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Tex. Government Code § 571.062 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 571 / Section 571.062
§ 571.062. RULES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commission, on the affirmative vote of at least six members of the commission, may adopt rules to administer this chapter or any other law administered and enforced by the commission.

(b) Chapter 2001, relating to rules and rulemaking, applies to the commission to the extent consistent with this chapter.
Tex. Local Government Code § 111.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 111 / Section 111.001
§ 111.001.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.001. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE TO COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF 225,000 OR LESS; EXCEPTION. This subchapter applies only to a county that has a population of 225,000 or less and that does not operate under Subchapter C.
Tex. Government Code § 22.101 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 22 / Section 22.101
§ 22.101. SEAL.
Status: in_force

(a) The court of criminal appeals shall use a seal on which there is engraved a star with five points and the words "Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas."

(b) The writs and processes issued from the court of criminal appeals shall bear the name of the presiding judge and the seal of the court.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.152
§ 8845.152. NOTICE; HEARING; ADOPTION OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the annual budget.

(b) Notice of the hearing must be published in a newspaper or newspapers having general circulation in the district at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.

(c) Any district resident is entitled to be present at and participate in the hearing.

(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall act on the budget and may make changes in the proposed budget that in the board's judgment the interests of the taxpayers demand.
Tex. Government Code § 549.0401 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 549 / Section 549.0401
§ 549.0401. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "patient assistance program" means a program a pharmaceutical company offers under which the company provides a drug to individuals in need of assistance at no charge or at a substantially reduced cost. The term does not include the provision of a drug as part of a clinical trial.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1108.109 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1108 / Section 1108.109
§ 1108.109. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS.
Status: in_force

The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, or other provisions prescribed in writing by the donor that are consistent with the proper management and objectives of the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7972A.0402 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7972A / Section 7972A.0402
§ 7972A.0402. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized at an election held under Section 7972A.0401, 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. Health and Safety Code § 286.175 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 286 / Section 286.175
§ 286.175. USE OF TAX.
Status: in_force

The taxes imposed may be used to pay:

(1) the indebtedness issued or assumed by the district; and

(2) the maintenance and operating expenses of the district.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.051 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 40 / Section 40.051
§ 40.051. NOTIFICATION.
Status: in_force

On notification of an actual or threatened unauthorized discharge of oil, the commissioner shall act to assess the discharge and prevent, abate, or contain any pollution from the discharge.
Tex. Insurance Code § 2213.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 2213 / Section 2213.101
§ 2213.101. PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

A bank that is a member, or that has an officer who is a member, of a group or association of banks or bankers organizing a bank self-insurance trust or of savings and loan associations organizing a savings and loan self-insurance trust may participate in the applicable self-insurance trust by:

(1) entering into a contract or agreement with the trustees for coverage that the self-insurance trust may provide under Section 2213.051 or 2213.052, as applicable; and

(2) paying the required contribution to the trust fund in the amount determined by the trustees in accordance with the plan.
Tex. Government Code § 477.0155 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 477 / Section 477.0155
§ 477.0155. TRANSFER AND REMITTANCE OF REMAINING TRUST FUND MONEY.
Status: in_force

(a) Two years after the closing event of the games, the office shall transfer to the general revenue fund the amount of state revenue remaining in the trust fund plus any interest earned on that state revenue.

(b) The office shall remit to each endorsing entity in proportion to the amount contributed by the entity any money remaining in the trust fund after the required amount is transferred under Subsection (a).
Tex. Government Code § 855.008 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.008
§ 855.008. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

Each trustee serves without compensation but is entitled to:

(1) reimbursement for reasonable traveling expenses incurred in attending board meetings and authorized committee and association meetings or incurred in the performance of other official board duties; and

(2) payment of an amount equal to any compensation withheld by the trustee's employing municipality because of the trustee's attendance at board meetings.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1551.401 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1551 / Section 1551.401
§ 1551.401. EMPLOYEES LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND BENEFITS FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The employees life, accident, and health insurance and benefits fund is in the state treasury.

(b) The board of trustees shall administer the fund.

(c) Contributions of participants and the state provided for under this chapter shall be credited to the fund.

