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Tex. Property Code § 26.012 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 26 / Section 26.012
§ 26.012. PERMITTED USES.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may use a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in:

(1) a play, book, film, radio program, or television program;

(2) a magazine or newspaper article;

(3) material that is primarily of political or newsworthy value;

(4) single and original works of fine art; or

(5) an advertisement or commercial announcement concerning a use under this subsection.

(b) A media enterprise may use a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in connection with the coverage of news, public affairs, a sporting event, or a political campaign without consent. Any use other than the above by a media enterprise of a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness shall require consent if the material constituting the use is integrally and directly connected with commercial sponsorship or paid advertising. No consent shall be required for the use of the deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness by a media enterprise if the broadcast or article is not commercially sponsored or does not contain paid advertising.

(c) A person who is an owner or employee of a media enterprise, including a newspaper, magazine, radio station or network, television station or network, cable television system, billboard, or transit ad, that is used for advertising a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in a manner not authorized by this section is not liable for damages as provided by this section unless the person:

(1) knew that the use was not authorized by this section; or

(2) used the deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in a manner primarily intended to advertise or promote the media enterprise itself.

(d) A person may use a deceased individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness in any manner after the 50th anniversary of the date of the individual's death.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3967.0307 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3967 / Section 3967.0307
§ 3967.0307. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
Status: in_force

Section 49.216, Water Code, applies to the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 601.077 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 601 / Section 601.077
§ 601.077.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.077. REQUIRED TERMS: OPERATOR'S POLICY. An operator's motor vehicle liability insurance policy must pay, on behalf of the named insured, amounts the insured becomes obligated to pay as damages arising out of the use by the insured of a motor vehicle the insured does not own, subject to the same territorial limits, payment limits, and exclusions as for an owner's policy under Section 601.076.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3952.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3952 / Section 3952.004
§ 3952.004. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Status: in_force

(a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city or county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city and county services provided in the district.
Tex. Transportation Code § 366.303 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 366 / Section 366.303
§ 366.303. AGREEMENTS BETWEEN AUTHORITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) A local governmental entity other than a nonprofit corporation may, consistent with the Texas Constitution, issue bonds or enter into and make payments under agreements with an authority to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate a turnpike project or system. The entity may levy and collect taxes to pay the interest on the bonds and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds.

(b) In addition to the powers provided by Subsection (a), a local governmental entity may, within any applicable constitutional limitations, agree with an authority to issue bonds or enter into and make payments under an agreement to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate any portion of a turnpike project or system of that authority.

(c) To make payments under an agreement under Subsection (b), to pay the interest on bonds issued under Subsection (b), or to provide a sinking fund for the bonds or the contract, a local governmental entity may:

(1) pledge revenue from any available source, including annual appropriations;

(2) levy and collect taxes; or

(3) provide for a combination of Subdivisions (1) and (2).

(d) The term of an agreement under this section may not exceed 40 years.

(e) Any election required to permit action under this subchapter must be held in conformity with Chapter 1251, Government Code, or other law applicable to the local governmental entity.
Tex. Government Code § 815.310 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 815 / Section 815.310
§ 815.310. TRUST FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) A trust fund for the Employees Retirement System of Texas is established with the comptroller.

(b) All assets of the trust fund shall be credited, according to the purpose for which they are held, to one of the following accounts:

(1) employees saving account;

(2) state accumulation account;

(3) retirement annuity reserve account;

(4) interest account; or

(5) expense account.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 222.023 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 222 / Section 222.023
§ 222.023. LIMITATION ON INSPECTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency may make or require only those inspections necessary to carry out obligations imposed on the agency by federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

(b) Instead of making an on-site inspection, a state agency shall accept an on-site inspection by another state agency charged with making an inspection if the inspection substantially complies with the accepting agency's inspection requirements.

(c) A state agency shall coordinate its inspections within the agency and with inspections required of other agencies to ensure compliance with this section.
Tex. Water Code § 55.361 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 55 / Section 55.361
§ 55.361. WATER SERVICE DISCONTINUED.
Status: in_force

(a) If a landowner fails or refuses to pay any water assessment or a person fails to pay a charge, fee, rental, or deposit imposed under this chapter or Chapter 49 when due, the landowner's or person's water supply shall be cut off, and no water shall be furnished to the land until all back assessments or other amounts owed to the district are fully paid. The discontinuance of water service is binding on all persons who own or acquire any interest in land for which assessments or other amounts owed to the district are due.

(b) A landowner or person whose water service has been discontinued under Subsection (a) may request that the board reconsider the discontinuance related to a charge, fee, rental, deposit, or penalty, and may not request that the board reconsider a discontinuance related to an assessment. If the board declines to reconsider the discontinuance, the landowner or person may file a petition under Section 11.041. That petition filed with the commission is the sole remedy available to a landowner or person described by this subsection.
Tex. Estates Code § 452.102 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 452 / Section 452.102
§ 452.102. ADDITIONAL BOND FOR EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND POWERS.
Status: in_force

A court that extends the rights and powers of a temporary administrator in an order subsequent to the order appointing the temporary administrator may require additional bond commensurate with the extension.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.019 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.019
§ 361.019. APPROVAL OF INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), Class I nonhazardous industrial solid waste and small quantities of hazardous waste generated by conditionally exempt small quantity generators, as defined by the commission, may be accepted in a municipal solid waste facility if:

(1) authorized in writing by, or by rule of, the commission; and

(2) the generator of the Class I nonhazardous waste certifies on an appropriate commission form that the waste is not a hazardous waste.

