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Tex. Education Code § 38.201 — TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 38 / Section 38.201
§ 38.201. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:

(1) "Advisory committee" means the committee established under Section 38.202.

(2) "Anaphylaxis" means a sudden, severe, and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that occurs when a person is exposed to an allergen.

(3) "Epinephrine auto-injector" means a disposable medical drug delivery device that contains a premeasured single dose of epinephrine that is intended to be used to treat anaphylaxis.

(3-a) "Epinephrine delivery system" means a medical delivery device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration that delivers a dose of epinephrine intended for use to treat anaphylaxis, including:

(A) an epinephrine auto-injector; and

(B) an epinephrine nasal spray.

(3-b) "Medication for respiratory distress" means albuterol, levalbuterol, or another medication designated by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission for treatment of respiratory distress under Section 38.208(c).

(4) "Physician" means a person who holds a license to practice medicine in this state.

(5) "Private school" means a school that:

(A) offers a course of instruction for students in one or more grades from prekindergarten through grade 12;

(B) is not operated by a governmental entity; and

(C) is not a school whose students meet the definition provided by Section 29.916(a)(1).

(6) "School personnel" means an employee of a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school. The term includes a member of the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school or private school.
Tex. Insurance Code § 1505.008 — TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1505 / Section 1505.008
§ 1505.008. EXEMPTION FROM PREMIUM TAXES.
Status: in_force

Each premium received for group insurance coverage authorized by this chapter is exempt from any premium tax imposed by any other law of this state.
Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 2.724 — TX Code / Code bc / Chapter 2 / Section 2.724
§ 2.724. ADMISSIBILITY OF MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Status: in_force

Whenever the prevailing price or value of any goods regularly bought and sold in any established commodity market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of such market shall be admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of such a report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.
Tex. Natural Resources Code § 33.005 — TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 33 / Section 33.005
§ 33.005. EFFECT OF CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter does not repeal Subchapter B, Chapter 436, Health and Safety Code, or the following provisions of the Parks and Wildlife Code: Chapters 83 and 86, Subchapter A of Chapter 46, Subchapter A of Chapter 76, Subchapter B of Chapter 81, Subchapter G of Chapter 82, Subchapter C of Chapter 216, or Sections 66.101, 66.107, 66.112 through 66.118, 66.205, 76.031 through 76.036, 78.001 through 78.003, 81.002, 136.047, 184.024, 201.015, or 335.025.

(b) None of the provisions of this chapter may be construed to alter, amend, or revoke any existing right granted pursuant to any law.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8009A.0104 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 8009A / Section 8009A.0104
§ 8009A.0104. CONSENT OF MUNICIPALITY REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

The temporary directors may not hold an election under Section 8009A.0103 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. Election Code § 18.067 — TX Code / Code el / Chapter 18 / Section 18.067
§ 18.067. UNLAWFUL USE OF STATEWIDE COMPUTERIZED VOTER REGISTRATION LIST.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses information in connection with advertising or promoting commercial products or services that the person knows was obtained under Section 18.066.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2308.258 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2308 / Section 2308.258
§ 2308.258. BOOT REMOVAL.
Status: in_force

(a) A booting company responsible for the installation of a boot on a vehicle shall remove the boot not later than one hour after the time the owner or operator of the vehicle contacts the company to request removal of the boot.

(b) A booting company shall waive the amount of the fee for removal of a boot, excluding any associated parking fees, if the company fails to have the boot removed within the time prescribed by Subsection (a).

(c) A booting company responsible for the installation of more than one boot on a vehicle may not charge a total amount for the removal of the boots that is greater than the amount of the fee for the removal of a single boot.
Tex. Estates Code § 1104.156 — TX Code / Code es / Chapter 1104 / Section 1104.156
§ 1104.156. FILING OF DECLARATION AND SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT.
Status: in_force

The declaration and any self-proving affidavit may be filed with the court at any time after the application for appointment of a guardian is filed and before a guardian is appointed.
Tex. Penal Code § 32.24 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 32 / Section 32.24
§ 32.24. STEALING OR RECEIVING STOLEN CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits an offense if the person steals an unsigned check or similar sight order or, with knowledge that an unsigned check or similar sight order has been stolen, receives the check or sight order with intent to use it, to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the person from whom the check or sight order was stolen.