(d) The fund is available:

(1) without fiscal year limitation for all payments for any coverages provided for under this chapter; and

(2) for payment of expenses of administering this chapter within the limitations that may be specified annually by the legislature.

(e) The board of trustees shall regularly set aside in the fund an amount equal to a percentage of the contributions made by participants and the state that the board determines is reasonably adequate to pay the expenses of administering this chapter.

(f) The board of trustees, from time to time and in amounts it considers appropriate, may transfer unused funds for administrative expenses to the contingency reserves to be used by the board only for charges, claims, and expenses under the group benefits program.

(g) Except as provided by Section 1551.259(d), the retirement system may deposit to the credit of the fund any unclaimed money on a finding that a good faith effort has been made to locate the person entitled to the money.
Tex. Government Code § 555.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 555 / Section 555.021
§ 555.021. MAINTENANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY OF LICENSE RECORDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each state agency that issues a license shall keep in its files records relating to each license holder regulated by the agency.

(b) The agency shall maintain the files in a manner that permits public access to:

(1) all information in the files relating to a license holder regulated by the agency, including information about a contested case, unless the information is excepted by law from public disclosure; and

(2) notice of information in the file as described by Section 555.022.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.072 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 285 / Section 285.072
§ 285.072. LIABILITY OF A HOSPITAL DISTRICT MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR.
Status: in_force

A hospital district management contractor in its management or operation of a hospital under a contract with a hospital district is considered a governmental unit for purposes of Chapters 101, 102, and 108, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and any employee of the contractor is, while performing services under the contract for the benefit of the hospital, an employee of the hospital district for the purposes of Chapters 101, 102, and 108, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Tex. Transportation Code § 284.045 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 284 / Section 284.045
§ 284.045. BONDS TAX FREE.
Status: in_force

Bonds under this chapter and the transfer of and income from the bonds, including a profit made on the sale of the bonds, are exempt from taxation in this state.
Tex. Occupations Code § 501.407 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 501 / Section 501.407
§ 501.407. REMEDIAL CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

The executive council may require a license holder who violates this chapter to participate in a continuing education program. The executive council shall specify the continuing education program that the person may attend and the number of hours that the person must complete to fulfill the requirements of this section.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3960.103 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3960 / Section 3960.103
§ 3960.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Tex. Education Code § 22A.302 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 22A / Section 22A.302
§ 22A.302. REQUIREMENT FOR COMPTROLLER TO REPORT EDUCATIONAL PROVIDER MISCONDUCT TO AGENCY AND BOARD.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to a person who is employed by or contracts with an educational provider to provide educational services to a child participating in the education savings account program.

(b) In addition to the reporting requirement under Section 261.101, Family Code, the comptroller shall notify the board and the commissioner if the comptroller:

(1) becomes aware of evidence that a person described by Subsection (a) engaged in misconduct described by Section 22A.051(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), or (D); or

(2) obtains criminal history record information relating to misconduct described by Subdivision (1) for a person described by Subsection (a).

(c) The comptroller must notify the board and the commissioner by filing a report with the board and the commissioner not later than 48 hours after the comptroller:

(1) knew about the termination or resignation from employment or cessation of service of a person described by Subsection (a) by the person's educational provider following an alleged incident of misconduct described by Subsection (b)(1); or

(2) becomes aware of evidence of misconduct described by Subsection (b)(1).

(d) The report under Subsection (c) must be:

(1) in writing;

(2) in a form prescribed by the commissioner; and

(3) filed through the Internet portal developed and maintained by the agency under Section 22A.155.

(e) The comptroller shall notify the person who is the subject of the report required under Subsection (c) and the person's educational provider of the filing of the report.

(f) The name of a student or minor who is the victim of abuse or unlawful conduct must be included in a report filed under this section, but the name of the student or minor is not public information under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(g) The comptroller shall require an educational provider, as a condition of participating in the education savings account program, to provide information, in the manner and form prescribed by the comptroller, necessary for the comptroller to comply with this section.

(h) The board shall propose rules and the commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
Tex. Election Code § 32.035 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 32 / Section 32.035
§ 32.035. CONFLICTS WITH CITY CHARTER.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a home-rule city charter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict.