(b) Except as otherwise prohibited by this chapter, nonhazardous industrial solid waste generated by the mechanical shredding of motor vehicles, appliances, or other items of scrap, used, or obsolete metals shall be accepted, without authorization by the commission under Subsection (a), in a municipal solid waste facility that has previously been authorized to accept and has accepted Class I nonhazardous industrial solid wastes or Class II industrial solid wastes if the waste contains no free liquids, is not a hazardous waste as defined in Section 361.003, and satisfies other criteria that may be established by commission rule. Until the commission adopts rules establishing additional criteria, generators of this type of waste shall satisfy the two criteria described in this subsection when these wastes are disposed of in municipal solid waste facilities.

(c) Municipal solid waste may be accepted in an industrial solid waste facility if authorized in writing by the commission.
Tex. Occupations Code § 301.1582 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 301 / Section 301.1582
§ 301.1582. POISON CONTROL CENTER INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The board shall provide to license holders information regarding the services provided by poison control centers.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6902.203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 6902 / Section 6902.203
§ 6902.203. MATURITY.
Status: in_force

District bonds must mature not later than 40 years after the date of their issuance.
Tex. Local Government Code § 143.108 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 143 / Section 143.108
§ 143.108. PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION GRADES; PROMOTIONAL APPOINTMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Each eligible promotional candidate from the fire or police department who receives a grade of at least 70 points on a promotional examination is considered to have passed that examination.

(b) If an eligibility list exists on the date a vacancy occurs, the vacancy shall be filled by permanent appointment from the eligibility list furnished by the commission within 60 days after the date the vacancy occurs. If an eligibility list does not exist, the vacancy shall be filled within 95 days after the date the vacancy occurs from an eligibility list that the commission shall provide within 90 days after the date the vacancy occurs.

(c) If a fire or police department fails to fill a vacancy by an appointment within the time required by Subsection (b), the fire fighter or police officer who is appointed to fill the vacancy is entitled to receive in a lump-sum payment the difference between the pay that the fire fighter or police officer received during the time that the position was unlawfully vacant and the pay that the fire fighter or police officer would have received if the fire fighter or police officer had been appointed to the position on the latest day provided for the appointment by Subsection (b). The fire fighter's or police officer's seniority rights in the new position also date to the latest day provided for the appointment by Subsection (b).

(d) If the municipality refuses to pay a fire fighter or to grant a fire fighter seniority rights as provided by Subsection (c), a fire fighter may bring an action to recover the pay and seniority rights in a court of competent jurisdiction. A fire fighter who prevails in a suit brought under this subsection is entitled to recover three times the amount to which the fire fighter is entitled under Subsection (c), seniority rights, costs of court, and reasonable attorney fees.

(e) If the municipality refuses to pay a police officer or to grant a police officer seniority rights as provided by Subsection (c), the police officer may bring an action to recover the pay and seniority rights in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (h), Section 143.036, each promotional eligibility list in the fire department remains in existence for two years after the date on which the written examination is given, unless exhausted. At the expiration of the two-year period, the eligibility list expires and a new examination may be held.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.204 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.204
§ 1451.204. CERTAIN CONDUCT PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a dentist may contract directly with a patient to provide dental care services to the patient as authorized by law.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a person providing a health insurance policy or employee benefit plan or an employer or an employee organization may:

(1) make information available to its insureds, beneficiaries, participants, employees, or members regarding dental care services through the distribution of factually accurate information about dental care services and the rates, fees, locations, and hours for the services if the information is distributed on the request of a dentist;

(2) establish an administrative mechanism to facilitate payments for dental care services from an insured, beneficiary, participant, employee, or member to a dentist chosen by the insured, beneficiary, participant, employee, or member; or

(3) nondiscriminatorily pay or reimburse its insured, beneficiary, participant, employee, or member for the cost of dental care services provided by a dentist chosen by the insured, beneficiary, participant, employee, or member.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 506.004 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 506 / Section 506.004
§ 506.004. OFFENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person who violates Section 506.003 commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8513.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8513 / Section 8513.0201
§ 8513.0201. DIRECTORS; TERMS; QUALIFICATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of 12 directors elected as follows:

(1) two directors elected at large from Goliad County;

(2) two directors elected at large from Karnes County;

(3) two directors elected at large from Wilson County;

(4) two directors elected at large from Bexar County; and

(5) one director elected from each single-member district representing the four county commissioner precincts in Bexar County.

(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. An elected director's term begins January 1 following the date of the director's election.

(c) A director must:

(1) be at least 21 years of age;

(2) reside within the authority;

(3) reside in the county from which the director is elected or appointed; and

(4) possess the qualifications of a juror.

