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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.016 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 81 / Section 81.016
§ 81.016. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT RESERVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "division" means the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

(b) The division shall establish the Personal Protective Equipment Reserve Advisory Committee composed of the following members appointed by the division:

(1) one representative of an association representing different types of hospitals and health systems;

(2) one representative of an association representing nursing facilities;

(3) one representative of an association representing primary care clinics;

(4) one representative of an association representing nurses;

(5) one representative of an association representing home hospice care providers;

(6) one representative of a statewide association representing physicians;

(7) two representatives of labor organizations that represent essential personnel;

(8) one representative from the personal protective equipment manufacturing industry;

(9) one consumer representative;

(10) one representative from an association representing counties;

(11) one representative of a regional advisory council from one of this state's trauma service areas;

(12) one representative from the department;

(13) one representative from the division; and

(14) one representative from the commission.

(c) The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the division as necessary on:

(1) the procurements needed for a statewide personal protective equipment reserve;

(2) the storage of the equipment in the reserve; and

(3) the distribution of the equipment to health care workers and essential personnel.

(d) This section expires and the advisory committee is abolished September 1, 2023.During a public health disaster, the department shall timely make available to the public on the department's Internet website, in an easy-to-read format, all available de-identified public health data regarding the public health disaster. The department must present data related to individuals as summary statistics consistent with the confidentiality provisions of Sections 81.046, 161.0073, and 161.008.
Tex. Transportation Code § 452.718 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 452 / Section 452.718
§ 452.718. RESULTS OF ELECTION IN CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITIES.
Status: in_force

After the confirmation election for a subregional authority created by a contiguous municipality, the governing body of the contiguous municipality shall adopt an order declaring, according to the results of the confirmation election, that the subregional authority is confirmed or ceases to exist. If the subregional authority ceases to exist, the governing body of the contiguous municipality shall record an order in its minutes so declaring and file a certified copy of the order with the Texas Department of Transportation. On the filing the subregional authority is dissolved.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.508 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.508
§ 361.508. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A source reduction and waste minimization plan shall be maintained at each facility owned or operated by a person who is subject to this subchapter and shall be available to commission personnel for inspection. The source reduction and waste minimization plan is not a public record for the purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code.

(b) The executive summary and the annual report are public records. On request, the person shall make available to the public a copy of the executive summary or annual report.

(c) If an owner or operator of a facility for which a source reduction and waste minimization plan has been prepared shows to the satisfaction of the commission that an executive summary, annual report, or portion of a summary or report prepared under this subchapter would divulge a trade secret if made public, the commission shall classify as confidential the summary, report, or portion of the summary or report.

(d) To the extent that a plan, executive summary, annual report, or portion of a plan, summary, or annual report would otherwise qualify as a trade secret, an action by the commission or an employee of the commission does not affect its status as a trade secret.

(e) Information classified by the commission as confidential under this section is not a public record for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be used in a public hearing or disclosed to a person outside the commission unless a court decides that the information is necessary for the determination of an issue being decided at the public hearing.
Tex. Insurance Code § 424.063 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 424 / Section 424.063
§ 424.063.
Status: in_force

Sec. 424.063. AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS: MUTUAL FUNDS. An insurer may invest the insurer's funds in excess of minimum capital and surplus in shares of a mutual fund engaged in business under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. Section 80a-1 et seq.), as amended, if:

(1) the mutual fund is solvent and has at least $1 million of net assets as of the date of the mutual fund's latest annual or more recent certified audited financial statement; and

(2) the amount of the insurer's investment in a single mutual fund does not exceed 15 percent of the insurer's capital and surplus.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7934.004 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7934 / Section 7934.004
§ 7934.004. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 7934.003 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. Estates Code § 255.051 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 255 / Section 255.051
§ 255.051. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "pretermitted child" means a testator's child who is born or adopted:

(1) during the testator's lifetime or after the testator's death; and

(2) after the execution of the testator's will.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 6.103 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 6 / Section 6.103
§ 6.103. RECORD DATE FOR SUSPENDED DISTRIBUTIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "distribution" includes a distribution that:

(1) was payable to an owner or member but not paid and was held in suspension by the entity making the distribution; or

(2) is paid or delivered by the entity making the distribution into an escrow account or to a trustee or custodian.

