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Tex. Tax Code § 111.0626 — TX Code / Code tx / Chapter 111 / Section 111.0626
§ 111.0626. ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN REPORTS.
Status: repealed

(a) The comptroller by rule shall require electronic filing of:

(1) a report required under Chapter 151, 201, or 202, or an international fuel tax agreement, for a taxpayer who is also required under Section 111.0625 to transfer payments by electronic funds transfer; and

(2) a report required under Section 171.204.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 957 , Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.

(b-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the comptroller by rule may require a taxpayer who paid $50,000 or more during the preceding fiscal year to file reports electronically during the current fiscal year. A taxpayer filing a report electronically may use software provided by the comptroller or commercially available software that satisfies requirements prescribed by the comptroller.

(c) A rule adopted under this section must provide for a waiver from the electronic filing requirement for a taxpayer who cannot comply.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1652.101 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1652 / Section 1652.101
§ 1652.101. LOSS RATIO STANDARDS.
Status: in_force

(a) A Medicare supplement benefit plan must return to a plan holder benefits that are reasonable in relation to the premium charged.

(b) The commissioner shall adopt reasonable rules to establish minimum loss ratio standards for Medicare supplement benefit plans. The standards must be established:

(1) on the basis of incurred claims experience and earned premiums for the entire period for which rates are computed to provide coverage;

(2) in accordance with accepted actuarial principles and practices; and

(3) to the extent necessary for the state to obtain or retain certification as a state with an approved regulatory program.
Tex. Estates Code § 113.153 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 113 / Section 113.153
§ 113.153. OWNERSHIP OF TRUST ACCOUNT ON DEATH OF TRUSTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) If the account is a trust account and there is a written agreement signed by the trustee or trustees, on death of the trustee or the survivor of two or more trustees, any sums remaining on deposit belong to:

(1) the person or persons named as beneficiaries, if surviving; or

(2) the survivor of the persons named as beneficiaries if one or more beneficiaries die before the trustee.

(b) If two or more beneficiaries survive, no right of survivorship exists between the surviving beneficiaries unless the terms of the account or deposit agreement expressly provide for survivorship between those beneficiaries.
Tex. Labor Code § 21.207 — TX Code / Code la / Chapter 21 / Section 21.207
§ 21.207. RESOLUTION BY INFORMAL METHODS.
Status: in_force

(a) If a determination of reasonable cause is made under Section 21.206, the commission shall endeavor to eliminate the alleged unlawful employment practice by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion.

(b) Without the written consent of the complainant and respondent, the commission, its executive director, or its other officers or employees may not disclose to the public information about the efforts in a particular case to resolve an alleged discriminatory practice by conference, conciliation, or persuasion, regardless of whether there is a determination of reasonable cause.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1056.205 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1056 / Section 1056.205
§ 1056.205. EXECUTION OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

(a) The board's presiding officer shall execute district bonds in the district's name.

(b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1036.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1036 / Section 1036.051
§ 1036.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The district is governed by a board of five directors.

(b) One director is elected from each commissioners precinct included in the district and two directors are elected from the district at large. If the district is expanded under Subchapter G so that the boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of the county, one director is elected from each commissioners precinct and one director is elected from the district at large. The board shall determine which director position elected from the district at large will convert into a position elected from the additional precinct.

(c) Unless four-year terms are established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code:

(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and

(2) an election shall be held on the uniform election date in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Education Code § 132.024 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 132 / Section 132.024
§ 132.024. STUDENT INFORMATION; OFFENSE; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) "Student" means any prospective, current, or former student of:

(A) a career school or college; or

(B) any other school, educational institution, or business entity from which the commission receives, or regarding which the commission reviews, information through its administration or enforcement of this chapter.

