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Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3878.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3878 / Section 3878.003
§ 3878.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT.
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 Harris County, the City of Houston, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, 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 area of the district.

(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve Harris County or the City of Houston from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of this Act to the area in the district or to release the county or the city from the obligations of each entity to provide services to that area. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant the county or city services provided in the area in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8845.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8845 / Section 8845.151
§ 8845.151. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX; ELECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The district may annually impose an ad valorem tax on property in the district for use in maintaining district facilities and paying district operating expenses.

(b) The district may not impose a maintenance and operations tax until it is approved by a majority vote of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.

(c) The directors shall publish notice of a maintenance and operations tax election at least one time in a newspaper or newspapers that have general circulation in the district. The notice must be published before the 30th day preceding the date of the election.

(d) The directors shall declare the result of a maintenance and operations tax election.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8495.106 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8495 / Section 8495.106
§ 8495.106. 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. Estates Code § 356.101 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 356 / Section 356.101
§ 356.101. ORDER FOR SALE.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), on the application of the personal representative of an estate or any interested person, the court may order the sale of any estate personal property not required to be sold by Section 356.051, including livestock or growing or harvested crops, if the court finds that the sale of the property is in the estate's best interest to pay, from the proceeds of the sale:

(1) expenses of administration;

(2) the decedent's funeral expenses;

(3) expenses of the decedent's last illness;

(4) allowances; or

(5) claims against the estate.

(b) The court may not order under this section the sale of exempt property or property that is the subject of a specific legacy.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3933.302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3933 / Section 3933.302
§ 3933.302. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TAX.
Status: in_force

(a) If authorized by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held under Section 3933.301, 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.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), Section 49.107(f), Water Code, does not apply to the district.
Tex. Water Code § 56.755 — TX Code / Code wa / Chapter 56 / Section 56.755
§ 56.755. NOTICE AND PROCEDURE OF ELECTION.
Status: in_force

The notice of the election, the manner and the time of giving the notice, the manner of holding the election, and qualifications of the voters are governed by Subchapter E, Chapter 58.
Tex. Labor Code § 402.077 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 402 / Section 402.077
§ 402.077. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

(a) The division shall provide education on best practices for return-to-work programs and workplace safety.

(b) The division shall evaluate and develop the most efficient, cost-effective procedures for implementing this section.
Tex. Government Code § 551.090 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 551 / Section 551.090
§ 551.090. ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not require an enforcement committee appointed by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy to conduct an open meeting to investigate and deliberate a disciplinary action under Subchapter K, Chapter 901, Occupations Code, relating to the enforcement of Chapter 901 or the rules of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.
Tex. Family Code § 162.413 — TX Code / Code fa / Chapter 162 / Section 162.413
§ 162.413. COUNSELING.
Status: in_force

The applicant must participate in counseling for not less than one hour with a social worker or mental health professional with expertise in postadoption counseling after the administrator has accepted the application for registration and before the release of confidential information.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 172.106 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 172 / Section 172.106
§ 172.106. PLACE OF ARBITRATION.
Status: in_force

(a) The parties may agree on the place of arbitration.

(b) If the parties do not agree, the arbitration tribunal shall determine the place of arbitration considering the circumstances of the case, including the convenience of the parties.

(c) Except as agreed by each party, the arbitration tribunal may meet at any place it considers appropriate for:

(1) consultation among its members;

(2) hearing of witnesses, experts, or the parties; or

(3) inspection of documents, goods, or other property.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3945.0604 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3945 / Section 3945.0604
§ 3945.0604. TAX AFTER MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to the district after a municipality annexes part of the territory in the district and imposes the municipality's sales and use tax in the annexed territory.

(b) If at the time of annexation the district has outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, Section 321.102(g), Tax Code, applies to the district.

(c) If at the time of annexation the district does not have outstanding debt or other obligations payable wholly or partly from district sales and use tax revenue, the district may:

(1) exclude the annexed territory from the district, if the district has no outstanding debt or other obligations payable from any source; or

(2) reduce the sales and use tax in the annexed territory by resolution or order of the board to a rate that, when added to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the municipality in the annexed territory, is equal to the sales and use tax rate imposed by the district in the district territory that was not annexed by the municipality.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8227.003 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8227 / Section 8227.003
§ 8227.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Status: in_force

All land and other property in the district will benefit from the improvements and services to be provided by the district.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 754.026 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 754 / Section 754.026
§ 754.026. DISCLOSURE OF E-MAIL ADDRESS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, an e-mail address provided to the department relating to an inspection or review of plans under this chapter is not confidential and is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Tex. Property Code § 12.004 — TX Code / Code pr / Chapter 12 / Section 12.004
§ 12.004. FOREIGN DEED.
Status: in_force

If written evidence of title to land has been filed outside the county in which the land is located or outside the state, a copy of the written evidence may be recorded in the county in which the land is located if:

(1) the original was properly executed and recorded under the law governing the recording; and

(2) the copy is certified by the officer having legal custody of the original.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.052 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.052
§ 1501.052. TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The Texas Health Benefits Purchasing Cooperative is a nonprofit corporation established to make health care coverage available to small and large employers and their eligible employees and the eligible employees' dependents.