(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
Tex. Penal Code § 38.19 — TX Code / Code pe / Chapter 38 / Section 38.19
§ 38.19. FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE AND REPORT OF DEATH OF RESIDENT OF INSTITUTION.
Status: in_force

(a) A superintendent or general manager of an institution commits an offense if, as required by Article 49.24 or 49.25, Code of Criminal Procedure, the person fails to:

(1) provide notice of the death of an individual under the care, custody, or control of or residing in the institution;

(2) submit a report on the death of the individual; or

(3) include in the report material facts known or discovered by the person at the time the report was filed.

(a) A superintendent or general manager of an institution commits an offense if, as required by Article 49A.151 or 49A.152, Code of Criminal Procedure, the person fails to:

(1) provide notice of the death of an individual under the care, custody, or control of or residing in the institution;

(2) submit a report on the death of the individual; or

(3) include in the report material facts known or discovered by the person at the time the report was filed.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Tex. Finance Code § 93.007 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 93 / Section 93.007
§ 93.007. TRUST POWERS.
Status: in_force

(a) A savings bank may exercise trust powers only with the commissioner's prior written approval.

(b) The commissioner may approve the exercise of trust powers only after finding that the applicant's savings bank:

(1) is complying with applicable regulatory capital requirements;

(2) is well managed; and

(3) has earnings, resources, and managerial talent adequate to maintain a trust department.
Tex. Government Code § 501.021 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 501 / Section 501.021
§ 501.021. USE OF INMATES IN TRAINING PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The department may not use an inmate in a program that trains dogs to attack individuals without the inmate's permission.
Tex. Occupations Code § 554.017 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 554 / Section 554.017
§ 554.017. LIST OF PHARMACISTS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN PRESCRIPTION DRUG ORDERS.
Status: in_force

The board shall provide on its Internet website a list of pharmacists who are authorized to sign a prescription drug order under Section 157.101(b-1), including the name of the pharmacist's delegating physician under the protocol required under that subsection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1013.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1013 / Section 1013.051
§ 1013.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM.
Status: in_force

(a) The board consists of five directors elected from the district at large.

(b) Directors serve staggered three-year terms.

(c) An election shall be held on the uniform election date in May of each year to elect the appropriate number of directors.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3869.051 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3869 / Section 3869.051
§ 3869.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS.
Status: in_force

The district is governed by a board of five voting directors appointed under Section 3869.052 and three nonvoting directors serving ex officio as provided by Section 3869.054. The five voting directors serve staggered terms of four years.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 3859.101 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 3859 / Section 3859.101
§ 3859.101. DISTRICT POWERS.
Status: in_force

The district has:

(1) all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created;

(2) the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions of a district created under Chapter 375, Local Government Code;

(3) the powers, duties, and contracting authority specified by Subchapters H and I, Chapter 49, Water Code;

(4) the powers given to a corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, and maintain the projects described by that chapter; and

(5) the powers of a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394, Local Government Code.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1083.002 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 1083 / Section 1083.002
§ 1083.002. AUTHORITY FOR CREATION.
Status: in_force

The North Wheeler County Hospital District is created under the authority of Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and has the rights, powers, and duties prescribed by this chapter.
Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.051 — TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2153 / Section 2153.051
§ 2153.051. GENERAL DUTIES OF COMPTROLLER.
Status: in_force

(a) The comptroller shall administer this chapter.