(b) A home-rule city charter may not provide for fewer than three election officers for each election precinct.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 24.29 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 24 / Section 24.29
§ 24.29.
Status: in_force

Art. 24.29. UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE RENDITION OF PRISONERS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.161 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8501 / Section 8501.161
§ 8501.161. POWERS RELATING TO ACQUISITION OR OPERATION OF WORKS, LAND, OR OTHER PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may:

(1) purchase or construct any work necessary or convenient for the exercise of the authority's powers under this chapter and to accomplish the purposes of this chapter; and

(2) purchase or otherwise acquire land or other property necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The plans and works provided by the authority, and the works provided under the power of the authority, shall regard primarily the necessary and potential needs for water by or within the area in the authority constituting the watershed of the Neches River and its tributaries.
Tex. Government Code § 481.167 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 481 / Section 481.167
§ 481.167. TEXAS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CLEARINGHOUSE.
Status: in_force

(a) The office shall establish the Texas Business and Community Economic Development Clearinghouse to provide information and assistance to businesses and communities in the state.

(b) The clearinghouse shall collect and disseminate information on federal, state, local, and private:

(1) business development programs, including financial assistance and business incentive programs;

(2) business development services, including technical assistance, workshops, business incubators, training, and useful publications;

(3) rural and urban community economic development programs, including loans, grants, and other funding sources;

(4) rural and urban community economic development services, including technical assistance, workshops, training, and useful publications;

(5) small business programs and services and useful publications;

(6) defense economic adjustment programs and services and useful publications; and

(7) international trade programs, services, and useful publications.

(c) The clearinghouse shall provide access to the information compiled under this subchapter in a user-friendly format through the use of the Internet.

(d) The office shall obtain from other state agencies appropriate information needed by the office to carry out its duties under this subchapter.

(e) The comptroller shall assist the office in furthering the purposes of this subchapter by allowing the office to use the field offices and personnel of the comptroller to disseminate brochures, documents, and other information useful to businesses in the state.
Tex. Local Government Code § 9.001 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 9 / Section 9.001
§ 9.001. ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF HOME-RULE CHARTER.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to the adoption or amendment of a municipal charter by a municipality authorized to do so by Article XI, Section 5, of the Texas Constitution.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1081.058 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1081 / Section 1081.058
§ 1081.058. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; ASSISTANT TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall appoint a qualified person as the chief executive officer of the district.

(b) The board may appoint an assistant to the chief executive officer.

(c) The chief executive officer and any assistant to the chief executive officer serve at the will of the board and are entitled to the compensation determined by the board.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1071.262 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1071 / Section 1071.262
§ 1071.262. REPLACEMENT OF REVOKED, LOST, OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE.
Status: in_force

The board may issue, on payment of a fee set by the board and subject to board rules, a new certificate of registration or license to replace a certificate or license that has been revoked, lost, destroyed, or mutilated.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3883.210 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3883 / Section 3883.210
§ 3883.210. 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 annual 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. Insurance Code § 1369.079 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1369 / Section 1369.079
§ 1369.079. FORMULARY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt by rule requirements to promote consistency and clarity in the disclosure of formularies to facilitate comparison shopping among individual health benefit plans.

(b) The requirements adopted under Subsection (a) must apply to each prescription drug:

(1) included in a formulary and dispensed in a network pharmacy; or

(2) covered under an individual health benefit plan and typically administered by a physician or health care provider.

(c) The formulary disclosures must:

(1) be electronically searchable by drug name;

(2) include for each drug the information required by Subsection (d) in the order listed in that subsection; and

(3) indicate each formulary that applies to each individual health benefit plan issued by the issuer.

(d) The formulary disclosures must include for each drug:

(1) the cost-sharing amount for each drug, including as applicable:

(A) the dollar amount of a copayment; or

(B) for a drug subject to coinsurance:

(i) an enrollee's cost-sharing amount stated in dollars; or

(ii) a cost-sharing range, denoted as follows:

(a) under $100 - $;

(b) $100-$250 - $$;

(c) $251-$500 - $$$;

(d) $501-$1,000 - $$$$; or

(e) over $1,000 - $$$$$;

(2) a disclosure of prior authorization, step therapy, or other protocol requirements for each drug;

(3) if the individual health benefit plan uses a tier-based formulary, the specific tier for each drug listed in the formulary;

(4) a description of how prescription drugs will specifically be included in or excluded from the deductible, including a description of out-of-pocket costs for a prescription drug that may not apply to the deductible;

(5) identification of preferred formulary drugs; and

(6) an explanation of coverage of each formulary drug.