(b) The Texas cooperative is administered by a board of trustees of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two members must represent employers, two members must represent employees, and one member must represent the public.

(c) Members of the board of trustees serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of one or two members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(d) A member of the board of trustees may not be compensated for serving on the board but is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in performing functions as a member of the board as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3811.152 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3811 / Section 3811.152
§ 3811.152. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Finance Code § 94.152 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 94 / Section 94.152
§ 94.152. ADVANCES ARE LIEN ON PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

A payment under Section 94.151 is a lien against the real property that secures the loan for which it is made.
Tex. Insurance Code § 404.004 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 404 / Section 404.004
§ 404.004. CONSTRUCTION WITH LAW RELATING TO CAPITAL AND SURPLUS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner's authority under Section 404.003 to require an increase in an insurer's capital and surplus by contribution, and any capital and surplus requirements imposed by the commissioner under that section, prevail over:

(1) the capital and surplus requirements of:

(A) Sections 822.054, 822.201-822.203, 822.205, 822.210-822.212, 841.054, 841.201, 841.204, 841.205, 841.207, 884.206, 884.308, and 884.309; and

(B) Subchapter G, Chapter 841;

(2) any other provision of this code or other law establishing capital and surplus requirements for insurers; and

(3) any rule adopted under a law described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
Tex. Estates Code § 351.153 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 351 / Section 351.153
§ 351.153. RECOVERY OF CERTAIN EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

On proof satisfactory to the court, a personal representative of an estate is entitled to all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the representative in:

(1) collecting or attempting to collect a claim or debt owed to the estate; or

(2) recovering or attempting to recover property to which the estate has a title or claim.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3877.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3877 / Section 3877.201
§ 3877.201. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY.
Status: in_force

The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of the district's money.
Tex. Penal Code § 47.02 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 47 / Section 47.02
§ 47.02. GAMBLING.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if he:

(1) makes a bet on the partial or final result of a game or contest or on the performance of a participant in a game or contest;

(2) makes a bet on the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election or on the degree of success of any nominee, appointee, or candidate; or

(3) plays and bets for money or other thing of value at any game played with cards, dice, balls, or any other gambling device.

(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:

(1) the actor engaged in gambling in a private place;

(2) no person received any economic benefit other than personal winnings; and

(3) except for the advantage of skill or luck, the risks of losing and the chances of winning were the same for all participants.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor reasonably believed that the conduct:

(1) was permitted under Chapter 2001, Occupations Code;

(2) was permitted under Chapter 2002, Occupations Code;

(3) was permitted under Chapter 2004, Occupations Code;

(4) consisted entirely of participation in the state lottery authorized by the State Lottery Act (Chapter 466, Government Code);

(5) was permitted under Subtitle A-1, Title 13, Occupations Code (Texas Racing Act); or

(6) consisted entirely of participation in a drawing for the opportunity to participate in a hunting, fishing, or other recreational event conducted by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

(d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(e) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that a person played for something of value other than money using an electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical contrivance excluded from the definition of "gambling device" under Section 47.01(4)(B).
Tex. Insurance Code § 1501.605 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1501 / Section 1501.605
§ 1501.605. MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION OR PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) A large employer health benefit plan issuer may require a large employer to meet a minimum contribution or participation requirement as a condition of issuance or renewal in accordance with the issuer's usual and customary practices for all the issuer's employer health benefit plans in this state.

(b) A participation requirement may determine the percentage of eligible employees who meet the participation criteria and who must be enrolled in the health benefit plan.

(c) A large employer health benefit plan issuer may apply a participation requirement to a large employer's eligible employees, but may not apply the requirement to eligible dependents of those employees.

(d) A participation requirement must be stated in the health benefit plan contract and must be applied uniformly to each large employer offered or issued coverage by a large employer health benefit plan issuer in this state.
Tex. Tax Code § 6.063 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 6 / Section 6.063
§ 6.063. FINANCIAL AUDIT.
Status: in_force

(a) At least once each year, the board of directors of an appraisal district shall have prepared an audit of its affairs by an independent certified public accountant or a firm of independent certified public accountants.

(b) The report of the audit is a public record. A copy of the report shall be delivered to the presiding officer of the governing body of each taxing unit eligible to vote on the appointment of district directors, and a reasonable number of copies shall be available for inspection at the appraisal office.
Tex. Transportation Code § 225.0402 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 225 / Section 225.0402
§ 225.0402. PRESTON TRAIL HIGHWAY.
Status: in_force

(a) State Highway 289 is designated as the Preston Trail Highway.