(b) To administer this chapter, the comptroller may:

(1) issue a license or registration certificate;

(2) prescribe procedures for registering music and skill or pleasure coin-operated machines;

(3) prescribe methods for:

(A) securely attaching a tax permit to a coin-operated machine; and

(B) posting a license or registration certificate;

(4) prescribe the form and content of a:

(A) license application;

(B) registration certificate;

(C) tax permit;

(D) report specifying a coin-operated machine's location; and

(E) report of the consideration of each party to a contract relating to the placement of a coin-operated machine in an establishment owned by a person other than the license holder; and

(5) disclose confidential information to an appropriate official.
Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.086 — TX Code / Code cp / Chapter 15 / Section 15.086
§ 15.086. COUNTIES.
Status: in_force

A suit against a county shall be brought in the precinct in which the county seat of that county is located.
Tex. Transportation Code § 228.057 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 228 / Section 228.057
§ 228.057. ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, a "transponder" means a device, placed on or within an automobile, that is capable of transmitting information used to assess or to collect tolls. A transponder is "insufficiently funded" when there are no remaining funds in the account in connection with which the transponder was issued.

(b) Any peace officer of this state may seize a stolen or insufficiently funded transponder and return it to the department, except that an insufficiently funded transponder may not be seized sooner than the 30th day after the date the department has sent a notice of delinquency to the holder of the account.

(c) The department may enter into an agreement with one or more persons to market and sell transponders for use on department toll roads.

(d) The department may charge reasonable fees for administering electronic toll collection customer accounts.

(e) Electronic toll collection customer account information, including contact and payment information and trip data, is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

(f) A contract for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of a toll project must ensure the confidentiality of all electronic toll collection customer account information under Subsection (e).

(g) The department may, following closure of an electronic toll collection customer account and at the request of the account holder, refund the balance of funds in the account after satisfaction of any outstanding tolls and fees.

(h) The department may enter into an agreement with a governmental or private entity regarding the use of a transponder issued by the department and the corresponding electronic toll collection customer account to pay for parking services offered by the entity.

(i) The department shall provide electronic toll collection customers with an option to authorize automatic payment of tolls through the withdrawal of funds from the customer's bank account.
Tex. Transportation Code § 463.251 — TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 463 / Section 463.251
§ 463.251. COMPOSITION.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive committee of an authority is the board of directors of the regional planning commission established for the area of the authority under Chapter 391, Local Government Code.

(b) Service on the executive committee by a public officer or employee is an additional duty of the office or employment.
Tex. Finance Code § 62.203 — TX Code / Code fi / Chapter 62 / Section 62.203
§ 62.203. REVIEW BY COMMISSIONER; APPROVAL.
Status: in_force

Not later than the 10th day after the date an application to convert is received, the commissioner shall:

(1) consent in writing to the conversion; or

(2) set a hearing on whether the conversion complies with rules adopted under Section 62.201.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7916.251 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7916 / Section 7916.251
§ 7916.251. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
Status: in_force

The district may issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, impact fees, revenue, contract payments, grants, or other district money, or any combination of those sources, to pay for any authorized district purpose.
Tex. Business Organizations Code § 200.056 — TX Code / Code bo / Chapter 200 / Section 200.056
§ 200.056. NOTICE OF AND MEETING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) Each shareholder of record entitled to vote shall be given written notice containing the proposed amendment or a summary of the changes to be effected within the time and in the manner provided by this code for giving notice of meetings to shareholders. If the proposed amendment is to be considered at an annual meeting, the proposed amendment or summary may be included in the notice required to be provided for an annual meeting.

(b) At the meeting, the proposed amendment shall be adopted only on receiving the affirmative vote of shareholders entitled to vote required by Section 200.261.

(c) An unlimited number of amendments may be submitted for adoption by the shareholders at a meeting.
Tex. Government Code § 3104.003 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 3104 / Section 3104.003
§ 3104.003. COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

(a) The committee consists of seven members as follows:

(1) one member appointed by the governor;

(2) three members appointed by the lieutenant governor; and

(3) three members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b) One member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives must be the chair of the house committee that has primary jurisdiction over arts and cultural matters. That member serves on the committee as an additional duty of the chairmanship.

(c) A member of the committee who is not a member of the legislature serves a two-year term that expires on October 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(d) The committee shall select a presiding officer from among its members.
Tex. Government Code § 2113.014 — TX Code / Code gv / Chapter 2113 / Section 2113.014
§ 2113.014. EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
Status: in_force

(a) A state agency may not use appropriated money to compensate a state employee who violates a standard of conduct described by Section 572.051.