(d) A director elected from a single-member district must reside in the district from which the director is elected.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.041 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 171 / Section 171.041
§ 171.041. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the Preborn Pain Act.
Tex. Water Code § 7.168 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 7 / Section 7.168
§ 7.168. INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING VIOLATION RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE AND KNOWING ENDANGERMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person, acting intentionally or knowingly, transports, processes, stores, exports, or disposes of, or causes to be transported, processed, stored, exported, or disposed of, medical waste in violation of Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, and by that action knowingly places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E) or Section 7.187(2)(H) or both. If an offense committed by an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the offense is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(F) or Section 7.187(2)(J) or both.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(F). If an offense committed by a person other than an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the offense is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(G).
Tex. Insurance Code § 847.006 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 847 / Section 847.006
§ 847.006. FILING OF ACCREDITATION REPORT; CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner may require a health benefit plan issuer to submit to the commissioner the accreditation report issued by the national accreditation organization.

(b) An accreditation report submitted under Subsection (a) is proprietary and confidential information under Chapter 552, Government Code, and is not subject to subpoena. The commissioner shall limit the disclosure of the accreditation report to those department employees who need the accreditation report to perform the duties of their job. A department employee may not further disclose the accreditation report.

(c) The national accreditation organization recommendations summary results are not proprietary information and are subject to public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Education Code § 156.008 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 156 / Section 156.008
§ 156.008. BIENNIAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the research coordinating board shall submit a report of the board's activities and recommendations to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer of each legislative standing committee or subcommittee with jurisdiction over higher education.
Tex. Tax Code § 155.209 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 155 / Section 155.209
§ 155.209. TRANSPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Status: in_force

A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) knowingly transports tobacco products subject to the tax under this chapter without the tax being paid;

(2) wilfully refuses to stop a motor vehicle operated to transport tobacco products after a request to stop from an authorized representative of the comptroller; or

(3) while transporting tobacco products, refuses to permit a complete inspection of the cargo by an authorized representative of the comptroller.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8010.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8010 / Section 8010.002
§ 8010.002. 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 § 382.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 382 / Section 382.004
§ 382.004. CONSTRUCTION WHILE PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATION PENDING.
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent permissible under federal law, notwithstanding Section 382.0518, and except as provided by Subsection (c), a person who submits an application for a permit amendment may, at the person's own risk, begin construction related to the application after the executive director has issued a draft permit including the permit amendment.

(b) The commission may not consider construction begun under this section in determining whether to grant the permit amendment sought in the application.

(c) A person may not begin construction under this section if the facility that is the subject of the permit amendment is a concrete batch plant located within 880 yards of a property that is used as a residence.

(d) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Tex. Water Code § 58.655 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 58 / Section 58.655
§ 58.655. IRRIGATING NONIRRIGABLE LAND.
Status: in_force

If land which is classified as nonirrigable is later irrigated by the district, before the owner of the land receives the water, he shall pay to the district an amount equal to the entire amount that would have been charged to the owner if the land had been originally classified as irrigable.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1204.102 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1204 / Section 1204.102
§ 1204.102. REQUIRED CLAIM BILLING FORMS.
Status: in_force

A provider who seeks payment or reimbursement under a health benefit plan and the health benefit plan issuer that issued the plan shall use uniform claim billing form UB-82/HCFA or HCFA 1500, or a successor to one of those forms, as developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee or its successor.
Tex. Property Code § 209.008 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 209 / Section 209.008
§ 209.008. ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) A property owners' association may collect reimbursement of reasonable attorney's fees and other reasonable costs incurred by the association relating to collecting amounts, including damages, due the association for enforcing restrictions or the bylaws or rules of the association only if the owner is provided a written notice that attorney's fees and costs will be charged to the owner if the delinquency or violation continues after a date certain.

(b) An owner is not liable for attorney's fees incurred by the association relating to a matter described by the notice under Section 209.006 if the attorney's fees are incurred before the conclusion of the hearing under Section 209.007 or, if the owner does not request a hearing under that section, before the date by which the owner must request a hearing. The owner's presence is not required to hold a hearing under Section 209.007.

(c) All attorney's fees, costs, and other amounts collected from an owner shall be deposited into an account maintained at a financial institution in the name of the association or its managing agent. Only members of the association's board or its managing agent or employees of its managing agent may be signatories on the account.

(d) On written request from the owner, the association shall provide copies of invoices for attorney's fees and other costs relating only to the matter for which the association seeks reimbursement of fees and costs.

(e) The notice provisions of Subsection (a) do not apply to a counterclaim of an association in a lawsuit brought against the association by a property owner.

(f) If the dedicatory instrument or restrictions of an association allow for nonjudicial foreclosure, the amount of attorney's fees that a property owners' association may include in a nonjudicial foreclosure sale for an indebtedness covered by a property owners' association's assessment lien is limited to the greater of:

(1) one-third of the amount of all actual costs and assessments, excluding attorney's fees, plus interest and court costs, if those amounts are permitted to be included by law or by the restrictive covenants governing the property; or

(2) $2,500.

(g) Subsection (f) does not prevent a property owners' association from recovering or collecting attorney's fees in excess of the amounts prescribed by Subsection (f) by other means provided by law.