(b) A distribution made by a domestic entity shall be payable by the entity, or an escrow agent, trustee, or custodian of the distribution, to the owner or member determined on the record date for the distribution as provided by this subchapter.

(c) The right to a distribution under this section may be transferred by contract, by operation of law, or under the laws of descent and distribution.
Tex. Government Code § 31.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 31 / Section 31.003
§ 31.003. LIMITATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The total of additional compensation authorized by this chapter to be paid to the individual justices of a court of appeals district may not exceed the total additional compensation authorized to be paid to any district judge residing within the same court of appeals district.

(b) The combined salary of each associate justice and chief justice of the courts of appeals is subject to the salary differentials provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 659.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.383 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 401 / Section 401.383
§ 401.383. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR CERTAIN ACTS RELATED TO LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly receives, processes, concentrates, stores, transports, or disposes of low-level radioactive waste without a license issued under this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, unless it is shown at the trial of the person that the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, in which event the offense is punishable by a fine of not less than $2,000 or more than $100,000, confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, or both.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8384.006 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8384 / Section 8384.006
§ 8384.006. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.

(b) The boundaries and field notes contained in Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter form a closure. A mistake made in the field notes or in copying the field notes in the legislative process does not affect the district's:

(1) organization, existence, or validity;

(2) right to issue any type of bond for the purposes for which the district is created or to pay the principal of and interest on a bond;

(3) right to impose a tax; or

(4) legality or operation.
Tex. Tax Code § 111.064 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.064
§ 111.064. INTEREST ON REFUND OR CREDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, for a refund under this chapter, interest is at the rate that is the lesser of the annual rate of interest earned on deposits in the state treasury during November of the previous calendar year, as determined by the comptroller, or the rate set in Section 111.060, and accrues on the amount found to be erroneously paid for a period:

(1) beginning on the later of 60 days after the date of payment or the due date of the tax report; and

(2) ending on, as determined by the comptroller, either the date of allowance of credit on account of the comptroller's final decision or audit or a date not more than 10 days before the date of the refund warrant.

(b) A credit taken by a taxpayer on the taxpayer's return does not accrue interest.

(c) For a refund claimed before September 1, 2005, and granted for a report period due on or after January 1, 2000, the rate of interest is the rate set in Section 111.060.

(c-1) A refund, without regard to the date claimed, for a report period due before January 1, 2000, does not accrue interest.

(d) This section does not apply to an amount paid to the comptroller under Title 6, Property Code, or under an agreement made under Section 162.003.

(e) All warrants for interest payments shall be drawn against the fund or account into which the erroneously paid tax was deposited. The interest shall be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose.

(f) A local revenue fund is not subject to Subsections (a)-(c-1). In this subsection, "local revenue fund" includes a court cost, a fee, a fine, or a similar charge collected by a municipality, a county, or a court of this state and remitted to the comptroller.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.34 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.34
§ 61.34. APPEAL FROM DENIAL.
Status: repealed

(a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 411(a)(12), eff. December 31, 2020.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 411(a)(12), eff. December 31, 2020.

(c) If a license is issued on the basis of a district court judgment and that judgment is reversed on appeal, the mandate of the appellate court automatically invalidates the license and the applicant is entitled to a proportionate refund of fees for the unexpired portion of the license. As much of the proceeds from license fees collected under this subtitle as is necessary may be appropriated for the payment of those refunds.