(b) A state agency shall provide each state employee it employs a copy of this section and the standards of conduct described by Section 572.051 and require a signed receipt on delivery. A new copy and receipt are required if one of those provisions is changed.

(c) A state agency shall maintain receipts collected from current state employees under this section in a manner accessible for public inspection.
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 7817.0302 — TX Code / Code sd / Chapter 7817 / Section 7817.0302
§ 7817.0302. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OR SERVICES.
Status: in_force

(a) The board may impose a special assessment on property in the district based on the benefit conferred by an improvement project or service under Section 7817.0201 to pay all or part of the cost of the project or service.

(b) Sections 375.111 through 375.124, Local Government Code, apply to financing an improvement project or service under Section 7817.0201.
Tex. Utilities Code § 42.0102 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 42 / Section 42.0102
§ 42.0102. DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Direct-current fast charging station" means a charging system capable of delivering at least 50 kilowatts of direct-current electrical power to an electric vehicle's rechargeable battery at a voltage of 200 volts or greater.

(2) "Electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is propelled by one or more electric motors using energy stored in the form of a rechargeable battery.

(3) "Electric vehicle charging provider" means the owner or operator of a public electric vehicle charging station. The term does not include an electric utility or transmission and distribution utility.

(4) "Electric vehicle charging service" means sales made from a public electric vehicle charging station to the public.

(5) "Level two charging station" means a charging system capable of delivering at least 3 and not more than 19.2 kilowatts of alternating-current electrical power to an electric vehicle's rechargeable battery at a voltage of at least 208 volts on a circuit of at least 40 amperes.

(6) "Make-ready infrastructure" means the electrical infrastructure required to service a public electric vehicle charging station's electrical load on the electric utility's or transmission and distribution utility's side of the point of delivery. The term:

(A) includes all site-specific electrical infrastructure required to accommodate engineering, physical, operational, or other constraints for the public electric vehicle charging station, regardless of whether the infrastructure is on the utility's or customer's side of the point of delivery; and

(B) does not include the public electric vehicle charging station or any utility infrastructure on the customer's side of the point of delivery, up to and including the meter.

(7) "Public electric vehicle charging station" means any level two charging station or direct-current fast charging station that delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into an electric vehicle, is separate and distinct from make-ready infrastructure, and is accessible for commercial use by the public, or similar vehicle charging equipment capable of delivering electricity into an electric vehicle faster than a level two charging station. The term does not include vehicle charging equipment that is:

(A) used by an electric utility, a transmission and distribution utility, or an affiliate to charge:

(i) an electric vehicle owned by the utility or affiliate; or

(ii) as an incident of employment, an electric vehicle owned by an employee of the utility or affiliate; or

(B) located on the premises of a customer of an electric utility, a transmission and distribution utility, or an affiliate and:

(i) used by the customer or the customer's tenants, affiliates, or guests; and

(ii) not used commercially for electric vehicle charging service.
Tex. Local Government Code § 119.008 — TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 119 / Section 119.008
§ 119.008. NOT INSURANCE; BOARD OF INSURANCE LACKS JURISDICTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The pool created under this chapter is not insurance for purposes of the Insurance Code and other laws of this state.

(b) The State Board of Insurance has no jurisdiction over the pool or over any other governmental insurance pool created under The Interlocal Cooperation Act (Article 4413(32c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
Tex. Health and Safety Code § 759.004 — TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 759 / Section 759.004
§ 759.004. DUTY OF SPECTATOR.
Status: in_force

A spectator shall comply with each posted sign or warning that relates to the behavior of the spectator in the roller-skating center.
Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.304 — TX Code / Code hr / Chapter 161 / Section 161.304
§ 161.304. USE OF FUND.
Status: in_force

(a) The following may be used only to fund a contract entered into under Section 161.302:

(1) contributions to the fund described by Section 161.303(b)(2); and

(2) income and interest earned on money in the fund described by Section 161.303(b)(3).

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), money in the fund may not be used for any purpose.

(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules regarding distribution of money in the fund in accordance with this section.