(2) "Student information" means identifying information regarding a student that is in the possession of the commission, a career school or college, or any other school, educational institution, or business entity from which the commission receives, or regarding which the commission reviews, information through its administration or enforcement of this chapter. The term includes:

(A) a student's name, address, telephone number, social security number, e-mail address, or date of birth;

(B) any other identifying number or other information that foreseeably could be combined with other publicly available information to reveal identifying information regarding the student; and

(C) a student's education records, as defined by 34 C.F.R. Section 99.3.

(b) Student information is not public information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code.

(c) Unless permitted by Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Labor Code, 34 C.F.R. Part 99, Subpart D, or commission rule, a person commits an offense if the person solicits, discloses, receives, or uses, or authorizes, permits, participates in, or acquiesces in another person's use of, student information.

(d) An offense under Subsection (c) is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Utilities Code § 104.351 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 104 / Section 104.351
§ 104.351. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Customer" means any person in whose name gas utility service is billed, including individuals, governmental units at all levels of government, corporate entities, and any other entity with legal capacity to be billed for gas service.

(2) "Gas utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 181.021 but does not include a municipally owned utility or gas utility owned by an electric cooperative.

(3) "Nonsubmetered master metered multifamily property" means an apartment, a leased or owner-occupied condominium, or one or more buildings containing at least 10 dwellings that receive gas utility service that is master metered but not submetered.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 17.924 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 17 / Section 17.924
§ 17.924. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR MAIL SOLICITATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) A for-profit entity or individual who mails, or directs another person to mail, a solicitation requesting that the recipient donate clothing or household goods may not subsequently sell the donated items unless the solicitor includes with the mailed solicitation the appropriate disclosure prescribed by this section, prominently displayed in boldfaced type or capital letters in English and Spanish.

(b) If none of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the disclosure required by Subsection (a) must state:

"DONATIONS ARE NOT FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT."

(c) If any of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the disclosure required by Subsection (a) must state:

"DONATIONS TO (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT AND _______ PERCENT (INSERT PERCENTAGE) OF ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION)."

(d) If the for-profit entity or individual pays to a charitable organization a flat fee that is not contingent on the proceeds generated from the sale of the donated items and the for-profit entity or individual retains a percentage of the proceeds from the sale, the disclosure required by Subsection (a) must state:

"SOLICITATIONS FOR DONATIONS ARE MADE BY (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) ON BEHALF OF (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION). Donations will be sold for profit by (name of for-profit entity or individual) and a flat fee of (insert amount) is paid to (name of charitable organization)."
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1020.001 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1020 / Section 1020.001
§ 1020.001. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district.

(2) "Director" means a member of the board.

(3) "District" means the Deaf Smith County Hospital District.

(4) "Hospital system" includes medical or other health care facilities.
Tex. Education Code § 130.019 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 130 / Section 130.019
§ 130.019. SEPARATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES; AD VALOREM TAXES.
Status: in_force

A board of trustees of an independent school district or city school district that has the management, control, and operation of a junior college district may not divest itself of that management, control, and operation of the junior college district under Section 130.016 of this code or have the management, control, and operation of the junior college district divested under Section 130.017 of this code, unless the junior college district has the authority to levy ad valorem taxes for the maintenance of the junior college district or acquires that authority at an election held under Section 130.017.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9501.057 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9501 / Section 9501.057
§ 9501.057. COMPENSATION; CERTIFIED REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioners court and the governing body of the municipality by order or resolution shall set the compensation of members of the commission. The amount of compensation for each member may not exceed $150 for each day that the member attends an official meeting of the commission. The total amount of compensation for each member each month may not exceed $600.

(b) Each member shall submit to the county auditor for each pay period a certified report that describes in detail each time the member attended an official meeting of the commission. The report must be submitted on a date prescribed by the commissioners court and the governing body of the municipality.
Tex. Local Government Code § 375.309 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 375 / Section 375.309
§ 375.309. MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION OF AREA IN AN AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality that creates an authority under this subchapter may annex all or part of the territory located in the authority under Chapter 43.