(d) A person appealing from an order denying a license shall give bond for all costs incident to the appeal and shall be required to pay those costs if the judgment on appeal is unfavorable to the applicant, but not otherwise. A bond is not required on appeals filed on behalf of the state.
Tex. Family Code § 264.131 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 264 / Section 264.131
§ 264.131. USE OF FOSTER CHILD DNA FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The department may not collect or use a DNA sample from a child in the managing conservatorship of the department for any purpose without:

(1) the written consent of an adult having actual care, control, and possession of the child as the child's primary caregiver; or

(2) a court order.
Tex. Penal Code § 38.06 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 38 / Section 38.06
§ 38.06. ESCAPE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person escapes from custody when the person is:

(1) under arrest for, lawfully detained for, charged with, or convicted of an offense;

(2) in custody pursuant to a lawful order of a court;

(3) detained in a secure detention facility, as that term is defined by Section 51.02, Family Code; or

(4) in the custody of a juvenile probation officer for violating an order imposed by the juvenile court under Section 52.01, Family Code.

(b) Except as provided in Subsections (c), (d), and (e), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the actor:

(1) is under arrest for, charged with, or convicted of a felony;

(2) is confined or lawfully detained in a secure correctional facility or law enforcement facility; or

(3) is committed to or lawfully detained in a secure correctional facility, as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code, other than a halfway house, operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree if the actor to effect his escape causes bodily injury.

(e) An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree if to effect his escape the actor:

(1) causes serious bodily injury; or

(2) uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon.
Tex. Education Code § 28.026 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 28 / Section 28.026
§ 28.026. NOTICE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATIC COLLEGE ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL AID.
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of a school district and the governing body of each open-enrollment charter school that provides a high school shall require each high school in the district or provided by the charter school, as applicable, to post appropriate signs in each school counselor's office, in each principal's office, and in each administrative building indicating the substance of Section 51.803 regarding automatic college admission and stating the curriculum requirements for financial aid authorized under Title 3. To assist in the dissemination of that information, the district or charter school shall:

(1) require that each school counselor and class advisor at a high school be provided a detailed explanation of the substance of Section 51.803 and the curriculum requirements for financial aid authorized under Title 3;

(2) provide each district or school student, at the time the student first registers for one or more classes required for high school graduation, with a written notification, including a detailed explanation in plain language, of the substance of Section 51.803, the curriculum requirements for financial aid authorized under Title 3, and the benefits of completing the requirements for that automatic admission and financial aid;

(3) require that each school counselor and senior class advisor at a high school explain to eligible students the substance of Section 51.803; and

(4) not later than the 14th day after the last day of classes for the fall semester or an equivalent date in the case of a school operated on a year-round system under Section 25.084, provide each senior student eligible under Section 51.803 and each student enrolled in the junior year of high school who has a grade point average in the top 10 percent of the student's high school class, and the student's parent or guardian, with a written notification of the student's eligibility with a detailed explanation in plain language of the substance of Section 51.803.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt forms, including specific language, to use in providing notice under Subsections (a)(2) and (4). In providing notice under Subsection (a)(2) or (4), a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall use the appropriate form adopted by the commissioner. The notice to a student and the student's parent or guardian under Subsections (a)(2) and (4) must be on a single form that contains signature lines to indicate receipt of notice by the student and the student's parent or guardian. The notice under Subsection (a)(2) must be signed by the student's counselor in addition to being signed by the student and the student's parent or guardian.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.712 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.712
§ 82.712. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as permitted under Subsections (b) and (c) of this section, no person may possess, shoot, or hunt with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow in the game sanctuary created by Section 82.711 of this code.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a peace officer of this state, a law enforcement officer of the United States, or a member of the armed forces of the United States or of this state during the time that the officer or member is in the actual discharge of official duties.

(c) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to waterfowl hunting on any reservoir owned, operated, or maintained by a governmental entity now existing or to be constructed on said rivers.
Tex. Local Government Code § 118.059 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 118 / Section 118.059
§ 118.059. ISSUING DOCUMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The fee for "Issuing Document" under Section 118.052(3) is for issuing an original document and one copy and includes recording the return of the document.