(e) The commissioner by rule may allow an alternative method of making disclosures required under Subsection (d)(1) relating to cost-sharing through a web-based tool that must:

(1) be publicly accessible to enrollees, prospective enrollees, and others without necessity of providing a password, a user name, or personally identifiable information;

(2) allow consumers to electronically search formulary information by the name under which the individual health benefit plan is marketed; and

(3) be accessible through a direct link that is displayed on each page of the formulary disclosure that lists each drug as required under Subsection (c).
Tex. Labor Code § 91.016 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 91 / Section 91.016
§ 91.016. LICENSE ISSUANCE; TERM; EFFECT OF EXPIRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall issue a license to an applicant who the department determines has met the requirements of this chapter. The department shall notify an applicant of any deficiency in the application not later than the 30th day after the date on which the department receives the application forms. The department shall issue the license not later than the 90th day after the date on which the completed application is filed with the department.

(b) A license issued or renewed by the department under this chapter is valid for one year from the date of the issuance or renewal. The department shall renew a license in accordance with Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, and the rules adopted by the department.

(c) Each applicant or license holder shall disclose to the department the addition of a new controlling person not later than the 45th day after the date on which the person assumes the duties of a controlling person. That person may serve as a controlling person while the department is conducting any necessary investigation. If the department determines not to approve the new controlling person, the department shall notify the applicant or license holder and that controlling person at least 20 days before taking action against the applicant or license holder.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of this chapter, if a license holder fails to timely apply for license renewal, the license holder's status as employer of a covered employee continues until the expiration of 18 months after the date the license expires. If the license holder fails to apply for license renewal before the expiration of the 18th month after the license expiration date:

(1) the license holder's status as employer of a covered employee terminates; and

(2) the license holder is subject to disciplinary action if the license holder engages in or offers professional employer services at any time while the license is expired.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 101.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 101 / Section 101.004
§ 101.004. OBTAINING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION AND MARITAL HISTORY INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A client shall:

(1) obtain a copy of the client's own criminal history record information;

(2) provide the criminal history record information to the international matchmaking organization; and

(3) provide the client's own marital history information to the international matchmaking organization.

(b) The international matchmaking organization shall require the client to affirm that the marital history information is complete and accurate and includes information regarding marriages, annulments, and dissolutions that occurred in another state or a foreign country.

(c) The international matchmaking organization may not provide any further services to the client or the recruit until the organization has:

(1) obtained the requested criminal history record information and marital history information; and

(2) provided the information to the recruit.
Tex. Local Government Code § 41.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 41 / Section 41.003
§ 41.003. INCLUSION OF AREA RECEIVING LONGSTANDING TREATMENT AS PART OF MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt an ordinance to declare an area that is adjacent to the municipality and that meets the requirements of Subsection (b) to be a part of the municipality. The adoption of the ordinance creates an irrebuttable presumption that the area is a part of the municipality for all purposes. The presumption may not be contested for any cause after the effective date of the ordinance.

(b) An area qualifies for inclusion in a municipality under this section only if, on the date of the adoption of the ordinance:

(1) the records of the municipality indicate that the area has been a part of the municipality for at least the preceding 20 years;

(2) the municipality has provided municipal services, including police protection, to the area and has otherwise treated the area as a part of the municipality during the preceding 20 years;

(3) there has not been a final judicial determination during the preceding 20 years that the area is outside the boundaries of the municipality; and

(4) there is no pending lawsuit that challenges the inclusion of the area as part of the municipality.

(c) The date on which an area that is made a part of a municipality under this section is considered to be a part of the municipality is retroactive to the date on which the municipality began its continuous treatment of the area as part of the municipality. That date shall be used for all relevant purposes, including a determination of whether territory allegedly annexed by the municipality was adjacent to the municipality at the time of the purported annexation.