(b) Annexation of territory located in the authority does not affect the operation of the authority.

(c) Creation of an authority does not:

(1) affect the power of the municipality to designate all or part of an area in the authority as an industrial authority;

(2) limit a power of the municipality conferred by Chapter 42; or

(3) impose a duty on or affect the power of the municipality to provide municipal services to any area in the municipality or its extraterritorial jurisdiction that is in the authority.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1601.1065 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1601 / Section 1601.1065
§ 1601.1065. OPTIONAL BASIC COVERAGE PLAN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS.
Status: in_force

The system may design and offer a separate optional basic coverage plan for employees who are graduate students. The system shall determine the participation eligibility, coverage, payments, contributions, and costs of a plan offered under this section.
Tex. Education Code § 37.089 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 37 / Section 37.089
§ 37.089. ROLE OF PERSONS CARRYING A FIREARM ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a person permitted to carry a firearm on the campus of a school district may not perform the routine law enforcement duties of a peace officer, including making arrests, unless the duty is performed in response to an emergency that poses a threat of death or serious bodily injury to a student, school district employee, or other individual at the district campus.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a commissioned peace officer who is assigned law enforcement duties that are included in campus and district documents describing the role of peace officers in the district as required by Section 37.081(d).
Tex. Election Code § 127.091 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 127 / Section 127.091
§ 127.091. TEST OF TABULATING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The automatic tabulating equipment used for counting ballots in an election shall be tested as provided by this subchapter.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9023.201 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 9023 / Section 9023.201
§ 9023.201. DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter, "municipal territory" means the territory located in the corporate boundaries and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality located in the district.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8820.153 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8820 / Section 8820.153
§ 8820.153. COORDINATION WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The district and any conservation and reclamation district described by Section 8820.151 shall meet to:

(1) coordinate the adoption of rules by each district to promote consistent planning and regulation; and

(2) develop procedures to ensure the expedited exchange of technical and regulatory information between the districts.

(b) The district and a conservation and reclamation district described by Section 8820.151 may enter into one or more agreements to implement this section, including an interlocal contract under Chapter 791, Government Code.
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.022 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 263 / Section 263.022
§ 263.022. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS COURT AFTER PASSAGE OF BOND PROPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) If a bond proposition under Section 263.021 is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the election, the commissioners court of the county shall establish or enlarge a hospital or medical or other health facility as provided in the proposition and maintain the hospital or facility.

(b) In establishing, enlarging, or maintaining a hospital or facility, the commissioners court may:

(1) purchase or lease real or personal property or acquire real property and easements to real property by condemnation;

(2) purchase or construct any necessary buildings;

(3) make necessary improvements, repairs, and alterations to an existing building;

(4) impose property taxes in the county for all necessary expenditures related to the hospital or facility, including maintenance expenses;

(5) issue county bonds to provide funds to establish, enlarge, and equip the hospital or facility or make any necessary permanent improvements in connection with the hospital or facility; and

(6) accept and hold a grant or devise of land or a gift or bequest of money or personal property in trust for the county and apply the principal or income, or both, for the benefit of the hospital or facility and in accordance with the terms of the gift.

(c) Subject to this chapter, the commissioners court may purchase or lease real or personal property, or both, in an adjacent county if the court considers the purchase or lease necessary for hospital purposes. The commissioners court may not acquire real property in an adjacent county by condemnation.
Tex. Education Code § 87.571 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 87 / Section 87.571
§ 87.571. ESTABLISHMENT; POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Texas A&M University--Texarkana is a coeducational institution of higher education located in the City of Texarkana. The university is a component of The Texas A&M University System and is under the management and control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.

(b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning the university as are conferred on the board by law concerning Texas A&M University. The university may offer lower-division courses, but is not required to do so in any academic year for which the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose.

(c) The university may offer lower-division courses on the campus of Texarkana College or in a permanent building located on property acquired by the university for a permanently relocated campus. The university may not offer lower-division courses on the campus of Texarkana College without prior approval from Texarkana College.

