" means the council established under Subchapter C, Chapter 523.

(5) "Health and human services agencies" includes the Department of State Health Services.

(6) "Health and human services system" means the system for providing or otherwise administering health and human services in this state by the commission, including through:

(A) an office or division of the commission; or

(B) another entity under the administrative and operational control of the executive commissioner.

(7) "Home telemonitoring service" means a health service that requires scheduled remote monitoring of data related to a patient's health and transmission of the data to a licensed home and community support services agency, a federally qualified health center, a rural health clinic, or a hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 548.0251. The term is synonymous with "remote patient monitoring."

(8) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program established under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.

(9) "Medicaid managed care organization" means a managed care organization as defined by Section 540.0001 that contracts with the commission under Chapter 540 or 540A to provide health care services to Medicaid recipients.

(10) "Platform" means the technology, system, software, application, modality, or other method through which a health professional remotely interfaces with a patient when providing a health care service or procedure as a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

(11) "Section 1915(c) waiver program" means a federally funded state Medicaid program authorized under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)).

(12) "Teledentistry dental service," "telehealth service," and "telemedicine medical service" have the meanings assigned by Section 111.001, Occupations Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 521.045 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 521 / Section 521.045
§ 521.045. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR.
Status: in_force

On receipt of a written request and payment of a $4 fee, the department may disclose information relating to an individual's date of birth, current license status, and most recent address, as shown in the department's records, to a person who:

(1) is eligible to receive the information under Chapter 730; and

(2) submits to the department the individual's driver's license number or the individual's full name and date of birth.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1355.106 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1355 / Section 1355.106
§ 1355.106. OFFER OF COVERAGE REQUIRED; ALTERNATIVE BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) An insurer shall offer, and a policyholder is entitled to reject, coverage under a group insurance policy for treatment of mental or emotional illness or disorder when confined in a hospital or in a psychiatric day treatment facility.

(b) A policyholder may select an alternative level of benefits under the group insurance policy if the alternative level is offered by or negotiated with the insurer.

(c) The alternative level of benefits must provide policy benefits and benefit maximums for treatment in a psychiatric day treatment facility equal to at least one-half of that provided for treatment in a hospital, except that benefits for treatment in a psychiatric day treatment facility may not exceed the usual and customary charges of the facility.
Tex. Local Government Code § 281.054 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 281 / Section 281.054
§ 281.054. COSTS OF RELOCATION.
Status: in_force

If the relocating, raising, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, pipeline, or telephone or telegraph property is required by the authority's exercise of the power of eminent domain, power of relocation, or any other power, the required action shall be taken at the sole expense of the authority. "Sole expense" means the actual costs of the required action and of the provision of a comparable replacement that does not enhance the facility after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7991.102 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7991 / Section 7991.102
§ 7991.102. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Local Government Code § 201.005 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 201 / Section 201.005
§ 201.005. DECLARATION OF RECORDS AS PUBLIC PROPERTY; ACCESS.
Status: in_force

(a) Local government records created or received in the transaction of official business or the creation or maintenance of which were paid for by public funds are declared to be public property and are subject to the provisions of this subtitle and Subchapter J, Chapter 441, Government Code.

(b) A local government officer or employee does not have, by virtue of the officer's or employee's position, any personal or property right to a local government record even though the officer or employee developed or compiled it.