(b) The fee for issuing for the same action at the same time more than one set of an original and one copy of the same document includes recording the return of the document. The fee must be paid at the time the order is placed.

(c) In this section, "document" includes a subpoena, citation, notice, commission to take depositions, execution, order, writ, process, or other instrument or paper authorized or required to be issued by the clerk.
Tex. Local Government Code § 241.011 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 241 / Section 241.011
§ 241.011. AIRPORT HAZARD AREA ZONING REGULATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) To prevent the creation of an airport hazard, a political subdivision in which an airport hazard area is located may adopt, administer, and enforce, under its police power, airport hazard area zoning regulations for the airport hazard area.

(b) The airport hazard area zoning regulations may divide an airport hazard area into zones and for each zone:

(1) specify the land uses permitted;

(2) regulate the type of structures; and

(3) restrict the height of structures and objects of natural growth to prevent the creation of an obstruction to flight operations or air navigation.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8057.0502 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8057 / Section 8057.0502
§ 8057.0502. TAXES FOR BONDS.
Status: in_force

At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, while all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Tex. Labor Code § 408.081 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 408 / Section 408.081
§ 408.081. INCOME BENEFITS.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee is entitled to timely and accurate income benefits as provided in this chapter.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by this section or this subtitle, income benefits shall be paid weekly as and when they accrue without order from the commissioner. Interest on accrued but unpaid benefits shall be paid, without order of the commissioner, at the time the accrued benefits are paid.

(c) The commissioner by rule shall establish requirements for agreements under which income benefits may be paid monthly. Income benefits may be paid monthly only:

(1) on the request of the employee and the agreement of the employee and the insurance carrier; and

(2) in compliance with the requirements adopted by the commissioner.

(d) An employee's entitlement to income benefits under this chapter terminates on the death of the employee. An interest in future income benefits does not survive after the employee's death.
Tex. Tax Code § 11.254 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 11 / Section 11.254
§ 11.254. MOTOR VEHICLE USED FOR PRODUCTION OF INCOME AND FOR PERSONAL ACTIVITIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an individual is entitled to an exemption from taxation of one motor vehicle owned by the individual that is used in the course of the individual's occupation or profession and is also used for personal activities of the owner that do not involve the production of income.

(b) In this section, "motor vehicle" means a passenger car or light truck as those terms are defined by Section 502.001, Transportation Code.

(c) A person who has been granted or applied for an exemption under this section may not apply for another exemption under this section until after the application or exemption has been denied.

(d) This section does not apply to a motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8073.0203 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8073 / Section 8073.0203
§ 8073.0203. AUTHORITY FOR ROAD PROJECTS.
Status: in_force

Under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may design, acquire, construct, finance, issue bonds for, improve, operate, maintain, and convey to this state, a county, or a municipality for operation and maintenance macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm drainage, in aid of those roads.
Tex. Tax Code § 171.564 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 171 / Section 171.564
§ 171.564. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN LOW INCOME HOUSING PLAN.
Status: in_force

The department shall include in the low income housing plan under Section 2306.0721, Government Code, information relating to the performance of the credit during the previous calendar year. The information must:

(1) specify the number of qualified developments for which allocation certificates were issued during the year and the total number of units supported by the developments;

(2) describe each qualified development for which an allocation certificate was issued during the year, including:

(A) location;

(B) household type;

(C) available demographic information for the residents intended to be served by the development;

(D) the income levels intended to be served by the development; and

(E) the rents or set-asides authorized for the development;

(3) include housing market and demographic information to demonstrate how the qualified developments, supported by the tax credits under this subchapter and Chapter 233, Insurance Code, are addressing the need for affordable housing in their communities; and

(4) analyze any remaining disparities in the affordability of housing within those communities.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8884.054 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8884 / Section 8884.054
§ 8884.054. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Section 8884.052(d), to be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as director at large, a person must be a registered voter of the district.

(b) To be a candidate for or to serve as director from a county commissioners precinct, a person must be a registered voter of that precinct.