(d) A student enrolled at Texarkana College may be simultaneously enrolled at the university as long as the student meets the requirements for enrollment at the university.
Tex. Local Government Code § 243.003 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 243 / Section 243.003
§ 243.003. AUTHORITY TO REGULATE.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order of the commissioners court may adopt regulations regarding sexually oriented businesses as the municipality or county considers necessary to promote the public health, safety, or welfare.

(b) A regulation adopted by a municipality applies only inside the municipality's corporate limits.

(c) A regulation adopted by a county applies only to the parts of the county outside the corporate limits of a municipality.

(d) In adopting a regulation, a municipality that has in effect a comprehensive zoning ordinance adopted under Chapter 211 must comply with all applicable procedural requirements of that chapter if the regulation is within the scope of that chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 1151.001 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 1151 / Section 1151.001
§ 1151.001. SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Property Taxation Professional Certification Act.
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.754 — TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 42A / Section 42A.754
§ 42A.754. AUTHORITY TO REVOKE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.
Status: in_force

Only the court in which the defendant was tried may revoke the defendant's community supervision unless the judge has transferred jurisdiction of the case to another court under Article 42A.151.
Tex. Government Code § 855.207 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 855 / Section 855.207
§ 855.207. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees shall determine the amount of compensation that employees of the retirement system receive.
Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 82.205 — TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 82 / Section 82.205
§ 82.205. LAND PURCHASE; PRIVATE.
Status: in_force

The department may enter on, condemn, and appropriate not more than 12 sections of land belonging to any person or corporation in Culberson and Hudspeth counties for the purpose stated in this subchapter.
Tex. Education Code § 48.279 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 48 / Section 48.279
§ 48.279. MAINTENANCE OF STATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

(a) Funds appropriated for purposes of this section or transferred in accordance with this section are state funds for purposes of compliance with the requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support for special education under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18). The commissioner shall identify the amount of funding described by this subsection and separate that amount from other funding provided under this chapter.

(b) If the commissioner determines that the total amount of funding for special education for a school year that ends during the first state fiscal year of a state fiscal biennium is less than the amount required to comply with requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18), the commissioner shall use funds appropriated for the Foundation School Program for the second state fiscal year of that biennium to increase funding for special education for the first state fiscal year of that biennium in an amount necessary to ensure compliance with that provision.

(c) If the commissioner determines that the total amount of funding for special education for a school year that ends during the second state fiscal year of a state fiscal biennium is less than the amount required to comply with requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18), the commissioner shall submit to the legislature an estimate of the amount of funding needed to comply with that provision for that state fiscal year.

(d) If federal funds are withheld for a school year due to noncompliance with requirements regarding maintenance of state financial support under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(18), the commissioner shall use for that school year an amount of funds described by Subsection (a) equal to the amount of withheld funds in the same manner and for the same purposes as the withheld funds would have been provided.

(e) After the commissioner has replaced any withheld federal funds as provided by Subsection (d), the commissioner shall distribute the remaining amount, if any, of funds described by Subsection (a) to proportionately increase funding for the special education allotment under Section 48.102.

(e) After the commissioner has replaced any withheld federal funds as provided by Subsection (d), the commissioner shall distribute the remaining amount, if any, of funds described by Subsection (a) to proportionately increase funding for the special education allotment under Section 48.102 and the special education service group allotment under Section 48.1021.

(f) In complying with Subsection (d), the commissioner may implement any program necessary to ensure the use of funds in accordance with that subsection.
Tex. Education Code § 153.007 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 153 / Section 153.007
§ 153.007. NO FIDUCIARY DUTY.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, a governing board, an institution of higher education, a university system, a center, or any employee or member of those entities does not owe a fiduciary duty to any person claiming an interest in consideration received by a university system or an institution of higher education in exchange for technology.