(b) Subject to Section 225.021(c), the department shall design and construct markers indicating the highway number, the designation as the Preston Trail Highway, and any other appropriate information. The department shall erect a marker at each end of the highway and at appropriate intermediate sites along the highway.
Tex. Estates Code § 305.055 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 305 / Section 305.055
§ 305.055. FILING AND RECORDING OF OATH OR DECLARATION.
Status: in_force

An oath or declaration shall be:

(1) filed with the clerk of the court granting the letters testamentary or of administration, as applicable; and

(2) recorded in the judge's probate docket.
Tex. Transportation Code § 502.156 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 502 / Section 502.156
§ 502.156. STATEMENT REQUIRED FOR REBUILT VEHICLES.
Status: in_force

A county assessor-collector shall require an applicant for registration of a rebuilt vehicle to provide a statement that the vehicle is rebuilt and that states the name of each person from whom the parts used in assembling the vehicle were obtained.
Tex. Labor Code § 207.091 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 207 / Section 207.091
§ 207.091. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Benefit" includes amounts payable by the commission under an agreement entered under federal law that provides for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment.

(2) "Child support obligation" includes only an obligation that is enforced under a plan described by Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 654) that has been approved by the secretary of health and human services under Subtitle IV, Part D, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.).

(3) "State or local child support enforcement agency" means an agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state operating under a plan described by Subdivision (2).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1120.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1120 / Section 1120.153
§ 1120.153. AMENDMENT OF BUDGET.
Status: in_force

After the budget is adopted, the budget may be amended on the board's approval.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9088.0201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9088 / Section 9088.0201
§ 9088.0201. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

To accomplish the sole purpose of reclaiming and draining the district's overflowed land and other land needing drainage, the district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided by general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3946.056 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3946 / Section 3946.056
§ 3946.056. DIRECTOR'S OATH OR AFFIRMATION.
Status: in_force

A director shall file the director's oath or affirmation of office with the district, and the district shall retain the oath or affirmation in the district records.
Tex. Government Code § 2306.591 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2306 / Section 2306.591
§ 2306.591. MANUFACTURED HOMES INSTALLED IN COLONIAS.
Status: in_force

(a) For a manufactured home to be approved for installation and use as a dwelling in a colonia:

(1) the home must be a HUD-code manufactured home, as defined by Section 1201.003, Occupations Code;

(2) the home must be habitable, as described by Section 1201.453, Occupations Code; and

(3) ownership of the home must be properly recorded with the manufactured housing division of the department.

(b) An owner of a manufactured home is not eligible to participate in a grant loan program offered by the department, including the single-family mortgage revenue bond program under Section 2306.142, unless the owner complies with Subsection (a).
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 11002.151 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 11002 / Section 11002.151
§ 11002.151. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "receiving entity" means the entity that holds a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utility Commission of Texas for the territory included in the district.
Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 61.02 — TX Code / Code al / Chapter 61 / Section 61.02
§ 61.02. NATURE OF LICENSE; SUCCESSION ON DEATH, BANKRUPTCY, ETC.
Status: in_force

(a) A license issued under this code is a purely personal privilege and is subject to revocation as provided in this code. It is not property, is not subject to execution, does not pass by descent or distribution, and ceases on the death of the holder.

(b) On the death of the licensee or of a person having an interest in the license, or on bankruptcy, receivership, or partnership dissolution, the receiver or successor in interest may apply to the county judge of the county where the licensed premises are located for certification that he is the receiver or successor in interest. On certification, unless good cause for refusal is shown, the commission or administrator shall grant permission, by letter or otherwise, for the receiver or successor in interest to operate the business during the unexpired portion of the license. The license may not be renewed, but the receiver or successor in interest may apply for an original license. A receiver or successor in interest operating for the unexpired portion of the license is subject to the provisions of this code relating to the suspension or cancellation of a license.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1082.114 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1082 / Section 1082.114
§ 1082.114. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the district to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The board shall require the sheriff of Nolan County or the police chief of the City of Sweetwater, as appropriate, to reimburse the district for the district's care and treatment of a person who is confined in a jail facility of Nolan County or the City of Sweetwater, as appropriate, and is not a district resident.

(c) The board may contract with the state or federal government for that government to reimburse the district for treatment of a sick or injured person.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 62.1511 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 62 / Section 62.1511
§ 62.1511. COVERAGE FOR MATERNAL DEPRESSION SCREENING.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, "maternal depression" means depression of any severity with postpartum onset.

(b) The covered services under the child health plan must include a maternal depression screening for an enrollee's mother, regardless of whether the mother is also an enrollee, that is performed during a covered well-child or other office visit for the enrollee that occurs before the enrollee's first birthday.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. The rules must be based on:

(1) clinical and empirical evidence concerning maternal depression; and

(2) information provided by relevant physicians and behavioral health organizations.

(d) The commission shall seek, accept, and spend any federal funds that are available for the purposes of this section, including priority funding authorized by Section 317L-1 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), as added by the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255).
Tex. Insurance Code § 4005.104 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 4005 / Section 4005.104
§ 4005.104. HEARING.
Status: in_force

(a) If the department proposes to deny an application for an original license or to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of a license, the applicant or license holder is entitled to a hearing conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings as provided by Chapter 40.

(b) Notice of the hearing shall be provided to:

(1) the applicant or license holder; and

(2) any insurer indicated on the application as desiring that the license be issued.